Making Civil War cartridge bundles and shooting an original Springfield rifle musket to 300 m

[@palibrae]

I think you just qualified for Berdan's Regiment of U.S. Sharpshooters.

[@JohnCBobcat]

@@presidentlouis-napoleonbon8889 Hiram Berdan was his name. www.arlingtoncemetery.net/hberdan.htm With an E, not a U.

[@DavidM-um2uk]

300 meters with a 160 year old black powder rifle... Damn, son!

[@presidentlouis-napoleonbon8889]

@@JohnCBobcat My mistake. I've recognized that a day later after I wrote the comment and lost it..

[@davidlindsay6450]

I feel like Im living in the future when I am learning American history from a Hungarian man

[@mightychicken7774]

Just goes to show how incredibly flawed the American education system is. Shows like these on youtube ARE how kids will learn how to be humans, it seems. Glad to have these, but it's sad this is the case. This is such a great show. Such good information!

[@cameronk7399]

I wonder why US education is so bad? Maybe because the US government puts all their taxpayer money into the huge US military so they can fight Israel’s wars in the Middle East for them?

[@davidlindsay6450]

This wasnt a dig at US education. I dont think it would be a practical use of time to be teaching students the specifics of ammunition manufacturing during the Civil War. I just thought it was interesting that people all over the world can educate each other about a country foreign to them. Great video though!

[@jyc2201]

@@mightychicken7774 Not learning about the intricacies of assembling Civil War Era ammunition demonstrates a flawed U.S. education system? The only flawed system is your logic. This video is representive of doctorate level research and thesis. The audience are historians, academics, and firearms enthusiasts; this information would be a waste of precious time for any introductory university course and below.

[@natslo26]

Yelp. We as American were told it was just North and South. But it was actually Republicans vs Democrats.🤔

[@MrSven3000]

your shooting is nothing but incredible. standing free, open sights, 300m - 99% of shooters couldnt do that.

[@anomalyp8584]

Now you know why he did/does competition shooting.

[@ZenSpider40]

Good day when cap and ball posts

[@General.Longstreet]

Ive said it before and I will say it again truly the classiest shooting channel on you tube by far. Thankyou Balasz for your fantastic content.

[@anomalyp8584]

The sound of that paper is such an ASMR experience.

[@daroth7127]

not enough gun asmr out there

[@mezzanoon]

Your obvious enthusiasm for firearms and their history is infectious and heartwarming, thank you!

[@Lee_Adamson_OCF]

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Should we ever happen meet in person, I shall buy you a drink.

[@baileybrunson42]

Thank you for demonstrating both Confederate and Union styles. I noticed that as you were showing the Confederate style the buckle on your cartridge belt still read "US". Confederate soldiers would invert the buckle so that it appeared to read "SN". This represented the name "Southern Nation". I enjoy your channel very much. Keep up the good work. Thank you again, from Alabama.. the "Heart of Dixie".

[@ericdeer5887]

Bailey Brunson interesting tidbit, is their a period reference to that?

[@baileybrunson42]

I'll check Mr. Deer and see if I can come up with something specific. It's just sort of accepted "common knowledge" around here.

[@ericdeer5887]

Bailey Brunson “accepted common knowledge” often turns out to be a myth or re-enactorism.

[@russbilzing5348]

I recognize that smile, as I've worn it myself. To me, it means that I did everything just exactly right.

[@ralphross2357]

Thank you. I civil war reenacted for a number of years and rolled my own cartridges. Much toil, but I met so many wonderful people. Thank you to the gentleman who took time to show his printing press.

[@loudpanzer]

the first 1:25 of this video is how a true artist tells a story. you can simply show the sheer joy of something by telling the story with your camera shots, framing, and editing - well-done sir! I've watched this channel for years and appreciate all your hard work!

[@zman7633]

Better than anything on the history channel. Just learning about history, no BS. Well done sir.

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

What Great Shooting with that Beautiful and Historical Rifle!!! I Very Much Enjoyed everything! The old printing press, which I’ve seen a few before in historical museums like Williamsburg Virginia, I never tire of seeing the old press do so beautiful a job! It gives us a little idea of how so very important this machine was in its beginnings. The cartridge packets are delightful indeed! Thank You So Kindly and Thanks to the Printer as well! Many Blessings and again, Mighty Fine Shootin! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@Lord-Snowflake]

My friend, we all need you to start producing more video. Great job. God bless you and your family.

[@drmaudio]

You've got to love the delay between when you see and hear the hit on the long range steel.

