The Gun Review S2 E5 - Making Gun Art

The Gun Review explores 100 years of Hunting rifles, seeing how they have evolved over time before using them to do the fairest test of all - ART! We also have more Spain in the Arrieta Factory, Ryan has a beautiful Boss Shotgun to share with you all
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[@ddoherty5956]

The first bit of news is that moustache 🤣

[@KathrynLiz1]

Looks like fun with those paint cans 🙂 I rescued an 1899 Lee Enfield action, found a barrel for it and made some sights. Stocked it in what timber I had... not fancy, but it works. Nothing like your posh one Johnny, and I made the sights aperture style as a concession to my 81 year old eyes....

[@Theshropshireratter]

Can't beat lee enfield action

[@maringarcia95]

nice! You should come to Spain in the summer, it will be a pleasure!

[@20gagshntr]

Love the paintings! My wife and I did this with .22 LR for our wedding instead of a unity candle 6 years ago.

[@matthewdeepblue]

I loved this. My take aways: • "facial hair from the 80s" yeah the 1880s... Just saying •the Parker hale is is is is in fashion in the USA now. That modern one there, it just lost in the shuffle here and people would just go with lightest, most expensive, and toughest material. • that art looks like the stuff for sale for $100 for sale in my new "bad hotel" • Makita haha no sir. The old rifle, the old drills, the old ways. • the Boss was boss

[@MichaelAnsell1842]

Brilliant as always gents. funny, informative, well filmed and produced ( winning formula).

[@biagiocozza8875]

Beautiful video Johnny, love ❤ the paintings, how much are you selling them for, art by gun. The Arrieta guns are truly beautiful.

[@gtopp9619]

Love the Lee Speed! Classic. I would guess that if you had the time to reload, that Lee Speed would really shoot. I would think that some slightly oversized hard cast lead bullets driven to 2,100-2,200 would do quite nicely. Great video. Yes, Michael's art was the nicest, IMO.

[@drummer0864]

Here on this side of the pond, the more I watch, the more I like it. The art looks like, well, I'll have to try it a couple of times and I'm already sure it's too much fun. Keep um coming. I was a little disappointed there were no hot peppers or the like for the contest. I was crying after the last one.

[@james-wb1jr]

That Arrieta has to be the nicest Spanish o/u I have seen absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic film guys

[@AlexP-hl4wn]

Big fan of that Parker Hale - reminds me of my Weatherby XXII - for £100 I’d be tempted to have it rebarrelled in .223, stick a Pecar variable on it and use it for everything. Agree on the point on functionality vs looks in the UK - several of my rifles are utilitarian and do their job very well, and I appreciate their abilities very much, but they’re not something to lavish love on. Saying that, I think tastes are so diverse in the UK and the market relatively small, so I understand why gun makers try not to do anything too controversial. Great video, look forward to the next series.

[@ditzydoo4378]

21:27 mark: I believe the under-lever pattern is a modified "fish scale". very elegant that.

[@dgoodman1484]

Love the bolsters on that Arrieta! Not my favorite style of engraving but I can appreciate the quality! We better see more of that pair of Boss’s though! Can’t just give us such a fast teaser of real firearm art excellence! The stock on that PH today would likely cost more to manufacture than that entire plastic fantastic rifle! lol 👍🏼👍🏼

[@anthonyhamilton-smith8494]

I’m so glad that you still have that beautiful Lee Speed. Beautiful rifle and great entertaining video. 👌

[@BenchrestMarksman]

Nice Artwork Guys😀😀

[@RedLeafRFO]

Awesome video! 🍻

[@sebastianhabel7312]

You guys are like the TOP GEAR of guns, I like the humor. And the old rifle in .303 looks so damn cool.

[@captjack2112]

Rifle wise I've never seen anything perform as well as my Weatherby vanguard in 300 win. Mag. I had a Kanjar trigger installed and a Leuopold 3.5x10 ao. We did hand loads and fine tuned at 3275fps, these would literallypunch single holes at 100 yards. At 200 yards it would shoot 1-1/2 - 2”” easy and at 400 yards drop less than 4” and groups about 2-3” again easily.

[@duncnz9128]

Ridgeline is/was a New Zealand company , it started off as a home business making fleece clothing and has gone on from there .I have the first garment they sold , still in use . I believe those later PH Mauser actions were made in Spain . I love the Lee Speed . Optics are where the greatest advances in shooting have come in the last 20 years .

