musket
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A gun's rear sight and a musket side plate found nearby offer some support for that interpretation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The couple are seen side by side in period costume, as Anna hands John a cartridge to reload his musket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Questions aside, a musket can come in handy.
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
The only activity is two laborers chopping firewood and a soldier sitting outside his cabin cleaning his musket.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
One of Whitney’s next ventures was manufacturing muskets for the federal government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
An initial excavation last summer revealed chimney bases and uncovered a military buckle and lead shot for muskets.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
With muskets drawn, Napoleon asks the chambers, “Shall we vote?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
His aim is to confirm the holes were from muskets fired in the 1839 Newport Chartist Rising.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023
The Hessians kept a few paces apart, their muskets ready, their bayonets fixed as if they were advancing on an enemy.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
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