Ludicrously Huge .45-70 and .50-70 Revolvers

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Created in 1973 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the .45-70 cartridge by the US military, the Model 100 revolver is a behemoth of a six-shooter. It was made by Earl Keller and Gene Phelps of Indiana, under the name Century Mfg, Inc (no relation to Century International Arms). The design is a Single Action Army Colt scaled up, and was made with a bronze frame, and with a cross bolt safety added. They were initially chambered for .45-70, but this expanded to include .50-70 (“The Mother Load”), .375 Winchester .444 Marlin, and .30-30 Winchester.
Phelps and Keller parted ways in 1976, with Keller continuing to make the guns the same way and Phelps changing to stainless steel and abandoning the cross bolt safety. In total, something close to 3,000 guns were made in total between the two.
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Tucson, AZ 85704

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  • @roguereaver634
    @roguereaver6344 жыл бұрын

    *Sees big revolvers in the thumbnail* "Truth is, the comment section was rigged from the start"

  • @johnoneil9188
    @johnoneil91884 жыл бұрын

    The perfect sidearm for when you are hunting tigers, bears, buffalos, sharks, crocodiles and deathclaws.

  • @smithwesson1896

    @smithwesson1896

    4 жыл бұрын

    And Radscorpions and Cazadores

  • @tomlawrence3991

    @tomlawrence3991

    4 жыл бұрын

    What planet do death claws come from

  • @johnoneil9188

    @johnoneil9188

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tomlawrence3991 Earth, they are mutated jackson chameleons

  • @windhelmguard5295

    @windhelmguard5295

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@smithwesson1896 it's not big enough for cazarores. nothing is.

  • @johnoneil9188

    @johnoneil9188

    4 жыл бұрын

    @rwsthedemonking It´s a creature from Fallout, really gnarly things.

  • @ajcossey
    @ajcossey4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @anotherrandomtexan25

    @anotherrandomtexan25

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hardly spoke to folks round' em, didn't have much to sayyyyy

  • @TheAzureNightmare

    @TheAzureNightmare

    4 жыл бұрын

    No-one dared to ask his business, no-one dared to make a slip;

  • @itsCaptainEli

    @itsCaptainEli

    4 жыл бұрын

    No one dared to ask his business, nobody dared to make a slip. . .

  • @derekbrogan4241

    @derekbrogan4241

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheAzureNightmare the stranger there among them had a B I G I R O N on his hip..

  • @fryzvova

    @fryzvova

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was early in the morning when he rode into the town...

  • @grahamlopez6202
    @grahamlopez62024 жыл бұрын

    "I bet you're wondering, did I fire five shots or did I fire six" "WHAT?!" "I SAID I BET YOURE WONDERING" "I THINK YOURE WONDERFUL TOO" "WHAT"

  • @cameronbrown7796

    @cameronbrown7796

    Жыл бұрын

    Made me think of Spongebob and Patrick when they tried to sell chocolate. I'm dying!

  • @roadwarrior6530

    @roadwarrior6530

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@cameronbrown7796cringe af 🤢🤮

  • @jackthurman2642

    @jackthurman2642

    8 ай бұрын

    @@roadwarrior6530 Get out of here with your anti-Spongebob rhetoric.

  • @danhantheman

    @danhantheman

    6 ай бұрын

    Lmao

  • @toaster9922
    @toaster99224 жыл бұрын

    We won’t go quietly, The Legion can count on that.

  • @kermitderfrosch1704

    @kermitderfrosch1704

    4 жыл бұрын

    Toaster Ave, True to Caesar

  • @jayhan5185

    @jayhan5185

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would of been very disappointed if I did not see at least one New Vegas reference.

  • @TTTac

    @TTTac

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahah

  • @bridgechan65

    @bridgechan65

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's were those came from I'd wondered bout that during every cowboy build.

  • @notgray88

    @notgray88

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@calska140 you must be fun at parties

  • @dukepuddingdale
    @dukepuddingdale4 жыл бұрын

    Historians note that the gun manual details how one can detach the cylinder from the gun as well as the proper form for throwing it at an opponent in order to end him rightly.

  • @ianwalker8042

    @ianwalker8042

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah a fellow man of culture I see.

  • @shilohpayer5001

    @shilohpayer5001

    3 жыл бұрын

    Touché.

  • @notgray88

    @notgray88

    Жыл бұрын

    you actually had me fooled for a second there

  • @andycraig6905

    @andycraig6905

    9 ай бұрын

    Ah the skallagrim/forgotten weapons crossover lore

  • @jessicalacasse6205

    @jessicalacasse6205

    5 ай бұрын

    imagine if primate go so good at making tool that they make this that would make nat geo alot cooler and would kinda explain why ufo visit so often ...

  • @nathandurrence134
    @nathandurrence1344 жыл бұрын

    Almost everyone looking at this is thinking 1 thing Ranger sequoia

  • @sammaxgoof8507

    @sammaxgoof8507

    4 жыл бұрын

    BIG IRONS, big irons

  • @joshcruise2657

    @joshcruise2657

    4 жыл бұрын

    I immediately scrolled down the comments looking for this to be mentioned.

  • @gunfuego

    @gunfuego

    4 жыл бұрын

    ;)

  • @gunfuego

    @gunfuego

    4 жыл бұрын

    @rwsthedemonking You should play some Fallout: New Vegas......

