Flintlock and percussion shotguns, in Spain

[Hermanoshawken]

Hi. I have made a couple of simple videos in my nation, Spain, to create hunting enthusiasts with muzzleloading shotguns (single shot flintlock and percussion fowlers). Well, there are many people who believe that these weapons are useless. I leave the links of YouTube. I hope you like them. Sincerely.

Escopeta de avancarga de chispa (Flintlock muzzleloading shotgun.12 bore fowler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_WJjyo62rk

Escopeta de avancarga de pistón (Percussion muzzleloading shotgun.12 bore fowler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1HmKOqK3A&t=70s

 

[Semisane]

Your videos appear to be well done Hermanoshawken.

However, your loading techniques made me cringe. In the first video you lean your face over the bore during the loading process several times and, to my horror, lean the muzzle of the loaded gun against your chest.

In the second video you slap the ramrod of the loaded gun into the ramrod channel with the flat of your hand completely covering the muzzle.

We want you to be able to hang around this forum for a long time. Please be more cautious with your loading process. You may get away with those dangerous habits forever.....but perhaps not.

 

[Hermanoshawken]

Thank you very much for your advice. I'll keep them in mind.

 

[tenngun]

Good job. My Spanish is limited to ordering a beer, or things I could say in a bar thirty years ago that would get my face slapped.
It’s funny that we often use words for guns and refer to some type of historic gun, and forget that in the native language it just means shotgun, or hunters rifle or some such.
I sure enjoy watching people from all over the world sharing fun from the same hobby I do.
Mind your body over the muzzle so you can enjoy them canajos after the hut.👍

 

[tenngun]

Conejo, my spell check was a messing with me and I just now noticed.

 

[Hermanoshawken]

Hello, do not worry about the language. I do not know much English either, because before in Spain, French was studied in high schools. What I intend is to hunt with muzzleloaders in Spain and that it is legal, because it is a more ecological hunting. Greetings friend.