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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

Chappie shows his Mk.2 version of making 18mm Milbank-Amsler rimfire ammunition.

Chappie demonstrates a really easy way to make M1866 Chassepot needlefire rifle cartridges.

This Bavarian breech-loading rifle features what looks like a bizarre backwards facing trigger.

Anti-tank rifles are complex, but this one is especially so. Jonathan Ferguson looks at an early model of the Panzerbüchse that was ultimately superseded. The Panzerbüchse 38 anti-tank rifle.

Another link up with our friends at Real Time History with this curious Bavarian gun with a backwards trigger on the Centrefire breech-loading military carbine - Werder Model 1869.

To mark the 100th episode of What is this Weapon, the Royal Armouries hosted a special live episode at our flagship museum in Leeds in the UK. Befitting such a prestigious landmark for the series, our 100th weapon is one of Jonathan's all time favourites and has a back story immersed in the stale...

The story of the 11 mm Mauser cartridge and its relation to the J. P. Sauer und Sohn stalking rifle project. Sart with the film about the Sauer und Sohn rifle: https://youtu.be/lcLGJXwPdrM Magyar szöveg: http://kapszli.hu/az-elso-sauer-kipplauf-puska-i-resz-a-gyar-es-a-fegyver-tortenete/ Please s...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Inspired by british muzzleloader's youtube channel I decided to try my 1867/77 Werndl single shot Austro-Hungarian military rifle to 200 meters. What a beautiful day this was for shooting. Want to support our work? By a Capandball product: ...

www.patreon.com/capandball Going back to one of my favourite rifles, the Austro-Hungarian 1867/77 Werndl. That's the first breech loading rifle of the Monarchy to fire a self contained cartridge with a small calibre bullet.

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Here is a real classic, the 45/70 Pedersoli Sharps Sporting rifle fitted with a contemporary Malcom scope. Let's see how a 520 spitzer bullet behaves hitting a gelatine block. Cartridge loaded with 51 grains of blackpowder. 19th century buf...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Buy autenthic Capandball cartridge boxes: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-war-revolver-cartridge-box-in-44-caliber-2pc-/152466093823 A good friend of mine asked me to try Pedersoli's muzzle loading Rolling Block rifle. This is an in-line rifl...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball The Winchester Model 1885 single shot rifle is really close to my heart. I have always been a great fan of the Rolling Blocks, but something kept telling me I have to try one High Wall once... Well it happened last week. I had a chance to t...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Let's see how accurate the 1867 Werndl rifle is with cartridges reloaded without any special tools or die sets. Want to support our work? By a Capandball product: http://kapszli.hu/en/termek-kategoria/capandball-products-2/ Magyar szöveg: h...

Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying Capandball Civil War cartridge boxes and cartridge formers: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 Capandball Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KapszliCapandball It's been a year since I have this single sh...

Please support us: https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying our Civil War cartridge boxes: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 This was the first time when I used my 1867 M Werndl rifle for hunting wild boar. The accuracy and power of this old iron always fascinates me. ...

Let me show you now a beautiful and elegant hunting arm from the end of the 19th century. History, load developement, shooting. All here in Capandball style. The 11 mm Mauser cartridge project: https://youtu.be/P7Lj51cgtVs Magyar szöveg: http://kapszli.hu/az-elso-sauer-kipplauf-puska-i-resz-a-gya...

Marketed for people of 'short-stature', this BSA Model 13 has been heavily modified to include the iconic Martini action.

This is a 4-Bore single-barrel rifle built on an Army Navy Supply frame by J.J. Perodeau of Enid Oklahoma. I am firing 1750 grain lead bullets over charges of 325gr of Goex Fg. Muzzle velocity is approximately 1340fps, generating about 7,000 ftlb of muzzle energy.

This is the largest rifle eve...

The Remington Rolling Block, introduced in 1866, was one of the most prolific single shot military rifles in the world. The combination of aggressive marketing, low cost, and an excellent design led to Remington selling literally millions of Rolling Block rifles to a huge number of military force...