If your referring to the "muzzle loading" musket/rifle; the US Army's last offical use of that weapon was the US Civil War. In 1866 the US Army adapted the metallic cartridge …50-70 single shot rifle. Then in 1873, the US Army got rid of the 50-70 and adapted the 45-70 Government cartridge. Both sides used the musket/rifle in the Civil War. A muzzle loading musket could be either smooth bore or rifled. However, generally speaking, whenever a man used the term "musket", it was usually presumed to be a smooth bored weapon. (MORE)
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)
The Three Musketeers were characters in a novel written long ago about three poor boys who long to become Muskateers (army for the queen). The head of the Muskateers, who is a…fter the throne, assigns these three boys to protect the queen. What the head doesn't realize is that one of the boys fell in love with the queen and is willing to do anything to assure her safety. If I tell anymore, I will have told you the whole book. One more thing, how can you possibly NOT know about the Three Muskateers?? (MORE)
The earliest "musket" was seen in warfare in the 1500s, as a support weapon for pike regiments. However the earliest form of hand-held firearm was the hand-cannon, created in …13th century China. You're spelling/grammar is absolutely atrocious. (MORE)
The Musketeers come from a novel entitled 'The Three Musketeers' by novelist Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers was first published in 1844 in France.