Charola Y Anitua: Tiny Spanish Broomhandles

[@benm5913]

Huh, tiny broomhandles. I wonder how tiny. *click* Well damn.

[@ironwolfF1]

Well damn, and here I thought the .25 was the main 'mouse gun' caliber. ;-)

[@PvtMartin78]

With the markings just being patent, trademark, and best shooting pistol I would have expected it to come from a place call Totally Legitimate Business.

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

Can we get a Q&A with Fireplace Guy? His collection is spectacular!

[@matthewpalmer7184]

I second this sentiment.

[@noalphabet856]

Third it must happen now

[@worldtraveler930]

I have a sneaky suspicion that Ian is probably related to the fireplace guy.

[@platypush]

Could Fireplace Guy possibly be Bill Chase? Or did Ian just happen to interview him in front of someone elses fireplace? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nITTZH5qZ76FaLc

[@Didymos4x4]

@@platypush I was pretty sure seeing an interview in front of this fireplace, it actually may be that guy, thx for the link. Anyway, collection is absolutely amazing, I can't imagine how long it took to collect such a rare pieces.

[@RavingRaptor]

For when you want a broomhandle, but only have a dustpan.

[@tangero3462]

*ENORMOUS REPEATING FIREPOWER* Eeeeeety bitty cartridge

[@JustIn-op6oy]

When I read this, I heard the voice of Robin Williams in my head.

[@Lasenggo]

Damn, that fireplace guy really has extensive collection.

[@FirstSpaceLord]

my first thought too

[@johnnyappleseed6415]

That may be Ian's own fireplace. I half expect his butler, Alfred, to lean in at any time and whisper, "Sir, the GunJesus signal has been illuminated and Commissioner Karl is on the hotline."

[@MarkSmith-to7xi]

That's not a fireplace 😉

[@PsychoDad89]

@@johnnyappleseed6415 Nananananana GATMAN

[@mordecaieagle4240]

@@PsychoDad89 I wonder what would be the gatmobile, Daimler armoured car perhaps?

[@mohammedbucheery4371]

*Fire Place Guy*: So how many pistols do you want to video? *Ian*: Yes.

[@reddeltaone]

"Best Shooting Pistol" One of the original stamps of hubris. Thanks for the videos, keep up the good work.

[@ramjb]

I just have to say that I love to hear Ian struggling so bad with spanish names.... makes me feel a little less bad about my english accent XDDDDDDD. Great video, as always. These pistols aren't very well known at all but I always found them fascinating. Specially it fascinates me how it could be that any guy in the business of making firearms could think that making rather big pistols that shot that tiny 5mm firecracker would lead to any kind of long term success. They had a locked breech system (?????), for crying out loud. As far as I know the 5mm versions were presented in the spanish pistol trials...alongside Lugers, C-96s and Bergmans. If anything...they were optimists, that's for sure XDDD.

[@danjohnston3422]

Forgotten Weapons - Where Gunshow Meets Freakshow. :) Brilliant stuff, Ian. I learn something new every time. These are neat little devices and I had no idea they existed.

[@kenhelmers2603]

Seeing these old style pistols makes me happier with todays products :) Thanks Ian!

[@naimadavodroc470]

Ken Helmers unless its a 1911 , wouldnt trade my 1911 for anything

[@Weed8Gone]

Hell yeah, son! This is the 'Forgotten Weapons' I signed up for so long ago. All the other stuff is great too, just sayin'.

[@mordecaieagle4240]

This is the perfect gun for those rainy/lazy days, when you want do some plinking but dont bother to leave your living room.

[@sejembalm]

6:03 I finally found the best shooting pistol! Muchas gracias, mi amigo!

[@Pokesus]

Normally nobody says "mi" we say amigo mío (my friend or friend mine) or just amigo (friend). n.n

[@sejembalm]

@@Pokesus Thanks, friend-o. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXPCo4WjoMd0b6s

[@keegan449]

Best channel on KZbin. Never stop making videos.

[@SangTheCryptek]

"Is best shooting pistol! For you my friend, I give nice special price!"

[@jorgec.a3123]

Marca registrada means registered trademark

[@pedrotome9119]

Yes it is. If it is in portuguese of Portugal we say registada. But in Brasil, they say and write Registrada. Funny thing. And portuguese is very similar to Spanish. (I just came up with this as a curiosity)

[@gregcampwriter]

Their new marketing campaign will feature the song, "I Charola" by a Knack cover band.

