Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore long gun. Its user fires from the shoulder, except in the case of the rare wall guns. The date of the origin of muskets remains unknown, but they are mentioned as early as the late 14th century. Muskets became obsolete by the middle of the 19th century, as rifles superseded them. Typical musket calibers ranged from .50 to .75 inches. A soldier primarily armed with a musket had the designation of a musketman or of a musketeer.

See also

• gun
• weapon
• Charleville musket
• Brown Bess
• The Three Musketeers
• Musket Wars
• Muzzleloader
• The Military Revolution