I live in Missouri, and my family is all from the rural Ozarks. My great grandfather had 1 gun his whole life, a single shot, 12 gauge. He used that gun for home protection and hunting. It was all he ever needed.
I grew up with a single shot shotgun untill I got old enough to buy my own guns when my kids got old enough to move out on their own that's what they have a single shot 12 ga shotguns it their home defence hunting plinking every thing else gun
For those who have a general idea of what's coming & based on what's already transpired all by design of course I would think most peoplr example the convid19 plannedemic which was a trial run so they could see & collect data on what percentage of the population complied to an ever changing controlled narrative which all came from repitition by those overpaid soulless teleprompter reading talking heads on the corporate owned mainstream (fakestream) CIA mk-ultra "Operation Mockingbird" propaganda listen to their experts so called news which in the end it was meant to confuse those who followed it & regurgitated it due to their lack of critical thinking skills, laziness & being dumbed down & distracted by a lifetime of being programmed by the t.v. the best brainwashing tool ever along with weapinized technology where tge majority of people today have become socially retarded & full of fear because they are glued to their phones in the matrix living in a virtual reality. Thanks to the social engineers & social influencers used on television, Hollywood movies, the personalities on reality tv shows, in professional sports, the pop stars who are stripping away morals while sexualizing children, teens & adults popularizing & normalizing bad behavior along with drug & alcohol abuse , those Hollywood celebrities who sold their souls & those corrupt treasonous controlled politicians, who along with other global leaders, CEO's from big corporations, social media platforms, facebook; Twitter, Amazon to to people like Bill Gates a 3rd generation eugenicist are figureheads who are all playing their roles on the worlds stage & lets not forget Trump, Biden, Pelosi, Cortez, Schumer & Kamilla Cameltoe Harris all actors selected for their roles in what is known as scripted political theater where including leaders like Putin, the Korean & Chinas dictator who resemble and look more like the cast of characters or villians in an Austin Powers movie and just like in WWE Wrestling behind the curtains they are all friends who smile, shake hands & socialize at DAVOS meetings with the likes of Klaus Schwab. All the unelected people at Rge U N. The W.H.O. The W.E.F. (Klaus Schwav) etc. I got off topic but as I was saying the programmed masses a5e enabling the ongoing agendas which is leading to total enslavement & depopulation using bio warfare, DEW Firea, food shortages, famine starvation World War 3 Nuclear attacks, the economic collapse all by design which leads us to the 1 world digital currency and where have I seen that phrase Order Out Of Chaos? oh yeah rite on American money or votes of debt as 80% of all US currency in circulation has been printed in the last few years oh tge national debt etc. They want to bring down the US the country where the people have more rigjts & freedom & guns unlike any other country which is a major threat to those handful in power who are outnumbered but Shhh" most are to dumb to know they have more power in numbers compared to the evil psychopaths in control rite now & who are all guilty if treason to crimes against humanity. As for guns .its better to have one & not need it then needing one and not having one WELL GUESS WHAT ANERICANS TOU HAVE 100MILLIION + GUNS & YOU BETTER WAKE UPVAND TOGETHER UNITE ^ EXETCISE THE 2ND AMENDMENT BEFORE ITS TO LATE All the wealthy elites & millionaires & billionaires will be safe & cozy in their underground bunkers while its gonna be Luke Tge ypunger Fames meets Mad Max2 meets Rge Walking meets Tge Purge once shit hits the fan !!!!!! Evil thrives when good men & women do nothing United We Stand Divided We Fall Wake the heck up God Bless All
As the old mountain man said, “Long as ye got rocks, ye got fire.” I was hunting with a flinter one time, and just picked up a rock to see what would happen. A crystalline structure like quartz or something. Worked just fine for two shots, but the bottom line is, it worked.
Thankyou for your videos. This is so important right now Ive been sending my son's videos like these Alot lately although these are all things we should learn and know about it's sad and scary that I feel the necessity for them to watch them and learn them now .. Please keep up the good work in helping your fellow man in sharing the knowledge . I pray God protects and keeps you and yours . United we stand divided we fall .
👍 You make some very good points. I have a 20 gauge smoothbore flintlock similar to ones used successfully in New England from before the French & Indian War until well after the War of 1812 as the main family firearm. For the reasons you mentioned a good bow and some arrows might also be the preferred survival tool.
I enjoy my flintlock rifles, I have a Kibler Colonial American Longrifle 54-caliber 1-70 twist, along with a pedersoli Early American Jaeger rifle 54-caliber 1-22 twist (along with a conversion percussion lock. And also a true Hawken 54-caliber percussion rifle, built in 1970s from a parts kit from the Hawken shop while it was still located in St Louis Missouri. The Kibler and the Hawken are surprisingly accurate and a pleasure to shoot. I also have quite a few lever guns (Winchesters) 22lr, 30-30, 38-55, 30-40 Krag, 32-20, etc. I also cast my own bullets and reload my own ammunition, including black powder cartridges.
I was born in raised in our family holler in Southeastern Ky in Harlan County, a stone throws away from Big Stone Gap VA. We grew and raised most of what we ate we went to town for very little. My papaw raised me and my cousins up on single shot shotguns and squirrel hunting with 32 and 36 caliber flintlocks. I left for the Marines for 12 years, was an Infantry Rifleman, and got into Recon before I got out. But with all my time spent with these highspeed weapons in combat, my heart belongs to a flintlock rifle. Just something beautiful about them.
