Flintlocks Among Montana Pines November 2023

We tremendously appreciate all of your support over the years. The Folk Firearms Collective is a husband and wife team comprised of Denny Ducet and Alina Aldobrando. Our goal is to preserve the passion, art, culture and traditions of the blackpowder community and the adventurous history behind it. Should we fail to immerse ourselves and educate each other in this rich history, posterity will wither and cease, leaving the younger generations to never experience the joy of such times. Join us as we disconnect from all the modern noise and chaos.
To support our channel, please feel free to become a channel member and gain access to exclusive content. All proceeds go to powder, ball, and associated accoutrements featured in our videos.
We humbly thank the Flathead Valley Muzzleloaders Club for their dedication to this craft, the land on which we shoot, and most importantly-their willingness to partake in this preservation of history. Of all the folks we’ve been honored to spend time with, these gents and gals are the greatest of our friends. We are forever grateful for their influence and education in our own lives through the course of our traditional muzzleloading journey.
Artists Commonly Featured in our Videos
Clifton Hicks (& Old Leatherstocking)
KZbin: / cliftonhicksbanjo
Website: BanjoHeritage.com // BanjoHeritage.org
Clay Smith
KZbin: / @grumpygunsmithofwilli...
Website: claysmithguns....
Artisans and Craftsmen:
Should your work be featured in our videos, feel free to contact the channel so we may properly credit your work/art.
Music Unique to this video in order of appearance:
John Hardy - Eric Weissberg
Pretty Polly - Tom Paley
Devil's Dream - Eric Weissberg; Marshall Brickman
Nine Hundred Miles - Eric Weissberg
You shall be Free - Cliffton Hicks
Harlan County Farewell Tune - Art Rosenbaum
Coon Hunt Walkaround
Across The Sea - Art Rosenbaum

[@actualsurfer]

"Must have been a crooked ball" hilarious.

[@Hjerte_Verke]

A bit of truth there in the humor -- many of the lead balls were hand cast in the old days (and not factory made) and had inconsistent quality Sometimes physical deformities manifested, where the lead ball retained a bit of the sprue where it wasn't trimmed off properly (not perfectly round) thus affecting the ballistics. Sometimes the lead had impurities or voids inside that affected the balance and ballistics of the ball as well..

[@michalurbanful]

@@Hjerte_Verke I love the idea of having the balls and stuff made by myself. :)

[@kovlovski7851]

that's a good way to grow old ♥

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

To heck with golf.

[@Arcahnslight]

​@@FolkFirearmsCollectiveRather sling a lead ball than drive a golf ball any day! Only one of em will feed ya at the end of the day haha. Great video and music!

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

@Arcahnslight thank you friend!

[@gm08351]

White men are awesome

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

These are without question the greatest videos to ever grace KZbin.

[@davidjacksonjackson3212]

You are so lucky to be firing your flintlocks , recreating a piece of history, and even dressing for the occasion. Great vid thank you.

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Thank you. We are blessed.

[@TheIrishAmish]

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this, but It makes me smile every time. A wonderful afternoon captured in time forever,,,,,Ric and Gene laughing, the beautiful Mrs. smiling after a good shot, what good fellowship among friends,,,the astounding level of workmanship of the guns. Thank you.

[@martinwestendorf513]

Full of admiration but also envy I watch your videos again and again. Unfortunatly, something like this is not possible in Germany.

[@Bayan1905]

I can rewatch these videos over and over again just to check out the guns and the gear.

[@Bayan1905]

These videos are like a therapy session.

[@lewissmith8743]

Thank you for letting us join in on your fellowship. Spending time with you gentleman and ladies makes those of us who feel a little out of place in modern times a bit better. Thanks again, I look forward to our next gatherings.

[@Arcahnslight]

Black powder, good fellowship, and Gomer Pyle quotes? These are my people.

[@germansahidbeltranardila2985]

Huuuuyyyyyyyyyyyy huuuufffffffffffff que bien 👌👍 dé lujos esos son los vídeos qué a my me gustan

[@stevepenno6369]

Wish us Aussies could do that, I know envy is a sin. God bless you guys and gals.

