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(19th century) Which armies started using the nessler ball or a similar bullet prior to fully adopting rifled muskets? How did the accuracy of a smoothbore with a nessler ball compare to a rifle and did it have any significant drawbacks?

by /u/hborrgg in /r/AskHistorians

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