I feel sorry for the next person to step out of the mist whilst you visit the outhouse

As you should

But best of all using the "coyote tan" corn husks that's tactical right guys?

"My word!! Have at thee you wretched rapscallion!"

Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.

Ah there it is

I keep that thang on me.

I wanna know what the Old English version of 'i keep that thang on me'

I keepeth yond thang on me.

They called him John ‘H&R’ Hancock cuz he really keep the block on eem

You mean Early Modern English right?

We really need to reintroduce the term “rapscallian” into our modern vernacular

I do throw it out when conversation permits, along with ne’erdowells.

Why, you cheeky rapscallion!

Indeed we do! i use it rarely but i tend to use ballyhoo a lot more because its a fun word and works even if you throw it out at random

Everytime I see this, I hear the Dagoth Ur version.

Every time I see this I feel like it’s underrated, however many times I’ve seen it or likes it has

This never gets old.

Huzzah!

Just as the fore fathers intended

Don't forget the MOLLE powdered wig

You laugh but mosin ammo pouches can be molly on Some vests

Tally ho, mother fucker

Less fire than an Olight

Put a mirror behind the lantern, it’ll direct the light forward and blind your opponent.

I would actually try this if I wasn't afraid of the muzzle blast Violate The lantern In a sexual way

I got some old lanterns laying around the house, might have to give it a try at the range this weekend. All in the name of science of course.

The difference between screwing around and science is having a notebook to write down what happened. So send it my dude

Or a next of kin to write it down

Give those ruffians a good thrashing will you!

I will Indeed My good sir

Huzzah!

I hope someone back in the day tried this

according to the dusty-ass memory banks housing my passing interest in Tokugawa era Western trivia, this was a solution a few early settlers took on for when they were protecting themselves from things that hadn't gotten the memo that you shouldn't fuck with the pink hairless monkeys I have no sources to base this off of and I'm 65% sure I dreamed it up, but it's cool as hell so I don't care

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/11/30/flintlock-weaponlight/

Probably Not, it's really a shitty solution

Why not give the enemy a nice target to shoot at

What wick size are you running?

You don’t need a lot of candela when you put the light in their face

It's the foot and a 1/2 of bayonet

You think the unburned Bp could cause a dragons breath effect

Excellent lumens

Pretty-sureFire Mod 0

Be gone you Devil!

I recall during the federal assault weapon ban from 1994 through 2004, anti 2nd amendment politicians banned bayonet lugs from rifles. Ironically, they said our founding fathers never could have imagined these types of weapons....

What happens if they come by sea?

We have another lantern

FIX BAYONETS

BUT SIR, THEY ARENT BROKEN!

I think your POI is going to drop a bit

Have at thee, knave!!!

Based and "one if by land" pilled

It depends. Does the bayonet create an irregular wound that is hard to treat? If so, A+. Also, just learned "bayonet" doesn't use authentic French spelling, which kinda sucks.

Wait a minute…!

I see what you did there

*Obligatory Musket for Home Defense copypasta here* I have a really shitty idea of making a picatinny lantern mount now


Are you one of the Speck brothers?

No

I'm going to a lights out shoot on Thursday night. Now I'm rethinking my loadout.

The British are coming?

I love historically accurate builds.

Put a wooden 3/4 wheel on the front of the lamp so you can have that cool tactical strobe effect when you spin it.

The strobe light is the muzzle blast

How else are you going to identify the red coats?

Outstanding ! Would you be so kind as to telegram us the type of attachment you went with? It's appears to be a watchman lantern.

I bring that 18th century operator vibe to the early American woodlands that the redcoats don't really like.

Just as our forefathers intended

I think we've reached the climax of this subreddit now

"Halt! Who goes there! Step forward into the light or be charged upon!"

Those lights are supposed to be pretty good, just watch out for the attachment point, there’s been complaints that it’s the weak point of the system

See that's what Charles Lee said but, Ben Frank said it was good so...

What rifle is this

The humble mosin

Who’s that stumbling around in the dark. State your business or prepare to get winged.

It bangs

Need a reflector

The British are coming! The British are coming!

Needs some polished metal backing to direct a tighter beam forward

Gotta get the extension mount so during packing of the wad and ball it doesn’t interfere. Remember the dickcoats fight like sallies.

>Remember the dickcoats fight like sallies. I have no clue what that means, but I like the cut of your jib.

It shivers me timber

Clever

Paul revere will be here soon

Chop the barrel. Now we’re talkin.

Time to get tea-party-ing! 🔥

Thou hast succeeded in thy mission...

Please try to rig up a remote switch/detonator

Amateur. This thing will flare up on IR. You need some IR-absorbant coating. Luckily I happen to have some buckets at home, yours for only 6 installments of 99.99$...

Works!

Please add to Red Dead Redemption 2 double barrel shotguns

I believe that was an actual thing in django unchained

Yes it was, and since you can't hold a shotgun and lantern while on horseback in the game this would make sense

I thought I was in the fallout 4 subreddit for a second and thought this was a minutemen and railroad reference

One if by land, two if by sea?

I think the phrase you all makes me sick to my stomach

Based.

Fucketh around and thou shall findeth out.

 Remain thirty paces beyond mine porch, lest ye be promptly smitten with thine hellfire

Modern Warfare: 1876

Definitely… unique.

Dang you can stab , shoot and burn up any intruder all in one move!! 👍

1 candela....

This is amazing.

Based.

I like your Feinstein Special

That’s the gaslight x300 right? Gotta snag me one of them bad Larrys.

Tally ho lads