War of 1812 Firearms

-Made quickly

-no rifling

-less parts

-could arm many

soldiers in less time

"Musket was a mass-produced version

of the standard British long arm."

-www.visit1812.com

The purpose of the musket is

was to arm and be used by

many soldiers.

"A battery of field artillery is

worth a thousand muskets."

-William Tecumseh Sherman

-affective when used by many soldiers

-low accuracy = Didn't matter

-soldiers stand side by side

-eventually they will be hit.

"Our freedoms were born in the

ideals of the Enlightenment and the

musket fires of an historic revolution."

-John Boehner

Weren't guns enough? NO!

-spears were

could of had a bayonet on it

-The enemy would

rather act dead.

youtube.com/Automcanic

Each gun has it's own area

of war it was used for.

It could be because of the

rifling, the size or the quantity.

Thesis

Each type of gun in

the war of 1812 was

effective in its own

area of the war.

-bad durability

-slow reload

-harder to make

- Very Accurate

- Long range

- good mobility

Positive

Negative

- Horse back

- ship

-could have a

sword

- short range

Positive

Negative

There were 3 firearms used in

the war of 1812. They had

advantages and disadvantages.These

guns were muskets, rifles and flintlock pistols.

What was the difference about the guns?

What Firearms were used in the war of 1812?

-Bayonet

-Durable

-Easy to make

-Low accuracy

-Short Range

-Bad Mobility

Negative

Positive

Good

-Boyle Roche

"While I write this letter, I

have a pistol in one hand

and a sword in the other."

-great on ships

-used a sword

-boarding a ship = holster

-using a canon you =holster

-Muskets and rifles

are to big for ships.

"A naval brig might carry 10

to 20 guns."

-www.eighteentwelve.ca

Flintlock Pistol

-Great for chasing enemies

-It's smaller and lighter

-could shoot

-the enemy 100 meters away

-was mobile and very effective.

"The only real power comes out

of a long rifle."

-Joseph Stalin

Musket

"Riflemen could achieve ranges of 150

to 200 yards."

-england.prm.ox.ac.uk

Rifle

"...We did win, we

were using a rifle against a

club..."

Pistols are used in cramped, and

short combat. It is also good

when you have to be fast.

It is small and light, has

a holster and only takes up

one of your hands.

-Ben Lexcen

"Bullets must spin to be accurate"

-www.firearmsid.com

-used on horseback.

-only used in one hand.

-could hold on to the saddle

-can be holstered

-Other guns can't be

used on horseback.

When a few rifles were added

to an army of soldiers with muskets, the tables turned.

-useful in towns

-push through people =one hand

-open doors = one hand

-small, concealable and light

-difficult gun to make

-not many soldiers could have one

-rifling in the barrel.

-tons of parts

-couldn't be mass

produced

"United States Army used horse-mounted

fighting men."

-United states military sadles

-Roy Blunt

"Never shot. Dropped once."

-Rifles can hit far away enemies

-shoot twice as far

-takes longer to load

-rifles could hit what

the musket couldn't

War Of 1812 Firearms

Work Cited

Unknown author, 1795 Springfield Flintlock Infantry Musket - United States

http://www.warof1812.ca/weapons.html

Unknown author, Official War of 1812 Bicentennial Website

http://www.visit1812.com/history/

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http://www.visit1812.com/history/USMusket.html

Unknown author,Black Powder Muzzle loader

Flintlock Muskets, Pistols, and Bayonets

http://www.militaryheritage.com

Wilkinson, Frederick and Mike and Dan for the superb photographs

http://web.science.mq.edu.au/~susanlaw/ninetyfive/flintlk.htm

Automcanic, youtube; Musket Gun firing

youtube.com/watch?v=e4xyp_juHX8

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flintlock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet

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By: Brendan