Firearms history

Loading a musket requires understanding a precise sequence of steps that soldiers and hunters mastered through countless hours of practice. […]

Understanding the parts of a musket reveals the engineering brilliance behind firearms that shaped warfare from the 15th through 19th

The musket was not invented by a single individual but evolved from earlier hand cannons in Europe during the early

A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore long gun that dominated military warfare from the 16th to 19th centuries. These firearms