"I know what you guys really want..." Othais' collection of flannel shirts, hats, and .32 pistols! "You want to see Mae shoot it." O-Oh......

If Ian is Gun Jesus, Othias is Gun Moses.

"Two guns, one episode" reaction videos coming soon.

Mae: "...as I said before, I prefer it a little more in the rear..." Great video as always.

Great Episode. Thank you for mentioning me in the description. The Hirschfänger 1871 is really one of my favorite bayonets.

5 minutes in: "That's basically it". *spends another 40 minutes*

Ironically, these days the designated marksmen are more likely to have longer barrels.

Thank you Michael.

Wow, riding zebras at 11:03? ... I thought zebras were too difficult to break for such duty. Sorry about such a non-gun comment but I was really surprised seeing them.

Your pronounciation of Jägerbüchse is absolutely ok. Well at least as a German I understand it :P

Thank you gun Moses.

One thing that 11mm black powder cartridge has going for it is its a perfect brush gun round. A big round slow moving rounded piece of lead just doesn't get deflected by brush like a high velocity spitzer.

I stay up late every Monday for these. You all are the best.

"I prefer it a little more in the rear" ~ Mae.

I love how Othias managed to pronounces the German Umlaut "Ü" when it is not there in Schutztruppe and ignore it in Büchse. Just switch the two, say Büchse and Schutztruppe and you are 100% correct. :D

Othias Thank you; a excellent well researched presentation (as usual) My compliments to you and your team. WELL DONE!!

For the numbers: Dieter Storz writes, that 12% (without carbines) of the rifle production for prussia and saxony were Jaegerbuechsen. Additionally, Wuerttemberg ordered 10.000. So if you do the math according to his book, they made around 2 Million rifles, 81,2% for prussia and 6,3% for Saxony, so in the end, you'd have around 220.000 Jaegerbuechsen. The number of 1,4 million IG71 btw. is just the number for Prussia. Which is realistic, since at the time of the franco prussian war, Prussia had 1.146.116 Dreyse rifles, 924.173 of them Infantry rifles (80%), 167.769 short rifles (14,64%) and 54.172 cavalry carbines (4,73%). The demand for carbines/short rifles in the german military until WW1 was usually around 15-20%.

39:34 Mae, phrasing, please...

I love this channel more than most firearm channels. Many are to much about RIGHT NOW. This is about history and engineering. I appreciate the research and the researchers that do said research. Good work!

Once again: OUTSTANDING!!!

Great episode. I gotta tell you guys, I'm not a gun guy. But the history that surrounds all of the firearms is what I repeatedly watch your channel for.

Thank you Micheal! Thanks guys for another great episode.

Such a gorgeous piece, the 1871 jagerbüsche and the kropatschek are becomming my favorite bolt actions.

Love the music change with the closer look at the guns. Christ that round packs a PUNCH!

Always a good feeling when I see that little number one next to my C&Rsenal subscription.

This one was a very good episode :-) Its great that you guys cover also such exotic things!

Keep up the excellent work . I live in Auckland New Zealand and here in New Zealand it is now near impossible to get a firarms licence in order to collect historic firearms , so your show is really the next best thing.

Thanks to all at C&R also to Michael (Boy that Jagerbuchse has a gloriously Beautiful tiger stripe along the barrel grip) and Ian & TFM I love all Your channels also , Thanks to All those who assist C&R in their good work ,Birds of a feather flock together as they say , as do Good People , & it all Helps restore My faith in the humanity .

Can't wait to see more on the Mauser carbines, You have shown the first of the most aesthetically pleasing Mausers, however in a different mode, as compelling as the C96 in it's carbine form but pleasing at the other end of the eye scale. You guys are great, blah blah, woof woof.... all the usuals.

As always great content and great work

outstanding as always

Love you guys!

Just got home from a field trip to Boston, not only did I see the blue man group but a new c&rsenal vid double win

Like the background music you put in the discussion of the guns' background

The wood on that rifle is beautiful!

Thank you, Michael!

great as always!

Thanks Michael

Another great vid. Thanks

Thanks Micheal

Liking the machine gun collection in the updates.

Raised hand, going back watching old episodes.

Thank you Michael

Thank you Micheal!

Thank you Micheal!!!

Thanks Michael!!!

Thanks Mike!

Fun episode guys!

thanks Michael

Awesome :)

I knew I had insomnia for a reason...

I have an Austrian built carbine that someone sporterized at some point. Thanks for helping me figure out which version of the 71 it was!

Well said my friend,buying books vorbek right now!

Thx Michael

Thank you michael

Cheers Micheal your rifle is exactly the correct length 👍

von Lettow-Vorbeck was a beast

There's a good bio piece over on The Great War about Letow-Vorbeck

When you guys are done with WWI, I have some good weapons I'll send you.

It might be just me...but I think Mae really enjoyed shooting this rifle.

Less than 80 minutes of excellent information?. Othais, you're slacking. I should go get the whip so you go back to work in earnest ;) ;) ;) Jokes aside...once again, excellent episode :) :). Can't get enough of this channel, seriously ;).

