How Flintlock Firearms Work

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In this video, I go over the mechanisms that make flintlock firearms function, through the use of the program World of Guns: Gun Disassembly.
For more about black powder era firearms:
capandball - / capandball
duelist1954 - / duelist1954
This is the site I downloaded World of Guns: store.steampowered.com/app/262...
You can check out the website of the developer of World of Guns at this link: noble-empire.com

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@TheMouseGunner 6 жыл бұрын

If you are wondering what program I use for the creation of this video, please check the description. It should be included on every video in this series, if not let me know.

@sampapageorgiou5165 5 жыл бұрын

This video was very informative! Yes i want more of that stuff, like "which were the most common firearms and arms around 17th century" pleaaaseee! I subscribe now, please don't forget me.. greetings from greece!

@andrewjansen9702 4 жыл бұрын

MouseGunner my friend, can you do me a big favor? Please do a video on the 1865 44 caliber caplock Derringer pistol that Booth used to kill president Lincoln. Just go over everything. The parts, (cock jaw screw, Cock spur, Cock jaws, Sear spring, Sear, Tumbler, Mainspring, Flint, frizzon, priming pan, etc. And tell us all what each part does when the trigger is pulled and tell us all what essential role that part plays in making this firearm work and why without it the firearm will not fire. Note: I used the word 🔥arm instead of gun. A gun is a crew served weapon that requires a crew of 2, 3 or more men to operate. A firearm is a weapon that shoots gunpowder that can be operated by a single individual.

@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently, match locks could have a 'fence' and a way of closing off the priming pan when not in use. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbCpi5CnxNS9l6M.html - The fence prevented the shooter from being blinded when the primer ignited, which was probably somewhat useful with aiming. But I guess flintlocks were reliable and enough gunsmiths figured out how to make them properly, that flintlocks completely replaced them.

@Jackie89000 4 жыл бұрын

They used a flintlock pistol in the movie Warcraft and you really see that delay between pulling the trigger and the bullet being fired. Really cool moment

@billmelater6470 2 жыл бұрын

Properly primed, you really won't have much of a noticeable delay at all.

@Sokol10 2 жыл бұрын

Delay is really noticeable in wheellock weapons.

@jeffreynelson2660 Жыл бұрын

And make sure that you don't use the palm of your hand do do this as the powder could ignite, resulting in a hole in your hand. I have seen this happen.

@charlieross4674 Жыл бұрын

@@jeffreynelson2660 you've seen people use flintlock pistols, and seen accidents happen with said pistols? WOT

@justjoe5373 4 жыл бұрын

Just a tip: when you put the ball and patch inside the barrel, take the rod and compress it so much that when you just take the rod and toss it in the barrel it bounces straight up as if it hit the end of the empty barrel, that's a good way to know if you packed the powder tightly

@Fugitive685 2 жыл бұрын

Imma buy a flintlock and save this

@blablutsay7824 2 жыл бұрын

Imma screenshot this just incase I get a time machine

@gurshansingh4055 Жыл бұрын

Good way to light the charge.

@justjoe5373 Жыл бұрын

@@gurshansingh4055 Don't slam it with all your might, just a tiny toss will do to judge how compact it is. Black powder is volatile but it isn't nitroglycerin

@gurshansingh4055 Жыл бұрын

@@justjoe5373 ok

@samuelyawful 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the in-depth and informative video! I've been wanting to know more about flintlock pistols and you've given me quite a good start, thank you!

@captainfry245 2 жыл бұрын

a glock just cant compare to the majesty and sheer comedic gold of using a flintlock pistol

@rogerletsom2127 5 жыл бұрын

This a very informative video. I am a big fan of these firearms. Flintlock weapons were still being used as late as the American Civil War.

@andrewvu1752 2 жыл бұрын

It was mostly caplock guns in the civil war

@inanotheruniversemynameisj5813 3 жыл бұрын

That was perfectly demonstrated and explained. Thank you like so very very much!!! So helpful!!!

