Mad minute - The Civil War Burnside breech loading carbine
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2023
- The Burnside capping breech loading carbine is one of the most comfortable cavalry firearms of the American Civil War. This was the first US army to fire a cartridge with a soft metal case. Here is some fast firing with Capandball.
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This is, by far, the absolute maddest of minutes.
I can't believe CapandBall said "It's madding time" and started madded minuting targets so quickly he won the Civil War
The Bloke, the Chap, and that Crazy Canadian with the Fancy Kit would all approve.
Loved it. That looked to be a pretty fast action. If old Burnside had added a cap in the rear of the cartridge, you'd have gotten 10 easily. Which is about the maximum when you have to fish the round out of a pouch and dont have them all laid out and read to hand. Pity Burnside didn't stick to gun design... he'd have avoided the odium attached to his name from Antietam and other goat-ropes he was involved in. Lovely little carbine, even if it does shoot cartridges that look like ice-cream cones!
IIRC, he was pretty ambivalent about taking a field command. I think he let someone talk him into it, unfortunately.
Burnside should have been in ordinance department
@@blackpowderriflehunter7573 He should have run ordinance, tbh. It needed more visionaries and fewer bean counters.
Pity he had to take a battlefield command because southerners were terrified of BBC.
Sherman should have torched the whole south.
Like the Morse carbine?
A local shop had one of these about a year and a half ago, of course I bought it. It needed a fair amount of cleaning, the passages from cap to breech were clogged. Haven't shot it yet, I have cases and bullets though. In a couple months when spring arrives I'll take it to a friend's farm and see what we can do.
Have fun with your gun!
Civil War carbines are among my fav arms
Burnside was much sharper than he seems to get credit for.
And he didn't make a Civil War dime off of his invention.
I love your videos on these older firearms. Especially the more eclectic ones like this
Fudds be like
NO RAPID FIRE!!!
The Burnside is definitely a gun on my to get list
They’re surprisingly inexpensive
Nice to see this historical gun in action! I have read about this rifle, but never seen it fired, UNTIL NOW!!! Thank you for your consistently interesting and novel content!
I was aware of this weapon through my reading about the American Civil War, great to actually see how it handled in action. Great cavalry weapon in the dismounted role. Loading the cap on horse back must have been a challenge.
My Dad often used his in competition back when we were in the NSSA. The Burnside, also known as the ice cream cone gun, was a pretty good gun to use. But if the event went long and it started getting really dirty, the empty cases could get to be a real bear to pull out of the breech. Especially since they don't have much to grab on to.
I noticed that in my Burnside the nylon cases are somehow easyer to extract
@@elenas4878 I also have the plastic cases, and they were more easy to remove I agree.
Nothing like a Mad Minute episode
many around the world say that the union should have adopted breech loaders or even repeating firearms duning the civil war for ALL the troops, because after all they were allready around. but this makes no sense. the union simply cannot produce enough of them in a brief time, so the choice to arm most of theyr army with rifled muzzleloaders was the right one: yes they are muzzleloaders, but they are rifle, they can definitelly hit formations and hunderds of yards. the repeating firearms were way more effective if used in smaller, mobile formations of well trained shooters, the ones that would not draw the attention during a battle, or a raiding party behind enemy lines. anyway great video, as allways... mad minutes are what those weapons were designed for after all, and sure it was practice during training to train in rapid, accurate fire.
I have to agree with you.
Honestly. Faster than I expected
Great content as always 👍
I often refer to your videos when reading about historic wars to help visualize and understand how they conducted warfare. Really helpful!
Those ice cone brass cases are just sweet. Nice shooting!
Few years back I bought one of these back that had been made into a lamp by mounting on a pot belly stove!
Paid $40 and my girl friend sold the stove for $75 in her antique shop.
The Breech block had a hole Drilled for the lamp cord
Sold it for parts and it brought in more then what many compete guns go for
There’s a good chance my GGG grandfather carried one of these into Gettysburg and beyond, until they were replaced with Spencers. Thank you for posting this video!
