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think I've read somewhere that smoothbore is needed when you fire a projective at high speed since the rifling will rip the projectile to screds and/or because there will be less barrel wear— Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.226.10.209 ( talk) 14:48, 14 July 2006 (UTC) reply

The page doesn't mention modern muskets which are used for hunting in parts of Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.207.116 ( talk) 22:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC) reply