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Originally Posted by Icelander
Soldiers in combat never have a high hit probability. That's a human limitation, not a limitation of the weapon.
Reenactors can easily hit a human-sized target at 100 yds with minimal training.
But, I note, minimal training was often not possessed by the soldiers of the era.
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Yes I do realize that shooting at another living man was not something that one would like to do and many soldiers closed their eyes before taking the shot.
BUT even if today reeanactors can with their "modern" versions of the rifles hit a human target at 100 yards that does not change the fact that many of the late 18th century and early 19th century riflemen had not as good powder as we do today nor that the musket balls were not a perfect fit so the musket balls would wobble and their trajectory beyond 30-50 yards was unreliable at best.
Later bullets like the minié ball would drastically change accuracy of the basic infantry rifle.
My problem with Gurps Acc is the same as Icelander. I would think that a rather modern Rifle would have a better Acc than a basic Crossbow. On the other hand I would think that a standard pre 1840ish musket would have lower Acc than most basic Crossbows.
But a nice TL 7 or TL 8 hunting rifle would have better acc than a basic Crossbow.