1863 Springfield Civil War Rifle (Original)

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9 жыл бұрын

Shooting and discussing an original 1863 Springfield Type I Civil War rifle, which is essentially just a variant of the classic 1861 Springfield.
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@rukusbukus 9 жыл бұрын

nothing better than a hot cup of coffee and a hickok video first thing in the morning

@Jayjohnson15 9 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@yana_2_6_0 9 жыл бұрын

Hehe!

@CrJediKnight 9 жыл бұрын

I just got off of a 12 hour night shift. Great thing to watch before bed.

@cub8556 9 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one who does this

@punishedexistence 9 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@BlaineNay 9 жыл бұрын

Back about 1987, I visited the old Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Walking into that museum one sees hundreds of mint-condition Springfield rifled muskets lining the wall. It was a religious experience that still touches me.

@ToreDL87 6 жыл бұрын

I visited the Tower of London a wee bit 15 years ago and they had several rooms where most of the walls all were lined with land pattern Brown Bess smoothbore muskets, 3 band Enfield rifled muskets, Snider Enfield`s (cartridge converted Enfield rifled muskets), Martini Henry`s (the next step up from the Snider`s) and so forth. An incremental step-back in time sort of armory, simply astonishing.

@elizabethmiles9238 Жыл бұрын

Yankee and Confederate Musket, Muzzleloader, or Rifle

@Beaumont6 7 жыл бұрын

There is one thing I've learned shooting black powder.. Never wear a white shirt

@vitorb.macarthy348 5 жыл бұрын

Lol Royal french soldier from the 18th century say hello

@masonm1124 5 жыл бұрын

World Wars bOnJoUr

@jakebavin 9 жыл бұрын

Hickok with an ode to gangster rap. Busting caps and smoking pots.

@devinwhite104 8 жыл бұрын

this guy does the best firearm vids

@chalicent8969 8 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@gregoiremorin8934 6 жыл бұрын

devin white i

@DMEII 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoy them too.

@ashkaash9819 2 жыл бұрын

He’s the bob ross of guns

@FatBastardPipes 9 жыл бұрын

Weird to think in a 100 years people will look back at our technology and it will look like how this looks to us, ancient.

@JosephMadder 9 жыл бұрын

Nah, we got to full auto, there probably isn't anything else you can do to guns to make them seem ancient in comparison... Though i guess I'm just giving people in the future something to laugh at, aren't I?

@lunargentleman3750 6 жыл бұрын

Get making pipes 🤔 you make a good smoker

@Thrillowatt 5 жыл бұрын

I think this is a bit older than 100 yo

@jalpanakar1591 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe lasers....

@andrewclark3649 4 жыл бұрын

I'm just waiting for them to invent sharks with freakin' laser beams attached to their heads.

@rickfoley5596 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing us a California leagal assult weapon.

@alexandrel6344 2 жыл бұрын

It's a military style assault weapon. That's a historical fact.

@tylerorourke89 9 жыл бұрын

Crazy the history with this rifle. It. It just looks like an old hunting rifle out of someone's grandpa's closet, but that rifle has been fired in anger by a scared young man, it has taken American lives, one mother got to see her son home, while one on the other side of this country, received a letter and a folded flag...all as an effect of how that rifle was fired. Its just wood and steel, but the man on the back can change the world.

@hickok45 9 жыл бұрын

Yep, and since they were desirable battle field pick-ups, there's no way to know on which side it saw the most service. Better chance that it served on the Union side, but then again, it could have been "dropped' in an early engagement in 1864 and then carried by a Reb throughout the rest of the war. IF only it could talk.

@LilPistachiofr Жыл бұрын

Beautifully written

@chody5840 7 жыл бұрын

Those joints are pretty good for your first time Hickock, don't feel bad.

@GUNSHIPFLEX 7 жыл бұрын

chody looked like my joints from middle school 😂

@DeckerShado 9 жыл бұрын

Someone may think they're badass, but they'll never be Hickok45 stabbing a watermelon with a bayonet, shooting it AND taking a clay pot out with the same bullet badass.

