Sniper Tactics possibly used during the American Revolution 

Mark you have absolutely hit a home run with this one shooting the British dressing in Period I love it when you and Mike bellaview dressing the period clothing like that awesome awesome video thank you very much

I still believe that the greatest crossover in history was the Battle of cowpens you had Daniel Morgan and Nathaniel Green at the cowpens. Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox) just off to the South had been letting ol' Tarleton chase him till he was ragged just prior to the battle and the over mountain men had just whupped ol Ferguson up on Kings mountain just to the north so he couldn't reinforce Cornwallis at The Cowpens... It all came together for one big showdown.

Awesome video sir! From what I remember from history class, you take out the officers and it does hurt the formation, but they were still capable of discipline and continuing the attack thanks to NCOs. I believe that’s where we got our current military structure from anyway, the British army. Something hunters/snipers/scouts etc probably would have used is the Stop, Look, Listen, Smell tactic to gather information on their surroundings, though in 1777 they definitely didn’t call it SLLS.

Love to see it Mark! Thank you for making this.

I have two bonus things on Sunday. Church and your videos. Hopefully church will always be better but your videos got to be number 2. Oh and the Officer just falling down was the best.

watched after church Mark. Great educational video with fine shooting. You need to talk to the highwaey dept. and get a spring base, watching you run back and forth wore me out. Good times teaching others history. God bless brother, Bruce

The Richard Sharpes stories highlight how the Brits later learned to employ sniper squads against the French. The regulars had cheaper and faster to load smooth bores. Snipers used slower to load, long shot capable rifles.

Had time to watch ya before we left for church. Always fun AND educational. God bless.

Great job putting this one together Mark. That was also some pretty good shooting today. Green bigfoot similar to the Grinch would be pretty funny. Have a great day and blessings to you and your family brother.

I really enjoyed all the differnt firing positions and the log shot was a never give up attitude until the threat has been defeated, I was thinking of the battle of Kings Mountain as you were firing.

Awesome video, you really did a good job on this video. I love shooting black powder. Thanks for another great video.

Great video Mark, a bunch of plywood versions of those would make a great woodswalk set up or match somewhere.

Great job!

I've been shooting cap and ball revolvers and an in line .50 (209) for a long time but I have wanted to try my hand at a flintlock for years. Well I found your chanel a week ago and you talked me into it. I just ordered my first flintlock an hour ago. It's on the way ! It's not a traditional flintlock ( I can't afford one) so it's a modern flintlock....if there is such a thing. Either way, I will practice over the summer and deer hunt this next season with it....the history....love it.

Another great video with some good shootin. I was relieved you left ol' Bigfoot alone for this round. That poor ol' guy could use a rest.

Great video that looked like a lot of fun!

Good morning from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing your muzzleloader adventures

My favorite video so far keep up the good work

Great Video Mark Nice shooting,and a New Flintlock rifle i see to.Cheers from Australia

Good job knocking down those Red Coats, Mark. 👍🏼 Enjoyed the video, thanks!

❤❤❤this is a great video and very informative thanks and so much fun thanks again God bless you

That was fun, thanks.

Your best vid to date

Very cool!

Good job I’m watching before I go to church this morning. And I’m reminded of our freedom to worship here in U.S.A. King George wanted to even control the church and worship. Bring Plump to Pioneer Flats Shoot 2023. See you there.

Awesome video! I thought you were about to drag ole Bigfoot from the truck bed but I was surprised, Awesome target! Nice shooting too! The last one standing was tough, he took a few hits and still standing but you took care of him too 😁 God Bless, and have a Great Day 👍

Man bigfoot looked good all painted up like a British soldier. That must have taken some time to do that. Sitting down here on the Gulf where the weather is better. Just fired up the computer and tuned in the BPMS channel. Neat story and thanks for putting this one together Mark. I see you were shooting the new rifle. What caliber is that one?

Good shooting Mark!

If you haven't already, I'd like to suggest that you pick up "One Devil of a Whipping" by L. Babits and Knighton Bliss. It tells the story of the Battle of Cowpens and Morgan's use of rifle tactics.

My 7th great-grandfather, John Nelson Carlisle, died in 1776, leaving behind two young sons, aged 2 and 4 years old, and his young wife Phoebe Carlisle. Family lore has him killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but he is not on the official casualty list from that battle. I often imagine that he was a Lone Wolf sniper of some sort. Thanks for this video.

Timothy Murphy did that shot (it took him a few tries) at 250 yards while up in a tree, and with cannon grapeshot and volley of musket balls around him. That took nerves of steel.

Nice video by the way.

That's cool thanks

Great 😎

So cool, faded out your truck!

Enjoy your video s🎉. Like the gun….. different one

Too many people have gotten in the mindset that in order for a muzzleloader to be accurate, it must be an inline with a scope. During the American Revolution, some pretty long shots were made, and during the Civil War, Confederate sniper Jack Hinson was using a percussion .50 Kentucky rifle to shoot Union troops on boats coming up the Tennessee River at distances of 300 yards and better, and he did it a lot.

I was thinking about the kinds of weapons that would be ideal to have in a survival situation (say ww3 happened and society goes belly up) - Was watching Jeremiah Johnson a while back, which led me to my new growing interest in muzzleloaders. It looks like an ideal option for hunting or even limited self defense - since you can produce everything needed to basically have unlimited ammo - so long as you stock up on enough lead and chemicals to make black gunpowder. I assume it should also be easy to make the strike caps too? As a secondary fallback option, I’d have a recurve bow - But mainly rely on an Umarex Airsaber - easy to charge with a foot or hand pump, up to 20 shots per compressed tank - and more kinetic energy than most compound bows. (450 fps/169 fpe) great for large game.. obviously better than Muzzleloader for self defense, considering how fast you can load arrows.

I like your "Reactive Target"! When you whack em' his hat falls off. LOL

Hey, Mark! I think the resident Skunk Ape is trying to pass himself off as a 1777 British Redcoat. Better call Tim Murphy! Takes a darn cocky sniper to give "Ole Plump" a warning shot, reload and still take him out.

You might be a maniac,but you are the best maniac!

Tim Murphy, one of Daniel Morgan's Riflemen, recognized as the father of American Sniper Tactics, is supposed to have taken out two British General Officers with two shots from his double barreled rifle at the battle of Cowpens. But the question of whether his rifle was a side by side, or a turnbreech has never been satisfactorily answered, as no rifle that can be directly attributed to him has ever surfaced, ( my money is on the turnbreech, as I have seen a couple of examples of these, and it just makes sense because American Smiths would have used an economy in components)

not bad at all thanks

Great video Mark! Is that a new rifle that you are using?

Good shootin'!

Remember Mark… aim small miss small !😂😂😂❤

Sasquatch really made a radical transformation this time LOL

Lots of fun is that the same metal as bigfoot?

GREAT SHOOTING! Maybe you just need to stick with that 70 grain load like I do! No matter how close or how far it hits where I point it! Providing I have on the correct glasses!

Some of my favorite history of the USA.

You're having to much fun MARK

That shot to the groin didn’t knock him over but in real life that would make you jump about!

I thought that was a pretty cool experiment

You need to look up Jack Hinson for Civil War sniper

Schuetzen/Swiss/Wano from now on for me vs GOEX. Hodgdon and Estes Energetics soured me forever on the GOEX brand. Did you know GOEX does not/has never supported shooting clubs/programs? Schuetzen has and does!

Helps having that big ol red target haha

What is the longest shot you have taken successfully? Mine was 210 yards, at a deer in Montana, through the neck.Down like a sack of rocks. ;-)

Awesome history lesson. Way to take care of them redcoats.

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Sir, how many grains of powder do you use at 100 yds? Also, at 200 yds?

