RSC 1917: France's WW1 Semiauto Rifle

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Did you know that the French Army issued more than 80,000 semiautomatic rifles during WWI? They had been experimenting with a great many semiauto designs before the war, and in 1916 finalized a design for a rotating bolt, long stroke gas piston rifle (with more than few similarities to the M1 Garand, actually) which would see field service beginning in 1917. An improved version was put into production in 1918, but too late to see any significant combat use.
The RSC 1917 was not a perfect design, but it was good enough and the only true semiauto infantry rifle fielded by anyone in significant numbers during the war.

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  • @wolvie90
    @wolvie904 жыл бұрын

    I'm consistently impressed by Ian's ability to describe metal parts of guns, instead of "this pointy bit with a hole in it" or "the surrounding thing with a hole in it".

  • @DarthWillSmith
    @DarthWillSmith4 жыл бұрын

    "The French don't get much respect for small arms design, but they ought to." Forgotten Weapons in a nutshell

  • @josedosanjosvieira4059

    @josedosanjosvieira4059

    3 жыл бұрын

    Eu mbx

  • @SexyFace

    @SexyFace

    Жыл бұрын

    it's only because they were knocked out so quickly in the second world war. the free french were equipped with munitions from the previous war along with allied surpluses, thus depriving the nation of any official and original small arms advancements during the war

  • @derjoejoel
    @derjoejoel8 жыл бұрын

    That bolt gliding is satisfying to watch.

  • @shellcracker18

    @shellcracker18

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad I'm not the only one lol

  • @Psychol-Snooper

    @Psychol-Snooper

    4 жыл бұрын

    It sounds smooth too!

  • @Psychol-Snooper

    @Psychol-Snooper

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Medina Real Estate 8:00

  • @davewolf8869

    @davewolf8869

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes. The sex

  • @davewolf8869

    @davewolf8869

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Medina Real Estate the whole way. Its how baby rifles are made

  • @vonmazur1
    @vonmazur18 жыл бұрын

    I have one of these, the Garand used at least 7 features of this design. The French were years ahead of everyone with this design...The Kalishnikov uses the trigger/sear without many changes. My gun is a late 1918 gun with the improvements that were added to the Mle 1918...

  • @ragimundvonwallat8961

    @ragimundvonwallat8961

    7 жыл бұрын

    do you ever fire it???

  • @SexyFace

    @SexyFace

    Жыл бұрын

    where did you find one?

  • @vonmazur1

    @vonmazur1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SexyFace Birmingham Alabama.

  • @SexyFace

    @SexyFace

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm thoroughly impressed. a local gun show I'm assuming? I'm in north east Ohio, a relatively good place to find antique firearms. there are two rifles I've been on a several year long search for. an rsc & a mondragon

  • @vonmazur1

    @vonmazur1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SexyFace haven seen a Mondragon in years, and the RSC is just as hard to find!

  • @FMHammyJ
    @FMHammyJ7 жыл бұрын

    i'm amazed that Ian can keep so many facts and figures in his head....and speak without notes....He is a joy to listen to.....

  • @brianthompson5672

    @brianthompson5672

    4 жыл бұрын

    He is a really good, but this is what he does. I'm sure you are good at your job as well sir.

  • @BeChucky
    @BeChucky8 жыл бұрын

    As a French myself, I'm a bit surprised when you say the rear sight is graduated in yards, which isn't common in France. I think we're talking about meters here ! Great review though !

  • @ForgottenWeapons

    @ForgottenWeapons

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Charles Faure Yes, I meant meters.

  • @brucebaxter6923

    @brucebaxter6923

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Forgotten Weapons Love seeing all the old and different mechanical systems. When I was young I remember using a .22 open bolt rifle that I think was called a gevarm. I remember it didn't have an extractor or a firing pin or an ejector. Just a solid bolt with a blade shape on the face to fire the round. Do you know anything about this?

  • @crobulari2328

    @crobulari2328

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Bruce Baxter Was it a .22" short fairground or gallery gun . Loaded through the side of the stock and then a spring loaded brass rod pushed into the buttplate. If so, my Grandad had one back in the forties or early fifties. Never knew what happened to it. Grandad must have disposed of it around 1952, The open bolt you mention gave me the clue. Long time ago.

  • @brucebaxter6923

    @brucebaxter6923

    8 жыл бұрын

    This one was a .22lr and if you fired longs it went full auto as the blowback couldn't reach the catch and if you ran shorts it wouldn't eject at all.

  • @RCP-1136

    @RCP-1136

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brucebaxter6923 classic full auto kids toy back in the day.

