When he said unexperienced soldiers would sometimes accidentally leave the ramrode in the barrel and fire with it still in the barrel, sometimes soldiers would do this on purpose with weapons still loaded on the ground dropped from the dead and wounded purposely shooting it with the bullet.
I just finished reading Killer Angels. This video gave me a great idea of how the firing in battles occurred. It was also nice to learn that soldiers could get three shots off in one minute.
@GIDAN2987 The south used minie-type balls as well, believe me. They were different 'patterns' than northern Minies (two grease grooves vs. three, longer, or stubbier, etc.), but worked exactly the same. These rifle-muskets (not RIFLED, RIFLE; a RIFLED Musket is an old smoothbore that has been RIFLED, these were Rifled from the start) used a rifling twist too slow for patched roundball; about 1:72 inches. They can't shoot round shot worth a darn.
Some "Old World" Indians are reliously unable to use Enfield Rifles due to the fact that they do not want to use their mouths to open the cartriges, because it's against their religion to consume pig in any form.(The cartriges have pig fat in them)
@lojafan Why do you say that? It would make sense considering that the South and England had a constant trade going on, or at least an attempt at it, until Lincoln closed off the coast line of the South.
What I was saying is, people think of the enfield as the "weapon of the south." This is not the case. The Confederacy and Union used so many different weapons, it's hard to clearly define a "weapon" of the "Confederacy or Union." There were too many different makers of some of these weapons, it would be difficult to pinpoint who had what and how many. So, I don't think there is a "weapon" of the Confederacy or Union.
Exactly. If I were a Captain in a Confederate army, I wouldn't care what kind of weapon my soldiers had, for the most part, as long as they were using it against the Enemy. Federal soldiers were responsible for every piece of equipment and would have to pay back the government if they lost anything. The only case I can think that the Federals took the rifles of the Confederates is when Gen. Grant ordered his men to take their weapons for their use after his army captured Vicksburg.
whats the difference between the musket they used in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. What was the musket during the revoutionary war called? civil war musket called?
A smooth bore is just a barrel with nothing in it a.k.a. smooth bore. Rifled barrel has groves inside the barrel to make the bullet more accurate. The groves are called rifling.
ther is a few things defrent during the civil war thay had caps during the rev war thay had flintlocks the civil war had some barels were bord but some were not during the rev war all barels were smooth bor
Some smoothbores and flintlocks were present at early Civil war battles, before the armies got standardized. Revolutionary War used smoothbores, with the exception of Daniel Morgan's famous riflemen, and Ferguson's breechloading rifles.Ferguson's breechloader died with him at King's Mountain.
arghhhh! the question and answer style of giving a demonstration is very annoying to visitors...why ask me about things I came to the site to learn about? also too much talking...the visitors are waiting to see the rifle fired...do that first with a BRIEF commentary and then get into question and answer....much better interpretation because they will absorb more info because they arent anticipating the firing, also when visitors answer wrong they feel stupid and put off....
Yea, and it turns out the reload rate is about the same because you still have to pour gunpowder into the pan which takes about as much time as putting a percussion cap on.
but with a flintlock you have to prime the pan, and keep the flint in shape, and you cant "aim" you can only "point" because of a big puff of sparks and smoke in your face.
Yea, you have to put some gunpowder in the pan, which takes about the same amount of time as putting on a percussion cap. But aiming isn't really an issue since flintlocks were smoothbore anyway, so they were inaccurate by default. In any case, the smoke only gets in your face after you pull the trigger.
...flintlocks are not always smoothbore...a musket would be smoothbore and a RIFLE would obviously not be, reguardless of weather it was flintlock or not....
Kentucky Rifle, Pennsylvania Rifle... both flintlock rifles. percussion and flintlock versions of these can be found easily online with many other styles.
Why would Union troop have an Enfield Rifle when the main weapon of choice of the Union Army is the SrpingField and main weapon of the South is England made Enfield.
When he said unexperienced soldiers would sometimes accidentally leave the ramrode in the barrel and fire with it still in the barrel, sometimes soldiers would do this on purpose with weapons still loaded on the ground dropped from the dead and wounded purposely shooting it with the bullet.
AUG351 3 months ago
The 1853 Enfield is a 577 caliber rifled musket.
mongosafariadventure 4 months ago
C'mon move yo fat ass!!!
Jacen237 5 months ago
Musket is a smooth bore firearm loaded through the muzzle. A rifle is not a musket.
WolfOfBloodAndBone 6 months ago
Yeah loading a blank vs loading a live round is a big difference!
pigboyjp 7 months ago
@zimjimslim ??? dang
Beargrillsfan1 8 months ago
@zimjimslim i load a musket in 15,86 seconds .brown bress
Beargrillsfan1 8 months ago
@GIDAN2987 actually both sides had been using the minie ball, except a few soldiers on both that used buck and ball
corpralkirsch 8 months ago
Change the name of the video the Rifled-Musket Demo please. Musket describes only smoothbore weapons, this weapon is rifled.