@traceymorgan5262 9 жыл бұрын

Decker :D

@aiRbOrN21621 3 жыл бұрын

People who swear got bullied sometimes in there childhood but don't swear or say bad words

@Brenden2006 3 жыл бұрын

@@aiRbOrN21621 Thats not true at all, haha.

@SStupendous 3 жыл бұрын

@@aiRbOrN21621 People who say bad words were bullied but DON't swear? So they do are they don't? Is mommy going to give you a spank for saying "badass", kid?

@TheAirplaneDriver 4 жыл бұрын

I own an M1842 smoothbore musket made in 1846. Had it as a wall hangar for a number of years. It’s in really excellent shape...no corrosion pitting on any of the metal surfaces. Under the tutelage of a black powder expert, I decided to take it down and shoot it last weekend. What a spectacular and truly immersive experience! Not at all like modern weapons where you pound off a few hundred rounds in 10 or 15 minutes then head home. This is all about taking taking your time and enjoying the history behind the firearm and the technique involved in handling it. You appreciate every shot as an individual event. By the way, great video....as always. Thanks!

@tomservo5347 4 жыл бұрын

What's amazing is these old Springfields were robustly overbuilt for harsh military use-yet their accuracy was amazing for a mass produced, early industrial age weapon. Just holding the .577 caliber slug in my hand for my 1853 Enfield reproduction gave me chills the first time I loaded it as I couldn't even fathom being hit by one of these. Reading accounts of veterans many stated that they would advance under fire so heavy that the men would instinctively shrug their shoulders and turn their bodies halfway as if walking against a strong wind. Incredibly brave men that would march knowingly into a maelstrom of lead and solid shot from cannons. Even more amazing that a little field could change hands 5 or 6 times as one side would fall back, rally, and then attack again. The next day the pickets on both sides would become friendly again like 'No hard feelings Billy Yank'. 'Good fight you guys put up yesterday Johnny Reb.'

@aaronlonghuynh5245 7 жыл бұрын

Damn Hickok, you actually managed to keep your service weapon working 150+ years after the war you fought in? Nice!

@andycraig6905 7 жыл бұрын

Ha! In the US I can have one shipped to my door, it's designed before 1916 and does not use metallic cartridges. It's not considered a firearm.

@owainrichards4372 7 жыл бұрын

Because logic haha

@andycraig6905 7 жыл бұрын

+Owain richards yeah, it's pretty dumb. These are firearms and they are extremely deadly. But I'm lucky to have this freedom.

@sereysothe.a 7 жыл бұрын

knives are much, MUCH more deadly than civil war era muskets. pretty much no one has died from a musket accident in the last 30-40 years, and 0 people have died in a musket shooting

@polygondwanaland8390 7 жыл бұрын

it's worse in Canada. I could have this shipped to my door because it's made prior to 1898. but, I could also have a sporting flintlock made circa 2016 shipped to my door. because Flintlocks are considered antiques REGARDLESS OF AGE and therefore do not require a PAL license. so in Canada, an airgun powerful enough to kill a rabbit needs a gun license, but a pre-1898 muzzle loader or any flintlock, matchlock or wheel lock rifle (but not pistol!) doesn't.

@gustavusadolphus4344 7 жыл бұрын

why a car or knife is 10000 times more deadly then an old musket riffle

@Gorlaz34 8 жыл бұрын

@Hickok45 , thanks for making this video. My family has held onto my great great grandfather's 1863 Springfield- I'm actually about to do a research project on it for school. Thanks for making my research even more enjoyable!

@pizzlesauce 5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. Any further details on it? Did he serve in the war?

