Yes

Along with his Lebel rifle

Which is a pretty neat attention to detail, since he was a member of the French Foreign Legion.

Yes this is the Revolver that he used in first Mummy Movie along side the 1911, Lebel 1886, and Winchester 1897

Yep. Double fisted.

I have one converted to .455 Webley. It shoots like it was designed for that round! If only they had done that from the beginning....

@@JChan880 Very often, the converted Chamelot were modified by the French Resistance during WW2, as 45ACP or British Webley cartridges, sent in huge quantities by the Allies, were then more readily available than the 1873 ordnance cartridge, and also because the caliber was roughly the same. And it's also true the Chamelot was a very strong revolver, plagued by an underpowered cartridge. But beware of modified ones, as they will sooner or later break, as there's a thinner part on the upper side of the frame

@@laurentdevaux5617 Because the French gov' back then had too many bills already, so instead of rolling with the far superior 12mm "Marine" version of the Chamelot Delvigne they kept the lackluster 11mm "Army" version, lackluster at range obviously, 180 grains from a .442 bullet @700 FPS isn't something you want to receive center mass from a guy mounted on a horse also wielding a sabre. Cible, a French magazine, made an interesting article on how to adapt any 11mm Chamelot Delvigne into a 12mm Marine one, I made the modification myself and it's quite an upgrade indeed yet the pressure is lower thanks to the proper engineering: 235 grains .450 bullet @825 fps.

@@selmevias1383 Quite true, but in fact that's not so simple. The French navy always have been independent from the army and chose its own weapons. The navy was the first to adopt a metallic cartridge revolver, the Lefaucheux 1858, while the army still used the percussion pistol 1822 Tbis until 1873. The navy was also the first to adopt a repetition rifle, the Kropatschek 1878, well before the Lebel though it still fired a black powder cartridge. In 1870, they adopted a new revolver with a powerful cartridge (in 12 mm). They finally switched to the 1873 in 1877 when the army got fully equiped, but still with the 12 mm cartridge, until 1886 when they received 1873 revolvers in the same asthmatic caliber just because the stocks of 12 mm cartridge were all used up and no longer manufactured. A pity indeed as the 12 mm cartridge was much better than the 11 mm. And also a proof that the 1873 revolver could withstand more powerful cartridges...

@@laurentdevaux5617 Thanks for the clarifications. Mais j'ai bien peur de déjà être au courant! Je vous invite à lire l'article de John C.Frost dans le magazine "Cibles" numéros 358, il a un article sur le chargment 1873/2000 que j'utilise sur mes Chamelot Delvignes 1873, il faut hélas joué de l'alésoir (un sacrilège pour certains) mais les résultâts sont présents!

And that 11mm French Ordnance is no longer manufactured.

Correct. And I'm mildly obsessed with that gun roll he whips out onto the table aboard the boat.

Lefaucheux*

@@ommsterlitz1805 thanks pal

@@tacituskilgore5372LefaUcheux

@@ommsterlitz1805 thanks again

le four show

I thought it was for storing washed matchbooks that we forgot to take out of our jeans.

So am I. This is one of the favorite minutes of the week.

His amunition was superior to the chamelot delvigne but in term of mecanic work the chamelot delvigne is better

@@LatinFR you can also increase the power of the 1873 11mm round substantially since they can take 15000psi. basically you can safely push 200 foot pounds vs the original 71ftp or the 140ftp when they updated the round in the round in 1890.

@@kevinforget549 I’m french so we use metric system here i will convert all of that. Thanks for the tips my dude.

They make them

@@LadyAnuB making them does sound easier than scouring the internet for them

They panhandle with an alms bowl. You can see them out every night in their home town, asking you to please spare a bit of some exotic ammunition.

@@gratefulguy4130 Thank you.

@@LadyAnuB Thank you.

You're totally right, in fact the Chamelot had much more advantages than the SAA, in particular it fires in double action, it is really easier to fix (and to disassemble, with the tip of the cylinder rod, who can also be used as a screwdriver) and most, its springs are much more strong than the ones of the American gun, known to be rather fragile. And overall, it's a very strong, very well made and reliable revolver, so strong that some were converted in 45 ACP by the French resistance during WW2. It is also still very popular among shooters in France. But anyway, the Colt had an enormous advantage against the French revolver : its cartridge, really much more powerful. The French 1873 never had enough stopping power, even after the new, more powerful cartridge was adopted in 1890 (and not in 1914, sorry Mae). By the way, the 1873 finish is polished, in the white, and not blued (only the 1874 version for officers was)

I've read around the Internet that the 11mm cartridge for the Chamelot Delvigne was indeed quite underpowered... but perhaps it's only considered underpowered because people view the cartridge with more modern and potent cartridges in mind? Perhaps taking a look at the historical context and comparing the 11mm Ordnance with other European cartridges (.450 Adams, .442 Webley, 12mm Lefaucheux, .380 etc.) of the time, it would have been considered as an... adequate cartridge, not too weak but not too strong either. Or perhaps it really was underpowered even by the standards in Europe in the 1870s... (I do consider .32 ACP as perfectly adequate for self-defence so I may or may not have a bit of bias towards these "low-powered" cartridges. (Also, would there be any more data of the velocity and energy of the 11mm that aren't from the ones shown in Wikipedia?)

Quite right. I also think, though I'm French, that the Colt SAA is a much more elegant, handier gun. But if I had to choose a revolver on which I could rely in the hardest situations, I would surely prefer the Chamelot. If you keep it clean and take care of it, it will never let you down. I'm quite sure the Colt won't be as reliable, though its cartridge is definitely better

How?

@@Candrsenal I went to update my payment method and it allowed it to go through for another creator but denied for you guys, then several more times when I tried to update it.

They already made a video on that.

I'll sell you one..

Ah I see, you like target shooting.