Musket Speed Load: Three Aimed Shots, British Soldier 1860
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True Victorian Rapid Fire!
The Serjeant Major fires three Aimed shots from the P53 Enfield Rifle-Musket in about 55 seconds!
True Victorian Rapid Fire!
The Serjeant Major fires three Aimed shots from the P53 Enfield Rifle-Musket in about 55 seconds!
Nice work Brett!
Impressive, 3 rounds a minute, now that's soldiering
I first heard that statistic in the 1989 film Glory
The British at Waterloo were firing 4 to 5
@@jonathannorris8992 just 4 bro, 5 is damn impossible. 4 means a round per 15 secs, 5 means a round per 12 secs.
@@staliniosifvissarionovich5588ok buddy did you go back in time and verify that?
@@brandonUwanawich954 No, but it has documented historical evidence. Still better than watching it from the movie.
Kudos to the soldiers back then being able to go through all that in the heat of battle.
ikr, how does it feel having your hands tremble in fear of the people that's out to get you while you reload this gun
Yes, but I bet at the time they thought it was great technology. Of course, most enemies had the same weapons, much like today.
I feel like it was less scary back here when there was rarely a non singleshot weapon
Well the people going out to get you are going through the exact same thing as you
That’s a dumb thing so say. They lined up in a rows and shot in turns meaning there was someone shooting while you were reloading. They were also not far away from each other either I think you forgetting that, like no bro watching someone point a musket at your face is still scary. Do you think cannons weren’t scary because they’re single shots too?
Some range master will still tell you to ease up on rapid fire
Now that’s soldiering!
Thank you for this video, I can finally show my friends that it didn't take over 1 minute to load these weapons.
Over a minute is alot but this is still faster than your average joe back then wouldve put out. Thats practice and repetition at its absolute finest right there.
@@anubisfox5765, I could be mistaken, but I remember reading that in some countries soldiers were drilled until they could do 3 shots a minute. Of course a civilian hunter with a different gun might only be able to 2 a minute but the video shows what the weapon is capable of not whether everyone who used it was proficient with it.
@@johnandrewserranogarcia7223 theres stories of even natives being faster than that but a regular militia called up wouldnt be that fast. Soldiers out of wartime would need practice to return to that rythm plus the heat of battle adds stress and the way they did battle standing in death lines lmao pure ptsd in seconds. Everything is different under fire
Probably worth noting it depends on the weapon. This is a pretty late generation of muzzle loader with a lot of optimization and using percussion caps so with some speed and practice could probably push 4 a minute. An older brown bess from 100 years so before this in the same boat 3 a minute is a push but if you're talking say a Baker rifle yes a minute per shot 2 at a push isnt unreasonable. Not all muzzle loaders are born equal.
@@fatmandoobius thanks
That 1 archer already having his bow koaded:
Interesting. I did not know the British Empire included a landfill in Arizona.
You must never have been to Wales.
@@theministryforhistory a most devastating blow
@@theministryforhistory sounds about right
Where do you think they filmed Doctor Who and Blake's 7 back in the day?
This looks like the high desert in southern California. I love desert shooting
This really goes to show how far firearms development have come.
"ay, ay AY, no semi-auto in the building" "this isnt semi-auto" "THATS not semi-auto?" "no, its not been invented" "oh ok"
Yeah, definitely puts the term 2nd amendment “gun rights” into a whole different ball game, considering the evolving technology over the last 160 years…
Remember ,switching to your sword is always faster than reloading
I can’t imagine the pressure of knowing that the only thing keeping you alive is if you’re able to reload faster than the guy across from you. Knowing every fraction of a second is crucial for staying alive. But you have to block all that sh!t out and just focus on the mundane task of loading a weapon. That’s insane.
I find shooting black powder firearms to be a poetic almost spiritual experience, as if you are just for a moment put in the boots of a soldier, long ago dead, standing in formation firing their muskets with a booming report at men doing the very same thing back at him.
three shots to the minute, according to Sharpe!
Mans was engaged in the Musket equivalent of fanning the hammer.
He did that in 10 seconds bro
damn. every 17 seconds he reloads and fires. that is pretty, damn, good.
Increadible speed! At this pace you might be able to reload 10 bullets by the time the war is over.
