The Volcanic: Smith & Wesson's First Pistol

[@MarkLaLone]

Damn O'Driscoll's

[@jasonvolkanov3123]

It was actually used by Saint Denise police force

[@user-ur2jr9bk5e]

*HAHA FOUND YA LENNY*

[@GunsNGames1]

@@jasonvolkanov3123 they use the Cattleman (Colt SAA), the standard carbine (Spencer 1860) and the double barrel shotgun (Colt 1878)

[@jasonvolkanov3123]

@@GunsNGames1 About 35% of them have Volcanic Pistols

[@kixakii436]

@@GunsNGames1 i think they've got also the schofield revolver

[@Lukegriz77]

1:08 Ian has the power to summon up any forgotten weapon at will

[@baker90338]

M I R A C L E O F T H E G U N E M P E R O R O F M A N K I N D!

[@TheOriginalZimmy]

LOL praise gun jesus; we all just witnessed another gun miracle

[@MilkCrateGarage]

Is that a Jennings rifle in your lap or are you happy to see me?

[@dr.vanilla9017]

Except the hellriegel and ribeyrolles.

[@Mr.Mosquito89]

That's a hell of a Stand, what's it called?

[@alexvanslyke855]

Well these are much more effective in Red Dead than they are in real life

[@danieloceansmith3156]

This Dude so basically the shell of a volcanic with ammo that works properly.... that sounds like an interesting thing to try and engineer...

[@liamjimenez8634]

I love the gun in the game i don't know why but i feel like im a civilised cowboy and i feel like it really accurate

[@ajorsomething4935]

@This Dude Honestly after reading that in game I find myself occasionally thinking "what if they chambered it in a high power rimfire cartridge?" That is a peice of alternate history that could really have quite a large effect.

[@jollyholly106]

But, the Schofield revolver is significantly better, you can by valentine by robbing the side buisness

[@CiastoToKlamstwo]

Well, in game explanation makes sense, there are cartridge volcanic replicas

[@Soykha]

If you can't shoot yourself in the head successfully with the gun, It's probably not very effective. -Ian McCollum 2017

[@VallenChaosValiant]

Yeah. Obviously Ian had showcased many underpowered guns in the past. But to have a gun that is confirmed incapable of killing the user is a new one.

[@williammiao8862]

So this is the "less-than-lethal" option of the old west

[@jeffengland2791]

Well, they could always bash their heads in with it if all else fails.

[@KurwaRomek]

VallenChaosValiant too bad no one tried to shoot themselves with a Kolibri... that thing looks less-than-lethal for even squirrels

[@51WCDodge]

SSSSH!! For the love of *** Don't let the authorities know a non killing gun can be built! Mind you as a Gallery Gun, they are probably just right.

[@PyahEXEThon]

*Summons a rare antique rifle from his crotch* *Says a little history* *Puts it back like it was no big deal*

[@Medicopter_N7]

This is no random guy, this is Gun Jesus we're talking about here. This is NOTHING for him.

[@chaseembrey6750]

He turns water into gunpowder

[@DerWeltraumcowboy]

It's its natural habitat!

[@mr.meowgi9876]

Gun magic

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

@@chaseembrey6750 top quality joke, much appreciated.

[@TheRogueWolf]

"Volcanic rocket ball" sounds like a bloodsport you'd play in a dystopian future.

[@ThatGuy-a48]

The Rogue Wolf like Mad Max or Fallout.

[@ChishioAme]

I'm thinking something in the flavor of dodgeball with rocket propelled balls that shatter upon impact, dousing whatever it hits in a flaming, pyrophoric liquid.

[@MajorArtillary]

Yeah I was thinking of guys wearing ferrous plates and slinging magnetic grenade/rockets at each other. If hit, the grenade would magnetize nose first and would fire up, pushing the player away from his team before exploding with a napalm or thermite filler.

[@murderousintent7838]

yeah it is, well I'm going to make it be what happens is there are 4 8 man teams in a battle starting on the edge of a volcano and they are all using jetpacks and the objective is that you have to hit the other guys jetpacks with large metal balls to make them fall into the volcano and there is nothing to tell which team is which until all but what is left of one team remains and they will be alerted by a loud siren then the game controllers will cause the volcano to start erupting and give the remaining players time to escape before the eruption there are no foul moves and to force players over the volcano there are explosives that activate 10 seconds after the match starts on the edge of the volcano and there are dudes on anti-aircraft guns that will shoot down anybody who flees the arena

[@andrewgordon5632]

Arsenic Poisoning damn that sounds more like a game youd see on deadman wonderland than any kind of future where keeping a population secure is an issue

[@ФилиппЛыков-д8е]

Another great quote: "This could be a very intimidating weapon, if you don't actually have to shoot someone with it."

[@5000rgb]

It would probably still sting pretty good. Not what I'd want to bet my life on but being on the wrong end would still kinda suck.

[@VanHalen2TheTop]

@big ian lead poisoning never looked so stylish

[@thelonerider5644]

He shot himself in the head several times... was found alive and depressed. Not a ringing endorsement!

[@twistedyogert]

If you look at it from the suicide prevention standpoint it's promising.

[@gcart7675]

twistedyogert not really cause then theyd just do it with something else if they were actually that determined to kill themselves

[@twistedyogert]

@@gcart7675 I guess that's true.

[@vice6996]

Blows my mind how many of the major gun company founders worked together at some point. So friggin cool

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

At least that did because the gun wouldn't have done that.

[@54356776]

@@greenoftreeblackofblue6625 😂👍

[@thedrangler599]

These are just beautiful pieces. Modern weapons are designed to look “tactical”. But these are just completely gorgeous and aesthetically pleasing.

[@lapulga9000]

Modern weapons are designed to work, not look tactical, and this gun sucks no matter how it looks

[@Brandelwyn]

​@@lapulga9000old aks are designed to work, modern weapons are often not a whole lot more than a pile of holey plastic

[@jerjee]

@@lapulga9000I’m pretty sure all guns are designed to work. Maybe except hi-points. Guns are also made to look cool and tactical. Idk why this is a point of contention

[@CorkScrewDood]

​@@Brandelwyn Its ironic given how hard its been for countries trying to moderninze the AK with a lot of inherent issues due to the design, with complete redesigns being the way to go instead of keeping it the same.

[@edm240b9]

.31 caliber Volcanic=first airsoft gun

[@jakehagelstein2709]

Haha was gonna say my airsoft m4 has more than double the fps of this lol

[@spyj1900]

ironically, air rifle is slightly better than this in that age. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJW9fZh7iqpsapI

[@moxine_]

@@spyj1900 Interesting enough, that air rifle is about 70 years older than the Volcanic and still produces better numbers.

[@nobody-go3cz]

Ikr

[@BigWheel.]

I have a bb mauser c96 clone that does 300 ish fps with c02

[@jaymassengill3340]

If each of these guns could tell its own life history... I'm sure a mix of exciting adventures, combined with years napping in a drawer, ending with "then some awesome guy was holding us in front of a camera and describing us on the "internet", whatever that is..."

[@baker90338]

I imagine a musket or arbiques saying "BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDNT HAVE YOUR NEWFANGLED IRONSIGHTS OR RIFLING! WE HAD BAYONETS AND SMOOTHBORE."

[@baker90338]

AND WE LIKED IT.

[@D3faulted1]

The wear on the toggle link of that one makes me think that it was used a lot.

[@chitoryu12]

Or in the case of the gun from Ian's story, "My owner tried to use me to commit suicide. I wasn't powerful enough to work so they sold the gun back to the shop."

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

Jay Massengill don’t forget “while a bunch of people commented about how they knew it from a game called red dead redemption must be one of them children’s board games”

[@nvigor8]

Video games aside, the story about the suicide attempt is fascinating and upsetting. Glad the family was able to help him realize some reason to keep carrying on (hopefully that's what happened). Pain, physical or mental, can seem worse than death. Stay safe and don't be afraid to open up to those around you, you aren't alone.

[@bigandlittlefirearms8395]

Luckily he chose this "gun" so he wouldn't die

[@naturalgas1180]

Imagine trying to take your life and the gun just says “Nuh uh”.

[@farmerboy916]

Moral of the story: instead of continuing to throw money at making your product which no one wants just because you think there's promise in it, fix its damn issues.

[@BIGBOSS9545]

farmerboy916 Hence the L85a1

[@51WCDodge]

I was thinking Goverment's do it all the time.. Now called Blue Sky Thinking, but hey when you do it get it right, all involved made money.

[@ProbInsane]

Companies to this day dont take this advice

[@stephenb2276]

Bethesda wants you to stop talking lol

[@gorillawhale1046]

EA, DICE, Disney, 95% Of Hollywood here are some modern examples for you

[@MrLoobu]

That's slow enough that you could literally watch the bullet flying, that's slower than many air soft guns.

[@chancehunter1947]

Now I want to see if fired terribly, you could probably dodge the round

[@desroin]

The big advantage of a gun like this seems to be: it can be intimidating for anyone who doesn't know it and if somebody steals it from you and tries to kill you with it: muahahahaha

[@Rudofaux]

Diabolical

[@franknbeanz147]

thinkin you're immortal as little blood dribbles down your forehead from the shot then he dies of shock

[@drewb242]

Smith, Wesson, and Palmer. Sounds like a band name.

[@matthewkriebel7342]

Smith, Wesson, and Palmer, "Volcanic", live at New Haven

[@51WCDodge]

From the sound of it no chance of Dead!

[@Menaceblue3]

Better than the band "Darmok and Jalad" at Tanagra

[@coenijn]

Will Smith, Mel Wesson & Robert Palmer colab. I can't really put my finger on how it would sound but it'd probably be a combination of Fresh Prince - Summertime, Hans Zimmer - Inception soundtrack and Palmer - Addicted To Love. A weird combo between mid 80's pop/rock, early 90's hip hop and ambient music. I've heard DJs play weirder combinations tbh.

[@Mr.Atari2600]

Sounds like a Western Sitcom to me.

[@cletusbobby234]

Funny how in the game Red Dead Redemption 2, the Volcanic pistol is the most powerful pistol.

[@wehweh3]

I like the Volcanic. I hipfire my LeMat and swap to the Volcanic. Both loaded with Express rounds.

[@tres5767]

Read the discrimination it says its a heavily modified version

[@frederickmccandless9462]

@@wehweh3 le mat reload is too slow for me, I use a volcanic in my right holster and a double action or scofield In my left

[@4skintim962]

Schofield is better and looks cooler imo

[@MouseR985]

@@4skintim962 it's not better. Volcanic two-shots in the body, shoots faster and holds more bullets. It's the best pistol, by far

[@SteinerSE]

LoL, 276 fps, that's less than many GBB airsoft pistols.

[@SteinerSE]

I'm fully aware that there's more than FPS to a bullet, the weight affects the kinetic energy and it takes much more energy to propel a heavier bullet at the same FPS as a lighter one (and airsoft BB's are very, very light). I was just reacting to the unusually low velocity of the gun.

[@ToastyMozart]

Yeah, the idea of an actual lead-thrower having a longer travel time than my backyard fuckabouts pistol is a bit astonishing.

[@avshutsach]

Thomas Andersson my cheap springer shoots faster

[@buildawall5803]

@@avshutsach mine too

[@jakehagelstein2709]

My m4 airsoft shoots at over 400fps lol

[@obiejerusalem8587]

7:55 I want this quote on a t-shirt. This is going to be my new life mantra.

[@aurorawhorealis]

It is absolutely incredible how almost literally everything the henry had is already there on the volcanic. That all was done so much earlier and all they were lacking was the cartridge.

[@rad666a]

Watching this video I got this image in my head of someone standing there with a volcanic and repeatedly shooting someone, with the victim going "Ow, Ow, OW...stop it....Ow..."

[@drownsinkoolaid4203]

I'd like to assume as well that they're just kinda mildly swatting at the wounds as well, like they're bees or wasps, not a deadly firearm :P

[@andrewwitham8493]

😂😂😂

[@themap5482]

@@drownsinkoolaid4203 "deadly"

[@ILikeToLaughAtYou]

Karl Olson “CALL YOUR HITS!” Lmfao

[@doka-sp]

@@ILikeToLaughAtYou NO RAPID FIRE IN BUILDINGS!

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

I'm so glad you did a video on these. The first iteration of S&W is relatively unknown, but deserves to not be.

[@Jekkt619]

I wonder what other weapons Ian hides under that desk.

[@absentjake123]

Ｊｅｋｋｔ he doesnt hide them. He makes them materialise out of thin air.

[@cjheighton]

A man breaks into ians home late at night. An ian wearing pjamas appears at the top of the stairs unarmed. With a snapping of air, and the smell of brimstone, a lever action antique rifle appears in ians waiting grip. He sights down the barrel.

[@thecommentsuperhero8578]

A weapon to surpass Metal Gear

[@Boxscot49]

He just opens up the weapon wheel and picks whatever one he wants

[@CK-uu7ce]

Came to this video again because of Red Dead Redemption 2.

[@evildoctortaco]

CK funny how the gun actually kicks ass in the game

[@feedthemeat543f]

@@evildoctortaco It was a decent early game pistol honestly. I'm going to buy first game again and play the shit out of it before I move on to 2

[@thefinn-isher9116]

Same here

[@carlosbec2232]

it would be better to play 2 and then move onto 1 as it’s part is a prequel and perfectly sets it up for the original lol

[@aydankhaliq2967]

Same

[@andyrihn1]

Henry could definitely repro this in 22lr

[@EmployeeJoe630]

That actually might seriously wound someone

[@1978garfield]

I want one in .38 Special

[@julesmcgrules3860]

.22 magnum would be nice.

[@thatontariofarmer]

@@julesmcgrules3860 I agree. This gun would be great in .22 magnum!

[@GunsNGames1]

Or .500 S&W Magnum...

[@schofieldmate5416]

-"how's that score you stole from us?" -"which one?"

[@yaboi3118]

It's a trap

[@ajpj4057]

I remember using these in fistful of frags Good times

[@GudWithFud]

community's still going, and bhops been reintroduced (sorta)

[@GudWithFud]

*pastor whiskey

[@SgtKOnyx]

KenCab117 *URRRRPPPP

[@MrJimmyJammers]

Pass the whiskey

[@braydencharles6188]

Red Dead Redemption man

[@clod2692]

the safest gun in the world, even when it fires it can't kill someone

[@farmerboy916]

Honestly, I kind of want to see what a modern rocketball cartridge's ballistics (using modern powder and maybe entirely copper instead of lead) would look like

[@SgtKOnyx]

farmerboy916 poor in all likelihood

[@farmerboy916]

SgtKOnyx I mean they won't be great, but they could potentially be decent. If you switched to something a bit tougher like brass and lengthened the skirt a little, used a pretty strong modern powder (keeping in mind that even the first single base powder was 3 times more powerful than black powder), then laquored the back instead of cork, you could have a marginally useful caseless cartridge I suppose. Still have to deal with extraction, but I think that'd be the lease of the issues

[@SgtKOnyx]

farmerboy916 It kinda just turns into a short, weak version of whatever caliber it is. Since modern ammo could use the same powder after all. I admit it'd be a cool novelty, just not a practical choice overall.

[@farmerboy916]

SgtKOnyx Some people are obsessed with caseless, so it'd appeal to them at least. I'm just wondering if you could reasonably make it have the same case volume/ length as whatever it's supposed to be mimic-ing, essentially just making it pseudo caseless ammo. On the other hand most cartridges are not as high pressure and as hot as they could reasonably be, having a lot of filler or lower power powder, so you could presumably upload a great many without the same case capacity.

[@atomflunder2]

its called caseless ammo

[@Halinspark]

"Ultimately the solution was to build a hospital ship." Or, you know, stop building in the direction of the super-infectious death house and then getting offended sick people exist near you.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Crazy talk.

[@well_as_an_expert_id_say]

This is relevant today

[@andrewcrighton8130]

This is why I love your videos Ian. As soon as you said .44 rimfire I made the connection to the Henry rifle and realized that except for the longer barrel and rifle stock the two look exactly the same. I never would have made that connection before. Thank you so much for your work!

[@_Adie]

First time I saw this weapon was in Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. It was so different from the rest. Literally unforgettable. I've been a fan ever since

[@jayvalle50]

You ever play gun?

[@qiff6667]

@@jayvalle50 not him but i did.

[@ryanwiseman9141]

Gun on Gamecube for me. I had seen it on History Channel's Tales of the Gun before that

[@riverstyxarmory9782]

So I think a Volcanic pistol in .44 Henry would be interesting. That, or a Volcanic repro in .22 LR.

[@papacap979]

Yes I would like one in 22lr very much! - Or a look a like semiautomatic. lever cycling the action, for first round.

[@GunFunZS]

I think it would be easier to reproduce ammo for a volcanic, than to manufacture 44 rimfire.

[@GunFunZS]

He said .22lr. I think the OP is meaning for those later versions chambered in 44 rimfire, thus keeping the mechanism the same. I was saying that it would be fairly simple to make a swaging die set for 41 rocket ball. The assembly of the other components would be time consuming and tricky, but less so than making forming dies to make 44 rimfire brass.

[@cptreech]

GunFun ZS: You are right, what would be interesting would be to take it next stage (The Henry Rifle mechanism which uses the same action and magazine) and make a .22 long rifle (Or better still .22 Winchester Magnum RF) "What if" Henry/Winchester/Volcanic hybrid .

[@EscpdFrmPsykward]

A reproduction in 22lr would be awesome! I'd love to have that in my collection.

[@LeSucromancien]

Red Dead redemption !

[@_datapoint]

My brief play of that game brought me here. :)

[@Dregkar]

Funny that the pistol was so underpowered in real life haha, it was a pretty damn powerful pistol in game!

[@braydencharles6188]

Mellisco sounded so badass too

[@Chromatic_Death]

POW *KTCH*

[@serjtrollkian1748]

I'm here because of the PS2 game 'GUN'

[@owainrichards4372]

9 dislikes... 1 for each time that man shot himself in the head and survived

[@Paradox_Edge]

The tenth one didn't even fire and jammed the gun. Fukkin' lul.

[@robertdevito5001]

132 now, guy was depressed, but dedicated.

[@nivekzorantinez8872]

*Gun in Red Dead* "This gun is so awesome, I want one!" *Gun in Real Life* "Whoa! This is worthless."

[@cutterjones13]

glad you leave these older vids up, it's pretty comfy too see 'em again!

[@Pcm979]

Wait, that means that the Jennings video from two days ago was the stealth prequel to the Winchester Lever Action series? I wasn't expecting that!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

I also did one on a Smith-Jennings a while back. :)

[@meareweird7714]

A surprise, but a welcome one to be sure.

[@Pcm979]

Ooh, I hadn't seen that one! Thanks. I just thought I'd let you know, Ian, that you're a national treasure. In fact, you're a treasure of several nations. Keep up the good work!

[@SgtKOnyx]

I'm glad you're revisiting these! I'd also like to say that as soon as I'm financially able, yours will be the first channel I support in that way.

[@eyeinidas]

It would be cool if Henry would make a modern version that uses cartridges.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Yes please.

[@Goldtiger927]

Gun was a good game.

[@hanxjorgensen1386]

"I see you already met Rudibough. This is JJ Webb, my other right-hand Man."

[@qiff6667]

@@hanxjorgensen1386 "this is for jenny"

[@nodo7575]

Great game.

[@inactive9862]

@@qiff6667 Lenny, this is for Lenny.

[@Krilalaris]

I believe its called a Volcanic pistol because of the massive hammer. Vulcan was the roman god of fire and metal working, and was often depicted with a large hammer which he used to forge with. I believe someone must have made the connection between the two at some point, and coined the name Volcanic Pistol

[@shellyhamersley6366]

Disappointed that they do not shoot magma, false advertising on the word "volcanic"

[@chom6096]

I love how he just pulls a huge rifle out from underneath the table.

[@budahbaba7856]

Amazing! The Volcanic is like finding a missing link to both S&W and Winchester designs. Always love it when i can actually learn something from YT instead of just mindlessly wasting my hours! ;)

[@Hemimike426]

Shooting oneself several times in the head seems like a pretty...hardheaded thing to do.

[@loooodoooog]

Thanks for all your hard work and research Mate. Its refreshing to me how your so knowledgeable on the subject and yet v humble which makes your channel a joy to watch

[@Paid2Win]

Most accurate and powerful handgun with one of the biggest magazine counts in Rdr2. At the expense of rate of fire. Totally worth it, salt and peppered a pair of them Blackened Steel and Iron, with engraved inlay of the opposite metal type on each. It's beautiful.

[@dblev11011]

With Smith, Wesson, Winchester, and Henry all in the mix I was half expecting to hear Colt and Browning thrown in this story. Fascinating bit of history!

[@Tony01013]

My dad worked at S&W before he retired, and they would have a family day where they toured the factory and had a picnic. They have a display old guns and one of them was an original volcanic with a really low production number like one of the first 10 made. I wonder how much that one costs?

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

More than most of the people there are worth, I'd assume.

[@Gojiro7]

7:16 that is a PR nightmare if someone can walk up and claim they couldn't even shoot themself point blank with whats supposed to be a deadly weapon XD

[@one-of-us9939]

I'm glad I watched this volcanic video! It was like a college class with all the details of a very important time in firearm history! I grew curious about it while playing Red Dead Redemption 2 (a video game)... way cool!

[@berrie-nice-to-meet-you]

Lever-action caseless ammo is a combination I never expected to see, but I'm very happy it existed

[@dhotnessmcawesome9747]

My dad had a cologne bottle that was like... It was THIS gun. I always thought it was some kind of over under two shot thing. Now I know... Now I know why someone modeled a bottle of cologne after it as well. Edited to clarify: The .31 caliber pocket model.

[@claudewinchester7068]

Ironically, mine had a cologne bottle also shaped like an old pistol too, the Derringer.

[@dhotnessmcawesome9747]

@@claudewinchester7068 Mine had that too. The silver foil was peeling every so slightly.

[@michaeldriggers7681]

I love when the first attempt at something is a terrible abject failure but it leads to an overwhelming success. The first Colt revolvers are another good example. The Patterson worked great on paper and it worked fine in real life provided you didn't shoot it much, carry it much, let it get dirty or and we're sure to handle it delicately. The Walker revolvers were ok as long as they didn't explode. The later revolvers though, were incredibly reliable and successful.

[@alpyr3906]

The volcanic, a forgotten weapon People who play rdr2:

[@SteveD12]

How is it this guy doesn’t have his own show on PBS?! How is it I only found his channel today?!

[@pongopea]

"this is a very intimidating weapon... if you don't have to shoot somebody with it"

[@savxssfan]

Such an entertaining and teaching video. Ian's humor is great.

[@jagx234]

I really love the history behind the gun stories. I'd listen to an audio book by Ian of just those. *nudge nudge :)

[@michaelking8483]

this, the jennings videos and the volcanic video need to be in the Winchester Lever action Development playlist

[@drmaudio]

I find the development of the lever-action to be particularly interesting and indicative of the true nature of technical development in general. It often takes quite a few failures and iterations to get at anything truly innovative.

[@vincentlaw1415]

You kept that in excellent condition, I LOVE TO SEE THAT

[@WhyPhi]

I actually see some promise in this design... There could really be a market for these things in 2019. I'd like to invest in producing a few thousand more of these weapons without making any changes whatsoever to the ammo or design though..

[@grimtv3218]

You'd probably need to make alterations due to modern "gun safety" legislation potentially making the longer barrel variants into a blackpowder 12gauge Assault Carbine "Cop Killer" or some moronic shit ngl.

[@astrotrek3534]

@@grimtv3218 I don't see why, the Henry rifle uses almost the exact same system and reproductions are very popular nowadays.

[@briguy808]

I have finally acquired a small frame 6 inch barrel volcanic pistol, its just the coolest thing ever

[@freddymoran283]

Wonder if this video will get a boost in views cause of this gun showing up in Red Dead 2

[@cherno8119]

Red Dead 3* (red dead revolver was the first red dead game)

[@Agua-hd4jh]

But not a redemption game m8

[@KrissyBunnieGaming]

"Primer compound, Mercury Fulminate." -Immediately thinks of Heisenberg in Tuco's apartment-

[@mugwump58]

Whenever I see that action...elegance.

[@jazzyboy27]

Never thought one of my favorite pistols was the reason one of my favorite rifles came to be

[@pommel47]

Great in depth video. Especially liked the diagram and explanation of the "rocket' ball. After the the introduction of rimfire cartridges, were any Henry pistols made(either prototypes or commercial) or were only long arms made?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

The Henry was only made as a rifle.

[@pv8685]

Hi Ian, you are really a specialist! best gun reviewer alive! its so interesting to watch your stuff. everytime you bring in something totally obscure, or something commercial but in any kind production version. you are impressive! btw the rainbow colors in the korth handgun are from flame / point hardning the slide.

