18th CENTURY LIFE IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 1966 DOCUMENTARY FILM

[JF89 (Joseph)]

18th CENTURY LIFE IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 1966 DOCUMENTARY FILM 31604

[mjrfd99 (Mychael Rules)]

If one gets the chance, Visiting Williamsburg is a great trip.
Incentive? They make firearms there the old way.

[Robert]

great video that shows why we prospered, work ethic

[JPN (Paul)]

My daughter was annoyed about how much time we spent in the gunsmith shop. At some later point, she complained that I would have been happy to spend the day in that one shop, watching them work. We happened to be there when the rifling was being cut on a barrel.

[Robert]

@JPN

rifling was being cut on a barrel

how?

[JPN (Paul)]

@Robert

@JPN

rifling was being cut on a barrel

how?

Their setup was very similar to this one.

Rice Barrel Co. demonstrates muzzleloading barrel rifling on a NMLRA machine

Edit: Here’s a much better video. I was a little disappointed that they weren’t doing any forge work, on the day that I was there.

Colonial Gunsmith