Firing three rounds a minute! Now that's soldiering!
Imagine having to do that under pressure 😱
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Really interesting to see the percussive cap and the difference that makes
Nice work Serjeant Major!
Pretty damn impressive
That is crazy. Doing all that loading a preparing for one shot made them sitting ducks.
Combat was very different back then. Massed volleys was the most effective way. A handful of men behind cover taking pot shots with smoothbore weapons was far too slow. Massed ranks facing each other exchanging volleys would guarantee greater impact through loss of life and morale loss followed by a bayonet charge to finish the job. Yes they were sitting ducks but ducking in and out of cover slowed the fire rate massively and back then, often those who shot faster and more consistantly would win. Later when rifling was introduced to barrels, slower fire rate but massive increase to range and accuracy became the way, capitalised by British Rifleman or Prussian or Austrian Jaegers who could single out and drop officers before their own smooth ores were remotely in range.
that took him 17 seconds to reload and fire. 17 seconds is a long time in battle, no wonder why you had to attach bayonets to the end of these things
They need to include this in IPSC
Man that's impressive.
Try doing that while the Frogs are all shooting back at you .
Imagine a minute men charging at you while reloading this.
Well done!
Breathes heavily in Victorian
Indeed!
Very impressive
This man should have been present as the Smithsonian Channel tested the Dryse needle gun against a flintlock musket. Yes, that is something different to a percussion cap musket, but I do not think he would have been very much slower then that.
Check out Brett's channel - Paper Cartridges - he did a more accurate comparison of the Dryse recently!
Well done
Bro was about to get the tactical nuke
"LOAD!"
Hey there, I was wondering if I could use this footage in a film piece for my second year of university? You would be creditied of course if you accepted! Thanks!
Amazing that they had cameras back then.
That's talent
remember switch weapon to your sword is faster than reloading
I'm not sure how I ended up here, but thanks youtube! Badass!!!
Back when guns were balanced
Damn, I can’t imagine trying to focus on this while In the middle of combat.
Great!
Less than 20 secs. NICE
Que dureza deve ter sido recarregar isso no meio do fogo trocado, ce é loko!
Nice
Neat!
Awesome! Should do a video of a 18th century British soldier armed with a Brownbess vs a 19th century one armed with a Enfield. See who's faster.
The fastest flintlock guy is living in Canada. He is able to reload Brown Bess in 11 seconds
@@AS40143 or the Baker
Need this guy in empire total war
Genuine question: why was the ram rod placed back into its own slot between rounds and not instead something like held by the forward hand against the rifle?
15 seconds damn and the needle fire guns it takes about 5-6 seconds
What were you adding right at the end before firing? Sorry im doing a project and i recognise the power going in at the start, the beating it down but you added something at the end which i dont know... thanks
A percussion cap. When the potassium fulminate in the cap is struck by the hammer of the musket it explodes and ignites the black powder in the barrel, sending the ball forward.
if them lobsterbacks reloaded like that, they wouldve won🤣
Someone said Chevreuse’s skill cooldown was 15 seconds the time it would take to reload a real musket, timed it with my stopwatch and I’ll be damned it was true.
Wow
Based
Do you think it’d be slightly faster to keep the ram rod in your off hand instead of putting it back in its place every time? It’s not very big, you can probably keep it in your hand and hold the gun at the same time.
It might be faster, but impractical in battle. Also both hands are used while loading so it would involve switching hands, in which case you may as well just put it back where it belongs
like a ramrod w/ multiple loads or a ramrod that can pickup each load and a backup slingshot on the musket for shotgun like projectiles for closer targets
Would the rate of fire be about the same for flintlock pistols?
No. Flintlock pistol would be faster
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Would it not save a little time if the ramrod were not replaced before each shot?
We've tested this extensively and it actually doesn't save any time, and it risks damaging or losing the ramrod. Without the ramrod the rifle will no longer be functional, so soldiers were keen to take care of them. In period many armies trained their soldiers to return rammers extremely quickly, many without looking down.
@@theministryforhistory Thanks for the response :)
@@theministryforhistory Or in the immortal words of Sergeant Major Harper: “Take care that you don’t shoot your ramrod at the enemy, because if you do I’ll ask you to go get it back.”
Is it possible to prime the pan with gunpowder from bullet cartridge?
