From 1855 to 1915, 60 years or a little over half a century, we went from using smoothbore muskets to machine guns. At the outbreak of the civil war, most of the weapons available were smoothbore muskets, which had been the primary weapon of warfare for over 200 years. At the time, rifles were considered to be a specialists weapon which would be wasted on regular troops. Over time it was realized that the spin imparted on a rifled projectile would allow it to stay lethal over distances where smoothbore guns were useless, therefore increasing the effective range of volley fire, even if the men werent exactly sharpshooters.

@whodatsaddle

4 ай бұрын

Wow, Very cool! Now do the time it took from humanities first flight to landing on the moon.

@user-rc9ew3ky6n

4 ай бұрын

War is the mother of invention.

@footbroke

4 ай бұрын

They had rifles back in the Revolutionary War and they were used throughout but the main weapon of choice was still a musket. It wasn't like people woke up one day and realized "wow, rifles are cool", you goober. It was because muskets could be loaded much faster than rifles and so rifles didn't take off until technological developments allowed them to be reloaded faster.

@brealistic3542

4 ай бұрын

Smoothbores were very quickly obsolete in the civil war. Gettysburg would have had a very different outcome without rifled muskets during Pickets charge. The union would have been overrun.

@footbroke

4 ай бұрын

@@brealistic3542 What a shame.

10:49 its amazing im looking at a picture of 2 guys from the late 1800s and setting next to me is an AR15 that bares there name. Imagine what they would think of the AR how far guns have come an AR15 makes u a 1 man battalion! awesome video

@davidreed6264

4 ай бұрын

Smith and Wesson ❤

One report of the Little Big Horn discussed the cartridge rims ripping off the 45-70 ammunition after the rifles started overheating and fouling, rather than extracting. This caused the rifle/carbine to become a high tech club.

@drunkenirishmstr

4 ай бұрын

the failure was greatly due to the copper cartridges. Though the outcome may not be that much different if they were brass. General Terry did ask Custer if he would want different rifles, but he refused, that and the fact that he had refused to bring along the Gatling guns. i cannot confirm the truth behind whether or not he actually did refuse different rifles. The military in general wanted the troops to use the trapdoor because it would prevent the troops from getting "trigger happy" and expending all their ammunition all at once. But again the capability of a repeater could have spared the lives of many soldiers.

There were actually "automatic" and "semiautomatic" flintlock firearms as early as the war of 1812 and before some were even emplaced in naval vessels to fight the British and pirates in the Barbary wars they were the chambers flintlock repeaters and the chambers voley Guns. Crazy machines and documentation shows they were even purchased by the east India trading company

Man, this is great

when I was 9yo... circa 1967... in my neighborhood every kid my age had a fake 1903 Springfield parade rifle, smaller, but all wood and black steel, with a wood bullet, bought at Sunny's US Army Surplus and we played army day after school. 5 years later, circa 1972, we bought purple barrel LSD in Baltimore city, and played hippies after school. Great neighborhood

Nice photos of the old colt facility which are apartments now

@endofthehatchet6209

4 ай бұрын

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I still like my sharps 1859 carbine model with paper breach loader and my 1858 remington revolver with a 45lc conversion cylinder

the trapdoor was still used by the national guard in the Spanish American war

@sharonrigs7999

3 ай бұрын

The Trapdoor was used by all volunteer units except the Rough Riders who got the Krag carbine

The 6mm Lee Navy was such a cool rifle/ cartridge combination! Too ahead of its time. The smokeless powders available burned too hot for the rifle's metallurgy. The bore wore out far too quickly.

I was looking for mention of the rifle that was adopted by more countries than any other prior to WW1, the Remington rolling block. It was one of the simplest and strongest actions developed. It bridged the gap from the blackpowder 56-50 Spencer and 50-70 of, about 1864, to modern rounds such as the smokeless 7x57 Spanish Mauser and the 30-06. It was chambered in dozens of cartridge. Not being conductive to magazine loading, the single shot was considered to be simple and foolproof enough for the uneducated peasants that made up most armies up until the mid 20th century.

