musket
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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
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
Captain Smith does not trade away a single sword or musket.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
In exchange, they demanded that the whalers return with 200 muskets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
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
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The “crossroads of the Civil War,” as Virginia’s Spotsylvania County calls itself, is once again a cauldron of hostilities, this time minus the muskets.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
Four muskets leaned against a tree, the branches of which hung over the water.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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