Flintlock MUSKET

The actual name of this gun is MUSKET , the flintlock in its name is due to the fact that it works on flintlock mechanism. The flintlock system was 1stly introduced the beginning if 17th century. Its a dangerous firearm and is very famous. It was very famous in the 18th century among the people because it was the rifle considered as the best hunting rifle.
There was a little problem with this rifle and the problem was that it needed time to reload. Even experts loaded it in 20 sec(minimum time). Due to this fact, flintlock was mainly prepared with two,three or four barrels for multiple shots.
Although it was a dangerous weapon but it has some drawbacks . The main draback was its miss-fires. And due to other some facts it cant face the weapon of today's modern age but it was a good hunting rifle in its own age.