Very true

Also why mismatched bolts are very common.

the bolts had to be removed for shipment when you take the bolt out the dust cover becomes loose this probably was an annoyance so they werent shipped with the guns.

Yeah that one’s a classic, may have to bring it up on the next video like this. And thank you!

Ping!!! New subscriber!!! US Model of 1917 is the best bolt action rifle. Allegedly. I still haven’t fired my UF55 series Mummy Enfield yet. Cosmoline still packed in the action from the factory.

Thank you kindly!

I feel your pain man 😂

Kinda the opposite, but the Army in BCT being obsessed with getting rifles carbon free led to people using steel pieces to scrape at the bolt and BCG, which slowly runins the Parkerized finish

Thank you kindly!

BTW... New subscriber. Curious which sub-region of the Great Northwest do you call home?

Thank you kindly! I’m in Oregon, near Portland (unfortunately) love the state but hate the politics. On the guns with chrysanthemums I have been very fortunate, got both a Type 99 and Type 38 with the mum 👍🏻

@GreatNorthwestWeaponry Also Oregon, similarly situated and sentimented, but without Arisakas.

@shawnsiltala5730 then you, my friend, must obtain Arisakas. Check out The War Front on 99E (same parking lot as The Bomber) they can hook you up 👍🏻

That is definitely a topic I plan on getting into at some point! Whether in a short or a full video. Thanks for watching!

You’re not wrong, it just amazes me how persistent some of those old tales are. Half of the Fuddlore I’ve heard was being told to me by someone closer to my own age (the other half from a select few genuine “fudds)

Thank you kindly! The funny thing about the 1911 is my best modern handgun was a Sig 1911, but after owning two that were sub-par at best I started thinking the first one may have been a fluke. Thanks again!

Glock has definitely earned their reputation for reliability, in spite of how uncomfortable and blocky they are lol

Thanks for watching! The gun room is my pride and joy, definitely what the channel is most known for 👍🏻

Thank you kindly!

Lol

Who knows man, people are crazy

One thing about a revolver, if you have a misfire, just pull the trigger again, with a semiautomatic pistol, a defective cartridge requires that the slide must be manipulated somehow. Which action might be easier and more instinctual to perform in high stress situation, and needs no practice or training?

Sounds like a crappy excuse for not training.

@@MrNexor-cj8gs So, you ridicule facts you don't like. Got it.

Maybe lol, yeah I think you know the place

That is always the thing to consider is what is best for you, if you are happy with it than more power to you 👍🏻

2.5” S&W Model 19 - Sweet! Excellent choice in my opinion.

I love it. It's an '84 that I bought in the late '80s. Very smooth da pull and sa is light and crisp. @@jcg5571

Thank you for the reply. I'll be looking forward to seeing more of your content. Is a 6-shot da revolver the best defensive handgun? No, not for many people but it works for me. Mine has an extremely smooth da trigger pull and I can hit what I'm aiming at firing in double action. Also it's always ready, no worries with safties or safe-action-triggers that may not be so safe. Finally, this particular revolver has saved me from two robbery attempts without a shot fired. I'm not trading it for a Glock 26 any time soon. 😀@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry

That is another option for why many of them would have lost the dust cover for sure 👍🏻

Agreed

Sounds like somthing a racist Communists would say /s

I do know two dudes that will genuinely argue that the 1911 was what determined our victory in both World Wars and I find it hilarious. Thanks for watching!

What the Fud indeed 😂

Man I need some more international Fudd Lore, so many things have been passed along as “fact” it’s insane

Magazine failures are definitely more common than catastrophic failures, I suppose the point I was driving at is that revolvers aren’t infallible. Particularly in mud. In more controlled environments they are definitely less likely to fail, but in a less controlled environment the likelihood of a failure is both greater and more problematic

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry that I can absolutely agree with I’ve just always heard the fudd lore and then heard rebuttals and I guess while I don’t carry a revolver because of lower capacity, the double action trigger, and slow reloads I also have to admit that I’ve never had any malfunctions with my modern revolver’s…likewise I’ve never had catastrophic malfunctions with any auto loaders…thank you

Revolvers aren’t any more of less likely to have catastrophic failures than a pistol. The difference is that if something breaks in a revolver, you generally aren’t going to get it up and running again. I’ve had a spring break inside the frame that made it so I had to take the frame screws out and replace the spring before the hammer would cock. I’ve had multiple cases of the ejector rod loosening up and jamming the cylinder up. And on the newer S&W’s with the “safety lock”, I have seen a .44 Magnum lock itself up from recoil and needing the user to dig out his key to unlock the revolver. The general difference I point out between the two is this; pistols are more likely to have a malfunction, but most of the time it will be one you can correct (ie tap and rack, change magazines, etc.). A revolver is less likely to malfunction, but if it does, it either keeps chugging along (ie bad ammo means you just pull the trigger again and the cylinder rotates go a good round) or it is now just a steel club (ie internal spring broke or ejector rod is loose and now the revolver can no longer fire, and needs you to sit down and open it up or you need a gunsmith to help you).

