I had no idea that people once made their own ammunition, this was very cool to watch so thank you for making the video. It's fascinating how resourceful folks were in previous centuries. We have so much in these modern times but we have also missed out on so much. Thank you for keeping the skills alive and handing them down.
Oh how does that bring back good memories. My brother and I used to cast our round balls and mini-balls using cast off wheel weights back in the 1960's. I still love the smell of burned black powder and greased patches ;-)
Well you’re a little earlier on and I was, I did Civil War reenacting for a number of years. This is really cool love you and your wife’s channel. I miss living history.
thankyou! it might be a while, im a professional photographer and its fall wedding season right now and wont it be over until nov. Thank you for subscribing!!
@@frontierpatriot Completely reasonable, although I'm a little disappointed to learn that you don't live in the early 1800's fulltime. A backstory on how you got into reenacting and development your persona would be very interesting.
I cut, roll and fill cartridges for multiple living history events in my state. I've never seen it done your way before. So much more complicated! And i use Pacon art paper - has a more rustic finish almost like construction paper. Works beautifully. I roll and seal without glue.
I never knew how the ammunition was made 'back in the day' lol! I knew they couldn't just go down to their local gun store and purchase it haha! Thank you, Ron, for another lesson of the past, for keeping this and other skills alive and teaching others how to (maybe) keep up those ways. This could be a good project for a high schooler (with adult supervision, of course!) while studying this time period.
@@frontierpatriot, thank you so much for those safety items! My son-in-law has done lead soldering before so this video and your safety tips will help when my grandson gets a bit older (he's 13). We homeschool so I'm always looking for good projects to go along with the lessons. He's studying Ancient History now and he'll be studying Early American History in about two years and I think he'll be ready for this. Can't wait!
Master Ron, I am glad to see that you are keeping prepared. You never know when you may be called to service. I was wondering if you smoked your mold before casting. That helps your balls to fall out more easily. I like your loading block. I will need to make one for myself. Even without one I was credited with having the tightest cartridges in the company. Very little loose powder in my cartridge box. Well, keep your powder dry, and as always, Y.O.S. K. E. Baker
Fascinating process, Ron! Perfect motivation to become an excellent shot! Tell me, are the lead musket balls ready virtually immediately for use after coming out of the mold/trimmed?
Glue made from pine sap, charcoal and some beeswax. Some people would use string and tie their cartridges or fold and crimp the ends, and some used glue.
I've seen a few videos on your channel Ron but only have a couple more to watch on Justine's Channel and then I'm done then I will float over here to see what you're doing. I like to introduction and I even like the background music that's played in a soft way. Very cool Channel love it you guys are terrific.
Clear and straightforward video. I have cast bullets, sinkers and dive weights with only the heat source changing. The cartridge building was excellent. Thank you.
It sure did require skills to survive in those times. People don't really realize how easy things are now...too many uninterested in learning such things. Never know we may need them again. Ay?
So interesting .... here in UK and elsewhere I'm sure, ammunition was made in foundries by dropping molten lead from a hight from a shot tower. The led was poured through a grid and as it fell the molten led formed almost perfect sphere, the bigger the grid, the bigger the shot....
Took a while from getting done with regular work then getting things situated, setup, dressed, do it, then review it, then edit, then post. Thankyou for watching!!
I use to make lead bearings the same size for my catapults here in the great Britain. After you cut the ecces of with plyers & give it a squueeze, it would still leave a little tiny thin line around the bearing. So we would put about 50 at a time in a sock & just rub them against each other. After a while they would be perfectly round & shine like ball bearings. But much heavier than a ball bearing of the same size, its amazing how a little line of unpolished lead can affect the accuracy of the projectile flying at high speed. Do you polish your bearings Ron or just load them in the gun?
Does anyone know any good suppliers of where I buy lead plugs, molds, the tools shown here, etc. Also looking to buy black powder, and maybe a bunch of neat..... what are they called? The little containers that hold 1 shot worth of gunpowder for you on a bandolier?
