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A sentence with musket ball in it?
Waiter, there's a musket ball in my soup! That big oak tree in the town square still has an exposed musket ball in it's trunk.
What type of metal was the musket ball made of?
Lead.
What does a musket fire?
A musket fires small metal balls (back then made of lead) called musket balls (simple enough:)
What were musket balls made of?
They were made of lead
Does a musket's lead bullet leave shrapnel in a body?
Usually not. Lead projectiles from a musket are low velocity and usually retain their mass after impact. If they contact bone, they can fracture and leave lead particles.
What president had a musket ball lodged in his shoulder?
james monroe
Which president held office with a musket ball lodged in his shoulder?
69
Who invented the rifled musket?
The rifled musket was invented and sold to the US Army in 1861. The rifle ball was invented by French inventor Claude-Ã?tienne Minie.
What size is a musket ball?
Nominally, whatever size the bore of the musket is, although musket balls were usually considerably smaller than the bore in order to reduce powder fouling in the bore. The British Brown Bess was .75 calibre (but fired a .71 calibre musket ball), the French Charleville musket was .69 calibre (these were also commonly used by what would become the United States during the American Revolution), the smoothbore Springfield Muskets were .69 calibre, while the rifled muskets were .58 calibre... just to put a few out there.
When were shot guns invented?
Precursors to the shotgun, such as the musket, were widely used by armies in the 17th century. they would use small pellets as aposed to one lead ball. often for bird hunting much like today.
What is a small ball with a hole in the middle?
A small ball with a hole in the middle is probably a Bead.
Is a musket a shotgun?
No. A musket is a smooth-bore, muzzel loading weapon designed to fire a single ball. A shotgun is designed to fire a several pieces of smaller shot in a single load.
