English: Taken from 1910 The Encyclopædia Britannica, page 719. Shows a number of various types of muzzle-loading guns:
16th century German carbine, with double wheel lock
Snaphance
William III Brown Bess
George II Brown Bess
George III Brown Bess
French Napoleon
1839 British percussion musket
Blunderbuss or musketoon, early 18th century
Large blunderbuss, 1750
Flintlock cavalry carbine, 1875
Percussion carbine, 1830
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Taken from 1910 The Encyclopædia Britannica, page 719. Shows a number of various types of muzzle-loading guns: 1: 16th century German carbine, with double wheel lock 2: Snaphance 3: William III Brown Bess 4: George II Brown Bess 5: George III Brow
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