This video segment from "American Rifleman Television" focuses on the Burnside carbine, a significant firearm used by cavalry during the American Civil War. It explores the carbine's unique breech-loading design, its inventor Ambrose Burnside's multifaceted career (including his role in the NRA's founding), and its historical context as the third most popular cavalry carbine of the war, trailing the Sharps and Spencer. The discussion highlights the rapid pace of firearm development during the era, rendering the Burnside technologically obsolete within a decade. Despite its eventual limitations and the Burnside Company's bankruptcy, the carbine is recognized as an important step in firearm evolution.
This video features a live test fire of pre-Civil War era firearms, specifically the Burnside and Maynard carbines. The description highlights that these are central-fire, percussion-era arms, and emphasizes that the manual of arms for such historical equipment is different and may be unfamiliar to viewers. The presenter stresses that this is not a tutorial and urges viewers to prioritize safety. The content focuses on the practical demonstration of these historical firearms.
This video delves into the fascinating history of George Morse's breechloading carbine, a revolutionary design that, despite its innovative self-contained brass cartridge patented in 1856, failed to secure a US military contract in 1857, losing to the Burnside carbine. To generate revenue, Morse produced 100 commercial sets featuring a receiver with interchangeable rifle and shotgun barrels. The description also touches upon Morse's subsequent contract for military muzzleloader conversions, the stalled progress of that project, and Morse's eventual allegiance with the Confederacy to produce his rifles in the South, setting the stage for a future video.
This video explores the Burnside carbine, a significant early metallic cartridge firearm invented by Ambrose Burnside, famous for both his Civil War command and the hairstyle named after him. The carbine's innovation lay in its metallic cartridge that sealed the breech, though it required a separate percussion cap for ignition. Despite its initial promise and significant production during the Civil War (53,000 units across five variants), its cartridge design became obsolete by the war's end. The video details Burnside's unsuccessful attempts to get his carbine adopted before the war and its subsequent promotion and eventual decline under Charles Jackson's ownership.
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