11. Armies therefore tended to favor smooth bore weapons. 12. Earlier muskets had mostly been smooth bore flintlocks. 13. Charleville muskets had a smooth bore barrel. 14. Yet the Mini?type rifled muskets were much more accurate than smooth bore muskets. 15. Other configurations feature a smooth bore in which the mate simply slides into to connect. 16. Modern Soviet tanks, like the ones mentioned, are typically armed with smooth bore guns. 17. These weapons are typically smooth bored and fire a shell containing small lead or steel balls. 18. The loose fitting ball in a smooth bore musket was accurate to ranges of, or less. 19. Rifles were more accurate than smooth bore muskets, and could have been made using shorter barrels. 20. The Model 1842 had been produced as a smooth bore musket, but many were later rifled.
