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What are bayonet wounds?
A bayonet wound occures usually when an opposing combatant attaches a bayonet to his firearm and stabs you with it... a bayonet is a knife like device that can be attached to the barrel end of a fire arm (usually a rifle) so the rifle can be used like a spear.Bayonet wounds could be fatal or they could be a simple cut or a narrow penetrating wound. The British invented a bayonet with 4 blades that was shaped like a "+". This was intended to inflict a flesh wound that would have a corner cut. This type of cut is more difficult to sew-up and heal.
How fast can a civil war musket load and fire?
Muskets were known not to be reliable. It is said that it is rare for a musket to hit the exact area it was aiming at, but rather hit a different enemy near by the one that the musketeer was aiming at.
Negative things about a musket?
Mis firing, slow to load, won't fire when wet.
What are the parts of a musket?
The lock, the stock, and the barrel. The lock is the mechanism with hammer, trigger, pan, and other parts to fire the musket. The stock is the wooden furniture which allows the operator to hold and aim the musket. The barrel is the tube through which the projectile is fired, exactly like a modern weapon, except that musket barrels were smooth bored like a shotgun instead of rifled.
When were bayonets used in the war?
They were last used in WW 1, but mostly before that, in the 19th century and before. These were the days of close combat and slow-loading guns. So if you could no longer load and fire, you used the rifle with the bayonet as a spear and you tried to run your enemy through.
