Many of hickok's superpowers not only help prevent him from aging further than 60 years, as well as instantly travel (camera man ammo and guns included) to any location around the world. The true definition of a badass.

Better be careful with the Saguaro.....they have more legal protection than people do, down here!

Is this the new series ''where in the world is Hicock45''???My guess Arizona ??

I thought you said you were growing CORN this year? Not this!

I just finished loading some 45/70 with black powder :)

Leanin' against a cactus that's how you do it.

AZ is the place to go if you want to shoot freely!

Congrats on passing the 1 million subscriber mark, Hickok! I remember when I signed up and you had "only" 70,000.

he shot this footage from the south west corner of the compound

Muzzle loading firearms, even newly manufactured ones, aren't designed to use smokeless powder. If you attempt to use smokeless powder in a muzzle loading firearm you will probably destroy the firearm and risk personal injury. The manual will usually specify BLACK POWDER ONLY.

I agree, but with an addendum. Modern manufactured replicas of cap & ball firearms (muzzleloading rifles, 1860 Colt & 1858 Remington Revolvers, etc...) should never be used with smokeless powder despite their modern metallurgy. Generally if the powder goes in separately from everything else it should be black powder only.

I tried smokeless powder on my left nipple and black powder on my right. My studies have shown that both powders function optimally when put through the twist test, the pick and flick, and the one-man double reach-around.

Shooting my Thompson Center - Hawkins without the billowing smoke of black powder would take some of the fun out of it.

G'day! Just to add a comment, black powder is technically an explosive where as smokeless is a propellant. I use bp when I run short on emulsion on small blasting jobs.(extremely expensive proposition in bulk not like the 1800's) It is also the basis of low pressure explosives in mine rescue applications where a trapped party may have to endure blast effects in a confined space, having said that thanks for the vid! Interesting

there i was, minding my business and this tall thing appeared. said the cactus.

I used Dupont smokeless bulk powder instead of black powder when I was a kid. It was a roughly granulated green powder that was much cleaner to shoot in a percussion shotgun. Probably not too safe, but I kept the loads moderate.

Hickok, thanks, it's good to share this information. As you implied, it's not an ideal choice but what's the saying, "Desperate times call for desperate measures?" Well, if one found themselves in a serious pickle then such knowledge could be critical if improvisation is required. Take care.

Hello Hickok, I love your videos and can't wait for the next new one. You are also a smart businessman, recording videos while on a vacation trip allows you to write it off on taxes as a business travel expense. Great scenery, but I would love to have your backyard shooting range; that gong must be fun? Keep up the great work.

It would probably be valuable to add to this conversation that it is overwhelmingly a bad idea to use even a little smokeless powder in a muzzleloader. There is one (I think) manufacturer that makes a mz that can handle the higher pressures from smokeless, but 99% cannot. I've heard of some folks trying to use a 'booster charge' of smokeless to try to get higher velocities, but that can blow up your gun and potentially seriously injure yourself or someone else. Please don't do that.

I thought you answered this very well in a previous vids. Thanks for the scenery.

Short and sweet G, nice... Oh let me say it for you.. "Life is good" ;-)

Wow what amazing scenery! Reminds me of the first Tremors movie :P. Thanks for the intel.

Love your opening to this video. Very informative FAQ. Thanks.

This guys hands are so tough even cactus needles don't phase them.

Don't forget that Black powder is better with a full case. You always want your Bullet seated against black powder... or you can get a real bang out of it. Note some reloading data calls for wading in black powder or reloads with shotgun powders. 45-70 for example... people use reduced loads of 2400 ,Clays, unique... some the loading data calls for fillers.

Smokeless gives you more bang for your buck. Blackpowder if you light it with a match or open flame it explodes, smokeless will just burn. I haven't tried it but I saw Gunnery Sargent R. Lee Emery do it on his TV show Lock n Load.

Blackpowder firearms are the only firearms legal here in Poland. That's why I love them.

Lol that intro. Greetings in AZ Hickok. My home state.

Are you on the Mexican side or the American side of the fence?

How could you pass through AZ and not come and see me?!?! I hope you enjoyed the most gun friendly state in the country.

Hickok is so badass he starts his videos by leaning with his bare hand on a giant cactus.

it can't be said enough, never ever use smokeless in any muzzle loader of any kind even if it's a new muzzleloader

Hickok, you good people.

Love to meet up with you next time you are in AZ. I assume thats where this was taken.

Oww, that leaning on the cactus looked a bit painful, unless the spines were worn off...but good into, though I always figured that older guns were made by spinning and forging iron on a mandrel, and that could cause problems with the higher power smokeless, and conversely the mess black powder will make in a modern gun.

All I can think is that is a big cactus.

Arizona the beautiful.

He wasn't leaning on that cactus hard enough for it to hurt anyways

It's obvious that you made a trip to Southern Arizona. Why? Because that's the ONLY place in the U.S. where saguaro cacti are found.

That area looks so familiar, I think I have been at that location many times. I go shooting all the time in the desert.

I'm gonna take a guess that this was somewhere off of I-8 or I-10 in Arizona. Hope yourself and John enjoyed our very friendly gun state.