  • @alaskanbullworm5500
    @alaskanbullworm55008 жыл бұрын

    didn't garand study French autoloading rifles when designing the garand?

  • @ForgottenWeapons

    @ForgottenWeapons

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Carlos B Yes.

  • @crobulari2328

    @crobulari2328

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Forgotten Weapons I bet John Garand soon forgot about the French designs, don`t you.

  • @nightwind7022

    @nightwind7022

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Carlos B Garand should have copied the French sights, for sure. The biggest drawback to most US rifles of the time were those target-style peep-sights they put on everything. In rain, snow, or desert sands those sights were useless. I've seen a lot of old 'sporterized' military guns and the sights are the first thing they threw away.

  • @alaskanbullworm5500

    @alaskanbullworm5500

    8 жыл бұрын

    how would weather be disadvantageous? because water/snow/sand could lodge itself into the peep sight?

  • @nightwind7022

    @nightwind7022

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Carlos B Yes, they clog really easily and are hard to keep clear.

  • @Leetgrain
    @Leetgrain8 жыл бұрын

    It's a damn shame the French don't get the reputation they deserve with weaponry, it all seems to be focused on WWII with people.

  • @TonboIV

    @TonboIV

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Leetgrain The French had maybe the best tanks around at the beginning of WWII. The Char B1 contained some impressive technology other countries wouldn't start using for decades. It would have been interesting to have seen what they'd have come up with later if they'd managed to stay in the war. The Richelieu class battleships were pretty cool too. Richelieu herself actually 'defected' to the allies in 1943 and fought in the British fleet with a French crew.

  • @rigormortis6481

    @rigormortis6481

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TonboIV gotta luv those all forward facing turrets..:D

  • @TonboIV

    @TonboIV

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Himanshu Gogoi Yeah. Might be a bad surprise for anyone who thought they'd 'cross her T' . Just don't let anyone get behind and never retreat! Forward!

  • @rigormortis6481

    @rigormortis6481

    8 жыл бұрын

    TonboIV Forward for the third Republic !! :D

  • @Leetgrain

    @Leetgrain

    8 жыл бұрын

    canicheenrage Thanks, but I'm not one for pop quizzes. I vowed never to succumb to them ever again after finishing up with school! Haha :P

  • @MrMitchthegreat
    @MrMitchthegreat8 жыл бұрын

    I love the look of Great War firearms. The Semi-autos and automatics are so rough and industrial. It reminds me of a lot of concept guns in Steampunk.

  • @jeremiasastorga8399
    @jeremiasastorga83997 жыл бұрын

    So basically, the French invented DLC.

  • @dan173

    @dan173

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kayraaa2 that's not funny

  • @happysh_t4202

    @happysh_t4202

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dan r/wooosh

  • @meehaerospace1476

    @meehaerospace1476

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@happysh_t4202 That's not worthy of a whoosh, he got the joke. You only whoosh if they don't get the joke, he just didn't find it funny.

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    @@happysh_t4202 Dumbass

  • @blondewoman1

    @blondewoman1

    4 жыл бұрын

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLC what ?

  • @theophileification
    @theophileification8 жыл бұрын

    One of my absolute favorite rifles from my country. Hard to find, even in France. They're not notably accurate and have some flaws but I think it looks super cool and is a very significant weapon for us along with the 1886. The Meunier is pretty cool too.

  • @SigmarJuffe
    @SigmarJuffe8 жыл бұрын

    Never knew about this. Cool video.

  • @DillyVesper

    @DillyVesper

    8 жыл бұрын

    Same here.

  • @xerotolerant

    @xerotolerant

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I thought I saw them all and then this shows up in my suggestions.

  • @sambroman543

    @sambroman543

    7 жыл бұрын

    Juffe cool kovic picture

  • @Sniper474

    @Sniper474

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kovic? Is that yoooou?

  • @br.l.f

    @br.l.f

    7 жыл бұрын

    you are not the real Adam

  • @NormanMatchem
    @NormanMatchem8 жыл бұрын

    The French deserve more respect in the way of small arms development. Flintlock, Minie ball, smokeless powder, first to use FMJ bullets I think (Swiss design?), wasn't the Chauchat the first practical LMG(?), and of course here's the RSC 1917, as well as the French-Canadian designed M1 Rifle(Garand). Vive la France! I do not say that as a Frenchman because... well... I'm not French, but I say that as a gun owner, because they've done SO MUCH to help advance firearm technology over the centuries. Also, have you tried escargot? It's actually pretty good!

  • @NormanMatchem

    @NormanMatchem

    8 жыл бұрын

    thickterranarmor All the same, an impressive feat. It's one of the first, and came out early enough to see widespread use in WWI.

  • @nunyabidniz2868

    @nunyabidniz2868

    8 жыл бұрын

    +NormanMatchem Nowhere near the first, the Benet-Mercie' machine rifle was adopted by the U.S. a good decade before the Chauchat got off the drawing board. The Chauchat is an excellent example of "just enough" industrial design, and what made it useful was the rapidity & quantities in which it was delivered, the development & adoption by the French military of an effective method of utilization rather than just throwing them in the hands of ill-trained troops & saying "Use this!" a la' the M16 in U.S. hands 50 years later on...

  • @NormanMatchem

    @NormanMatchem

    8 жыл бұрын

    Nunya Bidniz Did a bit of research on this Benet-Mercie, never heard of it before. It's better known as the Hotchkiss. Adopted by France, Britain, and America around 1909. It weighed over a pound more than the MG34 (which was 25lb by my recollection, MG42 was 24lb due to using more stamped parts and less milled parts), and was designed by the Hotchkiss company in France. The Hotchkiss company was started by an American in the 1800s, but this Hotchkiss fellow didn't live to see the 20th century; he was gone for over 2 decades before this design came out. With a name like Benet-Mercie, I believe it's safe to say that it's partially or entirely designed by the French. As for "machine rifle" by which I assume you mean "automatic rifle", yeah, at 26lb empty, it barely qualifies as an LMG, but for the first decade of the 1900s, it was no doubt revolutionary for its time.

  • @sergeantbigmac

    @sergeantbigmac

    8 жыл бұрын

    +NormanMatchem Ya I wasnt a big fan. Anything baked in that much butter (ie basically fried) and garlic is going to taste good, but the texture was way too much for me. Used to cover up an otherwise unpleasent natural taste maybe, idk? ...Lol foodie and gun nut. Makes for an eclectic mix of hobbies eh? ;)

  • @NormanMatchem

    @NormanMatchem

    8 жыл бұрын

    sergeantbigmac Had to look over my comments to see what in the Hell you were talking about lol Escargot, eh? Yeah I had it on 2 or 3 occasions, pretty tasty, though yeah, maybe it's because of the garlic and the fact it comes in a funny dish that keeps it swimming in a buttery sauce. Kind of a plate, but with a bunch of holes in it, kind of looks like it's made to hold hard boiled eggs, but instead it's filled with garlicky snails and butter.

  • @FyremaelGlittersparkle
    @FyremaelGlittersparkle8 жыл бұрын

    I love how much I learn from this channel.

  • @GECKOZFTW
    @GECKOZFTW7 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love this channel. I learn so much just from one video. Keep this channel alive, brother. Greetings from Poland.

  • @MrSebfrench76
    @MrSebfrench768 жыл бұрын

    You constantly ,through your incredible vids , make more for the conservation of the french rare arms ,than the french Army itself.Really brilliant and so far from the usual "i am a badass retired from the USMC and i love firing guns" .Thanks so much.

  • @samcyphers
    @samcyphers8 жыл бұрын

    your videos are so great! Thanks for all the history behind each. I had no clue this all happened

  • @SlavicCelery
    @SlavicCelery8 жыл бұрын

    Who in their right mind would dislike this video? Great work Ian, I love the channel and always get excited to see new videos.

  • @Logaweed
    @Logaweed7 жыл бұрын

    This channel is so amazing. Not only do you showcase modern weapons but you also help educate and preserve history by showing old rifles like this.

  • @ultrahevybeat
    @ultrahevybeat8 жыл бұрын

    oh i love how many videos you are putting out now

  • @jgn69
    @jgn698 жыл бұрын

    Great video Ian ! I have been curious about this rifle for a long time, thanks for all the info:) Best regards Vintovka builder

  • @XanderTuron
    @XanderTuron8 жыл бұрын

    I think that the intent of using the Lebel furniture was that first of all it is already available, and second of all, it might make it harder for enemy snipers to distinguish who had a Lebel and who had a RSC 1917. Just my thoughts

  • @sillylittleowlguy2392

    @sillylittleowlguy2392

    4 жыл бұрын

    Plausible

  • @discerningscoundrel3055

    @discerningscoundrel3055

    2 жыл бұрын

    It could also be for accountancy reasons; disguising them as upgrade kits might be enough to pull the wool over the eyes of someone higher up who didn't like the idea of issuing a new rifle design, or it could enable the use of a different part of the budget, ie money set aside for maintenance etc rather than needing money to be allocated for new rifles.

