Living in the (allmost) guns free country of Denmark, I Really envy you guys across the atlantic. I have been a fan of all kinds of firearms for as long as I can remeber. And to see these things of beauty just makes me want to feel it and try it. But living where I do, this will prob. never happen :( But I guess I can allways look at your channel. It's inspiring to watch, when you (like me) are interested in everything from safety, over the mechanisms, all the way to the designs :) Anyway.. Greetings from Far far away. take care
I live down in Austria the laws here are not that strict, I'm glad about that. Although what you describe sucks I'm pretty sure there is a shooting club also in denmark where you can try shooting various weapon. Since shooting is a sport as well I can't imagine theres nothing at all you can do. Nevertheless I dunno the gun laws up there, I just know that the north is generelly said to be stricter than the south. For example compare UK and switzerland
I suppose what really impresses me most about your videos Hickock45, is all the work that you put into each video. Acquiring the different guns, and all the different ammo, then all the cleaning and returning them all, let alone all the research. You really do a fine job. Thank you!!! Respectfully, Gunny T sends
Thank you so much for this outstanding video. I teach AP U.S. history and my students always ask about the weapons. Right now we are in the Spanish-American and the Filipino War where there were in fact quite a few Winchester lever guns. Many of the volunteers, of course, bought their own. Thanks again. You're a pretty good shot as well! Shades of Chuck Connors.
@@LeemachtJust a leeeetle bit before my time, but's it's my understanding the U.S. did indeed use Krags and Springfields during the Spanish American war. It was there they discovered the Mauser rifle that the Spanish were using was a bit more desirable and the 1903 Springfield was born.
I would agree, but there's a certain charm to simple video's like this. If a network picked this up they'd evolve, pollute and twist it into something it was never meant to be. You can tell by watching that Hickok truly enjoys making these vids and i think if he had a boss and executives to answer to some of that joy would be lost. If it ain't broke, dont fix it lol.
Hickok45: There is something about this channel that makes me peek in now and then. Whether it's an awkward pistol you dug up somewhere, a bright and shiney good old Colt SAA, a modern semie auto rifle or the days hubbub aquired at a gunstore or on loan - there is always a good reason to check in to this channel on a regular basis. This video on the evolution of the winchester lever action rifle is once again a gem. Thanks for posting.
I put your videos on in the background while I play battlefield 4. It's a great way to learn while relaxing. I know this may sound pretty weird but I wanted to say thank you for posting all your videos. You're a damn good teacher and I've learned a lot from you while having some good laughs. You're the man hickok45
You need to do a john browning video. Have all his different guns. It's amazing to think of all the famous guns he made. Also crazy to think of all the famous american made guns
@@nicksundstrom7341 1885, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1897, A5, Model 8, Model 12, M1917, M1918 BAR, M1919, M2 50 BMG, 1911, High Power (finished by his apprentice post mortem)
Go check out “Tales of the Gun”. Made back when the History Channel made shows about actual history, there’s a full episode exclusively dedicated to John Moses Browning, and it’s available to all on RU-vid for free!
I’ve really fall in in love with Westerns during the last 8-9 years, and how awesome it is to see these rifles in action and to gain some knowledge on them. That 92 Browning is probably my favorite along with the 86
I don't comment often enough Hickok to tell you that you do such great work talking about firearms in a mature and responsible manner, and greatly entertaining and informing us in the process! Never stop doing this!
What I love about Hickok is that from the start of the video he just goes into it. He doesn't give you a long table of contents monologue like so many RU-vidr amateurs.
Excellent video. All of the Winchesters are nice rifles, but the 1895 is my favorite. I picked up one of the modern 1895 Winchesters chambered in .270 several years ago. Slick, accurate and beautiful. Doesn`t get much better.
Hey Hickok, not sure if you'll see this.... I'm not a gun person whatsoever, but I've always been a huge history buff and fascinated in learning about the evolution of weapons technology, particularly during the World Wars and Korean War era. I think your channel is great and has a lot of crossover appeal for people like me who are by no means gun fanatics. I've watched videos from other channels and some are so obnoxious-loud country music, flashy graphics, NRA hats, prepper-style attire... It seems like some people try so hard to fit that image that it's not about what they're reviewing or about the firearm. Anyways, keep up the great work. I watched your video about the 1903 Springfield and found that one fascinating as well. Cheers from Chicago.
I agree. I prefer Hickok's channel over any other shooting/firearms channel, because he just seems like a normal guy who likes to shoot guns just like me. he doesn't politicize his channel, or try to fit the stereotype of what a gun owner is "supposed" to be. it's just about shooting, learning interesting history(I'm a huge history buff myself, especially military history. any conflicts from Hastings to Fallujah greatly fascinate me), and, above all, having fun, which is what life should be about
Although I think it's important to support the second ammendment I do like Hickok because he tries to keep politics out of it and just talk about the guns
I just recently got into lever guns , of course living out in the boondocks I had a marlin 30-30 growing up but it went by the waste side when I got older . About 3 days ago I traded a para norinco sks for a like new Henry big boy with a brass receiver chambered in .357-.38 and WOW there's no new gun that can bring on a smile like a beautiful lever gun that works lol . Thanks for the videos and all the wonderful history you give us , for someone like me that truly appreciates history "good and bad" then this channel is a god send , THANKS for what you do it's very appreciated 👍🏻.
