Bergmann No 2 / 1896

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    The No.2 was Bergmann's first offering of a civilian pocket pistol, introduced in 1896 alongside the larger-framed No.3 and No.4 pistols. It was chambered for a truly anemic 5mm cartridge, using a simple blowback system simplified from the first Bergmann-Schmeisser design. It used a 5-round Mannlicher-style en bloc clip, and early examples did not actually have extractors. This was changed fairly quickly, however. The most notable factory option was a folding trigger, which was only available on the No.2.

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  • @timothyroy6234
    @timothyroy6234 3 года назад +13

    Those Bergman circular trigger guards gotta be one of my favourite aesthetic design features on any gun

  • @Reckec
    @Reckec 7 лет назад +85

    Definitely a big "Thank You" to the collector for letting us see these. Ian, you have really shown the progression the design of these guns took. Looking forward to seeing the next video.

  • @yoitired
    @yoitired 7 лет назад +134

    35 grains at 580 fps that's 26 ft/lbs of energy. A .22 lr is 100-200. This cartridge was literally about as powerful as a $150 pellet gun, but to make matters worse, with those ballistics it must have dropped like a bowling ball, and according to Wikipedia, the bullet tumbled in air too. What were they thinking? Wasn't there any established cartridge they could build around instead of making their own uniquely awful cartridge?

    • @LankyAssMofka
      @LankyAssMofka 3 года назад +13

      You be more likely to deter an attacker by showing him the pistol, if you fired it you'd just piss someone off and probably get a beatdown.

    • @Mixu.
      @Mixu. 2 года назад +8

      That's actually half of my manually operated budget pellet rifle. Suddenly puts things in perspective lol

    • @Darthdoodoo
      @Darthdoodoo Год назад +1

      Its like they saw a gun then tried to do it but it turned out like the African air forces videos 😂😂😂

  • @shevek72
    @shevek72 7 лет назад +57

    Regarding 10:00: Gaggenau and Suhl are separate towns around 350km apart. The "Gaggenau" actually refers to the "Eisenwerke Gaggenau" (Ironworks Gaggenau), the industrial firm Bergmann entered in 1880. They were cooperating (or bought into, not sure there) with the weapons manufacturer V.Ch.Schilling (VCS) in Suhl to produce these pistols. I think the cooperation continued well into the 1930s when the then "Industriewerke Gaggenau" were building the Simson brand of cars.

    • @herosstratos
      @herosstratos 7 лет назад +4

      shevek72. “Anfangs warb Bergmann im Thüringschen Suhl Waffenmeister ab. Später betrieb er dort eine eigene Waffenfabrik.“
      michael-fluerscheim.de/luftpistolen-aus-den-eisenwerken/

  • @DominusRexDK
    @DominusRexDK 7 лет назад +192

    i really love the look of these bergmann pistols, both the No.1´s and the No.2´s, they are very steampunkish

    • @elexios6208
      @elexios6208 7 лет назад +13

      ikr they look incredibly cool

    • @QuiveringPotato
      @QuiveringPotato 7 лет назад +14

      Steffen Mikkelsen they'd make good star wars holdout blasters, too

    • @elexios6208
      @elexios6208 7 лет назад +3

      i'm not super knowledgeable about guns but isn't han solos blaster pretty much a space luger?

    • @junichiroyamashita
      @junichiroyamashita 7 лет назад +7

      Spectral it was a modified mauser c96 and also the other weapons were custom versions of normal guns

    • @elexios6208
      @elexios6208 7 лет назад +4

      thanks. i'm British this is my only source of gun knowledge. i've never even shot or SEEN a working gun.

  • @byron4545
    @byron4545 7 лет назад +15

    9:56 Suhl actually is a town in Thuringia. That's where the factory was, where the gun was build. Gaggenau is a town in Baden-Wuerttemberg, where Bergmann lived. Suhl has a large tradition in mining, hence the picture of the miner.

    • @Bigincologne
      @Bigincologne 4 года назад +2

      I dont know for sure but the miner could be a "picture of himself" cause "Berg-mann" translates to "Mountain Man". So a Miner is called "Bergmann" in german!

