@@Real11BangBang …not meaning to say that the subjects are not bad-ass but living in a country where a BB-gun is regulated its not stuf i know of At All. Keep you channel up (ant trust in god) from Amsterdam
The most I ever made (back in the glory days of Adsense) was $500-600 a month. At that time my channel was close to 40k like yours (and there was only 2-3 other regular BP uploaders). The other problem with gun channels (especially BP) is there’s a huge overhead involved in just getting a few views. I’m glad to see y’all carrying the torch!
@@Real11BangBang holy cow it’s Murphys Muskets! I didn’t know you were still active on UA-cam. You were a big inspiration for me to start making BP content. Thanks for everything!
Excellent information, Garrett! You pointed out a lot of important things when building and growing a channel. It takes a lot of work and it's not a "walk in the park." Takes dedication.
Good morning Guys. I had a channel and it involved making paper cartridges, percussion caps, and "how to" videos such as how to disassemble a flintlock for cleaning. Somehow, I pissed off UA-cam. I believe they follow people who make comments and have video channels. Well, UA-cam did not like me so I was deleted. All my videos were taken down. So, I don't try to make videos anymore, and I had to rejoin UA-cam under a different name. This is what they did to me.
Because the soyboys at UA-cam don't know the difference in a flintlock musket and how to build a nuke. They could all use 12 weeks at Paris Island USMC bootcamp. This censorship will end in November Trump is going to regulate the pants off them.
When my coworkers and family members ask me why I dont make UA-cam videos, that is the reason. I’ve seen too many people get invested in it and end up getting deleted. I might try making videos for rumble later but time will tell. Thank you for sharing your story. Can’t wait to see you get back in the game, I remember watching your vids when I was getting started with black powder.
I like your content and channel, ❤ Also Like 👍 the other channels you mentioned in the video, they are all great and also the shows where several of you and guests go live ,THAT'S Great 👍
I wont ever depend on yt for income to pay my bills. The rules change at a drop of the hat. Also you can lose your channel at any point in any time for what ever reason they decide. I do it for fun thats why i do it.
I appreciate your generosity with the knowledge you have won through dint of effort and commitment. A lot of YT content is selling something, but not you guys. The most generous channels tend to have the best information, in my estimation, and the most loyal following.
Great vid Garrett. I had no idea about impressions or click-thru and had to look up how to find it. I found my impressions is 84.1k. Click through 3.6%. My channel is growing basically thanks to you. Also thanks for the shout out. The reason I do not edit is: I am lousy at editing. I record on either a Gopro Hero 7 or an iPod. I am a luddite and don't even own a cell phone. my phone is a rotary landline. My "editing sftware" is Quicktime. I recently figured out how to add music to a video. who knew?
thank you That is the main reason I Mentioned you of the few people who can get away without editing Because of your Excellence in communication however, I notice that you have put a lot of effort into other areas such as your lighting system. I see those umbrella studio lights you have every now and then. And that's how I know you're really putting the effort in not only that, you're releasing a video every day, which is very impressive
Excellent information. I have a friend that was doing a channel on model photography. It was a tremendous amount of work. Without a lot of return. I have many interests. There are not enough hours in a day to watch videos from all the channels that make videos with content that interests me.
Lots of good info in here and absolutely true. It’s rare that these channels are a money making thing. I shoot up more in ammo than I make any given month. I could adhere to many of your pointers here as well. I’m pretty ADD when it comes to what I’m into any given month or even week. Sure, cowboy era guns in general but I do have other interests as well. I film the videos because I like doing so and the channel has helped me meet some good people that I otherwise would not have since I’m pretty shy and reserved in everyday life.
For what it is worth, I am someone who loves your flintlock videos. I would like to see more content on historical patch lubes, cleaning, flint knapping and any historical operating procedures that come from channels like yours. You guys do the research and like Everything Black Powder you present the facts. That is why I watch.
Great video…you spoke to my experience and attitudes as a new channel over the last 7 months focusing on cap and ball revolvers…it’s a passion project for me. And, a lot of work and personal self examination. Thanks.
The video was incredibly informative, and I am grateful for the effort you put into creating it. The content on your channel is truly valuable, and it has filled a unique niche on UA-cam for me. As a creator whose channel focuses on historic firearms, I greatly benefit from your channel by being introduced to other established channels and gaining valuable information and knowledge. It feels like a supportive community for those of us passionate about historic firearms and eager to share our knowledge and learn from others.
