Shooting the British Farquhar-Hill rifle

[@ForgottenWeapons]

In a box magazine like the Lee or Ross, the cartridge rims need to be properly staggered, so that they don't catch on each other and cause rimlock. The Farquhar-Hill drum holds each round in its own cradle, so the rims aren't in contact with each other.

[@im_flat]

Honestly one of the nicest-looking early semi-auto rifles, imo

[@mr.formal6723]

Damn right The design could be converted to full auto Battle Rifle like FN Fal

[@UnclePutte]

That's... a strangely beautiful rifle, in its very personal way.

[@mikethemedic897]

Looks like The PPSH-41's longer, semi auto cousin.

[@Olafmikli]

+LtMike Schmidt That'd be the Fedorov Avtomat, but it does sorta resemble it too.

[@mikethemedic897]

Yeh, Still Quite A Beautiful Girl.

[@Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan]

Is she your Raifu?

[@PHAS71]

@@Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan definitely.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

The reason they are no longer used is that belt feed has generally replaced box magazines. This tactical role is filled today by the FN MAG and FN Minimi, PKM, MG3, etc. FWIW, the mag-fed LMG configuration of the Stoner 63 also used a top-mag configuration.

[@AgentTasmania]

Orphaned replies like this are the only memory of google+

[@comradeurod9805]

​@@AgentTasmaniathat's a really sad way to phrase it lmao

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Actually, the high-capacity drum is one of the reasons it was used by the Royal Flying Corps. Its problems were because of the overly complex mechanism, not the magazine.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

I haven't taken one apart, but I expect it is because the dual-spring system softens the initial force of extraction to the point that there isn't a danger of ripping the rim off the case. This is helped by the large (and thus strong) rim and significant taper of the .303 cartridge.

[@jfunderburk1989]

The reciprocation of the bolt is so smooth. Especially when he dropped it but also while firing.

[@Lukegriz77]

"Tactical Wooden Front Grip"

[@thevacuumtubejunky9774]

Lukegriz77 : I'am curious if Gov Brown and his bitch Frankenstein would dub that an "EVIL BLACK ASSAULT WEAPON"?...LOL!.

[@shanezou8057]

Don't slip and fall on it tho

[@josephbestallin626]

this gun is one mean motherfarquhar

[@craftygamers596]

Joseph be stallin' *slow clap*

[@axeljameson9097]

Joseph be stallin' love you

[@jabaier2]

Hill yeah it is!

[@AJ-vp3tg]

a funny name goes with a kind of funny pun

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

Running man reference! LOVE IT!!!!

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

I think this is the one video I would like to see remade/remastered.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

+GoredonTheDestroyer Me too! Alas, the rifle's owner has passed away and I no longer have access to it.

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

Forgotten Weapons That's a bummer. There's probably another one floating around, maybe.

[@BoZoiD57]

It's not in BF1... Yet.

[@nizas8553]

this rifle will bf1...

[@henrypoopenstein]

Today is your lucky day!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Approaching six figures, if you can actually find one for sale.

[@Oblithian]

If it shoots nicely and is unique, I can understand why. ...But it is unfortunate for anyone who wants one.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

We do have a line on a Pedersen device we can shoot (and we have some ammo for it), but it is a couple thousand miles away. At some point we will definitely do a video of it, though.

[@user-njyzcip]

Still waiting

[@user-njyzcip]

Ah, it's on Full30…

[@ForgottenWeapons]

It can't be - did you see any malfunctions? :) More seriously, the Chauchat was a long recoil action, where the Farquhar-Hill uses a gas piston.

[@jamesnoon]

Amazing to see how the channel has evolved since this was made!

[@nerfninja661]

I know right!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

The drum holder 19 rounds. I didn't time myself on loading it, but it doesn't take all that long. The owner of the rifle also had an original pouch to hold a pair of spare drums as well.

[@semibreve]

Love it when Ian's old videos are recommended: they seem so familiar, yet so different. Also what a sick looking gun/drum!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Yes, it does have a stripper clip guide. I didn't think about doing that when we were doing the video, though.

[@thecactiguy885]

love the blooper you added there

[@ForgottenWeapons]

A pistol grip stock would be easy, although modification to use a Bren mag would be a bit tricky. The real problem is that the design isn't all that good when it gets dirty, which is why it was only used by the Royal Air Corps (not much mud up in the planes).

