Can a musket pierce armor?

A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating heavy armour. By the time that repeating rifles became common, they were known as simply “rifles”, ending the era of the musket.

Can a musket pierce a shield?

A musket would penetrate all but the best of the shot-proof shields of the 16th Century at effective range, most shot proof shields were proofed to withstand arquebus shot since the arquebus was the primary firearm until the late 16th Century.

Can a musket penetrate modern armor?

They penetrate plate armor. They do not penetrate modern LVL III or IV body armor, at least by most musket shot. Cannon, on the other hand, isn’t fazed. And if you were to look at wars from Civil through WWII, the majority of death and injury was caused by artillery and bombs, not guns.

Did they use shields in ww1?

During WWI, shields were mounted on machine guns to protect the operator, who is generally more exposed than other soldiers and less required to move at speed. Such shields continue to be used to this day.

How accurate are Brenneke felt wadded slugs?

Out to sea, in the fog. Ive been shooting the older style felt wad Brenneke 2 3/4 inch slugs in my 12 ga.smoothbore slug barreled 1100 for close to 30 years. Never had an issue with them and they are plenty accurate in the 1100. Two years ago I had trouble finding the felt wadded slugs and bought the Black Magic slugs offered by Brenneke.

What kind of armor can a musket penetrate?

So muskets in the 1700s were the same type. They can penetrate bronze muscle cuirass, mail, & scale armor. But they might ricochet off of iron lorica segmentata or lamellar armor. In the 17th century muskets were up to 1 inch in caliber or 25.4 millimeters.

What is the accuracy of a smoothbore musket?

The smoothbore musket is accurate to maybe 50 yards when aimed. A round ball fired from a smooth barrel is fairly unstable and just not very accurate. At over 50 or so yards hitting a target becomes as much a matter of luck as skill.

How effective are full bore slugs?

Fullbore slugs back then had their drawbacks (recoil, poor accuracy, looping trajectory), but lethality was not one of them. Slugs are better now. To 75 yards they have become extremely accurate.