Loading and Firing a Sea Service Brown Bess Musket and Pistol from Military Heritage Arms!

On today's episode of Crafts With Corey, I blow some smoke! There is plenty of information about the Brown Bess Musket, flintlocks, and black powder in general so this video isn't about general facts on the firelocks. My goals for this video here were: 1) try out how well 2F black powder ignites in the pan of a flintlock. Normally, very fine powder is used for a priming charge, as it is easier and quicker to ignite than coarser grain powder. However, black powder is currently scarce, and I was able to find 2F powder, so I gave it a try! 2) try out historical paper cartridges and how well they load, and the potential spread of the buckshot for the Buck and Ball cartridge of the Brown Bess. The Sea Service Brown Bess Musket is .75 caliber, and I believe it is from Military Heritage Arms (I bought it secondhand). The "Buck-and-Ball" paper cartridge load is three 00 buck lead balls and one .69 caliber lead ball, cast by me. The powder charge was 110 grains of 2F black powder, although I believe historical loads went as high as 160 grains, and this Musket could safely shoot that. The paper is plain shipping paper. The Sea Service Pistol is .62 caliber and bought directly from Military Heritage Arms, and the balls are .575 lead, cast by me. The powder charge is 70 grains of 2F. I don't believe the frizzen (hammer) of mine was case hardened (or at least it didn't look like it was), although Military Heritage says that they are. I've not tested it yet, but when I do, I'll post the result here! With these two flintlocks, I reenact the Revolutionary War as the Frigate Boston, and I also reenact the War of 1812 as the USS Caledonia