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FIRING A MATCHLOCK MUSKET - musketeer from the Monmouth Rebellion 1685

History Workshops
2022 ж. 26 Қар.
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The matchlock musket was used by armies into the early 18th Century. It was used by both sides during the Monmouth Rebellion where the rebel forces of the Duke of Monmouth were defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor by the royalist forces of King James II. It's gunpowder charge is ignited by a length of slow burning matchcord that is soaked in saltpetre which means it burns slow but hot.
When the trigger is squeezed, the matchcord held in the serpent is lowered into the pan. When the priming pan is ignited, the flame goes through the touch-hole into the barrel and ignites the main charge.
As you can see, it is a smoky, noisy and smelly business but also lots of fun!
#monmouthrebellion #dukeofmonmouth #battleofsedgemoor #englishhistory #17thcentury #militaryhistory #gunpowder #musket #musketeer #redcoats #education
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  • To see how this musketeer used one of the very first bayonets - kzhead.info/sun/i85vn7eniKF_p5s/bejne.html

    @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

  • Matchlocks are cool. I've shot flintlocks for 30 years and it's still fun.

    @8626John@8626John Жыл бұрын

    • It's the best! What period flintlock do you fire? Thanks for watching!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops I have a Northwest trade gun and a Southern style rifle, both based on guns from the 1750s. Cheers!

      @8626John@8626John Жыл бұрын

    • @@8626Johngive me one

      @theuploaderofvideos.2520@theuploaderofvideos.25206 ай бұрын

    • @@8626Johnyou should try some cap n ball guns,maybe an enfield 1853 some time!

      @Skippymcdippy20@Skippymcdippy20Күн бұрын

  • When thy opposition enters thy vicinity 👀👀👀

    @bruhman9763@bruhman97639 ай бұрын

    • I'd probably still miss 🤣😁

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops9 ай бұрын

    • Lmfao

      @torinjones3221@torinjones32217 ай бұрын

    • @@historyworkshopsofc u gotta blame it on the smoothbore though 🔥

      @Skippymcdippy20@Skippymcdippy20Күн бұрын

  • Don’t dilly dally on thy block or else thou shalt feel the wrath of my musket

    @glockz5866@glockz58668 ай бұрын

    • You know it! 😁

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops8 ай бұрын

    • Empty compartments of thy pandaloons

      @Lance14470@Lance144707 ай бұрын

  • I'd like to get into blackpowder even though I got all my fancy ar's and new guns. Blackpowder just seems like a fun hobby and an excuse to larp as a frontiersman, especially where im at where i always hike with a rifle or pistol anyway

    @ethanwiley7605@ethanwiley7605 Жыл бұрын

    • Yeah oldschool stuff is cool

      @SUB0SCORION@SUB0SCORION Жыл бұрын

    • Oh if you can get involved...that would be great! The smell of the matchcord and the burnt gunpowder, the rattle of all your equipment. Plus the uncertainty that it may not go off even in the best of conditions. A great hobby - thanks for watching!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

    • Better do it now because that's all we will be allowed to have then the gun grabbing LIBERALS will be taking them from us WE THE PEOPLE!!!

      @jonperley7304@jonperley7304 Жыл бұрын

    • It's a lot of fun!

      @8626John@8626John Жыл бұрын

    • @@8626John the smell of burnt powder, the anticipation whilst you load, the kick...ooh loads of fun!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

  • The moment in which you hath spotted an Irish man making no offense at all

    @randoiguess@randoiguess6 ай бұрын

  • "And recover....the bullet, waste not want not"

    @Litesnusidojan@Litesnusidojan3 ай бұрын

  • Shooting that without eye protection is ballsy

    @Q__tube@Q__tube7 ай бұрын

    • It's what we do for the love of trying to be authentic as possible. It's worse when you are firing in a block, especially with flintlocks. A flint can break and send shards flying off to the side and hit the person next to you.

