>Worked for Cobray Oh boy. >Made the Terminator *Oh boy.*

"We should design something more unpleasant to fire than the 500 S&W revolver" "I have just the thing"

@hackerbot809

4 жыл бұрын

Now for the .50 version

@donaldmeaker3627

4 жыл бұрын

My xp-100 in 7mm BR is actually quite mild in recoil.

@skullfracture2

4 жыл бұрын

With a long barrel, the 500s&w isn't bad. A snub nosed .454 is much, much worse.

@Specter_1125

4 жыл бұрын

HaCkEr BoT nothing like a handgun chambered in a HMG cartridge

@Floris_VI

4 жыл бұрын

We need one of these with a barrel and chamber made for .50 bmg. We shall call it "The Handbreaker"

Did I fire one shot...or none? I seemed to have lost count in all of this confusion...

@paweszczepanski6738

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@chonqmonk

2 жыл бұрын

...do ya feel lucky, *punk?*

@justarandomtechpriest1578

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aaron-zu3xn its a joke

@Payne427

Жыл бұрын

I gosta know....

I like how Ian barely managed to suppress a giggle when he mentioned the Cobray Terminator.

@mikepette4422

3 жыл бұрын

There's much to giggle about there. Remember that video very well lol

“Dirty Harry” would’ve been a real short movie if he been carrying one of these. “I know what you’re thinking. Has he fired 1 shot or only...uh...shit.”

I have one in 35 Remington. I ended up with it as the original owner never picked it back up after I did a trigger job on it. The Magnum Research example I have is crude and poorly finished. It does shoot quite well but as you can imagine, the recoil and muzzle blast is intense. It's a very clumsy thing to carry. It's rear heavy and that doesn't help the recoil at all. It will indeed hit you right in the eye with an ejected empty. I drag it out of the safe whenever anyone starts bragging about recoil not bothering them.

@john-paulsilke893

6 жыл бұрын

slowpokebr549 ummmm..... I said pistol recoil doesn’t bother me. High pressure round like super fast rifle makes me cry. Ack, this thing is a single shot because you probably won’t be shooting it a second time in a hurry. (.22-250 would be pretty excellent though.)

@smartacus88

6 жыл бұрын

May have been an older gentleman who passed away suddenly not long after he sent it to you for work.

@AsbestosMuffins

6 жыл бұрын

slowpokebr549 how does the breech stay closed and or how does one prevent an out of battery fire? this looks like it could get loose and not lock up quite right

@therugburnz

6 жыл бұрын

slowpokebr549 thanx for the info. Maybe I just want a single shot pistol that looks like that in a pistol caliber? Yeah, that's it.

@slowpokebr549

6 жыл бұрын

As for out of battery fire.....the firing pin isn't lined up until it rotates completely closed. Also, the striker has to be manually cocked every time. The action itself is massive and very positive in it's opening and closing. It does inspire confidence when you are messing with it. There are, after all, artillery pieces using this system. It's very simple and reliable, albeit clumsy at this scale.

Clever. Instead of directly linking RIA in the description box, you link your own website and through that people can find the RIA link, thus hopefully bypassing the KZread regulations and bringing more traffic to your site, which is, by the way, academically invaluable.

@JohnsonLobster

6 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment on how that's annoying, actually.

@ShawarmaFarmer

6 жыл бұрын

DroehnIng I never said this was about making money mate. I just said it's a good way to avoid KZread policy screwing you over. And Forgotten Weapons is still monetised. It's InRange that isn't. I don't run AdBlocker for FW and I have been getting a few ads for some of the recent videos.

@ShawarmaFarmer

6 жыл бұрын

Nøderak Apologies, would you like some tequila cured salmon carpaccio with vodka foam?

@JKC40

6 жыл бұрын

doesnt stop YT's bot from demonetizing them.

@nathanwight1527

6 жыл бұрын

That looks like a hi point. As always, great video.

A literal hand-cannon.

