Colt sold his revolvers for about the equivalent of one ounce of gold. Between 1850-1860 the price of gold in USD was $21.00. It's been said that 1 oz. of gold will always buy you a good pistol or a good suit of clothes. The current market for gold, about $1,500.00, will still buy a very good pistol or suit of clothes.

@zacharyrollick6169

3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. World's best gun at the time.

@broznkyra4853

3 жыл бұрын

1851 was a good year for gold what with the gold rush happening in CA...prolly served to 'depress' the price per oz, I'd guess...still better than today's cost per oz...

@lucasallesfreitas

3 жыл бұрын

An actually interesting and meaningful comment on youtube??? What has it all come to?

@matteagle42

3 жыл бұрын

That's really cool to know

@wraithwyvern528

3 жыл бұрын

Some things never change

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say, No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip, Big iron on his hip

@Insanitypants80

4 жыл бұрын

I don't want to set the world on fire.... :)

@muninrob

4 жыл бұрын

here's the video for it kzread.info/dash/bejne/a21ttNOAisTagNY.html

@iwishyouhappinnes1125

4 жыл бұрын

Texas red

@willowrabbit

4 жыл бұрын

thanks mae

@willowrabbit

4 жыл бұрын

@Kerosin Fuchs night in the woods

"a truly _revolutionary_ advancement" he must be spinning in his grave

@paladynwiecznegostazuzkraj75

4 жыл бұрын

i cringed but thats a good one

@bl4cksp1d3r

4 жыл бұрын

@@Strawberry92fs but revolution like a rotation...

@Zorglub1966

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many years waiting to place it!!

@actionhirvimoose4294

4 жыл бұрын

Booo!

@ryan0U

4 жыл бұрын

Nah he was a Dad so he loved it.

Moral of the story: gun may explode, but you should be safe as long as you don't piss off a mailman in Nevada

@thecommunistloli1042

3 жыл бұрын

Or an Arizona Ranger

@txjohn69

2 жыл бұрын

Good reference

@ncrvako

Жыл бұрын

Or not send in a certain hank his pie 🥧.

@Emmi2002-_-

4 ай бұрын

Or a stranger with a bug iron on his hip.

3:18 First batch of 1000 Colt Walkers: *occasionally explode* US Army: "Excellent, we'll have another 1000 of those!"

@topbreak38

4 жыл бұрын

You know . . . minor issues.

@r.c.christian4633

4 жыл бұрын

It's a *B I G I R O N*

@nam1115

4 жыл бұрын

"occasionally grenade"- the logistic and supply guy

@Zack_Wester

4 жыл бұрын

@@topbreak38 think its more. yes thouse also explode sometimes but not as ofthen as other. or those also explode but they are in general better. Heck even modern Guns explode sometimes. okey most are designed such that a explosion don't kill its user. sometime not even harming them... the moment you have something that involves fire, explosive, pressure or gas expect it to explode and design it to be as safe as posible. also count on the end user disabling the safety device/valve.

@Raven-Blackwing

4 жыл бұрын

You sound surprised.

I clicked on this video knowing exactly what the comment section would be like and was not disappointed.

is that the big iron that killed texas red?!

@Igor_lvanov

4 жыл бұрын

Damn. Just listened first half of the song and you spoiled the rest!

@RavingRaptor

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, he even might have went on livin' , but he made one fatal slip.

@comradeurod9805

4 жыл бұрын

@@RavingRaptor when he tried to match the ranger

@MyspaceNihilist

4 жыл бұрын

The very same the ranger had fired before Texas red had even cleared leather

@Agentcoolguy1

4 жыл бұрын

For a bullet fairly ripped

"You take a sip from your trusty vault 13 canteen"

@ArtemisTherion

4 жыл бұрын

best reference so far. 👍

@Smokeytactical

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong brand and time

@Smokeytactical

3 жыл бұрын

You three mean the BFR

@Smokeytactical

3 жыл бұрын

From magnum research

@Smokeytactical

3 жыл бұрын

It can also be chambered in 500 s&w

This makes my iron become THE BIG IRON

@RokuroCarisu

3 жыл бұрын

You are a very naughty Hobbit Jerkins.

