Video: Bullet Strikes From the First Day of the American Revolution

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The Forgotten Weapons YouTube channel recently posted an interesting presentation by the American Society of Arms Collectors in Boston.

It shows the ballistics and trajectories of the musket balls fired in many of the pivotal scenes on April 19th, including high-speed video of lead balls impacting recreations of historical building materials, and 3-D LIDAR scans of different buildings to see how the shots penetrated inside.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GSYqUPnozuE

Topics include: James Hayward's powder horn, Buckman Tavern, Monroe Tavern, The Jason Russell House, Petitions for compensation, Muzzle energy of these muskets, and more...

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