[@GrangerGangster]

Holy smokes Balázs! Great shooting with that old lady. Thanks also for the field trip to the typesetting/print shop. That was really neat.

[@hillbillyscholar8126]

I really enjoy your presentations regardless of what you do. The history oriented features are exceptional. Thank you so much!

[@HighlandFoxx]

This is honestly one of the best shooting channels on KZbin. A very calm and professional manner but with a hint of humour in there too. Keep up the good work! :)

[@Ostenjager]

Wow! What an amazing video! I went into this learning about packaging Civil War cartridges, and came out of the end watching a *real manual printing press* in action!

[@cameronk7399]

Lol they didn’t use Gutenberg presses in the 1860s. Printing was mostly hydraulic by then.

[@Ostenjager]

@@cameronk7399 You're right. It was a type of manual printing press. I adjusted my comment accordingly.

[@shahriariran44]

I truly love you man I have built a musket of my own over here by watching your videos and been hunting big game ever since

[@ComesPerpetvs]

Damn i love your shows! Incredible combination of passion, knowledge and professionalism. THE BEST CHANEL OF THIS TYPE! 💪💪💪💪

[@wonkachocolates6133]

This is a really great video you have made to share with the rest of the world...thank you.

[@darranhirose8153]

Love the content, I love watching your videos on trying to make authentic items, between you and Rob from Britishmuzzleloaders, A++

[@ryuhadouken2722]

I finally got my hands on a 1861 Springfield reproduction. I also got a 1853 enfield and will be shooting them tomorrow. So excited!

[@Rileysworld727]

Such a fascinating video about a little discussed topic of the civil war. Most Americans including myself were taught that soldiers during the civil war used powder flasks, loose ball, and loose primers in their kit. It makes much more sense that they were issued packs of all these things so they didn't have dig around for them in battle.

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

We all eagerly await the Puckle gun vid.

[@ignaciasd1198]

LOLOL I need to see how those square bullets were shot

[@natslo26]

Just visited the Mill Springs battle site and museum in Nancy Ky. I gave my wife and son a little history lesson with the cartridges and boxes. They where kind but I think I enjoyed it more than them😉. Great video👍

[@survivalcomms]

Awesome ! I picked up your paper cartridge former, block, and boxes on ebay for the .44 revolver. It is so much fun rolling your own. Thanks for sharing !

[@Rumblestrip]

Beautiful 300 m shots. Lol very well done. People do truly under-rate the capibilities of these old firearms. Ive got 2 Springfield Trapdoor Rifles that can easily compete with my modern guns out to 1500 yards comfortably using period 45-70-500 ammo, and even my spitzer casts at 500 grains also. Truth to tell, the spitzers shoot a little better. I use that ball mostly for my 45-110 Sharps with 85 grains of fffg swiss. Chronos at 1480 out of my Shiloh Sharps. Lol

[@13bravo72]

Nice videoand very interesting. 😄Well done on your research!👍👍 Very nice 1864 Springfield you have. I was a CW Union reenactor for 10 years, (Company F, 48th New York Vols.). Most of us rolled our blank cartridges in this manner, just replacing the minie with a cotton ball or tissue paper wad, complete with blue papered Williams Cleaner rounds and percussion cap tubes. Usually mine were marked with the St. Louis Arsenal, different year for each scenario or living history. I have fired live through a defarbed Euroarms P53, or my 1862 Contract Bridesburg musket, but that was many years ago now.

[@TheWesB]

Very interesting video. I love this type of historical info. On a side note I just received my cartridge former from your ebay shop and I'm very pleased with it! I think I'll be ordering more stuff in the future.

[@scoutdogfsr]

You never disappoint. Another fine production. Please keep up the great work

[@rickjones6567]

AMAZING looking cartridge bundles. Just ordered the Selma arsenal stamp from your Ebay store. I grew up just across the river from where the arsenal used to be in Selma. Thanks for GREAT videos! 👍

[@mcsmash4905]

i always liked the paper bundles , to the point where i felt bad for even touching them

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Very very good my friend....Thanks very much to...From Kentucky USA

[@bill7270]

Really great video. The printing press at the end was very interesting. Thanks for sharing

[@Blackbart5118]

This guy is a font of firearms knowledge!

[@Jak0467]

I got your Allegheny arsenal stamp and I plan to collect them all. Great stuff!

[@wrxs1781]

Very well researched and executed, I also have a Bridesburgh and mine is 1862 dated. A number of years ago I purchased an original cartridge package in the a CW memorabilia show, at the Eisenhower complex near Gettysburg PA. The only real difference in appearance is the string holding the package together. The original had a very tough twine as opposed to a cotton string.

