I love that you always bring out the edged weapons as well whenever you're shooting a single-shot firearm. As you know, these muskets were used at a time when, if you missed, or your shot failed to reach your intended target for whatever reason, you'd darned-well better have something at hand to stab, chop, cut or clobber that target, because they're going to be even less charitable toward you than they were before you just tried to kill them!
There's nothing like shooting these historical style guns. It's not about hitting a target 100 yards away, but the experience of shooting the gun. To feel what they felt many years ago, and to see the challenge at hand. That's an awesome gun you have there Hickok. I love watching all your muzzleloader videos. Keep up the great work.
I have a 45 caliber black powder rifle, and a 50 caliber 6 shot revolver dragoon pistol. Love shooting them. Especially, the rifle.... something special about launching a hand packed rocket. And, these newer aged black powder firearms are not near as archaic as the older stuff. My rifle and revolver are both ABSOLUTE unit.
@@brasstacksboxing409 What!? Where did you get a .50 caliber Dragoon? Is it rebated cylinder like an 1860 or is it a long cylinder gun with the whole water table lowered? I've wondered if such a thing exists but haven't found anything.
@@LifeisGood762 he might not be talking about the Colt Dragoon we all think of. He might just be referencing a cavalry pistol, as dragoon is another word for cavalry. At least that's my guess?
As you noted, priming first was the military method of loading with the paper cartridges they used at the time. Soldiers back then would bite off the end of the cartridge, sprinkle a little powder into the pan, close the frizzen, then pour the rest of the powder downbore, followed by the ball and the rest of the paper, then ram everything home. I would not recommend doing so today, particularly when loading loose components. It was handy in the heat of battle, but there's really no reason to take the risk today.
The sear structure of a flintlock is robust in the extreme, at half cock there's little that could make it fire short of a sledge hammer to the back of the dog. It's mechanically safe, safer in fact than a modern weapon with the safety catch engaged. This is the reason for the expression, don't go off half cocked, because one simply could NOT make the weapon fire from that condition. The military would not tolerate a weapon that would blow a soldiers hand off or create casualties in normal use, even with their higher accepted level of risk. In fact, in researching Revolutionary war records, there is not a single recorded injury of a soldier from his weapon firing while loading. If it was common place, we'd have seen records of soldiers treated or discharged for having lost fingers, hands, or died from subsequent infections. There aren't any records of that, at least none that I've round in any of my research of the military history of the revolutionary war. It's a bit of our modern risk aversion, learned from modern, less robust firearms that are much easier to discharge that's created the attitude that a musket primed at half cock is somehow more dangerous. We're a highly litigious society, which has made us risk adverse, to even the slightest possibility, no matter how improbable, of "something" that could, maybe, happen.
These are my favorite type of gun videos. Really the only ones I watch. I don't even own a gun I just love the history and learning about these old weapons.
We love all your video's, your honesty, & your humility to say the least. Thx as always. Post Script The sound of all those empty cartridges jingling on the ground as you walk is such music to my ears!
Hey Greg, LOVE your videos!!! Thank you for sharing!!! These old flintlocks are such a different way of life, seeing you work with them, really is fun!
It's crazy to think that a muzzle loading firearm inaccurate past 50 yards was, at one point in history, the most advanced weapon known to mankind. You can't help but respect the bravery of the men who took part in that kind of combat, who fought in armies whose tactics showed such callous for contempt human life.
Those smooth bore muskets will hit fairly regularly out to 75 yards. Man sized targets at 100 yards, but the hits will be scattered. Now rifles muzzle loaders can be quite effective from 100 to even ( marksman) 300 yards. The bullet drop will be significant because round balls have very poor aerodynamics and slow down quickly. During the American Revolution during the battle of Saratoga, expert marksman Timothy Murphy shot and killed a British Commanding general off his horse at just over 300 yards. It took him several shots to get the range and hold over. He was using a 54 caliber American longrifle.
Mr Hickok 45 Sir you may have the same problem I had with my Thomson center 50 cal. A flinch caused when the flash pan ignited. Took me forever to stop that flinch and a lot of Flint's!! LoL 😂
yeah it does make sense considering the very heavy trigger and the bright flash before the shot and also the small amount of time before the shot actually fires
I love my .45 flintlock Pennsylvania long rifle. However, compared to every other firearm I own, it's a royal pain in the ass. Sometimes we just love something for what it is, not for how easy or convenient it is.
