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A rifle musket is a musket that has a rifled barrel. Until the mid 19th century, the standard infantry weapon of most of the world's armies was a smoothbore, long-barreled, muzzleloading musket with a relatively large bore. Rifles, with shorter barrels and smaller bores were also in use, but primarily by specialized troops. With the invention of the Minie style bullet, which allowed much faster loading than the traditional patched ball, the more accurate rifling started to replace a smooth bore as the standard for infantry use.
Initially, existing smooth bore muskets were converted to "rifled-muskets". The term meaning a musket that had been rifled. In the mid 1850s new musket designs such as the British Pattern 1853 (Enfield) and the US Model 1855 (Springfield) became the standard. These weapons, which were originally designed with rifled barrels, were called "Rifle Muskets" or "Rifle-Muskets" to distinguish them from the shorter barreled rifles.
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How the musket different from the rifle?
the musket does not have a rifled barrel and a rifle does
What is a synonym for musket?
Carbine, rifle, firearm, or gun. Those are synonyms for musket.
Name a old rifle that start with m?
musket Or miguelet / miquelet.
What is the difference between a musket and a rifle?
A musket is smooth bored, like a shotgun's bore. A rifle has rifling inside the bore (grooves).
What did the rifle replace?
It replaced the smoothbore musket.
What does a flintlock musket do?
Nothing different from a rifle.
Why is the rifle better than a musket?
The rifles had superior range and accuracy compared to the smoothbore musket.
What gun is used today instead of a musket?
Rifle.
What is a blade mounted on the end of a musket or rifle?
bayonet
Is a black powder musket considered a rifle?
No, a rifle has rifling in its barrel (spiral grooves to make the bullet spin, thus stabilizing it and improving accuracy). A musket barrel is smooth.
What weapon was used in conjunction to a musket?
A bayonet is a thrusting weapon placed on the muzzle of a musket or rifle which turns the weapon into a spear.
What weapons did the confederates have?
anything from pistols to an 1861 Richmond Rifle Musket