BIIIIIG IROOOON, BIIIIG IROOOON, When he tried to match the ranger with the Big Iron on his hip. Big Iron on his hiiiiiip

@HereticalKitsune

4 жыл бұрын

Fallout New Vegas vibes are strong in this one.

@Zack_Wester

4 жыл бұрын

@@HereticalKitsune I knew some one would post thouse two comments. the first been the music from when (wikipedia says 1960) and fallout New Vegas. So Sorry Ian but I had a song stuck in my head throughout the whole video.

@elicrane2221

4 жыл бұрын

I’m so proud of this community.

@willh.7755

4 жыл бұрын

Marty Robbins lives on

@Guru_1092

4 жыл бұрын

Literally the song that plays in my mind anytime I'm playing New Vegas, even when there's no music.

0:27 "Samuel Colt invents the revolver." - literally shots fired in the background -

@iota-09

4 жыл бұрын

I swear if that's not edited in...

@ShootAUT

4 жыл бұрын

@@iota-09 Nah, sounds more like someone dropped something in the auction house. But still, nice effect right on time. 😁

@ianfinrir8724

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootAUT Apparently, it's packing tape.

"A truly revolutionary... _points at camera_ eh heh heh~ uh, advancement. Sorry." Keep on making us smile with moments like this, Ian.

*Video focuses down the barrel* Voice in my head: Truth is the game was rigged from the start.

@Sacremas

4 жыл бұрын

Eh, that should be from looking down a decorated Browning Hi-Power 9mm. A revolver like this however, that should put you in the mind of some sweet revenge...

@haha-on5fd

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sacremas new vegas bounties?

@Sacremas

4 жыл бұрын

@@haha-on5fd Someone got it! You made my day good sir. :)

@owen723

3 жыл бұрын

Comment and reply sections like this is why I love the new vegas community.

"20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip...."

@mrwdpkr5851

3 жыл бұрын

21 would be the ranger ....

Glad you put their price in context with a typical salary. I'm really tired of the old "guns were so much cheaper back then". They were not. They never were.

@444mopar

4 жыл бұрын

@Jim Man that and I have never seen a movie depict a realistic level of bp smoke during a gun fight. In most movies, for the amount of shots fired, everyone would have been blinded by a grey haze.

@xkavarsmith9322

4 жыл бұрын

It's 2020. A Hi Point was $100 USD last year. Checkmate, atheist.

@BogeyTheBear

4 жыл бұрын

"Guns are very expensive and difficult to get. Why don't you hire men?" "Men?" "Gun men. Nowadays men are cheaper than guns."

@EFCasual

4 жыл бұрын

It looks a bit different if you measure value in gold, land, or barrels of oil.

@ScottKenny1978

4 жыл бұрын

@@EFCasual sure. $20 in 1860 was an ounce of gold (defined in law). What's today's spot price of gold? $1500 an ounce? Income has gone up a lot faster than the price of gold (which has zero relationship to the way the stock market moves).

I was born raised in Connecticut. It honestly hurts my heart how much the state tries to deny and shy away from its robust and historical firearm history.

@shauny2285

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, these days certain history is either ignored or vilified due to the current political sensibilities.

@dembro27

3 жыл бұрын

This may not be relevant, but when I was very young, I lived in New Britain and my dad worked in Hartford. Sometimes he drove me into the city. Because I was a kid, I mostly just thought of it as an old, poor place. I knew it had factories, but I didn't know what they made. I was surprised when Ian mentioned Hartford in this video, which sent me on a Wikipedia rabbit hole. Cool stuff.

@RockyMountainWest13

2 жыл бұрын

False flags will do that

@bugwar5545

2 жыл бұрын

Price you pay for being in the blue state gulags. C'mon down to the free lands like Florida and Texas.

@thenoblepoptart

2 жыл бұрын

@@bugwar5545 I live in Texas, people still fall prey to petty ideology and quarrel about stupid things all the time.

Walker revolvers success was not just from power and capacity. The fact that they roundhouse kick the opponent after being emptied made them truely formidable.

@porrod4313

3 жыл бұрын

And occasionaly can be used as a hand grenade

100% of the comments on this video: B I G I R O N

@QUIROPTEROHOLLOW

4 жыл бұрын

You can't invoke a meme without people reacting to it hahaha

@rwhite3345

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, did a feller named Texas Red come through here? I've been looking for him.