[@zaynevanday142]

We can😂

[@jamesdavis9628]

@@zaynevanday142 I thought you could too.

[@tomsterism]

What a FANTASTIC walk-along range setup! HEAVY jealousy coming to you from here in Snellville, GA.

[@Dan.Parker]

God bless these men and their familys.

[@JAMES.ARAGORN]

Man, good times and genuine friends what a way to live life. You guys should add archery to your arsenal💪

[@ggeai5694]

I love that... I'm located in France and we don't have the luck to practice like that. Many thanks to share this magic moment with US.

[@frontierlifefr697]

@@ggeai5694 il faut un grand terrain et profiter des periodes de chasse 😉

[@SR-tj4cb]

Great Video I love it to watch here in Germany.

[@BisonSky]

Always enjoy watchin’ & list’n, thks.

[@8626John]

Very nice video. It looks like this shoot was at a different site than most of the videos. Great to see your wife shooting her blue trade gun. Such a unique firearm!

[@UncleSasquatchOutdoors]

Love watching the powder burn and the smoke roll!

[@larryalexander4833]

Hello uncle Sasquatch

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Me too! Thanks for stopping by. I enjoy your “how to” videos very much!

[@ulrich3486]

THis is so Wholesome

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

From Australia, subscribed earlier and now Joined, this is a great series thanks to you all for making it the unique and enjoyable viewing it is.

[@777SFINN777]

This was awesome to watch.

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Thank you. There’s more fun shoot videos here on the channel.

[@savbuvar]

If i ever get to the U.S. in my life, this is what i wanna see

[@paulherbst752]

I hope you all are having as much fun as it looks like you're having!

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

More

[@kennys9644]

This looks like something that would be so much fun to be a part of! Thanks for the vid. Subscribed

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Thank you. Check out the other videos of previous shoots.

[@royalxfade]

cool people doing cool shit, youtube algorithm knows me well. great vid

[@CavemanBearPig]

This looks super fun and cozy. 😄

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Very cozy.

[@BeagleBops]

You guy's are living my dream! Hope to do this one day

[@ownage11445]

Those flintlocks are works of art. I especially love the shade of blue on the ones that were painted

[@Bearclaw_Jake]

Great fun. Watch your top knot.

[@samparkerSAM]

Hello from New Orleans Louisiana... Keep your flinty reason firm in Jaws of a Iron to strike at a well spured cocktail of sweet tobacco with a savory tale of Beaver 🦫 escaping the clutches of those Hudson Bayer men Aspiring with those knots blazing in the cool dewy pines...

[@DrimotibaNagaland]

Ohh amazing and beautiful place. I always dream and listen to country songs about Montana. New subscriber here . With love from Nagaland

[@hillbilly4christ638]

Looks like a good group of people. I would be honored to be included in their ranks.

[@ravencolt6672]

Thanks Gents brought memories back from years of going to Rendezvous in New Mexico

[@bobbyscott8024]

Very nice y'all and well done! Now I've got to get my TC 50 cal. Renegade out! 🤔😂 From Sophia, N.C.

[@gravityalwayswins1434]

Shinin times! Thanks Alina and Denny. Flathead Valley muzzleloaders rocks!

[@timharrison744]

Great video and fellowship. Looks like the young lady with the blue rifle can give the men a run for the their money. Thank you for sharing.

[@Andy-Gibb]

Awesome thanks for posting regards from Townsville Australia

[@olskool3967]

thank you, Danny! i love to see all the camp video and the accoutrements, and i love the Clifton hicks music,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@revere0311]

love when you post these videos. looks like a grand old time!

[@eightfifty2309]

Such magnificent beards!

[@michaelguerin56]

Thank you. Looks like fun was had by all. Cheers from Wellington, NZ🇳🇿.

[@nikobellic9390]

What a grand time with a bunch of good folks!

[@robertogatto8998]

Miło było Was zobaczyć. Pozdrawiam serdecznie 👍

[@johnveglio4433]

Thank you for a great video ! I grew up in the area where DAVEY CROCKETT and SGT. YORK were legends, so my favorite rifles were southern long Tennessee rifles. Due to age and medical conditions I can no longer get out, but your videos give me a lot of pleasure !!! Keep it up, I look forward to seeing more !!👍👍👍👍👍

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Thank you sir. This is a very inspiring and humbling post here and gives me all the more reason to get these videos out. I hope they fill you with the sense of being there once more.

