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What were the materials used to make a traditional musket?

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What were the materials used to make a traditional musket? Steel, wood, flint (or cord or twine for matchlocks). Sometimes brass or bronze. Any number of materials would be used for decorative touches, e.g. gold, silver, mother of pearl, ivory… read more

Musket balls could also be used in rifled muskets - guns that were originally smooth-bored but rifled at a later date - or in rifles. Musket balls are often confused with balls for muzzle-loading pistols, as some pistols were of a larger bore than some muskets. read more

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