1364 - First recorded use of a firearm. 1380 - Hand guns are known across Europe ... and is typical of the muskets used by militia in Colonial America. 1498 - Rifling principle is discovered.
About a decade ago, about 30 musket balls were found at the site known as Parker's Revenge ... that out of the ground and know that we're the first ones to touch that since somebody else was ...
CONCORD – Archaeologists in Concord, Massachusetts found five musket balls they say were fired on April 19, 1775 at Minute ...