Biggest Revolver Yet? A 10-Gauge Colt 1855...
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This ludicrously huge handgun is actually a 10-gauge Colt 1855 Revolving Shotgun with a cut-down barrel and a newly made grip frame. The backstop and trigger guard of the shotgun were handily reshaped into a grip frame, and the finished product actually looks nicely proportional - until you try to actually pick it up, of course. .The grip is filled with brass inlay, about a third of which are missing (possibly from the recoil of actually firing?). Despite the rather poor finish condition, the gun cycles smoothly, and appears to be fully functional. Just the thing for someone who wants to make the Colt Walker look puny!
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"I like the walker but its not reliably breaking my wrists"
"Hmmmmmmmm" -local gunsmith
"CHALLENGE ACCEPTED" --gunsmith
*_HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM_*
"Hold my Burbon on the rocks."
based
I need a gun that can be used to kill, while the muzzle blast performs chest compressions on a downed companion.
"I carry a .45 because they dont make a .46!"
"Observe"
I search "45" to find if somebody already did this joke :-)
But instead of "observe" I would write "oh shit"
Although you could pick up single actions in .50 back then. They were just rare as heck.
@@Solnoric they had .50 caliber revolvers back in the old west?
Remember that you just had to make a ball caster large enough and you could make ammunition for any size of firearm. Forty to fifty grains of powder and a big lead ball and you were in business.
But they make a .50 young un!
And nobody robbed Mr. P.P. Foley’s stagecoach ever again.
Because he shot the last guy that tried. Through the stand of oak trees he was hiding behind. And the neighbors donkey.
To be honest this probably was used as more of a sawed off shotgun more than a pistol like the street sweeper
To be honest this probably was used as more of a sawed off shotgun more than a pistol like the street sweeper
boxfox reyes I rather suspect it was primarily used for showing off or intimidation value, as actually shooting a 10-gauge (0.775 caliber equivalent) handgun would be very unpleasant for all involved (admittedly more so for the poor bugger down range).
Only briefly 😂
Its like when Bugs and Yosemite Sam kept pulling out bigger guns on each other.
I want to like but i don't want to change the like count
*B I G I R O N*
Biggest iron more like
I R O N G I A N T
just listened to that song this morning
My thoughts exactly
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You picked the wrong town, fool!
The cross on the grip makes me think this was made to kill vampires or werewolves.
I think the significance of the cross is obvious here. If you're thinking of firing that thing, your wrists would want god on their side.
True, most likely shot oak pegs
Makes sense, you just throw the thing at them...
@@PitchBlackYeti
A true "gunslinger"
If I had to go two-two with them, I would like this gun
With THIS iron, You don’t even have to worry about Texas Red clearing leather.
Texas Red is gonna clear the state line in midair when you hit him with one of these things.
Texas Dead
So if Shaq wants a handgun that fits his hand, he should put a bid in
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day...
I bet Texas Red wasn't expecting the stranger to have an actual cannon on his hip
... With an iron larger than his hip. Larger than his hiiiiip...
_Oh, he might've went on living, but he made one fatal slip, when he tried to match the ranger with an Artillery Piece on his hip_
@@my-tech-demos _An Artillery Piece on his hiiiip._
Henry P. V. The quickness of OptimusSledge is still talked about today.
10 gauge revolver, golden crosses, inscriptions....
Isn't there a very interesting vampire hunter backstory about this we don't know of yet?
The three letters remaining of Foley make it look like an after plotwist.
maybe alcuard weapon from the old west ?
I can see the Hellsing Abridged Alucard using this!
It's a fun happenstance that only Foe remains of Foley :B
It was Lincoln's sidearm under his pen name 🧐
Alucard's 18XX era gun.
When you’re out hunting Tigers. The tanks not the animal.....
G G I think you dropped your sense of humor back there might want to go get it
G G The letter I when used to refer to oneself is a proper noun and should be capitalized, as for punctuation, this is not a formal situation in which flawless grammar and punctuation are required.
You tried to be a smartass, you failed.
Not much of a difficulty after the transmission's given out.
When the enemy takes cover behind a fleet of aircraft carriers
Would also be at home hunting tiger the animal, Howdah shotguns are a thing, and they fill a pretty similar niche.
Ah yes, the perfect implement for when you absolutely need to ruin the guy you're dueling at high noon, his buddy three feet to the left, his horse, the twelve houses behind him and your wrist, all in a single shot.
