An experienced firer could typically get off three rounds in a minute's time for the smoothbore muskets (such as the Brown Bess), but only one round a minute in rifles (such as the Kentucky Rifle).
Loise and Clark used them but the British made them.
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Need photos or more information! This is likely a M 1816 musket. My questions are is it still in it's original flintlock configuration or has it been converted to percussion(as most are) ? Also what is it's overall condition? Without this info it is impossible to give the gun a value.
He is known for his invention of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts. He also had a musket factory
They mainly brought disease such as smallpox or measles, but they also brought muskets.
Musket pellets wouldn't penetrate armour, and take ages to reload, so probably knights!
Musket: only had one shot before you had to reload again very slow reload (about 30 seconds) wooden had no bullet casing Assault Rifle: has a magazine capacity of usually 30 before you have to reload fast reload because it uses a magazine made of many different materials has bullet casing
Just as long as it takes for it to reload is how long it takes to reload- by Ryan Fedoski
Like 5 minutes.
30-60 seconds.
1,000,000 years
30-60 seconds
It took a minute or two.
The rifle was accurate to a much greater range- but it also took a lot longer to reload.
30-40 seconds for a skilled soldier.
Brown Bess, definitely no! That's a weapon of the 1700's. It took too long to reload. American Military did not have bayonets attached to their weapons but the Japanese did.
A musket is an old fashioned, smooth barreled long gun.