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Old 21st January 2018, 05:57 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Victrix
Many thanks for your comments, Pukka Bundook and Rick.
Someone told me muskets are smooth bored and can’t have rifled barrels, so I guess this one is properly called a rifle.
It's true, but in fact a musket is an old matchlock or wheelock long gun.
The musketeers are originally soldiers with these long guns.
Later they became famous with another kind of weapon... the rapier...
Some people call a musket any rifle before the 19th c. percussion lock...
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