Seven barrels better than one? The Nock volley gun with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson.

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3 жыл бұрын

Famous from The Alamo, Master and Commander, and of course Sharpe, the volley gun is an iconic weapon. Today Jonathan explains why this curious weapon was more than a novelty and teaches us how it was used.
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@gudea5207 3 жыл бұрын

People think they are hot shit until Sergeant Harper unloads one of these

@Shamelesscritique1 3 жыл бұрын

The glorious paddy bastard

@samsowden 3 жыл бұрын

so they do

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

Unless its obadia hakeswill pointing it at you..... Then you onlyget a ball in the thigh lol

@balaklava6420 3 жыл бұрын

@@scrappydoo7887 Obadia got his comeuppance in the end.

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@balaklava6420 that he did but only after killing Sharpes wife lol

@DefinitelyEllie 3 жыл бұрын

Doing a video on the favoured weapon of Sgt. Harper? Now that's soldiering.

@JnEricsonx 3 жыл бұрын

Hell, imagine giving Harper just a classic double-barrel break-open 12-gauge. He'd be praising to the moon and back-at least because he could reload quickly.

@Heegaherger 3 жыл бұрын

I was not surprised in any way at this comment.

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@JnEricsonx no i dont think so. I think he would be thinking its a girls gun

@mikecimerian6913 3 жыл бұрын

Brazing the barrels, that's soldering.

@admiralsquatbar127 3 жыл бұрын

God saves Ireland.

@oldmanwinter3597 3 жыл бұрын

From watching Sharpe, I know that this gun is easily fired from the hip, and reloaded off screen in about 8 seconds.

@Bruciando 3 жыл бұрын

Not the Nock, but the modern version of it (a concept developed for the CIA about 25 yrs later as a long arm equivalent to the Liberator pistol) was a 4bbl break action with packet loading & Sharps derringer style revolving firing pin (because what lunatic wants to unload all their bbls at once? Heh!)

@michaelstanley5215 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think we ever saw Harper reload the Nock gun, so I always just assumed that it generated its own powder and ammunition and reloaded itself.

@randomstranger9442 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelstanley5215 hey ! No full auto in this era !

@michaelstanley5215 3 жыл бұрын

@@randomstranger9442 Even full auto guns don't generate their own ammunition, please read before you comment.

@randomstranger9442 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelstanley5215 I am refering to the "no full auto in the building" joke

@Duke_of_Petchington 3 жыл бұрын

wiping out a section of french troops with a single trigger pull. Now Thats Soldiering.

@Jafmanz 3 жыл бұрын

and fantasy

@exilestudios9546 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jafmanz i mean not really since this weapon was used and capable of doing so it just was used by the navy rather than the army

@robbuelens 3 жыл бұрын

@@exilestudios9546 Maybe you could hit two people, and in very crammed spaces sometimes three. The Idea that almost every bullet would hit another target is an elementary school Rambo fantasy.

@SamToulouse 2 жыл бұрын

Brits are allowed to make that joke. The colonies are not.

@amgonnabakeyobread 2 жыл бұрын

get 'em pat!

@Taistelukalkkuna 3 жыл бұрын

Gun Fucious Say: "Double the barrel, double the fun. So that gun is total party party gun."

@Shining_Whit 3 жыл бұрын

A 'Party Seven'...... I'll get my coat........

@johnmccallum8512 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shining_Whit Quite right as well that stuff was horrible.

@gilde915 3 жыл бұрын

it looks more like a party crusher

@theglitchcounter264 3 жыл бұрын

This feels like one of the fortune cookies from shadow warrior. Example form shadow warrior 2 To maintain perfect accuracy, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

@newman793 3 жыл бұрын

You won't be saying that when you feel the recoil

@sapiotone 3 жыл бұрын

“Sharpe fan or a historian” Is a Venn diagram of this set possible? 😂

@abergethirty 3 жыл бұрын

or Young Riders fan. They used a crate of them to catch some bandits.

@SitInTheShayd 3 жыл бұрын

Its a circle

@timjowitt4882 3 жыл бұрын

O - there's your Venn diagram.

@julianmhall 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. There is no reason one cannot be both. I have an MA in Military History /and/ I enjoy the Sharpe series - low budget TV that it is. TV drama is Entertainment, it's not meant to be absolutely accurate and/or educational. That's what documentaries are for.

@dylanmilne6683 3 жыл бұрын

6:40 "the rest of them in our stores are in a bit of a sorry state" Could you say they had a hard Nock life?

