The Augustin tube lock military rifle and the light infantry tactics of 1848-49

The tube lock system was a dead end in firearms development, but surely is an interesting concept developed by Giuseppe Console and Vincenz Augustin frorrm 1835 to 1845. This video not only presents the Jägerszutzen or military rifle for the light troops, but also tells a lot about light infantry and light infantry tactics of the Hapsburg and Hungarian Army during the 1848-49 freedom fights. And of course a lot of range time! ;)
Chapters:
About the Jägerstützen rifle: • The Augustin tube lock...
How to support Capandball: • The Augustin tube lock...
Development: • The Augustin tube lock...
Making the percussion tube or Zünder: • The Augustin tube lock...
Powder samples from an original cartridge: • The Augustin tube lock...
50m shooting: • The Augustin tube lock...
The Austrian Jägers: • The Augustin tube lock...
100m shooting: • The Augustin tube lock...
Hungarian Jägers of the 1848-49 war: • The Augustin tube lock...
150m shooting: • The Augustin tube lock...
Equipment of the Jägers: • The Augustin tube lock...
Jäger training: • The Augustin tube lock...
Making the cartridge: • The Augustin tube lock...
Military loading drill with cartridges: • The Augustin tube lock...
Military loading drill with loose powder: • The Augustin tube lock...
Jäger tactics: • The Augustin tube lock...
Double ball charge: • The Augustin tube lock...
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[@FeedMeMister]

Hip firing a double ball shot might be the coolest thing I've seen on this channel yet

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

I'd honestly never heard of this tubelock system prior to watching this. Very interesting.

[@MADDOG2151]

Ian of forgotten weapons has discussed them before but I don't think I've ever seen one until this vid

[@KI.765]

@@MADDOG2151 I love how people seem to think fw is the only source of information. He doesn't even cite his sources

[@presidentlouis-napoleonbon8889]

@@MADDOG2151 If you've been subscribed to this channel longer, you would've noticed that this isn't his first tubelock video LOL

[@skepticalbadger]

@@KI.765 Pre-cartridge firearms are also really not his interest or specialism.

[@kingjoe3rd]

@@KI.765 Ian from Forgotten Weapons makes videos for entertainment but he also happens to be a very knowledgeable and well respected expert on historical firearms. His videos are not meant to be referenced as scholarly works, they are meant to be fun and interesting. Also you said, "I love how people seem to think fw is the only source of information" in response to someone just mentioning that they heard of the tubelock on that channel. Who are these people that think that? Can you cite them for me? I didn't think so and I suspect that is a complete straw man argument that you created in order to attack someone that you dislike that being Ian from Forgotten Weapons. On another note it is extremely crass for you to even make such a stupid remark especially in the comments of someone (capandball) who is friends with him because this is not a person that benefits from you bashing his friend. I am sorry that you cannot cite Forgotten Weapons for you Doctoral dissertation but I am sure you will find those sources somewhere else. Nah, I am just kidding, I really know that you are just some bitter jealous loser with a fake name on the internet leaving dumb impulse comments on KZbin channels that I get the pleasure of having to read and laugh at and then get to write a reply where I metaphorically disembowel you. To everyone else that read this just remember what type of person leaves negative comments on KZbin videos, it's the type of person that does not have a lot going for them and they take pleasure in belittling others that they are jealous of and resentful towards because of their own personal failings or misfortune. Do not get mad at these people but pity them for they are far more miserable than they will ever let you know.

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

This is not a video about a rifle, this is experienced history. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to shoot an Augustin Console rifle myself, but thanks to the internet it's at least possible to watch. From me, clearly a thumbs up for this. Thank you for sharing. Stay healthy and please keep up the good work. Greetings from northern Germany. 😁👍🏼🇭🇺✌🏼🇩🇪👍🏼🤠

[@josephledux8598]

That's what I love the most about this channel. He's not just about the gear and the shooting. Every video is a history lesson. I study a lot of military history. For whatever reason I have never thought so much about the training soldiers from this era got. I guess because of the history of my own country from the era. Typically, soldiers on both the Union and Confederate sides in our Civil War got very little in the way of formal training like this. Their training was a little D&C, and explaining how to load the rifle and which end of it to point at the enemy. But their primary training was simply surviving on the battlefield long enough to learn the trade the hard way. On-the-job training in other words, with a high attrition rate. But watching this video it's fascinating to see that the Jaegers of the era underwent training every bit as complex and detailed, if not more so, than what I learned in the US Army in basic training. Utterly fascinating.