@samdherring

4 жыл бұрын

I specifically chose this video in the hopes of seeing said comments. Am not disappointed.

@bennetrussell3567

4 жыл бұрын

I was actually wondering if he has a model with an octagon barrel

@aleisterwilloughby3930

3 жыл бұрын

B L O O D. M E R I D I A N

Prepare for Fallout NV References traveler as you go into the comment section.

@muzzmac160

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZnWLt7J_p8zLh9I.html there you are

@muzzmac160

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZnWLt7J_p8zLh9I.html ther you are

@SimuLord

4 жыл бұрын

You can go home now Courier.

@ianwalker8042

3 жыл бұрын

That’s... why I’m here

@meeptowner8440

3 жыл бұрын

I've already hit some of them in some of the replies it's to late to turn back now

This is the first reference I have found to users of Colt Walker Revolvers tying the loading rammer to the barrel. My great aunt once showed me a Daguerreotype image of a man she told me was my third great uncle, Timothy Hart (born 1810 - yes I am that old) who rode with Mabry Gray's Company of Texas Mounted Volunteers during the Mexican War. The image shows Timothy holding what I believe was a Colt Walker Revolver which had a band of cloth or yarn tied around the barrel and loading lever of the pistol. When I originally viewed the image, I thought that this was just a decoration but, now I realize that this was very likely an attempt to solve the problem of the loading lever dropping away from the barrel which would have been a problem for a mounted rider who was shooting the pistol one handed while on horseback. Unfortunately, my great aunt passed away about 40-years ago and that Daguerreotype image has vanished without a trace. No one on that side of my family remembers it or had any idea that Timothy Hart served with that Texas Ranger Company... That is a shame. My great aunt was a depository of family history and I regret that I did not pick her brain about what she had been told about the family during the War for Texas Independence or the Mexican War. "Mustang Gray" and his company of Mounted Volunteers were very harsh men and gave captured Mexicans no quarter. I can believe this because blood was hot at that time. Timothy's brother in law, William Quinn was killed at the Battle of Coleto (one day before the massacre of Colonel Fanin's captured troops at the Massacre of Goliad) and his brother was believed to have been murdered by Mexican Irregulars in 1837. I don't know if the Daguerreotype image was taken while Timothy Hart was serving with than Ranger Company or taken sometime later...

@binalith4898

2 жыл бұрын

awesome. thanks for sharing.

@craigthescott5074

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome family history too bad your Aunt didn’t have his dragoon. I have a Reproduction modern Colt Dragoon 3rd model that I just bought used at a gun show. I need to go out at test this smoke wagon.

Little known fact: a Colt Paterson saved the life of Giuseppe Garibaldi in a firefight in Uruguaian civil war, where he managed to keep at bay a bunch of Rosistas with his 6 shooter. No Colt, then a much more difficult Italian independence.

@gaetandenis9672

4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, a Paterson is a five shooter.

@scipio10000

4 жыл бұрын

@@gaetandenis9672 I stand corrected 😉

@Bourikii2992

2 жыл бұрын

Nah the sixth shit comes from the shrapnel of the exploding cylinder.

@1nfamyX

2 жыл бұрын

My friend is from pizzaland, i must remember this historical instance.

@scipio10000

2 жыл бұрын

@@1nfamyX Always happy to help the good people of obesityland

A pistol that doubles as a hand grenade, truly ahead of its time... 😂

@Sacremas

4 жыл бұрын

Must have inspired later Samsung phones!

@RichardCranium321

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sacremas almost pee'd a bit when I read that... well said

@joekeys9021

4 жыл бұрын

Right before the nambu pistols, lol

@RichardCranium321

4 жыл бұрын

@@joekeys9021yeah the nambu did have a few flaws & isn't that also why they experimented with the smaller sizes? Also, arisaka's were built ok for the time which is surprising considering the volume & speed with which they were pumped out.. Yes, a number have failed in recent years but that has to do as much with modern ammo being more powerful as it does them just being older & HIGHLY mass produced. I'm honestly shocked MORE haven't blown up though.