  • @nathandurrence134

    @nathandurrence134

    4 жыл бұрын

    rwsthedemonking it’s the most powerful pistol in fallout new Vegas, sadly the real life variant isn’t actually gold plated with intricate engravings, it’s given to veteran rangers who have given over 10-25 years of service, in game it’s called the hunting revolver or Ranger Sequoia, both variants use 45-70 gov’t ammo, both variants can use standard, hollow point, and SWC (semi-wad cutter) ammo

  • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
    @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing4 жыл бұрын

    "Heavy is good. Heavy is sign of reliability. And if it does not shoot, you can always hit him with it." - Boris

  • @johnsegertsons2143

    @johnsegertsons2143

    3 жыл бұрын

    "It would work better if you fed him that 6lb piece of shit" Turkish

  • @hansorsic7387

    @hansorsic7387

    3 жыл бұрын

    "the fuck are you doing here boris?" -tony

  • @404DecadeNotAvailable

    @404DecadeNotAvailable

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who are you afraid of Tommy? Ze Germans?

  • @NewTypeDilemma01

    @NewTypeDilemma01

    Жыл бұрын

    "[Boris is] as bent as the Soviet sickle, and hard as the hammer that crosses it. Apparently, it's just impossible to kill the bastard." -Turkish (narration)

  • @egzitwoond6391
    @egzitwoond63914 жыл бұрын

    "Any hits?" He said, half blind, deaf, and unable to feel his teeth.

  • @johnwilliamson2276

    @johnwilliamson2276

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have a TC Contender in 45/70. It will put 5 shots in a 2 inch bull at 100 yards. I have used it to take a lot of whitetail deer with it. It weighs about 4 1/2 pounds not that 6 1/2 pounds. I use a Remington 300 grain simi-jacket hollow point bullet. My ears are the same as they were before, it does kick. But not something a grown man can't handle.

  • @QuasarRedshift

    @QuasarRedshift

    4 жыл бұрын

    LOL !

  • @stephengalindo6340

    @stephengalindo6340

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the laugh!

  • @rogainegaming6924

    @rogainegaming6924

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnwilliamson2276 WHAT DID YOU SAY?

  • @ImmaSpam__________________Can

    @ImmaSpam__________________Can

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rogainegaming6924 HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A FLIGHT FLAIL!

  • @rodrifoley6729
    @rodrifoley67294 жыл бұрын

    if you fire two of those at the ground simultaneously, you'll fly like a wild west iron-man

  • @M-1996A1

    @M-1996A1

    4 жыл бұрын

    You’ve got to fire them at the height of your jump

  • @SheepInACart

    @SheepInACart

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Sheridantank Small being fractions of a millimeter, but yes.

  • @samhansen9771

    @samhansen9771

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like Yosemite sam!

  • @wilemelliott

    @wilemelliott

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yosemite Sam from loony toons

  • @rodrifoley6729

    @rodrifoley6729

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@EstrogenGhoul let a man dream bro

  • @md_vandenberg
    @md_vandenberg3 жыл бұрын

    "But Ian, what about the ROUSes?" "Revolvers Of Unusual Size? I don't believe they exist."

  • @jayhom5385
    @jayhom53853 жыл бұрын

    "Why is one side of your jacket dragging on the floor?" "Oh, I have a couple of quickloaders in my pocket."

  • @holidaypenguin
    @holidaypenguin4 жыл бұрын

    They say some courier made a fuss on the Strip. Must have delivered more than just mail.

  • @infidelgermany
    @infidelgermany4 жыл бұрын

    "It is 5 bigger" ~Ian McCollum 2019

  • @GunsNGames1

    @GunsNGames1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gun Jesus*

  • @FishHeadly1

    @FishHeadly1

    4 жыл бұрын

    classic

  • @johnm3907

    @johnm3907

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its 1 louder innit

  • @kermanguy1877
    @kermanguy18774 жыл бұрын

    The man who carried those got them to take revenge on a gang of wrists that killed his family.

  • @noahchristian1354

    @noahchristian1354

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kerman Guy oh come on only 15 likes?? This is by far the best comment on this video

  • @kermanguy1877

    @kermanguy1877

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@noahchristian1354 To be fair, I stole this joke from 4chan.

  • @elementalist1984

    @elementalist1984

    4 жыл бұрын

    Honestly in that weight it wouldn't be that bad. Sure you'd have kick but not wrist breaking kick. After all we have a modern version of this in the magnum research BFR which weighs between 4.5 lbs and 5.3 lbs and comes in similar caliber sizes except for the 50-70. If the 40-70 here weighs 6 lbs I'm guessing that the 50-70 weighs closer to 7.

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins4 жыл бұрын

    "Betcha wondering, did he fire five or six shots?" *dirtbag notices the stump where harry's hand was* "uh...."

  • @Tony-dh7mz

    @Tony-dh7mz

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @PSUQDPICHQIEIWC

    @PSUQDPICHQIEIWC

    4 жыл бұрын

    and instead of delivering the lines in a dramatic fashion, he's yelling them awkwardly because he's completely deaf. "... WELL, DO YA, PUNK?" "WHAT?"