For when you need those extra large silver bullets for those pesky werewolves.
yeah!
i actually shot a werewolf, but by the time i got to it, it had turned into my neighbors dog
ArcherBascha, It is good for Werelephants too.
You mean vampires...
@@SiPakRubah Vampire elephants?
Ah yes, the holy “PP” hand-cannon
Giant pp?
someone points it at you and you pee pee yourself
Huge "pp"
Are we still doing "phrasing"?
@@iGottaRandomName Giant with yellow P. P. On the shaft
"I know what you're thinking... did the brass decoration fly of my gun when I fired the forth shot, or the fifth? But given this is a 1855 sidehammer 10 gauge, the most powerful rotary shotgun in the west, you have you ask yourself, do you feel lucky?
Well, do you? Varmint."
"Let's get this pipsqueak (the Walker) out of the way"
This is an excellent example of why I love this channel. The guns are great, too, but the humor is top-notch.
Somewhere "HellBoy" has misplaced "The Samaritan"
I thought bit was called Big Baby ... :/
@@theblackbaron4119 Big Baby was the backup upgrade, The Samaritan was his standard sidearm.
Hell boy is all sjw these days. He probably pawned it for hair dye 💰.
all i can think of is blazing saddles when i see this gun "uh oh it's mongo"
"Nevermind that shit, here comes Mongo!"
Yeeeesss
*_"Mongo straight!"_* 😄😄😄
"Santamaria"
ysirhc x Santa marieeeea! Ooh ta ooh ta!!🤣🤣
Neat! I’ve actually shot one of these before.
Outside of a saloon in Wyoming, 1874, four men cornered me and demanded money back from a poker game I’d won. Two withdrew knives, one a pistol of Colt design, the fourth barehanded, but dangerous nonetheless. Seeing I was outnumbered I took the money and tossed it to the ground. The man with the Colt looked down, a mistake that would immediately prove fatal. I drew my sidearm, a 10 gauge colt, one of a matching pair, and gunned all four men down before they could even widen their eyes in shock.
It’s how I became known as the fastest gun in Wyoming, until 1889, in a duel with Keanu Reeves.
Ever since I became aware of the Colt revolving shotgun as a kid I've wondered "What if..". Gratifying to know I am not the only idiot....
Paul Bunyan's personal concealed carry revolver.
André called and wants his revolver back
His ankle pistol, most likely, for when he wanted something dainty to shoot his enemies with.
@@Solnoric im european, didnt get it?
@@xaverweigl7050 André the Giant a 2,24 Meter tall professional wrestler.
I was wondering If Mick foley had a gunslinging grampa
@@TheImaginaererfreund ok? no. but thanks
I can't help but think of a quote from Hellboy as I watch this:
"I'm not a very good shot, but this thing fires really big bullets."
So, I see that "Murica!" is not really a 21st-century ideal.
What???
@@samueladams1775 Murica! *waves around three barreled twelve gauge "firearm"*
Would 👍 but don't want to ruin the 69😈
There's you 👍 since someone else ruined😏
It is an eternal idea yes
Is this that “biggerest iron”?
Marty Robbins: *heavy breathing*
Only if it's on his hip
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@@trentonb99 😆😆😆
Nae I got nr 3 iron in my bag
for the love of god please let him shoot this thing
Yes- please deploy this to a brief fielding
Its gonna be like those videos of the lady's firing hunting revolvers and smacking themselves in the face with the recoil xP
I think Ian likes his wrists
Dirty Harry: "It'll blow your head clean off... and my own probably"
Complete with finalizing on a full cylinder dump
"Let's get this pipsqueak off the table."
Removes Walker Colt :-D
Settler: "Hello. I´m thinking of moving west with my family, and would like purchase a gun for defense."
Gunsmith: "Well good sir, you´ve come to right place. That is exactly what we sell."
S: "Good, I´ll see your stock then."
*After several hours of back and forth, trying to choose between revolver and shotgun*
GS: "Sir, I need to close the shop soon. Are you going to purchase anything or not?"
S: "I can´t choose....."
GS: "Hmmm....wait a moment."
*Gunsmith goes to backroom, and after while of mandatory banging, screwing and sawing sounds, and then comes back*
GS: "Here, have both."
Settler: "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!"
Groovy
Stranger, *Stranger,* now *that's* a weapon!
