muzzleloader
Americannoun
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Origin of muzzleloader
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The senior Swoveland had run a muzzleloader gun shop called The Mountain Man for nearly 50 years with a sense of humor and a sharp tongue.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
The rustling in the brush was loud, so Brian Christman raised his muzzleloader for the deer he expected to emerge.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Marine, said “I’ve never used a muzzleloader before, and certainly couldn’t load one in the dark in a storm with a mad moose.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
But Jury said he still warned him that he wasn’t allowed to possess a gun, even a muzzleloader.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2018
Rufus’s father arrived on a flat-bed wagon, carrying his familiar long rifle—an old muzzleloader, I realized.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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