Miniés and musketry in a (French) conscript army
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Following on from the presentation of France's first rifled musket, this vid focuses on the musketry training that conscripts underwent on a yearly basis. See how trigger control was trained, and also, how do you aim at targets at 400m and 600m if your only means of aiming is a fixe 200m notch?
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