@ihategenz4254 3 жыл бұрын

اسمك ما طالع كامل

@obviouslytwo4u 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful how?. Time travel?

@remko6095 2 жыл бұрын

@@obviouslytwo4u understanding the knowledge of the past what became the future

@Lifeonthefastlane007 9 ай бұрын

@@obviouslytwo4ushooting enemies

@user-bv1qs6bd4f 2 жыл бұрын

We Malay call this gun is Terakol (تراكول)

@Greentangle 6 жыл бұрын

The bullet should be lead ball.

@sandvichomnom2779 6 жыл бұрын

Green tangle he states that the program he used isn’t the most accurate and has some issues such as the ammunition type. He states it near the beginning of the video

@Valtsuuu 5 жыл бұрын

Thats a minié ball

@walkerhazen3438 5 жыл бұрын

In the civil war they started using bullets without a shell

@BobBob-oc5jj 5 жыл бұрын

Walker Hazen only few stronger muskets used bullets. Simple and cheap ones used balls.

@fredosinsemilla3896 5 жыл бұрын

if the bullet has a lower diameter than the barrel, how does it best stay in place when you have the barrel pointed down? edit: never mind. I figured out the diameter has to decrease right before the powder charge, so the bullet gets stuck in an angle, if that is good English?

@probablyenzo7297 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!!!!! I like your gun videos man it's sooo detailed man keep it up

@sturman8 3 жыл бұрын

Really great explanation of a beautiful gun!

@100PercentOS2 4 жыл бұрын

Very well explained, very educational. Thanks.

@hybrid9791 5 жыл бұрын

0:00 🎶 vocal percussion on a whole another level, coming from my mind 🎶

@justaweeb9086 4 жыл бұрын

Is that a JoJo reference!?

@jiggly_puffs5485 4 жыл бұрын

this is the absolute last place i expected a jojo reference

@theabominator2152 2 жыл бұрын

@@justaweeb9086 how?

@bendiksbendiks1859 Жыл бұрын

Okay. I agree. In theory it is. But there were also such cases when the gunpowder in the firing pin ignites but the powder mixture behind the bullet burns in the combustion chamber and the muzzle energy, the pressure of gunpowder gases exits through the small hole that makes a connection with the combustion chamber behind the bullet and the firing pin. And the bullet, the iron ball, remains inside the muzzle without being fired. Can you explain what this is due to.

@BeyondContext 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Great work

@darkherostar Жыл бұрын

now I am ready for my isekai experience!! wait! I forgot to learn how money works and farming and paper! wait!! not yet!!

@bungwahlbaconbits6848 Жыл бұрын

Question: what is stopping the lead ball from rolling out if you point the muzzle downwards?

@dylangabriel2703 7 ай бұрын

Don’t shoot your feet?

@theguywithfries 6 ай бұрын

It compresses I think

@HalideHelix 6 ай бұрын

It depends. Alot of times a cloth patch will be used to seated under the ball to seal compress the ball tightly in the barrel. Or a peice of cloth can be pressed into the barrel after the loading process. Or ,if your in a constant gunfight you just load and shoot as fast as you can

@akai1052 5 жыл бұрын

8:55

@nicholasdavis7099 4 жыл бұрын

How did you know I was looking got this? What the heck.

@kfl611 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial.

@albertifergan6506 Жыл бұрын

very nicely done, thank you

@jeffreynelson2660 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting video. One comment: accuracy is not related to barrel length. Once the bullet leaves the barrel it has no mechanism that affects it flight related to the length of the barrel it just left. The laws of physics say the an object in motion will continue in motion, moving in a straight line at a constant speed until acted upon by an outside force (gravity, cross wind, air resistance etc). Barrel length will affect bullet velocity, reducing the drop to the target, drift due to cross wind, and a long barrel will have a better sight picture and steadier hold, thus it will appear to have an effect on accuracy, but when these variables are removed, i.e. gun in a vise, windless day etc, accuracy is the same, regardless of barrel length. The term "hammer" was not used until percussion caps were used, prior to that it was called a "cock" due to its resemblance to a pecking chicken.

