Considering how long it takes to reload a musket, why didn’t soldiers from the 18th century simply carry 2-3 preloaded muskets instead to save time?

Question

Considering how long it takes to reload a musket, why didn’t soldiers from the 18th century simply carry 2-3 preloaded muskets instead to save time?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Generally, everyone is right, with muskets being expensive and heavy.

But I want to highlight that it actually happened.
In the battle of Nagashino in Japan, 1000 soldiers fired 3000 pre loaded muskets to defeat their enemies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nagashino?wprov=sfla1