@jamesfarmer6004 9 жыл бұрын

The 1863 .58 caliber Springfield rifle also saw action and use during the Modoc Indian War (1872-1873) at the Lava Beds south of Tulelake, Califronia. Bear in mind this is nearly a decade after the Civil War ended in 1865. During this era in American history there was extensive immigration of settlers and pioneers traveling out West. Many were poor immigrants, while others were prospectors (miners), homesteaders, farmers, stockman, town folk, etc. The 1863 Springfield, like most Civil War surplus weapons, glutted the market. It was simple economics for many, as Civil War surplus smallarms were readily available, affordable, and not to difficult to obtain. A rifle or shotgun via a covered wagon along the Oregon or Applegate Trail would have been as common as a plow, butter churn, spinning wheel, flat iron, etc. Lest people today get the impression this era was romantic, perish the thought! Communithy folk experienced many hardships, challenges, and difficulties which today are taken way to much for granted. Pestilence such as smallpox, cholera, measles, were deadly! In fact, pestilence probably took more human life than bullets and buckshot. For many it was a hard life. -----James A. "Jim" Farmer Ashland, Oregon

@chicanocpt 9 жыл бұрын

“This is a ghost gun,” de Leon begins, holding an unloaded rifle in his hands. “This right here has the ability with a .30-caliber clip to disperse with 30 bullets within half a second. Thirty magazine clip in half a second.”

@p33we33 8 жыл бұрын

original rifle Hickok used in the civil war

@thiccbrianwith72pickles74 5 жыл бұрын

Alex Esco Show respect to this guy

@adriantrejo6696 5 жыл бұрын

Thicc Brian they’re just busting his balls lol everyone knows how much of a badass he is

@sdivine13 5 жыл бұрын

He definitely used the p53 enfield

@michaeltraffas173 5 жыл бұрын

He was on both sides

@lukeporras1288 4 жыл бұрын

100% original comment too

@cpoole419 9 жыл бұрын

You can tell that Hickock is loving every minute of shooting this rifle. A certain twinkle in his eye when he's looking at it.

@paulmoshay383 7 жыл бұрын

In 1948 I bought, from a movie supply company, an 1864 Springfield in superb condition with the original bayonet and sling for $15.00. It had a nickel plated barrel and all the stamped armory identification on the stock. It was a rifled barrel in excellent condition and shot a 50-70 rimfire cartridge, I was able to buy ten of them. I never fired the rifle, I wanted it to remain in prime condition. I later found that it was the second Allen conversion from a cap and ball to a trapdoor cartridge rifle. Last year I put it for auction at Rock Island Auction company and it sold for $1750.00.

@vitorb.macarthy348 5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@elmersjamesdean 9 жыл бұрын

What you have there is an 1863 type 1. They had the bands with screws. The '63 type 2 went back to the bands with the springs like the '61 did. Nice piece in great condition. The clamping band on the bayonet twists 90 deg. to hold the bayonet on the sight / lug when fixed. You are correct on the case hardening and blue points you mentioned.

@hickok45 9 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's in the description.

@elmersjamesdean 9 жыл бұрын

hickok45 I have my great great great grandfathers 63. Still shoot beautifully and very accurately, and is one of my favorites to take to the range. Keep 'em shooting!

@FlyTour69 9 жыл бұрын

Is that the same rifle you fought with in the Civil War?

@ballparkburgers5799 5 жыл бұрын

ivan wong And... your point? We all know that Hickok is many millennia old, so I don’t see how your comment is relevant.

@vitorb.macarthy348 5 жыл бұрын

@@ballparkburgers5799 yeah

@therustedshank9995 5 жыл бұрын

@@tomato7715 r/whooosh

@sotis1756 4 жыл бұрын

@@tomato7715 154 years since it ended

@c.e.p.h.516 4 жыл бұрын

@@tomato7715 it's called a joke I hope if not flytour needs a history lesson

@beardo52 8 жыл бұрын

The reason that some folks leave the cap in place while loading is to prevent a through draft from forming, and possibly causing any hot residue from flaring up as the new charge is loaded, and rammed. (In Artillery this is referred to as serving the vent. ) The point of this is to prevent accidental firing when loading.

@hickok45 8 жыл бұрын

Yep, I understand the point of it, but I just don't necessarily agree with it. If there are any embers down there just waiting for a little oxygen, I'd rather let them have it and burn themselves out before I start pouring powder down the barrel.

