History of WWI Primer 084: French Contract Winchester 1907 Documentary

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    Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
    C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!
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    Additional reading:
    “John Brownin’s Contemporaries: The Guns of T.C. Johnson”
    TheFirearmBlog.com
    Matthew Moss
    “Model 1907 Rifle, “meeting Meerschaum””
    The Winchester Collector, Spring 1989
    Ed Brandhorst
    Winchester Repeating Arms Company
    Herbert G. Houze
    “Deux Beaux Duels Aeriens”
    La Guerre Aerienne Illustree
    March 08, 1917
    “Un Combat dans la Nuit”
    La Guerre Aerienne Illustree
    August 30, 1917
    “Un ‘AS’ Allemand Abattu par une ‘Saucisse”
    La Guerre Aerienne Illustree
    January 03, 1918
    “Les Cigognes”
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Комментарии • 576

  • @Vincent-S
    @Vincent-S 5 лет назад +222

    .32 Winchester SL "becoming influential later"
    Heheheheh
    By the way, logcabinlooms has a great video about the repro mags for these rifles that is pretty informative on why they are so iffy, I think.

    • @Candrsenal
      @Candrsenal  5 лет назад +41

      Thank you, I was trying to remember where I saw that!
      ruclips.net/video/JnJpqHIkuQI/видео.html

    • @Vincent-S
      @Vincent-S 5 лет назад +9

      @@Candrsenal
      No problem, did you also see the vids about getting the recoil spring in and doing the takedown by pushing back a bit on the plunger too? Could be a bit handy the next time a 1907/10 lands in your lap!

    • @grenmoyo3968
      @grenmoyo3968 5 лет назад +19

      I'm assuming as being the design base for the 30 carbine.

    • @Frank-bc8gg
      @Frank-bc8gg 5 лет назад +4

      Man, I have been introduced to so many cool youtubers I would never have found otherwise by you guys, makes sleeping so much harder.

    • @pecospest
      @pecospest 5 лет назад +12

      Yes , the 32 WSL was the ancestor of the 30M1C

  • @SolarEmp1re
    @SolarEmp1re 5 лет назад +282

    "And then it turns out it makes no sense, the ordnance department was just insane." That line is gold, perfectly describes basically every arms procurement during war time emergency.

    • @john-paulsilke893
      @john-paulsilke893 5 лет назад +10

      Solar_Empire there are so many secrets and private “handshakes” that we may never know about that actually make sense. Of course there’s also old guard who know what they know so there’s that.

    • @bobbyhood101
      @bobbyhood101 5 лет назад +25

      Solar_Empire the U.S. ordanace department was run by a series of head up their asses individuals who from the 1860s on throughout most of the 20th century they turned down the Lewis machine gun for a chauchat,they tanked the 1917 for the 03, kept the BAR in suspended animation no quick change barrel ,crappy bipod,etc ,botched converting mg42 to 30/06.
      And turned down 280.British for 308.only to issue 223. Five years later
      A combined group of bureaucratic idiots!

    • @nevermoore9780
      @nevermoore9780 5 лет назад +7

      @@bobbyhood101 and don't forget every combat rifle we adopt has to be easy to make into a target rifle!

    • @jackandersen1262
      @jackandersen1262 5 лет назад +18

      “The Americans will always do the right thing… after they’ve exhausted all the alternatives.” Attributed to Winston Churchill.

    • @josiahgibson6373
      @josiahgibson6373 5 лет назад +5

      @@bobbyhood101 Turning down the Lewis Gun for the Chauchat isn't as much as a surprise as you might think. The Chauchat was quite cheap to manufacture, while the Lewis gun was *extremely* expensive.
      I believe the British paid £165 per Lewis gun.
      For reference, the Vickers heavy machine gun cost them £100 each.
      The SMLE rifle was redesigned in 1915, because it was considered to be too expencive, costing less than £4 per rifle.
      So yeah, the Lewis gun cost more than 40 times as much as a cutting edge high end rifle. It's not suprising the US took a pass on it and tried to get a cheaper gun.

  • @Activated_Complex
    @Activated_Complex 3 года назад +156

    Air forces: Adopt the 1907, the FG-42, the M-16
    Armies: “What if we want to shoot at something 2,000 yards away?”

    • @Treblaine
      @Treblaine 3 года назад +41

      Air Force: "if the enemy is ever much more than about 300m away then that's a job for an air strike!"

    • @myparceltape1169
      @myparceltape1169 3 года назад +9

      Stop running away.

    • @hunterbidensschooldumpster9031
      @hunterbidensschooldumpster9031 3 года назад +1

      @@myparceltape1169 exactly! It's just herdsmen and farmers with outdated weaponry anyway!