Hey there Alan thank for watching and for the question, i just called them round ball molds, they also make block molds so that you can mold muitiple balls at once. This is just a single ball mold good to keep in the bag and or for demonstrating purposes
@@billy_h_bonney2097 i just found a .54 bag mold its from the 19th century and in really good condition, a bit heavy on price BUT its the real deal :) heres the link. www.hiltpewter.com/item.php?id=1216&cid=26
Soldiers were using 100+ grains. Ive seen some references to 180grains. I use 100grains with my .75 cal brown bess (musket/smoothbore) rifles would've used less that a musket due to the ball being smaller and the pressure created due to the tight fitting ball. Rifle were for efficience but take twice as long to load and in order to take advantage of the grooves in the barrel the ball has to fit tightly, can be hard to load at times
Sorry I feel I am from that era in my life today. Washington rules of etiquette are always in play. Truly love your videos, it reminds people of where we started in these United States with our freedom intact with Source God rights speech bear arms etc….go back a few years though with true history and teach. She cooks you teach your a wonderful couple..I don’t know how to contact you for insight I have other than here. I make my own powder for 50 cal sulfur salt Peter and willow. Takes 210 grains for todays rifle
Eyes aren't really the safety issue, it's fumes from the molten lead. One must be careful not to exhale any fumes from the lead. A np95 would be enough.
Glasses are literally a precaution, definitely worth it looking historic over ruining it with safety glasses. Maybe if you were drilling metal or something. But molten lead is the same temperature as frying oil. Would you wear glasses frying chicken?
Ok just for us old guys show the bucks how to make powder how much powder you used as guess is 65 grains. And ball weight? And don’t wear your short night shirt for last one the look on your wife’s face was such a lady. No expression when you bent over. Been married for 31 years. Well played
I love the old ways. I think what you and Early American are doing with your channels is great. Thanks for sharing!
Thankyou!
Check out Townsend channel.
@@ronrayfield8177 you should do a collaboration with Townsend channel I'm sub of theirs also.
@@hankdoughty4375 im a subscriber!
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Ron you should run a playlist....LOVE THIS STUFF. God Bless you and Justine.
I will agree with you John everything that Ron is doing is authentic and really peaks my interest
@@patricknester435 They have new video out today on their "Early American" channel.
I had no idea that people once made their own ammunition, this was very cool to watch so thank you for making the video. It's fascinating how resourceful folks were in previous centuries. We have so much in these modern times but we have also missed out on so much. Thank you for keeping the skills alive and handing them down.
Some people still make their own bullets. It's not a lost art.
@@nancyfenity9817 We cast lead when I was a girl and reloaded shells at home.
Cowboys would sit around the fire smelting down scrap lead for cartridges or cap and ball guns. It melts real easy
I still melt lead for my black powder guns and for my big bore pcp air rifles
People still do. The hard part now is finding primers for a decent price
Really interesting to see all the intricate work involved. Thank you for posting.
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it
Just fascinating all the intricate details in working the guns at that time. Thank you for your video Ron.
Oh how does that bring back good memories. My brother and I used to cast our round balls and mini-balls using cast off wheel weights back in the 1960's. I still love the smell of burned black powder and greased patches ;-)
I have always found that casting bullets is somewhat therapeutic. It's very relaxing as well as filling a need.
My husband casts his own lead Bullets for his Muzzle Loader that he hunts deer with. We also cast our own Shad darts for Shad season on the Delaware!
Well you’re a little earlier on and I was, I did Civil War reenacting for a number of years. This is really cool love you and your wife’s channel. I miss living history.
I used to do it with my dad..and it was 90s:)
Just realized today you started your own channel. Congratulations! I've already watched all your uploads and subscribed. Now I'm hungry for more.
thankyou! it might be a while, im a professional photographer and its fall wedding season right now and wont it be over until nov. Thank you for subscribing!!
@@frontierpatriot Completely reasonable, although I'm a little disappointed to learn that you don't live in the early 1800's fulltime. A backstory on how you got into reenacting and development your persona would be very interesting.
This was very cool! Ty for posting it!
youre welcome, thanks for watching
Adorable Horse!
Thanks, her name is Mocha, shes a quarter horse.
I cut, roll and fill cartridges for multiple living history events in my state. I've never seen it done your way before. So much more complicated! And i use Pacon art paper - has a more rustic finish almost like construction paper. Works beautifully. I roll and seal without glue.
could you make a video of yours aswell?
I never knew how the ammunition was made 'back in the day' lol! I knew they couldn't just go down to their local gun store and purchase it haha! Thank you, Ron, for another lesson of the past, for keeping this and other skills alive and teaching others how to (maybe) keep up those ways.
This could be a good project for a high schooler (with adult supervision, of course!) while studying this time period.
