History of WWI Primer 136: British Webley Fosbery Documentary

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Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!
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PhoenixPhart:
Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver - .455 Webley
• Webley-Fosbery Automat...
Forgotten Weapons:
Major Fosbery's Breechloading Prototype Rifle
• Major Fosbery's Breech...
Fosbery's Pump Shotgun: An AR15 Bolt in 1891
• Fosbery's Pump Shotgun...
Additional reading:
candrsenal.com/recommend-read...
British Secondary Small Arms 1914-1919 Vol.2
A.O. Edwards
The Webley Story
William Chipchase Dowell
Worldwide Webley
Stephen Cuthbertson
Webley & Scott Automatic Pistols
Gordon Bruce
Gazette des arms No 164
Webley Fosbery:
Le defi britannique
Henri Vuillemin
Paradox Vol.1
David J. Baker and Roger E. Lake
Ammunition data thanks to DrakeGmbH
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Animations by Bruno!
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@alegendisafoot5436 3 жыл бұрын

Brings me back to Othias reiterating how daunting this series became, starting with "Yeah this'll be easy, there were like 5 guns total in World War 1," and here we are today.

@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248 3 жыл бұрын

I just want the 1911 episode, sometime before I die. I’m in my 40s, there’s a chance I’ll make it...

@advictoriamsshitposts8689 3 жыл бұрын

@@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248 You're gonna have great-great grandkids by the time that happens man.

@planescaped 3 жыл бұрын

@Doom Between Othias saying they're going to do some post WW1 guns in the post video updates, and the Tokarev strategically placed on the gun rack behind him these past few episodes, methinks you may not need to wait so long...

@john-paulsilke893 3 жыл бұрын

I can do a video on the weapons of World War IV. It’s easy, pointed sticks, rocks and the occasional bow and arrow.

@S7eveThePira7e 3 жыл бұрын

@Doom 2060* let's not forget the interwar, and neutrals' guns.

@MorningGI0ry 3 жыл бұрын

The only engravings to give you a tactical advantage

@macrossMX 3 жыл бұрын

More specifically, the type of engraving that allows the weapon to function.

@derpydarksoulsfan4448 3 жыл бұрын

Just don't twist your elbow with this one... maybe

@P_M1337 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, tactical runic inscriptions.

@kaylt.7864 3 жыл бұрын

Shhh roman numerals & latin script boost morale under stress

@Arbiter099 3 жыл бұрын

Just like my oriental tapestries

@CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts 3 жыл бұрын

The thought of an 8 shot Webley in 38 ACP fed with moon clips is very intriguing

@ecothunderbolt257 3 жыл бұрын

This is me engaging KZfaq, don't be a jerk to this channel.

@warrenokuma7264 3 жыл бұрын

Un jerked. Oh, wait. Never mind.

@JoramTriesGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Hear, Hear!

@MilStdNZ 3 жыл бұрын

I’m engaging with you engaging

@warrenokuma7264 3 жыл бұрын

@@MilStdNZ Oh, no, now I have to engage with you engaging to be engaged.

@monkeymonk2278 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! This is one of my TOP TIERED channels.

@TheAwnman 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most unique revolver designs out there gets a full episode from C&Rsenal complete with shooting, full technical breakdown and an explination history not well understood? Heck yeah!

@michaelray4033 3 жыл бұрын

I am shipping out to Navy Boot Camp tomorrow, and this is the one episode I have been looking forward to the most. Thank you, Othias, May, Suzie, Bruno, and the rest of the gang. I will miss you.

@Candrsenal 3 жыл бұрын

The important thing is to float.

@tamlandipper29 3 жыл бұрын

The second most important thing is ensure you knot the right end of the squid.

@elijahaitaok8624 3 жыл бұрын

“Try to make one.” The mark of a true engineer, shows that he’s not a salesman with engineering capabilities

@DieselRamcharger 3 жыл бұрын

the mark of a man with a limited skill set. really not a complicated weapon to build. especially given todays machinery. youre average tormach owner could make a webley.

