History of WWI Primer 137: Russian Berdan II Documentary

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    Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
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Komentáře • 667

  • @beardannyboy
    @beardannyboy Před 3 lety +224

    "We are going *waaayyy* back..."
    **Excitement intensifies**

  • @peteranderson037
    @peteranderson037 Před 3 lety +527

    Ah, so THIS is a Berdan primer!

    • @TomSalesJr
      @TomSalesJr Před 3 lety +18

      Bravo sir

    • @PumpkinsAmongUs
      @PumpkinsAmongUs Před 3 lety +18

      It is far to early in the morning to read something this good

    • @jayr2634
      @jayr2634 Před 3 lety +13

      I hate and love this sentence unfathomably

    • @S7eveThePira7e
      @S7eveThePira7e Před 3 lety +15

      My friend, I came here specifically to say this. I am delighted and horrified to find someone else has the same mind as myself. Bravo sir! I wish you luck in all of your endeavors and hope you find the best psychiatric care available!

    • @r6984
      @r6984 Před 3 lety +2

      My guy, mad respect.

  • @thomastheawesome4822
    @thomastheawesome4822 Před 3 lety +179

    You briefly mentioned the Russian preference for close combat, and it is worth noting that this preference was long lived and did indeed outlive the Russian Empire itself. Soviet tactical doctrines outlined in the regulations and manuals dictate this clearly, the close combat manual listing three important points on the first page "Move swiftly and stealthily! Throw your grenade far and accurately! Strike with your bayonet and stock surely!" This preference to close combat is once again outlined even more clearly in the infantry combat regulations "at 40 to 50 meters distance from the enemy the squad breaks into determined Battle cry and storms the enemy position and destroys the enemy with hand grenades, with fire at point blank range, and with the bayonet and rifle butts. the light machine gun attacks together with the squad and fires on the move." An interesting side-note I suppose

    • @lilmookie6688
      @lilmookie6688 Před 3 lety +8

      The Russians have always had a thing for machine guns. Even before machine guns were machine guns, the Russians were all about it.

    • @thomastheawesome4822
      @thomastheawesome4822 Před 3 lety +24

      @@lilmookie6688 Russian machine gunners in the Imperial Army were some of the best educated and trained men in the whole army

    • @lilmookie6688
      @lilmookie6688 Před 3 lety +10

      @@thomastheawesome4822 makes sense as they were given to command the most complicated war machines made up until that point.

    • @thomastheawesome4822
      @thomastheawesome4822 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lilmookie6688 I assume you've seen othias's video on the Russian maxim?

    • @karhu96
      @karhu96 Před 3 lety +8

      It should be noted that the Russians are note the only ones to keep these kind of doctrines in place. What you described is more or less found in pretty much every single infantry manual of the time under "assault". It just tends to be worded a bit differently and without the battle cry
      Even modern Finnish infantryman's manuals have a somewhat similar passage. This sort of a tactic is still used when ambushed by an enemy or when surrounded. These modern manuals also promote the utilisation of any means necessary to destroy the enemy in close combat at the end of this kind of an assault. The methods mentioned include: knives, bayonets, billhooks, axes and spades. A fighter must also be prepared to destroy his enemy with his bare hands if need be.

  • @ekscalybur
    @ekscalybur Před 3 lety +63

    Russia going bonkers trying to modernize their military arms to the point of adopting 5 rifles over three years and jumping through hoops to get a metallic cartridge industry going, only to have France shortly afterwards go "hey world, guess what?"

    • @PaulVerhoeven2
      @PaulVerhoeven2 Před 3 lety +4

      They were still metallic cartridges and rifled barrels, and sliding bolt still won in the end. Nothing wasted.

  • @Pitchlock8251
    @Pitchlock8251 Před 3 lety +117

    we really do need a bayonet show. Just call it Pokey Bits.

    • @joeowensby3997
      @joeowensby3997 Před 3 lety +8

      I would love to learn about the M1903 flame bayonet

    • @Adirondneck
      @Adirondneck Před 3 lety +4

      @@joeowensby3997 thanks for that google tangent

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Před 3 lety +9

      I used to have a job that included helping a man bath.
      He had a chest problem he picked up in a Japanese POW camp.
      He was covered in scars from bayonet wounds.
      He said he was one of the lucky ones.
      I couldn't speak, in case I cried.
      Men didn't cry in public in the 70s.

  • @phillycheese2542
    @phillycheese2542 Před 3 lety +61

    26:20 What manner of methamphetamine did they give to the man who managed to fire 28 rounds in a minute with a single shot bolt action?

    • @necrontyr5258
      @necrontyr5258 Před rokem +6

      clean, smooth gun, practice, and ammo laid very close to hand? doable. it's a but over 2s per round, which I think is about the limits of the cyle time on a bolt action bole. have to do more research to check.

