The deeds and life of Frank Hamer are almost unbelievable ....He was in like 70 fire-fights, killed 50 or so outlaws, and was wounded 17 times ...Yes, the T R museum on I-35 in Waco TX.....it's worth the trip...
All of that is a big exaggeration. As a young man he was wounded with a shotgun. At Sweetwater, Texas, he was wounded in the leg and shoulder. He didn't kill anywhere near 50 outlaws. He tried to avoid gunfights. His reputation allowed criminals to give up and go to jail. Ironically, he was the only Texas Ranger to lose a prisoner by lynch mob.
Frank Hamer had two guns the day of the ambush, the model 8 Remington and his colt single action he called “old lucky” The colt 38 super was given to him after. He hated machine guns like the Thompson. He was surgical with his rifle and didn’t believe in spray and pray shooting. Great video thanks.
Hamer was a real hero who chased criminals, not headlines. Gotta wonder what he'd have thought about Kevin Costner's portrayal of him. One tough man, that's for sure!
Really interesting video about Frank hamers choice of weapons. A true legend of his time . Bonnie and Clyde deserved every round that morning in my opinion
I have two of these Model 8's, one a .30 Remington and one a .35 Remington. My father and grandfather used them for whitetail deer hunting, and I've done the same. I had the suspicion that a Model 8 was one of the guns used to kill Bonnie and Clyde, so was very interested in this video. Thanks for putting it out there!
I agree with your comment about criminals getting popular and the hero’s of law enforcement name disappear. I never heard of Frank Hamer until learning about Bonnie and Clyde. Even then he was a foot note. Even Bass Reeves is little known to people and he was one tough law man.
Not only in USA . In late 18th century, in south western part of HRE the gang of ,Hanickel' caused a lot of problems, because this part of HRE was split into lots of independent territories. The man, who could arrest ,Hanikel' is also forgotten. He was the ,Amtmann' /leader of a wurttembergian ,county' and in bis days a wellknown person in fighting criminals, even this was not his intended duty as ,Amtmann'.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy : This man was the leader of Oberamt Horb, Oberamt was up to 1935 the wurttembergian word for Landkreis/ county in USA. This man, i habe forgotten his name. His duty was administrating such an Oberamt. In a german history magazine he was noted some months ago. In this article was written, that he was interessted , why criminals did their crimes. So this gave him some knowledge, how to prevent crime. Also he ordered the judges, to do not to hard sentences, so that he was seen by criminals as a thrustworty official, and they sometimes shared their knowledge of crime. Also the Amtmann did a lot of paperwork with nonwurttembergian officials, so that he had lots of connections to the small and smallest german states.
AWSOME short video and bonnie and clyde were both POS . I support the BLUE 100% . my great great uncle on my moms side was a Texas Ranger with company B he died at the age of 103. My mom got to know him . she said he was tough as nails but a very gentleman.
If it wasn’t for browning Remington would not even be a thing. He designed so many weapons for them until he got smart and decided to break away from them because they barely paid him anything.
I had two of these rifles, a .30 cal. and a .35 cal. Both very early mfr, low serial numbers. Sold them off over 20 years ago when I needed money. Bet they are worth a lot more now than what I got for them then.
Well that's good to hear Kepler. Technically The Texas Rangers are a division within the Texas Department of Public Safety. about 200 employees and the average age is 44. Not a bad career choice at all but is it a long road. Having good study habits and staying physically fit will be worth it's weight in gold. If you want my advice, Get up before the sun rises and train hard with weights and cardio. Before going to bed early read and study. Remember that due diligence and self control will win the race in the end. Focus on a goal and do not rest until it is obtained.
Nice video. Thanks. I might be wrong but I believe the model 81 was a police model with a higher capacity detachable mag. Either way, sure would like to have either one. .35 Rem of course.