@beardo52 8 жыл бұрын

hickok45 In all the years I used B.P. firearms, I've never encountered a flash when loading, but have seen it happen to others. I agree that it's an unlikely occurrence when using modern powder. And thanks for making such interesting videos, I enjoy them greatly.

@joshuabrewer1002 8 жыл бұрын

he literally stated this in the video if you were listening.

@gdan5518 8 жыл бұрын

Hickok, I can tell you have an real sense and appreciation of history. It comes through loud and clear as you talk. Holding (and, in your case, shooting) and old firearm creates a feeling of awe. You have to wonder who may have shot that same rifle, and what battles it has seen. Incredible stuff.

@hap902 7 жыл бұрын

These videos are very- i mean very good. A Good attitude - Lot of information at the same time and history of overall. This man knows a thing or two about firearms. It would be great someday to sit down and talk or go to range with this guy. Reminds me of my grandfather much. Keep up the good videos.

@lordspoon2405 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, they still have these old guns? Original, from the war? Awesome!

@Salpeteroxid 8 жыл бұрын

In Sweden in the national army museum they have guns from several hundred years before this.

@oddie4391 8 жыл бұрын

mate they have crossbows from the medieval era

@Orion-jb5sw 8 жыл бұрын

Go to any big Civil War memorabilia show and there are table after table loaded with them of all varieties.

@owenwilliams3477 8 жыл бұрын

Yes but do they work

@Salpeteroxid 8 жыл бұрын

owen williams Some do some don't like everything in life.

@KWAT6 9 жыл бұрын

One of the things I like about Hickok45 is that he has an appreciation for all types of firearms. We'll have muzzle loaders, modern polymer pistols, rifles, machines guns, C&R type guns, revolvers, everything.

@BiffBifford 9 жыл бұрын

Your videos are never boring. Always enjoyable to spend a hour or two watching hickok45.

@Player_Review 9 жыл бұрын

Just like a great old car, it should be driven. Glad to see you use this instead of just look at it.

@101DeathJester 9 жыл бұрын

Lol " I are an expert." Comedy gold :)

@T1g4h 9 жыл бұрын

I love how informative and interesting your videos are! You get to shoot some of the coolest stuff, i'm incredibly jealous.

@Nighthawk1966 3 жыл бұрын

You can go shop around all you want for a good shooting channel, but it all ends at Hickok 45. Your simply the best !

@chrisallmon3326 9 жыл бұрын

I love how straight faced he is when he jokes. "I believe these were in fact designed for shooting clay pots"

@OldNFO 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful piece of history! And thanks for showing the 'extra' pieces!

@MommaFargo 9 жыл бұрын

Well, that piece of history makes me slobber with envy.

@ewinters891 9 жыл бұрын

What an awesome video on a great historical firearm! This has been one of your most interesting and fun videos to watch, and this is coming from someone who has seen most of your videos. Keep up the great "work", Hickok.

@judibarton9220 9 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful piece of history! Thank you for showing it to us!

@millertime269 9 жыл бұрын

every time there is a new hickok vid i smile

@phased-arraych.9150 7 жыл бұрын

I've always loved the classic polished steel finish on the Springfield more than the blued finish of the Enfield.

@brianmurray9464 3 жыл бұрын

Most informative dude on the net! Love the black powder topics. Thanks Mr 45.

@markdesjardins3153 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hicock45. Love these old firearms.

@1957Shep 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful old rifle.

@DerTyp117 9 жыл бұрын

Nice video, and a beautiful old weapon :) many greetings from Germany.

@mr.charlesanderson 9 жыл бұрын

Very cool video again Hickok! What a beautiful rifle. :) Now waiting for that chapter two.

@Emt5691 9 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the day you'd do a video with this rifle. Great piece of history you have in your hands, my friend.

@seeul8rwaynekerr 9 жыл бұрын

Was the white shirt a deliberate act to show how filthy a black powder minie ball rifle is to shoot?

@hickok45 9 жыл бұрын

stuckintraffic?getabike! My mother-in-law made this shirt for me; I used to wear it in cowboy action matches. It would get filthy, of course, before the match was over. Did not get too dirty in this video, though.

