FIRING A MATCHLOCK MUSKET - musketeer from the Monmouth Rebellion 1685
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- The matchlock musket was used by armies into the early 18th Century. It was used by both sides during the Monmouth Rebellion where the rebel forces of the Duke of Monmouth were defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor by the royalist forces of King James II. It's gunpowder charge is ignited by a length of slow burning matchcord that is soaked in saltpetre which means it burns slow but hot.
When the trigger is squeezed, the matchcord held in the serpent is lowered into the pan. When the priming pan is ignited, the flame goes through the touch-hole into the barrel and ignites the main charge.
As you can see, it is a smoky, noisy and smelly business but also lots of fun!
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Matchlocks are cool. I've shot flintlocks for 30 years and it's still fun.
It's the best! What period flintlock do you fire?
Thanks for watching!
@@historyworkshops I have a Northwest trade gun and a Southern style rifle, both based on guns from the 1750s. Cheers!
@@8626Johngive me one
@@8626Johnyou should try some cap n ball guns,maybe an enfield 1853 some time!
Soldier: *Reloading*
Sergeant: Private, the war is over.
Feels like that sometimes
When thy opposition enters thy vicinity 👀👀👀
I'd probably still miss 🤣😁
Lmfao
@@historyworkshopsofc u gotta blame it on the smoothbore though 🔥
Don’t dilly dally on thy block or else thou shalt feel the wrath of my musket
You know it! 😁
Empty compartments of thy pandaloons
I'd like to get into blackpowder even though I got all my fancy ar's and new guns. Blackpowder just seems like a fun hobby and an excuse to larp as a frontiersman, especially where im at where i always hike with a rifle or pistol anyway
Yeah oldschool stuff is cool
Oh if you can get involved...that would be great! The smell of the matchcord and the burnt gunpowder, the rattle of all your equipment. Plus the uncertainty that it may not go off even in the best of conditions. A great hobby - thanks for watching!
Better do it now because that's all we will be allowed to have then the gun grabbing LIBERALS will be taking them from us WE THE PEOPLE!!!
It's a lot of fun!
@@8626John the smell of burnt powder, the anticipation whilst you load, the kick...ooh loads of fun!
The moment in which you hath spotted an Irish man making no offense at all
"And recover....the bullet, waste not want not"
Shooting that without eye protection is ballsy
It's what we do for the love of trying to be authentic as possible. It's worse when you are firing in a block, especially with flintlocks. A flint can break and send shards flying off to the side and hit the person next to you.
We call this the California complaint rifle
Where does that name come from? 🤔
@@historyworkshops see in the state of California the government is trying to take guns away from citizens and if you want to have a firearm it is neutered by the government with weird regulations and mods where an A5-15 needs to be opened up and reloaded without any semi automatic functions making it completely uncomfortable and a long process just to reload. And with those weird gun laws only a musket would be suitable to be purchased in California
@@kendrickbritto8556 ah I see. I guess these new regulations are a bit unpopular
@@historyworkshops California will be a hollowed out shell of a state within the decade
@@kendrickbritto8556Wow, I come from Canada and even I think that sounds ridiculous.
“Thy oppositions tis quite silent since this hast cometh to hands.” 💂🏻♂️
One of my favorite musket videos👍👏
Thank you...I really appreciate that 😊
As a weapon I love how deliberate it is. We’re used to media having people running around shooting all over the place but using something like this required such patience to make effective use of them.
Absolutely! If you rush...something is bound to go wrong.
the enemy waiting for him to reload
That's where you hopefully have some friendly pikemen to protect you 😬
@@historyworkshopsyou mean cavalry eh? Both do same job
hand over thy shillings
Must be awkward when you're facing the enemy one on one an both miss and have to reload...
"so uh, how was your day today my good sir?"
"'tis been excellent so far sire."
Ha ha! Or do something called ''Club your butt's." Reverse your musket and use the butt as a club 😬😁
I want one of those so bad!
They are great fun! The smell of spent powder and burning matchcord...it's intoxicating 😊
Thanks for watching!
I love that gun. Newer guns don’t sound like an explosion like they used to
You are soooo right 😊
Bro really said "the british are coming"
when you spot an Irishman within 2 meters of the plantation
I know the flintlock musket, but "matchlock" is now for me
This new Transporter movie is gonna be lit!
that is crazies
And loads of fun 😁
I guess your screwed if it's raining then 😂😂
Just as the founding fathers intended
Плавный поджог)))
I like how he commands his self 😂
I like the late 17th century uniform!
