Man I was watching a video today and realized there are so many of these old school “steampunk esque” pistols and rifles that I really want.

I love the engineering and quirkyness of some of these old arms.

I watched the Soper Breach loaded rifle and I want one in .308 or similar.

Not to mention most of the VERY early semi automatic pistols.

At any rate check Ian’s sight/channel(s) out, there is some really cool old school engineering.

Chris

I freaking love Forgotten Weapons and In Sight T.V., I think Ian (Gun Jesus) and I are twins separated at birth.

Anyways, yep. I'm addicted to Forgotten Weapons and also In Sight T.V..



Arman

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Originally posted by ARman:
I freaking love Forgotten Weapons and In Sight T.V., I think Ian (Gun Jesus) and I are twins separated at birth.

Anyways, yep. I'm addicted to Forgotten Weapons and also In Sight T.V..

Arman

In Range TV ?

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Originally posted by lechiffre:

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Originally posted by ARman:
I freaking love Forgotten Weapons and In Sight T.V., I think Ian (Gun Jesus) and I are twins separated at birth.

Anyways, yep. I'm addicted to Forgotten Weapons and also In Sight T.V..

Arman

In Range TV ?

Yeah, in range tv, with Ian (Gun Jesus) and Karl. Two gun matches, more modern wepons. WWSD ( What Would Stoner Do ), good stuff.

Arman

My favorite are the videos on the late 19th/early 20th c. machine guns. The castings and especially the use of brass is so interesting in this day of stampings and, now, CNC milled parts. So much ingenuity from a time when belt-feds were brand new and everyone was trying their hand at it.

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Not to mention most of the VERY early semi automatic pistols.

I like the 1907 Roth-Steyr.



But it's downright svelte and ergonomic compared to the Borchardt.



Substantially redesigned but keeping the toggle action, it became the Luger.

Every wonder why James Bond never used a British pistol? This Webley is why.

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Originally posted by egregore:
Every wonder why James Bond never used a British pistol? This Webley is why.

I could totally see James Bond rocking a Webley-Mars pistol in .450 Long. It was the Desert Eagle of its day... Perfect for an action movie star.

(Might be kinda hard to conceal in a tuxedo, though.)

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I could totally see James Bond rocking a Webley-Mars pistol in .450 Long.

Never heard of that one before. Why is there a loop above the trigger guard?


The fugly FN1900 (an early John Browning design, the Preparation G of its day) was used to shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the spark that ignited World War I.

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Originally posted by egregore:

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I could totally see James Bond rocking a Webley-Mars pistol in .450 Long.

Never heard of that one before. Why is there a loop above the trigger guard?

Just a lightening cut in that portion of the frame.

http://www.forgottenweapons.co...abbett-fairfax-mars/




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/RBKqvLpxpU4

As SISOPs* go, the Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver was a clever one.



*Solution in Search of a Problem

Yeah Forgotten Weapons, InRange and C&Rsenal take up a ton of my streaming time. And I'm pretty sure they account for some of the things lurking in my safe.

Anyone see the Luger mud test? Flipped alot of my ideas of extreme function on their head.

I’m a sucker for all the prototypes. The one off or one of three that were rejected by the military or consumers.