SLOW MOTION MUSKET SHOT AT CUIRASS AND BALL IMPACT

[Loyalist Dave]

Hey black powder shooters here's a video of a dog-lock aka English Lock musket shooting a roundball at a cavalry cuirass (breast plate) with impact results.

So this is on a Spanish page, and might be a Spanish musket..., don't know how long this will be "up"....

Musket Video with Impact

LD

 

[Shadowalker164]

That was cool, flat ball bouncing! Thanks for sharing

 

[Grenadier1758]

I just tried and I can't see the video.

 

[11th corps]

Wouldn't want to be the guy wearing armor.
cool.
thanks for posting.

 

[Britsmoothy]

That's gonna leave a mark!

 

[Shadowalker164]

For all who missed it, excellent slow-mo footage of a ball denting the s**t out of a breastplate and bouncing off flat as a pancake!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Not available to me…dang.

 

[rafterob]

Great aim, that ball hit right on the ridge of the breast plate. They were designed to deflect arrows, bolts and balls to the side. I imagine the force of getting hit square on like that would make it hard to stay on your horse.

 

[DiMarco_Mercantile]

Very cool video, it’s always impressive seeing breastplates holding up like that point blank.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

The Video is also posted here:

https://www.wideopenspaces.com/slow-motion-magnificence-flintlock-firing-on-armored-breastplate/

 

[Shadowalker164]

One question, as I await my first flint. That flint didn’t seem to spark much at all, it seemed to light the pan after it stopped its fall. Is that common?

 

[Rifleman1776]

Wow! That was slower than slow but a very interesting vid. Didn't see any sparks and the priming seemed to take forever to ignite. But, that was what it seemed like. Great vid.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

The Video is also posted here:

https://www.wideopenspaces.com/slow-motion-magnificence-flintlock-firing-on-armored-breastplate/

You are awesome…thank you for the link. OMG…crazy.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Wow! That was slower than slow but a very interesting vid. Didn't see any sparks and the priming seemed to take forever to ignite. But, that was what it seemed like. Great vid.

I don't know as we'd have to slow-mo our own guns and see.., but it might be a tad slow on that particular shot.

LD

 

[Dave Markowitz]

That would knock the wind out of you. I wonder what the ball size and powder charge were.

Did anyone else notice that the lock is built to be able to be used as both a flintlock and matchlock?

 

[Rifleman1776]

Did anyone else notice that the lock is built to be able to be used as both a flintlock and matchlock?

Yes.

 

[toot]

Wouldn't want to be the guy wearing armor.
cool.
thanks for posting.

I think that he would have one HELLEVA HEMOTOMA, MEGGA BRUSE, after taking that shot!!!???

 

[Mr. Flintlock]

One question, as I await my first flint. That flint didn’t seem to spark much at all, it seemed to light the pan after it stopped its fall. Is that common?

No, it's not common. He had terrible ignition problems. You can see the powder flying out of the pan before ignition. Cool video though.

 

[PathfinderNC]

One question, as I await my first flint. That flint didn’t seem to spark much at all, it seemed to light the pan after it stopped its fall. Is that common?

I noticed that as well! In fact some of the powder was kicked out of the pan when the cock struck home,before the priming burned. It took a minimal little teeny spark to set it off, evidently.

 

[Polecat_Tom]

Wouldn't want to be the guy wearing armor.
cool.
thanks for posting.

Better to be the guy wearing the armor than the guy not wearing the armor. But I think I know what you are saying.