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]

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Nov 20, 2025 · 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 …

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 …

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 …

Musket definition: a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle.. See examples of MUSKET used in a …

A musket is more than just a firearm; it embodies the evolution of weaponry from ancient times to modernity. Emerging in the early 16th century, muskets were initially designed as powerful, …

The British Short Land Pattern Musket was the standard arm of the British infantry soldier during the American Revolution. The muzzle-loading musket was slow to load, inaccurate, and often …

A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore firearm, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or …

The M1816 musket would be the primary American long arm for over thirty years, and see combat with the Marines in conflicts in the Caribbean against the Spanish, the American interior …