You are correct and they “the extended capacity” are hard to find. Given the time and era it was most likely an 8, but I sure wasn’t around back then to verify.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy I just watched a Forgotten Weapons on these rifles and according to Ian (and I ain't a gonna argue with that guy...lol) in 1934 it would have been a model 8. The 81 came a few years later and never sold very many. Most were bought by L.A. sheriff's department. Great show, though check it out. Also watched his podcast on the Monitor BAR. Used by Hamer in the movie "Highwaymen" I'm sure you'll enjoy them as well
@Caskas Thank you for watching Brother! Yes you can Wikipedia, and a few other websites as well. Many books too. Even colt forum has info on the colts he used.
Thanks , I do like that rifle . I’ve got a A5 and in a ruck that would be my first choice . Yes sir Frank Hamer was a man I would not like to have been wanted by 👍
Remember that B&C’s heydays were during the Great Depression. Families were losing their houses & farms to the banks. Naturally many folks liked to see the banks get robbed just as they perceived the banks were robbing them. It’s certainly no justification for what B&C did but it might explain why 20,000 people went to Bonnie Parker’s funeral.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy thanks for the lead, ive sorted through other accounts of who was there but they vary a great deal. But I feel with Franks background it would be the most accurate.
It’s been well documented that Hamer used the Remington model 8 chambered in .35 rem. Can you link the info you read on it being as you stated a 25 Remington? I would like to read it.
I've read that Frank used a B.A.R. ar the ambush. Deputy Prentiss used a .35 Remington borrowed from a dentist . What am I missing? BTW , Great video !
I've just inherited a model 8 .35 rem. Goofball uncle drilled and tapped it and put an offset scope mount on it. Don't know if its operable. Seems to be but no ammo available. Mine says RP on the side. I think it means November 1923.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy ok thanks. I gotta kill a deer with it. I have all these pictures now of my grandad with this gun and dead deer in the 1920s. Never really knew him. Died when I was 8. 32 years ago.
What was the magazine capacity of the Remington rifle Hamer used to kill Bonnie and Clyde? What weapons were used by the other officers involved in the killing?
Hand cuff, you can also see them as a chain with two T- handles on either side. This would obviously be only give you control of one wrist. Thank you for checking the video out!
"Let's talk about Frank Hamer's favorite guns like the S&W .44 Triple Lock Hand Ejector; this of course isn't it, it's something else". LMFAO!!!!!!! WTF!?!?!? "Also, if you look at Wikipedia" :D
Why was Frank A. Hamer carrying a .38 Super? Hamer knew that his opponents would like be wearing bullet-proof vests, and Frank knew his .45 couldn't penetrate a vest, but a Super .38 could cut a hole in the vest as neatly as a drill press. His rifle was also chosen for penetrating automobiles. Hamer didn't like automatic rifles but ballistics showed that Ted Hinton had fired 30 shots at Bonnie & Clyde's car during the Sowers ambush, with a Thompson submachine gun and 17 out of 30 his shots hadn’t penetrated the body of Clyde's Ford. Hamer's Remington 8 was meant to rip holes in a V8 Ford.
You can blame media if you want for the veneration of Bonnie and Clyde. I have a simpler reason why Bonnie and Clyde were thought of as "Robin Hood" types even if they clearly weren't. Why? Because fuck banks, that's why.
What about it? He used a great many different firearms throughout his career. These two are the “go to” ones. I could do a full 3 hour video about all the firearms he used, but felt like a shorter more condensed video would be more palatable for a wider verity of viewers. Thank you for checking out the video. Ironically I own a reproduction single action army that I hope to do a review on at some point. I love the classic firearms.
He most likely did, the issue is that I have never seen one for sale cheap enough to buy, and to install the large magazine you need to take apart the rifle to install it unfortunately.
Yes, B&C were revered by the citizenry as heros. A desperate thing for desperate times. Also rumor has it. Capt Hamer only fired two shots at the onset on that engagement, on into Bonnie's hear, one I to Clyde's. Then sat down and lured a Camel
Definitely not revered by the families of the victims slain by them. The last part of your comment reads “lured a camel” I can only assume that spell check is at play or slang. In any case thank you for watching the video.
Hamer used his career to destroy the KKK. His life was saved by a Black man and he never forgot it. Ironically, he lost a prisoner to a lynch mob and the only ranger to do so.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy Lol Jesus, I guess Ted was expecting a whole expose on Captain Frank Hamer. anyways I enjoyed it if he wants more info on Frank he can go to his local library and find a book I'm sure.
In my mind that is an odd comparison to make from every thing I have read. Frank Hamer was a law man, no law enforcement is going after blm/antifa in fact in most situations I have seen the law enforcement arrests the person being assaulted by those groups.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy i was only comparing how these criminals crimes are not paid attention to. And then the people if they are aware of them at all only regurgitate the msm narrative, and I do agree "law enforcement" is no longer that.
The deeds and life of Frank Hamer are almost unbelievable ....He was in like 70 fire-fights, killed 50 or so outlaws, and was wounded 17 times ...Yes, the T R museum on I-35 in Waco TX.....it's worth the trip...
I would really love to visit that museum some day. Oh yeah Frank Hammer was a true bad A$$.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy bonnie and clyde were better
@@unratednate3954 go away troll.
All of that is a big exaggeration. As a young man he was wounded with a shotgun. At Sweetwater, Texas, he was wounded in the leg and shoulder. He didn't kill anywhere near 50 outlaws. He tried to avoid gunfights. His reputation allowed criminals to give up and go to jail. Ironically, he was the only Texas Ranger to lose a prisoner by lynch mob.
Sounds like a serial killer to me.
Frank Hamer had two guns the day of the ambush, the model 8 Remington and his colt single action he called “old lucky” The colt 38 super was given to him after. He hated machine guns like the Thompson. He was surgical with his rifle and didn’t believe in spray and pray shooting. Great video thanks.
Hamer was a real hero who chased criminals, not headlines.
Gotta wonder what he'd have thought about Kevin Costner's portrayal of him.
One tough man, that's for sure!
He certainly was. True salt of the earth.
Even if not 100% depiction, he would have approved I think
Watch the highwaymen with kevin Costner's as hamer and woody Harrelson as gault
I will need to check that out! Thanks for the recommendation Patrick!
It's a beautiful movie, so many gorgeous cars, trucks and guns. Especially those Colt Monitors.
Great movie
No. Horrible film. Not enough diversity by any means.
This was great. The only time that I've ever seen that rifle anywhere is in Frank Hamer's hands, I was always curious about it, thanks.
If you ever get the chance to shoot one I recommend it, because it is very different than most firearms.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
Very well done and great commentary from a 30 year retired Alaska State Trooper.
Really interesting video about Frank hamers choice of weapons. A true legend of his time . Bonnie and Clyde deserved every round that morning in my opinion
Good video, thanks for posting, and thanks for telling the story of the man who brought those butchers to justice.
No problem Joseph, thank you for checking the video out.
I have two of these Model 8's, one a .30 Remington and one a .35 Remington. My father and grandfather used them for whitetail deer hunting, and I've done the same. I had the suspicion that a Model 8 was one of the guns used to kill Bonnie and Clyde, so was very interested in this video. Thanks for putting it out there!
Thank you for checking out the video Barb!
It is said that the 35 Remington could shoot through an old cast iron engine block.
Excellent job! Really interesting! After I watched this video I watched a video of the Remington Model 8 being fired. Man, what a BEAST!!
Thank you! Yeah the model 8/81 is a very interesting design. I kinda liken it to a A5 shot gun in a way.
Awesome stuff man. I absolutely love Texas ranger History. If you ever get a chance to go to the Texas Rangers museum in Waco it's awesome.
Thank you @big bad jones. heck you, me too! if I'm ever in that neighbor hood I will definitely go there!
I really enjoy the Rangers' history myself. Their museum in Waco is on my bucket list. 👍
He had colt sixgun he named old lucky. After ambush stopped he drew it and approached Clydes auto
Nice video 👍👍😊 and good movie with Kevin C & Woody H .
Yeah The new one on netflix called the Highwaymen. Good flick!
Just watched it great movie .
I agree with your comment about criminals getting popular and the hero’s of law enforcement name disappear. I never heard of Frank Hamer until learning about Bonnie and Clyde. Even then he was a foot note. Even Bass Reeves is little known to people and he was one tough law man.
Yeah, I guess that’s just how life goes unfortunately.
