Videos tagged with Breach Loading

This video provides a detailed examination of the Gwyn & Campbell carbine, also known as the Cosmopolitan or Union carbine, used during the US Civil War. It covers the carbine's history, development, operational mechanics, and the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 models. The presenter, Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons, highlights its role as an intermediary design between muzzleloaders and metallic cartridge firearms.

This video details the fascinating evolution of the French Tabatière rifle, tracing its journey from a smoothbore flintlock to a breach-loading firearm. It highlights how these rifles were converted to percussion and then to breach-loading systems, often becoming affordable shotguns sold in the United States and marketed as 'Zulu' shotguns. The discussion includes comparisons to American and British breach-loading systems of the era.

This video explores the Montigny Parlor Pistol, a unique 19th-century firearm designed for indoor target shooting. Firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson details its innovative breach-loading, needle-fire, and underhammer mechanism, highlighting its historical context and design evolution. The pistol's construction, including its thin profile and concealed maker's mark, is examined, along with its intended use as a parlor pistol rather than a combat weapon due to its single-shot nature and low velocity.

This video details the history and technical aspects of the Burnside Carbine, invented by Ambrose Burnside before the American Civil War. It highlights its innovative breach-loading mechanism and unique brass cartridge, comparing it to other Civil War firearms and noting its eventual obsolescence due to rapid technological advancements.

This video delves into the history and functionality of the Sharps carbine, highlighting its significance in the abolitionist movement and the lead-up to the US Civil War. It details the firearm's design evolution, its use in 'Bleeding Kansas,' and the operational mechanics of loading and firing with paper cartridges, emphasizing its advanced breach-loading technology for the era.

This video explores the unique thumb-trigger variant of the Martini-Henry rifle, a deviation from the standard finger trigger design. Firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson details the rifle's history, its .45 caliber cartridge, and the mechanics of the thumb trigger mechanism, including its safety features and operation. The discussion also touches upon the broader context of Martini-Henry rifle usage and its place in military history.

This video explores several repeating firearms developed before the Second Amendment, challenging the notion that only single-shot muskets were known. It details the Calof repeater, Ferguson rifle, Lorenzoni pistol, and Cookson rifle, highlighting their advanced mechanisms, capacities, and rates of fire for their time. The content emphasizes that the Founding Fathers were aware of and even encouraged the development of such technologies, countering arguments that gun control should be based on historical firearm limitations.

The Traditions NitroFire muzzleloader revolutionizes inline designs with the Federal Premium Fire Stick, a polymer-encapsulated propellant charge loaded from the breach. This system eliminates the breech plug, enhances safety with features like the Elite XT trigger and dual safety, and offers improved accuracy and moisture resistance. It maintains muzzleloader legality by loading the projectile down the barrel.