EpicTrollBeastMan 1 year ago
:D i live 20 minutes from this place :D
TheFifanacho 1 year ago
I just finished reading Killer Angels. This video gave me a great idea of how the firing in battles occurred. It was also nice to learn that soldiers could get three shots off in one minute.
prlamm 1 year ago
this guy was in a gettysburg museum video
MichaelJCaboose98 1 year ago
@GIDAN2987 The south used minie-type balls as well, believe me. They were different 'patterns' than northern Minies (two grease grooves vs. three, longer, or stubbier, etc.), but worked exactly the same. These rifle-muskets (not RIFLED, RIFLE; a RIFLED Musket is an old smoothbore that has been RIFLED, these were Rifled from the start) used a rifling twist too slow for patched roundball; about 1:72 inches. They can't shoot round shot worth a darn.
boom1944 1 year ago
just fire the damm rifleee
bnjnbvchjh 1 year ago
This guy really knows what he is talkin' about!
jopeteus 1 year ago
so you don't keep the bullet in your mouth like they did with smothebore flinklocks?
Tlax13 1 year ago
Some "Old World" Indians are reliously unable to use Enfield Rifles due to the fact that they do not want to use their mouths to open the cartriges, because it's against their religion to consume pig in any form.(The cartriges have pig fat in them)
gino14 2 years ago
@gino14 not if its only their chance for their tribe to survive.
luftwaffe789456123 2 years ago
Firing 3 times a minute in combat is unrealistic. Maybe once a minute is more accurate.
lojafan 2 years ago
Also, the Enfield was not the main weapon of the South.
lojafan 2 years ago
@lojafan Why do you say that? It would make sense considering that the South and England had a constant trade going on, or at least an attempt at it, until Lincoln closed off the coast line of the South.
7thNCtrooper2 2 years ago
What I was saying is, people think of the enfield as the "weapon of the south." This is not the case. The Confederacy and Union used so many different weapons, it's hard to clearly define a "weapon" of the "Confederacy or Union." There were too many different makers of some of these weapons, it would be difficult to pinpoint who had what and how many. So, I don't think there is a "weapon" of the Confederacy or Union.
lojafan 2 years ago
@lojafan Yeah, not to mention that soldiers took equipment from dead bodies, so that would through the numbers out of sorts, of who owned what.
7thNCtrooper2 2 years ago
Exactly. If I were a Captain in a Confederate army, I wouldn't care what kind of weapon my soldiers had, for the most part, as long as they were using it against the Enemy. Federal soldiers were responsible for every piece of equipment and would have to pay back the government if they lost anything. The only case I can think that the Federals took the rifles of the Confederates is when Gen. Grant ordered his men to take their weapons for their use after his army captured Vicksburg.
lojafan 2 years ago
Really the only thing that was "revised" for it was a couple moves and transfer from the 2 band rifle to the 3 band.
lojafan 2 years ago
This fellow must be a reb. Union loading drill has the butt of the musket between the feet on the command load, not next to the left foot.
mhkmkjh 2 years ago 2
god damned yankees. Silly motherfucker dressed in blue.
zyzor 2 years ago
dont insult the north we won!
footballruler606 2 years ago
by a narrow victory in which you lost more men than we did
zyzor 2 years ago
Dude, I don't know what war you are reading about, but the south was destroyed. I'm a southerner first, but you sound like an idiot.
lojafan 2 years ago
I counted it was 17 seconds.
SimpleStuff31 2 years ago
ti takes 20 to 15 seconds to lode a 1861 springfield or an 1855 enfield muskit
ussr19411945 2 years ago
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7thNCtrooper2 2 years ago
loading muskets is longer than i thought. i thought i took like 20-30 seconds. it was actually 2x slower
TheThinkTanksKid 2 years ago
He's showing y'all how we load in drills. We do load and fire in 20 seconds per round.
5thVA 2 years ago
whats the difference between the musket they used in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. What was the musket during the revoutionary war called? civil war musket called?
saintlouisramsfan 2 years ago
Civil War musket: British Enfield, Springfield, Harper Ferry.... are rifled. Revolutionary War musket: Brown Bess.... smooth bore.
5thVA 2 years ago
Im sorry for my ignorant question, but whast the difference between a smooth bore and the rifled barrel?
Netinterspace 2 years ago
A smooth bore is just a barrel with nothing in it a.k.a. smooth bore. Rifled barrel has groves inside the barrel to make the bullet more accurate. The groves are called rifling.
5thVA 2 years ago
Oh, now I get it! Thanks!!
