Pedersoli Classic Side-by-Side Black Powder Shotgun

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  • @4570duplex
    @4570duplex Před 2 lety +124

    I've been using the 10 gauge version of this as my primary hunting shotgun since the mid 1980's, so I was thrilled to run across this video and get Hickok's take on it. Myself, I cannot say enough about this shotgun - it has taken grouse, pheasant, ducks, and geese for me pretty much every year I've owned it. I think shotgunning is the one shooting sport wherein black powder has lost the least in terms of effectiveness when compared to modern, breach loading, smokeless powder arms. Granted, it's got a cylinder choke in the right barrel and a very slight improved cylinder in the left, simply because loading past chokes is so difficult. Even so, it gives up little in terms of effectiveness to more "modern" shotguns. Fun little secret - my 10 gauge is really an 11 gauge... The bores are actually the diameter of the INSIDE of a modern 10 gauge shotgun shell. Pedersoli does this so we can use modern plastic wads if we like, which can be used to tighten up patterns for waterfowling. Pretty clever... Oh, and one thing about Hickok's loading method - he doesn't emphasize it, but you will notice he uses the same measure for both powder and shot. Pretty handy. And yes, one of the nice quirks of these guns, is that doing so is absolutely the best way to do it. The VOLUME of powder and shot are identical. The WEIGHTS of the powder and shot charges are obviously going to be quite different, but VOLUMES should be the same for best results. Makes it easier in the field. Anyway, another fantastic video

    • @numbersletters3886
      @numbersletters3886 Před 2 lety +4

      Very helpful, thanks

    • @coreysellers4529
      @coreysellers4529 Před 2 lety +4

      I have the 10 ga also. Beautiful gun.

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 Před 2 lety +1

      Can you use Pyrodex?

    • @4570duplex
      @4570duplex Před 2 lety +3

      @@joelspringman523 Absolutely. Same loading methods as well, using volume for volume Pyrodex and shot. There is no difference ballistically when using Pyrodex vs. black powder.

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 Před 2 lety

      @@4570duplex
      Oh, excellent. Thank you.

  • @zyrolupercal2111
    @zyrolupercal2111 Před 6 lety +447

    The official "get off my property" gun.

    • @benjaminmathias5004
      @benjaminmathias5004 Před 4 lety +17

      Zyro Lupercal The official “I don’t need friends, friend” gun.

    • @landon_shonuff1181
      @landon_shonuff1181 Před 4 lety +11

      You forgot the “young punks, GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!!!”

    • @feedmyadcplease7841
      @feedmyadcplease7841 Před 3 lety +6

      @@k1llerm0th56 thats what i was looking for.... this is engineered to be intimidating for boyfriends while cleaning it in a rocking chair

    • @Gulliolm
      @Gulliolm Před 3 lety

      @@heofthebee but why are you screaming?

    • @nurettinkhan615
      @nurettinkhan615 Před 3 lety

      @@benjaminmathias5004 hai

  • @Recared-RecaBlog
    @Recared-RecaBlog Před 6 lety +381

    Classic gun for classic man.

    • @arunabhadas8799
      @arunabhadas8799 Před 6 lety

      is this guy an army veteran?

    • @jlenertz
      @jlenertz Před 6 lety

      retired police officer

    • @arunabhadas8799
      @arunabhadas8799 Před 6 lety

      +JIM LENERTZ that's why his grip is good
      which state?

    • @wpherigo1
      @wpherigo1 Před 6 lety

      How do you know that the first wad, the thinner wad, goes on in straight all the way down?

    • @Skeebins
      @Skeebins Před 6 lety +6

      hes not a police officer, hes a retired history teacher.

  • @HeadCracker789
    @HeadCracker789 Před 6 lety +31

    Just bought my first black powder firearm today, and would have never considered owning one without seeing your videos! It's an 1851 Colt Navy .44. Real fun to shoot!

    • @hickok45
      @hickok45  Před 6 lety +18

      Congratulations! You've opened yourself up to a whole new world of shooting. I'm sure you'll enjoy that for a long time.

    • @HeadCracker789
      @HeadCracker789 Před 6 lety +2

      Thank you! And thank you for the many hours of entertainment and education you provide!

    • @jeffreychristen8462
      @jeffreychristen8462 Před rokem +1

      Thanks for posting this, I have watched this several times. The history you refer to is spot on as most people on the frontier were interested homesteading and the economics of the time did not allow a budget for numerous firearms.

    • @jeffhutchins7048
      @jeffhutchins7048 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Navy should be .36 caliber.
      Army .44 cal.