This is me! I have a tradition's pennsylvania .50, its a huge pain in the butt, yet its my favorite firearm in my entire collection and i love every chance i get to use it.
I’ve come to love my musket of all my muzzle loaders. They aren’t a pain to load or clean and can be loaded however you want. Within about 80 yards it’s just fine. Love my musket.
I'm looking to get into muzzle loading, but something historical like this. I have a mosin and that's my favorite because of the history behind it. The modern stuff I own is fun to shoot but other than my shotgun I'd get rid of all of them if i could trade them in for historical firearms.
@@johnnybagofdoughnuts4193 I use 30 gr. of FFG and the marbles work just like a lead ball, but they do splatter when they hit something solid. I also use marbles in a Blunderbuss that I built.
I really like this guy. He's taught me very well over the years. I've thought of you as one of my friends that I have shot with. hope to see you down the road. thanks 😊
HICKOK45 I really enjoyed your video, in Argentina we have to make our own black powder which has to be made in several stages in order to do it well. The flints are imported. We also import the moulds. Everything is difficult, but we enjoy the hobby. In USA you have almost everything at hand. Congratulations!
a true do it all gun imo...back in the day those probably made a lot of sense to homesteaders and settlers that had enough money for a gun..they can be used as a shotgun or as a "rifle"...you can hunt anything from squirrels to bears with them,just put in a shot charge and they make a good shotgun for squirrels and rabbits or pests....they were probably real workhorses around a farm
Tip: The loading procedure for round balls that have a spruce is spruce up. Hickok's gun videos are the most enjoyable on RUclips. It's like watching your best friend shoot.
Muzzle loaders are so much fun. Mine is a Pedersoli Kentucky rifle cap and ball 50 cal. Using a patched round ball I was only able to fire three rounds before I had to run a spit patch through it before I could seat another round. When I changed to a 300 grain lubed bullet with no patch that cured the problem. I found that when seating the bullet that after I rammed it down if I bounced the ram rod on the bullet till it rebounds It does a better job of making sure that there is no space between bullet and powder resulting in more reliable ignition. With that heavy bullet and 119 grains of powder it packs quite a wallop for hunting purposes. Far more than the 60 grain round ball and it's still comfortable to shoot even with that insane curved but plate. It's more fun than an old fart like me should be allowed to have.
I fill the pan half full of FFFF... maybe a heavy half, close the frizzen, then rotate the musket so the pan is 45 degrees or so toward the ground and give it a tap or two to move the powder away from the hole. Generally, I get a near instant chamber ignition. And the doesn't mean I always hit my target! Part of the fun of these fidgety old buggers.
The old smoke pole comes out of retirement for a demonstration of muzzle loading. Not just a flash in the pan that flint lock is good example of the importance of keeping the powder dry. Lock, stock, and barrel that is an early assault weapon in the hands an expert.
aren't guns late model assault weapons? we used clubs and spears and swords and bows way before the gun was invented, hell rocks are the original assault weapons.
I've had a Track of the Wolf BB kit in my shop for two or three years, I REALLY need to get to it! I'm 75, procrastination is not working on my side. Just one lame excuse after another...
I make paper cartridges for my Brown Bess. 110 grs of 2F powder and a .69 round ball. I bite the end off and pour the charge down the barrel and shove the paper and ball down. Then I prime the pan from a powder measure. I agree it is to dangers to prime the pan before you load the musket. If I hold steady it is accurate out to 30 yards. If you are good with it, you can shoot a man-sized target out 100 yards.
On the topic of priming before loading (ie ramming the cartridge down) it was in fact done by most militaries and it came down to two basic practicalities 1. after firing a shot it was easier to immediately move the musket into the position to prime, typically done under the right armpit, than it was to move the musket to the side of the body to get into the process of ramming. Two seconds after firing a soldier could be priming meanwhile the act of maneuvering the musket to the side would take four or five, on a battlefield where speed of loading could make a massive difference in who came out victorious this was an important fact. 2. The second reason came down to the design of the cartridges themselves. the cartridges were, like you mentioned, paper tubes filled with powder and a ball at the end. There was however only one charge of powder which the soldier would have to themselves divvy up between priming and loading. When loading the fastest way to do it was to simply throw the cartridge with all remaining powder and the bullet down the barrel, this couldn't be done however if the pan was unprimed because again 1 charge for both actions if a soldier loaded first they would have to be mindful so as not to use too much powder when loading thus leaving themselves with inadequate powder for the prime and also hold onto a cartridge half-full of powder throughout the ramming action significantly slowing them down
I got to handle and inspect for an old charge a Brown Bess with documented rev. war provenance. It was among the most memorable of my firearms experiences.