He's not lying. I have a Pedersoli Brown Bess flintlock musket. I cast my own ball, knap my own flint/ cherts, make my own powder. That .75 calibre musket is an 11 gauge shotgun. Big ball for big game, shot for small game.
another suggestion. pcp rifles, many precharged pneumatic rifles can take down anything short of a grizzly bear. all you need is an air pump either electric or manual for pneumatic arms ( able to pump up to 4500psi) . and lead projectiles. some pcp rifles can use lead ball or conical the same as blackpowder rifles.
Yeah Buddy ! Dependable Rifle Right There Mike ! Will Share My Favorite With You, Father Returned From WW II In Sept./45 In Oct. /45 He Went To The Village Hardware & General Store & Purchased A Win. Model 94 In .32 WCF. That Ole Gal Has Put More Game On Our Table Every Season ! She's A True Shooter To This Day, Just Checked Over & Ready For The Woods Soon ! Thanks For Letting Me Share This Mike Be Well, Friend ! ATB T God Bless
Thankyou Mike. I appreciate it. I have what I have so far lol. Maybe one day I could get a flint lock one😊 Great one to have for sure. God bless you brother.
Good video and content. The only issue.. in a very short while if things were to hit the fan would be that the wildlife will disappear shortly after…. Too many people depending on too many resources brought in from outside the US…. Fish will go quick too….
I have a TC 54 cal flintlock. Love it. If you run out of flint you can use chert, obsidian, or even quarts to create a spark., You can make your own powder if need be, and cast your own projectiles. I have cast for round ball and maxiballs
I agree sir. But I feel like with that mentality of producing your own ammo it might be easier to become proficient in archery than to find, melt down lead and produce black powder.
Nice video. I’ve never heard of anyone using a 22 magnum for tree’d bears. For years I didn’t think I needed a 22 mag but I found myself looking for a rifle to use for fall turkey hunting in PA. I wanted a 22 hornet but could not find one. I stumbled across an only JM stamped marlin bolt action 22 mag and I love it. Laws were changed so the pa fall season is shotgun only so I never got the chance to get a turkey with it but I’ve had it in the woods a few times. Whoever sold it probably misses it
I am watching Lord Of The Rings and viewing this video between LOTR commercials. Yes I know its a fantasy fiction but couldn't help note that they all did pretty well with recurve bows and arrows. Good skill and tool to have when ammo runs out!
You can buy dies to make #10 and #11 caps. The kit comes with a TON of makings for impact sensitive primer powder. I stamp my caps from rolled copper sheet, but you can use aluminum cans too. Probably get 100 caps or so from one can if you are really efficient. The roll copper works better because its significantly thinner and more maleable than aluminum. If you run out of primer compound for caps, you can make from strike anywhere match heads. Just crush the match heads into powder and mix them *carefully* with powdered red phosphorous from the striker strip on the box. I charge each cap with a flintlock pan primer tool and set/harden the compound with a single drop of high proof rubbing alcohol from an eyedropper. They work extremely well, they snap hot enough to ignite paper cartridges in my 52 Navy Colt. Thats a fine looking vintage TC Hawken sir. I have the cap gun version of that exact rifle, which I recently inherited.
Well, there you are! Let us know how Libby’s healing, ok? Good looking hatchets Mike! I have a 22LS Ruger revolver I carry for protection but am looking for something automatic for strictly home use. I never thought I would ever see what I’m seeing today & it concerns me to even think about what I could be forced to do for my own self protection. Looking forward to another video.
Love your channel. I live in UK so can't get any guns for survival. I only have a .22 break barrel air gun, 2 80lb pistol crossbows. In case things go bad, at least i can hunt small game.
A big advantage of a flintlock is that you don't need primers. Crush powder, prime the pan. You can prick a frizzen with a stone, no tools, for maintenance. You still need powder & lead.
My pick for a survival rifle is the m6 scout rifle 22lr over 410 with the some adapters it can fire 10 different combinations of ammo, plus in a pinch the 410 can fire black powder using cast 45 slug or ball.
Just found your channel and subscribed. Sound advice about flintlocks. One CME or Emp we will be back 200 years over night.And if you don't think a CME can do it please referance the Carrington Event circa 1859. Also if you run lead never sweat over your crucible pot!
The late step brother in Nova Scotia had but one gun, kinda sorta. He owned an H&R single shot set. It was orginally a .30-30 & 20 ga combo with separate detachable barrels. He later bought a solo 12 ga, swapped out that barrel with the 20, giving that one (the now new 20ga) to his son. Used it on everything from bear to ducks. Still, not my first choice. Would select a Marlin 336 and Mossberg 500 if were up to me.
I have that exact combo, stainless 336 in .30-30 and 12 gauge 500. I have a bunch of other guns but those two are my most used along with my old bolt action .22
I have a kiblers colonial 58cal. Extra fancy maple. One of the best rifles I made and I have a 50cal smoothbore barrel for it as well for when shotgun season comes
Ive had alot of firearms in my life but just one for a survival situation be tough . I always like to plan on rifle/sidearm combo. That being said a lever 22lr carbine for shtf might be the best option.
@@chasebrown1857 thats a nice classic firearm. No magazine needed which i like and that’s why I chose a lever gun. But, it’s blow back design when that’s get gunked up or dirty might not work as well or reliably as a lever. Plus 22 can carry 1000 rounds no problem.
