Welcome to the club! I am 62 and love these 50-60 shows! We are not "old" -- we are "experienced" :-)

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@itsapittie

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a "seasoned" 64 myself and I enjoy the old TV shows as well. They were uncomplicated with good guys, bad guys, and lessons about patriotism, loyalty, and morality. You don't see that in modern TV shows.

It's really too bad that youtubes use of service has gotten so lousy. I really learned a lot on pouring lead and paper patching for my really old black powder guns. There were several channels that even showed how to make your own firearms. Inn this hobby you really got some great ideas. That being said, it's too bad.we could not see how you made this.

@jimvandemoter6961

2 жыл бұрын

It was you tube videos that taught me how to reload 9mm, .38 and .357 magnum cartridges.

"Open channel D, please." Great stuff Mike ,one of my favourite shoes as child watching the reruns in the UK in the 70s.

I loved watching " Man From U.N.C.L.E " when i was a boy. I really wanted the " Napoleon Solo Gun " set for Christmas when I was a kid in the 60's. Instead my Mom got me the two Action Figures from the show. One was Napoleon Solo and the other was Ilya Kuriyakin. They were 12" ACTION FIGURES damn it NOT Dolls! They came with a small metal gun with a slot where you could fire gun caps. ( I did catch Ilya Kuriyakin driving GI Joe's Jeep with my sister's Barbie sitting next to him "

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

One song kept running through my head, while watching this video. The 1966 Johnny Rivers hit : "Secret Agent Man". As a teen growing up in the Sixties, I remember the "Man from Uncle", very well. Really enjoyed the video, Mike.

I remember The Man from Uncle t.v. series. So I'm aging myself as well. Found the series at Walmart on DVD. Love the way they solved problems 😌.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Classic

Watched the “Man from U.N.C.L.E” as one of my most favourite TV shows. Had the toy kit with radios etc. Even bought bubblegum to get cards of the series. Would have loved a near original P.38-P1 but sadly impossible now in the UK.🤨

@smd482000

2 жыл бұрын

me 2

@paulrichardson4952

2 жыл бұрын

I had a Man From UNCLE toy cigarette lighter/cigarette case/radio/gun. It was really cool!

@nunyabidniz2868

2 жыл бұрын

Not going to suggest emigrating to the U.S., but do you come here often/at all? We can certainly help our visiting friends scratch that target sports itch when you do!

I have a 16 round P-38 mag from the man from uncle.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

I had an alloy-frame P1 back in the late 1980s. I liked it a lot, because with no modifications it would shoot subsonic cast lead 124-grain loads. Very cheap to shoot back then. Nice job, Mike!

I always fancied myself as the blondie guy in the UNCLE series! I loved those futurist weapons on the series!

Lugers, Mauser pistols, and P38 pistols always looked so cool.

A broken lamp shade would have looked good in Diana Riggs hands. ❤ 💙 💜 💖

Great fun video. Also a TV show with a great soundtrack theme song.

When in the Army in Berlin I was with the military police and my German partner Henry carried the p.o.1 and a sub gun in a brief case. Never felt any threat when we patrolled the city back in 74. Po1 is a great shooter.

@jasoncornell1579

2 жыл бұрын

U weren't wearing powder blue suits were u?😁

@dphillips4351

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasoncornell1579 Henry was wearing dark blue German polizia uniform and I army dress green.

My compliments on a great video. The Man from Uncle and I Spy were my two favorite shows as a kid. I was such a Man From Uncle freak at 14, that I found a company in Japan that produced an all metal replica of the iconic pistol. In Japan with it's very restrictive gun laws there was an entire small industry producing extremely realistic firearm replicas. Noting that this was back before the days of the internet and even credit cards being common, therefore requiring an international money order I contacted a Japanese company and purchased a replica of the Uncle gun complete with scope, extended magazine, barrel extension, silencer and flash hider. 58 years later, I still have it and I daresay that you would not know that it was a real firearm until you held it in your hand and examined it. I always wanted a fully functional one but never got around to it. I'm glad that you did.

Hey Mike, I'm a disabled veteran senior citizen and I rarely get an opportunity to go shooting. I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy and appreciate your shooting videos and gun projects. Keep up the good work and stay healthy.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoy the videos. take care!

Good Evening Mr. Phelps - What's next - the self-destructing tape recorder from Mission Impossible?!

