Small Arms of WWI Primer 120: Romanian Revolver 1915
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Thanks to the entire team for another truly excellent video. It is interesting to note that this video is one of a very small group that has a real and needed safety warning. Such warnings are typically not needed on the guns you feature as normally systemic flaws of that level were worked out / revised out during the trials process.
At the point you're at most only around 50 shots from failure with a brand new revolvers, I'm thinking the right answer is to fill that thing's holster with about 40 additional rounds for a rifle THAT WORKS, and take your chances up close. You're right about that one being unusual in suffering from bad construction rather than the learning curve problems mostly seen in the era. Usually I make yummy sounds about milled steel and workers that cared. This would seemed to be forged on a rock. . .
Desperate times it would seem.
Have y'all ever thought about doing books like Ian's when you finish WW1? (I'm talking volume set like pistols rifles machine guns I think it would be really neet)
We have but unfortunately the present cost-projection would put it at a net loss. Even with all of our work right now, I'd need to do a LOT of travelling with gear and various museum permissions. Even then there are a handful of pieces I have yet to identify anywhere in current collections. Add in time and I'd sorta have to shut down the show for a few months to even start on it. I am considering a smaller book on shotgun history as a toe in the water though.
Unrelated question, but first Bravo!! On another excellent show. I observed Mae doesn’t activate the trigger with the pad of her finger. Is this on all firearms, or just hand guns?
Depends on the gun and her comfort. The Mle.1915 is definitely not an easy pull.
At least this revolver has a tubular handle, for pitching at an enemy. Thanks for a humorous and well-done video.
As required, This is not a 1911
Yup, we were THAT desperate for firearms. And then, in 1916, it got worse. Of course, this thing was only ever used by 2nd line troops, artillery, etc. We were desperate, not idiots. That being said, as a long time Romanian Reenactor, I would carry one as a holster filler.
It's certainly telling.
Glad to see you survived the making of this episode. Would much prefer to see artifacts like this fired in the traditional tie it to a tree and pull the trigger with a string technique favored by rednecks everywhere.
How... I mean how on god’s green earth did Mae get such a good group with that clustermuck of a trigger. And in NEWS just in Mae shoots 1MOA group @ 1000yards with a house brick
I am glad to see the Reichsrevolver got a win finally as a preferred choice.
I want to see the North Vietnamese copy of the Chinese mystery version of this pistol.