[@xGSFxGoat]

I like stripper-clip fed firearms, especially pistols. They're just so cool.

[@user-pk7ii1cn1z]

Something about that 6-round 5mm stripper clip is just really neat to me. Also, yeah, stripper-clip fed sidearms are certainly unique haha

[@carlistasycia]

Always awesome to see more products of our wonderful province of Guipuzcoa! Fun to see Ian struggling with the pronunciation too.

[@janwacawik7432]

The mysterious fireplace collection strikes again.

[@robertkubrick3738]

Amazing what you can do with just flat springs.

[@helvehammer7846]

In my early 20s I took an early Colt Woodsman apart to clean it for the first time in the 50 years my buddy's Dad had had it. Disassembled, cleaned and lubed it in military fashion - all was well. I had it all assembled except the magazine catch in the butt of the grip - and noticed the slide, safety and trigger were completely non-functional. Spent an hour looking through ankle-deep shag carpeting for the missing springs. Nothing. Finally I apologized to my buddy for losing parts off his Dad's Pride and Joy and said I wasn't a mechanical genius after all - that I was just going to have to give it back to him broken. I insisted he take it to a real gunsmith and have it fixed and I would pay the bill. Very Well, he said. With that I said I would push in the magazine catch, put it back in its soft case and he could be on his way. *LO AND BEHOLD THE DAMN THING FUNCTIONED P E R F E C T L Y. JOHN BROWNING MADE AN AUTOPISTOL WHEREIN ONE LENGTHY FLAT SPRING WAS MAGAZINE CATCH, SLIDE RECOIL SPRING, HAMMER SPRING, TRIGGER RETURN SPRING A N D SAFETY CATCH DETENT SPRING.* Had I not been a sturdy young man of 22 - I would have fainted ! I didn't but I still remain humble in my claims of understanding machine design...

[@DRNewcomb]

Locked beech, short recoil 5mm? Talk about overkill.

[@ZGryphon]

Could be worse, it could be long recoil. (Hello, Frommer Stop!)

[@futuresonex]

You should be careful if you have one of those. If you shoot someone with it, and they find out about it, they might get upset! ;-)

[@milandjuric8043]

But for real, If guy youre shooting at has a heavy coat it would probably only pierce the skin, and even that if youre closer than 10 m (1 yard is 0.9 meters).

[@NotOneOfUs]

Best Shooting Gun? You know, Ian, this means you must take it out to the range to test this claim.

[@henryrodgers7386]

Ah, the perfect gun for shooting cheaters under a card table. I presume the 7 was for pool tables. A cute, fancy, neat little gun! Great video!

[@revolverDOOMGUY]

If you can make good copies of the Merwin & Hulbert revolver it means you must have good tooling and good workers because those things require PERFECTION. So i assume these guns must have a good finish and polish.

[@spyj1900]

but its Spanish.

[@spyj1900]

@P-Talks I mean...um... Finnish and Polish.

[@mayorgeneralramirez1997]

@@spyj1900 >:(

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Ian .

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Very interesting pistols Ian. Thanks for showing them Sir.

[@daveweller9579]

5mm is the perfect ccw gun for squirrels, you can't trust squirrels.

[@razechaos3489]

I would love to see Ian model an at rest and at the ready firing position with all these unique firearms. We have such great insight to the form and function of these forgotten weapons but displayed only on a table I find myself wondering how the weapons would look when brought to bear.

[@josiahgibson6373]

Fireplace Collection = Best Collection

[@MarkSmith-to7xi]

There's a lot of work gone into making the parts, getting the right heat treat for each of those springs and transfer bar probably wasn't a doddle

[@FerretPirate]

Thank you for including the book recommendation.

[@Mildcat743]

Each video from Fireplace Guy makes me understand more and more why he wishes to keep his anonymity.

[@vacomments]

Char-ola anee-tooa “Marca registrada” translates as “Registered brand”

[@stevep5408]

A 5mm had enough recoil impulse to cycle the action is amazing? That's approximately 19.5 caliber!

[@moosemaimer]

@@TheRealColBosch I had a .177 pellet CO2 pistol that had a helical magazine in the slide, and used the gas pressure to cycle a cam block and mechanically actuate the magazine follower. Unreliable as all get out.

[@JeanPaulLopez]

Lovely small pistols!

[@michaelkeha]

I love the look.

[@USSEnterpriseA1701]

Almost looks and works like an intermediate between a C96 and a Nambu, at least as far as the locking system goes.

[@Kamharam]

I’ve been waiting for this video my whole existence.

[@rudimentaryganglia]

TINY BROOMHANDLES!

[@lewisirwin5363]

They look quite functional, if a little fragile with it. Cute!

[@kevinoliver3083]

Webley & Scott: "We'd like a word about the 'winged bullet'". Charola y Anitua: "Why, it's a trademark?" W&S: "Yes, but it's not your trademark!".

[@charles_wipman]

I didn't knew about those; great!.

[@vietnamesekidinthebushes2989]

Hope everyone reading this has an amazing day, I got exams so wish me luck. Have a great day everyone.

[@GunsNGames1]

Thanks, and good luck.

[@Melody_Raventress]

Good Luck, We’re all counting on you.

[@BaronSamedi1959]

good luck (although if you require luck to succeed in exams there is something wrong with your preparation).

[@vietnamesekidinthebushes2989]

@@BaronSamedi1959 you are correct, but I'm pretty sure I aced it. Thank you all for the wishes.

[@billyyank1916]

So, how'd it go?

[@dfwai7589]

Their more like "feather duster handles"

[@SJKlapecki]

smol...must be protected

[@GunsNGames1]

Very smow

[@CaptainGrief66]

I don't usually like making comparisons with guns from videogames, but these things look pretty much spot on for being the inspiration of the Lolife from Metro Last Light!

[@issackliener3065]

Wasn't the lowlife and the same pistols in Metro based on Mauser broomhandles?

[@CaptainGrief66]

@@issackliener3065 It still looks in a lot of ways like these Spanish handguns, the grips of the Lolife look nothing like the ones of the C96.

[@sambaggins2798]

Looks like a .22 with M&H scales on the grips. Interesting looking pistol.

[@JKC40]

coming soon to a firefly cosplay near you

[@Trogdor390]

Schnellfeuer? More like smolfeuer.

[@russbilzing5348]

Kampffeuer. Nicht zo?

[@kenibnanak5554]

Aww, they are so cute. I want one. :) His mistake, I think, was in not making them in .22 Long and .32acp.

[@flightlesschicken7769]

Didn't exist when these were first made. At least not 32

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Ian mentioned Bergmann. Ah, I miss the Forgotten Bergmanns. Hehehe...

[@MrRobbi373]

Don't you mean (Never) Forgotten Bergmonth?

[@candeo3687]

"this prevents it from being a machine gun" I'm getting ideas

[@candeo3687]

@@TheRealColBosch if you can only do small ouchies make them quick make a lot of them that's the idea

[@acidwizzardbastard]

5mm Clement would be surprisingly suitable for a machine pistol like this. I like the idea.

[@carlosflar]

"it has a spring like the c96" **surprised pikachu face**

[@konnigkratz]

Wouldn't the underpowered cartridge be appealing to a civilian buyer, for the lower recoil (less practice to overcome it etc)? Plus you wouldn't reasonably be expected to snipe with it...

[@therealamerican99.76]

@Thomas Lawrie put it in a video game and there would def be that one guy.... fudgin camper😂

[@jimcharlton7869]

Shooting competition with 7 mm Nambu. Is the 7 mm Spanish round a straight wall cartridge case.? A blown out 5mm Clement...? Interesting.

[@fg42t2]

I wish you would add more info on the 7mm Model it was barely mentioned. How many made ? Did it sell better than the 5mm? How do they point? Is the 7mm as powerful as the 7mm baby Nambu round? Where were they sold? The one I had was Nickel Plated, was that common?

[@GunsNGames1]

Hey man, would be cool a video about the Brazilian Imbel AGLC sniper rifle.

[@GunsNGames1]

@@TheRealColBosch no, infortunately :(

[@GunsNGames1]

@@TheRealColBosch it's because is a rare weapon, produced in small quantities and used only by the "hunters" in the Brazilian Army.

[@GunsNGames1]

There is also the Mosquefal, a modified Gewehr 98 (not a K 98k) converted to fire 7.62x51mm, and added a FN FAL barrel, muzzle break and H&K style iron sights, they are used for training in the army, in small town military bases (i'm serving in one). The modifications where made in 1960's.

[@cdsbow1]

I dont know who's fireplace that is, but he has a really cool collection.