That's one of the reasons North/South Skirmish Association competitors barely use the Burnside, the casing get stuck. The other reason being that they can't get the to shoot very accurately. When you're trying to hit targets the size of the a clay pigeon at 50 yards, minute of man accuracy doesn't cut it. Oddly enough the Burnside Carbines, along with the Smith, and Maynard Carbines preformed best in the Army's tests in 1858/59(?) Out performing the Sharps in terms of longevity. But Sharps was the only manufacturer that was set up for mass production. Hence why Sharps Carbines were at the top of the popularity list. The Confederacy also preferred them since they had little in the way to manufacture metallic casings. They loved Maynards but they had to be careful to not loose their brass, which is difficult in a fight
Thanks for sharing, I have read and heard so much about the Burside but this is the first I have seen fired on the range, interesting action and good accuracy for the period 👍
Great video about a very interesting gun!
Thanks for all your hard work!
With some training like your life depends on rapid fire and ten rounds a minute isn't unattainable.
It would be interesting to see how the Burnside compares to the Sharps for the mad minute. I would love to get my hands on a Burnside.
The dog: Sniff, sniff, I approve human, FIRE!
10 rounds a minute with a capping gun. Nope. I think Rob from British Muzzle Loaders managed 10 in a minute with a Snyder Enfield or Martini, but a capper? No way.
Great video brother - I love seeing you take these old ladies for a dance.
I fired a buddies 4th model Burnside. We loaded it with 40 grains. Standing from the side the bullet was moving so slow you could see it all the way to the target.
"Faster. Reload. Quickly. Faster! Faster! Load. Faster! Do it! Do it! Do it!" - Colonel Robert G. Shaw - Glory (1989)
Amazing channel, always well made videos and great history lessons as well! Cheers!!
That is the first time I have seen how a Burnside works. Thanks!
I would like to see a comparison between a Fourth/FIfth Model and a Second Model.
The second model is a simple hinged breach. The Fourth/ Fifth has a secondary pivot and a cam screw that keeps the cartridge more readily available for extraction by the Soldier as demonstrated in this video.
I would like to see the process of cartridge assembly. I would like to shoot my Second Model(1861 Production)
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Its the speed yes. But, accuracy wow!!
Good job. Thank you
Am impressed with your access and knowledge.
Amazing that is still safe too shot . Thank you for showing
Most of them are safe to shoot, the barrels are cast steel! There's also not much gas leakage from the breach, due to the cartridge's design!
@@elenas4878 Thanks for the info .
Awesome!!! 👍👍👍👍
Lovely doggo.
Also the stuck case is something new for me to see on Burnside (ain't claiming to see enough YT Burnside videos though).
Love your content.
Terrific!
I bet the men who carried these little carbines into war were quite fond of them. Hard for us to imagine how light, fast and modern it would have looked to their eyes.
These weapons were very popular during the American civil war. 1861-1865.
l live on a Civil War battle field here in Tennessee my friend and thanks very much......
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I really enjoy your channel.👍👍🍀
Indeed - it is a good gun. With a good shooter shooting it, and a good handloader behind the scenes. More of your dogs in your videos please - it gets my wife to enjoy them too. :-)
Интересная система заряжания,не знал про такую.
я тоже за первый раз вижу даже не слышал.врет офицальная наука.столька систем .что просто бедная у нас фантазия.и все это на территории где живут индейцы.
Nice! I managed to shoot 7 with my Burnside BUT with a straight line capper attached on a string from the saddle ring(not historically correct, back then they didn't have cappers). Also, from what distance were you shooting? I did the mad minute from 50 meters and the bullets were all over the target, not a good grouping like yours!
Dree hand with a production line weapon that's pretty respectable grouping.
Sorry for trolling, I was just wondering if Balázs is wearing ear protection and a dog's nose is briefly shown in the video, shouldn't we use noise-cancelling headphones for the dogs during shooting?