@kungflumaster5495

4 жыл бұрын

Jakobs and tediore

Love my boy Marty Robins. "Please tell her won't you mister that she's the only one. But a woman's love is wasted when she loves a runnin gun."

@Sosig593

4 жыл бұрын

I really need to get the context to this comment please, ive been thinking about this for 4 h o u r s

@KretinD

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sosig593 kzread.info/dash/bejne/eo6mlrqbdZesm7w.html all you need to know

@vladimirlem1104

3 жыл бұрын

Now my strength is slowly fading and my eyes are growing dim And my thoughts return to Jeannie and the home that we had planned

Imagine Arthur Morgan’s lightening fast reloads with percussion caps added to the mix

“Glanton leveled the huge pistol in one hand and thumbed back the hammer. The explosion in the dead silence was enormous. The cat simply disappeared. There was no blood or cry, it just vanished.” From Blood Meridian. The Colt revolver made for slaying dragons.

@BogeyTheBear

2 жыл бұрын

Dragoons were so-named because the gun made men _into_ dragons.

@theprojectproject01

Жыл бұрын

Great. Now I gotta listen to the audiobook again, and I don't know if my soul is ready to view the evening redness in the west, again.

@kgilliagorilla2761

Жыл бұрын

@@theprojectproject01 It’s a hell of a book that’s for sure.

@dimproductions1

Жыл бұрын

I just posted a comment asking if these are the same guns from that incredible story, should have just scrolled down a couple comments lol

@goldrush49

Жыл бұрын

Great book

watch out! the comments! they are about the... B I G I R O N

Samuel Colt presence is so powerful that when Ian said his name, there was a gunshot in the distance, probably in heaven

The Walker remained the most powerful handgun in mass production right up until the 357 magnum You can't really count the early Tranter .577 "stopping revolvers" as they tended to be bespoke or very limited run and were barely practical to fire UNLESS you were being eaten by a tiger as the alternative

Did a stranger come to town with that big iron on his hip?

"The captain carried a pair of dragoon pistols in scabbards that mounted across the pommel of the saddle- these guns were United States issue, Colt’s patent, and he had bought them from a deserter.” -Cormac Macarthy, Blood Meridian

Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) carries two Colt Walker 1847 revolvers in twin holsters as his primary sidearms.

@Halbared

3 жыл бұрын

THat's the reason I like this pistol

@federicofernandez1361

2 жыл бұрын

That’s right I’ve got two of them because of that movie I bet after wearing them all day he wanted them off They sure are heavy

@andy_in_nh9243

2 жыл бұрын

@@federicofernandez1361 I believe they were originally designed as saddle pistols and not meant to be carried on a belt, but hey - "Hollywood."

@chrisbrowne4669

Ай бұрын

They were issued in pairs to the Rangers.

I LOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE VIDEO TO THE COMMENTS! Lets drink to this moment. *You take a sip from your trusty vault 13 canteen*

@drownsinkoolaid4203

4 жыл бұрын

Take 1 sip and 19 more!

@avaiboot

4 жыл бұрын

Right!? History and comedy gold all at the same time.

"Colt's Dragoon!" "Yer no bigger than a corn nubbin. What're you doin' with a pistol like that?"

@johnbacon4997

3 жыл бұрын

True grit?

@burialgoods

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbacon4997 yep

Forty five years ago, I owned an Italian repro Third Model Dragoon. It gave decent accuracy out to 100 yards, as long as you kept the powder load at about 35 grains. Sure packed a whallop.

Fascinating, need a Walker for comparison? Here it is. A table full of rare guns laying around like this is every day.Thanks Ian this is a marvelous history lesson.

Really outstanding when you can do a video like this showing all the variants of a firearm

Nice detail, at around the 9 minute mark when he talks about the version 2 Dragoon, the closeup on the cylinder, you can faintly see the battlefield carvings he mentions in the Walker video.

In the book Empire of the Summer Moon about the Comanches when talking about the Texas Rangers fighting the Comanches initially with two single shot pistols and a single shot rifle it went in to pretty good detail about how Jack Hayes trained his men to fight like the Comanches and ultimately by extension live and travel like them too. Throughout that it goes into pretty good detail about how incredibly crucial those Patterson colts were in competition with the Comanches and how the second in command Samuel Walker got into contact with Samuel Colt about how important the colts were as well as the development of the Walker Colt. The idea behind that ridiculously heavy charge in the Walker was that he wanted a handgun that could kill a man at 100 yards like they could with their carbines.