[@jamessulzer5105]

My grandfather came to the U.S. from the Burgenland area of Austria. I always enjoy your interesting history lesson of the Austria/Hungry area and the weapons that were used. Fine accuracy from rifles of the 1800's! Thank you!

[@ToreDL87]

As a kid I used to make the odd firecracker out of those rolled caps, if we used 3 rolls we called it a "3'er" and so forth. Then they banned the purchase/owning/import/use of firecrackers all together and so we made firecrackers out of rolled caps exclusively, and didnt mind one bit actually because that stuff was much more potent!

[@teaCupkk]

We used to make "bangers". We scraped off match-tips an put them in a nut, which we closed by screwing in 2 bolts (one on each end). Then tied a plastic bag onto one of the bolts, swung it up in the air and made a run for it. The plastic bag acted as a sling when launching the thing, and as a stabilizer as it came down, making sure it landed vertically, thus compressing the bolts together - just enough to ignite the charge. BANG!!!

[@ToreDL87]

@@teaCupkk The good old days!

[@wlewisiii]

It probably has to do with the time I spent in Bavaria in the US Army, but every time you said Jägerszutzen in this video I heard it as Jägerschnitzel... Now I'm hungry!

[@capandball]

:) :)

[@MsJackcool69]

So am I.

[@blowgunman4016]

I've been following you since I was 16. I'm 21 now.

[@KI.765]

Commenting to feed the algorithm. Another excellent video, it's obvious that you work very hard to do this such high quality

[@ReySchultz121]

Finally, the tube lock rifle i've been waiting for. Besides your website & videos i don't see anyone else doing this.

[@capandball]

Definitely not really common arm!

[@quispegualinchay8335]

Este señor en el tema de sistemas de armas de fuego de los siglos XVIII y XIX es una enciclopedia, no solo explica y muestra las armas también las dispara para nuestro regocijo y absoluto placer para los que practicamos el deporte del tiro con armas de avancarga y retrocarga de pólvora negra, gracias muchas gracias

[@ScrogginHausen]

It's awesome you prime the caps with part of my childhood. Lol.

[@bradyelich2745]

That was funny to see for sure. I used paper caps like that and the plastic ones for my revolver. Sadly, my revolver did not live up to my rough child life. I remember throwing it at my Brother (I was 9 at the time), and it stuck in the wall by the hammer. Good thing my Brother ducked.

[@anacgartenimechtennorden7350]

:-) dein Deutsch ist besser als mein Ungarisch...so thank you for this high quality contribution .It´s very interesting and once again thank you for the job you make here!!!

[@TheLifeOfJogn]

I am happy that the rifle version of the tube lock pistol is out

[@marioradovcic7419]

Wow, the cartridge with the attached tube is a very elegant solution for transport and the loading drill, even if it must have had some problems. A bit laborious to make, but not too much Edit: also, last year when I visited the museums of San Martino & Solferino i saw a tube lock rifle musket and I immediately thought of you tube pistol video. And regarding light infantry bayonets, the bersaglieri ones were very nice and dandy, the Austrian jäger bayonets were absolutely gnarly looking

[@victorhood3453]

I loved that smile after you drove that first shot right in center perfect !

[@robertrobert7924]

Along with everything else in this magnificent video, it was very interesting to see how you made and used the tubes. Copper foil is wonderful stuff, with many uses. This video made my day.

[@Simon_Nonymous]

History AND firearms - beautiful!

[@greylocke100]

Thank you for taking the time to bring us this unique rifle and it's firing system.

[@NovemberDelta]

This is pretty awesome- haven't seen that type before!!! Nice work! Always a lot of work put into making these videos :)

[@luissantiago5163]

Oh awesome! Morning everyone

[@grumples1517]

never knew about this type of ignition. Thanks for the video.

[@holgerdanske3960]

Thank you for presenting all the historical knowledge referring shooting and tactics

[@michaelrogers4157]

Between you and Ian from forgotten weapons. I wake up to some great videos! This tube ignition looks neat and seems like it would be fun to make tubes for. I will definitely keep an eye out for one of these arms!