    • @hunterbidensschooldumpster9031
      @hunterbidensschooldumpster9031 3 года назад +4

      I didn't realize the air force were the first to adopt the M-16! That's highly interesting! Hmm

    • @toomanyhobbies2011
      @toomanyhobbies2011 3 года назад +2

      @@hunterbidensschooldumpster9031 Yeah, Security Patrol on the flight line.

  • @Rinasoir
    @Rinasoir 5 лет назад +106

    Winchester 1907 additional feature: "The safety plays music when pressed."

    • @BushcraftingBogan
      @BushcraftingBogan 5 лет назад +3

      Peter Larkin LOL! I thought the same thing. Wow, it comes with a small record player! :D

  • @Dalasoldat
    @Dalasoldat 5 лет назад +68

    Petition to re-make the cartridge and call it .32 Winchester Self-Loathing.

    • @LukeBunyip
      @LukeBunyip 5 лет назад

      😂

    • @miltonhall7078
      @miltonhall7078 5 лет назад +5

      Very good. Actually at the time some wag nicknamed it the 32 "Somewhat Like a Rifle."

  • @tangero3462
    @tangero3462 5 лет назад +219

    To hell with sleep, I'm here for glorious history

  • @marcppparis
    @marcppparis 5 лет назад +252

    Winchester: “We’ve practically built our company on your designs JMB. You want more money... get out” Well played Winchester

    • @farmerboy916
      @farmerboy916 5 лет назад +17

      thedudepdx On something they think isn't even going to be that successful, and only a percentage on that. I mean come on

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 5 лет назад +19

      Thats conservatism for you.

    • @marcppparis
      @marcppparis 5 лет назад +25

      If they were willing to pay lump sum but didn’t want to pay royalties after X number of guns sold, that’s not because they thought the design was too risky (if it was they wouldn’t pay lump sum either). This feels like manager pounding table ego

    • @nevermoore9780
      @nevermoore9780 5 лет назад +7

      Because greed knows no season.

    • @Seth9809
      @Seth9809 5 лет назад +4

      If the gun doesn't sell that well, then all browning gets is a lump sum.
      Think about that.

  • @johnfrench5279
    @johnfrench5279 4 года назад +12

    Regarding use of the Winchester 1907 in ground combat: I am a naval researcher that regularly accesses British archives and I have come across a 1916 proposal to use the Winchester 1907 for ground combat for a very specific operation that was ultimately never carried out: the seizure of Heligoland. The relevant part of the document is as follows:
    “The operation appears thoroughly practicable if carried out by special troops thoroughly cognisant of the intended operations, and properly trained and equipped. Owing to the size of the Island, it is not to be expected that fighting will take place at anything but fairly close quarters, and therefore light automatic rifles, of say the 10 shot .351 Winchester type, with light ammunition should be substituted for the ordinary Service rifle, thus affording a considerable saving in weight in both weapons and ammunition. Most of the work of clearing tunnels and casemates, etc., should be done with explosive gas grenades, and the men should be thoroughly trained beforehand in two-handed pistol fighting and grenade throwing.”
    Heligoland at the time was a pure fortress riddled with underground bunkers and interconnecting tunnels. Most of the initial combat by the first troops ashore would be at knife fighting range so the desire for something like the Winchester 1907 is very understandable. An ability to mount a bayonet would certainly have made the Winchester 1907 even more attractive to the planners.

    • @yeedbottomtext7563
      @yeedbottomtext7563 Месяц назад

      Wow! Is this report digitized? I would love to read more

  • @mikespangler98
    @mikespangler98 3 года назад +47

    They came so close to a modern "assault rifle". I had to go look up the energy of the various rounds.
    5.56 x45 - 1300 ft-lbs
    351 SL. - 1400
    7.62 x 39 - 1500
    6.8 SPC - 1600
    30 - 30 - 1900
    6.5 x 50 Arisaka - 1960.
    Put a slightly lighter spitzer bullet in the 351 and they were there.

    • @fleebogazeezig6642
      @fleebogazeezig6642 Год назад +2

      Ever heard of the ribeyroles automatic carbine and it’s 8x35mm cartridge? That sounds a lot like what you are talking about

    • @zacharywranovsky
      @zacharywranovsky Год назад +2

      @@fleebogazeezig6642 that one never was practical though, so this 1907 came much closer

  • @McCbobbish
    @McCbobbish 5 лет назад +29

    I like it. It's a semiautomatic that has the aesthetic sensibility of a lever gun.

    • @UrsineArms
      @UrsineArms 6 месяцев назад +2

      This is a aspect of why JMB was the most important firearm designer, he crafted a series of firearms fit for an era coming down off the sensibilities of what cowboys and frontiersmen carried, his ergonomic design highly reminiscent of previous eras perfectly merged for the evolution of the modern firearm

  • @Vulf_Faolan
    @Vulf_Faolan 5 лет назад +44

    "Friendlier-looking but still effective". The more things change, the more they stay the same.

