I’ve got an 1861 Springfield. Despite being a percussion cap rifle I’m not that fast at loading and shooting. I’m a middle school principal and former history teacher. When the 8th grade history class is learning about the civil war I will arrange a field trip to my property to demonstrate my 1861 Springfield and allow the students to load and shoot under supervision. I did a demonstration of how fast I could load and shoot but I’m not as fast as you.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you but I bet your rifle musket it much more accurate
@NORTH_CAROLINA_REAPER5 ай бұрын
That is absolutely wonderful that you took em out and did this. I bet they were (mostly) paying attention and learning about the technology of the era. Better than yapping at them in a classroom while they think about going home :(
@mark-wn5ek5 ай бұрын
How old are you Jake? You get up and down fairly well and don’t huff and puff too much either. You get some age on your body and all that changes. No way a man my age (66) with health issues could compete against a healthy youngster like yourself. And for what it’s worth, none of your videos suck….I truly enjoy them and even getting used to Ed McMahon in the background…now if can just get Doc Severensin to play some background music…you’ll be all set😜.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thanks. I just turned 38 yesterday and I do go to the gym fairly regularly.
@davefellhoelter32995 ай бұрын
Happy Birth Day! at 40 you get to start shaving places you never thought of? I'm almost the legal age again ya,@@Everythingblackpowder
@jertres28875 ай бұрын
The second shot was like oh wow!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
We thought so too!
@jaredpeterson3805 ай бұрын
Great shooting! I'd try this, but at 73, me and speed parted company a while ago.
@earlwheelock78445 ай бұрын
At 80 its even WORSE!!! but its still a LOT of funnnn, I shoot a 36cal Kibbler long rifle , flintlock
@Nehpruett5 ай бұрын
First time, under pressure, and with a flintlock. Great Job! Can't wait to see more BP videos.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@weedwacker17165 ай бұрын
I'm not sick of your outro slogan after watching all of your videos.
@ricktaylor57445 ай бұрын
Great job ! I think that it would take me about 1 full minute to get back up after shooting prone. Can you please do a video about cleaning your B P guns. I would trust your method to be practical.?
@jlpjlp19535 ай бұрын
Forgive yourself already. That was very impressive, and exceeds my coordination abilities working at speed. Well done!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
lol thank you
@1boortzfan5 ай бұрын
I love your videos and i love your sign off. Keep up the great work.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@chopsddy35 ай бұрын
Brown Bess! Oh boy! Throwing bricks today. That was pretty darn respectable. I’m wondering if that missing shot entered an existing hole? I’m looking at that again. A smooth bore musket ,in my geezer opinion, is the best basic survival gun. With a little knowledge, you can provide everything it needs on your own.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you. I agree
@earlwheelock78445 ай бұрын
I got NEWS 4 YOU!!!! ALL 4 SHOTS HIT THE PAPER!!!! NOT TO SHABBY 4 50yds with a brown bess as the British wouldent even bother to fire at us at over 50yds , THAT was easily in the kill zone, they used paper cartridges with 75g 2f powder and a 75 cal ball tied in the paper tube at both ends, they would tear off the end with the powder in it, dribble a little in the pan, then stuff the remainder down the stack, with a LOT of practice, they could get off 3 shots in a minute !!!!
@453421abcdefg123455 ай бұрын
That was excellent! To perform that well under pressure is very impressive. Well done! Chris B.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thanks, Chris.
@a-k-jun-15 ай бұрын
Awesome shooting, still too much snow to try that up here. Another foot of snow last night, probably around 15/20 ft so far this winter. 😂 As always it didn't suck
@jerryroesener59375 ай бұрын
A club I belong to does this quite often. It is a lot of fun. And bring into perspective what our ancestors did or had to do to survive
@user-dv4dl9rw2p5 ай бұрын
That was a decent drill id have to get those accoutrements and practice my butt off to come close to that 😊
@gunsnwater26685 ай бұрын
Bump that algorithm, nice jacket
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@philbrown67875 ай бұрын
I’ve gotta get a hunting jacket like that
@lawrencecannon14155 ай бұрын
That's awesome. Thanks for promoting the Cabin Fever Challenge. You are an excellent role model for this annual challenge and the spirit of muzzle loading as a whole. Cheers
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@jamesavery60155 ай бұрын
Nice job and great marksmanship! I’ll spare you the perpetual grief and won’t ask about paper cartridges😂
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you. If I had paper cartridges I would use them.
