Patron Release: Small Arms Primer 158
Added 2022-06-07 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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One day!
C&Rsenal
2022-06-15 01:50:01 +0000 UTCI suggest that you add a comparison with the Trapdoor near the end of your video.
William Earle
2022-06-11 03:27:26 +0000 UTC“Throaty” chunky boi!
Tim Black
2022-06-10 16:10:15 +0000 UTCThat action strikes me as pretty brilliant… pun notwithstanding.//
Tim Black
2022-06-10 14:49:27 +0000 UTCMy mother’s from Providence.
K. D. Campbell
2022-06-09 22:49:35 +0000 UTCThe Lee was just too great of a cognitive leap for Army Ordnance, I think. Meanwhile, the Navy had a long history of trying out new technology by then [dynamite cannons, etc.] and were quite prepared to attempt "a better way" w/ the Lee Navy. Unfortunately, the runaway extractor & other issues would best have been resolved by the sort of extensive testing the Army habitually performed prior to fielding a new platform. And lest we forget, the Krag worked well within the original envelope of performance parameters: it was merely the realization that the Spaniards had a better deal going w/ the Mauser and trying to push the 30-40 Govt. past its inherent capabilities in the Krag platform [ie: the powers that were insisted on close to the same Vm as the Spanish Mauser, but were unwilling to drop the projectile weight below 200gr, "because horses..."] Bottom line: I blame it on the adversarial nature of the politics vis a vis Army and Navy back then [and on thru most of the 20th century.]
Bruce Brodnax
2022-06-09 21:44:21 +0000 UTCIt's Rhode Island, so they don't say it like Massholes would...
Bruce Brodnax
2022-06-09 21:37:34 +0000 UTCThat was my immediate thought as well.
Bruce Brodnax
2022-06-09 21:36:46 +0000 UTCSherman don't care. That's MISTER Peabody to you!
Bruce Brodnax
2022-06-09 21:36:19 +0000 UTCYes.
Bruce Brodnax
2022-06-09 21:35:41 +0000 UTCYou ain't gonna do it without your fez on...
Bruce Brodnax
2022-06-09 21:35:18 +0000 UTCThe nature of many of the firearms of the transition period: everyone was accustomed to sidelocks, so it took awhile before they could wrap their head(s) around any other approach to ignition. Plus w/ the rapid rate of invention and copying regardless of patents, being first on the ground to market meant carving out a niche that could be sustainable for further development [as witness Peabody...] It's all part of what makes the few decades from ~1840-70 so interesting to me. The rapid advancements in materials [transitioning from bronze with critical pieces in wrought iron to almost complete composition in steel] and production ["American method of manufacture"] along with the fervid creativity [from increased opportunity & growth in England at the height of Empire and basic necessity in America] just make that period a simmeriing pot of invention. Fascinating!
Bruce Brodnax
2022-06-09 21:34:59 +0000 UTCit looks well thought through. niiiice sound! nice. compared... rolling block for simplicity. could compare to sharp or high wall though later but single shot and hammers.
Guido Schriewer
2022-06-08 19:33:16 +0000 UTCThe Robbins&Lawrence Armory is now a pretty decent museum: https://imgur.com/gallery/kSvkaJC
moosemaimer
2022-06-07 23:01:18 +0000 UTCOh wow, it's been so long waiting on a Peabody/Martini/Martini-Henry episodes that I forgot you still hadn't done them! Looking forward to this.
Planescaped
2022-06-07 22:55:21 +0000 UTCRegarding the Manual of Arms of when to bring the hammer to full cock, I've found that it is more fluid and easier to accomplish while bringing the rifle to my shoulder. Also, the Connecticut State Militia rifles were rebarreled to .45-70 apparently when Providence Tool was manufacturing the Peabody Martini in 577-450 and they used the same Alexander Henry pattern of rifling for both.
MaxTorque
2022-06-07 20:13:06 +0000 UTCJust a thought - for someone who was from the era and used to the Sharps or Spencer, using the trigger guard as a loading lever would probably be much more 'natural' for them than for us modern shooters.
James Hayden
2022-06-07 16:59:29 +0000 UTCA very minor detail, the Roberts pattern was chosen also by Serbia for converting some of their muzzleloaders.
Matteo Manino
2022-06-07 16:01:49 +0000 UTCK.D. Campbell. My beloved late brother-in-law was a Durfee. My sister has a book about the four families that ran Fall River. Durfee, Borden sorry don’t remember other two. I don’t remember the order but the stepmother according to her surnames was a Durfee twice lol. Now lol loved the video, Ian has shown the best adaption of the action in the Lee Model of 1876. If not for politics etc. America would of had a Lee rifle before his Remington-Lee 1979 and onward. I have already said that I am a Lee ‘fanboy’ was the term. Don’t get me started on US picking the Krag over what became the Remington-Lee 1899.
JacksonCZ
2022-06-07 14:44:47 +0000 UTCFor those wondering, yes, it’s THAT Borden family from Fall River. 🪓🪓🪓
K. D. Campbell
2022-06-07 13:58:04 +0000 UTCPuh-tuck-it, not PAW
K. D. Campbell
2022-06-07 13:53:34 +0000 UTCYeah I was going to say giving he was Mass. born, his name is likely pronounced PEEbuhDEE. Or maybe this will be our gun culture’s generation “Garand” pronunciation war.
K. D. Campbell
2022-06-07 13:49:58 +0000 UTCWith a anonymous buyer in New York I would assume that it was Bannermans, it fits the right time And place
Scott
2022-06-07 13:14:07 +0000 UTCHow Massholes pronounce Peabody. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-NCQU6tkxk&t=30
Stephen Norton
2022-06-07 06:24:28 +0000 UTCAt 6:55, the Sharps and Burnside were mentioned, the illustrations were of the Sharps and the Spencer
Charles McCormack
2022-06-07 06:14:26 +0000 UTC"Fezs are cool!"
Minion
2022-06-07 06:10:11 +0000 UTCThat firing pin set up is odd to me, looks like flintlock/percussion but center-fire? Definitely very interesting.
Smoking Frog
2022-06-07 06:08:20 +0000 UTC
