Small Arms of WWI Primer 137: Russian Berdan II
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Minor nitpick, when talking about the Ottoman rifles, shouldn't they be referred to more properly as Peabody-Martini or Peabody-Martini-Henry?
Would anyone happen to know where I could find a bolt for one of these? It sucks having the rifle but no bolt
Oooh... upcoming Martini-Henry episode... Noice 😉 Sorta goes with the Berdan. Khyber Pass, and all that rot.
I guess Mae technically didn’t shoot the single-shot Vetterli, but it’s another very early bolt action y’all ha e experience with (and as I sit here watching the Vetterli episode, it DOES seem very modern compared to the locked-on-the-bolt-handle Berdan, Gew71, and Gras).
or the trapdoor, high/lowwall, the snider... sharps... singleshot boltgun? I don't know.
uhem... you've added A LOT of shotguns at that wall it looks! I do love shotguns. looking forward on those. seems to be fun to shoot. bit long though.
Ausgezeichnet!
I love this era of history. I highly recommend Edvard Radzinsky's biography on Tsar Alexander II.
Huzzah! The triumphant return of: Patented… Plastic… and Pokey!
I'd imagine making cartridges for this puppy was an adventure in itself
65 shillings is £3.25.
Yall forgot the Gras 74
We did.
Love to know what ya'll did for the ammo from start to finish. Thanks G.
A potential project for David in the future.
I find this episode very amusing. I'm watching the anime Golden Kamuy and Berdan 2's are showing up in that show now that the characters are in Imperial Russia.
1st Mosin appearance - 91/30 2nd Mosin appearance - 91 dragoon (Post 1907 spitzer sights) I swear I want to send him photos of a pre-spitzer 1891 infantry rifle.
My god, I've been waiting for the Berdan episode FOR-EV-ER. I thought you guys gave up or something.
It proved a difficult endeavor. We went through 2 rifles, 3 versions of the cartridge, and about 8 books worth of reading.
Bets the sub-2000 gets renamed the Othaiska. Also y'all've shot the gras
Thats an awsome name. Othaisaka
one small note - in russian "ch" ("ч") is pronounced "ʧ", as in "check", rather than "k", as in "chaos". Not trying to nitpick - just seeing how you go as far as refer to people by their full name (including patronymic) and pronounce them really well, figured you may be interested. PS: love the modified posters with names of rifles in the center!
I will endeavor to remember. I'll probably still mess it up.
Ooo, motivation to survive my engineering homework.
Hot berDang!