    • @autumnetcetera
      @autumnetcetera Před 4 měsíci

      @@jeffhutchins7048 pietta makes 1851 navy's in .44 cal, 1858 remingtons in .36 cal, etc. it's nice if you want one caliber for multiple different guns :]

  • @silverbullet7434
    @silverbullet7434 Před 6 lety +60

    Hi , I'm Gary, I enjoy bp so much , I stopped hunting with Morden style rifles and shotguns . Now I'm not a purest , my first Bp rifle I built from a kit by TC , 54 cal Hawkins . Oh she turned out beautiful shiny brass accoutrements, 12 coats and rubbed truoil . She shoots straight and true , with the added peep sites I'm good to 150 yards. But I didn't carry her for hunting . I bought a TC Inline 54 cal. I load all lead and 2f Like you hollow point hollow base bullets. That loaded with 85 grains , put wild boar 400 lb one shot thru both lungs and part of heart. Large corsacan ram on dead run thru one shoulder destroyed the heart and lodged in opposite shoulder. Many other deer and more . I love that thumbhole stocked composite 54 . I was looking to buy a double just like yours or a smaller 28 gauge but I've lost the use of my legs completely now. Bad enough using canes getting around the woods and fields . I to love all guns am an All American Trap shooter team member yes I'm that good in a wheelchair . I worked very hard to get there believe me it's practise at minimum 500 rounds a week year round. So I'm not trying to brag but even disabled I've accomplished more then I ever thought I could. Finally pain has sidelined me , into a bed for over a year trying to get help out of pure hell. God bless you , the videos help keep me sane and alive . THANK YOU AND YOUR SON ...HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO

    • @MH-ot3tm
      @MH-ot3tm Před 4 lety

      You tipe very long

    • @brandontanis388
      @brandontanis388 Před 3 lety +3

      Keeping you in my prayers sir

    • @Robertlynschultz
      @Robertlynschultz Před 3 lety +1

      Hope you are better now... if not, may you have strength and determination to recover soon. All my best.

  • @BonesTheCat
    @BonesTheCat Před 6 lety +379

    Not being American, the history of the importance of the shotgun in "the west" would be an interesting video one day?

    • @cmannion4
      @cmannion4 Před 6 lety +35

      BonesTheCat think of it as settling any sort of unsettled land. If you don’t have a weapon to hunt or protect from animals you are dead.

    • @BonesTheCat
      @BonesTheCat Před 6 lety +32

      Yes, I get the general idea behind personal protection. But maybe I'm after an expansion on the various loads he touched on and the cost etc he mentioned as well. From my own hunting experience the shotgun being the most versatile, but that's modern day. In the movies they loaded shotguns with all sorts of scrap. Did they actually do that, or is that just a movie thing. I should probably just search a doco.

    • @dvidrey
      @dvidrey Před 6 lety +32

      Your original idea is pretty interesting. The shotgun is an everyman's gun. You don't have to be the most accurate, or the most skilled to get some food on the table. From hunting to defense, the shotguns can serve almost any purpose. As to loading anything into it, you probably need a blunderbuss, but the shotgun does have a wide variety of loads that apply to almost any need.

    • @joshdoesnttakeshowers5954
      @joshdoesnttakeshowers5954 Před 6 lety +1

      BonesTheCat yeah it would

    • @SMGJohn
      @SMGJohn Před 6 lety +4

      +BonesTheCat
      The shotgun was relatively not all that popular in Europe in the past, the musket and soon after rifles became vastly more popular for their accuracy specially in Scandinavia, you would find more hunters with rifles than shotgun.
      I think the shotgun thing is more an American thing than rest of the world which relied more on rifles after all when you already got military musket/rifles in production the cost would been much lower to just get a civil version rather than a specifically made hunting shotgun.

  • @CouchPotato252
    @CouchPotato252 Před 6 lety +25

    Honestly that's one of the most beautiful guns ever made.

  • @DEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS
    @DEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS Před 6 lety +82

    Always a good morning with the legend himself.

  • @mykalpennings5968
    @mykalpennings5968 Před 4 lety +15

    Muzzle loading shotguns was my first introduction to the muzzle loading world way back when I was a boy scout. That led me into civil war reenacting and generally just loving all kinds of black powder firearms, especially the more oddball ones

    • @twistedyogert
      @twistedyogert Před 2 lety

      It really is a lost art. The muzzle loader is an elegant weapon from a more civilized age.

    • @steamtrainrollon2060
      @steamtrainrollon2060 Před 9 měsíci

      I do civil war reenactment I was at Gettysburg for the 160th anniversary of the battle.

  • @cordellr5175
    @cordellr5175 Před 6 lety +20

    Goodness, black powder like this is seriously the art of reloading.