Its good to see that in the 4 years gap between the walker and dragoon video Ian had improved so much on his videos. His presentation is way way smoother now and he no longer clicks his tongue whenever he needs to jump to the next point on his list. Plus, less jumpcut and some videos no longer have jumpcut even. Love this channel.

I got exactly what I expected and wanted from the comment section, you are all beautiful people.

Reads title: "I miss my ranger sequoia"

The Dragoon with the stock looks absolutely stunning. I love the lines and the stock mounting mechanism.

In a Source mod, Fistful of Frags, the most powerful gun is literally the Walker, which kills in 1 shot. But in the game, the reloads are accurate, meaning that it takes a full minute for fully reload. I'm glad to know that the reason it was so powerful was because it almost had enough gunpowder for a rifle.

First things first, for those of you who are not familiar with Black Powder firearms, to blow then up either means you loaded them as you would normally except the ball was not seated deep against the powder charge, meaning there was a gap between the powder and the ball, or you load the revolver with FFFF (4F) powder rather then the normal powder which should have been 2F or perhaps 3F. A 60 grain charge of 4F, most definitely will cause a Walker to go to pieces. Any gun can Blow Up or explode as they called it if dirt covers the muzzle.

I love my 1848 Dragoon replica. Really fun gun to shoot.

I have original 1st and 3rd Model Dragoons and they are handsome handguns. The 3rd is cut for the shoulder stock. I'm getting to the age now where I can't hold them at arm's length for very long! Absolutely the favourites of my collection...

CAPT WALKER was later killed, speared by a Mexican Lancer.as an aside the pistol was designed to be issued to Dragoons and carried in holsters attached to both sides of a saddle hence it was known as THE DRAGOON HORSE PISTOL.

@MilanskaSila

Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t he shot in the chest/head by a Mexican sniper?

When you need a full foot of leverage for pistol whipping your enemies.

Few people know, that Geronimo owned one of those Dragoons. It did a lot for his reputation.

The dragoon was a cavalry soldier on offence but infantry on defence. This concept was used up to the civil war. Effective distance for these heavy revolvers was up to 200 yards. A heavy powder charge was needed. The idea of power to drop a horse would put the opposing cavalry on the ground with only edged weapons. Maybe a single shot carbine. As tactics changed a powerful light hand weapon was needed. The 1860 Colt and 1858 Remington revolvers allowed cavalry a light weapon which could be carried on the person rather than slung on a horse. Effective range needed dropped to 50 yards needing a less powerful charge. Most civil war field charges were 30 to 35 grains. The standard issue rounds were 40 grains over a 150 grain conical ball. This was still a rather heavy load.

The big iron revolvers are very cool my favorite gun from the old West.

Square backed trigger, like Marlin's squared lever.......so your knuckles *know* how much powder you're burning

@hambone950

4 жыл бұрын

so your saying go round...

@BogeyTheBear

4 жыл бұрын

Round guards on something that pre-dates the Gold Rush is like putting a rail and red-dot on a Winchester 92: Sure, it'll help. But it looks so danged wrong...

@filianablanxart8305

4 жыл бұрын

Some people like them . Some people have their second finger get smacked .

@Rack47

3 жыл бұрын

STERLING MALORY DUCHESS ARCHERRR!!! Or you might prefer Randy Randerson or Randleman.

My girlfriend, just agreed she didn't have enough "Dragoon Revolvers" in her life... I concurred. then i caught the note of sarcasm...

@TheEdmond30

4 жыл бұрын

@@CountArtha its all about the long barrelled Model 29

@aninjawaffle98

4 жыл бұрын

Everybody knows bull barrels are better!

@jimtreebob2096

4 жыл бұрын

TheEdmond30 challenge her to a duel. Assert your dominance.