[@capandball]

Many thanks for the info. Is there a chance to send me a pic about that bundle? Thanks!

[@dcfrank4904]

As much as I have read about the US Civil War, I didn't think about how ammunition was distributed amoungst the troops. For some reason I envisioned just big wooden crates with a pile of cartridges inside, But then I realized that would be a quartermaster's nightmare, it was already difficult as it was to keep the troops armed, So a very precise inventory of ammunition was needed so it could be efficiently distributed to troops. It makes alot of sense, Of troops being issued packets of cartridges, much easier to keep track of how many rounds have been supplied to the troops and help ensure an equal distribution of ammunition

[@LittleRabbit1138]

Great upload! Bonus points for the Union uniform!

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

Very interesting and instructive video. The ambitious black powder shooter learns how to make his ammunition authentically and the ammunition collector gets extensive background knowledge about the ammunition of the US Civil War. Quite clearly a thumbs up for it 👍🏼. Thanks for sharing and greetings from a military historian from Northern Germany. 👍🏼🇭🇺👋🏼🇩🇪👍🏼 Sehr interessantes und lehrreiches Video. Der ambitionierte Schwarzpulver-Schütze erfährt hier wie er seine Munition authentisch anfertigen kann und der Munitionssammler bekommt umfangreiches Hintergrundwissen über die Munition des US Bürgerkriegs. Ganz klar ein Daumen hoch dafür 👍🏼. Vielen Dank für's teilen und Grüße von einem Militärhistoriker aus Norddeutschland 👍🏼🇭🇺👋🏼🇩🇪👍🏼

[@Simon_Nonymous]

Another great video - thank you for showing the printing press, this was a hobby I did at school, and your shooting is amazing! I wonder how many recruits withmodern rifles could ring that gong three out of three from a standing position!

[@markhirsch6301]

I just discovered your channel you you're covering the small things I love about history. Seriously, I feel that these humanize the soldiers of the past

[@jamessulzer5105]

That was some great off hand shooting! Thanks for the historic information on the Civil War cartridge bundles. Your videos always make my day!

[@marcush4741]

I had weird questions like this when I went to Gettysburg. Given that it's the single most important union battlefield... I figured I'd get some of those answers. YOU gave more specific information than anybody I found at Grttysburg.

[@Tsudoshi09]

A fantastic video! truly a great classic firearms channel. Thank you for your work Balasz!

[@jamesgeorge7579]

This is the first video by this guy I've seen. So far, I know he's Hungarian, that he is SUPER into the Civil War and blackpowder guns in general, that he lives in a cabin in the woods, and has a very sexy salt and pepper look going on.

[@EvilMerlin]

I really want to who and why this even gets downvoted. This is by far one of the best, if not THE best videos out there on creating cartridge bundles and the history behind them.

[@rjohnson1690]

I really enjoy watching your channel. We need to get you some tins cartridge for your box. Twenty rounds would be kept in bundles in the lower section, and twenty rounds loose in the upper section. Typically 60 rounds, or more, would be issued before action. 40 rounds would be carried in the box and the remaining bundles would be carried in the pockets, or knapsack.

[@marktrimpe5533]

Fantastic videos! I always enjoy watching your Cap and Ball channel. Highly instructive and informative. Amd youre one helluva good shot! That was impressive hitting that 300 meter target 3 times in a row! Keep up the great work and I will definitely be ordering paper amd stamps from you to make cartridges with.

[@cjcornwall]

I was watching this video and notice that I own the same Springfield Model 1963 rifle (Bridesburg 1864) as you showed on this episode. Cool coincidences.

[@railer666]

That was informative and enjoyable to watch, Thank you so much.

[@jackl45]

Very interesting video, I love this sort of content

[@finlayfraser9952]

Dear Capandball, so interesting. You have always emphasised the need to pack black powder tightly, or tamp the charge with some inert material, as in a cartridge when using less than the maximum powder load . I think I understand the concept of the flame front in a loosely packed black powder load advancing beyond the charge, and creating an explosion, rather than progressive burning. It would be really informative for you to discuss this in detail, and why the problem does not affect modern smokeless powders. Best wishes!

[@Flederratte]

Very nice shot in the beginning! I liked it very much and had to smile the same way as you did. Great video! Greetings from Germany.

[@stevebarzee7340]

That’s so much fun. Very nice video.

[@yudachi]

Great video, helped me understand about musket loading.

[@SeaCatFl]

Great Video and fantastic shooting.

[@rodneywhitfield5754]

Awesomeness! And your products are AAA+++!