  • @ZATennisFan

    @ZATennisFan

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC 😂😂

  • @clintsouthwood7733
    @clintsouthwood77333 жыл бұрын

    "So how many times have you broken your wrist?" "*One and nineteen more*

  • @LOUDcarBOMB
    @LOUDcarBOMB4 жыл бұрын

    The Big Brass on his hip.

  • @GunsNGames1

    @GunsNGames1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big brass on his hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip

  • @samiraperi467

    @samiraperi467

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big Bronze, Shirley.

  • @LOUDcarBOMB

    @LOUDcarBOMB

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was going to make it be "The Big Brass on his Ass" , but that sounded weird to me.

  • @LOUDcarBOMB

    @LOUDcarBOMB

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@samiraperi467 Thank you for correcting me since I saw this at like 3 AM on Full30 and incorrectly thought Ian said brass instead of bronze.

  • @samiraperi467

    @samiraperi467

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LOUDcarBOMB Well he did talk about it not being brass despite looking like it.

  • @SonicsniperV7
    @SonicsniperV74 жыл бұрын

    When you need to kill the guy, the guy behind him, the house behind him, and the Jeep at the end of the block.

  • @quatro_quatro
    @quatro_quatro4 жыл бұрын

    When you literally need "bear arms" to bear arms.

  • @DJ-je2zh

    @DJ-je2zh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Adam Halsey or De-arm bears

  • @0ldFrittenfett

    @0ldFrittenfett

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good one, love it.

  • @meanmanturbo

    @meanmanturbo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't tread on the bear!

  • @varietywiarrior

    @varietywiarrior

    4 жыл бұрын

    Two-headed bear arms.

  • @guy3nder529

    @guy3nder529

    4 жыл бұрын

    "valdof supports the right to bear armored bear arms"

  • @MrGreg359
    @MrGreg3594 жыл бұрын

    I have one of the "Golden Bison" 45-70's and I love it! Recoil is not nearly as bad as you would think. Pretty pleasant to shoot. Serial number is 14

  • @Vanilla0729
    @Vanilla07294 жыл бұрын

    For the Murican version of Crocodile Dundee... "That's not a gun...."

  • @isabelladestegonzaga5529

    @isabelladestegonzaga5529

    4 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/eW2Yq9qDdMevecY.html :-D XD

  • @brk932

    @brk932

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even better 😂 in German.

  • @darthXreven

    @darthXreven

    3 жыл бұрын

    it'd be hilarious as a western...... bandit pulls out a revolver Mickey: ya call that a gun? this [pulls out the motherload] is a gun, how ya like that?? eh? bandit runs away Mickey: aww where ya goin? Bill: what'd ja do? never seen a man run like that.....never seen a man run in front of the horse before..... Mickey: i just showed 'im my gun is all [shows the motherload again] Bill: HOLY JEEZ!!!

  • @clintsouthwood7733

    @clintsouthwood7733

    3 жыл бұрын

    Except a bowie knife is practical

  • @darthXreven

    @darthXreven

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@clintsouthwood7733 so were the .44 and .357 Magnums in the Dirty Harry movies, it's a joke FFS, laugh a little....

  • @jeffreyplum5259
    @jeffreyplum52593 жыл бұрын

    Firing either gun would be " A Significant Emotional Event " as the Chieftain would say. I doubt either weapon has seen more than a box of rounds. God bless us all

  • @sammaxgoof8507
    @sammaxgoof85074 жыл бұрын

    "Brisk and tolerable" I believe the propper term is "kicks like mule"

  • @60sSam

    @60sSam

    4 жыл бұрын

    A very, very angry mule.

  • @cymond

    @cymond

    4 жыл бұрын

    .... Did you not get the joke? The joke is that gun reviewers never say anything bad, but rephrase things in ways to minimize a gun's issues.

  • @karlbush89

    @karlbush89

    3 жыл бұрын

    IDK, it does weigh 6 pounds.

  • @robertgutheridge9672

    @robertgutheridge9672

    3 жыл бұрын

    Broken wrist?

  • @ianfinrir8724

    @ianfinrir8724

    3 жыл бұрын

    People were more polite back then.

  • @Mamiya645
    @Mamiya6454 жыл бұрын

    Today I learned that I like my ladies the way I like my revolvers. Huge, menacing, silencing anything from a weeping child to a charging bear.

  • @nazarderkach9320

    @nazarderkach9320

    3 жыл бұрын

    Death by snu snu.

  • @Zorglub1966
    @Zorglub19664 жыл бұрын

    I don't like those pocket pistols, they look too flimsy

  • @Tony-dh7mz

    @Tony-dh7mz

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Do you feel lucky punk?" Seen this video "..........yeah..."

  • @charleshaynes815

    @charleshaynes815

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I know

  • @windhelmguard5295

    @windhelmguard5295

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Nasim Aghdam that is probably why they went with bronze instead of steel, bronze has a lot of heft to it, which helps with the recoil.

  • @SlickSixguns

    @SlickSixguns

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zorg a smith and Wesson lemon squeezer now that’s a pocket pistol

  • @zombieslayer7759

    @zombieslayer7759

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not only flimsy, but too small. I need a huge gun to carry for concealment not some pip squeak like these. 🙃😁

  • @Chris-0123
    @Chris-01234 жыл бұрын

    it was early in the morning when he road into the town.