  • @marcinr4399
    @marcinr4399 Před 3 lety +27

    Wonderfully made shotguns, I picked up a version with a pistol grip in a 12 gauge. Muzzleloaders are really good to learn how ammunition works, require even more safety mindset and they have this something that makes (me at least) enjoy every shot more, or make it count more. Because it takes while to load and clean afterwards it's also rewarding. By the way, you sir made everything regarding guns so clear when I started watching you years ago and kinda infected me with that hobby. I'm in the process of making a license for cartridge guns now. Greetings from Poland

  • @marcdeboer1280
    @marcdeboer1280 Před 6 lety +40

    "I've got some big balls" - Hickok45 2017

  • @ElmarDylong
    @ElmarDylong Před 6 lety +41

    If using a patched round ball, the over powder wad keeps the patch from catching an ember and lighting the woods on fire. At every german black powder range you have to use a "Zwischenmittel", a felt wad that keeps you from burning down the house. Great video, please show us more of them smoke poles!

    • @PatrickCavanaugh0420
      @PatrickCavanaugh0420 Před 6 lety +3

      Elmar Dylong lol there's something you'll only do once. Set a family members woods on fire over the summer with my 1858 Remington. Luckily there was a water source near by and we were able to put out the fire before any damage was done.

    • @ElmarDylong
      @ElmarDylong Před 6 lety +1

      I am glad you didn't suffer heavier "casualties". ;-)

    • @towgunner11h
      @towgunner11h Před 6 lety +2

      A chunk of wasp nest makes a great and authentic over powder wad- it won't smolder or burn.

    • @ElmarDylong
      @ElmarDylong Před 6 lety +2

      Wasp nest is almost like paper, thought this would easily catch a spark. Good to know if in a pinch. :-) I think law calls for felt made of hair soaked in some sort of grease. It does its job well.

    • @elonmust7470
      @elonmust7470 Před rokem

      Yeah, because Germany is like the Sahara desert, like southern California.
      Germany does not need to worry abou setting anything on fire....

  • @hollyschrank3735
    @hollyschrank3735 Před 6 lety +17

    Nothing like waking up to the man, the myth, the legend of guns...my 2 yr old granddaughter loves him!!!

  • @billjanda9420
    @billjanda9420 Před 6 lety +1

    Every time I watch your videos I am blown away at how much they make me smile.... Just that beginning with the clay pigeons.....lol....just gold.

  • @bigbywolf6470
    @bigbywolf6470 Před 6 lety +85

    when people say the constitution is outdated and should be abandoned they mainly talk about the second amendment but if we replace the constitution your not just giving up your right to bear arms your giving up your right to free speech your freedom of religion your right to unreasonable search and seizure and your right to not be enslaved if we dont uphold the Constitution this country will be in one big hell we must maintain and protect all of our constitutional rights and never abandon it

    • @tomlee2481
      @tomlee2481 Před 5 lety +6

      Agreed

    • @adelehammond1621
      @adelehammond1621 Před 5 lety +1

      actually people are not saying that they are talking about amendments which they has been many and excuse me there is not such part of the constitution which says anything about slavery especially since most if not all of the founding fathers owned slaves

    • @dewayneweaver2744
      @dewayneweaver2744 Před 4 lety +1

      @@adelehammond1621 A majority yes if you consider the ones who managed the slaves others actually owned but far from all. But the man who owned the most slaves refused to sign the Constitution because it DIDN'T have his proposed anti-slavery amendments.

    • @dewayneweaver2744
      @dewayneweaver2744 Před 4 lety +1

      @Jonathan Perley I honestly don't remember posting this comment? My Grandfather's double barrel muzzle loader was burned up in a relatives house fire. I wish I had that old beauty today.

    • @IIIRobIII
      @IIIRobIII Před 3 lety +2

      i dont think any reasonable person says the constitution should be abandoned, but it should be UPDATED. thats a difference

  • @chuckiiidee8704
    @chuckiiidee8704 Před 5 lety +8

    I think a black powder shotgun will be my next buy thanks to these videos. I was gonna buy a newer muzzle loading rifle, but you changed my mind. Thank you for the videos

  • @brentmorgan2439
    @brentmorgan2439 Před 6 lety +108

    Hard to beat the smell of black powder in the morning..

  • @JonkerHoodMoments
    @JonkerHoodMoments Před 6 lety +59

    I woke up at 4 am to watch Hickok best way to start off my day

    • @fableable4096
      @fableable4096 Před 6 lety +2

      Dezire -_- Hercules dedication right there

  • @acpacp7480
    @acpacp7480 Před 6 lety +3

    Gong out to work and Hickok45 just made my day. Thank you for your great videos.