Good video

I thought that we were going to see the Gewehr 71/84 but I stil like this rifle that I have never heard form

I freaking love that carbine!

Othias, Making accurate ammunition for the 1871 Carbine is notoriously difficult as it seems to vary significantly from the rifle. I’d appreciate hearing about what load you used, particularly the bullet. I really want to shoot mine more as it’s in even nicer condition than the example you had. Thanks.

Othias, After you guys finish up with the guns of World War 1 could you do a video on Lettow-Vorbeck?

No comment on how beautiful the wood is?!

Oh how I want to buy one of these

I love old german rifles. I wish I had one of these black powder guns.

My Greatgrandfahter used this rifle in ww1(and brought it back home after the war) so i'm here to learn more about it

I AGREE with those wanting the extractor and ejector. It doesn't just look undignified to fiddle with the gun to flop it out. When you look at it that action is like screaming out a red flag that would lead to aggravation, accidents, or malfunctions during a battle. I want to say I should take it easy on the guys who decided not to put those two mechanisms in the devise when it was being developed because metalic cartridges and more modern guns were still in the process of exploration. I am not though. It is a very obvious sign just by looking at it that action of fiddling is going to lead to issues somehow. There were also guns existing out there that already had them by the time the gun was introduced. (hentry lever actions) It feels like either two things happened for them to not include them. 1. The guns that had extractors and ejectors were still not as prevalent and common enough where the developers would remember it might be a good idea to have that feature while designing. Even after remembering they probably just felt like it might not be much a big deal since most other nations did not have it too. (they were still fair). 2. The people just underestimated the inconvenience low enough to be acceptable. None of them had that fore sight or click in their mind, "You know what? That is kind of tricky to flop it out if you do not perform it right or something in happening preventing or handicapping the user to do the regular old flop it out by turning the rifle over to its side routine. Maybe we should make it positive and easier the casings come out of it each time they reload."

The Great War did a good special on Von Lettow-Vorbeck. I'm surprised you didn't mention it.

WOOOO! yessssss~!!!!

Since you love big bore black powder an idea for after the Great War series is done: developmental history of the Springfield and harpers ferry muskets, rifled and rifled muskets. Since the first Springfield muskets were patterned on the French Charleville musket, a devolmental history of French muskets should be included. wikipedia doesn’t describe changes in models anywhere near as well as You do

What people need to know about the Askari was that they weren’t just your average native troops. They were PROUD to be Askari as they considered themselves a step above the regular folks. They got disciplined training from their European officers and fought like hell. After the war the survivors were given pensions from the German government as long as they could prove they had served.

Does anyone know of the music that play when Mae shoots the Jägerbüchse and Carbine? Been trying to look around for it and can't find it (and it's quite catchy).

31:35 just rewatching. Hi, past Othias

C&Rsenal has caught a wild 1871 Jägerbüchse! Add it to the Gundex? (one day you guys WILL catch 'em all, I believe in you :thumbsup: )

There's a lot of peaking in the latest episodes. It was limitited before, but this one is really obvious. You may want to take a look at this.

you guys should do the Swedish Mausers, and some more Scandinavian firearms

What pistols were used in the Franco Prussian war I've looked and looked and all I can find for pistols are french pinfire revolvers

Does Mae have an ammo shortage?

Wait, I'm confused, was the barrel in the last gun smoothbore?

some nice wood on that gun for a military rifle although it could just be the magic of the light box

The grunts tell you the rifle weights a lot. :-)

Oh hey, it's the jaeger.... jaeger.... uh... jaeger bucks? Jaeger bus? ... the jaeger. Not the fallschirm, the other one. Yeah.

Announcements MGs are L to R Hotchkiss, Lewis, Chauchat and 08/15 right?

Wait, didn't the Serbians use a variation of the 1871 before they used the 1899 mauser? Did those guys drag them back up for WWI, and if so, will you be covering it?

I am not going to lie. I like the cowboy hats with side brims flipped up.

Othais just pronounced "Jägerbüchse" almost 100 times better than any other american youtuber/Tv host/museum curator or any english speaking "expert" that I've ever seen. hats tipped for that!

You pronounce "Jäger" perfect!

First thing I do when I buy an old rifle is re-watch the C&R video. You snuck in the K71 at the very end of the video. This one is only missing the nosecap and they cut the front section of stock. Lol... shoulda bid on the loose collection of nosecaps from the same auction i guess :p If anyone knows... the action screws... the one at the bottom side of the stock in the little escutcheon plate and the one from the top at the back of the action are frozen solid and boogered up. Does anyone have any of these? Are they the same screw as 98s? Does anyone know the thread size and pitch? Before I drill them out I would like to have a plan. Ammo is impossible... so will be a long time before I can make some. Thanks!

Where do you get the ammo for all these unusual weapons

What kind of Maxim gun is that at the end? I want to say an MG08, but the tripod looks different.

Got any book suggestions for aforementioned German guerrilla warfare master?

Well I never saw that rifle before.

Are there any good literary trust worthy works on Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck for suggestions?

Do a vid on the Lee Navy

Will this Jäger make me black out and vomit everywhere?

I dont know what to think of the background music. It seems off but in the right place.