Firing a Civil War Rifle - With Commands

PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING! Mike, a NPS Ranger at Fort Pulaski in GA, demonstrates how to fire a Civil War style rifle, demonstrating the commands for each of the steps. This method was only used during TRAINING! There is another video where he demonstrates loading without commands, as would be done during battle. So NO, they did NOT use all these commands under fire.

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[xKAsoccer10x]

were was this

[jl98584]

Fort Pulaski in GA

[shiyboy4]

u didnt use a shot did u? it was a blank wasnt it

[jl98584]

@shiyboy4 It was blank! The park rangers just do this to demonstrate the process, they aren't really trying to kill the tourists (although I suspect there are days when they might want to...)

[DrSuperMarioMan6464]

That takes forever to load one shot. If I had to fight in the civil war, I wouldn't mess all that. I'd just charge with a bayonette like a berserker while the enemy was loading!

[jl98584]

@DrSuperMarioMan6464 This style of firing (with all the spoken commands) was only used for Training! In Battle, they would just load and shoot, no commands. Still, the bayonette charge did seem to be used once they got within a certain distance if I can trust the various civil war movies...

[jl98584]

I uploaded two vid's of this guy, this is the demo with commands as might be used during training. The second video is without commands. The expectation is that a soldier would be able to complete everthing and fire in less then 20 seconds. I believe the ranger made it in 19 seconds.

[sweetiegrl41]

*gasp* this is my dadda!!! :D

[outcoldtwice]

2 people were secesh's



[wideLuis219]

ji98584 what were the commands again???? Join Roblox.com I'm a volunteer or the Federal Army and my musket always mes up and i cant kill a frikin confederate so please tell me the commands

[Noisy07]

what was the efective range of this gun?

[ChocolateBear0217]

@DrSuperMarioMan6464 he'd quickly be taken down by a knife or bayonette or even just shot because an officer may have had a readied pistol at his belt.

[ChocolateBear0217]

@DrSuperMarioMan6464 as a matter of fact, you have a point, but thats not exactly how it works. First off, they would be doing it much more swiftly, the irregular and undersupplied units of Confederates would not all have matching rifles, or the same ammos, making supply difficult at best. The regular units of both sides would be much more swiftly drilled in firing sections. Many times two rounds were exchanged and then a charge was declared. a man by himself could ill hope to get far..

[halo56822]

Are there any rifles that look like this that might be more modern like with long barrels? Also, I noticed the barrels were very long. Does the longetivity of the barrel help with accuracy?

[alexcowart]

@jl98584 You cannot trust the movies. Ever heard of Pickett's Charge? It was a major bayonet charge and they were all shot own before they arrived at the enemy lines. 

[ak907jk]

Couldn't he just say load the fire arm and shoot the damn target. And I say fire arm because people on comments are arguing if it's a rifle or musket since I know nothing of these guns I will call it by what I know it is a fire arm lol

[dividednation44]

@Bjerhof you mean rifled-musket.... and no, that still does not make it a rifle, its a musket, but probably rifled