Sharps series rifle

[abunaitoo]

I'm watching the Sharps series on utube again.
What kind of rifles did they have?????
It's a flint muzzle loader.
They call it a rifle, but showing them load it, it seem like a smooth bore.
Bite, prime, pour, spit, tap, aim, fire.
Good series.
like Horatio Hornblower.

[Wayne Smith]

He was a Rifeman - supposedly carried a Baker rifle.

[1Hawkeye]

Yep they are Baker rifles I forget the caliber somewhere in the upper .50's lower .60's if I remember right. I always chuckle when they do that load, spit, tap routine cause its a great way to put a ball through your own head but its great for the camera. Another plus to the series is Sean Bean stays alive. With the series on u-tube ya can watch when ever you want now and don't have to hope PBS runs it again.

[abunaitoo]

So it is a rifled barrel????

[Michael J. Spangler]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkOVIw4NSWVKU3jek8tGyCDBW_yzFw8t3


All you need to know and more!!

[abunaitoo]

Very nice.

[DCP]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkOVIw4NSWVKU3jek8tGyCDBW_yzFw8t3


All you need to know and more!!

great video

[Thumbcocker]

There is a youtube video of an Australian re-enactor doing the tap load and getting the same number of shots that the troops in the movie did.