Now get the fuck outta my shop
Woah, that revolver is right out of a vampire hunter-story!
I could see hellboy using it
Even has a crucifix on it
@Henrique you just stole my idea
Screw the silver bullets. That thing fires silver buckshot lol
@@tophatminion.7558 did... did Ian just find the real Samaritan?
I can't avenge my partner with this pea shooter.
I don't wanna hear it, McBain - tha-that cannon of yours is against regulations, in this department, we go by the book
Bye Book
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accurate
I just watched that 3 times. Never gets old. Lol
Thank you for reminding me of this gem.
this guns too big! temperance brennan bones!
Remember when The Simpsons was actually a good show?
Me: I have enough big bore handguns for my life time.
Ian: This is the most ludicrous thing I've ever set my eyes on.
Me: I need it.
1:08 I just had to laugh. That's like going from hand cannon to hand naval gun
The "whump" sound when it hits the table accurately portrays the ridiculousness of the weapon. Still, for its time, .75 caliber was the caliber one'd want if they were looking for literal stopping power.
ideal CCW
Ideal weapon of choice when 4 burglars and a grizzly bear break into your home
Sure, though it really oughta have a round-butt grip, for better concealment, no?
You don't even need to shoot it, just get close enough to bludgeon someone with this.
@RocketSurgeon ...and you'll need to draw, because your pants will be around your ankles from the weight!
You are all missing the point, this is ideal CCW, because you can just lug it around in the open and nobody will believe its real. concealed by ludicrousness.
That is absolutely amazing. I can imagine some dude in an old timey tavern pulling out one of these as a response to someone pulling out a little derringer.
"That's not a gun. THIS is a gun."
Only to be laughed at when you dislocate your shoulder in the proces.
Also, it doesn't look ideal for fast-draw...
perfect short range revolver, you don't even need to shoot the thing because i firmly believe that getting pistol whipped by that thing would hurt just as much.
@@bverheijden 'Cept the guy with the foot wide hole in the chest.
When the brass inlay falls off, you stuff it in the barrel and fire it at the enemy.
Back when a "J" frame meant JUMBO.
It's a jimbo frame
@Mailbox_Bomber Wumbo
It's a C O L T, from back when Colt ment something.
@@earlwyss520 Now It's 'C[eska Zbrojovka]OLT', since CZ owns Colt Now XD
anyone brave enough to carry/fire that thing deserves to have their name in brass on it
That might be it! The names are from the brave souls that fired that gun.
"Six bullets; more than enough to kill anything that moves"
With a gun like this, if you need more than one shot you're in real trouble.
With a gun like this the 5 shots it has are enough.
Because the first shot would leave your hand unable to fire the rest
If it takes more than one shot, then you weren't using a Jakobs!
@@kabob0077 Remember, no refunds!
With a shot load you would barely need to aim.
The guy who did this was the Elmer Keith of his day to bad we don't have his name! He deserves to be remembered!
Probably one of the names on the handle...
Grammar police - I went TO the shop TO pick up groceries. TOO bad it was closed. :)
“Do you want a shotgun or a revolver?”
“Yes”
That would be the perfect revolver for my friend John. He's just under 6'10" tall, so It would probably look like a Walker in the hands of a normal sized person.
Who needs a handgun when you can just step on your opponents?
@@expfcwintergreenv2.02 Normally you just swat the planes out of the sky, but sometimes you just don't feel like getting up
If I were that large a target I'd not care to get into any firefight. Least of all carying this madness engine.
John-117?
They were too busy thinking about if they *could* to ask themselves if they *should*
But they did anyway.
But they should, they should!
@@paulwhite9242 Hell yeah, go big or go home.
the answer for last question is always 'Why not?' followed by 'what could possibly go wrong?'
Luckily for them the answers were both "yes."
I love it when Ian finds things that make his competing sides fight eachother.
"I am a scientist, this is a bad idea and a silly design"
"YEA BUT ITS SOOOO COOOOL"
Colt defender 8 barrel shotgun! Find it Ian!
Foley must have been a monster of a man to cary that thing. Respect
If someone made reproductions of this i would happily add it to my growing black powder collection. Its gigantic amd glorious.
Maybe DIY it out of a reproduction long version, just like this one was made originally. Anyone with a decent shop should be able to handle this level of modification easily.
Ah, so _this_ is what "hand cannon" really means! Cool.
