muzzleloader
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- muzzleloading adjective
Etymology
Origin of muzzleloader
Example Sentences
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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
But he returned with a muzzleloader, a single-shot gun that requires the bullet, primer and powder be loaded through the muzzle before firing.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2022
Jury testified that when he spoke to Wolfe, Wolfe didn’t have a muzzleloader with him.
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2018
During last year’s general combined modern firearm, archery and muzzleloader seasons, 121,313 hunters took home 35,407 deer for a 31.3 percent success rate.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2016
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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