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • We call this the California complaint rifle

    @kendrickbritto8556@kendrickbritto8556 Жыл бұрын

    • Where does that name come from? 🤔

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops see in the state of California the government is trying to take guns away from citizens and if you want to have a firearm it is neutered by the government with weird regulations and mods where an A5-15 needs to be opened up and reloaded without any semi automatic functions making it completely uncomfortable and a long process just to reload. And with those weird gun laws only a musket would be suitable to be purchased in California

      @kendrickbritto8556@kendrickbritto8556 Жыл бұрын

    • @@kendrickbritto8556 ah I see. I guess these new regulations are a bit unpopular

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops California will be a hollowed out shell of a state within the decade

      @jonathanwells223@jonathanwells2237 ай бұрын

    • @@kendrickbritto8556Wow, I come from Canada and even I think that sounds ridiculous.

      @nokh3382@nokh33824 ай бұрын

  • “Thy oppositions tis quite silent since this hast cometh to hands.” 💂🏻‍♂️

    @aCatholicOne@aCatholicOne4 ай бұрын

  • the enemy waiting for him to reload

    @john11452@john114524 ай бұрын

    • That's where you hopefully have some friendly pikemen to protect you 😬

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops4 ай бұрын

    • ​@@historyworkshopsyou mean cavalry eh? Both do same job

      @agorman1341@agorman13414 ай бұрын

  • Must be awkward when you're facing the enemy one on one an both miss and have to reload... "so uh, how was your day today my good sir?" "'tis been excellent so far sire."

    @archimedesfromteamfortress2@archimedesfromteamfortress23 ай бұрын

    • Ha ha! Or do something called ''Club your butt's." Reverse your musket and use the butt as a club 😬😁

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops3 ай бұрын

  • hand over thy shillings

    @TechMeister1@TechMeister19 ай бұрын

  • As a weapon I love how deliberate it is. We’re used to media having people running around shooting all over the place but using something like this required such patience to make effective use of them.

    @Jmorris3265@Jmorris32657 ай бұрын

    • Absolutely! If you rush...something is bound to go wrong.

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • One of my favorite musket videos👍👏

    @thesch0fieldkid@thesch0fieldkid8 ай бұрын

    • Thank you...I really appreciate that 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops8 ай бұрын

  • Soldier: *Reloading* Sergeant: Private, the war is over.

    @Graben_Krieg@Graben_KriegАй бұрын

    • Feels like that sometimes

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshopsАй бұрын

  • I want one of those so bad!

    @nickblack7910@nickblack7910 Жыл бұрын

    • They are great fun! The smell of spent powder and burning matchcord...it's intoxicating 😊 Thanks for watching!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

  • I love that gun. Newer guns don’t sound like an explosion like they used to

    @Gruwg2024@Gruwg20247 ай бұрын

    • You are soooo right 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • when you spot an Irishman within 2 meters of the plantation

    @vonbeedle554@vonbeedle5543 күн бұрын

  • Bro really said "the british are coming"

    @MM3HD@MM3HD2 ай бұрын

  • I know the flintlock musket, but "matchlock" is now for me

    @Bernardo.Hoehr.Collato@Bernardo.Hoehr.Collato20 күн бұрын

  • Just as the founding fathers intended

    @weirdnwacky586@weirdnwacky5868 ай бұрын

  • I guess your screwed if it's raining then 😂😂

    @chadjubinville8975@chadjubinville89752 ай бұрын

  • I like the late 17th century uniform!

    @nickblack7910@nickblack7910 Жыл бұрын

    • Warm in the winter and boiling in the summer ha ha! I have a yellow soldiers coat as well...let's just say bees get very friendly with it ha ha! Thanks for watching!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops I love that.😂 how did you get it? I've been wanting to get clothes from the early modern period. Right now I'm starting to make a late 16th century outfit.

      @nickblack7910@nickblack7910 Жыл бұрын

    • @Nick Black its part of the uniform for my reenactment group...the Taunton Garrison. Amongst other periods we reenact the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. Each coat was handmade by the ladies of the group. Amazed at what they can make 😲

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops oh man thats awesome! I'm in the northwestern USA so there aren't any reenactment groups that I know of that cover my favorite time periods. The oldest I know of are either early 19th century trappers and explorers, or American Civil War. Those are cool but I love the late medieval and early modern periods.

      @nickblack7910@nickblack7910 Жыл бұрын

  • I like how he commands his self 😂

    @Pc_blue_screen_vr@Pc_blue_screen_vr5 ай бұрын

  • This new Transporter movie is gonna be lit!

    @markusstewart9298@markusstewart92984 ай бұрын

  • Only 1775 kids will remember

    @awatf8244@awatf82446 ай бұрын

    • Matchlock gun don t existe any more in the 1700 in Europe he was replaced by flintlock muskets matchlock guns was used in Europe in the late 15th century to late 17th century only middle east and east asia still use matchlock guns after 1700

      @xyrocknirmou8699@xyrocknirmou86994 ай бұрын

  • Плавный поджог)))

    @user-wv7ly8vx5x@user-wv7ly8vx5x8 күн бұрын

  • Ive only seen this today. Seems like fun

    @stevenbrookes268@stevenbrookes2684 ай бұрын

    • Loads of fun! We'll be doing a full video very soon 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops4 ай бұрын

  • Are you in the Sealed Knot? (Sorry, first time I've seen your content). To be a musketeer, and to shoot black powder (even blanks) in the UK, is it a shotgun license you need, not the full "rifle/gun" license?

    @2ndrenaissance163@2ndrenaissance1639 ай бұрын

    • Yep and the Taunton Garrison. For a musket in the UK...you need a Shotgun license and a Shotgun license 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops9 ай бұрын

  • that is crazies

    @yn_Grim@yn_Grim9 ай бұрын

    • And loads of fun 😁

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops9 ай бұрын

  • Get ready Aim Fire!

    @ruslanmamedaliyev3912@ruslanmamedaliyev39126 ай бұрын

  • To think that this Weapon ,considered archaic even by 1800s standards , was used againt the Native Peoples in North and South America is heart rending. People who were familiar with only spears, bows,and clubs must have been absolutely TERRIFIED hearing one of these things being fired ,only to then realise the frightful damge that ball of lead caused to living, breathing, feeling flesh . Heartbreaking ...😭😭😭

    @MichaelTheoret@MichaelTheoret6 ай бұрын

    • You are so right...and imagine the terror it would have brought to animals as well. I forget who said it but it went something like, "The European explorers brought with them: disease, guns and religion. Each as deadly as the others."

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

  • Monmouth Rebellion? I've never Heard of that

    @enderkatze6129@enderkatze61296 ай бұрын

    • An incredible story...will be starting a series on it very soon. Full of adventure, conspiracy, murder, battle and executions

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops can you give me the short version

      @enderkatze6129@enderkatze61296 ай бұрын

    • @enderkatze6129 the Duke of Monmouth invaded England to remove his uncle James II from the throne. Monmouth was the illegitimate son of Charles II. Monmouth created a large rebel army but was eventually defeated at the battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. Monmouth was horribly executed. Check out this video which will explain why he thought he was the rightful heir. kzhead.info/sun/mqqkpsedkXeAZXA/bejne.htmlsi=dUngTAClhSYCct8I

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

  • Flash in the pan

    @lordbohundecasio541@lordbohundecasio5416 ай бұрын

  • pretty damn cool

    @LGLG4k@LGLG4k5 ай бұрын

    • Loads of fun!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops5 ай бұрын

  • Nice

    @stephenaviaspace5056@stephenaviaspace50564 ай бұрын

    • Thanks man!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops4 ай бұрын

    • Muskets are cool, and you are cool too

      @stephenaviaspace5056@stephenaviaspace50564 ай бұрын

    • @stephenaviaspace5056 aww thank you 😊.

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops4 ай бұрын

  • That shoot made a fire almost in your face

    @heh413@heh4137 ай бұрын

    • Oh yeah...it gets up close and personal

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • American schools back in the day

    @SteveMC5@SteveMC52 ай бұрын

  • Portuguese were first to use matchlock gun.. Britishers & French followed this tactic later

    @ShahidkhanMewat@ShahidkhanMewat6 ай бұрын

    • To protect them from Spain and their own explorers?

