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"Which one is better?" That terribly vague and unfortunately common question rears its head in all sorts of places. This video from the Smithsonian, inappropriately titled "Why a Dreyse Needle Gun Beats a Musket Rifle in Every Way," seemingly sought to prove beyond a doubt that the Dreyse rifle was undoubtedly an improvement over its contemporary muzzle-loading rifled muskets. But, the "experiment" it conducted to do this was a little less than scientific, and quite historically deaf.
The Smithsonian's original video: • Video
An excellent article on the range of musketry: kabinettskriege... -
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