A musket is a long barrel firearm that was commonly used in warfare from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The musket had a smooth bore barrel, meaning that the interior of the barrel was smooth rather than rifled, and it fired a lead ball or shot.
Musket technology evolved over time, with earlier muskets being fired by a matchlock mechanism that involved using a lit match to ignite the gunpowder in the barrel. Later muskets used a flintlock mechanism that relied on striking a piece of flint against a metal plate to produce sparks that ignited the gunpowder.
The musket was typically loaded from the muzzle, with gunpowder and a lead ball or shot being poured down the barrel. The musket was then primed, or prepared for firing, by adding a small amount of gunpowder to a pan near the breech of the gun. When the trigger was pulled, more...
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