  • @user-kt8yp5ho2y
    @user-kt8yp5ho2y Před 3 lety +85

    56:56 New Fact: Imperial Army of Korean Empire also used the seven thousands Berdan Type 2 rifle since they allied with the Russian Empire in 1897. They used it very well until 1902 that they are going to used the Arisaka Type 30 rifle.

    • @user-kt8yp5ho2y
      @user-kt8yp5ho2y Před 3 lety +13

      @Mek142 40 years later:
      Japan: Chilling in Port Arther and Manchuria
      Russia: Knock X2
      It’s the Russian with a flood of tanks
      with a flood of army
      T34 & Human waves

    • @kospencer1
      @kospencer1 Před 3 lety

      @Mek142 But Imperial Russia had bigger guns waiting for them at Port Arthur...

    • @luisnunes2010
      @luisnunes2010 Před 3 lety +2

      @@user-kt8yp5ho2y With american gas and rations... 😉

  • @Trainman2177WS
    @Trainman2177WS Před 2 lety +12

    can't believe the Berdan was so good they decided to make a Berdan II

  • @thatmckenzie
    @thatmckenzie Před 3 lety +85

    In the clearing stands a Berdan
    And a fighter by his trade
    And he carries the reminders
    Of every Slav that laid him down
    Or cut him till he cried out
    In his anger and his shame
    "I am leaving, I am leaving"
    But the fighter still remains.

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt Před 3 lety +9

      лай лалай, лай лала ла ла лалай,
      лай лалай, лай лалай ла ла ла ла
      лалалалай лай.

    • @brianj.841
      @brianj.841 Před 2 lety +1

      Ah, a song by Simonv and Garfunkski. :)

  • @jimmyclaw9974
    @jimmyclaw9974 Před 3 lety +74

    “Took a lot of time to construct through various tangents that manage to hit just around the topic”
    You’ve managed to accidentally describe the mathematical concept behind calculus. Bravo

    • @PaulVerhoeven2
      @PaulVerhoeven2 Před 3 lety +5

      More like ... the process of writing a dissertation in History.

  • @1969Risky
    @1969Risky Před 3 lety +24

    A friend of mine who is an Aussie Greek Cypriot has a photo of his great grandfather with a Russian Berdan rifle. He asked me a long while back to identify the rifle he was carrying which took a while but I was amazed that he had a Russian Berdan rifle. I assumed that the rifle was captured by the Turks during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 & then captured in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.
    Excellent video which clears up a lot of information for me.

  • @chrismatherne7104
    @chrismatherne7104 Před 3 lety +39

    Am I the only one who saw Berdan II and though, "How did I miss an episode?!"

  • @the_major
    @the_major Před 3 lety +46

    I feel like Bruno's animations don't often get the attention they deserve but the ammo in this animation looks stellar! Good job man!

  • @Lv-sl3rm
    @Lv-sl3rm Před 3 lety +54

    Comment for the algorithm gods. This channel deserves it.

    • @ClovisChitwood
      @ClovisChitwood Před 3 lety +5

      for the algos, and FYT

    • @fasdaVT
      @fasdaVT Před 3 lety +1

      Commenta for the comment god Skulls forbthe skull throne

    • @JoramTriesGaming
      @JoramTriesGaming Před 3 lety +1

      For the greater good.

    • @Paraphen
      @Paraphen Před 3 lety +1

      love to comment on the internet with my friends

    • @johnroos5807
      @johnroos5807 Před 3 lety

      Yes! for algorithm's... Semper Fidelis

  • @davidhansen5067
    @davidhansen5067 Před 3 lety +98

    At least Ian will be baffled by the Othiaska...

    • @JosipRadnik1
      @JosipRadnik1 Před 3 lety +9

      Especially as at 29:04 - Othais has just invented the triggergarden

    • @mrmoofle
      @mrmoofle Před 3 lety +11

      But would it be issued by the Elbonians?

  • @eetutorri8767
    @eetutorri8767 Před 3 lety +14

    Well as I do suspect that people would love some historical context, Berdan II is often associated with the Finnish Guards Rifle Battalion (or just Suomen Kaarti, Finnish Guard).
    Of course, its official designation during Russo-Turkish War would had been Henkikaartin 3. Suomen Tarkk'ampuja Pataljoona (in Russian: Лейб-гвардии 3-й стрелковый Финский батальон, Leib-gvardii 3-j strelkovyi Finski batalon) and in English it would be roughly: Guards 3rd Marksman Battalion.
    If name doesn't give away, Finns were considered to be natural shooters. Hardy folk that could shoot smallest bird from mid-flight from ridiculous distances away.
    As it was actually the only official Finnish army unit in Imperial army, it got very famous in Russo-Turkish war and not just in home but also abroad. First time a Finnish army unit (not Swedish or Russian unit with Finns in it) took part in actual war with common language being finnish. Some war correspondents even claimed (and it was probaply bit exaggerated) that Finns were immune to winter, Turkish officers lived in fear of them would rather surrender then fight them and Russians will always win if they heard that "Finski" were with them.
    So what did Finnish Guard do during the Russo-Turkish War? In short, not actually much. It never did took part in famous Battle of Plevna (or siege) but it is remembered for its part in capture of fortress in Gornyi Dubnjakin which lead to fall of Plevna. And from there it marched all the way to Constantinople all the while carrying Berdan rifles.

