17th century wheel lock pistols in action - accuracy & ballistics 

Yes! A scientific professional study.

This is not Paul Harrell.

What about Gun Jesus ?,

I ám from Hungary too

They look even sturdier than 17c originals. I saw a lot of Suhl-made mass-produced wheel-locks that had weaker trigger guards and flimsy ramrod rings.

What's the price for these polish reproductions?

Where can I get a pair

good for you mate

It is elegant but very complicated.

Got to love experimental archeology!

Nerd

Yes and no. Unless produced with period tools then modern machining, bullets and gunpowder would be expected to radically increase accuracy beyond that achievable by period pieces. That said it's definitely worth doing and gives insights pure reading doesn't provide

@@nath9091 That's a very valid point!

@@Gigachadly So?

right? I bet he totally did not sit the entire evening in front of his TV with both pistols in hand for two weeks straight after he got them haha

@@peteraugust5295 :) Let me have a pic please!

You know he did. Stroking them.

hmm if its a matter of bows vs muskets id say the bows are no worse of. Muskets are easier to train large numbers to use buut if trained archers go against muskets itd be a blood bath all round. Of course that's assuming tha tthe guys with bows dont run away due to the BANG :P

@@sabo55 There's a very funny account of a French general(Baron de Marbot) who was fighting the Russians at the Battle of Leipzig(1813), and chastised their Bashkirs who principally fought with bows because they weren't well trained to shoot in an organized fashion which lead to the Bashkirs loosing arcing volleys which were inaccurate and lacking in power, and he described them as, "In fact the Baskirs, having no other arms, are undoubtedly the world’s least dangerous troops." Ironically this French general was wounded in the leg by a Bashkir arrow.

@@sabo55 the bows could shoot faster but the lead balls did much more damage if they hit anywhere.

@@sabo55 I live in a region where 5% of the population is Bashkir. The city museum presents composite Bashkir bows, very complex in technology. The Bashkir cavalry used them until the beginning of the nineteenth century. The range and accuracy are not worse than smooth-bore rifles, the rate of fire is very high. They used their bows to shoot from the saddle and presented a very big problem for the rifle-armed infantry. During the movement of Napoleon's army to Moscow and the subsequent flight of its remnants back to Europe, Bashkir horse archers made constant night raids on the French camps. Night, surprise attack and retreat are what they have always loved. But these people learned horseback riding and archery from early childhood and all their lives, this is a way of life.

@@colbunkmust He was lucky that, according to their custom, they did not store the arrowhead that had wounded him in the decaying corpse of the horse.

Didn't they survive as heavily ornate hunting weapons for a while after the flintlocks where introduced? I understand it that it's main drowback was that they where more complicated and expensive. As such they never really took of as a weapon for mass armies of foot soldiers that mostly went from fuse lock to flint lock due to this.

Stay tuned for more!

@@capandball Maybe you could try to take a look at a Russian Berdan rifle?

Dear Robert, thanks for the good words, yes I made both horns.

​@@capandballHello ! I don't understand English very well. Please tell me, do you sell these reproductions of flintlock pistols? What is the price in dollars?

( formidable for the people being shot )

This will part of the experimental archaeology project I mentioned.

@@capandball - Great, looking forward to that one.

Stay tuned!

@@capandball Oho! Now I'm excited!

Indeed , for that matter , should do respectfully well on the enemy Horse ! Later Flint and Percussion locks were less expensive to manufacture , and simplier to maintain , but as far as power and accuracy , they would compare favorably throughout the remainder of the Single Shot Pistol Era for another 200 or so years .

Seriously point blank only though. Were as the others could be used up to 40 or 50 meters with good effect. I'll pass on the slug, the paper cartridge looked to be all around superior.

Capandball stated that the weight of a normal power charge is a third of the bullet weight. Actually, it works out closer to a quarter of the bullet weight. He stated the ball diameter was .530. Ergo: .530 round ball (without sprue) = 224 grains lead... 224 grains / 4 = 56 grains powder. Your 1860 Colt Army's bore is .44 caliber. .440 round ball = 128 grains lead... 128 grains / 4 = 32 grains powder. However, usually a larger ball is used in the 1860, up to .454" diameter. A .454 round ball = 141 grains lead... 141 grains / 4 = 35.25 grains powder. Note that it is common for 1860 shooters to use less powder (e.g. 20 grains) for improved accuracy.

@@DigitizedReflections yes , I heard him say all those things as well. My 1860 prefers a full charge of 30 grains with a 128 grain .440 round ball. 20 grains gives terrible accuracy in mine.

Should be simple to extrapolate. Imagine a 20ga Foster style slug , download about 200 fps .

Great choice!