Lever Action Assault Rifle of the Civil War
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- Imagine if you will during the American Civil War, using your 1860 Henry Rifle. This is in a world of muzzle loading madness, he how has the 1860 could be king.
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00:00 1860 Lever Gun Cinematic Intro
01:51 The Reproduction Henry 1860
02:47 A Transitionary Period
03:53 Flintlock Rifle V Lever Gun
05:20 Thanks AP & SDI
06:42 100 Yards with the Henry 1860
06:58 History of the 1860
08:52 How to Load the 1860
11:14 Pros and Cons of the Original Lever Gun
13:32 Admins thoughts on the 1860
15:56 1860 Mozambique
16:35 Thanks for Watching🤠
16:54 Bloopers
The 1860 lever-action rifle refers to the Henry rifle, a revolutionary firearm designed by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860. This rifle played a significant role in the development of lever-action rifles and had a lasting impact on the firearms industry. Here's a brief history of the 1860 lever gun:
Benjamin Tyler Henry, an American engineer and firearms designer, developed the Henry rifle while working for the New Haven Arms Company.
The rifle featured a unique lever-action mechanism, which allowed for rapid firing compared to traditional single-shot rifles of the time.
The Henry rifle was chambered in .44 caliber rimfire and had a tubular magazine located under the barrel. It could hold up to 16 rounds, a significant advancement over the single-shot rifles of the era. The lever-action mechanism allowed users to quickly cycle through rounds, providing a higher rate of fire.
The Henry rifle was introduced in 1860 and gained popularity during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Union soldiers appreciated its rapid-fire capabilities, but the rifle's high price limited its widespread adoption by the military.
The Henry rifle was succeeded by the improved Model 1866, also known as the "Yellow Boy" due to its distinctive brass receiver. The Model 1866 addressed some of the Henry's shortcomings and featured various improvements.
The Henry rifle and its successors played a crucial role in popularizing the lever-action design, which became synonymous with iconic rifles of the American West. The lever-action concept was later refined and perfected by other manufacturers, most notably Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
The success of the Henry rifle laid the foundation for the famous line of Winchester lever-action rifles, starting with the Winchester Model 1866 and followed by the iconic Winchester Model 1873 ("The Gun that Won the West") and subsequent models.
The 1860 lever gun, represented by the Henry rifle, marked a significant step forward in firearm technology during the mid-19th century, influencing the design of future lever-action rifles that played pivotal roles in American history and culture. - บันเทิง
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“If you need more than 1 round per minute you need to train more.” -Civil War Fudd probably
US army didn’t get repeating rifles in large quantities until the 1890s because the brass thought a breech loader that took more than one round at a time would result it wasted ammunition. They went away from the spencer rifles in favor of the single shot springfield even for the cavalry for the next 35 years after the civil war.
Three rounds was the standard for trained soldiers.
@@gijoe508Well to be fair, they were probably right. Dead infantry doesn't waste any ammo.
@@gijoe508 That’s a very common view, but unfortunately it’s not quite correct. Virtually every military on earth was using single shot breechloaders. It wasn’t a case of the higher ups being cheap or whatever. Many rifles were put through their paces in early trials, including several repeating systems, which were deemed not reliable or powerful enough. You have to remember that most repeaters of the day were using dinky, glorified pistol ammunition. Compare that to .45-70-405 and the subsequent .45-70-500 round. Out of the 1873 Springfield, that could kill a horse in one shot at 1,000 yards (which soldiers in the 1880s were actually trained to do). After Bighorn, many in the army wanted to blame the rifle for the defeat and looked around to replace it with a repeating rifle in .45-70, but the actual benefits just weren’t there. By the late 1880s their gun was outdated, sure, but it had served its purpose marvelously. Here’s the real secret: until the adoption of stripper clips, repeaters weren’t actually that much faster in continuous firing (not that soldiers were ever allowed to. Early bolt guns were to be used as single shots until an “emergency”).
Them whipper-snappers think cartridges grow on trees. Eff them cuz my bean counters don't like wasting ammunition. Human bodies though, we gots plenty to spare.