[@Adrian_3006]

You are right about the PH actions. Spanish Santa Barbara's. Typical Mauser......flap around like a dunny door in the wind, but lock up solid and very reliable. I've never had a problem with the three I own.

[@JoshG58]

What a classy rifle Johnny! I couldn’t wait to finish the video to make this comment. I give Johnny the win simply on choice. What a truly beautiful rifle!

[@canbrit4621]

I have to disagree on Parker Hale. Lovely looking gun, but then.. I am from that era. Just looks smart with those end caps and butt plate with the white accent ❤❤ be still my beating heart. Yeah I'd love a suppressor on it. But alas Canadian so no 😢

[@garybalasa3158]

Agree, me 2, I am also of that era and still have my first PH in .270 with a Pecar 2-7x35 it is by far my most used workhorse in a stable full of thoroughbred's 👌

[@ddoherty5956]

Michael is channelling Cpt. Mainwaring with the tash. 🤭👍🇬🇧

[@ddoherty5956]

Sache time to re-edit it with who do you think you're kidding Mr Hitler on the soundtrack 😉🤭

[@14goldmedals]

3 of the most used calibers by Canadian hunters. Add the 30-06 and perhaps the 7mm Rem Mag and you've got the most sold factory hunting ammo across the country.

[@Imragnar1]

Didnt patterson use the lee speed on the tsavo lions?

[@escapesuburbia1594]

Good knowledge he did 👌

[@grahamsimpkins1540]

Now that just a stunning gun ! Would been keen to see one. Sadly I at the show on Friday, so just maybe next time we can chat 👍

[@Monkey-sc4on]

I’m in The Netherlands and will hopefully pass my shooting / hunting exam in a few months. I’m looking into buying a classic side by side shotgun for small game and bird shooting. The only problem is that lead shot is illegal in Holland, only steal shot is available. Do you recommend buying an (affordable) classic gun to shoot with steal? I understand such a shotgun is not made for steal shot, but how bad can it be? What can go wrong besides wearing the gun down more quickly than intended? Thanks in advance for your answer!

[@magpiesoup17]

14:50 that looks like angels in heaven :D

[@grahambamford9073]

Is it just me or does Michael look like Higgins from Magnum p.i. sorry mike,

[@glennpreussccim4272]

Great video. You covered a lot of territory with this one. I hope there will be a future video on the beautiful Arrieta showing the workmanship that goes into producing those shotguns. And thanks for doing a little gear highlight. European gear seems to set the stage for what we see in the United States. Johnny, what would it take to get you to attend Dallas Safari Club in 2025?

[@pabloburlinksi18]

I would say the comments on aesthetics are true of the UK market - where you often use rifles in poor weather and the culture of rifle hunting is often lone stalking vs shotgun use whereby driven bird shoots in luxury locations draw people to aspire to own beautiful shotguns. In Africa the reverse is true, most shotguns are semi autos and people aspire to own a beautiful rifle

[@tgsoutdoors]

Very interesting perspective

[@kenlansing1216]

Gotta love that elegant old Lee Speed. The Parker Hale also looked good to my welding arc- flashed eyeballs. Not sure what nightmare inspired the blue shotgun. I hope you didn't get any paint on the guns you tested, unlike the blue shotgun.

[@paulvenn4447]

I would take that old PH 270 over most modern things made now days. Those Nikko Stirlings from Japan were amazing glass for the time and the money.

[@Adrian_3006]

Parker Hale wins the art competition, awesome! Cheers Michael 👍. I have a PH same as the 270 in 25/06, except it's a 1200V so has a heavy bull barrel. Great shooter. Think PH copied the Weatherby Californian look back in the 70s. I have 5 PHs in my collection here in NZ. 25/06 1200V, 7x57 1100, 308 Safari, 270 Safari Deluxe, and a 303 No4 sporter. Great video cheers 👍😎

[@jonnycarterfan]

First. The best day of my life

[@TomMountainbiker1994]

Are you coming to the National Shooting Show in Harrogate in May? :)

[@dave_724]

You need to take that old Lee speed out deer stalking !

