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Primer 187: Patron Release

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! Get your shirt(s) now! https://igg.me/at/2023shirts Prints/patches/shirts from the show: https://candrsenal.com/shop/ Ballistol USA https://ballistol.com/ Ballistol Elsewhere https://www.ballistol-shop.de/index.php?language=en Additional reading: Spanish Handguns: The History of Spanish Pistols & Revolvers Gene Gangarosa Jr. Evolución del arma corta en España Gil Gil Borrallo Spanish Handguns 1875-1950 Calvo Meruelo Pistolets et Revolvers Basque Jean-Pierre Bastie & Daniel Casanova Star firearms Leonardo M. Antaris Gazette de Armes & Uniformes No. 204 Le Pistolet Jo-Lo-Ar Bernard Meyer Anuario Nacional Peruano: Del Ano 1930 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

Adam Schindler

The shading on the map at 3:41 showing the location of inset on the map of Europe should be a bit darker.

Michael James Blum

Heh, you could throw in the phrase "or Baliistol" once or twice after the word "oil".

Guido Schriewer

that bitch bsuffered from much mnore than doublevision. wow. a johnson cleaning session. fun. though nooo horsesoldiers anymore- like that chincom norinco ugly 77 thing. that 1914 austrian looks more elegant to me though. strange design. very oddball.

William Sirman

Having the sights mounted on the barrel was a nod to accuracy! The orientation of the sights would move slightly if the rear sight was mounted on the slide!

Grant Janzen

I wonder if the "tip-up barrel/load one round" was inspired by the magazine cut-off found on the magazines on some pre-WW1 rifles. Was the idea to save the magazine until you really, really needed it?

Library of Context

Am I wrong, or did this gun have like 8 springs in it, each only doing a single function? JM Browning seen slowly shaking his head, walking away.

Gerald King

Interesting story. Great as usual. Just out of curiosity what does May carry?

Derek Putley

Thanks very much. What a fascinating design. Did it provide the inspiration for Beretta's tip up barrel semi auto pistols?

Thomas Batha

I don't know if linking your largest sponsor with the most hated man in modern history is your wisest move. That being said, the gun itself is kind of like a car modified with hand controls-- a pain in the ass for everyone to drive unless you're the one with non-working legs. Then it's great.

Minion

Platypus themed t shirt next year?

Edward Brush

I have to second this. Ballistol is a German company, and they tend to be a skosh sensitive about that twelve-year stretch of time. Even if the bit is tongue-in-cheek, it might fall a bit flat with the folks at the Ballistol mother ship. I've worked with German companies before, the are generally managed by people with humor deficiency. And the only time I've seen Germans do anything tongue-in-cheek everything ends up in sausage casings.

Markus B.

I love the sales pitch: "That was Brandon" Pure comedy gold!

CandRsenal

I think it's a big historical fact to just skip over. Note his stomach got worse without it! Though that's all the Neo formula of that time. Not exactly today's gun oil.

W. Roberts

This thing is so, immensely cursed.

Paul McDermott

So what I heard you say is, we should inject Ballistol. Got it. :)