Morph
Best Villain 2016*
Humor me with an answer to this question, or at least an educated guess.
How long would it take a modern teenager to become proficient with a matchlock musket given the following conditions?
--Their only past experience with guns of any kind are bad action movies.
--They have access to the musket at all times but are only allowed to fire it during battle due to the scarcity of black powder, the supply of which is tightly monitored. Battles occur with some frequency.
--They have above average hand-eye coordination, and can generally hit what they aim at.
--They were briefly given basic instructions on how to use the weapon (keeping the matchcord lit, making and using paper cartridges, cleaning, etc).
--Assume "proficiency" means firing at least one shot per minute, and that failure to do so within a reasonable timeframe will result in a most painful death.
For bonus points, if you were this teenager, what steps would you take to learn as fast as you could?
How long would it take a modern teenager to become proficient with a matchlock musket given the following conditions?
--Their only past experience with guns of any kind are bad action movies.
--They have access to the musket at all times but are only allowed to fire it during battle due to the scarcity of black powder, the supply of which is tightly monitored. Battles occur with some frequency.
--They have above average hand-eye coordination, and can generally hit what they aim at.
--They were briefly given basic instructions on how to use the weapon (keeping the matchcord lit, making and using paper cartridges, cleaning, etc).
--Assume "proficiency" means firing at least one shot per minute, and that failure to do so within a reasonable timeframe will result in a most painful death.
For bonus points, if you were this teenager, what steps would you take to learn as fast as you could?