This guy is good. He does his homework.

[Mr. King]

 

[JOHN42768]

Totally agree

 

[civilken]

very nice thank you.

 

[captaindrew]

Good video, thanks for sharing. I have one observation though, I noticed he was knocking off the spent cap right after each shot. I've always been taught to leave it on until you've loaded the next round and ready to prime to try to prevent any air getting to any hot embers in the bore while loading. Is this not a concern in a range setting with some time between rounds?

 

[Patrick H]

He has many excellent videos on Civil War era weapons and others, too. He's Hungarian, and has an advanced degree in military history. I've been watching his youtube channel for a couple of years.

 

[thomas aagaard]

Good video, thanks for sharing. I have one observation though, I noticed he was knocking off the spent cap right after each shot. I've always been taught to leave it on until you've loaded the next round and ready to prime to try to prevent any air getting to any hot embers in the bore while loading. Is this not a concern in a range setting with some time between rounds?

The "US" drillbooks are very clear on this. you leave it on, until you need to replace it with a new one as the last part of the loading process.

So I also wondered about this. (been following his work for a long time)

 

[ikesdad]

Pedersoli is using him in their advertising videos. I recently watched his video of the new Lorenz

 

[captaindrew]

Pedersoli is using him in their advertising videos. I recently watched his video of the new Lorenz

I thought he looked familiar, I've seen that video, I believe someone posted it on here.

 

[shermans_march]

Fascinating video.

 

[mofederal]

I have never seen this video, but I will be watching it now.

 

[ikesdad]

The "US" drillbooks are very clear on this. you leave it on, until you need to replace it with a new one as the last part of the loading process.

Yep, I wondered that myself

 

[Mr. King]

Wasn't that a beautiful old rifle? Man. I just watched it again. That's gotta be the best looking Enfield I've seen in a while.

 

[Mr. King]

So he says a 0.55 bullet was chosen.... Why does he use a 0.577?

What did the US gov't spec?

 

[captaindrew]

Indeed, a beautiful rifle it is. I believe he was talking about the Pritchett bullet that was .55 and loaded with the lubricated paper that was commonly used with Enfields in the field.

 

[Tin cup]

He needs to be using real Enfield style cartridges!

Kevin Dally

 

[captaindrew]

He needs to be using real Enfield style cartridges!

Kevin DallyView attachment 158331

Is that the Pritchett round?

 

[Tin cup]

Yes, 3 examples I made up some time back. The all white one is representing the earlier 3-paper style, the one in the middle is an odd one, believe it's a Confederate 4-paper style, and the 3rd one is a latter British Ludlow Brothers 4-paper style.

Kevin Dally

 

[captaindrew]

They look great, would love to try to make a few for demo purposes. What did you lube the paper with?

 

[thomas aagaard]

He needs to be using real Enfield style cartridges!

If one is interested in british firearms, this is the channel to look at.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-MdBJJw-0glJZgw8dO1Ag

 

[Tin cup]

They look great, would love to try to make a few for demo purposes. What did you lube the paper with?

After forming the cartridge, I dip the bullet end into a mixture of pure beeswax, and olive oil. (more beeswax than oil, (around 60/40%). Then with the forming rod in the case, I push the bullet end into a .577" sizing die. This uniformly presses the paper around the bullet, and presses the lube better into the paper.

Kevin Dally