not sure if this is what you are looking for but a musket is usually smooth bored meaning it has no rifling in the barrel where a muzzle loader can have rifling. A muzzle loader refers to any weapon that is loaded thru the muzzle in a simple definition and it can be either smooth bored like a musket or rifled like a Pennsylvania long rifle or like most modern muzzle loaders are today
A muzzle loader shotgun
Yes, a muzzle loader or a musket can be unloaded without having to be fired. It can be unloaded, however it is dangerous to do so.Ê
A 'muzzle loader' is any firearm (or cannon) which does not have a breech mechanism and which is 'charged' (loaded with powder and shot) from the muzzle end of the barrel.
how do you take apart the slide mechanism in a muzzle loader
Have conviction of domestic violence, can i buy a muzzle loader at a gun store legally?
do u know where i can finds parts for a New Frontier muzzle loader at
$150+
yes cause you use black powder for a muzzle loader but for a real gun its all in the bullet and the hammer...
Butt to muzzle, about 50-60 inches.
The value varies by condition and seller between $150 and $800.
Thompson center
You can, but, why would you?