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  • @GoldandGunpowder
    @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому +80

    Whilst there are documentations of buccaneers utilizing the tap loading technique(known to them as "Chargée a la Boucanier) it is rather dangerous to attempt yourself. Spitting a bullet down the muzzle is hard in a stressful situation, and if you've primed the pan and poured down powder, the cock might go off and burn your face off! It's best to keep any flesh as far away from the gun as possible .)

  • @funnelvortex7722
    @funnelvortex7722 3 роки тому +364

    The inaccuracy of muskets is often greatly exaggerated, they were plenty accurate enough for engaging within 100 yards and you could still hit an animal-sized target (like a human) within that range with a degree of reliability, and combat of the time mostly took place within a hundred so the accuracy of muskets was not that big of a drawback, rifling became more of a necessity as combat started to take place at longer and longer range. Firing in volleys was more of a way to keep steady gunfire going to ensure a hit on the enemy due to the slower rate of fire of muskets compared to modern firearms and this practice carried on into the era of bolt action firearms until after WWI when the role of delivering steady fire was given over to the designated machine gun (WWI changed combat entirely, we were still using parts of the 1700s model up until then). The Machine Gun is still the deliverer of steady fire today and combat rifles today are moreso for picking off targets and personal defense or covering the machine gunner, even these days Machine Guns are not the most accurate (barrel heats up and expands throwing off bullets and it's built to looser tolerances than rifles) but like in the olden days of muskets they don't need to be.

    • @phredphlintstone6455
      @phredphlintstone6455 2 роки тому +6

      .....no sights.

    • @rm5902
      @rm5902 2 роки тому +7

      Very, very accurate analysis

    • @jjs8426
      @jjs8426 2 роки тому +7

      @@rm5902 As accurate as a musket I'd reckon

    • @ostrowulf
      @ostrowulf 2 роки тому +21

      Just a note, while I agree with everything here, and I feel with the other info the original poster put here, they likely know this. But for anyone less familiar with firearms reading this, modern machineguns are intentially less accurate. One of the weaknesses of the Brengun was being too acurate, thus not having as large of a beating zone. Machine guns are area affect weapons, which, to a degree a formation of muskets were too, though individual muskets were used for hunting, and did need to be more accurate than often described, for at the very least that reason. Muskets were quite inacurate compared to the precision weapons of today, but a number did in fact have a front sight (though I am not sure when that started, I know they did in the Napoleonic era, but not 100% about the buccaneer era), which you could line up with, not unlike my shotgun, which I can aim slugs with just fine. A dove tail rear sight would have been helpful, but not having them did not mean they had no sights.

    • @jacobapgar5167
      @jacobapgar5167 Рік тому +2

      @@jjs8426 as accurate as a M405 i'd reckon

  • @les3449
    @les3449 Рік тому +29

    Being a reenactor I once owned a Brown Bess reproduction in .75 caliber. I fired live rounds at a man sized target to see the accuracy. I could consistently hit the target at 50 yards. Beyond that it progressively got harder. I would say it was probably a 50-50 chance at 100 yards. This would be compounded by powder fouling after 6 or 7 rounds and reloading time increased. Rogers Rangers of the American French and Indian war would drill their musket touch holes out so powder would get into the pan from the barrel with the frizzen closed and drop the ball down the barrel with no patch. These tactics greatly increased their firing speed and some of this may have been done at sea. As a side note to your excellent video, the longer the barrel, the better the powder burn, no unburned powder blowing out of the muzzle. THAT would contribute to bullet energy and accuracy. Just some practical info for you.

    • @dolsopolar
      @dolsopolar 8 місяців тому +1

      was it really the smoothbore's fault or 100 yard was just naturally hard to shoot...? especially with gun that long and delay lock time with no sights, I don't think a rifling would help much

    • @les3449
      @les3449 8 місяців тому +3

      @@dolsopolar actually, rifling helps greatly. I also own a flintlock rifle made as they were in the 18th century. Its lock is also made like the originals and is as fast as a percussion lock. Rifling stabilizes the ball, making a flinter accurate up to even 300 yards. For that the sights are very necessary but a tight seal is necessary for accuracy on either a smooth bore or rifle. What I said about Rogers Rangers was true because they used the ball w/o patch at close in woods fighting.

  • @MugRoohBeerh5812
    @MugRoohBeerh5812 3 роки тому +46

    Yo this channel deserves attention

  • @Rickestrela
    @Rickestrela Рік тому +19

    Fun enough , most of the modern Portuguese words for weapons are still the names from the flint lock era , a fusil is a single shot carabine , a carabina is a automatic , a escopeta , although less used it's a shotgun. Says a lot about our country weapons wise.

  • @probablylarsulrich5654
    @probablylarsulrich5654 Рік тому +72

    Treasure Island 1990 might be the only pirate movie to show pirates (not soldiers fighting pirates) actually fire a volley.

