he [ __ ] 45 you caught me I'm about to
bust a cap on that propane tank down
there uhoh didn't fall I'm going to
shoot him
again I think I'll load first how's that
oh yes the Mississippi rifle one of my
very favorite muzzle loaders of all time
I'll have to say and uh I'm going to
shoot it some you can tell it's chapter
2 time we might just do chapter 8 9 10
11 12 13 with this baby yes this is cool
I'll link to the first video uh and
that's where I talk a lot about the
history I might talk a little bit about
it but I'm going to shoot it today it's
a nice fall day and since you're' all
over here going to shoot it okay so look
at all this stuff on the table all we've
got are old guns and muszle loading
reloading equipment and all that sort of
stuff so uh you know I'm in the Heyday
and I promise not to keep you too long
but uh this this is this lovely stuff
this old uh 49 pocket coat you know
going to shoot that one day just brought
it out for the uh old decoration since
it's an original as
well and you know I just love these old
guns and fun to shoot little messy black
powder a couple of my own my KN well
these are not antique knives I bought
that one in 2000 from Idaho knife work
and this is my uh Puma uh what's that
called The Hunters pal I bought that in
about 73 or 4 74 I guess it was in
Franklin Tennessee I always have stuff
on the table I don't talk about forget
about but uh got an actual old time uh
nipple wrench from uh Civil War era and
my dad's powder measure yes whatever
okay so the stuff you got to have that's
a round ball so let's load this thing up
here and uh first thing you want to do
is put the powder in don't let me get to
talking to you and forget that okay so
John and I have been shooting this thing
and just just having fun with it for a
while and uh so we invited you in for
this segment of the shooting Adventure
okay we might shoot some more after
you're gone so and I'm going to put some
powder down in there 70
grains of 2f goex powder that's what
that is I got that little uh Nifty
little uh spout at friendship Indiana
the national muzzle Lo sheet a few weeks
ago using that
lately and bought this ball starter I
think I've told you all that maybe uh
again that was back when I got into
muszle that's only one I've had uh in
74 uh Charlie Hafner I believe he made
that I'm not sure but yeah that's been a
great ball starter I've never seen one
that robust you know made like that it's
just uh I've pounded on everything with
that thing anyway especially uh round
balls putting them
in okay little Ox yolk uh
patches these are precut I take the easy
route on that most of the time so you
got the little short starter there you
got to get your ball started just kind
almost flush with the muzzle then you
put the long one in wrap it with your
hand and then you get the Ram rod and
you put it the rest of the way down
you've seen me do this
before oh man this old rifle has a nice
uh muzzle the rifling and everything is
smooth and uh you can see it's dirty
much dirtier than that one shot would
have done we've been shooting it but man
this was quite a find I tell you it it's
a nice
one and it shoots right on I can't even
blame it on anything I don't have any
alibi
I'm sorry whatever I do it's me pretty
much all right you know what let's put
one on the gong uh we we I don't think
we've shot the gong today we've been
messing around like I said for a while
and the gong has remained unscathed I
think let's try
it all
right all right I heard that this Farm
uh is a lot like uh an AR-15 in a lot of
ways but in uh most ways it's not
right yeah pretty cool pretty cool rifle
it is rifled uh
18 uh 50 is when it was made and uh you
look at the first video and you'll
you'll learn a lot about the Mississippi
rifle actually I think it came out was
called the percussion rifle of
1841 was its designation something like
that and pretty cool before I load it
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1841 uh was uh kind of the the the early
uh days when this rifle was uh invented
and it was rifled and that was a new
thing to have a rifled uh military rifle
musket rifle you for the military
because up until then it was pretty much
smooth Bo unless it was something you
know I mean there were right there were
there were rifles out there but not as a
uh Mainline adopted uh military rifle
okay or musket right they were smooth Bo
pretty much and I go into in the first
video how this had kind of a rocky start
with some of the contracts and the
government backed out and all that sort
of thing but it was such a good design
and a uh a popular design they went
