That is the shortest carbine I have ever seen. Thank you for the interesting video Doc. I watched this while supper was cooking. Now I can eat it. Happy 4th.
I gotta agree, 30 inches at pretty much .70 is crazy. Tho like a stocked(ish) version of the old horse pistols. Well Good Golly Miss Molly That priming tho...
Hi "Just", and a happy 4th weekend to you as well. I was hoping that one of the more seasoned Gents would pick up on the Betamax comparison. ............Doc
Hey doc, thank you for the new video, nice to see another rare historic weapon, been wanting to make a game using these sorts of guns for a while and your channel has been a godsend
Hi Barry and happy 4th weekend. I did have a ball making the ammo. I also purchased small brass tubing the size of the rolled tubes, but never got around to try them yet. Best regards...Doc
Спасибо за отличное видео редкого сейчас образца оружия 😁👍 Это кавалерийский штуцер (для кирасиров, гусаров и т.д.) то есть для тех, которые в отличии от драгунов стреляли не спешиваясь, прямо с лошади, их возили в седельных кобурах. Именно поэтому он и нарезной. У драгунов для стрельбы с лошади был свой специфический тип ружья - "драгона" или "тромблон", стрелял дробью, длиной был такой-же, но гладкоствольный и с раструбом, чтобы удобнее было заряжать сидя на лошади, а спешиваясь они стреляли с обычных карабинов нормальной длины.
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Another great video Doc. I just received my 8 bore pinfire rifle. Waiting on some materials to make the cases, and a mold for the bullet to arrive. I'll post a video when it's shooting again.
Hi Mike, Glad you came along on the shoot. Wow! the 8 bore pinfire sounds grand. Best of luck on the ammo build. One of the favorite cartridges in my collection is an 8 bore "Cement Gun" round used for cleaning out furnaces and kilns. Regards....Doc
God dag herr Loken, hope you are having a relaxing summer. That gun sat on the wall for years and it is interesting and I had never shot it. Great fun making the ammo and she was well behaved on the range. Pleased that you could join me on the adventure.....Doc
What a handy little carbine. I like the simple but effective hammer block. The smurking powder gremlin face took a good eye and imagination to see. Were your tubes as sure fire as they seemed off camera. I think CapandBall was the only other tube lock shooter I've seen. Thanks for the effort to bring this one back to life. Gp
Hi Gp, What a nasty little weapon. Can you imagine being in a serious conflict and having a brace of them suspended on your saddle ? The primer tubes worked very well, all I made went off, only one or two needed another wack. Cap & ball has a great channel and this is a gun of his homeland, so he knows them inside and out. The guns of Louis Tiege and Henry Delvigne, the Kammer-buchse, Jagerstutzen, and kammer-louder, all the early arms of the Hapsburg's, even the schpiz-kooger !!! This gun hung on the wall for years, so it was time to experience it. Best regards....Doc
Hello Sir, I have pondered that myself, and can't make sense of it in its present configuration. I suspect it is the coarse acme thread that holds the breech plug in place, but there is no need to have it extend that far into the chamber. I further conjecture that this breech plug may have been of the system Delvigne and was removed and cut back flush to its present location. Good question. Best regards.....Doc
GREAT VID. Sad to say tho, it kinda shows why this method/style never hit the big time, so to speak. Thank you tho, I've learned a bit, which I do appreciate. EDITED: After giving this some more thought, I can see where this could have been a really neat cavalry carbine, but that priming system, while mounted, possibly under fire...ugh. I think I'd go with the Joslyn or a Burnside myself, but I'm just an old cowboy, what do I know? But thanks again for the vid.
Hello, and thanks for the comment. I guess this system was fine in its day compared to the flintlock which it was trying to replace, but as you say, in a few years the Joslyn would use a totally contained cartridge. Regards...Doc
BTW I've followed you well, heh, a while, I just never say much, becouse nobody wants to hear what I think. I'm O.K. with that. Keep up the good work Sir.
