Product Highlights
This 1:30 scale metal figure by William Britain (16191) depicts a soldier of the Hessian Regiment von Donop ramming a cartridge into his musket.
Features
- Figure is approximately 2.5" tall
- All metal construction
- Hand painted and ready for display
About loading an 18th-century musket
Muskets of the period were fitted with a ramrod carried below the barrel in small retainers called pipes. By the mid-18th century most military muskets used steel ramrods, which were less prone to swelling in wet weather than earlier wooden versions. In the twelve-step loading and firing sequence, the ramrod was drawn to seat the powder and ball firmly at the breech before being returned to the pipes.