@TheEdmond30

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimtreebob2096 dont panic dude. i got this.no need to duel the girlfriend, and it was a strong action that allowed her chamber reaming... an enjoyable task for the home gunsmith... I'm keeping this one

@444mopar

4 жыл бұрын

For those few fleeting milliseconds of joy, you considered proposing to her!

To the hive of Aguafrias came a stranger one grim day . Hardly spoke to the Arbites, didn't have too much to say . No one dared to slit his purse-strings, no one dared to make a slip , for the black-clad man among them had a boltgun on his hip . Boltgun on his hip.

As soon as I thought I've quit you I'm pulled back in once again! You have my RE RE RE RE RE subscription good sir!

I love the cross-hatched detailing on each barrel

3:17 So thats where Gearbox software got the idea for the tedoire weapons

So something I never thought about the “stocked” revolver. I seems to me that this frame could have been used/adapted for a close quarters assault weapon (19th century SWAT) Longer barrel, larger caliber bullet, higher capacity cylinder, and the ability to quick change the cylinder

@theprojectproject01

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I wonder if you could do a LeMat pattern, with that central shot barrel and maybe 9-10 shots in cylinders surrounding that.

@paulpolito2001

9 ай бұрын

Barrel-Cylinder Gap means you inevitably end up with a face full of hot, high-pressure gas and lead shavings. Some models introduced had shields on the left grip frame, but it's an innate problem with such a weapon system.

Wonderful video! I am a big Colt fan! A loyal fan stays true to their faith. Colt has had so much history in the last 175 years. So many landmark guns! My favorite is the famous Colt single action army revolver!

Excellent description of these early Colts. Thank You.

Imagine how impactful a gun is if 1/3 of the guns are sent back to the factory for repair, and despite that, another shipment is ordered .

@kinsmart7294

2 жыл бұрын

@Peter Angles They are so cheap its worth it even if you have to send them immediately to an gunsmith to polish the action. Especially their pt92s that are literally licensed production from beretta, including using the same machinery after beretta left their factory in Brazil.

@craigthescott5074

2 жыл бұрын

Probably because there wasn’t a lot of competition or choices back then.

HE'S AN OUTLAW LOOSE AND RUNNIN, CAME THE WHISPER FROM EACH LIP - AND HE'S HERE TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE Colt Walker ON HIS HIP

Nice it is great to get to see all of them and hear the history. Thank you!

Ian, this lecture is superb. Incredibly accurate and precise. And I finally saw how Sam shortened the Walker cylinder and made use of the barrels which had already been made. Dad gave me his daddy's 1860 Army, an old Allen & Wheelock rifle, and a Spencer carbine to play cowboy & Indians. I made all 3 function again. I disassembled and cleaned that Spencer last year for my Brother, no doubt it's first cleaning in 120 years or so. LIFE did an article on Cased Colts back in the mid 60's, and I wanted some. Eventually I copied the sea captain's case for my Signature Series Walker. Cased my original 1860 with another, and a modern shoulder stock. Then started on Colts & Remingtons from Cabella's. These are affordable, with accoutrements from Dixie Gun Works. Single, double, and a triple casing, all in French style. These I presented to beloved relatives. How many 10 year old girls got a brace of cased police pistols for a birthday? Please continue giving us your wisdom.

Always loved the title of Dragoon.

They say a man has to have true grit to fire one of these, unless he can find a fence post to prop it up on.

@petehall889

4 жыл бұрын

The 1969 John Wayne film was the reason I bought my two Dragoons! Interestingly, the gun carried in that film was actually a Colt Walker. In the new True Grit film, Mattie carries the correct 2nd Model Dragoon.

@KAKADOUJACK

4 жыл бұрын

@@petehall889 I actually knew that about the gun in the film being a Walker. I'm not big into black powder, but a couple years ago a friend of mine who knows a lot more about cap and ball guns told me that fact and it crushed my dreams a little bit haha

@BogeyTheBear

3 жыл бұрын

Colt Dragoon: The preferred gun of teenage girls everywhere.

Wow, that is a lot of Colt Dragoon revolvers in one place. Very Cool video Ian !!!!!!

The invention of the percussion cap was vital to the invention of the revolver.