  • @GunsNGames1

    @GunsNGames1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Beuwen_The_Dragon no one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip

  • @hughbrackett343

    @hughbrackett343

    4 жыл бұрын

    The stranger there among them had a big bronze on his hip (Apologies to Marty Robbins)

  • @mantha6912

    @mantha6912

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hoooo- ooooh~ (Also hey Beuwen, funny seeing EFAP's best artist here!)

  • @bBlaF
    @bBlaF4 жыл бұрын

    So, what you're saying is there's a revolver out there that can share ammo with my 1870 trapdoor.

  • @samuelwatson8460
    @samuelwatson84604 жыл бұрын

    Ranger Sequoia

  • @tobiashagstrom4168

    @tobiashagstrom4168

    4 жыл бұрын

    For honorable service, against all tyrants!

  • @Taolan8472

    @Taolan8472

    4 жыл бұрын

    I always thought the Sequoia seemed a little small in the hand.

  • @judsongaiden9878

    @judsongaiden9878

    4 жыл бұрын

    See also the Magnum Research BFR. Hickok45 handles it like a boss!

  • @TheArklyte

    @TheArklyte

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Taolan8472 because it was actually modelled after BFR instead of this gun.

  • @vazilin4ik

    @vazilin4ik

    4 жыл бұрын

    Came here to specificly say that combination of words XD

  • @rotwang2000
    @rotwang20004 жыл бұрын

    I had a buddy who owned a 45-70 version with a 8-10 inch barrel. Huge, weighed a ton, never got a chance to shoot it. He always saw it as part investment and part crazy fun. The frame is Manganese bronze IIRC.

  • @mordecaieagle4240
    @mordecaieagle42404 жыл бұрын

    When you are hunting buffalos and want your sidearm in the same caliber as your rifle.

  • @mr.bobcyndaquil4214

    @mr.bobcyndaquil4214

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean, 44-40 was a popular revolver cartridge back in the day for exactly that reason.

  • @bamboozlednoodle6513
    @bamboozlednoodle65134 жыл бұрын

    When you need to kill anything you come across and don’t care about your wrists

  • @judsongaiden9878

    @judsongaiden9878

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hickok45 proved that it's fine as long as you use proper technique.

  • @hawxgamer1416

    @hawxgamer1416

    4 жыл бұрын

    What if I came into this wanting to kill wrists

  • @marshaul

    @marshaul

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@judsongaiden9878 I haven't seen the video, but considering how poor his AK technique is, it's entirely likely that he also demonstrated that it's fine even with barely adequate technique. :P

  • @judsongaiden9878

    @judsongaiden9878

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@marshaul Maybe it's just because he's huge.

  • @marshaul

    @marshaul

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@judsongaiden9878 That's a plausible theory, now that you mention it.

  • @benzracer
    @benzracer4 жыл бұрын

    These are really well proportioned. As you said, without a scale reference it is very hard to determine just how ludicrously huge they are.

  • @JohnSmith-dt1tw
    @JohnSmith-dt1tw4 жыл бұрын

    They may have chosen bronze for the frame for a little bit more weight over a steel frame, with bronze being about 10% denser than steel.

  • @SlickSixguns

    @SlickSixguns

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Smith nonetheless still a unique idea

  • @SonicsniperV7

    @SonicsniperV7

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gotta soak every bit of recoil that you can if you want a second shot

  • @CasabaHowitzer

    @CasabaHowitzer

    2 жыл бұрын

    They should've made it out of gold then

  • @isaacorr3180

    @isaacorr3180

    Жыл бұрын

    That depends on the specific bronze and specific steel your talking about most bronze is the same density as steel

  • @jerrynorton1080

    @jerrynorton1080

    6 ай бұрын

    No "common" bronze, either; manganese bronze!

  • @REX-gq6ur
    @REX-gq6ur4 жыл бұрын

    "How far can your wrist oscillate?" "What?"

  • @linksbro1
    @linksbro14 жыл бұрын

    "They started making these in .45-70 in 1973" Damn... For that massive speech, Dirty Harry's .44 magnum 'most powerful handgun in the world' would be absolutely DESTROYED within just 2 years xD

  • @ironicdivinemandatestan4262

    @ironicdivinemandatestan4262

    4 жыл бұрын

    Technically, it was already obsolete, as the .454 Casull round was already introduced, but .44 Magnum was still the most powerful revolver, as the only .454 Casull guns at the time were single-shot.

  • @SarSaraneth

    @SarSaraneth

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ironicdivinemandatestan4262 The .577 Caliber Bland-Pryse revolver would like a word.

  • @WE-ep9tq

    @WE-ep9tq

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SarSaraneth .44 magnum is more powerful than the .577 pryse cartridge. Not even a fair comparison honestly. You're comparing a black powder catridge to a smokeless powder catridge.

  • @ATruckCampbell

    @ATruckCampbell

    11 ай бұрын

    @@WE-ep9tq 2 bore pistol would like a word.

  • @HimmelGanger
    @HimmelGanger4 жыл бұрын

    "Weight is good, heavy is reliable, if it doesn't work you can always hit him with it," - Boris the Blade

  • @TheRivieraKid
    @TheRivieraKid4 жыл бұрын

    Wow actual revolver style anti tank rifles, thats pretty cool.......