  • @merafirewing6591
    @merafirewing6591 Рік тому +14

    My favourite is the blunderbuss. Because who wouldn't love a predecessor to the Shotgun.

  • @TheRiverPirate13
    @TheRiverPirate13 3 роки тому +36

    Our krewe held a fund raising event at the local gun range about 3 years ago or so. Several of our pirates are certified with blackpowder weapons. I got a chance to fire a flintlock musket. I can say this for sure it was so much fun! A totally different experience than firing modern firearms! There is an element of danger firing them too! Lol! The re-enactors fire flintlocks and cannons for the Pirate Seale's Invasion of St Augustine (I did a video of it a few years ago). I only have replica flintlock pistols in my Pirate Armory! Very informative video mate!

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому +11

      Where I live you dont' need license for weapons produced before like 1890, so I'm looking into acquiring some shooties when funds allow .)

    • @TheRiverPirate13
      @TheRiverPirate13 3 роки тому +1

      @@GoldandGunpowder Sounds similar to here with the gun laws. I’ll eventually invest in a firing flint lock. A couple months ago I bought my 1st fully forged sword that is period correct for 1660-1720.

    • @joeerickson516
      @joeerickson516 Рік тому +3

      "Arrgh!" 🏴‍☠️ ☠️ 🦜

    • @scumbaggo
      @scumbaggo Рік тому

      @@GoldandGunpowder In the US they sell a flintlock kit, including powder, shot, and wadding, for $150 at Walmart! No licenses required for muzzle loaders here. Can you buy a modern reproduction without license? Or does your piece have to actually be manufactured before that date?

  • @kalavi-knightlygaming
    @kalavi-knightlygaming 3 роки тому +68

    As a fan of Flintlocks and Pistols I appreciate this video very much and in terms of history

  • @oldgysgt
    @oldgysgt Рік тому +6

    Good job! It's refreshing to hear someone talk intelligently about early firearms. I'm a collector of firearms, both early and modern, and most self proclaimed "experts" know little about the true nature of early back powder firearms.

  • @HazmatUnit
    @HazmatUnit Рік тому +5

    I've heard from Brandon F that reloading via the pounding method could be quite dangerous and spitting the musket balls into a musket would be unwise after firing multipe shots.

  • @thepoorhistorian2325
    @thepoorhistorian2325 Рік тому +5

    If I remember right, the wooden gunpowder holders on the bandolier were not called apostles until long after they went out of fashion, and were called so retroactively. I believe the period appropriate term is "charges"

  • @JohnSmith-nh2te
    @JohnSmith-nh2te 3 роки тому +37

    Love this channel, I wonder if any pirates ever wore some sort of armor?

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому +36

      Good question. Armor wasn't popular amongst them since they primarily fought enemies with guns that could easily penetrate the armor they had available. Captains during the period did however wear breastplates as an extra measure, so it's possible that some sea rovers or their commanders wore armor. I will cover armor more in upcoming videos.

    • @AlexanderWernerJr
      @AlexanderWernerJr 2 роки тому +5

      My take on this question would be: It depends on the time period. I assume that the further you go back, say the 16th century with guys like Francis Drake, soldiers on ships would still try to wear as much armor as possible (like helmets, cuirasses, chainmail, maybe even almost full plate) because early firearms would still be used alongside with bows and crossbows. At least if I was the captain of a 16th century ship, I would be happy to have lots of armored fighters to defend against boarding actions from other ships.

    • @harrisonlewis6853
      @harrisonlewis6853 Рік тому +4

      Think about it. As a pirate, you'll trying to board another's ship and wearing armor, one slip or miscalculation about distance from railing to railing meant a quicker sinking to Davies Jones Locker.

    • @seanfoltz7645
      @seanfoltz7645 Рік тому +1

      Problem with armor is the fact that you're surrounded by water and it only takes ten to twelve pounds worth of weight to neutralize the buoyancy of the average human. Wool was the common cloth back then and it soaks up water really nicely, meaning that falling into the water wearing wool clothing and a sturdy pair of leather boots - never mind weapons and any other gear strapped to you - means that you've already used up your ten to twelve pounds and are probably in the negatives while adding a steel breastplate or chainmail shirt means that you're going to sink like a stone.

  • @pepperjacket
    @pepperjacket 3 роки тому +10

    just found this channel, this is definitely top tier content

  • @carbon4454
    @carbon4454 Рік тому +4

    In terms of the accuracy and range of a musket, most armies of the time period could engage targets up to 300 yards, but the commonly accepted best combat range was 100-150 yards

    • @les3449
      @les3449 8 місяців тому

      That's not entirely true. If you are speaking of rifled muskets, yes. Smooth bore muskets, no. In the 18th century the standing armies of the world had smooth bore muskets. I commented on my own experience with a Brown Bess reproduction about 8 months ago in this comment section. I encourage you to read it.