@fredosinsemilla3896 5 жыл бұрын

Both hammer and cock are very male by nature. the barrel is by design also male, looking like a dick, ready to explode and shoot its load. The rose on the other hand has been a symbol of the vagina, certainly a pink one, which could look similar to a pussy. By putting a rose (or some other flower, if you don't happen to have a rose at the right moment) inside a barrel, it's clearly a sign that says "love, not war. We the people want to live and love, not to be sacrificed to kill and die in wars. Power to the people.

@emorynguyen1583 4 жыл бұрын

Fredo Sinsemilla ...

@Ryan-mz4oe 3 жыл бұрын

@@fredosinsemilla3896 lmao wtf

@Alexey_Selivanov Жыл бұрын

Ballistics-wise, barrel length *does* tend to increase technical accuracy. There is one important mechanism behind that: inertia. :) The more velocity the projectile acquires, the less it will be prone to considerable changing its trajectory under various side influences - that's pure physics and a bit of geometry. Of course, it will be worth very little if the otherwise unstabilized projective is non-spherical and thus any transverse rotation may result in really huge aerodynamic forces pushing the bullet in unpredictable directions.

@jeffreynelson2660 Жыл бұрын

@@Alexey_Selivanov We agree about barrel length and muzzle energy/velocity. But a short barrel will equal the accuracy of a long barrel given the same muzzle energy and velocity, and same projectile. Barrel length has no direct effect on accuracy.

@danieljohnson5094 Жыл бұрын

very interesting, thank you for making this :)

@incotsg Жыл бұрын

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@camt9967 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you. New subber

@tamoghnasen5158 Жыл бұрын

Nice animation work

@froicuflorin5776 4 жыл бұрын

the best doc. thx

@scar3627 5 жыл бұрын

the tumbler... *THE TUMBLR*

@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 4 жыл бұрын

the horror

@ees8822 5 жыл бұрын

thanks for this information coz i'm currently doing some 2d animation for flintlocks. :]

@justsomeamerican2301 7 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah

@wonkachocolates6133 6 жыл бұрын

1805 Harpers Ferry flintlock pistol…very, very nice looking design indeed…!!!

@bigboymuslim9272 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is a good teacher

@taliakellegg5978 5 жыл бұрын

I swear everytime i think I made something original it's been done before. I was trying to think how a musket works and I was like "oh what if it used Flint and steel" I swear I didn't see this before I had that thought

@d0dge407 Жыл бұрын

Lol I needed to see how a flintlock pistol's bullet looks for the game im working on, im probably going to sub now.

@taliakellegg5978 5 жыл бұрын

Flint locks are like really big bullets

@breadbug6101 5 жыл бұрын

Big bullets without casings

@emorynguyen1583 4 жыл бұрын

What? I don’t get what you’re trying to say

@breadbug6101 4 жыл бұрын

Modern bullets have their powder, primer and projectile all stored inside one brass casing. Flintlock firearms, such as the one shown in this video, do not use brass casings.

@emorynguyen1583 4 жыл бұрын

ChonkBoi I know but this guy said that flintlocks are like big bullets?? Did he watch the video? The fire lock is not a bullet in any way

@breadbug6101 4 жыл бұрын

@@emorynguyen1583 Oh. Yeah I think he just meant the round it fires, not the flint in the lock itself.

@scary-zombie Жыл бұрын

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@wissamzouabi9875 5 жыл бұрын

The trigger...THE TRIGGR

@thatfishdude789 6 жыл бұрын

What a piece of ingeniering!

