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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDJblatherings" data-source="post: 3933261" data-attributes="member: 52044">most of my musket experience is with 18th centurt and early 19th century technology.  A rifled musket, is a rifle and I wouldn't include it in the data for muskets. all that makes a musket a rifle is rifling but it does make a huge difference in the effectiveness of the weapons.  Some early muskets actually got much greater overall ranges then later day muskets  because they used much larger charges then later day musket but the firing mechanisms could generally reduce accuracy.  gun powder and firearms technolgoy existsed during most of the middle ages. 1247 is generally accepted as the first verifieable european use. Mechanical firign devices appeared in the 1420's (earlytmatchlocks and even some snap locks). Rifling was first invented in 1498 but it wasn't commonly used in miliatry arms until the middle of the 19th century.</blockquote>