The flintlock mechanism was designed to push back the lid and spark a flint at the same time. ... In the second half of the 18th century, musket design branched out.

Archaeologists found a handful of musket balls near a famed Revolutionary War bridge in Massachusetts — and they were likely fired by a colonial militia during a skirmish that later inspired the ...

With the musket, it's similar ... But for the most part, they're all using flintlock mechanisms and smoothbore guns. What comes into play in the Revolution is, on the [Continental] side, they ...

National Park Service archaeologists unearth five musket balls in Concord, Massachusetts, tied to the American Revolution and connected to the "shot heard round the world." ...

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, ...

Musket balls that started the American Revolution sat buried. Until now. “The last time somebody touched it they were shoving it down the muzzle of a musket on April 19, 1775,” a park ranger ...

WHILE SURVEYING FOR A FUTURE PROJECT. THEY DISCOVERED THESE MUSKET BALLS DATING BACK TO A MOMENT WE ALL KNOW. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NORTH BRIDGE, WE DISCOVERED FIVE MUSKET BALLS THAT WERE FIRED ...

Museum curator Nikki Walsh holds up two Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to have been fired at the British by colonial militia men, at Minute Man National Historical Park ...

Local News Musket balls fired during ‘shot heard round the world’ battle found in Concord “It’s incredible that we can stand here and hold what amounts to just a few seconds of history ...

CONCORD — These shots may have been among those "heard round the world," but their remnants weren't found for nearly 250 years.. Five musket balls dating back to the start of the Revolutionary ...

CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the ...