As good as it was at the time the 1860 Henry only saw limited use in the Civil War. If a union soldier wanted one, he had to buy it himself it was never made standard issue due to it being expensive to produce and Union army high command was very conservative. The 1860 Spencer saw much more wide use in the Civil War with over 100,000 produced due to being simpler and cheaper. Only 14,000 Henry rifles would be produced. In 1866, however, the company that produced the Henry was turned into the Winchester firearms company and the Henry rifle was transformed into the Winchester series of rifles used throughout the old west.
This is the well thought out coment
Yup muzzleloaders where still the main thing because they where cheaper to manufacture, maintain, and easier to train some farm boy on
weren’t trap door rifles pretty popular to that one I can’t remember very well
@@Skim_beeble7125 well as for 1873 Springfield Trapdoor rifle basically what the US army did was convert muzzleloaders to fire the 45.70 cartridge but was still single shot. In 1892 the US military would finally adopt a repeating rifle in form of the Krag-Jorgensen bolt action rifle.
@@SeanDahlethe Allin conversion is actually the model 1866 in .50-70. The 1873 was the first purpose made trapdoor.
There were two regiments where the commander actually made the acquisition for the troops. Most famously the 7th Illinois. Repeaters were used on the flank companies throughout the whole war. The 36th Illinois flank companies carried 1855 colt revolving rifles in 1862, famously at the battle of Prairie Grove.
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It’s simply a cursed artifact born to find a poor soul after its previous bearer passes
Having Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego flashbacks.
My uncle Joe is a serious gun collector and has a original 1860 Henry manufactured in 1862. Chambered in .44 rimfire. He also has a box of original cartridges. The value of either is almost the same as eachother apparently.
The gun is worth far more.
The cowboy hat is there to ensure you don't have to collect your shell casings.
One of my favorite things about wearing my hat. Brass doesn't end up in my shirt
As a man who recently bought a poncho, this is great timing
I just order a few the other night for Christmas gifts, one of them a Clint Eastwood in OD green like Admins, I may or may not have gotten one for myself too lol
The Travis impersonation is clean. More of it please. Clearly the best part of this video.
His guntuber impersonation video was excellent if you haven’t seen it lol
I just found a Model 94 in my Grandpa's collection, totally overlooked it for years not knowing what it was. SN shows that it's a 1941, it's well worn but the action is still very nice.
The ottoman army actually issued winchester repeater rifles en masse during the 1877-1878 russo turkish war, it proved so effective many european countries realized that their rifles were obsolete and decided to upgrade their arsenals from the older muzzle loaders
Winchester m1866 if I recall correctly.
Russians Won that War tho. Russians had Berdan Rifles
The Battle of Plevna.
Just a small correction, by 1877 most European armies had already moved on from muzzleloaders to various breechloaders such as the Chassepot, Dreyse needle rifle, Remington Rolling Block, Martini-Henry, etc. However the Winchesters did show that magazine rifles were the way to go.
Ironically the European powers would use single-shot rifles in the coming decades.
My father had such a nice model 94 Winchester in 30-30. One of the few fun guns you can have in canada
Watched my old man take many deer with one
Human? What chu doing here?
Pretty sure that works on bastard children of communist Cuban dictators... for no reason.
Can't have a AK but can have a round that does the damage of a 7.62x39 basically? Man yall got weird gun laws. The 94 is a great gun. I love em.
@@mgtexan4721 To be fair, so do we in the USA. Look at what technically makes a gun a pistol or a rifle and make it make sense.
Cowboy guns are so underrated these days.
They are making a comeback. Many people will claim they are just range toys; however they can fufill many applications to this day. Most just have a boner for ARs.. and just poor taste 😏
YES!
Western Guns, just 1800’s Weapons as a whole are a complete vibe.
And no, not those “Modern” levers that have rails and shit all over them and look ugly as hell.
I just got a 44mag 16inch brass Henry beauty in all forms
"That damned Yankee rifle that you load on Sunday and shoot all week."
What do you mean watching your first child be born is more important than watching Admins new video?
Nobody ever said that..
