FINALLY! I was so glad to see someone use cartridges for ONCE in one of these flintlock demonstration videos. You have no idea how many people on here show off muskets and load them by measuring out powder during the loading process instead of using prerolled cartridges like all soldiers back then actually did.
The phrase "lock and load" was used as a reminder of the sequence for loading a flintlock musket; "Lock"- prime the pan; "Load"- powder and ball down the barrel
The graves behind him are all unknown soldiers who died mostly of disease during Washington’s encampment prior to the crossing of the Delaware. Only one is identified by name. All of them died for a country still a vision and not yet a reality. Rest In Peace.
@@MansMan42069 Taxation without representation. I know it's a movie quote but it's worth repeating. "An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a king can." - Mel Gibson
That soldier boy really knows what he is talking about, really appreciate the easiness that he has to talk, thank you for that short and perfect video ♥️♥️♥️
Because the ram rod is LONGER than the length of the barrel, so it wouldn't make any sense to carry a long thin metal stick on your toolbelt now would it
Some of those rifles in the right skilled arms could be deadly accurate. The American rebels In the independence war had German and Swiss Jaegers who took out officers and Indian scouts at a few hundred yards.
What's absolutely crazy is the 3 times in a minute reload training, this whole video lasts a minute and the loading part was made so smoothly, I can't see how they'd be able to reload 3 times without failing miserably!
Just my elderly, half-penny worth, the flint strikes the Frizzen, opening it to reveal the powder in the Frizzen pan, simultaneously sending showers of sparks downward to ignite the powder. The vent, inside the Frizzen pan then receives the flash from the powder, into a charge of powder inside the barrel.
Shame the muskets didn't have like a hook/grip on it so the rod can pop on and off on whim.... Or in this case, a stand at the boot area (since all are lined up) so you don't have to keep reinserting and removing the rod each time... Wonder if they did that?
Some paintings/movies show soldiers sticking rammers into the ground next to them in the heat of battle in order to save time. But doing that in a line formation would make for slower and clumsy movement. Soldiers were trained to do this procedure over and over, so to them it made sense. If one places their rammer next to them and then accidentally leaves it, well..
why did armies switch to percussion caps anyway? Simply charging a pan on a flintlock seems a lot faster and less finicky than taking off a tiny cap from the nipple and putting a new one on.
Percussion cap locks were considered more reliable for several reasons. 1. Flintlocks and moisture do not mix. Even high humidity can create enough moisture on the lock mechanism to prevent a reliable ignition. Wind is also a factor, as it can blow out priming powder from your pan while it’s open or can blow out the sparks when trying to fire. Percussion caps drove a spark into the breech directly and were thus more reliable in not-so-fair weather. That’s not to say misfires never occurred, but they were less finicky. Flints also wore out after several shots and had to be replaced with new ones. Priming the pan on a flintlock is arguably as finicky as removing and replacing a percussion cap. One must take care that not too much powder is poured in the priming pan, which would obviously take away from the powder meant to fire the ball. And, one would want to shake the priming powder close to the touch hole in the barrel to ensure a good ignition.
It just seems obvious, and also in any other demonstration I've seen, that you would have to load the main charge and the ball before you prime the pan for safety purposes?
Military manuals in the 18th century dictate that muskets are primed first, then loaded with the main charge and ball. The musket is kept at half-cock, with the butt off the ground and muzzle away from your face. That’s the procedure they were taught. Muskets that used percussion caps were loaded, then primed.
Nice, i wish i had a musket, can you please make a How to reload a Blunderbuss or a Nock Gun (optional pick what you like) on the next video, please. I would very much like that! But its just a suggestion, it might not be on the next video.
I could only imagine how many of them got an arrow shot right through them by a native while they're over there taking all of that time to reload their weapons.
I don’t have a Brown Bess replica but a 1970s Thompson Center Arms Hawken flintlock and I wish some day to get into re-enactments, where would you buy one of these?
I'm wondering if the Re-enactment folks might know? I used to live in the Historical City of Vincennes, Indiana, and they re-enact the Revolutionary War every last week of May each year. It's called the Vincennes Rendezvoux, and they have a FB page, you might get a hold of someone that way. Good Luck!
