I have been a muzzle loader since 1979. During that time I have made many of my own accoutrements from horn, bone, antler. leather, wood, brass, copper, and steel. This video has brought back those fond memories. Your work is top notch as always.
I'm writing a fantasy story set in an early-modern 16th century-adjacent period where one of the main characters is an arquebusier - this video is super helpful and informative on that front as up until now I'd had the character using wooden chargers of the later 17th century, super cool to see these earlier examples!
Oh 1 thing I forgot to mention is I glued a leather wad inside the cap to give a very tight seal with the flesh side out. I live in a very humid sub tropical area so we can't take chances with powder. I keep powder indefinitely in mine and it is fresh. Also if you don't have a lathe model shops sell brass tube with tight tolerance between 2 tube sizes giving a nice tight fit.
Oh a wonderful time for you to upload this, Ive recently been thinking of making small brass tubes to hold the loads for my percussion double barrel so i can have all the shot and wads and cushion all together already, and it made me realize i was kinda making an 1800s version of an old muzzleloader bandolier and wanted to learn more about them
Merry Christmas. Excellent video, I really enjoy your historical content and commentary. Very educational. Thank you and best wishes of success in 2025.
They look very similar to the cartridges that georigan chokha dress had on chest. As far as i know, they were made that way to allow shooter to reload while riding the horse
What's funny is I have already made a set of 20 about the same size for .54 rifle. I used silver solder but everyone you can use tin solder if you don't have access to high heat. I have used it for other jobs and it is strong enough. Remember to roughen the area you need to solder to stick too and clean all oils off with alcohol etc.
Lovely job Balzas! 👍😁👏👏 Your workbench looks just like mine. Messy! 😅😅 But if you’re not making a mess, you’re not getting anything done! Because I am a retired Gunsmith, I want to ask you, “Is the brass tube too big to fit up the Lathe spindle bore?” Because if it will fit, the way to do this job is to have a bit more than the length of your job sticking out of the chuck, machine it to size and part it off to the wanted length, then repeat. I bet you love having that lathe in your workshop. 😉 They are so handy for people like us, who like to make all our own accoutrements. Love it.🫶🥰🥰🥃🥃
The 16mm tube does not fit into the hole behind the jaws, that's mainly the cause why I secure it like this. And I love that mess. When I make an order takes another month to find anything again. :)
@ 🤣🤣👍 Doesn’t it just. I thought maybe that a too small a spindle bore was the problem. I have the same problem when I try to do bigger diameter work than the 32mm dia spindle bore on my lathe. When I got that lathe, I made sure it would take a full size rifle barrel blank, as I was just starting out on my journey as a professional Gunsmith and it has never let me down once. I have just finished building a left hand .58 cal caplock muzzleloader. I’m having fun trying to get it to shoot a 380gn Pritchett style paper patched bullet of my own design. 😁👍 Cheers from Downunda! 🍻🍻
Ok, now that I saw that illustration of the fellow with the one-legged pants I feel absolutely compelled to find the reasoning behind that particular choice. And no, I'm not being a smart***. I'm genuinely very curious. Next time I go to visit my Mom I'm going to have to take a dig through my Dad's books. Because if someone wrote about it in a book, he probably had in there somewhere. God bless him, he could put more than a few libraries to shame. I miss the old fart.
The ones you showed us how to make are very handsome but those historical examples are absolutely little works of art, hard to imagine being a handgonner because I'd never be able to leave the field knowing I dropped one 😅
That's very good, but now can you show us how they were used? Was the ball in with the powder, and how was the patch used? Merry Christmas, and thank you!
It's kinda funny you called it 'soldering water'. I guess that's a translation from Hungarian. But just for anyone not familiar, you cannot solder with water, and you should not drink soldering flux.
I have been a muzzle loader since 1979. During that time I have made many of my own accoutrements from horn, bone, antler. leather, wood, brass, copper, and steel. This video has brought back those fond memories. Your work is top notch as always.
I'm writing a fantasy story set in an early-modern 16th century-adjacent period where one of the main characters is an arquebusier - this video is super helpful and informative on that front as up until now I'd had the character using wooden chargers of the later 17th century, super cool to see these earlier examples!
There will be 2 other parts for this series: one about making a horn and the other about making the "lederin pulvertasche"
@@capandball looking forward to them! I love 16th century focused content, it's such an interesting part of the late medieval/early modern period
@@abysspect And not very well researched in case of firearms and their use.
@@capandball Unfortunately very true, makes doing research for my book quite a pain, which is why I appreciate videos like yours so much!
Great way for me to wake up on Christmas Eve. I love projects like this. Going to go grab a coffee. Thanks for posting
Oh 1 thing I forgot to mention is I glued a leather wad inside the cap to give a very tight seal with the flesh side out.
I live in a very humid sub tropical area so we can't take chances with powder.
I keep powder indefinitely in mine and it is fresh.
Also if you don't have a lathe model shops sell brass tube with tight tolerance between 2 tube sizes giving a nice tight fit.
