The most common Revolutionary weapon was the flintlock musket, commonly known as the Brown Bess, and was first used in 1768. The Muskets were muzzle loaded with a single shot or grape shot (multiple balls), fired from the shoulder. The Musket had a short range and was not very accurate and used by infantry. The Revolutionary War muskets were commonly equipped with bayonets. Only about 20% of the lead fired from one army to another hit the target

A flintlock musket

A shoulder fired weapon with a long barrel. The rifle was slower to load but more accurate than the musket. The rifle had a longer effective range. Sharpshooting riflemen were used as snipers against the British to great effect. The rifle had a longer effective range. Sharpshooting riflemen were used as snipers against the British to great effect. The Long Rifle was the one of the first completely American designs. It was made by the Germans who colonized Pennsylvania

Bayonet, a short, sharp-edged, sometimes pointed weapon, designed for attachment to the muzzle of a firearm and developed, according to tradition, in Bayonne, Fr., early in the 17th century.

The bayonet is referred to as an edged weapon mounted on the muzzle end of a firearm as a backup weapon used in close quarters combat. The bayonet is a swordlike stabbing metal blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a musket or rifle for use in hand-to-hand fighting, effectively turning the gun into a spear.

Pistol, a small firearm designed for one-hand use. According to one theory, pistols owe their name to the city of Pistoia, Italy, where handguns were made as early as the late 15th century.

A pistol is a non-repeating handgun - designed to be held and operated by one hand. The barrel of a pistol was approximately six inches long. Difficult use because of the extensive load times. Cavalrymen and American officers used pistols however they were effective only at close range.

Swords were widely used during the Revolutionary war and included hanger swords (cutlass), sabres and hunting swords. A Hanger Sword or cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge and was used by Infantrymen. A sabre is a heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge. Officers also carried small sabre swords which were light, straight, and slender - often used to direct troops. A Hunting sword is single-handed short sword

Tomahawk, war hatchet of the North American Indians. “Tomahawk” was derived from the Algonquian word otomahuk (“to knock down”).

A tomahawk is type of axe that is native to North America, resembling a hatchet with a straight shaft. The tomahawk was used as a hand-to-hand or a thrown weapon

It consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long shaft. It always has a hook or thorn on the back side of the axe blade for grappling mounted combatants...

A pole arm was a cutting or thrusting weapon mounted on a long handle or pole. Pikes, spears, halberds, partisans and spontoons were all pole-arms. A pole arm was used as a close combat weapon in which a blade is placed on the end of a long wooden shaft, extending the user's effective range.

A Smallsword, a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance...

A vast selection of knives were used during the Revolutionary war including throwing knives, daggers, scalpers and skinners.