Please, all of you may take into consideration that if you load a cartridge not completely up to the bottom of the bullet with black powder (or any surrogate of it) - that is you have some "free space" in the load - you may face some not expected overpressure by firing this cartridge. This is due to the strange behaviour of black powder and company. General rule: No air in the cartridge! If you leave no space in the load the pressure of black powder is way below modern "smokeless" powders. If you leave a space it may blow up your gun and someone who is next to it...

Welcome to Arizona, a Constitutional Carry State!!!

Can I use black pepper in a firearm?

What are you doing in my neck of the... desert... ?

Toto I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore....!!!

I would only use black powder in semi autos if we had a shtf situation and a reloading kit and I had no smokeless powder. Be better for shotguns though, especially single and double barrels.

hickok45 should teach firearms in college.

I put a little black powder in my eggs this morning.

Please wave hello to my dad in Phoenix

Try Spragues in Yuma AZ. Your one stop gun shop for sure. They even have 22LR!!! LOL

Hickok45 gets around;)

Wish I knew you were in my neck of the woods. Is that the Carefree Highway by any chance? Hope you enjoyed your visit to the Sonoran desert. Peace.

Welcome to Arizona!!

M16 rifle with black powder. :'D Btw I remember hearing that Japanese would make replicas of old guns that would be even manufactured in traditional methods. I don't think I would take my chances with them as far as modern powder is concerned unless someone who would have tried and lived to tell about it shall say it's okay.

hickok45??? I thought your in TENNESEE ??? WHAT the Hickok?? wish I could do that trick from Alaska:):)

By the sound of the environment it sounds like he's near Luke AFB in Phoenix... but in all honesty it looks like he's in Tucson because of the mountains. Yaaay AZ

hey, Hickok is in the same desert as me!

What's Hickok doing there in New York City?!

Looks like southern arizona. Somewhere between phoenix and tucson

I seem to remember a video where Hickok45 fired black powder reloads in one of his Glocks. That's a sight you don't often see at the local range.

Just imagine snipers shooting black powder

Just took the family to Tombstone a few weeks ago. Fun area. Be careful leaning on those Saguaros though. Even when the big spines are gone there are these little hair like spines that will get in you skin and drive you nuts!

One thing he didn't touch on is never pouring smokeless into a muzzle loader. It seriously isn't pretty. IV8888 did a video showing the aftermath. Barrel looked like a banana peel.

Arizona!

DO A MEET-UP IN AZ

Hickock has got to be in desert country or else 'global warming' arrived in Tenessee in spectacular fashion. The FAQ 54 location is classic Western movie territory.

No needles I hope! That looked painful!!

Black pepper lmao. Ak47 black powder would be amazing to see.

You gone snow bird? That sure looks like Arizona

looks like Arizona.

i thought you were just gonna shoot a cactus lol

id love to see Hickok shoot a 45-70 derringer on that 80yd gong. that would prob be a first!

were you leaning against that cactus?!

Did I just get a lesson on pressure curves from Forrest Gump?

Arizona

ARIZONA!!

I bet he was pulled over to the side of the road just off the interstate 10 freeway. Lots of Saguaro cactuses along the I-10

hey hickok.... it would be cool if you could make a video about austrian weapons.... for example glock, steyr aug, austrian scout rifle and steyr mannlicher. :)

your in my home state. head north to Sedona next time say hi. haha. It's cooler up hear.

I thought you were going to blow up the cactus with black powder and then another one with smokeless.

Gotta love az

i really really really wanna see an AR with black powder and full auto

Just posted up on a cactus, huh? Classic.

looks like home...

You were in Arizona?! You should've said hi.

Can you do a video on the Glock 31 please? I can't find any solid videos on it and I think you would be the right one for the job.

ya Arizona you should do a meet up at usery mountain shooting range!

Hey Hickok45 you plan on doing gun videos in the desert for awhile ?

Great video but your backyard is looking a little different.

is this shot on the "back 40" of your compound?? he he

How did you like passing through our desert state? In AZ we don't have to have a permit to CC or OC. Though a CCW permit still does have it's advantages in this state. On an unrelated topic, I would like to see you do another video on throwing tomahawks. It has been a while since you covered this. Also I would like to know how you rate the Ruger RS1911 vs the Springfield RO. I know you ended up buying the Ruger, but what I hear, the Ruger reviews are about half and the Springfield are near 100% good. If you could paint the sights on the SA, would you choose that over the Ruger? I am not looking for a carry 1911, just a range 1911.

this must be the back 40 on the compound.

When you put your hand in your pocket I thought this is it..he's gonna pull out a gun and destroy that cactus..but you never did :(

Hey Hickok lv your videos.. never heard u talk about appendix carry. What's your thoughts??

Looks like you are in my part of the woods (cactus forest). Where in Arizona did you film this? Thank you for visiting AZ!

OK So you stopped off the I 10 to do this video? Hey let us Arizonians know when you hare headed this way!

Hey Hickok, would love to hear your point of view on the Ares Armor raid. No preconceived notions, just curious!

Smokeless powder is modern powder but they aren't really "smokeless" right? Since u still can see smoke coming out of the barrel after each shots

what the heck is doing all the way in AZ?