Thank you Stephen, I'm pleased that you found it of interest. Thanks so much for the benevolent assessment, I do appreciate it. Glad to hear that you are keeping the history alive with your re-enacting, Best regards....Doc
Thankyou, Doc! I just love large calibre smoothbore muzzleloaders. Having cleaned a lot of blackpowder guns, I have come to appreciate the simplicity of these. And they're great fun to shoot, and experiment with different loads! I have a few flintlocks, but no flintlock videos yet. Looking forward to your next video! Another flintlock perhaps?
Hello John, It was a fun shoot for me, quite a contraption. She only miss-fired when the flint got dull, otherwise worked fine. I agree with your comment about cleaning some of these civil war era guns, that black powder flash goes everywhere ! Looking forward to one of your flintlocks on film. Best regards....Doc
Thanks so much for coming along in the time machine and the kind review. It was a privilege to shoot such an early weapon. We had about 80% eclipse here, so I took the pictures through the welding helmet, came out pretty well. Regards...Doc
That was great Doc! Nice old musket, must be a challenge to shoot left handed. Loved the documents and maps. I envy your printer skills on the ammo. If any of my printers manage to spit out a simple task properly I run down and buy a lottery ticket. Cool tie in with the eclipse. Thanks for showing us another rare U.S. military long arm. Gp
Hi GP, I appreciate your kind comments. The old gal was pretty well behaved. I was always fascinated by that old mill site and the weapons that were made there. Can you imagine back in 1810 how out in the middle of nowhere it was. How primitive, but they managed to produced a fine product by their manual skills. The whole trick with the printers is to override the "fit to page" and print full scale 1:1 . The printers are very accurate and precise. You can draw a one inch square and print it and measure it with a dial caliper and it is right there. Handy for printing exact sizes for cartridge "Rolling-Papers". We had about 80% eclipse so I took the pictures through the welding helmet, eerie. Best regards....Doc
@@dr.durellshepard398 I did take note of tip #47. I always follow my doctor's advise. I too have a collection of spent bullets that were saved from the pot for one reason or another, I'm sure I'll find a likely candidate. Upstream from me is an old water powered lumber mill constructed by Sutter in 1848. Gold was discovered in the millrace and the workers became prospectors overnight. The project was abandoned and left to the elements, eventually being swept away by the river. A replica of the mill is on the site now, but not as cool as the original. The eclipse was a non event out west, it was a nice touch to include it in your video. Waiting for a Spencer video! Gp
You are correct in your observation Sir. The 3:1 spring ratio is a little off. The frizzen spring is a little weak, it flops open and then flops back. That being said, it did not cause any miss-fires. Thank you for watching and commenting.....Doc
Another day with Doc and my morning coffee..........Thx Doc.
Good morning Robert, Same here, got my coffee and sat down to answer some comments. Thank you and have a pleasant day....Doc
This was a very well made and professional video. Great job from an old black powder shooter and re-enactor. Keep them coming.
Thank you Stephen, I'm pleased that you found it of interest. Thanks so much for the benevolent assessment, I do appreciate it. Glad to hear that you are keeping the history alive with your re-enacting, Best regards....Doc
Thankyou, Doc! I just love large calibre smoothbore muzzleloaders. Having cleaned a lot of blackpowder guns, I have come to appreciate the simplicity of these. And they're great fun to shoot, and experiment with different loads! I have a few flintlocks, but no flintlock videos yet. Looking forward to your next video! Another flintlock perhaps?
Hello John, It was a fun shoot for me, quite a contraption. She only miss-fired when the flint got dull, otherwise worked fine. I agree with your comment about cleaning some of these civil war era guns, that black powder flash goes everywhere ! Looking forward to one of your flintlocks on film. Best regards....Doc
Once again a great video to capture history! I also enjoyed the pictures of the eclipse (nice touch)
Thanks so much for coming along in the time machine and the kind review. It was a privilege to shoot such an early weapon. We had about 80% eclipse here, so I took the pictures through the welding helmet, came out pretty well. Regards...Doc
That was great Doc! Nice old musket, must be a challenge to shoot left handed. Loved the documents and maps. I envy your printer skills on the ammo. If any of my printers manage to spit out a simple task properly I run down and buy a lottery ticket. Cool tie in with the eclipse. Thanks for showing us another rare U.S. military long arm. Gp
Hi GP, I appreciate your kind comments. The old gal was pretty well behaved. I was always fascinated by that old mill site and the weapons that were made there. Can you imagine back in 1810 how out in the middle of nowhere it was. How primitive, but they managed to produced a fine product by their manual skills. The whole trick with the printers is to override the "fit to page" and print full scale 1:1 . The printers are very accurate and precise. You can draw a one inch square and print it and measure it with a dial caliper and it is right there. Handy for printing exact sizes for cartridge "Rolling-Papers". We had about 80% eclipse so I took the pictures through the welding helmet, eerie. Best regards....Doc
P.S. What did you think of reloading tip #47 ?
@@dr.durellshepard398 I did take note of tip #47. I always follow my doctor's advise. I too have a collection of spent bullets that were saved from the pot for one reason or another, I'm sure I'll find a likely candidate. Upstream from me is an old water powered lumber mill constructed by Sutter in 1848. Gold was discovered in the millrace and the workers became prospectors overnight. The project was abandoned and left to the elements, eventually being swept away by the river. A replica of the mill is on the site now, but not as cool as the original. The eclipse was a non event out west, it was a nice touch to include it in your video. Waiting for a Spencer video! Gp
Frizzen doesnt seem to move a lot when being striked, does it affect ignition in any way ?
You are correct in your observation Sir. The 3:1 spring ratio is a little off. The frizzen spring is a little weak, it flops open and then flops back. That being said, it did not cause any miss-fires. Thank you for watching and commenting.....Doc
I some how missed this when it first came out. Did you ever try buck and ball in it?
Good morning John, I wanted to try buck & ball but didn't have the correct diameter buck shot, so just shot the round ball......Doc