The musket, a long-barrelled muzzle-loaded gun, would have devastating effects during intertribal Māori warfare as Ngāti Kahungunu of Te Matau ā Māui (Hawke’s Bay) would find out.

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Early matchlock guns are extremely rare. The matchlock shown here was made around 1640, and is typical of the muskets used by militia in Colonial America. 1498 - Rifling principle is discovered.

Some of the English journals are making quite an outcry because on one musket taken, in the hands of a captured Fenian, were found the letters "U.S." Now, we propose that every musket or other gun ...

Ducks were extremely plentiful along the Potomac in the eighteenth century, and one shot from Davis's "old British musket" generally brought down "as many of those delicious birds as would supply ...

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Reissued here in its enlarged second edition of 1910, it deals with the inter-tribal 'Musket Wars' of the early nineteenth century, when different Maori communities competed for territory shortly ...

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Michael Miller is a PhD scholar funded by Te Pūnaha Matatini – New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides ...

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews provided the biggest highlight in what had been the worst start to the season of his seven-year career. Andrews caught a 13-yard touchdown pass ...