  • @forsety2
    @forsety2 Рік тому +1

    3:55 the quality of that shot, the video shot, was incredible

  • @davidwong9230
    @davidwong9230 3 роки тому +10

    At 1:23, that inside view of a rifled barrel reminds me of part of the opening sequence to the 007 movies. The name’s Sparrow. Jack Sparrow. Licensed to take all you can, and give nothing back 🏴‍☠️

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому +4

      There was a pirate called James Bonny, most known for being Anne Bonny's husband, and being cuckolded on several occasions

  • @supremeflagship8965
    @supremeflagship8965 3 роки тому +5

    Arrrrr! This content really shiver me timbers! You have earned a subscriber matey. Are there any plans making a video about pirate ship weapons (cannons, swivel guns etc)?

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks for the sub .) The artillery weapon is coming in the future and it will have a lot of juicy content like this one!

  • @gigipeedee
    @gigipeedee 2 роки тому +4

    loved the glowie joke

  • @dalecarr5445
    @dalecarr5445 3 роки тому +5

    Very well done!

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz Рік тому +1

    0:59 one other thing is cannon were normally double shotted and sometimes triple shotted meaning they had 2 or 3 cannon balls being fired at once making them more expensive

  • @heretoserve5023
    @heretoserve5023 Рік тому +2

    Please refer to the comments I made in your first video allowing me to convey my appreciation and gratitude for your videos!
    I am impressed by how comprehensive and well-presented what I have seen is so far! Even presenting some very obscure yet interesting points.
    Like I mentioned previously, I will not be able to comment on each video but thank you for each video I look forward to the series and applaud you for your efforts and meticulous attention to detail!
    0
    Your series is on auto-play and I am not going to be able to comment after each video, so again let me convey my appreciation and gratitude for your whole series!

  • @mrpyrate2662
    @mrpyrate2662 3 роки тому +6

    Love your videos! Beautiful work!

  • @jackrice2770
    @jackrice2770 2 роки тому +2

    You're correct about impact not setting off gunpowder, but since the guns of the day spit a lot of flame, you could ignite powder by firing a flintlock gun close enough so the flame would ignite the powder. Of course, you would have to be fairly close, thus doing so would kill you. If you made a trail of powder and then ignited it, that would work. As long as you ran like hell! Note that fire arrows were used on more than one occasion to ignite a powder storage room, destroying the fortification and anyone nearby.

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  2 роки тому

      it is true, it's an effective way of igniting a powder train, likely happened a lot as an accident(sparks from a lock spilling into a magazine etc)

    • @jackrice2770
      @jackrice2770 2 роки тому

      @@GoldandGunpowder Some Articles specified "No snapping of locks in the hold." I assume just for this reason. Makes you wonder if that rule came about after Morgan's disaster.

  • @brookingsbeachcomber
    @brookingsbeachcomber 3 роки тому +3

    Golden Info my Pirate friend

  • @ScythianGryphon
    @ScythianGryphon Рік тому +3

    Bows and crossbows are not often associated with pirates, but they were probably also used. Could be an interesting topic.

    • @killerzedboss
      @killerzedboss Рік тому +2

      Bows and crossbows were used by pirates but eventually fell out of favor during the golden age of piracy for a variety of reasons.

    • @lanequick7451
      @lanequick7451 Рік тому +4

      Francis Drake’s sailors carried a massive number of bows. However, the advantage in rate of fire is offset by, among other advantages of the musket, 1) the greater “stopping” force of being hit by a musket ball vs an arrow, 2) the inability of an arrow to penetrate light wooden structures such as the upper works of a ship, and 3) to be easily discharged at very close, crowded range such as in combat on deck or below deck.

  • @radraider8852
    @radraider8852 3 роки тому +4

    OMG!!!!! Willem can you do in the future a video about a pirate by the name of Roberto Cofresí. He was a puertorican pirate that operated from 1791 to 1825. This really means a lot to me because I am from Puerto Rico. Also would love to know more of Puerto Rico’s role during, or around the period of the pirates and privateers.

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому

      At the moment I'm not going to cover Sea Roving outside the 1630-1730 period sadly

    • @radraider8852
      @radraider8852 3 роки тому

      Of course, of course, I understand. I was just thinking of a suggestion for the later future on your next season. If it has to wait until next year I’m willing to wait.

    • @tyronedavis6209
      @tyronedavis6209 3 роки тому

      You ever heard of Charles Gibbs

  • @nameynamename3758
    @nameynamename3758 3 роки тому +5

    i feel like reloading would be frustrating, especially in the heat of battle. you're being blasted yet you have to do this slowish process only for it to miss.

