The period between 1850 and 1914 to me was the most interesting and aesthically pleasing era for firearms.
@sjoormen15 жыл бұрын
For all tehnical stuff. At least for me.
@LifeisGood7625 жыл бұрын
This!
@adammessina61824 жыл бұрын
Blueband 8 ditto
@farengarsecret-fire95973 жыл бұрын
Somewhat for me as well. Although, guns of ww2 and even the mp 18 are beautiful to me.
@patricofritz40943 жыл бұрын
@@farengarsecret-fire9597 Ships as well
@crocholiday4095 жыл бұрын
My father just bought one of these that was converted into a shotgun. The tag simply said "Weird french 12 gauge" I think he got it for under 50$.
@rogainegaming69243 жыл бұрын
Make sure he knows to not fire smokeless under any circumstances. We don't want dad to get disfigured.
@alifr40883 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@nazarderkach93203 жыл бұрын
One Russian guy wrote in his blog that his friend had a magazine-fed 20-gauge version of this. Apparently, it can handle modern commercial smokeless loads without any problems, and it's very accurate due to the long barrel.
@jorda2292 жыл бұрын
@@rogainegaming6924 i have it in 16 gauge and it handles smokeless fine
@bushcraft_in_the_north Жыл бұрын
@@jorda229 it is a take down model? yes they are 16/70 and that is a fairly new lenght and indicates that it is made for smokeless powder.
@bennyboy27or2 жыл бұрын
Found a chassepot bayonet yesterday at a antique store thanks to the book! They said what every collector wants to hear, "we don't know anything about it"
@RileyCargo429 ай бұрын
Oh it's just some pos repro sword 20$ best offer
@xristar5 жыл бұрын
The Gras was Greece's service rifle during the Greco-Turkish war of 1897. At the time the Greek Army had a stock of 120,000 Gras and 50,000 Chassepot. Most of the Chassepot were of the Chassepot-Mylonas type, which was a Greek redesign of the Chassepot to fire metallic cartridges. The Gras remained in second line service with the Greek Army until WW2.
@Strelnikov4035 жыл бұрын
Ian, you could completely rebrand FW to "French Weapons", and I'd still watch literally every video.
@LazykidsWorld4 жыл бұрын
*gasps* the truth original name of the channel has been discovered. Mon dieu!
@DenseDust5 жыл бұрын
So if you were killed by this, was it a Coup de Gras? I'll see myself out...
@janwacawik74325 жыл бұрын
Actually A pretty good pun
@M.M.83-U5 жыл бұрын
Shame on you!🤣
@daveweller95795 жыл бұрын
Oooh good one
@ericmathis77405 жыл бұрын
Oh that's horrible.........I love it 😂
@alucardvigilatedismas28685 жыл бұрын
Would shooting someone using this then be considered l'action de Gras?
@trauko13883 жыл бұрын
The Gras was one of the rifles used by the Chilean army to defeat Bolivia and Peru in 1879.
@mattorama5 жыл бұрын
Hardest working man on KZfaq.
@Mildcat7435 жыл бұрын
Has there been any record of a Chassepot reciever making it all the way to the 1874/14 conversion to 8 Lebel? So youd have an 1866/74/80/14?
@lawrencebautista15 жыл бұрын
Yes. Check out C&Rsenal's video about the 1874 Gras.
@dak44654 жыл бұрын
Lol
@genghiskhan68092 жыл бұрын
What a fucking legend anybody would become by owning that thing.
@user-cq4ge5jn1u5 жыл бұрын
450 thousand of Gras were used by Russia due to the lack of repeating rifles in the WW1, btw
@BeelzebulKlendathu4 жыл бұрын
Они были модифицированны, чтобы стрелять алебардами.🙃
@user-ld4qt6ci7b3 жыл бұрын
holy fuck they really were desperate
@nazarderkach93203 жыл бұрын
@@user-ld4qt6ci7b Yes, after the initial defeats of 1914 and 1915.
