The first part covers the history of the development of the Hall breech loading flintlock military rifle. If you are looking for more info, please visit our Patreon page where you can find 2 studies about the rifle based mainly on primary sources describing the benefits and use of the rifle.
History of the rifle and the interchangeable production methods, cartridges, ballistics: https://www.patreon.com/posts/heavy-additions-97630299
Modern time use: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shooting-m-1819-97630449
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https://www.patreon.com/capandball
We are also present on History of Weapons and Warfare platform: https://www.weaponsandwar.tv/
Many thanks for the images to Rock Island Auction Company: https://www.rockislandauction.com/
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:56 The birth of the patent
6:08 First trials of the rifle to 50m
11:29 Perfecting the Hall rifle
13:15 Benefits of the rifle based on Hall’s original 1816 instructions
16:58 The M1817 Hall rifle
17:55 Hall’s employment at Harper’s Ferry and the start of the large scale production
20:25 The birth of interchangeability and mechanization
22:19 Variations of the M1819 Hall rifle
23:27 Capandball’s Hall rifle and the most important features of the gun
26:36 Extreme slow motion recording showing the gas escape
Well this is my channel and these are my impressions about shooting old and repro blackpowder and cartridge guns. You will find target shooting, hunting, reloading and military history related videos here starring pre 1945 firearms. Since I was a little child I knew I want to be a history teacher. In fact I graduated as one. Later I studied military sciences on university level, and now I am doing my phd in firearms history while I teach military history at the university. That’s my life, my hobby. I hope you’ll enjoy my videos as much I enjoyed making them. Greetings form Hungary, the land of good wines and beautiful women. Oh yes, and please forgive my Hunglish. 😉
