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Muskets, rifles and shotguns, by comparison, were excluded because they were used for hunting or participating in a militia.

From Salon • May 27, 2022

Muskets could fire single shots or a “cluster” shot with multiple projectiles, but they had to be reloaded after every firing.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2016

In the early Morning, armed Regiments began to take up Muskets & move about the Fortification; & many who had labored all Night now prepared to defend their Works all Day.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Another Blast, then — & though I am sure it was but one or two Muskets discharged upon us, it sounded as a Volley of a Thousand.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Muskets were procured for their arming from Boston.

From Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution by Hersey, Charles