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому +1

      combat is rarely pleasant. equipment is often clunky and annoying to deal with

    • @phredphlintstone6455
      @phredphlintstone6455 3 роки тому

      Depending on the time and access, there is always the new York reload

    • @jonathanwells223
      @jonathanwells223 Рік тому

      Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Or just carry a second pistol

    • @seanfoltz7645
      @seanfoltz7645 Рік тому

      I own a couple of muzzle loaders and the paper cartridges are a must if you're doing anything other than hunting or target shooting and even then, trying to pour a proper measure directly from the horn is a PITA.

  • @stephenlarson9422
    @stephenlarson9422 Рік тому +2

    on square shot: this was common=ish in the Balkans. Austrian musketeers would poor extra lead into a trough to make a square bar and then coil that to make it easy to carry. if they ended up in a fight were they lacked round balls they'd cut of pieces of the bar and use that.

  • @RabidPancakeDisorder
    @RabidPancakeDisorder 2 роки тому +17

    One of my favorite pirate weapons was actually a dagger or knife, perfect for dealing with friend or foe... we are pirates after all.

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  2 роки тому +11

      mostly useful as a tool, but yeah i like knives

    • @jonathanwells223
      @jonathanwells223 Рік тому +6

      If a gun isn’t drawn and you can reach your target within 6 seconds, you win if you have a knife and the other guy doesn’t know how to grapple

  • @MGB-learning
    @MGB-learning 3 роки тому +1

    Another outstanding video.

  • @Sinn0100
    @Sinn0100 2 роки тому +22

    I am so happy we do not have to use these types of weapons any longer. I can't even imagine having to load one of these things just to fire one round and aiming them must have been a nightmare.
    Addendum- modern pistols might be typically used in close quarters but their effective range is 100 to 150 feet. Further, using the Weaver Stance with both hands and controlled breathing you can hold a pistol grip very steady.

    • @Sinn0100
      @Sinn0100 2 роки тому +3

      What the Hell is wrong with me?! I forgot to mention...this was a fantastic video that taught me so much I did not know about weapons from the true era of piracy. Black Beard would look at these new so called pirates today with disgust and then he would keelhaul them. "Arrr you be stealing your last password matey. Now, over the ship ye go and be sure to watch fer the barnacles on yer way down..." subscribed.

    • @Снайпер_Хренов
      @Снайпер_Хренов Рік тому +1

      I think the very concept of firearms is just ridiculous. Imagine two opponents firing their pistols, missing and then just awkwardly staring at each other

    • @Sinn0100
      @Sinn0100 Рік тому +1

      @@Снайпер_Хренов
      The concept of old percussion cap/ball and powder guns was ridiculous. Even when militaries and civilians moved to Manet Balls they were still very problematic. Thankfully, with the invention of the Lefaucheux Model 1854 Revolver that fired self-contained metallic cartridges firearms became very, very reliable and a fantastic tool everyday use. No more did one have to worry about rain soaking your powder and man did they become incredibly accurate.
      Now, handguns are very accurate making dueling a dangerous proposition. It's likely that both shooters would easily hit each other ending in a -Double Kill. I guess it could help by weeding the morons from our gene pool.

    • @seanfoltz7645
      @seanfoltz7645 Рік тому +2

      That's why you had a bayonet on the end of your musket or a brace of pistols so that you could fire several times.
      But since everyone suffered from the same limitation - it's not like you had a single shot musket while the other guy had an AR15 with a thirty round magazine - so you ducked down behind something solid, reloaded it and then fired again - rinse and repeat until it came down to melee combat or one side surrendered.

    • @les3449
      @les3449 Рік тому +1

      @@seanfoltz7645 correct! That is why the sword was still the primary weapon until the mid to late 19th century for soldiers and sailors. Even when the 6 shot cartridge revolver came out the sword was still in use by the military in Europe and the U.S.

  • @susannowak5544
    @susannowak5544 Рік тому

    I am sooo enjoying these videos, thank you!

  • @stevebrownrocks6376
    @stevebrownrocks6376 2 роки тому +1

    Another great informative & interesting video. I’m subbing right now! ✨👏🏼😎✨

  • @dumbidiot3650
    @dumbidiot3650 Рік тому

    Da best pirate channel

  • @jeice13
    @jeice13 11 місяців тому

    Smoothbore bullets dont "bounce around the barrel" when firing, they just arent spin stabilized after they exit. Anything small enough to do that would be wasting powder because most of the expanding gas would go around the bullet instead of accelerating it

  • @sneakysimian
    @sneakysimian 2 роки тому +1

    I'd love to know more on Golden/Silver Age sharpshooters who fired from the rigging. The Buccaneering ages and the Buccaneer/Flibustiers had their go-to marksmen of the old Boucaniers, though I can never find any information on 18th century, Golden/Silver Era pirates who sniped from the fighting tops, aside from in your (great) videos. Did those who fought in the rigging/tops use Buccanner Guns/fowling pieces as the previous Buccaneers or did they just use typical muskets? Did they just designate any (well, capable) crewman as sharpshooter and send them up in the rigging or was it a specific role?