  • @milgeekmedia
    @milgeekmedia8 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing how French arms development is sort of dismissed. I've learned so much about French weapons of this period lately and it's given me a real respect for them. On the artillery front the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 (75mm field gun) was fantastic, in the air Neuports and Spads were wonderful. And this rifle is pretty nice too.

  • @fhsreelfilms
    @fhsreelfilms8 жыл бұрын

    I just about did a happy dance when I saw you'd done a video about this! Thanks for bringing such a cool piece onto the show. It's great to finally see one. I think I read once that certain features of the Mle. 1917 and Mle. 1918 rifles inspired John Garand with his project.

  • @sdymddc
    @sdymddc8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot to show us one of our rarest rifles ! I was looking since a long time for a closer looks of that's rifle. I hope that one day you will present us the meunier 1916 and maybe, an another rare weapon, the STA modèle 1924. Thanks a lot for your high quality presentations. Best regards from France

  • @556deltawolf
    @556deltawolf8 жыл бұрын

    That gun looks like a Lebel got impregnanted by a Chauchat! XD

  • @AtholAnderson

    @AtholAnderson

    8 жыл бұрын

    +556deltawolf Well it WAS (partially) designed by Mister Chauchat, and it DOES use Lebel furniture, so... :P

  • @TheStewieOne

    @TheStewieOne

    8 жыл бұрын

    +556deltawolf If I were an American Soldier at the time and knew that this rifle was made by guy who designed the Chauchat. I wouldn't even handle this rifle. We Americans hated the Chauchat. So I will stick with my Springfield or Enfield Rilfes thank you.

  • @vguyver2

    @vguyver2

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TheStewieOne his rifles weren't too bad. Just horrible quality control.

  • @RockIslandAuctionCompany

    @RockIslandAuctionCompany

    8 жыл бұрын

    +556deltawolf They both assure us that it was consensual.

  • @jean-baptistecarrere-gee9157

    @jean-baptistecarrere-gee9157

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TheStewieOne Actually the Chauchat used by the American whas horrible because it used the .30-06 cartridge hen ammo that made the weapon even more subject to overheating(because it whas more powerfull than 8mm lebel) alslo the 1918 series suffered from flaw in the design of the barrel.

  • @jamesranger6283
    @jamesranger62838 жыл бұрын

    Very nice piece. the action sounds smooth as well. Very pleasing to look at.

  • @marcamant7258
    @marcamant72585 жыл бұрын

    It is ever a pleasure to listen such an informative and well-balanced lecture about weapons.

  • @originaltonywilk
    @originaltonywilk8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ian, entertaining and informative as ever. I guess the gas port plug would make it easy to adjust the amount of blowback by machining plug grooves to different depths and/or different hole sizes - I wonder if this was intentional ?

  • @Philmarken1
    @Philmarken18 жыл бұрын

    Never knew about this rifle --- nice video Ian, keep them up!

  • @smokeydops
    @smokeydops8 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea about this gun! Thank you for the informative video.

  • @JACKSONLEWISOFCANADA
    @JACKSONLEWISOFCANADA8 жыл бұрын

    cool to see more detail on this rifle!..... you can still see the influence on later designs....

  • @kawaiikitty495
    @kawaiikitty4958 жыл бұрын

    You always bring up a gun that just blows my mind. Very very neat.

  • @LilOutdoorsmangoogleplus
    @LilOutdoorsmangoogleplus8 жыл бұрын

    Best gun in the verdun game!

  • @ryandick7264

    @ryandick7264

    8 жыл бұрын

    Same ammo capacity and one hit kill ability as you standard bolt action rifle, but now semi auto!

  • @soapkiller3239

    @soapkiller3239

    8 жыл бұрын

    I think it's one of the worst guns it's really hard to use

  • @LoneWolf051

    @LoneWolf051

    7 жыл бұрын

    its all about the skill of the shooter

  • @a_shuchu_601

    @a_shuchu_601

    7 жыл бұрын

    +1. great accuracy, one shot - one kill AND semi-auto. the only drawback is the reload.

  • @konnigkratz

    @konnigkratz

    7 жыл бұрын

    Terrible sights let it down. Give me a Enfield instead

  • @SNOUPS4
    @SNOUPS48 жыл бұрын

    The description on the RIA catalogue says "mechanically fine" and doesn't mention the clipped firing pin; maybe you should advise them of its condition so that they can improve their description?

  • @Wasssup3232
    @Wasssup32327 жыл бұрын

    Hope the "they shall not pass" dlc has this weapon added to bf1

  • @Loutral

    @Loutral

    7 жыл бұрын

    I foresee Lebel or Berthier for bolt action. Meunier or RSC for self loading. Chauchat for LMG. Ribeyrolles 1918 for SMG and Revolver Mle 1892 or Ruby for handgun. I can't wait !

