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

There could be everyday military items like uniform buttons or musket balls.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2023

He showed him the right way to ram the musket ball down the gun’s barrel.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis