French 1867 "Tabatiere" conversion Pt.2 

At the famous statue in La Défense business district in Paris, the French soldier is depicted armed with a Tabatière. But Wikipedia erroneously wrote it's a Chassepot.

This is my favorite era of firearms. The weird, big bore single shots are so cool

Good Lord, the ammunition looks colossal; if you dropped a round, the danger isn't that you could lose it, it's that it could break your toe or trip you up and twist an ankle.

You impress me with your historical knowledge. Engineering skills. Highly entertaining. And lovin the mad minute.

Yep, watch you guys all the way thru, Chappie. Your telling of rifle conversions from the late 1800's is both informative and entertaining, I enjoy the approach y'all give the subject matter! 😊

Came from B&T a few Werks ago,Meeting the Chap on the stairs,got promised this Video ist about to come,was not disappointed as always 😊 you should Take Off the cleaning rod while shooting, it Slips out substancially and I think it shifts your point of impact

Steel plate sees the 18.4mm slug approaching and throws up its arms in horrific anticipation of what is about to happen...

Thanks Le Chap! And I was there to the end! Loved how the clearing rod wanted to go down range as you where shooting! 😆 (Watch on the app, still supporting you guys on the big P.)

always cool to see an old rifle brought back to life.

Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent insights as always from you.

The whole series was well worth watching, well done!

Did like this one very much. Very much a fan of the chaps videos.

Really impressive arms. Thanks Chap!

Love to see a revolver made for this beast of a bullet 😄 great video 👍

Great video! I would love to see one on the Lindner conversion for the Podewils Gun.

Lovely work young Chap. Thank you. I am reminded of a period newspaper article with the journalist writing of seeing Garde Mobile soldiers frantically kicking their breechblocks open and/or their extractors with their boots. I suspect poor quality post Sedan ammunition and maybe similar conversions. I would love to see your take on the wartime Samain bolt action conversions. I have no such weapon to offer, although I did once have a shotgun post war Belgian conversion. It appears that the Samain made ones were quite adequate but small workshop ones were, shall we say, less so.

Very nice presentation. Those cartridges look ludacris...until you think about getting hit by the bullet.

In the range footage, it looked like you were about to launch the ram-rod! Hope that didn't occur, Chap!

Salty Comment to feed the algorithm. Was a fun series on a maligned rifle. Which like many maligned French rifles, winds up that way not through a defect in the arm but by way of political defects.

It's interesting that they chose to use a hollow based bullet, I assume it's just for velocity since the bore was larger than they wanted.

A fellow blue Coat? Make your pillow forever be cool, my friend.

Great Video 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

"Good Enough for Government Work...."

Very well done! It's really entertaining to see the history of these early metallic cartridge rifles. Was this the last "second line" rifle until the Berthier?

Excellent. Be assured someone is always watching to the end... I wanted to see the Mad minute, and hear the history... Why does it have a bad reputation... It looks less fiddly than the Chassepot... Slower maybe, but so what?

🤣🤣 Some things never change. Old military rifles don't retire, they get sold to the US of A.

Aloha; FABULOUS! Mahalo

So it’s basically a single shot 12ga slug gun. Cool!

J’ai du bon tabac dans ma… tabatière ? 🤣

Can you point me to a guide or example for removing the barrel safely please? Is it easy, and do you require special tools? Thanks!

Those bronze breechblocked conversions really look cool. It has a feel similar to the original 1866 Winchester. Were they any more prone towards wearing out compared to the proper conversions?

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1054">17:34</a> is that Bloke in the background or a doppelganger?

Excellent video M. LeMec

how many rounds before you loose the cleaning rod

Always interested to know how they indexed breech firings conversions to the barrels with the sights. Or did they remove and religion the sights

Very interesting was the Germans did suffer a lot of casualties in every battle with the French. The problem with the German Dreyse infantry rifle was less reliable because of the long needle that would often break because of constant firing. These conversion rifles were better because of the less components and ease of cleaning under combat conditions. The Germans were attacking as a result of heavy casualties. The French lost because of their tactics and micromanagement of their subordinate units in combat. The Germans made use of their aggressive commanders initiative during combat to take on objectives that would justify their casualty figures. The 1867 Tabby rifle would have been effective if French commanders were not restrained by their command during the defense of France in 1870. The French a few years back were humiliated by the Mexicans during their brief occupation of Mexico which many incompetent unit leaders still in command in the French Army.

18,4 mm. Just short of being a canon.....

I hope nobody back in the day got killed because they couldn't judo chop their rifle fast enough during the reload

hi, to you ... ‼️ good video, i think this action is very weakest ... like infantry pattern weapon 👋