Patron Release: Small Arms Primer 154
Added 2022-03-01 05:15:59 +0000 UTC
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" Pockets? We don' need no steenkin' pockets..." "Ladies... we present the 1903 pocket model for all your Ruffian repelling requirements. Remember: reticule, brolly, bustle or muff, whip out your Colt if the going gets tough..." And chaps could carry one in a Newsboy: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/kuppenheimer-1910-1910s-usa-the-advertising-archives.html?product=poster
Doc Billing
2022-03-03 14:21:53 +0000 UTC"I can get even worse because this is also a Browning 1903" well technically it's a BrowningsBrowningsBtownings Mauser Brevete!
Planescaped
2022-03-03 05:11:09 +0000 UTCMethinks you're falling into the historian's trap of judging an era though the lens of one's current perceptions. This was a gun made for about two generations worth of shooters accustomed to and comfortable with the half-cock as a safety on Winchester (and many other) sporting arms. The "better" hammer design would be the one that enables an easier transition to full cock on the way out of the holster to presentation. Militarily speaking in the context of WWI, a handgun is likely operating in the company of many rifles, and "instantly ready" is probably less of a consideration than it is for modern CCW or police sentiments, though it is possible to cock such things as they are drawn and presented. If the gun was coming out, it's likely that it was in preparation for trouble. It's worth remembering (perceptions of the age again) that the 1911 was not initially intended to be carried cocked and locked - the safety was only there to lock the gun if you needed both hands to control a squirrely horse mid-cavalry engagement. The short tang grip safety, inertial firing pin safety, big beavertail hammer, a flap holster that doesn't close if the gun is cocked, and the fact that there was no manual safety all the way up to the M1910 are all clues to the half-cock mindedness of the time. Great perceptions, but work on thinking like a 1900's kid.
Erik
2022-03-03 04:53:21 +0000 UTCAt 3:07 we have the .38 ACP have a 105 gr bullet at 1259 fps; then at 28:49 we have same round with a 130 gr bullet at 1040 fps. are these numbers both correct?
Jun Kumazawa
2022-03-02 23:37:13 +0000 UTCMae got the "Student Prince" edition of the pistol! π
Bruce Brodnax
2022-03-02 15:38:36 +0000 UTCFWIW, "Ordnance" are weapons, "Ordinance" are laws... [/spelling Nazi] π
Bruce Brodnax
2022-03-02 15:37:06 +0000 UTCThat group at 70 yards with that pistol is Annie Oakley level.
Ron Johnson
2022-03-02 06:33:23 +0000 UTCYou mention British Ordinance ordering the 38 ACP and 32 ACP in bulk in 1917, but recall that the Webley Self Loader was also offered in 32 ACP, 38 ACP (and 9mm Browning Long) prior to that date. There were probably more Colt's around, but they could justify the ammo for a homegrown real British pistol.
Steve Kerr
2022-03-01 22:13:03 +0000 UTCDid Mae really get that excellent group at 70 Yards? (17:02) I thought most of the pistol shooting was at 7 yards??
Steve Kerr
2022-03-01 21:37:18 +0000 UTCGet yo history on. If Mae were carrying this in pre-14, she'd easily hide it in her long skirt. Hell, she could hide a sawed off in them large skirts. π
Markus B.
2022-03-01 21:25:57 +0000 UTCI saw the same thing and I agree--better to label the cartridges.
Leonard Heinz
2022-03-01 21:20:29 +0000 UTCOne more thing; the lack of safety may be a nod to the Single Action Army that users may have been familiar with at the time. Draw, cock, and fire.
Martin Morehouse
2022-03-01 21:04:00 +0000 UTCSlide operated? Used several times at about ten minutes in. Might be more accurate to say recoil operated, working through a slide mechanism.
Martin Morehouse
2022-03-01 18:22:54 +0000 UTCVery interesting. Comment on the lack of a safety and Mae's shooting. I sometimes carry my SIG 365 (9mm) which has no safety, with a Romeo Zero red dot, IWB. It is striker fired and I do all my shooting on an indoor range, max 50 feet, and I don't think I could duplicate that target. I need more practice. I'll have to try my Beretta 92S, maybe I can do as well at 50 feet. Many thanks. Keep up the great work.
Gerald King
2022-03-01 15:41:51 +0000 UTCprobably also should have them labeled, since it's hard to tell at a casual glance which is which
Stephen Bukowsky - Blind Squirrel Enterprises
2022-03-01 14:11:01 +0000 UTCthat was the usuall rifle distance if I am not mistaken. misclicked?
Guido Schriewer
2022-03-01 11:53:31 +0000 UTCI think both Ian and you have talked about trousers being much higher wasted at the time of the Great War, and I am fairly sure that meant the pockets were deeper. I have a pair of cricketing flannels that are at least 70 years old and the pockets are enormous.
Bradwan
2022-03-01 11:33:37 +0000 UTCA metre is 3 foot 3, it's longer than a yard you see! Learned that off a cornflake box in the early 70's
Bradwan
2022-03-01 11:28:50 +0000 UTC70yrd 64m target? is that right?
Guido Schriewer
2022-03-01 10:09:13 +0000 UTCwonder about the 38auto. never tried that.- rather the hammerless. friend sended me some gun magazine article showing a smiths job on one with a workable safety lever and novak sights. not original but man... what a piece.
Guido Schriewer
2022-03-01 08:58:19 +0000 UTC28:53 Are those cartridges to scale?
Minion
2022-03-01 08:02:16 +0000 UTCIn Mae's shooting segment it shows the range as 70 yards. I think it should be your standard distance of 30 feet. Otherwise kudos for that great one handed group at 70 yards!
Justin Bulling
2022-03-01 06:44:32 +0000 UTC