Not only in USA . In late 18th century, in south western part of HRE the gang of ,Hanickel' caused a lot of problems, because this part of HRE was split into lots of independent territories. The man, who could arrest ,Hanikel' is also forgotten. He was the ,Amtmann' /leader of a wurttembergian ,county' and in bis days a wellknown person in fighting criminals, even this was not his intended duty as ,Amtmann'.
@@brittakriep2938 I will have to look that up.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy : This man was the leader of Oberamt Horb, Oberamt was up to 1935 the wurttembergian word for Landkreis/ county in USA. This man, i habe forgotten his name. His duty was administrating such an Oberamt. In a german history magazine he was noted some months ago. In this article was written, that he was interessted , why criminals did their crimes. So this gave him some knowledge, how to prevent crime. Also he ordered the judges, to do not to hard sentences, so that he was seen by criminals as a thrustworty official, and they sometimes shared their knowledge of crime. Also the Amtmann did a lot of paperwork with nonwurttembergian officials, so that he had lots of connections to the small and smallest german states.
Great video bud! 👍
Thank you very much RMAX2. Have a Happy New Year!
Very practical working guns. Just what I'd expect from a professional lawman like Hamer, who was in a lot of shootouts and died old of natural causes.
Yeah she was a very logical guy from what I have read. Thank you for checking out this video.
Cool video, love historical weapons.
Thanks!!
Loved the video
Thank you Zach.
AWSOME short video and bonnie and clyde were both POS . I support the BLUE 100% . my great great uncle on my moms side was a Texas Ranger with company B he died at the age of 103. My mom got to know him . she said he was tough as nails but a very gentleman.
Thank you I appreciate it! That"s one heck of a life! Wow he made it to 103 years old!
Yes Sir one Heck of life 👍🇺🇸
If it wasn’t for browning Remington would not even be a thing. He designed so many weapons for them until he got smart and decided to break away from them because they barely paid him anything.
I’m glad that you referred to Bonnie and Barrow as POS’s. Not hero’s to Texas Lawmen.
Absolutely, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck... you got a duck on your hands.
I had two of these rifles, a .30 cal. and a .35 cal. Both very early mfr, low serial numbers. Sold them off over 20 years ago when I needed money. Bet they are worth a lot more now than what I got for them then.
That’s sweet that you had a few of them, sorry to hear that you had to sell them, but at least you got to enjoy them.
Very good 👍
Thank you Bob!
Cool video.
Thank you very much.
The day they went after Bonnie & Clyde I herd that he had a a colt 1911 on him in 38 super and that Remington rifle you showed
Most likely.
I want to be a ranger when I grow up
Well that's good to hear Kepler. Technically The Texas Rangers are a division within the Texas Department of Public Safety. about 200 employees and the average age is 44. Not a bad career choice at all but is it a long road. Having good study habits and staying physically fit will be worth it's weight in gold.
If you want my advice, Get up before the sun rises and train hard with weights and cardio. Before going to bed early read and study. Remember that due diligence and self control will win the race in the end.
Focus on a goal and do not rest until it is obtained.
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Great vid
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Very Interesting.
Thank you very much.
Nice video. Thanks.
I might be wrong but I believe the model 81 was a police model with a higher capacity detachable mag.
Either way, sure would like to have either one.
.35 Rem of course.
You are correct and they “the extended capacity” are hard to find. Given the time and era it was most likely an 8, but I sure wasn’t around back then to verify.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy I just watched a Forgotten Weapons on these rifles and according to Ian (and I ain't a gonna argue with that guy...lol) in 1934 it would have been a model 8. The 81 came a few years later and never sold very many.
Most were bought by L.A. sheriff's department. Great show, though check it out.
Also watched his podcast on the Monitor BAR. Used by Hamer in the movie "Highwaymen" I'm sure you'll enjoy them as well
Frank Hamer was a legend .
There's a very good movie about Frank Hamer called " The Highwayman " He surely knew about weapons
Great movie.
Yep, the media sucks!
ed miller Yes indeed it does. Stay safe, stay vigilant.
