Uniformology

On a related note, what’s the purpose of half-coking a gun? Lighter pull?

With all fire-locks, the half-cock is your safety position. It disconnects or locks the trigger so you can’t have a negligent discharge when priming the pan/re-capping or doing any manual of arms with a weapon. It also allows the cylinder to spin freely on cap and ball revolvers so you can index the cylinder to re-cap each chamber.

It allows you to carry a gun in a relatively "safe" manner with a round in the chamber, and makes damn sure the trigger can't be pulled until you are ready to take a shot

On a related note, what’s the purpose of half-coking a gun? Lighter pull?

With all fire-locks, the half-cock is your safety position. It disconnects or locks the trigger so you can't have a negligent discharge when priming the pan/re-capping or doing any manual of arms with a weapon. It also allows the cylinder to spin freely on cap and ball revolvers so you can index the cylinder to re-cap each chamber.

You ever just have to drop a ridiculous amount of money on reenactment stuff?

…yes.

What did you get?

New tunic, new shoes, materials to make new pattens, new buckle and chape for a belt, new badge for my felt hat, trim so I can spice up the tunic a bit, and a few other small bits and pieces.

Today I learned that the 7e Hussards almost kicked off the War of the Fifth Coalition prematurely

“What are we, Arabs” is probably the most inappropriate thing you could ever answer to someone asking you if you’re illegally starting a war.

This is absolutely true, but what do you expect from a hussar?

Today I learned that the 7e Hussards almost kicked off the War of the Fifth Coalition prematurely