The cartridge loading process was so satisfying to watch

@nicomasanori5205

3 жыл бұрын

innintentional ASMR ! Ahaha

@FailedRanger

2 жыл бұрын

its kinda funny what you can get away with with black powder. you couldnt do this with smokless, the pressure curve is too steep and it would blow out that sader point in the back of the cases

@philipnorman2861

2 жыл бұрын

An beautiful music. ✔

You are a gift to humanity. I had all but given up hope of shooting a pinfire, but you are proof it is not only possible, but relatively simple. Thank you.

This revolver was extremely used in the Triple Alliance War in South America by the Imperial Brazilian Army. So beatiful, thx

My grand father owned a café in Paris and the lefaucheux was always under the counter, the civilian version not the military version like this one but i'm proud to have it now that's a cool little gun Great video

@mayorgeneralramirez1997

3 жыл бұрын

Quite uncanny how he had a single action pin-fire revolver under the counter. Very interesting!

@brittakriep2938

2 жыл бұрын

A longer time ago in a Swiss arms magazine a doublebarrel percussion pistol was shown. Someone added a blade between the barrels. In the text it was written, that even after wwll, an inn owner had this gun in his inn.

@guaporeturns9472

2 жыл бұрын

@@mayorgeneralramirez1997 how so?

@mayorgeneralramirez1997

2 жыл бұрын

@@guaporeturns9472 working pinfires with ammo are rare!

@guaporeturns9472

2 жыл бұрын

@@mayorgeneralramirez1997 you have a different definition of “uncanny” I think….no problem. Yes it is definitely an interesting and very cool revolver. Be well amigo

I'll never have one of these but I'm happy knowing theh can still be used

So far the only good pinfire shooting video I've seen, nevermind the bonus of how to make bullets

Not gunna lie, you just convinced me to find one.

This whole process was fascinating. Thank you. Sure makes the 1858 look even more so a futuristic amazingly designed revolver.

In the past 10 years I must of watch a 1000 videos of different 1860s revolvers, but this one is a first for me, very good demonstration!!!!!!

35 years ago, I acquired a double-action 11 or 12mm Belgian Francotte pinfire, that may have seen service in the Civil War. It's in perfect operating condition, though I have no plans to make cartridges and shoot it. I recently got a shootable replica of a Civil War Colt Navy percussion 44, and it is nose-heavy, slow to fire and of course it would be so very slow to reload. By comparison, my pinfire is relatively light and well balanced, with an ergonomic grip design, and a smooth, easy double-action.

@maycontainnuts3127

2 жыл бұрын

which civil war?

@sunbeam8866

Жыл бұрын

@@maycontainnuts3127 American. The Union imported about 11,000 French Lefacheaux pinfire revolvers, and the South imported some as well, along with some Belgian-made ones, like mine.

Most excellent! It’s always a pleasure to see these old firearms brought back to life again!

It's very satisfying to see someone grab a file and use it properly instead of reaching for the Dremel

Thank you so much for this! I have just purchased a few Lefafaucheux revolvers online and popped on here looking for some videos while waiting for them to arrive. I saw that there are commercially available reloading kits online and they are of course pricey, but as I love to tinker I was delighted to see you demonstrate how I can make/reload my own cartridges. I am even more excited now for my revolvers to come. Again, thank you so much!

As so many here are saying thank you so very much for showing how to make a pin fire cartridge.

Thats a lot of work. Nice pistol, epic music.

Pinfire revolvers have always fascinated me, it’s really cool that you can still shoot them!

I must to thank you so much for this GREAT video! I've learnt your technique and now I enjoy completely of my cheap Belgian Lefaucheux!! (Cheap, but accurate! 3" group at 10 mt) I'm using .45 ACP berdan shells I've been keeping for years with no use until now. I'm a muzzleloader enthusiast from Argentina.

@hallofguns8174

Жыл бұрын

What do you do when the pins start getting loose?

