musket

Example Sentences

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The Spaniard brought only 11 ships, some 450 men, 16 horses and a modest collection of cannons, crossbows and arquebuses, precursors to the musket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Among the dozens and dozens of weapons hanging on the wall for sale are double barrel black powder shotguns – akin to a musket – and a few "they-don't-make-these-anymore" Winchester rifles from the 1800s.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

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

Would there be any musket balls, messages from students, or clues to historical mysteries?

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

He was wearing some kind of bear-fur coat and toting a musket.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein