How The Revolver Became A Gaming Icon - Loadout 

“Revolvers are obselete” The GIGN disagrees. **converts .357 revolver into a sniper and takes aim**

Man, the production value here is nice.

If it took more than one shot, you weren’t using a Jakobs

I am very accustomed to these bird's eye, gaming-related videos being a bit light on their fact finding. The team behind this piece of entertainment should be proud of their work. Very thoughtful and spot on. I might also be bias though because Jonathan is a friend and a charmer.

8:39 - The higher damage from revolvers actually has some basis in reality; for a very long time, the most powerful handguns available were magnum revolvers, since the recoil action used by most semiautomatic pistols couldn't cope with the stress from firing these very-high-energy rounds.

“More powerful and slower” Valve took that too literally

the amount of research that went into this is amazing this is literally so good

In ghost in the shell I think they put a really good spin on the revolver, with the character Togusa being reluctant to use prosthetic implants and to let go of his revolver for a more advanced weapon. The revolver is like a dog, while more advanced pistols are like a virtual assistant, one may be more precise/ quicker but the other makes up for it through loyalty/ reliability.

Ocelot described it correctly. The action of dumping the spent cartidges and loading it is a trill in it own. I own many handguns but i have the most fun with my 686 and chiappa rhino leaving the speed loaders at home

3:52 As mentioned, Winchester rifle, "The Gun that Won the West" should be showcased next. Or at least the lever-action firearm like the one the Terminator...

I've always thought the revolver is one of the most esthetically pleasing guns made.

I'm really looking forward to your next episode. You guys should have the rail gun as your final episode in the series. Give it a nice sort of arc starting with the old and ending with the new. Rail guns are some of the coolest guns in games and there's lots of research about real applications, even a couple home made ones.

You partially answered your question with just the opening montage; sure some self-loading pistols have an exposed hammer you can pull back, but... it just hits different when it's a revolver hammer being pulled back.

The thing about the cod revolvers, is that their real world counterparts actually ARE more powerful than other contemporary pistols. .357, .44, both were (in their times) the most powerful handguns in the world. As far as I'm aware, the current most powerful is the .500 magnum. The most common hunting pistol generates ~1900 ft.-lbs of muzzle energy, the .500 generates 2600.

Revolvers are also synonymous with Noir and pulp movies. No hard boiled private detective of Film Noir would be complete without his trusty Colt Detective Special .38 in the pocket of his trench coat. Similarly, pulp heroes of days past would carry their revolvers with them into dangerous situations, like the Smith and Wesson M1917 and Webley WG Army Model that Indiana Jones carried. Also, the old cap and ball revolvers often had removable cylinders, so the gunfighters and cowboys of the day would often carry spare cylinders already loaded and ready to go so they could just swap it out. Slow, yes, but far faster than trying to reload each chamber individually.

For personal defense a .357 or a handy snubnosed .38 Special is far from obsolete. But I get your point. Great series btw!

Why reload when you can use deadeye Smokkin

always remember, the engravings, give you no tactical advantages what so ever.

I mean if revolvers are practical anymore or not comes down to a few things, the situation, the skill of the shooter and, how familiar the shooter is with the firearm at least in my experience, great vid!

I'd love to see more of this series! Feels like something that could have been on G4 back in the day

"You only got six shots" Me a Destiny 2 player looks at Crimson, a three round burst revolver with a 24 round capacity. "Ya sure about that?"

My sidearm will always be a revolver if given the choice in most shooters

That was some fancy shooting.

tbg, the GIGN use revolvers specifically because when they are using shields or stacks, theyre less liable to have slides snag on clothing or whatever and they heavier trigger pulls incentivize trigger discipline, theyre also part of hte training ethos

GameSpot: Fanning the Revolver is inaccurate. Me: Bob Munden would’ve disagree with you if he was still around.

Power and style

“Gotta be handy with the steel, know what I mean?”

Ahoy would like to know your location

Revolver are just awesome end of story :3

The Korean Police Department still uses revolvers for their choice of firearm. Korean PD rarely open fire against anyone, so the guns need to be reliable even after a prolonged period of not using them. And also when they do they need to shoot someone, there are a protocol to first shoot non-lethal bullets, and the guns Korean PD uses (since this year) can utilise special non-lethal shot that can pierce through human skin shallowly - about 5cm or 2 inches, - injuring the perp not killing them.

Awesome video! Nice to see something that ties history and gaming together. Very well done. MORE LIKE THIS!