Absolutely- it’s the way military loading was done with flintlocks. If you look for military flintlock loading you’ll see it done. This one here is a later percussion model which used a fulminate priming cap to ignite the cartridge rather than a flint and steel with a priming charge.
@@theministryforhistory Aha, that's how you were able to fire 3 rounds within 1 minute! Just kidding ;) Nice shooting and thank you for replying!
Why you need put the metal anyway.
What if you missed and enemy catches up to you with thier cavalry😅
WHAT MAKES A GOOD SOLDIER LADS
Keeping his mouth shut when asked dumb fool questions by a superior officier, sir.
3 RPM
If his name is Auto then he can go full Auto
I own a musket for home defense...
Quiet kid in 1800s:
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Image shooting in line with 160 mens
just as the founding fathers intended
Opium war flashbacks 💀
Name of the Rifle?
Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle-Musket
The Assault Rifle of 1860 hehe. I truly wonder, why didnt the powers that be, military ""Tactitioners"", think about the soldiers lying down while reloading, instead of being a presentable target. Especially considering the brightness of the uniforms of that time.
Your curiosity is worthy of a few explanations, allow me to begin: They did take cover when it was possible and extremely necessary, although concealment was not such a big issue at the ranges of rifle/ musket engagement. First let's look at the ranges of smoothbore and rifle muskets, in which smoothbores effective ranges were within a 100 meters or yards, give or take 20 meters. Rifles on the other hand could reach out to 250 to 300 meters or yards, highly dependent on the marksmanship of the shooter. At a 150 meters a riflemusket would have been deadly. Here's where the other factors come into play, the time it takes to take an aimed shot and reload for a second well aimed one. Because of that, it was a time when the well use of the bayonet and sword was still important. Even still today in modern militaries it is still taught and drill, more as a form of teaching aggressiveness and possible limited use in confined spaces. The muzzle barrel tap is a thing! Because of muzzle velocities, blackpowder use as a propellant and the natural human inability to clearly see beyond 150 meters. Accuracy tends to suffer significantly. Even today with modern eyeglasses and contact lenses the average person has difficulty making out a target beyond the 150 yards range. Even in today's military the average infantryman qualifies as a sharpshooter or marksman, and not as an expert. So because of this in the 18th and 19th centuries after the initial volleys of fire, the battlefield would have been obscure by the smoke and dust. Providing all the concealment necessary to present less of a target. It was more of a matter of who shot first and how accurately, then in the time it took to reload a bayonet and sword charge could be produced. Who ever lost their will first would lose the field (retreat in a disorderly fashion). Also worth noting is that infantry didn't advance alone, they would have done so either with supporting canon fire and cavalry, or under canon fire cover. Which is what you most likely would have died from, shrapnel shot from canon fire. And finally, with the invention of the percussion cap firing mechanism and the rifle barrel musket. It became possible to fire and reload from the prone position. There are drill manuals from the time that explain this. Although it is a very cumbersome method and it was seldom used in the attack. These type of method gave rise to the skirmishing line tactics, tactics used today in modern warfare. In conclusion at the time of the smoothbore musket, the accuracy was limited. When the rifle barrel was introduced, this improved significantly but there was still the problem of blackpowder smoke, the distances of engagement and the time it took to load and fire. Which still gave ample time to an advancing enemy to rush your lines at bayonet and sword/ saber point. In the confusion of battle from dust and smoke, it was more important to know who was who than to be camouflage. We have difficulties today understanding this, because today the modern soldier fights more like an individual. Whereas then soldiers fought more as an entire group (Where's your battle buddy? ). Today's modern infantryman in the Napoleonic period could easily by himself take-out an entire platoon of Napoleonic soldiers, if not an entire company. If Napoleon had have a company of U.S. marines or Army infantrymen, he would have won the battle of Waterloo. P. S. Forgot to mention, by the mid late 19th century the Army uniforms began to be changed from red to khaki. Relegating the red uniform for only parades or guard duty.
@@tatumergo3931 Thanks for the detailed explanation. The part about the black powder creating a natural smoke screen in particular is a good reason for not having the need to go prone I think. The volley fire made more sense then aimed fire at that point, and I guess it was all about luck in not being hit, unlike now, where soldier skill has a part in addition to luck.
