A Texas-Made Civil War Revolver: Tucker Navy Number 1

[@flyingninja1234]

That revolver is in great shape, for being 150+ years old.

[@DFloyd84]

I hope I look half that good when I'm 150.

[@mappy-5934]

@@DFloyd84 youll be a pile of smelly bones and goop, we all will be. Or ash

[@hawkenparker]

Of course it's in great shape. Didn't you hear? Made in Texas. ;p

[@joshuatowell9793]

As is everything here in Texas, but that’s a copy.

[@mattdickson2]

wouldn’t wanna even attempt firing that phosphorbrass and iron nightmare though

[@eclipse.Alkosoof]

Me: "Leaving forgotten weapons to watch another video..." Ian: "The bell does not dismiss you, I do!"

[@papadoomguy7412]

Good, because I never wanna be dismissed from a class if Ian is teaching.

[@quatro_quatro]

_“And the notches on his pistol numbered one and...one more...“_

[@austinm.9832]

It looks like a medium iron.

[@idontwanttoputmyname403]

One and one mooooore

[@quatro_quatro]

Austin McCune Haha! 😄

[@ArcturusOTE]

@@austinm.9832 a fairly sized iron

[@BogeyTheBear]

My first gun was an Uberti Dragoon. _Everything_ looks like 'small iron' after that.

[@CeltKnight]

"There are a few other subtle details ... which we don't need to go into in excruciating detail..." YES! Yes we DO! I understand, though one does not want to give away all the secrets to potential forgers, but I want excruciating details! Still, fascinating video! Well done indeed!

[@rollastudent]

I found that remark a bit odd for him too

[@martin09091989]

"Them kid's don't need that fancy stuff!" Killed me! 😂

[@Tadicuslegion78]

The way the ammo shortage is going, we may be have to resort to cap and ball again.

[@demonprinces17]

Won't be able to get caps

[@CeltKnight]

I read a sci-fi/post-apocalyptic story in my youth (one of the [in]famous LaserBooks series) wherein a guide had a percussion style revolver, which were common due to society's inability to make good cartridges or some such, only in lieu of caps it used batteries in the grip and a spark plate. Drop the hammer, a connection is made, sparks fly, powder burns, gun goes boom. The safety notches between the chambers were non-conductive so one could carry the piece indefinitely without draining the battery. In fact, in one scene the main character realizes the next morning that he didn't move the hammer to a safety notch after firing so his batteries were dead. Fortunately he had spares. I've always wanted to try this, though I'd imagine one would need more voltage than most of us want toted around next to our bodies.

[@shawnr771]

They made caps in the 1800s with limited industrial capacity. You think we could figure that out. Somebody had to make the first rimfire rounds pretty much by hand

[@matthewrutherford6164]

@@CeltKnight he could use paper cartridges for a quicker reload then

[@CeltKnight]

@@matthewrutherford6164 - Yeah, I don't remember if he did or not. I read the book in the early 1980s.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Making a hundred guns during such times is no small feat for a man and his sons.

[@alexward1319]

what if he had 100 sons?

[@realtalk1111]

@@alexward1319 Stonks

[@Willy_Tepes]

@@alexward1319 I think his wife would have problems walking after that, or maybe he was a Mormon ;)

[@chapiit08]

Using rudimentary tooling to booth. No CNC back then...

[@chapiit08]

@Erick Konop No doubt they had some of that but not even close like a factory; it probably looked more like a small workshop churning out a few pieces of each component on the same machines.

[@MrTeijo]

After couple of years of watching your videos, I think I have a favorite category, and it's these old cap and ball revolvers.

[@dak4465]

My namesake revolver. Also my family have been texans longer than they have been americans. So theres a chance im related to this guy

[@d33b33]

Hm: two distinct notches on the right side grip...

[@screamsinrussian5773]

wonder why

[@mixererunio1757]

Two down for the count.

[@isaiahcampbell488]

In the town of Al Afrida rode a stranger one fine day...

[@d33b33]

@@Kamina1703 Those seem random, might well be a tent peg, some hard soil and no hammer at hand. The ones on the throat of the grip, those missed both the butt as well as the trigger guard. Might be a good place to start your count, right?

[@rabeandre2]

@@isaiahcampbell488 *Agua Fria

[@spacefisher1427]

I love percussion cap revolvers. They’re pure eye candy

[@zachtaylor1288]

Just churning out Videos this week! Thanks for all the great content Ian.

[@thelemon0001]

These old solid revolvers are great. I've seen wrought iron pots with more moving parts.

[@cralixthegameking4408]

Damn that's some crazy rot iron pots mAh guy

[@paulshealy1863]

The last time I was this early ammo was still affordable.

