Of Blunderbus and Volley Gun

[pawpawno1]

Does the 1st guy know that the 2nd dude is mocking him?

[De4dm4u5Rulez]

So it the volly gun like an early Shotgun-type rifle or a one-shot rotating barrel?

[cannonmn]

@De4dm4u5Rulez All barrels fire at once.  Barrels don't move or rotate at all.

[De4dm4u5Rulez]

@cannonmn WOW! That sounds incredibly powerful....

[De4dm4u5Rulez]

@De4dm4u5Rulez WOW! That sounds incredibly powerful....

[natewheatshelf]

lol @1:30 "Early spring huh? I'd say early spring is about February." You tried to play a little bit a fastball with him, but by the sound of it he wasn't able to catch Jack. I applaud you anyway!

[firewoodguy2009]

are the guns for sale

[cannonmn]

@firewoodguy2009 They were two years ago when I made the video, but check with the dealer, he's on the web, David Condon of Middleburg, VA.

[bobobobo568]

The Nock Volley Gun tended to break shoulders when fired

[joshuago8]

That dam voley guns cost more than an origanal MG42 WTF

[MrPatriot1911]

Did he say $47,000 for that freakin volley gun?! Thats more than an original Henry would cost you! I love guns and history, they're my life. But i just can't see paying that much for a firearm, new or old, rare or common.

[raltgaither]

Guns are tools, like a hammer. It is the person who is wielding the instrument who is responsible or their actions, not an inanimate object. Cars can be beautiful and they take lives everyday. But not of their own accord, it takes an external action. Quite blaming inanimate object and hold people accountable for their actions.

[Hendrik0027]

Liege is not Flemish. It is a French speaking area of Belgium, but nearby Maastricht, Netherlands.

[ILOVESPEED25]

These are such interesting guns. There is no such craft in warfare today. Only efficiency. It's all too bad. These are beautiful pieces of art that have emotion! These guns have soul! (If I am so bold to make such a statement...)

[LUKEJAMESBARRETT]

Still fail to grasp how an instrument with the sole purpose to take life can be found aesthetically pleasing.

[lozzyloveyou]

Perhaps because war in general is when humanity can be utterly genious and evil all at the very same time. Engineering feats to genocide - War itself a reflection of a fascinating part of humanity... as for your comment I Thumbs it up - the more poeple think like you hopefully the less war they'l be.

[pwnmaster77]

you have to remember that religion was and still is a very big part of war the genocide of another group of people normaly is a religious cause or is out of pure hatred (which normaly the hatred is created as a child and tought to hate lets say the jews like some people were not hitler) but theres also the purely insane people that fight (mostly in older times because they seemed to be just a little different and could end up as emporors or kings)

[ShroudedKiller]

It's ok, you still have that icky liberal bias about guns.

Don't worry, that can be cured. :3

[LUKEJAMESBARRETT]

It's a discussion about philosophical aesthetics. Not about individual rights (and I think you will find the idea of an individual owning a gun to protect his family is a liberal idea).

[ShroudedKiller]

I'm not the sort of guy to tell others how to think but I don't see guns as "instruments designed to take another's life" but what have you.

[LUKEJAMESBARRETT]

What is the end purpose of a gun?

[ShroudedKiller]

To shoot things of course.

[pwnmaster77]

it was made for better warfighting/better hunting for survival even though early i dont believe that people used them often as weapons of war but when the switching tactics came around it was used often

[superchicken27]

its sad that is

[Xerob95]

the dramatic lock

hahah

 jokes aside awsome guns

[DeltaPhi79]

Awesome!

[cannonmn]

I think all at once or at least in very rapid sequence, idea was kind of like modern mg burst of fire.

[JSLegoMaster]

Did the volley gun foire ll barrels at same time or could you choose when?

[Orkunis]

i want that blunderbus at 2:50 =(

[miggeev]

Interesting video, thanks for posting. Any videos of how any of these monsters were loaded and fired?

[TaiidanSoldier]

I like the guy filming saying "uh huh" every 3 seconds and repeating everything the other guy says XD

[RiflemanMoore]

The Nock Volley gun...infamous...when a replica was made for the Sharpe films they made a 2/3 scale version because the muzzle blast from the full scale version was deemed to dangerous, awesome weapon.

[Araqnydd]

That volley gun would wreck shit in every direction

[AceVendetta]

Thats kinda the point. I wish the beauty of workmanship in old weapons still went into most guns. Dang synthetic stocks.

[TokenDeadGuy]

those look way too good to be authentic 300 year old muzzle loaders.

im probably wrong

im not an expert

[Tolkiennerd]

I want that Volley gun !!!!

[manypersons]

the brits stoped useing them because if u held it like u would any other with butt plate tight to the shoulder u were likly to break ur sholder

[IITallikaII]

Did they all the barrles fire at once, or was it a reapter? I'm assuming one big shot because of only one lock, but I could be wrong.

[cannonmn]

I've never shot one but I'm pretty sure the barrels all fire at once. That's where the "volley" comes from.

[IITallikaII]

Ah, then that would definently bust up your shoulder. Still, I look at things from fiction, like the "Turrent Rifles" from FABLE II, and think how funny that it is no one made an effective "Rlint-Lock Repeater" depite how simple it really is. All in Hine-Sight I suppose.

Sorry if I nerded out there, but you get what I mean right? It's not THAT hard.

[cannonmn]

There were some, look up Ellis-Jennings repeating flintlock rifle. Four and ten-snot models were made, and used by the New York militia.

[IITallikaII]

Wow, I knew that, it was possible. I had always wondered, why no one ever had put one together. It is realivly simple.

Thanks, man.

[rocksock00444]

@IITallikaII if you look at the sides when he picks up the first blunderbuss he does have one i think

[FinalFreek]

yeah you needed to be very strong to stay on your feet when fireing one of them. if you don' put it against your shoulder then from the recoil you'd be knocked off your feet. hence why in the sharpe novels there's only 1 volly gun becuase there's only 1 guy in the whole series who was strong enough to fire and still be in 1 peice after.

[Roossell93]

i'd hate to have to fire one of those volley guns.

[oldstock1607]

Bad ass.

[jbcdrummer58]

haha dramatic cock

[Jetbeam]

ahahahah

[CroweBird37]

I am looking for someone who can give me an estimated value of an H.Knock blunderbus I own. It has a bayonet. Can you give me a ballpark figure on these guns in general, then perhaps I could send you a video later.

[cannonmn]

Much depends on condition, for a gun like that value could range from US $800. to as much as many thousands, but I'm in the US market and these may well bring more money in the UK.

[donnylad1993]

i cant buy it i dont live in america i cant affod anyway

[Rickumans]

me wants one :)

[CroweBird37]

I own an H.Knock with bayonet. I am considering selling it. Excellent condition. Beautiful piece.

[arthurdaley]

$47.500 he says for the nock, if you listen at the end.

Great video!

[donnylad1993]

nock guns are a shit lode like £30.000 whoa nice thow

[donnylad1993]

whoa how much is your nock gun?????

[cannonmn]

Is not mine, the dealer, David Conden, was asking about $45K as I recall.

[collwrld]

Can you tell me who has the (Dutch?) flintlock blunderbuss with the ramrod in the barrel?

[cannonmn]

All the guns on the adjacent tables were the merchandise of David Conden, Middleburg, Virginia, USA.

[cannonmn]

Thanks Jack-c u in OH!

[hobbydiver]

Great idea! Very educational. Jack