The matchlock arquebus is considered the forerunner to the flintlock musket. The Puckle gun firing mechanism is similar to a conventional flintlock musket. This made them more accurate than the standard flintlock or matchlock musket. This flintlock musket was an American built copy of the French 1777 Charleville musket. This plays into her use of a long-barreled flintlock musket that fires magic bullets. A carbine is a shorter version of a musket or rifle. This became the first standard flintlock musket to be issued to all French troops. The bayonet had a round handle that slid directly into the musket barrel. Each dragoon was equipped with a rapier, musket (with bayonet), and two pistols. The Model 1842 was the last U.S. smoothbore musket. By 1600, armies phased out these firearms in favour of a new lighter matchlock musket. The new rifled musket copied the French locking ring system. Guelzo also points out the technical difficulty of aiming a rifled musket. In the early 1500s a larger arquebus known as the musket appeared. The heavy arquebus known as the musket appeared in Europe by 1521.