I have a .40 cal. Flintlock I absolutely love it, I also have a single shot 12 gauge with choke tubes, and a possibles bag full of Short Lane adapters with that one shotgun I can fire 12, 16, 20, 410, 22, 38 special, 9 mm, 380, and I have the 209 adapter that allows me to use it as a blackpowder shotgun. I have been buying 209 primers and I have 3000 stuck back and about 2000 #10, and #11 P.C’s along with 12 pounds of black powder 4F, 3F, and 2F I also have my blackpowder revolvers with bullet mounds for those as well. Stock up now while you can!!
I would mostly agree but I prefer the CZ 457 Bolt Action. Even MORE reliable-accurate-cleanable-bulletproof. Mine will last generations beyond me and drive tacks! ChangeMyMind
Up here in PA flintlocks are huge. We have a flintlock only deer season that starts the day after Christmas. It's my favorite time to hunt. City slickers tend to stay home. I usually get a deer or two every year. Come on up, it's too much fun.
Hello, I appreciate your videos and being a kind person! I have a Thompson Center 45 cal flintlock and many other black powder firearms. Is yours a Thompson Center? Looks almost identical to mine. Bruce
22 LR can be found for 8 cents a round right now. On the site I just looked at, 6300rds of 22 LR for $478.80, free shipping. 22 magnums can be had for .28 - .36 cents a round depending on manufacture and weight. You can buy enough to basically to last you a life time for not that much money and you wouldn't have to worry about finding stuff to make flint or black powder or having lead to make bullets. I do agree that a person needs survival skills ( Living off the land ) in case SHTF and I don't think we are that far from that situation. I would suspect that close to 99% of the people here in the USA, even the one's who live in rural areas don't have the skills to survive for too long unless you're a quick study. Just my .02 cents.
So for shorter term, I like to have an old military rifle, and make sure I got at least a box of ammo that I won’t touch. Old rifles like Mausers, enfields etc…will never breakdown. Ammo is hard to find though, so you really need to manage your supply. A cross bow, or any kind of bow is a good idea to be proficient with as well. But I have been thinking of a flintlock, for the very same reasons you mentioned.
I always thought an old military rifle like you said would be best... then I got to thinking that as far as hunting for food goes, it'd probably be way too powerful for most things a person would actually hunt (squirrels, birds). But great for protecting yourself. I'm starting to think an old military rifle and a .22 would be the way to go. I like your crossbow idea, never thought about that.
@@AJCzarkowski Yes, old military (ww2 era) are way too big for small game, but excellent for big game. Squirrels, birds etc can be taken with almost anything. Snares, traps, modern slingshots, hell I even saw a mini crossbow for squirrels! I like the idea of learning how to use silent methods like traps and sling shots, and bows for bigger game, but you really need to practice it yourself. They aren’t that easy to use. But those ww2 guns won’t break unless you try really hard. They’re also dirt cheap, because ammo can be hard to find and is expensive, unless you reload. I’m gonna get something more modern in 308, because primers have been unavailable since the Ukraine war.
Ys wnd if you practice with snap caps reloading of a SS 12 can be done fast. My old H&R had shell ejector so the drill was shoot, dropbarrel. Load, close,cock shoot. I got to doing it just under 3 seconds. That's fast. Especially if you're shooting from cover. If you're competent you're not a helpless victim
I've got everything to make caps at least for my revolvers and looking to make some for my rifles as well though I have been wanting to get some flintlocks to add to my collection.
Small game hunting can be done very cheaply with a .22 magnum springer airgun, very reliable and ammo can be stocked by the thousands for just a few dollars. It is also relatively silent.for bear encounters carry a good handgun. Flintlocks are great also.
@@mike451 I have a whole collection of airguns, my favorites are a 20 Benjamin blue streak one with a peep sight, one with a scope, a .22 Hatsan model 95, and a .30 cal hatsan carnivore breakbarrel. It has amazing power 30 footpounds, 44,75 grain pellet. Spent a little more have a weihrauch or Beeman R1 and groups tighten to ragged holes with a gun built for a lifetime.
Your rifle is a Hawken, rigtht? I bougth the same model with caliber .54 and i am very satisfied with it. All what you said about it, i had the same in minds, too. Have a nice day. 👍
I'm a big Fan of the Marlin model 60. Great dependable gun. Also, when SHTF scenario is on your doorstep, might I suggest a mid level PCP air rifle. The AEA ZEUS is a .72 caliber pre charged pneumatic air rifle that can take down Buffalo. There are several smaller caliber guns out there from .22 to .357 that use slugs, Air is free and lead is cheap
Interesting video…I enjoyed it I have lots of guns but hunt mostly today with Flintlocks…Deer and squirrels with 20 gauge custom chief grade smooth bore. Ducks with an original English double barrel flint 20 For most people I think they would be better served with a smooth bore I know some people make their own black powder but how many source all the materials themselves? I imagine not many I believe in stockpiling and of course have much ammo put up I started years ago buying a brick of .22s every time I went food shopping at Walmart. Think it was $13 a brick and money saved on groceries I have about 40,000 rounds now, and I sold some back when prices where crazy. I used to make 18th century knives and axes for a living
This is well thought out and clearly based on experience. Complete breakdown of society scenarios are interesting mental exercises. But, I always keep coming back to a brick of 22 long rifle and a Ruger, 10/22. In this case a bolt action was mentioned, and 22 WMR ammo. A CZ 457 with a Leuopld 2x7 rimfire scope, total cost less than $900.00. A person should probably invest at least as much in ammo as was spent on the rifle, so that would be 4000 rounds of 22 WMR for approximately $1,000.00. Total less than $2,000.00. At 2 rounds per week that’s almost 40 years of ammo. This actually is a pretty deluxe weapon and cartridge. A person could accomplish this for less than half of this cost with, for example, a couple of 10/22’s and 22lr. An additional advantage of a more modern weapon is ease of use. It would be really beneficial if everyone in your family, from young children to the elderly are able to use it. How long are we going to be hunter gatherers? Without modern medicine, forty years would probably be a lifetime. I’ve hunted to supplement my family’s meat. My children are adults now, and I’m an old man, but my experience leads me to say, without modern agriculture, and modern medicine, 4 years would probably be a lifetime. This isn’t meant to be an argument, just additional thoughts.