Nice talk. Hey you answered one question i had. What the heck is on the wall. Dinomite Box Lids. Cool when you know.😃 That was a ton of good information. I love your content. The lock building. The history. Its a library of useful stuff. You should try selling DVD copies because having a catalog of work at the mercy of hostile tech companies is intolerable. Good luck going forward.
These are some very good tips and gives a realistic perspective of everything. If my wife knew how much I've spent on the channel........lol Overhead for running a firearm channel is huge, and the ROI is very, very far down the road.
Before I subscribe I watched probably 4 to 8 video's and if I like it I subscribe when I do I always give it a thumbs up and watched all the new videos plus watch old ones of interest I try to give it all the support I can .when you grow it makes me happy .I love all guns but my favorite is flintlocks. I love your channel 🤠
Well said. I truly appreciate all of the seen and unseen efforts that go into this channel! Hard work always pays off, even if it doesn't actually pay. I have learned so much about BP, and its place not just in firearms history, but our country's history, and I always look forward to seeing what's next and learning more from you gents! 👍👍
Good Video... I have found my videos on my flintlocks seem to do better than my other content on reenacting etc... well except some from events where we are doing battle reenactments... but then those have the guns and cannons being used... thanks for posting this video...
@@Real11BangBang well I’m still watching your video… totally agree on your shorts comments… I pushed shorts to get subscribers… but it seriously hurt my watch time… now I just do shorts to link them to my long form content…
Great Video Garrett. Loads of great information. I’m definitely working on making my content better. But currently I’m running at around 30,000ft heading over to the West Side to Commiefornia for a week of work. Delta has good WiFi, so I’m sitting back watching good videos. Have a great week guys! 👍
@@Real11BangBang shoot!! I don’t think so man. But I am working on better content though. We’ll see what happens. I’m just doing it to have fun and if a few people enjoy, then that’s fine by me. Not going to appeal to everyone.
Thank you Garrett for trying to encourage interest in lawful firearms use. your videos are valuable to both shooters and UA-cam .. hopefully YOU will benefit in the long term too eh.
Garrett is absolutely right. The black powder segment of shooting sports is VERY small. I also enjoy a slow growing channel. I host an unusual BP channel purely for entertainment fun & definitely NOT for the money. The time necessary to produce a video is enormous. The best way to realize that is......it generally takes roughly 1 hour of editing for every minute of video the viewer watches. Remember that. Make cool videos for the fun & don't worry about the money is my advice.
Absolutely fair- when i made my channel it was just as a hobby and something to look back on. Now it moved over to showing uniforms and pretty much everything imperial russia- right now mostly ww1. I love your channel it was a big inspiration and myself and Grey Pilgrim always enjoy seeing your new video's.
Great content. My only question is how do you manage to get ahold of all the firearms you report on? Surely it’s not purely what you own. Do you borrow firearms and from whom: friends, willing gun shops, etc? Great show!
We are third generation gun collectors. My Grandpa started collecting clear back in the 60s. And so between all of us we have well over three hundred guns to work from. Thank you for watching.
Well, hell....it's a miracle I got one fith of my subscribers with as little as I've just realized I know about how this works or how to grow a channel. Very educational. I have truly ran this the exact opposite of how I should have if I wanted to grow. I doubt I put an honest hour per week average per month into my channel. I can't decide if I'm motivated or discouraged.
@@Real11BangBang 🤣👍 I reckon I find falling far short of greatness easier to live with if I haven't made the idea of being great my goal. I have no idea how that lack of ambition and effort affects one who stumbled into greatness by happy accident, because I've not encountered such fortune 😁. I can't recall ever buying one thing with a video in mind...other than that GoPro. What the viewer gets from me is nothing more than a seat on this ride that I took by myself and with friends, long before UA-cam or even the Internet existed. I'll never make this a job. I'll never have 30,000-80,000 subs,(and if I did, I'd only have maybe another $100-$150 to gain per month. That would never justify a lot of time and expen$e into just making videos...to me) but the subscriber count doesn't mean a lot, far as I can see. I believe what little stats I dug into has my views at roughly 15% from subscribers. Like with reenacting, Mustangs, 3 wheelers, etc... when I get too far into the technical minutia of anything and obcess over something too much, I have a habit of not liking it anymore. If fun becomes work, what's the point? I'm funny like that.