@elijahaitaok8624 3 жыл бұрын

@@DieselRamcharger these days, yes it probably isn’t too hard, but what about back then?

@DieselRamcharger 3 жыл бұрын

@@elijahaitaok8624 that wasnt the qualifier. gotta stop moving the goal post.

@elijahaitaok8624 3 жыл бұрын

@@DieselRamcharger well if it isn’t so difficult to make these day, then why aren’t you chomping at the bits to make them? You’d make a killing selling repros I’m sure

@DieselRamcharger 3 жыл бұрын

@@elijahaitaok8624 i own a machine shop, making these is well within my capability. however, i have absolutely zero desire to do firearms work. which is some of the lowest profit most tightly regulated shit on the planet. Its absolutely not worth it. The only thing that makes a webley cool is its story. A cheap knock off would be just that. Why even bother?

@Chilly_Billy 3 жыл бұрын

Fosbery was about a decade late in his design. Had the guns existed in the early- to mid-1890's, they would've been superior to every true automatic in existence at the time.

@88porpoise 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t see it being more than a very niche product at any time. The additional complication and cost along with the disadvantages of such an external action are a lot for the fairly minor benefit over a decently designed DA/SA revolver. While always having a SA trigger pull immediately is an advantage, I suspect it really wasn’t a big deal in practice. If you have time to take careful aim to really benefit from the single action you probably can thumb back the hammer without much issue. If you don’t have time to thumb back the hammer, it is probably a brown pants moment and the accuracy benefit of single action probably isn’t a major concern. Certainly far less of a concern than the fatal consequence of it failing to cycle properly.

@chrismc410 3 жыл бұрын

Not really. By 1896, Mauser's C96 came out and proved not only a semiautomatic pistol was possible but could be simplified and much more easily mass-produced and far more reliable than the Borschardt C93 from three years earlier. One Winston Churchill and others in the Boer Wars showed what the C96 could do in actual combat. With those things as factors, the Webley-Fosbery was only ever going to be a compromise between the traditional revolver user and the up and coming semiautomatic pistol for those who won't give up the revolver but want the semiautomatic speed.

@planescaped 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe 2 decades... One of those neat/great ideas that came too late. Reminds me of Mannlicher in that regard. Even then it was never going to be a game changer like auto loaders were. Just a good revolver. Would've been great for the old west and for some classic banditry, little less so in a large scale battle.

@nicholasresar 3 жыл бұрын

Have I watched the previous Webley episodes? Possibly but sounds like a good time to have a quick review.

@Arbiter099 3 жыл бұрын

Happens to me all the time with C&Rsenal. The episodes are so dense with information and spaced out, I need a refresher

@boywhohasl1vedhascometodie469 3 жыл бұрын

69th like mate. and this is a real good series, so hats off to Othias!

@storyrogin117 3 жыл бұрын

Levels of excitement -sees post notification yells hell ya in the car -see the title presides to to yell more with excitement

@miketeeveedub5779 3 жыл бұрын

I see a Webley Fosbery I immediately upvote! A semi-auto revolver - Steampunk before "Steampunk" even became a term!

@TerryDowne 3 жыл бұрын

If I'm writing an Edwardian adventure, my heroine has a Webley-Fosberry and a Mauser C96.

@wolfthegreat87 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, I was just looking into this revolver and this history, how come every time I look into an obscure WWI-era revolver you guys post a Primer episode on it shortly after? I swear, you are psychic, you mystical guinea pig man, you.

@john-paulsilke893 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the magic blueberries man. Blue Pill? 😳

@amateurshooter927 3 жыл бұрын

The Fosberries shoot like Fosberries...

@rhekman 3 жыл бұрын

I'm freakin out man

@jacobfarley2332 3 жыл бұрын

@@rhekman you are freaking out, man.

@AryDontSurf 3 жыл бұрын

Make a wish, count to three

@nathanphillips3251 3 жыл бұрын

You boys like Mexico?