@BogeyTheBear

3 жыл бұрын

Vital, yes. But there is such a thing as a flintlock revolver. kzread.info/dash/bejne/m21_z5eEkci1Z6w.html

Hi ian, have I mentioned the channel capandball? He is in Hungary but speaks very good English. He does a lot of black powder shooting and game hunting. He also fires MP40's etc. Watching him construct the paper/ wax ammunition is interesting in it self. He's also a championship shooter with many victories. I think an episode done with him would be very educational for viewers viewers.

That stock is just gorgeous. Man.

Othias got me up to speed on Sam Colt back in the day. Oh Sam Colt would have been a hilarious friend to chill with back in the day xD

Beautiful piece

I think, Samuel Colt ,fortunately,made his revolvers at the time when the Lathe and other Tools mashinery becomes quite popular, which made possible the mass production of such weapons.It was ' at the right time and right place" success story He has had lot of luck,as well ,remember comanche vs colt paterson Fights.

Ian, my favorite videos are when you look at cap & ball handguns. Have you ever thought of doing a side by side comparison of the original specimens compared to the modern reproductions (often from Italy)? A series on this would be very interesting and informative!

Such a great show

Excellent presentation.

Great collection of Dragoons. All are represented except for the Whitneyville Hartford Dragoon that had the same exact larger grip with iron backstrap as the Walker. The 1st, 2d, and 3rd all had the smaller grip with the brass backstrap. Wish Ian would do the Whitneyville-Hartford Dragoon so we can see the very earliest "Colt" Dragoon.

@BogeyTheBear

2 жыл бұрын

If the Uberti replicas are an accurate representation of the historical pieces (🤷‍♂️) then the Walker grip merely _looks_ longer in photos because it's actually thinner than the Dragoon grip. The upper portion of an Uberti Walker grip is square in proportional thickness-- the width of the grip and the front-to-back thickness are the same. The Dragoon grip is oval-- thicker than it is wide. I've held both models in hand, and the Walker is like grabbing hold of a broom handle while the Dragoon feels like a gun.

Very good video as always and with old revolvers i love 😍. I wish you could make a video about the remington 1858 and its latest versions (1861 and 1863). This is my favorite cap and ball revolver ❤! Congratulation again and greetings from France (Brest town in brittany's far west 😁)👍👍. And sorry for my bad english, i'm trying to emprove myself 😅.

@rezasandresa5916

4 жыл бұрын

1858 was a remington patent for the base pin allowed to be catched by the loading lever,

Yes Sir! Enjoyed this very much. Keep up the good works.

Great video, and commentary. Thank you.

The only one I wasn't aware of existing was the one with the shoulder stock but I didn't realise that the three versions were so different to each other as from a distance they all look pretty much the same as the others apart from the small details other than the shoulder stock one that is. I also really like your videos keep up the good work

This was just a wonderful history lesson ! For some reason the Dragoon is my favorite of Colts pistols ... I'd love to get one - someday!

@petehall889

4 жыл бұрын

I have original 1st and 3rd Model Dragoons. They are great guns and can be bought as replicas. It is quite an experience handling one, so I hope you get your wish!

Thank you for your videos!

Thanks for the Vid, I love big wheel guns

Imagine these days that a third of your guns fail in some way and the military asks for more. Gives some perspective.

@edgarmatsuzawa4524

4 жыл бұрын

Robin Schuhmacher yes but for the most part the users were uneducated in the use of the gun

Ian, never apologize for puns, you beautiful musketeer, you,

looking great Ian!

Thank you.

" That piece will do the job for ya; if ya find a high stump to rest it on and a wall to put behind ya" -Rooster Cogburn

Is there one with 1 notch and 19 more?

Gotta say, any time I have a gun-liking client, I always tend to recommend either your channel, or RIA auctions directly. Such a vast and diverse spread of guns on display there, I only wish I could go there sometime.

Undoubtedly my favorite old school revolver aestheticly

7:17 Reasons why the internet is the best entertainment medium. Exceptionally authentic.

The puns... M O R E.

Enjoyed very much.

Love it, great video Ian on some cool pieces of history

In the beginning, Samuel Colt invented the revolver, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day

Thanks. Pertinent survey info,

I’ve got a reproduction Colt Dragoon 3rd model that I knew nothing about. Thx Ian now I know something about these pistols, I just need to get out and shoot it.