I love historical weapons that have personal touches that make them unique to other similar models of the time.
This one is probably the most unique I've ever seen considering so much of it is custom modified.
I'm impressed with how they used the existing hardware to make a functional weapon out of it!
When you walk into a saloon and it is full with outlaw graboids or something
El Blanco wearing a cowboy hat is a hilarious mental image
- "What caliber is your handgun?"
- "Yes."
"All of them."
I'm about to create another account to give this a second like.
@@jeanbaptistevallee4500 "At once."
The cross on the grip represents the last owners tombstone for his/hers wrists.
The *thump at 1:10 said everything I needed to know about the ludicrously large nature of this hand cannon
There is, in fact, always "that guy". 🤣
Arizona ranger wants to know your location.
ArthurAlcantara no he wants to trade
I like to picture the original owner as being like 7 ft tall and 350 lbs and complaining to the gun smith that he just couldn't really operate a normal revolver
This makes more sense than one might think. The cylinder gap pretty much forces to to shoot the rifle one handed. By shortening it, it paradoxical allows you to get two hands on the grip, and makes the shotgun a much handier surprise when a really big rattlesnake makes it into camp 😂
It’s also good if you’re a cavalry skirmisher and need something you can draw and point quickly from a saddle holster.
1860's snake charmer.
The snakes were much bigger back then.
This makes me smile. The idea behind it is the same spirit as the one that drives gunsmiths today “can I do this?”
By the look of it, it is most likely listed in the Book of Amaments, Chapter 2, Verses 9 to 21, right next to the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
“There’s always that guy who just has to go and do that.”
Ian says, "Most ludicrous handgun ..."
_I_ say, "I WANT one!" :D
I mean ... I could really enjoy a repro of one of those ... for ... stuff ... ;)
Me too, er, asking for a friend.
Our best hope is that they start reproducing the shotgun it was made from.
its black powder, buy a replica revolving shotgun and make your own.
@@haroldellis9721 how about a double action cartridge firing one
@@afella1129 I think Ruger made a .45-70 revolver a couple of years ago. That would be as close as possible until someone decided to build a 12 gauge Judge or Governor with a 9 inch barrel.
That is a legit hand cannon.
I wonder what it would do to my wrist.
Hey, I've seen people firing 12 gauge shotguns with one hand, I'm sure black powder 10 gauge will just tear all the tendons in your arm.
Nothing good.
The real question here is... what WOULDN'T it do to your wrist?
Uhhhh my guess is amputate it.
Not what the .600 nitro revolver could do
I've got to say, if you're a Wells Fargo guard, and you're going to be riding up on the box with a super cut down "coach gun" without a stock, and with a double barrel that's probably not too much longer than that barrel, hey, why not get one of these. At least you'll have more than 2 shots.
Me 5 seconds in: “Holy shi#... he found one of Hellboy’s guns!”
“That’s not a gun, THIS is a gun!”
Nice Crocodile Dundee reference.
4:18 "...why not?" Once again, Gun Jesus shows us the way...
The original “Judge”.
squeakD we already have the Taurus Judge and the S&W Governor, I propose we call this 10 gauge revolver the “Saint Peter”
Romeo's Live Indie Music Channel the Colt President
@@romeosliveindiemusicchanne6365 No, this one out ranks St. Peter, it's the God Gun.
na that's the "SCOTUS"
@@colsoncustoms8994 nah, I still like god gun, also a god gun is part of the MILES laser "tag" system used by the DOD for force on force training with real weapons firing blanks.
Top of Must Have List, as of 1-10-2023. Don't know how long I can live without one of these in my life!
1:10 the thump as you put the ‘ludicrous’ revolver down 😂😂
Finally a handgun worthy of t rex hunting
No wonder there are no T Rex left.
There IS actually a classic SF short story called, "A Gun for Dinosaur." See here (includes spoiler summary):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Gun_for_Dinosaur
More like Texas Red
I think the owner of that revolver was a badass priest who hunted demons with it.
The sound of it being placed on the table had me dying.
“Pretty ludicrously huge. And yet” *B O M F*
I get the impression that ”why not” is exactly why this gun exists 🙂
Also given the names I can easily picture a group of guys sitting down with a drink, or several, talking guns and this is the result.
If Pietta ever makes this I'm getting an FAC.
