  
A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore long gun, which is intended to be fired from the shoulder. The date of origin of muskets remains unknown, but they are mentioned in Chinese military books such as Huo Long Jing as early as the late 14th century. Muskets were primarily designed for use by infantry. Improved with the introduction of rifling around 1800, muzzle loading rifled muskets
Rifle Replicas – These replicas are intended for collection, display and decoration only. Although the lock actions on the replica firearms are mechanical functional, these items are completely safe and non-fireable. No federal license is required to buy, sell or posses these replicas, but there may be local restrictions concerning replicas of modern firearms
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