@malcolmbuehler5619 5 жыл бұрын

what a piece on misspelling

@themriron2391 4 жыл бұрын

what a piece of grammar

@YoutubeIsAGarbagePit 4 жыл бұрын

oh wow.

@thatfishdude789 4 жыл бұрын

Bruh I just came back to this comment from 2 years ago. My grammar was shit because my english was and still is shit. Now that I have accepted that I can't write anything properly, shove it up your ass.

@thatfishdude789 4 жыл бұрын

@@KZfaqIsAGarbagePit Thanks for making me come back. I wasn't trying to insult you in my previous comment. Cheers mate!

@tomtaki8172 5 жыл бұрын

the most imp. is what is the procedure to resist the the recoil what wood n what tech. should be used

@Kallikallikalli 4 жыл бұрын

I really love old guns

@muammamumam435 2 жыл бұрын

what application are you using, please if you can tell me, thank you.

@maxmargarittrevitt2770 2 жыл бұрын

what animation program are you using?

@froicuflorin5776 4 жыл бұрын

you win new sub

@webmace 2 жыл бұрын

What is the song at 0:03 ??

@cj_games8205 3 ай бұрын

finally i know now how the primer charge interacts with the gunpowder in the barrel😂

@michalpazdan2016 3 жыл бұрын

What apps did you use

@ohyeah11000 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I just got one that I haven't identified. The only marks I can find are 3 K's with 3 crowns over them in 3 circles. Then a circle (not complete) with a smaller circle in that one (not complete) and a smaller circle in that one (not complete). Appears to be 4. Then a number 0833 and the 8 and 3'a are on angles to the left. HELP

@budayanusantara7298 4 жыл бұрын

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@itsalmostfun8567 2 жыл бұрын

SO how ablout brown bess? or Dreyse needle gun? or martini henry III?

@finiteenergy7155 3 ай бұрын

Is it possible to have a breach loading flintlock? It’s a really interesting design but i’ve only ever seen them fired with percussion caps

@NeoFunUniverse 2 ай бұрын

Yes and they are very weird

@xaviergarces3125 2 жыл бұрын

Question, an it might sound dumb, but it just occurred to me. What keeps the bullet, which is a round ball free floating in the barrel, in its fixed position? Like if you pointed the flintlock straight down, would the round fall out? Or is it just stuck in place until fired.

@jayturn800 2 жыл бұрын

The projectile is usually wrapped in a wad of sort to keep in in place.

@justin5002 Жыл бұрын

Typically your projectile is wrapped in cloth or whatever patch material the shooter uses. This is more to grab the rifling and provide twist and keep the ball from going wild after it’s fired. Even with a loose ball though, there’s usually enough tightness to keep the ball down. Black powder shotguns use a cardboard or felt wad over the top of the shot to keep the loose shot from rolling out though.

@user-ou2fi8xt8w 6 ай бұрын

Лайк из уважения, коммент для продвижения!

@natasorimusic3932 3 жыл бұрын

I just thought how cool it would be to change that flint mechanism with like a electro lighter mechanism in those electro lighters to activate the powder 🤔

@henryworks9089 2 жыл бұрын

That would be super expensive

@justin5002 Жыл бұрын

There are some companies that are using a form of that technology for modern inline muzzleloaders.

@swisdude182 Жыл бұрын

“Oh dear oh my! The quiet kid has gotten upsetted to Thy poplaurish kid!”

@bl1tz533 3 жыл бұрын

"Blud, are you dumb? Who are you getting rude to manz?"

@andrewjansen9702 Жыл бұрын

Lock stock and barrel?

@knightman4574 3 жыл бұрын

I cant believe on his first flintlock pistol vid... his useing a menié ball instead of ball. 😄 Cool vid. Tho 💗

@CoJoGrizzlo Жыл бұрын

*in the next video: “how this flintlock pistol fires a bullet instead of a ball”*

@mundyallan2605 Жыл бұрын

What is name program?

