Which is more powerful, the modern gun or the old bulk powder gun (fire rope gun or something like that)?

The owner's question is indeed worth thinking about

First of all, let's talk about the musket, according to historical records, a trained shooter could fire 2 rounds every 3 minutes, and the range of a long-barreled gun was about 100 meters to 200 meters. In later times such as the 16th century Spanish Mushket fire rope gun, the shot of lead projectile is so powerful that it can penetrate the heavy breastplate worn by knights within 100m. Other guns were similar, less accurate but no less lethal, still penetrating 2-inch-thick boards or light armor at 150 meters.

However, the technology of modern guns is many times better than that of their predecessors (range, accuracy, reliability, rate of fire, etc.), and small calibers nowadays are the norm, with the emphasis on precision (and, of course, the need for larger calibers to make up for tactical needs)

So, in terms of sheer power, a bulk powder gun might be more effective at close ranges (after all, it's also a bulk gun, and the weight of the projectile was high), but once it's beyond a certain range, a bulk gun will be more powerful than a bulk gun. ), but once beyond a certain range, modern guns will win (after all, the development of technology)

(add: the former bulk gunpowder gun is like a modern shotgun, the range is close to a wide range of strikes, while the current mainstream gun rifles pay attention to the range of the moderate, fast, high accuracy (or the times demand is different, the development is different), of course, large caliber rifles must be not lower than the power of the early gun)