musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour. By the mid-16th century, this type of musket gradually disappeared as the use of heavy armour declined, but musket continued as the generic term for smoothbore long guns until the mid-19th century. In turn, this style of musket was retired in the 19th century when rifled muskets using the Minié ball became common. The development of breech-loading firearms using self-contained cartridges, introduced by Casimir Lefaucheux in 1835, began to make muskets obsolete. The first reliable repeating rifles, the 1860 Henry rifle and its 1866 descendant the Winchester rifle, superseded muskets entirely. Repeating rifles quickly established themselves as the standard for rifle design, ending the era of the musket.

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  musket during the Napoleonic Era

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Gustav III och Gren

Karađorđe's arms

Post-Medieval Musket Ball (FindID 882157)

Musket being fired during the reenactment of the Battle for Puebla in Huejotzingo Carnival, Mexico

Collectie Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen TM-137-297 Engelse musket, model 1770, met vuursteenslot en embleem U.E.I.C. Londen

Karađorđe's arms

Carl Herpfer - Schlafendes Bauernmädchen

Mermaid from Saikaku's Budō denraiki

Turner and cleaner for musket barrels, drawing annexed to Giuseppe Masera's patent

Heroic Conduct of Four Privates, of H.M. 31st Regiment, at the Battle of Mazeena.

• Výcvik se zbraněmi: vojenská cvičební příručka ze 17. století - book edition published in 2015, Czech
• НЭС / Мушкет - encyclopedia article, 2015
• 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Musket - encyclopedia article, English, 2015
• ТСД2 / Мускет - , Russian
• ВЭ / Мушкет - encyclopedic article, Russian
• Výcvik se zbraněmi: vojenská cvičební příručka ze 17. století - book edition published in 2015, German
• МЭСБЕ / Мушкет - encyclopedic article, Russian
• Výcvik se zbraněmi: vojenská cvičební příručka ze 17. století - book edition published in 2015, English
• БСЭ1/Мушкет - entry in Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1st edition (1926–1947), Russian
• ЭСБЕ / Мушкет - encyclopedic article, Russian
• The New Student's Reference Work/Musket -

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		flintlock musket	flintlock, musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		M1752 Musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		matchlock musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		Musket Model 1777	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		rifled musket	rifled gun, musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		snaphance musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		wheellock musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon		Winder musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon	1675	Charleville musket poto	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon	1795	Model 1795 Musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon	1815	Springfield Model 1812 Musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon	1816	Model 1816 Musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon	1822	Model 1822 Musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon	1835	Springfield Model 1835	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon	1840	Springfield Model 1840 flintlock musket	musket	Wikidata
class	weapon	1844	Springfield Model 1842	musket	Wikidata
link	page		Tesauro Museus page@		Wikidata
link	page		Statens historiska museers samlingar page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Gustav III och Gren		Commons
commons	image		Karađorđe's arms		Commons
commons	image		Post-Medieval Musket Ball (FindID 882157)		Commons
commons	image		Musket being fired during the reenactment of the Battle for Puebla in Huejotzingo Carnival, Mexico		Commons
commons	image		Collectie Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen TM-137-297 Engelse musket, model 1770, met vuursteenslot en embleem U.E.I.C. Londen		Commons
commons	image		Karađorđe's arms		Commons
commons	image		Carl Herpfer - Schlafendes Bauernmädchen		Commons
commons	image		Mermaid from Saikaku's Budō denraiki		Commons
commons	image		Turner and cleaner for musket barrels, drawing annexed to Giuseppe Masera's patent		Commons
commons	image		Heroic Conduct of Four Privates, of H.M. 31st Regiment, at the Battle of Mazeena.		Commons