The 10 barrelled, bolt-action, self-defence pistol with firearms and weapon expert Jonathan Ferguson

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This week, Jonathan is joined by a quintessential What is this Weapon firearm. Designed early in the 20th-century, this self defense pistol still incorporates a hammer ignition system, while being locked in place by something resembling a bolt-action system.
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@carami6442 Год назад

It always a good episode when Jonathan says "it's quite unique. I haven't seen anything like that"

@zakk143 Год назад

Stunning piece! I feel this is the thought of "a shotgun is basically just a bunch of pistol rounds firing at once, right?" taken to its inevitable extreme. I love it :D

@zakk143 Год назад

On second thought - this is really just a very over-complicated sawn-off shotgun, isn't it? I mean, better range because I *assume* the barrels are rifled, but this seems to function almost the same as a sawn-off double barrel.

@surfinoperator Год назад

THXs for showing us this special & interesting pistol.... Would be nice to see this one at the range🙃😉

@chemistrykrang8065 Год назад

@@zakk143 yes, and it's spectacularly silly... but we'd all love to have a few shots with it just to find out what it was like.

@Bacteriophagebs Год назад

Under American law, that's a machinegun. It fires more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger, and that's the definition of a machinegun under the National Firearms Act. Because gun laws are ridiculous.

@chemistrykrang8065 Год назад

@@Bacteriophagebs nope, that doesn't apply to "volley fire" i.e. multiple shots simultaneously. The S333 Thunderstruck revolver is an example of this (albeit a terrible firearm) - it fires two shots simultaneously with one pull of the trigger and isn't legally a machine gun.

@R09793 Год назад

Sorry for the Bad English. I'm from Germany... My idea in this regard: it's about reusing .22 cartridges that have already been fired. With the holes in it, you can finally do without the initiative ignition from the Rim.

@jacktheaviator4938 7 месяцев назад

That is a very interesting idea, do you have a source or is it your own theory? I think it was built as a display of the gunsmith's talent but there seems to be very little info.

@wolffang-vz2ty 3 месяца назад

to me this would be the most logical thing to do especially if rimfire are seen as not worth reusing then one might be able to get spent rounds from friends, one's other guns, or a local range or something

@sharonrigs7999 2 месяца назад

Sweden-Norway reloaded their 12.17x42 rimfire cases for their excellent Rolling Block rifles. After their first shot, they were only used for training .

@Kev-N42000 Год назад

The Percussion cap shortage and shortage of the rimfire percussive compounds of 1915-1918 caused Gunsmiths to build guns that would chainfire off one percussion cap to save on Priming compound

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 Год назад

That's kinda weird, you can easily make chlorates for corrosive primers from just salt and electricity in a chlorate cell at home.

@goateecusbilly1823 Год назад

@Chemistry of Questionable Quality did they know that in 1915?

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 Год назад

@@goateecusbilly1823 yep, chlorates were discovered in the 1800s. Potassium chlorate was used in corrosive military and civilian primers at the time.

@censusgary Год назад

Really? That’s amazing.

@hdog9046 Год назад

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 The Explosives Act of 1917 and Espionage Act of 1917 would have made that rather difficult to accomplish legally.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Год назад

British Army, "Can we stick something pointy and sticky on it?"

@leofredette19 Год назад

Brilliant, if it came out in 1718. But during WWI, it's a curiosity.

@bentrieschmann Год назад

I would argue even in the late 1800s.

@BHuang92 Год назад

It might well be a space gun in 1718!

@brittakriep2938 Год назад

In 1920s in USA rather short shotguns only with pistol hrip had some popularity, like Ithaca Auto & Buglar. Also in 1916/ 1922 Ireland some remaining Lancaster two/ four barrel pistols in .450 had been reused with .410 shotcartridges to fight ambushes when driving a car.

@johnstevenson1709 Год назад

I'm not saying it's practical but if you imagine jumping in a trench in 1917 2 short pistol sized shotguns seems more useful?

@gullreefclub Год назад

@@johnstevenson1709 why when you could of been carrying a 1897 “Trench Gun” that after you fired your last shot and if you didn’t have time to reload you could of defended yourself with a rather long bayonet and or by but stroking your enemy until you could reload your shotgun. That said most of the short barrel shotgun pistol’s of that era had extractors and not ejectors making reloads much slower than a pump gun

@thebigpig4632 Год назад

I went to the RAM yesterday, great experience

@jon9021 Год назад

It’s a “mini” for Sergeant Harper! To go along with his 7 barrel rifle!

@negative6442 Год назад

This just seems like a novelty weapon more than anything practical. It's so overcomplicated that I can't imagine it was used for anything more than some collectors showing off their weird new blaster off to some friends

@aeloswindrunner Год назад

How has this not shown up more in pop culture? Such an interesting design

@CBadger Год назад

Got to love late Victorian/Edwardian era way of thinking. Finding solutions to problems no one had, then building it anyway.