Because it’s just not true
To much 5% ithink
With all the Lever Gun craze that has engulfed the community as of late...you seem to have one-upped us all in a true Balaclava-Admin-Managerial way! 😉💯❤
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Hey! You did catch me drinking my coffee. You said it exactly as I was tilting my mug. Well played, Admin. One of my favorite stories about the 1860 LG was that one of the reproduction companies got hold of an original prior to setting up their assembly. The machinist on hand realized that they had no idea how the original one piece octogon/ mag tube was manufactured. Was it a lathe? For the round parts, kinda hard to get around that. For the octagon barrel? Roller’s straight from the foundry. Okay. The weird mostly hollow semi hexagon sticking out one side? Uhhhh…. Hmmm. It’s just a sign that the 19th century manufacturers were far more clever than they get credit for.
And had a strange propensity to make things more difficult than they needed to be
Machinist here, my guess is that they were originally round and had flats milled on it. I may be wrong I may be right but that is what I would do.
I love me my lever gats! Especially as a Canadian with my increasingly tyrannic federal gov't hellbend on prohibiting every semi-auto firearm (RIP).
Just finished a Henry Model X in 30-30 that I did up with Ranger Point Precision parts and it's a fantastic little tacticool bush gun. My safe queen is a Henry Big Boy in 44 magnum.
Lever guns are just plain fun!
Gee, if only you had the tools & desire to stop tyranny…
Well at least you protested for a couple minutes
@@coryjankoso where are you stopping tyranny in the US
So glad I got out when I did.
You forgot one of the downfalls of the rifle and that was the hot barrel. Having no handguard required holding the receiver which made the rifle inherently less stable and less accurate. Hence the next generation of lever gun, the 1866 Winchester "Yellow Boy" which solved the open magazine tube and hot barrel problem.
Lever guns are so fun to shoot. The 1860 Henry is so iconic also. Love what you do Admin!
I used to shoot cowboy action a while back and shot one of these, except mine was the iron frame. Anyway, I did what was called the "Henry Hop", where I'd keep my hand towards the mid of the barrel, then hopped over the follower when it hit my hand. Also, don't let the brass follower just drop when loading, it will break. And since you're using the .45 Colt version, you can load .45 Schofeld and get one or two more rounds in the magazine.
Also if you let the follower drop on a down loaded mag tube, you could have a magazine detonation.
Ian McCollum from Forgotten Weapons had that happen to him.
Just watched unforgiven, so I’m in a cowboy mood.
Excellent timing admin!
I love it when Eastwood's character after hearing of Morgan Freeman's fate, just starts pounding whiskey. You know at that point that he's going to unleash Hell!
I love Miley Cyrus’s character in that movie
@@RosaParksWasWyt But she wasn't in Unforgiven. Or am I missing something?
@@tylerwilliams6022 yes
@@RosaParksWasWyt Well, do tell then.
I’ve got a 30-30 lever from pops, and it’s my favorite gun, amazing brush hunter.
The difference in the size of the bullet is noteworthy: a .44 Henry cartridge fires a 200 grain bullet at 1100 ft/s, whereas a minie ball was 510 grains at 900 ft/s. That's a massive difference in impact energy.
That’s true. I’d still rather have 16 rounds with less energy than one round with a lot of energy, especially before body armor and modern medicine.
I used to reenact the civil war as a kid. 1st Louisiana Tiger Rifles Zouaves. I carried an 1853 Enfield .58cal but our CO had a Henry loved it he had cool tubes to load it quicker too with a special pouch for them it's my favorite too bro ham
You should do some reading on the Box Wagon Fight near Fort Phil Kearny in 1867. Two civilians had Henry Repeating Rifles and were able to hold back an estimated 300-1000 sioux warriors.
The rest of the company had newly issued 50/70 Springfield trapdoor rifles. The Indians found out the hard way the new guns fired a lot faster than the muzzle loading muskets did. They had more range and knock down power than the puny .44 caliber rimfire Henry rifles possessed.
Love the 30-30 lever. 45 Long Colt is iconic. The 44 magnum is the honey spot for levers. Add the ranger precision setup... sweet baby jesus. Make a grown man cry 🤪
I'm more than confident that by now youve taken a look under the hood. The falling block is actually the lifter and ejector. The locking action is actually a toggle-lock, which survived later iterations until Whichestor chambered their lever actions in MUCH bigger rounds (45/90 sounds fake but is literally just a bigger 45/70)
My favorite 1860 lever gun movie scene is from Lonesome Dove when Gus uses the ladder sight to pop the chicken dancing bandit.