Warm in the winter and boiling in the summer ha ha! I have a yellow soldiers coat as well...let's just say bees get very friendly with it ha ha!
Thanks for watching!
@@historyworkshops I love that.😂
how did you get it? I've been wanting to get clothes from the early modern period. Right now I'm starting to make a late 16th century outfit.
@Nick Black its part of the uniform for my reenactment group...the Taunton Garrison. Amongst other periods we reenact the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. Each coat was handmade by the ladies of the group. Amazed at what they can make 😲
@@historyworkshops oh man thats awesome!
I'm in the northwestern USA so there aren't any reenactment groups that I know of that cover my favorite time periods. The oldest I know of are either early 19th century trappers and explorers, or American Civil War.
Those are cool but I love the late medieval and early modern periods.
Nice
Thanks man!
Muskets are cool, and you are cool too
@stephenaviaspace5056 aww thank you 😊.
Are you in the Sealed Knot? (Sorry, first time I've seen your content). To be a musketeer, and to shoot black powder (even blanks) in the UK, is it a shotgun license you need, not the full "rifle/gun" license?
Yep and the Taunton Garrison. For a musket in the UK...you need a Shotgun license and a Shotgun license 😊
Only 1775 kids will remember
Matchlock gun don t existe any more in the 1700 in Europe he was replaced by flintlock muskets matchlock guns was used in Europe in the late 15th century to late 17th century only middle east and east asia still use matchlock guns after 1700
Flash in the pan
Ive only seen this today. Seems like fun
Loads of fun! We'll be doing a full video very soon 😊
American schools back in the day
Where do you find a matchlocks? Do you have to have them made? I only ask becouse im a prof. Blacksmith/welder, but im also in the national muzzleloading rufle association. I love my muzzleloaders but id love to buy or make something more traditional.
I bought mine through my reenactment group and its probably 40 years old. You can buy them from manufacturers in the UK. But they are few and far between and a lot of times it's a very...very
..very...very long wait. And then the quality may not be great. If a gunsmith could produce quality, reliable, well priced matchlocks in a decent time frame...they'd make a killing (pun intended) ha ha
Get ready
Aim
Fire!
Monmouth Rebellion? I've never Heard of that
An incredible story...will be starting a series on it very soon. Full of adventure, conspiracy, murder, battle and executions
@@historyworkshops can you give me the short version
@enderkatze6129 the Duke of Monmouth invaded England to remove his uncle James II from the throne. Monmouth was the illegitimate son of Charles II. Monmouth created a large rebel army but was eventually defeated at the battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. Monmouth was horribly executed. Check out this video which will explain why he thought he was the rightful heir. th-cam.com/video/gFkvceZEJ28/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dUngTAClhSYCct8I
To think that this Weapon ,considered archaic even by 1800s standards , was used againt the Native Peoples in North and South America is heart rending. People who were familiar with only spears, bows,and clubs must have been absolutely TERRIFIED hearing one of these things being fired ,only to then realise the frightful damge that ball of lead caused to living, breathing, feeling flesh . Heartbreaking ...😭😭😭
You are so right...and imagine the terror it would have brought to animals as well. I forget who said it but it went something like, "The European explorers brought with them: disease, guns and religion. Each as deadly as the others."
pretty damn cool
Loads of fun!
That shoot made a fire almost in your face
Oh yeah...it gets up close and personal
😳 wild! Tha is for the vid!
Thanks mate! 😊
Nice but I prefer Brown Bess or Percussion.
I think my next period might very well be Napoleonic. Should I go brown bess or Baker rifle?
@@historyworkshops brownbess.
@@Tmilitaria redcoat it is then 😁
A sword would’ve been better than getting shot at while you reloaded
That's why this period still had pikemen to protect the musketeers while they reloaded 😊
Portuguese were first to use matchlock gun.. Britishers & French followed this tactic later
To protect them from Spain and their own explorers?
Musket load
Looks like an accidental discharge to me 😅
Accidental but so much fun 🤣🤣
@@historyworkshops 💯💪🏾
English civil war period of gunsmithing was a wild and underrepresented period and yet Hollywood as all too keen to make another 'woke' ww2 film
You're not wrong. A modern well researched ECW film with sensible CGI for the battles would be great!
