PERCUSSION REVOLVER HISTORY

[@lisar3006]

My granddad had an original 1849 when I was a kid in the late 50's I always wanted to see it. It was in great shape and he had it still in the early 70's I don't think he fired. He died in 1980 at age 102 I don't know who ended up with it or the rest of his guns one of which was an original 1853 Enfield musket that he did still fire and I shot it some myself.

[@dougmorisoli6482]

Great review of Colt revolver development. The other unsung hero of the merger of the Walker and the Pocket Pistol was developments in metallurgy that enabled the bigger caliber in smaller cylinder than the Walker.

[@robertvandeventer7099]

Great history lesson Blackie !! Thanks 🙏 so much for all the details and historical significance of the percussion revolvers, I’ve watched this three times and I have learned more each time I watch it !! God bless and keep up the great work 👍👍

[@jameschapman5955]

Excellent Blacky! Your vids have been really helpful. I'm slowly getting dialed in thanks to your help. Keep up the good work brother......

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad to help

[@jayj8256]

thanks for the detailed history lesson. Keep up the great work!

[@ukwildcamper5166]

Another great video buddy. Very informative. 🥰 Ben

[@wordsofwisdom2452]

Bushcraft Basics With Ben nice to see you here Ben

[@ukwildcamper5166]

words of wisdom 🥰 hey buddy, same to you

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lawson9102]

Good information learned a lot from your video

[@raysheppard8040]

Nice, video. I have a preference for the history butchered or hidden on these revolvers. All around, basic info is just as well. It led me to the rabbit hole all are afraid of

[@saxonlight]

Outstanding video and information. Thank you.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jordanhess2061]

Very interesting history lesson Blackie, thank you. I am really enjoying your channel, been binge watching all your knowledge lately.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Much appreciated

[@oldminer5387]

Blackie, great back story into the thinking on the percussion revolver. Thank you.

[@bcvpiper8356]

Great video Blackie! Thanks for posting. Most enjoyable on a day in isolation. Take care!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks, you too!

[@GunsmithRyther]

Your percussion revolver videos are excellent, and myself, I have always been interested in them. I can't help but think that you have another motive for your videos. Makes you go hmmm...

[@tylerwill5250]

Like what? He’s taught me alot, that i would learn no where else.

[@alanwhite1620]

Your percussion series is how found your page. I had the hand on 1851 break a while back. It’s in the shop now to be dialed back in so I can go make some smoke. Looking at a 1860 army or navy for my next one.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

its like potato chips ya cant have just one

[@alanwhite1620]

BLACKIE THOMAS I just bought a new inline. I’ve got a Evans 32 caliber rifle from the 1850s. But real leary about shooting it.

[@swampfox5329]

Great video Blackie! I am a lover of history and this video had my attention from the beginning to the end.

[@ukwildcamper5166]

Swamp Fox I agree. I love a bit of history

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@HoodRoI3]

Great video man. Love my Navy Revolver.

[@bluescatreimer]

Blackie great video, could you do one on the evolution from cap and ball to cartridge conversions?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

yes i can

[@bluescatreimer]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS Great, thank you!

[@exexpat11]

Colt. The Father of Mass Production. Sam was a master designer, engineer, and pistol smith. He could make one offs. He could tune a pistol and make it fine. He had design ideas. Sam went out of business 3 times. Broke three times. He was saved twice. Once from Walker and the second time by a guy named Eli Whitney. Eli Whitney patented a Cotton Threshing machine. Eli insisted that that every part in a machine must be the same dimensions of the same part in another machine of the same type. Interchangeable Parts. Eli and Sam formed a partnership and formed the first true large assembly line and quality control on all parts to a certain spec with only minor hand fitting to make them work. Ford used Colt and Eli's method of the assembly line in making Model T's 60 some odd years later.

[@MrArtemioP]

Didn't they get inspired in the idea of mass production when they went to London and came back with the London model after that trip?

[@exexpat11]

@@MrArtemioP Interchangeable parts and assembly line was Eli Whitney long before he partnered with Colt.

[@MrArtemioP]

@@exexpat11 gotcha, watched so many of these things, some of them don't have the most accurate information you know what I mean. I had to even dig to make sure I was wrong. looks like standardize parts has been around for a while but Eli used that idea in the gun market. Your right my friend. Thanks for the assist.

[@exexpat11]

@@MrArtemioP And the Cotton Gin. Blackie is about 98% accurate in his videos and punching paper with lead balls.

