An apostle is a small wooden bottle used by musketeers to carry pre-measured loads of black powder (historical gunpowder) for their muskets.
Specifications:
- Length approx. 11,3cm
- Width approx. 2,7cm
- the given price covers one piece
Musketeer used a matchlock weapon that were muzzle loaded. To load the weapon, the shooter would unplug a wooden container called an apostle (because there were 12 of them) from his leather bandoleer. He would then pour a pre-measured amount of loose black powder from the apostle into the muzzle of the barrel. Then a lead ball was placed into the muzzle and rammed home into the chamber with a wooden rod (a.k.a. ramrod).
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