@Dmasanz 3 жыл бұрын

Fosberry?!? Who ever heard of a Fosberry?

@DoopleDunkus 3 жыл бұрын

Every single inch of that letter at the beginning is sheer perfection. From the Crozier with a helmet stamp, to the letter coming from “My Dope Place.” You truly made something beautiful.

@watchface6836 3 жыл бұрын

I was rewatching Project Lightening when this popped into my sub feed. I'm not sleeping until half past midnight and I don't care.

@planescaped 3 жыл бұрын

I still want to call it Project Lightning.

@john88benson 3 жыл бұрын

43:00 Now roll that beautiful slow-mo footage... With a high enough bore axis to make a Sig blush.

@Odin029 3 жыл бұрын

Since my truck is frozen in place and I can't get to work tomorrow... I might as well watch this primer

@mrjockt 2 жыл бұрын

Saw one of these being used on the range at Bisley back in 1983, everyone was fascinated by it and, luckily, the owner wasn’t too bothered by the crowd that gathered around in order to look at it.

@andik.4235 3 жыл бұрын

C&Rsenal: my source for understanding all the obscure design in firearms. Thanks for being around.

@jamestarbet9608 3 жыл бұрын

Like, and I haven't even watched yet. Guaranteed quality and Guaranteed enjoyment.

@S7eveThePira7e 3 жыл бұрын

Also, apparently now I'm writing a letter to my parents.

@Ross665 3 жыл бұрын

I'll admit, I'm glad I found this series. It's so detailed and informative, plus with Othai's narration and commentary make it really easy to watch.

@BHuang92 3 жыл бұрын

British: Pistol or revolver? Webley: *Yes*

@brancaleone8895 3 жыл бұрын

also Fosbery: Yes

@Dawe360 3 жыл бұрын

Well in Europe pistols can be both semi-automatic and a revolver.

@amerigo88 3 жыл бұрын

In Texas the role a few years ago was that if you qualified for your Concealed Handgun Lucense using a revolver, you were only allowed to carry a revolver. If you qualified with a semiautomatic pistol, you were allowed to carry either. If the Fosberry had caught on, I suppose it would have been a third category. “Son, is that a revolver or a pistol?” “No Dad. It’s a Fosberry.”

@kennethmackintosh4690 3 жыл бұрын

Came for the obscure British revolver, stayed just in case Othias decided to go full Zardoz and wear a red nappy.

@bconneau658 3 жыл бұрын

Can't..... unsee.... Aaaaah my eyyyyyes

@chrismc410 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Sir Sean's Webley a regular Mark VI in that one

@csabaweisz8791 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismc410 it was a fosbery, in one scene he even cocks it by grabbing pulling the barrel-upper assembly, which you can't do on a standard Webley. You could also see the cylinder grooves in that scene

@cargo_vroom9729 2 жыл бұрын

Came to comments to make a Zardoz reference in case there somehow wasn't one.

@davem2369 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, the semi-auto .45 episode everyones actually been waiting for

@oldesertguy9616 3 жыл бұрын

One of the coolest, impractical guns ever. I was going to buy one but my wife insisted on making our mortgage payment instead.

@David-lu4gq 3 жыл бұрын

Sneak a wee portion aside every month. She doesn't need to know. 😉

@88porpoise 3 жыл бұрын

Probably the most ridiculous firearms I know about that went into actual production. But that ridiculousness just adds to the awesomeness of the Webley revolver.

@warrenokuma7264 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh... the Webly, good show old bean!

@l33tg4m3rl0lz 3 жыл бұрын

It's great that the cylinder design is being used on the 3D printed revolving shotgun!

@tylerrex41 3 жыл бұрын

Sean Connery used a Webley Fosbery in the movie Zardoz.

@davidbrennan660 3 жыл бұрын

The era weapon evaluation and procurement process was a little odd back in the day.

@planescaped 3 жыл бұрын

It seems to be a gun that shows up a lot in video games and movies. I think because it is one sexy and powerful looking revolver that is also semi-exotic looking.

