Slight hang fire on the last shot...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMbxZ1k9NQ[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMbxZ1k9NQ[/youtube]
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jtmattison
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Pretty cool. He wasn't expecting that hang fire. He darn near had the rifle lowered back to his side.
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Good vid Claud! :thumbsup:
I know a book that recounts a man shooting 6 shots in 1 minute!
I am trying to get the author to allow me to put an excerpt from the book here on the forum. The author wanted me to wait till the book hit the shelves before posting it. I wrote him the other day and I am waiting for him to respond.
As soon as I get the ok I will post it here for us. It is quite an interesting read.
rabbit03 (ps he did it with a flintlock!)
I know a book that recounts a man shooting 6 shots in 1 minute!
I am trying to get the author to allow me to put an excerpt from the book here on the forum. The author wanted me to wait till the book hit the shelves before posting it. I wrote him the other day and I am waiting for him to respond.
As soon as I get the ok I will post it here for us. It is quite an interesting read.
rabbit03 (ps he did it with a flintlock!)
Ahhh ... not impressed one iota ... 3 'misses' IMHO and he didn't even load roundball!
Strawstalker/NM
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Ok -let the hunt begin - viedo of starting loaded and time just how many shots can be shot (with ball)in one full min. Also be cool to look at a target place at 25 Yds. I bet we would be suprised - I would guess seven would be the most shot. I know several folks who can do 6. The Strawstalker
That is great. Wonder where it was taken? Ft. Ticonderoga? (You can hear the echo from a hill opposite the fort about 1,300 ft away (the sound takes just under four seconds to get there and back).
Originally Ft. Carillion. Only the French are dumb enough to build a fort UNDER a neighboring hill that close. Worked for the heathen natives but not anyone who could lug a cannon up a hill.
Originally Ft. Carillion. Only the French are dumb enough to build a fort UNDER a neighboring hill that close. Worked for the heathen natives but not anyone who could lug a cannon up a hill.
Here's another.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7_wRJLcNc4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7_wRJLcNc4[/youtube]
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Al that speed is useless if your not hitting the target. Injuns, charging bears and wild hogs don't care how fast you miss them. Bill
streetsniper said:
Yes but that speed is great when your shooting into tightly packed groups of Frenchmen and Rebels
Or if your a frenchman or Rebel "respectfully" that speed is great for shooting into tightly packed groups of Redcoats.
Location: that's a British accent in the background.
Speed, not accuracy, mattered. They usually used three ranks of massed fire; a square could put out 12 rounds per minute per position that way. Some were bound to find the enemy pretty quickly. At the very least it kept him busy. But, we all know the eventual outcome.
Speed, not accuracy, mattered. They usually used three ranks of massed fire; a square could put out 12 rounds per minute per position that way. Some were bound to find the enemy pretty quickly. At the very least it kept him busy. But, we all know the eventual outcome.
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I've actually seen much faster shooting than that. I watched Ted Spring (the sketch book author) Shoot something like 26 rounds in one minute at a target. He was using paper cartridges and a way undersized ball. he primed first then poured the rest of the powder down the barrel, ripped the undersized ball out of the cartridge and dropped it down the barrel and thumped the butt of the Bess on the ground to seat the ball, never used a ram rod through the entire minute. Most all balls were on the target. Pretty impressive to watch, but I watched from what I thought was a safe distance.....I figured sooner or later that ball might get hung up with out a rod chasing it down. All ended well though!
I've never been a big fan of speed shoots. Too much can go wrong when you go as fast as you can. I've got a gun in my shop right now with a bulge in the barrel from shooting two balls at once in a speed shoot.
The forward ball rolled a foot down the barrel before the shot was taken.
I've never been a big fan of speed shoots. Too much can go wrong when you go as fast as you can. I've got a gun in my shop right now with a bulge in the barrel from shooting two balls at once in a speed shoot.
The forward ball rolled a foot down the barrel before the shot was taken.robertdale
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I guess that is as close to a real action video from the period we'll see.
do the powers that be allow ramrods in field reeactments?
do they have medics close by to dress the wound when the rammer is shot thru the hand when gun discharges from a hot bit of fouling?
of course in the time period this portrays soliders lifes were a little cheaper.
just my 2bits.
do the powers that be allow ramrods in field reeactments?
do they have medics close by to dress the wound when the rammer is shot thru the hand when gun discharges from a hot bit of fouling?
of course in the time period this portrays soliders lifes were a little cheaper.
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When I try and imagine what it was like to engage the enemy, dressed and armed that way :shocked2: :youcrazy: , it sure makes me appreciate camo and 800 rounds per minute !! :grin:
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At reenactments down here ( NC, SC ) you are not allowed to touch your ramrod on the field. You do not even put the paper in the barrel, just powder.
grzrob said:
I think this was a demonstration, not a reenactment.
santabob said:
Yes and no. Yes they allow rammers at reenactments and NO they don't allow you to pull them from the pipes. Of course, there's no need to pull them because you don't have anything to ram down the barrel. You just pour the powder down and through the empty paper cartridge on the ground.
The rules are very specifically to prevent someone from accidentally shooting their ramrod downfield. They do require to your remove and "spring" your rammer during the safety inspection prior to the engagement, but ramrods are not allowed to be pulled from the pipes (let alone used to ram anything down the barrel) during a reenactment.
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