@ZeeMid Год назад

strange and beautiful piece, early 20th/late 19th century firearms are very interesting. Also love the shelf behind him being completely filled with various EM2s

@1lovesoni Год назад

Yeah, even the best collections rarely have an EM-2 (due to it being a prototype and all). Yet, Jonathan has 13 just casually in the background, along with some L-85s on the lower shelf.

@CloudedPeach Год назад

Jonathan's equivalent of a "comfort zone"

@TheVirtuoso883 Год назад

Giuseppe making the "Parry this you filthy casual 3000"

@morriganmhor5078 Год назад

Excellent piece, though for the steampunk gentleman role, I would prefer a quad-barrelled Lancaster Howdah pistol in .577 Bland-Pryse or .45 LC.

@FelixstoweFoamForge Год назад

Oh me too. I'm in firearm-love with those monsters.....

@jjforcebreaker Год назад

- so, how many barrels are we gonna need here in this model? - SÌ.

@chocolatechipwookiee6472 6 месяцев назад

'This is not - what is the wooden box' got me right away. 😅

@moelikhond7651 Год назад

Jonathan Ferguson can have a little Perdition to Conspirators. As a treat.

@Jalex125 Год назад

I can't wait for the new series what is this wooden box to start. Sounds fascinating!

@kbjerke Год назад

Wow! An ingenious solution in search of a problem. But very interesting nonetheless! Thank you for showing and explaining this beautiful piece of workmanship, Jonathan!

@josephkardatzke2962 8 месяцев назад

it's not really a solution in search of a problem, there was shortage of rim-fire components and percussion caps, so guns like this were made to maximize the shots per cap used.

@clothar23 3 месяца назад

@@josephkardatzke2962 The main ingredient in primer can be made with salt , water , and a slight disregard for electrical safety by anyone at home. Try again.

@TheLoxxxton Год назад

I absolutely love this channel! A British take on firearms is so refreshing. I would love to see better and vloser camera work to show off these stunning and unique pieces.

@tophercaesar5375 11 месяцев назад

This is a stunning weapon. Looks very Star Wars to me.

@derekp2674 Год назад

Thanks very much Jonathan and team. That was indeed an amazing and unusual firearm. The video quality was just good enough for me to make out the Winchester rimfire "H" (for Henry) headstamp on the cartridges. I would certainly not recommend anyone to drill touch-holes into primed (or even live) rimfire ammunition. Hence I wonder if the inventor was able to commission batches of cases or loaded rounds from Winchester?

@gregthehutt8053 Год назад

Hi Johnathan, just been to the royal armouries in Leeds and I just have to say what an amazing experience it was, I loved the different areas.overall a great time 10/10

@BeingFireRetardant Год назад

Beautiful. With just a hint of modernization, this is a winner...

@rootbeerpoptart Год назад

No one will believe this but I dug up that patent and set this video in motion a couple months ago.

@TheSundayShooter Год назад

_I W A N T T O B E L I E V E_

@derekp2674 Год назад

Thanks indeed then.

@mycosys Год назад

Certainly gives new meaning to a game of volley-ball

@dalemeyer8207 Год назад

What a Jolly device.

@thiago4santos Год назад

I really don't care about weapons, I really just like to see Jonathan explaining stuff.

@MannyJazzcats Год назад

Absolutely gorgeous

@MendocinoMotorenWerk Год назад

One of the first speed loaders, possibly?

@jonathanferguson1211 Год назад

Yes, I absolutely should have compared this to a speedloader - it only hit me after the cameras stopped rolling.

@SirGreyIIII Год назад

Yo Mr. Ferguson, i can listen to you talking about weapons for hours and thanks for that. Greetings from Switzerland

@chooseyouhandle Год назад

Wild stuff

@Spike-hl2mw Год назад

This is a perfect gun for a character in some steampunk story.

@aristedes9449 Год назад

This gun has incredibly powerful Main Character Energy.

@bruceabbott3941 Год назад

Love the oddballs!

@CorduroyB34r Год назад

I'd watch "What is this wooden box?"

@daniellambert1217 Год назад

looks to me to be a good last line of defence on safari , lovely piece with so much character

@connormatthews522 Год назад

One of the strangest weapons you've covered in a while, exactly the sort of thing I look forward to. Cheers JF

@Iscannon Год назад

I love the way "Fig" is written in the diagrams

@robnunya572 Год назад

Yes, the penmanship is amazing on that document.

@DavidThomas-sv1tk Месяц назад

Sig Sauer could use that style/font.

@GunsmithSid Год назад

Have you a Jones Patent 10-shot percussion pistol in the collection? I took one apart for a client and it remains a favorite design!

