The 1800 Pattern Baker Rifle: Observations on Shooting in the Uniform of the 95th
The 1800 Pattern Baker Rifle: Observations on Shooting in the Uniform of the 95th
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Also where could I get that uniform ?
The neck stock "might" prevent a sword cut, but would do nothing against a bullet. There is an example of an officers stock in the museum at Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio, with a neat bullet hole in it.
awesome vid!
You escape the city’s hellscapes during the apocalypse and find this guy in the woods with this exact look what do you do
Major sharpe will be proud of you ngl you are experts of this and one question when people are training in british army do they wear white shirts?
Clearly ‘a soldiers review’. Excellent, very interesting and informative, you know your stuff.
This man speaks in Times New Roman.
I am disappointed by the lack of the "now that’s soldiering" comments in the comment section.
Must be hard to find those Napoleonic era ear defenders 🤣
are you preparing for the military or nah by the way I appreciate this video
The Baw Bag!!! (SNURK SNURK!!!) 😁😁😁😁
Nice vidio👍
You need red facings and grey trousers, THEN you would be a true Rifleman. 5th Battalion the 60th
I love hearing Mechanised Infantry playing in the background….that’s what you March onto the square for your passing out parade at Winchester
Now that’s soldiering
95th Rifles, baby.
This guy is roleplaying on his own that is cool
That green uniform is much better in the field then the red ones! Great video as usual. I am reading a book called Sharpe’s Prey now about this era. Great to see the Baker in action!
Great vid. I found that shako quite funny.
Where would one purchase a working Baker Rifle in the U. S.?
If Ron Swanson was in Sharpe.
Excellent camera work and great details. You made me nervous during your reloading, though. I kept expecting one of Boney’s mounted sentries to come charging out and cut you down.
thats soldiering
Intresting to hear the bugle call of the DLI mixed in with the rest.
Such a nice color much more dignified than the garish red of the line.
Your muschase is fabulous i like it alot
the fuck when no cotton in ears
Chosen man
Just curious does the hat brim give any protection against the flash and smoke of the pan?
How with shako replicas I sometimes see ones with a big tall piece of the felt that the main body of the hat is made of, on the front. Is that accurate to this time frame and uniform, or is it more closely associated with another nation or time frame? They are advertising them as being Napoleonic, but I was curious
Proper bastard you are
Now rifles to me !
This is simultaneously the nerdiest thing and the most fun I’ve seen someone having in quite a long while. =D
*c h o s e n m e n*
listening to my Bee Gees album, came to youtube wanting to see some Baker rifle so I came to this video and started watching. Was a pleasant experience and your silent movie display was also appreciated. puts you into the focus of the tactics
This is somebody’s dad lol
Really fantastic work not just keeping history alive but archiving it using contemporary means and an accurate record of military arms, uniform and the benefits/limitations of the equipment.
This channel came up when I searched Sharpe’s rifle. Really great show that got me interested to look into the actual rifle.
Excellent videos very well made
The attention paid to getting the details of the uniforms correct does you credit.
Kudos, sir!
What loading method is this only it seems very time consuming. only what we were taught here in England 🏴 is that they used paper cartridges that contained the ball and the right amount of powder to put in the barrel and prime the pan, and then they were good to go without carrying the gunpowder horn all the time? Even at Leeds Armoury where they had demonstrations its was a quick fluid manoeuvre and could even been done without use of a ram rod if only for quickness exactly as demonstrated on Tv series Sharpe using the same Armoury experts from leeds Armoury.
Bite the ball out from the cartridge
POUR most of the powder in the barrel
SPIT the ball and paper into the barrel
TAP the butt of the rifle on the ground to send down the ball down
PRIME the pan with the remainder of the powder from the paper cartridge and close the pan over
MAKE READY bringing the weapon to full cock and keeping the barrel up so the ball doesnt come out
FIRE the weapon at the enemy
Repeat all the steps and if done correctly you might manage 4 rounds a minute as demonstrated by Dobbs in Sharpes Eagle
I don’t get how some readings say this is slower to reload. It’s pretty similar to loading any other muzzle loading rifle.
Dude, you look awsome! Ive been reenacting all my life.
Doesn’t look like the Spanish Peninsular, more like Vancouver Island, to me. 🙂
It occurred to me that he literally ran off half-cocked. You don’t get to say that often.
Lookin’ Sharpe in your green jacket.
Jim Keller’s stuff is top notch.
I like the delay on the first shot you can see it when the Flint came down to ignite the powder and then the shot fired :3 it’s the little things that are cool
I think this illustrates why, towards the end of the 19th century, the Shapes abandoned their extravagant orange uniforms for a more practical khaki camouflage.
What a beautiful parr of the world you live in
Makes me want to reread the Recollections of Rifleman Harris