This young man is enamored with these fire locks!
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Shooting a replica Japanese ‘Tanegashima’ snap matchlock
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Wow. That's quite a flame when it shoots. I'm glad you don't have rain there.
Well one of the earliest battles in Japan happened on a drizzly day with some fog even. The matchlock gunners actually carried the day and decisively helped their leader to win. So maybe there is a way for these guns to work in the rain. The Japanese had perfected their matchlocks to work in the rain.
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Yes, they used a lacquered cover over the locks and matchcord to fire them in the rain. Off there battlements, they'd also hang strings at certain positions, with some form of markings at pre-set levels (both for distance and direction), so they could send off a volley of fire even in the middle of a dark night!
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The musketeers were probably threatened with death if their guns didn’t go off….. those old samurai were not men to mess with.
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Amazing how fast that goes off!
I always think safety glasses. But, back in the day staying alive was the #1 safety tip.
Yes, his Mother chewed his arse out when she saw he had none on ... as she was working the registration desk at the woodswalk and asked me to send her the video!
That Tanegashima has some recoil -- not fierce, but it must take practice to get used to recoil directly into the head and face.
Ya and we wine about cheek slappers nowadays.
