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The Mk I Martini-Henry: Musketry of the Martini - Individual Practices c 1879
An examination of the Individual Practices of the Annual Musketry Qualification, as shot in the era of the Martini Henry.
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The Mk III Snider Long Rifle and the Ballard Carbine: Firepower Compared
A comparison between the Snider Enfield Long Rifle and the Ballard Carbine
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The Mk I Martini-Henry: The Manual Exercise C.1885
We take a look at the drill associated with carrying the Martini-Henry in the 1880s
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The Mk I Martini-Henry: The Battle of Tel El Kebir, 1882
A shooting look at the Battle of Tel El Kebir fought in 1882
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Britishmuzzleloaders in South Africa: Part 3a (Isandlwana - Chapter 1)
Chapter One of the examination of the Battle of Isandlwana
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The Mk III Snider and Mk I Martini-Henry: Shooting for Speed
In this episode of the Firepower series, we compare the Snider and the Martini.
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The Mk I Martini Henry: Remote Brutality 2021
Remote Brutality as popularised by In Range TV shot with the Martini Henry
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The Mk I Martini Henry: Musketry of the Martini Era - Preliminary Training -PART TWO-
Part One of the examination of the Preliminary training in musketry as taught to British soldiers in the era of the Martini-Henry
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The Mk I Martini Henry: Musketry of the Martin Era - Preliminary Training -Part ONE-
Part One of the examination of the Preliminary training in musketry as taught to British soldiers in the era of the Martini-Henry
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The Mk III Snider-Enfield: The Manual Exercise c. 1867
The drill associated with carrying the Snider Long Rifle in the 1860s and 70s
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The Mk III Snider-Enfield: The Platoon Exercise c.1867
The drills taught for firing the Snider in the late 1860s
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Rifle Presented to the Third Reich Labor Service Commander on His 62nd Birthday!
This beautiful hunting rifle was presented to Konstantin Hierl on his 62nd birthday, the commander of the Third Reich Labor Service...
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External and terminal ballistics of the 45-120 round
This video is an addition to the film I made about the Pedersoli 1874 Sharps rifle chambered for the 45-120 cartridge. In this chapter we'll go through the basics of wound ballistics while we check the trajectory of the bullet propelled with a full load of 120 grains of black powder, and we check...
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Croatian Improvised Weapons: From Obrez to Single-Shot Yugo M70 Hybrid
During the Croatian Homeland War - as in all wars of independence - a wide variety of cobbled-together firearms were used by people who could not access proper factory arms for one reason or another. Today I'm as the Sisal Municipal Museum looking at four different examples from specifically the ...
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The bizarre thumb-trigger Martini-Henry
The Martini-Henry is one of Britain's best recognised and well-known historical firearms. This week's episode features a super-rare variant.
Searching for a way of improving the breechloader, trials were laid out for a thumb-trigger configuration, popular with target shooters and hunters at the ...
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The 45-120 cartridge, the 1874 Sharps and the buffalo runners
This film is about developing the charge for the 45-120 caliber Pedersoli 1874 Sharps rifle, and much more. A deep dive into the era of buffalo hunting, and the last years of the Sharps Rifle Company.
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Reloading the 45-120 for Pedersoli 1874 Sharps Long Range ruifle
The 45-120 is a beast. One of the strongest buffalo cartridges of the 19th century. It is not easy to break her in, but if you have the patience, you'll find the charge. Here is my method that proved very accurate for long range.
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Miniés and musketry in a (French) conscript army
Following on from the presentation of France's first rifled musket, this vid focuses on the musketry training that conscripts underwent on a yearly basis. See how trigger control was trained, and also, how do you aim at targets at 400m and 600m if your only means of aiming is a fixe 200m notch?
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1854 Imperial Guard Voltigeurs Rifled Musket
While the British rapidly adopt a rifled musket for their infantry relatively quickly, it is a different story for most continental european militaries, notably France, who's massive conscript armies cannot be easily and economically equipped and effectively trained in marksmanship to make it wor...
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The Benson-Poppenburg Breechloading Rifle
The 1860s saw much of Europe move to adopt breechloading rifles. Britain held extensive trials with over 20 designs tested, one of the most interesting was submitted by Johann von der Poppenburg. In this video Matt examines the engineering and history of Poppenburg's rifle and explains why it los...
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Martini Henry Mk I/II to 500yds: Practical Accuracy - British Muzzleloaders
Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack Make no mistake: the Martini-Henry series of rifles were a wonder of their time. This example was from 1872, one of the first Martini-Henry Mk I rifl...
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When a single-barrelled Lancaster rifle just isn’t enough
What’s better than a single-barrelled Lancaster rifle? A four-barrelled one, obviously. Well, at least His Highness Maharana Shree Wakhatsingji must have thought so because that’s exactly what he got with this hefty four-barrelled sporting rifle.
Made by Charles Lancaster’s successor Henry Thor...
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18mm Milbank-Amsler MkII: Machining Brass Cases
Chappie shows his Mk.2 version of making 18mm Milbank-Amsler rimfire ammunition.
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M1866 Chassepot Cartridges for Dummies
Chappie demonstrates a really easy way to make M1866 Chassepot needlefire rifle cartridges.