Movie Magic Muzzleloaders

In the heat of battle, the buckskin-clad Alamo defender raises his flintlock muzzleloading musket, takes quick aim at the oncoming Mexican soldados and fires. But wait ... we don’t see the familiar puff of smoke rising from the flinter’s pan and lock area as the musket goes off. What gives? Well, it’s just more movie magic; this time, from 1960’s The Alamo. With a few exceptions, like the classic film director and firearms enthusiast Cecil B. DeMille, who often employed genuine flinte