Brown Bess Musket

This is a picture of the "Brown Bess" model musket from the American Revolution. It was commonly used by British and American soldiers. It was also made in Britain. Of course, like all guns from the American Revolution, the Brown Bess musket could only fire 1 shot at a time. The ramrod, which is the thin pole right below the barrel, was used to push the lead musket ball down the barrel. Then the hammer, which is right above the trigger was pulled back to enable the user to fire the gun. Finally, the user pulled back the trigger after they loaded the gun and pulled the hammer back to fire the gun. Also, to fire the gun, you had to load in with the lead ball proper cartridges and gunpowder. When the gun was fired, the gunpowder would create a lot of smoke coming out of the barrel and would also make a loud cracking sound. Today, people rarely use gunpowder in their guns and that enables them to fire a gun without the gun making a loud sound. This is also the reason why being a sniper is so much easier today.