I think the p38 p1 and the shortened one also are great and ahead of their time

At 4:40 one can see the blank constrictor in the barrel of the .45 pistol of Bill Cosby. Not a bolt but a hex cross pin in the frame . One can also see the blank constrictor in the P-38 pistol barrel that Robert Culp is holding. These pistols needed barrel constrictors so the pressure would build up and allow the pistols operate and eject and feed blanks.

one of my favorites -- the show and the gun ... thanks Mike

Life imitating art looks great in this gun!

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Open Channel D. That will keep those Wiley Thrush Agents out of your yard! The Man from UNCLE series was but one show that inspired my own interest in the P38, but it was certainly a favorite. Also, a WWII AC Code Walther P38 was my very first handgun and I still have it, along with two Post War Police issue P38's. Have thought about getting a spare barrel and doing something similar to what you have done.

I loved thatbshow...I was 14 when it came.onto NBC in1964...

In the1970s and 1980s I used to make grips and some of the parts for the Baby P-38s that John Martz Luger maker used to make and that looks similar to your pistol. John Martz never made any P-38 pistols or carbines with flash suppressors. He also made baby Luger pistols. I also had the toy gun and I.D. from the show.

Hi from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures in weapons and I love that tv show

My Favorite Show

Another great video my friend, love the old spy shows, thanks again for the nostalgia.

I loved the man from uncle!!

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

KZread really needs to just settle down... Way too many butt hurt people. Would have loved to see the shop work. Maybe full30 for the shop vids if you have them?

Love reading all the commrnts...I was 14 in 1964 when the show csm onto NBC on Monday nights in the NYC area...I'm 72 now...loved these improbable Secret Agent guns

That's cool. I like it. I like all of your shows. I really like it when you dress up and give information.

It’s my second time around for this one . Loved this show , never missed an episode.

Thanks Michael, another excellent history lesson and video.

Great stuff. One of my favorite all time pistols both real world and tv movie world.

Nice job! Thanks for sharing.

Thats a cool little pistol

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

...I' 72....loved the show - used'ta sneak watching it in the summer months when mom & dad went out on Monday nights...with the help of my two brothers one of whom kept a watch for their car and my other brother hooked up the antenna...both have since passed.

I loved all.these tv shows,also all the old western shows. You know,back when we lived in America.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

I miss America too.

Wonderful little (really not so little) firearm, very 1st firearm I ever purchased was an already cut down P1, very much like the Robert Culp shortened model with the sight sleeve on the short barrel, very happy with it, I've since purchased a second barrel for it, cut it down and threaded the inside and turned it into a non-firing U.N.C.L.E. special with all the accessories, but I don't have near the fun with mine that you get to enjoy with yours, happy shooting and thanks for sharing this video

Your gun is a fine salute to a great show ! Well Done !

Outstanding video my friend

That thing looks really fun

Great video! Fun history of spy shows!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

Thanks Mike for another great firearm review. Please keep em comin...... .

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

God, I've wanted to make of of these for decades! Well done!

Outstanding gun Smith

I have several friends who were former (now in private practice) CIA Counter Terrorists Officers and while they did not themselves carry guns, they had special armed units that protected them on some missions, Mexico comes to mind, they were armed and in safe houses they used Browning High Power pistols that could not be traced to the US. (so prolific a weapon world wide). The .38 SUPER in a 1911 is (5" and LW COMMANDER guns) one of my personal favorite defense cartridges, use Buffalo Bore 115-grain JHP which is 537 foot pounds pretty potent stuff and flat shooting. I am a 1911 fan in general .45ACP, 10MM and .357 SIG as well. All great defense weapons, but a soft spot for the .38 SUPER as well. The Walther P5 is a modified P38 and similar to your P38K redo; I carried one for several years and found it to be extremely reliable and accurate. A Captain friend had to have it so sold the weapon and Milt Sparks Summer Special rig to him.

Being a Walther fan boy, I used to have a P1 with the hex bolt lock. The double action trigger had a lot of pull to fire it, but once fired it had a decent trigger. The fact that the brass casings ejected from the left was unique. So much so that I scared a guy at the range one day when he was wondering why my brass kept landing on this right side. The gun was very accurate though a lot better then your redone "Man from Uncle" version. For some strange reason, I'm not sure why anymore I sold the gun. Wish I hadn't. Thank you for a great showing.

Mr. Waverly would be proud!!!!

