ParadiseRoad
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...if you want to skip the loading...move forward to 2:30 ...
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2GLbXR3-HI[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2GLbXR3-HI[/ame]
...Girl Shoulder Fires Flintlock Canon...
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Mae's a great shooter (very experienced) but I think that was more than what she was expecting. She's on plenty of other YouTube videos with the team at C&R Arsenal.
StrawHat
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She needs a better wall. A pint LE Gun like that shot not abuse the shooter. The wall is supposed to take the brunt of the recoil.
Love the smile on her face. Would have like to view the impact of the ball.
Kevin
Love the smile on her face. Would have like to view the impact of the ball.
Kevin
Is that a 17th/18th century naval gun or a "Punt" (sp) waterfowl gun ?????
Looks small for a Punt gun
Looks small for a Punt gun
Bet she's got some black & blue decoration on her shoulder.
It’s a wall or rampart gun designed to defend a fortified place or on a light naval vessel. Used the same as as a swivel cannon but light enough to rushed to the point of attack. Normally loaded with a handful of musket balls for close defense.
The slow-mo starting at about 3:07 just looks incredibly painful. She's a real sport to take that like she did. I think I'd be about ready to cry!
OP
ParadiseRoad
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...in the slow-mo...watch her shoulders move back and her head stay stationary...really stretched her neck...almost looks dangerous...
Exactly.
That had to really hurt!
gman51
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I think she had to go tight lip to keep from saying a certain word on video after pulling that trigger.
Over 30 years ago my shoulder was separated and after seeing that video I would never shoot that gun. The slow motion of her shoulder taking the recoil was something else.
Over 30 years ago my shoulder was separated and after seeing that video I would never shoot that gun. The slow motion of her shoulder taking the recoil was something else.
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OUCH!!!
I enjoy shooting, but that didn't look to be something I would enjoy.
Don
I enjoy shooting, but that didn't look to be something I would enjoy.
Don
OLDSTER
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Like my grand-dad would exclaim when shooting his old .416 Rigby double; "That darn ol' gun would just back up off the bullet !!"
wetdog1911
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I don't think she's a glutton for punishment, but she can handle recoil better that the majority of (much larger), men.
Her shooting an anti-tank rifle impressed the doo wop out of me. It really set her back on her heels and I figured one shot and done.
When she kept reaching back into her hip pocket and pulling out round after round .... That more than impressed me, since I know *I* would have never loaded the second round! LOL
That's also when I started watching the channel.
Rob
Lou_the_welder
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Ouch!
Nope. I'll stick with what I got. [emoji37]
Nope. I'll stick with what I got. [emoji37]
One of the guys in the muzzle loading club I belong to has a 4-Bore flintlock wall gun like that, he has shot it for a Postal Match and nearly drilled an X at 25 yds with it. Funny thing was that a 4-bore is nearly an inch across and it took the rings out all the way to nearly 8 or 7. Those early guns were measured by how many balls equaled a pound. A 4-bore fires a 4 oz. ball or whatever equal weight of double aught you want to fire. A couple of us have challenged him to bring it down so we can fire it off-hand, the problem is that the LOP is so long you have to put the stock on top of your shoulder. As was mentioned in an earlier post they were fired from the wall of a fort and allowed the gunner to move to whatever area needed fortification, unlike a wheeled cannon that required more work to move around. They were also employed from ship deck or better from the cross-trees where they could level fire down onto the deck of an opposing vessel. The Brits were genius at employing the Marines in the cross-trees to take out crews of opposing vessels, the 1858 two band Enfield was designed to deliver extremely accurate fire for the Royal Marines, they are slightly shorter than the three band Infantry musket to allow handy use while up in the close confines of the "gallery".
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