@noahvadertheberserkerpacki6604

6 жыл бұрын

KyleNo4Mk2 BANG! I imagine it has seven times the recoil of a more average pistol m

@themastermason1

6 жыл бұрын

Bitches love cannons.

@kyleno4mk27

6 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@nightbreed4219

6 жыл бұрын

uhhh huh... 7mm Win Mag is not... small beers

@nightbreed4219

6 жыл бұрын

*uhh remington... my my bad was looking at a piccie comparing .284 winchester with the 7mm

Ean, my name is Al Martin and I designed and developed the very first ejector for rimless cartridges for this pistol. I did it at the request of one of the original investors who's name was George Hochsteder (not sure of the spelling) I was paid with two rifles.

@KingHalbatorix

5 жыл бұрын

rifles are the best currency

@DerpDoesBF3

5 жыл бұрын

*Ian

@bassmangotdbluz3547

4 жыл бұрын

@I AM What were the rifles?

@isaiahcampbell488

4 жыл бұрын

Have you tried to contact him elsewhere? I think he would find you interesting to talk to. I think he has gotten more into the community side of things in the last year.

@dustinmills3135

3 жыл бұрын

Liar

Slap a suppressor on it and enjoy your 30-06 Welrod :D

@Aliyah_666

3 жыл бұрын

All joking aside I bet you could make sub-sonic 30-06 ammo....would be pretty sick

@SkunkApe407

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aliyah_666 I was just about to say, how big a silencer are we talking? With standard loads you'd need a silencer the length of a bus!😂 Not gonna lie, it would be pretty epic though.

I actually thought this is a modernized welrod with more style.

@metamorphicorder

6 жыл бұрын

Shotgun Gabe it does kinda favor it doesnt it? I kinda had the same thought.

@mr6johnclark

5 жыл бұрын

A supressed version if this does make it a modernized welrod but there is already a modernized Variant. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWuospusZNDTZaw.html

@leonardpearlman4017

5 жыл бұрын

Just without the, you know, discretion. I was wondering if there were threaded barrel versions, but it would be getting pretty huge by then, wouldn't it? This reminds me that I wanted a Thompson Contender as a kid, I can't remember why! I guess it's a a good thing I never got one!

@thesturm8686

4 жыл бұрын

@Sideshow 44 i thought that was carcano

@hackerbot809

4 жыл бұрын

@@thesturm8686 it was

Thanks for covering this interesting pistol. I couldn't find one I wanted back when I was looking for this type of pistol so I bought a Competitor CP-1. Huge mistake. The self-cocking "feature" made the gun nearly useless. It required a huge amount of force to open the firearm, relative to the amount of space available to grab that rear rotating section. The aftermath of every shot was like trying to open a stuck lid on a can of pickles. In addition, because all that effort was going into cocking the gun using a mechanism with next to no mechanical advantage (leverage), extraction efficacy was sacrificed. The Competitor came with a (weakly) spring-loaded extractor that, as often as not, failed to move the cartridge at all. The only way to get a Competitor to adequately extract was to snap it open hard and quick so that the spring-loaded extractor could hit the fired case suddenly. Unfortunately, the action was so hard to operate it tended to open slowly, causing the extractor to be slowly released, causing the extraction to fail. Nevertheless, I used it in silhouette competition. To overcome the problem cited above, I actually designed and built a wrench to fit the rear of the action. I used that to open it. Opening it by hand for a 40 round match would have left me with hands trembling so badly I'd be unable to shoot before I was half done. Other problems with the Competitor? Primer strikes were light and shooting surplus ammo in it was an exercise in "click, wait 30 seconds, open action, try again, repeat" over and over and over again. I don't know why they even chambered for 7.62x39 since the design could not consistently fire any of the ammo on the market at the time. About the only thing the Competitor had going for it was that you could get it in any chambering you wanted. If you wanted a 10" .257 Wby, it was right there in the catalog. .458 Lott? No problem. The list of chamberings was, iirc, 4 multi-column pages long and included dozens of wildcats I'd never before heard of. As for me, I consider the Competitor pistol to be a useful throwline sinker. The SSP-91 and the Lone Eagle, with their separate cocking levers, may look inelegant but they are a far better design than the Competitor. When CDNN sold off the last of the Lone Eagles for very low prices...well...I'm still kicking myself. They even had some of the rather rare accessories such as scope bases and iron sights. The only real problem with these pistols, no matter which iteration, is that they were extremely rear-weight-biased. All the heavy stuff was behind your shooting hand and extended a long way back. In a hard-kicking caliber, you had to remember to never line up the bore with your forearm. If you do, the gun will twist the muzzle so far skyward in recoil that the back of the action will solidly impact your forearm. This is definitely a two-handed design. Let the back of that gun recoil between two forearms and you may hyper-extend and injure your wrists but at least you won't get a goose egg that looks like someone hit you with a framing hammer on your forearm, just behind your thumb joint. Is there any need to ask me how I know this? Side note - The last time I saw an SSP-91 sold at auction it was at a small, semi-rural auction house in southeast Texas about 5 years ago. The pistol was chambered in .30-06 and was in decent shape. I wanted it and could have probably had it for $200-$300, given the way the bidding was going on the huge number of guns being sold that day. For some reason, though, the auctioneer decided to completely stop the flow of the auction and launch into a long speech about how incredibly powerful and special this pistol was. I saw people all over the room look up from their catalogs and start bidding solely based on his patter. It sold for, iirc, ~$1100, an idiotically high price. With that in mind, I ask that you please include this item in your after-action video where you report for how much the guns sell. In my opinion, this thing should go for pocket change. Given that it's been lumped into a lot with another much more interesting pistol, I'm guessing the auctioneers feel the same. But I'm still curious; weird things happen at auctions.

@frankbettis4865

6 жыл бұрын

benenglishtx p

I had an uncle, before he passed away, that had one of these in 30-06 and shot it quite often! He had no problems with the recoil and put many rounds through it......... but he also happened to be 6 foot 6 and 400 pounds in weight ! 😊 His hands were so big that this gun looked like he was holding a Derringer ! I fired it ONCE ! 😫

@Eduardo_Espinoza

Жыл бұрын

Condolences to him & your hand! Idk why i find this thing so awesome, & I wish to made a modern 1! :DDDD

So you aren't allowed to hunt with rifles but rifle caliber pistol is fine... This rule must have been a highlight in a life of some nameless bureaucrat .

@shyfox_69

6 жыл бұрын

It's mostly for flat high population density places, like the east coast and some parts of the midwest, by limiting to shotgun slugs and straight wall handgun rounds you don't get misses traveling miles like a rifle will. However, the laws aren't specific enough to name cartridge types, just kinds of guns

@Taeerom

6 жыл бұрын

Where i am it is (as far as I know) great restrictions on what kind of weapons you can hunt with, all with animal cruelty as justification. You can't hunt with bows or crossbows, pistols or underpowered guns (so, you can't hunt big game with a cartridge made for small game or fowl). Having suppressors and optics are encouraged due to higher likelyhood of getting a clean kill and safer shooting. Banning hunting with rifles, but not handguns just sounds so ass-backwards to my ears. The chances of getting wounding hits must be astronomical in comparison to using a proper rifle. And noone (bar sickos) wants to just wound the animal, rather than kill it.

@shyfox_69

6 жыл бұрын

Taeerom We have caliber restrictions/minimums and all that too. The places that don't allow rifles are specifically because they are flat and have a decent population around, a rifle round will travel miles in the case of a miss, whereas a .44 magnum or shotgun slug, which are more than adequate for killing deer, will not travel nearly as far nor remain lethal for as long. Most of the US you can use anything you want that is deemed acceptable for whatever species you're going after, this is just places where rifles are more of a risk. The fact that this particular pistol can be used in those places is just vague laws not taking into account things like it (a pistol in a rifle round) existing. Also since when are bows/crossbows not lethal enough? Here we usually just have a minimum draw weight to insure it's powerful enough, a proper weight bow will kill anything in North America, including moose and grizzlies.

@DFX2KX

6 жыл бұрын

a 75-lb bow (recurve or compound) is plenty good enough for boar, I know that much. And where I lived in Georgia had lots of little subdivisions of houses interspersed with the woods, so I can see the restrictions on rifles making some sense.

@shyfox_69

6 жыл бұрын

Yup. That's exactly how most places that bar rifles are. And yeah, any heavier draw (I think like 90lb and up, but don't quote me on that I'm not an archery guy) bow can take any north american game. Bows are really powerful, they worked great for a long ass time before guns came around

The fireball from those styles of guns must have been massive

If ever there was a pistol worthy of the moniker "Hand Cannon". Surely this is it.

This is actually so badass. Would buy one in an instant. So much sturdier than any of those other rifle caliber single shots that are tiny and impractical as hell. This looks like I could fire it for days.

@caseyb1346

5 жыл бұрын

Thompson Center Encore Pistol is what you are looking for.

Ian for future reference this gun cannot safely be dry fired with the breech in the closed position as the firing pin will be damaged and need to be replaced after just a few times. It can be dry fired safely in the open position.

A 30-06 pistol? I think id rather try and hold on to the tail of a honeybadger

@lightninsadventures2692

4 жыл бұрын

I had a lone eagle in 308. Recoil wasn't bad(less than a super Redhawk 44 mag

@thatguyoverthere9634

4 жыл бұрын

There seems to be a point in barrel length where rifle calibers loose recoil as they get shorter. Just from my experience.

@bryanmartinez6600

4 жыл бұрын

@@thatguyoverthere9634 I guess since the gasses escape much earlier they don't have to continue pushing the projectile so it's not pushing against you as much.

@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg

4 жыл бұрын

Randy French holding a honey badgers tail 😂😂 brilliant.

@VideoHawkeye

4 жыл бұрын

Randy French it’s not that bad...500 SW is much worse

Ian, I have personally owned 3 of these all made by Ordinance Tech. They may be ugly but MAN don't they shoot! Mine were in 357 maximum, 444 Marlin and 44 mag. I mounted Aimpoints on mine. We had a whole crowd of us here in Maine using these. Some in competition and also hunting.( I have a deer and a bear to my credit with the 44 mag version.) I also loaded down indoor range cast bullets for competition and small game hunting. We often drilled through the grip and installed a trigger stop screw to cut down on overtravel, and filled the hollow grip with bondo so a swivel could be added to the bottom of the grip. Add a barrel band and a sling and you can carry this easily. All in all a sweet shooting but clunky looking pistol! Great review!

@robbrown5702

6 жыл бұрын

I should also add that we used a woodrasp and sandpaper to reshape the grip to more comfortably fit your hand.

@losi8ightyew

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Brown Very true, they were extremely accurate, 1/2 MOA was nothing for these things. My grandpa had one in 30-06 and 308, the 30-06 recoil was pretty much unbearable for more than 2 shots and the muzzle blast would rattle everything in a 500 ft radius BUT it would hit 1/4 MOA all day, the .308 was more gentle but didn't shoot as well, probably 1 MOA.

@motorcop505

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Brown Thanks for your various comments above and below regarding these fascinating weapons and their wide range (pardon the pun) of calibers. These kinds of personal reminiscences truly bring the weapons to life as one can gain a much better appreciation for the everyday nuances of their usage. Thank you again for sharing this with your viewers. Best wishes!

@eljamo93

5 жыл бұрын

why would you kill a bear? Did you eat it? In virginia (my home state) there are only 18,000 of them. I'll stick to shooting deer

@chrisfraser9220

5 жыл бұрын

@@eljamo93 Really....... 🙄

One more for the "Soon to be featured in a Star Wars production" list.

@hockeytownluv2012

3 жыл бұрын

Add the scope and a fancy muzzle break and yes it would be perfect

I love it when FW does one of those unusual guns you saw being mentioned here and there, but where you never got the finer details because like so many, they remain obscure at best.

I love how you kinda mutter Desert Eagle under your breath, Ian. That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing a Mk. I Desert Eagle on the channel.

I can envision the marketing materials... “Loads faster than a musket!” “Sniper SSP-91: one shot, one kill.”😉

@AshleyPomeroy

5 ай бұрын

"Most rifles only hurt your shoulder - the Lone Eagle wrecks your WHOLE ARM"

Ian, there is no one, no one, who can compare the level of firearms geekery, knowledge as you. Your channel is outstanding. Your dedication to the cause is incomparable. I humbly salute your intellectual fortitude and commitment. ♠️

Thanks Ian for another well researched video. Great work

B I G I R O N

@kwat8604

5 жыл бұрын

finn .mov gotta have a strong hip

@batmangovno

5 жыл бұрын

@Reno Simpson big iron hiiip

@baconator1377

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is definitely the biggest iron

@SkunkApe407

3 жыл бұрын

I read that as "big groin" for some reason, and my immature ass laughed for a solid minute. Excuse me while I go have a smoke and figure out wtf is wrong with me.😂

Ian..Just bought me one of these today in 30/06 with a scope and muzzle break. Thanks for turning me on to these.

Great video, useful information as always, for sure. Thanks Ian and keep them coming!

I had the opportunity to fire one of these, in .243, around 1992 or so. As a former naval artillerist, I remember being impressed by the “cannon breech”. I also remember it being a bit of a handful to shoot.

Hey Ian, I really enjoyed your video on the Ribeyrolles 1918 and found it very interesting. I've recently been looking at ww2 weapons (following the announcement of battlefield V) and come across the Polish resistance submachine gun, the Blyskawisca (lightning) sub machine gun and as I'm of polish decent (my great grandad was polish and fought for the royal air force as a bomber pilot and became a veteran) is find it most interesting to see you explain how the firearm that the Poles used to stave off the Nazi invaders whilst being occupied. It'd be immeasurably appreciated

I love how you can't even talk about the terminator without cracking up.

Ian, I was told by Mac Quinn of MWG that it was his design as well as the “Ninety Rounder” 90 round magazine for the AR-15 and also one modified for the Mini-14. I first saw this when I worked at SGD, Southern Gun Distributors in Miami (Opa Locka) who was also the first US importer of the Glock. I also was the one who did a “Show & Tell” of the Glock with City of Miami PD at their training facility on NW 56th off the Palmetto Expressway. Massad Ayoob was teaching a Street Survival class and called to let me know to meet up.

I have a SSP-86, I used it in IHMSA matches for years. He also made them in 32-20 WCF. It was and still is a very accurate pistol.

I remember seeing this pistol in a Gun Digest article from the mid-80's The gun in the article was chambered for .30-30. This pistol is responsible for sparking my interest in rifle calibered handguns. However I chose to go with the T/C Contender platform. The T/C offered a proven design, and could be easily reconfigured to a different caliber by merely changing a barrel. I eventually ended up with barrels chambered for .45-70, .35 Remington, .223, 10mm Auto and .45 Colt/.410. All of my barrels are 14" with the exception of the 10mm Auto which is 10". I still possess and use it to this day.

A cool single shot pistol with a good closing action. Kinda reminds me of something i've seen people make in their home made guns.

Thanks for explaining what the Competitor pistols are. There is one in .223 on Guntrader UK with iron sights and a wood laminate grip, just long enough to be legal here.

The rotary breech is pretty clever, it allows for a lot more barrel length on a "pistol" than you might have with a bolt action.

I knew I should have bought a few of these back then. I would like to see you fire that piece.

Thanx for this cool video Ian

why have 8 people disliked this video? this was great. A very interesting piece. i love guns that use out of the box ideas.

An old friend of mine has one is 357 Maximum, very accurate and fun to shoot. Highly effective whitetail harvester also...