  • @TheArmourersBench
    @TheArmourersBench 5 лет назад +35

    Thanks for the shout out guys, great episode, love TC Johnson's autoloaders. They're such aesthetically pleasing guns. Looking forward to the next episode! - Matt

  • @SnellSr
    @SnellSr 5 лет назад +43

    When I was a young cop in Atlantic City we had 5 or 6 of those things with no slings but the military type rear sight. Unlike your example, our 10 round magazines were smooth and easy to insert and withdraw. I think that "moderate recoil" is not quite accurate. I remember them kicking like a mule considering their size. When we traded them in I asked the dealer what he planned on doing with them. He said "Eskimos love em… they are great on seals". LOL Great video, thanks.

    • @fredkaczinski2774
      @fredkaczinski2774 2 года назад

      The .401 is/was the favored gun in Central American Jaguar hunters
      I love AC

  • @Taistelukalkkuna
    @Taistelukalkkuna 5 лет назад +98

    For the flying part, what if Mae sits at the top of a doghouse?

  • @BumroyV2
    @BumroyV2 5 лет назад +15

    I actually found all of the talk about ground-use and full-auto claims really interesting. It shows the level of detail you go into and provides a texture to the history.

  • @mazkact
    @mazkact 5 лет назад +17

    In the AMC TV series "The Son" the 1907 is prominently featured as are many late 19th and early 20th century firearms.

  • @huntercompton9650
    @huntercompton9650 5 лет назад +78

    Winchester - "Nobody wants a self-loading shotgun, that's silly."
    Winchester - The builds 1911SL, worst auto loading shotgun in history.

    • @nevermoore9780
      @nevermoore9780 5 лет назад +14

      And don't forget they let Marlin get a foothold in the market place because they couldn't come up with a lever gun in 45-70 and went with crazy stuff like the 45-60, 45-75, etc.

  • @jasonsexton8869
    @jasonsexton8869 3 года назад +6

    Loved the vid! My grandfather had one of these and it was wonderful to see someone do a dive on this thing. Your comment about locking open the bolt with that plunger feeling dangerous is spot on. Thing always left me worried it'd drop closed at the worst possible time and take a fingertip with it.
    I came to mention the takedown. You can get the thing apart more easily by utilizing that massive recoil spring and the weight of the block. You unscrew the takedown screw, then take the grip in hand, depress the cocking plunger about half to 3/4 of the way and let it go. The bolt falling closed will pull the whole thing off the buttstock and trigger assembly part way and let you take the gun apart without fussing with it so much. Hope this helps, and that this message finds you and Mae well.
    Regards,
    -- Jason Sexton
    EDIT: Figured I'd add when dealing with the trigger group and that anvil masquerading as a hammer, watch your fingers. I lost a fingernail to that thing at one point. All springs on that gun are massively beefy.

  • @TheDragonborn97
    @TheDragonborn97 5 лет назад +10

    One of my favorite weapons in Battlefield I, is so nice to use it in any field

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped 5 лет назад +3

    I am simultaneously amazed that there is anyone who actually cares about the super in depth, minute details and information of these old and obscure firearms, and someone who watches and enjoys every C&Rsenal episode.
    I am so confused. Othias somehow makes this interesting.

  • @eVVigilance
    @eVVigilance 5 лет назад +34

    Glad to see this one finally come up. I hope the ammo I sent was helpful.

    • @Candrsenal
      @Candrsenal  5 лет назад +10

      Absolutely! Huge relief.

    • @F1083
      @F1083 5 лет назад +5

      Thanks for helping them

    • @FriendlyShinobi
      @FriendlyShinobi 5 лет назад

      Thank you very much friend!

    • @supferfuzz
      @supferfuzz 4 года назад

      Where in the world would you even find 351 ammo?

    • @eVVigilance
      @eVVigilance 4 года назад +4

      @@supferfuzz Jameson, (then Captech, now no longer in business), used to load and produce factory brass and ammo for old guns. I randomly ran across several boxes at a small shop in rural NH, and bought a few because they were cheap, and I figured they were worth having. I regret not buying all of it... Anyway, few years later I sent them on to further the cause. Buffalo Arms is now the only place I know that has brass and ammo for it.

  • @jkware1713
    @jkware1713 5 лет назад +3

    The first rifle I ever shot was a model 63. I love the look of these rifles. An elegant weapon from a more civilized age. Thanks for the video. As always, excellent job!

  • @Tuning3434
    @Tuning3434 5 лет назад +29

    Needs the bajonet and a rail to attach my spare ZIP 22!