  • @jayhom5385

    @jayhom5385

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Villainess Will Crush Her Destruction End Through Modern Firepower

  • @josemitakodachirecruit2004

    @josemitakodachirecruit2004

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jayhom5385 lmao a reference to that manga here out of all places, I salute you

  • @MrStrangelymade
    @MrStrangelymade4 жыл бұрын

    Customer : What do you recommend for concealed carry? insane gun salesman: Well sir, we have this...

  • @EnglandRemoval

    @EnglandRemoval

    Жыл бұрын

    Well they won't be able to hear after the first shot so it'll at least be quiet enough 💀

  • @JamesLaserpimpWalsh
    @JamesLaserpimpWalsh4 жыл бұрын

    The warboss iz gunna go mad when he sees this puny 'oomie playing wiv his shootaz !

  • @seal7144

    @seal7144

    4 жыл бұрын

    GET YA MITZ OFFA ME DAKKA YA GIT

  • @omly85

    @omly85

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is only the Emperor!

  • @Taolan8472

    @Taolan8472

    4 жыл бұрын

    Der'z also da Warboss!

  • @maximgun3833

    @maximgun3833

    4 жыл бұрын

    wasn't expecting Orkz in a Forgotten Weapons vid

  • @yazman4040

    @yazman4040

    4 жыл бұрын

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!

  • @paul-sparky-sparr4160
    @paul-sparky-sparr41604 жыл бұрын

    If I could just afford this, I'd buy the .45-70 version. It would go perfectly with my Marlin 1895ABL. I would only be interested in the face of our officer at the weapons department if I wanted to register it. (This is necessary according to the German gun law) He'd probably ask me: "Who do you think you are, the bigger brother of Hulk Hogan?" Very nice Video. Thanks for sharing and best regards from the german northsea-shore. 👍🏼😁

  • @killer1963daddy
    @killer1963daddy3 жыл бұрын

    I owned a magnum research 45/70 revolver, 10"barrel. about 7lbs of stainless. It was awsome, and surprisingly nice to shoot due to the weight!

  • @thingthingsss
    @thingthingsss4 жыл бұрын

    Makes me wonder, you ever see any of the Freedom Arms revolvers come through there since they've got an interesting involvement with .454 Casull?

  • @korbetthein3072

    @korbetthein3072

    4 жыл бұрын

    Casull had a custom 45-70 single action made before he created the .454. Guess who made it for him.

  • @roeng1368
    @roeng13684 жыл бұрын

    There was an article in one of the gun digest books back in the 90's about these revolvers, Manganese bronze is the metal i recall they were made from. Massively strong obviously.

  • @Locutus494
    @Locutus4944 жыл бұрын

    2:01 I literally laughed out loud when Ian put the 1911 next to it! Didn't quite realize the size of these until you see it next to that. That's just a ridiculously big gun!

  • @chris-su8ns
    @chris-su8ns4 жыл бұрын

    "Model 500, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, than stops a tank and sink a battelship."

  • @petesheppard1709
    @petesheppard17094 жыл бұрын

    "Hey, Ian! How qbout a shooting video?" "Go right ahead..."

  • @qk533000
    @qk5330003 жыл бұрын

    I own a model 100. The mass of the gun mitigates recoil amazingly well. Show stopper at the range for sure!!!

  • @Awoken_Remmuz
    @Awoken_Remmuz4 жыл бұрын

    When ya wanna turn a person's upper body into a canoe rather then just the head.

  • @danielocean2665

    @danielocean2665

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dammit Wyatt...

  • @melkorderfinstere4295
    @melkorderfinstere42954 жыл бұрын

    I love Ian's humour totally, every time it makes me giggle. TODAY, on the new episode of ludicrously large revolvers...

  • @mikefenton5634
    @mikefenton56344 жыл бұрын

    "McBain that cannon of yours is against regulations!"

  • @coyotebrown2294
    @coyotebrown22944 жыл бұрын

    45-70 Revolver all I think is the movie "Looper". Loved how they used odd weapons like the BFR, Manteba, and High Standard Derringer. Gave it an alternate universe feel.

  • @bmedlin00
    @bmedlin004 жыл бұрын

    somewhere someone has a hammer scar on their forehead from one of those

  • @CrudeConduct666

    @CrudeConduct666

    4 жыл бұрын

    They seem to be well made to me, granted I'm just watching a video and not actually handling them. What exactly about the gun is making you think the hammer will somehow fail and explode back into the shooters head? I'm genuinely curious

  • @FrontSideBus

    @FrontSideBus

    4 жыл бұрын

    FunWithFirearms I think he’s on about the recoil causing the pistol and the hand that is grasping it being flung back into ones forehead...

  • @CrudeConduct666

    @CrudeConduct666

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@FrontSideBus ahhh I see. Yeah that makes sense. I thought he meant the hammer being blown out, I was like how is that gonna happen? I see the deal now

  • @kohinarec6580

    @kohinarec6580

    4 жыл бұрын

    Would he be called The Boy Who Lived?

  • @IVANWILLKILL

    @IVANWILLKILL

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kohinarec6580 no

  • @nathankussman7930
    @nathankussman79303 жыл бұрын

    I've actually fired two of the model 100s in .45-70, my cousin owns a pair. As per the recoil, stout is an apt description but with the amount of unburned powder leaving the muzzle the huge flash was more notable personally. Didn't realize they did a .50-70 also, need to find one to try out now!