[@MrArtemioP]

@@exexpat11 for sure I always enjoy watching his videos and learning. Hell my wife already knows him because I play them alot. Seems like a cool guy to sit around and shoot the shit with.

[@anoldmaninthewoods2548]

Fantastic history lesson, Blackie! Thanks!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulknight8254]

Nice one Sir.Greetings from the UK.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Hello there!

[@BuzzardBait48]

Great delivery.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thank you kindly!

[@michaels3429]

love these videos. hope you well Blackie!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks, you too!

[@tranders365]

Great video Mr Thomas.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thank you kindly

[@ZokiG]

Great video. Very educational and interesting. Greetings from Croatia

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@criscross6591]

Thank you Sir! Love you your history lessons 👍👍

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

My pleasure

[@michaelbrunner6654]

Great info Blackie.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikeparker2919]

Great video. Interesting information. I've been watching your videos for awhile. Just got done disassembling and reassembling a few with help from your vids. Do you have or are you planning to make a video to show disassembly & reassembly of a Walker?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i will do that in the future

[@mikeparker2919]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS Great! I'll be looking forward to it.

[@watledue]

I appreciate all your helpful videos, where do you get those nice holsters from?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

most i picked up along the way as i found them on sale

[@watledue]

BLACKIE THOMAS Thanks Blackie, I found one in the bottom of a clearance bin! Much admiration for sharing your years of knowledge.

[@DenverLoveless]

The history of the shotgun is interesting also. Learned a lot after looking for the answer to "Who invented my H&R Model 1871?" Have you done a video on that?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i have not but i will be glad to do one in the future

[@robertkoontz7865]

Another great History lesson Blackie, Now is a good time to clean weapons. Maybe you can go over some of the ways frontiersman used bear fat vs. Nowadays. Thanks B.K. ps Dave Canteberry uses Olive oil.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

yep in the past 1700's -1800's olive oil was often called sweet oil and listed as a gun lube..as well as many other uses

[@tylerwill5250]

I need a good cheap recipe for chamber lube. Help me out blackie lol

[@suzz1776]

if I were to get a bp cartridge revolver. what would I use for amo. since modern day amo has smokeless so would I have to make my own amo or is there amo that is sold in the store that can b used for these old bp guns. i watched ur video that said it is a pain in the rear to have to make ur own and then clean ur cartridges. and I dont wana do all that. lol. but is that the only option or do they sell rounds that can b bought already made. and if so r they really expensive or r they reasonable. I like bp cap and ball, cuz I can make my own amo and caps, relatively easily. thanks for a great video. i learned alot

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

many of the comversions will handle off the shelf ammo in smokeless powders. cal . like 38 spec /44 spec / 45 colt are all able to handle modern ammo and would not require the in depth cleaning a bp revolver would

[@MrArtemioP]

Back hills has black powder rounds

[@glockerbob]

Thought I knew pretty much all of the cap and ball revolvers. But... Never knew they made a tiny Patterson. Bet the numbers on those were really low.

[@timdixon3391]

Were those Patterson pistols carried in a holster? With no trigger guard I would think holster carry wouldn't be a good idea. Lots of leg shots would make people hesitate to try and holster carry one of those. Even with an empty chamber

[@frankiepizzurro]

Just don’t cock the hammer until it’s out of the holster. I’m sure people back then understood that concept

[@kevchard5214]

What is that saying "god created man but Samual Colt made them equal" or something like that.

[@TexasHellcat1836]

That's the phrase

[@phillipdavis5241]

One of my friends had one, he let me shoot it. That thing kicked like a pissed of mule!

[@jonathancleve6094]

I think a lot of that has to do with the load. I've seen some loaded for bear literally and others have almost no recoil.

[@timdixon3391]

It does. Mainly the weight of the projectile. The powder load doesn't add a whole lot to the recoil....it's mainly the back blast of inertia exerted by launching out the bullet. That is why rim fire .22 and like calibers have a hard time cycling in a semi auto pistol.

[@swampfox5329]

Damn Helicopters

[@charlescomly1]

Annoying isn't it.

[@swampfox5329]

@@charlescomly1 Not for me, I bet it pissed off Blackie though.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

yep i live not far from a major us army base and they training..anywhere down here all ya hear is them whirly birds

[@exexpat11]

I am a conspiracy theorist. Those are Black 'Powder' Helicopters.