@marcoaurelio296

Жыл бұрын

@@hallofguns8174 Honestly I haven't had that problem, mostly. But when I got it a couple of times, I tried to hit the hole with a punch trying to get it narrowed. But, I think the best solution is to discard that shell. It is possible to reload many times before they get the hole enlarged. Please excuse my English, I'm a Spanish speaker. I hope I've written well enough.

This was the best pistol of the Civil War. 1860 Henry + Lefaucheux M1854 = ideal combo.

I'm extremely late to the party, but I very much enjoyed the little tutorial on how to put together some 11mm pinfire loads. It's great to see such a lovely piece of history functioning all these years later. Good work.

Great example of a semi-solid frame Lefacheux and pin fire system!

Awesome. Reloading that doesn’t seem as hard as I thought. I feel much more comfortable buying those now

Great! Thank you for the great way to reload 12mm pinfire!

Great video on this revolver....really enjoyed it

Thank you for the video!. never heard before of pinfire systems!

Amazing work! It's astonishing when man puts there brain to work accomplishing a goal. What can be accomplished when someone actually puts a little bit of mechanics understanding and common sense to work the way that our ancestors did. You have recaptured a part of technology that so many have forgotten or taken for granted. Making the tools of the time work as they were meant to be. Bravo!

They all seem to go off. Not badddd. Awesome seeing you handload!

Very nice video. I’ve always thought pinfires were cool, but didn’t know the loading background and process. Your reloading process was really interesting, but it’s definitely a labor of love.

This was a really nice video. Thank you.

Fascinating 🤔 👍 history comes in many forms. Thx.

Thanks for this very informative video.

I truly enjoyed this, never heard of that revolver. However what impressed me was your demonstration of making the ammunition, along with shooting demo (not bad for what sounded like a windy day), and then how to clean and care for the revolver. Insuring it's continued functionality. We'll done sir.

thank you for making this video!

very nice thanks for posting.

Art ! Well done ! Cheers from France !

Outstanding video! Thanks for sharing.

@deezboffa4675

3 жыл бұрын

hello sir how to make the pifnrife gun round in hindi

Thank you, very interesting process.

Great video, now I want one!

wow great video thanks for providing a clear concise "how to"

This video is awesome, thank you friend !

Excellent job!

Excellent video thank you !

An entirely pleasant and informative shooting video!

That's a lot of fine work. I also like your shooting jacket.

This is the best video of this year Øyvind.

Great job!

Great instructions 😊!

Great video, thank you. I have an M1854 Lefaucheux in very nice condition, a treasure to own.

Super vidéo.

Very cool revolver and nice shooting too. ;) Greetings from Finland!

Very nice, thank you

very informative, nice video

Very nice!!!!

Fantastic!

Wonderful thank you for sharing

Wow, realy great !!!

Very cool.

I've used .40 caliber bullet jackets or .380 brass for 9mm pinfire. Still can't find a reliable percussion cap. Small pistol primers will sometimes work. Nice to see this old revolver back in service.

@doomkopf

4 жыл бұрын

Try small cap from gevelot shotgun shell primer. It's hard to disassemble the primer, but works fine. Pistol brass may to be bulged after using gevelot caps. Be careful

what a great tutorial

I can't put my finger on it. But, there's something very aesthetically pleasing about this pistol. It looks like it would be just as at home in an art museum as, say, a history museum.

@baneofbanes

Жыл бұрын

Well Vincent Van Gogh used a pinfire revolver to kill himself so these types of guns do have a dark connection with the art world.

Tres beau travail

Very interesting little gun

very interesting. thanks.

a few days ago I found one similar to this, hidden in the thatch roof of my barn with its own ammunition, wrapped in newspaper from before World War II

awesome!

Brilliant

Un poco tarde vi el video , pero realmente valió la pena , exelente !!!! Y muy ingenioso trabajo sl armar la municion , realmente un trabajo artesanal !!! Felicitaviones desde Argentina !!!!