Always has, always will. 😊
Is there a list of the guns he used? Very interesting video. Thank you.
@Caskas Thank you for watching Brother! Yes you can Wikipedia, and a few other websites as well. Many books too. Even colt forum has info on the colts he used.
Thanks , I do like that rifle . I’ve got a A5 and in a ruck that would be my first choice . Yes sir Frank Hamer was a man I would not like to have been wanted by 👍
As I recall, Mr. Hamer had a special extended magazine from Remington on his Model 8.
Yup, they are extremely expensive when you find one.
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Remember that B&C’s heydays were during the Great Depression. Families were losing their houses & farms to the banks. Naturally many folks liked to see the banks get robbed just as they perceived the banks were robbing them. It’s certainly no justification for what B&C did but it might explain why 20,000 people went to Bonnie Parker’s funeral.
That’s a very good point. It still grinds my gears that people/media willingly operated under delusions of grandeur for B&C.
Just shows people were as warped then as they are now
Great job !!!!!!! GOD bless you
Thank you Mr. Lawless.
Thanks for sharing, i have a question. Is there a written report from Hamer after the shoot out ?
If there is I doubt I’d find it, and if I did would it be the real one. The best place to start looking would be the Louisiana F BI field office.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy thanks for the lead, ive sorted through other accounts of who was there but they vary a great deal. But I feel with Franks background it would be the most accurate.
Sheriff Hamilton Jordan would have had to write a report for his office.
I've got a ??? Any experience with the PW 87 China shotgun 🤔🤔 hmm off topic but I'm asking around , cause I want one lol 😉
No, but I love that older design! I want one too.
The history I have seen, Frank's model 8 was chambered in 25 remington. The photo of the kill car shows a small bore model 8 on the roof?
It’s been well documented that Hamer used the Remington model 8 chambered in .35 rem.
Can you link the info you read on it being as you stated a 25 Remington? I would like to read it.
Hey @remington1816 we need more 35 Remington! Model 8 might be great too!
I've read that Frank used a B.A.R.
ar the ambush.
Deputy Prentiss used a .35 Remington borrowed from a dentist .
What am I missing?
BTW , Great video !
44 tripple ought? Never heard of it. Can't find any info. Any sources for me to check on this? Sounds interesting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Triple_Lock
I've just inherited a model 8 .35 rem. Goofball uncle drilled and tapped it and put an offset scope mount on it. Don't know if its operable. Seems to be but no ammo available. Mine says RP on the side. I think it means November 1923.
That’s still super cool. Check Hornady. If I remember correctly they have .35 Rem in there “leverlution” line of ammo
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy ok thanks. I gotta kill a deer with it. I have all these pictures now of my grandad with this gun and dead deer in the 1920s. Never really knew him. Died when I was 8. 32 years ago.
@@mandovapehater6988 I agree. Keep that tradition going.
Im wrong. It means remington proof. My gun is a 1912 model8.
@@mandovapehater6988 that’s awesome!!!!!
Fun fact one of his descendants Dan Hamer makes TikToks
What was the magazine capacity of the Remington rifle Hamer used to kill Bonnie and Clyde? What weapons were used by the other officers involved in the killing?
I can’t recall the capacity on that particular model. Off the top of my head I don’t remember, but the information is easy enough to look up.
Hamer always carried lucky his Colt Peacemaker revolver in 45 long Colt.
Indeed
What is that item in the picture below Frank?
Hand cuff, you can also see them as a chain with two T- handles on either side. This would obviously be only give you control of one wrist. Thank you for checking the video out!
I'd like to have a model 8
Well if you can’t find a model8 get a model 81. You can find the 81 easier.
"Let's talk about Frank Hamer's favorite guns like the S&W .44 Triple Lock Hand Ejector; this of course isn't it, it's something else". LMFAO!!!!!!! WTF!?!?!? "Also, if you look at Wikipedia" :D
Yep
Why was Frank A. Hamer carrying a .38 Super? Hamer knew that his opponents would like be wearing bullet-proof vests, and Frank knew his .45 couldn't penetrate a vest, but a Super .38 could cut a hole in the vest as neatly as a drill press. His rifle was also chosen for penetrating automobiles. Hamer didn't like automatic rifles but ballistics showed that Ted Hinton had fired 30 shots at Bonnie & Clyde's car during the Sowers ambush, with a Thompson submachine gun and 17 out of 30 his shots hadn’t penetrated the body of Clyde's Ford. Hamer's Remington 8 was meant to rip holes in a V8 Ford.
huh! and I thought all this time that the Remington designed the .35 for hunting game.
