Artillery "priming" tubes youtube.

[MAPMFF]

Hello all,

As part of the build up across all platforms of social media for my new reenacting group our newest endeavor is a YouTube channel. We'll use it to go more in depth on sharing events, reenactments, drilling videos, hopefully some live fire as well and projects we are working on than we can get into on Instagram or Facebook. Always some apprehension when posting things publicly, comments and other things can quickly derail good conversation. The intent of our stuff isn't to be taken as gospel, but hopefully promoting living history, black powder and 18th century artillery in a creative, interesting, historical accurate, relevant and safe manner!

For our first video I took the NPS 18th Century manuals method of making some priming tubes for artillery and expanded it into a quick history primer and a step by step guide, there are other channels online that have some of this stuff already, nothing crazy just trying to share our fun hobby with a wider audience. I figured there may be some folks here interested to see. While I don't see us getting the following that @B P Maniac Shooter has on YT hopefully we'll get a small crowd!

 

[MAPMFF]

And just happened to notice that last post was No. 500 ! huzzah.

 

[hawkeye2]

An excellent video, keep up the good work. An ingenious way to recreate a priming tube.

 

[Diogenes454]

Excellent video. Thanks!

 

[Captndan]

Great! Looking forward to more.

 

[LECook]

Well done video. Thanks!

 

[davec2]

I can make one additional recommendation if you use a linstock to fire the cannon.....Mix a little modern smokeless powder with the black powder glued to the circular flange at the top of the priming tube. It will ignite MUCH more easily from the smoldering end of the linstock cord.

 

[MAPMFF]

I can make one additional recommendation if you use a linstock to fire the cannon.....Mix a little modern smokeless powder with the black powder glued to the circular flange at the top of the priming tube. It will ignite MUCH more easily from the smoldering end of the linstock cord.

Good tip.

 

[MAPMFF]

Made up some of my own slowmatch/matchcord, came out well and worked well.

 

[Commodore Swab]

Fireworks suppliers has a fast (3'/sec?) Fuse that is woven powder. You MUST use a Linstock! It works excellent, always igniting and once lit there is no delay. When doing an event for many firings with multiple cannons it's so much easier than making primers and essentially is the same thing.

 

[MAPMFF]

Fireworks suppliers has a fast (3'/sec?) Fuse that is woven powder. You MUST use a Linstock! It works excellent, always igniting and once lit there is no delay. When doing an event for many firings with multiple cannons it's so much easier than making primers and essentially is the same thing.

Thanks!

Yes, that is something we are certainly considering. A friend of mine who has a unit that often fields with two cannons and sometimes three they use a super fast fuse like you mentioned.

I'm thinking for battle scenarios where the public isn't that close going with this kind of fusing, and for a more deliberate cannon demonstration where the public is somewhat closer having on hand some of the handmade primers.

 

[Pukatea Bay Boy]

Hello all,

As part of the build up across all platforms of social media for my new reenacting group our newest endeavor is a YouTube channel. We'll use it to go more in depth on sharing events, reenactments, drilling videos, hopefully some live fire as well and projects we are working on than we can get into on Instagram or Facebook. Always some apprehension when posting things publicly, comments and other things can quickly derail good conversation. The intent of our stuff isn't to be taken as gospel, but hopefully promoting living history, black powder and 18th century artillery in a creative, interesting, historical accurate, relevant and safe manner!

For our first video I took the NPS 18th Century manuals method of making some priming tubes for artillery and expanded it into a quick history primer and a step by step guide, there are other channels online that have some of this stuff already, nothing crazy just trying to share our fun hobby with a wider audience. I figured there may be some folks here interested to see. While I don't see us getting the following that @B P Maniac Shooter has on YT hopefully we'll get a small crowd!

Morena from NZ.
Tatou ( thanks) for sharing that great information
Ata Marie
Have a fantastic day

 

[Tumbledown]

Oh, that's you? This is me, we've chatted by email about Knox's.

 

[MAPMFF]

Oh, that's you? This is me, we've chatted by email about Knox's.View attachment 271420

I know you! Haha yep that was me, lol hopefully the voice or amateur production quality won't scare ya off!