Leman Rifle, inspection and disassembly
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- In this video we are going to disassemble it and inspect an original Leman rifle from the 1830s chambered in 32 caliber. it has a 43-in barrel in weighs 15 lb
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YOU GUYS ARE GUN SNOBS. A CHEAPER VRSION MAY SHOOT A WHOLE LOT BETTER
Lol, imagine that. The guys who shoot almost exclusively india made muskets are called gun snobs
Usually I'm accused of being a poor. This is the first time I've ever been accused of being a gun snob lol.
And believe it or not, this gun was a lot cheaper than most cheap replicas nowadays
Mouth breather detected
@@jasoncook5690 HA!
Interesting video. Thanks
Appreciate the history lesson! Like this old gun! Learned something new! David Back.
Lordy, an original Leman on my table would make me put on a happy face.
haha
15 pounds…ouch. Great overview! Learned a lot, looking forward to watching it rock.
thanks for watching
A Lovely show indeed Bang Bang Boys! I live in Lancaster County and born in Lancaster. Do I have a Leaman gun? No! But do I want a 15 pounder? Well I’d certainly place in my collection. As a cabinetmaker and restorer of period antiques I have seen faked curly maple more than once. But hey, I’m sure it looked preddy in the hardware store. Kind of like wood grained plastic in a way, eh? Thanks for sharing this gun and restoring it as well. Boy, that trigger with a pound of rust? I’d say you saved it in time. Many Blessings and muzzle some of your powder in that Leaman when you shoot it for we fans! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
thankyou for watching the fake curly kinda has its own charm lol
@@Real11BangBang Yep, fake curly indeed has a charm. And I’ve seen some example that are very convincing! Of course a musket/rifle get lots of use and wear sections but this too is part of the charm and patina. Thanks Again Bang Fellers! DaveyJO
Good video. Love learning about these old guns.
thankyou
Man, those are some beautiful rifles.
Nice video, once again.
Now I would like it dig out my three to further investigate them, and conserve them.
Marks Novak’s videos on conservation and restoration got me interested in working to conserve my collection. To that end I designed and had fabricated a Stainless boiling trough capable of dealing with the barrel from a Springfield 1795. The trough sits on top of a two burner Camp Chef Stove. I first built one out of Home Depot sourced metal rain gutter as he described in one of his first rust conversion videos. Anyone that still thinks of “patina” as a desirable characteristic needs re-eduacating.
In your research have you run across a treatise on screw threads used on 18th and 19th century firearms. The Whitworth screw form dates from the 1840’s. The USS standard of screw threads was proposed by William Sellers in 1864. I admit I have not gotten to far into researching this but I am curious. I have read that the French had a standard for their firearms and the US arsenals may have adopted that standard when they started producing arms. When I messed up a trigger guard nut on a 1880’s production Trapdoor I was lucky to find a suitable tap on eBay based on information from the trapdoor collectors website.
This is garrett, and i want to thank you for watching L o l some of these collectors are literally loving their guns to death by not ever working or cleaning on them. I haven't studied much on the screws yet but Ethan may have
@@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods Too some extent I have been guilty of benign neglect. No worse that what the collection received in West Oakland living in a closet for maybe fifty years. Then they lived in a closet in The San Jose area for twenty five years. I have had custody for about thirty years. I put them in gun socks and keep them in a locked container. Not as easy to get at for some as I might like but secure.
I have some experience dealing with cold humid environments. The railroad I volunteered at for about thirty years was a mile from the coast in Santa Cruz County. At times the water condensed on to the Locomotives and machine tools. We could have rain come off the ceiling in the metal building that was the Car Shop. I can only imaging the problems that occur East of the rockies and especially on the East and Gulf Coasts.
The loss of the Railroad due to the CZU Lighting Complex Fire sort of sucks, but it is getting me to "do the maintenance" on my gun collection.
I heard that the 18th century Prussian veterans can achieve a rate of fire of 5 shoots minute by using their self-priming musket. By pouring the black powder into the barrel directly, the powder would automatically enter the pan through the half-round groove and the conical touch hole.
While the Prussians convert all of their flintlock muskets into percussion musket, there are still some self-priming flintlock muskets around the world that use similar system. If you are interested in testing the rumour, I can send you a email with the drawings and specs of Norwegian M1794 musket, which use a system similar to the Prussian muskets.