@johnladuke6475 3 жыл бұрын

You can have your like but I'm still angry I read that.

@Heegaherger 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, that was too perfect! lol Take my like!

@platobach8309 3 жыл бұрын

OK … I gave you a ‘like’ … you can show yourself out now …

@kevinhayes3672 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@GuinessOriginal 3 жыл бұрын

Like he said, they have been nocking around for quite a bit

@SJJensendk 3 жыл бұрын

Suddenly "Over the hills and far away" intensifies.

@rexmcstiller4675 3 жыл бұрын

Could you make a special episode only about the guns in Sharpe?

@MrPh30 3 жыл бұрын

Have a look at " British Muzzle loaders" he cover them and many more, not the Nockgun however.

@dash1141 3 жыл бұрын

With guest star Sean Bean

@MongooseTacticool 3 жыл бұрын

@@dash1141 There is a Waterloo documentary with Sean Bean where he visits the RA museum. It's on KZfaq :)

@bjorntrollgesicht1144 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the British do their museums in the age of the internet. Bovington does a splendid job with their online presence, others follow their example. Told it at Bovi, will tell it again- those videos will produce more than a few future historians!

@richieb7692 3 жыл бұрын

The Tank Chats with David Fletcher are Wonderful. I found him by accident a few years ago, now I'm hooked.

@paulleach3612 3 жыл бұрын

@@richieb7692 That man is a national treasure.

@whyjnot420 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulleach3612 That man is a treasure to the entire English speaking world.

@andywilliams1160 3 жыл бұрын

"He's a funny fella, just jumped head first down the wishing well so he did."

@CrimsomLeo 3 жыл бұрын

Capt Brand was always a funny man jumping in to a wishing well

@Octavius0 3 жыл бұрын

Now that's volley gunning

@piotrczuchowski1080 3 жыл бұрын

Now that's commenting on Sharpe related video!

@tsoliot5913 3 жыл бұрын

@@piotrczuchowski1080 now that's replying to a "now that's..." Sharp comment

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

Sharpe. That is all Edit : Harper would be proud 👍

@samsowden 3 жыл бұрын

that's soldiering

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@samsowden yes it is lol but only when you stand in front of a fort to get shot and deliver counterintelligence to the enemy lol Yes i have seen the whole series multiple times 😂😎

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@samsowden I wonder if piecroft knew that line would become immortal lol

@AlexHalt100 3 жыл бұрын

Remember to always jump into stance and yell "AAAH!" before firing.

@LordSpleach 3 жыл бұрын

" Bringing a makeshift shotgun to a musket fight. Now that's Soldiering!"

@googleyoutubeaccount 3 жыл бұрын

7 barrels instead of one? Now that's soldiering.

@richieb7692 3 жыл бұрын

" You wouldn't notice the difference, and you wouldn't care" What a wonderful phrase.

@MajesticDemonLord 3 жыл бұрын

Came for the Sharpe memes. Was not disappointed.

@azmike3572 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Widmark carried one in his role of Jim Bowie in "The Alamo" (1960), but when he fired it when standing at the front wall, viewers can see the electric cable going to the gun to fire it.

@GodzillaKaijuGK 8 ай бұрын

LOL

@markthemaniac3350 3 жыл бұрын

"A gift from Mr. Sharpe, Sir"

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

"shouldn't have it, sir, h'officers weapon sir"

@markthemaniac3350 3 жыл бұрын

@@scrappydoo7887 ah, a man of culture

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@markthemaniac3350 loved the series since I was a kid 👍

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@markthemaniac3350 my old man was a royal green jacket so it became a bit of a fascination lo

@andrewtyler881 3 жыл бұрын

So mind your bloody business Lt. Ayers

@unpaintedleadsyndrome 3 жыл бұрын

"We don't have any combat accounts" The gun features heavily in the memoirs of one Sgt Harper

@katiejackson3900 3 жыл бұрын

I think Sgt. Harper might have some combat reports.

@skoshman1 3 жыл бұрын

Like that time a 'silly' officer decided to go face down a well.Or that time in Spain when he had a 'bit of a blarny'. Harper's after-action reports I am sure are something to behold.

@ArcBing 3 жыл бұрын

No joke I just started watching Sharpe this week, the timing couldn't be more perfect for me haha

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

😳😳😳 You only just started watching it? Is it a rewatch or a genuine first time for you?

