For me, a very rare piece of constructive criticism: At around:33, the speaker says the bullet "is attached" to the cartridge, which is somewhat misleading -- when, in fact, the bullet is contained within the surrounding paper. Hey, just got my ABT membership card in the mailbox this evening, so I'm feeling empowered. 🙂 Keep up the good work!
Depends on whether it is a Pritchett cartridge imported from England or a domestic production. The former being attached by a combination of different types of paper products and "snapped" off to load, the later being wiggled out of the paper. In this demonstration irrelevant as I did not observe recoil, so never any bullet regardless of type...
Pritchetts were common in Confederate hands for the first two years before the Union blockade prevented trading Cotton for arms with England. The Pritchett was a vastly superior cartridge in bore fowling and ease of loading. England traded with both sides.
It would be amazing to see m1864 falling block, rolling block action, and trapdoor rifles in action, since the Union forces at that time have inventory upgrades in 1864 to 1865.
There are different manufacturers. Springfield, Enfield. et.c Do they have different "punches"? (I.e. how much damage do they do, is it worse or more 'benign' compared to more recent weapons (or rev war muskets) ).
The amount of damage a civil war minie ball can do is far worse than modern ammunition. Take into account the size and weight of the bullet. A Civil War Minie ball weighs an ounce and was .58 caliber. Now imagine that hitting someone at over 1000 ft per second. It's gonna do massive damage no matter where it hits the body. It's going to tear organs, rip blood vessels and break bones. That's one of the reasons why amputation was the surgery most often used during the Civil War. That, and amputation was the quickest way for the surgeons to get through all the wounded that needed their attention.
With a pritchett cartridge the ball stays in part of the paper, the typical minie cartridge the ball is removed from the paper before loading after the powder has been poured down the barrel.
+preservingbattlefields *Thanks for the rundown.* Both sides o' the War Between the States used Miniê shot for rifled musquets; environmentally safer materials, e.g. Western Cartridge / Olin 355 primers and Hodgdon Triple_H propellant, are available to re-enactors o' the present day.
@@pilsplease7561 The musket fired a .58 caliber Mini Ball. That equates to a little over 1/2" (.577") in diameter. They also used a .69-caliber ball. The modern army uses a much smaller round about 1/4" in diameter. The reason the recoil is greater in the smaller round is that the bullet is propelled at a much greater speed than in the larger round. 58 Caliber muzzle velocity is abound 900fps 5.56 Nato is around 3,000fps
Very good, but a couple comments: A) Don't ever have your fingers (we called them meathooks in the military) inside the trigger guard or anywhere near the trigger when shouldering arms (or doing anything), B) place the buttstock all the way back into the shoulder, don't have half of it sticking out over the shoulder. Of course without a bullet it's not as relevant. C) Square your shoulders forward, so the recoil is absorbed directly back into the shoulder.
@@fordmustang5054 only I wasn't taught on an Ar-15 and no one wore body armor back then (decades ago). No, they apply at any time. Including black powder rifles, which I shoot.
@@koshersalt3233 They're practices if you want to hit what you're aiming at. They were always period practices. If you don't follow them, you will not hit the broad side of a barn door, like used to say.
The loading technique is also slightly different if you were loading a flintlock musket early war 1861 into the first half of 1862. Most cartridges for this were buck and ball.
The "assault weapon" of the day.
That would be repeating rifles.
@@danwoodliefphotography871 *sneezing more than 2 times quickly
With the high capacity bayonet
Merci pour cette belle démonstration. Bonne année à toute l'équipe et la chaîne.
For me, a very rare piece of constructive criticism: At around:33, the speaker says the bullet "is attached" to the cartridge, which is somewhat misleading -- when, in fact, the bullet is contained within the surrounding paper. Hey, just got my ABT membership card in the mailbox this evening, so I'm feeling empowered. 🙂 Keep up the good work!
Depends on whether it is a Pritchett cartridge imported from England or a domestic production. The former being attached by a combination of different types of paper products and "snapped" off to load, the later being wiggled out of the paper. In this demonstration irrelevant as I did not observe recoil, so never any bullet regardless of type...
@@majinojinn Thanks! I'll look into that.
