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Patron Release: Small Arms Primer 154 (Patreon)

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2022-03-01 05:15:59
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Patron Release: Small Arms Primer 154

This is an early release to all patrons/supporters, please let us know if you spot any errors and we'll get them fixed for the public release. Once we release the public version in a week, we'll pull this one down, so all comments on this video will go away. Thank you for your support and we hope ya'll enjoy! Othais and Mae delve into the story of this classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration. C&Rsenal presents its Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday! Prints/patches/shirts from the show: https://candrsenal.com/shop/ https://candrsenal.com/primer-gallery/ Additional reading: https://candrsenal.com/recommend-reading/ Colt Automatic Pistols Donald B Bady AO Edwards The Government Models The Development of the Colt model of 1911 William H.D. Goddard Colt's .38 Automatic Pistols Douglas G. Sheldon Ammunition data thanks to DrakeGmbH https://www.youtube.com/user/DrakeGmbH/ Animations by Bruno! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkD8fyZRgT5icMbKeMFEbQ Snail Mail/Contact us at: https://candrsenal.com/contact/

Comments

Justin Bulling

In Mae's shooting segment it shows the range as 70 yards. I think it should be your standard distance of 30 feet. Otherwise kudos for that great one handed group at 70 yards!

Minion

28:53 Are those cartridges to scale?

Guido Schriewer

wonder about the 38auto. never tried that.- rather the hammerless. friend sended me some gun magazine article showing a smiths job on one with a workable safety lever and novak sights. not original but man... what a piece.

Bradwan
>>78895021

A metre is 3 foot 3, it's longer than a yard you see! Learned that off a cornflake box in the early 70's

Bradwan

I think both Ian and you have talked about trousers being much higher wasted at the time of the Great War, and I am fairly sure that meant the pockets were deeper. I have a pair of cricketing flannels that are at least 70 years old and the pockets are enormous.

Gerald King

Very interesting. Comment on the lack of a safety and Mae's shooting. I sometimes carry my SIG 365 (9mm) which has no safety, with a Romeo Zero red dot, IWB. It is striker fired and I do all my shooting on an indoor range, max 50 feet, and I don't think I could duplicate that target. I need more practice. I'll have to try my Beretta 92S, maybe I can do as well at 50 feet. Many thanks. Keep up the great work.

Martin Morehouse

Slide operated? Used several times at about ten minutes in. Might be more accurate to say recoil operated, working through a slide mechanism.

Martin Morehouse

One more thing; the lack of safety may be a nod to the Single Action Army that users may have been familiar with at the time. Draw, cock, and fire.

Markus B.

Get yo history on. If Mae were carrying this in pre-14, she'd easily hide it in her long skirt. Hell, she could hide a sawed off in them large skirts. 😅

Steve Kerr

Did Mae really get that excellent group at 70 Yards? (17:02) I thought most of the pistol shooting was at 7 yards??

Steve Kerr

You mention British Ordinance ordering the 38 ACP and 32 ACP in bulk in 1917, but recall that the Webley Self Loader was also offered in 32 ACP, 38 ACP (and 9mm Browning Long) prior to that date. There were probably more Colt's around, but they could justify the ammo for a homegrown real British pistol.

Ron Johnson

That group at 70 yards with that pistol is Annie Oakley level.

Jun Kumazawa

At 3:07 we have the .38 ACP have a 105 gr bullet at 1259 fps; then at 28:49 we have same round with a 130 gr bullet at 1040 fps. are these numbers both correct?

Erik

Methinks you're falling into the historian's trap of judging an era though the lens of one's current perceptions. This was a gun made for about two generations worth of shooters accustomed to and comfortable with the half-cock as a safety on Winchester (and many other) sporting arms. The "better" hammer design would be the one that enables an easier transition to full cock on the way out of the holster to presentation. Militarily speaking in the context of WWI, a handgun is likely operating in the company of many rifles, and "instantly ready" is probably less of a consideration than it is for modern CCW or police sentiments, though it is possible to cock such things as they are drawn and presented. If the gun was coming out, it's likely that it was in preparation for trouble. It's worth remembering (perceptions of the age again) that the 1911 was not initially intended to be carried cocked and locked - the safety was only there to lock the gun if you needed both hands to control a squirrely horse mid-cavalry engagement. The short tang grip safety, inertial firing pin safety, big beavertail hammer, a flap holster that doesn't close if the gun is cocked, and the fact that there was no manual safety all the way up to the M1910 are all clues to the half-cock mindedness of the time. Great perceptions, but work on thinking like a 1900's kid.

Planescaped

"I can get even worse because this is also a Browning 1903" well technically it's a BrowningsBrowningsBtownings Mauser Brevete!