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Mistakes Can Kill Ya L. L’Amour

I have always been fascinated with the Walsh revolver. It is such an anachronistic system even in its own time. Superimposed charges were common all the way back to the 15th century with Wheel lock pistols but kinda died out around the late 17th century when experimenting with actions and repeating firearms became more common. To see a revolver use a Superimposed charge system in the 1860s is so bizzare and so novel it catches my attention. I would still never want one since it really isn't that great of a pistol. From what I understand, it was pretty similar to the Volcanic in terms of power

@@Courier-Six Reading Louis L’Amour’s novels you get acquainted with a lot of unusual weapons. Jubal Sackett’s Lorenzoni pistols The Ferguson Rifle. Le Matt And the Walsh are some I’ve seen.

@@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 I love his novels. I read about the Model 3 S&W in a couple of his books. I called an FFL buddy to get me a 44 Model 3 Russian in usable condition. He started looking. I started looking for 44 brass, a machinist buddy made a tool to cut down 44 Spl and Mag brass so I could feed it. I bought lead Round Nose bullets, BP, and primers from my Buddy I had 500 loaded when he found it and got it in. He handed me the gun, I had paid him $850 he got for less and gave me the change. I walked out back to the range, and shot my reduced loads. I kept that gun until my wife was sick and I had to sell it and 2 Second Gen 45 SAAs to pay bills. I'm saving up to buy the Repro Russian now.

LOL!!! I want to buy a Pepperbox!

@@ArizonaGhostriders Cabelas usually has them and they're not terribly priced either.

@@SmallCaliberArmsReview Oh...no.

@@ArizonaGhostriders if you pick one up, you can blame it on me. Lol!

You wouldn't. You'd just have to carry...MORE! Like the Guerillas.

@@ArizonaGhostriders it wasn’t a lack of food that made them so skinny in those days… it was all the weight of those smoke wagons!!

Yep, kind of hard without speedloaders or speed strips. 😁

Yep, kind of hard without speedloaders or speed strips. 😁

Yep, kind of hard without speedloaders or speed strips. 😁

LOL!!! Yes. Thanks, pardner

Hi Rusty! I hope you have in a great weekend.

Clement Vallandigham killed himself proving his client's innocence by replicating the circumstances of what proved to be an accidental shooting. It involved a pocket revolver, a hammer resting on a loaded chamber, and said hammer getting caught on the victim's clothing as he drew it out during a barfight.

That harmonica rifle was a new one for me. I've never seen one of those before. And I'm pretty familiar with vintage fire arms.

They were. I’m jonesing for a Pepperbox

LOL!

We know it’s the cat.

@@danliberty734 i didn't hear "meow" from behind the camera...

@@SMichaelDeHart Ah, but we all know….. Watch his other videos. 🤣

@@danliberty734 I'm await the bullwhip coming out...🤣🤣

I don't doubt it.

The Sacramento Train Museum also has my favorite Locomotive of all time, SP 6051.

@@crr311sux5 Cool!!!

@@crr311sux5 Yeah it's a great museum, awesome history in the town also. the first pony express rider did his parade there, and then boarded a riverboat and got started somewhere else, in a race to see which route was faster.

With kids watching that’s about as far as I can go!

Charles Goodnight of XIT-ranch in Texas had a rule for his employees that said that any cowboy who was caught drinking alcoholic drinks or swearing would be fired from his job.

Dad Gummit...

Yay!

I saw a Pocket Watch Gun too. Was more of a novelty, but neat nonetheless

​@@ArizonaGhostriders check out the Apache knuckle-duster... preferably the bayonet model

As pocket pistols went, they were good for the intended purpose, which was at very close range. A gut shot was often fatal. Slow, and very painful, but fatal. This tended to deter a lot of people from starting arguments with someone who appeared to be unarmed.

If that one LeFaucheaux I showed had that issue it would be basically a 1.25lbs of C4!

With the percussion revolvers existed the same danger but with worse results !

What??? I see that as a absolute win!!

@@ArizonaGhostriders C4 is a different level !

A chain firing pepperbox becomes a volley gun where every bullet is at full velocity. A chain firing revolver is a smokescreen with an extra bit of lead popping out.

Definitely a different looking gun

@@ArizonaGhostriders it really is, definitely the most outlandish piece in my gallery, though I’m questioning what it’s doing in the EUROPEAN gallery. The origin isn’t listed, just the specs.

@@kahn04 I believe they were made in Belgium. There were several variants and used by more than the Confederacy. The only original that I have seen up close was at the museum in the Dixie Gun Works store in Union City, Tennessee. I was there buying my LeMat reproduction.

@@Squib1911 ahh I must have heard patented and switched that to “produced”, 😅

Much appreciated.

Thank you!

LOL

Thank you!

Some of these guns are like bulldogs to me. So ugly their cute.

@@ArizonaGhostriders you're correct, a gun only an owner could love 🤣🤣🤣

Better than a sharp stick

It was actually a failure. However, I can do a video on one.

Good! Power of thumbnail!

Definitely an interesting one.

That's ok!

Right. I've seen a version of it in person. Looks like a big toy

You bet!

Yes

Thanks! Will do!

“The Quick and the Dead” and two tv shows: Ringo and Westworld

@@ArizonaGhostriders I'll have to take a look at those.

I think in the Movie (Forsaken) with Kiefer sutherland .

In the movie _The Quick and The Dead_ you're left to wonder "Who brings a heavy cavalry pistol like a LeMat to a quick-draw competition?" The answer, of course, is a guy who drops out of said quick-draw competition in the first round.

Thanks, will do!

Thanks 👍

Definitely neat looking.

Thank you very much. Hope to get there soon.

Lol!!

Thank you!

Thank you!

