"Put some spin on a paintball and accuracy and range also increase. "

"Both very true.

My first paintball gun would go out about 50 feet or so and then it would spin off to the left. If I stayed back from a piece of terrain just that right amount of distance I could get those rounds to turn the corner and hit people that were solidly behind cover. I later learned that I could unscrew my barrel a little and get the ball to curve to the right. The snipers back then knew THEIR firearms. They KNEW the little tiny things that would cause the round to go one way or the other and if they KNEW that if they used some Kentucky windage they could most likely get the round to go in that certain direction most assuredly better than I knew had to manipulate my paintball rounds. Due to that muskets were used before standard parts were developed each man had to literaly rebuild their rifle after a part had worn out. The good ones knew how to build their rifles. I used to sleep with my rifle when I was in the field in the Army, I used to clean it twice a day, and as much as I thought I knew rifle. I didn't know crap about compaired to those sharp shooters back in the day.

So yes, a pnumatic musketman could build a wicked weapon if he put in the time. But no one else would be able to use it, and you would probably be lost without YOUR weapon."

"or birdshot..."

"ive been wAnting to design and create explosive arrowtips.. that are affordable to make.

it'd be like building a mini rpg essentially,
though i know i couldnt pop a grenade on the end of an arrow shaft.
But.. maybe an explosive charge to spray shrapnel.. even a small minute charge will shoot deadly shrapnel"

"Ya. With a row of 20 men firing at another row of 20 men about 30 yards away and only hitting half them. Of course we won't have the smoke and flash problem so accuracy probably will not be too bad. They are about as accurate as a paintball gun. Now go out and practice with that. but you are only allowed to fire once every 20 seconds. See how well you can hit your targets."

"What most people "know" about smooth bore muskets is what they read in some book and not from actually shooting them.I have a 62 cal. smooth bore flint lock and I could make head shots with it everytime at 50 yards no trouble.


In the 1700s it was not important for the gun to be accurate because the tactics called for mass firiing...getting the most lead into the air going toward the other side in shortest amount of time. This was a very effective way to fight with the technology they had.
These muskets were loaded using paper cartridges and just ramming an undersize ball down...good for fast shooting but not accuracy.
When you shoot a patched ball out of a musket and add sights to it accuracy improves greatly
it is just funny to read of a modified paint ball gun being compared to a musket

They make air guns that shoot 45 and bigger projectiles and I have read about buffalo being killed with them. I have some powerful quality .22 and 177 guns but none of them are what i would think of as a survival gun.
With all of these you are better off with a common cheap .22 rifle and just stock pile lots of ammo for it"