@@peppermillers8361 except much better. This is actully a pretty terrible implementation of that style of ejection, whereas the Merwin and Hulbert did it much better.
what made this revolver such a lethal design is that, once the enemy was close enough and you fired all your rounds, you would simply show it to your attacker and its sheer ugliness would kill them.
Yikes. At least Samuel Colt was all "OK so the Colt Walker weighs a ton and tends to just spontaneously explode. Who cares, if you run out of ammo, just use the thing as a makeshift club. When I said I made a gun powerful enough to kill a horse, I meant either by bullet or bludgeoning if need be."
Britain adopted revolvers from the outset. With continual trials between Colt percussion revolvers and British products, India and Crimea being notable testing grounds. Unlike the US we had live wars in progress all over the planet.
Probably trying for the ease/speed of unloading of a top-break, while keeping the durability of a solid frame. (Don't take my word for it, that's just what comes to mind.)
A lot of people are critical of the design because, with the benefit of hind sight, we can see where all the mistakes were made compared to the perfected and refined designs we have today (also in fairness within 20 years of this gun's design). But if you, today, were suddenly asked to design a gun to fire Star Wars style plasma bolts would you be able to do that much better;)? From 1800 to 1900 guns went from flintlock muzzle loaders to machine guns and a lot of ideas were tried and failed along the way. That said, the ejection system being that different from the loading? That is pretty funky.
This is the revolver carried by Englishman John Langston(John Cleese),Sherriff of Turley. This is the only time that the Enfield revolver has appeared in an American movie.
The most obvious comparison is with the Galand. The action is stronger, but the reload is slower. The idea of this ejection system is to eject only empty cases. Pretty competent piece for the time.
What-ho! 😃 Hats off to Mae for hefting that bloody great thing single handed, & at arms length too! A lot of the chinless 'Ruperts' of the late Victorian/early Edwardian era couldn't do that - or hit bugger all for wobbling if they managed to! Well done that fine young woman. Accept this pointless gong & a Field Promotion.
That is a somewhat eccentric piece. Gate loading, top break extraction and, well, ergonomics hadn't yet been evented. But you can, sort of, see how they were on the road to the MkVI.
Bizarre that such a massive pistol was made back in the days when average British height and build (and presumably hands) were smaller than they are today.
Less than the sum of it's parts." I like that. Yes, it had a duality about it. So ugly, yet it had a bit of elegance. Awkward in small hands, with built in contradictions. I might want to find one of these.
That is scary! Too complicated to load and use under pressure, too difficult to shoot and too beastly huge for a badge of rank pistol. This gives the 1879 Reichsrevolver real competition as clunkiest issue handgun ever. At least the Reichsrevolver was simple and reliable as long as you kept your ejector rod in your ammo pouch. Those? Not so much.
"The deep knuckle is set too high for normal human hands."
Ah, it is indeed a British gun.
Pretty sure the ergonomics guy responsible for every single British gun was a 7 foot Scotsman with hands that catch your average brown bear lacking.
@@mnk9073Nah. It was Andre the Giant. That dudes hands would make a gorilla jealous.
@@mnk9073 or perhaps just an inbred aristocrat with deformed hands 🗿
Crimea. Winter. Gloves. Tiny Colt Navy trigger guards.
We British got deformed hands fighting two world wars.
It's top break but you can't reload it from the top break... that's insane.
Melvin and Hulburt revolvers also have a similar action.
@@peppermillers8361 except much better. This is actully a pretty terrible implementation of that style of ejection, whereas the Merwin and Hulbert did it much better.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 most definitely.
Design by committee at work!
what made this revolver such a lethal design is that, once the enemy was close enough and you fired all your rounds, you would simply show it to your attacker and its sheer ugliness would kill them.
Yikes. At least Samuel Colt was all "OK so the Colt Walker weighs a ton and tends to just spontaneously explode. Who cares, if you run out of ammo, just use the thing as a makeshift club. When I said I made a gun powerful enough to kill a horse, I meant either by bullet or bludgeoning if need be."
I actually like how rough it looks.
Ugly ?? That thing is ginormous and i love it
You know the pistol has issues when Mae doesn’t have her iconic grin after shooting it
Britain waited so long to adopt revolvers that they just had to get the coolest, most complicated one possible. Well done old chaps!
Britain adopted revolvers from the outset. With continual trials between Colt percussion revolvers and British products, India and Crimea being notable testing grounds. Unlike the US we had live wars in progress all over the planet.
@@zoidersThe time between the Civil War and the Spanish American War was probably the longest period of prolonged conflict in US history… Indian Wars?
@@tonedeaftachankagaming457 Tiny compared to the colonial entanglements. Unless you guys conquered a quarter of the globe and didn't tell anyone.
this is one of the most historically ignorant comments I've ever read.@@zoiders
@@primeministersinister625 You're a nationalist tool making things up in your head.
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Reporting for duty. What am I being issued? (Sidearm and long gun)
One of my all time favorites, such a pretty revolver
😮 Pretty! Have smeared your comment thick with irony or sarcasm pal?!
That... is a word. For it?
I won't ask if you're drunk. That goes without saying. I *will* ask, however, how much of what you drank to come up with that. 😄
@@grahampalmer9337hello, that revolver is made from thick iron not thick irony 🤣🤣😵💫😵💫
That looks like it would hurt the user more than an opponent.
Fun fact: the MARK 2 version of this revolver would be used by John Cleese's character in the movie Silverado (1985)
About as steam punk as a revolver can get.
a fantastic minute.
The wobbly hand of firing a lot of handguns in one day!
That line that the revolver was less than the sum of its parts. Ouch!
