Wendy's Top Five Guns I Curator's Corner S5 Ep4

[@dsw1664]

"Hi, I'm Ian MaCollum and welcome to the British Museum."

[@AustinLeeds]

"Hi, I'm Othias, and this OOMPH is the British Museum, Mark I. Let's get it over to the light box."

[@Player_Review]

@@AustinLeeds That reply... So glorious!

[@David_T]

Great Response! I bet Ian owns more than 135 firearms.

[@HaydnHaendel]

You, fine fellow, should be on top of the comments

[@roberthonan3492]

May the blessings of Gun Jesus be with you!

[@LauraAndres]

"oooh aaahhhh watch them not sparkle!" Genuine LOL from this end.

[@KennyHazy97]

Never mind a gold-plated AK-47, I want a gem-encrusted flintlock rifle.

[@narcoleptic8982]

Same.

[@bluemooninthedaylight8073]

Such a wonderful deadpan sense of humor.

[@51WCDodge]

If you are fascinated by this sort of stuff, also try the Wallace Collection in London. They have some fantastic pices, the Damasine on some of them it glourious.

[@TheLaceySocks]

Bedazzled gun, who knew?😊

[@toddellner5283]

I was hoping Ian McCollum would walk in

[@TheLoxxxton]

Oh God could you imagine!? Revolvers use cartridges only! He would faint on the spot. She also missed out percussion caps etc etc. I actually thought the British museum would have more firearms!

[@toddellner5283]

@@TheLoxxxton This was one of the few bad ones, but she's a collection manager, not a scholar or curator.

[@alternativehero]

​@@TheLoxxxton The London Imperial War Museum is only 2 miles away, wouldn't make a lot of sense to have 2 museums filled with weapons that close together.

[@mattiaseriksson6422]

We need gun Jesus.

[@404Dannyboy]

@@TheLoxxxton Most of the firearms are in other museums.

[@narcoleptic8982]

A Belgian copy of a Smith & Wesson in the Middle East collection? Don't tell Irving, he'll demand the Lewis chessmen.

[@oddish2253]

Turks: Adopted firearms early on. Japanese: Adopted firearms late but produces them in high quality. Albanian: Make it look pretty don't put a trigger guard. African: Whatever works.

[@jacobgreengas7121]

Firearms were first introduced to Japan in the 13th century, with the earliest examples dating from around 1270.

[@atomic_wait]

@@jacobgreengas7121 Yeah, Japan had firearms early, but their relative isolation and minimal internal conflicts starting in the early 1600s meant that local military technology stagnated in a lot of respects. No need for an arms race if you're kind of in your own little world and no one's fighting.

[@CanalTremocos]

@@atomic_wait Those are some hardcore alternative facts.

[@MrEvanfriend]

I'm not sure that thing would work.

[@SuperFunkmachine]

@@CanalTremocos If theres no wars then why make your gun better when you can make it fancy, need more shots have a gun bearer an loader.

[@lukedealberdi3713]

Think Sam Colt might have something to say about there being no muzzle loading revolvers

[@lukedealberdi3713]

@@alternativehero Technically correct but saying that all revolvers use 'bullets' definitely wasn't.

[@vespadavidson2315]

Black powder and ball.

[@NPS69]

@@alternativehero pepper box revolvers disagree with you

[@NPS69]

@@lukedealberdi3713 bullets are the projectiles, so yes all revolvers use bullets.

[@lukedealberdi3713]

@@NPS69 so no lead balls then?

[@chuckymcnubbin1518]

"ooh, watch me not sparkle" is even funnier when you realise the amount of time it would have taken to construct the flint lock. 😂 😂 😂 😂.

[@MultiVogon]

Loved the 'Gunny Time' style cutaways, then straight into 100% British presentation style :-D

[@iirainey]

The video was great and I appreciate The British Museum posting it, but a few things. 1. Snapping matchlocks predate both of the guns on the table by a few hundred years. So the snapping lock wasn't a Japanese invention. I realize she may have not said this exactly, but it came across that way in the manner the information was presented. 2. Bullet only refers to the projectile itself. Cartridge is the correct term for the whole package. Again thank you for this content, I love seeing this stuff pop up on my notifications.

[@Tigerrun]

Rick from Pawn Stars would offer $500 for the collection. ‘I’m taking a risk here. Also, they need to be framed and that ain’t cheap’

[@davidanderson7782]

And I got to pay an idiot named Chum Lee to screw things up.

[@billder2655]

hahhaha the king of low balling, such a joke

[@liamfisher917]

Thanks for sharing Wendy

[@cicad2007]

I've seen a revolver that didn't use 'bullets'. Each cylinder hole was loaded with powder, wadding and lead the same as a musket, but fired in sequence the same as a revolver.

[@davidweihe6052]

Yes, that was James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok's favorite pistol, because he could reload it daily and check the powder (apparently, of low quality, often) and replace it if a cylinder had a bad charge.

[@kiethlambert8681]

Exactly what I was thinking. Evidently, she was never heard of a cap and ball revolver.

[@kiethlambert8681]

@@davidweihe6052 Wild Bill probably wasn't checking the quality of the powder. After loading the charge (powder) and ball into the cylinder you lever it down. Then you seal the cylinder with a mixture of corn meal and water. Similar to thick corn bread batter. Out here in the Western US it gets above 90 degrees F all of the time. Which makes that corn meal hard and brittle making it prone to falling out. I've been shooting cap and ball pistols since I was a teenager and I'm 54 now.

[@anthonygraham834]

Early Colt percussion revolvers were prepared like a muzzle loader using a tamping lever swivelling below the barrel. The charge was initiated by percussion caps struck directly by the hammer. Multiple cylinders (which just slipped off when the mechanism was open) were able to be purchased and could be carried to increase firepower.

[@derekp2674]

Have you never fired shot out of any of your revolvers?

[@robertrobert7924]

I worked @NMAI, Smithsonian in Collections and Conservation. Hello from across the pond. I helped to conserve our small collection of American Indian owned firearms to be displayed on Opening Day 2004.

[@harrymoto6951]

At least over here in the colonies, a 'Bullet' is the bit that flies downrange and hits the target. A 'Cartridge' is what you put into the firearm, it's the thingy with the case, powder, bullet (projectile), and primer.

[@woodbox665]

Steve Earle has a song called "The Devils Right Hand" on his "The Mountain" CD where a verse goes; "my very first pistol was a cap and ball colt, shoots fast as lightnin' but she loads a mite slow. loads a might slow, soon found out, get you into trouble, but couldn't get you out. so i went and bought a colt 45, called it peacemaker, i never knew why, i never knew why, i didn't understand, mamma says the pistol is the devils' right hand the devils' right hand, the devils right hand nothin' touched the trigger but the devils right hand. a reference to muzzle a loading revolver being replaced with a quicker loading revolver that uses cartridges . as you can imagine, it being a bluegrass song, it didn't help our protagonist.

[@slappy8941]

Cap And ball revolvers aren't muzzle loaders.

[@woodbox665]

@@slappy8941 my forehead. you are right. but i think it is a distinction without a difference. it is still very slow to load. thanks for the correction.

[@bozo5632]

Cap and ball revolver is basically a muzzle loader with multiple chambers. Granted you don't technically load it through the muzzle but it's pretty close to the same thing.

[@a.hollins8691]

Is there any bluegrass song where anything goes right for the protagonist?

[@anttibjorklund1869]

"Welcome to the Collection Manager's Corner." More like.

[@derekp2674]

Thanks, that was an interesting look at a few of your firearms.

[@ingramjd]

Thanks for sharing your passion with us. I look forward to watching your expertise improve.

[@IPostSwords]

That's a bit of a dream job, a collections manager for such a fantastic museum

[@kleinjahr]

Now if they would only post swords.

[@IPostSwords]

@@kleinjahr they posted an excellent video on a Sutton hoo sword the other week

[@kleinjahr]

@@IPostSwords Yes they did, quite interesting.

[@Player_Review]

Collections Manager would be much more fun than being the curator. Collection Managers are often involved with the acquisition of items, so that would be especially engaging were it a component of Wendy's role.

[@stingfan4]

Reminds me of the scene in the Museum in Demolition Man "Wait,its the future. Where are all the phaser guns?"

[@robertschlesinger1342]

There are many older and more unusual rifles and pistol than those shown. Surely you must have some very early examples, circa 1500.

[@michaelgreen1515]

Wonderful, be nice to see the inlaid pearl or if you have a decorated Montenegran.

[@caninedrill_instructor5861]

Ms. Adanson, The firing pin wouldn't be striking the bullet, it would be striking the primer.

[@andyjugon108]

Yes! Was saying the same thing

[@cesarvidelac]

Excellent video, I hope you can show us some more examples of your collection, I'm sure there are many more interesting items to show there. Thanks for sharing!

[@vigunfighter]

OMG! That was HORRIBLE! She doesn't know guns and got SO MUCH wrong! Ugh. Try to forget that you watched this video....

[@troyclayton]

She said the spark on the flintlock went straight into the touchhole, but every one I've seen (100ish?) it goes into the pan which ignites powder that burns through the touchhole. Most matchlocks had powder in pans as well. Are these guns somehow different?

[@teaCupkk]

They aren't. She just doesn't quite know how her "top 5 guns" work.

[@ReddoFreddo]

Love the epic Discovery Channel style heavy metal intermissions xD

[@teaCupkk]

Yup! When you're thin on substance, better go all out on gimmicky presentation and click bait.

[@IndianaJoe3]

I was hoping to learn the story behind why that revolver was in the museum. Oh well.

[@ronjohnson6406]

Me too. That revolver has to have some significance tied to who owned it. Because there is no reason why the museum would have an old, dug up, knock off schofield revolver.

[@kiwibird8441]

@@ronjohnson6406 maybe the fact that it is old and was a knockoff is all the significance it needs to be in the museum.

[@neilwilson5785]

If you ask them politely to do a 40 minute video, I'm guessing they would love to do it! YT has a reputation for hating anything that is 25 minutes.

[@DonCrowder]

Thank you. Good choices.

[@ricecoffee3968]

I once came across a walking stick shotgun, single barrel. Certainly a great piece of work. Would love to know more about the history of them, who and why. Great show.

[@-mike-8134]

nice view of the bottoms of each firearm although it made me wonder what the rest of the 'guns' looked like...

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

Rifles, can’t prove it but I bet the two matchlocks were not rifled. Fusil-fowling piece- musket- arqubus? Maybe but not rifle.

[@LutzDerLurch]

The japanese matchlocks muzzle looks smoothbore, but the turkish one looks suspiciously rifled

[@billbartley3007]

The Turkish one clearly is rifled. I have seen 16th and 17th century Turkish rifles.

[@hernerweisenberg7052]

"Revolvers allways use bullets" was my fav :D

[@Getpojke]

Nice video thank you, and lovely to see some of the collection. As some folks have pointed out you can get muzzle loaded revolvers and indeed some which fire a combination of bullets and a shotgun round like the Lemat revolver which has nine .40 or calibre bullets in the cylinder and a central .60 smoothbore shotgun/grapeshot barrel. On the muzzle-loading percussion cap front there were pistols and rifles like the Lindsay's which had a double loaded single barrel which gave you a second shot on the second pull of the trigger. Though these were found to be unreliable as you could have chain or double fire where both went off at once giving the operator something of a surprise. Loving the videos coming out of the British Museum, so interesting to see some of what you have, especially as I cannot travel down to see for myself at the moment.

[@ltdannichols]

She referred to the matchlocks as rifles. I would love to know if they were actually rifles or if she's throwing terms around.

[@bordenfleetwood5773]

Thank you for the video! It's very interesting to see what the BM keeps, outside of its normal object collections. I would also like to express how interesting it is for me (from the U.S.) to see an English civilian handling firearms. She was very safe and professional, and handled everything appropriately, but there was also a complete lack of either familiarity or fear that this side of the Atlantic is not accustomed to seeing. The pieces displayed are wonderful examples from their nation of origin, and not generally objects that someone more opinionated about the subject would ever choose to discuss. I, for one, found it all fascinating. Again, thank you.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

That "not accustomed to seeing" NONSENSE is just you being lead by the nose by talking heads on your "side of the Atlantic". You should be embarrassed to have uttered such a fatuous bit of twaddle.

[@bordenfleetwood5773]

@@uncletiggermclaren7592 - In the States, everyone has an opinion about guns. Everyone. It's such a politically divided subject that it permeates our entire culture. Even people who are trying to be balanced and even for a speech or event end up expressing some kind of preference, either for or against the idea of firearms and firearm usage and ownership. The curator in the video expresses zero opinion. None. She doesn't care about anything that these object may represent in the modern day, and it doesn't affect her daily life or thoughts whatsoever. She is able to handle and discuss the objects like any other museum pieces. That was the point of my comment. The cultural difference expressed by her utter lack of subconscious preference was surprising. It was like watching an American getting asked about Hong Kong: we'd only have an opinion if we had a personal tie to the place, otherwise we'd just shrug and answer as best we can based on personal knowledge. The opinion wouldn't be informed by political alignment or any game of cultural telephone.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

@@bordenfleetwood5773 Of COURSE she gave a dispassionate, academic opinion. You DO understand she is a Curator at the FATHER of museums? You think she is going to risk having a controversial opinion ?. That isn't in the job description. And actually I really think you do a dis-service to her counterparts in the more professional of the US Museums. No doubt the Curator of some "Yee Haw, Cowboys !" museum in Texas would allow himself a divisive opinion abut guns, but I confidently believe her counter-part in one of the actual SERIOUS US museums would be as professional.

[@bordenfleetwood5773]

@@uncletiggermclaren7592 - You are being needlessly belligerent. The comments section are for comments, and I made an observation that I found interesting, and thought that others would, too. But, to your point... We have professionals in the U.S. every bit as worthy as the curator here. I spent the last five years working with several, though my specialties lie in a different profession. Our curators are passionate about their work and subject, knowledgeable, and seek to share that knowledge with patrons from any and all backgrounds. And... If any of them were to present the pieces in the video above, there would be a necessary several seconds in their presentation explaining the importance of considering the object as a historical piece, and urging their listeners to see the objects for their value to the historical narrative, rather than a statement on the museum's own stance towards the subject. After all, ignorance of that consideration - or willfully ignoring it - has recently cost us several statues throughout my country. Some were as pointless as a passive piece of internet art, true, but others carried a priceless historical value, and were destroyed by a bunch of fools with political agendas and cheered on by a nation of people who will, hopefully, one day wake up and realize what they've done. Especially in light of that, I'll stand by my original comment and its spirit. My countrymen currently struggle to see past their own noses when something that could be divisive is put before them, regardless of content or context, and the curator's dedication to her work, combined with her cultural lack of opinion on the matter, deserves to be recognized.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

@@bordenfleetwood5773 Ah, you make your stance clear . . . a person who thinks slavery wasn't wrong, and people are complaining about "nothing". Thanks, that is all you needed to add for me to completely discount your opinion.

[@stevenmarry6845]

great vid..wendy should make more episodes

[@tommythecat4961]

Props to the guy behind her for standing completely still for the whole duration of the video!

[@jlsmith4054]

You should get together with Ian McCullum of Forgotten Weapons.

[@verdatum]

And for a really jaw-dropping arms and armor collection, if you ever get a chance, visit the Tower of London. I was only supposed to be there for a couple hours; ended up spending an entire day.

[@christopheromiecinski1794]

Wendy, great video with important history - thank you and keep up your important work! However, your terminology is just a little off. What you call the projectile can also be called the bullet and what you call the bullet is actually a cartridge (which consists of projectile/bullet, explosive of some type and primer all enclosed in a casing).

[@danielcadwell9812]

The lack of firearms knowledge is quite evident. You should have a talk with Gun Jesus.

[@andrewjohnston4127]

Amen

[@foreyfriend145]

My 2C$: 4:30 I find a nice match between the BGM and the Albanian gun, it seems that in the those days they didn't have electric guitars or vans to decorate like that. Long live Metal!. 8:30 Belgium!? Mrs. Wendy you just added to my already painful confussion, wasn't it that a Mexican gunsmith and his daughter blah blah then Di Caprio.. . The legend continues on at The British Museum.

[@jfridy]

My family owns a Colt 1863 Revolver. It's a 6 shot design from the American Civil War. The gun actually does have to loaded with powder and ball, thought you pour into a exposed area of the revolving cylinder, not the barrel. Then you pack down the shot with a lever beneath the barrel. THEN you attach a small percussion cap to the back of each chamber. Then it's ready to go. Yeah, to load the 6 shots takes 3 to 5 minutes. After the war the ones that stayed in military service were converted to the new cartridge ammunition or replaced with cartridge firing guns within a decade. My dad still takes it out and shoots it once a year. It's actually sturdier than any modern kit versions he's tried.

[@derekp2674]

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[@anger154]

"This counts as a deadly weapon and has to be licensed as a shotgun" classic brits

[@Player_Review]

I just pretended it was one of the older satirical videos produced by The Onion.

[@owllymannstein7113]

In all fairness it would probably be pretty deadly if you attempted to actually shoot it.

[@51WCDodge]

UK firearmas laws are in essence quite simple. Prove you are a fit and proper responsible person and have a need to own a firearm. The detail is quircky, but I have no problem that society trusts me with a lethal device, I have to be responsible. Pity the same attitude isn't taken with motor vehicles.

[@owllymannstein7113]

That's cool that you don't care that society considers you a threat until you prove you aren't. Though since I don't actually wish to hurt anyone I prefer to be treated like I'm not a dangerous until I do something to prove I actually am.

[@51WCDodge]

@@owllymannstein7113 Now you are trolling. Society does not consider me dangerous, or I wouldn't hold a FAC.

[@dreamjackson5483]

Great channel

[@rufousdederp]

That rubber band gun is wild!

[@pauldiamond9219]

Are those two matchlocks really "rifles" given that I assume they are almost def smooth bore and not 'rifled' ie)have grooves lining the barrel to impart spin to the projectile. Just curious.

[@lixulan]

Always a hoot to watch these, there were black powder revolvers that required each cylinder to be reloaded from the front and did not use "bullets" by which she means rounds.

[@bustedfender]

“...and the firing mechanism is a wing nut and an elastic band “ 🥴🤘🤣

[@mallekgarson9127]

Maybe the distinction is different in Great Britain, but I've always heard modern smokeless powder referred to as gunpowder and black powder as the older stuff for muzzle loaders

[@The1Helleri]

8:46 "Revolvers always use bullets." This is not so. In-fact one of the first revolvers adopted for service by the U.S. Military (the Colt 1860 Army) was charge and ball loading. They used caps on rear of cylinder nipples and a trip hammer to fire. They even had their own built in ram rod lever. There are quite a few revolvers before and after this that worked similarly. Though we start to see true bullets (conical combustion driven projectiles) a few decades previous to this, there was quite a bit of overlap in transition and revolvers were not originally designed for true cased bullets. In fact the revolving cylinder as a concept dates back to the mid to late 16th century from whence there are even a few example of revolving cylinder matchlock rifles. 9:14 "Apart from more modern repeating firearms. The revolver is the only gun that allows you to shoot more than one round before you need to reload." Except for contemporary double barreled muskets and repeating rifles (repeating rifles also date back to a little before the time of small arms revolvers). Granted, before the 1830's (for the most part) most firearms in use were single shot. But it's because that was the most affordable "will do" option for most people that would own a firearm; Not because the technology didn't exist yet. The development of firearms (as with many technologies) is not a step by step continuum. Rather new concepts were being tried very early on all the time. Often experiencing brief popularity. But for what ever reasons (usually down to people being generally bad at managing money, as apposed there not being a demand for a feature) they fall out of usage or never really take off until decades if not a century or so later. Even when old concepts get revised and see new interest there tends to be decades of transitional overlap. To the point where one could reasonably expect to see multiple radically different platforms for firearms being used within a single battle on both sides. Because if someone had something that worked, perhaps even passed down through their family, they didn't tend to run out and get the shiniest new thing. Firearms are not iphones. It's never been so clearly and distinctly iterative as portrayed here.

[@Foximillions]

Revolvers don't always use bullets, there are some very early American western revolvers that need to be muzzle loaded and setup off with percussion caps, Colt first made the Colt Walker percussion cap and ball revolver in 1836, they're really interesting, you should check them out if you have an opportunity, cool guns btw

[@liamfisher917]

Colt pistols aren't muzzle loaded. They are loaded into the cylinder, not down the barrel. So not muzzle loaded. You're not ramming the load down the barrel.

[@Tulip1811]

the bullet is the part that comes out the barrel, youre thinking of cartridges.

[@bswins9648]

Curator or not, I enjoyed the video very much. Wendy’s great. Knowledgeable and a great sense of humor. Hope she agrees to do more videos. 👍🏻

[@carolinethompson7173]

Very interesting and informative. Another film on the same theme that you might enjoy is 'Naked Nuns with big guns'.

[@diceman199]

Slightly misleading description of how the muzzle loaders fired. The spark doesn't travel down the touch hole and the match doesn't ignite the main charge. They actually light a secondary charge which is in the pan...the bit just below the flint striking plate and where the match actually touches. That catches fire and burns through the touch hole and that ignites the main charge. When it doesn't work the secondary lights but doesn't burn through to the main charge....which is where we get flash in the pan expression from. Wendy also doesn't mention there is a firing delay with these. From igniting secondary charge to firing can be a second or two delay....which makes clay pigeon shooting much trickier :-)

[@LutzDerLurch]

well, the delay is there in all firearms, for various reasons and at varying lengths. with muzzleloaders, you do not usually have the touchhole filled with powder, and dont want it, either. it is the heat radiation from the burning priming, that ignites the main charche throught the touch hole. And a second or two is very much more than the actual time of the delay. Qou may be able to get a 1 second delay, if you take care to stuff the touchhole with powder, so it actually has to burn through.

[@Golshanim]

Do you have any bows? I am a traditional archer and have been lucky enough to have been given private access to the archery section in the military museum in İstanbul. I have been a member of BM for years but I have not seen any bows. Could you please let me know? Thank you

[@adriannespring8598]

Epic job and collection!! 😍

[@Jasruler]

Everyone nitpicking about the revolver thing: Chill out and go watch Forgotten Weapons.

[@glypnir]

It would be more interesting to me to hear about the reasons why the museum has these weapons, rather than an introduction to firearm types.

[@Goldendragon003]

Disappointed that no wheel locks were show cased.

[@Player_Review]

Those were expensive to make by default, so they always seem to objectively be 'work of art' worthy when they show up. I was also disappointed they either didn't have a wheellock available or they didn't make Wendy's top 5. Wheellocks are also beautiful in action, when captured with high speed camera and slowed down, a glorious site to behold. Even though it wasn't a wheellock, they must not have bid/won King Louis XV's Lorenzoni-system flintlock repeating rifle that Hauschka made around 1735 CE. Probably my favorite presentation rifle, makes the rifle in this video with all the oddly mounted gemstones look like a kid's macaroni art project. It sold for $182k in 2018, which I think the buyer made out very well on; So underappreciated for some of the works of art and historically important firearms to be exchanged for the low monetary values they are.

[@51WCDodge]

@@Player_Review There a re some beautiful examples of Wheel locks in the Wallace Collection.

[@zedalba]

I'm willing to bet the Arabian flintlock was a ceremonial weapon that they would only load powder into. Like a starting gun for a race.

[@trailingarm63]

Have you got any ammunition? If nobody loads them they're not very dangerous at all.

[@Frank-mm2yp]

The most spectacular collection of arms and armor in the UK is @ the Royal Armouries Museum. The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a large national museum which displays the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

[@bomber7837]

This episode of not-so curator Curator's Corner was absolutely 'bang' on!

[@M14Bolt]

regarding the Albanian flint lock. May I humbly suggest that it is a palace guard's weapon. Such a soldier would have both security and ceremonial duties so and ornate but fire ready weapon would be needed. Your statement that all revolvers use bullets is incorrect. The Colt Navy 1861 is a muzzle loading revolver that uses paper cartridges and the cap and ball system. There was a lever type ram rod permanently fixed to the barrel, and yes, it must have been awkward to use.

[@johnshoosmith]

I love these videos! This makes me wonder, what items in the collection are of particular interest to employees at the museum? What are their personal favorites?

[@paddyk3748]

You have the best job of all time, I live up the road if you need an apprentice I'd love to 😂👍

[@flashpointrecycling]

There were allot of Smith and Wesson #2 knock offs. This one has serious condition issues - Not collector grade. so what makes it "museum worthy"? Was it found somewhere interesting or was the dead man holding it famous?

[@hirundine44]

The firesticks cause danger? Or is it the ammunition. Who owns those "patents"..?

[@drsch]

Sitting here looking at my '51 Navy. 44 being slightly confused about how she says we don't have to worry about how we load revolvers.

[@derekp2674]

I'm sure she meant that you don't have to load the chambers via the barrel. But, as pointed out in other comments, you do have to that on a pepperbox. Obviously they might not own any primitive American (or ancient antique) muzzle loading revolvers in their small collection. European revolver designers were not handicapped by Rolin White's patent and so had proper breechloading revolvers in the 1850's www.hbsa-uk.org/About-the-HBSA/junior-membership/pinfire-revolvers

[@doubleT84]

Would you consider them 'Forgotten Weapons'?

[@JimFortune]

8:50 Early revolvers were cap and ball and did require "muzzle loading".

[@willie_brydon]

Well even with those you're not actually loading them through the muzzle, just the front end of the cylinder

[@clickityclak6111]

I was going to say this. My dad owns a reproduction Navy Colt black powder revolver.

[@lukedealberdi3713]

@@willie_brydon ever seen a pepperbox?

[@DiggingForFacts]

A chamber is not a muzzle, no matter which end you put the bullet it. The pepperbox is the only revolver that has to be muzzle loaded, although you could argue that a true revolver has a multi-chamber cylinder that needs to line up with one barrel and that the pepperbox straddles a gray area.

[@JimFortune]

@@DiggingForFacts Does a pepperbox revolve? Yes? Then it is a __________.

[@federicorodriguezfages9377]

LOVE IT!! the shot need more ligth dou

[@liamwinter4512]

This is fascinating

[@vigunfighter]

the fascinating part is just how little she knows about the subject, and how this demonstrates how far the United Kingdom has fallen...

[@MrRichiekaye]

The "arms and armour basement.". Yeh, baby!

[@uwusmolbean]

if they still made long-guns pretty like that, I might actually buy one !

[@DouglasGross6022]

I'm sure Holland and Holland would make your rifle look however you like. Just be prepared to take out a mortgage and wait a _long_ time for delivery.

[@vigunfighter]

guns today are made much prettier than that crude thing. scroll up and seach youtube for 'Tiffany Colt Smith & Wesson" or, "how Holland & Holland shotguns are made"

[@worldtraveler930]

Deactivated weapons are a insult to mankind and All collectors worldwide!

[@billbartley3007]

Agreed!

[@andyjugon108]

Don't deactivate your weapons

[@guile108]

oi, do yew av a loicense to say "gun" mate?

[@trin08201]

Many muzzle loading revolvers. Beaufort Adams etc.

[@pter7531]

Love the series!

[@stevenandbobthedog]

Quite a few revolvers don't use cartridges, the 1851 Colt Navy, 1860 Colt New Army, and 1858 Remington New Army are just a few examples of muzzle loading revolvers.

[@derekp2674]

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[@ender4life]

I want to see that black and white rifle in the background sooooo baaaaad

[@kenc2257]

@10:33 Poor "Jeff," standing around for the entire video, and couldn't get a word in edgewise... [he did seem to perk up when Wendy was displaying the Albanian flintlock]

[@stini334]

I'm wondering how you define the middle east? From Albania to Japan? 🤔

[@5chr4pn3ll]

Ah top # videos, now this is how you youtube! Great fun watch :)

[@constanze_the_great]

THIS WOMAN HAS THE COOLEST JOB EVER!!! 😎

[@KathrynLiz1]

Those muzzleloaders have dry, rusty bores.... clean and lubricate PLEASE! Some revolvers DO load from the front.... percussion revolvers were and are common.... I own two of them..... Remingtons... 1858 Army model...

[@Meevious]

There're 16th century wheellock revolvers, so revolvers used exclusively round shot for about 250 years - well over half of their history to date. There are also other kinds of multishot firearm with the same vintage, typically through using multiple barrels, but many other methods were tried before the advent of the pointed bullet. Lastly, revolvers do also have a lock, stock and barrel and aren't really any more likely to be made completely of metal than are other pistols. =P

[@derekp2674]

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[@joejoelesh1197]

Uh, I have most definitely shot a muzzleloading revolver. I am really hoping that I heard wrong, and she didn't say that they dont exist.

