| Thirteen individual steps were required to load and fire a historic reproduction flintlock musket. |
| The discovery of gun powder by the Chinese lead to the development of the matchlock musket. |
| A soldier sitting at the foot of the bridge pushed himself upright and picked up his musket. |
| The smaller.50-caliber balls could be used in the.60-caliber musket, although they would require more wadding than the larger ones. |
| For example, an infantryman with a rifled musket was a greater threat to artillerymen and cavalrymen. |
| Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute's warning. |
