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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 8: Mauser 71/84

February 22, 2025 Ian McCollum 4

For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section, click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-8-71-84-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 7: Beaumont 1871

January 25, 2025 Ian McCollum 14

For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section, click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/episode-7-beaumont-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 6: Berdan II

December 21, 2024 Ian McCollum 7

The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/berdan-2-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 5: The Remington Rolling Block

November 30, 2024 Ian McCollum 24

The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/black-powder-ep-5-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 4: The Mauser Gewehr 1871

October 26, 2024 Ian McCollum 11

The full version with hand loading information (not permitted on YouTube) is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/black-powder-ep-4-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively […]

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Kalthoff 30-Shot Flintlock: The First Repeating Firearm Used in War (1659)

August 7, 2024 Ian McCollum 23

The first repeating rifle used in combat by a military force was a flintlock system developed by the Kalthoff brothers. It was adopted in the 1640s by the Danish Royal Guard, who purchased a bit […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 3: The Martini-Henry MkIV

July 27, 2024 Ian McCollum 0

The full version with hand loading information is available here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/martini-app-cut Sorry about the wind noise! We did our best to deal with it in post-production. Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a […]

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Romanian Model 1879 Martini-Henry Rifles & Carbines

July 5, 2024 Ian McCollum 3

Following its experience in the Russo-Turkish War, the Romanian Army was quite impressed by the Martini-Henry rifle in Turkish service. Unlike so many Western observers who were taken by the Winchester repeating rifles that actually […]

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Belton Repeating Flintlock: A Semiautomatic Rifle in 1785

July 1, 2024 Ian McCollum 16

In 1785, Joseph Belton (an American inventor) and William Jover (an English gunmaker) sold 560 repeating flintlock rifles to the British East India Company. The guns were a very remarkable design which used a detachable […]

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Enjoying Black Powder Episode 1: The Trapdoor Springfield

May 18, 2024 Ian McCollum 18

For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section, click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/trapdoor-app-cut Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, […]

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