  • @nickhadfield3192
    @nickhadfield3192 7 лет назад +58

    It's an interesting mix of almost scifi lines and Victorian overall look.

    • @harpseal9234
      @harpseal9234 4 года назад +1

      This series of pistols were used to design the #mandalorian pistol!

    • @harpseal9234
      @harpseal9234 4 года назад

      This series of pistols were used to design the #mandalorian pistol!

  • @peterthinks
    @peterthinks 7 лет назад +5

    I don't know where you are and I'm not going to ask but this person you are visiting has the most amazing collection! Thanks for letting Ian show them to us whoever you are!

  • @Omnihil777
    @Omnihil777 7 лет назад +12

    I absolutely love the outer shape of the Bergmanns, IMO it should be in the MOMA, because it's a design rarity and in mint condition absolutely gorgeous.

  • @joelhall3820
    @joelhall3820 7 лет назад +2

    In John Wayne's movie Big Jake his son uses a pistol described as a "pro-type Bergman model of 1911" which was actually a prop built off of a Walter P38 to closely resemble the Bergman No 2 aesthetically...I always found it interesting that with the other more popular/successful semi-auto handguns of the period such as the C96 that they picked the a Bergman but it did get me to research what a Bergman was years back....interesting guns...

  • @skeetshooting7712
    @skeetshooting7712 7 лет назад +3

    A video on how manufacturing processes were done throughout the history of firearms would be fascinating.

  • @davidberry8498
    @davidberry8498 7 лет назад +6

    Really cool old pistols. I hope you cover the Bergmann/Bayard again in this series.

  • @mandrac2
    @mandrac2 7 лет назад +17

    Waw just did the math and a 2.25g 177ms bullet is about 35 joules. There's compressed air gun that are more powerfull than that. The one i use at my shooting club is already 20 joules.

  • @Surv1ve_Thrive
    @Surv1ve_Thrive 7 лет назад +2

    Very enlightening series Ian et al. Many thanks. Hope you all enjoy a happy and healthy year ahead! All the best from the UK.

  • @453421abcdefg12345
    @453421abcdefg12345 7 лет назад +33

    Another excellent and informative video. As a matter of interest all European guns of this era were marked with a bore size, if you look at Adams percussion pistols they were only described by their bore size. Many thanks for uploading this Bergman series. You appear to have some very strange people among your viewers/commentators?

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  7 лет назад +29

      Glad you like the series! RUclips comments are not for the faint of heart. :)

    • @453421abcdefg12345
      @453421abcdefg12345 7 лет назад +1

      hoilist: In that case you are normal, as far as i'm concerned.

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 7 лет назад +12

      RUclips comments aren't exactly known for their high quality; but, to be fair, Ian's comment section is still amongst the most civil and informative you'll find on RUclips... kinda goes with the quality of the channel :)

    • @turbo7162
      @turbo7162 7 лет назад +1

      I'm not strange. You're strange. LOL!!

    • @pLAST3RdISAST3R
      @pLAST3RdISAST3R 6 лет назад +1

      I'm proud to be one of them!

  • @jumperharz6270
    @jumperharz6270 7 лет назад +4

    Thank you for including metric weight and velocity!
    If possible, take a little scale with you, in many cases the weight of the gun would be very interesting. Love your work, keep it up!

  • @Lunumbrus
    @Lunumbrus 7 лет назад +1

    Incidentally, we still make stuff in a generic form in factories, before adding the trademark of a contracting customer and shipping it to them.
    It's generally known as OEM manufacturing, IIRC.

  • @spef7396
    @spef7396 7 лет назад +2

    really enjoying this series so far, keep up the good work Ian!

  • @JRassi_Militaria
    @JRassi_Militaria 7 лет назад +1

    At the least, you could readily operate those folding trigger models in Winter with a gloved hand; a silver lining to every thing.

  • @christhedrinkerofbleach.822
    @christhedrinkerofbleach.822 7 лет назад +4

    Awesome video series on these pistols. Amazing job on the video and commentary.

  • @jacoblucas4259
    @jacoblucas4259 7 лет назад

    These guns are just so cool looking.