@ArcBing 3 жыл бұрын

@@scrappydoo7887 genuine first time. I was a bit young when it first came out and hadn't even heard of it until KZfaq's algorithms put a clip of it up for me. Fantastic show though, and getting to see an actual rifle from it here made it all the better 🙂

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@ArcBing man you have an absolute epic series unfolding before you 👍 i wish i could go back and experience it for the first time 🙂 Its one of my all time favourite series, i hope you get as much enjoyment from it as i did

@ArcBing 3 жыл бұрын

@@scrappydoo7887 so far it's holding up to your praise, and I'm sure it'll stay as good through the end

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

@@ArcBing which episode are you on?

@mats7492 3 жыл бұрын

Good sir, how many barrels do you fancy on this new firearm.. Mr. Nock: YES!

@milkapeismilky5464 3 жыл бұрын

Patrick Harper says "Boom!"

@leakycheese 3 жыл бұрын

The Nock Volley Gun: the only effective counter to the Knights Who Say “Ni!”

@derekp2674 3 жыл бұрын

If they're hiding in a shrubbery :-)

@HanSolo__ 3 жыл бұрын

... and Polish Winged Hussars to my knowledge.

@johnladuke6475 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, what a sad world we live in when passing ruffians can unload seven barrels at will into a shrubbery.

@MrAndrewfreeman 3 жыл бұрын

Literally been watching Sharpe the past few days, damn coincidence.

@mmclaurin8035 3 жыл бұрын

7 barrel naval gun? Now that's soldiering!

@einheri 3 жыл бұрын

Sailoring?

@pathardage1880 3 жыл бұрын

Delighted to see Patrick Harper's weapon of choice. Thank you.

@PostProteusKitten 3 жыл бұрын

Man, the algorithm is a helluva thing. First I get a random scene from a show I've never heard of(lennox answered with his life), then I fall in love with the damn show. Three episodes in and all of a sudden this video featuring the gun that debuted in the third episode shows up.

@MediumRareOpinions 2 жыл бұрын

Great scene, lot of great actors in that part of the series. I did miss Hogan in the later series.

@thepayne7862 3 жыл бұрын

So happy to see so many Sharpe's Rifles fans commenting.

@Dustbinlid1 3 жыл бұрын

You know you've got a Monty Python fan when they say "shrubbery" and snigger

@andywilliams1160 3 жыл бұрын

Bring out the "Holy Hand grenade" Next weeks episode!

@Zelousmarineinspace 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, but this is more of a Sharper reference. Now that’s soldiering

@Zologe 3 жыл бұрын

This looks like something straight out of a steampunk-y cowboy shooter game. I love it. So over the top

@ChibiViolin 3 жыл бұрын

Now that's soldiering.

@MrTechstyles 3 жыл бұрын

"GOD SAVE IRELAND!"

@piotrczuchowski1080 3 жыл бұрын

GOD! SAVE! IRELAND! GOD! SAVE! IRELAND! GOD! SAVE! IRELAND!

@slaughterround643 3 жыл бұрын

who needs an Armalite when you have a Nock?

@scrappydoo7887 3 жыл бұрын

Cpl lynch is still shouting it in his grave after he stopped being called filth and he died lol

@JnEricsonx 3 жыл бұрын

LOUDER!

@ayoungconservative1051 3 жыл бұрын

FILLLTHHHHHHH

@BiggDoggJake 3 жыл бұрын

Johnathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery Wears an H&K Lapel Pin Wears and Alter Bridge T-shirt God Bless you, mate, and live on!

@derekp2674 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jonathan, it was nice to learn the history behind the real ones.

@georgebardsley7129 3 жыл бұрын

Showing off a classic bit of weaponry, now that’s soldiering

@jameslewis2635 3 жыл бұрын

You guys should let Ian from Forgotten Weapons have a look and take it out on the range. If for no other reason I like the idea of him firing the gun and flying backwards from the recoil like some cartoon charecter.

@chrislaws4785 3 жыл бұрын

I really love this channel. I'm ex US military and I have always loved old weapons and their history of use and how they were made. Keep of the awesome work. If I EVER get a chance to to get over seas I will FOR SURE be paying this place a visit.

@svenhaheim 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect fit since I just started watching Sharpe again last week.

@robertgeorgewerner 3 жыл бұрын

Jonathan, you are such a great advocate for your institution. I look forward to the day I come to England and visit your museum. Until then I will keep watching online.