Hickok, you make me miss my Grandpa- you remind me so much of him, and watching your videos brings me back to listening to stories from the army and shooting at his cabin together.
Here in Bulgaria we do not have many leverguns but I grew up reading adventure novels about the wild west, brave men and their faithful lever rifles. Thanks for the wonderful video and cheers!
What a GREAT video. Beautiful guns and educational vid. Fun trip thru history to see the various innovations as the lever gun evolved. And really well told. REALLY REALLY appreciate the time and effort that you guys put into these vids. Fun to see you enjoying the firearms and having fun too. Thanks again guys!.
@@cloudunknown no. Assault rifles are interchangeable by a switch on the side of the gun from full auto (holding trigger down and it automatically shoots) and semi auto(u have to pull the trigger every shot) or even safety mode(will not shoot even if loaded) and maybe burst(one trigger pull is 3 or 4 shots)
My wife isn’t a fan of most of my guns... but she loves shooting my Winchester! Just let your wife try shooting one of these and you may be surprised. ;)
Hi Mr Hickok45 I got turned on to the Winchester Rifle back in the early 1960s watching The Rifleman on TV starring Chuck Connors and ive been a fan of lever rifles ever since so i got a very welcome surprise to watch and listen and drool while you showed and shot us those damn lovely old rifles the information and history you conveyed is just outstanding.Thank You Sir.
Hickok, If you ever get the chance to go to Sweetwater Texas. Don't miss the Winchester gun collection donated by J.Paul Turner at the Sweetwater courthouse. One of the largest collections of Winchesters in the world. Over 100 antique Winchester rifles there.
+Electronicdawg I think John and I stopped there a couple of years ago on the way to SHOT show. Is that where Bat Masterson had a shoot-out, or am I confusing it with another town.
+hickok45 I actually live about 30 mi NW of Sweetwater. Sweetwater Tx. where the famous "rattlesnake roundup" is held every year. The Bat Masterson's shootout was at a backwater hamlet named Cantonment Sweetwater in the Texas Panhandle.
Missing the “6’s, 1866, 76 & 86, other then that almost there, love my 1860 & the 1873. Got a Beautiful 1895, 26” octagonal barrel chambered in 45-70 (my favorite)👍🏼🤠
1873 with Jimmy Stewart . One of my favorite westerns while growing up. Thanks for such an informative video. We love History lessons with Wild Bill Hickok45 !
Hi am from UK and just went to Poland and shot my first gun at a shooting range and one of the option was a winchester 1873. was a really cool experience
thank you sir, for this great video my father is a big Winchester fan , you have just answered every question he ever had , we watched this together and the enjoyment he got from your vid is a rare event in this working mans life . if your ever in Dublin Ireland , id like to buy you a pint .
Wish my Dad had been a bit more like Hickok45! I think my Dad was a little worried about my propensity for firearms.. Still he taught me about the Mauser rifle, hunting, and the outdoors. Miss em when they're gone... except in memory.
My family did have one until some jackass robbed the house and they must have known something about guns since they only took the rarest and most valuable ones
Been into firearms for just about 3 years and I like them all. Just “discovered” lever action rifles about 5 months ago... a Henry basic in .22 lr got me started ... now I’m on a Marlin 1895GS (in 45-70 obviously). That is the nicest table I’ve ever seen.... I have some many mixed feelings. Envy, Joy, hope, love but mainly a renewed purpose to learn and get to handle every thing on that table. Thanks you!!!!! - when FUN wants to have fun, it goes shooting a lever action -
Do you guys not know that planes are equipped with .50's? WWII planes such as the P-47 Thunderbolt or the F6F Hellcat, even the famous P51 Mustang. Even early Korean war jets still had .50's. Although 20mm cannons were far superior in comparison, .50's got the job done.
I enjoyed both your 94 videos I bought a 51 model from the original owner when I was 13 for $60. he had put a simple sling on it and carve old deer underneath the four otherwise it's set up just like yours, shot my first ten deer with it also I learned to reload reloading 30.30 cartridges and I put countless rounds thru that rifle. I could consistently hit a paper plate at 250 and do a 6-inch pattern at 200 routinely. I won a lot of bets against my scope rifled brethren, two years ago my son wanted 30-30 so I bought one of the last New York made Marlin 336xlr's when I gave it to him he looked disappointed so I want back to the gun safe we got out my pre 64 and I gave that to him now I have the last Marlin 336xlr made by Marlin that was in Cabela's inventory. I haven't shot it yet, it is a nice rifle though. Nice video !
