Minute of Mae: S&W No.3 Russian 3rd Model
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Oh he might have gone on living but he made the fatal slip. Cause the Cossacks raided with the Big Iron on their hips
big iron on his hip
i love marty robbins bro
God what a pretty old lead thrower.
Hey, Mae ain't old.!!!
@@slowpokebr549 and she sure is very pretty ! Especially pointing that big pistol at ya through the camera view.
I was gonna say: The _revolver_ ain't too shabby either...😉
{♥️Love You, Mae!♥️}
@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman another 1 smitten with gun and lady holding it.
@@richardkluesek4301 >>> You KNOW IT...😊
Would unironically carry this and the Winchester 1895 .That delicious gunslinger style can not be denied .
Among top three coolest officially issued Revolvers of the war
You play battlefield 1?
What war are you referring to as "the war" and why?
@@antongreenberg741 ww1
@@antongreenberg741 The Great War of 1914-1918, as this is Minute of Mae is a minute's summary of the shooter's perspective of significant weapons of that war.
If you encounter someone with a 1895 Mannlicher and a 1912 Steyr or a 1898 Mauser and a 1908 Luger, you might end up a dead WW1 gun hipster
"left with a fancy Reichsrevolver." I seem to recall that Mae hates that one. Thanks for this video, guys!!
Yeah, but that fanciness is a pretty fundamental advantage.
Also this is nearly a decade older.
@@gamermanzeake Yeah, if I recall correctly, the original American revolver (a Schofield?) was issued to US cavalry specifically because it was break-action. It meant it could be more easily reloaded whilst riding, and potentially singlehanded to avoid having to move ones hand from the reinf
She gave it a thumbs up as a bludgeoning tool.
ah yes... a well-polished turd.
I think that was meant to be seen as a bad thing...
Don't know what it is but top break revolvers are just so sexy to me.
@@gamermanzeake Cimmaron and Uberti make reproduction #3's, looks like mostly in .38 special and the original .44 Russian.
@@gamermanzeake 1179
Last time I was this early the marines were still using the Springfield
Last time I was this early this joke was funny
Marines with a Capitol 'M'!:) Ooh Rah, Devil Dog
I heard they are abandoning the M27 already and moving back to Springfield's to toughen up the Corps.
Which one?
Just a fancy reichsrevolver? That one hurt a lot more than it should have. 😂
But kinda true ;)
I always liked the looks of the No.3 Schofield better than the No.3 Russian, but they're both an attractive pistol. 👍🏻
The schofeild is ver very nice
I immediately know it was similar to the Schofields, pretty neat
I want a Schofield! I saw a reproduction in a store in Nevada once, but I didn't have the buttload of money it took to get it. Made me sad.
@@howardsmith9342 I feel your pain! 👍🏻👍🏻😁 💵 💵 💵
Is it weird that this is still one of my favorites of the guns covered so far?
Not weird.
That round, the .44 Russian, is easily made by cutting down and then trimming your mouth-split 44 Rem. Mag or 44 S&W Spec. cases and loading with a light cast bullet. Lyman gives excellent data needed to do this. The .44 Russian evolved into the other two and was loved for its accuracy when it arrived back in the black powder cartridge days.
The gun I never knew I wanted now.
I do want a pair for Schofields.
The bonus feature of this firearm is that once you run out of ammunition; you can grab it by the barrel & use it as a hammer to build scouting outposts & bunkers.
The S&W #3 is the star of the tv show "Dead Man's Gun" produced by the Fonz, Henry Winkler, and firearms props and expertise consultant Val Forget, CEO of Navy Arms. Sort of the Wild West in the Twilight Zone plotlines.
What a gorgeous handgun. Excellent content as always
Love the shorts. Keep them coming!
Thanks Mae, I always like your reviews, cheers
IMHO, any of the S&W top breaks would be a definite plus in a shoot out. There wasn't another revolver around that was faster to eject and as quick to reload . The M&H's are quick to eject empties , but are Colt SAA slow to reload .
some of my favorite minutes are of Mae.
Thank You, Mae🙂🇨🇿
This Minute of Mae things are great!
Mae's smile makes the video!
Great video
Thank you
The algorithm again finds me and brings me joy, in the form of one of my favorite issue revolvers, as well as Mae's succinctly concise analysis of it. Funny how the Tsar's Army used US designed arms up to near the turn of the century. Berdans I& II, and the S&W Third Model Russian protected the Rodina.
"fancier Reixhsrevolver*
Chuckles in 1895 Nagant Revolver
Eyyy! It's a minute of Maeee
Coolest revolver ever. You can't change my mind.
I just laughed my drink back up through my nose, it always comes back to that reichsrevolver. 😂
Informative as always, thank you Mae!
I always like the looks of the Model 3.