[@kevinoliver3083]

There was no Royal Air Corps. Although the Army Air Corps was raised in WW2 and still exists.

[@OriginalNiceButOdd]

@@kevinoliver3083 There was a Royal Flying Corps during WW1 until 1918 when it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service to become the Royal Air Force. It’s easy to call it the Royal Air Corps instead of the Royal Flying Corps. Give him a break and stop being so pedantic, assuming you knew there was a RFC at all of course….

[@kevinoliver3083]

@@OriginalNiceButOdd When a channel is supposed to be an accurate reference site. Pedanticism is not a bad thing.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

I have a Model 8 as well, and it's an outstanding gun. What it doesn't have, though, is the capacity for sustained fire. Once it heats up, it will jam. Keep in mind that it uses the same operating system as the Chauchat LMG (rotating bolt and long recoil action). It's a great sporting rifle, but not a good basis for a military rifle.

[@TheDeJureTour]

WWI tech never ceases to amaze me. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

I think the biggest reason it wasn't adopted or considered by the Brits in WWII is the cost. The mechanism is pretty intricate, and a lot more expensive than making more Enfield bolt actions. It seemed a bit more fragile than an M1 or SVT, but was very nice to shoot. I would be more confident in it as a combat rifle if I could run a few hundred rounds through it, but that isn't something I can do to a collectible like this.

[@kevinoliver3083]

The British Army asked for 100,000 Farquhar Hill rifles, for the 1919 offensive. This was approved in August 1918, but the War ended before a contract had been placed. The requirement was cancelled during the Post-War run down of the Army.

[@jakehart1519]

imagine having to reload this mag while someones trying to shoot back at you

[@newolku]

jake hart and then you forgot to lock the damn thing

[@tsarherpaderp1000]

[OD]Maggy the enemy would just hear the person yell fuuuuuuck!!!

[@alexanderhowlett3078]

You wouldn't have to since you'd be carrying multiple magazines in your airplane, no different than changing the tray on a Scarff mounted Lewis Gun

[@SereneSurrealism]

I thought of lord farquad from shrek.

[@jamesland9003]

Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life.

[@mdraihans6446]

Aaron Aaronson dammit A ARON

[@booette139]

YES I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

[@josephmccafferty4172]

When ever I use this gun in BF1, i think of saying Lord farquad to those I kill.

[@justsomeamerican2301]

Say farquad fast

[@iytuyuydr7]

This is my favourite channel at the moment, great to see all these old guns shooting again. Find a working Fedorov automat 1916 and I will love you forever!

[@hammerhorde]

Just by the appearance of the gun it looks like an sks and an mg42 had a baby.

[@m1a2abrams52]

The mg42 abortion that lived

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Well, FWIW, there were versions of the Farquhar-Hill made with standard box magazines.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Other top-mag LMGs include the Vickers-Berthier, Chatellerault 24/29, Nambu 96 and 99, Mendoza RM-2, ZB26, ZB30, and Madsen. These guns were collectively used by virtually every major combatant in WWII: Germany, France, Japan, the UK, China, and more than 2 dozen smaller countries. The US used the BAR instead, Russia used the DP28, and Italy used the Breda (although both Italy and Russia also used some of the top-mag guns).

[@DobryZiomek27]

hi forgotten weapons

[@augustoqueiroz6829]

This guy has been rolling since house music was called techno and the only thing that changed was his video quality, god bless, Ian.

[@iancooll12]

Really neat old gun, great craftsmanship considering era and circumstances, thanks for showing that off, I really appreciate it

[@Maphisto86]

Thank you all from ForgottenWeapons for another fine video.

[@davidmbeckmann]

This is a fascinating rifle given its age. I always wonder why these advances were not pushed. Maybe too complicated for every soldier by why not one in every squad? Or shorten it up and you have a pretty fair trench sweeper.

[@Karelwolfpup]

too late in the war, no doubt viewed also viewed as too complex for the average soldier to use effectively. Interesting that the RFC used the weapon though, a fascinating piece of history indeed.

[@biggles1483]

I believe mud may have been a problem. As you probably well know the mud in trenches as a sticky clayish substance. It probably would have played havoc with the action. A real shame to be honest :/

[@MadSpectro7]

***** The irony is that semi-automatic rifles actually require less training to use effectively.

[@MadSpectro7]

I should also mention that on a 1-per-squad basis, a semi-automatic rifle actually wouldn't make a very practical trench sweeper. At point-plank range you're better off using a pistol.

