Kentucky rifle at 420 yards (black powder - percussion cap)

[slowpokebr549]

A fast twist will work with round ball but you have to back off the powder. Does it take a .430 ball or a a .440? I had an old Jukar that had a fast twist. It was more of a .44 because it took a .430 and a .15 patch.

[shawnmohr1989]

i wonder if some one teach u haw to shoot long distance with any king of gun

[MCGCRifleman]

1-24 is a bad twist mine is a round ball twist and its a slow turn 1-66. but it looks like its working for you!

[MCGCRifleman]

1-24 is a bad twist mine is a round ball twist and its a slow turn 1-66

[craveman85]

you really can only get that bullet to 1400 fps? using a 45-70 with 62 grains of black powder and an over primer wad im getting 1250 with 3f. 1240 with 2f and thats pushing 405 grain bullets. with 68 grains im getting 1400. by my guestimations you should be well over 1600 fps with that lil bugger.

[beaniebrothers1]

how do you get a round ball to be that accurate

[TheAlexagius]

@beaniebrothers1 rifle the barrel

[superchase08]

i found one of these in my great grandpas attic, i have no idea who makes it. does anybody know whier to find manufacturer stamps or vins?

[mark3smle]

have u ever considered getting your hands on a flintlock longrifle of some sort and finding potential round ball accuracy?

[Xxoo0o0o0ooxX]

Nice!!

[umarpm]

if you don't think that flint lock rifles can kill at extended range read accounts from the battle of King's Mountain Georgia or the seige of Fort Ticondoroga. I rember reading British accounts of men being killed at + 300 meters. I also beleive that the rifle was used in the French and Indian war and many fronteer battles. though it would not be very useful in regular combat because of the slow reload time until the invention of the mini ball.

[TheCbaddict86]

i got my first blck powder rifle for $100.00 kentucky long rifle .45 cal.

[slashingraven]

That bee at 0:22 was frightening

[survivalgun]

can u put to much and to little powder in a black powder gun

[OldEphram1]

Are you certain that the rifle has a 1 in 24 rate of twist? That seems very fast for a Kentucky long rifle that's meant to shoot round ball. That rate would be fast even for a conical? How was the reate of twist measured??? Can you tell me? Very curious about that.

Thank you.

[mag30th]

1 of 2 Yup, 100% certain it is a 1-24 twist. I own lots of muzzleloaders and this one is an odd-ball. Two were given to me by a friend, they are about 30+ years old and were unfired wall hangers, and they are of Spanish origin kit guns.

[mag30th]

2 of 2 I agree, this is much too fast of a twist for even most conical bullets, but the most similar twist rate of any of the civil war era rifles was the Parker-Hale volunteer target rifles, they had a 1-20 twist. The Parker-Hale barrel measures .451, and that is the same as this rifle measures. Ive cast a few bullets Parker-Hale projectiles and Im going to see how those fly this Monday (if the weather permits).

[jarvisiscool]

In the 1700s, guns had huge bullets but were inaccurate and made a fairly small wound compared to bolt action rifles that only used 7.62 rounds that had pin point accuracy and inflict horrific wounds 200 years later.

[capt03travis]

it's not entirely the same as a .45 calibrated hangun, the energy would be the same with like a 30 grain bullet, but it would have the penitration of a pellet gun or 22 short, bp shoots extremely slow, sabots do more damage as balls, you would never kill anything at that range with a flintlock.

[druisten3]

usa the country of gun

if all the country can be so good for weapon

[fuzzer]

actually the original kentucky rifle were flintlocks

[druisten3]

very nice

it's a italian copy made by pieta or it's a old rifle ?

[Hohenstaufen90]

the Kentucky Rifle was invented by german immigrants

[vikmega]

did you know that rifles weren't used as weapons until the revolution? before that they used only to hunt until congress said to raise ten companies of riflemen at the start of the war.

[AvihooI]

they were used as a battle firearm as soon as rifling industrialized which made it possible to produce a significant amount of rifles in order to equip full regiments of riflemen.

[sscb1]

That's right, many humans were hunted with rifles during the 7 Years War.

[fuzzer]

technically a "rifle" is not really a riffled weapon. it is a gun that is longer than a certain length. the term has nothing to do with the riffling of a barrel only length

[BFDdriver]

so my old Marlin Goose gun wuth a 36

' barrel is really a rifle? Gee, all those years I thought I had a shotgun. Rifling in the barrel is the ONLY thing that causes a weapon to be described as a "rifle"

[Bryanshark2]

so a pistol with rifling is a rifle too?

[aerodynamicband]

other countries were already using them for war.

[grimjaw5]

Who made your particular Kentucky? Usually don't see them with that fast of a twist.

[mag30th]

Actually I dont know, it was an old kit that has Spanish stamps. I was equally surprised at the fast twist, although Im glad it has it, I dont know if I could get this rifle accurate out to 420 yards with conical, it runs like a clock with sabots though :-)

[ChromeGhost0219]

@mag30th traditions maybe?

[Nighthawkinlight]

Great shooting as usual

[scuzzy5005]

ditto to that