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  2 роки тому +2

      Fowling pieces were typically too low caliber to be good against anything other than birds. Buccaneer Guns were the go-to Sea Service musket until like 1730 or 1750, I think I said it in the video, so they would have been used in the 1710s/20s aswell. As for who was selected for the role, there are no written records of it, so it's highly unlikely that there were pirates specifically employed as snipers and given special pay or a sniper's badge or anything. Either they owned a musket and had a reputation for proficiency and were deployed based on that, or they volunteered based on their own desires - this is usually how roles are assigned in modern and vaguely similar organizations, based on my own experience. I will release a YT short on mast fighting and snipers in the future, featuring some 18th century paintings that depict this fighting style

    • @sneakysimian
      @sneakysimian 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@GoldandGunpowder Thanks for the reply. Wow, I didn't realise that Buccaneer Guns were so long-lived - they truly were legendary firearms!
      Yeah, I had a feeling that was the case for the role/job thing.
      I look forward to that YT Short :)

  • @M29WeaselDriver
    @M29WeaselDriver 3 роки тому +1

    Interesting video!

  • @donaldwohlberg6043
    @donaldwohlberg6043 2 роки тому

    Great video! Thanks for the information

  • @hyrulianhero9004
    @hyrulianhero9004 2 роки тому +1

    Nice video!
    Did they ever use weapons, besides flintlocks and cutlasses? Like axes, or bows/arrows?

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  2 роки тому

      axes yes, bows/arrows no

    • @hyrulianhero9004
      @hyrulianhero9004 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@GoldandGunpowder Really? Hmm...wonder why they never used the bow and arrow. In the right hands, they can be just as deadly as a musket or pistol. And it had some advantages over a flintlock pistol or musket.

    • @matthewwyman1581
      @matthewwyman1581 11 місяців тому

      @@hyrulianhero9004Took way too much training to use compared to a musket, which is why they were abandoned by warfare in the first place.

  • @jimsullender3435
    @jimsullender3435 Рік тому

    A patch was put around the lead ball to make them fit tight and shoot straighter. At close range 1/4 inch shot was used they called pea shot .

  • @googleuser9009
    @googleuser9009 10 місяців тому

    Nice video as usual

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 Рік тому

    ' Thump Loading ' a musket can be very dangerous after a couple shots if the ball gets stuck on fouling and not firmly compressed onto the powder like it's supposed to be.
    This will allow the build up of hot gas behind the ball and can blow up the musket

  • @seanfoltz7645
    @seanfoltz7645 Рік тому

    The hammer does not cause steel sparks, instead, it is the flint which is sparking since the steel is harder than flint.
    Trivia - the term "running off half-cocked" comes from folks forgetting to fully cock their guns before attacking and thus running into combat and being unable to fire until they realize they need to fully cock the weapon. This could be fatal since if you're depending on your firearm to discharge at the person rushing at you with a weapon or aiming their own gun at you and it doesn't fire because it's only at half-cock, they could hurt or kill you in the time it takes you to realize and then fully cock the weapon.
    The wheel-lock was never in favor because it was an expensive gun to manufacture, with it typically only being used by nobles and other wealthy individuals and normally just as a hunting rather than a combat weapon. In addition to being expensive, wheel-locks required a lot of maintenance and upkeep and could easily fail if they got dirty, something which would be inevitable on the battlefield or on a ship, never mind the risk of rust from the salt water and moist air.
    Three shots a minute for a flintlock was considered expert level shooting as that was the qualifying requirement for the Minutemen during the American Revolution.
    The six shot a minute trick was done by using smaller balls than normal, hence the reason they didn't need to be rammed home.
    Muskets were realistically accurate out to around 50 yards for individual targets while firing volleys - a bunch of people all firing together - into a crowd made them feasible out to a hundred yards or so but beyond that, it required a skilled shooter. It wasn't until the invention of rifling and the Minie Ball - a bullet which resembles our modern bullets - that aiming at an individual target at ranges of 100+ yards started to become realistic, with the Pennsylvania Long Rifles of the American Revolution regularly killing individual targets at 250 yards.
    Black powder smells like sulfur when fired, not charcoal, due to sulfur being one of the three components, the other two being charcoal and potassium nitrate, or salt peter as it was known back in the day.
    The bullets didn't burst due to imperfect metallurgy as there's nothing fancy about making lead bullets, especially round balls, while lead itself is extremely easy to process and purify thanks to its low melting point - you can melt lead on your stove top or any small fire which is capable of boiling water, heck, put a small piece of lead on a spoon and hold it over a candle long enough and it will melt. Instead, bullets would easily deform upon impact due to them being made of pure lead, which is extremely soft and thus far more likely to deform upon impact.
    Square bullets were unique to the Puckle gun, which was a muzzle loading version of the modern Gattling guns. The thought was that the square bullets made nastier wounds, so nasty in fact that it was declared they could not be fired at Christians and the Puckle gun was to be used exclusively against savages and Muslims.
    Nothing mythical about firing arrows from a musket - or more likely, a blunderbuss - as that was one of the first things people fired in addition to rocks when firearms first started being invented - whether or not wrapping cloth around it and causing it to set stuff on fire worked out is another matter.

