Just FYI for anybody who might want to get themselves a Brown Bess for serious shooting: Pedersoli makes the best quality. BUT these guns are DAMNED pricey, compared to modern rifles: you'll have to spend upwards of $1200 for the Bess and all the misc. shooting gear you'll need to really enjoy Black Powder.
WARNING: shooting Black Powder guns can be more addictive than dope!! Once I built myself a musket, I went onto the Hard Stuff of re-enacting. I've got about $6000 total in my Rev War stuff!
Man give the guy a break. I'm a Living Historian and well- anyone who tries gets an A in my book.
Ya He may need to train up a bit, but the "Bess" is no small chunk of change- $600. I would live to have a place in Calif. to do an event like that. However we just have cowboys, civil war and WWII in our sand box. I've played most of the eras [16th to 18th cen] and colonial is my fav.
Sorry Multistricken, your wrong, you did prime from your paper cartrige, not from a horn. the longhunters would prime from a horn but not your regular infantryman.
2:02 Actually You did not prime it with powder from the cartrige, in fear of having a missfire from lack of powder for the load. They would prime it with powder from their powder horns.
Typically, only riflemen carried and primed from a horn. Regular soldiers and militiamen who used cartridges, loaded from the cartridge.
To quote Von Steuben's technique:
The Manual Exercise
VI.
Handle - Cartridge!
Bring right hand short round to your pouch, slapping it hard, sieze the cartridge, and bring it with a quick motion to your mouth, bite the top off down to the powder, covering it instantly with your thumb, and bring the hand as low as the chin, with the elbow down.
No cloth. the paper is rammed down the barrel after the ball, just to keep it from falling out due to the relatively loose fit. Remember, this is a smoothbore, vs. a rifle.
Blimey! What in General Washington's name was that noise? (00:40)
Mafoozle 4 months ago
Just FYI for anybody who might want to get themselves a Brown Bess for serious shooting: Pedersoli makes the best quality. BUT these guns are DAMNED pricey, compared to modern rifles: you'll have to spend upwards of $1200 for the Bess and all the misc. shooting gear you'll need to really enjoy Black Powder.
WARNING: shooting Black Powder guns can be more addictive than dope!! Once I built myself a musket, I went onto the Hard Stuff of re-enacting. I've got about $6000 total in my Rev War stuff!
rattinox 10 months ago
Man give the guy a break. I'm a Living Historian and well- anyone who tries gets an A in my book.
Ya He may need to train up a bit, but the "Bess" is no small chunk of change- $600. I would live to have a place in Calif. to do an event like that. However we just have cowboys, civil war and WWII in our sand box. I've played most of the eras [16th to 18th cen] and colonial is my fav.
Keep up the grand work! Keep history alive.
SYBEX21 1 year ago 2
Not a well drilled soldier, I am not saying I could do better exactly but he would stand absolutely no chance against the redcoats.
ILOVETHE1700s 1 year ago
@ILOVETHE1700s
Correct, but on par for militia.
Niemand101010 1 year ago
@Niemand101010 right on point! Huzzah!
trunkmonkey556 1 year ago
Sorry Multistricken, your wrong, you did prime from your paper cartrige, not from a horn. the longhunters would prime from a horn but not your regular infantryman.
Ohiobushman72 1 year ago 2
is it loud
DatBoyJason 2 years ago
2:02 Actually You did not prime it with powder from the cartrige, in fear of having a missfire from lack of powder for the load. They would prime it with powder from their powder horns.
MultiStricken 2 years ago
Typically, only riflemen carried and primed from a horn. Regular soldiers and militiamen who used cartridges, loaded from the cartridge.
To quote Von Steuben's technique:
The Manual Exercise
VI.
Handle - Cartridge!
Bring right hand short round to your pouch, slapping it hard, sieze the cartridge, and bring it with a quick motion to your mouth, bite the top off down to the powder, covering it instantly with your thumb, and bring the hand as low as the chin, with the elbow down.
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Niemand101010 2 years ago
@Niemand101010 is there a cloth inside the papeR? together with the powder and ball?
snhboys 1 year ago
@snhboys
No cloth. the paper is rammed down the barrel after the ball, just to keep it from falling out due to the relatively loose fit. Remember, this is a smoothbore, vs. a rifle.
Niemand101010 1 year ago
glad to see fellow reenactors posting vids. Oh and by the way, you would have been dead 3 times over, I'm a Jaeger ;)
dms524 2 years ago
I believe it was a "kit" musket assembled and finished by the seller. There are no marks to indicate who manufactured the parts.
Thanks for watching!
Niemand101010 3 years ago
beautifull pattern, is not a Pedersoli, maybe an american handmade musket ?? (sorry my english).
mfsm67 3 years ago