A thief stuck a pistol in a man’s ribs and said, “Give me your money.” Victim, “ Don’t you recognize me? I’m your congressman.” The thief replied, “Oh, sorry, give me MY money.”
“Don’t worry we’re not corrupt, probably” The Mayor of New York (who looks a lot like the local crime boss but maybe he has an evil brother or something)
@The Dead Peterson Kid Doesn't matter how the citizens of New York vote, there's enough dead people to outvote them every time. That plus the vote counters are the mayor's friends, and if you vote the wrong way, you might just get introduced to "Guido" and "Slugger"
There is no corruption in NYC comparable to the good old boy network in these Dixie shitholes. Are you familiar with the history of firearms manufacture in the South around 1862?
Usually the firearm is the focus of the video but I also love the videos where the story behind the firearm is the fascinating part. Every once in a while you'll click on a video and get a treat like this one. Wonderful!
Speaking of chicken, the Marxists want to put a carbon tax on your meat and eggs and have you eat bugs instead. www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/opinion/sunday/carbon-tax-on-beef.html
I have a Gibbs carbine that I bought as a relic. It had been in a fire, and there was no wood, only a set of blackened metal parts. I Cleaned it up, straightened the Lack plate and the plate on the left side, (the fire had warped them), and then using pictures from the internet, made a new stock. It is now in working order, and even thought it had been in a fire, I feel it would be safe to shoot Black powder loads in it. I had always assumed the gun had been in a resent fire, but now I wonder if this gun could have been one of the guns that had been burned in the New York factory fire, and someone had picked up the parts out of the factory ashes and kept them as a souvenir.
That sounds a very plausible account, really makes the tale of these carbines come to life, I once had many years ago a pair of Tower flintlock pistols that were welded together that came from a fire at the manufactory, no wood just iron and brass.
A fine example that rioting and looting doesn't do any good. The people will pay for all the damage that is done with their taxes. The stories that follow these old guns are more interesting than the history of that era.
Hey Ian, when are you going to do a Tour of Lithgow Arms? I'm sure they would allow someone of your standing into the factory as they want more international contracts and I hear that they have a good museum of all the arms they ever manufacturer dating back to the 1st world war and before. Would be worth a shot (pardon the pun ;)
So I"ve been watching a number of these Civil War era weapons episodes and I"m sensing a pattern. Anybody have a count of how many arms companies started business at the beginning of the war, never produced any significant quantity of weapons and then ceased to exist? I suppose some of it is excess optimism and some was pure greed to cash in on the spike in arms sales.
Yet another slick gun that needs a reproduction run. At the very least, the method of loading can be incorporated into a modern single-shot. It'd probably be faster than a regular break-barrel.
Great story and even greater presentation. Totally entertaining. Thank a bunch! I hope RU-vid keeps their dirty hands away from your work! Keep it up, please.
An American chicken? Surely you mean an American turkey. Benjamin Franklin actually did want our national bird to be the turkey and was displeased by the choice of the eagle.
Gee a New York mayor put into the committee to decide if his own company gets paid a bunch of money from the city, glad to see some things haven't changes in 160 years
Nice job on research, and good presentation.The weopons of the past really make you aware of the courage you would need to use a rifle like that. The reload is a little more difficult than modern-day . I bet there was a many soiled soldiers.Thanks Ian! Good one!👍👍
anyone want a bet that they burnt the factory down themselves? seeing the opportunity to make a lot of money fast, rather than do the boring actual production work
