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Why were rifled-muskets an improvement over earlier muskets?
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Why were rifled-muskets an improvement over earlier muskets?

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Rifles have the advantage of long range accuracy, because spinning bullets have far flatter and more stable trajectories than balls fired from smoothbore muskets. Muskets has the advantage of a faster rate of fire.
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