  • @USAAmutual45
    @USAAmutual45 5 лет назад +76

    34:52 "What would call for a autoloading carbine of intermediate power?...." That also reminds me vaguely of something. But I'm sure that idea was a dead end in firearms design. :-)
    Great episode.

    • @baker90338
      @baker90338 5 лет назад +1

      Nathan a dead end with worse hearing damage.

    • @RyTrapp0
      @RyTrapp0 5 лет назад +3

      NOTHING can replace good old fashioned knock down power - 308 or NOTHING, everyone knows its the future!!!

    • @jacobmccandles1767
      @jacobmccandles1767 4 года назад +3

      RyTrapp0, you sir....are living in the past.

    • @hailexiao2770
      @hailexiao2770 4 года назад +1

      @@RyTrapp0 What is 223 that fragments inside someone's chest, if not good old fashioned stopping power?

    • @Deterrent-xz5zz
      @Deterrent-xz5zz 3 года назад +1

      @@RyTrapp0 300 black out

  • @jackandersen1262
    @jackandersen1262 5 лет назад +6

    The pictures of the 15 and 20 round mags available on the internet are always shown on post war police carbines, so those were most likely developed with the intention of police use, instead of being a WW1 request.

  • @raymondgill9796
    @raymondgill9796 5 лет назад +2

    I marvel at the academic rigour you bring to this subject while still making it accessible and interesting to general interest viewers. Bravo!

  • @DanielESmith-iz7lx
    @DanielESmith-iz7lx 5 лет назад +1

    I really appreciate your detail, delivery, care and concern of your program.
    Thank you.

  • @MilsurpMikeChannel
    @MilsurpMikeChannel 5 лет назад +22

    Although you showed it in use with Mae shooting, you didn't talk about one built in feature... The safety switch activating the built-in MP3 player. It really was advanced for its time! Edit: Just finished and again, very informative and great job.

  • @logcabinlooms
    @logcabinlooms 5 лет назад +8

    Excellent video, I have been waiting a long time for someone to go into the WSL in depth. A couple tips, when breaking the gun down, after backing out the disassembly screw, simply cycle the action a time or two and the mass of the bolt snapping forward will separate the two parts easily. As for recoil spring installing, someplace in my videos I have a step by step video on a simple method that you don't need to be an octopus to manage. The recoil feels peculiar because it's actually double, one from the cartridge firing, followed by the massive bolt hitting the buffer on the end of it's travel. Also keep an eye on the buffer condition, if the buffer washer bottoms out the gun can hammer itself apart, that's what damages stocks. Also the barrel nut is easily removed using the bottle opener on a Swiss Army Knife. I look forward to the next video, but I have to say during the shooting portion my first thought was, good luck finding that brass again. They are notorious for throwing brass far and wide, I don't shoot mine without a deflector to kick the brass down.

    • @Tornado1861
      @Tornado1861 5 лет назад

      Your video on aftermarket magazine modification is great too.

  • @waynehindes3396
    @waynehindes3396 5 лет назад +1

    Thank You, Ive been looking forward to this one for some time.

  • @chrisbell52310
    @chrisbell52310 5 лет назад +1

    You not only hit it out of the park, you knocked the cover off AИD unwound the innards of it into the next neighborhood. Thank you for your tireless research and awesome presentation style!

  • @galbas78
    @galbas78 5 лет назад

    been waiting for this episode for a good long time now. thanks C&Rsenal.

  • @Dja05
    @Dja05 5 лет назад +1

    Aaaaaw yes! Been waiting for this for so long! My body is ready!

  • @Player_Review
    @Player_Review 5 лет назад +4

    competition is a great thing and glad we had so many great designers at the time. also, i can appreciate them not picking Browning's idea for the sporting market demographic they had at the time. In Utah (Browning's home), we still don't use autoloading rifles in general for sportsmanship reasons. You can take anything, but most of us take bolt action for sporting reasons as it emphasizes a good killshot on the first shot.

  • @dougrohn8802
    @dougrohn8802 3 года назад +2

    I own one of these. I used it for deer hunting for years. It was a great brush carbine. I wouldn't use it for long range shooting. It is expensive to shoot, as cartridges are not available anymore. It is fun to shoot. It will fire as fast as you can pull the trigger. I absolutely love this firearm.

  • @ADyingBreed0311
    @ADyingBreed0311 5 лет назад +2

    Late night gun work while listening to gun history. Pretty awesome.

  • @cdeichhorn
    @cdeichhorn 5 лет назад +6

    You should read Leonard Speckin’s book on the .351. He shows the tools on disassembling. His research at the Cody Museum took him to develop a reproduction of the factory tool.

  • @mcfontaine
    @mcfontaine 5 лет назад +2

    Yet again, brilliant research. Thanks man.

