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**Mike Irwin** · May 13, 2005, 10:21 AM

When you get right down to it, the line between shotgun, rifle, musket, rifled musket, etc., was, for a long time, very blurry. It still can be today, too.

May 13, 2005, 10:21 AM	#48
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	When you get right down to it, the line between shotgun, rifle, musket, rifled musket, etc., was, for a long time, very blurry. It still can be today, too.