  • @JG54206

    @JG54206

    Жыл бұрын

    Portable flash bang dispenser. Refill after 5 uses.

  • @otakubancho6655
    @otakubancho66553 жыл бұрын

    Hellboy called,he wants his backup pieces back!😆😆😆

  • @shadowwolf7622
    @shadowwolf76224 жыл бұрын

    A very good friend of mine, Richard Jacks, worked for Gene at his shop in Evansville,Indiana. He told me stories of firing proof loads in these guns.

  • @landfair123
    @landfair1234 жыл бұрын

    "This is a .50 caliber revolver. Its only legal in two states and this isn't one of them" John Candy

  • @smithwesson1896

    @smithwesson1896

    4 жыл бұрын

    When did he ever say something like that?

  • @russellseaton2014

    @russellseaton2014

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@smithwesson1896 I think it was the movie Armed and Dangerous. Towards the end of the movie when they set out to stop the bad guys from robbing the armored car being driven by Meg Ryan and Eugene Levy. 1986.

  • @nighttrain1236
    @nighttrain12363 жыл бұрын

    "What calibre would you like?" "Yes"

  • @jackmcslay
    @jackmcslay4 жыл бұрын

    I wish someone would troll demolition ranch by loaning him one of these

  • @pappajudas9267

    @pappajudas9267

    4 жыл бұрын

    He already has a magnum research in .45-70

  • @JustARandoChannel

    @JustARandoChannel

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jerry Miculek has one (.45-70) and has a video shooting it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYqiu7CldbHFqpM.html

  • @easterriot1916

    @easterriot1916

    4 жыл бұрын

    Joe OrangeBlock, thanks for the heads up!

  • @JustARandoChannel

    @JustARandoChannel

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@easterriot1916 Np. Its always fun to see the gun firing.

  • @easterriot1916

    @easterriot1916

    4 жыл бұрын

    Joe OrangeBlock . Couldn’t agree more. Have a nice one!

  • @goetzliedtke
    @goetzliedtke4 жыл бұрын

    I've fired a 45-70 in a Thompson Center Contender pistol and I didn't think the recoil was all that bad. It was a big push rather than a sharp rap. A friend of mine bought the Contender with multiple barrels in various calibers and we took it out to the range. He had a box of 20 45-70 rounds, fired two and gave up (he was much smaller than I am) and let me finish off the box as he never intended to fire that barrel again.

  • @viper2-168
    @viper2-1684 жыл бұрын

    That intro just made my day 100% better , thanks Ian

  • @HighlandFoxx
    @HighlandFoxx4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @seal7144

    @seal7144

    4 жыл бұрын

    “Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn’t have that much to sayyyyy”

  • @WIRRUZZZ

    @WIRRUZZZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip

  • @SpaceGhost1984
    @SpaceGhost19844 жыл бұрын

    It looks like Eddie's revolver from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

  • @billtheunjust
    @billtheunjust4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how one of those would look in Othias' hands.

  • @BD.1996

    @BD.1996

    4 жыл бұрын

    billtheunjust “this ones too large, this ones too small, this ones juuuuust right”

  • @Guru_1092
    @Guru_10924 жыл бұрын

    Big irons? Big irons.

  • @ianfinrir8724

    @ianfinrir8724

    3 жыл бұрын

    Big Bronzes

  • @ironwolfF1
    @ironwolfF14 жыл бұрын

    The chief virtue of bronze is that it has a *very* high shear strength; a high-PSI [5k+ psi] pellet press in a lab I worked at used bronze bolts to hold the main body together. Given the pressure and stresses that ammo would produce, at the minimum, a bronze frame would be needed (and far more decorative than an appropriate alloy steel frame).

  • @BigWillyG1000

    @BigWillyG1000

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bronze was used for artillery for centuries for good reason. It was actually less likely to fail than Renaissance or 18th century iron and gave you good warning via bulging if it was failing. Iron guns just blew up randomly when something was wrong.

  • @GinSoakedBoy
    @GinSoakedBoy4 жыл бұрын

    Ah, I'm pretty sure I've once across one of these during image searches for what was the inspiration of those very, very Big Irons in Fallout: New Vegas. Have to admit I find them ridiculously cool. Nice to see them get the Forgotten Weapons treatment.

  • @0ldFrittenfett
    @0ldFrittenfett4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if Ian made a conscious reference to "This is Spinal Tab" when he said "It's 5 bigger".

  • @frankwhite9314
    @frankwhite93144 жыл бұрын

    I've got one and they don't really kick at all, if you're ever in Wyoming and want to shoot one just contact me.

  • @Tony-dh7mz

    @Tony-dh7mz

    4 жыл бұрын

    You've got to be kidding The bore axis is so high, and the large caliber, seems counter intuitive

  • @DFX2KX

    @DFX2KX

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Tony-dh7mz one of the few times where it being so darn heavy actually helps, i'd imagine.

