Claud E. Fuller's book The Rifled Musket....
...has interesting copies of targeting fired with different firearms of the period. The .69 Smoothbore targets are interesting. They show representations of the targets which are 10 feet square and show the shot placement. There is a description with each detailing the number of shooters, number of shots fired, number of hits and the manner of shooting, file, skirmisher. volley, single ball, and buck and ball. Ranges were 100, 200, and 300 yards. The 300-yard targets show 50 rounds fired and two with 7 hits and one with 9 hits, Again the targets were 10 feet square. The report of these tests is on file in the National Archives, Records of the War Dept, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Special File, Box 26.
Interesting material.
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