In the first couple years of the war, Continental soldiers trained by the British 1764 Manual and many variations of it, nearly all (if not, all) of which use the command “Present”. General Von Steuben’s regulations replaced “Present” with “Take Aim”, however, soldiers would not have heard this change until 1778-1779. There were still many units even after 1779 that were not at Valley Forge to receive new instruction, so “Present” might have persisted in some units even longer. Since I and the other reenactors that were at this location were portraying soldiers from the 10 Crucial Days Campaign, we stuck with the manual that those men would’ve been familiar with.
The ramrod part seems to be a chokepoint. wouldn't it be better to hold on to that thing, say in the left hand, parallel to the length of the musket? Was this ever tried? I'd assume that shooting faster is more important than shooting on command...
The weapon has a slot to hold the ramrod. Holding it in one’s hand while trying to fire would just be awkward. You need both hands to hold the weapon and load it. The video shows just one soldier. You have to imagine many soldiers, all standing very close together, who have to do the exact same movements to load and fire. Those movements need to be done close to the body and precisely. If everyone was fumbling around with the ramrod in one hand all the time, loading would be even slower than the standard rate of 15-20 seconds.
Seriously man people think muskets are super inaccurate and just garbage but if they were then we wouldn’t have them and we would’ve just stuck to using swords and bows and crossbows and then we wouldn’t have the modern day guns we have today so let that sink in
The majority of the gunpowder, along with the ball and the paper tube, have to be rammed down the barrel, so you have to prime the pan first when using a paper cartridge, because all your powder is together.
Yes. Though in this case no ball was fired, soldiers were trained to put the powder, ball, and paper down the barrel all in one go. It’s much faster than trying to pour all the powder out and take the ball out of the paper tube.
Yes. The paper helped keep it in place. When soldiers are loading, they only tear the paper enough to expose the gunpowder so the gun can be primed, and that the barrel in the powder ignites. They did not take the the time to tear all the paper off, expose the bullet, and then put everything down individually.
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Fun fact: because of the cartridges, one of the requirements to enlist was that you had to have at least 2 opposing teeth to tear them open.
Actually interesting, thank you for sharing!
Now that’s soldiering!
A lot of men during the napoleonic wars were knocking out their front top and bottom teeth to avoid being drafted in Napoleons army for that reason.
Also in the civil war
thats what hands are for
They even cast a 16 year old looking guy to be accurate to the ages of many soldiers back then.
even the civil war lol. big bellies men
just as the founding fathers intended
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interesting..
I love the sound the musket makes
Same
Not if you were on the receiving end haha
I wish my neighbors could say the same
sound like canon:) i was shot one time with gun like musket..it was great..big cloud and voice..and good smell of war:)
FINALLY! I was so glad to see someone use cartridges for ONCE in one of these flintlock demonstration videos. You have no idea how many people on here show off muskets and load them by measuring out powder during the loading process instead of using prerolled cartridges like all soldiers back then actually did.
Agreed....now, if Only I could get more of these "Home-made BP Cannon" people to make some cartridges.
and using a different ramrod instead of the one that's in the gun :/
Excuse me I'm trying to find out what cartridge are they using cause it looks like chalk in a roblox game
@@Amnionic paper cartridges
@@Amnionic The cartridges are paper rolls containing a pre-measured amount of powder and a typically .57 caliber ball.
The phrase "lock and load" was used as a reminder of the sequence for loading a flintlock musket; "Lock"- prime the pan; "Load"- powder and ball down the barrel
If only every RUclips video could be this short, sweet, and to the point.
The memories are still with us. The phrase “don’t go off half cocked” and (it’s result) “a flash in the pan”.
Also "lock, stock and barrel ", meaning the whole thing.
Can't imagine trying to reload while you're being fired at. Props to all those brave men!
The graves behind him are all unknown soldiers who died mostly of disease during Washington’s encampment prior to the crossing of the Delaware. Only one is identified by name. All of them died for a country still a vision and not yet a reality. Rest In Peace.