  • @user-kt8yp5ho2y
    @user-kt8yp5ho2y 5 лет назад +34

    Finally! I’ve been waiting for this self-loading rifle!!! 😄😁😆😎🤩🤑

    • @vincentbaelde-millar670
      @vincentbaelde-millar670 5 лет назад +2

      Same AF, this has to be one of the most interesting firearms used in WW1.

    • @borkwoof696
      @borkwoof696 5 лет назад +1

      Vincent Baelde-Millar I think so with every new episode

  • @weezypacman4449
    @weezypacman4449 5 лет назад +2

    I really appreciate the content you work so hard to produce.

  • @silverfingerthesilverstack5062
    @silverfingerthesilverstack5062 5 лет назад +5

    Its like an early M1 Carbine, excellent vid as usual

  • @rhettj81
    @rhettj81 2 года назад +2

    I gotta say...y'all did your homework for sure. So detailed. Enjoyed it a lot

  • @monkeyship74401
    @monkeyship74401 5 лет назад +86

    How about Mae on Othias's shoulders chicken fight style? That might simulate use in flight... :)

  • @connorbarabe5772
    @connorbarabe5772 5 лет назад +3

    Awesome video, love the in depth research.

  • @XaviarCraig
    @XaviarCraig 2 года назад +3

    As someone who got to fire one of these extensively and jokingly in an amateur 3-gun comp I would say the recoil is comparable to an M1 Garand. The Stiffness in the mag changes and charging pump are a pain but with a lot of practice you dont find them as problematic. The main issue nowadays with the M1907 is finding ammo!

  • @paulhinds4840
    @paulhinds4840 5 лет назад +2

    This was a very interesting episode with lots of information about the .351 Winchester in WWI.
    I recall that gun authors in the 1960 made the point that this was the time that Winchester "screwed the pooch" in their dealings with Browning. The hodge-pouge nature of its design was very interesting.

  • @351WINCHESTER
    @351WINCHESTER 5 лет назад +20

    Excellent video. FYI only the 10 round mags. had to be fitted at the factory, per Winchester's own advertisement. Now I have a question for you that has gone unanswered for decades. Look at the back of the mag. on top & you will probably see 3 dimples. Some have only one dimple, but most that I have seen have 3. What is the purpose of those dimples? To take apart just unscrew the take down screw cock the action & let it fly forward. For a very short time Winchester made a stainless steel barrel for these, just like their .220 swift. That invoice is most impressive. It clearly states Auto, not semi-Auto, meaning full auto which was done by Winchester. The 1907/07 Winchesters were the most expensive production rifles Winchester made at the time & I think they were more than the model 70 too. The metal butt plate was actually quite a bit thicker spreading the recoil out more. The triggers had to be heavy, otherwise they would double or sometimes go full auto. Brassfetcher tested one of my 07's with Remington sp factory ammo shooting into ballistic gel. Check it out. The recoil on these rifles is nothing like I have ever shot before. It's hard to explain, but it's almost like a Browning A-5 insomuch as you feel like it's two recoils. Again thanks for this most excellent video. You probably need to change out the recoil buffer available from Gun Parts, West Hurley. I need to do mine, but I don't have enough hands. These are the best made mags. that I have ever seen. If you will look at the front of the follower you will see that Winchester added a roller bearing. Thanks again.

    • @mcdoctorglock
      @mcdoctorglock 5 лет назад +3

      How could nobody else upvote this? Prime information! Thank you, sir.

    • @jackandersen1262
      @jackandersen1262 5 лет назад +6

      351WINCHESTER by assuming that the word “auto” means that the 1907 rifle had full auto versions made would also mean that the Browning Auto 5 was also made in full auto versions (do you see any mention of full auto Auto 5’s).

    • @hunterbidensschooldumpster9031
      @hunterbidensschooldumpster9031 3 года назад +3

      Automatic back then refered to semi auto when it came to anything other than machine guns.
      Automatic firearms are divided into two categories, fully automatic, and semi automatic. Automatic has today become a colloquialism for fully automatic, but back then it's was not. So you are wholly incorrect about that.

  • @michaelathens953
    @michaelathens953 5 лет назад +3

    I absolutely love this show. Once I'm in a slightly less destitute position I will definitely pledge support on patreon.

  • @DefunctYompelvert
    @DefunctYompelvert 5 лет назад

    Yesss!!! been waiting over a year for this one

  • @shawnbane585
    @shawnbane585 5 лет назад +2

    There is a picture I have seen at my grandmas house with my Great Grand father, Grand fathers dad and WWI veteran holding a 1903 in his US steel Security guard uniform. It was taken about 1922. I went looking for it again I could not find it. My uncle got most of the photos I called him he had no look as well. He did remember the photo as well. A neat family story to tell about the gun pictured here.

