Musket Barrels get VERY Hot!

Musket Barrels get VERY Hot!

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When a period source describes a force giving a "Heated fire," I have a feeling that the term was meant in more ways than one! After all, musket barrels are made of steel. Whenever you fire repeatedly the barrel tends to heat up an awful lot and very quickly. If you're giving enough of the "hot stuff" to the foe, that barrel can easily get so hot as to severely burn you if you're not careful! Just as this is the case in reenactment, I imagine it was the case historically, and odds are that soldiers from this period would often have rather bad burns on their hands after engagements.


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