Ah the old “Jap Crap” legends (their words, not mine) definitely heard that circulated a bit. I will grant that they often don’t function as well as early examples, but they are only truly unsafe if you don’t know how they operate (the Nambu Type 94 is the prime example of this)

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponryNo, I’m talking about confusing Cadet “not to be loaded with ANYTHING” and last ditch rifles.

​@@samiam619that was really genius engineering on the Japanese part, make a training rifle able to load real ammo that will blow it up. Maybe it was actually a last ditch suIcide grenade

Lol it is insane that so many of these still persist, in the face of being proved beyond any doubt to be false

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry The ones I hear the most often up here are the following: "All you gotta do is rack a pump shotgun and it'll scare the bad guys away!" "Dat mossberg foreend is so damn rattly it'll scare the deer away!" "5.56 is just a poodle shooter! Back in MUH day we used the ol' FNs! (Our FN FAL Variant, the C1 rifle) and dem things were WAY better and had more STAWPPIN POWAH dan those GAHBAGE C7s (M16 variant) with dem plastic stocks and plastic mags (We adopted thermold mags with the C7. Huge mistake)!" "Dem commie guns are gahbage rods dat can't hit a broad side of a barn!" "Revolvers never jam, sonny!" "5.56 is designed to wound, not kill!" (I Was seriously told this during my basic training, couldn't help but roll my eyes after hearing that. They kept repeating average number of rounds fired vs kills as proof that 5.56 is too weak, despite our doctrine literally requiring us to fire multiple rounds just to keep a guys head down) Shockingly, a LOT of fuddlore has it's origins from the military and law enforcement world. And some of it has SOME basis in fact, but is either no longer accurate OR was never true to begin with.

@burnyburnoutze2nd that is what makes this complicated to talk about for a civilian like me, enough of these myths have military origins that without fail someone will think you are disrespecting the military by calling it out as false. See the segment about Arisaka dust covers, there are swarms of people that come out shouting “but my grandpa was there and he said…” etc. The fact is, being in the military or police doesn’t automatically make you an expert in firearms history. I know plenty of military and police veterans that are, but I know plenty that aren’t. Side note, I may have to reference a few that you listed next time I do this, there’s some gold in there lol

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry I learned that the hard way after joining the Canadian Forces that just because someone is military or law enforcement, that it doesn't automatically mean that they are firearms experts. The vast majority of people who join military or LEO have little to no firearms experience whatsoever. There's even some military lore that is the cause of things like hating a certain service weapon because it has stoppages constantly. In our case, the browning Hi power pistol, which is only recently started getting replaced by a Sig Sauer P320 variant. The ones we use are all John Inglis produced 1944 to 1950s era guns that have been used and abused constantly for 80+ years, it's a friggen miracle they even function at all after all of that haha. Because of that, many guys whos only experience with the hi power is a negliected and abused 1940s era gun hate the hi power in general, in a very similar veign to vets who hate the M9 and Beretta 92 family entirely for similar reasons.

note im not saying revolvers are unreliable they very much are ive never had this happen to me personally hunting shooting or otherwise. Im saying it is very possible to have a jam. the only pistol ive had jam is a semi auto but again that doesnt mean revolvers are automatically a better tool or weapon.

Oh it definitely can be repaired, I guess what I was driving at is IF a revolver fails it is more often something that the average gun owner can’t fix on the fly or easily clear in combat. Thanks for watching!

Thank you sir!

Forget the mag, more moving parts. 1911s jam considerably more often than modern Glocks, Walthers or most other modern pistols and that just is what it is

I think what he was saying with double stack is that it is higher capacity so it is generally considered a pro for them.