[@kaiserwigglesiii2369]

$10,000 in 1860 is about $290,000 today, and $40,000 would be about $1,000,000+ today. For anyone wondering.

[@christopheralegria71]

For a gun manufacturing company that is a great deal!

[@thereality6943]

I believe that they are still better than today's many modern day gun's. 👍👌

[@Freely_Accepted]

Modernize that tool.... Make Volcanic pistols great again!!

[@darkovia111]

I love lever action guns. I think it stemmed from the video games I played growing up. History Channel's Civil War- Henry rifle and Sharps Gun- Volcanic Battlefield 1- 1895 Winchester My top favorite guns. I own a Henry, and have an immediate family member who has an 1895 Winchester.

[@turbowolf302]

These were in the game Gun.... pretty good mid-game gun if memory serves me well

[@nodo7575]

It was second best pistol, best ones were set of two Colt Navy revolvers.

[@DeffoZappo]

I think these are the most beautiful guns I've ever seen 😮

[@taylorb.5596]

3:25 that $10,000 would roughly be $320,000 today that was crazy money then

[@lizardonastick]

This video shows up in my feed the same week Im playing Red Dead redemption 2 and watching related videos. I dont know who is connecting the two, but well done. The same thing happened with Battlefiled 1 and 5 and thats good.

[@Spartan_Jackal]

Was watching Red Dead Redemption 2 videos and this gem from Gun Jesus popped up.

[@Sinnistering]

This reminds me of an old adage about writing fiction: It's not enough to have one good idea, you need a whole list of good ideas to make something that can sell.

[@tdugong]

I suspect the price of said guns will rise after this video.

[@HillbillyHades]

amin johari I don't know about that. These guns are pretty widely known already.

[@tdugong]

The Waifucopter I know, I was just kidding. 😁

[@ToastyMozart]

I mean you joke, but Ian is no doubt a rather valuable source of publicity on RIA/Julia/Etc.'s part.

[@EricToTheScionti]

Because there are so many??? Dumbfuck

[@snelpiller]

Wow these are brimming with history!

[@goobiethicc5054]

Im scared. Not knowing how many giant rifles he just has there. Sitting under the table.

[@matthewberard1199]

This video was a long time coming I can tell... thank you!

[@thomaszupan6308]

Gun Jesus has the power to materialize guns for his videos out of thin air! ALL HAIL GUN JESUS!!!!

[@maximelozach9502]

Volcanic... Volcanic never changes...

[@artokiiskinen1058]

a 13 minute intro. I would not have listened from anybody else but Gun Jesus

[@chipsterb4946]

Fabulous inflection point in the development of US firearms.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Lots of information here. Start-ups are always risky propositions.

[@Lexelai]

I’m not usually one for showy engravings but hot damn that iron S&W .31 is something to look at

[@YCCCm7]

Hard to say how much the rocketball is at fault, assuming the suicide tale is true. It's actually surprising how many attempted suicides don't work out by firearm. My dad used to know a guy who tried to kill himself with a shotgun, just ended up turning himself into a vegetable instead. Shit's whack. That being said, that PROBABLY still implies that the rocket ball was anything but a showstopper in power.

[@411smiths]

Red Dead. Love the passion and content. Very cool to know the history

[@rhysevans9101]

Is there any chance you'd be able to get some rocket ball ammo and do some shooting with these guns? I'd really like to see you review its performance.

[@Raganui]

I love the look of the Volcanic, and I love it even more now that I know it is why we have the Winchester, my favorite rifles.

[@bigpuzino]

How does caseless ammo headspace?

[@Rudofaux]

They didn't.

[@bigpuzino]

Then what keeps the ammo in place once it's chambered?

[@Rudofaux]

Friction, the bullet is slightly larger than the lands in the barrel. That's is why Ian said the size of the rounds were very specific.

[@tillyboy1993]

Thanks for the history lesson! Very much appreciated

[@lenheinz6646]

On Civil War studio photos of soldiers, I've come to suspect that many of the guns that the soldiers were holding were props supplied by the studios. Can anyone out there confirm or deny this?

[@zackmonsour4959]

so many people criticized this weapon but if you think about about it saved some ones life