ASAC Presentation: Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution
Forgotten Weapons
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1h 2m
This lecture was presented at the Spring 2025 meeting of the American Society of Arms Collectors. It was given by Joel Bohy, coauthor of a new book of the same name, published by Mowbray. You can find his book here:
https://gunandswordcollector.com/product/bullet-strikes-american-revolution/
or
https://amzn.to/43PoaF6
Joel Bohy and Douglas Scott have written three research reports as part of this project, and they are available for free from the ASAC library here:
https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/research-reports-by-asac-members/
00:00 - Introduction
00:53 - How the project started
02:55 - Ballistics of Revolutionary War muskets
07:55 - Understanding the different arms involved
18:59 - The research project grows...
20:30 - The Elisha Jones House
23:28 - James Hayward's powder horn
28:40 - The Market Munroe House
31:41 - Buckman Tavern
33:10 - Monroe Tavern
35:30 - The Jason Russell House
45:19 - Relics of Captain William Adams' House
48:48 - Recreating John Robbin's terrible wound from Lexington Green
55:15 - Question: Petitions for compensation
56:39 - Question: Muzzle energy of these muskets
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