Top break but fixed cylinder does not move with the barrel? What were they thinking of?
Probably trying for the ease/speed of unloading of a top-break, while keeping the durability of a solid frame. (Don't take my word for it, that's just what comes to mind.)
There it is; the classic British brick of revolver!
That thing makes a brick look like a pebble, its a cinder block of revolver!
I absolutely love seeing these videos on 0.75 speed
Great job Mae🎉🎉🎉🎉
Bravo!💯🤍💫👍!
0:45 It's more like a S&W combined with a Merwin Hulbert
Mae is a legend and I mean that
That thing looks like a nightmare to operate.
It was used from 1880 to 1911
In 1911 they surplussed them out to be used as anchors for RMS Titanic and her sister ships.
@@Lemonjellow what do you mean with anchors? They melted a lot of thouse to use the iron?
A lot of people are critical of the design because, with the benefit of hind sight, we can see where all the mistakes were made compared to the perfected and refined designs we have today (also in fairness within 20 years of this gun's design). But if you, today, were suddenly asked to design a gun to fire Star Wars style plasma bolts would you be able to do that much better;)? From 1800 to 1900 guns went from flintlock muzzle loaders to machine guns and a lot of ideas were tried and failed along the way.
That said, the ejection system being that different from the loading? That is pretty funky.
This is the revolver carried by Englishman John Langston(John Cleese),Sherriff of Turley. This is the only time that the Enfield revolver has appeared in an American movie.
The most obvious comparison is with the Galand. The action is stronger, but the reload is slower. The idea of this ejection system is to eject only empty cases. Pretty competent piece for the time.
Looks good single action
That’s a lot of metal.
What-ho! 😃
Hats off to Mae for hefting that bloody great thing single handed, & at arms length too! A lot of the chinless 'Ruperts' of the late Victorian/early Edwardian era couldn't do that - or hit bugger all for wobbling if they managed to!
Well done that fine young woman. Accept this pointless gong & a Field Promotion.
The Reliant Robin of revolvers!
There's just something about the look of it....
Like Ridley Scott's Alien meets Gothic horror.
Beautiful, but in a very odd way.
This just goes to show British engineering. If you ask the Brits to design a marble it would be two pieces.
That is a somewhat eccentric piece. Gate loading, top break extraction and, well, ergonomics hadn't yet been evented. But you can, sort of, see how they were on the road to the MkVI.
The anti-gestalt revolver.
Listen, you gotta start somewhere
“I say old chap, we need a stout revolver but it has to be like wielding a cavalry saber with a live goat impaled on the end.”
John Cleese carries one in Silverado (1985). Possibly a Mark II though.
That poor revolver got even bluer from Ms. Mae's sick burns. 🥵
Issued to officers of a larger build than most in the British Army😉
"......less than the sum of it's parts." I believe the word for that is ygrenys. 😅
An eloquent way to describe this behemoth.
Would love to add to my collection.
When you design a revolver and somehow end up making EVERY bad decision there is to make.
Kinda like the Merwin and hulbert
Did they use them in the wild west
Mae is bad ass .
Is this the predecessor to Enfield no2 mk1?
How about 27 and three eighths cm?
Who the fuck in their right mind looked at this design and said "yup, that's what we're going to produce."
Oh wait, it's British.
Um ackshyually that’s a Metford. The Enfield is a rifle smh my head
Bizarre that such a massive pistol was made back in the days when average British height and build (and presumably hands) were smaller than they are today.
What years were these made?
Whoot whoot
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With a little tweaking, it could be great. Almost looks like a Webley.
So, big iron?
@HalideHelix I see, a much more suitable description that the one I initially provided. Very impressive sire
Sorry if i bother you, but why have you removed the Arms Gallery section on your website?
The stupid ads are killing you guys.
Hard to believe someone drew that......and someone else said, "yea, seems ok"
Sometimes you can only ask, "What were they thinking?"
I never looked at a gun that genuinely made me say, "that's ugly" but the Enfield did it.
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Wow this Lee guy changed alot about the gun huh
Having a revolver that looks like it was dropped is not a feature you might wish to for.
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I wouldnt want to bring that in the trenches, mostly from how it empties the cartridges. I can see that getting muddied-up
Pretty cool and cumbersome from what I can see.....
Still wouldn’t want to be looking down the business end of it.
Mae with a horse pistol
Big Iron
Less than the sum of it's parts." I like that. Yes, it had a duality about it. So ugly, yet it had a bit of elegance. Awkward in small hands, with built in contradictions. I might want to find one of these.
British in 2023: "The polymer version will be easier to carry".
You could say it was designed by someone who doesn’t make or use firearms for a living.
You've summed up 90% of British firearms design over the last century and a half.
Seeing the design and operation, that makes a lot of sense.
Good ol' design by committee.
No smile? Mae mustve really disliked this one
They may as well have copied the Merwin Hulbert. And that would’ve been a better design, practically and aesthetically.
That is scary! Too complicated to load and use under pressure, too difficult to shoot and too beastly huge for a badge of rank pistol. This gives the 1879 Reichsrevolver real competition as clunkiest issue handgun ever. At least the Reichsrevolver was simple and reliable as long as you kept your ejector rod in your ammo pouch. Those? Not so much.
This gun is extremely british lol
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Every time I see you firing this Salvador Dalí refuge I kind of cringe just a bit.
Ergonomics, nope not even.
The captioning is filled with misspellings. It looks very unprofessional.
The captions are auto-generated mate, nothing to do with C&Rsenal.
The captions are auto-generated mate, nothing to do with C&Rsenal.
The f is that????
That gun seems awful.
It’s just all wrong
What a hunk of junk.
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