Topic > Difference in weapons from 1770 until today - 595

My essay is about how weapons from 1770 until 1835 are different from what they are now. The older guns I used in my essay are the Brown Bess Musket, the Charleville Musket, and the Flintlock Pistols. The most recent pistols I have used are the Remington R51 Subcompact and the Cordoba. The weapons show many differences in many different aspects of how the weapons function. They have also evolved in many different ways, including design. The first gun I used is called the Brown Bess Musket. They then had to reload the gun by inserting the bullet into the gun and pushing it down with a metal rod. Because of this, it took longer and there was a greater chance of getting hit. They were also very difficult to handle compared to the weapons we have now. For example, rifles are now easy to reload. They were also harder to shoot because you had to be fast, and when you go fast you might miss your shot or you might not have reloaded properly. Now, if you miss the shot, you won't have to spend about a minute to shoot again. This shows that rifles have changed since 1770. The next gun has...