Great to see my favorite pistol in action. I own an original Tower Pistol. I believe pistols were often held at an angle when firing. Pan uppermost. This aided the priming powder’s journey down touch hole. Fewer misfires.
Funny you mention it I've made a video on my theory of why this was done the same day I was shooting this video here's the UA-cam short on it ua-cam.com/video/7_2_EsECh1k/v-deo.html
In theory. They knew very well the limitations in reliability, and tried everything they knew - or could think up. Each soldier was on his own after the first contact, and logic dictates that they probably did believe that tilting the pan towards the touch hole improved things. But, there is no impirical evidence that concusively proves it because the powder goes both ways when being jostled on a horse or when afoot, running. And, certainly, they were running for their lives. We know today that over filling the pan does nothing to improve main charge ignition, but in battle in 1805, I think it was pretty common to pour in a pile and give it a quick puff of breath to settle it so the snaphance could be closed. There is SOME evidence that less is more when it comes to priming, and an open touch hole MAY be better than one filled with powder. Based on the idea that the flash moves faster through the open hole than the grains that may be blocking it can ignite. My own tests seem to confirm this, but I admit, I have no instruments to measure the time between flash and bang. Flintlock Theory remains mired in the stone age. 😉
‘I was just bragging about how well it did’ brought to mind Ned Pepper in True Grit, they will embarrass you every time’ You were having too much fun runnin’ and gunnin’ Great vid👍
Its the fox tail that does it for me. Truth be you always manage to bring a smile to an ol mountain man face. Why do you think Bertha has a solid brass ram rod?
@@Real11BangBang it simple when 20+ miles from a truck horse back in the rockie mountain wilderness is no place to have a tool you depend on be turned into a club at best, paper weight at worst. My only regret is I didn't buy a half a dozen more because of a collection that could use them. Can't remember the brand or ever seen another one like it since.
Love the sound . I bought a British sea pistol about 6 months ago. I still haven't drilled the touch hole and shot it. I seem to have too many jobs...great video
Awesome black powder pistol adventure! Your video brings to mind the video that I recently saw about a horrific Bear Attack that occurred in 1787 in New Hampshire where a boy was killed. I wonder how your Dragoon Flintlock pistol with a full sized ball load, if such would be sufficient to stop and kill an attacking Black Bear and at what ranges? What say you or anyone else?
💪🏻🇬🇧 . Judging the accuracy of the gun I think it’ll be more effective hitting the enemy with it 🤣 . To be fair the noise will scare the French away 🤣 . Great episode again thank you!
Good video and presentation. And, BIG Thank you for not using the word "frizzen" in describing any part of a firelock in the 18th C English context. To me it ruins the video if someone has gone to great lengths to wear period clothing but then uses the wrong nomenclature. Great job..
Very cool. I have a similar pistol (looks almost exact to this one) made in Japan. I am missing the frizen but otherwise it's in working order. I'd like to get a frizen to fit to it, any idea's?
Your statement of when firearms were discharged from horseback is false. With the invention of the wheel lock ignition system, “Horse Arquebuses”, wheel lock carbines were employed by cavalry to engage the enemy from the saddle during the late 1500’s.
He didn't make a claim on when firearms were first fired from horseback. He simply made a statement that dragoon units have come around in the late 16th century. A.k.a., the 1500s dragoons being mounted infantry and not just cavalry, so while cavalry and mounted arqubus were fighting mounted about the 1550s the dragoons were not for a few more decades So no, what he says is not false.
So if you listen closely, I'm not talking about cavalry in general. I'm speaking specifically of dragoons aka mounted infantry which served a different purpose than light, medium or heavy cavalry
@@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods well you are still wrong as the first recorded use of dragoons/mounted infantry was by Alexander, Duke of Parma in 1552. He mounted regular infantry on pack horses.
So I have been doing some reading on this subject you were discussing and aside from finding that he mounted infantry on to pack animals, I can find no no references to them actually being used as regular cavalry and firing their very large match lock muskets from horseback because being an infantry man in 1552 you would have been armed with a matchlock. Also, I never said that dragoons never fired from horseback. This would be clearly wrong as in the battle of Nazi and in the 30 years war soldiers often use their wheel lock pistols but deemed these guns maximum effective range the length of the flame from the end of the barrel. So in other words about 3 ft@@fortsecondchance5551
"It was before we got cool things like foxtails in our hats." ---HA! Love that. Great stuff.
lol yeah we have come a long way
@@Real11BangBang Try filling the priming pan almost to the flashhole but not completely covering it. I heard it helps with preventing misfires.
I love that tricorn with the fox tail.. it is definitely macaroni. Love all the flintlock videos lately guys
Glad you like them!
Great to see my favorite pistol in action. I own an original Tower Pistol. I believe pistols were often held at an angle when firing. Pan uppermost. This aided the priming powder’s journey down touch hole. Fewer misfires.
Funny you mention it I've made a video on my theory of why this was done the same day I was shooting this video here's the UA-cam short on it
ua-cam.com/video/7_2_EsECh1k/v-deo.html
In theory. They knew very well the limitations in reliability, and tried everything they knew - or could think up. Each soldier was on his own after the first contact, and logic dictates that they probably did believe that tilting the pan towards the touch hole improved things. But, there is no impirical evidence that concusively proves it because the powder goes both ways when being jostled on a horse or when afoot, running.
And, certainly, they were running for their lives.
We know today that over filling the pan does nothing to improve main charge ignition, but in battle in 1805, I think it was pretty common to pour in a pile and give it a quick puff of breath to settle it so the snaphance could be closed.