One thing to note is to refrain from the urge to HK-slap the mag-tube. As a little bit of play from a partial-load can let the follower build up enough momentum to chain-fire the primers, as Ian from Forgotten Weapons learned the hard way.
Sort of why Henry went towards a captive spring/follower you had to manually remove/replace on later models.
I got an idea of something you could try to find and pew-pew with, fitting the Henry. A LeMatt revolver, the one with the shotgun barrel under the main pain-toob. Alternatively, a Volcanic pistol since its basically the Henry, but in pistol form.
The outtakes! I'M ROLLING!😂😂
A flintlock can be loaded and aimed in 20 seconds with paper cartridges, as they were done in the military.
The outtakes are priceless! Love the channels.
I LOVE U
I picked up a tube fed 3030 lever henry.. cycling is a little rough sometimes but it is incredibly accurate
Its a toggle lock action btw, not a falling block. The block is just an elevator for the rounds, in the rear there is an actual toggle lock which looks like two knees.
I absolutely love that companies are making some of their old stuff here and there. Could you imagine getting into a gunfight with this lever gun here, and a mauser broom handle? Sure youd get dusted but thats only if they can somehow manage to look passed just how rad you are
Would be cool if you could also talk about the trapdoor (conversion) rifles after this. Maybe a 'before and after' with the Springfield?
As a person that loves weird interesting firearms especially around the turn of the century you should take a look at a savage model 99. It is a lever action as well but that rifle is an enigma. Rotary magazine, striker fired, and can be found in 308 Winchester.
on it
Nice to see Lincoln's Repeater getting some action again
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It do.
For once, I am not on the toilet, I am in a different small and shitty box of solitude, the cab of a deicing truck at an airport.
Henry makes the best quality lever action rifles in the world period! Pricey, but worth it.
Cimarron and Uberti: Am I a joke to you?
Their rifles are made from pot metal tf you mean?
*cough* Winchester *cough*
100% agree with you but I’d amend your statement to:
“Henry makes the best quality mass produced lever rifles, sold for an acceptable price.”
I haven’t gotten my hands on the new Ruger made Marlins, but Henry was sure smoking their older stuff. They beat the hell out of Chiappas, a ton of commercially available Winchesters and Ubertis (at least in Canada) are crazy expensive and often in these old oddball cartridges you can’t buy, only reload yourself, and Henry is servicing the whole market, in so many different variations.
By far my favourite when it comes to lever gats, the only ones I have kept that I’ve bought have been Henrys.
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If you can, get a hold of the Spencer Repeating Rifle/Carbine. The Union Army in the American Civil War adopted something like 200,000 Spencers. The vast majority of Spencers were used by the Union Cavalry.
I’d like to see more shooting scenarios based on the history of the firearm you’re presenting.
The original 1860 was in .44 rimfire, hence why you loaded them at a slight angle. That habit continued even after they were no longer rimfire cartridges. That week long saying from confederate soldiers really sent home a message to military ideology. A soldier who can fire faster than his enemy is an alive soldier. The Gatlin gun, breech loading guns, lever actions, and revolvers were ground breaking tech back then. Revolvers especially, the Quantrill Raider group would perform raids on Union soldiers equipped with 2-6 revolvers. 16 guys with 6 guns each could fire 576 times. That's nearly an entire battalion.
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The Henry was a massive step up in volume of fire...but really lacking in power using the original 44 rimfire load which made about 1120 fps with a 200 grain bullet. Of course at close range having 16 of them WAS a real advantage but for longer range they weren't great. This was corrected in later Winchester lever guns made for 44-40 and even larger rifle rounds...but too late for the Civil War. I was looking at the Henry reproductions but ended up with a Taurus Lightning in 45 Colt for my 'cowboy' high capacity rifle.
*Please do a video on an array of military muzzleloaders from the 18th and 19th centuries, with various drills included 🙏*
Love these types of videos with historical firearms, keep it up.