@@doronstauber7285. Jeez I've completely forgotten about this. Looking at it again I could have written it better.... That was High-school level crap. The way I try to envision it is, like the 21 foot rule in self-defense shooting applications. In the case of early firearms, this distance was further increased to yards and meters. Because of this limited technology, it was also an age in which the common soldier had to be good at martial arts. Methods of swordsmanship, grappling and striking were part of his training. Today HEMA is a group of individuals who are reviving these old European martial arts. Methods once thought lost to time. It's surprising to think that Europe also had its own ju-jutsu. In modern warfare today's soldier relies in tactics and strategy, luck plays no role if at all. Whereas back then you had to be very unlucky to end up getting shot by a musket. ** Now this last statement is to be taken with a little grain of salt, there were instances in which musket fire was very accurate and produced heavy casualties. The smoothbore musket has shown to be quite accurate up to a 100 yards, about the same distance of an English warbow or a medieval crossbow. ** But in general the majority of the casualties produce in the battlefields of the Napoleonic era, was done by artillery and bayonet or cavalry charges. P. S. It is a subject difficult to explain and discuss, because there were so many variables that played a role in this events. Situations in which neither side wouldn't commit to a charge because of many different reasons, and just continue to exchange volley fire after volley fire. The battle of Jenna for example in which the battle's stalemate had to be finally decided by Murat's cavalry charge. This while in the middle of a heavy fog in the late afternoon if I recall correctly.... don't quote me on this I get the dates and details confused all the time....
that ramrod slows him down. if he didn't have to constantly bring it back, he would be faster.
John wick couldve had 20 shots out by this time.
John Wick wasn't alive back then, and if he had been he wouldn't have access to modern firearms.
When circumstances allowed, many U.S. Civil War soldiers would stick their ramrod skinny-size first into the ground so as not to have to keep taking it out and putting it back with each shot. Sped things up somewhat, though if you had to move fast you could end up leaving your ramrod behind, which puts you in a bind.
why bother to put the ram rod back on the gun? just stick it on ground and it save at least 3 second faster per reload
It’s definitely faster to put it back, and you don’t run the risk of dropping, losing, dirtying, or otherwise damaging the rod. kzhead.info/sun/d9BwoKhucGNtpWw/bejne.htmlsi=mGKdiqwcUeuNP1qp
Democrats be like: nobody needs a hunting rifle that fires that fast!
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You are wasting atleast 3 second each time you put that rod in and out of the gun just keep it handy no need to put it away each time
It’s definitely faster to put it back, and you don’t run the risk of dropping, losing, dirtying, or otherwise damaging the rod. kzhead.info/sun/d9BwoKhucGNtpWw/bejne.htmlsi=mGKdiqwcUeuNP1qp
@@theministryforhistory understandable but I still feel that if your shooting purely for speed the rod can be left in a more convenient position so you don’t have to waste 2-3 hand motions getting it in and out
This dude wouldve laid waste with that speed lol his own troops would be reloading still by the time he fired twice. I love youtube
You can't do this so fast with a rifle. Unless it's an undersized bullet and patch which means it won't engage the rifling. Making the rifled barrel useless. This is why no army used rifles when smoothbore muskets were available. Because they did not want to lose battles. It took the Minie ball to make rifles as fast as a musket (expanding bullet).
The rifle that you see in the video is the same one used by the confederates during the American civil war.
"aimed" meaning i might hit that hill over there...... maybe.....
He hit steel at least two out of three shots. Shut your hotdog steamer and go watch it again, if you even bothered to watch it in the first place.
Not fast enough if you are getting overrun by attacking indian's
Prussian Soldiers laughs about that 😉
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Also gets shot three times whilst buggering around trying to replace a broken needle. That they had to carry spares says all sorts of interesting things about that system.
@@leighrate yet they were quite effective against contemporary powers . Remember battles like Königgrätz were superior technology was a Major factor
East India Company was defeated india has freedom🇮🇳 thanks for mahatma Gandhi and mangal pandey we can do anything
This is just editing
No editing here, but cheers!
I would be a dick and try aiming for my opponents ammo to ignite it. Or render it useless
Alas, the cartridges are worn in a box on the soldier's backside.
still kind of slow