This gun is actually fully fully-automatic. Set the switch and walk off.
@pepebeezon7724 жыл бұрын
Sentry going up
@mdj.61792 жыл бұрын
@@justforever96 It probably could be made to pivot back and forth like a rainbird lawn sprinkler...
@Helperbot-2000 Жыл бұрын
@@pepebeezon772 "yeah yeah, thanks!" -Scout
@bingusbadingus9486Ай бұрын
MF is autonomous
@TheArmourersBench5 жыл бұрын
Maxim: Let my unattended gun just cut this tree down
@planescaped5 жыл бұрын
I just imagined some guy hanging a pack on it and going off as the gun slowly starts working itself around with each shot. XD
@danhammond84063 ай бұрын
A more dangerous version of the lawn sprinkler
@USSEnterpriseA17015 жыл бұрын
This is so gloriously Victorian. It's magnificent in it's impracticality and inefficiency, but clearly an important stepping stone on the way to the practical machine gun.
@gregoryfilin80405 жыл бұрын
The brass, the fonts, the beauty of it all.
@n.a.42925 жыл бұрын
not enough engravings though...
@Mrhalligan395 жыл бұрын
N. A. Well, it was only a prototype. Good enough for the workshop, a production gun would have the proper amount of scrollwork and engraving.
@gregoryfilin80405 жыл бұрын
@@Mrhalligan39 of course!
@sorrenblitz8053 жыл бұрын
@@n.a.4292 ahhhh back when Engravings still offered a tactical advantage
@fastmongrel5 жыл бұрын
Maxim was trying to make a Gunpowder powered Railway Locomotive and accidentally created the machine gun.
@Valkyrie11665 жыл бұрын
This might be the most steampunk-looking weapons I've seen on this channel. A handcrank, sprockets and levers, and a sliding brass rate of fire selector. All it needs is a steam gauge on the side
@JenniferinIllinois5 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. 😉😉😉
@arktikat00835 жыл бұрын
There should be a temperature or pressure gauge for the water jacket
@parsivalshorse5 жыл бұрын
I have never been particularly interested in guns, but watching a few of your videos it is hard to imagine a field of human endeavor so full of innovation, imagination, experiment and mechanical genius as this. Truly fascinating videos, thanks.
@kabob00775 жыл бұрын
Fuk Ya niccas I mean, you gotta figure out how to better fight your enemies somehow...
@parsivalshorse5 жыл бұрын
@@droh7680 I understand. Sometimes what drives us is indeed destructive, but you can still appreciate the ingenuity and the spectacular capacity of humans to explore ideas and solutions.
@parsivalshorse5 жыл бұрын
Sheesh 94 likes in an hour. Thanks to all, and a warm G'day from country Western Australia.
@FloriFarfisa5 жыл бұрын
@@parsivalshorse Hi from Berlin
@Cacowninja5 жыл бұрын
@@droh7680 Funny you should mention that because I think a friend of Maxim (this gun's inventor) said something about that. Something like "I've you create an efficient way to kill people, they will line up and pay you."
@Pitchlock82515 жыл бұрын
It doesn't look so much like a machine gun, but more like a steam locomotive shoved into a box.
@frankkrunk5 жыл бұрын
This is more true than you think. A lot of old weapons manufacturers and/or inventors also made "civilian" machines. Husqvarna, for example, made sewing machines, lawn mowers and rifles. If you understood how to use cams, flywheels and pistons, you could invent anything. (Just look at the insane cam-actions on the conversion rifles Ian has featured.) If you want to make a high-tech weapon (or lawn mower) today, you need programmers, CNC operators, metallurgists etc. It's sadly no longer possible for a tinkerer to invent world-changing machines.
@waltlars36875 жыл бұрын
@@frankkrunk any new idea good or bad starts with the fertile mind of the tinkerer instead of of going to paper and pen or stone tablet and chisel if You go back far enough Now aday it goes through a CNC Mill or 3D printer
@gunfisher46615 жыл бұрын
Off hand I think if it did make it to war ,I`d feel safer with a single shot rifle.
@waltlars36875 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealColBosch the Only this I know about the L85A1 is what Ian put out
@lilwyvern45 жыл бұрын
Seems like a great addition to a steampunk story. Put a few of these on an armored train or something for a sweet heist scene.
@MrSiameseCat5 жыл бұрын
Looks far too complex. This device will never catch on and never replace the cavalry.
@grahamlopez62025 жыл бұрын
The future is now old man
@zitt41475 жыл бұрын
So this just shows us all how IИGENIOUS Maxim was - throughout the video I have learned that one Maxim can replace like a 50 physics and math sciences PhD team - it would be viable to purchase Maxims instead of modern scientists, however, his age is gone for good
@nunyabznss58665 жыл бұрын
Cavalry still exists. Armored, air, scouts.
@gregoryfilin80405 жыл бұрын
@@nunyabznss5866 when you said air, I imagined men on horseback flying scout planes.
@1r0zz5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you cannot even put a bayonet on it to charge the enemies
@anzaca15 жыл бұрын
1:15 Lego did a similar thing. When they patented the design we know today, they also included every other possible means of having the blocks snap together that they could think of, even though they only used one of them.
@shawnr7715 жыл бұрын
Very cool. What I really took away from this is that Hiram Maxim invented bumpstocks.
@dominicksmeech29945 жыл бұрын
Wait, is his lever gun conversion technical semi auto or a bumpstock?
@shawnr7715 жыл бұрын
@@dominicksmeech2994 No idea but still looks like a early bump stock. And as Ian said there is not much difference mechanically between a semi auto and full auto weapon. Change or modify or mis install a couple of parts and a semi auto weapon will fire full auto. Although in many cases neither safely or reliably.
@peternewton22005 жыл бұрын
Dominick Smeech by the looks of it he only modified the lever part of the gun so it was still semi auto but as Shaw R stated semi to full is not a huge step
@Psiberzerker5 жыл бұрын
Honestly, the vast majority of semi-automatic designs are full auto, with parts added to fire single shots. Full auto is far simpler to do, you don't even need a separate firing pin. Making it stop (Before it runs out of bullets) is much more complex.
@ferrusmanus1844 жыл бұрын
Shut up you know nothing about guns you snowflake
@51WCDodge5 жыл бұрын
Maxim was a thoughtful type. He did warn his neighbours in West Norwood, a southern suburb of London, before he fired his guns on test. He had a sideline of designing fairground rides to keep the wolf from the door.
@jean-lucperez32964 жыл бұрын
It’s funny because West Norwood is the ghetto now
@51WCDodge4 жыл бұрын
@@jean-lucperez3296 By complete chance on our Remeberance Sunday , I ended up at Bordon Manor in Bexley, which has a plaque to Maxim on it. There he built and apparently flew ,a Steam powered aircraft in 1894. It crashed on third flight and he lost intrest.
@exploreseafaring5 жыл бұрын
How would you like your fire rate, Sir? Medium rate would be fine Jenkins.
@ForgottenWeapons5 жыл бұрын
There are only three of these left in existence, so it would be medium rare.
@sockmon15 жыл бұрын
@@ForgottenWeapons that reply was fucking raw.
@markbecht14205 жыл бұрын
@@ForgottenWeapons I don't know if that's an Our Dad (who art in ...) joke, or go full on Rushdie and call it a Satanic Pun
@tucker10125 жыл бұрын
Forgotten Weapons medium rare ? Ah an aristocrat...
@reinjoor37745 жыл бұрын
@@sockmon1 if you want raw fire power this is what you get in 1904
@rollerdragon5 жыл бұрын
Ian: 'designed for walking fire ...' Mae: 'By who?? THE HULK??' Othias: 'Hold my coffee....'
@elgostine5 жыл бұрын
that man is a BEAR in clothing
@takeawaykitty.5 жыл бұрын
"Machine gunners down!" " Its ok his weapon is giving him suppressing fire!"
@repletereplete80025 жыл бұрын
You really can't beat McCollum's white glove service. Class in actions;!
@Psiberzerker5 жыл бұрын
You should see his full class action suit!
@Psiberzerker5 жыл бұрын
@@SonsOfLorgar Why? Is somebody going to shoot them?
@niceortwice60445 жыл бұрын
Mickey McCollum and Steamgun Willy
@TotalRookie_LV5 жыл бұрын
WoW, so much (over)engineering, it really took some development to come to much simpler designs. I'm actually somewhat surprised there is no oil radiator and oil pump on this thing to prevent lubricant on all those shafts and cranks from overheating. XD
@MarcinP25 жыл бұрын
Legend says if you set it to SLOW you do not need to refill your belts between the wars.
@turbografx165 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful device. Screams Victorian. Love that rate selector!
@Mrgunsngear5 жыл бұрын
that's fascinating
@justinrobert27705 жыл бұрын
The only gun with a hand throttle.
@shugo5415 жыл бұрын
Ian. Royal armouries have a massive artillery museum just outside Portsmouth down south in England. Rail arty, part of project Babylon and ottoman artillery. Check it out. It’s over at Fort Nelson, I used to spend a lot of time there. Great place
@51WCDodge5 жыл бұрын
Far better than Leeds. Over Three thousand Exhibits! is Leeds boast- What they dont tell you is some 2,500 are the bayonets on the wall up the central staircase. Where as Portsmouth! After Fort Nelson, if you still have the energy, The Dockyard , HMS Victory , Warrior, the Mary Roase and Explosion- The musuem of naval firpower , with a collection of small arms from the High Seas fleet! Go do a story on that place.
@shugo5415 жыл бұрын
51WCDodge oh hell yeah. So glad I got to grow up around here
@51WCDodge5 жыл бұрын
@@shugo541 Not to mention straight of the motorway into the car park and the bus fare included in parking. Brilliant idea.
@Leo___________5 жыл бұрын
Can you say that again, but this time happier and with your mouth more open?
@shugo5415 жыл бұрын
Leo EUGGGGHHHHHHH
@BLUGGLES5 жыл бұрын
Those dual spindles in the feed mechanism remind me of the new electric Gatling guns, Maxim you genius
@LOVEMUFFIN_official2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The hyper-modern Minigun: a fusion of two guns from before 1900.
@system38705 жыл бұрын
What I find really interesting about Hiram is that He created the Amateur Radio Relay League in 1914 as a response to the lack of an organized group of "relay" stations to pass messages via amateur radio. He was very influencial in early radio designs, and the station W1AW is still used to this day.
@hicapacity19915 жыл бұрын
I know that Maxim created this as just a demonstrator, but is it possible that he intended "Gunner" to just direct the gun and have "Assistant Gunner/feeder" to feed and actually control the actual firing component?
@wasdwazd5 жыл бұрын
I think I found GW's inspiration for the heavy bolter design.
@kabob00775 жыл бұрын
Kyle Morgan By the Omnissiah...
@jon-paulfilkins78205 жыл бұрын
If you know very early 20th century/ww1 tech and equipment, you will see that 40k is riddled with "inspired by' designs. The creators/designers/initial illustraitors were hugely into that era
@FreeOfFantasy5 жыл бұрын
The people at GW in the 80s and 90s really liked WW1 and interwar designs. Just look at the early IG tanks. The Baneblade based designs look a lot more modern, they look a lot like they are based on the Churchill Tank of WW2.
@JackIsMe19935 жыл бұрын
There's a GW five minutes away from The Leeds Royal Armories coincidence? I think not!
@JackIsMe19935 жыл бұрын
@@FreeOfFantasy The Bane/blade at least to me looks a lot like The Tortoise Heavy Assault tank from the tracks to the hull casting you can see other elements like off centre mountings for heavy weapons like on a Char 2 B or M3 Lee and of course the WW1 british side sponsons for strafing trench's the front glacis as you say is exactly like a churchill.
@Snadzies5 жыл бұрын
Sees thumb nail - "That looks like some miniature toy." 5 seconds in - "Jesus Christ that this is a god damned unit."
