Primal Survivor, which I guess is a series. Anyway, today's program "China's Last Gunmen" is about the Biasha people of China, farmers who make and shoot muzzle loaders. Apparently a big deal in China. And they make their own gunpowder. The guns are like long, very long pistols, no butt stock and are aimed and fired at eye level. They make these guns (techniques touched on briefly, I assume they made the barrels. Longer section on powder making than making the guns....so far. I'm watching it now.
Surprisingly, they are apparently cap locks. Odd looking things, banded down several times, kinda like an Jezail, (sp). Showed them shooting them, a long cone upon which I couldn't see a percussion cap. The show is mostly about surviving and while guns are central, they aren't exclusive to the purpose of the show.
Surprisingly, they are apparently cap locks. Odd looking things, banded down several times, kinda like an Jezail, (sp). Showed them shooting them, a long cone upon which I couldn't see a percussion cap. The show is mostly about surviving and while guns are central, they aren't exclusive to the purpose of the show.