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As the two videos show though, its not meaningfully different: a musket.can be shot every 10-20 seconds, counting the seconds between shots, the Ferguson rifle can be shot in about 10-15 seconds. Now, I don't doubt it's better fire rate than front loading rifles, but the question there then is...

I watched someone go through the process, and it didn't look particularly fast, but it does look like he can manage about a shot every 10 to 15 seconds. So, about 6-4 rounds per minute. That is about the range for smoothbore muskets as well. So, rate of fire is not really all that different...

Thanks for pointing out the mistype. Sure, but then that does mean again your only talking about an elite unit weapon, like I was talking about before. With how poor many infantry were, rate of fire is more important than accuracy. Accuracy training was often quite terrible, as said above many...

Eh, watching a youtube video of someone loading it, its still a fairly finicky thing to load. I wouldn't be shocked if you could actually load a muzzle loader faster than the Ferguson, since you can sort of jam the powder and ball in at once, while the Ferguson you have to put in the ball and...