Small Arms of WWI Primer 076: German Mauser 1871
Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!
Additional reading:
German Military Rifles
From the Werder Rifle to the M/71.84 Rifle
Dieter Storz
Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles
Jon Speed, Walter Schmid, Reiner Herrmann
Mauser Bolt Rifles
Ludwig Olson
The German Rifle
John walter
Serbian Army Weapons of Victory 1914-1918 Vol.1
Branislav Stankovic, John Sheehan
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Comments (17)
I've noticed that almost every time I watch a new episode, I actually think "Well, this must be the best episode so far".
Still love what you do, but I gotta say I find the new (i think?) background music a bit distracting. The tunes in the shooting segment and animation are fine; it's the other stuff during the regular discussion.
We are experimenting with keeping the show from being too dry. I suspect it stands out because it comes and goes so sharply. Give us a chance to practice?
Another great episode. Still chuckling over the Trench Ninja. Keep it up, gang!
Just think, you shorten the barrel like that, and you might stun several enemy soldiers at once with the muzzle blast. Basically a flashbang gun, that also kills people you point it at.
Count another that would love for the return of the soothing sounds from the voice of Othais, uninterrupted by the distraction of music! Even were the volume of the background score reduced by 80% it is still an unnecessary aberration to an otherwise excellent commentary on little known subject matter. Do please ditch the tunes whilst telling the tell!
cant help but compare it to other Big Bore BP cartridge rifles. .45-70 Government Trapdoor and .577 Snider.
Excellent, 1871 bolt action.
Great episode (really appreciate the explanation of single shot/black powder in real terms of the battlefield environment). Not sure if I missed it, but you usually super impose the target range for the group (70 yards?). What distance did you shoot from? Thanks!
Oh yeah... it was 70 as usual
At ~2:00 C&Rsenal has just opened up a new aspect of collecting old guns! Ah! A 1917 vintage Springfield '03. The nose has hints of sulfur, salt peter, mil spec grease, old linseed oil, and CLP. And on the palette there is a smooth metallic taste, old wood, and an aftertaste of Rem oil...
Intro @ ~1:50 gave me flashbacks to the "Feelaround" segment of _Kentucky Fried Movie_ =8-o Please Othais: don't go there!
I dunno Othais, "Ninja Trench Carbine" sounds pretty cool.
I absolutely love your videos and like the intro music too, but please, pleeeeaaase don't start putting music underneath the narrative content. It's one of the plagues of modern factual TV and makes it much harder to listen and concentrate for the extended periods of time that your subject matter and excellent personal delivery merit. Your words are what we want to hear.
seconded
Great intro... Looks like I will be up a while.
In regards to the intro. I kind of wonder how many countries had guns in inventory still that they looked at and went "...No, that's TOO old."