There is SOME evidence that less is more when it comes to priming, and an open touch hole MAY be better than one filled with powder. Based on the idea that the flash moves faster through the open hole than the grains that may be blocking it can ignite. My own tests seem to confirm this, but I admit, I have no instruments to measure the time between flash and bang.
Flintlock Theory remains mired in the stone age. 😉
VERY , VERY COOOOOL pard ! 🤠
Chicken and egg which comes first sights or accuracy.
Lol looking at original handgons I would have to say neither
watching flintlock firing is sooo satisfying. Audio and visual-wise
yes it is thankyou for watching
Like your other flintlocks, it looks like fun to shoot.
oh yeah hard beat these old things
Funny, I snapped my Indian balsa wood ram rod the first time I used. I now have an iron rod.
we pretty much just order a hickory blank as soon as we get one and toss the old one
Aaaaand I thought I was content with what I have in the collection...... until now. And they are in stock!! Why do ya gotta make look so fun. 😂
lol it happens
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Love th music at the beginning - lovely touch!
Thats definitely a handful of big bore and fire. I love it! 👍👍
oh yes it can be a handfull
Randomly got your channel recommended and glad it did. Really enjoyed the info plus your b-roll of you blasting away with the little strap haha
Glad you enjoyed!
Spectacular 👍👍
thank you!
I need more flintlocks😭
lol yes you do
‘I was just bragging about how well it did’ brought to mind Ned Pepper in True Grit, they will embarrass you every time’
You were having too much fun runnin’ and gunnin’
Great vid👍
lol yup
Warcrimes are the best times
lol ahhh yes
Its the fox tail that does it for me. Truth be you always manage to bring a smile to an ol mountain man face.
Why do you think Bertha has a solid brass ram rod?
I would say a solid brass ramrod would probably be better than what we ended up using which was a piece of dried up old ragweed stem LOL
@@Real11BangBang it simple when 20+ miles from a truck horse back in the rockie mountain wilderness is no place to have a tool you depend on be turned into a club at best, paper weight at worst. My only regret is I didn't buy a half a dozen more because of a collection that could use them. Can't remember the brand or ever seen another one like it since.
Love the sound . I bought a British sea pistol about 6 months ago. I still haven't drilled the touch hole and shot it. I seem to have too many jobs...great video
I would probably use buckshot in it. I want one!
we need to test that
@@Real11BangBang I just received my sea service pistol. What size flint should it take...1/2" or 5/8"? Thanks!
Awesome black powder pistol adventure!
Your video brings to mind the video that I recently saw about a horrific Bear Attack that occurred in 1787 in New Hampshire where a boy was killed. I wonder how your Dragoon Flintlock pistol with a full sized ball load, if such would be sufficient to stop and kill an attacking Black Bear and at what ranges? What say you or anyone else?
I would like to have seen it loaded up with about 1oz of OOO buck at 10yds!
So it was basically like an early version of a sawn off shotgun? Neat
ah yes the flint glock
haha 😄
That's Waltzing matilda the tune. They just changed the words.
That's actually the original version known as the bold fusiler
💪🏻🇬🇧 . Judging the accuracy of the gun I think it’ll be more effective hitting the enemy with it 🤣 . To be fair the noise will scare the French away 🤣 . Great episode again thank you!
lol thay is why when the us was adopting the walker in 1847 it was stated in congress that the old dragoon was "as handy in a fight as a rock". hahah
No targets were harmed in the making of this video lol
Yeah we kind of made a little bit of a video addressing this situation lol
ua-cam.com/video/u_VSu0xWrb8/v-deo.html
What size flints are you using. I have a military heritage British sea service pistol I want to shoot.
Is the music by The Chieftans?
yes
0:41 What song is this???
Good video and presentation. And, BIG Thank you for not using the word "frizzen" in describing any part of a firelock in the 18th C English context. To me it ruins the video if someone has gone to great lengths to wear period clothing but then uses the wrong nomenclature. Great job..
thankyou very much. lol people always tell us we are wrong about the frizzen thing but they Evidently haven't even done the most basic research
Very cool. I have a similar pistol (looks almost exact to this one) made in Japan. I am missing the frizen but otherwise it's in working order. I'd like to get a frizen to fit to it, any idea's?
DGW or Numrich
Your statement of when firearms were discharged from horseback is false. With the invention of the wheel lock ignition system, “Horse Arquebuses”, wheel lock carbines were employed by cavalry to engage the enemy from the saddle during the late 1500’s.
He didn't make a claim on when firearms were first fired from horseback. He simply made a statement that dragoon units have come around in the late 16th century. A.k.a., the 1500s dragoons being mounted infantry and not just cavalry, so while cavalry and mounted arqubus were fighting mounted about the 1550s the dragoons were not for a few more decades So no, what he says is not false.
So if you listen closely, I'm not talking about cavalry in general. I'm speaking specifically of dragoons aka mounted infantry which served a different purpose than light, medium or heavy cavalry
Also, I have several of those wheel locks that the cavalry used in the 17th century lol
@@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods well you are still wrong as the first recorded use of dragoons/mounted infantry was by Alexander, Duke of Parma in 1552. He mounted regular infantry on pack horses.
So I have been doing some reading on this subject you were discussing and aside from finding that he mounted infantry on to pack animals, I can find no no references to them actually being used as regular cavalry and firing their very large match lock muskets from horseback because being an infantry man in 1552 you would have been armed with a matchlock. Also, I never said that dragoons never fired from horseback. This would be clearly wrong as in the battle of Nazi and in the 30 years war soldiers often use their wheel lock pistols but deemed these guns maximum effective range the length of the flame from the end of the barrel. So in other words about 3 ft@@fortsecondchance5551
what's that saying? Oh yea "you couldn't hit the broad side of a barn"