[@montanamountainmen6104]

Though the 44 1860's models are more powerful in the belt models, I enjoy the 1849 31 caliber and 1851 and 1862 36 calibers more.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i agree..i have used them all..for small game hunting i like the 36..less meat damage ..for a deep woods carry for what ever might pop up and need a hard hit..( wild dog /hog/bear) the 44 is my go to for that sort of thing

[@kampuskop]

So Colt was the Jennings/Bryco of the day?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

kinda..colt was really the first to have interchangable parts..they say eli whitney did but its clear from writings the guns were of the same make but not really interchangeable..colt did and most parts would just drop in and work..true it might need a touch of fitting to work perfect..but a old cowboy pulling a part out of a saddle bag had a good chance on getting his gun to work

[@stevecrawford1794]

What happened to the Spiller&Burr project?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i got it sighted in and set it to the side for a bit due to it being hot weather..hard to shoot well with sweat in your eyes..i will do more with it soon

[@stevecrawford1794]

Thanks for the reply I really enjoy your channel

[@pelewads]

I love your percussion revolver vids. This is how I was introduced to your channel. Would it be possible to make a play list, on your channel home page, with these videos? I would kinda like to binge them.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

i have a percussion revolver playlist

[@pelewads]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS I'm not seeing it. Is it possible that KZbin is hiding it?

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

@@pelewads try just do a youttube search for percussion revolver series..that should bring it up for ya..safe journeys

[@pelewads]

@@BLACKIETHOMAS That's what I needed to know. Thanks

[@hamm6035]

The take away is NOBODY WANTS TO GET SHOT WITH ANY CALIBER. I have a friend that carries a .22 as primary. I carry a Glock 19 but with a .32 backup or theater primary. It is the same as 1851. 9mm is a .36 caliber, .32 is 31 caliber and a .44 is a .45 caliber. A .380 is about the same power as the black powder .36 caliber. The more things change the more their the same.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

very true

[@timdixon3391]

That comment reminded me of a crazy story a guy told on a message board or a KZbin video I watched...I can't remember. Anyway long story short...this guy owned a pawn shop in a seedy part of town. He kept well heeled while he was in the store working. He had hidden guns everywhere and carried on his hip as well as a backup on his ankle. One day a guy came in trying to sell a flea market katana for big bucks. He made him an offer that the customer didn't appreciate as he knew he had an authentic japanese ninja sword. Lol so the guy leaves and the owner carries on as normal. He closes the store and locks up. As he locked up, his neighbor called him and told him there was a man on the corner mumbling about the pawn broken being a "rip off Jew" and that he was gonna get him. The pawn broker yelled at him and the guy walked away. The pawn broker said his wife didn't like him to carry, so he put his guns up and waited on his wife to pick him up. When she pulled up, he unlocked the door and was bum rushed by the flea market ninja. The loonie toon stabbed him in the shoulder so hard that the sword punched right through his shoulder and a bullet proof vest he wore and nailed him to a file cabinet ten feet from his front door. He had no guns on him and started to black out. The guy started robbing the store and looking for something to finish him off with. The guy's brave wife saw the man rush into the store so she ran in to check on her husband. The guy started towards his wife and luckily the pawn shop owner had agreed to fix a cheap .25 auto for a friend the week before and remembered he had put it that same metal cabinet (where he never kept anything but paperwork as customers could access it). He was able to load it shot the madman 7 times to no effect until as the guy was being shot, he rushed the impailed pawnbroker and he was able to push the gun into his eye socket and finally put him down. He told the story in a much more comedic way, but the moral of the story is any gun can kill with the right shot placement. Let's not forget, more Americans died in the civil war than any other conflict. And all the had was "under powered" black powder (for the most part) guns.

[@tylerwill5250]

Yea these bp stuff isn’t underpowered at all imo

[@michaelhayes7471]

You must be rich to have so many airplanes

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Sir, Alex. Hamilton was never a President. Otherwise excellent presentation.

[@exexpat11]

Founder Father, on the currency... sort of like Ben Franklin. Might have become a President except he did rub a lot of people the wrong way. Either he tried to cheat in a duel with a hair trigger OR he should have shot his opponent instead of the tree. Being nice by shooting the air or off to the side is not advised when the other guy hates your guts. On a side note though it ruined his opponent's career and life afterwards.

[@DK-gy7ll]

Pretty rude of that helicopter pilot to choose right when you're making a video to buzz your house.

[@wolfswesterns6650]

Skin crawling here! I wish you would stop turning the blade edge toward the inside, (I know, none of my business), but I saw a guy do that one time when we were working in tobacco, and he stuck a tobacco knife in a bench like that. Then a hornet got after him, and he tried back handing it, and nearly cut his own hand off. Please, just lay the knife down.

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

thank you for your concern..safe journeys

[@captaincrunch72]

He must live near an army base