I learned something,,,,, (me thinks)

[riarcher]

I always considered a shotgun as a shotgun. But, not as a smoothie. To me a smoothie or smoothbore meant musket.
And rifle musket (not rifled musket that is a rifle) as being a musket with a rear sight.
Now I guess a smoothie is anything without rifling. One needs to know the persons gun?
Now that I have it straightened out,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,, I'm even more confused! :curse: :haha:

 

[TwoShadows]

Hain't hit a wunnerful langwitch? We'uns kin say sow menny thangs in so menny ways. I says Smooth rifle iffn it's got rear sight....and also use words like fowler and fusil. To make it even worse I have a fowler with a rear sight....Life gets Tedious sometimes don't hit?

 

[riarcher]

:: :applause:

 

'Course there's always the old "Partridge Popper"(Lt. James Forsythe in 1858") or as some call it, their "Pelter".
Daryl

 

[musketman]

If you shoot out the riflings, would it be a half smoothbore? :winking: :haha:

 

Naaaaaa- is would be a worn out rifle, but still more accurate than a true smoothbore- HA!
Daryl.

 

[musketman]

Naaaaaa- is would be a worn out rifle, but still more accurate than a true smoothbore- HA!
Daryl.

Well, smoothbores kill by other means, they blow so much smoke that the animal dies from an asthma attack... :haha:

 

[riarcher]

Geez, a new revelation! :applause:
I thought it was like the walls of Jerico, the noise just shouted them into submission. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif