Russian M1870 Galand Revolver
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The Galand was an innovative revolver design created by Frenchman Charles Francois Galand and patented in 1868. It is most notable for using a long lever system to eject cartridges by throwing the cylinder and a separate cartridge retention plate forward. It was also one of the early adopters of centerfire ammunition (a .45 caliber cartridge with an unusually thick rim, specifically).
In addition to being licensed for production in England, Belgium, and France, the Galand was adopted in 1870 by the Imperial Russian Navy, and several thousand (including this example) purchased by them. Some were made by the Nagant brothers in Liege, and some by the Tula factory in Russia.
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Tuco to elederly gun shop owner: "Bah! Revolvers!"
(sweeps this & about a dozen pistols off the counter & onto the floor).
Beautifully made and clever design.
I was looking to see if someone in the comments would make that reference. Thank you.
For 1870, the firearm and cartridge absolutely make it high tech. It looks to be in fantastic condition.
Anyone: *makes a new gun*
Late 1800s-Early 1900s Russia: *Smacks hand on desk* count me in
im dead
"I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!"
Yeah.....they did that a lot lolol
For a nation active in empire building, Tsarist Russia is woefully armed.
@@juliosunga3530 Exactly the same story with Soviet Union... most resources for military and as little as posible for civilian market...
If I had money, things like this are why I would not have money for very long.
VictorKane115 if I had a million dollars I would go bankrupt, but I'd like to see them send a repo guy😂😂😂
$3450 of pure 1870's tech
Get specs then redirect 2 cnc
I Climb Everything 4,888$
Sometimes I have money and I can confirm… this is where it goes
The difference in quality between this and the Nagant revolvers is staggering. This is a very beautiful firearm.
The extraction processes between the guns are almost antithetical, it's bizarre
Why do you people use long words do describe something simple, they're litterally 2 different guns, of course they're different
because the "longer" versions have different definitions and conotation. antithetical being directly opposing. not just different but the exact opposite.
@Joeseph Lambert "pretty antithetical isn't it?" nope, both groups using the same logical mechanism = not antithetical.
Proper conclusion for your story would be "pretty ironic isn't it?"
Your story = two groups of people that like to be among people with similar IQ and you got wrong conlusion out of this well known fact.
Smart people can see that sea of stupidity around them, you are just not as smart as you think to know that(and that is also typical human behaviour that contradict your whole theory).
On top of that someone allready corectly explained this word few weeks before you...
@@cocainecowboy_ Big words are fun. Why use the same hundred words in the basics of a lexicon, when I could use thousands, even those not in my own language? It's boring using small words all the time.
I could have bought a commercial version of this gun in almost the same condition at a flea market in Buenos Aires for four hundred bucks about ten years ago. Awggghh!
You should always follow the general rule of thumb when it comes to gun purchases: if it's weird, old, and cheap, just buy it.
ah bueno sos un pelotudo mira lo q esta ese revolver papaaaa
Ya, years ago, we had a "GUN IN SCHOOL!!" call, I responded but the kid had ran home, he lived just across the street, so I met his father in their kitchen. The kid was a 2nd grader and thought it would be cool to show and tell about dad's little .22 revolver. The guy drug it out to show it to me, and there on that table lay a like new .22LR Colt single action! Well he said he was going to sell it to a buddy for fifteen bucks, now the gun guy in me said "OFFER HIM 20!!! But no, I told him to consult his brother-in-law before he sold it, as his brother-in-law was a college trained gunsmith who knew the value of the gun. His brother-in-law was not as honest I I thought, he did have the foresight to offer him 25 for it, and added it to his extensive collection of handguns. WHY am I so damn slow on these things!! Just to honest for my own good I guess! Shit I could have confiscated the gun and just, well kept it but again, honesty.....
I feel for you. It's not the profit you could have made, it's the cool factor and you could have said, " Wow, I have one of those almost Forgotten Weapons.".
Ever since I saw that thing in The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly I've always wanted to see it in action. I was worried none of them were around anymore!
With the civil war ending in 1865, and this gun being made in 1868, thats quite incredible!.
As soon as I saw it, that's exactly what I thought of.
“Revolvers”
@@emphopho I was reading an article about the weapons of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and there were a lot of anachronisms in the weapons used as well as the fact it was filmed in Europe and so European firearms were much more readily available.
The French really knew how to build machines back in the day. I have a Unique Olympic target pistol that I enjoy just looking at, the craftsmanship is amazing.
Wow, a very pretty gun.
I would even say... très galant.
Remarkable considering the age.
+Aravzil Oh oui!🍻
***** not at all. But the older the gun, the more likely it's lost, damaged, or simply worn out. Some of the firearms in regional auctions were used by 3 or more generations of people.
It's not really anything new. During the American civil war, some of the men from the south were fighting with antique muskets from the American Revolutionary War. Can you imagine the condition a musket like that today would be like?
That's why any collector deserves respect from a historical viewpoint.
***** Glad to hear that you got a hold of such a thing. Even though I'm not a huge gun lover, I really love to see all that craftsmanship and effort preserved for posterity. European gunsmith's are fantastic, refined after centuries of people in towns working on the trade.The US was lucky to have had so many gunmakers move to the the colonies. The Revolutionary War German-American muskets are a thing to behold.
That revolver has wonderful aesthetics, the smooth curve of the trigger guard/ejection lever is gorgeous.
"urgh, revolvers"
"Yes, revolvers"
Ergh... *tosses the revolvers on the floor* revolvers!
Well.. well... *leads him to the case* Here's where I keep the best ones! *starts grabbing a few revolvers and placing them on the glass* Here, Remington, uh Colt... a root, Smith Wesson, Colt... Navy, Jocelyn, another Remington, and this one is...
That's enough!
I just knew there would be this reference somewhere here.
Came here look for tuco and tuco I have found
"How much?"
"20 dollars"
"hahaha. How Much?" Points gun at clerk
"100 Dollars"
"Pulls back hammer on pistol"
"200 dollars. It's all I have!"
Finds unlit cigar, chews on it 😂😂😂
Tuco benedicto pacifico ron mario Ramirez..... Known as the rat
Late 19th century gunsmiths were as innovative as techies are now.
Eeyup. They were some good apples back then.
Pepper Spray I would love to see the period machine tools used to produce these and others of the Era!
more than now. back then they experimented with different ideas and different designs. nowadays people stick with few designs like ar15.
@@shotforshot5983 I mean, most of the machine tools haven't really changed all that much, at least the lower cost stuff today. Most personal/small shop tools are still manually operated, CNC machines that you see on the commerical level are like 30,000 bucks or more.
The only real difference between the modern manual stuff and the 19th Century ones is that we use individual electric motors for each machine, vs them using a line shaft driven by a central engine, or treadle power for the lower cost personal tools. And we have covers over the gears so you are less likely to lose a finger. :p
@@diktatoralexander88 nn
Such a great gun...and yet that shopkeeper in TGTBTU didn't keep it in the case with all of his best guns, but left it on that table with all of the other "all sales final" guns.
And Tuco wouldn't appreciate such a great piece, what to expect from a redneck...
What a lovely made weapon. Thank you for showing us a really good piece of "old" engineering, (that looks better than a lot of present day kit)
That extracting mechanism is really interesting, I wonder if there are other weapons that use it
A shotgun version would be cool
@@Thrillowatt Something close would be the Baby Breton.
Not really. The star extractor is much simpler and more convenient.
The Merwin and Holbrrt it's kind of similar
Ah yes, I remember this from the gun shop scene in TGTBTU. Always wondered what kind of pistol it was. :D
Which makes this an anachronism since the movie takes place during the Civil War which ended in 1865.
Michael Pfadt That's true, but I think there's quite a few anachronisms in that movie. I don't think it ever claimed to be historically accurate.
ima watch it agian lol did not noticed this gun
MODNAR22 of course, it's not a documentary. This gun, to most people, just looks like an "1800s wild west" gun. That's all that matters.
@Max William Lauf Yes it was a bit of an anachronism, but not too bad. Cartridge conversions came onto the market only a few years after the end of the civil war, after all.
Thanx for the show-and-tell. I appreciate the "Sold For" information you include in your videos.
Finally, now I never have to choose between a wheelgun and a levergat again.
More videos like this Forgotten Weapons, because you're my favorite gun channel thus I follow almost every clip for each interesting and sometimes "ahead of time " weapon :)
I KNEW I RECOGNIZED THIS FROM THAT MOVIE
I wish they still made beautiful guns like these.
Fantastic content as always, Ian!
Top shelf piece right there. Glad you brought that one to the table.
I saw the picture and immediately thought of Eli Wallach in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'. Watch when Tuco makes it across the desert and accosts the gunshop keeper to arm him for revenge.
Thats a really cool design. Very unique way of speeding up the reloading process
Now I gotta go watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly so I can see this revolver. :)
Revolvers....
if you have not seen it, the gun shop scene is really awesome.
mrstarfishh33 I've seen it many times (have it on DVD). Watched it the other day and just had to laugh when he flung all the revolvers on the floor. :)
z robertson Well not much about the movie is historically accurate but that's irrelevant to me. :)
REVOLVAHS!
An anachronistic gun for the good the bad and the ugly as it takes place during the civil war and the gun was designed 3 years after it ended, however it was pretty funny watching tuco fiddle with it
Fantastic. Thank you for all this interesting material.
Very cool mechanism, I've never seen one of those before, thank you for sharing!
Once again.Thank you for the knowledge!
I really love the effort you put in pronouncing French names hahaha :D
(Also, "breveté" would be pronounced bruh-vuh-tay) Cool gun!
A very elegant revolver! Beautiful really! Why Is it that the guns I find most interesting and desirable are always too rare (and expensive) for me to ever be able to aquire..ah well in those cases at least there is the 'Forgotten Weapons' channel! Many thanks for the work you do!
I know it may break the gun, but imagine how badass it would be flipping it open with one hand, reloading it with the other and swinging it shut. sort of like the terminator lol
Not only is it interesting, it's actually very visually appealing. That belongs in a velvet-lined mahogany case under glass. I wish I had the coin...
Patented in 1868, but used in the film, “The Good, Bad, and Ugly,” set during the Civil War. And I trusted Italian westerns! Thank you.
Very nice, never heard of it before so thank you for the video.
Of course I just got through watching The Good The Bad and The Ugly for the hundredth time and I love that scene where Eli Wallach goes in to the shop and Tara's all the guns apart and put some together in a different way and I always wondered is that possible and did they disassemble that easily thanks Ian I watch and like just about every one of your videos
Got to admit, its a nice looking revolver.
What a great looking revolver!
The way it opens looks awesome.
Glad you mentioned The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly because I'm sure I'm not the only one who looked at the thumbnail and thought, "its that revolver from the gun store scene"
If that rim plate came apart in 2 pieces, making it like a halfmoon clip, this wouldve been practically the best a man could get until the 1900s i bet
Given how complicated and precisely machined this looks I think if it was manufactured and sold today would cost on the same ballpark as the estimated auction price.
It looks pretty and slick
just the sound of it opening and closing... so satisfying, somehow.
I've seen these in books but never realized they had any significant use.
This aas really cool.:D Great video as always Ian.:D
Tooco Ramirez didn't like this revolving pistol, he chose navy colt :)
... that he personalized with parts from some of the other revolvers he was looking at...
Very cool and nice looking gun, this. The one in The Good, Bad & Ugly was very decorated, if I remember correctly. Much prefer this one.
Beautiful in every way.
cool weapon. thanks for the inside dope on how it works.
with a varation on the half moon clips used in the M- 1917s this would be great revolver even today
Fascinating looking revolver.
Cool video Ian .
Looks like a neat revolver. And not that bad of a caliber. Cool.
That's why it was anachronistic in The Good The Bad and The Ugly ( ok ok i saw it on imfdb once 🙂 )
What a nice Revolver! Super neat! I want one in a Modern Cartridge!
I love the good bad and the ugly but they do have some firearm snafu's. It's a civil war noir but the percussion pistols shooting brass cartridges happens, before those conversions were available I believe.
