Rifled Musket

Rifled Muskets are a more advanced form of the Smoothbore flintlock musket. Using a rifled barrel and a conical bullet, the rifled musket achieves greater range and damage than the smoothbore version, and the percussion cap ignition system results in fewer misfires. Soldiers using these weapons are able to make use of more modern tactics and need not resort to massed volleys (although the weapons are sometimes used in that fashion).

This weapon holds one individually loaded round inserted in the muzzle, and requires 10 seconds to reload. If prepared paper cartridges are not available, the weapon may be loaded using loose powered and bullet, but this takes longer.

Cost: Cr560, Weight: 4.41kg, Ammunition: Cr0.43 per bullet.

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• World Tamer's Handbook