Would the combination of rifled musket + Minié ball been practical before the 19th century? It’s really weird to me that nothing like it was used in the hundreds of years that muskets were used, not even something like the Foster slug, which significantly increases accuracy in smoothbore shotguns.
Would the combination of rifled musket + Minié ball been practical before the 19th century? It’s really weird to me that nothing like it was used in the hundreds of years that muskets were used, not even something like the Foster slug, which significantly increases accuracy in smoothbore shotguns.