ahead and made a lot of these and then
it was used by the military but it was a
very popular rifle in the western
movement and just uh you know on the
frontier and I can see why you got 54
caliber nice nice big big boore and just
a good shooting rifle if they were all
as good as Shooters as this one boy I'd
have wanted one I know that uh and you
know I know if you don't do muzzle uh
loading and that kind of thing maybe
it's hard to convey that but this one is
just the sights it's a good thing I
think I probably said that in the first
video you you have nothing but that is a
rare site I think in later years they
might have improved it I think when they
uh they reboard some of these as I
mentioned earlier in the earlier video
to 58
caliber and uh cuz that was what the
military went to for the 1855 rifle you
know and the
61 uh Springfield and all that it was 58
caliber after I guess 55 and so they
they re actually reboard these things CU
they got a nice big thick barrel and so
you it's nothing it's not uncommon to
find one of these it's n 58 and the and
the replicas a lot of them are but
uh uh just just just wonderful rifles I
for oh yeah I forgot the point I was
making I think when they reboard some of
them for the military they did improve
the rear sight and make it may either
maybe a two Leaf side or a higher side
that sort of thing so pretty nice rifle
and uh I'm going to load it up again
whether you want me to or
not I could shoot this thing all
day I really
could uh maybe I
will have we ever posted a 4our video I
guess we
haven't how about today first time it's
always the first right well I think it'd
be dark what time we did it that long
and
uh I mean these are so sweet you know
again you don't have to have an
original uh in order to enjoy muzzle
loading at all most of my life I shot
the
reproductions and they're just so much
fun all right put that ball down in
there and we need to do more videos with
the handgun like that one
uh now I better be doing them fast
before the snow flies because uh I like
to do mle loading when the weather's
nice uh you know even in the summer when
it's hot is all right but you when it's
really cold yeah you you see there's
lots you have to do with your hands and
fingers and it's it's not as much
fun I mean if you're just out hunting or
something your one shot is your one shot
and that sort of thing it's not a big
deal of course a lot of people hunt with
these in the winter but you know out at
the table like this and just enjoying an
afternoon of
shooting uh it's just better for the
weather's nice and uh I'm not going to
shoot everything probably but we
definitely cannot leave that Kentucky 2
ler uh standing there can
we that's pretty appropriate hit that
Kentucky 2 L with a uh uh muzzle loader
right I guess be even more appropriate
with a Kentucky long rifle yeah got a
little notch in the table here for that
under the the animal skin and uh yeah
know it works out pretty
well so I'm glad you came by for this
and I hope there's some folks watching
that maybe are not familiar with muzzle
I know what Let's do let's load one of
these uh mini balls uh so you're kind of
learning about them and also we can get
you addicted to these
things cuz it's it's a it's a fun fun
part of the Shooting
Sports yeah don't worry about the mess
you know if you're worried about that
come on you got better things to worry
about I'm yeah I got these mini balls uh
where did I order the track of the wolf
for somewhere I saw they had them for a
54 caliber uh mini ball and I think I
mentioned in earlier video they probably
never used these back in the day but I
somebody commented and said they did if
they knew what they were talking talking
about but that uh and then I can see and
the these were used gosh for a long time
even in Civil War especially early years
and everything so if somebody was making
mini balls it would fit that would be
what you'd maybe want to use as long as
they were
accurate so uh cuz mini balls you saw
easily that went down they're just
easier to load they really
are all right let's see if we can hit
the gong with it
o yeah I heard that one was a little
heavier a little
heavier yeah and that's part of the fun
with these you know you can shoot
different projectiles you know different
weights you're your own hand loader you
know if you don't want to buy a press
and handload ammunition and if one of
these you don't need all that you can
just do it right as you load it you load
different kinds of balls or whatever you
want to do uh lot of fun a lot of fun so
glad you're here yeah I I like addicting