@sharonrigs7999

3 ай бұрын

Rolling Blocks are my 2nd favourite Single Shot after the Martini-Henry which is known to be the strongest action of it's era.

I’m sorry, but the assessment of the Krag is vastly oversimplified, and just wrong in many cases. While not doubting the superiority of stripper clip loading mechanisms for a bolt action, saying that the Krag was bad because it “loaded slowly” is almost disingenuous. You literally just grab 5 loose rounds and throw them in the open loading gate and as long as they are all facing forwards, you can just close it and they will align themselves. I have owned one, it’s simple and fast.

@chris.3711

4 ай бұрын

The problem arises under boughts of extremem duress. We lose fine motor functions when panicked or filled with adrenaline. Loading a Krag is easy at the range, trying to load it in combat while you coild be killed at any moment is something else. No, the loading issue is not disingenuous.

@jaredelizardo201

3 ай бұрын

​@chris.3711 thank you at least someone in the us still ues'es commen sense when it comes too that Norwegian piece of shit called a rifle

Uhhh original gatling guns definitely didn't use what appears to be 7.62x39.

@d.lindsey5583

4 ай бұрын

True machine guns were waiting on smokeless powder cartridge to become practical. Blackpowder fouling hampered the effectiveness of even the Gattling Gun after several shots.

This history leaves out the .50/70 Trap Door rifles, which were nearly all Allin conversions. The 1873 Trap door in .45/70 Government were nearly all new production.

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It's ironic that the US Army Ordinance Department didn't adopt any lever action rifle after the Civil War because they didn't want the soldiers to use up too much ammo (thus a partial reason for the Little Big Horn Massacre) and yet they finally woke up after facing the Mauser with a Krag! thank goodness they were forced to accept the Garand in WWII!!!

@sharonrigs7999

3 ай бұрын

Repeaters like the Winchester were too expensive and not ' soldier proof' enough compared to a single shot for general issue. In this era, most of the rank and file were illiterate and some could barely speak English. Cavalry definitely should have had them along with elite troops like in the Civil War

So Germany existed in 1836? Humm that's new information. I'm glad this video told us that "Germany" didn't actually start until 1871.

@jaredelizardo201

3 ай бұрын

@LysisAG# no disrespect but Germany did exist but weren't Unified Until Frederick the Great of Prussia and Reigon in Germany Did that in 1871 when they crushed the French army lead by Nepoleon the Third Nephew of Nepoleon the First Who Lost a Waterloo

Your telling me the marines where made for the machine gun

@zachwebb6879

5 ай бұрын

The Marines were founded in 1775 as part of the Navy but Andrew Jackson made them part of the army

@d.lindsey5583

4 ай бұрын

No, they used the 1895 Lee Navy 6mm straight pull magazine rifle in the Boxer Rebellion. The first small bore rifle adopted by any U S military. It was withdrawn from service after a few years due to a short barrel life and the difficulties with controlling chamber pressure. The cartridge was ahead of its time because powder development lagged behind the cartridge design.

Yuk that guy Christopher Ruff guy is skeevy....why?

So Springfield stole from the Mausers design. Big deal. So they got sued and the army had to pay royalties to Mauser which is half the world away? Why even pay and who would enforce this payment anyway. Id tell them to go F their hat. Lol I dont get that part.

@chris.3711

4 ай бұрын

Patent laws, which can be a big deal. The payments were dropped when WWI broke out.

@murrismiller2312

4 ай бұрын

thats a stinkin way to live a life ... "stinkin thinkin"

@jaredelizardo201

3 ай бұрын

​@@chris.3711no joke plus what Germany did in Belgium did help there Argument at all

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It was a popular pistol of criminals and lawmen alike, well that's because they were alike and still are the one and the same.

@d.lindsey5583

4 ай бұрын

Many men switched from one livelihood to the other as circumstances dictated.

Why did You decide to choose the American Civil War as starting point? I mean, why didn't You include the chinese fire lances and early hand grenades, the french pots de Fer, the spanish miqueletes or the puckle gun which obviously predate american rifled muskets? And why no mention of Elisha Coolier?

Why do you need this "background choir" it just sucks.

Iknow AMERICANS invented zero and question mark but they also invented gun.