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Flintlock Musket

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Flintlock Musket

The smoothbore firearm that dominated 18th-century battlefields/Historical Weapons

Flintlock muskets were the standard infantry weapon from roughly 1660 to 1840. A trained soldier could fire three rounds per minute. The Brown Bess, used by the British Army, saw service in conflicts from the War of Spanish Succession to the Napoleonic Wars.

Measurements

Overall length1.49 m
2.5 billionAspirin molecules
6.2 tenthsGolf cart lengths
5.1 tenthsCondor wingspans
Barrel length1.07 m
20.2 billionBohr radii
1Hurdle height
Mass (unloaded)4.7 kg
23 millionthsStatues of Liberty
392Strawberry weights
Bore diameter (caliber)1.9 hundredths m
450 billionthsMarathon routes
1,900Dust particles
1.1 hundredthsBookcase heights

.75 caliber

Bayonet length4.3 tenths m
4.3 thousandthsCity block lengths
3.3 tenthsFiling cabinet heights
Effective range100 m
500Cucumber lengths
204Trumpet lengths
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