musket

Example Sentences

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A family tree hangs in the boardroom and some of the company’s oldest weapons, including a musket from 1830, are displayed in an archive of more than 1,500 pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

I would not have walked into a coffee shop with an AR-15 and expected the reactions I got for walking in with a musket, for one thing.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

For decades speculation has been rife about whether the pillars do actually bear the scars of the musket balls from nearly two hundred years ago.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

But Harvick might have to surrender his musket.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2023

‘Rab stood here ... just about where we are standing now. He did not go when Major Pitcairn told them to disperse, he kept on standing—with the other men—his musket in his hands.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes