Designing a gun with CAD programs and CNC or 3d printed rapid prototyping is impressive. Designing something like this with drafting tables, hand drawings, imagination and wood models that are hand made is mind blowing.
I'm surprised there aren't more of these high end self-loaders, especially with the popularity of sidelocks. The large receiver would make for an excellent canvas for a large amount of engraving.
I’m so glad that you’re still doing gun reviews. I fell in love with this channel because you review guns I’ll never be able to afford! Haha Thank you JC, please continue doing a great job!
lovely gun I had one in my hands a week ago. I noticed that you didn't mention the button on the side. It is a blot release and can help you reload faster. After taking your last shot from the magazine the bolt locks back. You can load your next round straight into the chamber push the button close the bolt then open the action to load the magazine. it should save some time and even a bit of confusion as the last time you opened the action the bolt was locked back. the bolt follower and the spring that closes the bolt subsequently slammed forward but thankyou for the video
That gun is absolute perfection 🤤😍 confused about no one liking it because it’s a 7 shot, i thought every shotgun in the UK had to hold 2 shells and nothing more
I handled one of these years ago, at an auction sale in Invercargill, New Zealand. Funny where guns like this can pop up. It was truly a magnificent piece of engineering that almost leapt to the shoulder. Thanks for showing us.
Hello Johnny! My name is Dimitri. Nice video....i love this shotgun! Cosmi incorporates a little switch kinda button on the left back side of its firing mechanism that acts as a cut-off switch and turns Cosmi into a (1+2)-round shotgun! Keep up the good work! I love your videos on RU-vid, especially the ones with "old" traditional Side x sides! Greetings from Greece
I think you are very brave waving that beautiful gun around on an uncovered table. I winced ever time you spun the gun around. Thanks for showing this fabulous gun 😃👍
Looks beautiful, but from the "easyness" of maintaining and using it, I would absolutely prefer an old Browning A5. This looks like a piece of art; maybe like the Korriphila HSP-701 or the Korth PRS (which I guess are basically perfection) but too clunky. I would not dare to use it on the range due to all the polished things inside I had to clean afterwards. This gun would be something to put in a showcase.
Really beautiful wood. I'd be very reluctant to expose that action when loading in a duck blind, goose pit or boat. The more usual autoloaders are designed to shield the working parts better from debris, rain, etc.
04:00 au contraire, monsieur. Efficiency EXUDES beauty and this wonderful long-recoil mechanism is efficient, the outside bolt handle is just not necessary and therefore is the internal bolt handle efficient and beautiful. Quod erat demonstrandum. Thankyouverymuch!
I've been looking forward to this video it is something special enjoy your new gun, sorry your not aloud anymore guns, when is ant going to get a shot, I'm sure he could put it work lol
Jumped over to their web presence having seen this video title , I never realised that they offered a rifle ....... I'm on the list to go on the list just as soon as I can offload a kidney. Thanks for the uploads. Be good Stay safe.
Nice work JC. Good to see that you are keeping us all informed which I certainly enjoy. I saw you shoot this in an earlier vid of yours in Italy. What a beast of a machine with elegance built into machine poetry and motion. What next a belt loaded 12 gauge lololololol Now there's a thought...
The best semi-autos have to be piotti by Benelli. I think the minimum barrier to entry is around 25K retail. Fully hand engraved, colour cased hardened or blued actions. Exhibition walnut :) Go have a look around the beretta gallery in London :D
@@tgsoutdoors not detracting from the cosmi :) Never actually seen one in the flesh. I am a big auto fan but they rarely get shoulder time these days. With the momentum of steel I wonder where we might begin to see them emerging in the field!
Its was great to bump into you at Barbury Shooting School, and the irony of getting home to see todays RU-vid video, arguably the finest semi-auto shotgun in the word, and me, as I explained in the gun room, trying out for the first time my Stoeger MK3 semi auto, totally the other end of the stick. Well I have to report that not only did it cycle as well as expected with 32g cartridges, but 28g were smooth, and finally the 24g gamebore cartridge although cheekily optimistic proved to work ok too. Astonishing what that inertia semi can do. Having said that though I am certainly in awe of the COSMI as I remember your previous video of evening clays in Italy...with a bar and beer perhaps. However for now, totally loving my Stoeger... £550 worth of Turkish American fun :-).
It sits at 7lb 14oz unloaded, but feels 7lb 7oz. Wight be ammo sitting between the hands and slightly into the stock, it really doesn’t feel bad at all.
Although the action is beautiful to look at and manipulate, the shotgun has numerous practical flaws. Having to open the action to cock the hammer is one. Can it be decocked without doing that? Does it need to be open to show the firearm is safe? These actions in the field or at the range expose the internals to dirt and foreign material. Another flaw is the use of a fixed force spring which allows proper functioning within a certain range of load parameters only - much like the Auto 5 and various Remington 1100 series (although the Remington 1100 holds the world record of over 24000 rounds being fired without any malfunctions and without having been cleaned). To me, true beauty is not only reliability but flexibility as well, along with ease of use and maintenance. The winner in thst category, proven by decades of Sporting Clays shooters, is the Beretta AL391 Urika.
The Cosmi will be eternally kind to you, eternally attractive and bring you joy forever more. I’m not one to draw comparisons but it could be worth the risk.
Lovely bit of kit. I want one lol. Would bywell allow me to have a shot????? Great video was a pleasure to finally meet you at the northern. Hope you're keeping safe and well all the best from Scotland cheers
Not a clue, however I’m sure you’d be welcome too but unfortunately the law on shooting Sec 1 semi autos is very strict. You can shoot on that’s on your licence or if your an RFD
@@tgsoutdoors Sadly, had to be a carer for 2+ years Jonny, otherwise I would be there mate 😢 Hopefully get things stabilised n get back to work soon👍 Thanks for all you guys do, keeps me sane...ish 😉
Rather unique, but not totally unique. For me it comes down to reliability under the riggers of a serious target shooter who shoots at 3000 targets in competition and another 4000 targets in practice. Nice shooting by the way!
I get the feeling the man doth protest too much, as regards to the ownership of said gun! Johnny seems to recant the phrase 'its not mine, I'm not allowed any more guns' lol.
"... but it is not unattractive in any way, shape or form." Actually, it's pug ugly. It's also ridiculously over complicated. The hallmark of excellent engineering is simplicity, not figuring out how to make ten parts do the job of two. It's absurdly expensive, the action is long enough to serve as a driveway and the overall company 'mission statement' seems to be, "How expensive can we make this thing?" Of course if spending forty grand is an affront, you can add about another sixty grand of engraving. "Ahh.. that's much better. I'll take it, unless you have one with diamonds instead of engraving." While my local gun club doesn't screen potential new members by apparent wealth, if someone showed up with one of these things, I'd gently suggest that the membership committee keep up the requirement that IQ be at least as high as one's shoe size.
@@tgsoutdoors only cause browning went to crap and wanted to get away from milled steel and wood and go to aluminium and polymers Auto 5 is eternal man thing saw use ing both world wars and was made for a century long recoil is king my only complaint is they didn't offer it in 410 or 10 gauge I would kill for a 3.5 inch 10 gauge auto 5
This seems like driving across the country to knock on the neighbors door. Pay a small fortune for a antiquated highly mechanical custom made action ?? Might as well just collect watches… Idk maybe when I get older I’ll appreciate things like this more but I’d way rather myself have a good browning auto. Top off reloading is possible you don’t have to do four actions with your hand to cock the fucking thing haha .. This is just jewelry for the person who’d rather show strangers there firearms than shoot them.
I should expand, it what makes a great gun: The answer will be individual to every person, but we can all agree that if you took an average then the following wood stand: -usability - it’s got to be nice to use -reliability- it’s got to work -affordability- the average man should be able to want and afford one. (This is where opinion will differ the most) -desirability - almost h marketing does little to you once you have made a purchase it does protect the used market and there is reassurance in having a gun that holds market appeal/value. Cosmi falls short on some points here, the same as Bosis and some of the other finest makers in the world. Benelli falls short in no corner other than their stocks are blooming tiny.