[@davidmbeckmann]

Shoes Well the barrel could be cut down and the round changed to pistol. It's the concept that makes for a potential trench sweeper, not this actual gun.

[@8digitPDX]

So it's like a Bubba edition SKS on steroids...

[@user-nl2hx3hj7s]

8digitPDX OOoo

[@ProDoucher]

I miss the classic style videos such as this

[@How_to_Fish]

Damn I've been watching Forgotten Weapons for a long time! Started watching when the channel had 50k subs

[@paulfabrique5055]

My great great Uncle, Lord Eric Nobrot Ponsonby Smythe, bought one of these with his Gardeners pay check and buggered of to India to shoot some natives after tea and scones. Wearing his Lobb of Bond Street Brogues throughout.

[@brendantmcguire]

+Adnan Bosnjak Sounds like you need to keep taking English lessons, least till you get to 'jokes', you piece of shit.

[@knittedgandhi4956]

Lord Ponsonby-Smythe shot my Poor Old Gramps!

[@Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan]

That is a real British name. (yes i am aware it's a joke.)

[@EricKPoorManPrepper]

Excellent video and THANK YOU for showing such a rare rifle...

[@AUSsMLE]

Nice video...Thanks for the up-load I have never seen one of these before! Its always great to learn something new...Keep up the good work!

[@edmundscycles1]

The Bren with the top loading magazine was a fantastic design . Much quicker to reload while in prone , better magazine construction , highly accurate (some soldiers said to accurate) relatively low recoil making it accurate when fired from the hip . It could also use a 100 round drum magazine . Quick change barrel . The Bren is still used in several armed forces do to it's easy of cleaning , reliability in adverse weather conditions and light weight .

[@ForgottenWeapons]

@666Vertigo Not that I'm aware of...they weren't exactly made in large numbers, you know.

[@SergeiMosin]

Every time I see one of these weapons I always think of the Degtyaryov and Fyodorov Mosin prototypes (charging handle and bolt carrier are, aesthetically at least, similar, stock is very similar, action is very different though)... except for the fact that this actually works for its intended purpose... and also, Lyman style rear sights are an absolute joy to work with.

[@lancerd4934]

Awesome gun, but that has to be the worst magazine I've ever seen.

[@caracaes]

+lancer D You haven't seen the Street Sweeper / Lady's Home Companion, then.

[@pancholom]

+lancer D it looks pretty slow to load

[@lancerd4934]

***** because the slightest departure from the proper procedure will result in it pinging its entire contents across the room.

[@dimwitsixtytwelve]

+Edelweiß 72 to be fair even modern magazines take time to reload if you are inserting the bullets individually

[@pancholom]

Dim Wit The differences are: 1 - With this magazine, you have no chance but manual loading 2 - Soldiers nowadays carry a lot of pre-loaded magazines. I dunno really how many mags would have been provideded with each rifle had the British Farquhar-Hill been issued massively to the Tommies; but this magazine doesn't look easy to accommodate to carry in a quantity on a soldier's kit, thus I doubt enough many per man. Even the Lewis gun magazine looks easier to accommodate imho.

[@saber_2_6]

Dice needs to add this in BF1 on turning tide dlc

[@DxTrixterz]

They just did.

[@andreamusso1469]

They did! They sure did!

[@saber_2_6]

Brother Nero i know i saw it already

[@alfop6405]

Aidan Guevara they did

[@MrOneNye]

Yup. I love it. Fist day I had it I didn't use anything but it. I was taking heads of left and right. Packs a punch without the limitation of the general Liu.

[@flatophall]

Don't know why exactly, but this is my favorite weapon. I've watched it several times. I think I'm attracted to that magazine. Of all things. Thanks for showing it to us.

[@nakedcelt]

Very interesting. Years ago I was lucky enough to visit the School of Musketry museum at Warminster barracks and I recall they had one of these there. It's evident that the .303 round with its savage recoil (which I recall from firing a WW2 Lee-Enfield in my army cadet days!) isn't really suitable for a 'trench broom' weapon. Now if they'd used pistol ammo like they did with the Thompson.......

