Agincourt on October 25, 1415,

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Each English archer could shoot about ten arrows per minute, and there were 5,000 of them - so the French were drenched by a cruel rain of 800 arrows per second. The French lost at least 5,000 soldiers while the English lost fewer than 500.

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[dwaggie.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the american single finger came of people with musckes. Index finger along the muzzle for steadying, and then the middle finger to pull the trigger?

Maybe.