@seeul8rwaynekerr 9 жыл бұрын

hickok45 fair enough hicock. I did think maybe you'd also got a sponsorship contact from one of the major consumer washing powder firms. "Black powder stains out of your tuxedo..... sure no problemo". Anyway as per the usual an excellent video. +1 from the UK.

@SquirrelDarling1 8 жыл бұрын

I had the musket, should have kept it. Yes it was original.

@labrat748 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hickok45, I really enjoyed this video.

@byronmillanicia3384 2 ай бұрын

I was a helper in a antiques restoration business specialized in civil era war items. very educational experience. learned a lot in there.

@spitfire4sergi 8 жыл бұрын

I see him and the guy from Cap and Ball being drinking buddies...

@ThePerfectRed 9 жыл бұрын

Considering that the Prussian Dreyse needle rifle entered mass production as early as 1840 it seems strange that other nations continued to design new muzzle loaders more than 20 years later.

@frankperkin124 5 жыл бұрын

The Dreyse was accepted for service in 1841, but was really not perfected until the 1850's. But you are correct that the Prussians were way ahead of the rest of the world. The US Army entered the Mexican war in 1846 primarily armed with flintlock muskets, By the early 1860s, the needle gun was rendered obsolete by cartridge firearms. That didn't stop the French from developing a needle gun at the same time.

@BenjaminLenz 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting the video. I appreciate that you fire your original rather than making a wall hanger of it...keeping history alive. I just started live firing my Springfield a couple months ago. It's fun to shoot slowly for a change and got to be pretty addictive lobbing 58's down range. It's cheap too since I started casting my own minie balls.

@joshmaples19 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. I met you yesterday at Bud's Gun Shop. I didn't get a chance to say it, but thank you for your educational videos. I new to firearms and you have taught me a lot. Thank you.

@joshmaples19 9 жыл бұрын

I'm new*

@hickok45 9 жыл бұрын

Josh Maples Thanks for coming by Bud's for the meet.

@onelonleyfarmer 9 жыл бұрын

i like this one!!

@johnnysmith9742 9 жыл бұрын

My two favorite youtubers!!!! Life is good.

@onelonleyfarmer 9 жыл бұрын

i have watched him for years.. i shoot a lot and i like to watch his style of shooting.

@huskygamingtv2698 9 жыл бұрын

the beat goes nanananaanana ooooooooh sound of my heart the beat goes nanananaanana

@Hammy_Ringtail 8 жыл бұрын

Can you do your 1873 (Your 1884 Trapdoor Springfield) please?

@JCrook1028 9 жыл бұрын

Wow. what a special piece that is. Congrats for laying hands on one for your collection and Thank You for sharing it with us.

@DundeeFC1893 7 жыл бұрын

Superb videos. Watching them video by video and never getting tired of them. Learning along the way. Greetings from Scotland.

@Justarandomspacemonkey 8 жыл бұрын

This guy is my hero

@malindagordy9946 6 жыл бұрын

NSSA Fort Shenandoah skirmishers rather than renactors check them out

@WeZte 9 жыл бұрын

we want more videos like this!!! hickok45

@moparedtn 9 жыл бұрын

"A cooter-mints". :-) Just ribbing ya. Still grinning from yesterday's trip to Buds. Y'all, hickok45 and John are the real deal. A pleasure to meet them.

@jimmynobody3461 9 жыл бұрын

Great video Mr Hickok thank you

@byTurBoHD 9 жыл бұрын

hickok show us your collection of weapons :D

@MyloXyloto94 6 жыл бұрын

TurBooO SMR It would probably take all day😅

@theKGB65 9 жыл бұрын

Just think how valuable it will be after it's seen battle in TWO US civil wars!

@DFX2KX 9 жыл бұрын

if there ever IS a second one, this thing would be borderline useless. Not entirely useless, but not useful for the sort of fighting honest folks would want to do. this is the sort of rifle that is only useful against people that either can't shoot back any faster.... or can't shoot back at all.... Most of the history buffs who'd own one would find that implication appaling, at least I'd hope.