[@kmd9999]

Nice to see the ammo

[@ottoknight1397]

Hey Ian, do you think it's possible that the stripper clip grooves in the guns with mags would be used like an old mag loading tool? Almost seems like it would be considered tedious, but I feel like sitting there and hand loading each round into a bunch of mags would be alot slower than just popping them into the pistol loading it with a stripper clip then removing the mag and repeating

[@samson_]

i always find it strangely amusing when a pistol firing a really underpowered cartridge has a locking breech mechanism. gotta make sure the gun is mechanically capable of absorbing that colossal 80J of recoil energy.

[@KC-bg1th]

5:14 sounds like a great song.

[@Magnum445]

Fun fact: 5mm Clement pistol was adopted by military. Of all places, in Siam (Thailand).

[@therealamerican99.76]

@Magnum445. Well small gunz for small people. (At the time) makes sense

[@nindger4270]

@@therealamerican99.76 that and the fact that military pistols were probably considered to have mostly decorative purpose for officers.

[@therealamerican99.76]

Ahh true!

[@slthbob]

@@nindger4270 Decorative purposes.... I love it.... summary execution tool in close quarters is a black truth as opposed to a white lie :P

[@BaronSamedi1959]

@Michael Tarvin. Well until a few years ago, Thailand used a fixed mounted heavy machine gun as their weapon of choice to execute the death penalty. They surely upgraded the bullet size.

[@ryanrising2237]

When I saw the thumbnail and read “Charola y Anitua” I thought you were just looking at two specific guns someone had named that.

[@GPGTman]

It would be real cool if someone took the blueprints or measurements from a disassembled example of these antique guns and machined their own to shoot. That way people can see how these old guns perform without worrying about ruining an original one.

[@Kaboomf]

Was that detachable mag a double stack? Pretty early for that I think?

[@NeroKatsune]

I dunno if this was ever talked about or asked before, but there's a firearm that isn't quite talked about nor I have seen discussed; the Benelli CB M2. Not quite sure if it was talked about on Forgotten Weapons or if there was a video based on it.

[@adrianmorenogomez705]

It's really funny to hear your accent when you try to say anything in spanish (spanish from spain, not mexico). I'm 23 and still loving your videos since 21 xD I would love to help you with any translation or pronunciation of the spanish stuff

[@luisantolafrancis519]

Love the Charola Anitua such an artisan pistol could only come from Spain , every thing hand fitted y bet no pieces could be interchange between those models , Spanish gun makers guilds worked like this ,litle shops made parts for a larger shop that fitted and assembled them to a certain standard , thats why there is a sloom out of diferent ruby pistols and brands of clones of browning and smith&wesson or colt revolvers , also the legal sistem in spain was not involved in protection of international patents if the original patent holder did not produce its manufacture in Spain , so any shop could produce any clone in theese law terms .you can fill entire walls colecting Spanish clone guns, in contrast the Charola Anitua is quite a original aproach to the theme of the broomhandle Mauser .

[@shoominati23]

Gotten : I was wondering if you could show us how burst fire works on Military Rifles such as the M4 (2 for that, 3 on some other guns) can you show us the firing mechanism or seer that enables this. I have always been fascinated with this. Bonjour mes ami

[@Seb-Storm]

Charola - ch sounds like the same as chalk, an 'a' sound like in apple, rol sound like roll and another 'a' sound like apple. Anitua - 'a' sound like apple (sorry but I'm no teacher so that's why I repeat this one a lot though my Spanish is fluent), ni sound like in nimble, tu sound like in the word to, a sound like apple. So aniTO-A not anichoa like Ian said hehe. Hope this helps you folks get to know the correcr way of saying these two words :) Btw funny to see how one gun has marca registrada and Ian says is domestics use and then the literal translation on other with trademark and he says it means export. Like yeah is export since it is english which is more universal but come on the guns even tell you the answer lol

[@vacomments]

The “A knee chew her” is quite painful to listen to 😕

[@Seb-Storm]

@@vacomments indeed

[@CeltKnight]

Ah 5mm too anemic, so let's make a "big bore" of ... Wait for it ... 7mm. Ah, those Europeans. 😉

[@AbcdEfgh-so5dy]

So glad they bothered to make it locked breach. I mean all that power if it was just blowback it might be a little snappy all that recoil can you just imagine

[@antoniofdez620]

A locked breech pistol wich fired a cartridge about 30 joules muzzle energy. Do you have any data about the 7mm?

[@planescaped]

Bloody hell these things are super over-complicated.

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

A locked breech in 5mm Clement may be utterly unnecessary though it's completely cool.

[@ShooterQ]

Somewhere in the world, there's some eccentric billionaire collector who owns the more rare models with "Best Whipping Pistol" engraved up top.