@nazarderkach93203 жыл бұрын
@@BeelzebulKlendathu Мортирка для отстрела средневековых боевых топоров? Звучит как идеальное оружие для Florida man-a.
@visionaryfirearmsllc99995 жыл бұрын
Love the 350K stretch goal! I hope we get there as that would be amazing to sit down and read with a cocktail.
@k0vert5 жыл бұрын
"I need to get up and mow the lawn" *New Forgotten Weapons video appears* "Ah screw it, the lawn's not going anywhere"
@gunner6785 жыл бұрын
Thankfully I just finished my lawn and tad ahhhhh forgotten weapons appears!
@wastedangelematis5 жыл бұрын
@@gunner678 i still have to plant an aloe Vera, go to the gym, prepare for night shift, find the courage to ask girl out, get a life.... but Ian is top priority obviously
@christopherzarcone13635 жыл бұрын
Quoth the man who’s lawn ran off when he wasn’t looking
@jtarkov13985 жыл бұрын
forgotten lawn
@glynwelshkarelian34895 жыл бұрын
Today on Forgotten Lawns we're looking at a small ex lawn which is now covered with trees, apart from a small patch were archaeologists recently recovered the remains of a male skeleton showing signs of multiple blade traumas with no signs of healing ( Thanks to J Tarkov for the title).
@Mr.Deko864 жыл бұрын
Ian, thank you so much for featuring this rifle!!! It brought back great memories. My family is from Colombia and I was born and raised in Queens, Ny. I used to spend my summers in Colombia and at one of the ranches I would stay at, my uncle showed me how to fire a rifle for the first time. It was a life changing experience. I could hear him say "vamos aprender a ser hombres" = let us learn to be men, but I was only 10 years old then in 1984. Lol. Anyways I was told about how the rifles were build for the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, them purchased by the Colombian army. These also served I big role in Thousand day war in Colombia (I think 1898-1902). They were also used during a time called La Violencia (it came in 3 phases over 2 decades). He was active during this time. Anyways, major blast from the past. Thank you again.
@flamberge87915 жыл бұрын
Hi Ian. Actually, the Gras Mle. 74 did his part on a mayor conflict. In 1879, my country ( Chile) went to war against a Peru and Bolivian alliance in the War of the Pacific, also known as the Saltpeter War. Chile bought Gras rifles made under licence from Waffenfabrik Steyr in Austria. It was one of our two main infantry ordnance rifles then, the other was the belgian Comblain.
@randyrick80195 жыл бұрын
Steyr made a contract of Gras rifles for Greece. A Greek cartouche is on the left of the stock. Carbines, Musketoons, and rifles were made. Steyr also made bayonets for the French rifles. They will bear the enscription on the right side of the blade Usine de Steyr 1876
@Francisco81a Жыл бұрын
Saludos desde Laguna del Desierto, Argentina 🇦🇷
@cbroz7492 Жыл бұрын
...aka rhe 'Bat Guano' War???
@flamberge8791 Жыл бұрын
@@cbroz7492 No, that took place some 8 years earlier. And on that war Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia were allies against Spain.
@TooTallDean11 ай бұрын
@@flamberge8791 Wouldn't Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru all be Spanish speaking countries? So they fought against the "old country "?
@Zorglub19665 жыл бұрын
Gendarmerie=> in peace time, common police tasks in rural aeras, in wartime, police tasks AND provost.Until few years ago the Gendarmerie was under war department supervision, now, it's home minister
@T_bone5 жыл бұрын
And helping nazis... but they apologized, so there's that.
@T_bone5 жыл бұрын
@@Zorglub1966 The gendarmerie have been around for 2000 years?
@ggousier5 жыл бұрын
@@Zorglub1966 So trully. France it's 1500 years of history. But for amnesic persons the History of humanity began at this end of WWII. And all these people who spit on France it's so easy for them. France surrendered blablabla. Where do they come from ? What's their countries did ? In continental Europe all countries have been invaded by Germans. Only England. And why ? Because England is an isle ! And England had got the most powerful european navy. And at the beginning of the war maybe the most powerful navy in the world.
