The Augustin tube lock military rifle and the light infantry tactics of 1848-49 

That's what I love the most about this channel. He's not just about the gear and the shooting. Every video is a history lesson. I study a lot of military history. For whatever reason I have never thought so much about the training soldiers from this era got. I guess because of the history of my own country from the era. Typically, soldiers on both the Union and Confederate sides in our Civil War got very little in the way of formal training like this. Their training was a little D&C, and explaining how to load the rifle and which end of it to point at the enemy. But their primary training was simply surviving on the battlefield long enough to learn the trade the hard way. On-the-job training in other words, with a high attrition rate. But watching this video it's fascinating to see that the Jaegers of the era underwent training every bit as complex and detailed, if not more so, than what I learned in the US Army in basic training. Utterly fascinating.

Ian of forgotten weapons has discussed them before but I don't think I've ever seen one until this vid

@@MADDOG2151 I love how people seem to think fw is the only source of information. He doesn't even cite his sources

@@MADDOG2151 If you've been subscribed to this channel longer, you would've noticed that this isn't his first tubelock video LOL

@@KI.765 Pre-cartridge firearms are also really not his interest or specialism.

@@KI.765 Ian from Forgotten Weapons makes videos for entertainment but he also happens to be a very knowledgeable and well respected expert on historical firearms. His videos are not meant to be referenced as scholarly works, they are meant to be fun and interesting. Also you said, "I love how people seem to think fw is the only source of information" in response to someone just mentioning that they heard of the tubelock on that channel. Who are these people that think that? Can you cite them for me? I didn't think so and I suspect that is a complete straw man argument that you created in order to attack someone that you dislike that being Ian from Forgotten Weapons. On another note it is extremely crass for you to even make such a stupid remark especially in the comments of someone (capandball) who is friends with him because this is not a person that benefits from you bashing his friend. I am sorry that you cannot cite Forgotten Weapons for you Doctoral dissertation but I am sure you will find those sources somewhere else. Nah, I am just kidding, I really know that you are just some bitter jealous loser with a fake name on the internet leaving dumb impulse comments on RU-vid channels that I get the pleasure of having to read and laugh at and then get to write a reply where I metaphorically disembowel you. To everyone else that read this just remember what type of person leaves negative comments on RU-vid videos, it's the type of person that does not have a lot going for them and they take pleasure in belittling others that they are jealous of and resentful towards because of their own personal failings or misfortune. Do not get mad at these people but pity them for they are far more miserable than they will ever let you know.

We used to make "bangers". We scraped off match-tips an put them in a nut, which we closed by screwing in 2 bolts (one on each end). Then tied a plastic bag onto one of the bolts, swung it up in the air and made a run for it. The plastic bag acted as a sling when launching the thing, and as a stabilizer as it came down, making sure it landed vertically, thus compressing the bolts together - just enough to ignite the charge. BANG!!!

@@teaCupkk The good old days!

That was funny to see for sure. I used paper caps like that and the plastic ones for my revolver. Sadly, my revolver did not live up to my rough child life. I remember throwing it at my Brother (I was 9 at the time), and it stuck in the wall by the hammer. Good thing my Brother ducked.

Definitely not really common arm!

Este señor en el tema de sistemas de armas de fuego de los siglos XVIII y XIX es una enciclopedia, no solo explica y muestra las armas también las dispara para nuestro regocijo y absoluto placer para los que practicamos el deporte del tiro con armas de avancarga y retrocarga de pólvora negra, gracias muchas gracias

Not too difficult. I followed the original method described in the Regulation and it took not more than 5 minutes.

:) :)

So am I.

The tube lock systems were imported in small numbers in the beginning of the Civil War. Most were converted to percussion unfortunately.

I'd love to see that as well. Unfortunately, surviving examples are rare as hen's teeth and since the seals in it were mostly felt and leather, very few of them would be in anything like firing condition. They're also worth a fortune, and bringing one into shootable condition would require so much work with modern materials, that it would probably seriously impact the collector's value of the weapon. I saw a video here on RU-vid a few years ago in which the fellow had an original Girardoni rifle. He was actually able to shoot it a few times because some craftsman was making historically accurate modern reproductions of the stock/air bottle and that's where most of the seals are. If memory serves just the handmade repro stock cost him a couple thousand dollars and the maker produced fewer than ten of them. So you can probably imagine how much the originals are worth. Still, if some enterprising machinist and craftsman were to make high-quality reproductions of the rifles, he'd probably have each one purchased before he even completed building it. I know I would absolutely love to have an authentic and accurate repro that I could actually shoot, but it would probably cost me as much as a semester or two of college for my kid. By modern standards the Girardoni isn't a very powerful weapon, with its ball usually departing the muzzle at around 400 fps. Enough to kill out to 50 or 100 yards but nowhere near as powerful as my modern Hatsan Gladius .45 air rifle and not even close to the power of a muzzle loader of the era. Still in terms of sheer firepower, the Girardoni could be fired so fast that compared to the firearms of the era, the Girardoni and its operator were the functional equivalent of a machinegun. Considering that each soldier carried at least 10 tubes of reload tubes of 18 balls a piece to reload from, as well as additional air reservoirs (I believe each soldier carried 6 charged air reservoirs) the sheer volume of punishment a squad of Girardoni-armed soldiers could lay down was utterly unprecedented, and there were no powder-burner rifles that could do a tenth of what the Girardoni could could do. For sure a relatively close-range weapon but for most soldiers a squad of Girardoni-armed riflemen were every bit as unapproachable as a WW1 team on a Maxim machinegun. Trying to charge them would have been suicide.

Guns are always cool, antique guns are double cool, hip firing a double is pissed-my-pants-it's-so-cool!.. :)

They really made good use of a piece of steel in the old days, didn't they?

@teaCupkk yes they did. They actually made stuff that lasted.

:) köszönöm! Tudom, de ez már így marad... :D

Ettől autentikus a csatorna :-)

The Kriegsarchiv Alte Feldakten can asnwer this question properly, but I only dealt with Hungarian units so far. The Hungarian Army used flintlocks, caplocks and tube locks simultaneously, but we were in a much worse situation then the k.k. army. But I would say yes to the question.

@@capandball It would make sense indeed. Amazing stuff, the mid 19th century wars in Europe are so criminally neglected by most. I also wonder if you or one of your compatriots has a Schwammschloss replica at hand. I would love to see one of those and I believe it might have been one of the more common firearm locks seen at Mohácsi.

That's a "biocomposit" repro of the bow of our ancestors. Will be a star of a later show.

@@capandball I'd guess Grózer Hungarian? I've heard good things about them.

@@capandball Have you ever tried shepherd's sling? Lead ammunition could reach distances over hundreds of meters. There are really good slingers here in youtube and it would be interesting to see comparison between matchlock and sling.

Thanks Mark!

Been there, done that... lifting a 100 kg deer for a friend from a 100 m deep ravine... Now that was fun... :)

@@capandball wasn't it great. Love your hunt videos. Most don't get it. A successful hunt doesn't always mean getting the game. Early morning, frost all the way down the valley. Warm coffee in the cup and a sunrise from heaven.

Hi Stephen, this is indeed a very important question, not naive at all! All historical arms must be properly examined by professionals. This is how the Hungarian CIP proof house examines historical guns. This is mandatory. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y4Tbhl-0u-E.html

It depended on the period. We immediately strated to translate the German language manuals, and by 1849 I am pretty sure that most troops were using Hungarian language for commands. I kept the German here, as that was the original source.