The musket (or musket) is one of the first portable firearms, heavy and unwieldy. The collection consists of five handguns and a rifle:
a) Jacuzzi G.B., 18th century, Archibusus converted to percussion
b) Jacuzzi G.B., 18th century, Shotgun Archibusus
c) Leoni C., 18th century, rchibusus with gun without decoration
d) Bott. toscana, 18th century, Archibusus converted to percussion
e) Bott. toscana, 18th century, A. with shotgun with two orders barrel
f) Bott. toscana, 19th century, Infantry rifle
There are various types:
musket fire (or stone), the oldest type, muzzle loading, in which for the ignition of the charge is used first burning coal and then a red-hot iron rod;
musket fork, big weapon supported by a fork resting on a tripod or planted on the ground;
arquebuse chamber, breech; to. to fuse, in which the ignition of the charge is obtained with a fuse through a lateral focone;
musket string, with a crush rope instead of the fuse;
arquebuse to snake, with flint and steel coil.
