musket

barrel

Hooped cylindrical vessel

• stockGoods kept for sale
• triggerWhat initiates action
• muzzleAnimal's nose area

bore · ramrod · sights · bayonet · smoothbore · muzzleloader · ball · shot · caliber · recoil

lock

Mechanism requiring a key

• panShallow cooking vessel
• frizzenFlintlock's spark-producing steel
• flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock

hammer · cock · spark · flash · ignition · mechanism · steel · tumbler · matchlock · snaplock

ramrod

Gun-cleaning rod

• cartridgeSealed container for supplies
• powderFine dry particles
• ballSpherical plaything or gala

wadding · muzzle · breech · priming · pan · measure · pouch · bandolier · bite · tamp

colonial

Of occupied territories

• revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
• antiqueOld valued collectible
• arquebusEarly portable firearm

matchlock · flintlock · percussion · muzzleloader · reenactment · collector · reproduction · museum

infantry

Ground combat troops

• regimentColonel-led military unit
• battalionMid-sized military unit
• soldierArmed forces member

formation · drill · volley · ranks · battlefield · warfare · tactics · campaign · barracks · uniform

privateer

Authorized civilian warship

• buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
• swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
• cutlassCurved slashing naval blade

pistol · blunderbuss · musketoon · boarding · broadside · ship · cannon · plunder · corsair · naval

gunpowder

Combustible propellant mixture

• blackpowderEarly explosive propellant
• saltpeterPotassium nitrate compound
• sulfurYellow combustible element

charcoal · propellant · flash · smoke · blast · ignition · combustion · fouling · corning · granulation

• Military HardwareMirage, frigate, destroyer, submarine, howitzer
• antique firearmsmatchlock, muzzleloader, harquebus, Brown Bess, caplock
• Civil War gearrifle, bayonet, canteen, knapsack, cartridge box
• Frontier WarsIndian Wars, French and Indian War, cavalry charge, militia, militias
• Lexington and ConcordLexington, Concord, minutemen, militia, British redcoats
• military armsrifle, cannon, bayonet, saber, pistol