@andrews902 9 жыл бұрын

DFX2KX Well, the rifle could probably used in mergers and acquisitions regarding the economic cost of the placement and organization of prisoners of war, no I mean summary murders and executions. :D (American psycho reference)

@DFX2KX 9 жыл бұрын

Andrew s I haven't seen much of that movie, so it went over me XD

@blingsanny1701 8 жыл бұрын

+DFX2KX its better than the Liberator

@DFX2KX 8 жыл бұрын

bling sanny that's quite true. But shooting a guy in the back of the head to take his better gun isn't what most folks would want to do. And that's about what you'd have to do with it.

@3ducs 9 жыл бұрын

Found one in a LGS today, 1862 dated, put it on layaway. Vids like this are very instructive, thanks Mr 45! The shop also had a very nice Trapdoor, both are "attic fresh", surface rust, I hope it isn't a sin to go over the steel parts with 0000 steel wool and oil, it isn't clean-up of battlefield grit etc but years of indoor neglect I hope to correct. The wood on both is quite good, sharp cartouches and unit markings. The Trapdoor will be going home with me within a month also.

@joejacoby2464 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing another awesome historically relevant video on a firearm that was pivotal in the Civil War. Thanks for your attention to historical details!

@skynyrd7411 9 жыл бұрын

I can imagine some lunatic joining a reenactment and loading lead balls into their cartridge. It would be good for them because nobody would know who did it and it would take a while to figure out that someone even did it. "Is that real blood or is this guy just really into this?"

@ThePinkerton1776 6 жыл бұрын

fireonthemountain1776, please don’t give the BLM and antifa libtards any ideas.

@sweetmeatnc1504 6 жыл бұрын

Jo Wh the people around that person would know, there is a big difference in the sound of fire black powder blanks and firing an actual projectile.

@nizmo5717 9 жыл бұрын

Make a video showing us your gun collection.

@hickok45 9 жыл бұрын

See FAQ videos.

@MarkManRed 9 жыл бұрын

This was a treat to watch. Thanks!

@awesomeinforensics 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. While we were in Nashville last spring we did visit the Carter House in Franklin TN.

@YEA89 9 жыл бұрын

And like this ladies and gentlemen is how the frase: `Bite the bullet was´ born. (You bit the bullet and teared apart the paper and then poured the gunpowder in for those who doesnt know)

@DFX2KX 9 жыл бұрын

well, iirc. it came from the fact a miniball was also something handy for you to bite into when your arm or leg needed to go... No anesthesia, and all.

@bleistift9153 8 жыл бұрын

How did they reload the gun when it was stormy or rainy?

@Beaumont6 7 жыл бұрын

They made these cartridges with wax paper, which were more or less waterproof.

@nrm8831 7 жыл бұрын

Bleistift suficit to say they misfired a lot in wet conditions

@rickhigson3881 8 жыл бұрын

I loved reading about the war that still effects us,you are wonderful!

@davidevans781 8 жыл бұрын

This is first authentic Springfield I've seen fired, thanks!

@PencilSticks 7 жыл бұрын

It must have been really annoying to use that thing. Long, heavy, and takes like 30 seconds to reload after each shot. If I was fighting in the American Civil War, I'd be tempted to just use a Revolving Carbine.

@PencilSticks 7 жыл бұрын

Or a Henry repeater

@Alex-kc3ex 6 жыл бұрын

AJW No you wouldn't, the government would not give you a revolver unless you are an officer or a cavalry man. And they would not give you a henrry because 1) they were not produce a lot therefore not a lot of units had it.

@MrAgentd 9 жыл бұрын

Gah! I HATE the term rifle-musket, it's an antiquated and obsolete term.

@hickok45 9 жыл бұрын

MrAgentd Yeah, seems to be an oxymoron to ME.

@MrAgentd 9 жыл бұрын

hickok45 Couldn't agree more!

@proliance 9 жыл бұрын

The first Springfields were smooth bore muskets. It was cheaper to send them back to the factory to have them re-barreled than to have new models built as rifles. So the name is correct. During the war, the South actually sent flintlock muskets back to have rifle barrels installed, but kept the flintlock.

