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A shotgun is an example of a smoothbore. The inside of the barrel has no grooves cut into it, as a rifle would have.
It replaced the smoothbore musket.
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The rifle greatly increased the usable range of a firearm over that of the smoothbore musket. This made changes in both the military use of firearms, and in the use of firearms for hunting. Where a smoothbore musket has an accurate range of about 50 yards, the rifle, in the hands of an experienced marksman, had a usable range of about 400 yards.
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The rifles had superior range and accuracy compared to the smoothbore musket.
Start by buying a lathe and a milling machine. After you have spent about $9,000 on that, we will talk about how you plan to rifle the barrel of your derringer, since making a smoothbore pistol is illegal. This is not a home workshop project.
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Muskets- a smoothbore firearm. Not as accurate, but better than bows and pikes.
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