@ZATennisFan Год назад

I suspect Ian from Forgotten Weapons would be fascinated by this....

@masonsykes2240 Год назад

"Its a Nock Gun!" "No, it's just Guiseppe Testa."

@wolffang-vz2ty 3 месяца назад

"its quite ingenious and at the same time a bit clunky" I'm pretty sure that describes a fair amount of guns in the collection and throughout history

@LoneEagle2061 Год назад

Presumably, the percussion cap obviates the need for the rimfire primer - the propellant is ignited directly from the flame channels. Perhaps, had the MkII sold well enough, there may have been the option to roll out a .22TV (Testa Volley); but perhaps the guy had a rifle and therefore a lot of spent .22WRF cartridges to play with.

@deaks25 Год назад

That piece is so damn cool in a weird "what the heck is *that*" kind of way. I'd love to see this in a period computer game!

@williamromine5715 Год назад

For those that think a .22lr isn't deadly, I knew a man who fed his family of 6 kids with deer he killed during the summer.( and, yes, I know it was poaching. It was back in the 1950s in Wyoming. I'm 81 and in point of fact, it was my rifle he used.).

@TJ_Low Год назад

“Got a Mozambique here, brotha!” -Gibraltar

@allanburt5250 Год назад

Interesting and informative as always 👍 cheers Jonathan Must have been a pride and joy back in its time

@massimilianoalberti7510 Год назад

As an Italian I noticed that the engraving on the barrel is GUIseppe Testa, while in the Patent it is GIUseppe Testa. Giuseppe is a very common Italian name.

@FlashHawk4 Месяц назад

Imagine getting first run of your weapon in from the factory you contracted with and they MISSPELLED YOUR NAME ON IT. And given it's still misspelled a hundred years later, I'm assuming they didn't ever fix it.

@unclebrat Год назад

Jonathan, I would suggest that the spur on the trigger guard was to provide greater moment arm for the thumb in reaching the hammers.

@patrickbo2045 Год назад

Oh nice, this was patented on my birthday, but like, 70 years earlier!

@strydyrhellzrydyr1345 Год назад

This thing is freaking amazing... I'm in love with it..

@FelixstoweFoamForge Год назад

WOW! That is one beautiful bit of firearm. If you'd told me it was dated, say about 1880, i'd have been blown away. As it is, as a self-defence arm, this thing is clearly a labour of love, by a man who didn't give a monkey's if it sold or not. I mean, in 1917 you can get excellent pocket revolvers, semi-autos etc. In fact, I'd personally rather take a Lancaster Howdah Pistol with 4 barrels in a more significant cartridge. (or the two-barreled hand artillery version!). but still, it's beautiful. Now, how do I write the rules for this for use in a Vicxtorian-eara Steampunk Role-Playing game?

@tommeakin1732 Год назад

I found myself watching this like I'd just walked into their shop and was listening to the sales pitch/technical explanation from the man behind the counter. At the end, my one 1917 customer question was, "...But y tho...?", as I eyed quite literally everything else in the shop ; - ;

@Kevin-mx1vi Год назад

Likewise. If Mr Testa had tried to sell me one of these I'd have become both confused and bored as he explained how to load it, and just bought a semi auto instead.

@dudestyle01 7 месяцев назад

I love this pistol 👍

@jacktheaviator4938 7 месяцев назад

I have feeling he built these pistols as a display of skill more than a practical weapon.

@RandarTheBarbarian Год назад

Have you considered that with this type of ammunition it would make the rimfire cartridges effectively reloadable, and probably best done after they've been spent? Since the weapon isn't using the primers and is working with flash holes drilled in to the cartridge it wouldn't be necessary to replace the primer, just replace powder and bullet. That seems more reasonable than drilling live cartridges.

@Shirocco7 Год назад

Amazing. Had seen photos of this, never understood how it was supposed to work - until now. Cheers.

@roadsweeper1 Год назад

You caught me at '10 barrels'... I would pay good money to have a functioning replica of that lol.

@propagandalf123 8 месяцев назад

My first thought was that the copper plate had little notches that worked as hammers for the rimfire cartridges and that it woud simply slam the backplate against it. Thats a quite more complicated system, but that's what I love about guns

@G.A.N. Год назад

Usually such prototypes from centuries ago looks weird, but this one Have it's Charm in it. Very pretty piece of history.

@negative6442 Год назад

Centuries?

@Chiller01 Год назад

@@negative6442 I love your nom de RU-vid.

@negative6442 Год назад

@@Chiller01 ?

@vladimirmihnev9702 Год назад

WHAT IS IN THE BOX? WHAT IS IN THE BOX MAN?!?😂

@stho93 Год назад

The width and shape of the barrel cluster reminds me of the Mozambique

@internetperson14 Год назад

Just saw you on Cunk on Earth. Fantastic work as always !