[@screamsinrussian5773]

I was early

[@christopherbender9794]

2012 called, it wants it’s bad joke back..

[@christopherbender9794]

kwestionariusz1 both my grandparents were antifa, they fought the Nazis across North Africa and Europe.. both were democrats as well.. there is nothing more American than being anti facist... or being a liberal...

[@christopherbender9794]

kwestionariusz1 are you really this stupid? Do you actually think you can make an argument in any rational way that hitler wasn’t a facist as were his other axis power leaders, Mussolini, Stalin, et. Al.? national socialism had nothing to do with socialist political ideology.. try actually understanding some basic facts before you make yourself look so incredibly ignorant.. socialism and communism are different except in the area where the means of production are owned collectively.. this was not a feature of nazi germany.. god you’re dumb...

[@christopherbender9794]

kwestionariusz1 yeah, complete sentences and facts always confuse idiots like you.. now off to your virtual kindergarten, little guy. Try to learn something so you can keep up..

[@HalfWarrior]

Thank you, Ian! Fantastic work!Beautiful style pistol!

[@brucemccreary38]

This revolver is a mother of a Tucker. Notice the two notches on the right side of the grip. Killed two people!

[@ZGryphon]

... or got dropped twice. :)

[@luansagara]

if the gun has two notches on the hammer (the rear sight and the notch right next to it) does it aim twice as accurate? or does it hit two targets?

[@MANC2311]

I read that newspaper quote last night in Ospreys Confederate Cavalryman 1861-65 .It stated they were manafactured near Dallas by a Colonel Crockett.

[@jeffreyknickman5559]

That might be about the Tucker & Sherrod guns. The Lt. Governor of Texas at the time was a guy named Crockett. He got himself made a partner in the Tucker & Sherrrod company

[@eizol568]

The bell at the end of video was... “Times up Ian!”

[@MrYfrank14]

someone trying to call in a bid before the auction starts.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Ian .

[@jackertl6416]

I just found out that when Ian is at RIA he is only a 5 and a half hour drive from me I could wast a whole day trying to see him

[@redram5150]

Jack Ertl Morphy Auctions is a half hour drive from my house

[@jackertl6416]

@@redram5150 no way really we should go some time

[@GazalAlShaqab]

Serial number 1, this is so cool!

[@garytucker8696]

Thank you for sharing Sir.

[@kraftwerk5441]

This revolver is one of my favorites

[@nonamesplease6288]

Great call using the Texas flag for this video. Always enjoy your western a Civil War era gun videos.

[@ARCLIGHT21]

It's always satisfying to watch about weapons

[@Dontgiveafmate]

Your face at the end when the phone rings is priceless.

[@TagardMC]

Every morning Ian posts a video on a cool old gun and I gotta sit here at work wanting to just go home and play HUNT Showdown.

[@colbunkmust]

Huh, Navy-Dragoon you say, naval dragoons must ride sea-horses.

[@justineallandevelos6491]

Or possibly Dolphins

[@smithwesson1896]

Say it with me boys. To the town of Agua Fria

[@shootymcshootfacekoff7972]

Rode a stranger one fine daaay

[@smithwesson1896]

@@shootymcshootfacekoff7972 Hardly spoke to folks around him

[@shootymcshootfacekoff7972]

Smith Wesson didn’t have much to saaaaay

[@smithwesson1896]

@@shootymcshootfacekoff7972 No one dared to ask his business

[@shootymcshootfacekoff7972]

Smith Wesson nooone dared t’ make the slip

[@eclipse.Alkosoof]

"This gun ain't right" Hank Hill

[@theunknownroad3118]

It is thought that the idea of the second rear sight is that if you were to lose your hammer, you could still “roughly” aim the firearm.

[@theunknownroad3118]

Im just kidding dont roast me lmao

[@bt-7justclowning]

Elihu just Sounds like someone got real happy after saying Eli

[@PlakeFilmmaker]

Love the phone ringing just when the video is about to end.

[@jontee3437]

The Dow Jones Industrial finally closes the floor as Ian closes his video

[@Salieri47]

Worth a small fortune; a large fortune to a collector in Texas.

[@jakublulek3261]

Big hunk of steel that makes a lot of smoke and noise. My kind of gun.

[@guyrosinbaum7745]

Always great information, thanks.

[@MidNightFreakOZ]

Ian you have not yet showed us the Mini- and Micro- UZI. Those 2 would be a blast to see and hear your tought on!