@baffled4life 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is so good. Giving the people what they want!

@vape42 3 жыл бұрын

If ever end going anywhere near your museum I'm definitely going to give it a visit. This looks like 10 year old me's idea of the coolest museum; everything from suits of armor to experimental machine guns. Actually it still sounds like one of the most interesting museums I've heard of in quite a while. Glad to hear you're back open.

@danielrose8305 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful work and Informative. Going through the Sharpe series again and this was very fun to know. Thank you!

@IntrospectorGeneral 3 жыл бұрын

Several Nock volley guns were included as part of the armament of HMS Pandora which captured 14 of the HMS Bounty mutineers in 1790. HMS Pandora was wrecked in 1791 on the the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia while returning to Britain with the mutineers manacled and locked in a cage on the deck (predictably called "Pandora's Box"). About a third of the wreck site has been excavated but no Nock guns found so far.

@Stigstigster 3 жыл бұрын

What a beast of a historical weapon. Crikey!

@butziporsche8646 3 жыл бұрын

Sergeant Harper kicking ass! Pat Rocks!

@laheu 3 жыл бұрын

The second and third x-ray pics linked are pretty interesting, they came out fairly well. Fascinating bit of construction with the way the holes were done, wouldn't have guessed that.

@mundaneMindanao 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm the only 18 year old that knows who sharp is. Thanks dad!

@jamesh9647 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 17 and I know who sharpe is

@thomaswikstrand8397 2 жыл бұрын

All teens think they are somehow special. It'll pass.

@RMMilitaryHistory 3 жыл бұрын

Another top episode! Keep up the great work buddy!

@robertclayton5029 2 жыл бұрын

Jonathan, I've got to say. Not only do you speak to my love of firearms but you always seem to be wearing my favorite bands t-shirts! ✌from 🇺🇸

@iansands8607 3 жыл бұрын

In the first episode of Young Riders there was a scene where they used the volley gun. Until I saw the Sharp series I thought it was a weapon of the old west.

@Bhartrampf 2 жыл бұрын

Colonel Thomas Thornton used one for hunting, he mentions it in book " A sporting tour through the northern part of England, and great part of the highlands of Scotland". 1804. Interesting reading.

@archer8492 3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to visit the Royal Armouries in a couple of days, can't wait! I'll definitely have to check this one out in that Naval weapons display Jonathan mentioned.

@kasferret 2 жыл бұрын

Knowing that Jonathan is an Alter Bridge fan makes him that much cooler in my book!

@UpontheGreyWind 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Sharpe reference

@chooselife2477 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful piece..

@mikeuk666 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the great work 💪

@jonathanferguson1211 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@scottheaton8469 3 жыл бұрын

The Navy had abandoned the weapon because of its propensity to shatter the shoulders of the men pulling its trigger, but in Patrick Harper the seven-barreled gun had found a soldier capable of taming its brute ferocity. The gun was a cluster of seven half-inch barrels which were fired by a single lock, and was, in its effect, like a small cannon loaded with grapeshot.

@Tadicuslegion78 3 жыл бұрын

"Say Hello to Mr. Nock"

@jacobklunder8552 3 жыл бұрын

Here for the Sharpe references

@SafetyProMalta 3 жыл бұрын

Jonathan, rcvd the book yesterday. Fantastic!!!

@jonathanferguson1211 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it Stephen! Hope you didn't need a steel bookcase to take it..

@SafetyProMalta 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanferguson1211 Nope...gonna sit right next to Chassepot and thanks for the signature!!

@ezzreacts9791 3 жыл бұрын

okay, i'm going to be honest, i'm not that interested in fire arms, but this guy talks with passion about them , and now i love watching and listening to him while he talks about the gun. Plus he plays videogame so, that's awesome.

@TheHolyGash 2 жыл бұрын

Loving the t shirt! Great band!

@ZGryphon 3 жыл бұрын

"Disperse in the name of His Majesty's Imperial Fruit Company!"

@sapiotone 3 жыл бұрын

Saw an excellent program on a recreation version whilst in the States in 2015. The recreation offset the outer touch holes to slightly delay each round, reducing the recoil

@johnladuke6475 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm. Would be curious to hear from the tiny group of people who have fired both that recreation and a faithful recreation (maybe even original?). I wonder whether the one-six wha-WHAM recoil would be better, worse or just different compared to the roman-candle offset version.

