Wikipedia says rifles were used during the Revolutionary War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle#Historical_overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle#Histo

Wikipedia says rifles were used during the Revolutionary War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle#Historical_overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle#Historical_overview They were more accurate than muskets, but slower loading, so muskets were preferred.