There’s 1 rule to revolvers that everyone knows You gotta spin the barrel after reloading

My favorite revolver is colt navy 1860 especially the curve design. remington revolver also my favorite because the unique of how its reload and fast

This made the Arizona Ranger with a big iron on his hip proud

In rango, the six-shot element plays a significant role in some gun-fights, with characters counting their opponents shots

I'll still take a 5 round bfr chambered in 45-70 over a 12 round 9mm semi auto. It might be more compact, quicker to fire and reload but how many people you know of who get into a self defense gunfight and have to reload, or have to fire a full magazine to put their attacker down. I might take a round or two and bleed out in a couple of minutes but all it takes is one round of 45-70 to put a hole in you you could fit a fist through.

I keep a 7 shot revolver for self defense, I got very sharp with it!

Amazing video quality props to the whole crew

Love the videos! You put so much time and work into them and they make my day better

its insane how well made all of these videos are, keep it up!

Keep it up, this was pretty great.

I've just stumbled upon this video. Fantastic work guys!

dont mind me im just listening to the first two seconds of this video on repeat cuz god that opening is so good and so satisfying

There are actually several therotical accuracy advantages to the revolver. #1 What John refers too with the barrel moving with the slide means that the sites and muzzle will be in a slightly different position when the bullet leaves the barrel as opposed to when the shot is aimed. Not a big deal with modern ammo and modern firearms the group size would be almost unmeasurable. With older guns and ammo like you might find in a pre-modern or in a post apocalyptic setting that is decades past the crash where ammo has aged and lost some of it's potency and speed it becomes slightly more relevant. #2 The grip design is more ergonomic and offers more customization. This doesn't guarantee superior performance but a lot of people while shoot better because of it. This is especially true if you are using point which is frequently done one handed because the blocky design of can be canted to the easily enough to the right or left side and cost accuracy. This is an old fashioned method of shooting not necessarily the best method but it is the kind of shooting that a mostly untrained survivor in a horror setting or somebody who grew up in appacplyse where the ammo available for proper target shooting is extremely limited will default to. It takes a ton of hour and thousands of rounds of ammo to learn proper tactical shooting meanwhile you can learn point shooting in a few hour and have relatively good accuracy. #3 It can be argued that because in a revolver the chamber is seperate from the barrel that the barrel is actually slightly longer. So a 4 inch barrel in a revolver is actually 4 inches but a 4 inch barrel in an autoloader is 4 inches minus the length of the chamber which gives you a smaller functional barrel length. But in theory this advantage is also slightly offset by the cylinder gap or the tiny space that is between the barrel and revolver cylinder. The use case for revolvers in a modern 2020 something era is mostly hunting applications and a few very specific concealed carry applications as well.

This is a well nicely done video !

I know this video is 3 years old, but when you (Dave) were saying that the spirit of the revolver seeps into the characters that wield it @ 10:37 , there's a juicy bit of Destiny lore revolving around 2 handcannons (the Revolvers in Destiny are referred to as handcannons) in particular - Thorn and The Last Word. Thorn used to be the handcannon known as Rose, the Guardian that wielded it was a champion of the Crucible who was corrupted by the Hive and Rose was corrupted with him, becoming Thorn. The Last Word was wielded by another Guardian, and they faced off like in an old Western showdown. If you're interested, there's an hour and 25-ish minute long lore video on it on RU-vid called "Destiny Lore - The Last Word & Thorn. The Complete Story."

Thank you for such an excellent video

12:20 When the only loot you found is a revolver and a ×8 scope

Great video! Just remember people: never whip or fling a revolver shut as shown in games or movies, especially if your friend lets you try theirs. Otherwise, you deserve a punch in the face. Whipping/flinging the cylinder shut is BAD for the firearm. Better to shut it with both hands

Very well produced. Keep it up

Hell yeah Dave, top stuff here!

When I was shopping for a gun, the guy manning the firing range and gun shop talked about revolvers as ideal for an old lady in her purse. It's harder to pull the trigger, but she can manage it, and it's slightly less likely to go off by accident. It requires minimal maintenance and is a very simple device to load and handle. It's much harder to load a magazine than to load a six-shooter; the mag spring requires real muscle. And you really don't need more than 6 shots; by the time those are used, one or both parties are either dead or fled. So it was interesting to get his perspective on the role revolvers serve. They're just such simple machines, and a lot of people don't much care for the complexity and maintenance of a semi-auto pistol.

Was thinking "Where is the Half-Life revolver" second after I saw it @10:18 That's accuracy 🙌

i’m planning on making a game all about revolvers (magic ones that is) so i’m watching videos about revolvers in video games

I enjoyed the video but the research on pre-self contained cartridges is pretty off. Something like a 1860 Army with paper cartridges was the gucci glock of that era. Lots of accounts of people not seeing a reason to shell out cash for a metallic cartridge gun when their paper cartridge pistol worked just fine and loaded up almost as fast.

If only games allowed us to have more than one revolver per game .Seriously , they want us to have three hundred identical Submachine Guns but we can not have a Double Action and Swing Out Cylinder revolver to match Bolt Action Guns and Pump Action Shotguns and a Single Action and Gate Loaded revolver to match with Lever Action Rifles and Side by Side Shotguns .

