{"id":46287,"date":"2019-01-28T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=46287"},"modified":"2019-01-01T13:25:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T18:25:43","slug":"a-most-inauthentic-portrayal-of-musketry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/01\/28\/a-most-inauthentic-portrayal-of-musketry\/","title":{"rendered":"A Most Inauthentic Portrayal of Musketry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RxzOobtvJCc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Brandon F.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published on 6 Jan 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: At one point in this video I mention lever-action rifles, but I show a Martini-Henry image. The Martini-Henry is not actually a lever-action, but a falling-block rifle. I had incorrectly assumed that the requirements for a rifle to be a &#8216;lever action&#8217; were more literal- as in, that it used a lever! This is not the case, as lever action rifles are generally repeating, whereas falling block rifles see individual rounds chambered.<\/p>\n<p>This is a video that I&#8217;ve wanted to make for some time, but unfortunately, I had to wait until the highly political topic which the source material discusses was less &#8216;relevant,&#8217; lest my pedantic corrections be considered grossly inappropriate or offensive. That said, this commercial by the organization &#8220;States United to End Gun Violence,&#8221; features a musket being used in a criminal nature to provide a social commentary on American legislation. However, the manner in which the musket is portrayed and used in this commercial has a few problems, which I thought it would be fun to discuss here.  <\/p>\n<p>This is not a political video, and at no point do I express my own views on this highly contentious issue. Please treat it as what it is- historical nitpicking.<\/p>\n<p>The original video:  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LORVf&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For those who are so inclined, we have a Discord chat for the channel!  Do stop by!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/bJzUWxa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/bJzUWxa<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support the Channel on Patreon:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BrandonF\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BrandonF<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was originally planning to upload a &#8216;me standing in front of the camera,&#8217; lecture style video today, but I&#8217;m afraid that I had to alter my schedule rather last minute, so I had to resort to a quicker voiceover video. The next one will (most likely) be in the traditional style! <\/p>\n<p>Also, as you can all see, on advice from some friends I&#8217;m trying out a new approach to video thumbnails. This one was actually made by someone else for me, but if we all think it&#8217;s a good idea I&#8217;ll be trying to edit my thumbnails to include text like this more often in the future.\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also from the comments, and this was almost literally the first thing I thought of when watching the commercial:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>lalucre1803<\/strong><br \/>\n11 months ago<br \/>\nMistake no. 1 &#8211; not fixing bayonet before hand. Could&#8217;ve easily finished the job.\ufeff <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon F. Published on 6 Jan 2018 NOTE: At one point in this video I mention lever-action rifles, but I show a Martini-Henry image. The Martini-Henry is not actually a lever-action, but a falling-block rifle. 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