I can feel a variation coming (flintlock porn)

[palmer_mike]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/roe-deer-hunt-in-148194099

Seriously though, I have wanted a baker rifle for years. So excited pedersoli have released this reproduction and it even makes large deer legal energy in England!!!!!

 

[Klenchblaize]

He's a good man and great advert for both rifle shooting and hunting with one.

K

 

[wytonpjs]

@Smellydog

 

[Smellydog]

I enjoyed that video the other day as well.
Looks ideal. Nothing will walk far from a ball from it.
Under the present threats muzzleloaders make perfect sense!

 

[palmer_mike]

I enjoyed that video the other day as well.
Looks ideal. Nothing will walk far from a ball from it.
Under the present threats muzzleloaders make perfect sense!

I enjoyed the part where he spoke about weight retention of the round ball bullet.

 

[Smellydog]

I enjoyed the part where he spoke about weight retention of the round ball bullet.

Yep, they just flatten out and don't send bits of lead everywhere!
Should be exempt in the Great Persecution.

 

[Swedish]

He's a good man and great advert for both rifle shooting and hunting with one.

K

He produces such great content, positive and informative.

 

[palmer_mike]

Yep, they just flatten out and don't send bits of lead everywhere!
Should be exempt in the Great Persecution.

Should be indeed, but we’ve been sacrificed on the alter on the great ‘transition away’. We are a minority so no one really gives a monkeys

 

[alberta boy]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/roe-deer-hunt-in-148194099

Seriously though, I have wanted a baker rifle for years. So excited pedersoli have released this reproduction and it even makes large deer legal energy in England!!!!!

One of my hunting buddies , a black powder freak like me , has ordered one of these . They aren't cheap , but Pedersoli makes really nice rifles . I'll be getting my sweaty little hands on it when I go back to Canada next Spring , I'm looking forward to putting a few rounds through it. He also picked up an older Lyman Great Plains Rifle for me from a mutual friend in Saskatchewan . It's a fast twist .54 cal barrel . I already have a .54 slow twist barrel that will work nicely with a bit of fitting . These rifles are very close to what was actually used back in the day . Pedersoli also makes a very authentic Plains Rifle . Spring is going to be fun .
AB

 

[Essexsussex]

Fantastic video thank you for sharing

 

[tackb]

always fancied a baker rifle , interesting that pedersoli is doing one

just looked it up and it appears to have normal rifling rather than the original two grove that fired a belted ball

 

[Mungo]

He's a good man and great advert for both rifle shooting and hunting with one.

K

Is this the chap that used to be on here as ‘Glogin’?

 

[Klenchblaize]

Is this the chap that used to be on here as ‘Glogin’?

No. That is "Roe Stalker"

K

 

[Mr. Gain]

Pedersoli's repro evidently shoots well (albeit in the hands of a master), but the finish and detailing strike me as jarring concessions to modern manufacturing priorities. I know they are trying to make it affordable, and that performance matters more than looks, but I can't love it in the way the estimable C&B clearly can - however infectious his delight. I won't be able to stop myself looking for a good original now, though.

 

[Mr. Gain]

Should be indeed, but we’ve been sacrificed on the alter on the great ‘transition away’. We are a minority so no one really gives a monkeys

Yes, it was a dark day when "mind your own business" and "it stands to reason" ceased to command any respect.

 

[palmer_mike]

just looked it up and it appears to have normal rifling rather than the original two grove that fired a belted ball

I know the later Brunswick rifle had the 2 groove rifling for the belted ball, always thought the earlier Baker rifles had more grooves and were intended to use unbelted balls?

 

[tackb]

I know the later Brunswick rifle had the 2 groove rifling for the belted ball, always thought the earlier Baker rifles had more grooves and were intended to use unbelted balls?

i thought the baker used belted balls but could also work as a musket if required with normal line infantry ammo?

 

[sh1kar]

Lovely little film

But, is it just me or anyone else driven nuts by the twisted leather strap at the top of his left boot!

 

[Klenchblaize]

I wanted see him give the rear sight a wee whack to the left!

K

 

[Smellydog]

The baker did not use a belted ball. Patched ball only.