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

  • A sword would’ve been better than getting shot at while you reloaded

    @coltoncapps8596@coltoncapps85963 ай бұрын

    • That's why this period still had pikemen to protect the musketeers while they reloaded 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops3 ай бұрын

  • 😳 wild! Tha is for the vid!

    @PossumMedic@PossumMedic Жыл бұрын

    • Thanks mate! 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын

  • What is the different matchloks, and flintlocks i think there is no different, but i never seee matchloks in rl, just see in games ( Total War Shogun 2 )

    @TheHellsKitchenDevils@TheHellsKitchenDevils3 ай бұрын

    • The matchlock like in this video ignites the Gunpowder with a piece of burning match which has been soaked in saltpetre. A flintlock has a piece of flint in the lock which is flung forward, strikes the steel of the frizzen which creates sparks igniting the Gunpowder.

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops3 ай бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops Thank you for the explanation, this is very helpful :)

      @TheHellsKitchenDevils@TheHellsKitchenDevils3 ай бұрын

    • @TheHellsKitchenDevils pleasure! I'll be doing a full length video very soon when I'll be firing both a flintlock and matchlock so hopefully that will be useful as well!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops3 ай бұрын

  • Musket load

    @annesleydfernando6929@annesleydfernando69293 ай бұрын

  • Looks like an accidental discharge to me 😅

    @djohnson4778@djohnson47788 ай бұрын

    • Accidental but so much fun 🤣🤣

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops8 ай бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops 💯💪🏾

      @djohnson4778@djohnson47787 ай бұрын

  • How that ever worked in the rain in England, ill never know

    @keithperis2805@keithperis28055 ай бұрын

    • So true 🤣

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops4 ай бұрын

  • Nice but I prefer Brown Bess or Percussion.

    @Tmilitaria@Tmilitaria10 ай бұрын

    • I think my next period might very well be Napoleonic. Should I go brown bess or Baker rifle?

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops10 ай бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops brownbess.

      @Tmilitaria@Tmilitaria10 ай бұрын

    • @@Tmilitaria redcoat it is then 😁

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops10 ай бұрын

  • Where would one buy just the mechanism?

    @featheranimations2798@featheranimations279810 ай бұрын

    • Are you in the UK?

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops10 ай бұрын

  • Not a musket,not a flintlock, it's a matchlock comment newbies 😂😂😂😂

    @AsterVRC@AsterVRC5 ай бұрын

  • Why would you even use the trigger and not just light it?

    @Expectvacancies@Expectvacancies7 ай бұрын

    • Easily burn your hands but the main reason is that you can pull the trigger and stare at your target. When lowering the match in by hand...you have to look at the pan...as well as only being able to steady the gun with one hand.

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • Where do you get Clothes like those

    @Kaskier@Kaskier3 ай бұрын

    • Everything is from reenactment markets (TORM in Coventry for example) but the coat was made by the incredibly talented women in my reenactment group.

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops3 ай бұрын

  • No war in the rain back then i suppose

    @Kai-jc8xo@Kai-jc8xo7 ай бұрын

    • Most of the fighting would have been done in the summer months. But you're right...if it's raining...it's just a glorified club. Thanks for watching!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • We need to make a version of the Brown Bess. That you still have to load classic style and still makes the noise but instead of a musket ball it’s a paint ball. I would absolutely love to run it back on colonial times. See how shit plays out when everyone got the strap. Imagine if it became an international game and U.S. got a Game against the U.K. The memes would be insane. Might be a little bit of a problem for some countries though. “Why is the Haitian team bayoneting the French team sir? Sir, sir they are not stoping? Sir! They’re out of the stadium! They are taking over Paris! Oh god the humanity! Who’s fucking idea was this league!?”

    @johnwhick7419@johnwhick74198 ай бұрын

    • I might upgrade my TV sports package to watch that ha ha 😂😅

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops8 ай бұрын

  • English civil war period of gunsmithing was a wild and underrepresented period and yet Hollywood as all too keen to make another 'woke' ww2 film

    @theprancingprussian@theprancingprussian7 ай бұрын

    • You're not wrong. A modern well researched ECW film with sensible CGI for the battles would be great!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops I feel older films are better in many ways as you know and see great and accurate formations used meanwhile modern films think themselves boring if someone isn't putting 1200 rpm on someone and both armies have to charge at each other with secondary blades

      @theprancingprussian@theprancingprussian7 ай бұрын

  • isn't it easier to use bow and arrows during this time?