Imagine their shock and horror to see what their country has become
@@MansMan42069 Taxation without representation. I know it's a movie quote but it's worth repeating. "An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a king can." - Mel Gibson
@@TheObeyMayhem The tragic part is an elected legislature is by the mandate of the people. We got the government we deserved.
@@TheObeyMayhem Do you feel unrepresented?
@@MansMan42069 In their position, they would be elated that they even got to keep their country to begin with.
This is a great video. I have used it for 3 years now in my classroom. Well done Alex, thank you for the great video.
That soldier boy really knows what he is talking about, really appreciate the easiness that he has to talk, thank you for that short and perfect video ♥️♥️♥️
not bad! that was nice and simple demo
Before watching the video, I didn't know how to load a musket.Thank you!
Good video! The soldier's musket is perfect & his kit & person immaculate....😊 Not surprised he was selected for this demonstration...
I can't even imagine how terrifying this must have been standing in a line formation. Thanks for this! Cool!
Imagine if you time travelled and showed them a gun that could fire over 2000 rounds in a minute.
Why did the soldier not just put the ram rod on his tool belt for quicker access?
Taping down the ram rod on the musket was a drill so they don’t fire the ram rod
Because the ram rod is LONGER than the length of the barrel, so it wouldn't make any sense to carry a long thin metal stick on your toolbelt now would it
Also really easy to fall out of the belt and/or become impaled by it when moving.
If you lose your ramrod you can't load your musket then becomes a 5foot 10 pound club
@@randallross7683 or just politely ask for it back 🤣
Some of those rifles in the right skilled arms could be deadly accurate. The American rebels In the independence war had German and Swiss Jaegers who took out officers and Indian scouts at a few hundred yards.
What a smart looking uniform, and you wear it well, thanks for showing us how it's done!
short, sharp and to the point: VERY well done.
Cool Uniform and u explain it verry fast and direct to the viewer i like that style. u are on the facts! Good!
this is so good I showed this to my student in class and he was amaized:)
What's absolutely crazy is the 3 times in a minute reload training, this whole video lasts a minute and the loading part was made so smoothly, I can't see how they'd be able to reload 3 times without failing miserably!
Great demonstration. Short and to the point.
that was brilliant! well done young man!!!
“Please remember to take out the ramrod gentlemen, because if you fire it at the French….I might ask you to fetch it back!!” - Patrick Harper
A Lexington & Concord reference!! 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥
Amazing! You did it so seamlessly too!
well done good job!
That's why they promoted him to sergeant
thanks for the tutorial
QUESTION: after shoving the cartilage with the ram rod ,why wouldnt soldiers just carry ram rod with their hand.
Carrying the rammer in your hand would affect your ability to handle your next cartridge. One hand on the weapon and one free.
Imagine trying to reload your musket while being bombarded with cannonballs and getting charged by an enemy cavalry
That's why you fired in ranks. One rank would shoot,another would ready their weapons.
Less accurate, but deadlier than modern shoulder weapons. They were like miniature canons.
Deadlier as in might backfire and kill you 😂
Exactly. It was especially dangerous to the one firing the shot lol.
@@mr.metamovies2419 Even more dangerous for the musketball
So deadly they had to nerf the capacity, rate of fire, accuracy and reload speech is it wouldn't be OP
It’s pretty much a shotgun slug. These things were monsters.
Excellent video
That loads a fuckton easier than my muzzleloader that’s not 250 years old 🤣😂
Smoothbore with an undersized ball
I am wondering, do we know, from when do soldieer used paper cartriges? Aproximet time and type of musket?
POV: A robber tied up on a log getting a history lesson before they die.
Just my elderly, half-penny worth, the flint strikes the Frizzen, opening it to reveal the powder in the Frizzen pan, simultaneously sending showers of sparks downward to ignite the powder. The vent, inside the Frizzen pan then receives the flash from the powder, into a charge of powder inside the barrel.
Good job straight and to the point!
Day 1 of asking you to add a musket with realistic reloading
Love your game
Very helpful video! Thank you for making this.
That’s a faster rate of fire than the first batches of M-16s we received in RVN in 1967.
Colonel Shaw: NOW FASTER! *fires revolver in the air*
Bro i NEED one of these so bad🙏😭
Are you also fighting a revolt for independence against your colonial overlords?