You can blame media if you want for the veneration of Bonnie and Clyde. I have a simpler reason why Bonnie and Clyde were thought of as "Robin Hood" types even if they clearly weren't. Why? Because fuck banks, that's why.
I agree wholeheartedly, the line is drawn when innocent people are killed.
What happened to"old lucky" his Colt single action army?
What about it? He used a great many different firearms throughout his career.
These two are the “go to” ones.
I could do a full 3 hour video about all the firearms he used, but felt like a shorter more condensed video would be more palatable for a wider verity of viewers.
Thank you for checking out the video.
Ironically I own a reproduction single action army that I hope to do a review on at some point. I love the classic firearms.
Old Lucky was his go to pistol and they only pistol his biographys mention him carrying, I call BS.
@@dutchdenson8156 yup and I mentioned that as the .44 triple lock. (That being the actual firearms proper name) that Hamer called “old lucky”.
@@dutchdenson8156 Hamer also carried a 1911 in .38 super. The info is most everywhere.
The thugs are still considered heroes. All thanks to the media. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Old Lucky was a Colt saa. He did not use a Tommy gun on Barrows
Yup
I think Hamer only used Tommy gun once and just the sight of him having one made a crowd disperse.
That would have been an intimidating sight.
Will you do a video of the guns used by the Texas ranger in the movie the highway men , and in real life.
Maybe 🤔
in the framed picture there is a metal piece with a hoop
what is that???
Early hand cuffs. Good eye. A few people have asked about it.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy Handcuff??
would like to see em
@@allanwagner4570 yeah, they are very rare and hard to find.
Why wasnt the #8 adopted as a military weapon
Political reasons most likely.
Didn't Captain Hamer use a large magazine?
He most likely did, the issue is that I have never seen one for sale cheap enough to buy, and to install the large magazine you need to take apart the rifle to install it unfortunately.
Yes, B&C were revered by the citizenry as heros. A desperate thing for desperate times.
Also rumor has it. Capt Hamer only fired two shots at the onset on that engagement, on into Bonnie's hear, one I to Clyde's. Then sat down and lured a Camel
Definitely not revered by the families of the victims slain by them.
The last part of your comment reads “lured a camel” I can only assume that spell check is at play or slang. In any case thank you for watching the video.
5:52 rittenhouse.
Used self defense against attackers.
Klansmen without hoods.
Hamer used his career to destroy the KKK. His life was saved by a Black man and he never forgot it. Ironically, he lost a prisoner to a lynch mob and the only ranger to do so.
Shallow bit of history at best, the result of little time spent actually researching historical archives or databases.
Researching someones lifetime in detail takes just that.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy Lol Jesus, I guess Ted was expecting a whole expose on Captain Frank Hamer. anyways I enjoyed it if he wants more info on Frank he can go to his local library and find a book I'm sure.
@@billbill9392 Thank you for checking the video out. Yeah, you can’t make everyone happy.
Bonnie and Clyde were looked at like blm/antifa are looked at today!
In my mind that is an odd comparison to make from every thing I have read.
Frank Hamer was a law man, no law enforcement is going after blm/antifa in fact in most situations I have seen the law enforcement arrests the person being assaulted by those groups.
@@jeerrrrrrryyyyy i was only comparing how these criminals crimes are not paid attention to. And then the people if they are aware of them at all only regurgitate the msm narrative, and I do agree "law enforcement" is no longer that.
@@hdsporty79 Yeah I see what you mean.There are still good people on the force, but it’s getting thin unfortunately.
Tone down the hyperbole and stick to verifiable facts.
Some people say cucumbers taste better pickled.
All this info is wrong.
Nope.