here lately ive been experimenting with scripts while i know what i want to say in my head it never translates to speech very well but with scripts things seem to go much smoother as i dont stutter as much or have the train leave the station without me as often but the problem with scripts is my videos dont often work well with scripts i do things like wood working small engines and various different projects videos and i quite often run into un forseen problems that i couldnt write a script for so then i back to stuttering or losing my train of thought
Great video with sound advice. I know I’m too diverse. No one care about a matchlock key pistol and the like, but I don’t see me changing that. I’m doing UA-cam for my future family and to show things I like. I’d like to have more views and subscribes, but I never expected to make anything and am not planning on asking for money. I did think my impression click through was horrible. Based on what you said, I should be happy with 7.8. You covered so much. What category do you list your videos under? I never know what category to use. Thank you for the information.
@@Real11BangBang interesting firearms isn’t an option that UA-cam offers me. I typically pick sports, entertainment, or education. Maybe once subscriber count increases I’ll have the option.
lol well to be honest thats where im at. this video was mostly just to temper expectations for new people coming in. I've heard some horror stories in the last few weeks of people that completely left their families out in the cold, thinking they could make it as firearms channels on UA-cam within a year.
A friend of mine has an animal related channel with over 500k subs and has over 20 videos with 10M views. The ad revenue is completely inconsistent. He'll make $5k one month, and the next month earn less than $2k even with increased views. Even at his level, he cannot rely on the revenue and has to work full time. ...and that's a channel on a subject YT corporate likes -- wild cats -- that are a natural draw.
A request for all the channels: Stop doing videos that just show some shooting. It's one thing if it's a short, and perhaps an unusual piece or one that loads oddly, but we have all seen hundreds of channels that just show someone loading an Italian reproduction cap and ball revolver (or worse, modern crap like Rugers), and usually with incredibly boring loose powder and roundball loads (come *on* people, paper cartridges aren't hard!). If someone wants my subscription, he has to teach me something, which means he has to do research (real research--not Redneck lore!!!) and he has to learn how to apply it. I have blocked channels that just show repro Colts with standard Walmart-equipment loading and shooting them without any discussion of historical loading methods, historical shooting techniques (especially taken from Manuals of Arms), historical scoring methods for target shooting, and/or discussions of historical ballistics (internal, external, and terminal--and if you don't know what they are, you're not ready to start a channel). Bring something good, documentable, *and* new, or don't bother.
i agree especially on the historic channels. However, I do think that channels like the black powder Maniac shooter and Bob Mcbride's black powder tv definitely have their place where guys just go out and have fun with a flintlock or something Especially if it's a non military channel.
If there’s one thing this channel makes it worth a ton its… the personalities 🤛🏽
lol thankyou
@@Real11BangBang …not meaning to say that the subjects are not bad-ass but living in a country where a BB-gun is regulated its not stuf i know of At All. Keep you channel up (ant trust in god) from Amsterdam
Good Video
Glad you enjoyed
The most I ever made (back in the glory days of Adsense) was $500-600 a month. At that time my channel was close to 40k like yours (and there was only 2-3 other regular BP uploaders). The other problem with gun channels (especially BP) is there’s a huge overhead involved in just getting a few views. I’m glad to see y’all carrying the torch!
thank you. it is good to see you back
@@Real11BangBang holy cow it’s Murphys Muskets! I didn’t know you were still active on UA-cam. You were a big inspiration for me to start making BP content. Thanks for everything!
Sounds like a hard way to make a living. More a Labor of love.
i would say that about sums it up
Excellent information, Garrett! You pointed out a lot of important things when building and growing a channel.
It takes a lot of work and it's not a "walk in the park." Takes dedication.
well i definitely appreciate your help and advice on this thankyou
Good morning Guys. I had a channel and it involved making paper cartridges, percussion caps, and "how to" videos such as how to disassemble a flintlock for cleaning. Somehow, I pissed off UA-cam. I believe they follow people who make comments and have video channels. Well, UA-cam did not like me so I was deleted. All my videos were taken down. So, I don't try to make videos anymore, and I had to rejoin UA-cam under a different name. This is what they did to me.
