This week, the show travels back to the American Revolution to explore the science of the weapons used by all sides.

The Brown Bess Flintlock Musket came in 3 sizes - Long Land pattern ... and whilst being inaccurate over any distance at close range the effect was devastating. Quotations such as lock, stock ...

If seeing a musket turn a nice ... say, the smooth-bore “Brown Bess” flintlock used at Lexington and Concord seem like Gun 101. But the camera work and the tests run by Joel Bohy—munitions ...