He also owned a bolt action pistol in .401 magnum it had a 12" barrel and a huge recoil

I remember these from 30 years ago. They were real pricey back then. I can only imagine what they go for now if you can find one.

I have one of the SSP-86 he made, it worked well for IHMSA matches.

When you said, "massive rifle cartridge," I could only imagine one of these in .50 bmg

@DGneoseeker1

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure I have seen a bolt action .50 BMG pistol.

@charles-olivierdenis6633

4 жыл бұрын

That concept screams wrist replacement surgery

I just saw one on gunbroker in 7mm-08 and thought; "what is that thing?" So I came here and of course got the answers I was looking for. Thanks Ian!

I saw a Competitor variant for sale locally in 6.5x55. Quite a beast, and probably a fire breather with the relatively short barrel.

I just shot one of these in 223rem last week at the range. Pretty cool guns

One of these keeps showing up at a gunshow near my area, but I could never tell what it was until now!

During the late 80's early 90's a guy I worked with was into single shot pistols big time, especially TC's. He also had several of these 1 in .22 Hornet, 1 in .44Mag and 1 in .223. Neat gun to shoot but TC had the market for looks, ergonomics and caliber options. I actually liked the .22 Hornet version and found it quiet accurate.

my cousin had a ssp in 30.06 and it was fun to shoot-kicked a bit tho lol-also he had the Remington Fireball 221 and a bolt action pistol chambered in .401 that kicked like a mule lol

I have a bunch of guns and ammo- and guns magazines from back in the day when I could only dream of owning a gun. The Lone Eagle and the 15shot RAMtec .22 always had a glossy and very nice picture either inside, or on the last page. Memory lane right there.

I knew these existed! For the longest time I thought I had dreamt up this old video by Magnum Rearch which had a ridiculous single shot .308 pistol with an interesting loading method (a rotating bolt with a hole in the middle that protrude out the rear of the pistol).

I remember when those things came out, friend of mine bought one.

A boss of mine years ago had on in .375 H&H, .338 Winchester Magnum, among others.

I do own the SSP-91 7 MM BR REMMINGTON BY ORDINANCE TECH And believe me when I say this take a gun like this to a shooting range and you'll be the envy and the talk of the place for a long time . Now mine has the longer pistol grip which covers the cocking lever and pin so their is no way to accidentally snag the lever very accurate from 50 and 75 yards , it belonged to my father who has handed it down to me I've only shot it about 10 times to check the accuracy on it and my father was the original owner which he had only shot it 5 times .. still looks brand new very clean . Not sure if I'll keep it or not does anybody know what these guns go for also has p3x22 scope on it .anybody who thinks this gun is a joke or isn't worthy you couldn't be more wrong .awesome video Ian thank you.

I was in a local gun shop when a guy brought one of these in to be looked at. He asked if there was a way that a forearm could be added under the barrel, he was an older gentleman that said he couldn't hold up the gun with one hand anymore but he also didn't want to just give up the gun, I felt sorry for him because I didn't see any way it could be done without doing something radical like welding parts under the barrel.

I love it! I'm a fan of single shot pistols, but the only one I've been able to find is the Super Commanche, in .410 and 45 LC

Keep in mind, there is nothing to soak up any of the recoil from these guns. It's light, there is no stock, nor fore-grip, and everything that comes out the front end pushes the back into your wrist. Expect a really snappy response when you shoot it. (I had one in .270win, and it was great for varmit/silhouette, but took some getting used to. I can't imagine it in .358, and that's one of my favorite calibers)

Seems like a good option for disabled hunters that can't shoulder a rifle. I like that you made the comparison to the TC Contender, it is one of the first things I thought of when you said it was a single shot pistol in a rifle caliber.

I had one of these in .308 a few years ago. Recoil wasn't bad and was pretty accurate.

My cousin had one of those SSP pistol in 30.06 and loved it for it's knock down power but dislike the recoil lol

Why does it look like a pipe on an mp5 trigger pack?