I have never imagined a tapered cartridge, how does it affect the powder bur compared to parallel?
Look at the shooting Range in the Background.... I wish I could spend a few hours there.....
Nice, now do a mad minute with a matchlock musket.
the name "sideburns" actually come from General Ambrose Burnside who created this carbine.
crazy
0:42 doggo jumpscare
Cool .
I dont know about historical Hungarian army standards, but according to Sharpe what makes a soldier is the ability to fire 3 shots in a minute.
Beautiful! How do you get the ammo?? Is original ammo?
Another video coming I presume... 🤔😁
I make them. Turned some cases and also bought a few.
@@capandball Congratulations 👏. One of the best things about antique guns is to make ammo. I'm from Argentina, I make shells for .43 Spanish, 12 mm Galand, 7,5 mm Swiss 1882 revolver, and others. Now working on 12 mm and 16 Gauge Lefaucheux. Thanks for your wonderful videos, I follow you almost from the beginning. 👍
Very interesting video. I have to assume that if they were getting more than what you did within that one minute. They must’ve had a better way of loading or a quicker way of getting to the primer caps !
@@marcoaurelio296 for 16 GA Lefaucheux there's a kit you can buy but very expensive! Otherwise you can buy magtec brass 16 ga cartridges, drill a bigger primer hole, insert a brass home-made cap holder ( for no 11 percussion caps) and drill a smaller hole on the side of the shell for the pin( a brass nail). You can also turn the cartridges yourself, very complicated, I personally don't have the tools or the knowledge, I personally bought 10 cartridges from the kit ( very expensive, I believe 30$ for 1 cartridge) and 50 ( 2 cases of 25 Magtec shells) for 75$ each case! So now I have 60 shells that I can reload for my Lefaucheux! I also have 10 real antique Lefaucheux loaded cartridges but I keep them on display!
Reproduction cases are usually available from Lodgewood MFG in both brass and plastic. Another source is S&S Firearms. S&S is showing Brass cases.
Nice rifle seems a little more fun thenost
Dude had some sideburns, that's for sure.
Not really. The action seals well.
@@capandball The term sideburns came from this man's name, Burnside, it actually did. And General Hooker was known for his ladies of the evening in his camp, Hookers. Both generals not quite up to snuff, but Burnside invented a nice little carbine.
@@capandball lol I believe they are talking about Ambrose Burnside
@@jakeroberts7435 That makes it clear! :)
@@jakeroberts7435 they call hooker before or after General 😳
Bon dimanche cher ami.
Nice 🙂😎👍
Looks very nice. What was the distance?
30 meters only. The same I use for other videos like this.
@@capandball okay, thank you very much for the information. Have a nice week 👍
Very clumsy but much better then a musket!
👍😊 can you reload the cartridge.
Yes, unlimited times.
Where do you find these guns?
Most of them are lent to me for testing, some I buy from collectors or on auctions.
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ammo looks...
I cannot see what he is doing!
Monitor is on?
@@capandball The gesture and hands fall below the picture, at times
Now track down a Morse carbine and compare :)
On the bucket list!
Nice doggie
:)
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The Burnside was a good gun, not a great 1. The sharps, for instance, were much easier to load and shoot. Even the paper cartridge versions. Not to mention the fact that you could roll your own cartridges.
You’d load that gun a little faster if some confederate soldiers were charging you😂
It seens, that Hungary has every firearm to show to the world.
God created men &
dp made replicas for them.
Nobody makes replicas of the Burnside! All the Burnside carbines are original,160 yrs old or so, models 1-5 made between 1858 and 1864! Most commons are model no 5( like this one).
A bandolier, straight line capper, and using a fired case to remove another case from the chamber would add an extra 2 shots a minute. Still slow, but almost 3x the firepower of a muzzleloader.
Yes, compared to muzzle loaders it was light years ahead!
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