  • @frankwhite9314

    @frankwhite9314

    4 жыл бұрын

    No it really doesn't, it's a heavy gun but for a second it weighs nothing. I'm a big guy but my wife is only 5,2" 115 lbs and even she can shoot it

  • @Tony-dh7mz

    @Tony-dh7mz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@frankwhite9314 No, I get the weapons weight to counter some of the recoil, just it being at the back of the gun not helping the muzzle climb

  • @frankwhite9314

    @frankwhite9314

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Tony-dh7mz that and the 8" bbl

  • @flyingninja1234
    @flyingninja12343 жыл бұрын

    I thought Magnum Research was the first to put a rifle cartridge, in single action revolver. Interesting.

  • @TheProfessor936
    @TheProfessor9363 жыл бұрын

    Jerry Miculek ordered a .45-70 in the late 70's. His took nine years to finally get to him. He states that he had forgot about ordering it, and when notified about manufacturing completion, it was like a surprise gift to himself.

  • @greenbean7853
    @greenbean78534 жыл бұрын

    Is no one going to make a Jakobs comment. Ill do it then. "If it took more than 1 shot, then you weren't using a Jakobs."

  • @smithwesson1896

    @smithwesson1896

    4 жыл бұрын

    Remember, no refunds!

  • @Fulgrim2

    @Fulgrim2

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’m ashamed I didn’t think of that at all.

  • @juanc5149
    @juanc51494 жыл бұрын

    I have the strange urge to fire these guys at a target, while dual wielding, while running.

  • @RichieRichOverdrive

    @RichieRichOverdrive

    4 жыл бұрын

    And yelling. Definitely have to be yelling some obscenities.

  • @judsongaiden9878

    @judsongaiden9878

    4 жыл бұрын

    Two words: Demolition Ranch

  • @kohinarec6580

    @kohinarec6580

    4 жыл бұрын

    Do you also have a strange urge for complicated wrist-reconstruction?

  • @Tony-dh7mz

    @Tony-dh7mz

    4 жыл бұрын

    See kids, this is why you say NO to drugs

  • @kohinarec6580

    @kohinarec6580

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RevBoose Gee mister! When you came ridin' I filled my breeches!!

  • @gregorycombs2527
    @gregorycombs25274 жыл бұрын

    Bronze was easier to use as it was cast and machined. I ordered mine in 1973 and git it in 1981. Earl was a personal friend of mine and I spent many hours in his shop. My Dad was a lawyer and handled the sale of his business to a Dentist in Greenfield In. Show up at a cowboy shoot with it on your hip and all went wild. Still enjoy shooting it.

  • @jbarbeau92
    @jbarbeau924 жыл бұрын

    When you don’t just want to break your wrist, you want to pulverize it

  • @Quetzocoatl22
    @Quetzocoatl224 жыл бұрын

    "This revolver goes to 11."

  • @Touay.
    @Touay.4 жыл бұрын

    turn up to ccw training with one of those .... y'know, for the lolz.

  • @SlickSixguns

    @SlickSixguns

    4 жыл бұрын

    Touay that would be epic

  • @kaylt.7864

    @kaylt.7864

    4 жыл бұрын

    cpl training my dude. ccw is the crime you are charged with if you conceal without the license.

  • @kaylt.7864

    @kaylt.7864

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Brotato Chip LMFAO. I'm in America & it's definitely called a CPL. When i took it the guy in the gunshop also wrote it down as CCW and in the class the retired cop told everyone in the room the difference if we didnt already know. Mandela effect dude, also a 4 second google search would do you wonders.

  • @Touay.

    @Touay.

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Brotato Chip I am in the UK, so I may be wrong, but I have heard multiple initialisms for the 'concealed carry permit'. i guess each state picks what they want to call it. I call it 2A.

  • @kaylt.7864

    @kaylt.7864

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Brotato Chip even without google some basic intuition would keep you in check, considering i also explained the difference. The L for License is only on 1 of those acronyms. You're not the only one who applied to a gunshop.

  • @luisantolafrancis519
    @luisantolafrancis5194 жыл бұрын

    Its a beast. Someone I know made a pistol in 45_70 with a break action shootgun and a sleeved barrel. Recoil was so much the action opened ejected the case and locked shut again.. He never noticed the action opened up and when he opened the gun he was wondering where the case had gone.. Lucky bastard..

  • @mikegray-ehnert3238
    @mikegray-ehnert32383 жыл бұрын

    Worked with a guy who had a single shot pistol that you get different calibers to put on the same frame. He had the 45-70. Said he didn't mind shooting it but it definitely had a love/hate deal with most shooters on the hate side.

  • @FowCowMow
    @FowCowMow4 жыл бұрын

    IAN! I am absolutely certain that you have a great time with these videos, and I know this is meant to be an information repository, but you have a lovely sense of humor and I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to express yourself a little more! The intro was cute, and I love the skits you guys do on InRange

  • @jjforcebreaker
    @jjforcebreaker4 жыл бұрын

    Pieces of art made of brass, steel and wood. Hickok45 would love to test these beauties!

  • @VeXeDZERO

    @VeXeDZERO

    4 жыл бұрын

    Might be the first gun ever to fit his giant hands.

  • @DerDoctor69

    @DerDoctor69

    4 жыл бұрын

    *bronze

  • @Plymouth888

    @Plymouth888

    4 жыл бұрын

    He would need somr new milk churns, amd probably need to fill in a few holes.

  • @slenderface1239
    @slenderface12396 ай бұрын

    "Made by 2 guys named Earl Keller and Gene Phelps of Indiana" I've never been more proud of the State I live in.

