The Hall flintlock breech loading rifle - History of development - Part 1.

The first part covers the history of the development of the Hall breech loading flintlock military rifle. If you are looking for more info, please visit our Patreon page where you can find 2 studies about the rifle based mainly on primary sources describing the benefits and use of the rifle. History of the rifle and the interchangeable production methods, cartridges, ballistics: Modern time use: Please support us on Patreon for more exclusive content from Capandball: We are also present on History of Weapons and Warfare platform: Many thanks for the images to Rock Island Auction Company: Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:56 The birth of the patent 6:08 First trials of the rifle to 50m 11:29 Perfecting the Hall rifle 13:15 Benefits of the rifle based on Hall’s original 1816 instructions 16:58 The M1817 Hall rifle 17:55 Hall’s employment at Harper’s Ferry and the start of the large scale production 20:25 The birth of interchangeability and mechanization 22:19 Variations of the M1819 Hall rifle 23:27 Capandball’s Hall rifle and the most important features of the gun 26:36 Extreme slow motion recording showing the gas escape