Musketoon

Musketoons had a brass or iron barrel, and used a wheellock, flintlock or caplock[1] firing mechanism, like the typical musket of the period.

They were fired from the shoulder like the musket, but the shorter length (barrels were as short as a foot (30 cm) long) made them easier to handle for those in restricted conditions, such as mounted infantry and naval boarding parties.

Their resemblance to earlier weapons like the blunderbuss has led to their misidentification in both scholarly and popular media.

[2][3] Due to its smaller size and weight the "Paget carbine"[4] was used through the Napoleonic wars by the British cavalry units.

It had a 16 inch smoothbore barrel and could be better wielded from horseback than the standard "Brown Bess" musket or Baker rifle.