If I owned a musket

Outside The Beltway
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When we finally get around to correcting our gun laws and introduce muskets, 20 Seconds of Terror sounds like a great slogan for the first musket commercials.

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Which is why each musket came equipped with a long bayonet. :wink:

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What do you mean “introduce muskets”? There are thousands of them in the hands of the people.

And I don’t know what you mean by “correcting our gun laws” either … the Constitution says “arms” not “muskets.”

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Yeah, I have not tried a three shot repetitive shoot and reload with the crossbow yet. I may report back on that later.

I think that old 20 sec metric is Civil War old. With modern pelletized powders, sabot slugs, and using shotgun primers with a modern action I will bet that could be improved upon.

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I have a musket with a crossbow attached to the top of it. I call it Whammy Kablammy.

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If I owned a musket I name it Mr. Usket.

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You are right. The 20 second metric was the pride of the British Army when their standard issue weapon was a flint lock “Brown Bess.” Even the “cap and ball” musket was easier and faster to reload. However, even today, it still takes a lot of practice to reach that proficiency with a muzzle loader.

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If the England had won, which would have been the morally correct outcome, we’d all be speaking British.

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Mr. Usket, Whammy Kablammy. Kablammy, Usket.

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If we were required to speak British, we’d have never elected Trump.

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The whole idea gives me the willies.

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You better ask your wife if all the willies I give you are ok with her.

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It’s a much more modern system but I was very impressed reading about the British “Mad Minute” with the SMLE.

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After years of imaginary training, I can hold off an imaginary small native tribe with my musket/crossbow hybrid.

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I just fired my musket. The neighbors called the cops. I am hiding in the woods until they leave.

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I have just slain a native crossing onto my land with my musket. Castle Doctrine for the win.

Then I took my mail from the criminal’s cold, dead hand.

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Wait, that makes me a Good Guy with a Gun. I didn’t think it would be so easy to become a good guy. Thanks, musket.

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Actually, carts firing many muskets at once in a planned spread were a thing back in the day.

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My team got beat yesterday but I had my musket with me in my seat. Used the cup holder as a musket rest. None of the rival fans ■■■■■■ with me.

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You folks’ humor reminds me of Sideshow Bob and his 50s motif for a nuclear attack.