That is wild. I got to shoot a French officers flintlock from the Napoleonic era and it was pretty surreal. The idea that a man that helped command Napoleon's army held, carried, and shot that same pistol really gets me.
That's cool. The older I get, the more I shoot black powder, particularly Flintlock. Fun Stuff. I guess Santa forgot to bring me a Brown Bess. I may have to fix that. Perhaps a Kentucky Rifle also. I am a TC fan, having lived most of my life one town away in from Rochester, NH where the former company was for four decades... 😢. However it may time to add some (more) Pedersoli to the mix..
I'm having a heck of a time getting my pedersoli bess to shoot straight. Something about a bayonet lug for a front sight and your eyeball for a rear sight.
In rapid reloading situations sometimes the charge would ignite as the ball and paper cartridge were being rammed down the barrel. This could result in burnt and unburnt powder being discharged into the shooter’s ramming hand as the ramrod was propelled out of the gun. This was referred to as being tattooed…. This happened twice to co-workers of mine at a living history museum while militia demonstrations were being conducted. One of the guys was a world renowned expert gun builder but that expertise was no match for thr bit of smoldering fouling or paper in the bore… a reality of living an 18th century life!
1640's The English Civil War. Thousands of soldiers on the field fighting. Less than 1% carried flintlocks. Basically only KIng Charles bodyguard did. Those with firearms carried matchlocks. So did the Pilgrims in the 1620's, the 1607 Jamestown colonists, the 1565 Spaniards founding St. Augustine Florida. Right around 1680 the flintlock replaced the matchlock. It was the new industrial factory methods with standard sized parts which made flintlocks inexpensive enough to be manufactured and repaired. Now armories did not have to be filled with skilled gunsmiths but only with common laborers trained to repeat one or two simple tasks. In 1675 not a single European army issued flintlocks for the main battle arm. In 1705 they all did.
Try using a smaller amount of priming powder in your pan. If you have the touch hole covered, it acts like a fuse and you have a longer hang time. You only need the smallest amount. I generally prime with fffg... same powder I use in the main charge. 70 grains is the heaviest charge I use generally.
"If you go to Museums, there's one in Whitehall Where old weapons are shown with their names writ beneath, You will find her, upstanding, her back to the wall, As stiff as a ramrod, the flint in her teeth. And if ever we English had reason to bless Any arm save our mothers', that arm is Brown Bess!" The last paragraph of the poem Brown Bess by Rudyard Kipling.
The pressure that the Men in the Civil War was under after firing and trying to reload this thing on the battle field while the enemy was trying to kill them.... That takes a level of mental fortitude that no human on Earth these days has. You have to have the mentality that "I came to die" to do that with a steady hand under the circumstances.
I'm a pretty good shot with a #11 cap lock but my accuracy goes away fast with my flintlock. I could see you reacting to the delay the same way I do. They say I'll get better with age with the flintlock but I'm getting up in years and still not very good at all. Loved this video!
I have the same gun, going from always shooting a cartridge gun to a flintlock is extremely hard. When you watch someone shoot the delay doesn't seem that long, trust me it feels like forever when you're the one shooting. You squeeze the trigger and try to hold it on target.
I have the Pedersoli French Cavallarie carbine, the short version essentially of the Charleville musket and its a hilarious amount of fun to shoot, I would like to get a Brown Bess carbine like that someday.
Do you ever make your own flints? I know parts of Tennessee are rich in the material. Arrow heads for example. I have picked up flint stone pieces from my uncle's farm many times to use with flint and steel fire starter sets. A primitive backup for camping fire starting. A flint stone, high carbon steel striker, tinder and some prep and you are good.
