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Post by Black Hand on Nov 15, 2020 17:54:22 GMT -7
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Post by artificer on Nov 16, 2020 3:03:12 GMT -7
Episode 1 was not bad at all, though I cringed at them calling French Military Arms "Charlevilles" (instead of the Model of Muskets and made by two other French Armouries as I recall) and cringed even more so when they kept describing the Brown Bess as ".75 Caliber." During the period, these were mostly known as 11 Bore Muskets and by the time of the AWI, were even beginning to be described as ".76 Cal.," though were accepted as new from .76 to .78 caliber.
Gus
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Post by artificer on Nov 16, 2020 5:09:22 GMT -7
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Post by hawkeyes on Nov 16, 2020 5:25:41 GMT -7
I think the general idea here is to get the information in lamen terms for the modern 21ist century individual to grasp and understand. Those of us who are more detail oriented obviously pick up on certain discrepancies. Overall well setup and composed series of videos. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by artificer on Nov 17, 2020 10:09:05 GMT -7
My concern comes in part of being one of a team who examines closely the videos produced for a large unmentionable gun collecting organization for our membership. I would never be so arrogant to say we never miss the smallest details, but we come darn close to it. Sometimes we change the wording of the narrative slightly, so it leaves open something that has not yet been fully documented or when documentation seems to suggest more than one explanation and we don't have all the details.
Now, I DO appreciate how these video's have done a good job of clearing up a couple of long standing myths about the AWi.
One such myth began long before Bill Cosby did a comedy skit about one of the myths.
Bill Cosby once did a comedy routine wherein he described the “rules” of the American Revolution. Intoning, as would a referee, after a coin was flipped, Cosby announced that the British had to fight in the open, wearing bright red uniforms, that they must march in straight lines and could fire their muskets only when the order was given. Meanwhile, the colonists could wear clothing that blended into the landscape, could hide behind rocks and trees and could fire at will.
The other myth they do a good job of clearing up is that while rifles were valuable in a supporting role in the AWI, and possibly especially important in winning the battle of Saratoga, it wasn't until the winter of Valley Forge that truly changed the course of the war. There Washington's forces were trained and disciplined well as Soldiers with Muskets and when they came out the next spring, those new American Regulars could fight the British on equal footing.
So I would have loved to have seen the obvious and not so obvious points I made above, corrected before the episodes were released. Such attention to detail would have turned two fairly good episodes into excellent ones.
Gus
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Post by artificer on Nov 17, 2020 11:28:10 GMT -7
The Model 1860 Rifle Musket “added a rear sight for better accuracy?” Someone seriously goofed in proof reading the written information for the Narrator, as they had just shown the M 1855 Rifle Musket with its rear sight.
I do want to point out someone did an excellent job in using one of the very best period photographs of the Harpers Ferry Armory “area” around 12:42. That photo is not well published, unfortunately.
“The P1853 Enfield Rifle was a .58 caliber percussion ignition rifle…” No, it wasn’t, it was a .577 caliber Rifle Musket. Here’s an example of an easy way to have corrected this blaring error, “Though the P18153 Rifle Percussion Rifle Musket was of slightly different .577 caliber, U.S. .58 caliber ammunition worked well in it and was used by both the North and South in their Enfield Rifle Muskets.”
They did do an EXCELLENT job of excellent job of explaining the importance of the Interchangeable parts system of manufacturing arms by quoting the letter of a Confederate agent. I was very impressed by that.
Have to admit I was “blown away,” if you will pardon the poor pun, by what a superb job they did explaining the types and numbers of foreign weapons used early to mid war.
Going to have to look up and see if their claim the Colt Model 1860 revolver was the “most produced and most popular revolver of the war.” I’m not sure if the Model 1860 had a higher production rate than the Model 1850 Navy during the war, it may have been, but I think there were more Model 1850 Revolvers produced before and during the War and well used. However, the Navy was FAR more popular in both the North and South during the war.
Best job I’ve ever seen in so short of a period describing the use of Bayonets during the War.
Overall, there is no doubt in my mind they did a much better job with this video than the first two and this one is a really fine video overall.
Gus
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Post by Black Hand on Dec 9, 2020 17:58:44 GMT -7
Episode 4
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