Neurofunke There are 330,000,000 people in the USA, with possibly as many or more firearms (over 300,000,000) too. There are fewer than 10,000 firearm deaths each year throughout the entire country (a 30,000 year figure is often touted, but more 20,000 of these are victims of suicide). If the gang deaths from about the top 10 cities are subtracted from the 10,000 yearly figure the actual number of firearm related deaths drops dramatically. Every death is tragic, especially from school shootings, but what has changed over the past 50+ years? Overall shootings and violent crime in general has steadily decreased (it's just the 24 hour instant news cycle that makes it feel as though they happen more now than in the past). Students in rural areas often brought rifles along with them to school in the morning. What's up with kids these days that makes them want to kill a fellow classmate? Why is human life so meaningless to so many young people in today's world? Why blame the gun? Guns have always been accessible, often way more so in the past. I remember when a person could purchase a handgun, rifle, and/or shotgun at the corner hardware store with no background check at all. Why didn't kids walk into their schools back then and kill other students and teachers? Today's society (lack of respect for anyone they disagree with, drugs, single parent homes, so many kids out of wedlock, kids left to raise themselves or join gangs)is the problem.
Still my favorite Hickok45 video to this day. I want a man cave with all those lever guns on display. Thank you so much John Browning, Benjamin Henry, Oliver Winchester, & Hickok45.
It's very likely that I'm wrong, but I think one of the reason's the military went with the trap door over the various lever guns available at the time, was because in 1873 the 45-70 cartridge wasn't available in the repeating style of rifle. And given the type of enemy they were fighting, who often utilized horses or what I assume could be called gorilla style warfare. The 45-70 could easily drop a man's horse out from under him without much issue, a hit to the leg or the arm turned the bone to powder, leaving him crippled. All of which render him useless as a fighter at that point. and where they might take cover or retreat to, the barrier penetration was far superior. I'd also imagine the range you could shoot from was longer as well. So all in all, I think the trap door had a few advantages given the time and situation, along with being rugged and conserving ammo.
I have been looking for a lever rifle..I live in the North east so it's hard to get educated on guns...and I just wanted to say thank you for all of your videos...it has been a great learning tool for me
Loved the history lesson on Winchester lever-action rifles. Great channel. One thing I definitely prefer over the newer lever rifles is that the old ones held more ammo in the tube magazine. Rifles today have a shortened tube magazine so you can only hold 5-6 rounds. So it looks like I'll be buying an older rifle or a reproduction. Probably the 1873 or 1886 (whichever the ammo is most available for.)
pjamese3 The Marlin 1894 CB 44.mag. with the 18 inch barrel takes 9 bullets in the magazine and one in the chamber!!! If you can't hit what you're shooting at with ten bullets,then you shouldn't be shooting! Just saying.
Hickok, thank you again for such a wonderful display and even a bit of education. Always loved lever guns ever since my dad let me shoot his 22lr, not sure of the make. That table would be a dream come true. I finally got a hold of an early 50's model 94 and a model 9422M about 6 years ago. $200 a piece and in good condition. Temporarily scratched the itch but now it's back. That 22 mag is a fun plinker.
It depends on the fighting range I guess. At 200 yds you'd be better off with a bolt action rifle, whereas at 50 yards to close range you'd be better armed with the lever action (faster cycling, i.e. rate of fire). That pearl of wisdom was provided by my amazing experience in video games shootings :D
I have an 1860 Navy Arms .44-40. I came across it in a gun shop that had bought it at an estate sale. It had never been fired. I paid $650 for it. I learned real quick that you need to wear a glove on your hand if you shoot a lot because that barrel and magazine get super hot. I also learned to use my fingertips and thumb tip to hold the barrel/magazine up. This creates an opening that the follower can go through and you don't need to move your hand and lose the target as you do it. It is super accurate. I load all my .44-40 rounds with Black Powder. If I ever get the money I want to get a set of Remington Revolvers in .44-40. I have two conversion cylinders in .45 LC but would prefer to just carry one kind of ammo.
Very well done video Hickok45. In this world of ours sometimes we look, but cannot find, people who are passionate about what they talk about. I truly enjoy your passion for firearms and the history behind them. You and your son are true entertainers in my opinion. Do not stop what you are doing and the way in which you are doing it.
I have always wanted to learn about Winchester Lever Guns and this video has more that been helpful in educating me. Many thanks for this and all your videos.
I find it rather amazing at how nice these guns look and function considering the year that they were made...America should have kept all our manufactoring jobs in america..We really did make quality back then...
HICKOK45, Great video as always my friend. Incredible collection of history on that table. I loved all of the history you added to this review. I don't know how many times I have fallen asleep while watching westerns on the tv. Single actions pistols and lever rifles hold such a charm. many benefits to modern weapons but they do not have the "soul" of these old classic productions. Imagine how many of these are hiding away in closets, old safes, basements, etc. The owners may have passed away and now the family that has possession has no idea what they have or its sentimental, monetary or historical value.
