Ever wondered what is the largest distance a 17th century lead round ball fired from a matchlock musket have enough energy to cause a life threatening wound? Here is one answer based on the experimental archaeology project connected to the siege of Novi Zrin in 1664.

Follow Capandball on his quest replicating the ballistics of the early 16th century tinder-lock arquebus with early 16th century black powders. The arquebus is a repro based on the firearms parts found at the battlefield of Mohács 1526, the powders are mixed according to late 15th, early 16th cen...

We are happy to see that more and more quality European repro makers are entering the muzzle loading market with arms not covered by the large manufacturers. One of them is Brixia Firearms, with the industrial background of Investarm behind them. Their late 16th century arquebus is based on a mus...

Awfully obsolete at the time of acceptance but still a very interesting cavalry arm from the American Civl War. The M 1855 pistol-carbine was adopted the same year as the M1855 rifle musket. In a time when wide variety of breech loaders were already accessible, including a few firing metallic car...

This is the 1st part of the series about the civil war capping breech loader Merrill carbine. In this chapter Capandball is focusing on its cartridges and he'll show you how easy their construction is. He will also show you how to make the Washington Arsenal bundle for this clever little carbine.

In this chapter Capandball is demonstrating the accoutrements of the early 16th century soldier armed with a snapping matchlock arquebus. Understanding the gear of the soldier inspires ideas about the tactical use of these guns.

Understanding the tactical benefits of a firearm is not possible without understanding all the accessories that were used for operating it. We are quite good with the age of muskets starting from the middle of the 16th century, but we lack a huge amount of information regading the first decades o...

Replicating the tinder sticks for early 16th century snap matchlocks guns added a lot of details to the use of these firearms. This is probably what we can call experimental archaeology. But it also raised new questions, like which one was better? The match that existed for centuries before or th...

This fim is about the earliest representation of the bandoliers for muzzle loading match-lock, tinder lock firearms. Follow Capandball in finding out what was the difference between the apostles of the muskets and these early designs for tinder-lock guns, and join the procedure of making it.

This is the 3rd part of the repeating handgonne project, getting back to one of the sources, to a detail that I did not notice before. There is a very special remarod displayed on folios of Codex No. 3069 dated 1411, that can have an important role in making the system work.

The late 15th - early 16th century tinder lock or snap matchlock arms are a really intertesting part of the firearms history. In this chapter Capandball is going after an important tool for making it work: the tinder stick. So you are interested in the first type of gun that was fired with a trig...

This is someting that probably nobody did in he past 300 years in Central Europe. Capandball is embarking on an adventure to hunt wild boar the 17th century way with a wheellock carbine. Parallel to this story he will be investigating the circumstances that led to the tragic death of one of the m...

This is the second chapter of Capandball's handgonne series. Follow him as he is proving the concept of the automatic fire of the medieval handgonne. An experimental archaeology project based on 14th and 15th century sources.
Part I: https://www.weaponsandwar.tv/cap-ball/videos/handgonne-full-pa...

In 1848 the modern Swiss confederacy is formed and the Swiss set about finally unifying their military structure and equipment. The first rifle to be univerally adopted for general service was the 1851 federal carbine to equip the elite sharpshooter compagnies, who, up until that point, had large...

The star of today's show seems to be a M1786 French light cavalry carbine - a really elegant little arm by the way - but in fact the true hero of the story is Honré Blanc, superintendent of the armoury of St. Etienne from 1763 to 1797. He was in charge of establishing a new method for manufacturi...

Parts of this video were filmed a few years ago when I had a chance to examine an excellent condition paper cartridge for the Lorenz rifles. Some details you will not find anywhere else. Enjoy!
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Ridley Scott's Napoleon seems, at best, to be an epic fanfic , which is fine but why oh why was a spyglass strapped to a Baker rifle to snype at Boney? We explore the what-if of this set up, cook up a slightly more believable version, and see if Chap...

Let me guide you through the process of making the working reproduction of the original combination flask of the Model 1819 Hall breech loading flintlock rifle. These flasks were in use until the 1840s when they were replaced by the M1841 riflemen accoutrements. They dispensed both powder and the...

The Confederate manufactured Sharps percussion breech loading carbines were manufactured by S. C. Robinson in Richmond. They were illegal copies of the famous Sharps Model 1859 carbines. They are extremely rare collectors items, that's why we are happy that Pedersoli is offering their faithful re...

A short teaser for an upcoming Capandball film. These are my first shots with the original M1819 Hall breech loading .52 cal flintlock rifle made in 1839. The rifle is loaded with the repro of the originalservice cartridge.

The LeMat revolver - even if it is a reproduction - is an arm you want to own once in your lifetime if you are black powder shooter. Definitely different from all other muzzle loading side arms of the American Civil War. This episode covers the history of the development and also shows the operat...

That's a videio I've been planning to make for a long time. The Kuchenreuter familiy is one of the best known gunmaking dyasties of the World, while the Pedersoli Kuchenreuter percussin pistol is one of the finest sidelock muzzle loading percussion pistols on the market today. A good match indeed!

That's the summary of our annual black powder pheasant hunt using mainly muzzle loading shotguns. These vintage hunting events are closing the target shooting season and they open the hunting season. An excellent way to spend the weekend with friends.

I received multiply requests to talk about the way I develop my load for patch roundball muzzle loaders, so I decided to give this topic a full program in my new Questions and Answers series. These points are simple and easy to follow and will guide you to tight groups with any rifle in any calib...