Become a musketeer in the Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote!

Firing a musket can be a real thrill and lots of them firing together is one of the most crowd pleasing aspects of a battle. But firing a musket on the battlefield requires special equipment and training. A musket was an early kind of gun which used a burning piece of rope or sparks from a flint to ignite gunpowder, firing a round lead musketball. They took a long time to load and were often inaccurate, so large blocks of musketeers would all fire together. They could then turn their guns around and use t