@DanOughton 3 жыл бұрын

Gary Moore reference straight off the bat! Awesome.!

@judgeboony2695 3 жыл бұрын

"RAAGH!!" _BLAMMO!_ Sgt. Harper's gun in a nutshell

@graemestansfield6170 3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful weapon a seven barrel wicked.

@not-a-theist8251 3 жыл бұрын

Oooh I know this one from sharpe Loooove the song

@eggsaladsamich7396 3 жыл бұрын

We value the royal armouries too and of course you good sir

@brandonstevenlesher1964 3 жыл бұрын

Honest, the first time I ever heard of the nock gun was in the old PS2 game Gun. A underappreciated western of it's time

@ncage2621 3 жыл бұрын

This film has inspired me to re watch my Sharpe collection, thanks. 🤓👍🇬🇧❤️🇵🇸🍉.

@shadowclothes 3 жыл бұрын

Nice a Sharpe reference

@JDB1878 3 жыл бұрын

Sharpe, historical firearms, and an Alter Bridge shirt? Now that's soldiering

@William_Rivera_X 3 жыл бұрын

Badass gun !

@OriginalOwner777 3 жыл бұрын

There was a nock volley gun on the antiques roadshow. That particular gun had evidence of use in both the Royal Navy and the french navy if I remember correctly it could be worth looking into.

@stephensmith4480 3 жыл бұрын

I saw one of these in an Antique Gun auction about two years ago, the minimum bid, was £25.000

@foamdataservices 2 жыл бұрын

Was it genuine or a Nock off?

@thrashstronaut 2 жыл бұрын

At the Armoires the other day, it is a joy to behold and an even better joy to stick a fiver in a slot to know you are keeping this up :)

@nathan3252 3 жыл бұрын

This looks like a gun that should be in a video game.

@KimTiger777 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how effective this weapon was but I am sure it gave the enemy psychological terror when the volley blast came. Also this kind of looks like a Gatling gun.

@sweepingtime 3 жыл бұрын

I've only read the books. This is the first time I've seen Patrick's weapon. What a beast it is.

@thepayne7862 3 жыл бұрын

Speaking of the Sharpe's books if you didn't l know there is a new one coming out this year Sharpe's Assassin.

@sicsempertyrannis4613 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see tips and tricks from a curator to keep arms in good shape and prevent rust.

@DaraGaming42 3 жыл бұрын

best weapon gun ever

@BattlePantaloons 3 жыл бұрын

Complaints about the recoil seems like a good thing to get for a seven barrel gun. I fall people are complaining about is the recoil it both means the user is surviving the encounter where they used it and there aren't many complaints about it

@tombstone1055 3 жыл бұрын

That Alter Bridge shirt is awesome!

@alanwhite7912 3 жыл бұрын

Alter Bridge T-shirt and history....great combination.

@fire_tower 3 жыл бұрын

I dig the HK lapel pin, I think I'll have to hunt down one for myself.

@MrSheckstr 3 жыл бұрын

You mention smooth bore versus rifle and reload speed around the three minute mark. What OFTEN gets overlooked is at the time Military Black powder muzzle loading rifleman would often carry as small supply of “fast balls”, lead balls of a slight smaller diameter than the rifling which allowed them to switch to close quarters musketeers where speed and shots per minute became desperately more important than longer ranged accuracy

@keithallardice6139 3 жыл бұрын

I share your enthusiasm for the Nock - such a cool-looking firearm and how very interesting to hear the real purpose for which it was intended and what it ended up being used for! On a sidenote, the table behind you is most distracting, trying to work out what's "on show" almost detracts from the video! Thanks for this, I really enjoyed it.

@incandescentadolescents1889 3 жыл бұрын

alter bridge t-shirt, a man of great music as well as great knowledge

@Avatar1977 3 жыл бұрын

"you would die for a shilling??" "Well that's what I signed up to do"

@adrianburchell8075 3 жыл бұрын

Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) used one in the John Wayne Alamo movie, first time i saw this gun, then i read the Sharpe books years later, then the tv series.

@ZacLowing 3 жыл бұрын

The first time I shot a 12 gauge, I held it really tight, fired it and marveled at how easy it was. The second time, I didn't hold it as well and gave the shotgun just enough room to smack my shoulder so hard I almost didn't want to shoot again!

@Bramswarr 3 жыл бұрын

the first time i shot a 12 gauge, i used the low recoil buck which was fun and easy. then i switched to full power slugs and had a bruise for 3 days