Explore: Muskets

make muskets obsolete. The first reliable repeating rifles, the 1860 Henry rifle and its 1866 descendent the Winchester rifle, superseded muskets entirely

a particular model of smoothbore musket. In the early 19th century, both rifles and muskets were in use. Muskets were smoothbore muzzle-loading weapons

Land Pattern Musket, and the Sea Service Musket. The Long Land Pattern musket and its derivatives, all 0.75 inches calibre flintlock muskets, were the standard

which at the time comprised the largest number of muskets in U.S. arsenals at about 20,000 muskets. The Model 1795 was used in the War of 1812, after

naming of these muskets is not consistent. Some references only refer to Model 1763 and later versions as Charleville flintlock muskets, while other references

because the Kai Tutae were equipped with muskets. Under Hongi Hika's command, Ngāpuhi began amassing muskets and from about 1818 began launching effective

midst of a significant weapons transformation from smoothbore muskets to rifled muskets. While three of the four divisions of the field army in the Crimea

Flintlock muskets tended to be of large caliber and usually had no choke, allowing them to fire full-caliber balls. Military flintlock muskets tended to

the musket was made, hence the name. While the musket is more correctly called a Prussian infantry musket or a Prussian pattern musket, these muskets later

flintlock muskets were not as reliable as matchlock muskets, and were considerably more expensive, the Ottomans, like Western Europeans, used muskets of both