https://www.isegoria.net/2014/05/the-defence-of-duffers-drift-sixth-dream-outcome/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2014/05/the-defence-of-duffers-drift-sixth-dream-outcome/comment-page-1/#comment-1244768 Bruce Wed, 14 May 2014 22:19:20 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34774#comment-1244768 “Two or three clumps” of “two or three” men sounds like a maximum of nine. Seven of nine is well-titted out shooting. “As they galloped back” sounds a bigger target than guys on foot.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/05/the-defence-of-duffers-drift-sixth-dream-outcome/comment-page-1/#comment-1244529 Scipio Americanus Wed, 14 May 2014 18:31:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34774#comment-1244529 Sounds right to me too. Not that I think it’s necessarily an accurate model, but if you assume that accuracy drops off linearly with range then 50 men shooting for 30 minutes at 300 men on open ground, at the leisurely rate of one round every 6 seconds, gives 42 hits.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/05/the-defence-of-duffers-drift-sixth-dream-outcome/comment-page-1/#comment-1244471 Rollory Wed, 14 May 2014 17:46:59 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34774#comment-1244471 Based on what I know of accuracy studies that have been done for real-world conflicts, that sounds about right, actually.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/05/the-defence-of-duffers-drift-sixth-dream-outcome/comment-page-1/#comment-1244190 Isegoria Wed, 14 May 2014 13:40:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34774#comment-1244190 It sounds like the entire unit emptied its magazines at 300 meters and scored seven hits — implying an accuracy of 1.4% at that range, against targets in the open.

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