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In Firearms
What is a musket?
A smoothbore shoulder fired weapon in use from the late 16th through the 18th century.
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Who was the fourth Musketeer?
That would be d'Artagnan. From the story "The Three Musketeers" by Alexander Dumas. The fourth Musketeer was d'Artagnan, the main character of the book "The Three Musketeers"… by Alexandre Dumas. He isn't a Musketeer yet at the beginning of the book, he's just an applicant. When he first meets Athos, Porthos, and Aramis (the "Three"), they end up dueling. The Cardinal's guards arrive to break it up. D'Artagnan and the 3 Musketeers join forces to fight the guards. D'Artagnan becomes friends with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis and later becomes a Musketeer himself. - (MORE)
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In US Civil War
What is a rifle musket?
A rifle musket is a musket that has a rifled barrel. Until the mid 19th century, the standard infantry weapon of most of the world's armies was a smoothbore, long-barreled, m…uzzleloading musket with a relatively large bore. Rifles, with shorter barrels and smaller bores were also in use, but primarily by specialized troops. With the invention of the Minie style bullet, which allowed much faster loading than the traditional patched ball, the more accurate rifling started to replace a smooth bore as the standard for infantry use. Initially, existing smooth bore muskets were converted to "rifled-muskets". The term meaning a musket that had been rifled. In the mid 1850s new musket designs such as the British Pattern 1853 (Enfield) and the US Model 1855 (Springfield) became the standard. These weapons, which were originally designed with rifled barrels, were called "Rifle Muskets" or "Rifle-Muskets" to distinguish them from the shorter barreled rifles. (MORE)
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What does a musketeer do?
A musketeer was a member of the French royal guards in the 17th and 18th centuries. Their main role was to protect the members of the royal families.
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In Biochemistry
Why was the musket made?
it was made for all weaponry cases and is now made for the Iraq war
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In Middle Ages
Who is a musketeer?
A musketeer is literally a person who uses a musket. The word is applied to soldiers. Musketeers appeared in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, but were not used in their own… formations until the Renaissance. (MORE)
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What are musket loops?
A musket loop is a small window through which a musket could be fired without providing a large opening for the attackers to shoot through. See the "Mountjoy Castle" link belo…w for some pictures of musket loops from a castle in Ireland built in the 1600's. (MORE)
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In Firearms
Is a musket a shotgun?
No. A musket is a smooth-bore, muzzel loading weapon designed to fire a single ball. A shotgun is designed to fire a several pieces of smaller shot in a single load.
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What does a musket fire?
A musket fires small metal balls (back then made of lead) called musket balls (simple enough:)
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In US Civil War
When did muskets get invented?
Roughly 1000 years ago. Time was so long ago hat we have no exact records.