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It improves that accuracy and distance of the bullet by causing the bullet to spin not tumble like a smooth bore barrel musket.
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How the musket different from the rifle?
the musket does not have a rifled barrel and a rifle does
Who invented the rifled musket?
The rifled musket was invented and sold to the US Army in 1861. The rifle ball was invented by French inventor Claude-Ã?tienne Minie.
What guns did the British use in 1857?
The Enfield rifled musket.
What did the rifled musket do?
It made accurate long range fire possible.
Who was famous for their marksmanship with a rifled musket?
Davy Crockett. Anny Oakley
How do you clean a civil way rifled musket?
I don't know how to clean a musket I just need to know how people in the confederacy cleaned their muskets
What are the weapons in order used in the civil war From Greatest to least?
1. Parrot 2. Mortar 3. Napoleon 4. Small mortar 5. Breech loading rifle 6. Sniper Rifled musket 7. Rifled musket 8. Smooth bore musket 9. Pistol 10. saber/Sword 11. Bayonet 12. Knife
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, muzzleloading 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.
What new technology new to the civil war made it possible for bullets to travel faster and further?
The rifled musket and Minié ball.
What are the parts of a musket?
The lock, the stock, and the barrel. The lock is the mechanism with hammer, trigger, pan, and other parts to fire the musket. The stock is the wooden furniture which allows the operator to hold and aim the musket. The barrel is the tube through which the projectile is fired, exactly like a modern weapon, except that musket barrels were smooth bored like a shotgun instead of rifled.
What caliber was the Springfield rifle in the civil war?
The Springfield rifled Musket, Model 1855 had a caliber of 0.58-inch and was a single shot, muzzle-loading weapon.
What is the difference between a smooth-bore musket and a rifled musket?
The difference between the two muskets lies inside the barrel. A smooth-bore barrel is (as the name suggests) smooth inside. As the ball that the gun fires is slightly smaller than the barrel it bounces from side to side as it travels down its length. This causes the possibility that the ball will not exit the barrel traveling straight leading to inaccuracy. A rifled barrel has a groove carved around the inside in a spiral. This catches hold of the ball as it travels down the barrel, holding it on a straight course, and causing it to spin. As it exits the barrel, it is traveling straight and the spin helps to keep it so. In short, a rifled musket is more accurate than a smooth-bore musket and has a longer range.