  • @HKSlapActual

    @HKSlapActual

    7 жыл бұрын

    was literally going to type this

  • @Siencyns1989

    @Siencyns1989

    7 жыл бұрын

    Real world issues be damned, I'm so hype about using the Chauchat.

  • @Wasssup3232

    @Wasssup3232

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chauchat was actually a very good lmg, in one of ians videos he says why it was considered awful :)

  • @letmeouttamycage

    @letmeouttamycage

    7 жыл бұрын

    It is being added, and it will pack quite a punch.

  • @pops55650
    @pops556504 жыл бұрын

    When you pulled back the bolt, it seemed like a real smooth action, at least in camera

  • @jonbush7467
    @jonbush74678 жыл бұрын

    Ian has taught me that the French developed some pretty cool stuff the past 125 years or so. Thanks Ian!

  • @cariboupetepeterson3711
    @cariboupetepeterson37118 жыл бұрын

    Great video, Ian!

  • @Grogutz
    @Grogutz8 жыл бұрын

    i don't know how i've gone this long without knowing the proper use of those old iron sights, Thank you

  • @bobgarr6246
    @bobgarr62468 жыл бұрын

    Every once and awhile I come across a firearm that I didn't know existed. Bravo Ian. As in most things, including firearms design, one can see with this rifle that there are few concepts and ideas that are new. More than 100 years ago the rotating bolt and multiple locking lugs were not only thought of but were being used in production firearms. Nothing new under the sun , huh. Semper Fi

  • @jasward3826
    @jasward38268 жыл бұрын

    This is one of my favourite channels

  • @SearTrip
    @SearTrip8 жыл бұрын

    You must be reading my mind. I was just wondering after watching your last video if you had done one on the RSC yet. I have one of the converted rifles, and I'd say, yes, that one still has a functioning gas system.

  • @Viper0hr
    @Viper0hr8 жыл бұрын

    Awesome and informative video!

  • @mekaerwin7187
    @mekaerwin71878 жыл бұрын

    I got a chuckle when you said they were given to the guys who could best exploit them and listed company CO's. Not that you are wrong (how would I know), but it made me think of some of my CO's exploiting any weapon. The CO's with the most decked out M4's tended to be the ones who would be the least likely to be using them.

  • @versal339
    @versal3398 жыл бұрын

    Great Job Ian, another rife even someone like myself was not aware of.

  • @rasiabsgamingcorner2258
    @rasiabsgamingcorner22588 жыл бұрын

    It might be just me but when yiu operate the charging handle that sound it makes sounds amazing

  • @RealKazukiShikimori
    @RealKazukiShikimori8 жыл бұрын

    I like how at the end you said, "Good Luck, if you want to try and make this your own." Something with this much history must be extremely expensive and go for a lot at Auction Houses such as Rock Island.

  • @youngy1919
    @youngy19198 жыл бұрын

    Learnt alot there and to be honest a very nice looking piece of kit.

  • @Moue666
    @Moue6667 жыл бұрын

    Love the sound of the bolt getting cycled

  • @medicineman360
    @medicineman3605 жыл бұрын

    That's some hard-core machining on that bolt. No? I can't imagine these being cheap to mass produce.

  • @WhiteCavendish
    @WhiteCavendish8 жыл бұрын

    Wow, amazingly modern design. It's remarkable how similar the action is to the Garand, mechanically speaking. I definitely think the French are much maligned when it comes to anything military, sometimes unfairly as this rifle demonstrates. Another great vid, thanks Ian! :)

  • @Jmcculloughc1350
    @Jmcculloughc13508 жыл бұрын

    I just realized thanks to this video that I never 100% understood how a rotating locking bolt actually unlocked until now. I'm still not sure how recoil operated ones functioned so I was wondering if he has a great video where he shows one? I can't help but admire the mechanics.

  • @IrontMesdent
    @IrontMesdent7 жыл бұрын

    I know there's only 4 in existence, but if you can, I would love to see a video about the Huot automatic conversion of the Ross rifle. I read a bit about it (It cost about 50$ to convert the ross rifle into a full auto LMG instead of 1000$ for a new lewis gun) and I'm super intrigued by how it actually works. That, and I'm also a french speaking Canadian so It would be cool to see a prototype weapon from my part of the world :P

  • @giterdone246

    @giterdone246

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same I love the look of the Huot Automatic Rifle. I'm sure it would be very difficult for Ian to get a look at the very few remaining Huots. If he is even given the chance probably no shooting video sadly.

