{"id":28932,"date":"2026-02-11T07:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/the-underrated-smooth-bore-percussion-musket-the-french-m1842-fusil-dinfanterie\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T07:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:15:29","slug":"the-underrated-smooth-bore-percussion-musket-the-french-m1842-fusil-dinfanterie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/the-underrated-smooth-bore-percussion-musket-the-french-m1842-fusil-dinfanterie\/","title":{"rendered":"The underrated smooth bore percussion musket &#8211; the French M1842 Fusil d&#8217;Infanterie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLUdW8-VGx0?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1&#038;controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>How good is a smooth bore percussion musket? Better than you think. The story of my French M1842 smooth infantry musket.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full version at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/french-m1842-150432688\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/french-m1842-150432688<\/a><br \/>Full version for channel members: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z27pT2n67dw\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z27pT2n67dw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>0:00 Intro<br \/>3:16 First shots 50m with skirmishing cartridge<br \/>4:17 Development<br \/>12:00 Shooting the original service charge to 50m<br \/>14:16 Bullets and cartridges<br \/>19:18 Preparations for skirmish shooting<br \/>20:46 Shooting with low recoil skirmish charge from the rest<br \/>23:35 Shooting with low recoil skirmish charge offhand<\/p>\n<p>#firearmshistory #firearmseducation #militaryhistory #capandball #19thcentury #blackpowder #muzzleloading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How good is a smooth bore percussion musket? Better than you think. The story of my French M1842 smooth infantry musket. Watch the full version at: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/french-m1842-150432688Full version for channel members: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z27pT2n67dw 0:00 Intro3:16 First shots 50m with skirmishing cartridge4:17 Development12:00 Shooting the original service charge to 50m14:16 Bullets and cartridges19:18 Preparations for skirmish shooting20:46&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/the-underrated-smooth-bore-percussion-musket-the-french-m1842-fusil-dinfanterie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The underrated smooth bore percussion musket &#8211; the French M1842 Fusil d&#8217;Infanterie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}