  • @Mildcat743
    @Mildcat743 Před 3 lety +15

    In this episode, Othais and Mae completely forget the Gras exists.

  • @CooperHudgins
    @CooperHudgins Před rokem +3

    I remember being in Junior Year two years ago now and watching this episode at lunch, enthralled in the history, mystified by the sound blast of the shot, and I still feel like it was yesterday.

  • @AbananaPEEl
    @AbananaPEEl Před 3 lety +7

    also fascinating to learn that The Berdan Rifle, Berdan Primer, and Berdan Sharpshooters were all named for the same man.

  • @Lumpytusk
    @Lumpytusk Před 3 lety +16

    I love being a patron so that I can see the hard work that goes into each episode slightly earlier. Also comment for the YT overlords.

  • @storyrogin117
    @storyrogin117 Před 3 lety +17

    Because of last podcast I am required by law to say this before every comment. "nOw, Im A PaTrOn" and I enjoy your show

  • @GCho733
    @GCho733 Před 3 lety +24

    Always wanted to see a Berdan in action.

    • @b.griffin317
      @b.griffin317 Před 3 lety +3

      It looks like a Mosin, but with fewer bullets (not that that increases the rate of fire much).

  • @Dick_Kickem69
    @Dick_Kickem69 Před 3 lety +12

    Just signed up with subscribestar. I've been watching religiously since the first French rifle video when I was an undergrad baby and always wanted to support you guys. Take my dirty dirty pizza delivery money you magnificent bastard.

    • @Candrsenal
      @Candrsenal  Před 3 lety +5

      Thank you for staying with us.

    • @PaulVerhoeven2
      @PaulVerhoeven2 Před 3 lety +1

      Who eats dirty dirty pizza?

    • @zagrosgh8641
      @zagrosgh8641 Před 2 lety

      @@Candrsenal Please enable Persian subtitles for all your work.

    • @zagrosgh8641
      @zagrosgh8641 Před 2 lety

      @@Candrsenal Please enable Persian subtitles for all your work.

  • @thishominid871
    @thishominid871 Před 3 lety +18

    You know that meme of the guy with the cork board filled with papers, pins, and yarn going everywhere? 2:20

    • @mattgent8599
      @mattgent8599 Před 3 lety +2

      Just for the record, that's Charlie from "it's always sunny in Philadelphia" lol

  • @Edax_Royeaux
    @Edax_Royeaux Před 3 lety +42

    So long story short, the Berdans were worth more than gold.

    • @warrenokuma7264
      @warrenokuma7264 Před 3 lety +4

      And the Russians were low on gold.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Před 3 lety +3

      Few people have saved their life with a gold weapon. I suppose you could make bullets out of it.

    • @reco5able
      @reco5able Před 3 lety +2

      War of attrition does that to weapons

    • @Edax_Royeaux
      @Edax_Royeaux Před 3 lety +5

      @@julianshepherd2038 As the Japanese proverb goes "Gold is more powerful than steel, for steel obeys gold."

  • @chellman910
    @chellman910 Před 3 lety +12

    This episode came at the perfect time. I recently got an early berdan II without the volley sights. It was a bring back from Afghanistan and lets just say the bolt has seen better days. I haven't been able to find any info about it at all so this episode is a literal life saver in helping me get it firing again.

  • @JohnnyLouisXIX
    @JohnnyLouisXIX Před 3 lety +11

    Babe wake up C&Rsenal just uploaded.

  • @Gagis
    @Gagis Před 3 lety +50

    Wait wait wait what, Othais pronounced Suomussalmi correctly.
    How? Is he broken? Thats not supposed to happen.

    • @brentkeller3826
      @brentkeller3826 Před 3 lety +11

      Your regular Othais was secretly replaced with new Folgers Decaffeinated Othais doppelganger, let's see if anyone notices!

    • @dr.donaldhurley2922
      @dr.donaldhurley2922 Před 3 lety

      In Finland in 1939!? How did that work out?

    • @catfish552
      @catfish552 Před 3 lety +2

      He's levelling up. In a few episodes' time, he'll have added German and French pronunciations to his repertoire.

    • @EuropeYear1917
      @EuropeYear1917 Před 3 lety

      The good folks at Varusteleka used The Force to tell him exactly how to pronounce it correctly right as he was about to say it.