@dr.donaldhurley2922 3 жыл бұрын

About the only good thing in that movie!

@alanfhall6450 3 жыл бұрын

Thankfully we were spared Othias cosplaying that. I was slightly worried by the possibility ...

@666Blaine 3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.donaldhurley2922 That, and Charlotte Rampling!

@guaporeturns9472 3 жыл бұрын

Fosberys life would make a good movie , like so many others lives as well. Arthur Savage comes to mind among others.

@TehSquare 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a cool concept, and had it been a bit earlier to the market it might have taken off.

@planescaped 3 жыл бұрын

@Garrison Nichols Hence why he said "had it been earlier" Because had it come 20 years earlier before there were autoloaders, then it would've been a different story,

@planescaped 3 жыл бұрын

@Garrison Nichols Oh I agree with Mae and Othias when they say it's a great civilian gun, and a gun which would have seen far better civilian success had it come 20 years sooner. It was always going to be DOA for militaries.

@Frank-bc8gg 3 жыл бұрын

The life and death of fosbery is tragic in many ways, the life of inventors is one of my favorite parts.

@niklasaskham4208 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been having a hard day. This will cheer me up, thanks guys 👍

@BumroyV2 3 жыл бұрын

Good lord, the number of guns on the wall exploded! Did I miss this earlier or did it just happen this episode?

@fattywithafirearm 3 жыл бұрын

They are gearing up for a large shotgun series. Othias has had to keep quiet(ish) about it so he can get ahold of the shotguns and not have assholes bid up those shotguns arbitrarily on different auction sites. They had a Q&A about that issue several months back

@bakaneko113 3 жыл бұрын

So many shotguns!

@S7eveThePira7e 3 жыл бұрын

It seems like they've doubled between episodes, I agree.

@hyattbusbey3563 3 жыл бұрын

I knew he was doing a shotgun series, but holy hell that's a LOT of shotguns.

@brianj.841 3 жыл бұрын

They've been breeding... be afraid. Be very afraid. ;-)

@Grimmtoof 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great episode, I love the contrast between your professionalism (meticulously researched history and detailed technical descriptions) and regular moments of comedic farce such as that letter. Also until you posted the 300k subscribers podcast I didn’t realise how much you had sacrificed to make this series, my deepest thanks for all your hard work it has certainly helped to greatly expand my knowledge of WW1 firearms. I am really looking forward to your Q &A and happily I have a (hopefully reasonably interesting) question which I have been thinking about for several years and now I finally have an opportunity to ask. I suspect it will be an interesting video to watch.

@turbo-yu6eg 3 жыл бұрын

Oh MY !!! You put one of the shotguns you have been gathering for the new shotgun series between each of the normal rifles on your back wall !!! Are you flexing that you now have all you need to start making that show !?!?!?!?!?!?!?

@chrismc410 3 жыл бұрын

Mateba made one improvement many years later: if the semiautomatic function failed for whatever reason their revolver, it can still be used as a conventional double-action revolver.

@jackusmc2542 3 жыл бұрын

I saw a Fosberry at a gun store in NH in the fall. It was in good condition but the store owner said that he would only take it out of the case if you were going to buy it. It was $14000 so I did not get to handle it.

@elijahaitaok8624 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he ever sold it

@zaney4814 3 жыл бұрын

No time for snail mail when I have a new primer to watch

@redram5150 3 жыл бұрын

That’s the sort of big and heavy gun you’d see in an old black & white Superman episode. One where the Man of Steel stands defiant as bullets harmlessly ricochet off his chest. But once the villain runs out of bullets, he pitches the gun at Superman... who ducks. Cus the bullets can’t hurt him, but a big ass Webley on its own can do some damage. Maybe it was made of Kryptonite

@andreuvidaller7966 3 жыл бұрын

They're teasing us with all the shotguns stacked on the background

@MacDorsai 3 жыл бұрын

Another in depth, well researched, informative and excellent video. Kudos to Mae's shooting...again. As always, an excellent video.