  • @lisar3006
    @lisar3006 Před 4 lety +2

    I am with you, anything that shoots burns or blows up I love. I was infantry with a demolition training and later a 19D20 cavalry Scout. Great video like always thank you.

  • @algentry1
    @algentry1 Před rokem

    I have a '62 caliber smooth rifle, made by Brad Fountain. It's similar to plate number 40, Vol 1, Rifles of Colonial America. I dearly love it. Now I know how to load shot in it. THANK YOU. My buddies are buying stuff from Bud's Gun Shop to support your channel. We love this stuff exactly the way you present it. Never Say Die!

  • @rpmblues7018
    @rpmblues7018 Před 6 lety

    Wow ! Thanks . Way back in the early 50s I was out wandering the Mojave desert like I often did.I was around 8 years old and lived near what is now Calico Ghost Town,Calif . I was out with my cousins and saw something sticking out of the sand . When I pulled it out it happened to be what I believe was this gun.Everything worked and the stock was nearly white and cracked.In the 80s I took it to a place in Anaheim called "the Musket & Saber" They told me it was made around the mid 1850s.I gave it to my friend ,my friend passed in 1990 ,when I asked his son about it he said that it was gone ,he didn't know anything about it.Thanks for the video.

  • @willymccoy3427
    @willymccoy3427 Před 4 lety +1

    I've owned a 12ga Pedersoli double since the early '80s. Love it.

  • @gk.spinoza
    @gk.spinoza Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you Hickok45 for an excellent coachgun tutorial!!!
    I bought my first muzzleloader back in January, and it looks very similar to that Perdersoli, except mine was made 1840-45 in Birmingham, England by J.Bourne & Son. It's a 12 gauge SXS English Coach gun with 22 inch barrels that is in very good condition and fully functional.
    I can't help but wonder where my coach gun has been during its 180+ year life. I only know, who built it, where it was built, and approximately when it was built, thanks to the engraved makers name and address I was able to narrow it down to 1840-45.
    Stay safe & Thanks again Hickok45!

  • @jerryjohnsonii4181
    @jerryjohnsonii4181 Před 6 lety

    Hicock45, i love it when you show the old guns of the West. It reminds me of my Dad and how he showed me how to handle Firearms and be safe with them. He also was a Big Roy Rogers fan and the Duke. You and your family have a Happy New Years.

  • @jfizzle9415
    @jfizzle9415 Před 5 lety +25

    I wish every bullet Hickok fired put a year on his life,then he could entertain us for ever lol

  • @jamescougle3728
    @jamescougle3728 Před 6 lety

    I recently inherited one of these guns in 12 ga. I thought I'd mention how nice they are to carry while hunting. I never carried a lighter double. It has to be somewhere around 5 lbs. I load mine with powder then a simple homemade wad cut from corrugated cardboard; I trace around a 12 ga shell then cut them out. Then shot, then another cardboard wad. THX hickok keep those black powder vids coming!

  • @douglasmorris9157
    @douglasmorris9157 Před 5 lety +1

    Love the sound of that shot going down that barrel when being loaded

  • @jeremymeline8129
    @jeremymeline8129 Před 6 lety

    This video was mesmerizing!
    Like listening to grandpa's stories on a summer afternoon

  • @gumbomudderx7503
    @gumbomudderx7503 Před 2 lety

    I bought a CVA double barrel 12ga last year, but it went straight into the safe and I haven’t ever shot it. Thanks for this video, it encourages me to finally get mine out and enjoy it

  • @charlesmoore5840
    @charlesmoore5840 Před 2 lety

    Great fun watching a real teacher explaining great guns Someone who loves what he dose thank you

  • @fredford7642
    @fredford7642 Před 2 lety +4

    Great video! High-speed photography will show you what cushion wads ( over the powder ) do to shot patterns. At the muzzle, the wad is flying much faster than the shot, for a very short distance ( 2-3 feet )Shot cups greatly aid the shot pattern. If using an inert product to make the shot cups help prevent embers from causing problems.
    You won't believe the difference in shot patterns using shot cups.

  • @garytrowbridge2790
    @garytrowbridge2790 Před 6 lety +1

    Beautiful old shotgun. Thanks for the demo Hickock 45

  • @Stevew443
    @Stevew443 Před 6 lety

    At one time I had a beautiful Pedersoli Pennsylvania rifle that shot so very well. I also had an old Parker Brothers double barrel shotgun from 1876 which I never shot. Due to some hospital costs I had to sell both, and I really miss them, but alas, I can no longer afford to replace them. I love watching you shoot black powder. It is such a great sport.