That hand cannon has such a brutal recoil. It's more suited to big game than for shooting humans

@marcoaurelio296

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. I use black powder weapons and I tell you, 15 grains is a little amount of powder. You can shoot almost 30 grains in an 1860 Colt Army and is still a "light" charge.

The LeMat is my favorite revolver, but been a gunpowder weapons makes the reload a bit tedious, this revolver seems like the cartridge version and I like it

Impressive.

wow, I work to give some shots, this is love for the gun, my congratulations👏👏👏

Best thing ever!

@gagandeepkaur4524

4 жыл бұрын

Pvunjct

Nice

Exelente video. Yo desde hace más de 35 años voy a caza con escopetas Lefaucheux, del calibre 12 tengo dos del 16 dos y del 20 una. Su recarga es muy sencilla y no tengo nada que envidiarle a las modernas

@arianaxdr7399

3 жыл бұрын

Potencia sólo y seguridad de un center fire lo demas muy bonitas

@quispegualinchay8335

3 жыл бұрын

@@arianaxdr7399 Era un arma de transición muy respetable en su época.

@arianaxdr7399

3 жыл бұрын

@@quispegualinchay8335 tenes razón muy adelantadas a su época, llego cuando fabricar casquillos era caro y difícil y luego de uno años cuando era mas rentable ya estaba el sistema rimfire

cool gun the best

Hello could u please a do a dissasembly step by step video? I recently bought similliar one 1870 Italian Army version. I plan to shoot it so i want to know this for the cleaning process. I do what u did takedown the barrel and the cylinder and clean that and wipe the black powder residue. But im not brave enough to dissasembly it more bcs im afraid i cant put it back or break something. Thank you

Extremely helpful, had no idea you could load your own pin fire cartridges, I was on the fence about buying one, do you know if you could use spent 9mm cases for a 9mm pinfire revolver?

@mayorgeneralramirez1997

3 жыл бұрын

Well, does the brass fit in the chamber?

Try the LeMat 1861 revolver in 42 ball caliber if you found one or found a repro in 44 caliber in design, a valuable weapon that is old and not much made of it

Cool to see that old revolver being used. I can't help but thinking, that guy really needs a lathe that takes collets. A Schaublin 102 if you want to be classy.

What is the angle for pinfire hole to drill? Looks like it is not a right angle but somewhat slanted?

Wow-we! 👍👍

What do you do when the pins start getting loose in the cases?

I'm looking at a 7mm Double action revolver. from what I can tell, 5.7x28 brass will work perfectly

@arianaxdr7399

3 жыл бұрын

What bullet size you used?

@pacman10182

3 жыл бұрын

@@arianaxdr7399 I haven't made the mold yet, but it looks like I'll be making ~90 grain .312 heeled bullet, something like a 32 short colt with a .275 heel www.accuratemolds.com/img/bullets/detail/31-090C-D.png

@arianaxdr7399

3 жыл бұрын

@@pacman10182 i thinking about 32 acp bullet (.312/7.94mm) but i not sure if gonna be too big

@pacman10182

3 жыл бұрын

@@arianaxdr7399 I cant remember what I slugged the bore at, but that sounds about right

@pacman10182

3 жыл бұрын

@@arianaxdr7399 they have to be heeled bullets. I'll be making a mold soon™, let me know if you want one

Is that 11 grains FFFg by weight or volume? Awesome video and great shooting!

@Flatnick78

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. The charges were dropped from an RCBS Chargemaster.

Is this the same prosses for making 9mm pinfire ammo

Great video! What is that kind of percussion cap do you use?

@Flatnick78

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I use regular small percussion caps, such as CCI #11 or 10 or RWS 1075. It doesn't really matter what brand you use.

@LeFeuauxpoudres

4 жыл бұрын

@@Flatnick78 ok thx I heard that some people had problems with the CCI it was too hard to hammer(to ignitiate). So you just stuck the cap with the pin and it does not move?