That random squirel in a tree had a mad morning.
this changed my life forever..
Shame the muskets didn't have like a hook/grip on it so the rod can pop on and off on whim.... Or in this case, a stand at the boot area (since all are lined up) so you don't have to keep reinserting and removing the rod each time... Wonder if they did that?
Some paintings/movies show soldiers sticking rammers into the ground next to them in the heat of battle in order to save time. But doing that in a line formation would make for slower and clumsy movement. Soldiers were trained to do this procedure over and over, so to them it made sense. If one places their rammer next to them and then accidentally leaves it, well..
Can it be used for home defense?
Interesting way to wear the cartridge box on the front instead of at the side. Also wondering if the red shoulder board is from a particular unit
Out of curiosity, would anyone know, how many shots could be made/produced from 1 barrel of gunpowder?
Great video, great job. But there were big problems with biting off a cartridge in a certain country at a certain time.
Thank you for the tutorial! Now I can deal with that stupid baby that always cries on the plane!
He even sounds classic
Nice. Thanks. Where did you get your canteen?
Ive often wondered how do they prevent the bullet rolling out of the barrell? Is there some kind of socket inside?
The paper cartridge keeps it in place
This takes eternity to reload
why did armies switch to percussion caps anyway? Simply charging a pan on a flintlock seems a lot faster and less finicky than taking off a tiny cap from the nipple and putting a new one on.
Percussion cap locks were considered more reliable for several reasons. 1. Flintlocks and moisture do not mix. Even high humidity can create enough moisture on the lock mechanism to prevent a reliable ignition. Wind is also a factor, as it can blow out priming powder from your pan while it’s open or can blow out the sparks when trying to fire. Percussion caps drove a spark into the breech directly and were thus more reliable in not-so-fair weather. That’s not to say misfires never occurred, but they were less finicky. Flints also wore out after several shots and had to be replaced with new ones.
Priming the pan on a flintlock is arguably as finicky as removing and replacing a percussion cap. One must take care that not too much powder is poured in the priming pan, which would obviously take away from the powder meant to fire the ball. And, one would want to shake the priming powder close to the touch hole in the barrel to ensure a good ignition.
So this is how the quiet kid cracked 90’s in the 1800’s
What if they accidentally bite the gun powder?
It wont hurt you in small quantities.
You’ll get a sower bad taste in your mouth then spite it out
It just seems obvious, and also in any other demonstration I've seen, that you would have to load the main charge and the ball before you prime the pan for safety purposes?
Military manuals in the 18th century dictate that muskets are primed first, then loaded with the main charge and ball.
The musket is kept at half-cock, with the butt off the ground and muzzle away from your face. That’s the procedure they were taught. Muskets that used percussion caps were loaded, then primed.
Yeah but did they have that flinch as well 😂🎉
Probably, I still flinch when I fire mine.
Guts and blackpowder be like
Who is saving this video?!?! (ME! Don’t ask why)
The fact we had these weapons just +-100 before we made bolt-action, semi-automatic, and automatic weapons is crazy
During the Napolean war
Nice, i wish i had a musket, can you please make a How to reload a Blunderbuss or a Nock Gun (optional pick what you like) on the next video, please. I would very much like that! But its just a suggestion, it might not be on the next video.
Just like the founding father's intended
Thanks i needed this it will be really usefull when ww3 starts.
How many grams of gunpowder does he use?
With a Brown Bess, military loads varied between 12-14 grams of powder per charge depending on the time period.
I could only imagine how many of them got an arrow shot right through them by a native while they're over there taking all of that time to reload their weapons.
Beautiful -- thanks!
What would've happened if a round managed to hit the cartridge box?
I don’t have a Brown Bess replica but a 1970s Thompson Center Arms Hawken flintlock and I wish some day to get into re-enactments, where would you buy one of these?
I'm wondering if the Re-enactment folks might know? I used to live in the Historical City of Vincennes, Indiana, and they re-enact the Revolutionary War every last week of May each year. It's called the Vincennes Rendezvoux, and they have a FB page, you might get a hold of someone that way. Good Luck!
I love 18th century American history.
