Small Arms of WWI Primer 019*: Italian Bodeo 1889
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Mae, what did you do to your glasses? They look like they got bent up before filming the assessment section.
The worst handgun that you love... has is reached Kel Tec levels?
I find my Bodeo more interesting now. It is still the most unpleasant handgun to shoot that I own, but it’s more intersting.
Sublime. Awful and sublime.
Not related to this ep, but expect to be contacted by the Smith & Wesson Collector's Association for some form of collaboration. Probably initially by snail mail to dodge the inbox-from-hell. My bad. Sorry, but not sorry... just thought you'd see it here sooner. Oh, and enjoyed the deeper dive wheel gun episode!
Oh? Do you know what the project is?
signore glisenti kind of looks like an oooold Ian that lost hair, doesn't he. I think revolvers are WAY simpler than autoloaders. the cheap as it looks. it is impressive how simple the mechanics are yet still DA/SA and abadie. nickname isn't broomhandle by chance? that grip looks like one! simplicity and mass issue on cheap... surprising the soviets didn't copied it as they needed just that.
Thanks for the deep dive.
While I can totally appreciate Othias' admiration for the economy of construction in both labor and materials in the Bodeo I've gotta go with Mae's perspective . The engineering triumph is an ergonometric nightmare
Ah my first full primer episode watching as a patron! So awesome.
Thank
So, question....will there be a return of the usual intros, or is the Mae shooting demo just for the reworked episodes?
I hope it will be the norm, I like how it gives us a glimpse of the gun in action as an opening.
1:25:48 on a Bodeo Primer is how things should be.
Nice job on the update. Just one question: Were the faces of those two hammers polished? Asking for a, umm, friend…
Yes, but also the punch sorta means I can hit it with anything.
"Bode-no"
Never believe it but I've sent the weekend going through the entire Italian arms playlist and just cleared the Chamelot-Delvinge and Chamelobodeo mini episode.
sorry for the rerun then.
I recently purchased a Bodeo last year dated 1916. Enlisted model. Still in good shape except for one of the orginal grips has gotten loose from wear. I think it can still shoot but finding ammo is hard as hell now.