This is every rifle the Marine Corps has issued to Marines in the service's 250-year history, from muskets to M4s.

The rifle carried by the US Marine Corps has evolved significantly, and it has come a long way from the Brown Bess and Charleville muskets used 250 years ago, but the role of those carrying it hasn’t ...

“We had about 80 men that came and served, or were called to duty,” Hilton said. “And a great representation of that battle is this musket we have here.” On the morning of April 19, 1775, Munroe, his ...

While hunters and their rifles helped wage psychological warfare, the American victory can actually be attributed to ...

In between the famous British Baker rifle and the Pattern 1853 Enfield, there was a little-known design that's rarely seen today. This is the story of the British Brunswick rifle.

Museum curator Nikki Walsh holds up two Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to have been fired at the British by colonial militia men, at Minute Man National Historical Park, Monday ...

Archaeologists found musket balls from the Revoluntary War at the North Bridge in Concord, ... Each bullet was fired at British soldiers as they formed up to storm the bridge on April 19, ...

According to Powell, the musket balls were found on the eastern side of the Concord River within Minute Man National Historical Park, in an area where British soldiers formed up to resist the ...

Five Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to be fired at the British by colonial militia men, are displayed at Minute Man National Historical Park, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Concord ...

Yes, some were using rifles, depending on what region you were from, and units in the British Army used rifles. But for the most part, they're all using flintlock mechanisms and smoothbore guns.

Additionally, the musket balls vary in size, which is also evidence that they were made by the colonial militiamen. According to the researchers, the British used musket balls of a standard size.

Museum curator Nikki Walsh holds up two Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to be fired at the British by colonial militia men, at Minute Man National Historical Park, Monday, July ...