Bite, Spit,Tap, Fire!
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:05 pm
Thanks to Eug who posted this video elsewhere.
[youtube][/youtube]In the "Sharpe" series of adventure novels, author Bernard Cornwell has Sharpe teaching British Infantrymen a "bite, spit, tap" method of rapidly loading and firing flintlock rifles and muskets. Some Australian re-enactors being sceptical of the practicability decided to put it to the test. Results as per below.