Harry blinked. He realized right then and there that the goblins were under the assumption that their weapons were  muskets ! He could understand why they thought it was funny, as a musket could take up to thirty seconds to reload, more if the hands handling it were inexperienced. And a goblin could be very fast when it came time to fight. Four men and women with muskets would get killed before they had time to shoot more than one bullet each.