I used to watch the Man from Uncle regularly. Nice version of there P-38.

You did an excellent job on that gun! 🤠👍🏼

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Aahah! Wonderful! i still remember being a kid here in Sweden and playing with my The Man From Uncle car. Great stuff!!!!! Keep up the good work!! BTW... YT is going down a slippery slope.....

That was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid, I'm jealous.

6:19 KZread doesn't like fun, dontcha know. Only color within the lines!

Mike ,You would have hit the pigeons if you worn the secret agent suit and tie ! Looked like a tough shot to me, you started good and "man from uncle" enough not to edit out the misses. You Rock!

Loving your show sir, keep up the good work👍✊👍✊

Fun fact, Ian Flemming was a writer forMAN FROM UNCLE.

I subscribed in part because of the diversity and history. Keep it up and keep shooting (with camera and weapons)

A vanity project, yes. But it reminds me of the story of a young Zen monk sent to study under an aging master. When he arrived the master, well into his 90s, was in the garden. The master acknowledged the student and the student watched the master laboriously plant a tree. As the master staggered to his feet the student bowed and said unto him, _“Master, it seems of little use to plant a tree that will not grow even to your waist before you pass into your next incarnation.”_ The master considered this, smiled and patted the young man on the back replying, _”Son, it’s my garden and I’ll plant any damn thing I want to.”_

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

I never watched the man from uncle but. i was a huge fan of the Avengers. Could never get enough of Diana Rigg. Had a P38 in 2015 but due to a huge financial error back then I was forced to sell it. Excellent video sir thank you. Keep safe and keep shooting!

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Diana Rigg.

My first auto also. Enjoy your videos THANKS!

I remember the show. They had fun toys like a camera that turned into a gun. And that briefcase. I see cleaning gun videos all the time.

Kinda reminds me of Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven, finally went in the cabin and brought out a double barrel. I had sights play tricks on me too over the years. Scope rings working loose.

Thanks for the warning about P1 frames. I rarely shoot mine, but I'll keep an eye peeled for any frame damage. Here's a bit of trivia you may amusing. As your video showed, the original UNCLE pistols were modified Mauser 1910s. The series got into a bit of trouble early on when an alert Fed saw one of the original B&W episodes where the removable shoulder stock was featured. This prompted a studio visit by one agent who determined they were unregistered short barrel rifles. The ATF did not exist back then and its predecessor was apparently a bit more laid-back. They allowed the armorer to pay the tax and register them. Presumably they learned their lesson and did the same thing before modifying the Walthers. Ah, the good ole days.

@neubert500

2 жыл бұрын

I have read that it was the full auto firing scene that prompted the visit and it was determined that the armorers had created unregistered machine guns, a star studded lunch at the canteen convinced the agent(s) to allow a fine and registering the weapons to avoid further issues. Of course I wasn't there so I could be factually incorrect.

Wow Mike, you made that modification with hacksaw and files. We need to start calling you " Carbine Bellevue ".

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@Bill23799

2 жыл бұрын

@@duelist1954 Haha I was wondering if you were too young to get that.

@Bill23799

2 жыл бұрын

@@duelist1954 Hey Mike can you make a silhouette target in the shape of Natasha Fatale ? You might hit her upper body but you will have a hard time hitting that tiny waist of hers.

That's cool Mike it's like my little Taurus 709 Slim before it was invented I appreciate your videos thank you much Joe security

Funny how TV shows and movies influences our gun interests, the movie Dirty Harry did it for me. My fist handgun purchase when I turned 21 was a S&W 29-2 6.5” in a walnut presentation box $ 275.00 at a pawn shot !

Congratulations on a good job

I owned 3 P38/P1 guns over the years and they all shot low left. My friends suggested that they were designed that way because the Russians always dove to the left when they were shot at!

Make a backup film of the whole build on Odyssee or Dailymotion.

8 warning shots and a well placed throw

The Man From U.N.C.L.E was waaay before my time (I'm only 29), but I've learned about it through pop-culture osmosis, from how it influenced guys who made stuff I grew up with. Love James Bond though, they ran those movies like once a year on TV when I was a kid, always a special time when it was '007 season' again.

This explains so much brother why I have not seen any of your videos

Great work. Emma Peel is the best. Great video. All my favorite shows.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

It was a fun project

Outstanding build!

