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Javali, the moment he saw them, growled incoherently, grabbed a handful of powder from his bag, half of which he spilled as he tried to push it into his musket's barrel.

Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003

He ignored the voltigeurs, knowing they were shooting far beyond a musket's accurate range, and he stared at the vast French columns climbing the better road that twisted up to the village just beneath the ridge's northern crest.

Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003

He leveled the pistol at the younger officer who held the offending flag of truce, a white handkerchief tied to a musket's ramrod.

Sharpe's Christmas Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2003

There were plenty who said the experiment was a waste of time and money, for rifles were much harder to reload than the smoothbore muskets and so a greenjacket could only fire one shot to a musket's three or even four.

Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001

He brought the musket's brass-bound stock hard down on the orange, squashing and bursting the fruit, then stooped and scooped up some of the pulped flesh.

Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

Sharpe stood motionless as the Sergeant untied the scrap of rag that Sharpe used to protect his musket's lock from the insidious red dust.

Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

The Indian staggered, hunched over and Sharpe slammed the musket's heavy butt into the dark face.

Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

The gun banged into his shoulder, its recoil much harder than an ordinary musket's blow.

Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

The musket's quick flash, but inflames them the more.

The British Light Infantry 1997

The Sergeant had unscrewed the musket's doghead, extracted the flint in its folded leather pad and now offered the scrap of stone to Captain Morris.

Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997