    @vermontvermont9292@vermontvermont92926 ай бұрын

    • The trouble is in this period, armies are getting bigger and bigger. If you have to raise and train a large army fast you cannot do that with archers. Especially for the English, it took years and years to train an archer. To build up the necessary strength as well. You can train someone to fire a musket within a day.

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

  • N*** almost litt his face off 😆

    @daydaytakesover_3924@daydaytakesover_39246 ай бұрын

    • Oh yeah! It gets quite lively ha ha!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

  • So now I'm blind come on enemy

    @jeffreyedwards6759@jeffreyedwards67595 ай бұрын

    • Ha ha! I try and keep my eyes open throughout but it is difficult with a huge flash in your face

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops5 ай бұрын

  • Bit of a hair trigger. Haha

    @carltonriales4352@carltonriales43527 ай бұрын

    • It's the nerves filming myself ha ha!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

    • @historyworkshops it's an awesome musket.

      @carltonriales4352@carltonriales43527 ай бұрын

    • @@carltonriales4352 thank you 😊. She's called Old Faithful as she never let's me down

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • A Monmouth a Monmouth! Down with King James the Papist tyrant!

    @Darryl_Francis@Darryl_Francis6 ай бұрын

    • Absolutely! Fear nothing but God

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

  • Whats the point of the trigger

    @FartCakes1000@FartCakes10007 ай бұрын

    • The trigger lowers the serpent which is holding the lit match into the pan 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

    • @@historyworkshops ohhhh

      @FartCakes1000@FartCakes10007 ай бұрын

    • @@FartCakes1000 will be doing a full video on it very soon. Thanks for watching!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • did you reload it

    @Ehrsonsworld@Ehrsonsworld6 ай бұрын

    • Oh yes...too much fun not to reload 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

    • Did the reload is though?

      @Ehrsonsworld@Ehrsonsworld6 ай бұрын

    • @@Ehrsonsworld oh yes 😊

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

  • The name is not Musket, but "Arcabus"

    @CGASB@CGASB7 ай бұрын

    • Same thing

      @taistelusammakko5088@taistelusammakko50886 ай бұрын

    • @@taistelusammakko5088 yeah, but musket was used in 1600s to 1800s And Arcabus was invented in 1500s

      @CGASB@CGASB6 ай бұрын

    • *Arquebus. Read a book

      @gubgub3275@gubgub32752 ай бұрын

  • Can it burn ur eyes?

    @Calebomondi2011@Calebomondi20112 ай бұрын

    • A few singed eyebrows ha ha! More danger firing a flintlock which a shattering flint

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops2 ай бұрын

  • ITS A REDCOAT

    @JustANormalTroll@JustANormalTroll6 ай бұрын

    • RUUUUUNN! 🏃

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops6 ай бұрын

  • Play the video, close your eyes, and imagine a sexual education video…

    @xNecromancerxxx@xNecromancerxxx5 ай бұрын

  • Thy shan’t dwell here on this street, thou art… from another postcode. Present! Prepare to give fire! Give, fire!!!💨 Didn’t realise how nice it sounds when it does (finally) go off - a thump it gives! Such a cool hobby, matchlocks and muskets are the jankiest but coolest firearms by far. They deserve to be preserved and have passionate hobbyists for them

    @droxi1059@droxi10597 ай бұрын

    • It's always the satisfaction when it does go off...not always the case ha ha! And aren't those the greatest words...give fire!

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops7 ай бұрын

  • Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t did the French musketeers that revolutionized the match lock musket with the self-igniting ?

    @mydickisstuckinyourtoaster2679@mydickisstuckinyourtoaster2679 Жыл бұрын

    • Not heard of a self-igniting musket. What period would that be?

      @historyworkshops@historyworkshops Жыл бұрын
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