Very nice revolver, thanks for sharing, love the nagant anyway even if this piece is dream
That is a slick design.
That is a beauty, I would love on in .44 special.
LOL the star of my favorite scene from The Good The Bad & The Ugly. I always loved how it squeaks like a tin coffee press. Guess this one got taken care of better.
very interesting piece .
Holy cow this is awesome
This thing just looks awesome.
Thanks Ian
I wish I was still working in my old machine shop. I would like to replicate this beautiful pistol.
Anyone else read "Garand Revolver"?
Yea same
That pb and name. lol
I read "Garland Revolver" with flowers!
I read Galand but thought it was a Japanese knock off of a Garand.
+kiwi700 chinese*
So a lever action revolver. Damn. That actually feels satisfying to me and I don't know why.
I wonder if one could develop a hinged moon clip for these? (Or a C shaped one with just 5 rounds?)
....yes, but how is it for quick draw, and cossack action shooting ?
how fucking cool. never seen a revolver design that gave me any reason to want one. this would be a cool design with modern cartridges.
Huh?
Different guy; only one "L".
Good point. Separate question, what brand of watch do you wear? I saw in the above video you are wearing one. I remember in the video on ww1 trench weapons, I saw in that very clever opening you had a 1917 trench knife in your hand and i also saw a watch on your left wrist. Just asking as I have an interest in history, weapons, watches ect. Thank you , and please keep making interesting videos.
Work of art.
the "Workmanship" is WOW!
Dang, I hella remember Tuco playing with this piece in the gunshop. It was so squeaky
very cool revolver.
It is interesting how people see the russians as a backwards military yet that really comes from the ww2/cold war era... where even then they were ahead of the curve but got put behind by either funds or being attacked by what they thought was an ally....... they adopted gattling guns, machine guns and even the self-loading military rifle before most of the rest of europe and at the same time or only a short time after the united states would...... the only area where they stayed on the curve was the self loading pistol..... where they adopted it while others were but after a couple of the fore runners...
+Forgotten Weapons, any chance you did a vid on that Bittner Model 1893 repeating pistol that is also in this auction?
I did not - but I do have a line on another one that will get a video eventually.
Beautiful machine! I wish some one made one today in maybe .38 spc., or how about .44 spc.?
Stunner
When you buy a firearm from Rock Island Auction, such as this one. Do you receive any paper work with the facts and type of ammo to use with it. I ask this because I'm not aware of how the auctions go as in how much info they give to the bidders. Hopefully people who buy these firearms watch your videos.
Nope, that's up to the buyer to know or find out. If you don't know what it is, don't buy it. :)
Try google.
You can send RIA an email about whatever item and they will provide extra details
At first glance from the thumbnail, I thought this was made similarly to that "unknown" revolver (the bit behind the trigger)
damn this revolver is really cool
hell thats one of an elegant gun
То чувство когда ты русский - и впервые узнаёшь об этом оружии !
That feeling when you're Russian - and the first time you learn about this weapon !
Ну, русский этот револьвер лишь условно. Так же как и "русский винчестер"
ACLG
В "Технике молодежи" о нем писали аж в 1990 году...
А я про него в детстве ещё узнал. У отца была какая-то энциклопедия стрелкового оружия так в ней половина оружия с этого канала было упомянуто.
Я тоже первый раз слышу! Ну да, не совсем русский, а сделанный для России, и всё же часть нашей истории.
Это точно
It’s really nice looking.
beautiful pistol !
Any way to purchase a modern copy of this with a more affordable price tag?
Gorgeous Gun
Hey sir do you have H&r top break .38 S&W forgot gun
One of the rare videos where Ian is wearing a watch.
beautiful gun
That is such a cool revolver, holy shit.
I know I'm going way back.. If, I'm correct, that was one of the revolvers that Eli Wallach messes around with in the, "Good, The Bad, and The Ugly".
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Amazing gun!
Interesting, the extraction method reminds me of the original Enfield revolver.
Looks like the hammer on my 1898 Rast and Gasser
What an awesome gun
Another example of the FW movie collection. Should include the scene from G,B&U in the intro.
Comfy looking pistol