I noticed that you hold the muzzle loader like a modern rifle. I began shooting in a muzzle loading club and noticed the club members standing differently. Try standing turned almost 90 degrees to the target and the butt on you biceps. Place your other arm under the valence center of the gun. It is much more comfortable and you may be able to hold through the shot better. Love your channel!
Muzzleloaders are my favorite guns and I don’t even have one. These are among my favorite videos that you do as well. I know next to nothing on their history, but I am going to start an endeavor to learn about them.
A musket both in the past and now is also a shotgun any of the military smooth bore muskets brown bess included can shoot buckshot and birdshot I believe in the past retired military muskets would more often be shooting birdshot pellets for small game and buckshot from the musket is probably a better chance at getting a deer.
As I understand it, you basically had to shoot it like it was a shotgun. It usefulness on the 18th century battlefield with the tactics at the time, was that it could be loaded and trained easily and at fast rate, at least 3 per minute. This made it a superior weapon to the rifles for the common soldier in both British and Colonial armies.
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First video with this musket: ruclips.net/video/wz56I4n9O4U/видео.html
I couldn’t blame your for missing those muskets where very inaccurate
I remember watching that one when it came out
The wonderful world of muzzleloaders, where a gun with a 30" barrel firing a 75. projectile is considered an SBR carbine
hi chad.
@@rawmate1196 Hello.
Bloody good times
I love that you always bring out the edged weapons as well whenever you're shooting a single-shot firearm. As you know, these muskets were used at a time when, if you missed, or your shot failed to reach your intended target for whatever reason, you'd darned-well better have something at hand to stab, chop, cut or clobber that target, because they're going to be even less charitable toward you than they were before you just tried to kill them!
Folks had to work plenty hard to kill one another back in the old , old days
@@6mm250 , I don't know if killing was necessarily that much more difficult, but it certainly was much more up-close and personal!
This man got me interested in shooting as a kid and I grew close to my grandfather because of it.
There's nothing like shooting these historical style guns. It's not about hitting a target 100 yards away, but the experience of shooting the gun. To feel what they felt many years ago, and to see the challenge at hand. That's an awesome gun you have there Hickok. I love watching all your muzzleloader videos. Keep up the great work.
A practiced individual can indeed become surprisingly accurate with a smooth bore and particularly the Brown Bess with a good bore.
love black powder weapons...I hand-engraved many of them, and made the powder-horns as well
Nice work dude
I have a 45 caliber black powder rifle, and a 50 caliber 6 shot revolver dragoon pistol. Love shooting them. Especially, the rifle.... something special about launching a hand packed rocket. And, these newer aged black powder firearms are not near as archaic as the older stuff. My rifle and revolver are both ABSOLUTE unit.
@@brasstacksboxing409 What!? Where did you get a .50 caliber Dragoon? Is it rebated cylinder like an 1860 or is it a long cylinder gun with the whole water table lowered? I've wondered if such a thing exists but haven't found anything.
@@brasstacksboxing409 Did you mean .44 for that dragoon?
@@LifeisGood762 he might not be talking about the Colt Dragoon we all think of. He might just be referencing a cavalry pistol, as dragoon is another word for cavalry. At least that's my guess?
I've been waiting for this for 12 years! And he did it! Thank god this man knows guns... Life is good...
Oh my gosh he actually did the Brown Bess again!
I love when you bring out the old guns that I would never get to fire. The history behind each one is fascinating and you bring it to life 🙂
Same here
You'd love Capandball, then.
As you noted, priming first was the military method of loading with the paper cartridges they used at the time. Soldiers back then would bite off the end of the cartridge, sprinkle a little powder into the pan, close the frizzen, then pour the rest of the powder downbore, followed by the ball and the rest of the paper, then ram everything home. I would not recommend doing so today, particularly when loading loose components. It was handy in the heat of battle, but there's really no reason to take the risk today.