First time I heard about this revolver was in a Louis L'amour novel
I have a Uberti Schofield in .38 and with speed loaders that gun is STUPID quick on the reload. Love me Schofield, simple as
Love those
I just thought. She has the perfect speed and voice for the line "Certain conditions apply!".....
I have a Ludwig Loewe version of the same gun, cal 44 Russian. It’s in original condition, impeccable mechanics and bore.
Is it inscribed in Russian across the top of the barrel?
@@danielbrooks2126 yes, it is.
@@rainbow2710I just inherited that same gun from my grandfather. The history on this thing is incredible. We thought it was maybe from the early 70s!
Wow Mae you have a beautiful voice!!
I wish the minute was longer
Most videos I watch at a faster speed. Mae I always have to slow down to Normal 🤣❤
I should have bought one when I could have afforded it. 44 Russian is a great cartridge, accurate and mild compared to other 44's.
Her smile is infectious...
Forty years ago I was looking for a beat up one for a shooter. Then I was reading a magazine and saw a photo of sixteen in a factory case in someone’s collection. The case must have been forgotten in the back of a hardware store and only found when the store folded during the depression. That killed my interest.
Don’t mention the Reich’s Revolver. It is great as a hammer or for cracking walnuts.
I could find one but someone found a case of them.
Yes
Cool!
I believe Pat Garrett used one.
I really wanted to the see all the spent shells shoot out of that bad boy after you break it open
I own and enjoy shooting one of these in .45 LC. Makes a nice pairing with my Yellow Boy in .45 LC. Hogs beware.
Not long ago, I found out the round is called ".44 Russian" because after the Russians replaced the S&W Model 3 revolver, a lot of those guns ended up on the used market.
Along with the guns, the ammo went too.
When the boxes of ammo were sold on the American market, they were marked ".44 cal., Russian", to denote their origin.
Same goes for the Model 3's ammo that was used by the US Government, except their boxes of ammo were marked ".44 cal., American".
Over time, these labels became tags for those particular rounds and they became known as the ".44 American" and ".44 Russian" rounds.
It was believed by some that the ".44 American" and ".44 Russian" were different loading's (they weren't) and that myth pervails to this day.
Although few remember "44 American" rounds, many are aware of the ".44 Russian" rounds, since gun writers have impressed upon the general public that the round was the basis for the later .44 Special, which got a LOT of press back in the 80's when the round was being revitalized.
The truth is, both the "American" and "Russian" round are, in fact, the .44 S&W round that was the original chambering for the Model 3 revolver.
I thought the .44 American was Rimfire while the Russian was center fire?
@@TheMrPeteChannel You're thinking of the .44 Henry, which was made for the Henry Rifle.
That was a rimfire round.
.44 S&W was a centerfire round. It was developed for the Model 3 revolver.
no, the rounds are different in a important way.
the .44 American was first, using an outside lubricated, heeled bullet. the modern analogue is .22 LR.
the Russians asked that the lubrication be put inside the case. so S&W did, and reduced the bullet diameter to .429 to fit.
@@BaikalTii True, but aside from that, the rounds are exactly the same.
A beautiful revolver
A pistol so long it's in a different post code (zip code) from the firer!
Gosh I wish this was as popular as the colts.
It would have been, if S&W had chambered the Schofield in .45 long colt. The Colt could feed the S&W .45, but the Schofield couldn't take the Colt .45. The Army decided to standardize 45 pistol ammo by adopting a round with the short S&W case and a reduced rim that could be fired from both pistols (M1887 Ball, sold only to the military). Prior to that, the Army had to maintain two types of 45 pistol ammunition in the field, with the result that a delivery of .45LC to a unit carrying the S&W Schofield made them useless.
Only about 9000 Schofields were manufactured (1875 -1878), with over 8000 of them going to the Army, and they were sold off as surplus in the 1880s. Something like 20 times that number of Colt SAA revolvers were made between 1873 and 1898.
I like to think of these as revolver versions of the old horse pistols
I need one
A-MAE-zing!!
It's a nice looking pistol, I would love to have one
Time to save up.
Funnily enough, the features Mae likes about this revolver are the very features that Americans of the time despised.
Yeah, the S&W Model Russian/Frontier (and including the Schofield as well) top breaks are annoying to cock the hammer because the grip is too far away from the damn hammer. Only the biggest of handed people who I've let use my Schofield were able to cock it pretty well one handed. I have to break my grip just to cock it every time. This is annoying since I can reach the hammer of my SAA without breaking my grip without much trouble.
Still fun to shoot and to reload is just cool to do.
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Now if only there was a double action variant. These looks, that top-breaking action, just needs to be both single and double action and its perfect.
Well that and maybe people making half-moon clips would be nice. Seriously, why dont we see that more often? Its almost a perfect solution to a revolver's biggest flaw.
i love top load breach revolvers
also mae is bae
Beautiful cowboy gun. S&W makes the best revolvers.
One of the sexiest revolvers of its time.
My grandma had one of those.
