The musketoon is a shorter-barrelled version of the musket, and served in the roles of a shotgun or carbine. Musketoons could be of the same caliber as the issue musket, or of a much larger caliber, 1.0–2.5 inches (25–63 mm). The musketoon is most commonly associated with naval use, and pirates in particular, though they also served in a carbi...
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• (n.) A short musket. • (n.) One who is armed with such a musket.
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Mus`ket·oon' noun [ French
mousqueton ; confer Italian
moschettone .]
1. A short musket.
2. One who is armed with such a musket.
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A musketoon was a short thick musket with a very wide bore, sometime bell- mouthed like a blunderbuss. It fired a ball weighing between 5 and 7.5 ounces.
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