Musket

"Armed with nothing but muskets and a superiority complex, the Brits took over half the world. Own the gun that built an Empire."

- GTA V, description from Ammu-Nation.

The Musket is a "shotgun" that appears in the Independence Day Special DLC for Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.

Design and Performance
It is primarily designed to resemble the British Land Pattern Musket, a.k.a. "Brown Bess" muskets that were used by the Americans and Great Britain during the Revolutionary War, but it has a curved stock. It has high damage and good range, but suffers from its tedious reload time, leaving the player completely vulnerable to attacks from enemies or other players.

Shots have over-penetration, meaning the bullet will continue its way after going through a first target. One musket shot can kill at least 4 NPCs if enough are within the bullet's way. The musket can kill most NPCs in one shot.

Damage per shot is almost equal as that of the Heavy Sniper : 2 shots in an helicopter's tail rotor is enough to destroy it, and one shot in the chest is enough to kill players until (roughly) level 39, while the Heavy Sniper kills in one shot until level 99.

Capacity

 * Default clip (1 round) - Equipped by default
 * Rounds x2

Colors

 * Default tint - Equipped by default
 * Army tint
 * LSPD tint
 * Green tint (Online only)
 * Orange tint (Online only)
 * Pink tint (Online only)
 * Golden tint (Online only)
 * Platinum tint (Online only)

Trivia

 * Even though it's in the Shotgun slot, it uses Sniper Rifle ammo rather than lead balls. Due to this, one should be careful not having the Musket selected while selecting the shotgun slot in order to quickly take a shotgun.
 * It is the oldest weapon ever in the GTA series, being 200-300 years old.
 * It is erroneously classified as a shotgun, even though muskets were their own type of gun.
 * It is the first muzzle-loading firearm in the series.
 * Though the Musket has a long reload time, it is still unrealistic as a real musket takes roughly 15 to 60 seconds to reload (depending on the user's skill and concentration) as opposed to the in-game musket, which takes about 5 seconds to reload. The player only drops gunpowder and the ball into the barrel without using the stick to push it.
 * Given its power and accuracy, it may not be a true musket but instead an early rifle such as the Minie Rifle, having much more penetrating and accurate shots than muskets while still having a similar look and use. That kind of rifle appeared during the mid-19th century, almost a century after the American Revolutionary War. The Minie Rifle is famous for being used during the American Civil War.
 * It is possible to reload slightly faster by quickly entering and exiting a bike just after the shot. Entering and exiting the bike will replace the reloading animation.