[@seewaage]

Looks like a fun time!

[@wolfmaan]

I love watching your videos! Thank you for keeping history alive!

[@jimnivens9214]

Thank you for the video

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Most welcome .

[@moondog371]

such beautiful country! looks like so much fun with good people ! ty for sharing!

[@JohnAlpho12]

Aye glad to see you uploaded again.

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Thanks for waiting! Glad you’re here.

[@larryalexander4833]

Thanks for sharing. Looks like a mighty good time with good friends and shooting .

[@hectatusbreakfastus6106]

That looks like a great time and good fellowship.

[@michaelthompson779]

Great Group, thanks for sharing

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Good to see you sir.

[@buellosaurusrex4046]

Absolutely love, love, love all your videos! Would love to meet you all in person. You are an inspiration to every muzzleloader enthusiast everywhere! Keep the m coming!!!!

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

That means a lot. I like to think of it as we are inspired by the muzzleloaders everywhere! Perhaps we inspire one another and that’s what makes this hobby/life so grand and enjoyable. It’s quite an uplifting endeavor to pursue the traditions here. On occasion I see the intact pursuit of traditional muzzleloading on the east coast with envy as well! Believe me we strive to keep these videos coming with every bit of free time we have. If I could - it’s all I would do. Keep enjoying the videos and we will keep them coming.

[@steveg8322]

That blue rifle is a revelation,didn’t know that some stocks were painted,very eye catching 🦋

[@troyupshaw3846]

First saw a painted stock in a Muzzleloader Magazine article, don't remember which one though. Interesting and definitely different.

[@castloader1715]

Definitely! I love the color! Never seen one before but wow!

[@pinerider19]

Well that confirms it. I need a Flintlock.

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Indeed you do

[@BR549-2]

Thanks for another amazing video!

[@zaynevanday142]

Looks like a great meeting ❤

[@timh.7169]

god I love the sound of them

[@quickattackfilms7923]

This looks like such a fun time.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great video...👍

[@michalurbanful]

You gotta love flintlocks! Regards from the Czech Republic! :)

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Thank you!

[@curtforeman9014]

Love this stuff!!!!

[@Chaaos2]

cool

[@DaveMarkowitz]

Another awesome video!

[@HNHOUTDOORTV]

Awesome video!

[@jeffreylunsford1867]

Great video and great fun thank you 👍

[@MichaelgoestoBitburg]

Interesting to see older folks getting into the role play scene.

[@matthuntsboston]

You all look like some fun folks to hang around with

[@cyndlehick9777]

I love America despite it’s rocky history. All of the people in this video look like such characters. I’m happy for the people that make this country what it is.

[@ChristoffRevan]

All countries have a "rocky" history, what are you talking about? If it's slavery, guess what - all ethnicities and all regions of the world have enslaved each other, and in terms of the US...the majority of slaves sourced to the US were captured by OTHER AFRICANS! Also, out of all the slaves transported to the Americas, the US had the least amount of slaves...whereas the majority of them went to Central America / Caribbean and South America (the largest portion to Brazil, which btw was under Portuguese control). If anything there should be an outcry against the Portuguese and Spanish since they had the most slaves, and heck...Portugal literally kept their colonial empire even up to the Cold War era!

[@Aesh-om2sz]

@@ChristoffRevan Way to get your knickers in a twist over nothing lol

[@ChristoffRevan]

@@Aesh-om2sz Nope, it's important to fight back against the whole "America bad" nonsense where everyone on the internet just piles on top of the US like it's somehow unique in the questionable/bad things it's done in history. All countries are bad, but a majority also have good qualities...and in many cases the good qualities outweigh the bad. Try to have a more nuanced view of history instead of being black and white

[@cashenjoe1]

Time very well spent!

[@jwilliams3170]

Nothing better than this, guys being dudes.

[@rovhalt6650]

3:41 That's the most badass sound I've ever heard from a musket

[@jimboniusmaximus6018]

The "WHOOSH" sound is pretty impressive. It's like the fell swoop of a sword at range.