A neat trick about shooting lever actions is that a a lot of guys would wear a glove on one hand but not the other.
That’s basically lincolns repeater from fallout 3 👌
Woah, hey, someone is finally approaching the concept of lever actions as assault rifles and going through with it at all. This is a very good concept to expand on, maybe. Thankfully someone is making a video about it.
I believe Inrange tried to do it a few years back
It's hard to do because too many morons lose their flipping mind if you mention this thought line.
Idk if they're Fudds, Artards, 5th columnists creating division or WTF their problem is, if they see or hear someone making the equivalency they end the discussion with *extreme* prejudice
The Russians bought thousands of lever action rifles in 7.62x54R caliber from the US companies during WWI.
@@johngaither9263 that just seems like a really expensive suicide stick unless it was box fed
The Spencer was the other assault rifle of the Civil War era. Loading all 7 rounds in a few seconds! Groundbreaking innovation, despite the flaws of the design.
As for muzzleloaders, they were using flintlock muskets, flintlock rifles, and caplock rifles.
I have the military version with sling swivels and a sling. No bayonet lugs means I carry a massive 1849 Rifleman's knife in place of a bayonet.
Interesting to learn more on the guns used in the Civil War. A Teenager’s Guide to the Civil War: A History Book for Teens gives a nice overview of the key events and people of the Civil War.
There are 2 kinds of people in this world: those who like lever actions, and those who are wrong 🤠😉
Still waiting of the Colt Single action Army video...
Now we think more shots are more, but in the 1860s the war department was really concerned about "wasting bullets". Which is why they didn't transition into bolt action (even though those were available in limited quantities) until the 1890s.
Great episode Balaclava Boi! Still use my 35 Remington every deer season. Lever guns will always have a place in my heart!
That was definitely one of the better Travis Haley impersonations. Crazy, I was crazy once, they put me in a white room with white walls & there were bugs. I hate bugs, bugs make me crazy. Crazy, I was crazy once, they put me in a white room with white walls & there were bugs.
Damn that's crazy!
I’ve had one of these in .44-40 since Henry brought them out years back. The Henry Original is so incredibly nice and well built but boy do you have to be careful with it unless you don’t care but if that’s the case you should probably buy a cheaper clone of the 1860 by uberti that isn’t as finally polished brass or as high a grade of walnut stock. These new Henry originals require brass polish like mothers done a couple times a year on the receiver and buttplate as well as a little bit of clenZoil on the rest of the gun to keep them looking as beautiful as they are out of the box. Obviously more maintenance is required if you handle it a lot. I shoot my guns but this is one of the many that you are gonna want to give a little more love to.
Look into getting some conservators wax and you'll never have to polish again. Great for long term storage as well since it doesn't run off like oil.
I used to shoot and do competition and reenactment with a Caplock muzzleloader. In my prime, I got down to 27 seconds in between shots. But that was using very thin pre-lubed patches, a "bore-butter" solution, slightly undersized lead balls, "time measuring" powder instead of the powder measurer, and a speed capper. Gotta take every advantage you can!
Good work on the history of the 1860 - extraordinary leap forward in firearms technology.
Starving a Tiger and then pumping with testosterone and adrenaline and letting it loose sounds terrifying.
Go pro collar livestreamed
Bro's never going to Taihiti
You just need faith!
I love how the shells land on the brim of his hat half the time
Great video, and that's a great looking rifle! I have an Uberti version in 44-40, love the levers!
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Very unique comment. Never seen it before. Congrats.
The people that post this have no "babe"
I thought I was a Winchester fan till I saw how beautiful the Henry actually is
Watching this at 2:00am on a school night hits different
how was the next day?
"stealing time from your boss at work"
Me looking around as I sit in my patrol car.
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Excellent production quality!
This thumbnail is the coolest you’ve ever looked in any larp.
I kid you not, I was in the middle of sipping my coffee. Swear to God.
Got my ass.
if it makes you feel any better I'm responding to this while drinking coffee
10:34 notice the way he has to move his hand as more rounds get fed in and that slide comes down.
I love how much effort admin puts into his videos keep it up man!
I enjoy the historical aspect to your videos.
