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Harpers Ferry 1805 Flintlock Pistol

This is my Harpers Ferry 1805 pistol. I loaded .58 caliber lead balls and 24 grains of 3f blackpowder in this pistol. This was the first pistol adopted by the US military. It was used by the Military Police at the time. It's even on the US Military Police insignia currently. As the name implies, it came out in the year 1805. This is a reproduction of the pistol made by Pedersoli. It's a pretty good reproduction! The recoil is very low because it is a blackpowder gun. If you don’t know this, modern guns use smokeless powders, which still emits smoke, but not as much as blackpowder. Blackpowder is the older kind of gunpowder. It was used in every firearm up until the 1890’s when smokeless powder existed. Blackpowder has this tough fouling inside the barrel after being shot, and also emits a lot of smoke, as seen in the video. It actually burns slower than smokeless powder, so the recoil is a little bit less than what smokeless powder recoil is like. A flintlock works like this: you first load powder in the barrel, then put the ball in. You then use the ramming rod and push it in all the way down. After that, you put powder on the pan, then cock the hammer back, then close the frizzen. Then you’re ready to fire. That’s was what most firearms were like during the 1700’s to early 1800’s, when they were replaced by caplocks, which are a whole different thing. This was my first time firing a flintlock pistol. It was great. It really takes you back in time, and makes you appreciate modern guns!