In September 1634, the court ordered that "all muskets, bandoleros, and rests shall be equally divided between the plantations and towns to have arms in readiness for an attack at all times." Credit ...

The matchlock shown here was made around 1640, and is typical of the muskets used by militia in Colonial America. 1498 - Rifling principle is discovered. 1509 - Invention of wheel lock (rose lock).

For that series, we borrowed a matchlock musket from Dale Shinn in California. A replica, it is an authentic copy of the kind of matchlocks used during the founding of the American colonies in ...

The project to create the replica muskets began in the summer of 2011 when EANGUS representatives met with David Miller, ... It is a .75 caliber (3/4-inch musket ball) matchlock musket.

Many Garden State gun stores sell muskets, mainly flintlock rather than matchlock models. Musket shoppers must have a firearms ID card and driver’s license, as per New Jersey law.

A superb imperial matchlock musket will be sold at Sotheby's in London in November with an estimated price of 1.5 million pounds ($1.85 million). This rare and exquisitely produced musket is the ...

The grateful captain offered the lord a gift--a matchlock musket—the first firearm ever seen in Japan. But like a great stone hurled into placid waters, this simple gift will start a revolution.

SUWA, Nagano -- A team of "matchlock samurai" clad in full battle gear recently demonstrated ancient artillery at the Takashima Castle Festival in this central Japan city. Amid the sound of conch ...