Pritchetts were common in Confederate hands for the first two years before the Union blockade prevented trading Cotton for arms with England. The Pritchett was a vastly superior cartridge in bore fowling and ease of loading. England traded with both sides.
Excellent…
Now imagine doing this while people are shooting at you
No
Very cool 😎 Have fired a musket before. Had a lot of kick!
💯👍
Good class,dude!
It would be amazing to see m1864 falling block, rolling block action, and trapdoor rifles in action, since the Union forces at that time have inventory upgrades in 1864 to 1865.
Because a authentic cartridge has double paper with the ball and powder rapped separately, at what point do you remove the ball from the paper?
Would have liked to seen it done by loading and firing an actual live round, instead of a blank.
He would have had to have very much modified his technique to do that.
And absolutely illegal if he was at a National battlefield
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TO ARMS TO ARMS TO ARMS IN DIXIE
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You should do a close up shot of rifle as you load
There are different manufacturers. Springfield, Enfield. et.c Do they have different "punches"? (I.e. how much damage do they do, is it worse or more 'benign' compared to more recent weapons (or rev war muskets) ).
The amount of damage a civil war minie ball can do is far worse than modern ammunition. Take into account the size and weight of the bullet. A Civil War Minie ball weighs an ounce and was .58 caliber. Now imagine that hitting someone at over 1000 ft per second. It's gonna do massive damage no matter where it hits the body. It's going to tear organs, rip blood vessels and break bones. That's one of the reasons why amputation was the surgery most often used during the Civil War. That, and amputation was the quickest way for the surgeons to get through all the wounded that needed their attention.
Oh there's no WAY on God's green Earth. My hands would be shaking too hard to do this.
Does the rest of the paper cartridge also go into the barrel?
When shooting blanks, yes
With a pritchett cartridge the ball stays in part of the paper, the typical minie cartridge the ball is removed from the paper before loading after the powder has been poured down the barrel.
+preservingbattlefields *Thanks for the rundown.* Both sides o' the War Between the States used Miniê shot for rifled musquets; environmentally safer materials, e.g. Western Cartridge / Olin 355 primers and Hodgdon Triple_H propellant, are available to re-enactors o' the present day.
We are so spoiled today 😂
Huzzah to the Iron Brigade!
He should have repeated that without talking and had a clock on the screen counting off the seconds.
No wonder the War of Northern Aggression took so long.
Breech-loading repeater rifles had been introduced by the end of the War, at least into the United States Army.
Where was the recoil?
A lot of civil war era guns didnt have recoil like today, the rounds were smaller.
He did not load a bullet so there was minimal recoil. It is noticeable with the bullet but it's by no means a heavy kicker
@@pilsplease7561 The musket fired a .58 caliber Mini Ball. That equates to a little over 1/2" (.577") in diameter. They also used a .69-caliber ball. The modern army uses a much smaller round about 1/4" in diameter. The reason the recoil is greater in the smaller round is that the bullet is propelled at a much greater speed than in the larger round.
58 Caliber muzzle velocity is abound 900fps
5.56 Nato is around 3,000fps
@@pilsplease7561 Please explain to me how the rounds were smaller?
After one shot... you're a sitting duck for that bayonet charge... can see why they had multiple columns always in rotation and ready to fire
Where the target
He runs again.
Very good, but a couple comments: A) Don't ever have your fingers (we called them meathooks in the military) inside the trigger guard or anywhere near the trigger when shouldering arms (or doing anything), B) place the buttstock all the way back into the shoulder, don't have half of it sticking out over the shoulder. Of course without a bullet it's not as relevant. C) Square your shoulders forward, so the recoil is absorbed directly back into the shoulder.
These are modern shooting techniques made for the AR platform and body armor.
Save for A, which is specified in both Hardee's & Casey's, these are not period practices
@@fordmustang5054 only I wasn't taught on an Ar-15 and no one wore body armor back then (decades ago). No, they apply at any time. Including black powder rifles, which I shoot.
@@koshersalt3233 They're practices if you want to hit what you're aiming at. They were always period practices. If you don't follow them, you will not hit the broad side of a barn door, like used to say.
The loading technique is also slightly different if you were loading a flintlock musket early war 1861 into the first half of 1862. Most cartridges for this were buck and ball.
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