Pirate Takeover of Battleship NJ! 

RRRRRRRRRR

Also, just perhaps, leaving that one particular small arms locker open for the night :D.

@@whyjnot420 nice pull.

Davey Jones never would've stood a chance...

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@@seafodder6129 At least until all remaining 5in dual purpose guns that can be brought to bear...take aim...track them until just before full depression achieved... If they smart...give them a head start...then it's Whack a Mole time w/ the 16s...1 barrel @ a time.

Uh, my ship dealt with pirates in the middle east in 2005. Granted, we were a USCG ship, but we were a part of a Navy Expeditiary Strike Group. We boarded and took control back from pirates.

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Also when she mentioned that in combat they might not wet swab the cannon is false it was a very important step to prevent the powder for the next shot igniting while you were loading the next ball

@@cheap4x434 that did happen a fair amount. What she stumbled over is they would skip the dry swab and the worming- if the cannon is hot enough it will evaporate the damp cloth water, but it will be enough to put our the embers. Sometimes all were skipped, water poured over the cannon to keep it cool... until it cracks open of course. Its just like british tankers sitting with a powder charge on their lap ready for the next shot- you aren't supposed to, but its a lot faster. When being second means you have a good chance of dying, even it blowing your hand off isn't so concerning. You have to clean the caked up bore after a few shots anyway though, depending on your windage and design of the firing mechanism. Also, you might start with several crew per cannon... If you think that's dangerous, try a furnace on a ship to get your cannon ball red hot- A 'hot shot' if you will. They weren't so popular- fire on a ship, hot balls that if dropped start a fire that can't be put out, they would mostly go off when the ball hit the powder, and, well, burned the prize.

During the English Civil War wooden or horn flasks were used as ther are non conductive - they understood the risks of using metal even then.

BHistorical has been doing this event for 8 years now, so no!

@@bhistorical2213 That's rad! Cool presentation by the way.

Not exactly, the poundage was based on the bore and iron round shot (and also varies if using french lbs) (firing a lighter or heavier shot isn't related to its poundage) but basically yes, it would be known as a long ton gun lets be honest.

I think it would be a 610 pound gun as that would be the weight of an iron ball the diameter of the bore

@@johnbeauvais3159 Good thinking, I wonder where the line is where you transition from poundage to inches?

@@scale_model_apprentice once you start using shells instead of round shot, or if you have something like a mortar or howitzer where the bore is more relevant because you’re using a bursting shot

An absolute classic. Big fan.

I haven't played that one, but that was a Sid Meier game, wasn't it?

@@vbscript2 Yeah, one of his best. There's also a more modern version and it's not bad either.

Oooooooh!

I've done a bit of smuggling, and I've run my share of grass I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast Never meant to last, never meant to last

More like three hundred years…disavow!

...or you could just move to Somalia and join up there.

Why is the rum gone?

Yep, used nails, chains, birdshot, grapeshot, and yes silverware in a pinch. Tossed in with wadding, paper, silk, canvas, wool, etc. Yes they loved their guns, but your life was more valuable.

@@toddmetzger It's a popular myth that nails, chains, etc etc were used frequently in Blunderbuss style weapons. This is because of the flaired muzzle and the idea it was like that so any old rubbish could be loaded into it. The real reason the muzzle of a blunderbuss was falired was to make it easier to load on a moiving coach as the guard or on horse back - think pouring salt into a 3/4 inch unsteady opening then think doing the same with a 3 inch funnel.

@@alanslater4206 I think a lot of the "myth" comes from what happens when you run out of the stuff you are supposed to be shooting. One of NJ's contemporaries in WW2 came pretty close to shooting whatever could be stuff down the barrel during the Battle off Samar. What do you shoot when you used your AP ammo, your HE ammo, and even your starshells?

Wonder if it was in case of stray embers from the BP, not that it’s a serious fire hazard but it could cause staining

@@johnbeauvais3159 , I expect they probably just didn't want to dirty up the nice new deck. Can't blame them for that

Settle down, try tinder

Arrrgh!

Yes .... I was nervous from afar on how they were waving the weapons around and pointing aimlessly. Not good safety practice with weapons.

Exactly....flintlocks can go off half-cocked. There's a metal ridge and tab that is supposed to prevent this, but it can wear down the more the weapon is used. I was always told the flint hit the striker plate, not the pan. If your flint is hitting the pan, well you need to adjust your flint. The sparks will travel down the striker plate into the pan, igniting the primer powder, going through the hole setting off the main charge. Many riflemen carried a primer flask, with a finer powder than was used with the main charge. The finer powder was easier to ignite with the sparks. You could also keep the powder in the flask from getting as damp, as say your prepared paper charges. Those would get more wet every time you grabbed a new one.

If it's the movie I am thinking of it's not time travel but pirates who have been living in the bermuda triangle and find out that the family they capture from a boat is related to captain morgan, then a navy ship comes and the pirates board it. I think it's called Island.

@@LTPottenger That sounds right. Hopefully I can find it online. Thanks!

@@LTPottenger The Island, 1980, with Michael Caine. I watched it last night, rented from Amazon. It was a Coast Guard Cutter that was raided and taken over by pirates 🏴‍☠️. It was a good watch, thanks for helping me find it!

@@Colonel_Obvious Didn't think of it for years, thanks for reminding me!

Not an expert, but did their best.

You can actually feel a greater concussion from black powder small arms than a smokeless rifle shot.

Yup. All you need to do is listen to some black powder being fired with real shot. No compression, no pop. They could have used soft wadding. Not going to travel very far. Not across the river certainly.

You can never have enough things that go "Bang" on a Battleship. :-)

Besides, it may provide that one, lucky shot that sinks the enemy cruiser when all the other guns missed, or couldn't depress far enough to hit a close-in target 🤯 🌌🔭

Well, he did pinch a guy because he didn't get a sandwich.

HAMMOOOOOOOND!!!!

Just need Gary Busey dressed as a woman.

This was a historical show, and pirates didn't speak like in Hollywood!

It would've been known as a first rate ship of the line (of battle) then. Try turning that into an initialism.

Terminology also got me too...but some could also just be reduction to the most basic terms for the laymen in the audience.

Gun safety, yes! They were amateurish in that, well in everything but it’s still fun.

It might be .50 cal maybe .45.

@@chrisgentry7242 She read it wrong it was a .52. I hope they were talking to kids.

52 caliber is too big for a pocket pistol

@@LTPottenger Nope, .50, .52. .54, .58 and even .68 to match the muskets. They came out with smaller cap fired pistols much later but the smallest was .36

@Joe Abondolo IKR they were flagging everyone.