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The gun and early projectiles -- The basic musket ball -- What did it hit? -- Musket balls with fabric impressions -- Musket balls altered to improve lethality -- Canister shot -- Chewed musket balls ...

After losing his arm to a musket ball in 1814, Shadrack Byfield nailed together a coffin for his severed limb and buried it ...

The American Revolution’s humble beginnings 250 years ago are reflected in a cut down, beat up, old musket — one that even experts recognize isn’t much to look at. “If that gun was on a table, ...