[@longbowmanjimmy]

badass. I love all these prototype guns, France had a cool semi auto MAS too

[@Jebnert]

Awesome video! Never knew you guys existed until today but I definitely will be watching more of your videos!

[@athodyd]

2:27 love that crestfallen look of dismay

[@dmorrowhvac]

That big hunk of metal that has nothing around it flying back toward my face would be a little unnerving

[@Hawk1966]

I kinda miss these old format videos with the sometimes amusing cue cards. "But wait, there's more!"

[@reecethurman4714]

Ian really saw a lot of channel growth in 2020, in so happy for him

[@MasterTaters]

omfg thats cool, i like the authority in the bolt foward, slow and purposeful

[@sommi-ep2cn]

That look of defeat on his face when he pulled out the magazine...

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I really wish a gif of that ammo-eject mishap would become popular.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

From a military perspective, it's not a wholly bad idea. It gets rid of an extra control, and simplifies the manual of arms.

[@Magzzii]

Coincidently I just played with this gun in battlefield 1...

[@renatabanks3751]

[Insert Name Here] everyone did

[@chair5728]

Renata Banks not me

[@andreamusso1469]

And it's pretty good. I love those iron sights.

[@tokethedude1103]

[Insert Name Here] Bf1 is the only reason I even know about this channel

[@jonaslipensky4097]

Please not that bullshit game... Has nothing to do with WWI.

[@michaels2136]

Lord Farquahr: he huffed, and he puffed, and he...signed an eviction notice 😭

[@spartan7042]

You have the best job in the world, great video on such a rare piece of history.

[@antaresthirdeldenlord4840]

Dang, the Farquad rifle is amazing.

[@OrcActual]

That's an awesome looking weapon! I'm stoked I found your channel!

[@shadbanta14]

That looks like such a beautiful firearm. I yearn for a chance to fire one.

[@Alexn1067]

very interesting...I had no idea such a weapon existed back then......thanks for the vid.....if you can you should try to get your hands on a penderson device for the U.S. springfield 03 rifles.....basically it replaced the standard bolt with a semi-auto mechanism that was fed from a 30 round box magazine that housed cut down .30 caliber pistol rounds....allowed the rifle to have a lot more firepower for close end assaults and defense

[@titaniumdiveknife]

Every one of these videos is amazing! Keep up the good work. :)

[@ryantornai945]

The slow bolt release is one of the coolest ive seen on a gun.

[@Panzerzimmerpflanze]

I'd be interested to see a vid on this gun taken apart. I'm curious how its gas system works especially - doesn't look like there's much room with the magazine taking up most of the room under the action, and the recoil assembly seems pretty neat too.

[@WhiskeySauers]

im a little dissapointed im just now finding your channel. I've spent the last hour or so looking through and watching your videos, great stuff.

[@slowpokebr549]

It's nice to see one in action and get your impression of it. Years ago I read an article on this weapon. They gave it a really scathing review as I remember.

[@1IbramGaunt]

Kind of goes to show what gun critics REALLY know about these weapons doesn't it. Yes it was over-complex and expensive to make, but the 19 round magazine and faster semi-auto fire-rate, combined with similar toughness, durability (if well-maintained) & accuracy to that of the Lee-Enfield rifles and of course the sheer POWER of the .303 round, all would have given this rifle and those holding it a considerable advantage over German and Turkish weaponry of the day and been a godsend to hard-pressed British troops. Wish I had a time machine.

[@slowpokebr549]

1IbramGaunt Negative commentary can hang around forever. People tend to quote the same articles and authors time and time again. One bad review of one particular example of a firearm can shape opinion for years.

[@rocketshipsrule8056]

This dude had the dlc before the base game even came out

[@Tracer_Krieg]

If they'd deployed it into a few battles, they would've eventually come up with a better magazine and would've given the Brits a distinct advantage by the time of the Battle of the Somme.

[@whisperchainsaw102]

I wouldve tried to use the standard 10rnd mags if possible.

[@Tracer_Krieg]

Catwithanm16 Agreed. I don't think it would've been too difficult to retrofit Enfield mag's.

[@BoZoiD57]

Jacob Sailer Somme was 1916, these were only being distributed in 1918....

[@Tracer_Krieg]

BoZoiD57 Not talking about distribution. Work started on this back in 1912, and the first prototype in 1916.