@50TNCSA 9 жыл бұрын

its actually rifled musket .

@MrAgentd 9 жыл бұрын

50TNCSA Actually either works.

@elchicoyes 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks for showing off that piece of history.

@Wizardofexisting 9 жыл бұрын

What a treat to see you show off this true piece of American history! Keep up the good work Hickok.

@AugsterA 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the share Sir!

@halp.3640 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. You mentioned the trapdoor. I have an 1863 Springfield that was converted to a trapdoor after the war. Has been in the family since the late 1800s. Chambered in 45-70

@BB-re4ps 9 жыл бұрын

Hickock, with regards to the bayonet on the '63 and '61 variants, they came with a "locking ring." Your observation that you couldn't see the front sight will be mitigated once you affix the bayonet, and once the front sight lug is passed beyond the ring, rotate the ring so that the bayonet is locked in place and the bayonet ring housing that once blocked your view will be to the side, allowing you to view your front sight! Without the rotating bayonet locking ring this bayonet is little more than the revolutionary war era socket bayonet that had no ring at all! Happy shooting.

@droidx24 9 жыл бұрын

always love your videos!! please keep on keepin on!!!!!!

@thenorthamericanphonograph1039 4 жыл бұрын

These are fun to shoot, and the sound is awesome, nice to see an original! In the late 1980s and early 1990's I used to Civil War re-enact all the time.

@OutCold9te6 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and setup!

@johnandrews2167 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Best one I've seen of a civil war musket to date. Beautiful firing range you have there. I am quite impressed and I must say a bit jealous. Thank you for sharing.

@jackcathcart9772 9 жыл бұрын

I was just looking for Hickok videos on muskets (rifle musket/ civil war rifles), that was lucky!

@MrBrapbraaap 9 жыл бұрын

Best ending slow mo of any Hickok vid ever!

@2tommyrad 9 жыл бұрын

We had an 1863 [+ $5 upgrade] hanging over our fireplace but it was stolen in a rash of break-ins back in 65'. I was 8 and remember playing with it. For an 8 year old, it was really heavy.

@pbkayakyer 9 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome video, and perfect timing for me. Just last Sunday, I shot a black powder rifle for the first time -it was a requirement for me to get my hunter safety course certification. As soon as I fired it, I fell in love with it!! We actually shot the round ball with a lubricated patch, not the minnie ball, but now, all I can think about is getting a black powder rifle for myself.

@Roscoe_B 9 жыл бұрын

36 minutes seemed like 10...thanks for the ride Hickok

@TimmyTarget 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, your videos are so informative. Keep it up.

@cwby1978 9 жыл бұрын

Well played hickok45 now I want one

@Popgunner101 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for this video. I enjoyed it. You mentioned briefly about an ember left in the barrel & I remember being at at 4th of July celebration here at Provo Utah in the 1970's when some guys were shooting a large cannon with just powder. They were shooting it fast as they could over & over & on one shot they put the powder in the barrel & the poor guy ramming the load lost both his arms at the elbow when an ember set the new powder load off & shot out the ram rod. That was in front of a few thousand people. Pretty sad.

@plushproductions4811 3 жыл бұрын

I’m using this as well as other references so I can create a (slightly) historically accurate replica of a 1861 Rifle that I set as a project for myself during the summer (as of 6/5/2021). And as of 6/5/21, it is looking as similar to the one you’re showing here! So thanks! ^^

@Wufan46 9 жыл бұрын

Hi, old friend, this was absolutely superb as are all of your videos. I should love to see you have a go with the Baker Rifle as used by the Rifle Regiment in the Iberian campaigns and elsewhere in the Napoleonic Wars, and as are immortalized in Bernard Cornwell's series of novels about the career of Richard Sharpe. I have seen Bakers in the Royal War Museum and have see the colours of the Rifle Regiment at Winchester, but I think you would bring a beautiful perspective to this grand weapon if you were to obtain, shoot one, and comment on it. Cheers, and please carry on. I cannot express how much pleasure your videos have given me.