people to this kind of shooting because
it's uh it's it is so much
fun and uh there's just so many uh
various areas of the Shooting Sports
whether it's shooting ski clay you know
clay pigeons uh shotguns or Sporting
Clays gosh bench rest long range rifle
shooting black powder cartrid rifle
shooting muzzle loading uh there just so
many different areas
handgun
hunting and uh that's why you know
there's some areas I'm just not very
proficient at at all like like shooting
ski I'm just not very good at that I do
it every now and then and it is fun but
I'm just not very good at it uh I've not
done it enough I've not studied enough
had ain't training at all and uh so you
might be 12 years old and you could
embarrass me on a ski range sporting
plays
range uh but I still go do it
occasionally about once every four or
five years seems like CU I think it's
fun so and that's another point you
don't want to always base whether you do
something on whether or not you're you
can do at an expert level right or else
you'll never do
anything
okay the co 45 pH philosophy right worth
about exactly what you pay for
it okay let's try something different
how about
uh did I hit a red plate yet let's try
that red
plate on the
left I think I know where to hold
all right uh got him I thought I was
maybe off I pulled a little left I think
so that's the beauty of these SS they're
right on it's just a good thing cuz
there's not much adjustment you can you
can do huh so pretty good pretty
good so I'm enjoying this uh we're
talking here uh to you whenever you see
this uh is uh probably whenever you
watch it you on your computer or TV but
we're looking right today we're in the
middle of October late later in October
actually and
uh I'm still dealing with my teeth by
the way and uh if I sound funny or I
sound stupid do I sound stupid I always
sound stupid and uh and I lost 40 lbs
that's why I look sick to some people
just a reminder but I'm not sick that I
know of uh let's put some powder
in and again this is my favorite time
October is the uh black powder month it
ought to be you know how you ever watch
the news I well this week or today
is I don't know
uh egg eat your eggs day you or
something or the day we celebrate cereal
or
oatmeal most of those days are I guess
Market driven by some company or
industry but we need a uh we need to
make uh designate October as the muzzle
loading month CU it's just the best time
to do it
it really
is and uh I got the talking didn't
I
and that's the thing I talked to you
about yeah I never did put a ball in
there and I'm pretty
sure so what I'm going to do whenever
that
happens good thing to do is put a cap on
and verify that okay I could put another
ball down there it' be fine probably but
it' be kind of heavy and uh I got my
rods marked pretty well this is a blank
blank right here I'm going to prove it
see did knock that bowling pin off plus
guess how much recoil there was
none and you know I I have not run a
patch have I since I started this this
gun is great cuz some with some Muzzle
loers you got to run a patch maybe with
a little bit of Lube on it it or oil and
clean the boore out between like every
shot or every couple of shots and I I
find that I don't really have to do that
much with this one so now even though
I'm talking to you I got stay
focused and uh follow all the steps
properly again about 70 gra of
powder and then a ball or let's Sho
another one of these you want to mini
balls
I could become addicted here and buy
some more of those because I really like
uh shooting mini
balls but that's one reason I enjoy my
Civil War rifles so
much yeah felt a little tight almost
that time it is getting a little
dirty look at that or right down in
there it's pretty cool so we won't keep
you too long uh but just you know how I
say this I know a lot but people get
really mad if they hear I've been
shooting something and I didn't invite
you along people get mad at me for the
pictures I post sometimes on Instagram
when I'm out hiking around with a a
particular firearm I'll just post a
picture and they want to know where's
the video where's the video how come
we're not watching you shoot
that all right uh oh I did hit the red
plate didn't I so okay let's put one on
that wall down there especially since we
had what's left of it since we have a
mini ball
in you may not be able to see through
the smoke but you
might yeah a little Cinder smoke down
there oh boy yeah what else could I tell
you uh again 1841 this one was made in
1850 this very
rful and uh I I I decided to shoot it
even though it's really nice shape