[@sudosden3567]

Very interesting ! I discovered the tubelock system in your book but it is easier to understand in video. The jager rifle is really a superb rifle, in flint, tube or percussion. Seeing it firing with two balls and bayonet is like seeing an ancestor of the terrible Winchester 1897 trench gun ! It could be fine to make small videos on accessories like your historic possible bag and other things. Thanks for your work 👍

[@normalcitizen_1]

Notification squad here, also beautiful rifle

[@strategicavocado]

Very interesting and informative. Keep up the good work, cheers!

[@piatpotatopeon8305]

I've seen a video on a tubelock before. It might've even been on this channel. I wasn't able to figure out what made it different though. It's great to finally learn that!

[@IamtheIZ0D]

Now THAT is a bayonet. Very impressive shooting as well.

[@nosaltiesandrooshere7488]

👍 Danke fürs Hochladen! 👍 Thanks for uploading! 👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you! 👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!

[@drmoss_ca]

It may have been the lovely smell of the paper caps I used in my "spud gun" (remember those?) as a kid that started me on my black powder career. Excellent video, as always.

[@attilathehun1107]

Nagyon klassz es tartalmas eloadas volt ez is Balazs a kiejtesed az viszont borzalmas,mint mindig. :) Udv Kanadabol!

[@capandball]

:) köszönöm! Tudom, de ez már így marad... :D

[@gaborthepenguin40]

Ettől autentikus a csatorna :-)

[@BocageTiger]

Outstanding video! Thank you for posting!

[@Bayan1905]

One of the problems living in the US is that we never see guns like this here. Sure, Springfields are nice, but something about the Jagerszutzen issued guns are just gorgeous.

[@capandball]

The tube lock systems were imported in small numbers in the beginning of the Civil War. Most were converted to percussion unfortunately.

[@Chiller11]

That looks like a very maneuverable rifle, almost carbine length. I’m amazed at how accurate many of these old rifles are.

[@IbiFajka1511]

Awesome! I have the 1842 cadet version with this ignition system its very interesting.

[@007mv-z7t]

Balash you are the best!

[@bjglover5794]

I always enjoy your work, from Malad Idaho USA

[@shygirl-qu3ms]

that was very enjoyable thank you my question is how difficult was cleaning that rifle with those deep riflings and that action

[@capandball]

Not too difficult. I followed the original method described in the Regulation and it took not more than 5 minutes.

[@rre9121]

Very cool. I love the look and function of converted flint and percussion lock guns.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Excellent...Thanks....From Kentucky...!

[@mebymyself2816]

Thank you, that was very interesting.

[@michaelsewell3706]

Very interesting, never seen this before, having hunted with percussion rifles and lost a cap in thick bush would not happen with this ststem, keep up the good work your content is excellent.

[@Verdunveteran]

Another well made video! Great work! Love everything you do on military weapons! Cheers from Sweden!

[@johncashwell1024]

Well done as always!

[@alanmcconnaughey2698]

cute bandaid! Good shooting even with your injury. Thank you for the video and the time you spent making the percussion tube thing.

[@thesmallestminorityisthein4045]

I was figuring out the weapon light on my 12" AR with a folding stock, and configuring my battle belt. BUT a video about an old percussion muzzle loading rifle is more important at the moment.

[@petrameyer1121]

Amazing groups!

[@knallis.hjemmelading]

Thank you for the information it was very interesting

[@erasgonehistoricalmolds2400]

Excellent video, as always!

[@capandball]

Thanks Mark!

[@zsoltpetrecs9040]

Te vagy a legjobb Balázs! 😄

[@MrRedbeard762]

Excellent and very informative video, Thank you!

[@frankgaletzka8477]

Thank you for this very interesting Video This log System was totaly new for me . Your explanation of the rifle and the Taktik were amszing and very understandebal . The life shooting Was and is the cream topping Thank you for your Research and the efforts to bring this interesting rifles back to attention Vielen Dank und alles Gute Bleiben Sie gesund Viele Grüsse Frank Galetzka

[@leadshark9461]

Excellent video, excellent shooting and interesting rifle. It sucks that the tube-lock is not well known. Repros would certainly be wicked.

