Artists in central México use their imagination and skill to make the traditional muskets that are fired by dancers in one of the largest carnivals in Latin America every year. The carnival takes ...

The law required states to create militias to be staffed by some able-bodied white men ages 18 through 44 who were to provide their own muskets and other supplies.

In 1789, when the first 10 constitutional amendments--now known at the Bill of Rights--were proposed by the 1st Congress of the United States, the most common small arms were flintlock muskets and ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A teenager was killed during a rural town’s New Year’s tradition of firing vintage black-powder muskets into the air, but town officials declared Monday that the centuries ...

The musket’s flint mechanism creates a spark that travels into the pan and then goes into the barrel, which sets the gun off. The soldiers fired a charge of black powder and a .69 caliber lead ball.

Virginia Muskets. Share full article. Sept. 3, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from September 3, 1860, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

If seeing a musket turn a nice, ripe honeydew into fruit salad at 60 yards is your idea of fun, “Revolutionary War Weapons” may not be the show for you: What accomplishes the melon ...