The sear structure of a flintlock is robust in the extreme, at half cock there's little that could make it fire short of a sledge hammer to the back of the dog. It's mechanically safe, safer in fact than a modern weapon with the safety catch engaged. This is the reason for the expression, don't go off half cocked, because one simply could NOT make the weapon fire from that condition. The military would not tolerate a weapon that would blow a soldiers hand off or create casualties in normal use, even with their higher accepted level of risk. In fact, in researching Revolutionary war records, there is not a single recorded injury of a soldier from his weapon firing while loading. If it was common place, we'd have seen records of soldiers treated or discharged for having lost fingers, hands, or died from subsequent infections. There aren't any records of that, at least none that I've round in any of my research of the military history of the revolutionary war. It's a bit of our modern risk aversion, learned from modern, less robust firearms that are much easier to discharge that's created the attitude that a musket primed at half cock is somehow more dangerous. We're a highly litigious society, which has made us risk adverse, to even the slightest possibility, no matter how improbable, of "something" that could, maybe, happen.
@@oldschoolcfi3833 Even still, the way he loads it in the video is the safest way.
@@oldschoolcfi3833 by the flintlock time period it sure was hard to achieve. However it was even done in the matchlock period.
These are my favorite type of gun videos. Really the only ones I watch. I don't even own a gun I just love the history and learning about these old weapons.
We love all your video's, your honesty, & your humility to say the least. Thx as always.
Post Script
The sound of all those empty cartridges jingling on the ground as you walk is such music to my ears!
Hey Greg, LOVE your videos!!! Thank you for sharing!!! These old flintlocks are such a different way of life, seeing you work with them, really is fun!
It's crazy to think that a muzzle loading firearm inaccurate past 50 yards was, at one point in history, the most advanced weapon known to mankind. You can't help but respect the bravery of the men who took part in that kind of combat, who fought in armies whose tactics showed such callous for contempt human life.
Those smooth bore muskets will hit fairly regularly out to 75 yards. Man sized targets at 100 yards, but the hits will be scattered.
Now rifles muzzle loaders can be quite effective from 100 to even ( marksman) 300 yards. The bullet drop will be significant because round balls have very poor aerodynamics and slow down quickly.
During the American Revolution during the battle of Saratoga, expert marksman Timothy Murphy shot and killed a British Commanding general off his horse at just over 300 yards. It took him several shots to get the range and hold over. He was using a 54 caliber American longrifle.
Mr Hickok 45 Sir you may have the same problem I had with my Thomson center 50 cal. A flinch caused when the flash pan ignited. Took me forever to stop that flinch and a lot of Flint's!! LoL 😂
Does closing your eyes when you squeeze the trigger work? 😀. No, really. Could it work? Or else, “Be the ball.” Focus very hard on the target. ?
yeah it does make sense considering the very heavy trigger and the bright flash before the shot and also the small amount of time before the shot actually fires
You are the best! It’s so refreshing to watch a video with a wholesome, all around good person as the star of the video on RUclips.
I love my .45 flintlock Pennsylvania long rifle. However, compared to every other firearm I own, it's a royal pain in the ass. Sometimes we just love something for what it is, not for how easy or convenient it is.
Same here, love mine as well.
This is me! I have a tradition's pennsylvania .50, its a huge pain in the butt, yet its my favorite firearm in my entire collection and i love every chance i get to use it.
I’ve come to love my musket of all my muzzle loaders. They aren’t a pain to load or clean and can be loaded however you want. Within about 80 yards it’s just fine. Love my musket.
I'm looking to get into muzzle loading, but something historical like this. I have a mosin and that's my favorite because of the history behind it. The modern stuff I own is fun to shoot but other than my shotgun I'd get rid of all of them if i could trade them in for historical firearms.
Love your channel hope y’all are having a great day
I use a patched glass marble in my Matchlock musket. Cheap to shoot, reasonable accuracy and no recoil.
Doesn’t it just crack and spray glass shards out the barrel?
@@johnnybagofdoughnuts4193 I use 30 gr. of FFG and the marbles work just like a lead ball, but they do splatter when they hit something solid. I also use marbles in a Blunderbuss that I built.
@@johnnybagofdoughnuts4193 That's what I would assume, but you never know I guess? I'll have to try it.
I really like this guy. He's taught me very well over the years. I've thought of you as one of my friends that I have shot with. hope to see you down the road. thanks 😊
HICKOK45 I really enjoyed your video, in Argentina we have to make our own black powder which has to be made in several stages in order to do it well. The flints are imported. We also import the moulds. Everything is difficult, but we enjoy the hobby. In USA you have almost everything at hand. Congratulations!
a true do it all gun imo...back in the day those probably made a lot of sense to homesteaders and settlers that had enough money for a gun..they can be used as a shotgun or as a "rifle"...you can hunt anything from squirrels to bears with them,just put in a shot charge and they make a good shotgun for squirrels and rabbits or pests....they were probably real workhorses around a farm
Tip:
The loading procedure for round balls that have a spruce is spruce up.