She can pit the ace at 75 yards.
Two of those at last weekend's gunshow... they are getting pretty expensive.
I need one of these to go with my 1895 Winchester and be a Siberian cowboy
Only if your Winchester 1895 has stripper clip guides and is chambered in 7.62X54mmR.
@@boydgrandy5769 I do.
@@Gunsbeerfreedom87 LOL. Ok then.
The Cossacks pistol :)
Read that the Rusdians ordered a crap load if them and didn't get them all. Many were sold in the old west where guys hated that finger hook that interfered with using a western style holster so they sawed them off .
Well balanced.Not much recoil. Fun to shoot it.
Love from India
Sorry to jump in a year late, but have you had a chance to try the S&W 1st model double action revolver?
Cool pistol
Modern handguns could have some use for that middle finger rest.
But it looks so cool, how can it have any bad features hehe
Is that really a pfinger holder under the trigger guard?? I've seen people argue its to rest on a sash during inspection/parade/photographs
It for left hand.
I think I'm in 😍🥰💘
It works very well for a pistols real purpose (disciplinary weapon to point at your subordinates)
If it was double action it would be the perfect revolver
Mae Van Der Linde opening
The Chad S&w No.3 vs The Virgin Nagant
I wish some of the older firearm companies had a "retro" or "new-old" line of products where they made reproductions of stuff like this.
I think Uburti makes reproductions of the No.2 Schofield.
some do, butt they cost a arm and a leg.
Uberti and Cimmaron make reproduction #3's. I've handled the Cimmaron .38 version, they're nice, can't speak to the Ubertis.
@@davehood2667 Cimmaron firearms are rebranded Uberti's, though some say they tend to have a nicer finish compared to Uberti branded guns. They might get preferential treatment for higher-grade guns.
I love you mae ; )
If I recall .44 Russian is a bit less powerful than the bit more modern .44 Special.might even have the same dimensions in the same way .38 ACP and .38 Super ACP and ..223 and 5.56mm do but unwise to mix and match!
44 Russian is the precursor to 44 Special. It was also the first internally lubricated round - lube is on the projectile grooves and hidden inside the case. This helps prevent the nose.of the projectile picking up grit and dirt and then scuffing the bore and cylinder.
Overall you're looking at performance similar to the 45ACP - a 200gn slug at around 600-700fps.
I love Mae’s perspective on things, but when she said the recoil of a 44 Russian cartridge in that 2 1/2 pound gun had ‘kick’ to it. 🤦♂️
👍👍👍
First person other than me I’ve heard say “open,says me” not open sesame 👍🏻
Was it this pistol or the later Nagant were they had two separate versions? Double Action for the officers and Single Action for the NCO's.
That was the Nagant
Although Smith and Wesson did make several break open double actions
@@vitoscaletta7151 Thank you:).
If your going to do old Smith & Wesson revolvers find a first model double action they were made in .32 S&W & .44 russian.
The .44 Russian round was where the "heeled" bullet was left behind and the full length, same caliber bullet came into play. We can thank the Russians for that, since it was a stipulation of their contract with S&W.
I was under the impression those were blackpowder
Semi black powder
They are bp era guns. Some designs could handle conservative smokeless loads but not all.
@@TheBiggestIron semi smokeless loads?
@@Deterrent-xz5zz I could not defi semi smokeless nor have i seen examples of that. Not that it doesn't exist. Technically no powder is "smokeless".
@@TheBiggestIron semi smokeless powder loads were the shortest trend in firearms history. This trends was from 1887-1910s. Repeating black powder firearms like the Italian Veterli were not strong enough to handle smokeless powder loads yet so they combined powder.
Why would the Russian Empire go from that elegant piece with its fast loading & unloading, to the 1895 Nagant? Make it make sense!
I recall Ian saying some Russians could hit out to 50 yards (meters) with this. They must’ve been good.
Best choice for young lady.
👍😍kade
Lovely.
With my hands, this revolver would be easy enough to manage. The thing about that highly-angulated grip with the web-spur is that it forces you to roll your wrist to line it up. This tends to lock your wrist and put the barrel axis more in-line with your forearm. That is, if you have big enough hands. The result is that you *should* have a more stable hold, and better recoil management.
In effect, it turns your hand and forearm into a single unit, recoil-wise.
That's the *intended* ergonomics of it, anyway.
I just saw a video on the 1895 Nagant used by the Russians. I would much rather have the Smith.
So want one of these but .44 Russian has just been put on the banned list in the UK 😞
Out of curiosity, what isn't on the banned list?
I have an original 1874 S&W Russian Model 3, ( Russian contract) . I'm looking for an enthusiastic collector who can preserve and make use of this great piece of History. Please do let me know if anyone is interested in buying it.
Minute of mae Colt 1892 38 long colt please
Oh, look. Maria’s gun.
Shooting with black powder?
There's a rear sight?