Because the soyboys at UA-cam don't know the difference in a flintlock musket and how to build a nuke. They could all use 12 weeks at Paris Island USMC bootcamp. This censorship will end in November Trump is going to regulate the pants off them.
When my coworkers and family members ask me why I dont make UA-cam videos, that is the reason. I’ve seen too many people get invested in it and end up getting deleted. I might try making videos for rumble later but time will tell. Thank you for sharing your story. Can’t wait to see you get back in the game, I remember watching your vids when I was getting started with black powder.
Very well said. Thank you for your perspective, Garrett. We appreciate the effort, humor and honesty
I appreciate that!
I like your content and channel, ❤ Also Like 👍 the other channels you mentioned in the video, they are all great and also the shows where several of you and guests go live ,THAT'S Great 👍
Thank you so much!
Very interesting inside baseball video. Thanks, Garrett.
This channel might be small, but it’s solid and nice place to be.
thankyou
Very interesting. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
I wont ever depend on yt for income to pay my bills. The rules change at a drop of the hat. Also you can lose your channel at any point in any time for what ever reason they decide. I do it for fun thats why i do it.
And I think that's basically the conclusion I have come to as well
Same here! For the fun of it.
I appreciate your generosity with the knowledge you have won through dint of effort and commitment. A lot of YT content is selling something, but not you guys. The most generous channels tend to have the best information, in my estimation, and the most loyal following.
thankyou very much. it is viewers like you that keep us going
Good morning brother from Syracuse NY brother and everyone else
good morning
Thank you for the content
Great vid Garrett. I had no idea about impressions or click-thru and had to look up how to find it. I found my impressions is 84.1k. Click through 3.6%. My channel is growing basically thanks to you. Also thanks for the shout out. The reason I do not edit is: I am lousy at editing. I record on either a Gopro Hero 7 or an iPod. I am a luddite and don't even own a cell phone. my phone is a rotary landline. My "editing sftware" is Quicktime. I recently figured out how to add music to a video. who knew?
thank you That is the main reason I Mentioned you of the few people who can get away without editing Because of your Excellence in communication however, I notice that you have put a lot of effort into other areas such as your lighting system. I see those umbrella studio lights you have every now and then. And that's how I know you're really putting the effort in not only that, you're releasing a video every day, which is very impressive
You just described all most every small business. Black powder related markets are so small it is very hard to make it a full time job.
100%
Excellent information. I have a friend that was doing a channel on model photography. It was a tremendous amount of work. Without a lot of return.
I have many interests. There are not enough hours in a day to watch videos from all the channels that make videos with content that interests me.
Thank you. Yes , it is a lot of work , but it's people like you who keep coming back and watching that make us keep doing it
Keep old West cartridges and their corresponding firearms content coming. I love it.
thankyou very much we will
Lots of good info in here and absolutely true. It’s rare that these channels are a money making thing. I shoot up more in ammo than I make any given month. I could adhere to many of your pointers here as well. I’m pretty ADD when it comes to what I’m into any given month or even week. Sure, cowboy era guns in general but I do have other interests as well. I film the videos because I like doing so and the channel has helped me meet some good people that I otherwise would not have since I’m pretty shy and reserved in everyday life.
yes i think with your work ethic you deserve every sub you have
@@Real11BangBang Well thanks for the kind words.
For what it is worth, I am someone who loves your flintlock videos. I would like to see more content on historical patch lubes, cleaning, flint knapping and any historical operating procedures that come from channels like yours. You guys do the research and like Everything Black Powder you present the facts. That is why I watch.
thank you we will continue
Fame without Fortune countless work hours with no pay but I sure love the work you all do and I hope in the end it all works out for you
thankyou and we are very thankfull for subscribers like you
Great video…you spoke to my experience and attitudes as a new channel over the last 7 months focusing on cap and ball revolvers…it’s a passion project for me. And, a lot of work and personal self examination. Thanks.
The video was incredibly informative, and I am grateful for the effort you put into creating it. The content on your channel is truly valuable, and it has filled a unique niche on UA-cam for me.
