Probably going to get scoffed at, but before I got my fowler, I filed the bayonet lug on my Bess into a makeshift front sight. Made a big difference.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Good idea!
@PalmettoNDN
4 ай бұрын
Many people in the frontier did the same. I've seen historic examples with lugs filed.
@CRCollector
Жыл бұрын
Well done guys, thank you for participating in the challenge!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for helping us by helping organizing!
@h-minus2212
Жыл бұрын
My hat is off to each of you gentlemen. That looked like a lot of fun and fairly tough physically, given the weight of the firearms and the rigor of loading - especially when compared to modern firearms. I am pacing like a tiger waiting for my kits to show up. My wife keeps telling me that patience is a virtue. Darn virtues. Thank you for the great content.
@johnfisk811
Жыл бұрын
G that looked like fun.Well done chaps. FWIW I would suggest a more aggressive charge of 120 grains of 1F and, for the number of rounds used, larger balls. The period size was to allow the full 60 rounds carried to be loaded in spite of fouling. With modern cleaner powders you can get away with a .72 or .73 ball in the Bess. Post Napoleonic war George Lovell reduced artillery and sappers carbines down from .753 to.733 as they would be unlikely to have to fire 60 rounds so could benefit from a closer fit to the standard service issue ball cartridge.
@gumsloughmead2881
Жыл бұрын
I really like what offer on your videos. I appreciate your time and effort you put in for us. Please keep doing what you do. Thanks alot.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly!
@gijoe508
Жыл бұрын
Per the British drill manuals the brown bess bayonet lug was actually referred to as “the sight”
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Hey thanks!!
@johnnottahcal5725
Жыл бұрын
Oh man. I missed out on a postal shoot. I have my Charleville up and running. She sure can bust up my cheek bone.
@FlintlockOperator
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic work! Love to see those military muskets be pushed to their capabilities.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
It's a lot of fun!!
@alanparadis5061
Жыл бұрын
That is awesome! Looks like an absolute blast! Great job both of you guys as far as I'm concerned, both getting 3 or 4 shots off around 2 minutes is a job well done!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@JCP1152P
9 ай бұрын
I have a Pedersoli 1777, great fun. Way more fun than cartridge guns. I blame all my misses on the smooth bore.
@Flyingcircustailwheel
Жыл бұрын
After learning on the bess, the charleville felt like a huge upgrade 😂
@robertlittle7407
Жыл бұрын
Cool man cool
@Operator_Inquiries
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know you were a fellow Ohioan, Good runs.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@keithkatschke8036
Жыл бұрын
Great job guys, I just wish I could get up from those positions as gracefully as you both do!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Keith!! We'll have to get a class for you to try.
@keithkatschke8036
Жыл бұрын
@@ILoveMuzzleloading I can get into and out of those positions, awkwardly of course!
@user-ts1fp4nm9y
3 ай бұрын
Think about how stressful it would be if a whole lot of people were shooting back at you!!! Great video!!!
@johnhildenbrand2642
3 ай бұрын
Getting shot at sucks, and its gotten even worse as weapons have advanced
@uriah-s97
Жыл бұрын
Looks like lots of fun! Still need to build a smoothbore myself, maybe I can come shoot with you guys some time. Great video Ethan, glad yall had a blast.
@johnhildenbrand2642
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, a fowling piece or military musket is pretty high on my agenda too, almost certainly to be a charleville if I go musket, but damn if that Bess isn't a beaut
@swamprat9018
Жыл бұрын
Barry has the slowest velocity I have ever seen out of a muzzle loader. the 22 second flight time over 50 yards on his second shot was amazing. LOL Probably the reason he shot low.
@johndally7994
Жыл бұрын
Very cool video! Thanks
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thanks John.
@micwell2247
7 ай бұрын
Can't wait till the come out with chewable/ edible flavored paper ...Mmm good. Shooting time means snack time
@earlshaner4441
Жыл бұрын
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and everyone else
@folday6169
Жыл бұрын
Thanks guys! Encouraging to get outside this time of year.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!!
@dowdawg
Жыл бұрын
Looks like fun. We used to do stuff similar with buddies when I was younger.
@davefellhoelter1343
Жыл бұрын
your paper cartriges look Much Like Mine! keeping safety in mind I developed a paper load with the pan powder of chioce last or first? in the tail as a pimer charge pocket. I Must "Believe" our ancestors did much the same! sooner? Watching you and your friends Gets me to my Next Shoot! Thanks!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave! Good thoughts on the primer pocket!
@Real11BangBang
Жыл бұрын
Rocking the good old Charleville. I'm jealous. Mine is getting worked on right now. Otherwise I'd be running with it. Looks like I'm going to be using the pederesoli brown bess
@calebswartz6273
Жыл бұрын
Really cool Ethan, very fun to watch. Have to give it a shot next year!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Please do!
@jimbo3615
Жыл бұрын
I love these videos! My son was home from school (linemen school🙂 ) this week and I would have loved to do this with him. I’ll do it in May when he hets home and will send you the video. Maybe you can start a subscriber series…. Of course we’ll have nicer weather in May and real sights! Lol!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thank him for being a lineman for me! Please do it! I’d love to see how much fun you’d have
@frontierpatriot
Жыл бұрын
Looks like fun! :) POW POW!!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
You gotta try it Ron!!
@allenpippin3799
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome. I may have to take my pedersoli brown bess to the range and try this.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Please do!