[@od1452]

I find the proud back strap screws interesting. They are the same on their Dragoon. I wonder why?.. They couldn't get them flush or they didn't want to or didn't care ? Thanks Ian very cool.

[@311jbknight]

The cutout to put a ball under the ram probably for topping off the cylinder.

Tucker was all like DONT PUT THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD

[@veterannugget1389]

Still the best Channel on

[@dewaldsteyn1306]

Sort of.

[@screamsinrussian5773]

youtube

[@1anthonybrowning]

Ok now, who wants to see Ian run and gun in a course with this old revolver? Firearms are functional art, shame to not see it in action once, for posterity.

[@clothar23]

You're a brave lad to want to put a round through something damn near 150 years old.

[@1anthonybrowning]

@@clothar23 I'm confident that Ian wouldn't overdue it. Besides, Civil War muskets are 150+ years old and they are fired occasionally.

[@mahashma449]

@@Galf506 ...were it mine, I'd let Ian take it out in a heartbeat.

[@EldarKinSlayer]

No mention of the 2 notches carved in the grip?

[@smithwesson1896]

Not 1 and 19 more?

[@Kriegmann45]

I hope you can find a Kar98az That would be interresting

[@Kriegmann45]

@@GMdrivingMOPARguy Nice

[@SteamCrane]

Check back tomorrow when we take it out to the range!

[@gregharriage2792]

Watching videos like this makes it really hard to figure out how anyone could hate guns.... They're just so interesting!

[@icepicjoey]

The Griswold and Gunnison is almost an exact copy of the Colt Navy as far as I know.

[@colinflett]

Did no one else notice the 2 on the side of the trigger guard

[@limpetarch98k]

The only thing remaining is one and 19 more notches on the pistol grip.

[@jasoncrow7681]

Texas thanks you for fixing the flag on the video. Love your content!

[@jasoncrow7681]

Texas also thanks you for the comment about being mythical.

[@thevoxofreason8468]

I think the '51 is a beautiful weapon. Second in looks only to the '60.

[@jmalmsten]

I don't know how feasable it would be for the video production workflow. But if you want a better view of the sight picture you need to go higher on the f-stops. If you can't do it in the available light and the noise is too high if you raise the ISO. Then you could consider taking a still photo of the sight picture with both gun and camera on a tripod and you should then be able to use as high of an f-stop as you want to get as much of the gun in focus as you want. That is, unless you don't have aperture control over the lens... Which is often the case with phone cameras for instance. But yeah. Just something I've been thinking of as I watch these treasures of videos.

[@TexasConnor]

As a Texan I appreciate this more than you know lol.

[@screamsinrussian5773]

interesting gun as always

[@My_Name_Suc]

1:01 I can't see that link.....

[@stefanmolnapor910]

At the end of the video

[@My_Name_Suc]

@@stefanmolnapor910 i mean the video about the company

[@stefanmolnapor910]

@@My_Name_Suc it is not displaying at the end of this video for you? It did for me when I watched it earlier. I'll check again, it's an awesome video ( of course it is , Ian did it!) And I highly suggest watching it!

[@My_Name_Suc]

Stefan Molnapor i saw 2 other videos in the end in the end screens but not a video about the company itself Or maybe I’m just dumb, but I was expecting something similar to “who is Springfield armory?” Or “who is colt?”

[@My_Name_Suc]

I wish he would do more of those kinds of vids lol

[@maloguenee5892]

Since I know that you really like french firearms I think that if you ever come to France you should go to the Les invalides in Paris its the French military museum and they have a quite large selection of French military weapons.

[@blueband8114]

He has already been to France. Though i do not know regarding that specific museum.

[@TitouFromMars]

he has already visited the museum. He even made a video on one of its obscure collections (but not firearm related) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4PWlYZ4jp5mqck

[@sergeantbigmac]

Not only has he been to France multiple times, he even visited that museum and made a video there.

[@rodgerjohnson3375]

I was in Paris 2 years ago with Ian while on a tour. He advised me not to miss it. He went with several others to a museum in Belgium that day.

[@pops55650]

Over 100,000 signatures I believe

[@eldonerc2524]

Undisclosed features? What the headlights turn with the steering wheel. Wait wrong Tucker. 🤣

[@p-2.48]

Nice.

[@gemista]

Doesn’t even talk about the two notches on the grip scale...

[@ravener96]

My comment is hare jist to boost the relevance of ian in the world of beep boop

[@ravener96]

Jesus christ autocorrect is really harsh today

[@julien7337]

@@ravener96 as it usually is on all of us

[@mankindanddestiny7798]

does the army and the the military own and make weapons and ammo companies and factories? This question was on my mind for quite a long time seeing that most gun designers and inventors were officers and engineers in the army as example kalashinkov

[@BogeyTheBear]

There have been official government manufacturers for military arms and equipment throughout history. But that doesn't preclude the existence of private enterprises tendering their own products in the hope for a sale.