I had one of the Pre Magnum Research versions in 357 Herrett, and loved the gun but hated the caliber due to it being handload only. I would love another in either 223 or 308.

I remember seeing black and white ads for these things in gun mags back in the 80s and 90s. I had truly forgotten about it. Cool to finally see what the hell it is.

this handle looks cozy

I've always wanted one of those! The contender system would be more versatile though.

I own 2 of them 223 and 44 mag and they are very accurate and fun to shoot. Use to have one in 243 and it was a shooter as well but I traded it for the 223 that I have now because I wanted less recoil and cheaper to load for . Spare parts are no longer available so if something breaks you better hope your Gun Smith can make the part or you will have a paper weight. If you have one or ever get one never ever dry fire it unless the breach is in the open position or you will break the firing pin .

Ian, please note that the Lone Eagle had a more shapely / svelte schnabel-style forend, as opposed to the blocky front of the SSP-91, so slight change to the stock when Magnum Research / IMI took over.

Cool! Thanks Ian :)

Back in the 1980’s I was a bit into handgun silhouette competition and handgun hunting. In competition there was an unlimited category where if you were “well-heeled” you shot something like a Weatherby or a Wichita single shot pistol, if you weren’t so inclined you shot a Thompson-Center Contender or a Remington XP-100. As I remember the pistol as shown was pretty much middle of the pack as to cost. I got to shoot one in .308, and while it was snappy and loud, it wasn’t bad at all. If you shot commercial ammo, the fireball was pretty intense, however with a lot of burned powder. It was not nearly as comfortable as my XP-100 in 35 Remington. One benefit compared to the bolt action pistols was pretty straightforward reloading, as no gyrations were necessary to load the rounds (Remington and others didn’t make left handed actions) Funny thing, at the time the ATF rules said you couldn’t convert a bolt action rifle to a bolt action pistol. On the other hand you could design a bolt action pistol and make a rifle, hence Remington made the model 600 and 660 carbines which Jeff Cooper converted into the first modern Scout Rifles.

This thing reminds me somewhat of this ludicrous single-shot pistol called the "Triple-Action Thunder". It's a similar action-- rotating breech, single-shot with a cocking lever-- but this thing's about 1.75x as big as the SSP-91, has a friggin' huge muzzle brake AND hydraulic recoil-killing system, and-- oh yeah, it's chambered in *.50BMG* / *12.7x99mm*.

Impressive looking little beast :)

Needs a side folding pistol brace... :D

@BillRoyMcBill

6 жыл бұрын

And a clip-on bipod.

@GOVSWALKER

6 жыл бұрын

I like the way you think.

@justinriley8651

6 жыл бұрын

Needs a arm brace and longer barrel about 20 inchs.

@m.s.l.7746

6 жыл бұрын

Justin Riley that makes zero sense. At that length one could utilize a regular stock.

@justinriley8651

6 жыл бұрын

M. S. L. That was a joke obviously over your head.

Love the content of your channel and Inrangetv too.

In the late 80's I worked for a subcontractor who half assed parts for this pistol. I didn't work for him very long.

This reminds me that somebody also made a conversion kit that turned your 1911 into a single shot rifle cartridge-firing pistol.

one of the coolest single shot pistols ever designed

Always wanted one in 22 short!

Once you said he designed the cobray terminator , i figured this gun would be crap too.

@herberar

6 жыл бұрын

union steel you read my mind . In the 80's I was in my twenties. Back then you could see every kind of contraptions and you knew that they were crap. Nowadays they are the same crap, but older .

@waltlars3687

6 жыл бұрын

union steel well if hitting targets at 212 yard/200 M. With iron sights that weigh 75 pounds is crappy Try that with tactical Tupperware striker fired

@unionsteel4404

6 жыл бұрын

Walt Lars True...ones mans garbage is someone else's treasure.

@waltlars3687

6 жыл бұрын

union steel you could play 18 holes of golf with just one club

@crazyfvck

5 жыл бұрын

@union steel There is nothing wrong with this pistol.