@Flatnick78

4 жыл бұрын

@@LeFeuauxpoudres That's right, but you can of course also support it with glue.

@LeFeuauxpoudres

4 жыл бұрын

@@Flatnick78 ok thx a lot I find your job very interesting.

I always wanted a gun that chambers cartridges that aren't manufactured anywhere in the known world.

I would use a bit of Ballistol on the gun when cleaning.

is it possible to load conical bullets this way too?

@arianaml743

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, a .454 conical for cap and ball or 45lc but i recommend a very light bullet

Man that is sexy. I thought these pistols were 12mm. Unless this a variant.

Make the Lefaucheux 11mm Pinfire Cartridges Revolver

What are the ballistics of this cartridge?

@arianaxdr7399

3 жыл бұрын

200 grains projectile about 550 fts is about 210 joules energy not very powerful but the advantage here are the cartridge

It is harder to find ones with top straps, like yours

old ferrum bravo ✓✓✓

Incredibly ingenuitive of you, Bravo! Although I'm assuming this is a smooth bore pistol? Lol

@baneofbanes

Жыл бұрын

Originally no. Rifling may be worn however.

@SonOfLaVey1966

Жыл бұрын

@@baneofbanes I just noticed that the rounds strayed a bit, plus it looks really windy out.

Today I got my 9mm pinfire revolver. No makers mark nor serial number (though the finish has worn off) just belgium ELG proof mark and a fancy DC mark. No idea what that one means though. Mine does not work 100% though. It is meant to be single and double action but it does not work most of the time. So I think someone, like a spring, has broken inside.

@richard1165

5 жыл бұрын

Old comment, but in case your still wondering. A non-rotating cylinder is typically indicative of a worn or broken timing hand\paw. Fixing this is a bit tricky because the tolerances on this part alone are rather precise. Many pinfires originated from Belgium and Liege, with many small time gunsmiths more or less copying popular designs. No maker's marks usually means an "unlicensed" copy of a patented revolver design, though this was often overlooked provided that the gun was safely proofed.

@Iclo420

4 жыл бұрын

@@richard1165 Casimir Lefaucheux had a factory in Belgium and a part of his production was made there. So, a Belgium made revolver is possibly not a copy but a real Lefaucheux revolver.

does the projectile have to be round

@Flatnick78

3 жыл бұрын

No, most original cartridges were loaded eith conicals.

thats a big bowl

Beautiful gun. and very cool to see how the ammo is made. But just imagine having to load in a combat situation?!?!? having to line the pins up with the notch and all..under stress! wow.

@sunbeam8866

2 жыл бұрын

But imagine having to reload a percussion Colt revolver during combat. I'll take a pinfire any day, especially a double-action like mine!

@bobbertbobby3975

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunbeam8866 oh absolutly i agree. I would take anything that saves me a bit of time if having to reload under pressure for survival. Even if it was just a few seconds. And double action guns around that time were super underrated. I mean if you had to do an ole fashioned gun fight...drawing your pistol and just squeezing the trigger would be so much easier...and if you had to shoot multiple ppl at once after a quick draw...it would be unimaginably better.

@sunbeam8866

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbertbobby3975 In the 1850s, Colt built a factory in London to make revolvers for the British market . Initially, Colts were very popular with British officers, until the Crimean war, when more modern double-action designs from Adams and others were found to be much more effective in combat against multiple assailants. Colts fell out of favor and the London factory closed soon after. As for pinfires, if you can find it, an excellent reference is 'Systeme Lefaucheux - continuing the study of pinfire cartridge arms, including their role in the American Civil War" by Chris C. Curtis, C. 2002. Photo on page 132 shows a large double-action, engraved Belgian pinfire revolver, presented to Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson by his officers.

damn, seating that looks dangerous...

Consider adding voice over instead of the poor music, would make an ok video much better.