@MrTudenom4 ай бұрын
Excellent run! I've heard that a shot of whiskey makes for excellent counselling.
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@CPBP444 ай бұрын
Excellent shooting. Love your channel. Can’t wait for AML propellant making video. Have a few unanswered questions that need answering. Keep up the great work!
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Schrodingers_kid5 ай бұрын
Happy belated Birthday man Hopefully there's many more years of your life for us to see
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@brianr5555 ай бұрын
That was very entertaining to watch! I was pretty confident in your marksmanship skills, however, the meneuvers…well….really, you did great! I did notice tho a lil heavy breathing when going up hill to view the target…i have to get out more! Great job! I hope your in the top 10 scores!!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
It’s all up hill! 😂
@thralldumehammer5 ай бұрын
Seems cool! Don't have any xtra $$$ for the startup, but id love to try.😊
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
I understand
@daveyjoweaver62825 ай бұрын
I’d say that was pretty good Shootin! So the best of luck when you compete! Kind Thanks! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@chasebh895 ай бұрын
Hell yah, can't be upset with a bulls eye
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@anthonyberger2255 ай бұрын
The 3rd one was the bullseye 👍👍👍👍👍
@viktordubowskii6955 ай бұрын
I love this video. Keep making more videos like this.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@jamesgarland49905 ай бұрын
Outstanding job! And this from a devoted soothbore shooter.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@6610andrewc5 ай бұрын
I think you did a great job! I couldn’t do it that fast. And you did it without all the Fancy-schmancy stuff in my book that counts for more!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@peterrussell7985 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed the video and your competence. As a fellow flintlock shooter, I was impressed you didn’t have any wasted movements in your loadings.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@sasquatch8855 ай бұрын
Nicely done!👍🏻
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@benjaminjarrett98165 ай бұрын
You did better than I can with that particular weapon type, I’ve only owned percussion muzzleloaders. Good job and thank you for posting.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@victortuten43995 ай бұрын
Pat away brother! You did good! Makes me want to go out and try it. I'll check the rules you posted because I use brass, no horns. LOL, the brass measurer and flask were gifts. No sense in me spending my money when family has provided!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you. I hope you give it a try.
@diamondmetalworks135 ай бұрын
That was smooth. And the hits! Way to go.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@diamondmetalworks135 ай бұрын
You used the Bess because of ease of loading???
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
I can load it fast and I can shoot it reasonably well. I suppose I was trying to show off and it didn’t go as well as I was hoping.
@diamondmetalworks135 ай бұрын
Right on. But I think you did pretty well compared to the other muzzleloaders I’ve seen.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Ben_not_104 ай бұрын
Impressive sir. Considering you were loading loose powder and ball and not paper cartridges that was pretty fast. Well done sir. *shouts to the kitchen* “SARGENT! EXTRA RATION OF RUM FOR THIS MAN!”
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Sman72905 ай бұрын
That was a damn decent run. Good job.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@jeremyp22955 ай бұрын
Smooth bore accuracy is very surprising especially when you have had it drilled in your whole life that they are horrible. My response to those is if technology was so bad how did we get to where we are today without it. Great job love your videos
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@MrTacklebury5 ай бұрын
Great job. I'd be happy with that for my Bess. 8)
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@geoffzimmerman81275 ай бұрын
Pretty darn good shootin!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@DMPinBC4 ай бұрын
Great run! Your score puts you at around #5 for all time! Getting a flintlock is on my eventual "to-do" wishlist. I envision watching a number of your videos to start learning more about BP shooting
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Excellent
@operationcaddyshackgopher16644 ай бұрын
Way cool, always wanted a brown Bess. Nice pumpkin pusher.