If Thomas Martin had made his dream of fighting in the Revolutionary War come true...
I'm pretty sure the Continental Army used the command "Take Aim" instead of "Present", I may be wrong though.
In the first couple years of the war, Continental soldiers trained by the British 1764 Manual and many variations of it, nearly all (if not, all) of which use the command “Present”. General Von Steuben’s regulations replaced “Present” with “Take Aim”, however, soldiers would not have heard this change until 1778-1779. There were still many units even after 1779 that were not at Valley Forge to receive new instruction, so “Present” might have persisted in some units even longer.
Since I and the other reenactors that were at this location were portraying soldiers from the 10 Crucial Days Campaign, we stuck with the manual that those men would’ve been familiar with.
wait is it legal to own a musket in the Philippines because when I wanted to upgrade the musket
Was there ever an incident of the musket ball accidentally go in the priming pan or is there something covering it so it doesn’t go in the priming pan
The musket ball is usually tied off in the paper tube and separate from the gunpowder, so no, there’s no real chance of the ball falling into the pan.
Opps finna be hiding after this one🔥🔥🥶🥶
Question, what happens if you put a 9mm pistol bullet in the musket, does it fire or no?
I always wondered why they only poured the powder and not a musket ball but now I know why
is there a danger that the ram rod could light the gun powder when you are shoving it down the barrel
Isn’t there supposed to be priming powder for the pan and then the loading powder?
Dang that Musket Looks good😊
Guts and blackpowder told me to come here
The ramrod part seems to be a chokepoint. wouldn't it be better to hold on to that thing, say in the left hand, parallel to the length of the musket? Was this ever tried? I'd assume that shooting faster is more important than shooting on command...
The weapon has a slot to hold the ramrod. Holding it in one’s hand while trying to fire would just be awkward. You need both hands to hold the weapon and load it.
The video shows just one soldier. You have to imagine many soldiers, all standing very close together, who have to do the exact same movements to load and fire. Those movements need to be done close to the body and precisely. If everyone was fumbling around with the ramrod in one hand all the time, loading would be even slower than the standard rate of 15-20 seconds.
Holy crap I just noticed there's a trench behind him. I've watched this like 4 times now and just noticed.
classic musket
Is bullet already in the cartridge, or you just didn't show how you put it there?
He already explained that the Musket Ball is already in the Cartridge
@@SpultoBNMTheMutuallyUnrequited thnx
I’m glad I came across this video! May god have mercy upon any robbers that do enter my humble abode.
British Army standard was three shots per minute. Not every unit could do that.
They invented high quality cameras before muskets was invented
Seriously man people think muskets are super inaccurate and just garbage but if they were then we wouldn’t have them and we would’ve just stuck to using swords and bows and crossbows and then we wouldn’t have the modern day guns we have today so let that sink in
Can you do a version without any background noise and without talking so I can use it a sound in a colonial game im making?
Why did he prime the pan first?
The majority of the gunpowder, along with the ball and the paper tube, have to be rammed down the barrel, so you have to prime the pan first when using a paper cartridge, because all your powder is together.
The ball stays in the paper???
Yes. Though in this case no ball was fired, soldiers were trained to put the powder, ball, and paper down the barrel all in one go. It’s much faster than trying to pour all the powder out and take the ball out of the paper tube.
@@alexrobb9141I also have heard that the paper helped keep the ball in place.
Yes. The paper helped keep it in place. When soldiers are loading, they only tear the paper enough to expose the gunpowder so the gun can be primed, and that the barrel in the powder ignites. They did not take the the time to tear all the paper off, expose the bullet, and then put everything down individually.
“He ran into the battle.. he did not need a cartridge or a ramrod.. and it didn’t shoot once.. what the bloody hell is this man?”
Lol thx I needed this cuz I couldn’t figure out how to reload my gun at that hotdog vr gun game
Where is the exact location of the cemetery in this video?
Very cool
What makes a good soldier?
-The ability to fire 3 rounds per minute in any weather.
Ya well muskets didn’t do well in all weather. Rain was a big hindrance to a musket due to the gunpowder getting wet.
@@Jamo_7811 yep. So that's why they invented the capslock musket