[@TechnikMeister2]

The only thing that has got better is the barrels. Optics too, maybe. But a good gun from the past will always shoot well. The difference in quality between a $500 gun and a $2000 gun is vast. Compare it to cars. You can buy a $20k Kia that does 200kph, or you can buy a 60s classic for $40k that does the same. Which would you prefer in your garage? Which would you brag about? Which moves you just by sitting in it? Its the same with guns. Any decent gun will shot a 2" group at 300 yds. That covers your entire shooting range. So would you like a plastic Savage Axis in 7mm-08, or a genuine Mauser 98 in 7x57 with a period Zeiss scope. There is a thing called pride and thats part of the buying process. When you go to the range, which gun will people come over and just want to hold. Not the Savage.

[@andrewbrice2116]

U can pick up they parker Hales for a tenner in places

[@CCH-R]

I’m still a blued metal and walnut guy. My rem 700 bdl will shoot a 3 shot group where all the holes touching at 100 yards if I do my part. The old ones can be made to shoot like the new ones. Biggest thing to me is the new ones look and feel sooooo disgustingly cheap…

[@bradtyson]

125 year old, bloody hell its older than George Digweed

[@jeremiah5313]

Your red ears and noses distracted me from focusing on the rifles 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tgsoutdoors]

Season 3 will be filmed in a warmer climate

[@spanishjohn420]

mikes moustache is cool

[@kristiangustafson4130]

I think Ergonomics is the word you're looking for at the 8 minute mark, vs. tactility.

[@CliveRees-ou2ir]

Nice Art Work Guys, Take it to British Shooting Show and set up a raffle to win one.👍

[@larsdahlen319]

You can not be seriosly say that 270W is a hard kicking caliber.

[@TheStockingFiller]

It’s perspective. He’s only 5’3

[@larsdahlen319]

@@TheStockingFiller l am only two inches taller not directly a giant . I wrote 6,6 before but that was wrong changing from meter to feet .. But I am a Swede and red deer is not our biggest or most common game so bigger calibers are common even thoug .308 is commen today.

[@general-Lee-700]

I prefer a good old hunting rifle in my own opinion newer guns feel like they are made out of plastic vs a older style with a nice cherry wooden stock in a 308win or 30-06 Springfield or go big and go home a get a old 8 gauge SxS with 33 inch barrels or go bigger and grab a 6 gauge single shot with 34 inch barrel all my guns I own has beautiful wooden furniture no cheap feeling plastic

[@MinimumSpeedOperator]

Love it

[@DaveThomspon]

We can’t get 525s in Canada

[@barrymartin7085]

Someone should tell him that the sun is not the centre of the universe ..... eish

[@ddoherty5956]

That Lee 😍

[@davidphelan6861]

You do realize that penultimate means next to the last? There is nothing more ultimate than the word ultimate. The shotguns are impressive though.

[@tgsoutdoors]

Yes….. it’s the penultimate episode of Season 2 of The Gun Review.

[@donniepowell7146]

Red ears.

[@FeralApache]

Yes they have. We don't need a 30 minute video to understand that guns have gotten better over time....

[@BrokenBarBox]

Speak for yourself big guy

[@wholeNwon]

"Craftsmanship, workmanship..." and yet the trigger guard extension screw slot is not even close to parallel with the long axis of the extension. Sloppy. That alone would cause me to walk away with my checkbook intact.

[@dgoodman1484]

You must not own any old first quality firearms because if you did you’d understand that wood expands and contracts with the seasons. Screws will need to be tightened slightly and occasionally in a 125 years of service. If it actually bothered you it’s a 60 second fix to get it clocked to where it was when it left the shop in 1899! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@wholeNwon]

@@dgoodman1484 Actually wood is seasoned for many years before use in high quality stocks just to virtually eliminate that variation. Maybe my guns aren't old enough. Let's see: As I glance about here in my den at shotguns is see examples from 1928, 1908, 1901, 1899, etc. In the safe are others from 1874 to 1958. How many have had wood screws that required retightening? NONE...zero. The point is not that sloppy screw turning "bothered" me it's that it didn't bother the gunmaker. Noticing that obvious shortcoming, I wouldn't waste my time studying the rest of the gun were I considering a purchase.

[@dgoodman1484]

If you didn’t know that seasoned wood still grows and shrinks with humidity and is constantly changing size do to moisture content I’m not sure what else to tell you Bud. Ten bucks says every old gun in your collection has either lose screws or busted stocks from not keeping them tight. It’s actually pretty common to keep the screws loose when being stored if they aren’t in a humidity controlled environment. I know my expensive double rifles are stored that way. Of course I understand how wood behaves

[@wholeNwon]

@@dgoodman1484 You would lose your $10.

[@Procharged32]

In design only not quality