[@minuteman4199]

I imagine someone is going to pay a lot of money to add that to there collection. It would be interesting to know the path it has taken to get to where it is now,

[@ATH_Berkshire]

The lack of ability to make useful quantities of guns is symptomatic of the problems that made the South’s defeat inevitable after the first few months of the war.

[@voiceofraisin3778]

Downside of having all your economy and supply chain devoted to slaves is that theres no incentive to throw it all away on mechanisation unless its some way of making your slaves more profitable like a cotton gin or a sugar boiler.

[@jerrylanary4889]

The Outlaw Josey Wales.

[@penguino848]

There’s a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see

[@bobbylee2853]

Tucker got tuckered and skedaddled.

[@thetexan1011]

The small iron.

[@drewm389]

When is Ian going to do Grendal pistols???

[@stepbruv8780]

Mother Tucker!

[@Nukle0n]

I thoughty someone was at the door at the end...

[@johnsven878]

ATF open up

[@theblackprince1346]

9:37 "SERVICE!"

[@mohammedimran3670]

What metal was used in making these guns? I think it iron but I'm not sure.

[@c.j.1089]

I would like to know what this sells for. The only record I found is a Morphy Auction in 2016 for $172,500.00

[@LOUDcarBOMB]

5:45 What was that noise?

[@matthewrutherford6164]

Very good condition peace of history

[@Benjammin43]

do you still post sale prices of what they sold them for?

[@gwaters8067]

Pew Pew that algorithm

[@spencerporter1284]

And school is out

[@thompsonjerry3412]

Maybe there was no loading notch do to lack of good quality steel and concerns over strength.

[@kidmosel3076]

Is this a trust hand cannon

[@wonder-bred]

Just commenting cause im really really early and feel like i got a good seat in the audience and commenting holds my spot.

[@hassangroof]

Mr. Mojo Risin thats exactly why people comment first lol Irdk why people get so angy about it

[@deadflowers7017]

@@hassangroof Some people are just angry about everything.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

@@hassangroof Except they never come back and change their comment from "First" to something that actually contributes to the discussion.

[@hassangroof]

Kutter_TTL his comment didn’t contribute to anything too It’s just cementing his place in the comment section lmao

[@hassangroof]

deadflowers I know right!?

[@jamessteuber594]

Looks like a colt walker

I wonder why this video lacks description. Is it because it is more about history than a specific gun?

[@Cacowninja]

Uh guys, Gun Jesus didn't include a summary of the video in the description. Is there something bad going on?

[@aapje]

He's kidnapped and it's a signal for us to rescue him...or he just forgot to add it.

[@calvingreene90]

There are a lot of people strength in their hands to drive the bullet most the way in. I can see an old time gunsmith as being one of them.

[@fergusonman131]

and then tucker went to make about 50 cars.....100 guns and 50 cars.

[@SofaPop.]

Looks kinda like a ranger sequoia

[@paulcapon4653]

How come when FW uploads the video, it has thousands of views, but the publish date is recent? I understand that Patrons have early access, but surely that means the upload date would be the same as when it was made available. Can someone kindly explain this to me?

[@TheCarromkid]

Great Breakfast Viewing.

[@j.sagiechode]

That one has a story to tell, two notches..!

[@paulshayter1113]

Don't pick on us old codgers, we've seen some sh*t in our lifetime. Damn young whipper snappers. 😉

[@MrYfrank14]

and we had to walk to school in the snow. in July. uphill. both ways.

[@paulshayter1113]

@@MrYfrank14 In bare feet.

[@0ldFrittenfett]

This thing must be worth a fortune, considered its rareness. Even though it is not really a great example of good craftsmanship.

[@lovecraftcat]

Fraction of a cost of a colt walker in shot to hell condition

[@dorifuto2280]

Its only going to sell for $1,000,000

[@johndumigan2396]

Love this channel and got brought here from interest on the guns in red dead redemption 2

[@slowhand1198]

The family wasn't much luckier with automobile production.

[@kotornerd12]

Last time I was this late, she left

[@alexbrown3486]

Do y'all know if all these videos are demonetized?

[@alexbrown3486]

@@williamkeith8944 ahh. The answer I was looking for

[@thefunkosaurus]

7:23 Technically, "codger" comes from falconry, not firearms.

[@rotteneggs29]

🧐

[@ObiTrev]

1:10 SONIC BOOM!