@Schlachtschule
Жыл бұрын
A great showing guys, it looked fun. Of course, if you and Barry were really cool, you'd have done it on snowshoes while wearing a full kit like Rob did... ;-) Still, kudos for doing it at all and getting some hits.
@bgeipel
Жыл бұрын
I can only bow down to Rob.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Rob clears the wild timber for us mere peons!
@snappers_antique_firearms
Жыл бұрын
That looked fun
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
You gotta try it!
@felixd7818
Жыл бұрын
Love the channel. Hate to sound like the safety police, but please consider moving the priming horn further away while shooting prone.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for keeping an eye out!
@Everythingblackpowder
Жыл бұрын
This looks like a good time. I need to give it a try.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see it
@galenhisler396
Жыл бұрын
I love it! Nice guns. I need one🤠
@HDSME
4 ай бұрын
I hate to think of how many soldiers rated there rifels and they went off!!!! Shooting the ram rod out because of hot embers after furling in a battle wow
@jessealvarado4319
Жыл бұрын
Another great video!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@rsengineering
9 ай бұрын
Barry, your ball should have been a .715 or .720 if it is .75 cal. So basically like the undercaliber ball for the Ferguson which is a .65 and shot a .615 carbine ball. Of course, that was shot with a tallow/beeswax dip and you shoot with paper patching. Nathan shot a .66 out of a .69. I just think the Brown Bess Ball Size was way too small in order to compare accuracies. It was fun to watch that Barry kept his frizzen open while trying to fire. That will never go off.... And these two guns are probably a few of the only Pedersoli guns which actually have a correct flint breech and therefore work pretty well. I am still assuming that the springs are pretty terribly unbalanced in the lock which shortens the flint life???? How many shots do you get from a flint with these?
@northwoodstrapper8778
Жыл бұрын
Looks like a good time. I can’t wait until the snow melts to get the range open
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Hope it’s soon for you
@OdoyleRules24
Жыл бұрын
That's good shooting for a military musket and paper cartridges. I had to make a little sheet metal rear sight for my brown bess to even hit paper consistently!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Glad you got it working!!
@sailorjohnboy2325
Жыл бұрын
That looked like a lot of fun, except the snow part. I think I'm allergic to snow. LOL Something that's helped me tame my fowler is a laser boresight and watching a ridiculous amount of yt videos on aiming and fitting shotguns and shooting skeet. IMHO you have to aim these sight less muskets like shotguns. I replaced my flint with a piece of wood and dry fired with the laser boresight to look for my mistakes. Made a big difference. I also think your main charge is too light. I'd bump it up to 110 grains of 1.5f or 2f. YMMV Anyway, thank you for doing these videos.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Good idea on the dry fire practice and thank for the other tips too! Thank you!!
@TornadoCrewStormChasers
Жыл бұрын
I am looking at getting a Rev military musket. Cant decide between the brown bess or the charleville. The charleville looks more military ish.
@terryqueen3233
Жыл бұрын
Hey Barry were you the cameraman for Steve walls?? If you weren't you sure do look like the cameraman that Steve walser's using just like him
@StevenMMan
Жыл бұрын
Having fun is what it is all about Mountain man
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Amen!
@squawk3120
Жыл бұрын
You’d make a fine member of the Armée révolutionnaire française! Looking forward to taking out my Charleville this spring for turkey season.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I hope to be up to snuff! What kind of load do you use for turkey? I’m hoping to do the same
@squawk3120
Жыл бұрын
@@ILoveMuzzleloading I’ve yet to go out and figure out a ratio yet. I have #5 shot and plan on starting out with a square load of 75 grains using flax wadding. You might beat me to it! If so, I’d like to see what you come up with :)
@TyrusPerises
Жыл бұрын
I've been wondering how these two would stack up. In your opinion, is Pedersoli a pretty accurate representation of the gun?
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Pedersoli is as close as it gets in the mass market. For what I'm doing they are fine, but a lot of people have modified and 'fixed' theirs over the years by refinishing and even applying new hardware.
@paulnelson4318
Жыл бұрын
How do you find out about this shoot, and how do you participate? Another great video!!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
It’s a free to shoot online match! More info here: www.riflechair.com/cabin-fever-challenge
@Bayan1905
Жыл бұрын
I wanted to do this, and then my range got buried under 3 feet of snow, you can't even walk to get there let alone set out a target.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Hope it clears up soon!
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Hope it clears up soon!
@rustyshackleford4728
Жыл бұрын
What brand is your charleville?
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
This is a Pedersoli
@rustyshackleford4728
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@louiscifer5438
Жыл бұрын
what hole!!!!
@kevinbietry7527
Жыл бұрын
You're doing it wrong aren't you if you don't use the supplied ram rod with the gun and return it before each shot. I mean you can argue Soldiers might have in the stress of battle forgotten to prime first and resorted to primming one way or another after the fact and modern shooters adhere to safety, but you can't argue against the ram rod.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kevin
@Rumblestrip
Жыл бұрын
Nice shooting... Never let em see ya sweat though... 1:58 as per your timer, we heard that. Lol whispering doesnt help with a lapel mic lol. Well ya know what that showed me with your second run? You think too much. Knock it off lol your group was better the second time.
@ILoveMuzzleloading
Жыл бұрын
LOL thanks man!! I do think too much, that's for sure. lol
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