@ggousier5 жыл бұрын
@@T_bone French Gendarmerie already existed in the Middle Ages. But it's modern form is around 1700's.
@olivierpuyou36212 жыл бұрын
@@ggousier Certainly 30 km of anti-tank ditch saved them, on the other hand the millions of tons of arms, ammunition, food, vehicles not even sabotaged abandoned to the Germans during the "miracle of Dunkirk", were surely very much appreciated by the Nazis.
@carlistasycia5 жыл бұрын
These guns still saw first line service during the Spanish Civil War, with the republican side in the Asturias front 1936-1937.
@alexisdeleon95125 жыл бұрын
Oh yes the Gras. I don't know of any youtube videos where the Gras is looked at this deeply. Thank you very much Ian and Co. For your work in history.
@giovannibattistaponzetto58605 жыл бұрын
Ian, the Gendarmerie is from a legal standpoint similar to Italian Carabinieri: as a part of the standing Army, the Carabinieri are subject (and actually enforce, since one of the responsibilities are to act as Military Police) to NATO standards and Geneva convention, which somewhat limits the weapons and ammo they can actually use.
@leonardlallemand54592 жыл бұрын
i don't know for the carabineri, but the gendarmerie even tho is technicaly a branch of the army, only serves as regular police, and very rarely if ever interact with the other military, the main difference is that gendarmes are more often found in rural areas and working on highways, but rarely in big city (exept recently to do crowd control anti-riot mission alongside the regular police) the reason they exist in the first place today is because they can do the same job than regular police exept that they alows the government to spend less money in the police budjet as they're part of the army, therefore their budjet is the army budjet, thus, they usualy have better equipement and training than the police.
@giovannibattistaponzetto58602 жыл бұрын
@@leonardlallemand5459 same in Italy, most of the headcount is in the territorial units and public order batallions
@leonardlallemand54592 жыл бұрын
@@giovannibattistaponzetto5860 oh interesting, i just went once in italy 11 years ago and the only law forces that i saw there were mostly carabineri so i tought they were closer to national police than in france.
@olivierpuyou36212 жыл бұрын
@@leonardlallemand5459 The big difference is that the gendarmes can be deployed in theaters of war, the GIGN has been deployed in Afghanistan among others. No police union, no audible political opinion. It's the army and all the gendarmes are ipso facto judicial police officers, another nuance, they can shoot to kill without having to render accounts and not only in case of self-defense. They are the only ones authorized to arrest an officer of the French army, the national police does not have the right to do so.
@jasonz7788 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video thanks Ian
@iLLeag7e5 жыл бұрын
That cover design on your book is PERFECT. Props to the artist :)
@ForgottenWeapons5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! After we got his cover art, we ended up hiring him to do the whole layout, and it's looking awesome. :)
@iLLeag7e5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it's all going so well man. Your channel is amazing; been watching for years. Thanks for all of your hard work and be well Ian :))
@gunner6785 жыл бұрын
Chapeau sur la livre et bon chance Ian!
@JohnBaxendale5 жыл бұрын
As usual, a wealth of knowledge imparted in a short space of time - brilliant, thank you! :)
@ChaplainPhantasm5 жыл бұрын
I have waited for this moment! Ian writing a book, awesome! Also, that's a very nice design and a very nice rifle.
@olivierpuyou36212 жыл бұрын
During the First World War, second line or territorial units were equipped with Gras rifles, the losses in men and materials having been such that "modern" rifles were available only in small quantities. I'm sure that even during the second war the Gras had to be assigned to non-vital posts, style municipal police...
@HistoryFREAK18155 жыл бұрын
H&C in France makes a really nice kit for reloading ammunition for this rifle.
@HistoricalWeapons Жыл бұрын
awesome work Ian
@AsbestosMuffins5 жыл бұрын
Something about this particular example of this gun being outdated when it was new seems totally relevant today still
@peninsulahomerenovations96805 жыл бұрын
Looks like you reached your Kickstarter goal, congratulations.