After re-reading my post above, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m no fun at all 😢😂 I’m going to go get my two muzzle loaders out of the gun cabinet right now. They’re cap locks, 36 caliber and 50 caliber rifles, but at the first opportunity I’ll lay in a supply of caps 👍
I agree but it is hard to find lead and powder now a days. I need to grind my own 4f out of 2f so I can shoot my flint lock. Let face it stock up now on what you can because it might not be around later!
I was through Indonesia 40 years ago and locals still hunting with muzzle loaders and shotguns with local made powder and shot, nit because shortage of old ww2 rifles just because they didnt want to waste money on ammo
What would be a good maker model for this type of rifle I have a brake barrel 22 but only good for small game I prefer trapping but this video makes sense I would like to look more in to this o save lot of my pellet so I could melt down a pour for flintlock any thoughts would be appreciated
A gun is like a parachute, when you need one, you really need it...!!! I have #4 black powders. #3 50 cal. and a 72 cal flintlock Fowler. Smoothbore of course. Got the powder and shot and round balls put up and can make it all too. Bought everything needed to cast my own bullets and shot from double aught to bird, to 4 buck. Bought enough flint to last #2 lifetimes. And that's insurance for me and mine. Can't buy none of that stuff if it ever goes to hell in a handbasket. If you don't have it, you won't get it. People always say ""if it gets bad I'll get this and that""...!!! No you won't, either. Remember the toilet paper and paper towel thingy. People were going nuts. It'll be just like that. And if you can't guard what you got, you're a victim...!!! Peace.
I do like that my Wolf will be chugging along for a few years after I run out of CARTRIDGES for anything else but bullets are useless in a CARTRIDGE gun unless already loaded into a CARTRIDGE! It was never correct to say “bullets” to mean loaded ammunition and it never will be. Now as far as the 30-30 goes get you a few base chemicals now and you can reload your own primers for it, until you wear out the primer cups anyway. Cheap chemicals and free information. Use that homemade primer mix and homemade powder and home cast bullets lubed up with paraffin and lard or paraffin and Crisco and you’re in business. Requires the same amount of diligent cleaning after every time you shoot it whether 1 shot or 100 shots
I live in Missouri, and my family is all from the rural Ozarks. My great grandfather had 1 gun his whole life, a single shot, 12 gauge. He used that gun for home protection and hunting. It was all he ever needed.
I grew up with a single shot shotgun untill I got old enough to buy my own guns when my kids got old enough to move out on their own that's what they have a single shot 12 ga shotguns it their home defence hunting plinking every thing else gun
I progressed to the 12ga pump. Not a Gucci hollyweird 500 shot safe queen but a stock pump
@@jackieeastom8758 yeah I went to pump actions as well
Give me a automatic or pump 12ga
AMEN! You can use black powder & versatility is there big time!
Its better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it.
THATS TRUE BUDDY BE READY FOR THE CHANGE
My thoughts exactly.😊😊😊
For those who have a general idea of what's coming & based on what's already transpired all by design of course I would think most peoplr example the convid19 plannedemic which was a trial run so they could see & collect data on what percentage of the population complied to an ever changing controlled narrative which all came from repitition by those overpaid soulless teleprompter reading talking heads on the corporate owned mainstream (fakestream) CIA mk-ultra "Operation Mockingbird" propaganda listen to their experts
so called news which in the end it was meant to confuse those who followed it & regurgitated it due to their lack of critical thinking skills, laziness & being dumbed down & distracted by a lifetime of being programmed by the t.v. the best brainwashing tool ever along with weapinized technology where tge majority of people today have become socially retarded & full of fear because they are glued to their phones in the matrix living in a virtual reality. Thanks to the social engineers & social influencers used on television, Hollywood movies, the personalities on reality tv shows, in professional sports, the pop stars who are stripping away morals while sexualizing children, teens & adults popularizing & normalizing bad behavior along with drug & alcohol abuse , those Hollywood celebrities who sold their souls & those corrupt treasonous controlled politicians, who along with other global leaders, CEO's from big corporations, social media platforms, facebook; Twitter, Amazon to to people like Bill Gates a 3rd generation eugenicist are figureheads who are all playing their roles on the worlds stage & lets not forget Trump, Biden, Pelosi, Cortez, Schumer & Kamilla Cameltoe Harris all actors selected for their roles in what is known as scripted political theater where including leaders like Putin, the Korean & Chinas dictator who resemble and look more like the cast of characters or villians in an Austin Powers movie and just like in WWE Wrestling behind the curtains they are all friends who smile, shake hands & socialize at DAVOS meetings with the likes of Klaus Schwab. All the unelected people at Rge U N. The W.H.O. The W.E.F. (Klaus Schwav) etc.