@arl0xen5514 ай бұрын
Now that is some amazing marksmanship!
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@EastBayFlipper5 ай бұрын
You didn't miss. Take a closer look at the hole 🕳 at 9 o'clock because it's not round and round ball, by the name alone, is indeed round You put 4/5 on target with a .75 cal smooth bore musket and can feel justifiably proud and cotteny soft 😅😂
@claydallen53085 ай бұрын
Nice shooting, and good time. Dont worry about the flyer, stuff happens🤠
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@kirkboswell25755 ай бұрын
According to Bullseye rules, if the line is broken, it counts as that spaces' points. So, only one miss.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
That’s what we thought
@hawkpilot6-actual5 ай бұрын
Great job on your video. As usual.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@ChrisBarnard-vd2fj4 ай бұрын
Great shooting, and no wads or patches 😊
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Mrbuggsnot5 ай бұрын
Bull's eye with a smooth bore on your first time doing the challenge. Awesome!!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@PalKrammer5 ай бұрын
I'm surprised how effortlessly that ball went down the barrel even though it's not patched. For a smoothbore at 50 yards, that was good shooting - especially under time pressure.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Spubaru4U5 ай бұрын
I was so impressed with how well you shot, I never thought I would’ve walked up on a target like that 😂😂😂
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
I find your lack of faith disturbing (Darth Vader voice)
@Spubaru4U5 ай бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder 😂 I should have known better lol 😂
@johnnottahcal57255 ай бұрын
Jake, I had just zoomed in on the target when you released shot #2. Boom, Sign him up! Fiqures whilst I’m flat on my back but now Bess and I have something to work towards, later! Was great to watch that! ♥️👍👍
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@MittenJim4 ай бұрын
Fun stuff right there!
@gohphaqurselfeeputhy6225 ай бұрын
The first was the bullseye. Then came low center left. Then top RT. Then bottom RT. All were kill shots
@djdrack46815 ай бұрын
great video as always. I'd be interested to see your approach to handloads for 12ga BP shotshells (paper or brass) used in late 1800/early 1900 shotguns (most notably SXS)? Like the ones using belgium laminated/Damascus steel barrels, bcuz of all the unique hazards/hassles that come with them.
@35southkiwi165 ай бұрын
I'm impressed. That was a good effort!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Tammy-un3ql5 ай бұрын
Great Job!👍👍👍👍
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@MrWillBison5 ай бұрын
You certainly impressed me. Good speed and great group.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@jeffreylunsford18675 ай бұрын
Hell if it was easy everyone would do it.well done.👍
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@davefellhoelter32995 ай бұрын
Bear Balling it! I could never keep up with a Table to work from? they ALL WENT BANG!
@raymondhorvatin10505 ай бұрын
That is a respectable time
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@JoZf_Gibson5 ай бұрын
Merci
@johndally79945 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@elee10865 ай бұрын
Well Done Sir!!!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@ixb15 ай бұрын
I was great shots from water piping.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@PLAYINGAROUND4 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@joeyhardin12885 ай бұрын
Impressive!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@johnovanic95605 ай бұрын
Since you have a Brown Bess how about doing a ball and buck video. I've seen people getting all excited about the new Winchester slug with The Buckshot on top of it. And I was thinking to myself well hell that's not a New Concept.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
There’s nothing new under the sun
@johnovanic95605 ай бұрын
Indeed according to Solomon. Same old thing just wrapped up in a new box or called something different
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
@@johnovanic9560 you got it
@eddybear7715 ай бұрын
Impressive for a smooth bore at that distance, under pressure of the clock
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@eddybear7715 ай бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder anytime. That looks like a blast. No pun intended. Lol
@hydra26actual5 ай бұрын
Very cool. I've only been shooting bp for a few months so I can say i get kind of similar results with my brown bess replica but its at half the distance and no time pressure, so I'm being overly generous with myself. I played around a little with a patched .735 ball, but i've settled on a .690 and paper cartridges exclusively. Very entertaining to learn though, and very cool to see you try this with a smoothbore similar to what I've been playing around with.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
I have found that the bare .735 ball is just as accurate as a paper cartridge with a .69 caliber ball. At least for me anyway
@hydra26actual5 ай бұрын
@Everythingblackpowder I haven't tried a bare .735 but patched, I was whacking bullseyes often enough to not be luck, but a .735 mold was a lot more expensive than a .690 so when I saw I could hit the bulls with that, I was happy enough with it. The cartridges satisfy my interests in military history as well as being convenient for range use. I've played around with artist paper and traditional laid paper I had laying around. They work well, but don't seem worth the expense for anything except a historical demonstration. Newsprint is cheap but accuracy suffers and it's not very durable. Paint masking paper gives really good accuracy for me around a piece of emt with the added benefit of being cheap, easy to work with and having some weather resistance.