@crankygunreviews 3 жыл бұрын

The mechanics of this revolver are amazing. Such a work of art! I couldn't wait to see the slow mo of Mae shooting, but I did wait, because I wanted to understand it first. Wow that thing is amazing!

@cameronmccreary7697 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful revolver. I first saw it fire on a pistol range in Long Beach, CA, when I was younger and I had a Webley .455 automatic pistol, I was shooting. Both really well made firearms. The Webley .455 Self Loader will also chamber and single fire the .455 Webley revolver cartridge.

@umbraelegios4130 3 жыл бұрын

Mae plus obscure /funky looking weapons always click and like.

@tenofprime 3 жыл бұрын

You know, this reminds me of a duck-billed platypus. A simiauto revolver is just such an odd idea it sounds made up but it exists, and it fills a class with only a few others.

@rwaitt14153 3 жыл бұрын

Zardoz were declared.

@doubleogumby 3 жыл бұрын

Every other Tuesday is my favorite day on KZfaq. (Here's to helping the algorithm)

@fleurdelispens 3 жыл бұрын

I needed a study break from learning about learning, so I decided to learn about a goofy recoil-operated revolver

@thunderflashmartin 3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching an old Bogart movie where a murder weapon was an, "8 shot webley revolver automatic", I remember thinking well they got that wrong ! but they didn't did they !

@tawjackson3079 3 жыл бұрын

Maltese Falcon

@corditechewer 3 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough they did still get it wrong, in the original. From Wiki: Sam Spade then identifies the gun as a "Webley-Fosbery". However, Bogart says it's a "45 caliber, 8 shot," which is not correct because it would have to be a .38 caliber to be 8 shots. The 45 caliber was only 6 shots. In the original book, Sam Spade refers to it as a "Thirty-eight, eight shot.", so the script writer changed it, wrongly, from the original (believing Hammett had made a mistake, and it must be a .45 automatic, like those carried by Elisha Cook's character in the movie.)

@egirlharasser49 3 жыл бұрын

@@corditechewer the one in the movie was a 38. I remember one scene where it was opened and there were 8 chambers

@ghostinthebox 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome revolver- I loved learning more about the history of this!

@Lowlandlord 3 жыл бұрын

Of note, there is apparently some record for speedshooting and loading with this gun and a speedloader. Wikipedia mentions it, but I have heard about it for like 20 years, since I first heard about them as a teenager.

@ogilkes1 3 жыл бұрын

There is a story recorded by Lord Alan Brooke, who became Chief of the Imperial General Staff in WW2. He visited Vimy Ridge on the western front where Churchill, in semi disgrace after Gallipoli, had taken up command of an infantry battalion. Churchill fond of gadgets (he had owned a C96, and later some sort of Colt automatic) was demonstrating a 'rather complicated automatic revolver' which then chain/slam fired. Churchill danced around holding it at the end of its lanyard much to the mirth of Alan Brooke and nearby troops. He was not best pleased. Always wondered, was this a Fosbery, or was it an automatic of some sort, 'revolver' being a term used in some British circles for any sort of pistol. Finally of course, the Fosbery was resuscitated by the Pakistan Hunting and Sporting Arms Development Company in Peshewar a few years back. Made in .455 and 38. Why they chose this handgun is unknown, unless it was to demonstrate their engineering skill. They also made a reproduction of the Tokarev TT33, again uncertain why given its availability as surplus. Sadly the new Fosbery had about as much success as the Webley original. I have one of the .455 guns, which seems very nicely made.

@Waddedupnapkin 3 жыл бұрын

Have I watched this yet? Nope. Have I liked? Heck yeah I have! Keep up the excellent work guys!

@ryanboyer5934 3 жыл бұрын

As always, loving the content that C&Rsenal puts out.