I was half expecting Burt Gummer's initials to be somewhere on that monster...
Never in my life have I needed something so much and not known it.
So glad its been preserved through the years, made my day.
Yes, this looks like something a Foley would do.
Are you thinking of Mick Foley? Because I am.
Related to Foleys
Only if he tells Ramirez to shoot the thing.
@@markfergerson2145 Axel Foley
When you need to kill 5 elephants really fast.
I couldn't quite appreciate the scale of this thing until the close up of you holding it. That is utterly absurd and I love it just a bit more than I probably should!
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
"Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say..."
“He’s an outlaw loose and runnin’ came the whisper from each lip...”
"No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip..."
“I like the walker but I just need more gun”
-guy with constantly broken wrists
Tarkkus "use a gun and if that don't work? Use more gun!"
- the engineer (TF2)
02:10 Fabricobbling. That is a marvelous job of fabricobbling.
Ian always does a great job and makes fine examples of quality MeTube videos they way they should be made. Very articulate, no obnoxious background music, no cutesy catch phrases, no profanity and just plain quality.
I guess Mr. Foley was dying to make sure nobody laughs at his initials ever again
Someone: "Bla bla biggest gun bla bla...."
"FOLEY": "Hold my beer."
:D
Years ago I seen a hand made 30 06 revolver in a old guns and ammo magazine, I'm sure someone was willing to shoot it, now it's how far will they go. .50 BMG? 25mm anti-aircraft? I suppose you reach a natural limit when the recoil begins to break peoples arms. Like That motorcycle with the 427 Chevy car engine in it that the builder was advertising to get a driver for. There's a limit to everything, when you have to ask if the thrill is worth the damage you know it's going to do to you.
A French company designed a shoulder-fired 76mm cannon... it has some recoil-absorbing features, but will knock you on your ass if you're not standing properly.
@@moosemaimer WHAT DO YOU MEAN the French are ahead of us in Mobile Suit development!?
Google JDJ hand cannons
@RocketSurgeon That piece is for when you don't pray to God... You demand.
When you said how far will it go, did you mean the bullett or the gun?
That handle though. I feel like upscaling it put using it into the realm of anatomically impossible. Even a meme gun like Pfeifer Zeliska is somewhat usable(besides it's using same ammo as Howdah pistols so technically viable), but this one just requests too large palms and long fingers.
They are huge, heavy, impractical, hard to control and as subtle as tobacco spit in your eye but man, I can´t help but love handcannons like that.
So if you made a modern cartridge fire version of this you would have to make it in a series. Since Smith and Wesson called their. 410 version at Governor you call a 10 Gage revolver, El Presidentae!
When you said usable did you say it in quotes, cause this thing looks made for video games and movies....and I'm liking it way more than I should
This is as close as we are going to get to Ian making a video about a Bolt Pistol.
maybe a April fools video.
Or, if you get a gunsmith to make one then send it to him.
GreatgoatonFire Good contender was the South African semi Automatic grenade launcher, that almost worked as a proper bolter rifle. It only lacked the propeller on the grenades XD, and Ian was pretty happy testing it XD
@@PigreKo Link please? I need to see it.
kabob 007 Got you covered czcams.com/video/QHbqHx3TLBE/video.html
Love this thing, thanks for devoting the time to it!
1:08 The sound that it makes when he sets it down on the table lmao
Well somebody clearly have an argument with his mate then spent a couple days in his shed
Ironically based on the history of chain fire in ct revolving shotguns, this was probably safer too.
The recoil caused by a full cylinder discharge in that thing would be unreal
@@edwalmsley1401 It would fly out of your hand into god knows where
Would the frame even take that kinda force,I have a 10G double, and if you do both barrels together it's pretty world changing,I don't even want to think about 5 at once 😧
"I need a gun that's able ro kill a bear, but will also be so terrifying that it will make future generations of bears tell their children cautionary stories about me"
"Colt 1855 Division" starts playing when you pull this out
0:18 Oh my, It's Gun Jesus with a Jesus Gun. My life is complete. I can die happy.
I call this my HOLY WRATH!
"Jesus Gun" lmao x3
This belongs in a Fallout game.
Considering mod authors like adding guns from this channel to the game, I wouldn't be surprised if it does lol
@@thomasjackman5286 I hope they make it for NV soon.
That thing is magnificent in it's insanity. Having it pointed at you would be like looking down a drainpipe!