@mrs.garcia6978 3 жыл бұрын

We're studying guns for homeschool through the Little House on the Prairie books, Pa uses a flint lock rifle but they have "caps" for the flint/hammer to hit on the opposite striker.

@billmelater6470 2 жыл бұрын

That's a cap-lock. A percussion cap is placed on the nipple and then struck with the hammer. The main advantage here is that a cap-lock will give a much more reliable ignition than with a flint and pan. Not to mention some greater mechanical simplicity too in the lock since now you have fewer moving parts without the frizzen.

@BwBandit446 6 жыл бұрын

What software r u using

@smart_idiot8204 3 жыл бұрын

A gun assembly app on steam

@BwBandit446 3 жыл бұрын

@@smart_idiot8204 thanks for the heads up thank u from the 14 year old me

@smart_idiot8204 3 жыл бұрын

@@BwBandit446 sorry I didn't realize this comment was so old

@frustr8ing124 2 жыл бұрын

I have one that needs to be restored

@jpb9577 5 ай бұрын

Space in this.

@bigsml2313 3 жыл бұрын

What game is this called

@willcharliemalabar5973 2 жыл бұрын

What game is this

@footduck6681 5 жыл бұрын

Will I have trouble for searching on this?

@yurisv7315 4 жыл бұрын

I dont think so, as long as you dont build one capable of shooting.

@billmelater6470 2 жыл бұрын

@@yurisv7315 Only depending on age and where you live.

@Swagsteroo 4 жыл бұрын

I swear this is for a history project- don’t kill me fbi

@pablosantos2063 2 жыл бұрын

How much did it take to build a Flintlock rifle?

@itsalmostfun8567 2 жыл бұрын

Its not as complex as the needle gun springloaded or bolt action so its easy to make unlike the bolt action wich is quite complex because of the additional bolt and the pin wich the primer is in the shell casing so Flintlock is easy to make Or something like that

@zBMatt 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t get it, why would they design a pan when all the had to do was put the striker above the primer charge itself?

@Zapodash 5 жыл бұрын

The pan is there to hold the Primer Charge. If you meant the main charge then if the striker were to directly ignite the main charge then that would mean the main charge would have to be exposed, in which case the explosive force of the main charge igniting would escape upwards towards the striker instead of being focused outwards through the barrel. With the striker igniting the primer charge in the pan which then ignites the main charge through the touch hole, the explosive force is then focused through the barrel.

@kfl611 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zapodash And I would think get wet more easily and cause misfires. Also I have seen videos where people used a finer powder grain in the pan and the grain size in the barrel.

@Ind0nesiannationalteamgoated 2 жыл бұрын

Matchlock:Rope on fire. Fire makes explosion. Explosion shoots bullet. The end

@dantracy9009 4 жыл бұрын

I beleive that with the Minié ball there was always rifling because that was how it worked there were small divits in the actual Minié ball that would expand upon the secondary explosion to cut the rifling into the lead projectile so therefore this model is inaccurate nothing on you man

@taliakellegg5978 5 жыл бұрын

Wow people are really smart

@ethanscharf7857 4 жыл бұрын

what happens if the firearm has been in use for a very long time and the flint is completely worn down?

@Jbossawesome25 4 жыл бұрын

At this point you must replace the flint.

@comradevadim8683 3 жыл бұрын

the vice mechanism on the hammer can be unscrewed to release the old flint so a new one can be put in its place

@jzjzjzj 3 жыл бұрын

Just replace it not that hard

@NebMunb Жыл бұрын

The. Flint. Which. Is. Gripped. By. Leather. Sparks. The. Gunpowder.