@lukeulibarri39245 жыл бұрын
Please don't take the Lord's name in vain
@lukeulibarri39243 жыл бұрын
@A1B2C3 • 78 Years ago I have the freedom to ask him not to say that as much as he has the freedom to say whatever he wants. I'm sure he can speak for himself.
@Lappmogel5 жыл бұрын
Zulus hates him! Find out how he defeated 5000 zulus with one simple click
@reach4835 жыл бұрын
"The bravest of the brave could never match the maxium gun."- Rhodesian Folk singer, John Edmond
@Lappmogel5 жыл бұрын
@@reach483 Its quite catchy /watch?v=hSveaJVPAGQ
@thomasball54324 жыл бұрын
@Danny Edwardo it kinda did tho
@Johnny-sj9sj4 жыл бұрын
That’s all very well, but it’s rubbish for concealed carry.
@Johnny-sj9sj4 жыл бұрын
@Danny Edwardo quite so. God bless Rhodesia. I refuse to use the Z word 🤬
@dopaminedrip5 жыл бұрын
My word I have seen perhaps that EXACT piece in Leeds on display when I was a boy, I remember it so clearly. Thank you
@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries5 жыл бұрын
That was actually our other, even earlier example :) It's still there.
@dopaminedrip5 жыл бұрын
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries even cooler. Please let me film the collection some time lads!
@Ratrazor4 жыл бұрын
It's definitely a crazy design, and ahead of its time especially with the idea of being able to maintain constant fire on an enemy overnight while having a gun that can shoot variable rates of fire. You can see why they got rid of it and or didn't use that system but it's really cool to think that you could just set up a gun keep it trained on an enemy position and the gun would continuously fire and do its work without needing inputs from a soldier.
@Darthdoodoo Жыл бұрын
They are actually starting to use real drone guns in combat. I saw anar on a tripod with some electrical lower receiver and a camera system.
@dinlobiscuit46115 жыл бұрын
great video Ian , lovely to see the forerunner of the machine gun amazing how Maxim got his head around it and how it developed into the WW1 Maxim / Vickers , it certainly changed the way wars were fought even if it did take some of the top brass a while to catch on to the fact that bayonet or cavalry charges against emplaced machine guns was not going to work , an expensive lesson paid for in brave mens lives !!
@Ashfielder5 жыл бұрын
I’ve always been fascinated by these early Maxims, so glad you did a video on one. Thanks!
@offdeadeye885 жыл бұрын
Do you have duplicate accounts or something I see you everywhere even on random videos
@Ashfielder5 жыл бұрын
offdeadeye88 I get around
@anzaca1 Жыл бұрын
12:55 I suspect the rate of fire adjustment may also have been for demonstrating the mechanism. He could have the top covers open, and reduce the rate of fire so people could watch the internals working.
@matthayward78895 жыл бұрын
Knights LAMG: “great granddad?”
@51WCDodge5 жыл бұрын
Can't have been popular with the neighbours in West Norwood though
@MrFlathead455 жыл бұрын
With the front site post on the left side of the gun and the "trigger/speed controller" on the right, I would assume that this is crew served and the (I'll call him "ammo handler") also starts the firing process by setting the trigger to "on"... While the "gunner" holds the spade handle and aims the gun. That would keep everyone out of harms way of the charging handle.
@CameraHam2 жыл бұрын
"You could take this out in public and do demonstrations with it" 3:10 The Good Ol Days when you could fire a machine gun in a public place and not only not be shot/arrested, but instead be awarded a military contract.
@Ngutovi5 жыл бұрын
Looks like an anvil. However, the novelty of the mechanism design is worthy of note indeed.
@adabsurdum59054 жыл бұрын
This is kind of exactly how i imagined the first machine gun would look and operate.
@GHOSTSTALKER905 жыл бұрын
"Keep going " gun jesus needs more mechanism action !!!
@tiortedrootsky5 жыл бұрын
The view of this monster next to Ian cracked me up good))
@AsbestosMuffins5 жыл бұрын
this thing is like a steam engine that spits bullets with those back and forth cams and the hydraulic buffer
@ArcturusOTE5 жыл бұрын
Ahoy should someday cover the Maxim MGs and it's descendants someday, some things are just that important in the history of mankind
@Crembaw5 жыл бұрын
Yayo' Ariowibowo They’ve covered several modern gun systems already have they not?
@SomeGunNerd5 жыл бұрын
@@slaughterround643 Battlefield 1 along with a few other WW1/WW2 games. They most often just get listed as "mounted machinegun" or "placed machinegun" though.
@JWPWales5 жыл бұрын
@@slaughterround643 Company of Heroes 2 and Steel Division 2 feature Maxim guns.
@LeminskiTankscor5 жыл бұрын
I honestly think he'll cover the M2 before then.
@ДмитрийШулепов-х5ц4 жыл бұрын
Благодарю Вас, что показали прародителя всего автоматического оружия! Да еще показали кинематику его работы не 3Д роликом, а открыв его внутренние части! Смотрю на первый пулемет Максима, и вспоминаю романы Жуля Верна! Thank you for showing the progenitor of all automatic weapons! Yes, they also showed the kinematics of his work not with a 3D film, but by opening its internal parts! I look at the first Maxim machine gun, and I remember the novels of Jules Verne!
@marcussandner91265 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this interesting video - enjoy your time in the UK!
@DrummerTheAndre5 жыл бұрын
Someone should make a functioning replica. Just because. It'd be an interesting exercise in machining.
@sarath4315 жыл бұрын
DrummerTheAndre - it's too complicated.besides the rate of firing is too low compared to modern machine guns
@DrummerTheAndre5 жыл бұрын
lolololol too complicated. The turing machine is too complicated. I'm not talking for commercial or military applications, just as an exercise in machining and gun making. If I had the raw materials and the machine tools, I'd tackle it. I'd love to make something like this, to better learn where the technology came from, how it's developed since, and perhaps lead to new innovations.
@sarath4315 жыл бұрын
@@DrummerTheAndre - so would I. Kudos to you for having such passion. Personally the mechanism is too much for me. But sir , you want to reverse engineer it. Very few dare to do that. If only I have such guts.....
@sarath4315 жыл бұрын
@@ReptilianLepton - this world is always full of people who wants to pull others down. Damn them.
@DuckAllMighty2 жыл бұрын
I'm fairly certain this gun is still fully operational, remember the British fired a Vickers gun, which is just the Maxim made by Vickers, in the 60's, that had seen heavy service in both World Wars, and fired all their old obsolete 14 million rounds of ammunition in a continuous fire for 7-8 days straight and afterwards the gun was in such good condition, it seemed like it came straight from the factory. These guns where built to last. But even though the chance of any of the parts breaking if fired, is miniscule, it's just that it's such an important part of technological development history, that they don't dare fire it.
@2000jeepxj95 жыл бұрын
You can see where some elements of the Gatling gun are in the way the feed mechanism is. But in this you can really see the granddaddy of the delinking and loading mechanism of modern mini guns and also chain guns.
@marekotec25405 жыл бұрын
This is like the Ford model T of guns, you didn't have a gas pedal in that car, you had a throttle regulator on the steering wheel that looked just like this.
@ForgottenWeapons5 жыл бұрын
Yup!
@danilonakazone3864 жыл бұрын
I can imaine Maxim making a demonstration and manyu people disbeliefing him and walking away, then suddenly he cranks the acceleretor-trigger and people jaws opens in awe! Maxim was such a visionary! He certainly new stuff WAY ahead of his contemporany colleagues! Maxim is no doubt one of the most influencial minds of the XIX century
@egyptianamericanpatriot15315 жыл бұрын
I love this channel
@SangTheCryptek5 жыл бұрын
A machine gun with essentially an 'on/off' switch. Amazing. Either it's constantly shooting, or it isn't. First round accuracy definitely isn't a thing here lol
@serdj_50618-P2 жыл бұрын
Excellent. I always like your talks and shows. The only what I miss is to see how some of there rares are firing real ammunition.
@jamesliu80955 жыл бұрын
Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not.
@nekomancer91575 жыл бұрын
~7:15 i think a loader would have handled the activation of the firing and a separate person did the aiming. therefore no moving an arm where it can get whacked
@MrMuddybike5 жыл бұрын
It sounds great like one of the macanical calculautors out of the fifty's. amazing machiene thanks Ian for the video
@MrAwsomeshot5 жыл бұрын
shout out from Sangerville Maine!
@thedoctor21025 ай бұрын
It’s a beast. I definitely like this one. An early-ish iteration of a “set and forget” weapon ? You probably could marry this thing with an automaton and leave it to its own devices.
@bushmonsterwilhelm67165 жыл бұрын
In awe, At the size of this lad. Absolute Unit.
@heldaneurbanus51355 жыл бұрын
This highly portable MG demonstrator is possibly the most ridiculous yet ingenious design I think I've yet seen on Forgotten Weapons. I love it! Choo-choo!
@Wulable5 жыл бұрын
Ian would you ever be interested in producing a video series or maybe just one long video all about gunpowder and the various forms of propellant used for military purposes? Ex. Answer the questions: What is smokeless powder? What are grains? Why choose one form of propellant over another? Especially the historical parts of all these questions like who, when and where were all of these things developed?
@VashGames5 жыл бұрын
Maxim - Also the inventor of the world's first gun mounted exhaust filter.
@lasersharksushi19755 жыл бұрын
Ian, I know you're in Britain, but the rest of us are here in the US. You can't just keep us up late with all this great content man. I just got off work, it's 5 AM. I need sleep Ian... You can't be this amazing, you can't make so many good videos, and release them right as I'm about to fall asleep. It's not right man.
@brianisaacs54575 жыл бұрын
He is based in Arizona. He has his videos preloaded on KZbin and they release on a timer.
@blueband81145 жыл бұрын
Its mainly the other way around.
@cookie694205 жыл бұрын
How dare you question gun Jesus!!!
@russetwolf135 жыл бұрын
It's kinda funny that he used a Winchester for his Semiautomatic prototype, since Browning did the same thing for his gas operated design.
@AsbestosMuffins5 жыл бұрын
browning had a long history redesigning winchesters
@SlavicCelery5 жыл бұрын
@@AsbestosMuffins well he did make most of them.
@TunsaMcHaggis3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if in the back of his mind Maxim was slightly annoyed with the invention of smokeless powder, a missed opportunity to solve a problem that didnt exist anymore
@gfarrell805 жыл бұрын
Woa, from the thumbnail to the first image of Ian next to the gun is a bit of a scale shock. That is a big gun!
@EightiesTV5 жыл бұрын
Hiram Maxim invented the bump stock...
@TheArmourersBench5 жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@_datapoint5 жыл бұрын
I was always curious about this kludge. Good show, Ian.
@yankeeredneck72295 жыл бұрын
Yeah that fire rate adjustment system is sweet definitely want to build one of them
@ridermak41115 жыл бұрын
For a prototype, what a piece of engineering jewelry ! It is so interesting to compare the refined, educated engineering mind of Maxim, to the caveman appearance of Browning’s prototype machine guns. Browning didn’t believe a finished appearance was necessary, and he was right. The flawless performance sold them. He also had a knack for a minimum number of moving parts. A master of the K.I.S.S. principle, his designs won out and are still in use today. But holy cow.....this Maxim gun is extraordinary !!! 😳
@slavsupreme51295 жыл бұрын
HOW DARE THEE INSULTS THE FATHER OF GUN JESUS; THE CREATOR OF ALL THAT IS HOLY IN THE SHOOTING WORLD; JOHN BROWNING
@russetwolf135 жыл бұрын
Well hell, now you gotta do the Browning Flapper Rifle and subsequent prototypes so we can get the first gas operated guns outta the way.
@GovtWatchdog2 жыл бұрын
We should all be able to own one of these.
@darnacb4 жыл бұрын
This seems to me a brilliant design for a device to use in a sales pitch; less a firearm than a demonstration platform for the system. A Victorian Powerpoint presentation.