    • @eyezofblue1204
      @eyezofblue1204 Před 6 lety

      Stevew443 that's sad and I'm sure they sounded amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

  • @sparklight5317
    @sparklight5317 Před 2 lety +2

    I have this in 12 gauge. Many bird hunts, turkey hunts and some of the longest sessions of clays ever. Thoroughly love this firearm even with the dropping powder measures in the grass, wads falling out of the field bag and caps popping off un-noticed until you pull a trigger. I've still had a blast with it. Fun story: got a bird with the right barrel. Kept hunting with just the left. Put one up, missed watched it land in a tree. Worked my way over and there he was, fully waited there for the 10min (ok...maybe less) it takes to load a couple more charges. Threw a stick at him and wingshot! Almost felt bad, until I ate him with some white wine sauce.

  • @sergeyf2312
    @sergeyf2312 Před 6 lety +3

    Always great guns, and a lot of information about theme.
    Great stuff.

  • @donbarnett2890
    @donbarnett2890 Před 5 lety +1

    I loved this video have owned several muzzle loading firearms including a twenty gauge side by side and a 12 gauge double also. As a young man in Arkansas when in the field I often just measured powder into my hand and then poured it into the barrels and used newspaper for wadding. I do know that powder grain size is important muzzleloaders bouth shotguns and rifles. I would like to a Hickok45 video showing the effect on patterns using paper wadding, and various over shot wadding.

  • @Kn3350ck5
    @Kn3350ck5 Před 6 lety +29

    do a video on brass cased shotgun shells

  • @steinderbush
    @steinderbush Před 6 lety +1

    I am Dutch, and i absolutly love your video,s they are very instructing and allways with some humor!! All the best wishes, and good health for 2018 for you guys!!

  • @jimmyruger7529
    @jimmyruger7529 Před 2 lety +1

    I will be 56 on Jan. 22nd 2022. Im watching a 4 year old video , but anyway, Im still learning important tips and have shot n traded for 45 years. THANKS hickok 45

  • @JB-be7yr
    @JB-be7yr Před 5 lety +2

    I just ordered a 10 ga. Pedersoli sxs. I'm new to black powder. Very informative,thank you. Subscribed and liked.

  • @johnrobinson6931
    @johnrobinson6931 Před rokem

    Not a huge gun nut, I love and respect firearms but any time I watch this guy I listen he can tell a story about a gun, sounds and looks like my uncle so I appreciate hickock45 your a good man

  • @RennyRe
    @RennyRe Před 6 lety +2

    That buckshot fired on the steel looks very powerful. I can imagine this to be quite effective within 25 yards or so!

  • @darinwilton9122
    @darinwilton9122 Před 3 lety +7

    not reading through almost 700 comments and i know it's a video from 2017... beautiful gun and i love black powder guns myself and have been shooting them for the last 3 decades. shot competition with an 1890s .50 cal when i was 16 and was hooked ever since. but the problem i have the most while watching this video is the fact that the powder box was left open the entire time including while shooting. no matter how much experience you have with black powder firearms, that is one of the things that should never be done. all it would take is one of those caps to be a hot load and fire out of the side and go right in the powder in the box. plus the powder can take on moisture making the loads and accuracy inconsistent. anyway, best of luck to you :D

    • @tokoloshidurban7953
      @tokoloshidurban7953 Před 3 lety

      Time stamps 11:45 & 13:15 in the video, powder box is left open while he is shooting 😧 pls be careful guys, stay safe. I'm sure Hickok45 has been briefed. As he says, he's always learning. Love the content

    • @markthomas5316
      @markthomas5316 Před rokem

      And if a spark hit the box of powder, , , it would go PUFFFFF and make a ton of smoke. it wouldn't explode. just be careful and have fun. It's his range. Be jealous and shut up!

  • @chriswhite3035
    @chriswhite3035 Před 6 lety +1

    I had this exact gun. I loved it. Great little shooter.

  • @phanthomboy3
    @phanthomboy3 Před 6 lety +76

    Can't imagine myself having to reload this thing or any muzzle loader for that matter during situations. Can't believe people did that during battle and gun fights in the day.

    • @nathenloer7102
      @nathenloer7102 Před 6 lety +26

      They also used the butt of the gun to beat each other to

    • @moriarty6677
      @moriarty6677 Před 6 lety +19

      phanthomboy Just imagine you don t have choice.

    • @phanthomboy3
      @phanthomboy3 Před 6 lety +2

      So how do we speed reload this beast.

    • @GaiusCaligula234
      @GaiusCaligula234 Před 6 lety +24

      phanthomboy that would be called paper cartridge

    • @fakealias1990
      @fakealias1990 Před 6 lety +17

      phanthomboy Back then I guess you could say there was a high skill-ceiling for guns. It's part of how people got particularly famous for being skilled gunfighters, along with the "wild" bit of the Wild West.