Unfortunately, this is also fuddlore. Modern striker fired pistols are much more user-friendly than revolvers. Modern striker fired pistols: 1) You insert the magazine, rack the slide, and pull the trigger. 2) When the gun is empty, you push a button, insert a new magazine, pull the slide to the rear, and pull the trigger. 3) If the gun isn't empty but you want to top it off, you push a button and insert a fresh magazine. That's all. Easy. Now, let's look at revolvers: 1) You push (or pull, in some cases) the cylinder release, manually open the cylinder, insert each round individually (unless you are using speed strips or a speed loader-both of which are finicky and difficult to use under stress, and depending on your grips, you may not even be able to use a speed loader-but if you do, it adds another step to learn and remember-actuating the release on the speed loader), close the cylinder, then pull the trigger. 2) When the gun is empty, you repeat all of those steps, however many it ends up being PLUS bop the ejector rod. So, six steps at minimum (if you're using a speed loader), which is twice as many as the three steps it takes to reload an auto pistol. 3) If you want to top off your revolver, repeat all steps in #2. Minimum of six steps vs. the two it takes to top off an auto pistol. First learning curve point goes to auto pistols. So we've covered loading and reloading, but also bear in mind that with a revolver, you have to go through this entire process every six rounds (five if you're working with a J frame), whereas you only have to fiddle with it every 15 rounds (give or take) with a striker fired pistol. Consider the amount of focus that is being hogged up by doing all of those steps three times more frequently than with an auto pistol-especially under stress. Now, onto the subject of shooting the thing: 1) Hammers. Do we always cock them, never cock them, or only cock them under certain circumstances? The hammer is a whole other mechanism (that striker fired pistols remove from the equation) that can cause confusion and difficulties for the layman shooter because it directly relates to... 2) The revolver's trigger pull, which in double action can be INCREDIBLY difficult for a new shooter to get the hang of. And let me tell you, if you go to the range and practice shooting single action, you aren't going to hit anything you intend to if you ever need to use your revolver in a hurry and under pressure. Point being, you have to master your trigger in double action-for consistency, if nothing else. Again, the learning curve point goes to the easy to learn, consistent trigger pull of a striker fired pistol, being short, of a reasonable weight, with a reset that isn't situated at the farthest possible stage of the trigger pull, and all of that not being contingent on adding the extra step of cocking the hammer. SO, once they've mastered their double action trigger pull, they still aren't going to hit easily because... 3) Most revolver sights suck-especially the blade and trough sights found on most self defense or duty revolvers. Often, these sights can not be upgraded to something more user friendly without sending the revolver off to a gunsmith because the sights on these types of revolvers tend to be milled into the gun vs say, a glock, where there are probably a hundred aftermarket sights available that are basically drop in with a few simple tools. 4) Not only are defensive revolver sights generally awful, but they usually come attached to a cartoonishly short barrel, which means an incredibly short sight radius that amplifies every slight sight alignment error, thereby dramatically increasing misses, and often, missing by a lot. What I'm getting at is that this little nugget of fuddlore needs to go away. I couldn't tell you how many times I've heard some guy say that a snub nose J frame is the perfect gun for his wife because its easier to operate than an automatic. Buddy, I promise you I've told them all the same thing-if a woman can operate the controls of an automobile, she can certainly operate the few simple controls on a Glock. Hell, she can operate the controls on an automobile while doing 75 mph through traffic while putting on makeup, changing stations on the radio, and drinking hot coffee...lol. There are three controls on a glock, and you really only need to use two of them. Of course, these are the same guys who tell their wives to keep the gun in her purse. You know, that bag that they can never find anything in when they need it😅 Fact is, the most likely crime that will be committed against them is having that purse stolen, so that's reason enough not to keep your gun in there, but I digress... Now it probably sounds like I'm anti-revolver, but I assure you that I'm not. I love revolvers. I love shooting revolvers. I love collecting revolvers. When I get home, I take off my Glock 19 holster and put on Ol' Trusty-my 3" S&W performance center model 60. I have spent a lot of time and ammo training with that gun, though, and I can say with certainty that becoming proficient with it came with a MUCH steeper learning curve than my Glocks. So, sorry for my rambling on. I'm not trying to be a smarmy asshole. I'm just a guy on a mission to dismantle fuddlore in all it's forms and hopefully, someday, we can look back on it as a quaint memory from gun culture past. Cheers🫡

​@@CMDR.Gonzo.von.Richthofen I enjoyed reading that.

@@bringbacktradition6470 I'm glad somebody did lol

Just becuase some agencies still use it, for may cover of your self defence needs, doesn't mean there aren't far better choices for the same price I've seen Mosin Negants still getting used by many militaries, including Russians, doesn't mean it's a very viable choice

Of course there will ALWAYS be a better choice. You have an AR-15, I’ve got an M240. This guy has a revolver. This guy has a Glock. This guy has a savage 338 lapua. This other guy has a .50 cal. Guns are separated into categories for a reason. This isn’t a tier list. Guns do not belong on a tier list. They are built for purpose. Grizzly bears get put down with lever guns. Bad guys either get an autoloading pistol or rifle. Some people just want pocket pistols. Some people want a 500 S&W magnum. If the gun is still being produced. En mass. It has a purpose. Better or not holds no weight when the categories for guns is so unbelievably broad you can’t even attempt to have a tier list. They’re still making them and people are still buying them.

I think the real thing is to look at the weapons that special forces select. As I am British I wall frame the reply relevant to the SAS and SBS. The selection of weapons by special forces is not based on cost but on which weapon is best for the mission thus the SAS used Hi-powers as their back up weapon for hostage rescue in the 70s and 80s. Why because it was the best weapon for the task. They often would get weapons specially made for a role in a mission where the total number produced would be very low numbers like less than 50.

Sorry to see you go

Lighten up merle.

You aren't missed.

It helps me