Othias: Like we see with other shrinking empires. Britain: *Drops monocle in tea* France: *Chokes on wine* German: *flips over table* Belgium: *Clutches Congo Ivory*

I had to ask myself why I watched a video more than an hour long about a revolver I'd never heard of, in an equally obscure caliber, that was never adopted by a BIG service. And the simple answer is, you guys do a great video. The history, as always, was well done. The animation, the handling of an actual gun. Mae's smiling face when she gets to shoot. The comparison with other revolvers she's shot. And let me say again, she's shot more guns than I've ever seen and I'm twice her age! No one, absolutely no one does a specialist type video like this. You guys are at the top of the heap by a large margin! Thank you.

"It's a trap!" is probably some of the best gun adjacent content on the platform. I don't even have an interest in shotguns or traps, but watching the gradual, real time loss of sanity of a Othais, a Mae, and a Kevin has all the appeal of a 60's era Swedish psychological drama....in a good way.

06:31 That Galland action sits at the intersection of "That's so flippin' cool" and "I wouldn't bet my life on it."

You guys do know these are supposed to release on Tuesday right? Midnight is the EARLIEST time possible while on time.

As a current Patron myself, I heartily recommend the hand trap series - it's a blast.

After this video I'll have to find my grandfather's Abadie from his WWI service in Mozambique, as a young official. My father used to tell me that despite his general lack of interest I firearms, he hated that "cumbersome" revolver. Shortly after he got himself a 7,65 Luger.

Othias' hat is legendary at this point. I wonder how long it'll go until he must/can afford to replace it...

I’m always happy to see stuff from Portugal. I’m not portuguese in any way but I find the country’s role in history to be highly interesting)

Is it odd that I’m jealous of that flannel shirt? That’s an excellent color scheme. Also yay, offering for the algorithm.

C&Rsenal actually released a video during the day light!

thanks for showing me another bit of history in my country (Portugal), continuation of a good job

There's a glowing orb of fire in the sky. C&Rsenal Patreon notification comes though... Something is afoot. My sleep schedule thanks you Othius.

Man I love you guys. You're an island of mellow sanity in a heaving sea of adolescent twerps, wannabe SWAT and tacticool claptrap. Keep up the *awesome* work. Thanks for just being you.

This is my first time watching one of your primers and I'm blown away by the quality content!

After hearing of this indexing system so much and seeing it in other guns it is very nice to see where it actually came from, like the Kropatschek episode it is cool to see where influential ideas came from.

Commenting for the algorithm- On an actual note, yet another great episode from Othias and the crew- you guys put on some of the best gun history entertainment I've ever seen- thanks for all your hard work

Tha k you guys again for the consistent uploads, it's hard to meet schedules especially for shoes of this scale, we appreciate you guys so much for your hard work

“Everyone loves to see a naked gun” Well yeah, those movies are hilarious!

Thank you very much for this very informative video. I've seen one of these beautiful revolvers in the Lisbon Military Museum, but now you made it come alive. Othais and Mae, you are incredible!

My knowledge has increased again. I also have gained respect for the European gate loaders...design and adoption stories are fascinating.

I actually own three of these .. all in great condition and fully functioning. Blueing on cylinders perfectly matches the rest of it.

What a gorgeous trigger + trigger guard. One of the most beautiful ones of all time.

Thank you for all your hard work C&Rsenal crew!

This is such a wonderful series. Thank you for continuing to educate those of us who really care about firearms history.

Damn , the Portuguese created an absolute beauty

Othias your using a feeler gauge to cut a shim from is an old old old technique. Good work sir, I'd have done the same.

Yet another great video from C&Rsenal. You all deserve more support than you get.

The Aggregator: not a bad superhero name for Othais. By day a bearded man who aggregates data on old and obscure firearms to make videos on the Internet to encourage people to go do more research. By night, a sleep deprived bearded man who aggregates data on old and obscure firearms to make videos on the Internet to encourage people to go do more research. He is, the Aggregator.