almost Museum I guess quality and uh I
will take excuse me I promise Smoke's
getting me choked up I promise to take
care of it we'll Sho it again and uh you
know just just take the best care of it
I can I use uh lots of oil you know in
it and keep it clean they clean up like
new and uh just have to take care of
them and uh you know I mean they're
going to get a little tarnished but you
know and of course you've seen them that
will be be beautiful when I finish with
it and when I spray it down and wipe it
off and let it soak and and that's the
beauty of these old things anyway I'll
shoot one more time while you're all
here then I I probably shouldn't tell
you but John I'll probably take a few
extra
shots is uh the fact it is a black
powder it's a muzzle loader uh it's
easier on the firearm less there's a
different kind of pressure and uh if you
have an old now you get anything checked
out when it's old by a gunsmith but
generally speaking these old muzzle
loaders you this is a good example 1850
and I have some others you know back to
the Civil War that I shoot it's
generally fine you know cuz you're it's
not fine to shoot modern powder in them
but it's fine to shoot black powder I
I'll shoot a ball for the last round
how's that cuz they were uh designed for
round ball think the twist rate and all
that and the mini balls came along a
little bit later
manall I'm pretty sure yeah uh they
weren't around 1850 I don't think but uh
yeah I talk about all the history wow he
getting tight now
uh in that first video a link to in the
description please check the description
folks and uh talk about who made it this
was made by E Whitney
company in the Northeast Connecticut I
think and uh nephew of uh e Li Whitney
the one you know about you read about in
school venor of the cotton Jin it was
his I think his nephew and there were
other companies that were contracted out
to to make these and just very popular
popular rifles and see you see why I
mentioned in that first video how I
think these are one of the most gorgeous
rifles with that brass and it'd be okay
to shine up or clean up the brass on it
I'm not going to refinish the gun but
just take care of it still got the
original Browning on the barrel
and uh just a beautiful old gun 1850 New
Haven Connecticut e Whitney
us so you can see it's been scratched up
a little bit that's not me that did that
but by and large it's in pretty good
shape you remember in the first video we
found a flash drive in there uh I don't
know how many gigs it was but you that
was kind of a surprise I didn't know
they had those back in the 1800s but I
guess they did us uhoh it's one of those
evil military assault rifles let's put a
cap on it let's let's bust a cap one
more
okay all right what do me shoot don't
you think maybe I haven't shot the paper
but uh I tell what Let's do let's
pretend we're going to shoot the
paper okay you see that paper
Target all right
I think I'll not waste the last round on
paper though I'm going to shoot that hog
cuz he's hanging there he's not been
shot he thinks he's going to get
away so let's take him out right
now and look at him Rock and Roll All
right
so I preach the same sermon don't I uh
pretty often and I'm going to preach a
little bit right now as we go away if
you haven't tried a muzzle loader please
do you're uh you're only hurting
yourself you're denying yourself some
pleasure and there's no reason for
denying yourself of that pleasure all
right so get you a muzzle loader learn
to load it preferably uh I like the
historical muzzle loaders there's a lot
of modern ones and inline ones and
that's fine where you shoot those or not
that's most people that get are just
hunting with them and everything and
taking advantage of the extra hunting
season that kind of thing so I encourage
you uh I'm biased but I encourage you to
get a a replica of anything whether it's
a Hawkin rifle a replica of one of these
Sil War rifle uh the whatever Kentucky
long rifle doesn't have to be a flint
lock you got to be kind of a purist to
get into the Flint they they're they're
fun too uh but you know with a cap lock
they just tend to work pretty well so
not a big problem just uh study up a
little bit and I guarantee you you would
enjoy it if you like Firearms really it
may not be your primary cup of tea but
you would enjoy it so anyway glad you
came by today on this beautiful fall day
to uh enjoy this Mississippi rifle with
me I talk about why it's called a
Mississippi rifle again be sure you see
the first video I'll know if you don't
life is good
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