  • @courtneyfalk5722
    @courtneyfalk5722 7 лет назад +5

    The style of these Bergmanns seems very art nouveau to me.

    • @domhogan7842
      @domhogan7842 7 лет назад

      Courtney Falk I see that- and I've always thought the P35/Browning Hi-Power had an element of Art Deco, with the scalloping of the frame and receiver just aft of the muzzle.

  • @miguelburgueno4891
    @miguelburgueno4891 5 лет назад +3

    It would be nice to remake them, maybe in .22 L.R., just for fun..! (...I know, it would be a bit expensive gun, but...)
    Many thanks Ian, by your superb job.
    Regards..!

  • @MultiHamguy
    @MultiHamguy 7 лет назад

    I would just like to say that this yours is my favourite channel on RUclips. not only the mechanics but the history of these guns is fantastic and I would just like to say although I do not have the means to donate I will continue to watch every single video, keep up the great work, and thanks.

  • @writtenworlds
    @writtenworlds 7 лет назад

    What interesting looking pistols. Looking forward to more from this series!

  • @Messerwerkstatt
    @Messerwerkstatt 7 лет назад +2

    Thanks, very interesting, did I miss that you show the cartridges?
    I love this series, go ahead

  • @governator45
    @governator45 7 лет назад +2

    Ahhhhhh! I really wanted to see the little cartridge up close. Very interesting pistol

    • @crocop195
      @crocop195 7 лет назад

      exactly what i was thinking

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  7 лет назад +7

      Sorry, IIRC I have the ammo in the No.3 video.

    • @LieutenantTbone
      @LieutenantTbone 7 лет назад +1

      Forgotten Weapons he also showed the ammo during the magazine portion of the first video .

    • @noahconard5348
      @noahconard5348 7 лет назад

      Tristin M I believe that was a 6.5mm round you are referring to in the first video.

  • @keithmoore7390
    @keithmoore7390 7 лет назад +3

    half the power of the .22 short? it's a wonder it had the power to cycle the action against the recoil spring!!!

  • @jonatanjaakkola4035
    @jonatanjaakkola4035 7 лет назад

    I would really love to see a video about the as val, it deserves more recognition

  • @MrSaNF
    @MrSaNF 7 лет назад

    Gaggenau is in the Black Forest, Suhl in the Thuringian Forest.
    These two towns are 350km apart.
    Maybe the Bergmann Company had two different factories in both towns?

  • @kjvanwartberg8439
    @kjvanwartberg8439 7 лет назад +1

    Im excited for the next ones.
    also, your channel got me into historic / early guns, Hopefully a Hobby that wont drain my finances too much in the future

  • @Surv1ve_Thrive
    @Surv1ve_Thrive 7 лет назад

    Seems like the morphing stage where revolver evolved into the pistol in the sense we see it now. An important step.

  • @laviliterthefirst
    @laviliterthefirst 7 лет назад +1

    Wow, never knew how thin these #2 are...crazy.

  • @da8352
    @da8352 7 лет назад

    It is interesting to see this safety vent hole for case rupture for such "weak" cartridge.

  • @bobthompson4319
    @bobthompson4319 3 года назад +1

    Sounds like Edison and all his employees. One of his employees designed the longer lasting light bulb and because he was under contract Edison got to take credit. All or almost all corporations do this exact thing today

  • @martinda7446
    @martinda7446 7 лет назад +1

    Hello from a new subscriber - I know it's daft, but the serial number of the gun marked with the London retailer was 658, not 656.
    Not sure why I felt the need to tell you this? Maybe if you keep records or have the numbers with the local law enforcement, it may become useful? Probably not. (Now I'm imagining a film noir, where a stolen gun used in a murder was listed with the wrong serial number.....). Ignore me.
    More importantly your knowledge and high quality production, along with your very nice personality make these a real treat. Not only that but a substantial historical and educational work. Thank you.

  • @pakman422
    @pakman422 7 лет назад

    Great information! This is an awesome little series. Thanks Ian!

  • @warmonger1362
    @warmonger1362 7 лет назад +85

    You said you were going to show the ammo but you never did.

