History of WWI Primer 117: French Contract Spanish Star 1914 Documentary

[@lefr33man]

"The extractor is also conveniently...the extractor" Powerful words.

[@TehSquare]

It’s pretty impressive just how many ways there are to make a blowback handgun that fires .32 ACP

[@Gupadodo]

Omg I almost fell off my chair when Ian's head popped up on the screen the first time as you mentioned how difficult it was to get your hands on the gun LOL

[@darylpaz4281]

Ian's taking over another channel! Just doing by sneaking in!

[@DeanmC261993]

All I can think of when I saw that is Dan Forden popping up in Mortal Kombat yelling TOASTY! Only somehow even more trollish because of Ian’s smile...

[@Isildun9]

Surprise Visit from Gun Jesus, Hallowed be His Name.

[@imrichandras5708]

these things are really close to forgotten Bergmanns

[@maxximus2012]

I personally would like a special episode of C&R where Othias just has to pronounce foreign manufacturer, people, and firearm names haha

[@Vespuchian]

Perhaps with Ian doing a running score card for accuracy?

[@hanskc3302]

Ha-ha, yes, now I want such episode too.

[@maverickpaladin4155]

Absolutely! Make it so, Meg.

[@jmullner76]

@@Vespuchian I would love just to have him in the background shaking his head.

[@EvilGNU]

1 Hour of Othais pronouncing/butchering non english names...

[@christopherseivard8925]

Hi love the C&rsenal program.About 5 months ago,I was working too hard, and had astroke!. I lived, but stuck in rehab. I have re watched every episode. It helps me practice to pay attention, also, post- stroke, I talk too fast, i have to learn that again too! Thanks a ton for this stuff. You help me get better everyday.working on ashirt to Fly the colors as soon as I get a credit card back. Watching! !thanks!

[@Candrsenal]

You just pop us an email to candrsenal @ gmail and we will get you something in the mail. Keep on working hard!

[@christopherseivard8925]

Sent thanks!

[@riflemanm16a2]

I hope you’re doing better now. Wishing you good health.

[@nickbush2300]

Cool I hope you are alive and doing well after your stroke

[@richardgonzales4815]

As a Spanish American ( My Paternal GrandFathers ‘ Family sailed from Spain to Galveston Texas in the early 1800s ) I find Your videos on Spanish Fire Arms most fascinating and satisfactory . You have done these weapons and their inventor a tremendous amount of Justice . Thank You very much .

[@taofledermaus]

Jose dresses like that Ian guy.

[@hanisk2]

Gun Jeeeeezus

[@johnkilcer]

Love the moostachio bandito lurking out of frame. Lol Great video guys. I allways look forward to the next one.

[@Odin029]

stories about Spanish gun makers have more surprise, nonsensical twists than a bad spy novel

[@deltavee2]

Intrigue? Double-crossing? Double agents? Yup, sounds Spanish enough. Primer could do stories country-by-country after these. I nominate Spain first.

[@ZGryphon]

As opposed to stories about Austro-Hungarian gun makers, which are like _Alice's Adventures in Gunderland._

[@KorianHUN]

​@@ZGryphonor Sam Colt being a traveling fake doctor drug dealer.

[@Isildun9]

Honestly, I think we are still coming back to see Mae handle firearms, listen to Othias try to pronounce foreign languages, and to hear him say "War Were Declared". Keep making your awesome videos, guys.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

I love the Par Le Vous song when May was shooting. The accuracy is quite impressive for how old this pistol is.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

@Chris_Wooden_Eye This was a dirty cadence march back in WWI that soldiers sang while marching. Just like the dirty cadences we marched with in the 80s before the US Army became more Politically Correct after I first got out. LOL!!

[@guypierson5754]

Well, it's a struggle to find much Spanish music from the period, what with most of us living in fucking hovels back then.

[@DieselMcBadass1]

Well i hate most of being on second shift but i love how i can stay up to watch this!

[@Funhaus_Ryan]

Amen!

[@cowmaneater1243]

Right there with you

[@carlosbernal8955]

About midway through January I started watching this series back to back whenever I had free time. I finally got to this episode today, and I couldnt be happier. I love this series and all the amazing work you guys put into it

[@Candrsenal]

Glad you're enjoying it.

[@Funhaus_Ryan]

Just got off of an 18 hour double shift, and I now have something to be happy about!!!

[@CampeadorHUN]

How...? Where I come from that's illegal.