[@JCElzinga]

you don't load it from the muzzle though... you load it from the cylinder.... if you dont push it through 'the muzzle' is it really a muzzle loader? (BTW I have one around here too navy replica)

[@joejoelesh1197]

@@JCElzinga, I would still classify it as one as it lacks a through bored cylinder. There is also the example of the common pepper box revolver.

[@JCElzinga]

@@joejoelesh1197 The pepper box is a really good example i over looked. I think the normal ball and cap revolver is only classified as a muzzle loader for legal hunting purposes (at least in michigan). But from the point of view of a museum, since it doesn't load through the muzzle, it isnt a muzzle-loader is it? Either way you are right on the pepperbox...

[@joejoelesh1197]

@@JCElzinga HAY, a fellow Michigander! You dont hunt with that Navy, do you? I was never able to be accurate enough with my Army model to even consider it. I will stick with my classification of the single barreled civil war era revolvers as muzzleloaders. Another argument I would make is that the true classifications they should be using is "breach loading" vs "non breach loading".

[@JCElzinga]

@@joejoelesh1197 Nah, never hunted with one. I am a bow hunter, recurve (barebow but made with modern materials). I actually agree with you, but was trying to give this lady the benefit of the doubt. But there is no way for me to see pepperbox style as anything BUT muzzle loader.

[@davidpowell5437]

Thank you Wendy for showing us these items from the vaults. Please show us more, sometime, but may I suggest, restrict your comment to dates and places. I can tell that you are a bit out of your depth on the technical side - but do show us anyway! Some of the stuff in museum back rooms hardly ever gets seen. by the public which is a great pity. Mind you, there seems to be a fair bit of confusion among your commenters too... Here's a few points which might help. Most modern small arms use what is called fixed ammunition - projectile, propellant and igniter all fixed together in a single handy package thus enabling a much higher sustained rate of fiire. Muzzle loaders initially used loose powder and ball which were inserted from the muzzle along with one or more wads or a cloth patch wrapped round the ball in order to get a better seal. The ignition source was usually on the outside of the gun - slow match, some sort of friction fire lock or percussion cap. Military musketry advanced to the point of using pre measured charges of powder wrapped up in (cartridge) paper together with a ball. It reduced wastage and rigorous drill enabled a higher rate of fire than messing about with powder horns etc. Their lubrication provided the tinder from which the Indian Mutiny took off FWIW in the uk, like it or not, cap and ball revolvers are legally classed as muzzle loaders and that is why they are one of the few types of handguns we are still permitted to own so I'll thank you not to argue the point too loudly. Again, before the introduction of metallic ammunition cartridges were sometimes made by wrapping powder in tissue paper specially treated to burn fast and without residue (Think Rizla!). These often used a conical bullet rather than a ball. It is not illegal to do this today - the ignition source is still separate - but opinions I have read suggest that loose loading is more accurate.

[@UAPJedi]

You get the feeling Wendy can be a bit mischievous 😉

[@nsierra2297]

Really interesting!

[@MyChrisable]

I'd love to see Ian McCollum go deeper in these wonderful guns...

[@seanlee4502]

That was well done

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

I think you will find a matchlock muzzleloading revolver in Henry VIII guns

[@threecatsteve]

Did you do any other videos?

[@Icanhasautomaticcheeseburger]

0:36: 135 firearms? That's your average American household... But 2:17: killed me -- that could only get more "American" of an intro if you put a screaming bald eagle eating an apple pie on it.

[@emilmckellar4932]

The Colt 1851, 1860, 1861 Navy, Remington 1858, and the Lemat are some of MANY muzzle loading revolvers. How can she say that they don't exist

[@captainchaos3053]

Not all revolvers use a full cartridge round. Colt could argue this point if you contact them.

[@Jezus42]

In no way would you damage other items of antique. I cant Express how mad I am. Why did you ruin those guns?

[@ArcanisUrriah]

probably deactivated before they got them.....

[@peterldelong]

Rock guitar riffs and 19th century and before firearms. Yes!