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Small Siler flintlock in slow motion. This is a well tuned lock with a bronze bushing tumbler. Priming powder is Swiss Null B. Frame rate is 50...

Small Siler percussion: A drum has been welded to the lock plate so comparisons between flint and percussion ignition could be done. Frame rate is ...

You can see the fan flash, gases exit the vent, and the ball leave the barrel. Watch carefully and you can see the patahc separate from the ball. ...

This is the same modified large Siler, but this time the priming powder is Goex cannon grade. Looks like coal. We let the camera run longer to wa...

This large Siler has been equiped with tiny space-age barr bearings on the tumbler. The priming powder is Swiss Null B

This is a large Siler lock chipped English flint, bevel up. The priming powder is Goex ffg. Particles of powder can be seen highlighted against t...

Video of a Siler flintlock at 5000 fps. See www.blackpowdermag.com. Camera from Olympus High Speed Imaging.