Netinterspace 2 years ago
ther is a few things defrent during the civil war thay had caps during the rev war thay had flintlocks the civil war had some barels were bord but some were not during the rev war all barels were smooth bor
ussr19411945 2 years ago
Some smoothbores and flintlocks were present at early Civil war battles, before the armies got standardized. Revolutionary War used smoothbores, with the exception of Daniel Morgan's famous riflemen, and Ferguson's breechloading rifles.Ferguson's breechloader died with him at King's Mountain.
DonMeaker 2 years ago
hey dude im in the 4th pennsylvania lol
emily6895 2 years ago
5th VA Inf, 5th VA Cav, 43rd VA Cav (Mosby's Raiders), and 2nd Corps ANV Staff.
5thVA 2 years ago
@5thVA Yeah, Mosby's Raiders. You are most assuradly apart of a very legendary and wonderful company.
7thNCtrooper2 2 years ago
Thank you, sir.
5thVA 2 years ago
it depends on the musket
xxCpxxDr0n3 2 years ago
haha this guy was my instructer at a civil war camp i went to there.
darthturner122 2 years ago
well, yeah, he's ptetty good actually when he doesn't drop his voice and talk too quickly
flower150 3 years ago
Yeah. fire the bloody thing first. he's lost his audience at about 1.44. He seems a nice enough bloke though.
flower150 3 years ago
lol he never put a projectile in the barrel so it would take a couple seconds longer lol
ACDCfan555 3 years ago
FIRE THE GOD DAMN GUN!!!
TJkiwiOWEG 3 years ago
C'mon he is explaining how the musket works.
Code9Pickle 3 years ago
dont defend the fatty
TJkiwiOWEG 3 years ago
I don't know about you but your just very offensive to people. Sucker!
Code9Pickle 3 years ago 2
arghhhh! the question and answer style of giving a demonstration is very annoying to visitors...why ask me about things I came to the site to learn about? also too much talking...the visitors are waiting to see the rifle fired...do that first with a BRIEF commentary and then get into question and answer....much better interpretation because they will absorb more info because they arent anticipating the firing, also when visitors answer wrong they feel stupid and put off....
aceranger5 3 years ago
I think this is a great demenstration :)
Deathboy2k 3 years ago
I think so to buddy
unvus2 3 years ago
This is a great interpretation.
JohnnyH1982 3 years ago
The percussion cap musket seems slower to load than a flintlock. Gotta keep replacing that percussion cap every time you fire.
EnigmaHood 3 years ago
You didn't have to worry about keeping it dry though.
andrew01292 3 years ago
Yea, and it turns out the reload rate is about the same because you still have to pour gunpowder into the pan which takes about as much time as putting a percussion cap on.
EnigmaHood 3 years ago
but with a flintlock you have to prime the pan, and keep the flint in shape, and you cant "aim" you can only "point" because of a big puff of sparks and smoke in your face.
phgHunter 3 years ago
Yea, you have to put some gunpowder in the pan, which takes about the same amount of time as putting on a percussion cap. But aiming isn't really an issue since flintlocks were smoothbore anyway, so they were inaccurate by default. In any case, the smoke only gets in your face after you pull the trigger.
EnigmaHood 3 years ago
...flintlocks are not always smoothbore...a musket would be smoothbore and a RIFLE would obviously not be, reguardless of weather it was flintlock or not....
dirtyharrysw44 3 years ago
Name one that wasn't and give the reference. Otherwise you don't have an argument.
EnigmaHood 3 years ago
Kentucky Rifle, Pennsylvania Rifle... both flintlock rifles. percussion and flintlock versions of these can be found easily online with many other styles.
lojafan 3 years ago 5
I asked for the reference. No reference, no claim.
EnigmaHood 2 years ago
I dont need a reference. I know what I'm talking about and you obviously don't.
lojafan 2 years ago
Then you have no claim. I don't have to take your word for it. I need supporting evidence. No reference/evidence, no claim.
EnigmaHood 2 years ago
@EnigmaHood
idiot
dirtyharrysw44 2 years ago
*points and laughs at the butthurt moron who replied 1 year after the last comment was made*
EnigmaHood 2 years ago
20 maine had enfield 1853
morten1975dk 3 years ago
Why would Union troop have an Enfield Rifle when the main weapon of choice of the Union Army is the SrpingField and main weapon of the South is England made Enfield.
So in saying that, we have Copperhead.
leebob19 3 years ago
well fed federals
robh64 3 years ago
lol
phgHunter 3 years ago
they didnt give commands step by step on the battle field
weaponsfreak 3 years ago
hardee tatics
rebelwolfman 4 years ago
U dont put in on your side when loading, it goes inbewteen your feet!!!
rebelwolfman 4 years ago
I was there a month later than you. It was another dude showing us though.
ArogiHo 4 years ago
that feller is on the wrong side!
VASINGER 4 years ago 3