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What is the optimal sight-in distance of the 45/70 Government?
Today's film is focused on a new rifle by Pedersoli, the Boarbuster Shadow in 45/70 Government calibe. I had an argument with a friend of mine who stated that the 45/70 is useless above 80-100 meters. Well, here is the answer.
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Early 16th century arquebus in action - How it was charged?
In this chapter Capandball is demonstrating the accoutrements of the early 16th century soldier armed with a snapping matchlock arquebus. Understanding the gear of the soldier inspires ideas about the tactical use of these guns.
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Making the powder flask from the Mary Rose sank in 1545
Understanding the tactical benefits of a firearm is not possible without understanding all the accessories that were used for operating it. We are quite good with the age of muskets starting from the middle of the 16th century, but we lack a huge amount of information regading the first decades o...
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Which is better for a snap matchlock? Tinder sticks vs slow match
Replicating the tinder sticks for early 16th century snap matchlocks guns added a lot of details to the use of these firearms. This is probably what we can call experimental archaeology. But it also raised new questions, like which one was better? The match that existed for centuries before or th...
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Making a bandolier for an early 16th century tinder-lock harquebus
This fim is about the earliest representation of the bandoliers for muzzle loading match-lock, tinder lock firearms. Follow Capandball in finding out what was the difference between the apostles of the muskets and these early designs for tinder-lock guns, and join the procedure of making it.
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Hunting with the K31 - from reloading till Hungarian stew
Follow Capandball on his beautiful winter time hunting journey in Hungary with the iconic Swiss K31 military rifle chambered for the 7.5x55 round. Watch as he reloads the cartridges, walks the woods and makes the Hungarian goulash/stew for the table.
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The repeating Handgonne Part III. - Testing the unique ramrod of ÖNB Cod. 3069
This is the 3rd part of the repeating handgonne project, getting back to one of the sources, to a detail that I did not notice before. There is a very special remarod displayed on folios of Codex No. 3069 dated 1411, that can have an important role in making the system work.
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The early 16th century tinder lock arquebus and the tinder sticks
The late 15th - early 16th century tinder lock or snap matchlock arms are a really intertesting part of the firearms history. In this chapter Capandball is going after an important tool for making it work: the tinder stick. So you are interested in the first type of gun that was fired with a trig...
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Making tinder for an early 16th century snap matchlock arquebus
We call it tinder lock and snap matchlock. And it can actually work with slow match or tinder as well. That's the first springed matchlock mechanism. Yesterday we had a great walk in the woods with the family and I collected some horse hoof fungus to make some tinder for a new gun manufactured fo...
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The 14th century Tannenberg handgonne and an early charging method from 1432
Follow Capandball as he is going after the story an importance of the Tannenberg handgonne, the only properly dated 14th century European handgun we know about today. He covers its history, importance, but also a lot more. Gives insight to the accessories used in the 14th-15th century, and invest...
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Anatomy of a tragic wheellock wild boar hunt
This is someting that probably nobody did in he past 300 years in Central Europe. Capandball is embarking on an adventure to hunt wild boar the 17th century way with a wheellock carbine. Parallel to this story he will be investigating the circumstances that led to the tragic death of one of the m...
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The magnificent multishot medieval hangonne in action - Part II
This is the second chapter of Capandball's handgonne series. Follow him as he is proving the concept of the automatic fire of the medieval handgonne. An experimental archaeology project based on 14th and 15th century sources.
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Can we turn a hangonne into a repeater the 15th century way?
In this video Capandball is following original 15th and 16th century sources to test an interesting and quite dangerous method of loading a muzzle loader for turning a single shot hand cannon into a repeating arm. Have you ever heard of drilled slugs or superimposed charges? Here is your chance t...
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Wild boar hunting with M1819 Hall flintlock breech loading rifle
Have you ever wondered when was the last occasion when anybody carried a Hall flintlock breech loading military rifle in the woods to deliver food to the family table? Well, Capandball did it and recorded the hunt for you. Follow him to Gyulaj, Hungary and be part of the adventure and prepare the...
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Is this the first sniper rifle of the Swiss Army?
The star of today's show is the Swiss M1842 Stutzer or percussion military rifle. This large calibre cap-and-ball rifle is half way between a military rifle and a civilian target rifle and this was the first - not so strictly - standardized rifle of the federal army. Both its features and both th...
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The straight rifling and the over-under percussion rifle of Karl Pirko
In this chapter Capandball takes you to a voyage to Vienna to the middlle of the 19th century. The star of the show is a percussion over-under double rifle made by Karl Pirko with an interesting straight rifled bore.
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The M1841 Mississippi rifle - tactics, drill, ballistics, accoutrements
Capandball is arriving to the final part of the Mississippi video series. As next week I won't be able to post a video (I am participating the Muzzle Loading World Championshiops in Valeggio, Iraly), this one is double in time. So fasten seat belts, open a can of beer. 50 minutes of holy black po...
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Ballistics and cartridges of the US M1822 flintlock smooth bore musket
We take a break now in the series about the M1841 Mississippi rifle to explore the authentic cartridges of the US smooth bore muskets of the 1850-60s. The goal of today's Capandball video is to recreate the original ballistics based on contemporary sources.
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Whitneyville and the birth of the 1841 Mississippi rifle
Diving deeper into the history of the 1841 Mississippi rifle. This chapter of the series covers two topics: the birth of the rifle and the history of one of the most important private contractors for manufacturing the M1841 rifles, the Whitneyville Armoury.
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US M1821 flintlock musket vs US M1841 Mississippi rifle
US martial flintlock musket vs US martial percusssion rifle. The flintlock musket was made in Harper's Ferry in 1833 the Missisippi rifle was made by Eli Whitney Jr. in 1855. Both are in perfect shooting condition, and in this video both are shot with their original cartridges. Enjoy the second p...
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Shooting an original M1841 Mississippi rifle with its original cartridges
This is the first part of a series about an iconic rifle of US firearms history. The M1841 Mississippi rifle was the first percussion muzzleloading rifle of the US army and this was the first muzzle loading arm of the army that was manufactured with full interchangeability. The first chapter cove...
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French M1786 Hussar Musketoon - history, impact, drill, tactics and training
This is the last chapter of the series about the Mousqueton de Cavalerie Légére ou de Hussards Modéle 1786 System 1777 or shortly the French light cavalry flintlock musketoon of the French wars. The video tells the story of its development and manufacture, and also intruduces the drill and tactic...
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The dawn of interchangeable firearms manufacturing and the M1777 family
The star of today's show seems to be a M1786 French light cavalry carbine - a really elegant little arm by the way - but in fact the true hero of the story is Honré Blanc, superintendent of the armoury of St. Etienne from 1763 to 1797. He was in charge of establishing a new method for manufacturi...
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Why the Henry was not generally adopted in the Civil War?
This is the last part of the Henry rifle series searching answers for why the 1860 Henry rifle was not universally adopted in the Civil War. The second task of this film is to tell a few words about how to properly handle the Henry rifle. Enjoy!