I have the Veteran Arms version of the same gun and it has got to be one of the most fun guns to shoot, hands down. When I take it to the range it draws a crowd every time.
I like your presentation! And the shooting, job well done!I like the history lesson. Like to have a matchlock in my collections. David Back. Happy thanksgiving!
Super presentation about a forgotten weapon of the Pilgrims!! I really appreciate the mix of history and your shooting the matchlock. Keep it up! That's why I im glad I found your channel.
Marvelous, gentlemen, well done. This is the kind of historical accuracy I have come to appreciate from your channel. It's so nice to see people who don't mistakenly believe that gunpowder ended the predominance of the medieval knight on the battlefield. In reality, the end of the reign of the armored knight had more to do with the fact that two to three commoners with polearms could defeat any knight at a fraction of the cost, and those commoners didn't have the knights' limitations about the seasons they could take the field (knights had to spend a lot of time managing their fiefs). Also, as you pointed out, many harnesses were bullet proof--in fact they were called "armors of proof," and they would be tested by having a gun fired at them, with the resulting dimple sometimes highly decorated with etching, etc., to play up the fact that it had been successfully tested. Thank you, too, for pointing out that the "12 apostles" term was anachronistic and weren't as good as the paper cartridges; people think that term is so cool that they ignore the facts about them. I learned more about the early powder from this video than I had known before, and I appreciate that. One thing that I think would have improved this video would have been to have demonstrated the military loading and firing procedures taught by various manuals of the period since those procedures were very telling in terms of how the weapons worked and could be used most efficiently--that's a suggestion, however, not a criticism.
I’m starting to develop an interest in the 30 Years War, The English Civil War and obviously the arrival of the Pilgrims and the Puritans to this country. Plus I love firearms and blades of all kinds.
The great swamp fight was an attack on a friendly Indian settlement that served no purpose but to satisfy the revenge of the puritans who were getting killed in the field prior to Chuch organizing the rangers with Indian scouts that would decide the outcome of the war. It was simple attrition against better warriors. It took ten pilgrims to equal one Wampanoag warrior in the field.
"Then a sparketh from thy musket match igniteth thine smock!" - Pilgrim Ethan, 1620
I have the Veteran Arms version of the same gun and it has got to be one of the most fun guns to shoot, hands down. When I take it to the range it draws a crowd every time.
Thank you fellas good show and y'all have a good night
Great show guys
Just now realising Ethan had Scottish broad sword on his belt, well done👍
Happy Thanksgiving! What a glorious firearm for the occasion, and quite the powder charge, too!
Dang! Now you have me wanting a matchlock for the collection.
Great history lesson. Happy Thanksgiving, boys!
Excellent, excellent treatise boys! This is why I love 11 Bang Bang!
I like your presentation! And the shooting, job well done!I like the history lesson. Like to have a matchlock in my collections. David Back. Happy thanksgiving!
Super presentation about a forgotten weapon of the Pilgrims!! I really appreciate the mix of history and your shooting the matchlock. Keep it up! That's why I im glad I found your channel.
Sorry i missed the Premier guys. Long day
I liked the video so much, I had to watch it again. I’m ready for next year. Happy Thanksgiving y’all.
This was an awesome video. Thanks for sharing.
Marvelous, gentlemen, well done. This is the kind of historical accuracy I have come to appreciate from your channel. It's so nice to see people who don't mistakenly believe that gunpowder ended the predominance of the medieval knight on the battlefield. In reality, the end of the reign of the armored knight had more to do with the fact that two to three commoners with polearms could defeat any knight at a fraction of the cost, and those commoners didn't have the knights' limitations about the seasons they could take the field (knights had to spend a lot of time managing their fiefs). Also, as you pointed out, many harnesses were bullet proof--in fact they were called "armors of proof," and they would be tested by having a gun fired at them, with the resulting dimple sometimes highly decorated with etching, etc., to play up the fact that it had been successfully tested. Thank you, too, for pointing out that the "12 apostles" term was anachronistic and weren't as good as the paper cartridges; people think that term is so cool that they ignore the facts about them. I learned more about the early powder from this video than I had known before, and I appreciate that. One thing that I think would have improved this video would have been to have demonstrated the military loading and firing procedures taught by various manuals of the period since those procedures were very telling in terms of how the weapons worked and could be used most efficiently--that's a suggestion, however, not a criticism.
I’m starting to develop an interest in the 30 Years War, The English Civil War and obviously the arrival of the Pilgrims and the Puritans to this country. Plus I love firearms and blades of all kinds.
A very interesting video.
240 grain charge man that sounds insane
so thats why they hold on their match
The great swamp fight was an attack on a friendly Indian settlement that served no purpose but to satisfy the revenge of the puritans who were getting killed in the field prior to Chuch organizing the rangers with Indian scouts that would decide the outcome of the war. It was simple attrition against better warriors. It took ten pilgrims to equal one Wampanoag warrior in the field.