Hickok's gun videos are the most enjoyable on RUclips.
It's like watching your best friend shoot.
Muzzle loaders are so much fun. Mine is a Pedersoli Kentucky rifle cap and ball 50 cal. Using a patched round ball I was only able to fire three rounds before I had to run a spit patch through it before I could seat another round. When I changed to a 300 grain lubed bullet with no patch that cured the problem. I found that when seating the bullet that after I rammed it down if I bounced the ram rod on the bullet till it rebounds It does a better job of making sure that there is no space between bullet and powder resulting in more reliable ignition. With that heavy bullet and 119 grains of powder it packs quite a wallop for hunting purposes. Far more than the 60 grain round ball and it's still comfortable to shoot even with that insane curved but plate. It's more fun than an old fart like me should be allowed to have.
The riffle is awesome!.. but the story and history you share with us completes it for me…
Pretty cool. I love the sound of these old flintlocks. Sounds so wicked
That Musket will feed you in any deep Woods, like it did in the past. TY for the peek, Sir.
I fill the pan half full of FFFF... maybe a heavy half, close the frizzen, then rotate the musket so the pan is 45 degrees or so toward the ground and give it a tap or two to move the powder away from the hole. Generally, I get a near instant chamber ignition. And the doesn't mean I always hit my target! Part of the fun of these fidgety old buggers.
You rock Mr. Hickock.
I'm just a "flash in the pan"
Lol
Happy New Year to you and little Johnny ❤
Was just taking to a friend the other day about wanting a part 2 to the Brown Bess video. I guess merry late Christmas to us! Lol thanks hickok45
I've been waiting for a revisit of this gun! I love it, and anything flintlock. Very cool.
I just love the sound of brass at your feet!
Such a great channel.
You don't necessarily need to be particularly interested in firearms or history to get pleasure from this place.
Ta.
Yes this was my favourite part and now you got us a second one you gotta love it!
The old smoke pole comes out of retirement for a demonstration of muzzle loading.
Not just a flash in the pan that flint lock is good example of the importance of keeping the powder dry.
Lock, stock, and barrel that is an early assault weapon in the hands an expert.
aren't guns late model assault weapons? we used clubs and spears and swords and bows way before the gun was invented, hell rocks are the original assault weapons.
Hickok, I got covid, but your videos have helped me power through. Thank you!
I'm sitting here with covid also.
@@Aaronmilo122 hope you get better fast, friend!
I've had a Track of the Wolf BB kit in my shop for two or three years, I REALLY need to get to it! I'm 75, procrastination is not working on my side. Just one lame excuse after another...
If you know that doing it will give you joy, then go do it! I hope you do!
This is exactly the late Christmas present I wanted :)
I make paper cartridges for my Brown Bess. 110 grs of 2F powder and a .69 round ball. I bite the end off and pour the charge down the barrel and shove the paper and ball down. Then I prime the pan from a powder measure. I agree it is to dangers to prime the pan before you load the musket. If I hold steady it is accurate out to 30 yards. If you are good with it, you can shoot a man-sized target out 100 yards.
On the topic of priming before loading (ie ramming the cartridge down) it was in fact done by most militaries and it came down to two basic practicalities
1. after firing a shot it was easier to immediately move the musket into the position to prime, typically done under the right armpit, than it was to move the musket to the side of the body to get into the process of ramming. Two seconds after firing a soldier could be priming meanwhile the act of maneuvering the musket to the side would take four or five, on a battlefield where speed of loading could make a massive difference in who came out victorious this was an important fact.
2. The second reason came down to the design of the cartridges themselves. the cartridges were, like you mentioned, paper tubes filled with powder and a ball at the end. There was however only one charge of powder which the soldier would have to themselves divvy up between priming and loading. When loading the fastest way to do it was to simply throw the cartridge with all remaining powder and the bullet down the barrel, this couldn't be done however if the pan was unprimed because again 1 charge for both actions if a soldier loaded first they would have to be mindful so as not to use too much powder when loading thus leaving themselves with inadequate powder for the prime and also hold onto a cartridge half-full of powder throughout the ramming action significantly slowing them down
I'll be dipped. I was just on Gbroker lookin at these things. My house was built in 1847 and I need something like this.
