Small Arms of WWI Primer 122: Belgian Comblain Mousqueton Modele 1871/83

A really informative and enjoyable pair of episodes on what might otherwise have been an obscure and boring footnote to firearms history. I love that action and the shrouded trigger, it's a shame it wasn't developed into a repeater.

Another interesting one. I presume you've already seen it but the book by Pierre Lierneux "The Belgian Army in the Great War" has a photo of "equipment left behind by the disbanded Antwerp garde civique, October 1914" and long Comblain rifles are very much in evidence. PS Lierneux also states that no gardes captured in 1914 were executed. The Germans had been bluffing.

Any chance we could see some wide angle firing footage? I think it would be informative to see what a significant difference smokeless powder made, even without the consideration of black powder fouling.

Fantastic show. I love the Comblain dual episodes. Not short... but excellent.

Who needs sleep?

Another great pair of episodes on an obscure rifle I had heard about but didn't know the details. I now have a better understanding of the Comblain. Keep up the great work!

Question for you: have you put any thought into a book with headstamp? I would totally back a kickstarter for an overview of WWI Firearms. You already have all the research and photos.