  • @TheSugarWeasel93
    @TheSugarWeasel934 жыл бұрын

    My LGS has one of these in .45-70 right now! They're huge

  • @roeng1368
    @roeng13684 жыл бұрын

    "I see your .45acp but i'll raise you to a .45-70 revolver", "I see your .45-70 revolver, so i'll raise you to .454 casull revolver", "I see your .454 casull revolver, so i'll raise you to a .50-70 revolver", "I fold" .

  • @kaylt.7864

    @kaylt.7864

    4 жыл бұрын

    .454 casull is not a raise from .45-70 govt lol

  • @codyphillips636

    @codyphillips636

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also a bit counterintuitive, 45-70 is a more powerful cartridge than 50-70

  • @kaylt.7864

    @kaylt.7864

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@codyphillips636 check again, compare 400 gr loads of each.

  • @codyphillips636

    @codyphillips636

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kaylt.7864 you're right, but I was looking at for the cartridge loading with the highest energy foot pounds, which for 45-70 is around 3500. When it comes to killing things I don't care about fairness, just results

  • @kaylt.7864

    @kaylt.7864

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@codyphillips636 thats cool to say but then you're wrong again bc damage is not a result of foot pounds alone. Not a huge fan of psuedo-wisdom. Anyway, good day to you

  • @Lemonjellow
    @Lemonjellow4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ian for reminding me that my 🤬 father sold the model 100 I'd inherit to my damned uncle back in 1980 so he could buy a 🤬'ing Chevette, yes a Chevette for my mom. Now I'm in negotiations to get my uncle to sell it back to me...

  • @ootdega

    @ootdega

    4 жыл бұрын

    Put the Chevette in neutral and fire the gun out the back window if you want to exceed the Chevette's top speed.

  • @wheresmydamnedkeys2179
    @wheresmydamnedkeys21794 жыл бұрын

    I believe I recall seeing the 45-70 model, with a slightly longer barrel than the one shown, for sale at the Kittery trading post a few years back. Looked like it had been sitting there gathering dust and passerby's curiosity for a long time.

  • @Roragana
    @Roragana4 жыл бұрын

    I was beginning to think I'd dreamed up the review of the Mother Lode I read years ago. I could have sworn that was in .50-110 Govt though. Great video as ever Ian, thanks :)

  • @thedarkzibba7059
    @thedarkzibba70594 жыл бұрын

    I want this after 20 years of service

  • @kaylt.7864

    @kaylt.7864

    4 жыл бұрын

    To the devil maybe 😂

  • @smithwesson1896

    @smithwesson1896

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sic sempur tyrannis

  • @joelopezjl28
    @joelopezjl284 жыл бұрын

    "Brisk but tolerable" died haha

  • @CrudeConduct666
    @CrudeConduct6664 жыл бұрын

    I've long wanted a .45-70 BFR, but now I've seen a .50-70 revolver that looks like a damned bigass SAA. I am so envious of whomever this ends up belonging to. Fuck I'm actually currently feeling legitimately sad thinking about how I will never own or even get to shoot such a gun. There's always hope, but damn it's unlikely. Such a gorgeous death machine.

  • @soupxv213
    @soupxv2133 жыл бұрын

    I just wanna know who made a 45-70 revolver and decided “no it needs to be bigger” and made a 50-70 version

  • @silverfingerthesilverstack5062
    @silverfingerthesilverstack50624 жыл бұрын

    They are nice but still don't compare to the .577 stopping revolver you reviewed, I loved that.

  • @DaveLennonCopeland
    @DaveLennonCopeland4 жыл бұрын

    Crikey... they look like something that Hellboy would use. :)

  • @nemoexnuqual3643
    @nemoexnuqual36433 жыл бұрын

    I’m still kicking myself over this revolver (or it’s later model). When I was a kid there was a box set with the .45/70 and .45 colt in a beautiful velvet lined shadow box at a small gun shop I hung out at. I went with a model 94 Winchester instead, and always regretted not buying that set.

  • @kinghim3
    @kinghim34 жыл бұрын

    Great opening! One of the reasons i enjoy your content is because you so obviously enjoy it! That opening really showed it for me!

  • @charlieray2751
    @charlieray27514 жыл бұрын

    (looks at 1911): "Baby gun..." (looks at 45-70): "Now THIS is a nice weapon."

  • @RichardGoth
    @RichardGoth4 жыл бұрын

    Montenegro: "we made the worlds biggest revolver" Century Manufacturing Inc: "hold my beer"

  • @BigWillyG1000

    @BigWillyG1000

    4 жыл бұрын

    I so want Ian to let Othias do a side by side with a Montenegro Gasser.

  • @sadwingsraging3044
    @sadwingsraging30444 жыл бұрын

    Love both my BFR's, one in 45-70 the other in 444 Marlin.

  • @Everett-xe3eg
    @Everett-xe3eg4 жыл бұрын

    When you picked up the gun it looked like a cartoon pistol! THATS HUGE!

  • @ieuandavies9380
    @ieuandavies93804 жыл бұрын

    Ian should make a playlist containing all the ludicrously huge revolvers hes looked at

  • @WIRRUZZZ

    @WIRRUZZZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    We all can make playlists with other peoples videos. Maybe I should take a years' worth of vacation and rewatch all his videos . . .