Jesus loves you too mate ! Blessing from France

I don't know, if you shoot a lobsterback twice and he just stares at you it is probably time to make tracks.

great video. I had heard about snipers during the revolution. The snipers did target officers, but they also targeted artillery and NCO's after they removed officers. Something I believe happened during or after the Revolutionary War, was the creation of longer-range rifles. By the time of the Civil War, they had rifles that a good shooter could make a shot upwards of 500 yards. Look at today's snipers with modern fire power, it is almost commonplace for a sniper to shoot 1000 yards, with some being able to hit a target from 1 mile or even more. Thank you for the video. And I agree, JESUS really does love me. JESUS really does love you also, and everyone or your readers and beyond. Keep up the great videos. And in your own words, JESUS really, really, REALLY loves you!

What rifle are you shooting in this video?

I can't help think, in that time when range was limited due to open sites and timber, that camo must of been used by the snipers or for that matter volunteers. These people were closer to the land and wild life than most people of today, it would only be common sense for a typical hunt.....just thinking out load here....

Way to take out those lobsterbacks.

I don't believe they reloaded immediately. It's logical to fire and move then reloaded especially in light if the fact that the smoke would reveal your position.

The British basically made the typical military mistake. Dressing in red banging their drums and matching in formation. We just hid in the woods and hunted them. They had smooth bore muskets. We had country folks with PA rifles made by very skilled German gunsmiths. The British was out gunned and out smarted.

Although I agree with 90% of this video, in reality, American long riflemen were not that combat effective as a whole. Individual snipers might have been marginally more effective, but the historic examples are few and many are controversial. Yes, the rifled barrels were amore accurate, but hitting a man in a battle from 250+ yards, often in some degree of motion , was extremely difficult - even today on a gun range. My guess is that there was a high degree of luck - or not - depending on one's position. Casualty counts show rather light losses in most Revolutionary battles, except for within certain segments of the field. Bunker Hill was an exception, with high losses on both sides. Still, there is no mention of British soldiers falling in mass numbers from rifle fire. Most of the British losses at Bunker Hill were from ordinary armory issued or farmer owned older pattern Brown Bess muskets - not rifles. The losses were a direct result of the longer range attributed to the higher elevation of the ramparts - not because of pin point accuracy. The British were taken under fire well before they could return fire. There is written testimony from British officers of being fearful and disdainful of American snipers and riflemen, considering them to be below contempt and deserving of no mercy. But, there was never anything like the casualties - by percentage - of Waterloo, Borodino, or other battles using pretty much the same equipment. Also, the smoothbore volleys from line infantry did not just land short of the mark. They most likely went past the target and hit lots of men in the rear - including officers, horses, wagons, artillery crews, etc. In many cases, there is simply no way to be sure that a rifle took down an officer or whether it was an errant .72 caliber from a smoothbore, owned by a farmer in a militia company. The British were good soldiers, and well knew the capabilities of rifles. They had Loyalists among their army, and were just as good at taking aim. British line infantry knew that rifles take a long time to reload and had no bayonet, thus, they would take a volley, then charge quickly at the run before the American rifle companies could reload. A company of troops could easily over run other men from 150 yards before you could re-load a longrifle. Most of the time, American riflemen ran, rather than get skewered. I seriously doubt that a typical battle was like that shown in The Patriot, with British troops just standing there getting popped. The American War was not like those of Europe. The revolution was very dynamic, with lots of fluidity and small unit maneuver. Armies were small and had many irregular elements. Finally, by the end of the war, nearly all rifle companies were assimilated into regular line infantry units because the smoothbore was still the deciding factor, and was by then well trained enough to stand their ground and be reliable - something that was not there in irregular rifle companies of farmers and independantly minded woodsmen. Yes, there were well regulated rifle companies, on both sides, but they were disciplned, uniformed members of the army - not thrown together men of whatever trade. A lot of this long range sniping stuff is just myth. Some of it is not.

Great shooting ! Like the gun ! Have you introduced us to that one yet ? 🤔 Jesus dose love us 😃