I got off topic but as I was saying the programmed masses a5e enabling the ongoing agendas which is leading to total enslavement & depopulation using bio warfare, DEW Firea, food shortages, famine starvation World War 3 Nuclear attacks, the economic collapse all by design which leads us to the 1 world digital currency and where have I seen that phrase Order Out Of Chaos? oh yeah rite on American money or votes of debt as 80% of all US currency in circulation has been printed in the last few years oh tge national debt etc. They want to bring down the US the country where the people have more rigjts & freedom & guns unlike any other country which is a major threat to those handful in power who are outnumbered but Shhh" most are to dumb to know they have more power in numbers compared to the evil psychopaths in control rite now & who are all guilty if treason to crimes against humanity.
As for guns .its better to have one & not need it then needing one and not having one WELL GUESS WHAT ANERICANS TOU HAVE 100MILLIION + GUNS & YOU BETTER WAKE UPVAND TOGETHER
UNITE ^ EXETCISE THE 2ND AMENDMENT BEFORE ITS TO LATE
All the wealthy elites & millionaires & billionaires will be safe & cozy in their underground bunkers while its gonna be Luke Tge ypunger Fames meets Mad Max2 meets Rge Walking meets Tge Purge once shit hits the fan !!!!!!
Evil thrives when good men & women do nothing
United We Stand
Divided We Fall
Wake the heck up
God Bless All
As the old mountain man said, “Long as ye got rocks, ye got fire.” I was hunting with a flinter one time, and just picked up a rock to see what would happen. A crystalline structure like quartz or something. Worked just fine for two shots, but the bottom line is, it worked.
YEPPERS THATS SO TRUE FRIEND
Thankyou for your videos. This is so important right now Ive been sending my son's videos like these Alot lately although these are all things we should learn and know about it's sad and scary that I feel the necessity for them to watch them and learn them now .. Please keep up the good work in helping your fellow man in sharing the knowledge . I pray God protects and keeps you and yours . United we stand divided we fall .
Amen HEATHER
👍 You make some very good points. I have a 20 gauge smoothbore flintlock similar to ones used successfully in New England from before the French & Indian War until well after the War of 1812 as the main family firearm.
For the reasons you mentioned a good bow and some arrows might also be the preferred survival tool.
For sure my friend
I been saying that for years about a flintlocks
they won this country's freedom with Gods help thats for sure
It's great to see you Mike and to learn. I'm thankful for your knowledge.
thanks a lot Jeanne
I enjoy my flintlock rifles, I have a Kibler Colonial American Longrifle 54-caliber 1-70 twist, along with a pedersoli Early American Jaeger rifle 54-caliber 1-22 twist (along with a conversion percussion lock.
And also a true Hawken 54-caliber percussion rifle, built in 1970s from a parts kit from the Hawken shop while it was still located in St Louis Missouri.
The Kibler and the Hawken are surprisingly accurate and a pleasure to shoot.
I also have quite a few lever guns (Winchesters) 22lr, 30-30, 38-55, 30-40 Krag, 32-20, etc.
I also cast my own bullets and reload my own ammunition, including black powder cartridges.
YE I KNOW BROTHER THANKS A LOT
Long range .22 caliber in a lever action rifle is one of my favorite for spruce hens. But, the scope is good to have but sometimes gets in the way
Little cold on this side of the mountain tonight. Thanks for the video and information Mike. Stay safe
SNOW ON THE GRASS THIS MORNING JIM THANKS
Thanks Mike. God bless you and Libby.
THANK YOU JACK MY FRIEND
I was born in raised in our family holler in Southeastern Ky in Harlan County, a stone throws away from Big Stone Gap VA. We grew and raised most of what we ate we went to town for very little. My papaw raised me and my cousins up on single shot shotguns and squirrel hunting with 32 and 36 caliber flintlocks. I left for the Marines for 12 years, was an Infantry Rifleman, and got into Recon before I got out. But with all my time spent with these highspeed weapons in combat, my heart belongs to a flintlock rifle. Just something beautiful about them.
Mybe I show you my under hammer like no one's ever thought
Great video Mike! I've been wanting to put together a flintlock for quite awhile now, that might make a good winter project!
it dont take that long Jeff
Get a kibler. Kit
Definitely on to something and make many valid points and I'm definitely going to be looking to add a flint lock to my collection
He's not lying. I have a Pedersoli Brown Bess flintlock musket.
I cast my own ball, knap my own flint/ cherts, make my own powder. That .75 calibre musket is an 11 gauge shotgun. Big ball for big game, shot for small game.
THANKS STEVE
another suggestion. pcp rifles, many precharged pneumatic rifles can take down anything short of a grizzly bear. all you need is an air pump either electric or manual for pneumatic arms ( able to pump up to 4500psi) . and lead projectiles. some pcp rifles can use lead ball or conical the same as blackpowder rifles.
GOOD IDEA ROGER
Yeah Buddy ! Dependable Rifle Right There Mike ! Will Share My Favorite With You, Father Returned From WW II In Sept./45 In Oct. /45 He Went To The Village Hardware & General Store & Purchased A Win. Model 94 In .32 WCF. That Ole Gal Has Put More Game On Our Table Every Season ! She's A True Shooter To This Day, Just Checked Over & Ready For The Woods Soon ! Thanks For Letting Me Share This Mike Be Well, Friend ! ATB T God Bless
thanks terry
Love the content and we need more men like you in this world. May the Father bless you brother.
thanks a lot for watching
Thankyou Mike. I appreciate it. I have what I have so far lol. Maybe one day I could get a flint lock one😊 Great one to have for sure. God bless you brother.
Get one little sis God bless you
Great advice Mike glad you're back.
thanks a lot
Excellent insightful pointers!