@@historyworkshops I feel older films are better in many ways as you know and see great and accurate formations used meanwhile modern films think themselves boring if someone isn't putting 1200 rpm on someone and both armies have to charge at each other with secondary blades
Where do you get Clothes like those
Everything is from reenactment markets (TORM in Coventry for example) but the coat was made by the incredibly talented women in my reenactment group.
What is the different matchloks, and flintlocks i think there is no different, but i never seee matchloks in rl, just see in games ( Total War Shogun 2 )
The matchlock like in this video ignites the Gunpowder with a piece of burning match which has been soaked in saltpetre. A flintlock has a piece of flint in the lock which is flung forward, strikes the steel of the frizzen which creates sparks igniting the Gunpowder.
@@historyworkshops Thank you for the explanation, this is very helpful :)
@TheHellsKitchenDevils pleasure! I'll be doing a full length video very soon when I'll be firing both a flintlock and matchlock so hopefully that will be useful as well!
So now I'm blind come on enemy
Ha ha! I try and keep my eyes open throughout but it is difficult with a huge flash in your face
How that ever worked in the rain in England, ill never know
So true 🤣
Where would one buy just the mechanism?
Are you in the UK?
isn't it easier to use bow and arrows during this time?
The trouble is in this period, armies are getting bigger and bigger. If you have to raise and train a large army fast you cannot do that with archers. Especially for the English, it took years and years to train an archer. To build up the necessary strength as well. You can train someone to fire a musket within a day.
We need to make a version of the Brown Bess. That you still have to load classic style and still makes the noise but instead of a musket ball it’s a paint ball.
I would absolutely love to run it back on colonial times. See how shit plays out when everyone got the strap.
Imagine if it became an international game and U.S. got a Game against the U.K. The memes would be insane. Might be a little bit of a problem for some countries though.
“Why is the Haitian team bayoneting the French team sir? Sir, sir they are not stoping? Sir! They’re out of the stadium! They are taking over Paris! Oh god the humanity! Who’s fucking idea was this league!?”
I might upgrade my TV sports package to watch that ha ha 😂😅
No war in the rain back then i suppose
Most of the fighting would have been done in the summer months. But you're right...if it's raining...it's just a glorified club.
Thanks for watching!
N*** almost litt his face off 😆
Oh yeah! It gets quite lively ha ha!
Why would you even use the trigger and not just light it?
Easily burn your hands but the main reason is that you can pull the trigger and stare at your target. When lowering the match in by hand...you have to look at the pan...as well as only being able to steady the gun with one hand.
Not a musket,not a flintlock, it's a matchlock comment newbies 😂😂😂😂
Bit of a hair trigger. Haha
It's the nerves filming myself ha ha!
@historyworkshops it's an awesome musket.
@@carltonriales4352 thank you 😊. She's called Old Faithful as she never let's me down
Whats the point of the trigger
The trigger lowers the serpent which is holding the lit match into the pan 😊
@@historyworkshops ohhhh
@@FartCakes1000 will be doing a full video on it very soon.
Thanks for watching!
Can it burn ur eyes?
A few singed eyebrows ha ha! More danger firing a flintlock which a shattering flint
did you reload it
Oh yes...too much fun not to reload 😊
Did the reload is though?
@@Ehrsonsworld oh yes 😊
ITS A REDCOAT
RUUUUUNN! 🏃
Play the video, close your eyes, and imagine a sexual education video…
The name is not Musket, but "Arcabus"
Same thing
@@taistelusammakko5088 yeah, but musket was used in 1600s to 1800s
And Arcabus was invented in 1500s
*Arquebus. Read a book
Thy shan’t dwell here on this street, thou art… from another postcode. Present! Prepare to give fire! Give, fire!!!💨
Didn’t realise how nice it sounds when it does (finally) go off - a thump it gives! Such a cool hobby, matchlocks and muskets are the jankiest but coolest firearms by far. They deserve to be preserved and have passionate hobbyists for them
It's always the satisfaction when it does go off...not always the case ha ha! And aren't those the greatest words...give fire!
A Monmouth a Monmouth! Down with King James the Papist tyrant!
Absolutely! Fear nothing but God
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t did the French musketeers that revolutionized the match lock musket with the self-igniting ?
Not heard of a self-igniting musket. What period would that be?