  • @jzargo7443
    @jzargo7443 5 лет назад +3

    Just bought 1 two weeks ago, thanks for teaching me about it.

  • @sumvs5992
    @sumvs5992 3 года назад +5

    If I had a one way time machine, I'd try to become an apprentice of John Moses Browning. I just want to see his whole life.

  • @Simon_Nonymous
    @Simon_Nonymous 3 года назад

    Another stunner,. thank you.

  • @TylerHulan
    @TylerHulan 5 лет назад +46

    Hell I'd much prefer a Winchester 1907 than a 1903 with a Pederson Device. Be kinda cool if they saw more extensive ground use.

    • @john-paulsilke893
      @john-paulsilke893 5 лет назад +1

      Tyler Hulan to own or to shoot?

    • @Ralph-yn3gr
      @Ralph-yn3gr 5 лет назад +8

      As a combat weapon I agree wholeheartedly. As a civilian with an interest in firearms, however...

    • @TylerHulan
      @TylerHulan 5 лет назад +9

      yeah I'm talking from perspective of a solider in WW1. My local shop has a winchester 1907 for like $450. Ive never even seen a Pederson device in person. From a collector standpoint, I'd kill for a Pederson Device.

    • @jballew2239
      @jballew2239 5 лет назад +2

      For a murder weapon, the Pedersen is tough to beat. I've messed with a 07 Winny, and even with larger mags it is not "handy". That 40 round capacity, and marginal but still decent performance of the .30 Pedersen is tough to damn in the early 20'th century. Unless you have an OVP or Mp 18 there are few better til the 1919 TSMG.

    • @TylerHulan
      @TylerHulan 5 лет назад +10

      @@jballew2239 I'd have to disagree. The 1907 is far handier than a 1903 with a long magazine coming out of the side. Plus, as cool as the whole Pederson Device was, it just seems a bit flimsy to me.

  • @John.VanSwearingen
    @John.VanSwearingen 5 лет назад +269

    A detachable magazine, semi-automatic, intermediate cartridge carbine, which takes down into upper and lower receiver groups, available over 110 years ago?
    Quick, someone define "common use" for a certain senator from California.

    • @johannderjager4146
      @johannderjager4146 5 лет назад +35

      He's a Liberal, he's too stupid to understand "in common-use".

    • @jballew2239
      @jballew2239 5 лет назад +27

      You'd need to illustrate it with used condoms, spent "nails" and piles of feces. Otherwise they might not understand.

    • @timedraven117
      @timedraven117 5 лет назад +14

      Ain't that true for all politicians though?

    • @FriendlyShinobi
      @FriendlyShinobi 5 лет назад +11

      Blood Raven Unfortunately i think you are correct on that.

    • @banhammer7243
      @banhammer7243 5 лет назад +12

      /yawn here we go again. History channel dickhead nothing political here! Keep it that way!

  • @Targetpopper
    @Targetpopper 5 лет назад +4

    Love my M1907SL. Super fun gun to shoot and load for. I like my Model 8's more but the 07 is a classic.

  • @dunxy
    @dunxy 5 лет назад +4

    Im having a bad day (or is that month!) and this was just the ticket to helping cheer me up! Now , just need some time to go for a shot,haven't had my monthly dose yet :(

  • @hobartw9770
    @hobartw9770 2 года назад

    Appreciate no commercials flows much better.

  • @bosstube9046
    @bosstube9046 5 лет назад +2

    Yes I've been waiting for this I even guessed it in the last upload

    • @bosstube9046
      @bosstube9046 5 лет назад

      And I have a Winchester self loader 1910 in 401 wsl it's fun

  • @nramade
    @nramade 4 года назад +1

    I got a 1905 35 caliber and it works so fine until today... There is a jerry rig to adapt shells to shoot but works very very fine... Love it.

  • @Kalasznikow47
    @Kalasznikow47 5 лет назад +8

    That would be nice gun for InRangeTV mud test if magazine wouldn't have these witness holes. Seems pretty well sealed overall.

  • @SCHNEKM483BK
    @SCHNEKM483BK 5 лет назад +1

    Love the history!

  • @TerryDowne
    @TerryDowne 3 года назад +1

    I can't tell you what fun it is to hear Othais use the word "bupkis."

  • @Boreas74
    @Boreas74 5 лет назад +3

    I've been waiting for this one. All hail Othias.

  • @woodsmanforlife1677
    @woodsmanforlife1677 5 лет назад +1

    Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

  • @awetisimgaming7473
    @awetisimgaming7473 3 года назад +1

    I don't know what kind of motorcycle skills you have Mae, but id be impressed/excited to see you shoot a moderately recoiling rifle either no handed on the bike or one hand on both, not to mention being in a bumpy field.