Hey, wow! Just stumbled upon this channel. Very cool. Thanks!

I'm a bit surprised, I was expecting this to get a soft no / "use it once then steal someone else's gun" because of the gate loading. Nice episode!

Woooo! Finally getting the this one! It keeps coming up, and it’s finally here

Honestly, your content is so good the Kansas City WWI museum should arguably keep your channel playing on a loop :)

Thanks for putting in so much work to make this veido so interesting

nice to see you're growing again! Hopefuly 400k soon!

Great content as usual. Been waiting for this one for a while! I’ve been enjoying “It’s a Trap!” as well.

This is the ghost of what could be you see inside so many shows on technical and historical subjects you watch.

As always very informative. Thank you

Thank's for making this. Proud to be a Patron.

Another excellent episode guys! I see the shotgun collection is growing. I can't wait to see it!

Always been curious as to how much faster an Abadie is vs a typical gate loader like a Colt SAA. Put on a shot timer: shot, unload-reload, shot. Sounds like a video for Ian or Bloke

Woke up early just to see this love everything you guys do

The hand trap series is a true gem of fun.

Othais and Mae, thank you for your work. Now I have to find one of these beauties... Unfortunately, being Portuguese and living in Portugal isn't much help in finding one of these...

I love these old guns ... I enjoy watching your channel

“Little spoon to Spains big spoon” UwU

Pro-tip: the "Real" is pronounced "Hey-Al" in singular, and "Hey-Eyes" in plural. Portuguese does some odd things with R's.

top notch as always

I'm imagining millions of French people spitting out their wine with the pronounciation of Soleil, it literally means Sun in French So-lay or So-lay-ya guys, and yeah French is not my native language either.

There's a book on this revolver, in Portuguese published by "Fronteira do caos". Nice pictures and detailed history.

Great presentation Othais. Never even heard of an Abadie before but dang that was interesting. Oh, and May.. good shooting for a gun you thought was going to jam.

This is a new one on me. Thanks.

These revolvers are awesome I love the design it looks like the chamelot delvine and the dutch revolvers hope you get to look at one of those some day I almost had a chance to buy one at one point but it was out of my price range and 9.4mm dutch revolver is unobtanium ammo lol

Great content as always.

YAY paris comune history!!! thanks!!! i miss those!

It happened in Portugal! And your facts are intersting!

So cool to see the originator of the Abadie system.

After several episodes of guns that mentioned borrowing this loading system, it is great to finally see the original piece.

It's totally gorgeous and I had never heard of it. How many love at first sight...

13:52 nice pointer!

Thanks kids. Interesting informative, and a beautiful old wheel gun.

I must admit the opening chamber music is the most relaxing 15 seconds of my day. Was it written just for your videos or is it available to the public? Oh yes, great vids too.

Another great video. Keep it up folks. Stay healthy.

Othais' shirt is tactical camouflage for the set behind him

it is indeed a feast for the eyes, it just looks good

Quite interesting. Very well done. Such a great piece of history. Thank you. No, I'd never heard of it. God bless all here.

Killing me with these late night releases

Such an elegant revolver

Interestingly (at least to me!) the muzzle velocity on the 9.1 Abadie is ALMOST low enough for a gun firing it to be a semi-unregulated firearm under Canadian law (the limit is 500 fps). Its muzzle ENERGY, on the other hand, is better than 20 times over the limit for semi-unregulated firearms (5.7 joules). That particular section is meant to carve out exceptions for nail guns, rivet guns, paintball, airsoft, etc; Canadian law defines ANYTHING with a barrel that expels a projectile capable of destroying an eyeball as a firearm, so without that section, it's all-manual barn-raisings all the way. And we think of AMERICAN firearms laws as a mess... (Anyone here who has any interest in firearms/weapons law who HASN'T seen the channel "Runkle of the Bailey" needs to go there right now; the best crossover of gun/law content I've seen on this site, and I'm including Fudd Busters. Ya boi's got good content, but that 12 minute limit he's set for himself means he has to edit out a LOT of minutiae that, let's face it, are SUPER important in a legal proceeding. Call me a nerd all you want, just keep feeding me that sweet, sweet context and precedent!)