As a creator whose channel focuses on historic firearms, I greatly benefit from your channel by being introduced to other established channels and gaining valuable information and knowledge. It feels like a supportive community for those of us passionate about historic firearms and eager to share our knowledge and learn from others.
thank-you very much looking forward to getting to know you
Thanks for all the work you put into the videos. Very eye opening.
thankyou for watching them
Nice talk. Hey you answered one question i had. What the heck is on the wall. Dinomite Box Lids. Cool when you know.😃 That was a ton of good information. I love your content. The lock building. The history. Its a library of useful stuff. You should try selling DVD copies because having a catalog of work at the mercy of hostile tech companies is intolerable. Good luck going forward.
thankyou
These are some very good tips and gives a realistic perspective of everything. If my wife knew how much I've spent on the channel........lol Overhead for running a firearm channel is huge, and the ROI is very, very far down the road.
Before I subscribe I watched probably 4 to 8 video's and if I like it I subscribe when I do I always give it a thumbs up and watched all the new videos plus watch old ones of interest I try to give it all the support I can .when you grow it makes me happy .I love all guns but my favorite is flintlocks. I love your channel 🤠
Thank you very much
Well said. I truly appreciate all of the seen and unseen efforts that go into this channel! Hard work always pays off, even if it doesn't actually pay. I have learned so much about BP, and its place not just in firearms history, but our country's history, and I always look forward to seeing what's next and learning more from you gents! 👍👍
thank you very much gunfighter
I try to watch all of your videos, but my internet isn't so good, so I have to download them at work and watch them later.
Good Video... I have found my videos on my flintlocks seem to do better than my other content on reenacting etc... well except some from events where we are doing battle reenactments... but then those have the guns and cannons being used... thanks for posting this video...
thankyou very much I definitely have gone back several times to your 1803 harpers ferry video that was very good info.
@@Real11BangBang well I’m still watching your video… totally agree on your shorts comments… I pushed shorts to get subscribers… but it seriously hurt my watch time… now I just do shorts to link them to my long form content…
Great Video Garrett. Loads of great information. I’m definitely working on making my content better. But currently I’m running at around 30,000ft heading over to the West Side to Commiefornia for a week of work. Delta has good WiFi, so I’m sitting back watching good videos. Have a great week guys! 👍
Thank you with the quality of work you've been putting out. I'm sure it won't take long for you to even surpass us
@@Real11BangBang shoot!! I don’t think so man. But I am working on better content though. We’ll see what happens. I’m just doing it to have fun and if a few people enjoy, then that’s fine by me. Not going to appeal to everyone.
I did not know I could cut clips out of a posted video. I had a video with a graphic error, I paused your video and went and fixed it. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
Is it being Belligerent and Fractious?
lol possible a bit
Thank you Garrett for trying to encourage interest in lawful firearms use. your videos are valuable to both shooters and UA-cam .. hopefully YOU will benefit in the long term too eh.
Thankyou very much
Garrett is absolutely right. The black powder segment of shooting sports is VERY small. I also enjoy a slow growing channel. I host an unusual BP channel purely for entertainment fun & definitely NOT for the money. The time necessary to produce a video is enormous. The best way to realize that is......it generally takes roughly 1 hour of editing for every minute of video the viewer watches. Remember that. Make cool videos for the fun & don't worry about the money is my advice.
that is very good advise! also there isn't a channel out there that is more fun to watch then yours! i will never get over the BP Syndromitis!
@@Real11BangBang Yeah that BP Syndromitis is a dangerous disease...LOL
I'm the first
Absolutely fair- when i made my channel it was just as a hobby and something to look back on. Now it moved over to showing uniforms and pretty much everything imperial russia- right now mostly ww1. I love your channel it was a big inspiration and myself and Grey Pilgrim always enjoy seeing your new video's.
Thank you very much
Of course! I wish you success in the future!
This subject matter doesn’t matter at all to me but I basically had a real good time watching the whole video. 😊👍
lol thankyou
Great content. My only question is how do you manage to get ahold of all the firearms you report on? Surely it’s not purely what you own. Do you borrow firearms and from whom: friends, willing gun shops, etc?
Great show!
We are third generation gun collectors. My Grandpa started collecting clear back in the 60s. And so between all of us we have well over three hundred guns to work from. Thank you for watching.
Well, hell....it's a miracle I got one fith of my subscribers with as little as I've just realized I know about how this works or how to grow a channel.