You're welcome, Darren!

Thank you!

I think another subscriber mentioned there is.

True. That's why I used the "Johnathan" forname

A few of these guns had variants in a rifle (or a pistol). The Harmonica Gun, for instance.

THey were very popular...and not very reliable shooters. But ya had a lot of shots to get it right!

Good!

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Yeeeeooow!

@@ArizonaGhostriders It was a very reliable little gun, but "pepperbox" and "accurate" cannot be used in the same sentence without the danger of your nose growing! But up close, I'd hate to be in front of it.

Yep

Cool!

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@@ArizonaGhostriders once upon a time in the west excellent movie 👌

I've heard of it too. I think there's one in a museum.

I'm jealous!

Thanks Victor. I tried some of the BBQ sauce and it was terrific. Yeah, the Cheerwine and Ginger ale are all gone!

Yeah, it is. Being in front when that 20 Gauge goes off might also blow you away!

@@ArizonaGhostriders Never change Santee your amazing.Love the channel,good joke btw

@@MilanskaSila Thank You!

Neat! The Starr is one of those "So ugly is cute" guns.

Thanks for watching!

Talk you about the Pinfire Lefaucheux Version ?

I'm not sure if if they were pinfire, but here in the US the reproductions are starting at least $1200 compared to $400-$500 for a Remington or Colt reproduction or $900 for a tricked out Colt reproduction with the hammer, springs and action upgrades.

Not sure how you would convert the shotgun part. How would you get the shell in?

@@ArizonaGhostriders i think the shotgun part was not changed! i think Just the revolver part was changed , still better then pure percussian in my opinion ! www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/a-nation-asunder-1861-to-1865/case-17-civil-war-imported-arms/lemat-pinfire-revolver.aspx

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Go for it!

Yes!

Haha! Glad you enjoyed

In "The Quick and the Dead", it is shown in detail, how he loads his Le Mat revolver.

Yep

Yeah I read that

The short-lived 1959 western series "Johnny Ringo" did make good use of a highly modified LeMat revolver. The show was created by Aaron Spelling and produced by Four Star Productions (so called because it was formed by major motion picture stars Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Charles Boyer). The series starred Don Durant as former-gunfighter-turned-honest-sheriff Johnny Ringo (yeah, they really rewrote history there) and Mark Goddard (better remembered later as Major Don West in "Lost in Space") as his trusty deputy. Ringo's "seven shooter" was really a 10 shot Lemat that had been converted to fire nine 44 rimfire blanks and one dummy shotgun shell (using a pistol blank insert). The writers called it a "410" because they thought that sounded bigger than 18 gauge or 20 gauge (roll eyes). The gun had been acquired by producer Dick Powell, who I believe was a collector. It was in nonfunctional shape at the time, so he had the gunsmiths at Hollywood's premier prop gun company, Stembridge Gun Works, modify it so it would break open and close in a fashion similar to a S&W Model 2 or Model 3 revolver. Actually, it was a very clever conversion, and one that I am surprised LeMat didn't think of. Indeed, it's a pity nobody is offering such a pistol today. After the series ended, Powell gave the gun to Durant, who owned it until his death in 2005. I don't know what became of the revolver after that, but it certainly would be an interesting find for "Forgotten Weapons". If you want to learn more about the Ringo revolver, I suggest you visit the Johnny Ringo website, specifically page www.johnnyringo.net/lemat.htm. It contains links to more information, including a somewhat inaccurate article from a 1961 issue of GUN WORLD.

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Many thanks

Yeah? WOW!

I want one

That would be a heavy one. Is it Sass legal with nine shots?

@@ArizonaGhostriders - pretty sure, yes. Just load it with 5 rounds…. I’d have to double check the book though. But, I’m pretty sure they are allowed. -Jed 🤠

Would have been.

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Thank you!

So I hear! Very cool.

Thank you!

LOL! Guess so. Thanks for your request.

Me too.

The 19th Century was plumb full of men who were plumb full of whiskey and ended up with a brand-new gun idea.

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Glad you like them!

Thanks

Yes

There was a Rifleman episode that had, I think a Gaucho, who carried a bolo, he gave like, stats about it.

@@phredphlintstone6455 Hmmm....!

Hmmm....

I'm tryin'!!!

In the game you don't feel the weight of those two beasts!

Cool!

Thank you! Much appreciated!

I appreciate it, man!

You’re welcome

I haven't been able to pinpoint where, but it seems maybe some military surplus.

@@ArizonaGhostriders Also there was a Centerfire and pinfire version manufacturerd.

Maybe. But for a pistol, it was cumbersome

@@ArizonaGhostriders ahh yeah, they should make it smaller too perhaps,

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I think in Europe was the pinfire version Lemat more popular . I have heard it was used in the German French war on the French side . The war happened Anno 1870-1871.

@@killerkraut9179 I should've remembered that, I was their in a previous life. ( Lol ). Thanks for the information!

Thanks for coming

Thanks

Thank you! Appreciate you fellers!

@@ArizonaGhostriders Was thinking that a scene from "Quigley Down Under" also would have been some more icing on a well baked cake.

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Thank you!

Correct

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Wow

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@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks for liking the first paragraph of chapter 1 of my book 😎🌟💕❤️👍🏼 I’m actually going to be writing/typing more of chapter 1 rewrite today. I’ll be adding another world to my book called the cyber world. Now my book is a mix of the old West, steampunk and cyberpunk. Isn’t that so awesome

Thank you!

It may have been offered in that but originally it was 36in (9.1mm), .42in (10.7mm)/.44in (11.2mm) ball + 20ga shot. Thanks for commenting

It was also made in 12mm Perrin pinfire cartridges.

But oh so cool.

Thank you very much!

There are some compnaies making repros