THANKS A LOT SIR
Good video and content. The only issue.. in a very short while if things were to hit the fan would be that the wildlife will disappear shortly after…. Too many people depending on too many resources brought in from outside the US…. Fish will go quick too….
aint that the truthbuddy
I have a TC 54 cal flintlock. Love it. If you run out of flint you can use chert, obsidian, or even quarts to create a spark., You can make your own powder if need be, and cast your own projectiles. I have cast for round ball and maxiballs
COOL
Great video i have learned alot from your channel
Really great TRUTH, and Knowledge in this video !
thanks Chris
I agree sir. But I feel like with that mentality of producing your own ammo it might be easier to become proficient in archery than to find, melt down lead and produce black powder.
Awesome video! Great advise! 👍
thanks a. lot
Great advice
JERRY THANKS A LOT BROTHER
Good video Mike, thanks for sharing, God bless brother !
THANKS MICHAEL
Nice video. I’ve never heard of anyone using a 22 magnum for tree’d bears. For years I didn’t think I needed a 22 mag but I found myself looking for a rifle to use for fall turkey hunting in PA. I wanted a 22 hornet but could not find one. I stumbled across an only JM stamped marlin bolt action 22 mag and I love it. Laws were changed so the pa fall season is shotgun only so I never got the chance to get a turkey with it but I’ve had it in the woods a few times. Whoever sold it probably misses it
That's a real sweet shootin' iron. It's on my Christmas wish list! Best wishes to you!!
GET ONE YOU WILL LIKE THEM
Black powder is my go to. Ya can make ya own powder n cast ya own balls n Knapp ya own flints. It’s a win win situation.
THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING GERALD
I guess you can make your own powder if you had to
Frank its not that hard buddy and get that gun done before season is over
I am watching Lord Of The Rings and viewing this video between LOTR commercials. Yes I know its a fantasy fiction but couldn't help note that they all did pretty well with recurve bows and arrows. Good skill and tool to have when ammo runs out!
Yeah sure is
Thankyou for your videos
thanks skip
your welcome
You can buy dies to make #10 and #11 caps. The kit comes with a TON of makings for impact sensitive primer powder. I stamp my caps from rolled copper sheet, but you can use aluminum cans too. Probably get 100 caps or so from one can if you are really efficient. The roll copper works better because its significantly thinner and more maleable than aluminum. If you run out of primer compound for caps, you can make from strike anywhere match heads. Just crush the match heads into powder and mix them *carefully* with powdered red phosphorous from the striker strip on the box. I charge each cap with a flintlock pan primer tool and set/harden the compound with a single drop of high proof rubbing alcohol from an eyedropper. They work extremely well, they snap hot enough to ignite paper cartridges in my 52 Navy Colt. Thats a fine looking vintage TC Hawken sir. I have the cap gun version of that exact rifle, which I recently inherited.
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Well, there you are! Let us know how Libby’s healing, ok? Good looking hatchets Mike! I have a 22LS Ruger revolver I carry for protection but am looking for something automatic for strictly home use. I never thought I would ever see what I’m seeing today & it concerns me to even think about what I could be forced to do for my own self protection. Looking forward to another video.
Margie shes doing well thank you for asking
A striker fired 9mm
Love your channel. I live in UK so can't get any guns for survival.
I only have a .22 break barrel air gun, 2 80lb pistol crossbows. In case things go bad, at least i can hunt small game.
Thanks my friend over the pond
Great video. People look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them they need a flintlock.
i know brother
Good luck Saturday, God Bless
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A big advantage of a flintlock is that you don't need primers. Crush powder, prime the pan. You can prick a frizzen with a stone, no tools, for maintenance. You still need powder & lead.
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My pick for a survival rifle is the m6 scout rifle 22lr over 410 with the some adapters it can fire 10 different combinations of ammo, plus in a pinch the 410 can fire black powder using cast 45 slug or ball.
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Just found your channel and subscribed. Sound advice about flintlocks. One CME or Emp we will be back 200 years over night.And if you don't think a CME can do it please referance the Carrington Event circa 1859. Also if you run lead never sweat over your crucible pot!
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Good advise
As far as the percussion cap shortage, make sure to get primer adapters for your muzzle loaders. Primers have a longer shelf life anyway.
The late step brother in Nova Scotia had but one gun, kinda sorta. He owned an H&R single shot set. It was orginally a .30-30 & 20 ga combo with separate detachable barrels. He later bought a solo 12 ga, swapped out that barrel with the 20, giving that one (the now new 20ga) to his son. Used it on everything from bear to ducks. Still, not my first choice. Would select a Marlin 336 and Mossberg 500 if were up to me.
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I have that exact combo, stainless 336 in .30-30 and 12 gauge 500. I have a bunch of other guns but those two are my most used along with my old bolt action .22
Well… if I only had one long gun it would have to be a 12GA… if 2?… than the other one would be a .22LR
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I have a kiblers colonial 58cal. Extra fancy maple. One of the best rifles I made and I have a 50cal smoothbore barrel for it as well for when shotgun season comes
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Depends on what room i'm in as to what survival gun gets used✌🏼
Ive had alot of firearms in my life but just one for a survival situation be tough . I always like to plan on rifle/sidearm combo. That being said a lever 22lr carbine for shtf might be the best option.
I personally own a Marlin model 60 it's a semi tube fed 22lr
@@chasebrown1857 thats a nice classic firearm. No magazine needed which i like and that’s why I chose a lever gun. But, it’s blow back design when that’s get gunked up or dirty might not work as well or reliably as a lever. Plus 22 can carry 1000 rounds no problem.
I agree 100% and I would also throw in a good long bow!