[@boblor2484]

extremely interesting as are all your videos, thanks

[@tlloyd9325]

You are definitely my all time favorite on KZbin. Your presentation leaves me always wanting more. The history of the weapons is so good. I have loves firearms ever since I can remember and I’m crowding 71 hard. On question, how many times shooting a new rifle do you inadvertently flinch😁? It’s so tough when flames, soot, and tiny particles hit you in the face.

[@AMX86]

Outstanding history and interesting gun. Gives me some idea how my great great great grandfather served in Austrian army. Thank you.

[@opesam]

Beautiful work as always!

[@duncanandrews1940]

Certainly a very interesting piece and also interesting because I am currently reading The Avenging Angle by Brett Gibbons which chronicles the Enfield 1853 rifle and how it changed the soldiers presence on the battlefield........

[@germansahidbeltran4625]

Exelente su programa he aprendido mucho como de llevar armados los cartuchos q se van a necesitar muchas gracias

[@MrTwiggy93]

As usual a great video I'm really looking forward for your Viedo about the Kammerbüchse., I hope you have a great time with this marvellous rifle and I would love to see the devolupment of the various projectiles used with the Kammerbüchse. Best wishes from Germany.

[@comrade_awesome]

Oh my god, THE BEAUTIFUL HUNGLISH LANGUAGE!!!

[@user-db5ss5rc3f]

Very interesting rifle. Very informative and well done video.

[@w.p.958]

Making antique firearms cool again!

[@teaCupkk]

Guns are always cool, antique guns are double cool, hip firing a double is pissed-my-pants-it's-so-cool!.. :)

[@lucasarnold8567]

This is a man who has his life in order.

[@ismJoboi]

32:51 The one Jäger on the center left is just poking that Calvary Dude with one Hand with his Bayonet

[@Wladislav]

This seems like a fun rifle/set of gear to do a themed hunt with.

[@mateborda8684]

EZ AZ AMIRE VÁRTAM! KÖSZÖNÖM

[@slowpokebr549]

It has an impressively fast ignition time. I also imagine it would be quite weather proof. The main drawback I see from watching you handle it seems to be extraction.

[@old_guard2431]

Double ball - interesting variation in the U.S. Civil War, not so much later, was “buck and ball” normal ball plus three buck shot.

[@BuntaBall40]

Great video mate

[@kennethp1423]

Fantastic video

[@robmeglaughlin325]

It has some potential for hunting. A beautiful rifle.

[@karsonbranham3900]

Stupendous!

[@gonshocks]

Excellent video of a tube lock, which I wasn't aware of. I think I would be uncomfortable loading with the ignition tube in place.

[@marcnews75]

Love these KuK weapons videos

[@concretecowboy4212]

Thnxs 4 sharing

[@willf5768]

Very interesting 😁👍👍👍

[@markdenney3333]

When a rifle is this accurate, all of the effort of making the ammunition ( perhaps tubes in this case) is forgotten and well worth it!

[@StarSwarm.]

You probably already know this but those caps used in the tubes are EXTREMELY corrosive. Make sure the gun is cleaned well. Nice shooting! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@nonyabeeznuss304]

For creating these percussion tubes you could also probably use armstrong's mixture made from strike anywhere match heads. I used such a mixture to prime some ammo I manufactured for a French Pinfire revolver that I have.

[@eco-beehive]

I saw one of these in a meiseum in europ 20 odd years ago. Yay. I now have the answer!! As I could not ask anyone with a language difference.

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

You really made me wanna get into shooting these old weapons. But unfortunately, to being able to shoot them here in Germany, I would need to go to a special course and make an exam for reloading, so that I'm allowed to handle gun powder and making ammunition legally. But I will do it as soon as I can.

[@jeffe.9904]

Awesome!

[@mihalybormester8736]

Imádom a magyar akcentusod ember! :D

[@lamnaa]

I love these strange 19th century dead-end technologies. Cutting edge one decade was obsolete the next.

[@earlyriser8998]

I loved this and this is why I am a Patron

[@capandball]

Many thanks for your support! It means a lot!

[@thesayxx]

holy crap. That 100m group (without the flyer) is almost better than my modern centerfire .30 cal rifle!

