The Position of "Shouldered Arms" in the Musket Manual of Arms

[Greg Renault]

Here is a revised version of an article lost in the latest crash. I'd very much like to see any other relevent period images that folks are aware of.

[Greg Renault]

Re: The Position of "Shouldered Arms" in the Musket Manual of Arms

Revised to include refererences to Patten's manual.

[Stonewall_Greyfox]

Re: The Position of "Shouldered Arms" in the Musket Manual of Arms

Bravo...It is evident in your articles Sir, that you did a fair amount of research and developement in your articles. I think it is important that while so many people over interpret the slight deflection of a 90 degree angle, you have brought us back to what the manual SHOWS and also what the original soldiers were doing in practice.

Thankyou!

Paul

[Greg Renault]

Re: The Position of "Shouldered Arms" in the Musket Manual of Arms

Here's a second version of the revision. Fixed some formatting errors. Still looking for period images relevant to this topic.

Moderators: Feel free to remove the earlier versions of this article.

[7thNJcoA]

Re: The Position of "Shouldered Arms" in the Musket Manual of Arms

that was great info and research I often notice so many reenactorisms that tend to be trends one year they are there the next its something new. The problem is one person sees one picture of a soldier doing a thing one way and says " That must have been how it was done" without the proper research. Research is a huge part of the hobby and if you do not do it you are never going to acuratly portray your impression. You should bring something new to every event that you learn and share it with your pards.