[@whisperchainsaw102]

Jacob Sailer There were already good weapons available that could be refined to serve the same role. The chauchaut, and lewis gun for starters were effective weapons(chauchaut when used properly) that could have been refined and used in the same capacity.

[@piritskenyer]

I would love it if you made a new (and HD) video of it :D

[@ForgottenWeapons]

How do you feel about the Lewis Gun?

[@thatguygooders4370]

Sweet looking weapon here's hoping this weapon is added to Battlefield 1 so I can have a go at it XD

[@iota-09]

+Thomas Goodwin it would be a moderately high-cap gun, so to counter balance, they'd probably give it either low rof, good spread and mildly bad recoil, or terribad recoil, and standard rof&spread. non automatic guns are harder to balance due to how they work.

[@uncleDave_]

+Thomas Goodwin Speaking my mind

[@whisperchainsaw102]

Reload time could be low as well for balance.

[@thesimmist]

slow ass reload would do it too.

[@dud5606]

It wont be in Battlefield 1 unfortunately:(

[@Tarik360]

The way that bolt closed was smooth as heck!

[@Limit19970]

This thing is soo damn cool. This has to be one of my new favourite rifles.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

No, they were long out of production by WWII.

[@Vlka_Fenryka]

Amazing looks like it belongs in a steam-punk FPS thank you for sharing.

[@1IbramGaunt]

Wish someone would make one and put it in, that'd be awesome

[@flyingrancidm00nfish7]

lol that gun would have been at home in bioshock!

[@wierdalien1]

@DrIvanRadosivic ehhhh i guess

[@SuAside83]

Thanks for bringing this interesting piece to our attention. I had never heard of it. Aside from the quirky magazine design, it actually seems pretty neat for it's day. Very nice! Is there any reason why they never made a full auto version of this? (aside from running dry fast, that is, but that didn't stop the BAR)

[@joaquinvelasquez6252]

KZbin suggested this video. It was nice to see 10 years ago Ian and listen to 10 years ago wind hit the microphone. Ian hasnt changed but FW has better mics now. :-)

[@TheSuburban15]

Antique tacticool, complete with drumclipazine. "Heh." Not sure about that "robust ejection," but it's an interesting piece.

[@DoughboyJonesmk2]

I love weird old prototypesque guns. What a treasure.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

It wasn't obscure when they were building it.

[@hadesdogs4366]

It’s sad that such a unique and effective weapon was abandoned or left behind, imagine if the British adopted this as their standard issued weapon for Ww2

[@sloanchampion85]

I'd love to have one...it's a beautifully made piece...love the working action

[@kylebrown2903]

As much as the magazine and bolt release function are horrendous, the bolt release action and cycling look so smooth and beautiful I might have to actually look into getting one.

[@alexanderhowlett3078]

Farquhar-Hill rIfle was commissioned by the Air Department of the Admiralty. It was the crew service weapon of the Royal Naval Air Service.

[@tripletalon2727]

Worth a lot if you ask me. BTW, love your videos and your site, I am a gun nerd and have been devouring both since I discovered you last night. The in-depth breakdown of the function and design in these videos is awesome. Thank you so much. Is there any chance you could do a video on the Johnson M1941 semi-auto rifle? I find it fascinating but have so far only found one video of someone firing it and some stock photos.

[@coyotearmory]

Oh man, this video quality has not aged well. And look at ian! So fresh and baby faced!

[@OldFellaDave]

I'm going to swim against popular opinion and say - this would have been a huge benefit on the WW1 Battlefield working alongside the Lewis Gun in a Company level attack WW1 style. The Lewis Gun was insanely popular with the infantry once it was introduced on the Western Front. Early in the war there was a lot of 'tit for tat' or 'too-ing and froo-ing' on the Front Line. Once side would take huge casualties and gain the opposing trenches. The other side would counter attack and recapture the same trenches before it could be secured. Over and over. The big heavy Vickers and Maxim guns could never be brought across No Mans Land quick enough or be supplied enough to secure the line before being driven out. Enter the Lewis Gun. A company could jump into the German front line and immediately deploy 8 easily portable Lewis Guns on the former German parados and stave off any massed German infantry attack as long as ammunition could get to them. More men, more ammo then the big Vickers guns and the line was secure. You add the firepower of 4 or 5 of these semi-auto rifles and it would have made a devastating impact on counter attacking Germans trying to regain their former front lines. As for reloading and comments re Western Front conditions - it wasn't always muddy ;) But I agree it would be challenging - but no more challenging than reloading those Lewis Gun magazines. Also, the British/Commonwealth Infantry had specialised Company 'Bombers' (Grenade Throwers) that carried huge sacks of Grenades into battle, and a pistol. A few blokes carrying sacks of pre-packed magazines would have been no real burden on the Infantry Company in the line. Love to hear more of why this ground breaking rifle was never adopted ... hell, it wasn't until AFTER the Korean war that Britain and the Commonwealth finally adopted the SLR (FN-FAL) and dropped the bolt action rifle for good, 40 years AFTER this rifle!