@johnitsumi37725 жыл бұрын
Encore une très bonne vidéo !
@XFourty75 жыл бұрын
Congrats so far on the kickstarter, doing pretty damn good there Ian! :P
@loupiscanis94495 жыл бұрын
Thank you , Ian .
@thebotrchap5 жыл бұрын
Your 1866-74 rifle wasn’t rebarrelled, the chamber was bored out and fitted with a chamber sleeve. When replacing the barrel they would not restamp the original Chassepot production year. Occasionally a rebarrelled 1866-74 will have the barrel marked with an N but not always.
@ForgottenWeapons5 жыл бұрын
Yup, you're right - I fumbled it in the video.
@davidwallace57385 жыл бұрын
Great video and info. Thank you sir.
@dezeekat5 жыл бұрын
Merci monsieur GunJesus, tres cool
@proteus21035 жыл бұрын
Dell yan (amiright?)
@huyngoc402 жыл бұрын
In the Indochina war at vietnam pre-August Revolution, the resistance in Huong Khe ( a town in Ha Tinh province, Viet Nam), captain Cao Thang has capture this gun in a crossfire, he call all the best alchemist on all the Tradition Iron Forging village in Ha Tinh to Copy it and make their own verson and produced more than 360 rifle for all the resistance named Cao Thang Rifle , this gun is 96℅ same as the original, except it haven't got the spiral groove and the gun Barrel make from the umbrella
@justsceptic30852 жыл бұрын
toujours ingenieux les vietnamiens!
@FreeAmericaChannel5 жыл бұрын
I have an Artillery Carbine that was modified (butchered) by Saudi Bedouin that I got in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. It is marked Mle 1874 and dated on the barrel 1882. I would love to find some 11mm black powder ammo for it.
@eVVigilance5 жыл бұрын
Buffalo Arms makes it. Really good stuff, but 4 bucks a shot. Reloading it is much cheaper after...
@FreeAmericaChannel5 жыл бұрын
@@eVVigilance Thanks for that tip! I think they have .577/450 for my Martini Henry as well. I should have looked there.
@soldatdemarine48014 жыл бұрын
Hello Ian. Thanks for this video. Merci beaucoup 👍 🇫🇷⚓🇺🇲 Cordialy
@HandleMyBallsYouTube5 жыл бұрын
I find it kind of funny that the French word for rifle is Fusil, which afaik comes from the older word foisil meaning piece of flint. Fusilier originally meant a specific soldier, who in an age where most musketeers had matchlocks, carried early types of flintlocks known as dog locks, so essentially Fusil originally meant a flintlock firearm. It's also interesting how long they held on to the term musketoon, since the thing obviously isn't a musketoon in the original sense of the word.
@ianfinrir87242 жыл бұрын
Adding onto that, the word "Grenade" comes from the French for "Pomegranate" as the cross section of early grenades looked much like a sliced open pomegranate.
@BeasBotBonanza5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these two videos Ian! Now I will be able to tell what my rifle is with the length and if it has the receiver cut.
@JerryEricsson5 жыл бұрын
Damn, so do I, just had my riding mower repaired, my nieces son drove down from 60 miles away to fix it for me, he did a great job but I was to tired out to mow, then yesterday it rained, don't mow wet grass, makes a mess and hard on machinery, today it's so damn foggy I would need to turn on the fog lights on my mower, and since it doesn't have fog lights, guess I have a good excuse to keep learning about French rifles. Funny when I was a kid back in the 60's it seemed all old battle rifles not made in the USA were called Mauser's. There were, of course the German Mauser, the Japanese Mauser, and all sorts of other Mauser's. Of course the British Rifles were called Engfield's so we did have that right, the only French Mauser I ever saw was hanging on the wall of my friends dad's wall, he brought it home from the war, said he couldn't get ammo for it but it was a cool looking rifle. Back then I thought it was just garbage, who would want a rifle they could not use?