Hair and face with what a novel concept. Thanks folks, I always learn a lot from your videos.

As someone trained in modern gun safety since I was 5 that thing is crazy. At the same time I am horrified yet amazed. Mechanically this thing is amazing and a brilliant solution. At the the same time the idea of pulling the trigger to load sounds insane.

this music is magical

Have one. From my great-grandfather

Great video on an awesome weapon. How I wish that I could send you pictures of my German top break. There are some small similarities between the two. I would love to tap into both of y'all's knowledge of old weapons.

wooo a new episode

I like revolvers! The last time I took an automatic (my fabulous CZ-52!) to the range i spent three quarters of my time trying to pick up the empties. I never did find them all. And that brass is damned expensive. My 1895 Nagant revolver is much more, er..., recreational. I never loose any brass and the reloading process is complex and elegant. And the barrel is absolutely the ONLY part that gets dirty. I once served in a NATO gig with a Portuguese Navy Officer. It was 2001 or 2002. He was a data link geek and I was a radar geek. We had to travel into the combat zone at one point, and we had to be armed. I drew an M-9 from the armory that retained at least 10 percent of its original finish. My Portuguese friend produced some ancient revolver in an equally ancient flap holster. I tried to find out what, exactly, it was, but he didn't want to discuss it. As my daddy taught me years earlier that it was impolite to argue with someone carrying a gun, I left the subject alone. Today i'm really wondering what was under that flap? Probably just a Model 10, but it is a neat mystery.

Wow! May looks so happy when she shoots that pistol. OK, revolver. Neat gun. Very good video. Thanks.

Soleil or “sun” in French, is pronounced “sol-iay”. I think the Belgians used the French pronunciation as well.

I love you two!

Looks like I'm staying up late tonight...

Interesting piece of revolver engineering.

the namesake itself, very nice

It may come in other finishes but this is a blued Abadie da ba di

That is a beautiful revolver.

At first I vaguely thought that abadie was an acronym for the mechanism. Now I learn he was the designer. Progress.

Would like to see some information on how the ammunition is produced for these obscure rounds (cartridge case modifications from existing cases, bullet molds used, powder charges used, etc.)

On the hammer rebound note, would it be possible to, if one was sufficiently stupid, hold the trigger down while closing the loading gate? It seems in the animation that doing so would leave the hammer down on a live round

Cool guns Othais & Mae! Watch that word singular again: Two halves of the revolver held together at a SINGLE point. Would also like to see those babies fired...

On the subject of Portuguese guns, any one know of any updates on the Kropatschek book that someone is writing? Sorry, I can't recall the details.

I really like this thing

This gun was steam punk before steam punk was cool. or a thing. This is one super sweet design, and cool how the loading and cylinder/hammer disconnect works.

Having seen you deal with a lot of revolvers of various eras, I have a question for you. How would Othais / Mae the inventor fix all the issues with top breaks? Swing out is off the table.

Realmente uma bela arma^^

It look to me very similar to the Italian Chamelot Delvigne, just smaller.

56:00 That's what she said.

This show rocks!

Another great historic video. Maybe not on my bucket list.... but I'd love to see the reaction of the range safety officer at my local range as I load this pistol. The RSO's there are typically not "up to speed" on anything other than a Glock, 1911, or J Frame Revolver. I once had to explain that I could not "swing out" the cylinder on a single action army during a cease fire. :)

I wonder if any revolver of this model has been fired in the recent decades. Is ammo as unobtainium as I suspect?

Nice!

Thank you Micheal for weapon