I love when he walks and you hear all the spent shells on the ground
I love the old gun video's great work keep it up
priming the pan first makes sense with paper cartridges because you just tip what's left down the muzzle. As to whether you need to do it now.......
When you walk around and kick the brass, it sounds like a chorus of jingle bells haha 🔔
I got to handle and inspect for an old charge a Brown Bess with documented rev. war provenance. It was among the most memorable of my firearms experiences.
That is wild. I got to shoot a French officers flintlock from the Napoleonic era and it was pretty surreal. The idea that a man that helped command Napoleon's army held, carried, and shot that same pistol really gets me.
That's cool. The older I get, the more I shoot black powder, particularly Flintlock. Fun Stuff. I guess Santa forgot to bring me a Brown Bess. I may have to fix that. Perhaps a Kentucky Rifle also. I am a TC fan, having lived most of my life one town away in from Rochester, NH where the former company was for four decades... 😢. However it may time to add some (more) Pedersoli to the mix..
Your videos make me smile to be honest with you.
I have handled replicas twice that three sided baonnet adds a whole new dimension. Very heavy It makes you wobbly and aim at the ground.
I'm having a heck of a time getting my pedersoli bess to shoot straight. Something about a bayonet lug for a front sight and your eyeball for a rear sight.
Beautiful gun. Man I graduated high school same year you got that.
In rapid reloading situations sometimes the charge would ignite as the ball and paper cartridge were being rammed down the barrel. This could result in burnt and unburnt powder being discharged into the shooter’s ramming hand as the ramrod was propelled out of the gun. This was referred to as being tattooed…. This happened twice to co-workers of mine at a living history museum while militia demonstrations were being conducted. One of the guys was a world renowned expert gun builder but that expertise was no match for thr bit of smoldering fouling or paper in the bore… a reality of living an 18th century life!
1640's The English Civil War. Thousands of soldiers on the field fighting. Less than 1% carried flintlocks. Basically only KIng Charles bodyguard did. Those with firearms carried matchlocks. So did the Pilgrims in the 1620's, the 1607 Jamestown colonists, the 1565 Spaniards founding St. Augustine Florida.
Right around 1680 the flintlock replaced the matchlock. It was the new industrial factory methods with standard sized parts which made flintlocks inexpensive enough to be manufactured and repaired. Now armories did not have to be filled with skilled gunsmiths but only with common laborers trained to repeat one or two simple tasks. In 1675 not a single European army issued flintlocks for the main battle arm. In 1705 they all did.
Thanks for saying Cavalry and NOT CALVARY! Another good video. Be Well.
YESSS CHAPTER 2 OF THE LEGENDARY VIDEO OF A LEGENDARY GUN
Just passed Bud's Gunshop in Sevierville, Tennessee. Too bad it's early and they weren't open yet. Happy New Year Hickok45!!!
That hatchet with the crucifix is very cool though
Had my flintlock out to the range today. They are a challenge to shoot, but incredibly satisfying.
i think this is the one Di Caprio used in the revenant but this movie is set in 1823
Enjoyed the video! What a fine old weapon you have there. Love it.
God bless all here.
I was guessing they did it so they didn’t accidentally pour the whole thing of powder in the barrel and not have any for the pan.
yes.
They would use the paper as wadding. So after loading only the small peice they bit off would be left.
Try using a smaller amount of priming powder in your pan. If you have the touch hole covered, it acts like a fuse and you have a longer hang time. You only need the smallest amount. I generally prime with fffg... same powder I use in the main charge. 70 grains is the heaviest charge I use generally.
I have a 50 cal. Cap lock. I think I'm going to have to add a flint lock to my collection. I love the old style muzzleloader.
Talking about technology over 200 years old. Amazing..
This video deserves more views! It’s great
That's a nice rifle. I want to learn flintlock. Sofar I only owned percussion. I'd like to get a flintlock fowler or smoothbore.
I'll have to buy some flintlock and learn flint knapping.
