Civil War Enfield (Caplock)

Demonstration of a .58 caliber Enfield Civil War rifle. (Parker Hale replica made in Birmingham, England).

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[pclfire320]

nice vid.... only think that i see wrong with this is after you fire the musket you take your cap off the nipple. just be careful when doing this because you are letting air into the chamber where imbers could ignite the powder when you load another round. you should always replace the cap after you have poured powder and rammed your bullet home. great vid. though happy shooting "nothing like the smell of powder in the air"

[hickok45]

@pclfire320, Actually, I always make a POINT to do that. I want lots of air circulating through there to make sure anything left IS burned out before I start loading again. I don't want a smoldering ember down in there for five minutes. :-)  I've done it this way for almost 40 years and it's worked for me.

[BlaineKaiser426]

The teacher played this video for our military history class

[xXxcollectorxXx]

hickok45 is truley american

[burningsponge]

@BlaineKaiser426 your teacher is a true american.

[CYANIDESHROOMS]

Loose going in, Tight coming out?....That Ain't right...?

5:50

[JospehBrant]

@pclfire320

No. You LEAVE the dead cap on the musket when you reload. Leave the hammer down on the deadcap. It keeps air from rushing through the piece while you are running the rammer down.

THEN AFTER you load it, remove the dead cap and recap when the piece is aimed down range. NSSA regulations

[wedgeff7]

You know, the process of using paper cartridges with the powder inside was one of the triggers for the Indian Mutiny against the British Empire? Rumour got-out that the paper was sealed using some kind of product derived from cows. Cows are sacred to Indians. Cue angry Indians, who thought that the British were intentionally making Indian militia bite into cow-wax-stuff.

[Tjita1]

@Tjita1 I will have to correct myself. The weapon has to be made before 1890 and unable to chamber a gastight cartridge i.e. muzzleloaders. So replicas does not count.

[Tjita1]

Interesting thing is that muzzleloaderes are license free in Sweden. To put that in perspective, a .177 pellet gun requires licence if its muzzle velocity is above 199 m/s.

[ScumOfCaligula]

Those Minie Balls are scary.

[MrBoris7910]

wau...you'll take out a grizzly bear with that rifle...peace of cake! Powerful!

[starwarsclone45]

i wish you were my grandpa

[mobieus7]

it's just not the same without the orange ear protection.