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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
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Originally Posted by flatbutt
Too many charges tamped in?
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reports are that many at Gettysburg, did not use their rifle. and pretended to shoot.
And then reloaded again.
They found huge amounts of rifles after the battle loaded and many loaded twice or more
people don't necessarily want to kill in battle, but peer pressure and all that
Now obviously if such a rifle falls to the ground and then somebody who DOES use it runs into a double load..
https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/almost-every-rifle-recovered-at-gettysburg-was-fully-loaded-and-no-one-knows-why/
There are similar reports of WW1 where soldiers fired their rifle but they didn't aim to hit.
Things changed a great deal by WW2