[@ultr7712]

If Im not mistaken the British certainly had their eyes own this rifle and was interested in making some of these and replace 1/3 of the Lee Einfields currently in use at that time.The only reason why that didnt happen though was the war already ended an by that time the Brits had lose interest in the rifle.

[@twforster15]

+ULTR 771 yep. the only reason it wasn't taken past testing was cause the war ended and by then it wouldn't have been much of a point to rearm your military with a fancy new rifle when you had the lee enfield.

[@ultr7712]

Thomas Forster Not really,a new semi auto rifle would be definitely interesting to see fielded by a large army at that time and couldve sparked the semi auto arms race a bit earlier.Though Id say that the Brits at that time wouldve used most of their economy to fix the UK back into shape along with its colonies.

[@trebizond790]

I think there's also probably a little bit of resistance to innovation - surely semi-auto would allow Tommy Atkins to fire rounds all over the place :) The British Army wasn't quite as resistant as sometimes is made out - witness the tank for that, but the idea of 'good enough' goes a long way

[@sarjim4381]

There was some resistance to the self loader as being nothing but an "ammo waster" in British service. The problem with the Farquhar-Hill was it really was it was too long and too heavy to be an infantry rifle. It was closer to a semiauto BAR than an infantry rifle. If the war had continued, I'm sure the gun could have been further developed with a useable magazine and had the size cut down to something closer to a Lee-Enfield in size. With the war over, the British had millions of service rifles in inventory and no pressing reason they could see for a self loader. They always viewed infantry tactics as skilled riflemen backed up by Brens and machine guns. With that mindset, training riflemen in accurate shooting was more important than a lot of lead downrange and most of it not hitting anything.

[@LegoInr]

This weapon looks beautiful, I don't know why, but it has some kind of elegance to it.

[@aidans4866]

I love these old videos

[@MrMarcosdelarosa]

pretty smooth action

[@kritaweed]

Beautiful gun

[@Jesses001]

Though I aggree that the complex mechanism was to blame for its short service, I think a double stack box magazine would had been a better option. Then again, it is hard to look at it though the eyes of the people of the time. We have AKs and ARs these days, so it is hard to imagine how to think before such detachable magazine systems existed.

[@RetiredRadioChaser]

Is it legal to show bayoneted assault revolvers on the internet? Asking for my evil twin brother.

[@Blivit42]

Love your videos. I like the tantalising glimpse of the .455 Webley with the Pritchard bayonet that you don't even mention at 1:05. I'll bet you have the Prideaux speed-loader to complete the set. Is there any chance of your doing a similar video with a Mondragon, the German's equivalent of the F-H? it seems to have been a rifle that was decades ahead of its time and its ammunition.

[@troy9477]

Nice. I think i had only ever heard the name and didn't know much about them. Interesting to speculate "what if" on guns like this.

[@Allurade]

Makes sense, the magazine itself sounds needlessly complicated compared to a Lee-Enfield rifle, I can see more than one soldier pulling the trigger and wondering why nothing happens. Plus, by WWII they could import M1 Garands that worked just as well, even with a smaller capacity.

[@kevinoliver3083]

The gun was designed with a simpler box magazine. The 19 round drum magazine was first requested for aircraft use. And retained when the Farquar-Hill was chosen as a section level support weapon.

[@ShawarmaFarmer]

Great video. Never heard of this rifle before this video

[@Z1989ahmed]

Brass ejection looks flawless

[@MadSpectro7]

I've begun to wonder. With the weapon that closed on a trigger pull, why is there a handle on the side of the bolt carrier? Was it for clearing jams? Were soldiers expected to reload with stripper clips?