musket balls
Revolutionary War projectiles
Musket balls are spherical lead projectiles fired from muskets—the smooth-bore firearms that dominated warfare from the 16th through 19th centuries.
Before rifled barrels and elongated bullets, soldiers loaded these round balls down the muzzle with powder and wadding.
The surgeon extracted a musket ball from his thigh.
Dense metal, symbol Pb
- shotQuick liquor serving
- powderFine dry particles
- gunpowderCombustible propellant mixture
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
caliber · projectile · buckshot · grapeshot · black powder · volley · salvo · round
Globe-like in form
- roundCurved like circle
- pelletSmall rounded mass
- diameterDistance across through center
- caliberBore diameter or quality
smooth · irregular · deformed · dimpled · weight · mass · dense · solid
Ground combat troops
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- volley fireSynchronized group discharge
- platoonSmall infantry formation
- rank and fileOrdinary members collectively
cavalry · artillery · skirmish · barrage · siege · bayonet · soldier · battlefield
lead
Dense metal, symbol Pb
cartridge · caliber · projectile · buckshot · grapeshot · black powder · volley · salvo · round · charge
spherical
Globe-like in form
caliber · smooth · irregular · deformed · dimpled · weight · mass · dense · solid · rolling
infantry
Ground combat troops
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- volley fireSynchronized group discharge
- platoonSmall infantry formation
rank and file · cavalry · artillery · skirmish · barrage · siege · bayonet · soldier · battlefield · regiment
lead
Dense metal, symbol Pb
forged · foundry · furnace · molten · ladle · sprue · dipper · melting pot · ingot · cooled
flintlock
Flint-sparked firearm mechanism
- matchlockCord-ignited gun mechanism
- arquebusEarly portable firearm
- musketoonShort-barreled cavalry firearm
blunderbuss · smoothbore · carbine · firelock · ramrod · muzzle · barrel · trigger · pan · frizzen
- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- militariabayonets, medals, military patches, military insignia, dog tags
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- artillery ammunitiongrapeshot, shrapnel, chain shot, double shot
- colonial moneypaper money, paper currency, Spanish dollar, piece of eight, pieces of eight
- Metal Detectingmetal detecting, metal detector, coil, discriminator, sensitivity
musket ballscartridges
Encased charges for firing
guided missiles · smart bombs · cruise missiles · electronic warfare · drone strikes
musket, ball, muskets, balls, musketeer, musketeers, balled, balling, balloon