[@unhippy1]

lol it is better than my 30-30 remlin can do

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

Can't wait until you get your hands on a girardoni air rifle

[@josephledux8598]

I'd love to see that as well. Unfortunately, surviving examples are rare as hen's teeth and since the seals in it were mostly felt and leather, very few of them would be in anything like firing condition. They're also worth a fortune, and bringing one into shootable condition would require so much work with modern materials, that it would probably seriously impact the collector's value of the weapon. I saw a video here on KZbin a few years ago in which the fellow had an original Girardoni rifle. He was actually able to shoot it a few times because some craftsman was making historically accurate modern reproductions of the stock/air bottle and that's where most of the seals are. If memory serves just the handmade repro stock cost him a couple thousand dollars and the maker produced fewer than ten of them. So you can probably imagine how much the originals are worth. Still, if some enterprising machinist and craftsman were to make high-quality reproductions of the rifles, he'd probably have each one purchased before he even completed building it. I know I would absolutely love to have an authentic and accurate repro that I could actually shoot, but it would probably cost me as much as a semester or two of college for my kid. By modern standards the Girardoni isn't a very powerful weapon, with its ball usually departing the muzzle at around 400 fps. Enough to kill out to 50 or 100 yards but nowhere near as powerful as my modern Hatsan Gladius .45 air rifle and not even close to the power of a muzzle loader of the era. Still in terms of sheer firepower, the Girardoni could be fired so fast that compared to the firearms of the era, the Girardoni and its operator were the functional equivalent of a machinegun. Considering that each soldier carried at least 10 tubes of reload tubes of 18 balls a piece to reload from, as well as additional air reservoirs (I believe each soldier carried 6 charged air reservoirs) the sheer volume of punishment a squad of Girardoni-armed soldiers could lay down was utterly unprecedented, and there were no powder-burner rifles that could do a tenth of what the Girardoni could could do. For sure a relatively close-range weapon but for most soldiers a squad of Girardoni-armed riflemen were every bit as unapproachable as a WW1 team on a Maxim machinegun. Trying to charge them would have been suicide.

[@HeiniSauerkraut]

very interesting

[@cconry21]

I have an Austrian kammerbusche1849 that was converted to Caplock in Belgium then sent to the america. Then it was used in the western front of the American Civil War.

[@teaCupkk]

They really made good use of a piece of steel in the old days, didn't they?

[@cconry21]

@teaCupkk yes they did. They actually made stuff that lasted.

[@method2madness1]

I could see how 20 men, with 10 firing and 10 loading 30 -50 rifles could make a formidable force with longbow men at the rear of the fort. But then again, more men more focused fire I guess.

[@RipperYou]

@capandball This is a very interesting rifle and a great video. Will you be using it for hunting?

[@scottydouglass1892]

I love that hat with the big feathers. Makes you shot better. Could that priming tube be made with paper? Or is the cooper needed to get the spark?

[@johncashwell1024]

I have to say that I find it odd that the Jaeger's operating procedure standardized on placing the primer tube first, before loading, contrary to the procedure for loading a Springfield Percussion Rifle, for instance. It just seems unsafe. However, because of his experience, education and diligence of research, I am inclined to believe that that was the way it was done in Hungarian Jaegers.

[@WhatIfBrigade]

Excellent video. Love the history lesson! I wonder how two balls at once would work for hunting.

[@fredbasset1711]

Appreciate you striving for authenticity. Could you use aluminum beverage cans and the white tips of strike anywhere matches?

[@SlickSixguns]

Never heard of a tube lock

[@SearTrip]

Very interesting. Were the balls used in the double load undersized?

[@germansahidbeltran4625]

Atrás pregunta por favor entre más sea largo el Cañón toca hecharle más pólvora

[@peterleane6807]

Educational, interesting and well presented,...as always. I have learnt so much about round ball ballistics from your channel. If you get this far in the comments you maybe interested in my latest invention a,..Magnetic Rifled gun barrel. The barrel is a smooth bore, and the stabilising spin is generated by external magnets. The gun barrel was invented to understand the trajectory of spherical projectiles, i.e. perfectly spherical ball bearings. The invention can demonstrate the helix trajectory of a sabot-less stabilised spherical projectile, a quest always desired by the early firearms developers,..regards P

[@carlredbird3054]

Have a better understanding of why after the american civil war the rest of the world changed tactics to digging trenches, reloading and shooting behind cover The chain link skirmishers wouldn't last to long vs rifle firing prone behind a barricade or trench