  • @markcharleswashington2073

    I’ve seen leather covers over the percussion caps and also seen the same kinda covers on flintlocks, but in this case it’s a good buffer/safety of sorts, for when having to carry loaded..Buck and balls are your best loads. You can easily load your ingredients into a fine paper 🧻 tube and just tear the paper tip off, pour the powder, then the paper that used to surround the powder part gets pushed in, then the little lead balls and light sized and lubed pellet or round ball atop, so it could all be readily available in an easier accessible way, especially useful in a hunting situation and in bad weather conditions where pulling out all those components, where just paper, power and lead is basically all that’s required, even newspaper 🗞 would work and that cover to prevent the caps or flintpan from getting wet. Have no fear and keep your powder dry.

  • @donaldbarnett8045
    @donaldbarnett8045 Před 4 lety

    Caught my attention when you noted that they sometimes used the old single barreled muzzle loaders like shotguns. I remember my father telling me that when he was a little boy his father would use my great grandpas old civil war muzzleloader to hunt with filling it up with birdshot or with creek bed gravel if he was out of lead shot. He used it until the nipple got so burnt out that it backfired one morning and burned his face.

  • @ihatenwo
    @ihatenwo Před 6 lety +20

    Reminds me of that gun from Lock Stock and Two Smoking barrels

  • @survivalpodcasting
    @survivalpodcasting Před 6 lety +202

    You looked awful close to that skeet thrower, don't get hit, it really effing hurts.

    • @thomasmeek4501
      @thomasmeek4501 Před 6 lety +14

      yeah I once had a friend throw one into my back as hard as humanely possible. It does hurt

    • @dylanmorgan2752
      @dylanmorgan2752 Před 6 lety

      A guy in school one time dashed a Jaffa cake at my head without me realising and it very nearly knocked me out Cold. In case you didn’t know, I’m guessing you’re American, it’s a chocolate coated mini orange cake. So in other words, I’d imagine a clay pigeon would hurt like a bitch.

    • @fakenews6133
      @fakenews6133 Před 6 lety +3

      Thomas Meek Why?

    • @TrueCrime881
      @TrueCrime881 Před 5 lety +9

      Jack Spirko in suhl in Germany they have one of the best skeet throwing machines in the world, a guy there told me that when they calibrated it one guy was standing in the way and got hit straight in the head, he was instantly dead...

    • @falsename2003
      @falsename2003 Před 5 lety

      It sucks!!!

  • @jethrob258
    @jethrob258 Před 4 lety +1

    Crushed up walnut shells( almost dust) work great for yellow jackets. Even used in black powder hand guns.

  • @3ducs
    @3ducs Před 6 lety +8

    Nice shotgun! Pedersoli builds quality pieces. This gun is pretty well inletted but I know that if you compare it to your old shotguns you will see the difference, the old pieces are very well inletted. The furniture on this might benefit from a little tung oil rubbed on it, maybe just furniture wax. The wood looks a bit dull.

  • @calvin3230
    @calvin3230 Před 6 lety

    I've NEVER seen a front loading shotgun! Thanks Hickock!

  • @MattThornton87
    @MattThornton87 Před 6 lety

    A great many thanks for all your videos in 2017 Hickok45. Always enjoyable. One of the best channels on CZcams! God Bless the USA

  • @scottpeck1149
    @scottpeck1149 Před 4 lety

    Now I know I want & need 1. I'm glad I watched because I really like how it's possible to swap with pistol 🔫 ..thanks for the information👍

  • @cjthedevil5689
    @cjthedevil5689 Před 6 lety +2

    Much love from Houston, Texas Hickok45. Love your black powder vids.

  • @MrZyptuous
    @MrZyptuous Před 5 lety +2

    Wonderful firearm. Great outro. Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee

  • @PatrickCavanaugh0420
    @PatrickCavanaugh0420 Před 6 lety +5

    Love making the trip to Dixie gun works. Besides all the black powder goodies they got a pretty nice collection on display as well.

    • @hickok45
      @hickok45  Před 6 lety +3

      Yes, I used to make it up there once or twice a year, but it's been may six or more years since I've been there. We're having another cold spell this coming week; I might just do something useful and drive up there one day.

    • @PatrickCavanaugh0420
      @PatrickCavanaugh0420 Před 6 lety

      hickok45 hoping to make it up there next month myself. It's quite the drive from here in Maryland. Wishing you and the family a happy New Year's.

  • @zachary293293293
    @zachary293293293 Před 6 lety

    Best way to wake the rest of the family up, good morning Hickok!