  • @achillebelanger989

    @achillebelanger989

    5 жыл бұрын

    How about a Ross study contract 1911?

  • @andrewlavoie6034

    @andrewlavoie6034

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Huot was more reliable than the Lewis gun too, the only problem with it (the Ross rifle had the same problem) is that the action was too tight, so almost as soon as mud or grime got into the action it would jam. What a shame, the Ross rifle was very accurate and used frequently as a marksman rifle.

  • @cameroncowen5011

    @cameroncowen5011

    4 жыл бұрын

    Boy does Ian have just the video for you

  • @theangel7208
    @theangel72088 жыл бұрын

    this is why i am subscribed love the videos

  • @BYLRPhil
    @BYLRPhil8 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos!

  • @pepperspray7386
    @pepperspray73868 жыл бұрын

    So early 20th century had it's own form of downloadable content.

  • @Eastwood007x
    @Eastwood007x8 жыл бұрын

    Other than also being a southpaw named Ian, I also look at French small arms favorably (setting aside bias that comes with French heritage) - I know I'm gonna love your channel! ;D

  • @axelc8801
    @axelc88018 жыл бұрын

    Didn´t the French use meters on their sights? Interesting video btw.

  • @ForgottenWeapons

    @ForgottenWeapons

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Axel C Whoops, did I say yards? It should have been meters.

  • @owainrichards4372
    @owainrichards43728 жыл бұрын

    The action on that is so smooth

  • @BigDaddyJL89
    @BigDaddyJL897 жыл бұрын

    you are a master of your craft. thank you for your teaching

  • @VegasCyclingFreak
    @VegasCyclingFreak8 жыл бұрын

    Ian, since you're on the topic of French weapons here, the Erma-MGD PM9 SMG would be a really interesting one to look at if you ever come across one in person...Interesting weapon by the way, never seen one until your video

  • @ulfpe
    @ulfpe8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another interesting video

  • @PredatorKillsAlien
    @PredatorKillsAlien8 жыл бұрын

    I've been waiting for a video on this particular rifle for ages. Ever since I learned of its existence I've been fascinated by it. Everything about it screams that this is how semi-automatic battle rifles should look (in over all design, not specifically this configuration). Aesthetically, this is what I prefer in battle rifles. A long stock that comes up near the end of the barrel, the gas tube concealed withing said stock, and just being long like that. That's part of why I'm more of a fan of the Gewehr '98 than I am of the Kar98k. To me, for some odd reason, a short bolt action just doesn't seem right (but a shorter semi-auto is fine with me, and I'm not sure why for either of these), and the distance between the front and rear barrel bands looks too short for my preference (again, I prefer the Gewehr '98 in this regard). With all of those things in mind, when I saw this, I fell in love with it, which was odd for me, because there was a bit of a stigma in my mind towards French firearms, which I guess, rather illogically, stemmed from how I viewed them in WW2, which is to say that many were desperately thrown together just to get something out there to kill Germans with. On a slightly related note, I'm actually designing a rifle like this for Germany in a story I am writing set in WW2, and this obviously is instrumental in that design (both in the lore of the story setting and in my actual design).

  • @ahtauwylye1340

    @ahtauwylye1340

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you email me your story for a review?

  • @dragonbutt
    @dragonbutt7 жыл бұрын

    Coolest semi automatic rifle ever. I want one. I want many of them. The fact that they handed them specifically to "Spirited" individuals makes them that much more awesome. Many years ago someone probably held that rifle and went aww yeah just like someone would today.

  • @SomeGuyInSandy
    @SomeGuyInSandy8 жыл бұрын

    I did not know this. Thanks Ian!

  • @ihateemael
    @ihateemael7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Ian, that gas port cover looks like a type of delay valve design. Ive seen similar used in other applications. Of course I could be completely wrong lol !!

  • @missouribattleflag328
    @missouribattleflag3284 жыл бұрын

    Great review I'll have to look at the world war I museum Kansas City if they have one very cool it doesn't say in the description how much love your channel great reviews

  • @Xerxes1688
    @Xerxes16888 жыл бұрын

    The magazine system is pretty similar to the one of the PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle. Maybe Simonov got the inspiration from this french rifle. I guess that style of magazine works well for an AT rifle, but not so well for an infantry rifle. The SKS is pretty much a scaled down PTRS, but with a more conventional top loading fixed magazine..

  • @filipeamaral216
    @filipeamaral2168 жыл бұрын

    Do a video on the Ribeyrolle 1918! It was the first functional weapon with an intermediate cartridge.