@zebluhrsy5774 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you C&Rsenal for yet another informative and entertaining video. Love your work guys

@cosmicatrophy4648 3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping for a gonzo reference to the Pancor Jackhammer around 12:38 lol

@tsufordman 3 жыл бұрын

I'm spending my precious Texas ice apocalypse electricity on this.

@ChonbaeSun 3 жыл бұрын

There's only one man who dares give me the Webley-Fosbery...

@PadraigTomas 3 жыл бұрын

Does he make your Webley wobbley?

@rlosable 3 жыл бұрын

First thought on seeing the YT alert: I have been waiting for you! Literally looked of you had an episode on this last week :)

@dzejrid 3 жыл бұрын

I love both of you guys and the content you do, but a picture of Crozier in a Brodie was definitely the best part of the whole episode.

@pirththee 3 жыл бұрын

I figured Mae would dress up as Mary Astor for the range segment.

@john-paulsilke893 3 жыл бұрын

Or a Steam Punk cowboy.

@easyfiveOsink 3 жыл бұрын

Better Mary Astor in the Maltese Falcon than Sean Connery in Zardoz...........................

@ProSimex84 3 жыл бұрын

@@easyfiveOsink should've had Othias in the zardoz costume.

@john-paulsilke893 3 жыл бұрын

@@ProSimex84 not Mae? I have the weirdest feeling in my tummy.

@zacharywilson2399 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite sidearms in Battlefield.

@jakubjuza2602 3 жыл бұрын

I love your reprocussions series, but I am veeeery excited for the repeating shotguns. Great episode as always btw. Thank you.

@djinfreemind1966 3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that the recoil sends a much more linear wave up Mae's arm in the slow motion shots. I took note when I first watched this video and went back to some other videos to confirm it. With other guns the recoil wave is much more upward then back. I brought it up because of your comments about it feeling different. Love your stuff as always.

@josephenders1893 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all yall do love your shows. These guns are so cool and bizarre. Got to love the efforts people went to avoid dropping a system, like revolvers, and upgrade everything to a better system, like semi-auto pistols. I can't wait for when you all can get everything in line to do the 1911 episode(s). 👍👍👍

@weshayward7939 3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! I’ve always been sooo interested in these things!

@vive6500 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering when the next video was coming. I always enjoy learning about the history of these firearms.

@davidkatz1503 3 жыл бұрын

A neat handgun that ended up falling short despite a lot of good intentions and hard work. This was an interesting episode, I’m excited to see what’s coming up, I feel like we’re starting to get down to the wire.

@joemorganeatmyshortschannel 3 жыл бұрын

very cool aa top break has always been a want for me and the fosbury hands down is the coolest it was really cool seeing you on fit'n'fire last night and talking to mae too and i really look forward to these have since the beginning of your show.

@Adirondneck 3 жыл бұрын

A fresh Primer on a snow day. Life is complete.

@jameskazd9951 3 жыл бұрын

hell yes a new episode. always makes my day when you guys upload

@enscroggs 3 жыл бұрын

0:03 Be careful, Mae! Those Webley Fosbery wheel guns have been known to fire when closing the action.

@magumba1000 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you folks for an absolutely superb episode ,they were developed a short 20 miles away from where i live in the Gun Quarter of Birmingham,I Have a vague recollection of reading many years ago that the fledgeling Royal Flying Corps pilots and navigators may have purchased some however that would be possibly be private purchase (they were using winchesters and elephant guns in the early days of the RFC which became the RAF in 1918 ! )

@aussiebloke609 3 жыл бұрын

55:55 The locked cylinder also has an advantage in this situation. If the cylinder rotation lug at the bottom is solid and not spring-loaded (hard to see in enough detail to tell, but it looks to be solid), the pistol would be difficult to close without manually lining up the lug with the external cylinder rotation tracks before snapping it into place - and any mistake in alignment could result in accelerated wear of the lug and cylinder, if not immediate damage.

@jeffhickerson4870 3 жыл бұрын

I have always wondered how that zig zag worked. I'd think the friction would make it difficult and oiling it is just asking for trouble as it is external. However, it seems to travel easily with just your hand pushing it back.