Thankyou very much for watching!
leather gloves, closed toe shoes, a leather apron and safefy glasses. and then you can use coffee grounds for black powder
@@frontierpatriot, thank you so much for those safety items! My son-in-law has done lead soldering before so this video and your safety tips will help when my grandson gets a bit older (he's 13).
We homeschool so I'm always looking for good projects to go along with the lessons. He's studying Ancient History now and he'll be studying Early American History in about two years and I think he'll be ready for this. Can't wait!
This channel is awesome! Well done, sir!
Thank you very much!
Another fantastic video keep up the good work Ron🇺🇲
Excellent video. I look forward to watching the rest of your channel
thankyou!
Master Ron, I am glad to see that you are keeping prepared. You never know when you may be called to service.
I was wondering if you smoked your mold before casting. That helps your balls to fall out more easily.
I like your loading block. I will need to make one for myself. Even without one I was credited with having the tightest cartridges in the company. Very little loose powder in my cartridge box.
Well, keep your powder dry, and as always, Y.O.S. K. E. Baker
hey thats a great idea, smoking the mold first! Thanks for the tip!!
I enjoy your informative channel. Thank you
thankyou!
So cool watching the process
Thanks for the history lessons. Wow!
You're welcome!
Dangerous materials and work..so fascinating to watch
thanks!
He's very authentic!👍
Fascinating process, Ron!
Perfect motivation to become an excellent shot!
Tell me, are the lead musket balls ready virtually immediately for use after coming out of the mold/trimmed?
yes, they are.
Great video Ron 😊 Thank you for posting my fellow Patriot
Thankyou! 🦅🇺🇲
Keep up good work👍🇺🇸
wow, you got some nice balls there,Ron.
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Hi! What type of grease or glue did you you to secure the paper? Doing great! Thank you.
Glue made from pine sap, charcoal and some beeswax. Some people would use string and tie their cartridges or fold and crimp the ends, and some used glue.
I liked a simple paste of water and flour.
This was so interesting! Thank you!
I meant to say awhile ago,I love the intro and music.
I've seen a few videos on your channel Ron but only have a couple more to watch on Justine's Channel and then I'm done then I will float over here to see what you're doing. I like to introduction and I even like the background music that's played in a soft way. Very cool Channel love it you guys are terrific.
Cool. I do about the same thing with my cap and ball pistol.
Clear and straightforward video. I have cast bullets, sinkers and dive weights with only the heat source changing. The cartridge building was excellent. Thank you.
thanks for watching!
Like this video. A work of art.How long does it take to cast these round balls.David Back from Menifee county Kentucky.
Nice skill to learn
It sure did require skills to survive in those times. People don't really realize how easy things are now...too many uninterested in learning such things. Never know we may need them again. Ay?
So interesting .... here in UK and elsewhere I'm sure, ammunition was made in foundries by dropping molten lead from a hight from a shot tower. The led was poured through a grid and as it fell the molten led formed almost perfect sphere, the bigger the grid, the bigger the shot....
that is correct!
How many hours a week was spent doing this? Thank you for all the energy you put in making these videos
Took a while from getting done with regular work then getting things situated, setup, dressed, do it, then review it, then edit, then post. Thankyou for watching!!
Ron, really cool video. Could you revisit this sometime and give a little more detail on the whole process. Keep the great work!
I use to make lead bearings the same size for my catapults here in the great Britain. After you cut the ecces of with plyers & give it a squueeze, it would still leave a little tiny thin line around the bearing. So we would put about 50 at a time in a sock & just rub them against each other. After a while they would be perfectly round & shine like ball bearings. But much heavier than a ball bearing of the same size, its amazing how a little line of unpolished lead can affect the accuracy of the projectile flying at high speed. Do you polish your bearings Ron or just load them in the gun?
very interesting method. i just ram them down the barrel :)
I like the narrow loading block or box if you would … excellent idea.
Thankyou Cathy.
Reminds me of that scene from The Patriot where Mel Gibson was melting down his deceased son's metal army men toys to make ammo.
I was thinking the same thing!
I have exams tomorrow what am i doing
You'll learn more watching this anyway. 😂
Prepping for the future😅
More, more!
This could actually been ASMR since its only sounds...love this video.
youre right! thankyou so much1
Love it
Thankyou!
More and longer videos please
I love this channel
thankyou so much!
Verry good job Ron! One of these days I will have to do this. David Back.
I love your intro.
thankyou so much!!