  • @calvacoca
    @calvacoca4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for that video ! 👍😊 Strange the MAS 36 wasn't a semi-automatic rifle, as they made on in 1916... 🤔

  • @cesarpallincourt9987
    @cesarpallincourt99878 жыл бұрын

    Really glad to see a video about this rifle. I am French but i am also a reenactor and this is my favourite rifle. Next a video about the italian breda 30?

  • @Zane-ev6np
    @Zane-ev6np8 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks. This is the first time I've heard of this weapon. Great history.

  • @wastedangelematis
    @wastedangelematis8 жыл бұрын

    so cool to be shown such things

  • @eaglelord1780
    @eaglelord17808 жыл бұрын

    The bolt head really reminds me of a Ross Mk. 3. It would be interesting if they got some inspiration from that design.

  • @kylesenior
    @kylesenior8 жыл бұрын

    Always good to learn something new.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte71987 жыл бұрын

    50% of the comments are BF1 hopes for French faction... Tnx a lot EA... I am just here to learn the gun

  • @zackbatcountry5647

    @zackbatcountry5647

    7 жыл бұрын

    then learn about the gun and ignore the bf1 comments what's difference does it make to you?

  • @bradleyhall1746

    @bradleyhall1746

    7 жыл бұрын

    zack Batcountry the same difference that out makes to you thay he commented on people commenting on battlefield.. and the same difference it makes to me that you commented on him commenting.. it's a comments section.. People are going to comment.. drink your own lemonade..

  • @Immortalkalashnikov

    @Immortalkalashnikov

    7 жыл бұрын

    You should thank BF1 for inspiring people to appreciate older weapons more. Before BF1, I could give two shits about old weapons. I prefer modern weapons but now I am starting to research about WW1 weapons.

  • @Immortalkalashnikov

    @Immortalkalashnikov

    7 жыл бұрын

    n bo Not really. I got into guns because of Battlefield Bad Company 2. My first firearm was a Mosin Nagant and then a SGL 21. I still enjoy shooters. Especially shooters that feature the weapons that I own. I don't have any genuine BF1 weapons but my closest is my 1903A3 which pretty much the same rifle with a few differences.

  • @XDAWG756

    @XDAWG756

    7 жыл бұрын

    n bo hmm possible cuz it's a video game. No offence or anything just saying

  • @farkasmate14
    @farkasmate148 жыл бұрын

    It would be interesting to see a comparison between this, a Mondragon M1908 and a Fedorov Avtomat.

  • @nightwind7022
    @nightwind70228 жыл бұрын

    What a cool rifle---another one for the wish-list. By the magazine design and gas piston, I could see Chauchat's engineering right away. Question on this gun: what is the recoil like with that gas-piston design in a semi-auto?

  • @me67galaxylife

    @me67galaxylife

    8 жыл бұрын

    It seem it have very hard recoil

  • @StonewallJackson304
    @StonewallJackson3048 жыл бұрын

    +Forgotten Weapons Hey Ian have you ever played the PC game Verdun?

  • @ForgottenWeapons

    @ForgottenWeapons

    8 жыл бұрын

    +cope030 Yep

  • @DormantGames

    @DormantGames

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Forgotten Weapons Out of curiosity, how was it? I've not got it myself, but would like to know if it's any good (:

  • @StonewallJackson304

    @StonewallJackson304

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Get it man its amazing, if you like rising storm/red orchestra you will love it.

  • @Mildcat743
    @Mildcat7438 жыл бұрын

    So can the magazine system be comparable to a Russian PTRS?

  • @diegohusbrando9787
    @diegohusbrando97878 жыл бұрын

    the magazine cover sort of reminds me of the ptrs-41 magazine cover and also if ever came across ptrs would you do a video on it?

  • @caseyc408
    @caseyc4088 жыл бұрын

    This channel rules!

  • @Metalkillerification
    @Metalkillerification7 жыл бұрын

    It's cool seeing a bolt that looks like it's from a later era automatic rifle being pulled out of a 1917 weapon.

  • @timcoxman6433
    @timcoxman64338 жыл бұрын

    Bygone politics aside(as many of the comments herein seem to focus on), I just want to say that your videos are the most informative and well rounded firearms entries on youtube. I enjoy firearms mostly for their mechanical innovations and intricacies. I can tell that you share my fascination with the history and ingenuity that created these instruments. Only their use is subject to politics.

  • @4192362
    @41923628 жыл бұрын

    Hi Ian, big fan of the channel. Feel that you ought to know a KZreadr under the username TheLoner47 is reposting your RSC 1917 video. Keep up the good work.