I love this walk through history that you have been taking us on.
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7:50 **Chuckles** I'm in danger!
I don't care what anyone thinks, the brass receivers on lever gats is just pure class.
Thats why they're on sale... 😅 well Atleast in Australia. different strokes I guess 😉
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I really wish ponchos would make a comeback. That is a pretty sweet look.
I'm ordering an Alpaca Wool Poncho for backpacking in winter. I couldn't resist.
Definitely one I’d like to own one day. Great looking piece.
The premade paper cartridge did exist during the time of the Flintlock musket/rifle. It may surprise you to learn that a paper cartridge system has actually been in use since the 14th century. From the earliest days of the handgun (The old version of handgun meaning tube on a stick and ignited by a slow burning piece of rope), soldiers have needed to keep their powder dry and ready to use at any time. A paper tube filled with the powder and ball then sealed with bees wax was the easy and obvious solution. A powder flask or horn was just for priming the touch hole and priming tray. They already protected stockpiled arrows with bees wax, so they understood the practical application.
Sheeeesh that figured Missouri Black Walnut stock is gorgeous. The 1860 is one of my favorite lever guns.
Thats is cleary top 3 of the best video introductions that I´ve ever seen! 🙂
I couldn't agree with the fact that you called the Henry the assault rifle of its day. You got it right whenever you said it was similar to the STG 44 that would come in World War ii. You're honestly not wrong. However unlike the STG 44 the Rimfire technology of the Henry was its Achilles heel.
I’ve been really digging cowboy guns since i was young. Recently finished red dead 2 and now it is a full on obsession. My next gun will be an Uberti 1873. This is a vibe
Woah got here 50 minutes after upload? Amazing lever gun! My Dad has an old Marlin 45-70 that I’m hoping to buy from him someday. Love a lever action!
The spencer repeaters also came out a couple years before the henry rifle and the spencer saw extensive use with union calvary units in the civil war. The spencer did not hold as many rounds and it was slower to shoot but the spencer was cheaper, more reliable, and the rounds were more deadlier and had longer range.
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That’s basically the Lincoln repeater from fallout 3 👌
This was great! I’d love to see more old west recreations with period style pistols and rifles
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Always cool to have a little bit of history and background info in a gun review.
Loved. Keep it coming.
Would like to have one on the .303 Lee enfield.
Just found that you already did one. 😂
I love 19th century firearms history. We went from flintlocks to machine guns all in less than a hundred years. (What did the 20th century give us other than double stack magazines and semi-auto rifles?) In fact the last 25 years of the 19th century saw some staggering developments, and there are some very modern guns being produced right now that would not be too out of place 140 years ago. Lever actions are awesome. I hunt with one. Guys love machines, and there's nothing that sounds more mechanical than working the action on a lever gun. (Apologies for sounding like a Fudd. I do own a few ARs and some other tactical stuff. I just love history, though.)
I was literally mid sip of my coffee whilst on the toilet when you said the thing. My life is complete
Well, I know youre just making an example, but I feel compelled to say one of the reasons why the Regular Army and Militias of the time preferred Smooth Bore Muskets over Rifles was simply down to Speed of Reloading. They WANTED to fire as fast as possible, and were willing to sacrefice Accuracy for Volume of Fire. Typically a Smooth bore musket could be loaded and fired at least 3 times per minute. Ideally 4 times.
Rifles were generally reserved for skirmishers and marksman, not full line battles. They would be used to pick off officers and individuals soldiers from the flanks, to try and break formations. But because of the effectiveness of accuracy, the militaries of the world were always looking for a way to make Rifles cheaper to make, and faster to reload.
Different rifling types and bullet designs eventually led to Muzzle loading rifles to be as fast as smooth bore muskets. This combined with Ordering Arms was intended to increase rate of fire as much as possible.
So, really, if you were a Militiaman mustering with your Flintlock Rifle, and only managed one shot every 45 seconds, they would drum you back into camp to train more. ^.-.^
One way to improve rate if fire without sacreficing too much accuracy with rifles eas to use Undersized Ball and let the Patch engagethe rifling to impart the spin.
the nice wooden stock looks gorgeous like it really classy