Good n sweet video. Got kinda surprised though the Schofield and Serious Sam did not get a small mention here..

You try putting a 454 casull into an auto platform. Trust me, revolvers aren't obsolete. What do I know? I'm just an expert on the subject.

The definition of “youve yeed your last haw”

Revolvers have never become irrelevant in the USA.

Great video

12:08 the GIGN literally turned a 357 revolver into a sniper

You just had to bring up Shepherd... I still haven't gotten over that!

Or irl where you want to fire a round the is infeasibly too large to cycle through a handheld semi automatic.

It's a little longer than my interest, though did make some good point interesting to hear of. I agree quiet a bit with the trends media and the entertainment industry have labeled to it.

I love revolvers. I keep a colt official police in a holster fastened to the bottom of my night stand. It's a 70 year old pistol and yes I trust my life with it, If it ever fails to fire just pull the trigger again, in a semi automatic if it fails to fire it could be a few things and just pulling the trigger again isn't gonna do much.

YESSS !!! ❤️❤️❤️ they look cool at least XD thanks for the info 👍

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You guys are definitely getting my like for throwing the Open Range fanning the hammer in there

crossdraw while coking the hammer on a singel aktion is the best feeling u will ever have

Bro have a good day

Lots of work has gone into designing these western sets for a minute or a less of video. Is it realistic that the revolver in Half-Life is as accurate as a rifle despite jumping up with great recoil after firing?

5:58 Poor cat.

Great producing

Go Jonathan!

-BIG IRON-

"But how did the weapon that won the West end up in our fiction?" Buddy, you just answered your own question.

I give you that time were Austria and British have their revolvers in 16th to 18th century ago. And also bergmann pistol too.

Awesome!!

You forgot how great revolvers are as Saturday night specials. Basically you can get more power in a smaller package making them great for concealed carry and unfortunately good for criminals to hide.

6 bullets more than enough to kill anything that moves

If there is one thing I can say for sure, it's that there is a severe lack of gun safety in hollywood and video games alike. Every time I see a character twirling a revolver or waving a gun around with their finger on the trigger, I think that I'd be diving for the floor if I were in the room.

*"It's HIGH NOON...*

The ballad of buster scruggs was funny as hell man.

I love revolvers from Revolver OCELOT and Vash the Stampede

Jonathan Ferguson was in this video as well? Why wasn't it recommended to me earlier!

BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

How often does a wheel gun jam? How much care and cleaning does a revolver require compared to a standard automatic pistol?

Only things left are tha sicko revolver idris elba used.the way it reloads are bizzare and its pretty much like fast loading and banging a dessert eagle 50

Are we all pretending this guy isn’t just Ludwig in a clever disguise

6:37 Hmm, wonder what game director could've taken inspiration from this scene?

I don't think it's unrealistic to say that a revolver is more accurate than a semi, at least in colloquial terms. If you compare like for like, they'll perform ballpark the same, but people don't tend to buy them in similar configurations. Generally, when someone buys a revolver, they buy it for a larger round, and a longer barrel than is typical of a semi. Also, the SA trigger on a revolver tends to be much closer to what you'd find on an SA-Only semi. Lastly, the sighs on a revolver aren't on a moving part of the firearm; while the zero on a semi won't change much, on a revolver, it can't change at all. So from a strictly mechanical sense, no, they're not really more accurate. In a much more pragmatic sense, however, an armature can drop bullseyes with .357 at 15 yards after only a few shots out of a S&W 686 (a good, but nothing-fancy revolver) , but it'll be a bit before they're doing it with a CZ TS (a competition semi-auto).

The final fantasy gun blade is actually a real life weapon.

6:27 that face XD

My favorite gun next to the shotgun

From your conclusion we can deduct that a revolver is still useful in today's society simply from the ingrained preconceptions. Sure, the 2 robbers may carry a glock, but the power dynamics change when a sheriff comes around the corner with a revolver. "Drop your guns or lose your head!"

I take a lot of pride in my gun collection; I have a deagle in .44mag, a semi-auto MP5, several ARs, literally dozens of lethal, tacticool weapons. I keep ONE gun loaded and outside of the safe, in a little lockbox near my pillow, it's a snubnose .38. It has a great balance of lethality vs. ease of control, and if something goes wrong you just pull the trigger again. I trust my life to no other weapon.

where is that music at the start from?

the way its worded it souldnt like the early cap and ball revolvers werent very popular which isnt really right, increasing the firepower from 1 to 6 shots before needing to reload is a massive increase when it takes so long to reload

Nothing drives home the power of a revolver better than one literally exploding next to you and sending a piece of the cylinder past you and into a guy's nose across the range!... Yes that's a true story.