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- Musket - Wikipedia
A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour [1]
- Musket | Definition Facts | Britannica
musket, muzzle-loading shoulder firearm, evolved in 16th-century Spain as a larger version of the harquebus It was replaced in the mid-19th century by the breechloading rifle
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The Traditions® 1861 Springfield Musket Kit is made for the serious hunter or reenactor The 1861 Springfield maintains the classic styling and ha
- Charleville Musket - The Army Historical Foundation
The primary infantry firearm for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War was the French-made Charleville Musket, first supplied to American forces in 1777
- MUSKET Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
As the practice of rifling firearms—incising the barrel with spiral grooves to improve the bullet's accuracy—became more common, the term musket gradually gave way to the newer word rifle in the 18th century
- Small Arms Across Three Wars - American Battlefield Trust
Out of all the weapons and tools on a battlefield, the infantryman’s musket or rifle is the most important In the century spanning the American Revolution to the Civil War, small arms technology underwent significant changes, while remaining incredibly similar
- American Revolution Weapons | Muskets, Rifles, Pistols More
Pistols worked in much the same way as a musket – they had a flintlock firing mechanism, and were loaded with a 0 50-0 75 caliber lead ball Due to the shorter barrel, they were only effective at a distance of about 30 yards
- Muskets and Musketry - Encyclopedia. com
A soldier's musket, if not exceedingly ill-bored (as many of them are), will strike the figure of a man at eighty yards; it may even at 100; but a soldier must be very unfortunate indeed who shall be wounded by a common musket at 150 yards, provided his antagonist aims at him…
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