  • @n8fancy
    @n8fancy 5 лет назад +1

    I've only seen it in reference books. you guys are great, I wish I could afford to support you

  • @trekaddict
    @trekaddict 5 лет назад +3

    I know this is a WW1 show at present. It is why I started watching. Yet, I cannot help but feel anticipation for the M1 Garrand episode. And the G43. And the SVT40. I have an odd fondness for that era of autoloaders. Also, Saint John biography episode when?

  • @johnqpublic2718
    @johnqpublic2718 4 года назад

    Best Intro/outro music on the tube!

  • @GiggleBlizzard
    @GiggleBlizzard 5 лет назад +1

    Seeing Othais crack up is like watching a grizzly beer cub fall over, absolutely adorable!

  • @YerluvinunclePete
    @YerluvinunclePete 5 лет назад +27

    Sidecar motorcycle shooting!

  • @jacksonmacpherson6101
    @jacksonmacpherson6101 5 лет назад +62

    RSC 1917 soon i hope

    • @devil5cry
      @devil5cry 5 лет назад +12

      ian may show up to help [?!]

    • @askingstuff
      @askingstuff 5 лет назад

      It was never used.

    • @McCbobbish
      @McCbobbish 5 лет назад +6

      @@askingstuff It was, actually.

    • @danielbutka8854
      @danielbutka8854 5 лет назад +3

      @@askingstuff Then why did they produce like 200,000 of them (close to the same number of chauchats produced)

    • @RyTrapp0
      @RyTrapp0 5 лет назад +2

      How anyone could make a statement alluding to a limited use of a certain firearm in WWI, inferring that this may influence that weapon not showing up on an episode on this channel OBVIOUSLY hasn't paid attention to all of the obscure, barely used, a few even only theoretically so, firearms that have had full length episodes devoted to them here on C&Rsenal.
      I mean, the aforementioned air service rifle much? That thing is going to get an episode - but the 1917 RSC isn't??? GTFO of here with that ridiculous logic...
      Not to mention the fact that, as others have pointed out, it most certainly was used...

  • @n.m.s7552
    @n.m.s7552 5 лет назад

    Finally... thank you!

  • @jacktheaviator4938
    @jacktheaviator4938 Год назад

    The French magazines were kinda common at gun shows in the 60s. But back then the rifles were just another old gun, no collector interest. My dad was a big fan of the 1907s and 1910s and had several. He bought up every magazine he ran across, and I still have a big box stashed away.

  • @christopherberry4452
    @christopherberry4452 5 лет назад

    Outstanding series

  • @DebatingWombat
    @DebatingWombat 5 лет назад +15

    Bayonets in police service, or more accurately riot control, may not be as outlandish as it seems today. Before teargas and rubber bullets, bayonets and sabres (the latter for mounted forces) were standard tools for dispersing crowds in the early 20th century, as the intermediate step between truncheons and bullets.
    So, apart from cleaning out old stock, a police bayonet in the Depression might be a bit old fashioned, but not completely off kilter.

    • @borjesvensson8661
      @borjesvensson8661 5 лет назад

      Well Swedish police was issued with sabres (dull) for crowd control into the sixties and the un peacekeeping forces in kongo requested bayonets on the swedish K for crowd control.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 лет назад

      It's good for the.... implication... but the moment an angry crowd impales themselves on your bayonets then all hell will break loose and it'll be a big PR disaster.

    • @jackandersen1262
      @jackandersen1262 5 лет назад +1

      I’ve seen some riot police formation videos from like the 50-60’s and they did indeed have bayonets fixed.

  • @williamprince1114
    @williamprince1114 5 лет назад +10

    In regards to the Krag bayonet ...... I wonder if the Krags were being used by prison guards (or rail way guards or plant security) and some Winchester self loaders were acquired to supplement those Krags. Adding a lug that fit both would make sense. And it might be the sort of thing that was done by a sub contractor.
    Just a thought. I could be very wrong.

    • @eVVigilance
      @eVVigilance 5 лет назад +4

      I can't speak to what fits the 1907's bayonet lug. What I CAN tell you is that my Russian Winchester bayonet came in to my local shop, fitting and locking just fine (if slightly loose in muzzlering diameter) on a 1903 Springfield. Which, of course, also fits a Krag bayonet just fine.
      Point is, the dimensions are very close.

  • @bobbyhood101
    @bobbyhood101 5 лет назад +6

    The mistake of ever crossing John Browning was a business mistake of a lifetime! The 351. Was more effective than .30 carbine!

  • @haboob308
    @haboob308 5 лет назад +6

    Eli McCullough approves of the Winchester 1907.

