I was watching "Castle" on the TV the other evening and the two heroes were trying to shoot holes in a US Police silhouette target at about 10 or may be 20 meters with a pair of 200yr old duelling pistols.

They didn't manage to hit a single silhouette.

I always thought that the fancy duelling pistols were very accurate, Ok they muzzle loaded and fired a round ball but they were the pinnacle of the gun makers art.

So could those old pistols shoot straight?


ATB Ora