@xSCREAiVi123 Жыл бұрын
KZfaq would be worthless without you bro. Keep it up.
@joebaumgart1146 Жыл бұрын
I own one of these for home defense and hunting. All original and works like brand new.
@the_hope_of_balarat11093 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Looking at your video, I've got the Artillery Musketoon version of the M 1866-74 Gras that was converted from the Chassepot, also got the M.80 upgrade. It's missing the bayonet lock, but there are faint marks on the barrel in the right place to make me think that the lock was ground off at some point. The stock has been pretty heavily beaten up and decorated with brass studs, but I can see the remains of both the primary stamp with the plug and the secondary conversion stamp. My dad picked the gun up in Saudi Arabia in the early 70s. Ideas on how a French rifle ended up in the Middle East, Forgotten Weapons?
@lawrencebautista15 жыл бұрын
The curved rail on the side of the bolt engaging the screw in the receiver is actually for primary extraction.
@ITSMRFOXY3 жыл бұрын
This was the rifle used in the war in the pacific by chilean forces. Huge respect to the Gras rifle!!
@donaldasayers5 жыл бұрын
I really wish I were interested in French military rifles, it looks a great book.
@williammichaelsexton5 жыл бұрын
Ian, will you do a video on the Gras Manufrance .22 trainer that I sold you?
@rodentRoundup5 жыл бұрын
"The crammed a bunch of bullets and powder into the barrel and blew it up. They also did real tests."
@2tommyrad4 жыл бұрын
Sweet... I just picked up a 1881 Gras Bayonet. Nice to see the rifle it belonged to. thx
@survivalcomms5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video ! Definitely the best of breed in content on this genre. Thanks for sharing !
@jackgoodrich69224 жыл бұрын
I own a gras bayonet so it's nice to see what rifles it could have been used on, it was made in st ettienne in 1879
@Stark5785 жыл бұрын
Got to say, the book cover is really nice)
@NRJenzenJones5 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the next two planned as well? www.headstamppublishing.com/publications
@Gameprojordan2 жыл бұрын
I love that artillery carbine. Very small and handy
@havareriksen1004 Жыл бұрын
By the sound of it, it seems like the Artillery musketoon was the PDW of the day.
@BashingBambi5 жыл бұрын
Conversions to 12 bore appear sometimes over here.
@LeFeuauxpoudres5 жыл бұрын
Le Gras c'est la vie!
@durandil5 жыл бұрын
Elle est où la poulette ?
@Thunderous1175 жыл бұрын
Who fires a 540 grain black powder charge with 6 bullets like WHAT how is that remotely considered for a "safety test" instead of a "hold my beer test"
@nettles895 жыл бұрын
Well..."hold my pinot noir."
@marshaul5 жыл бұрын
Here's my guess: by this point it had been observed (notably in the American Civil War, but likely elsewhere as well) that recruits manually loading paper cartridges would often experience a failure to fire for whatever reason and would continue going through the motions of loading as ordered by their sgt. They would then end up with several (6 was not unheard of) bullets stacked in the bore, likely because remedial action was not practical in a battle line and sgts would be expecting to see everyone loading, aiming, etc. So, this way if a rifle in this state is simply loaded and fired, it -- and the shooter -- can be expected to survive. Actually, really smart thinking. Of course this failure no longer occurs with brass cartridges, but the proofing requirements may not have been updated yet in consideration of this fact.
@Kaboomf5 жыл бұрын
@@marshaul yes, that sort of testing was not uncommon. I read somewhere about a Belgian gunmaker who didn't think the then newfangled Remington Rolling Block looked safe, so he tested one by loading a massive overcharge of black powder and ramming the rest of the bore entirely full of bullets all the way to the muzzle. He was apparently trying to blow one up as "proof" of his own designs being stronger. He pulled the trigger with a long piece of string.... and noted in his journal that "nothing particularily exciting happened".
@jonmeray7135 жыл бұрын
Lol so thats why no one calls rolling blocks weak. Ive never heard anyone say it.