[@lordgaledron6969]

The sound when u open the package is so satisfiying😩😂

[@vincestubbs4446]

Good shooting!

[@johnqpublic2718]

This is so cool! Where the hell have I been besides sleeping on this channel!?

[@dougm5341]

That is some fine shooting. 👍

[@VeraTR909]

Great shot! and I love the historical content.

[@terrorcop101]

I like how you're using a spent brass cartridge for a powder measure; makes for an interesting method of recycling. Edit: So from a logistical standpoint, the CSA could only have won the war if A) they achieved total victory early on through a blitzkrieg campaign or B) if they'd gotten enough foreign aid to negate the Anaconda Plan and maintain a steady stream of supplies and possibly troops. Edit 2: During my Library and Information Studies Master's program, I took a class on the history of print, in which we got to make our own linen paper and play around with hand-sized printing presses. I missed out on how well our paper turned out, but the printing presses were a heck of a challenge, both in figuring out how to properly place the letter blocks and in trying to even out the pressure so your printing came out right. Still, it was a fun and interesting experience.

[@charlesjhemphilliii4792]

BRAVO! WELL DONE SIR!

[@judofry]

I can’t watch you opening those without thinking of crystal lite

[@terrorcop101]

Nice shootin' Tex!

[@TrajanowskiRifleworx357]

That's some dedication! I would package even new ammo this way. Sort of like the Russian spam can ammo packs but labeled with the reloading specifications on each pack.

[@NateMylott]

I want to get a job making those cartridges. That looks like fun. If you ever need some remote workers to make these all day...

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

Thank you very much for the video, wonderful information. Awesome shots!

[@karsonbranham3900]

Excellent shooting!!

[@fabricewinch4467]

Super video comme d habitude, continuez, joyeux Noel et bonne année de France.

[@Derecq]

Biting off the cartridge end was a relic from the days of loading flintlocks, by the late 1850's the British realised with the rifle musket vertical, butt on the ground you could hold the barrel and cartridge in the left hand and tear it open with the right. Watch British muzzle loaders channel to see done properly.

[@threeoeightwadcutter2820]

Very informative. Thanks for sharing

[@steveg8322]

Mine eyes have seen the glory......He hath loosed the fateful lightning, must have been an allusion to the dreaded Springfield.

[@yt_krg]

Of the coming of the Lord

[@frankgaletzka8477]

Well you like very much what you do And that is a pleasure to see 300m with blackpowder and a 160 year old rifle that is a challange Well Done A very informativ Video Thank you for sharing Stay safe and well Yours Frank

[@RhodeIslandWildlife]

Thank you.

[@mickeyholding7970]

Fantastic shooting on the old girl

[@namenloseheld1469]

Hi Capandball, What size of roundballs would i have to buy for using in papercartridges in a .58 M 1847 smoothbore Springfield musket? I know the British used .69 Balls in a .75 cal. Brown bess musket for paper catridges. Would i Need to use .52 Balls in this comparison but i think they‘ll be to small?

[@dazura9262]

When drilled properly, the british cartridge is super quick to load

[@SB-qm5wg]

You must be great at wrapping Christmas presents

[@oldmangrady]

Thank you - very informative and interesting,

[@simonrevill4674]

Great video and very informative. Thanks for sharing.

[@Gunsmith-4570]

Would it be possible to make rubber printing plates for the revolver cartridge bundles in .31, .36, and .44 caliber?

[@Zpicismrad]

yet another great video. Love your channel

[@Trey_816]

For my 1861 US Springfield, I use Traditions Arms 5-in-one speed loaders.

[@ralphgeigner3011]

EXCELLENT ! Information !

[@threeoeightwadcutter2820]

Impressed!

[@SpruceReduce8854]

2:06 do you know where I can see this manual online for free? I'm interested in finding out more about paper cartridges for rifles (not muskets) before the invention of the Minie ball.

[@capandball]

It is reprinted in Dean S. Thomas's excellent series: Round ball to rimfire

[@Not_A-Bear]

Imagine biting the paper to open your caps, and actually chomping down on one of the caps.

[@KI.765]

Fantastic!!

[@OakleySims]

Love your videos

[@Legitpenguins99]

Its always nice to see Europeans interested in US history

[@kalaharimine]

Fantastic. köszönöm, Uram

[@wbb77]

Great rifle!

[@aaront7041]

Excellent content as always! I am addicted to your channel! Quick question: what kind of paper are you using for the cartridge?

[@joshuabale4923]

Can I buy those arsenal pack bundling boxes anywhere? I dont do woodwork ):