  • @rumpleforeskin5064
    @rumpleforeskin5064 3 роки тому +1

    Great video, excellent thanks for the education/ entertainment

  • @setituptoblowitup
    @setituptoblowitup Рік тому +1

    Stay strapped PPL.

  • @ryanbekkers3423
    @ryanbekkers3423 11 місяців тому

    great video!

  • @derekdreke4990
    @derekdreke4990 7 місяців тому

    I managed to pick up a black powder pistol a long time ago and it was really quite a ride to play with I didn't have any ammo for it at first and I ended up wanting to shoot it so bad that I just use a grease fitting it's pretty hilarious! Actually a great weapon the fact that you can kind of make anything be your projectile is pretty handy ! Even the item that I was shooting was pretty accurate and trust me you would not want to be hit with it

  • @Arariel3
    @Arariel3 Рік тому

    love the information!

  • @thatsnotoneofmeatsmanyuses1970

    Lots of modern idioms from these old firearms. "Half-cocked" for unprepared, and "flash in the pan" for a showy event with no lasting effect.

  • @Cletrac305
    @Cletrac305 3 місяці тому

    Nice video! There's still pirates today. They use RPGs and AK-47s.

  • @thedictationofallah
    @thedictationofallah Рік тому +1

    6:40 Spit-loading? That happened in Sharpe, but it is very criticised for that, because it was not historically accurate and was pointless too. Did it really happen with buccaneers?

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  Рік тому

      speed-loading techniques described by buccaneer eyewitnesses never mentioned spitting, as the ball in its cartridge would fall down on its own

  • @bwk1124868
    @bwk1124868 6 місяців тому

    Great info!

  • @gray9590
    @gray9590 2 роки тому +1

    Would pirates have ever used bayonets on their firearms? I'm curious about that, even though it seems like they would be too unwieldy in a melee.

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  2 роки тому +1

      buccaneers used plug bayonets, though they might have primarily been a hunting tool, and the buccaneers battled mostly on land, haven't heard anything else

  • @michaelthomas3209
    @michaelthomas3209 3 роки тому +1

    👍 thank you

  • @CmonDudes
    @CmonDudes Рік тому

    What movie footage did you use? that film looks good.

  • @Harry-bc2dn
    @Harry-bc2dn 8 місяців тому

    Awesome video! I would love to know more about their relationship with arms dealers of the period

  • @MacLeodRoy
    @MacLeodRoy Рік тому

    What movie or show was playing in the background of this video @7:13 and numerous other times throughout?

  • @fatcontrollerproductions9910
    @fatcontrollerproductions9910 2 роки тому +1

    Just asking how did ships use mortars during the age of sail?

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  2 роки тому

      i'm not exactly sure, i've only read one account of a privateer using them, and thats when it blew up

  • @arcadecaptainYT
    @arcadecaptainYT Рік тому

    11:57 nice lose yourself reference

  • @pirategamer9127
    @pirategamer9127 3 роки тому +2

    May love pirates

  • @vertigq5126
    @vertigq5126 Рік тому

    Great vid

  • @aniquinstark4347
    @aniquinstark4347 Рік тому

    That Terry Davis reference totally caught me off guard 😂

  • @csj9619
    @csj9619 11 місяців тому

    Another hazard of being shot with a musket ball was fabric from clothing getting pushed into the wound channel causing infection if not extracted (usually with bare fingers).

  • @FirelockGames
    @FirelockGames 3 роки тому +1

    Great weapon!

  • @tacticalmanatee
    @tacticalmanatee 2 роки тому

    What is the pirate/naval movie whose clips are used in many of your videos? Looks like it's from the 1960s or 70s by the film quality. I want to check it out!
    I worked at a gun shop for a time and we had a collector sell a few of his older items through us. Among the guns we got from him was a blunderbuss with hilariously-flimsy spring-loaded spike bayonet (was made in the early 1800s), a Queen Anne pistol from 1810 or so in great shape, and a mystery muzzle-loading flintlock pistol from the late 1700's. All were well worn from use over their centuries of life, but they all still worked well and I've no doubt they'd have fired if we put new flints on them. I still kick myself for not buying the Queen Anne pistol for myself.

