Tradition 1853 Enfield

[Ugly Sauce]

Reenactments always only allow blanks! Live fire at a reenactment would draw only participants who were suicidal.

Truth. But I was not sure if Dave was speaking of a re-enactment, or one of the shooting matches. After re-reading, it does seem to be a re-enactment.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Live fire at a reenactment would draw only participants who were suicidal.

Sure would be realistic.

 

[hawg]

120 under a min-e-ay could be the heaviest recoil I've ever experienced. Don't ask me how I know that. Although, my five pound 12 gauge with 3" slugs might be the same.

Not the heaviest recoil I've experienced but the heaviest bp recoil I've experienced was 100 grains of powder under a .690 ball out of a 12 gauge that weighed less than 6 pounds. I didn't stop at one tho.

 

[hawg]

Sure would be realistic.

I've heard a ramrod go flying toward the Confederate troops at a reenactment.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Not the heaviest recoil I've experienced but the heaviest bp recoil I've experienced was 100 grains of powder under a .690 ball out of a 12 gauge that weighed less than 6 pounds. I didn't stop at one tho.

Exactly. I fired more than a few of those 120 grain charges under a 500+ grain bullet. Had the bruises to prove it too. !!! I fire a .690" out of my long barreled double 12, over 110 grains. Not too bad. That weighs 7.5 pounds.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I've heard a ramrod go flying toward the Confederate troops at a reenactment.

I read an account by a soldier, where he said that after they fired a volley at the "ramparts", or breast-works of the enemy, they were "bristling with ram-rods".

 

[Malachi Leviticus Blue]

...Reenactors are lucky OSHA has no guidelines for face shield, safety glasses and respirator.

The reason is, OSHA only cares about employees on the job, unless the reenactors are acting employees none of it falls under OSHA.

 

[hawg]

Reenactors are lucky OSHA has no guidelines for face shield, safety glasses and respirator.

If OSHA got involved there wouldn't be ay reenactors.

 

[AlexanderA]

I've heard a ramrod go flying toward the Confederate troops at a reenactment.

When I was participating (1980's), ramrods were banned from the field. I was at an event when the "battle" was halted when a projectile was found embedded in a drum. It turned out to have been a ramrod tip that had broken off. Someone had violated the rule, taken his ramrod on the field, and had rammed a blank powder charge. He hadn't noticed that the tip had broken off. (Hence the reason for the rule.)

 

[Ugly Sauce]

If OSHA got involved there wouldn't be ay reenactors.

Same with live-fire re-enacting.

 

[hawg]

When I was participating (1980's), ramrods were banned from the field. I was at an event when the "battle" was halted when a projectile was found embedded in a drum. It turned out to have been a ramrod tip that had broken off. Someone had violated the rule, taken his ramrod on the field, and had rammed a blank powder charge. He hadn't noticed that the tip had broken off. (Hence the reason for the rule.)

I imagine the ramrod tip broke off on impact. I can't see any circumstance where a steel ramrod would break with blank cartridges or a live one for that matter.

 

[Show Me]

The reason is, OSHA only cares about employees on the job, unless the reenactors are acting employees none of it falls under OSHA.

Employees, no . It's insurance company and safety equipment manufactures driven.

 

[AlexanderA]

I imagine the ramrod tip broke off on impact. I can't see any circumstance where a steel ramrod would break with blank cartridges or a live one for that matter.

Some reproduction CW ramrods have the tulip head silver-soldered on. I've seen them broken off.

If the whole ramrod had been fired out of the gun, it would have been noticed. If just the tip had been left in the bore, it might not have been noticed, and then it would have been fired like a bullet.

 

[dagger dog]

Thanks for all the answers. I just was wondering on the supply of Musket caps, I must be looking at the wrong sites it seems most were out of them.

Blockade Runner has RWS musket caps, look under flasks musket parts

 

[dave951]

Truth. But I was not sure if Dave was speaking of a re-enactment, or one of the shooting matches. After re-reading, it does seem to be a re-enactment.

It was a reenactment. If our N-SSA guys had a "reenactment" it would be over pretty quick with no repeat performances.

Interesting thing about launching ramrods. Originals were a different metallurgy from the modern repops. An original that gets launched will bend into a spiral like a pig tail. Modern ones will just bend and kink in odd angles.

 

[hawg]

Interesting thing about launching ramrods. Originals were a different metallurgy from the modern repops. An original that gets launched will bend into a spiral like a pig tail. Modern ones will just bend and kink in odd angles.

Not a ramrod but I saw a bayonet rolled up like a tape measure once.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Some reproduction CW ramrods have the tulip head silver-soldered on. I've seen them broken off.

True. Most Brown Bess ramrod ends are a separate piece. My Armi-Sport 1861 ram-rod seems to be one piece, as far as I can tell.

 

[hawg]

True. Most Brown Bess ramrod ends are a separate piece. My Armi-Sport 1861 ram-rod seems to be one piece, as far as I can tell.

My Armi Sport Enfield is one piece.