@Arides2010 Год назад

Would you ever consider making a „odd guns from the 19th/20th century exhibit“ in Leeds? And please don‘t tell me it on 5th floor, I was short on time during my visit. Great video as always.

@wisp666 Год назад

That is one crazy piece of steampunk joy! 😂😂

@jmjedi923 Год назад

Holy crap...I want one!

@historyandpoliticsexplaine4876 7 месяцев назад

This was being worked on around the same time browning was making the model 1903 frame lock pistol

@strydyrhellzrydyr1345 Год назад

I absolutely love it.. more than anything.. I'd definitely try and use it

@kahn04 Год назад

That thing is beautiful but bloody terrifying at the same time

@KanuckStreams Год назад

What a clever and overly complicated gun! I love your videos!

@entropy11 Год назад

It's like a little shotgun pistol but many many times more complicated! Good times.

@TheNetsrac Год назад

Very interesting oddity, thank you very much for the video

@bellakaldera3305 Год назад

oooohhh, I want one!

@chodeoriki4113 Год назад

God I love Jonathan. Also I know exactly where I’m going if a purge/apocalypse ever happens.

@erroneous6947 9 месяцев назад

To a museum full of deactivated firearms? Lol. You would be better off with a cricket bat.

@BIG-DIPPER-56 Год назад

Bizzar - Thanks ! ! 🙂😎👍

@kevinh6622 Год назад

As a patent geek it's interesting that the patent number is actually the serial number (application number). Today we would say Patent Pending. The U.S. Patent number is 1,258,378 issued March 5, 1918.

@PresidentSkroob12345 Год назад

I want a coach gun set up like this with 5 barrels on each side, external hammers, and double triggers.

@davidjernigan7576 Год назад

Interesting firearm, but it seems like the answer to a question no one asked. I can imagine a Savage 1907 was much cheaper, and Ithaca had their auto-burgler shotgun pistol.

@oldesertguy9616 Год назад

What a beautiful gun. It reminds me of the old Howdah pistols.

@johnpruittpruitt4677 Год назад

I love this! I always Dreamed about a .22 break down Rifle/ Long distance Shot gun

@CatsT.M Год назад

This series has reminded me of a weapon I saw years back in The Chicago Art Institute, it was the...walking stick-hammer-sword-wheellock pistol. I do not remember much about it besides the fact that it was a weird mix of weapons.

@acomingextinction Год назад

It's beautifully made for such a bonkers unserious gun.

@cosmo9882 Год назад

Very unusual. You did answer a question that I thought of as you were speaking, I actually wondered if all the barrels where slightly offset to cover a larger spread. Thank you 👍

@buggerlugz6753 Год назад

Would like to see more firing of these sorts of firearms Jonathan!

@corogast Год назад

That firearm is insane. xD

@Tekdruid Год назад

I could easily see this in the hands of a Star Wars villain, probably a bounty hunter type with little regard for collateral damage.

@ArcanisUrriah Год назад

This is sooooo cool. Also sooooo overly complex.

@grahambrown1980 Год назад

Amazing for an old gun that has since faced antiquation.

@Skeppo1 Год назад

Hi Jonathan...Some 20-years ago I bought in Kopenhagen a Webley Mk V-revolver in caliber 297/230 Morris. The gun lookd just like plain ordinary Mk V, but it was chambered in this caliber and the caliber was stamped in frame as like all other MK V-revolvers. Do you happen to have such gun in your collection? Any idea how rare these guns are?

@Xhumed Год назад

Gorgeous piece, love an eccentric design that manages to both be old-fashioned and modern. Only really useful for when you absolutely want exactly one person dead, but its form is lovely.

@TheHorzabora 9 месяцев назад

That’s a very beautiful gun. I’m not quite sure why everyone seems to be looking for a purpose for this gun - there are enough firearms today made without a real purpose. I’m just glad amazing items like this survive ‘need’ and ‘utility’ as well as the ravages of time.

@britishamerican4321 Год назад

Italian gun makers were real artists weren't they.

@WaveTheConqueror Год назад

This looks like a pistol straight out of "dishonored" Wish we could see a shooting performance.

@death-to-dogma6142 Год назад

That's something I'd expect to find in Borderlands made by Jacob's.

@GeroldViolenceBlemson Год назад

Dang Jonathan, how come your mom lets you have EVERY EM-2 EVER MADE? That's so cool.

@chemistrykrang8065 Год назад

The kind of person who buys this in 1918 is exactly the sort of person who buys one of those silly double 1911s today.

@PLAYINGAROUND Год назад

Such an archaic design, in part at least, for 1917 to 1920, but absolutely beautiful! You do have to question why, when you consider the choice of pistols, revolver and semi auto, were around at the time, with far better calibers of ammunition.