@Mark_MG 2 жыл бұрын

Im so dumb i didnt know what the seel was lmao and i had to google and watch this i have a replica of one lol

@lephrog1563 Жыл бұрын

"runneth thy pocke-"

@redface9040 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the game name

@aloksalvi4523 Жыл бұрын

French, Portuguese, British supplied flintlock and musket rifle to Indian kings

@Yopapareal-th4wn 5 жыл бұрын

*AC gamers joined the chat*

@optimisedoptimist9922 6 жыл бұрын

You should pin this

@seanmacattram361 6 жыл бұрын

Optimised Optimist k

@Daigorooo 5 жыл бұрын

Optimised Optimist no

@Chirpy_Ceilingbird 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he’s saying frizom

@spangenhelmgaming4936 11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry why is there a cartridge in a flintlock based pistol

@noxtenembris9131 Жыл бұрын

3:40 guys

@rugadingchannel9854 4 жыл бұрын

Press r1 to shoot, x to reload

@jzjzjzj 3 жыл бұрын

It's r2 bottom trigger not r1 isn't it

@PedroOPedro 2 жыл бұрын

@@jzjzjzj some games use R1

@matty7204 2 жыл бұрын

Triangle is where its at if you know what I mean

@obviouslytwo4u 3 жыл бұрын

The best aspect of this design is less people died

@SamayGhosh 2 жыл бұрын

I'm here after playing assassins creed 3, 4 years ago lol

@TuaDeezNutz 2 жыл бұрын

If you carry it around wouldn't the ball fall out?

@henryworks9089 2 жыл бұрын

No, friction would keep it inside

@OGPatriot03 2 жыл бұрын

There's a cloth patch that snugly keeps the ball adhered to the barrel.

@superamazingcoolboy1859 2 жыл бұрын

OH YEA RELOAD HARDER

@alishasanchez4140 Жыл бұрын

@kesleycottrell1416 4 жыл бұрын

I will give you the no BS way a flintlock works. Most of the time they work fine. If you got a deer standing broad side 50 yards. CLICK!!!!!

@AdityaFarizy 3 жыл бұрын

now i'm ready to be reincarnated

@wildakirana7594 4 жыл бұрын

I also have ancient firearms like that. I will sell

@thatsomerandomguylmao3200 4 жыл бұрын

Berapaan gan

@ain92ru 7 ай бұрын

When we are talking about pre-industrial firearms, length of barrel wasn't actually the thing that determined its accuracy, the manufacturing quality and windage was. Smoothbore pistols were usually (hand) made with greater precision than muskets (mind you, officers and cavalrymen not infantry soldiers were to use them), and modern tests demonstrate that they were in fact more accurate than muskets despite shorter barrel

@walterkelly2073 6 жыл бұрын

Seeing as this is common sense, but if that firearm were to be wet, say from either rain or snow, it wouldn't fire 100% of the time. So it's safe to say that the pistol would be concealed to preserve the integrity of its firing upon action. Also since holsters were not as advanced back then, it's also noted that such a pistol would be cloaked under clothing. Further the load time is egregious and would also require it to be loaded at all times to be effective in a life threatening scenario. So that is also a Pistol loaded and concealed on a person for self defense predating the 2nd Amendment. So why is it that people still don't believe and argue that carrying a pistol which is loaded and concealed wasn't commonplace before, during, and after the 2nd Amendment was written and ratified?

@BBCTopgearfan 5 жыл бұрын

Shh! Facts confuse small minded people.

@headoverheels88 5 жыл бұрын

No one is arguing that this type of gun wasn't or is common place. In fact, it's the exact opposite; that this obsolete weapon isn't used at all anymore, but instead replaced with reliably, consistently, efficiently lethal weapons that are so widely available that teenagers are using them to commit mass murder. Nice try, though.

@angrywhiteman9209 5 жыл бұрын

Banning them wouldn't do anything to help tho

@angrywhiteman9209 5 жыл бұрын

Mostly because it says in the Constitution that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall NOT be infringed.

@jacobreese735 4 жыл бұрын

because pistols werent commonly carried during the 18th century. The average colonial citizen IF they owned a firearm would have had long barreled weapons like muskets, fowlers, and some might have an actual rifle.