ing ▁st icks ▁were ▁used ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁guns ▁but ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁iron ▁ones , ▁although ▁guns ▁with ▁wooden ▁sc our ing ▁st icks ▁were ▁still ▁issued ▁to ▁troops ▁on ▁American ▁service ▁until ▁ 1 7 6 5 ▁and ▁later ▁to ▁loyal ist ▁units ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution . ▁Wood en ▁sc our ing ▁st icks ▁were ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Drag oon ▁version ▁produced ▁from ▁ 1 7 4 4 — 1 7 7 1 ▁for ▁Navy ▁and ▁Marine ▁use . ▁ ▁The ▁accuracy ▁of ▁the ▁Brown ▁B ess ▁was ▁fair , ▁as ▁with ▁most ▁other ▁mus k ets . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 1 , ▁in ▁London , ▁a ▁test ▁shooting ▁was ▁conducted ▁at ▁the ▁site . ▁The ▁target ▁was ▁a ▁wooden ▁shield ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁an ▁inf antry ▁or ▁a ▁caval ry ▁line . ▁The ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁practice ▁were ▁as ▁follows : ▁at ▁a ▁distance ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁yards ▁( 9 1 . 4 4 ▁m ) ▁ 5 3 % ▁hits , ▁ 2 0 0 ▁yards ▁( 1 8 2 . 8 8 ▁m ) ▁ 3 0 % ▁hits , ▁ 3 0 0 ▁yards ▁( 2 7 4 . 3 2 ▁m ) ▁ 2 3 % ▁hits . ▁We ▁can ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁accuracy ▁of ▁the ▁Brown ▁B ess ▁was ▁in ▁line ▁with ▁most ▁other ▁smooth b ore ▁mus k ets ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁to ▁ 1 9 th ▁centuries . ▁But ▁it ▁should ▁be ▁bor ne