  • @codypanek
    @codypanek 5 лет назад +6

    "We're into Man on Man here" *sits up*

  • @pecospest
    @pecospest 5 лет назад +8

    The 351 was not that bad a cartridge , after all it compares very well with a .357 Magnum ,and at short distance with a 30-30 ( roughly same bullet weight and muzzle velocity ) ---- And the 401 is very similar to a 44 Magnum out of a rifle .

  • @adaw2d3222
    @adaw2d3222 5 лет назад

    "There's a couple features. May I?" That made me chuckle.

  • @JoshNeilTHE
    @JoshNeilTHE 5 лет назад

    The level of tongue-in-cheek is strong with this one.

  • @stevenhoman2253
    @stevenhoman2253 5 лет назад +1

    excellent story mate. enjoyed as always..carbines are a favourite of mine. semi or auto.

  • @michaelwalker4977
    @michaelwalker4977 2 года назад +4

    Put Mae in a tire swing at one end of the range and the target in a tire swing at the other end. Instant dogfight!

  • @SuperMarshall2009
    @SuperMarshall2009 5 лет назад +1

    the for-ends do break easy, but a new buffer can help prevent as well as being careful to not over tighten barrel which is easy to tighten too much. They were used in the US and Canada for game from aircraft into the 1960s - Have heard that there were some sights for reverse lead on sighting game from air.

  • @alexandruianu8432
    @alexandruianu8432 5 лет назад +2

    21:00 - Aftermarket magazines don't work that well because the magazine catch cutouts are the wrong shape. The magazine catch also serves to drag on the case below it to equalize the pressure of the stack on the bolt. If the mag doesn't allow that to happen, and there is too much friction (grit, long term storage), it will short stroke. Technically longer magazines should work better in general because the pressure on the last few rounds is weaker and less variable than in the case of 5-10 rounders.

  • @johnfisk811
    @johnfisk811 5 лет назад +1

    I may have siad this before but, looking at the wall behind Othias, oooh! Comblain!

  • @PotatoeJoe69
    @PotatoeJoe69 2 года назад

    Admittedly I'm a fan of this rifle. Usually Pre-war to WWI era guns really don't catch my eye, but this gun looks good. I wouldn't mind owning one.

  • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
    @MaxwellAerialPhotography 5 лет назад +6

    Any fans of the depression gangster era, or fans of the movie Public Enemies, will be the few asides from general Winchester or early autoloader aficionados who knew about the M1907 before the release of Battlefield 1. I'm kinda a mix of the first two, but I will say I'm always glad when an obscure but cool gun, gets some new exposure. Not gonna hate on those who found out about this gun from a video games, gaming is what largely got me in to the the world of shooting sports and gun nerdery.
    Fantastic episode as usual, thanks and keep up the outstanding work.

  • @SCHNEKM483BK
    @SCHNEKM483BK 5 лет назад

    Shooting under "stress" creates the "need " for a "heavier" trigger. It's amazing how much "strength" you gain when under stress.

  • @milesmcdonald4367
    @milesmcdonald4367 5 лет назад +1

    I would love to see a sportsman style show!

  • @alexc3504
    @alexc3504 5 лет назад +2

    C&Rsenal is the reason I have no semblance of a sleep schedule. Thank you.

  • @timblack6422
    @timblack6422 3 года назад

    History!!

  • @sapper12b68
    @sapper12b68 5 лет назад

    Wooo new video

  • @chrisbell52310
    @chrisbell52310 5 лет назад

    Oh btw, just keep 'em coming! I wouldn't dane or dare to question what comes next. This took me by surprise after seeing the TGW special on American Arms. I am giddy with the fumes of nitrocellulose or gun oil or both!

    • @chrisbell52310
      @chrisbell52310 5 лет назад

      ... how has nobody commented on how Crozier must have taken the page from Winchester's playbook in dealing with Johnny B when considering the Lewis gun? ... Othias and Mae you are awesome.

  • @Andy-Gibb
    @Andy-Gibb 3 года назад

    Awesome little rifle👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @TheRealColBosch
    @TheRealColBosch 5 лет назад +15

    This is a gun I know nothing about, aside from that it existed.

    • @Dja05
      @Dja05 5 лет назад +4

      Well, to be honest, most people nowadays probably know this from Battlefield 1... That's how I got interested in it anyhow.

    • @TheRealColBosch
      @TheRealColBosch 5 лет назад +1

      Not me, since I haven't bought an EA game since Crysis 3.

  • @RealMrBen
    @RealMrBen 2 года назад

    I just got my hands on one of these got some upgrades on it. Going take that spring apart.

  • @ACWells-vi3re
    @ACWells-vi3re 4 года назад

    I come for the information and stay for May's smile when she's cleared the shoot.