I remember when they brought these out,tried to pander to the silhouette shooting crowd where it was a dismal failure,later they were dumped in almost a fire sale.

A guy that brought me a couple of Thompson barrels for muzzle brakes had one of those. Apparently, getting a replacement firing pin is next to impossible up, and he asked if I could make him one. I made him a few. You should have shown how it works, as I found it rather interesting.

This gun was originally made in Etna Maine. I think the two men involved split ways. When I went to the very small business, the husband and wife were getting a divorce and she was working there by herself (1987-1988)? There was a huge pile of barrels on the bench (over 150) of different calibers and boxes of plastic frames and bins of little parts. She showed me how they worked and said they are all handmade. She opens the back door and shoots for test fires and said the one she didn't care for the most was .444 (it was a little uncomfortable for her size). The building is still there (metal Quonset hut) but the business is long gone.

I remember seeing one of those back in the late 1980s when I was shooting silhouette. Still have my XP-100 in 7mmBR.

@MrEric_API

3 жыл бұрын

Ralph, rear or center handle?

@ralphhorne9743

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrEric_API center

@MrEric_API

3 жыл бұрын

@@ralphhorne9743 Ralph that's cool. I have a Wichita center handle in 7 IMSHA. From the same Era as yours. Love it, though I'm always on the lookout for those XPs

I remember reading about this gun in an issue of Guns and Ammo i belive. Was an article about rifle caliber pistols. Thought they were only used for target/plinking.

The only other time I've ever seen anything about these was in an old video that started out with a guy in sunglasses blowing away fruit in slow motion with a Desert Eagle...

@chubbycatfish4573

4 жыл бұрын

I finally found it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6Ke27dykaqxqsY.html

and it reminds me of the Crosman co2 airpistol i once owned it was a 22 pellet pistol with adjustable power setting

The breach makes me think of the action on a Garcia Bronco .410. That action is a weird twisting motion, and i've never seen another gun with quite the same motion.

I had an Italian "Serena" .410 shot pistol with a similar action.

I have an SSP91 in 30.06, I love it.

Ian you mentioned the Remington XP100 bolt action pistol. There was also at least one other bolt pistol, the Wichita, (I think I have the spelling right.), that also offered different calibers.

It reminds me of my Hy Score .22 cal air pistol in it's design.

I have one of these in 30-06 and it kicks brutally. It is nice to hunt with but scary to shoot.

Oh holy shit, THIS is the gun my dad once had! His had a scope, a muzzle brake, and was in .357 maximum. It was absolutely insane.

There's a 30-06 one of these for sale at an upcoming auction near me and I am very tempted to try and grab it

Never seen one before and I work for the company that makes all the parts for magnum research’s desert eagles and BFRs

Ergonomically, early 20th century pistols seemed to favor the Luger's design. The bulb sticking above the users hand, the comically long barrel and the slanted pistol grip are seen on so many early pistols that if you watch more of this channel it'll really begin to come up alot (your welcome for getting that stuck in your head x))

Still waiting for part two, the disassembly. I want to see why that thing sticks together after repeated firing! In the right caliber and a longer barrel it would be great for deer here in Iowa where we can't hunt deer with rifles.

@DFX2KX

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't hunted here in the 6 years I've lived in Iowa, but I always thought we had that restriction due to it being nothing but corn and little towns. with very little in the way of anything to stop a missed shot. You can hunt with Muzzle loading rifles after all.

@tenlittleindians

6 жыл бұрын

DFX2KX Stupid restriction, anyone that's not hunting deer are free to shoot their high powered rifles year round in the same corn fields and small towns. Plenty of responsible hunters here in Iowa and many are hunting down in timber covered valleys far away from what people think of when they think of the Iowa countryside.

@stevenpike8895

Жыл бұрын

I have one in 7mm BR. The breech rotates on an acme type thread. Each thread is approx. 1/8" thick.

i love this gun in the chrome, balance isnt as bad as you would think