As for how the Prussians load their muskets? You can check the videos of Austrian M1784 musket on YT. Mind you though, the self-priming breech used by the Austrians are quite different from the Prussian one.
As always great video
Thanks guys. Always like to look at the old Lemans. Never owned an original but I put together a 54 Leman replica in the late 70s, promptly accidentally dropped it out of a tree on rocky ground and shattered the stock, rebuilt it in chunky half stock, then eventually rebuilt it again with another full stock and set triggers. Over the years my old gun has accounted for a good number of white tail and has never failed to fire nor hit what you're aiming at.i always liked the fit of the old Leman style guns. Thanks for the video.
Excellent info and history on this masterpiece!
thankyou very much
I know you guys have rules and stuff. But think about taking us along for the in-depth journey of fixing this piece of history.
we will be posting some of ot in our shorts feed Luckily all this gun really needs is cleaned up and a couple cracks glued
The old sett triggers were so much more streamlined than those made today.
This will be a good one! I love seeing antique rifles
Good morning from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing your adventures in history
Good morning Syracuse
Outstanding video which I shared with other muzzleloader people
@earlshaner4441 thankyou!
Good morning.
goodmorning to you too
My traditions Kentucky looks a lot like that rifle in profile if it where just a bit longer.
I'm from Lancaster PA too, but I only feel that old after a 70 hour workweek.
Yeah, those SAWs (& ammo) were heavy! I think I'd prefer to hump the Lehman, instead. At least stateside... 🇺🇲 😉
Lol yes at least you would look classy
@@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods Exactly! And thanks for the heads up on your new channel. I have subbed & will get caught up soon. 👍👍
Preach brother! 🙌 Jeremiah Johnson was a great movie but I blame it for all of the "Hawken" repros (which incidentally, most of the "Hawken" rifles today look more like Leman style rifles than true Hawken guns) walking around a rendezvous out here in the west and not enough NW trade guns, trade rifles, Military surplus, Kentucky/Pennsylvania rifles or shotguns seen at events. All of which would have been way more common than a true Hawken brother rifle. Great video
100% history forgot the two biggest names
I have an antique t davidson lock on an antique 32 cal rifle. It is the same style lock and set triggers as on your Lehman.
it's funny how people rag on new pedersoli's being heavy and straight barreled, as if every long gun back in the day was a delicate, swamped-barreled featherlight wand.
I had an old Kay Archtop acoustic guitar . It was made of plywood with fake Tiger stripe and it looked pretty good . Sounded like a plywood guitar tho !
Thanks Guys, Enjoyed the guns history and the explanation of the mechanism.
Thankyou verymuch for watching
You guys are killing me its hard to keep up with all my favorite channels. know you guys gonna make another .thanks guys know i gotta find a job that pays me to watch youtube channels lol
lol that would be the dream..
Single set and double set triggers
Very good. The phrase I think I was looking for was single phase set triggers
@@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods I enjoy your UA-cam a lot. I’ve been shooting and building and restoring Muzzleloaders since 1966 . I Co-founded a ML gun club in 1976 that is still thriving. I know something about this subject and find you all very interesting. Thanks.
I recently saw a photo on Facebook of Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson, holding a rifle with the butt resting on the ground and the hammer at full cock. I made a comment about it, but I wonder now if it was a Leman rifle or replica. You guys probably know. Thanks
im not sure
Another good one. Enjoying the banter as much as the info. 15lbs! No wonder there are old pictures and stories of folks leaning on their rifle. They were plum wore out from carrying it...
lol you got thwt right
Yeah the reason for secession is probably the Confederacy being strong within you thoroughly enjoyed the video I don't understand why people would complain of restoring a gun instead of letting it rust to pieces
lol there are some people who just dont understand how rust works i guess
Nice job. It is great seeing the two bros together.
Thanks 👍
I really like the shape of that trigger guard.
oh yes... lots of curves lol
Dual triggers are NOT a safety. Sheet...
these are..... you Cannot set the gun off with the front trigger like a standard set of double set triggers
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JUST SAY INDEN FOR GODS SACK
Lol on a channel that specializes in muzzleloaders made in India calling something an "indian" gun gets a bit confusing