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If you can't make it you don't have it son 100% right
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One that you can manufacture your own ammo easily
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I have a .40 cal. Flintlock I absolutely love it, I also have a single shot 12 gauge with choke tubes, and a possibles bag full of Short Lane adapters with that one shotgun I can fire 12, 16, 20, 410, 22, 38 special, 9 mm, 380, and I have the 209 adapter that allows me to use it as a blackpowder shotgun. I have been buying 209 primers and I have 3000 stuck back and about 2000 #10, and #11 P.C’s along with 12 pounds of black powder 4F, 3F, and 2F I also have my blackpowder revolvers with bullet mounds for those as well. Stock up now while you can!!
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I would mostly agree but I prefer the CZ 457 Bolt Action. Even MORE reliable-accurate-cleanable-bulletproof. Mine will last generations beyond me and drive tacks! ChangeMyMind
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That's the story of my life i payed more attention to the girls than what i needed for hunting
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Fine choice!
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A 12ga single shot with muzzleloading adapter and a few caliber adapters is tops for versatility.
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you are giving well intentioned by 200 year old advice. a 12 ga. shotgun would be my choice. plus you can use it as a black powder gun as well.
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I have the .54 cal. Hawken cap lock.
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Up here in PA flintlocks are huge. We have a flintlock only deer season that starts the day after Christmas. It's my favorite time to hunt. City slickers tend to stay home. I usually get a deer or two every year. Come on up, it's too much fun.
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Fun watch thanks!
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It’s called a 22 and 308 bolt actions. One for small critters and the other for everything else.
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I didn't know Glenfield made automatics... wow you have a keeper right there.
It must be very rare. 🤔
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Hello, I appreciate your videos and being a kind person! I have a Thompson Center 45 cal flintlock and many other black powder firearms. Is yours a Thompson Center? Looks almost identical to mine. Bruce
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Most dependable ever half survival tool the other half will be 110 con Bear
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22 LR can be found for 8 cents a round right now. On the site I just looked at, 6300rds of 22 LR for $478.80, free shipping. 22 magnums can be had for .28 - .36 cents a round depending on manufacture and weight. You can buy enough to basically to last you a life time for not that much money and you wouldn't have to worry about finding stuff to make flint or black powder or having lead to make bullets. I do agree that a person needs survival skills ( Living off the land ) in case SHTF and I don't think we are that far from that situation. I would suspect that close to 99% of the people here in the USA, even the one's who live in rural areas don't have the skills to survive for too long unless you're a quick study. Just my .02 cents.
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So for shorter term, I like to have an old military rifle, and make sure I got at least a box of ammo that I won’t touch. Old rifles like Mausers, enfields etc…will never breakdown. Ammo is hard to find though, so you really need to manage your supply. A cross bow, or any kind of bow is a good idea to be proficient with as well. But I have been thinking of a flintlock, for the very same reasons you mentioned.
I always thought an old military rifle like you said would be best... then I got to thinking that as far as hunting for food goes, it'd probably be way too powerful for most things a person would actually hunt (squirrels, birds). But great for protecting yourself. I'm starting to think an old military rifle and a .22 would be the way to go. I like your crossbow idea, never thought about that.
@@AJCzarkowski Yes, old military (ww2 era) are way too big for small game, but excellent for big game. Squirrels, birds etc can be taken with almost anything. Snares, traps, modern slingshots, hell I even saw a mini crossbow for squirrels!
I like the idea of learning how to use silent methods like traps and sling shots, and bows for bigger game, but you really need to practice it yourself. They aren’t that easy to use. But those ww2 guns won’t break unless you try really hard. They’re also dirt cheap, because ammo can be hard to find and is expensive, unless you reload. I’m gonna get something more modern in 308, because primers have been unavailable since the Ukraine war.
I enjoyed your video. I am an old 61, and have always enjoyed black powder and other primitive weapons. People need to know the basics at least!!!
james thanks for your comment
Ys wnd if you practice with snap caps reloading of a SS 12 can be done fast. My old H&R had shell ejector so the drill was shoot, dropbarrel. Load, close,cock shoot. I got to doing it just under 3 seconds. That's fast. Especially if you're shooting from cover. If you're competent you're not a helpless victim
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I've got everything to make caps at least for my revolvers and looking to make some for my rifles as well though I have been wanting to get some flintlocks to add to my collection.
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Small game hunting can be done very cheaply with a .22 magnum springer airgun, very reliable and ammo can be stocked by the thousands for just a few dollars. It is also relatively silent.for bear encounters carry a good handgun. Flintlocks are great also.
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@@mike451 I have a whole collection of airguns, my favorites are a 20 Benjamin blue streak one with a peep sight, one with a scope, a .22 Hatsan model 95, and a .30 cal hatsan carnivore breakbarrel. It has amazing power 30 footpounds, 44,75 grain pellet. Spent a little more have a weihrauch or Beeman R1 and groups tighten to ragged holes with a gun built for a lifetime.
Your rifle is a Hawken, rigtht? I bougth the same model with caliber .54 and i am very satisfied with it. All what you said about it, i had the same in minds, too. Have a nice day. 👍
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I'm a big Fan of the Marlin model 60. Great dependable gun.
Also, when SHTF scenario is on your doorstep, might I suggest a mid level PCP air rifle.
The AEA ZEUS is a .72 caliber pre charged pneumatic air rifle that can take down Buffalo.