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 7 лет назад +5

      I know right? it killed me lol I wanted to see how such ammo was loaded and extracted without an extractor grove or rim.

    • @Brawler_1337
      @Brawler_1337 6 лет назад +13

      Peter Carlson Without an extractor, you can’t actually extract a cartridge without firing it. Blowback pistols with no extractor simply utilize chamber pressure to blow the case out and extract it.

  • @RhondaAdams007
    @RhondaAdams007 5 лет назад

    I love my Bergmann No. 2! Thanks for the video!

  • @codykelley4599
    @codykelley4599 7 лет назад +1

    Excellent video Ian, Big longtime fan of you'r videos. Keep it up bud :)

  • @Jack2Japan
    @Jack2Japan 7 лет назад +2

    Thank you, Anonymous Collector!

  • @lambastepirate
    @lambastepirate 7 лет назад

    Thanks to the lender for letting us see the pistols

  • @wastedangelematis
    @wastedangelematis 7 лет назад

    Gongrats ["Forgotten Weapons"] for 5.000+ videos !!!

  • @drmaudio
    @drmaudio 7 лет назад

    The accoutrement appear quite nice. I imagine this pistol was relatively dear.

  • @CCGR-2024
    @CCGR-2024 7 лет назад

    Good job Ian. Keep up the good work!

  • @SubZero_NH3
    @SubZero_NH3 7 лет назад

    Thanks to the collector! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @flyingninja1234
    @flyingninja1234 7 лет назад

    They look really neat & nifty. I wonder, could one use a modified .25 ACP case, for these?

  • @MeantForNothing
    @MeantForNothing 7 лет назад

    Gorgeous guns

  • @sedlja4605
    @sedlja4605 7 лет назад

    There is simply something strange about watching Ian do a video without the signature t-shirt.

  • @88crumm
    @88crumm 7 лет назад

    Its a very beautiful pistol

  • @gus.smedstad
    @gus.smedstad 3 года назад

    The Bergmann 6.5mm. For when you feel a Volcanic round is just too powerful for you.

  • @jonnythunder76
    @jonnythunder76 7 лет назад

    i am loving this series! These are very cool and I would love to collect a few one day :) or maybe make a reproduction

  • @Jesses001
    @Jesses001 7 лет назад +1

    With those stats, that 5mm round was REALLY wimpy, ha. We are talking about being debatable when we call it lethal kind of wimpy.

  • @keithallardice6139
    @keithallardice6139 3 года назад +1

    Really the coolest-looking guns of all time IMO but .... that cartridge?? Why...?!

  • @breakawaymotorsports
    @breakawaymotorsports 7 лет назад

    Very cool pistol! I'll take a fixed trigger with extractor and short barrel with the optional fitted holster,please.

  • @chrausis
    @chrausis 7 лет назад +1

    Any chance you will be covering the Bergmann MG 15nA as part of this series of videos or will it be limited to the Bergmann handguns? Unlikely I know but never hurts to ask!
    Thanks for all the great content, have learnt so much from these videos. Keep up the good work :)

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  7 лет назад +8

      Not in the series. If/when I get my hands on an example, I will do a video.

    • @chrausis
      @chrausis 7 лет назад +2

      Forgotten Weapons May fate drop one in your lap soon then! Thanks for the response

  • @ramenoodle7853
    @ramenoodle7853 7 лет назад

    great vids Ian i dig these pistols

  • @millroll97
    @millroll97 7 лет назад

    I'm a huge fan of the channel and I've recently become interest in the Finnish L-35 and Swedish M40 pistols. Is there any hope on seeing a video on either of these in the near future?

  • @odizzido
    @odizzido 3 года назад

    it's for shooting flies indoors. You can kill the flies without damaging your house.

  • @gokuss15
    @gokuss15 7 лет назад

    I was just watching this on Full30 when I got the alert.

  • @markicore7628
    @markicore7628 4 года назад

    This is the Way.

  • @Zajuts149
    @Zajuts149 7 лет назад

    Were there no British proof marks on the Westley Richards example? And who else thought of The Princess Bride?:)

  • @wanaan
    @wanaan 7 лет назад

    That's a very pretty gun.