Very educational. I have truly ran this the exact opposite of how I should have if I wanted to grow.
I doubt I put an honest hour per week average per month into my channel.
I can't decide if I'm motivated or discouraged.
lol well with you its different .... With you the algorithm is the rattlesnake that bit chuck norris haha
@@Real11BangBang 🤣👍 I reckon I find falling far short of greatness easier to live with if I haven't made the idea of being great my goal.
I have no idea how that lack of ambition and effort affects one who stumbled into greatness by happy accident, because I've not encountered such fortune 😁.
I can't recall ever buying one thing with a video in mind...other than that GoPro.
What the viewer gets from me is nothing more than a seat on this ride that I took by myself and with friends, long before UA-cam or even the Internet existed.
I'll never make this a job. I'll never have 30,000-80,000 subs,(and if I did, I'd only have maybe another $100-$150 to gain per month. That would never justify a lot of time and expen$e into just making videos...to me) but the subscriber count doesn't mean a lot, far as I can see. I believe what little stats I dug into has my views at roughly 15% from subscribers.
Like with reenacting, Mustangs, 3 wheelers, etc... when I get too far into the technical minutia of anything and obcess over something too much, I have a habit of not liking it anymore. If fun becomes work, what's the point?
I'm funny like that.
i have an idea, use a minie/burton ball in the brown bess, ofc in the correct size for the brown bess
here lately ive been experimenting with scripts while i know what i want to say in my head it never translates to speech very well but with scripts things seem to go much smoother
as i dont stutter as much or have the train leave the station without me as often but the problem with scripts is
my videos dont often work well with scripts i do things like wood working small engines and various different projects videos and i quite often run into un forseen problems that i couldnt write a script for so then i back to stuttering or losing my train of thought
Great video with sound advice. I know I’m too diverse. No one care about a matchlock key pistol and the like, but I don’t see me changing that. I’m doing UA-cam for my future family and to show things I like. I’d like to have more views and subscribes, but I never expected to make anything and am not planning on asking for money. I did think my impression click through was horrible. Based on what you said, I should be happy with 7.8. You covered so much. What category do you list your videos under? I never know what category to use. Thank you for the information.
I just left mine under firearms for the most part , and yes , seven point eight is extremely good
@@Real11BangBang interesting firearms isn’t an option that UA-cam offers me. I typically pick sports, entertainment, or education. Maybe once subscriber count increases I’ll have the option.
What if you don't care about growth, views or revenue? LOL.
lol well to be honest thats where im at. this video was mostly just to temper expectations for new people coming in. I've heard some horror stories in the last few weeks of people that completely left their families out in the cold, thinking they could make it as firearms channels on UA-cam within a year.
A friend of mine has an animal related channel with over 500k subs and has over 20 videos with 10M views. The ad revenue is completely inconsistent. He'll make $5k one month, and the next month earn less than $2k even with increased views. Even at his level, he cannot rely on the revenue and has to work full time. ...and that's a channel on a subject YT corporate likes -- wild cats -- that are a natural draw.
thats prety much the impression i get from everyone
One question, which channel lost credibility?
lets just say he has 700,000 +subs
@@Real11BangBang gotcha
A request for all the channels: Stop doing videos that just show some shooting. It's one thing if it's a short, and perhaps an unusual piece or one that loads oddly, but we have all seen hundreds of channels that just show someone loading an Italian reproduction cap and ball revolver (or worse, modern crap like Rugers), and usually with incredibly boring loose powder and roundball loads (come *on* people, paper cartridges aren't hard!). If someone wants my subscription, he has to teach me something, which means he has to do research (real research--not Redneck lore!!!) and he has to learn how to apply it. I have blocked channels that just show repro Colts with standard Walmart-equipment loading and shooting them without any discussion of historical loading methods, historical shooting techniques (especially taken from Manuals of Arms), historical scoring methods for target shooting, and/or discussions of historical ballistics (internal, external, and terminal--and if you don't know what they are, you're not ready to start a channel). Bring something good, documentable, *and* new, or don't bother.
i agree especially on the historic channels. However, I do think that channels like the black powder Maniac shooter and Bob Mcbride's black powder tv definitely have their place where guys just go out and have fun with a flintlock or something Especially if it's a non military channel.