@williamkoppos70395 ай бұрын
You Sir, are quite the shot with that fusil.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@FlashNPan4 ай бұрын
Good job. Three hits with a smoothbore at 50 meters, while on the clock and on video is more difficult than it looks. This is my second year competing in CFC. Keep it up.
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@CorporalDeFarbsDrillRoom5 ай бұрын
Man that is blazing fast! and a great score! This was my first year participating in the challenge as well. I was really fast when I was in living history but when I started more into live fire I realized just how much time that dang ramrod takes up! By the way do you mind if I ask where you got the Paper Cartridges & Co poster thats in your shop? I want to say I have seen it somewhere before and it is a really neat design!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you. Brett sent it to me with some 577 Snider Bullets
@earlwheelock78445 ай бұрын
THATS NOT BAD FOR A SMOOTH BORE MUSKET, looks like a 6" group 2 me!!!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thanks. I still shouldn’t have missed that last shot though.
@greggilliam18295 ай бұрын
That was Cool 😎 👌
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@donakahorse5 ай бұрын
Not bad, not bad at all!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@sandroventania7824 ай бұрын
On the fly with a smooth bore at 50 yards, that's amazing!! Did you use a bare ball, without a patch?
@Everythingblackpowder4 ай бұрын
Bare ball, no patch
@Schlachtschule5 ай бұрын
Excellent practice, very well done. I would be curious to see how much (if any) time you could have saved by using paper cartridges. My god, those bullet holes, though!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
I’m sure it would be a little faster
@reevinriggin35705 ай бұрын
That's some good shootin, Tex!!!!!!!.....er, Jake!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@earlwheelock78445 ай бұрын
Jess call him DANIEL BOON 4 SURE, ESPECIALLY when he has his Kibbler 45cal stoked up!!!
@robmarchion67085 ай бұрын
Good job. Fun and entertaining video! Hope you finish well in the challenge. If you perhaps had a spout for your powder horn that threw your preferred charge I think you'd shave some time off, just my thoughts and not knowing the rules.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Just working with what I have
@spiritualawakenings62515 ай бұрын
I just turned 92 but can still load with the best.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it
@shug8315 ай бұрын
Not bad 😃
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@carlgregory4335 ай бұрын
Since you obviously do a lot of black powder shooting, I'd be interested in what processes and techniques you use for cleaning your weapons.
@chopsddy35 ай бұрын
The rumors that one had to be lucky to hit anything with a brown bess speaks more to marksmanship than the gun’s potential.
@chaecoco25 ай бұрын
That .730 ball makes a big hole.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
It sure does
@desertrat45325 ай бұрын
It takes me that much time just to load once
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
😂
@joemolf389429 күн бұрын
Great shooting! Nothing over the ball? I’m going to try it 3F you said. Very good!