@gcart76754 жыл бұрын
thats what a proof test is ya know they just took it to extreme levels
@leebuchanan45064 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on how to properly clean the Gras infantry rifle
@tomlamparty94215 жыл бұрын
Got to watch two ADs before your video played! Hopefully you will get a bit for that!
@jannovotny96305 жыл бұрын
Great video. I really wish I could get your book, but kinda strapped for cash right now. What are the fancy letters on the bolts? Is it just serial prefix or are they arsenal codes (similar to Chassepot) or something different entirely?
@antivalidisme56695 жыл бұрын
My Saint-Estèphe glass is ready for the show- Yeah I'm a Médoc and Pessac-Léognan guy- ! Thank you so much Ian. Stumbled upon a shortened 1886 M 93 8*50mm Lebel yesterday, around 950 mm as far as I can remember, not in a great shape unfortunately but still it appears those guns had a long and dense history from North Africa to the Balkans and Greece in WW2. Saved the photos in case of! Congratz for the KStarter, awesome!
@sickre5 жыл бұрын
Please make a series of these books, collectable, with the same design style covering different topics/guns/countries. Partner with authors and editors if necessary.
@NRJenzenJones5 жыл бұрын
See here: www.headstamppublishing.com/publications
@mouse4545 жыл бұрын
Cavalry trigger guard like a cavalry sabre I suppose
@rizaradri3165 жыл бұрын
I assume the next french rifle you gonna talk about is MAS-49
@RalphReagan5 жыл бұрын
Now I like the Gras and want one!
@evann11365 жыл бұрын
Do an in range video comparing this to similar era winchesters
@xhabaftiadvan685 жыл бұрын
Ian please make a video on chinesse type 63 assult rifle
@DaveLennonCopeland5 жыл бұрын
Hi Ian, been watching you for a couple of years now. I once asked you if you had ever fired a black powder weapon, you said "Of course"... Have you ever made a weapon (home-made gun)? and, have you ever had a serious gun malfunction (exploding gun)? Just a couple of curious questions, as there are many YT videos on these 2 subjects... :)
@TheKlink5 жыл бұрын
what's the most number of times a single rifle ended up being upgraded?
@andrewcrump34995 жыл бұрын
It’s a shame that Gras didn’t get any royalties for his design
@Actually_Robin5 жыл бұрын
I like the bulky Bolt handle
@dongochoangkhang3 жыл бұрын
Gras rife also being copy by cao thang during Huong khe uprising it call Cao Thang rifle
@SangTheCryptek5 жыл бұрын
Never backed anything on kickstarter, but since I know this book is coming out, and I'd like to own it, I pledged. Says it will ship in October but there's no part where I put in shipping info. Does that come later?
@ForgottenWeapons5 жыл бұрын
Yup - it will ask you for shipping info at the end of the campaign (June 1)
@ILikeTheThingsIDo5 жыл бұрын
So this is just Ian in a room with all of his really old french guns.
@alexanderthomas26605 жыл бұрын
Currently 1158 orders for the signed book… Someone's going to get a sore hand!
@SNOUPS45 жыл бұрын
I know muskets are not your cup of tea, but will there be a video on the Charleville muskets some day to complete the series on french infantry firearms?
@jodc27604 жыл бұрын
Too difficult : finding a pre-1777 musket needs a LOT of luck. And it seems there are no modèle 1717 and 1728 left.
@jonathonconnors90275 жыл бұрын
So I need someone's help here, I have one of these rifles (infantry version I'm assuming) but it's missing its stock all together. Everything moves and works so I hate not having the whole thing together but I dont know what to do from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated
@kovona5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a potential woodworking project.
@Ceadda12203 жыл бұрын
I'm excited to get my "new" Gras today...
@sebstiangoriesky52652 жыл бұрын
"They also made a African Carbine, which I don't have to show you YET" That's what that book money is for Ian.
