The guns used in the Revolutionary War were very ineffective in killing people. More people died of infection a week or two later after being shot than died directly from the immediate injury inflicted by the bullet.
A musket muzzle velocity is very slow... 370 m/s vs. 1,200 m/s for a modern rifle.
For comparative purposes, a fastball thrown by a professional baseball player can be as high as 47 m/s ...
The guns used in the Revolutionary War were very ineffective in killing people. More people died of infection a week or two later after being shot than died directly from the immediate injury inflicted by the bullet.
A musket muzzle velocity is very slow... 370 m/s vs. 1,200 m/s for a modern rifle.
For comparative purposes, a fastball thrown by a professional baseball player can be as high as 47 m/s ...
Most modern rifles cartridges are significantly slower than 1200m/s