7 Freeze Frame Photos of Firing a 1776 Rifle
May 20, 2013 19:14:29 #
UHH is about photos. Sometimes I get lucky and get a few that seem unique.
My brother hand built a replica of a 1776 British rifle. It takes about 1/10th of a second from pulling the trigger to having the ball exit the rifle. My camera takes 60 full frame photos every second. I froze the 7 frames during the shot as .jpg photos.
In my video of him shooting, the seven .jpg photos are displayed in a sequence at about 2:05 into the three and a half minute video.
This is not a video forum, but the 7 .jpg photos surprised me when I created them.
Please enjoy! http://vimeo.com/36973087
My brother hand built a replica of a 1776 British rifle. It takes about 1/10th of a second from pulling the trigger to having the ball exit the rifle. My camera takes 60 full frame photos every second. I froze the 7 frames during the shot as .jpg photos.
In my video of him shooting, the seven .jpg photos are displayed in a sequence at about 2:05 into the three and a half minute video.
This is not a video forum, but the 7 .jpg photos surprised me when I created them.
Please enjoy! http://vimeo.com/36973087
May 20, 2013 19:32:16 #
Video won't play...or it will, but only for 1 second. Was really looking forward to it. :-(
May 20, 2013 19:37:55 #
Very cool video. How calmly could a soldier load that up with a hundred colonists running toward him? Very unique way of loading. Can't say I'd be crazy about winding that screw bolt up against black powder, tho.
Well produced, edited and directed, Bill.
Well produced, edited and directed, Bill.
May 20, 2013 19:41:32 #
May 20, 2013 19:45:34 #
Will try again. Will try again. Still nothing! When I connect thru the link, I taken there...what I then see is "100 were produced and lost"...I see the elapsed timer@startup 3min 20 seconds...I "push" the play button and then I see the end-time of 1second. Have played vimeo videos in the past on my phone, so unsure of the problem.
May 20, 2013 20:06:11 #
_Rex wrote:
Sorry! Will try again. Will try again. Still nothing! When I connect thru the link, I taken there...what I then see is "100 were produced and lost"...I see the elapsed timer@startup 3min 20 seconds...I "push" the play button and then I see the end-time of 1second. Have played vimeo videos in the past on my phone, so unsure of the problem.
According to Vimeo, it has played 800 times in the last year and 23 times in the last hour. It must be something with your connection.
Bill
May 20, 2013 20:09:36 #
Photog8 wrote:
Very cool video. How calmly could a soldier load that up with a hundred colonists running toward him? Very unique way of loading. Can't say I'd be crazy about winding that screw bolt up against black powder, tho.
Well produced, edited and directed, Bill.
Well produced, edited and directed, Bill.
Thanks!
According to my brother's version of the history, Ferguson demonstrated that the average soldier could load and shoot six times faster. But, the British Army was heavily invested in a cheaper muzzle loader and tactics of the time didn't require faster loading.
Bill
May 20, 2013 20:16:10 #
Oh, BTW, your brother did a fantastic job on that rifle. My brother also built a replica flintlock years ago...54 cal. I think. Our family swears he was born 200 years too late ;-)
May 20, 2013 20:28:45 #
Interesting...Found the link to download and did-so...HD version...and it worked!! Beautiful rifle...never saw a rear-breach loader before. Great video!! Thanks!
May 20, 2013 20:37:50 #
I saw the whole video and thoroughly enjoyed it. Your brother is an extaordinary craftsman. What a beautiful job he did. Amazing.
May 20, 2013 21:16:51 #
Works for me. Be careful with that thing. A friend of mine once made a muzzle loader from a piece of 1/2" water pipe, and strapped it to a dogwood limb. He lit it off with a match, and the barrel pulled loose, and wrapped around his head. Knocking him out of course, which ended his gun building career. :lol: This is not a joke, he ended up with a concussion.
May 21, 2013 04:39:57 #
The main problem with the Ferguson was that in closing the breach (which could get a bit stiff) the shooter would often inadvertently turn the rifle over to get better leverage, spilling all or (usually) a portion of powder without noticing. Firing the rifle with a greatly reduced charge often left the ball halfway down the barrel. The next shot was exciting to watch, but no fun for the shooter. It wasn't until the introduction of the Martini rifle (which replaced the Snider-Enfield) that this problem was solved by making the breech a drop lock with a vertical locking lever, introducing crude paper wrapped cartridges and a percussion lock (quickly converted to a metal cartridge with a striker firing system). Several intermediate models of the original Martini were sent to India for use by Indian Army units (particular Gurkha and Punjab forces).
May 21, 2013 09:10:53 #
The Ferguson Rifle was very innovstive for it's time. Louis L'Amour wrote a book by that title centered around a character that carried one out west. Thank you for sharing this, it will bring a whole new perspective the next time I read that book.
May 21, 2013 10:22:27 #
Shooting black powder guns is fun but cleaning them up is not fun.
May 21, 2013 13:17:18 #
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