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  2 роки тому

      Treasure Island from 1990, featuring Charles Heston. Also called the Devil's Treasure
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island_(1990_film)

  • @shadowwaffle3329
    @shadowwaffle3329 2 роки тому +1

    Pirates favorite arms are actually their right ones

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  2 роки тому +2

      no the left one, the right one they blew away in a gunpowder accident

  • @nelsonbushcraft964
    @nelsonbushcraft964 Рік тому +1

    What is that movie that keeps showing up in the video

  • @waynemcauliffe2362
    @waynemcauliffe2362 3 роки тому +3

    I`d love to fire one

  • @rachdarastrix5251
    @rachdarastrix5251 2 роки тому +6

    During the age of muskets a lot of people had with them a bayonet but were much more comfortable using a sword. So when out of ammo, they would fix bayonets, and throw the musket like a javelin before drawing their sword and charging.

  • @toxictransgender5920
    @toxictransgender5920 3 роки тому

    Idk about the evolution of the word, but the word “fusil” which originally referred to a musket, now generally means gun or firearm, so that’s kind of interesting

  • @barruch777
    @barruch777 Рік тому

    love your videos! Did buccaneers use paper cartridges?

  • @erikthepirate8068
    @erikthepirate8068 3 роки тому +1

    Cool! I love it!

  • @heretoserve5023
    @heretoserve5023 Рік тому

    Just one question... If I watch your whole series will that make me an expert on pirating?

    • @matthewwyman1581
      @matthewwyman1581 11 місяців тому

      I’m not sure, but it definitely makes you more knowledgeable than most people lol

  • @Minorsurgeryhurt
    @Minorsurgeryhurt Рік тому

    There is only a single historical example of wooden cartouches, cartridge's or flasks being referred to as "Apostles" and it was done so in quoting a Spanish monk who was drunk and raving. There are no other examples of these flasks being called such and bandoleers could have between 10 to 24 flasks. 12 was common only because it matched the number of musket balls commonly produced from a 1 pound bar of lead. "Apostle" is a common modern contrivance among reenactors taken from a source that was actively mocking the man who used that term by pure chance.

  • @Jack-ff2zs
    @Jack-ff2zs Рік тому

    what is that film or series playing in the background

  • @clevermcgenericname891
    @clevermcgenericname891 3 роки тому +2

    Maintaining a black powder gun is no joke. I destroyed the barrel of my hawken rifle by cleaning it improperly.

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому +2

      I'm sorry to hear that, those are fine guns

    • @clevermcgenericname891
      @clevermcgenericname891 3 роки тому

      @@GoldandGunpowder thankfully it was a kit gun. I'll replace the barrel sooner or later.

  • @itsgamz3693
    @itsgamz3693 6 місяців тому

    "I’d never even held a blunderbuss afore. I’m like… “Well, I be needin’… I be needin’ some shot, too.” And the ol’ salt reached under the counter, put two boxes of shot on the counter. He said, “All right, matey. Which box do ye want?” I didn’t know. One box had a picture of some seagulls on it. The other box had a picture of some stags. I said, “Well, what’s that box with them seagulls?” He said, “Oh, that there’s swanshot.” And then he goes just like this, I’m not exaggerating, he goes, “That won’t kill a man.” He said, “It’ll just pepper him up nicely.” I said, “What the blazes? Pepper?” Ye know what it means to pepper a scallywag up? It means that when the shell explodes, hot BBs will shoot out of the barrel of the blunderbuss, not killing a scallywag, but penetrating their skin and shallow flesh. Boy, that’s gotta hurt. Hot BBs? “Aah! Aaaah!” Remember when Dick Cheney shot a scallywag in the face and he lived? That was swanshot. I said, “Well, what’s that box with the stag on it?” He goes, “Oh, that there is buckshot. That’ll put a hole in a goddamn galleon if ye wanted to. So, which box do ye want?” And he picked the one with the stag up and shook it. I thought he was trying to trick me. I was like, “Do ye have a box, uh, with a picture of a white landlubber trespassing on it? 'Cause… …that’s exactly the strength I’m looking for. But I didn’t know that if ye’re defending yer home with a blunderbuss, the formula dictates that ye’re supposed to buy both boxes. This was not a formula that I was familiar with. It goes like this: there’s six shots in a 12-gauge blunderbuss. So when ye load the gun, ye load it like this. First shot, swanshot. Next shot, buckshot. Swanshot, and then after that, gun’s Jamaican. Buckshot, buckshot, buckshot.”

  • @gunsforevery1
    @gunsforevery1 Рік тому

    I cannot unsee the rooster.

  • @Bulecast12
    @Bulecast12 3 роки тому +1

    I liked the vid before it even started

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому

      when I see guns, I like

    • @thedictationofallah
      @thedictationofallah 3 роки тому

      @@GoldandGunpowder you can add memes and funny stuff in your videos like oversimplified, bill wurtz, thebearwhisperer, sam onella academy and sciencephile the AI do. your channel will blow up in like 8 months.