Oh a wonderful time for you to upload this, Ive recently been thinking of making small brass tubes to hold the loads for my percussion double barrel so i can have all the shot and wads and cushion all together already, and it made me realize i was kinda making an 1800s version of an old muzzleloader bandolier and wanted to learn more about them
Merry Christmas. Excellent video, I really enjoy your historical content and commentary. Very educational. Thank you and best wishes of success in 2025.
Boldog karácsonyt 2024-ben. Egy újabb kiváló bemutató - továbbra is a lőfegyverekkel kapcsolatos UA-cam-csatornák csúcsán marad.
Such an intriguing project. I'm fascinating by pike and shotte / early modern warfare and appreciate how you bring history to life.
Wonderful video!! Your videos are always a joy to watch!
The finished product is magnificent.
Nice work!
Using the burnishing tool in a drill press is pure genius!
I am awfully lazy...
@@capandball I would not call that lazy at all. It actually looks very efficient
Merry Christmas from the bourbon capital of the world, Kentucky!
Wonderful workshop, wonderful skills. Thanks for the quality content!
They look very similar to the cartridges that georigan chokha dress had on chest.
As far as i know, they were made that way to allow shooter to reload while riding the horse
Yes they are called "gazyrs"
Que buen trabajo... gracias por compartirlo. Muy bueno tu camal.... saludos desde Argentina
What's funny is I have already made a set of 20 about the same size for .54 rifle.
I used silver solder but everyone you can use tin solder if you don't have access to high heat.
I have used it for other jobs and it is strong enough.
Remember to roughen the area you need to solder to stick too and clean all oils off with alcohol etc.
Thanks for more high quality content!
This was an excellent video! Thank you for doing this!
Now that's the kind of Christmas ornaments I like! Also merry Christmas to you and your family, Balázs!
Gratulation...a piece of Art ! For the new Year good health and good ideas to continue 🍀🍀🍀👍
Very nicely done!
Great craftsmanship, even though that bench requires some tidying up!
:) Don't tell this to my wife please. :)
Merry Christmas
thank you for a most enjoyable video happy holidays to you and your family
Excellent video - All the best for the New Year 👍
Merry Christmas to you and yours .
Amazing set of skills, Thanks so much !
Looks legit. Merry Christmas.
This project is amazing, but boy does it give me a new appreciation for paper cartridges! 😅
That's surely more simple. And we have sources for using them as early as the 1st decade of the 16th century.
Now that is fun! Very nice!
Very well done!
fantastic!
Great video
Looks great!
Lovely job Balzas! 👍😁👏👏 Your workbench looks just like mine. Messy! 😅😅 But if you’re not making a mess, you’re not getting anything done!
Because I am a retired Gunsmith, I want to ask you, “Is the brass tube too big to fit up the Lathe spindle bore?” Because if it will fit, the way to do this job is to have a bit more than the length of your job sticking out of the chuck, machine it to size and part it off to the wanted length, then repeat. I bet you love having that lathe in your workshop. 😉 They are so handy for people like us, who like to make all our own accoutrements. Love it.🫶🥰🥰🥃🥃
The 16mm tube does not fit into the hole behind the jaws, that's mainly the cause why I secure it like this. And I love that mess. When I make an order takes another month to find anything again. :)
@ 🤣🤣👍 Doesn’t it just. I thought maybe that a too small a spindle bore was the problem. I have the same problem when I try to do bigger diameter work than the 32mm dia spindle bore on my lathe. When I got that lathe, I made sure it would take a full size rifle barrel blank, as I was just starting out on my journey as a professional Gunsmith and it has never let me down once. I have just finished building a left hand .58 cal caplock muzzleloader. I’m having fun trying to get it to shoot a 380gn Pritchett style paper patched bullet of my own design. 😁👍
Cheers from Downunda! 🍻🍻
I am making a bandolier for my early 16th Century arquebus but I used wooden needle cases as my apostles.
That's also a valid solution! I would love to see your bandolier.
@@capandball I will see what I can do!
👍👏Great tutorial videos. Merry Christmas.
Gyönyörűek és rengeteg munka! Elfogadnám! :D
Ok, now that I saw that illustration of the fellow with the one-legged pants I feel absolutely compelled to find the reasoning behind that particular choice. And no, I'm not being a smart***. I'm genuinely very curious. Next time I go to visit my Mom I'm going to have to take a dig through my Dad's books. Because if someone wrote about it in a book, he probably had in there somewhere. God bless him, he could put more than a few libraries to shame. I miss the old fart.
The ones you showed us how to make are very handsome but those historical examples are absolutely little works of art, hard to imagine being a handgonner because I'd never be able to leave the field knowing I dropped one 😅
:) A reason to always keep your stand. :)
Feliz Natal do Alabama.
That's very good, but now can you show us how they were used? Was the ball in with the powder, and how was the patch used? Merry Christmas, and thank you!
It is coming in the next part.
Good job ¡¡
...NICE!!!...😀
Nooo, not the harquebussy
Браво , успех . :)
It's kinda funny you called it 'soldering water'. I guess that's a translation from Hungarian.
But just for anyone not familiar, you cannot solder with water, and you should not drink soldering flux.
Can you use a charger single handed?
Yes. It will be demonstrated in the next chapter.
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Risky part holding and no safety glasses? Not worth it!
Yes, you are right.