Home made Matchlock Musket - The 'Super Matchlock'

[DrKorn5]

Damn you make my .75 cal seem like a popgun...whats the powder charge you use?

[DecimusMaximus]

@DrKorn5 No more than 240 grains, but I usually use 150 grains. Though 240 makes a pretty spectacular boom as you can see, the final full speed shot in the video doesn't do the sound justice as the microphone was deafened by it, there is definitely a 'Buh' before the 'Boom'.

[soixe1997]

loving the modern era stuff with the matchlock

[redreaper2020]

A more refined weapon, from a lost age. I like.

[MannenQ]

OMG

[SeriosProductions]

Just...plain...AWESOME.

[Teleoceras]

Beautiful Musket! 25mm ball....So your boomer is a 4 bore? NICEEEE!!!!!!

[wolframlol]

The most masculine firearm ivé seen so far :)

[The4Beatlesrock]

@DemicusMaxiumis here's one thing you can say about your matchlock since it's so heavy. This is not a matchlock it's a dang artillery piece.

[dragonslayer1003]

who was the picture of?

[DecimusMaximus]

@dragonslayer1003

That's Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision. A major scumbag who has done more harm to the video game market than anyone else in the business.

[LutzDerLurch]

@DecimusMaximus I long for a Game which is very decently made and set in the 1600s ors 1700s, with realistic feeling and, of course, some musket action!

[DecimusMaximus]

@LutzDerLurch I do as well, I'd do it myself but I'm currently developing a game set in Roman Britain when I have the time and energy so I won't be able to work on another game for quite some time.

[LutzDerLurch]

@DecimusMaximus So you are in the Game-biz? Nice.

Well, I do not care when a Game is made or by whom, as long as it is within a few years and a good game ;) We had more than enought Games of all kinds from Stoneage to Cyber-Space, but they always leave out the interesting 200 Years :(

Take care!

[Pawnbroker00]

@DecimusMaximus Are you using a pivot pin in this mechanism?

[BigBux]

@DecimusMaximus you should check out "Mount and Blade with fire and sword"

[supersmash43]

@DecimusMaximus they actually had super-sized matchlocks in China called Gingals.

[167349productions]

1:31 who was he shooting?

[167349productions]

HUGE

[wysoft]

Beautiful

[heintron]

Well that was awesome :D

[inplabth]

Awesome work! But man does that look like it hurts to fire.

[DecimusMaximus]

It didn't bother me very much once I got used to it, but it did leave a dull spot on my shoulder none the less. The other two people who were with me both decided not to fire it a second time though.

The song is "Merry Men" from the 2010 version of Robin Hood.

[crisandm1016]

Dear god that thing looks like it will kill your shhoulder if you fired that repeatedly.

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BTW what is the song you used?