Why were muskets adopted over bows?

by juicysilver

Wouldn't a hail of arrows be better than a horizontal firing of the muskets? Wouldn't the better accuracy and MUCH faster nocking speed of the bow be better than the less accurate long-reload time of a musket? Even crossbows would be better than muskets wouldn't they?

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DonaldFDraper

I have written quite a bit on the subject of bows over muskets. Perhaps also looking at these would help.