@billsmith51665 жыл бұрын
To solve the smoke problem he could have mounted a propeller using the barrel as an axle. Then he could have invented some clips to hold the operators eyes open in the 150 mph smokey wind generated by the prop. The clips could then be made to open the eyelids one at a time so they would always have one eye open on the target, and the other in a very short recovery behind it's eyelid. Seems like there's something that he could be doing with the mouth to harness the screaming of the shooter. Maybe another propeller, but proportionally smaller.
@G-Mastah-Fash5 жыл бұрын
What a genius design. It baffles me how anyone could ever come up with stuff like this.
@beanbag70965 жыл бұрын
simply beautiful............ screams PIONEER
@morelenmir5 жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful artefact in its own right--the definition of Steam Punk! The loading and cartridge handling mechanism seems very similar to the GE Minigun you demonstrated a couple of years ago. That used metal links though I seem to recall.
@kasper75745 жыл бұрын
That was ALOT bigger than I was expecting...
@CeruleanDragon15 жыл бұрын
This thing is just fascinating.
@GrumpaGladstone18095 жыл бұрын
The video of the animated exploded view of the gun is amazing, make sure to give it a look!!!
@kenhelmers26035 жыл бұрын
Very cool to see :) Thanks Ian!
@brasstard7.6275 жыл бұрын
One of my dream guns is a Maxim in 450 martini
@andyd29605 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best guns I've seen on this channel to date. Very cool. Steampunk
@thegoldencaulk27425 жыл бұрын
Firsts like these are some of the most fascinating things to look at, because they show just how far we were from the conventional standard that we don't even think about today. You don't truly appreciate something like the 2 pedal/steering wheel/gear shift knob layout of the modern car until you try driving a Model T, which has none of those things. Likewise, you can't truly appreciate a modern MG until you've seen the Maxim in all it's unconventional glory.
@silverfingerthesilverstack50625 жыл бұрын
You came to Leeds UK and didnt even bother coming to see me and stop for a cuppa/biscuits : ) , I would of showed you around my museum, maybe next time you are here send me a PM.
@woltwolt20125 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work.Respect.
@wh87875 жыл бұрын
So let me get this straight, you fire the gun by pulling a leaver on the RIGHT side of the gun, while avoiding getting your arm caught on a cycling charging handle behind that leaver, while sighting down the LEFT side of the gun, not even along the top... Truly, this is the N64 controller of the firearms world.
@apathetk5 жыл бұрын
That thing is steampunk as hell and I love it! Awesome video!
@frankjaeger48305 жыл бұрын
Absolute unit.
@raider7625 жыл бұрын
Cool piece.
@Seb-Storm5 жыл бұрын
Honestly I would love to see someone made a replica of this that actually shoots so we could see the gun action with live fire
@calamusgladiofortior28145 жыл бұрын
The one-shot-minute thing is kind of ingenious. Especially if they’d figured out a rig to pivot the gun each shot. You could just aim it at a section of enemy trench and harass them all night with a single 500-round belt.
@woohoo24915 жыл бұрын
This is cool, but nothing will ever top the fact that you actually touched an authentic Charlton Automatic Rifle
@LovesTrains4405 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of it cycling! I could fall asleep to it.
@frankkrunk5 жыл бұрын
If you used this gun in cold weather, wouldn't the viscosity of the oil in the buffer (and therefore rate of fire) change dramatically? What I'm saying is that this gun obviously needs an oil heating/cooling system.
@matspurs16295 жыл бұрын
i bet that's bloody heavy
@coltm4a1865 жыл бұрын
matspurs Every gun back then was bloody heavy.
@jasonrusso980820 күн бұрын
They say that the Breda is a weird MG, comparatively this thing absolutely abstract.
@TaZ101SAGA5 жыл бұрын
Holy sheet.. I can't believe you got hold of this one. Nice!
@scottbruner9266 Жыл бұрын
2:12 When talking about his Winchester 1873 conversion, that looks like the first bump-stock….?
@rucker695 жыл бұрын
Ok we need a miniseries on "Forgotten Boots" because WTF are those?
@viceroo50373 жыл бұрын
You know a gun is special when ian pulls out the gloves