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For Sale Mar 27, 2026 at 11:07 PM

Any TV series that include muskets?

Posted by According_Weight_366

I've been very interested in Napoleonic history along with the Revolutionary War and I've seen movies like Waterloo, The Patriot, Zulu, and Ridley Scott's Napoleon but I've been wanting to watch a TV series similar. I am currently watching Turn: Washington's Spies and would like to watch things similar! Any recommendations?
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Dante2005 Mar 27, 2026 +35
Sharpe: Sharpe is a British television drama series starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars.
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According_Weight_366 Mar 27, 2026 +2
I've heard about it but haven't looked into it. Thanks!
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goodie23 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Expect to recognise a few younger famous faces - Daniel Craig, Paul Bettany, Alexis Denisof (Wesley from Buffy), Brian Cox. The best ones follow the books (my favourites are Eagle, Enemy, Sword, Regiment and Waterloo), Sharpe's Gold was significantly rewritten for legal reasons as the original script couldn't be used after Paul McGann had to drop out as Sharpe, Sharpe's Justice was made up as filler and I'm not a fan, Peril and Challenge merge later written books. Cracking series overall
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HazyAmerican Mar 28, 2026 +3
Technically Sharpe is in a rifle regiment, if you’re really particular about the technology.
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ravel-bastard Mar 28, 2026 +4
But only the muskets fire three rounds of minute in a weather. That's soldiering. Rifles are considerably harder to load so they fire slowly but are much more accurate. Plus most of the people in the battles of the show are firing muskets, or at least old rifles disguised to look like muskets because it was cheaper.
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Dante2005 Mar 27, 2026
I am a Brit who has never watched it, but heard good things. It is supposedly very good (for its age) I am now downloading as we speak - we can be Sharpe virgins together!
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ObviouslyTriggered Mar 27, 2026 +4
Seasons 1-5 are on youtube legally. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS93tpv2HoI&list=PLXZAjMoPjhFGUfTvAcl--w3JuIiZ2K7nG](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS93tpv2HoI&list=PLXZAjMoPjhFGUfTvAcl--w3JuIiZ2K7nG)
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airchinapilot Mar 27, 2026 +20
Black Sails is more about the age of pirates but it has plenty of muskets
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Underwater_Karma Mar 27, 2026 +2
I was just going to say black sails. I'm in my first watch, season 3. The show really is as good as everyone says
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Dante2005 Mar 27, 2026 +1
I loved that series - it had a few wobbles, but it was quite solid and actually got an ending!
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ragnarok635 Mar 28, 2026 +2
>a few wobbles I would expect a few wobbles when you’re sailing the seas
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RSwordsman Mar 27, 2026 +8
Not necessarily Napoleonic, but Outlander takes place in 18th century Scotland and has a lot of representation of muskets and frock coats hehe. Also I've heard good things about Poldark and Black Sails.
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According_Weight_366 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Thanks! I'll make sure to check them out!
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its_a_bear_dance Mar 27, 2026 +11
Turn 
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According_Weight_366 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Currently watching it so far, liking it a lot
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Dustmopper Mar 28, 2026 +1
Great series
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K1ngofnoth1ng Mar 28, 2026 +6
Sharpe, starring Sean Bean.
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Senorspeed Mar 27, 2026 +7
It’s a movie, but master and commander is the best napoleonic thing ever made
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According_Weight_366 Mar 28, 2026 +2
I was thinking about watching this one, it seems interesting so I’ll definitely be watching it. Thanks
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Senorspeed Mar 28, 2026 +2
Its incredible
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CrusaderLyonar Mar 28, 2026 +1
Added benefit of also being the best Star Trek movie.
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kazmosis Mar 28, 2026 -2
Nope, Waterloo exists. As great as M&C is Waterloo blows it out of the water by it's sheer spectacle alone. They wanted realistically scaled army movements so they just hired the Soviet army as extras.There won't ever be a movie like that again.
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Goldwood Mar 27, 2026 +4
The John Adams miniseries on HBO is very good.
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According_Weight_366 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Haven’t heard this one, I’ll look into it, thanks!
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Meshakhad Mar 28, 2026 +1
It's good, but it's a historical biopic that focuses primarily on the politics, not the warfare. We get a few snapshots of the Revolutionary War, but no proper battle scenes.
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ANK2112 Mar 27, 2026 +5
The Simpsons episode "The PTA disbands" has a historical reenactment with the line "Those white flags are no match for our muskets!"
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Realistic-Try-8029 Mar 27, 2026 +1
S10E21 (Monty Can’t Buy Me Love) sees Moe grab Skinner’s antique musket in anger, only to have it turn to dust.
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eriksoulfly Mar 28, 2026 +2
There a serious The Musketeers. Great show
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KeremyJyles Mar 28, 2026 +1
If you haven't seen Hornblower, that would be a great place to start given your stated interests.
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KeepCalmImTheDoctor Mar 28, 2026 +1
“Sharp” starting Sean bean. I believe his break out role
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econ45 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Not a series, but check out the 2004 Alamo movie - it's very under-rated. The lead actors are terrific, the action scenes authentic and the music is gorgeous. It reminds me a bit of the movie, the Last of Mohicans, which I guess you've watched but did not mention.
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Classic-Big4393 Mar 28, 2026 +1
It’s Always Sunny and possibly Jack of All Trades
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According_Weight_366 Mar 28, 2026 +1
I haven’t heard about It’s Always Sunny but I have heard a little about Jack of All Trades. I’ll look more into them, thanks!
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o_MrBombastic_o Mar 28, 2026
It's Always Sunny was one episode with muskets The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell
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General-Skin6201 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. BTW, Zulu era wasn't muskets but Martini-Henry rifles
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According_Weight_366 Mar 28, 2026 +2
Yeah I noticed that after doing some research, mb. Haven’t heard of Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone except from my dad so I’ll look into those
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General-Skin6201 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Both series starred Fess Parker. Davy Crockett series, produced by Disney, show up edited as full-length movies on some of the retro channels.Daniel Boone ran for six seasons in the 1960s.
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General-Skin6201 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Of you like Zulu, try the sequel Zulu Dawn.
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TacticalTurtleNeck_ Mar 27, 2026 +2
I see you know ball
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TacticalTurtleNeck_ Mar 27, 2026 +1
Outlander, Black Sails, Poldark.
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alienclone Mar 28, 2026 +1
Im not too sure if it fits, but IIRC "Frontier" takes place around the end of 1700s and early 1800s [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4686698](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4686698)
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alienclone Mar 28, 2026 +2
not sure why I was downvoted, it is a great show and features muskets, perhaps the listnookards can tell me what I got wrong.
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According_Weight_366 Mar 28, 2026 +1
It looks interesting, I’ll add it to my list. Thanks
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phantombrick22 Mar 28, 2026 +1
Turn: Washington’s Spies Edit: Damn, I really need to start reading the body text more often
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ThisIsTheNewSleeve Mar 28, 2026 +1
Chief of War was very enjoyable and heavily features muskets.
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bicoolano Mar 28, 2026 +1
[Barkskins](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9426272/). It was on the National Geographic channel, so most people never heard of it. I really enjoyed it and wished there were more seasons, since it was [based on a book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkskins) that was multigenerational. The setting is New France in the New World during the 1690s, so you get muskets. A pretty good cast including David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Zahn McClarnon, Kaniehtiio Horn and Matthew Lillard.
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