[@D-Z321]

My next project is gonna be a tactical musket 😅

[@dragluian]

This is where I want to be.

[@mtnmandave]

Looks like lively times!

[@NW_Ranger]

Beats golf any day!!!

[@geoffreybudge3027]

Over twenty years ago I watched one of those men shooting a smooth bore out to one hundred yards with accuracy and banging the gong .

[@alejandroaguado8026]

I just want to be one of them ...

[@gregorypennell1755]

Denny, is that one of Clay Smith’s Bumford fowling pieces? It sure has nice trim lines!

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Yes indeed. 1760 Bumford blue and vine painted Trade gun! Good eye mate! Also has all appropriate proof marks and hand made brass. He does fine work.

[@MaailmanNapa-pm9lw]

Oh that's a lot of smoke

[@popeyethepirate5473]

I grew up at rendezvous! I'm surprised I don't recognize any of these guys... Actually is that Frenchie and Sasquatch?

[@dw6090]

Turquoise muzzleloader, I could imagine indi a new having something like that.

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

It’s a 1760 Bumford trade gun or Carolina Type G. The blue was taken from paint chip samples of the time, and there is historical records of these blue trade guns as you just mentioned traded with Indians and others at that time. Some were taken from an Arsenal during the revolution and used against the British by a boys regiment. The vine pattern is taken off a Bumford trade gun (original) featured in the Museum back I believe in Williamsburg. Clay Smith is a renowned gun maker of Williamsburg and he built this particular trade gun.

[@Tomofdahook17]

Hey, where are the best places to buy this type of clothing? I love the tassels too.

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Most of this is custom made by artisans in the club or others.

[@johnnyholland8765]

@@FolkFirearmsCollective Dixie gun works out of Tenn. sells period clothing.

[@nikolayshin2842]

Как интересно люди живут...

[@MaailmanNapa-pm9lw]

В России тоже можно организовать нечто подобное

[@Klendathu_Hotdrop]

8:37 wow that was a nice shot

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

Incredible

[@silvarein9456]

🤠👍

[@masonarmand8988]

want to take my son to something like this so bad.

[@hcree1776]

Just as the founding fathers intended.

[@actualsurfer]

Best moment is at 4:56-5:01 POW!...Pinggggg.

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

my favorite is the long shot 8:38 - that is a small steel target at 100 yds. Unreal. Marksmanship!

[@frederickmalicki550]

That was great The only thing that would have made it better would have been to make it an hour longer !

[@FolkFirearmsCollective]

😆 to think how I have to trim these down! Hardest part is music. I need more Folk friends with fiddles and mandolins and banjo to pluck some traditional tunes. Hey there’s 20 more videos also! Thanks for the compliment.

[@antifaforever]

❤️🤘🖖

[@raifsevrence]

Looks like a whole lot of fun. Also a prime example on the efficacy of modern firearms. So many missed targets. You would be better off with a good bow provided you had straight arrows and the skill to wield it. So much more difficult and uncertain relying on the craftsmanship of someone else's hand for your musket/rifle. The only things in your control would be the ball/bullet and the technique. Even the powder would be beyond you. I"m betting they are all competent marksmen. Just shows the limitations of the platform(s).

[@thomasmatthews7315]

well, time to get into blackpowder again I suppose

[@bigtrev761]

🇦🇺😎👍

[@reginaldwelkin]

1. I'd love to see some interviews about the shooters, the firearms, the artwork, the artisans, etc. 2. I'd love to see larger targets and some scoring. You'd have to split by type, but most seemed to be close misses, which doesn't really show who is better. The competition could also include fast reload skills. 3. While I prefer the main camera operator's camera work, I think her being in front of the camera shows that this is a broad hobby that isn't exclusive to old guys.

[@waksupi]

We discourage speed shooting. Too many broken ramrods through hands witnessed over the years.

[@redbird1824]

A bunch of old men and Sacajawea.

[@0311matt]

for real, who down votes this?

[@zaynevanday142]

Democrats ?

[@imsometaeventhisacronym2545]

@@zaynevanday142 probably.