Brown Bess Flintlock fired by Hendrik

[MultiStricken]

That delay of the trigger pull to the actual shot is because your shooting it on a foggy day. you have moist powder.

[MustangWW2]

I live fired a friends musket just yesterday. A lot of people say it "kick's like a mule!" Nah, it only has a little kick to it.

[scottishconfederate]

Yeah more of a push than an actual kick wouldnt you say?

[MustangWW2]

Yep, I do agree with you SC. By the way, weren't you at Walnut Grove a couple of weekends ago?

[scottishconfederate]

Nope. Sorry. Im in California.

[MustangWW2]

Oh, it's all good. Are you with the 33rd Regiment or another regiment over there?

[scottishconfederate]

Im a ACW and Scottish Jacobite reenactor. No Rev War in my part of the state. Looking forward to moving back east so I can do F&I and Rev War.

[MustangWW2]

That is awsome! Are you doing Northern Campaigns or Southern Campaigns for RevWar?

[scottishconfederate]

Well like I said I am not doing them at all yet. Wont happen till I move back east. But I will probably be doing Southern Campaings. My friends and I are planning on doing a Loyalist Highlander impression, a regiment raised by a Jacobite officer exile who is seeking a pardon and a restoration in titles and lands. (This is based on documented fact.) Felt it was a little told story and how the Loyalist Highlanders would have rather been fighting the Brits but just wanted to go home.

[MustangWW2]

Sweet, I hope to see you on the field when you get across the US to down here. Are you moving into North Carolina or South Carolina

[Rafflersauce]

awesome!

[boerskietbrit]

This was done with my musket.  It's a .75cal replica of the British brown bess. 39" barrel. Fires a .715" roundball. Projectile is 550grains. This was shot in South Africa. Shooting range is called SWAT, located in Centurion, Pretoria.

[IC2720]

raise your elbow up a bit more and seat the muskets butt into your shoulder more. You'll be able to hold it steady easier.

[AlexSchus]

.75 is 19.05mm

[Kdssow]

Are you guys Dutch or Belgian?

I hear a few words in Dutch ( i'm dutch)

[pretoriushj]

we are south african. but the afrikaans language is similar to dutch

[95thFoot]

A well-tuned flintlock should fire instantaneously. Pull the trigger, get instant "BANG", as with modern firearms. Overpriming, damp powder, dull flints, etc., can also slow it down. If you are getting click-swish-boom, then you have a problem.

[PSFE05]

The click-swish-boom is a lot more fun ... isn't that why we shoot them? If I wanted an instant bang like a modern gun, I'd shoot my 12 gauge.

[Gungeek]

I fill the pan on my lyman GPR and its fast...?

[BrianGriffin66]

how big IS a .75 caliber bullet anyways. The biggest we got now are .50 cals

[IC2720]

somewhere around a third of a pound of lead.

[AlexSchus]

Yes, he knew what he was doing. The shot I fired had a longer delay.

[elitearbor]

"Note the delay between the trigger pull and the actual shot."

The person who loaded that musket did a great job. For a flintlock, that is very little delay. Most people load too much prime in the pan, and it burns for a little while before firing the shot.

[MagusEldred]

Nothing to add more than : I agree.

[pookieyourmom]

dude elitearbor is exactly right, you really dont need that much prime for it to fire, just enough for it to travle from the hameer to the barrel.