@Yance_000 3 жыл бұрын

Always great to see you guys. Love the channel

@johnsaia9739 3 жыл бұрын

So on my bucket list for my C&R collection! Excellent video!

@Horus_the_Lupercal 3 жыл бұрын

I am Rogal Dorn, and this is one of my favorite handguns. And high on the list of guns I will probably never be able to own.

@brendanmak3298 3 жыл бұрын

there's a lotta shotguns at the background :D

@mrdoge9508 3 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this for ages!

@theallamericanmarine 3 жыл бұрын

Love the info I get from all these the episodes.

@1awrenceofarabia 3 жыл бұрын

I had no expectation we'd get a primer on one of these. I'm stoked you folks were able to get your hands on one.

@maewinchester2030 3 жыл бұрын

All thanks to PhoenixPhart, that dude is a natural with guns. I think he did a video with him shooting it upside down and nailing the paddle target.

@jopeteus 3 жыл бұрын

Q&A are my favorite videos. If I can't sleep, I'll just put it on the background and listen to it

@Nesformers 3 жыл бұрын

Dear god, a true unicorn, unique revolver and we get a full episode on it. Thank you guys so much

@nathanbrown8680 3 жыл бұрын

I can see more why this existed now than before the episode, but it's still a pretty high ratio of added complexity to added utility for a revolver.

@jsma9999 3 жыл бұрын

thank you Phoenix Phat for loan and helping the show

@user-ii5im7zm2t 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm sorry Mr. Webley. The King's Army could not adopt your pistol because it did not scratch all of our itches."

@williamhart4896 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your time to research this revolver and nice shooting as always mae

@patrickduis 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice, held one of a Dutch collector last year. There are only a few of them in the Netherlands

@howler6490 2 жыл бұрын

Probably boer war captures...

@patrickduis 2 жыл бұрын

@@howler6490 😂

@gtwannabe2 3 жыл бұрын

If this video doesn't contain footage of Ian running a stage in an orange mankini and thigh-high GoGo boots I will be very... relieved.

@SlavicCelery 3 жыл бұрын

That's a weird way of spelling disappointed.

@88porpoise 3 жыл бұрын

@@SlavicCelery Those aren’t mutually exclusive...

@josiahgibson6373 3 жыл бұрын

@@SlavicCelery I think he meant to say "really livid". Autocorrect messing stuff up again.

@jh8146 3 жыл бұрын

I was totally waiting for someone to make this reference...thank you Sir!

@JF-eu4xz 3 жыл бұрын

Though my mind realises all advantages and superiority of modrern automatic pistols still feel some magic attraction to old revolvers. Always wonder by the variety of amazing technical decisions of Gun designers of the past. Real genius! Thanks for good review and clear english

@wlewisiii 3 жыл бұрын

Oh. My. I never expected this one. Thank you.

@hebrewhooligan5462 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't even watched the video just the first 30sec, and I'm sold. That thing is just beautiful. I don't know what it is but it just looks amazing!

@hebrewhooligan5462 3 жыл бұрын

And just for all the KZfaq asses I'm talking about the gun not the girl. She is pretty but I can't afford her lol.

@taylormiller6903 3 жыл бұрын

Ever time a video drops its like a Christmas morning

@misterthegeoff9767 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure my parents would want to watch this channel. My Dad's the type to resent being taught about British firearms by someone from the former colonies.

@GunFunZS 3 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty harsh summation of him. Perhaps you could pitch it to him that being cosmopolitan has always been one of England's strong suits. Or whichever part of the UK he happens to be from... Maybe he wouldn't be into going full native, but the well-traveled gentleman who's taken experience from afar is a bit of a British trope maybe he could get on board with.

@misterthegeoff9767 3 жыл бұрын

@@GunFunZS the man's in his 70s and an incorrigible racist. he's not going to change now and I don't have the ability to change him.

@GunFunZS 3 жыл бұрын

@@misterthegeoff9767 understandable.