[@oriontaylor]

Why in blazes would someone design a locked-breech pistol in a cartridge that seems to be an equivalent to .22LR and .25?

[@diegojimenez2973]

I have what I think is the 3rd version, slight differences with with the one shown, do you know how much can it worth? Thanks

[@worldtraveler930]

Wow! Three advertisements! On this video!

[@matthayward7889]

Broom handle CCW

[@brazilian733]

looks like a mix of the C96 with the Berggman pistol, a nambu, and a luger as well

[@terry7907]

Yes, but never made it past puberty.

[@TheOdst219]

Hey the Lolife from Last Light.

[@CaptainGrief66]

Exactly what I thought! I'm pretty damn sure that the developers took inspiration from it

[@jesusoftheapes]

That could be in the running for The Mandalorians new weapon .

[@Ciridan]

I Charola is a pretty good stand-in for My Sharona

[@svtirefire]

8:29 That type of fastener is called a "sex bolt" or a "Chicago screw." Sex bolt is more fun to say.

[@TheGearhead222]

Interesting design using leaf springs. Just too unique with antique obsolete ammo, IMHO:( (I collect milsurp small arms:)-John in Texas

[@carlosflar]

Makes sense that after first guy went away they kept putting his name too under the "sistema" as the redesign was done by both but produced by only one

[@huntersrow64]

Who made the first magazine in grip design, like in the 1911? Thx

[@acidwizzardbastard]

The first detachable-mag-in-grip design was used in the Borchardt C93, yes.

[@Dr._Spamy]

So it's locking by the locking piece is going thrue a matching hole in the lower receiver and further into the bolt, like a latch. (Hm, sounds also not much more clear. xD)

[@nateo6806]

Pequeña Pistolas!

[@gabrielferaud8360]

¡Pistolas pequeñas! 😉

[@happyhaunter_5546]

Yall just enjoy the rest of your day with My Sharona stuck in your head but instead it's I. Cahrola

[@rogerjohnson8707]

9 Coronas?

[@MasterOfHelium]

@@rogerjohnson8707 That's a considerable amount of beer!

[@rogerjohnson8707]

It's the first KZbin video I saw many years ago. Check it out.

[@subterfusion4005]

slave pins from the opposite side would ease reassembly

[@Psiberzerker]

5mm Clement is like the smallest Centerfire cartridge (Smaller than .22 Short) that ever really saw any widespread popularity. Meaning multiple pistols were made for it, but from what I hear (Never even seen Brass for it) it never really stabilized, due to it's round nose, and sectional density, so it tended to tumble, instead of fly straight like a bullet. I always wanted to try handloading it, and I wonder what Primer they used in such a teeny base. it's really a shame, because it has both a heavier bullet (27-28 grains) and higher velocity than .22 Short, but it's also reloadable. If you could get brass, primers, and bullets in 5mm. (Not to mention a gun that can fire it.) it could possibly be a better target/holdout load than .22, if it wasn't so obscure.

[@Psiberzerker]

IDK anything about 7mm CyA. I never heard of this company before, but I'm going to start researching now.

[@taylorstolcenberg7075]

Yes. Because locked breach 5mm. I understand that this pistol was made very early in the whole developmental era of semiautomatic pistols, but yes; locked breach 5mm.

[@lordbarristertimsh8050]

Does anyone else think it would be really cool if someone made a modern version of this in .22 LR ? We already have the Ruger Standard { a Nambu-inspired .22 pistol } , why not have a Mauser 96-inspired .22 pistol? Because I think it would be cool, and if a good manufacturer made that, I would purchase one.

[@pulv715]

Sexy things between Ruger MK1 and Mauser, someone should make new version in .22LR now

[@thebotrchap]

Pulverin My thought exactly! With 22 minimags or stinger it would be great fun.

[@thebotrchap]

Slemke 98 Trouble is the costs involved for setting up tooling. They know that the Stg43/44 and MP40 have a huge fanbase so it was a pretty safe investment. Making a run of these little things for a few thousand weirdos like me isn’t financially viable especially if they want to sell at an affordable price.

[@KennyCnotG]

@@thebotrchap plus getting 22 to cycle reliably is a very big challenge even in modern firearms. Imagine trying that with not so great designs lol

[@thebotrchap]

KennyCnotG True, although in this case it would be simple enough to convert the design to simple blowback.

[@pulv715]

GSG convert blank gun in 22lr, with that they can sell more rifle easily for reacting or country where you cant get real