Does anyone know any good suppliers of where I buy lead plugs, molds, the tools shown here, etc. Also looking to buy black powder, and maybe a bunch of neat..... what are they called? The little containers that hold 1 shot worth of gunpowder for you on a bandolier?
Mid-South shooters supply.
Good luck on buying blackpowder. Better off making your own!!
Midway sales. Brownells. Ups or other private shippers will ship back powder from Italy. But pyrodex works just fine for me.
E bay
Great how to mate, question though, what to you call the mold and where online can they be bought from? New to black powder. Cheers from Aussie.
Hey there Alan thank for watching and for the question, i just called them round ball molds, they also make block molds so that you can mold muitiple balls at once. This is just a single ball mold good to keep in the bag and or for demonstrating purposes
Try www.trackofthewolf.com i get alot of black powder supplies from them.
Howd you go with licensing ? I can't find any shops in WA that sells muskets so might import from Italy.
whats the black goop you are using> I imagine a type of glue. Can you link where to get it?
its boiled tree sap glue, you have to make it :)
@@frontierpatriot I boiled my pine sap with deer dung 😏
@@ReichenbachEsqhey if it works.
Imagine if they didn't have a spare table for outside and he made a gunpowder mess on the wife's cooking surfaces lol
Id be in trouble lol
That's badass.
I hope you don't cook out of the pot you melted the lead in. I'm sure not. Enjoying your channel.
Yes, I do.
Can I make a ball out of copper bullets?
Luv your channel.. Do you live in the cute log cabin home?
Thankyou! i live in a bigger one not in video
where did you get your bag mold
I had a local blacksmith make them
ooof Im looking everywhere for them. I need a pair for 54 caliber@@frontierpatriot
@@billy_h_bonney2097 have you tried Track of The Wolf website?
yes sir, no luck there
@@frontierpatriot
@@billy_h_bonney2097 i just found a .54 bag mold its from the 19th century and in really good condition, a bit heavy on price BUT its the real deal :) heres the link.
www.hiltpewter.com/item.php?id=1216&cid=26
Don't ever throw your sprues back into the pot. Save for next melt.
Where do i get a caster like this?
And how do they make it? How do they make the sphere because it seems perfect
anybody know where to pick up a mold like that
you can get them at track of the wolf www.trackofthewolf.com
@@frontierpatriot what is the name of that tool... :)
@@novascotianinfj its called a bag mold
Do we know how much gun powder. Then soldiers and common pple used in their rifles?
Soldiers were using 100+ grains. Ive seen some references to 180grains. I use 100grains with my .75 cal brown bess (musket/smoothbore) rifles would've used less that a musket due to the ball being smaller and the pressure created due to the tight fitting ball. Rifle were for efficience but take twice as long to load and in order to take advantage of the grooves in the barrel the ball has to fit tightly, can be hard to load at times
60 grains was the norm. During battle it was a what ever you thought was enough.
Thanks
KOOL 🌟🎁👊
What size are you casting? I might assume you have the firearm as well, more info on it please!
Hi there, i was casting .735 balsl for my .75 caliber flintlock musket, a long land brown bess.
Need more shooting vids how they will be coming?
Sorry I feel I am from that era in my life today. Washington rules of etiquette are always in play. Truly love your videos, it reminds people of where we started in these United States with our freedom intact with Source God rights speech bear arms etc….go back a few years though with true history and teach. She cooks you teach your a wonderful couple..I don’t know how to contact you for insight I have other than here. I make my own powder for 50 cal sulfur salt Peter and willow. Takes 210 grains for todays rifle
I hope that's not Justine's good pot Brother!
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Agreed, the wife might soon become a widow woman if that were the case.
Some commentary would be nice!
Being historic looking is cool. But at least using some glasses would be a might safer.
Eyes aren't really the safety issue, it's fumes from the molten lead. One must be careful not to exhale any fumes from the lead. A np95 would be enough.
Glasses are literally a precaution, definitely worth it looking historic over ruining it with safety glasses. Maybe if you were drilling metal or something. But molten lead is the same temperature as frying oil. Would you wear glasses frying chicken?
I was smolting pewter once and blew it all over my face . I survived haha
Ok just for us old guys show the bucks how to make powder how much powder you used as guess is 65 grains. And ball weight? And don’t wear your short night shirt for last one the look on your wife’s face was such a lady. No expression when you bent over. Been married for 31 years. Well played