they are unreliable because there old.
A bayonet is a thrusting weapon placed on the muzzle of a musket or rifle which turns the weapon into a spear.
The Chinese are credited with the invention of the musket. The musket was a later form of a weapon known as the hand cannon.
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Charlieville musket , cannon
I believe Benedict Arnold used an old musket for a weapon.
Most only had a musket, and a knife for weapons.
A pistol would generally be considered a weapon with a relatively short barrel length like a handgun, whereas a musket would be a long barreled weapon more like a rifle.
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A musket is an early kind of a gun. A musketeer was a soldier who had that gun as his main weapon.
pistol and saber
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.
it had good range and was effective against troops