  • @dalesubic345
    @dalesubic345 7 лет назад +1

    I do like the series. Thanks for the videos. If I was in battle I would prefer a sharp stick. It is a BB Gun.
    Thanks Ian. Great as always.

  • @krmould
    @krmould 7 лет назад

    Another great video, keep them coming

  • @Bartholomeow141
    @Bartholomeow141 7 лет назад +1

    I was hoping to get a peek at that proprietary 5mm ammo.. be nice to have a comparison to a .22lr or a .22 short with regards to dimensions

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  7 лет назад +4

      www.forgottenweapons.com/early-automatic-pistols/bergmann-no-2-1896/

    • @Bartholomeow141
      @Bartholomeow141 7 лет назад +1

      entire casing is tapered and not necked.. interesting design concept thank you for the link

  • @michaelray4033
    @michaelray4033 5 лет назад +1

    That is the absolute wimpiest round I have ever heard of. .455 Webley MKII is looking at that and saying "I say, that is pathetic."

  • @eovdubsvw8743
    @eovdubsvw8743 7 лет назад +1

    Ok a trivia question, is the pistol used by Patrick Wayne in the movie Big Jake a Bergmann?

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  7 лет назад +6

      That pistol is a P38 made to look like a Bergmann by the props department.

  • @jamesdowney854
    @jamesdowney854 7 лет назад

    Must have missed the part where you showed the rimless ammo you said you were going to, about where in video did you do that. And did you ever work for Stoeger Arms in New Jersey???thanks. you clear up a lot of miss information out there and keep me sane in my retirement. ...

  • @acidtreat101
    @acidtreat101 7 лет назад

    Random place to ask for it but I hope someday you get up Polo shirts with the Forgotten weapons logo!

  • @ben_tang
    @ben_tang 7 лет назад

    no one uses metric when talking about projectile wieght and velocity even distance is widley messured in yards when talking about firarms.

  • @M.M.83-U
    @M.M.83-U 3 года назад

    A little rewatch.

  • @slippy_mcgee77
    @slippy_mcgee77 3 года назад

    The mando is a big fan of these I hear

  • @Mstar2610
    @Mstar2610 7 лет назад

    Do a video on the Australian EF88 Austeyr.

  • @RussellBond-b3z
    @RussellBond-b3z Год назад

    In 1956 I got a Sheridan pellet rifle .20 caliber or 5mm a it shot faster and harder than this I still own that air rifle she's a dinosaur compared to some of my newer ones but I still love that old Walnut stocked girl.

  • @jarradk174
    @jarradk174 7 лет назад +1

    Are we ever going to see any more muzzle loaders?

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  7 лет назад +3

      Eventually, yes.

    • @jarradk174
      @jarradk174 7 лет назад

      Forgotten Weapons then may god send you a baker rifle, or anything with interesting history

  • @jeffyoung2089
    @jeffyoung2089 7 лет назад

    Enjoy your videos!!!

  • @Ni999
    @Ni999 5 лет назад

    Stripper clip? I thought the monkey tail was a Mannlicher type from the Model 1 video - did I get that wrong?

  • @therugburnz
    @therugburnz 5 лет назад

    So strange looking. I'm guessing because inventors didn't know what an auto-loading pistol looked like and just wanted its functions to function.
    611 gauge is the coolest designation ever. I wonder how many 'pellets' of lead dust that is.

  • @dwightehowell6062
    @dwightehowell6062 7 лет назад

    I could be wrong but those guns appear to lack magazines. I kind of think Bergman should have gone with an already existing rimfire round like the .22 short. The unique ammo combined with often missing magazines suggests one reason the company failed. They do look cool.

    • @Taolan8472
      @Taolan8472 7 лет назад +4

      The magazine is internal, just forward of the trigger. If you watch the previous video he goes more in-depth how the magazine works. The mechanism is the same going forward for pretty much all of the Bergmann pistols and is similar to some rifle designs of the period.

  • @TheHelado36
    @TheHelado36 5 лет назад

    Only it’s creator found it pretty!

