Duelist1954 Lecture on 18th Century Smoothbore Shooting

[Loyalist Dave]

GUYS
REIN IT IN PLEASE

Being critical of the video production and presentation is not an insult to the presenter. It's a permitted criticism on the forum. We can disagree about the information given, we can disagree with how it's given. I know Mike pretty well, and I'm sure he knows folks love his videos, or some don't.

I had a history professor who was an award winning history author, a well respected name in the history community, and had a Ph.D. The guy couldn't teach his way out of a paper bag. Amazing historian..., lousy presenter. Didn't change what he was great at... and I'm sure other students thought his classes were miraculous, but to each their own...



LD

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Who's miss Marple?

 

[Sgt. Hulka]

Who's miss Marple?

I think it’s some old woman who’s known for constantly bragging about building close to 400 rifles.

 

[Fitzhugh Williams]

I watched the video yesterday in it's entirety. Seems like a lot of good information for a beginner, which probably who the video was designed for in the first place. I don't necessarily agree with everything he said, but then that is not unusual for me either.

 

[tenngun]

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interesting. And just how did you come by this information? Have you seen me somewhere? do you even know who I am? Or does it just make you feel like a big man to kick me around.

So what's the big deal saying the guy is boring? It's just an opinion just like everybody else has.
I could probably count the number of ****tube videos I have watched on one hand. I'd rather be out doing the stuff than watching some guy drone on over some subject I have been actually doing since 1980.
Building flintlocks professionally for 43 years. National champion smoothbore shooter. Teaching the trade for many years. I guess it's my fault I'm bored because I actually go out and do the stuff for real while others spend all day watching ****tube videos dreaming about how cool they would be if they could only waddle outside and do it.

Hey, you like what you like, you don’t have to defend it.
I let them play while doing something else. Just finished a small wood box to carry my clay pipes to an event. You tubes armed scholar played while I was working on it, with a why file and a few from the Jamestown site (got a real cute girl talking about Powhatan women’s dress ) and an informative one on Powhatan bows
Nothing you can’t get from a book, probably nothing you or I didn’t know before.
But my wife loves broccoli and I hate it, what’s you going to do?
Honestly with your experience if you made a vid and droned through it I would no doubt give you a thumbs up and subscribe to your channel
Did you ever read Russell’s works? Talk about boring
But enough information he kept me turning the pages

 

[sturmkatze]

Who is Miss Markle? And is that a disparaging remark? (Just trying to keep up with all the virtue signaling stuff...)

I don’t virtue signal

 

[bud in pa]

I thought that it was informative and entertaining. I tend to enjoy anything muzzleloading.

 

[3 DUCKS]

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Thanks! I assume you mean me......