Armed with this rifle , p atriot marksman can hit a target 250 yards away , more than three times the average distance of a modern fbi sniper shot , and twice the range of the british muskets .
In mid-1798 , he obtained a government contract to manufacture 10000 muskets within an extraordinarily short time frame of less than two years .
在1798年中期,他与政府签订了在不到两年的非常短的时间内制造1万挺滑膛枪的合约。
Gunmaking was considered an extremely skilled craft in the 18th century , and firearms , including pistols and muskets , were all constructed by hand .
在18世纪,枪械制作被认为是技术含量极高的手工业,而包括手枪和滑膛枪的火器都是通过手工制作的。
How much you want for these muskets ?
这些枪你要收多少钱
Load all your muskets and stack'em , but don 't powder'em.
准备好你们的步枪,但是先别上膛。
Such rifles could not be loaded as rapidly as smoothbore muskets .
它们不能像无膛线步枪那样迅速填装弹药。
A splendid fellow -- one of the staunch union patriots from whom I used to buy muskets and hoop skirts for the confederacy .
他是个杰出人物----一位勇敢的联邦爱国人士,我常常从他那里为南部联盟购买军械和有裙箍的女裙。
Bows and wheel-lock muskets were shot from the standing position at first and by the 16th century , public matches showcased firearms with rifled barrels .
Opposite the quai de la greve , young men armed with muskets installed themselves in the houses of some women for the purpose of firing .
在格雷沃河沿对面,有些青年拿着短枪从一些妇女的屋里对外发射。
Interchangeable parts , popularized in america when eli whitney used them to assemble muskets in the first years of the 19th century , allowed relatively unskilled workers to produce large numbers of weapons quickly and at lower cost , and made repair and replacement of parts infinitely easier .