@Sal1625 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@denisecanaday56779 ай бұрын
Did you ever make a video about the French Model 1885 ?
@jeanlouisauberttv2445 жыл бұрын
Grreat Video as always. I would like to add a little precision about what is being said at 1:06. People often say Alsace-Lorraine was lost but in fact it was only Alsace-Moselle. Alsace is a region composed of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin while Lorraine is composed of Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse and Vosges. Losing the region of Lorraine entirely and only the Moselle department would mean losing a 2 times larger territory. Greetings from France, i salute your interest in our country and language ! :)
@TotalRookie_LV5 жыл бұрын
I'm as fan of shorter rifles, thus the prettiest of those IMO in Gendarmerie one, as artillery one is a bit too short.
@thkarape5 жыл бұрын
Yay the national rifle of greece
@HWH9993 жыл бұрын
Love the videos, just a small well meaning comment on the French to help you improve: the d is silent in "gendarmerie à pied"
@wilfredprins97184 жыл бұрын
How to find out which model a Gras 1874 is carbine or musketon, is there a serial number list online?
@Macuiran3 жыл бұрын
I think I found 2 Grass rifle bullets from 1874. Can someone help me identify them? They were found in an archaeological excavation in northeastern Colombia. They both have rings at their base. Thanks
@Lecruque8 ай бұрын
I have a bayonet for those as a family member used to have this as a service rifle long ago. To my surprise when I went to visit my inlaws in Colombia, they had the same bayonet hanging on the wall. What are the odds… 😮
@ggousier5 жыл бұрын
In 1874 French army adopted Gras rifle at the same time in 1873 US army adopted Springfield trapdoor. I'm french and this time it's my turn to laugh buddies ! ;)
@KPen37505 жыл бұрын
Hey, I know this sounds weird to request you to do certain firearms, but if it is at all possible, can you do 3 videos (separately) on the lMG08/18, MG14/17 Parabellum and the Bergman MG15 N.a. I feel like since BF1, I think many are more interested in these weapons that until then, haven’t really been heard of (in my case at least) and I have seen pictures that prove they all still exist (the 08/18 was the rarest certainly) if not, I completely understand.
@joshjamesguitar4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, the house gras he grew up in is about 7km from me.
@WhiteDieselShed3 жыл бұрын
Old video but can anyone name the original carbine at 5:32 Before it was converted. Dad left one to me when he passed away, left in my mums loft which is a fair distance away. I didnt think it was that old until I watched this today. Its in its original state not converted. Thanks.
@greenmagic8ball1985 жыл бұрын
Was the Gras ever used in the Spanish American War? I have a friend who has a Gras bayonet from his great uncle who supposedly got it in Cuba.
@Treblaine4 жыл бұрын
What a crazy concept, you pay the cost of something new and GET something new.
@ptegrus54244 жыл бұрын
Ian, where il can order your book in France ? I ear that there is a French Version?
@wilfredprins9718 Жыл бұрын
What is the length of the barrels from the different models?
@carydagnese54844 жыл бұрын
Any idea ware I can get a 1874 Gras extractor? Seem to be nowhere. I checked everywhere
@alanaliyev456GT3 жыл бұрын
I use it often in my club
@TJWDawg5 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I wasn't able to purchase it, but I found a Gras in a gun-shop a month or two ago that had been converted to a .22
@jtarkov13985 жыл бұрын
Bubba'd
@denisecanaday56779 ай бұрын
Would the Vitali magazine system have worked on the Gras and did the French ever make smokeless 11mm rounds ?
@WhattAreYouSaying2 ай бұрын
I don't see why not. In 1914, in the beginning of WW1, the French planned to modify the Gras rifles with a 3-shot Berthier magazine. But this never happened because they decided to focus on producing new rifles instead of modifying obsolete ones. But some Gras rifles was actually modified to fire the smokeless 8x50 Lebel cartridge in 1914. That model is called the M14 Gras. They just took a Lebel barrel and put it on a Gras, added a handguard and new sights. It's still a single shot rifle though.