  • @douglasgault5458
    @douglasgault5458 Před 5 měsíci

    I like BP shotguns. My first was a old brown bess as an introduction & a 45cal hawking. But have had several Dbl muzzel loaders precussion 10 & 12 gauges over the year's. Used to make paper cartridges which were convenient. Ya gotta love that sweet smell of gun powder. Fun shooters on all winged game

  • @jaredodom3160
    @jaredodom3160 Před 4 lety

    Hickok truly is the ultimate war machine, not even flinching at how close those clays are

  • @birddog7492
    @birddog7492 Před 4 lety

    Loved your show today. WV state junior champion 1980 Mussel loader Riffle. 1980.

  • @donmartin2788
    @donmartin2788 Před 3 lety

    Looking at some of the old videos really enjoyed keep it up.

  • @iam5692
    @iam5692 Před 5 lety +20

    I would like to see you do a video on the Pedersoli Kodiak double riffle.

    • @mountainmama5049
      @mountainmama5049 Před 3 lety

      I had one I had to send it back the wood cracked after the first shot. That may be why they stopped making them. I got the Rocky Mountain hawken. 54 I’ve taken elk with it. It’s amazingly accurate. The weight absorbs the recoil.

    • @billhedges3285
      @billhedges3285 Před 3 lety

      I own one in .50 cal and bought it used .
      It had a cracked wrist that I fixed with glue and have happily been shooting it for a long time

  • @kenaston4220
    @kenaston4220 Před 6 lety +1

    I really like the idea of muzzle loading for idle shooting, I'm sure its satisfying to "compose your own loads"
    Haha, also, this is the first time that I noticed the gravel under your feet...... the amount of brass and shot shells, love it!

  • @hillbilly4christ638
    @hillbilly4christ638 Před 2 lety

    I have the 10 with screw in chokes. I ordered extra chokes at the time so I could custom load the firearm to include the use of 10 gauge slugs. I ordered a mould for a slug from a Russian guy. The slug resembles an oversize pellet rifle pellet. Such versatility in a finely made firearm and it is the pride of my cabinet.

  • @davidwatson353
    @davidwatson353 Před 6 lety

    happy Xmas hickok45 always enjoy your videos and have a great new year from the UK

  • @Chiefs500
    @Chiefs500 Před 6 lety

    I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Your love of firearms is evident and you seem like a guy I would love to share a campfire or day at the range with. Notice how I ended my sentence? I am a career Soldier, having retired from the Army as a CSM. I shot competitively as a member of a number of Army Combat Rifle teams. I was a long time member of the NRA when it was an organization dedicated to firearms education, safety, and rifle marksmanship. I quit the NRA after the hostile "takeover" in 1977 and have never looked back. That being said your channel is one of the few shooting channels to which I keep returning. (Is that better?) You are not only knowledgeable; you also are very naturally entertaining.

  • @nickma71
    @nickma71 Před 6 lety +1

    And I thought there was going to be a stagecoach intro, not clay pigeons. Oh well. Keep up the good work, you continue to have one of the best channels on youtube for any category.

  • @udayadams
    @udayadams Před 2 lety

    When I was 4 yo, my grandpa had the same exact one and I used to drag with me everywhere I go, it used to be my soulmate object when I was a kid, it was rusty but I got connected to it as little child for whatever reason. I wish I still have it

  • @terryburns8917
    @terryburns8917 Před 6 lety

    You can't beat a Pedersoli. Beautiful guns

  • @Richard-sb3qt
    @Richard-sb3qt Před 11 měsíci

    Always enjoy this show

  • @hobowalker1
    @hobowalker1 Před 5 lety

    I was absolutely cracking up while that skeet machine kept flinging after you shot your two off. Great video.

  • @danjohnston1964
    @danjohnston1964 Před 6 lety

    Hey Hickock. I've got the same thrower, I had the same issue. Try adjusting the limit switch on the front of the thrower. Worked for me! Love your videos!

  • @daviddowd3764
    @daviddowd3764 Před 2 lety

    I got to get one, I have about every kind of black powder rifle but still no shotgun. I got to fix that! Really, really enjoyed the video, thanks David

  • @KERNFUZED
    @KERNFUZED Před 6 lety +3

    Oh No Wheelie Birds been hacked!......John Ya messin with pop??s!!!! Funny! , Happy New years Hickock n John..God bless

  • @billyw.1291
    @billyw.1291 Před 6 lety

    Great video. I own a Pedersoli 10 ga.Waterfowler blackpowder double. What a fun gun! Going after pheasants in a few weeks with mine..
    Enjoy your program Mr. Hickock.
    Bill from KENTUCKY

  • @JPikua
    @JPikua Před 4 lety

    Great job. Good review, good shotgun. Whoever has Pedersoli 12ga knows what this weapon can do.

