WWII Small Arms Series French & Italian

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We continue our WWII Small Arms Series. Jeremiah and Mike Venturino discuss the history, care, loading and shooting these old WWII small arms. This episode is on the French 1935 and Italian 1891-41 infantry rifles. Mike and Jeremiah will discuss the features, care and loading for these firearms. Then it is off to the range.

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1 авг 2024

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@dogbone1358 Год назад

Second shot nipped the very top of the plate.

@HandloaderTV Год назад

Indeed it did, it wasn't realized until the editing process and by then it was too late to correct it. Thank you very much for watching and taking the time to comment! --Jeremiah

@cliffshirley829 Год назад

Agree completely about the virtues of the Garand and the Springfield. I don't own a 1917 but I'm sure it's everything good that you guys spoke about. Good shooting. Always appreciate Mike's insight and have been reading his writings since the 1980's, especially about black powder cartridges. He inspired me to buy my first, a Shiloh Sharps 47-70. Thanks.

@HandloaderTV Год назад

Indeed the Garand and Springfield are excellent rifles and the 1917 is pretty good as well. Thank you for the kind words and the continued support of this series and the magazines as well. It is because of good folks like you that we are able to provide such content! --Jeremiah

@Ben_not_10 Год назад

Mas 36 rear sight had multiple different rear aperture inserts. The armorer would have the rifle tied down in a stand and shoot a group at a known distance at a target with marked squares in different quadrants. After shooting a group the armorer would remove and change out the insert to one marked for the quadrant the group landed in. Then would shoot another group to confirm. It’s done for the same reason a lot of the screws are those split head type. They did not want idiot soldiers messing up the bedding and the rifles zero. And since the rifle only had one ammunition type there was no reason to make the sight Uber adjustable.

@HandloaderTV 7 месяцев назад

I can completely understand that and it does make a lot of sense for sure especially from a military point of view. I'm sure culture becomes a major factor as well and how familiar the average person is with firearms. Likely why American rifles of the time had adjustable sights and why the French did not. Great insight and thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! --Jeremiah

@davidstormont9504 Год назад

I suggest that you look up the article by Al Miller in Rifle magazine on the MAS 36 he had a very different view, although he was leary of the lack of a safety.

@HandloaderTV 11 месяцев назад

Indeed there are a lot of different opinions out there depending upon who the gun writer is. I will admit we were probably a little hard on some of these rifles but you have to remember we are comparing and contrasting them to other small arms from World War II and I think in that context our commentary makes a lot more sense. Would you rather have an M1 Garand or an M1 Carbine or this MAS 36. Hopefully that makes sense, at any rate we greatly appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment we greatly appreciate the feedback and support! --Jeremiah

@8626John Год назад

Good shooting and an interesting look at a couple of unfamiliar rifles. Thanks!

@HandloaderTV Год назад

Thank you for the kind words and the continued support! This series was a whole lot of fun to film and very informative as well! --Jeremiah

@ReloadingQuest Год назад

Good video guys! Always enjoy these old rifles!

@HandloaderTV Год назад

Thank you very much the feedback and kind words are always appreciated! --Jeremiah

@davidinsvaz7883 Год назад

The 91-41 Carcano was the only real Italian rifle with accuracy potential due to constant twist rifling. The 91-41 was made for the Italian troops going to the Eastern Front during World War II. The other 6.5 Carcano models had a gain twist, starting with a 19" twist and going to a 1-9 twist. A lot of the Italian short rifles were made with shortened barrels so most of the barrel was 1-19 twist. Resulting in abysmal accuracy.

@HandloaderTV Год назад

A very interesting point you make and I appreciate you taking the time to share your experience here in the comments section. I feel it adds a lot of value and is really what the comments section is all about! Thanks for watching! --Jeremiah

@dogbone1358 Год назад

Mentioned before you need a big red dot on the steel plate for an aiming point.

@HandloaderTV Год назад

Hindsight being 20/20 I would have done that exact thing sadly these were all recorded months ago now and we can't go back and redo it without packing up and driving from Arizona to Montana once again. Hopefully we'll get to do that again though in the near future! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment, we greatly appreciate it! --Jeremiah

@nebelwerfer199 Год назад

Jeremiah making the best clips on firearms again as usual. Thanks brother.

@HandloaderTV Год назад

Thank you as always for the kind words and all the support! We greatly appreciate it and are happy to hear that so many others enjoy this series! --Jeremiah

@nebelwerfer199 Год назад

@@HandloaderTV I have a MAS 36 and they are underrated as far as rifles go. The 7.5 French is a nice round, but I have found when reloading for it, they don't like heads over 147 grains. It is finicky but a sweet round no less.

@HandloaderTV Год назад

@@nebelwerfer199 I could certainly see that and we were a bit hard on this rifle for sure but when comparing it to the others we shot this was my initial impressions. That said I would love to get my hands on one and conduct a full load development on the rifle and get a better idea as to how it performs. Thanks as always for your support and taking the time to watch and share your experience I feel this adds a lot of value to the comments section! --Jeremiah

@michaelwilson9986 Год назад

Ahhhh Your Having More Fun But Without Me😢 😂Carry on Have Fun Fun Fun

@HandloaderTV 11 месяцев назад

It was a lot of fun putting this all together, hopefully it's just as fun watching it though! We appreciate the kind words and support! --Jeremiah

@michaelwilson9986 Год назад

The 1917 is most underated..I had 1 along with 03s . I Shot the 17 better .

@HandloaderTV 11 месяцев назад

I can certainly see that the 1917 we had here shot quite well according to Mike who has done a lot of testing with them. I agree they are an underrated firearm. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! --Jeremiah

@Texas_Red_01 11 месяцев назад

I respectfully recommend that you set a proper example for your viewers, by wearing eye protection when you are shooting.

@HandloaderTV 11 месяцев назад

I appreciate you being cordial in your comment, I usually do wear eye protection, occasionally I forget and occasionally it inhibits my view through the scope so I will remove it for those reasons. Generally speaking it is there though. --Jeremiah