musket
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Eli Whitney's 1801 musket demonstration before Congress was partly theater because the parts weren't fully interchangeable as advertised.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Artefacts recovered from the battlefield in recent years have included lead musket balls and a shoe buckle believed to have belonged to a clan chief.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
Questions aside, a musket can come in handy.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
Would there be any musket balls, messages from students, or clues to historical mysteries?
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023
Each musket ended with a wicked round eye—watching him so it seemed.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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