  • @izaquerosa4454
    @izaquerosa4454 Před 3 lety +1

    Há uns 25 anos li na revista Magnum sobre espingardas de ante carga (carregar pela boca), me faz lembrar minha infância na década de 60 no interior. Gostaria de adquirir um exemplar novo hoje.
    Muita saudade!

  • @AFGMirMir7477
    @AFGMirMir7477 Před 6 lety

    planning to get one of these for my dad for his birthday. Theyre awesome looking rifles

  • @stagglee
    @stagglee Před 6 lety

    Hey Hickock, hope y'all had a Merry Christmas. Keep up the good work and stay kind :)

  • @montanamountainmen6104

    I have the same shotgun but in 10 ga, wife bought it for me in 1993. Its a great gun very elegant , prices on them today such as from Cabela's is around a $1000.00. To load a BP shotgun use a square load, meaning equal volume of powder to shot.

  • @barry3573
    @barry3573 Před 6 lety

    That is a beautiful gun. Love all the videos

  • @pimplystikage836
    @pimplystikage836 Před 6 lety

    I just picked up my first, an old CVA 12ga. My guess is after shooting it the first time I'll be looking for a Pedersoli. The Lyman Black Powder Handbook has info and loads in it for rifle, pistol, and shotgun. I highly recommend picking up one of each, the shotgun and the handbook!

  • @stevenwyatt9972
    @stevenwyatt9972 Před 6 lety +1

    Amazing video (as always)

  • @tim2759
    @tim2759 Před rokem

    Awesome video, thank you for the information!

  • @donaldrhea1414
    @donaldrhea1414 Před 6 lety +3

    Dag gone it, now i want one. That is a very beautiful shotgun & should make anyone proud to own & shoot.

    • @NIcholasparker88
      @NIcholasparker88 Před 3 lety

      Dude those muzzle loading double barrel shotguns are just plain fun to shoot! Of all my guns my dads old 12 gauge is my favorite

  • @TartanJack
    @TartanJack Před 6 lety

    I'm sorry you won't be able to respond, but thanks to you I picked up a beat'n up sidelock muzzle loader (CVA Plainsman) at an NRA auction at Bud's eGunner site. About half way through restoring it... got the stock about there and now am finishing the barrel of rust and dings. Can't wait to shoot it. So thanks again for all you do.

  • @symmetrytanner5156
    @symmetrytanner5156 Před 6 lety +10

    That's an awesome belt

  • @deanhoskins4844
    @deanhoskins4844 Před 6 lety

    I'm glad this video was made a few months ago because where I live you couldn't prime it for shivering today

    • @hickok45
      @hickok45  Před 6 lety

      Yes, you'll notice that I don't do any muzzleloading videos in January or February generally.

  • @chrisdooley6468
    @chrisdooley6468 Před 6 lety +50

    Beautiful weapon👍🏻

    • @kaiserrule
      @kaiserrule Před 6 lety +3

      Love the classics along with modern firearms.

  • @coryupton669
    @coryupton669 Před 2 lety

    After I saw this video I had to break down and buy one. It's more than just a gun, it's a work of art.

  • @raymondblood2nd443
    @raymondblood2nd443 Před 5 lety

    looks like gunporn and that's a beauty hickock45 thanks for sharing

  • @BigD-jc6rj
    @BigD-jc6rj Před 6 lety

    You can load black powder in a shotgun shell too.
    For frontier cartridge in a double barrel, I use a 2.75” hull with
    4.3cc black powder equivalent (or roughly 65 grains if using a black powder measure),
    a 1/8” nitro wad over powder,
    a 1/2” fiber wad,
    1 oz shot,
    and an over powder card (cut from empty cereal box with 3/4” paper punch, about 7 bucks on Amazon).
    Then I just star crimp the hull, and color the primer with a black sharpie, so that I know it is loaded with black powder.
    Duelist1954 also has a great video on cleaning a double barrel shotgun after shooting black powder.

  • @raulsa759
    @raulsa759 Před 9 měsíci

    I love your videos! Would be fun to spend a day with you shooting all kinds of guns! Greetings from the Netherlands

  • @RatdogDRB
    @RatdogDRB Před 3 lety +1

    I wish I could even FIND the "holy black" in stores in WA State. BP substitute is ALL I can find. Love those front-stuffers. Sweet scatter gun.

  • @bystander665
    @bystander665 Před 6 lety +2

    Awesome shotgun!!

  • @terrillwilliams2498
    @terrillwilliams2498 Před 5 lety +1

    I really really like my 12 Ga Pedersoli shotgun. Still learning on it.

  • @20cameron1
    @20cameron1 Před rokem +1

    Really digging this! Got my eye on the pedersoli Kodak sxs rifle for next year’s muzzleloader season.