"If you go to Museums, there's one in Whitehall
Where old weapons are shown with their names writ beneath,
You will find her, upstanding, her back to the wall,
As stiff as a ramrod, the flint in her teeth.
And if ever we English had reason to bless
Any arm save our mothers', that arm is Brown Bess!"
The last paragraph of the poem Brown Bess by Rudyard Kipling.
That requires the ultimate in flinch control. It’s like it fires twice. I can’t imagine using that under stress and hitting anything.
I carry a sawed off one everyday
Man i love you videos! Happy new year
The pressure that the Men in the Civil War was under after firing and trying to reload this thing on the battle field while the enemy was trying to kill them.... That takes a level of mental fortitude that no human on Earth these days has. You have to have the mentality that "I came to die" to do that with a steady hand under the circumstances.
They need to get Hickock45 in one of those “Expert reviews movies” videos and talk about guns in film.
What a great man on a great channel in a great state on a nice property shooting beautiful guns. Merry Christmas to you all 👑🎁🍺🎅❄️👼🎄⛄
Happy New Year ahead as well Sir!
Thank you very much for such great videos 😊😊😁😁
I'm a pretty good shot with a #11 cap lock but my accuracy goes away fast with my flintlock. I could see you reacting to the delay the same way I do. They say I'll get better with age with the flintlock but I'm getting up in years and still not very good at all. Loved this video!
Ought to fiddle around with a conical like...lees improved minie in that bore Hickok
Merry Christmas! Really Enjoy the Black Powder videos!
I have the same gun, going from always shooting a cartridge gun to a flintlock is extremely hard. When you watch someone shoot the delay doesn't seem that long, trust me it feels like forever when you're the one shooting. You squeeze the trigger and try to hold it on target.
Hickok:misses a shot*
Everybody:impossible
I have the Pedersoli French Cavallarie carbine, the short version essentially of the Charleville musket and its a hilarious amount of fun to shoot, I would like to get a Brown Bess carbine like that someday.
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Do you ever make your own flints? I know parts of Tennessee are rich in the material. Arrow heads for example. I have picked up flint stone pieces from my uncle's farm many times to use with flint and steel fire starter sets. A primitive backup for camping fire starting. A flint stone, high carbon steel striker, tinder and some prep and you are good.
I noticed that you hold the muzzle loader like a modern rifle. I began shooting in a muzzle loading club and noticed the club members standing differently. Try standing turned almost 90 degrees to the target and the butt on you biceps. Place your other arm under the valence center of the gun. It is much more comfortable and you may be able to hold through the shot better. Love your channel!
Not interested in shooting anything from my bicep.
Muzzleloaders are my favorite guns and I don’t even have one. These are among my favorite videos that you do as well. I know next to nothing on their history, but I am going to start an endeavor to learn about them.
Awesome video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
It's the perfect weapon for when you're attacked by the broad side of a barn...
Seriously now, they are a ton of fun.
I saw the spark....mint!!!
Hey Hicock I bought a 45-70 henry x series last year just wandering when your gonna review that gun .love your channel
Great for home defense
I'm wondering if the brown bess could be filled with smaller shot like a blunderbuss
Yes, any smoothbore is essentially a "shot gun," as well.
I have no idea how youtube has not deleted this video but this is a miracle.
Buck shot greatly improves the accuracy in them things, the more the better.
Let us know next time you'll be in Louisville. I actually live about 20mins from Louisville, I in southern Indiana. Would love to see you @hickok45
Great education Thanks. ;) Defined " Flash in the Pan"
He rarely misses
A musket both in the past and now is also a shotgun any of the military smooth bore muskets brown bess included can shoot buckshot and birdshot I believe in the past retired military muskets would more often be shooting birdshot pellets for small game and buckshot from the musket is probably a better chance at getting a deer.
As I understand it, you basically had to shoot it like it was a shotgun. It usefulness on the 18th century battlefield with the tactics at the time, was that it could be loaded and trained easily and at fast rate, at least 3 per minute. This made it a superior weapon to the rifles for the common soldier in both British and Colonial armies.
Your struggle with the delay is evident! When the hammer drops it seems you inadvertently move the rifle from anticipation.
Brown Bless .75 caliber looks like an idea home invasion defense tool!