@Everythingblackpowder29 күн бұрын
Just powder and a .735 ball. Thank you
@nevisstkitts82645 ай бұрын
Excellent video! Did you use the cottonelle? Of course you did.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Yes
@therightarmofthefreeworld45795 ай бұрын
I give that bullseye 2👍👍
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@thetraveler57985 ай бұрын
You Sshot to that 🎯 from the Classical Position no less. Once again the "Old-timers" new a thing or two😁❗ 👏👏👏‼️😎🤙
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@robertstump47405 ай бұрын
Very nice and the flintlocks look like a lot of fun but I can't figure out how to get my LR primer seated in that little touch hole, lol. Density and glazing question: if your glazed powder weighs out at 50gr from your 50 gr volume dispenser, how much does your unglazed powder measure from the same volume?
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
😂 I’ll have to check when I get home.
@roddecker19005 ай бұрын
Maybe help suggestion.? 3/ w inch sma stick.4 holes thru it.fill holes with patched ball that fit snug in hole. YOUR STICK IS REALLY FAST.
@luisgarza20365 ай бұрын
Wow 3 out of 5 first time in that kind of contest, under pressure, each shot from a different position, with smoothbore flintlock; that was prety darn good. Did you use your home made BP? Or there is a rule to use any specific brand?
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
85gr homemade cottonelle powder
@JerryDavis-jb1ht5 ай бұрын
Paper cartridges may have helped. When milling your BP what are you calling brass media? Are these brass fishing weights or brass ball bearings?
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Solid brass balls.
@woodrowbrimm28055 ай бұрын
Time to get over that last shot. Stop Sulking and make another "Damn Video" . Actually I 've known a lot of people who couldn't do as well with Modern Rifles W/ scopes and no time constraints so I think you did pretty well.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
My therapist said the same thing 😉
@akennyd5 ай бұрын
Great shooting!! How many different batches of Cottonelle toilet paper have you made? Have they been from different packs of paper and are they consistent among different purchases? Thanks for the videos!!
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
We have made 3lb of cottonelle powder with two different packages of tp
@akennyd5 ай бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder Thanks for the info!!
@dlh1947us5 ай бұрын
🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠
@woodsmokegary51504 ай бұрын
Would you be allowed to use paper cartridges? Allso switching gears,dose anyone out there in bp land know if arm and hammer bakeing soda nutrilizes corrosion when cleaning fire arms, thanks for video. Good shootn.happy trails
@strangleholdoutdoors5 ай бұрын
Where do you find clothing for the 18th and 19th centuries?
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Crazy crow, Townsend, Hitorical emporium
@strangleholdoutdoors5 ай бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder tits!
@pilgrimm235 ай бұрын
Jake. Well Done. I have a question: Hanging on a nail behind you left: I am a retired, once old style Mainframe computer operator. -That means the whopping HUGE computers used in the 1970s. That yellow ring behind you looks like a 9 track Tape "write ring". A Write Ring was like the nubs on a cassette or the little slider on a mini-SD card caddy that makes the media read only or write-abled. Is it? Great vid btw. -Grey Pilgrim
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
Thanks, grey. It’s just a roll of 3/4 in 3M masking tape.
@earlwheelock78445 ай бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder 😮😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!
@trentpark58175 ай бұрын
I thought you done great. If you had paper cartridge’s and leave your ram rod out it would really knock some time off.
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
I’m sure it would help but not as much as missing that last shot.
@talleyrand27395 ай бұрын
NO 2 shot dead center, the carbine seems to shoot more accurate then the long barrel version
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
I prefer the carbine over the full length musket.
@craigcook15715 ай бұрын
Cool 18th century sunglasses 😬
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
They’re prescription 18th sunglasses
@craigcook15715 ай бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder 🤣🤣 sucks to get old don’t it🤷🏻♂️
@Everythingblackpowder5 ай бұрын
I just tuned 38 the other day and if there’s anything Ive noticed that’s getting bad, it’s my eyes
@craigcook15715 ай бұрын
@@Everythingblackpowder I’m 63, and it get worse. At your age I would seriously consider Lasec surgery. Both my sons have had it and it’s worked out great for them. I’m too old. It’s a simple procedure