Quote Originally Posted by Gianavel View Post
Actually, that seems fairly accurate.

It's been a while, but I spent several years reading just about everything I could get my hands on relating to the military aspect of the CW. Memoirs, histories . . . the US Ordinance Manual of 1861 (read every page except for the logarithm tables ).

Also, I've read Alvin York's memoirs, and various other "black powder" type accounts. Basically, York said that for anything under 100 yards (such as shooting turkeys in the head at local matches), he preferred a "hog rifle" to any of the modern arms.

From everything I have read, a ten inch group at 200 yards is very doable.
York's accuracy blows me away! He talks about "pumping" one bullet in the same hole after another "jes naterally" and you know he ain't lying!