  • @randyzwieg8467
    @randyzwieg8467 6 лет назад

    I'm trying to remember which model was used by Patrick Wayne in Big Jake...
    Rather wimpy cartridge it seems.

  • @Dakktyrel
    @Dakktyrel 7 лет назад +3

    AW MAN....you said you'd show the ammo. You tease :P Next time?

  • @TallifTallonbrook
    @TallifTallonbrook 7 лет назад

    Have you seen Steve1989 MREinfo? I think his love old military rations would meld well with some of the gun reviews you do.

  • @811brian
    @811brian 7 лет назад

    had this model been chambered for a more traditional caliber round, this might have had a better chance seeing some military use.

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  7 лет назад +25

      Not a whole lot of "traditional" automatic pistol calibers to choose from in 1896...

  • @marklemieux4707
    @marklemieux4707 7 месяцев назад

    in the movie big jake there was a gun used that was said to be a bergmann 1911 protype ,it had a mag in the grip ,was it real or a prop

  • @LifeisGood762
    @LifeisGood762 7 лет назад

    They're pocket pistols, but what's the overall length or barrel length? I would have really liked to see that little cartridge lol. Awesome video, as always.

  • @johnryder1713
    @johnryder1713 7 лет назад

    Would it be possible to do a video on the Lanchester sub machine gun please?

  • @Jeremy-io4hm
    @Jeremy-io4hm 7 лет назад

    you never showed us the loaded stripper clip and bullets ian

  • @lakewooded4929
    @lakewooded4929 7 лет назад +1

    Designed to annoy your target . . .

  • @seal7144
    @seal7144 4 года назад

    Folding trigger bullpup pistol.

  • @PianoMan347
    @PianoMan347 5 лет назад

    12:07 wouldn’t they be en bloc clips since they stay in the gun?

  • @Sir_Godz
    @Sir_Godz 7 лет назад

    thats pettet gun speeds. you can actually see the flight at that rate.

  • @andymanly5101
    @andymanly5101 7 лет назад

    Any possible way that you could shoot one of these examples?

  • @wendigo1619
    @wendigo1619 5 лет назад

    I wonder if anyone snub nosed it, makes sense if its a pocket pistol

  • @joshuathomas8529
    @joshuathomas8529 7 лет назад

    I love how you pointed out that it is less powerful than a 22 short. Do you think this could kill a man? 500fps is just faster than an airsoft gun, would it even penitrating skin?

  • @kg4boj
    @kg4boj 7 лет назад

    You forgot to show us the ammunition and clip!

  • @gewamser
    @gewamser 7 лет назад +1

    I don't know about you, but I would love to shoot a repro of this design.

  • @Pow3llMorgan
    @Pow3llMorgan 5 лет назад

    You could match the speed of that bullet with a twin engine Cessna :D

  • @YoChocolate
    @YoChocolate 7 лет назад +1

    I have a question, not to the video but to the mauser broomhandle.Lets say you have the fastest trigger finger in the world. Would it be possible to reach the fire rate of a m712 with a c96?

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  7 лет назад +5

      In theory, sure.

    • @blackbird8632
      @blackbird8632 7 лет назад

      Yo Chocolate game balancing does not make sense.

    • @blackbird8632
      @blackbird8632 7 лет назад +6

      Kusagari Blues Be sure to mention to Ian that he should take down the videos in wich he talks about going to dice to help them on the game, or the review he did about the game or the couple videos in wich he mentiones the game. I like to think everyone is welcome here and if a game helps to get people interested about Forgotten Weapons that would be a good thing.

    • @Goonygoon84
      @Goonygoon84 7 лет назад

      Your comment wasn't cringy, Kusagari is just being an ass hole for no real reason other than to hear himself talk.

    • @Goonygoon84
      @Goonygoon84 7 лет назад

      It was a perfectly logical observation. Yo Chocolate saw a low rpm on something that should have been higher in real life. If I remember right the m712 was close to 1000 rpm. Seven hundred rpm is a pretty big difference.
      Just because you don't like BF1 doesn't make his question or comment cringy. Then again, I guess some would say that getting your name from a video game sound track was pretty cringy.