There are several smaller caliber guns out there from .22 to .357 that use slugs, Air is free and lead is cheap
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Interesting video…I enjoyed it
I have lots of guns but hunt mostly today with Flintlocks…Deer and squirrels with 20 gauge custom chief grade smooth bore. Ducks with an original English double barrel flint 20
For most people I think they would be better served with a smooth bore
I know some people make their own black powder but how many source all the materials themselves? I imagine not many
I believe in stockpiling and of course have much ammo put up
I started years ago buying a brick of .22s every time I went food shopping at Walmart. Think it was $13 a brick and money saved on groceries
I have about 40,000 rounds now, and I sold some back when prices where crazy.
I used to make 18th century knives and axes for a living
sounds good
This is well thought out and clearly based on experience. Complete breakdown of society scenarios are interesting mental exercises. But, I always keep coming back to a brick of 22 long rifle and a Ruger, 10/22. In this case a bolt action was mentioned, and 22 WMR ammo. A CZ 457 with a Leuopld 2x7 rimfire scope, total cost less than $900.00. A person should probably invest at least as much in ammo as was spent on the rifle, so that would be 4000 rounds of 22 WMR for approximately $1,000.00. Total less than $2,000.00. At 2 rounds per week that’s almost 40 years of ammo. This actually is a pretty deluxe weapon and cartridge. A person could accomplish this for less than half of this cost with, for example, a couple of 10/22’s and 22lr. An additional advantage of a more modern weapon is ease of use. It would be really beneficial if everyone in your family, from young children to the elderly are able to use it. How long are we going to be hunter gatherers? Without modern medicine, forty years would probably be a lifetime. I’ve hunted to supplement my family’s meat. My children are adults now, and I’m an old man, but my experience leads me to say, without modern agriculture, and modern medicine, 4 years would probably be a lifetime. This isn’t meant to be an argument, just additional thoughts.
After re-reading my post above, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m no fun at all 😢😂 I’m going to go get my two muzzle loaders out of the gun cabinet right now. They’re cap locks, 36 caliber and 50 caliber rifles, but at the first opportunity I’ll lay in a supply of caps 👍
Hello Mike, I just found your channel & subscribed. Looking forward to following you. I to love guns & knives. Thanks for sharing.
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I agree but it is hard to find lead and powder now a days. I need to grind my own 4f out of 2f so I can shoot my flint lock. Let face it stock up now on what you can because it might not be around later!
amen Jeff stock up
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I was through Indonesia 40 years ago and locals still hunting with muzzle loaders and shotguns with local made powder and shot, nit because shortage of old ww2 rifles just because they didnt want to waste money on ammo
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I like 22 mag.
Me to
Got a 50 cal in line and a 12 guage smooth boar
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Nice gun
My A R works for me
It is good to see again.
Hope the wife is doing better.
What about the Adapter for shotguns for different gauges and even got a black powder.
shes doing great Phillip thanks for asking
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I love this video. Can you suggest a model to buy, and maybe where to find one?
sportsman warehouse
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I have made a few knives from old saw blades. A hand saw blade makes a good fish filet knife.
OH YES YOU ARE RIGHT I HAVE MADE DOZENS FROM THEM
Is that a smooth boar barrel, I'm wanting to build me one with smooth boar so i can shoot both shot and ball.
NO IT RIFLED
I was always thinking that the ideal rifle would be a flintlock with a rifled barrel.
Your thoughts? (Yes, I know it messes up use as a sghotgun.)
I like that kind of gun
I just picked up a 30-30 over 20ga savage 24. Also a 22 over 410. Also have my kibler colonial rifle...
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This man seems like he’d live happily in any of the past 3 centuries
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What would be a good maker model for this type of rifle I have a brake barrel 22 but only good for small game I prefer trapping but this video makes sense I would like to look more in to this o save lot of my pellet so I could melt down a pour for flintlock any thoughts would be appreciated
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@@mike451 I will thanks
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A gun is like a parachute, when you need one, you really need it...!!! I have #4 black powders. #3 50 cal. and a 72 cal flintlock Fowler. Smoothbore of course. Got the powder and shot and round balls put up and can make it all too. Bought everything needed to cast my own bullets and shot from double aught to bird, to 4 buck. Bought enough flint to last #2 lifetimes. And that's insurance for me and mine. Can't buy none of that stuff if it ever goes to hell in a handbasket. If you don't have it, you won't get it. People always say ""if it gets bad I'll get this and that""...!!! No you won't, either. Remember the toilet paper and paper towel thingy. People were going nuts. It'll be just like that. And if you can't guard what you got, you're a victim...!!! Peace.
Dangit now I need a flintlock to survive the coming struggle 😢 😂😂
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I do like that my Wolf will be chugging along for a few years after I run out of CARTRIDGES for anything else but bullets are useless in a CARTRIDGE gun unless already loaded into a CARTRIDGE! It was never correct to say “bullets” to mean loaded ammunition and it never will be. Now as far as the 30-30 goes get you a few base chemicals now and you can reload your own primers for it, until you wear out the primer cups anyway. Cheap chemicals and free information. Use that homemade primer mix and homemade powder and home cast bullets lubed up with paraffin and lard or paraffin and Crisco and you’re in business. Requires the same amount of diligent cleaning after every time you shoot it whether 1 shot or 100 shots
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I got a 1816 musket, shoots very good very accurate, i save old hornets nest for wading, and flintlock guns work as long as u got powder and lead
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During the koof, it was almost impossible to find #11 caps in my area.
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If you plan on depending on a flintlock, It would be a good idea to have a extra lock for back up.
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Why? It's not like they just fail. Extra mainspring and frizzen spring is all you need if it's a good lock to begin with.