[@ReptilianLepton]

@@CampeadorHUN Perfectly legal in third-world countries such as los Estados Unidos.

[@scootergirl3662]

​@@ReptilianLepton lol you win the internet

[@kantrayeen]

The new camera angles you are using during the close-up walkthroughs are really slick and effective

[@maewinchester2030]

O will be very pleased you said that. He was so excited when he got the new mount in.

[@Lakikano]

Yay, a Star pistol! My Star BM has given me an interest in this company. Their pistols seem well made and designed.

[@joshpearson2970]

My local gunshop has a fair condition one with lots of wear for around $350. It has seen better days, but I'm tempted now.

[@jacobmccandles1767]

Othias, Not everyone would swoon to hear the fortunes of the Echeverria family and their many defunct, certified past videos. Surely you know this, and yet you take the time to go into every detail you can possibly find, crafting each video to be a definitive source. The research must at ti.es be frustrating and exhausting. Keep up the good work. There will come a time in perhaps another hundred years, when the bulk of what is known about firearms of this era will be based on you and Mae's work. Thank you for building such a quality product in the C & Arsenal series!

[@Eulemunin]

I all ways forget to compliment the use of period music. Thank you for the music.

[@hamm6035]

I have some later Stars. Always liked how they shoot. Getting earlier models as I find them.

[@jeffhartman2983]

The commercial before this video was for a device called the manscaper 3.0 I don't think they had those during WW1

[@randymagnum143]

When hitler shaved his moustache, you think he'd have given "little hitler" a........wait for it..... "Little hitler"?

[@Hybris51129]

They did only they called it artillery back then.

[@thebotrchap]

I tried out my mint 8 shot version at 25m last weekend. Target was untouched after 2 mags 😶 I guess I need to bring it back to “minute of trench” distance. Conversely my Rubies group quite respectably up to 25m.

[@Candrsenal]

Just gotta counter bore that barrel...

[@DrRichMahogany]

Love the Ian pop ups 😂

[@HanJia879]

Ian just keep hoarding everything you want :)

[@darylpaz4281]

I think that C&R has more guns on the wall than Ian.

[@Candrsenal]

yeah but display != own..

[@jackray1337]

@@Candrsenal I like the dev speak. "!="

[@brianj.841]

@@jackray1337 I don't know about "dev speak", but it's common in computer programming.

[@CardinalAsh]

There's something about that opening shot that makes me cackle. Maybe it's the appearance of the gas masks combined with the kepis, maybe it's the pose of the guy with the pistol and how casual it looks, but it feels like a good picture format.

[@Lomi311]

The looks of a weird first gen auto pistol with the functionality of something you would actually want in battle. This is a good gat

[@Lomi311]

I hate when I can’t sleep... Unless a C&Rsenal vid releases that night. Best show on any platform to me.

[@437cosimo]

I have enjoyed this series greatly. It also helped me to identify the gun my grandfather brought back from WWI. Spanish made 6 shot. Thank you very much.

[@woodsmanforlife1677]

The slow motion shows the gun opening under high pressure. Nice gun, never-less! Thanks for sharing!

[@zachary8491]

In the french military in 2020 still using the PAMAC aka PA Mle 1950 aka MAC 50 with the same safety block

[@KJ-tr6cn]

Mademoiselles from Armentieres played after "They shall not grow old" and literally everyone in the theater got up and sang it.

[@stevekunde1117]

Glad to have you guys back.

[@guypierson5754]

I used to watch this show for my love of learning history. Now I truly watch it to see what shenanigans were going on when War Were Declared. EDIT: To be clear, the dry humour of the cast(crew?) are hilarious to me, I could listen to the weird Navy/Workshop/GunCulture of Mark on Anvil all day long also.

[@eric21881]

this episode made me fall in love with this gun. love this channel

[@cptreech]

One of the criticisms often levelled at Eibar pistols is the quality of the metal. That recoil spring suggests Star were something above the average in the area.

[@Rick-Williams59]

I like Star pistols, I own one I got from my dad, it's a Star .45 cal. Looks sorta like a Colt Officer's model. Great shooting pistol.

[@Gunner40Five]

Arrggggggggggg!!!!! When is that gun that comes along after 1910 and before 1912??? Nice job as usual guys. Keep up the good work.

[@nicholasskific4795]

Gunner40Five the what?

[@jamesnorlin1273]

Haha

[@TWX1138]

Must be something excruciatingly rare.

[@TorinStein]

When I first saw the thumbnail for this video it was just a quick glance and I nearly had a heart attack. Sadly I was wrong. The episode on the handgun that shall not be named better be a 6 hour epic.

[@darylpaz4281]

That pistol wasn't that important!

[@grizzleknowsbest]

That beretta decocker/block thingy is pretty interesting as well

[@crankysports]

I was just thinking to myself last night, "I wonder when the next C&Rsenal episode is gonna drop" then Bang! (no pun intended) wake up to a new episode :) So glad you're still going despite the crap.

[@lunarceltgaming4968]

rewatching this episode again, I can't help but notice the similarities of this with the desert eagle. specifically with the fixed barrel and the kind of half slide design. maybe it helped inspire it a bit?

[@kenny344]

Love the show, hope you guys can keep it going profitably as long as you want it to

[@tom_forsyth]

"It is very stiff, so you know it's coming." PHRASING!

[@pilgrimm23]

You keep suggesting books I MUST HAVE (I own an Astra) and on a month where I had to pay the plumber too! ARGH!!!! my credit card is hurtin.. great presentation folks....

[@randymagnum143]

Just DIY.......Just remember, 1; poop runs downhill, and B; dont lick your fingers.

[@MuertoBustamante]

I feel so burned! I offered my Star 1914 (and a Mannlicher 1905) for use in a video last April!

[@itsapittie]

I don't think I've ever before seen anyone enjoy their job as much as Mae does. :-) Not gonna lie, I'd probably be the same.

[@jimalexander1896]

I have owed a few Stars...one was in 45ACP...looked like a Colt but no gripe safety shot very good!

[@jat4327]

I love what you guys do. Thanks

[@Rmasters33]

Perhaps mentioned in previous episode, the Eibar manufacturers were copyist of the first order. I believe Spanish patent law, at least at that time, honored patents if the patented firearm was made in Spain, so knocking off Belgian, French, US, and so on, designs was legal in that sense. I'll guess with France's need for firearms, patent law would be either ignored or circumvented. I have also heard this even applied to the name "Star" which sounded much like "Steyr".

[@Strawberry92fs]

"Get it if you see it, and if you see two, save one for the next collector" Obviously words Gun Jesus doesn't live by.

[@moosemaimer]

30:16 TOASTY

[@the_suburban_warlord9696]

All jokes aside, me and my guinnie pig learn something from every video!

[@migthydragon]

I just love your french worldmap. There. I had so say it.

[@oriontaylor]

Great, now I want one of these too.

[@davidmiller9485]

Eibar, where guns are given Damascene gold!!!! Most beautiful and ornate gold "etching" (it's not etched they use gold wire and gold sheet and a hammer to make a type of filigree in the shape of animals and flowers with scroll work, the Toledo style is more moorish). It's wonderful stuff.

[@davidbrennan660]

Today is another good day, thanks guys.

[@nauticalwolf6649]

I agree with y’all’s assessment. The takedown and caliber leave me a bit concerned, but the fact that it’s fairly capable with reloading and such it does get a yes in my book

[@carlcarlton764]

What's the difference between a .32 ACP and the Spanish Inquisition? Everybody expects the former. ;)

[@oldesertguy9616]

LOL!

[@ldkbudda4176]

Which nation-without-country was runing the Spanish Inquisition? ;)

[@nateharder2286]

"An then Ian bought it" is hilarious.

[@seymoarsalvage]

17:30 is it just me or did Beretta copy that disconnector for the 92?

[@fasdaVT]

A gun used by the French made by Spain has a English song. Also when are we going to get our 45 ACP history?

[@Candrsenal]

OR we get better at our jobs, gather more data and resources, develop an audience understanding of just what the rest of the world really was doing at the time, and have more time to possibly visit Springfield. Anyone who would leave after a 1911 episode wouldnt watch much else now. It is more about taking an already well known gun and getting it right, which gets harder the more people have written speculative bullshit about.

[@Candrsenal]

The 1911 was fine tho. Barrel to feedpath is a bit meh but otherwise an exceptional pistol.

[@fasdaVT]

@@gew1898 how can you say they are running down the 1911 when they haven't done the episode yet. They've barely even mentioned it.

[@MCG55555]

But the Triple Lock was proven in-battle to have problems with that ejector rod shroud. They can't all be perfect.

[@MCG55555]

@@gew1898 You know the majority of Spanish, Montenegrin and .32 ACP guns have been shown as not desirable pistols on this channel, right? What sort of exceptionalism is there for those?

[@itatane]

Hmm, if the barrel were only to protrude a few millimeters past the frame, it would really look like a fairly typical autoloader. I wonder if they produced any like that?

[@christhesmith]

I just nudged the "thumbs up" from 2.9k to 3k. Best part of my weekend!!

[@davidegaleotti94]

That malignant Gun Jesus popping out of the corners left me stoned XD

[@chriswarren1618]

Cest Magnifique.

[@ericmathis7740]

# 4 last time I was this early the grand canyon was a drainage ditch😁

[@brianarmstrong2445]

my example does have a broken safety tab that has been rewelded at some point in it's life

[@jwheelgun]

And they would manufacture.....A SON!

[@patrickwentz8413]

Good episode. Looks a bit large for .32 ACP but function over form.

[@andythem320guy9]

Ian is a cheeky collector. Anything that French Ian must have.

[@MasterOfHelium]

What a nice gun, both in looks and in mechanics! Would be great to have it in Verdun, though it probably would feel like a resking of Ruby.

[@shotforshot5983]

been waiting for this one

[@amateurshooter927]

The Savage is Dethroned?!?!?!? (Gasp)

[@ronmartin3755]

Have you guys done the Remington Model 51? I mean the old Model 51 not the R51?

[@RockawayCCW]

If PBS had a gun show, it would be this.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

0:00 DELET THIS

[@searinggravy7047]

cursed photos

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Doom it’s a meme.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

@Doom theres a specific version of the delet this meme using the image from the beginning of the video.

[@thomasrobichaud3227]

Would you guys ever do the Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver? Even though it didn't see wide spread use?

[@fhsreelfilms]

How would you compare this to the Belgian-contract Colt 1903? That one seems like it was well loved when it was on the show.

[@rays.5764]

I'm surprised Ian wouldn't be willing to loan you the pieces he bought to help you do an episode, and possibly a collaboration.

[@benjidowning2609]

Could you possibly do a video about the Walther P38?

[@randymagnum143]

All coil springs, no flat springs.👍 Except the extractor is a flat spring in and of itself.

[@10263015ful]

Very similar with P-38 definitely predecessor also webly automatic pistol with slide lock given some tweet for Walter design

[@imstillworkingonthename3663]

Does anyone know if C&senal has posted a list of guns they will/wish to review? I can't wight to see all the technical innovations that come just after the Great War.

[@Candrsenal]

candrsenal.com/wishlist/

[@JS-ob4oh]

I wish it was possible to see how Star would had evolve this pistol into a .45 ACP model. So many good ideas gone with the wind.

[@elijahaitaok8624]

Or even 9x19 parabellum.

[@chooseyouhandle]

So cool looking

[@nauticalwolf6649]

Lol that bit about Ian was funny

[@Pijawek]

I wonder how many obscure WWI handguns will you manage to find before you would have no other choice than to do an episode on The Gun No One Dares To Speak About

[@allangibson8494]

The Kongberg 1914?

[@sergeykoshelev4566]

Thanks for an episode, Ian 😂😂😂

[@jamestarbet9608]

C&Rsenal any speculation on what a .45ACP version of the Star would have been like? Upsized Mle 1914, M1911 knockoff, maybe even a take on the Mars?

[@kilroywashere9230]

Very clever , wich hutterite / Mennonite colony are you from?

[@jonmeray713]

The floating Ian head was hilarious

[@jeffprice6421]

Not only is that safety dead simple, it is visible that it is working. Better paced safety would be hidden inside the slide.

[@SaffronInclinations]

He's not impressed with the field strip procedure? It's actually a marvelously simple process and quite well designed.

[@robertl6196]

The safety works like the MAS 35 and 35A.

[@robertl6196]

.....as O just pointed out.

[@DADeathinacan]

Why do I have a sudden hankering for a Ruby vs. Star mud test? Is it just me? This desire worries me.

[@logitimate]

Stop. My penis can only get so erect!

[@MaximOfSurrey]

NEW CONTENT. NEW CONTENT.

[@LYLEWOLD]

i assume your mustachioed gentleman wears a chapeau?

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Love the Ian pop-ups. Hehehe...

[@stianstorengen9579]

That takedown reminds me of the Hämmerli X-Esse 22lr

[@maximgun3833]

I need the full picture featured at the very beginning of the intro

[@MrBradaz111]

I wonder what the dog's job was at Orbea?