  • @ForgottenWeapons

    @ForgottenWeapons

    8 жыл бұрын

    +4192362 Thanks - I'm on it.

  • @blitoris
    @blitoris8 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to know the reasons of why people give your videos a thumbs down. They're clear, concise and informative. What possible reason could they have?

  • @SearchEast2069
    @SearchEast20698 жыл бұрын

    wow that action is smooth as butter

  • @Sen_Kanashimi
    @Sen_Kanashimi8 жыл бұрын

    The clip system seems to work similarly to the PTRS-41 if I interpreted it correctly?

  • @johnaffleck6572
    @johnaffleck65728 жыл бұрын

    I think that's a remarkable design; with many excellent concepts; that we're going to see repeated many times in the future of the Self-loader. Ian, have you ever studied the French 75mm Fast-Firing light artillery piece of WW1 ? Actually started around 1895, or so; it's a text book example of "development"; and the fact that the testing and improving phases started so early, vis a vis, the "Great War"; allowed it to appear on the Battlefield as a truly outstanding piece of ordnance. It was studied in great detail by the Americans at Aberdeen, I believe; and it includes so many perfected, and yet, wholly new, systems and principles of operation; that it should put anyone's mind to rest about the fact that weapons design genius is pretty evenly distributed amongst the nations. It was a huge battlefield success story; and did you know that %75 of the Weapons induced casualties in the War were caused by Artillery ? No matter how many times; various "historians" repeat the story of the Generals "not understanding" the machine gun; I suppose this will remain a fact. I would heartily recommend to you the US study of the "French75"; as a really remarkable example of cutting edge, and / or, just plain newly invented technology that was also %100 successful in real world conditions. It was a remarkable weapons system. I've learned many interesting things from your video reportage; and I certainly appreciate your efforts. Cheers.

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    Жыл бұрын

    With the amount of shells fired I wouldn't have been surprised if it were a higher percentage

  • @Blastmaster1972
    @Blastmaster19728 жыл бұрын

    Good video. Very interesting rifle.

  • @yPhil
    @yPhil7 жыл бұрын

    Ian, I learned more about my own country, France, in your all American videos, than I care to admit :)

  • @ForgottenWeapons

    @ForgottenWeapons

    7 жыл бұрын

    Merci! :)

  • @rlbadger1698
    @rlbadger16988 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff, I'm hoping C&Rsenal will do a peace on this.

  • @Candrsenal

    @Candrsenal

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Rl Badger We're still digging around for all sorts of exotics from the war! First chance we get!

  • @rlbadger1698

    @rlbadger1698

    8 жыл бұрын

    +C&Rsenal Oh you cheap b@$+#%& ! Just come off the $3.5K to 5.5K and buy it at auction. Make a video and KZread will pay you back for it after 5,500,000 views. PS REALLY,REALLY love your stuff!

  • @randomlyentertaining8287

    @randomlyentertaining8287

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Rl Badger +C&Rsenal Isn't it epic when a channel you mention replies to your comment? lol

  • @rlbadger1698

    @rlbadger1698

    8 жыл бұрын

    I just hope Indie Neidell never hears of me talking about his channel, that guy scares me. I'm afraid his magic desk will get me.

  • @RockIslandAuctionCompany

    @RockIslandAuctionCompany

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Rl Badger is right. You really should just buy it at auction. ;)

  • @freedomisntfreeffs
    @freedomisntfreeffs3 жыл бұрын

    interesting that it uses a spring in the gas system as a return spring instead of behind the bolt.

  • @kentr2424

    @kentr2424

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just like a Garand/M14 rifle...

  • @willyhearrell9060
    @willyhearrell90608 жыл бұрын

    I can get used to 1 video a day...

  • @ForgottenWeapons

    @ForgottenWeapons

    8 жыл бұрын

    +willy hearrell It'll last for another couple weeks, then we will drop back to 2/week for a while.

  • @Maxsimodem

    @Maxsimodem

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ForgottenWeapons Ian, I am from the future. I have come to tell you that even through a global pandemic, you will continue to upload once per day, all through the writing and signing of your own book! How cool is that?

  • @muzzlebrake6698
    @muzzlebrake66988 жыл бұрын

    Hey Ian. Saw you on Gunstories the other day.

  • @harrowedone974
    @harrowedone9742 жыл бұрын

    I want one of these so bad, they are so interesting and I love them to bits.

  • @The1Helleri
    @The1Helleri8 жыл бұрын

    That thing looks really heavy.

  • @ormjo940
    @ormjo9402 жыл бұрын

    Awesome rifle thanks Ian

  • @peterscotney1
    @peterscotney18 жыл бұрын

    another excellent vid