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

A couple of years ago I stumbled across a Manhurin-built P1 with markings indicating that it had belonged to the West Berlin police so I bought it. I'm certainly not going to modify it but I have shot it a little and it's fun and nostalgic. Following the war, West Germany was not allowed to build firearms but the Walther factory had been in the French-occupied zone at the end of the war so the French took the tooling to a factory in France where they built firearms for German police forces as well as the civilian market. It wouldn't be my first choice for a carry pistol because of its low (by today's standards) magazine capacity but it's reliable and accurate so I wouldn't really feel screwed if it's what I had in a life-or-death situation.

United Network Command for Law and Enforcement , always wondered and this video prompted me to look it up. Vaguely remember the show in the 60's as I was 5 when the last episode aired.

Grew up watching all those spy shows. Thanks for the flashbacks.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

it was fun for me too.

That is too cool!

I don’t recall seeing Man from UNCLE as a kid, though I do know that I had the Man from UNCLE toy gun with all of the parts. I wish that I still had that, it was a pretty cool toy.

I wish Man from Uncle keep it's darker feel from season one instead of becoming yet another secret agent show and later a star of the week thing.

@Oldbmwr100rs

2 жыл бұрын

Batman came along, it's popularity cause almost every other show to give up good writing and acting and just turn the shows to junk.

Brought memories back, 👍👍👍..!

The 1980s toy that was marketed in the West as 'Megatron' from the Transformers was originally called 'Gun Robo P38 U.N.C.L.E. It was a replica of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. gun, complete with all the add-on accessories; stock, scope and barrel extension. It could also be transformed into a robot, which is how it ended up becoming one of the Transformers. In other words, many kids in the 80s (including myself) used to play with a replica of The Man From U.N.C.L.E gun without realizing it. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was still on TV when I was a kid, but it was only when I was older that I noticed the resemblance.

I've always loved the P38 and the LUGER thanks to the Man from U.N.C.L.E . The bad guys generally had LUGERS

I get asked "Why do you carry a CZ 52?" Well the short answer is it works for me.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

I have a Cz52. I love it!

I remember seeing adds in gun magazines for the Man From UNCLE gun . Before the 1968 gun bill when you could order guns from companies in the mail.

I was a big fan of Man From U.N.C.L.E. when I was a kid. One of the toy companies (I think it was Mattel) brought a Man From U.N.C.L.E. briefcase that had the cap gun pistol, auxiliary long barrel shoulder stock and even a working concealed 35mm camera.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

They had neat toys back then. It was a great time to be a kid.

@jimvandemoter6961

2 жыл бұрын

there's supposed to be a comma between long barrel and shoulder stock. I missed it.

Beautiful firearm...looks like it has a decent trigger. The German firearms always have great triggers.

I loved the all those shows. However, the radar dished mini 14s were a bit odd. Diana Rigg was a early crush for me. But even though it uses no cut down P-38 I loved the comedy Get Smart too. Barbara Feldon was another early love.

It's cool you had a dream to own one and made it happen.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

yup…only in America!

good show ol' chap.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Love those spy shows

I Spy. Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp) carries a Walther P38K "compact" throughout the series.

Diana Rigg was talented to the end. I don’t think it was any accident that Game of Thrones went downhill after her character was killed off.

Damn, now you have me searching for P1 barrels to chop down for my P1. I only have the one, not going to molest it. Oh, you probably knew this, but Beretta started with the M1951 with the Walther lockup, to the best of my knowledge.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. BTW, I have a 1951 Beretta.

@ph43drus

2 жыл бұрын

@@duelist1954 Myself as well. That sounds weird in my head. I have one too.

Interesting. Never heard of The Man from Uncle.

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

check it out. It seems campy now, but to a 10 year old boy, it was great!

my police service pistol in the 80's and 90's serial 410488 very reliable and accurate

Man from U.N.C.L.E. - United Network Command for Law and Enforcement ....and Mr. Waverly. Yep.....an old geezer Vet, born in the early 50's !! Ooh-Rah !!!

Nice , brings back some good memories Of watching tv with my dad . How about making the Winchester from the show “the rifleman”

Great Video Mike. I am a little younger thanh you. I was born in 1959. I remeber watching all these shows on TV. The Man From Uncle, I Spy, The Avengers. I remember one Christmas I got a Toy M

@duelist1954

2 жыл бұрын

I was in love with her and with Lynda Carter...LOl