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How black powder arms replicas are made today - inside the Pedersoli factory in 2023
Let's check together what changed in the past 10 years in the Pedersoli factory making historical firearms reproductions. Our guide is Stefano Pedersoli, son of Pierangelo Pedersoli. The new generation in the leadership of the company. Barrel making in the Pedersoli factory: https://youtu.be/eOo-...
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The Civil War Burnside carbine - shooting, history and impact
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17th century wheel lock pistols in action - accuracy & ballistics
That's something I was waiting so much. Firing the brace of 17th century wheel lock pistols, faithful reproduction made in Poland. Patched round balls, paper cartridges and lead slugs in action. My first video about the history of wheel lock and early cavalry tactics: https://youtu.be/ldz0AviUYvI...
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Flintlock fallow deer hunt in Hungary
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Dreyse vs Chassepot - neeedle fire rifles of the Franco-Prussian war
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The game changing military matchlocks of the early 16th century under CT and X-ray
If you ever wondered what's inside an early 16th century matchlock gun barrel, and how the bullets were made, it's your content. Let me guide you through a research project I am deeply involved in about the early matchlock firearms of the first decades of the 16th century and the battle of Mohács...
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Roe buck hunting with an 18th century muzzle loading rifle
Getting back to the Hungarian hunting grounds for some traditional roe buck hunting with an original muzzle loading Jäger rifle made in the middle of the 18th century. Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying Capandball Civil War cartridge boxes, cartridge formers, arsen...
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Wild boar hunting with an original 1886 Winchester 45-90 WCF rifle
This is a mesh up of several wild boar hunting days with my original 1886 Winchester rifle in 45-90 WCF caliber. The cartridge is loaded with black powder. The video includes ballistic gelatin tests of the hunting round. Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying Capandbal...
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1851 Navy .36 revolver at 100 meters? - the early history of replica gunmaking
I was always in love with this Uberti 1851 Navy .36 cal percussion revolver. Although it was made exactly 60 years ago it is still an excellent arm, capable of match winning scores. Now here is some extreme long range revolver shooting. Let's see what she can do 25-100 meters. Please support us a...
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Original Springfield Trapdoor Officer model meets original Ideal 45-70-500 tool
The Springfield Trapdoor officer model is one of the most elegant and most handy hunting rifles of the 19th century, but it is still a capable hunting gun today even with black powder cartridge. For this project I was lent an original 45-70-500 Ideal tool as well to make the story full. Here is t...
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Remington Old Model Army revolver - history, shooting and 20K fps extreme slow motion recordings
This is something you don't see to many times in action: the 1861 Remington-Elliot Old Model percussion revolver, a great and rare icon of the early history of the Civil War percussion revolvers. This film is supported with some excellent extreme slow motion recordings thanks to Photron and their...
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How to clean your muzzle loading shotgun
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How the pellet priming system works on an original 1863 M Sharps percussion carbine
That is a very interesting concept for firing a percussion gun. Besides the traditional percussion caps, the military percussion Sharps rifles and carbines could be fired with percussion pellet fed by a clever little device integrated into the lock plate of the rifle. The breech loading carbine w...
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Wild boar hunting with an 18th century rifle
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The Delvigne chamber rifle of the 1830-40s and the Austrian Kammerbüchse
The chamber breech rifles were the first giant steps towards the general adoptation of the rifle and the conical bullets. Henri Gustav Delvigne from France and Vincenz Augustin from Austria played an important part in perfecting the system in the 1830s-40s. This video is showing its history, impa...
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1873 Winchester 44-40 rifle shooting at 400y - Recreating the Lonesome Dove shot
Do you like Lonesome Dove western series? If the answer is yes, you will love this video: recreating Gus's long range shot with the 1860 Henry rifle. Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying Capandball Civil War cartridge boxes, cartridge formers, arsenal label stamps, t...
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Cast steel, gain twist, choke bore - shooting an original American percussion picket rifle, 1850s
I bought this American percussion picket rifle a few months ago to repair it for my son. It took a lot of work to make it shoot again. Although it is a poor boys rifle, it tells a lot about the early years of the industrialization of gun making in the United States. Cast steel, gain twist, taper ...
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What's the future of the lever action rifle concept?
The lever action rifle concept was born with the Volcanic, Henry, Winchester and Browning names. This concept is the oldest of all repeating systems that's still is service today. This video features a classic Pedersoli 1886 lever action rifle and the newest 86/71 Droptine rifle in 30-30 caliber....
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The Swedish 1851 M Kammerlader rifle - History and modern time shooting
The chamber loading system was an early variant of the capping or percussion breech loading guns. The Norwegian and Swedish Kammerlader rifles were ones from the very first models to be accepted by an army. Here is the story of the Swedish Kammerlader. Please support us at https://www.patreon.com...
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The easiest way of making match for a musket
Making your match chord or slow match for your arquebus or musket is a skill a musketeer had to master and has to master today as well. Here is probably the simplest method, closely replicating the way it was done in the 17th century. Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball For bu...
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The Werndl rifle and the 11.15x58R cartridge - Mad minute
Here is another chapter in the Capandball mad minute series answering to Bloke on the Range's and Britishmuzzleloader's challenge. This film covers also the reproduction of the historically accurate 11.15x58R cartridge. Enjoy! Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying Cap...
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Hunting red stag with an original M 1873 Springfield Trapdoor rifle
The Model 1873 Springfield Trapdoor was an excellent military rifle firing self contained cartridges. The first modern rifle of the US Army and a legend among today's black powder shooters. Today it is considered obsolete because of the black powder loaded cartridge, while it is still capable of ...
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Flintlock driven small game hunt in Hungary
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Accuracy of the Schmidt-Rubin G11 rifle at 200 and 300 m
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