The star of today’s show seems to be a M1786 French light cavalry carbine – a really elegant little arm by the way – but in fact the true hero of the story is Honré Blanc, superintendent of the armoury of St. Etienne from 1763 to 1797. He was in charge of establishing a new method for manufacturing military arms. Here is the early story of Blanc’s attempt to introduce the new method of manufacturing. You will get the answer wether it worked or not,
That’s the second part of the series. The first part is about the cartridge of the 1777 family: https://youtu.be/r_XvJDgLoD4?si=EB6jqPhx6Zam_sc9
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:52 first shots at 25m
2:19 Gribeaval and the modernization of the French artillery
5:16 The old system vs the new system
6:35 Blanc and the modernization of the small arms
11:06 Tests of the mouqueton to 25 meters
12:39 Abandoning the concept of interchangeability
14:59 About the next part
Magyar szöveg: https://kapszli.hu/a-francia-1777-m-fegyvercsalad-es-a-csereszabatos-gyartastechnologia-korai-tortenete/
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. 😉
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