  • @tzardnickolasthelitromanov
    @tzardnickolasthelitromanov Рік тому +2

    Man, nothing spells Overkill; like Poisoned drenched lead-balls!
    Also about the square-bullets thing;
    I've only ever heard of such accounts for the puckle gun here. And those are really relatively very weak with little (or no) supporting evidence at all to back them up (other then being failed potential prototypes, of course). (That being here: used for a or some type of special/prototype version of a puckle, that was supposed to be used against heathens in the Mediterranean).
    I highly doubt that such properly existed outside of puckle's gun, let alone even used here in active combat.

    • @seanfoltz7645
      @seanfoltz7645 Рік тому

      They didn't use actual poison, instead, they would drill a hole into the ball and then fill it with feces and even then, from what I've read, that was mostly just an Italian thing.
      The "poison" refers to the practice of cutting an X into the ball or bullet - it was just an expression to describe how much deadlier they thought that made them.

  • @Durahan82
    @Durahan82 3 роки тому +2

    Rapier vs Cutlass ?

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  3 роки тому +1

      rapier is a duelling weapon that requires space and footwork, it is too delicate to use for shipboard combat, which was fought in clusters of people in tight confinements

    • @joeerickson516
      @joeerickson516 Рік тому +2

      "What about the late 15th century to early 16th century Ottoman,🕌☪ Turkish,🇹🇷 Kilij Sabre or Muslim Persian,🇮🇷☫ Shamshir Sabre and Separ damascus steel buckler shield,🛡?"

  • @MeatyCandy
    @MeatyCandy Рік тому

    i don't think that muskets often been used as bats, because of the thin wood of the buttstock, much likely they just used it as a spear more often. But hey in dire circumstances anithing goes i guess

  • @andrewvu1752
    @andrewvu1752 Рік тому

    What movie is that at 1:09?

  • @PoDaBo
    @PoDaBo Рік тому

    Lol I love pirates so much! Just would want to get scurvy. That's my one and only dream in life

  • @balazsvarga1823
    @balazsvarga1823 Рік тому

    Cia land lubbers glow and thus are easier to keelhaul on your ship, arrrgh. You can also be keepin one up the navigator's nest as a dasdardly spotlight, but they need a lot of strange white nose sugar to work!

  • @broccolinyu911
    @broccolinyu911 2 роки тому

    Gold and Gunpowder: This doesn't derive from anything dirty
    Me at 6:27: *takes it dirty anyway* 🤣

  • @FrankSinatraTheSecond
    @FrankSinatraTheSecond 2 роки тому

    I was so happy when I heard that the Spanish got the short end of the stick for once, instead of the Dutch.

  • @MaitreMark
    @MaitreMark Рік тому

    18:00 I have fired an arrow out of a musket. Worked well.

  • @elhectos
    @elhectos Рік тому

    Good videos

  • @peterkemp8633
    @peterkemp8633 9 місяців тому

    Nice one

  • @DAEDRICDUKE1
    @DAEDRICDUKE1 3 роки тому +2

    You're a big guy

  • @mactrauma5323
    @mactrauma5323 Рік тому

    1:06 what movie is this?

  • @terranceaddison4599
    @terranceaddison4599 Рік тому

    12:26 That looks like a sawed off shotgun bazooka
    😨🤔

  • @natedigger5678
    @natedigger5678 Рік тому

    What's your source on spit loading? I'm pretty sure that was something invented by films and bored re-enactors.

    • @GoldandGunpowder
      @GoldandGunpowder  Рік тому +1

      This video is almost 2 years old and I've got over 100 videos published, but I think it stems from this:
      "To carry their ball and powder, the Spanish used the traditional bandolier with individual charges of powder in small wooden containers, along with a priming flask, ball bag, and a powder flask for extra powder, although for speed in loading, trained soldiers often kept several musket balls in their mouths."
      Little, Benerson. The Buccaneer's Realm: Pirate Life on the Spanish Main, 1674-1688 . Potomac Books. Kindle Edition.
      Might not necesserily meant they spat it, they could have taken out the bullets with their fingers and shoved it down.

    • @natedigger5678
      @natedigger5678 Рік тому

      @@GoldandGunpowder Thank you for the source.

    • @Luisruiz-bm5ie
      @Luisruiz-bm5ie Рік тому

      ​@natedigger5678 you're such a redditor

  • @chaoctic7278
    @chaoctic7278 Рік тому +1

    They glow in the dark at night I hit them with my car

  • @Fezezen
    @Fezezen Місяць тому

    6:37 it's very hard for me to believe that they'd put musket balls in their mouth to then spit down the barrel like in the Sharpe Series. It's completely stupid.

  • @fernandosiqueiros8057
    @fernandosiqueiros8057 2 роки тому

    What is the movie in the background of the video

  • @vielplaysdagames2298
    @vielplaysdagames2298 2 роки тому

    what is the show or movie that some of the clips are from

  • @jonmcintosh1737
    @jonmcintosh1737 2 роки тому

    @7:20 what movie is that?