  • @vincesouza7608
    @vincesouza7608 Před 3 lety +16

    I always liked single shots and double barrels, they have a kind of charm, specially double barrel shotguns, I love em all

    • @colonialf7047
      @colonialf7047 Před 3 lety +8

      Honestly, they are the purest form of what a gun should and can be. A rugged, simple, and beautiful piece of art

    • @vincesouza7608
      @vincesouza7608 Před 3 lety +1

      @@colonialf7047 i gotta agree, i feel that the simpler the better

    • @fatmandoobius
      @fatmandoobius Před 3 lety +2

      I love that chonk noise you get on close of a double B. Idk why it just sounds so good.

    • @NBSV1
      @NBSV1 Před 3 lety +3

      For me it’s the pacing and meaning of each round. With a semi-auto and several rounds each one doesn’t seem to mean much since you can just put a lot of bullets down range. Which is fun, but with a single shot you generally want to make each one really count.

    • @vincesouza7608
      @vincesouza7608 Před 3 lety +2

      @@fatmandoobius It really is

  • @thomastheawesome4822
    @thomastheawesome4822 Před 3 lety +9

    I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE. BLESS YOU OTHIAS! HAIL THE MIGHTY BEARD!!!

  • @paulberkland6197
    @paulberkland6197 Před 3 lety +9

    Amazing history to go along with an elegant old rifle....

  • @Gunsbeerfreedom87
    @Gunsbeerfreedom87 Před 3 lety +6

    So, so, SO glad I bought one the other day.
    I love you guys.

  • @zeuk416b
    @zeuk416b Před 3 lety +4

    Three minutes in, I'm saying "I love you Othias!" Uncontrollably repeatingly, over and over again. Thanks for your dedication 😊

  • @colonialf7047
    @colonialf7047 Před 3 lety +5

    Honestly, this is one of those guns I had no flipping idea was a thing. Love these tid bits of knowledge!

  • @DMG1897
    @DMG1897 Před 3 lety +1

    Cheers Othias & Mae

  • @Grunge4ever1993
    @Grunge4ever1993 Před 3 lety +5

    Huzzah! Been waiting for this one since the siege of Plevna!

  • @88porpoise
    @88porpoise Před 3 lety +17

    I was skeptical of your comments regarding Berdan in the Q&A, thinking it was probably recency bias. Fifteen minutes, I was wrong.

  • @AbbieOates
    @AbbieOates Před 3 lety +5

    This channel continues to be excellent. Thanks Othais and Mae!

  • @mikepette4422
    @mikepette4422 Před 3 lety +3

    What you said at the start about the lack or books on this subject....it's very surprising because of how long this rifle was used. Thanks again for doing what you do.

    • @sodinc
      @sodinc Před 3 lety

      At the beginning it wasn't really the main weapon of the troops, after it was already in the shadow of mosinka very soon

  • @LittleRabbit1138
    @LittleRabbit1138 Před 3 lety +71

    Berdan 2: Russian Boogaloo

  • @alexandermarinov3380
    @alexandermarinov3380 Před 3 lety +8

    It's not a C&Rsenal episode without the siege of Plevna

  • @bakaneko113
    @bakaneko113 Před 3 lety +2

    Awesome
    Berdan and dinner!

  • @monkeyship74401
    @monkeyship74401 Před 3 lety +4

    Well, at this point in the series, it may be that carrying Mae into battle may be the best bet. She has more experience with more different arms that she would be an asset in any unit.
    Thank you for your efforts on our behalf.

  • @rcairnut
    @rcairnut Před 3 lety +1

    wow what fabulous video, THANK you C&R!

  • @BrockvsTV
    @BrockvsTV Před 3 lety +2

    thank you kind peeps

  • @BeasBotBonanza
    @BeasBotBonanza Před 3 lety +3

    After watching this I feel like i would love a brief biographical series about some of the people mentioned over the course of Primer.
    Like a little half an hour episode from time to time like the Colt and trap series, featuring breif chats about some of the most vibrant characters we have covered.

  • @joshuathiel243
    @joshuathiel243 Před 3 lety +3

    It has finally arrived!!!

  • @jamestarbet9608
    @jamestarbet9608 Před 3 lety +1

    Sufferin' through the ads for some sweet sweet C&Rsensal content.
    Totally worth it.

    • @b.griffin317
      @b.griffin317 Před 3 lety

      Use Brave Browser and no more adds ever again.

    • @jamestarbet9608
      @jamestarbet9608 Před 3 lety

      @@b.griffin317 No ads= No ad money to buy Othias some ramen

  • @matthewramstad867
    @matthewramstad867 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice touch with Mae before the intro

  • @acidtreat101
    @acidtreat101 Před 3 lety +7

    I think the story came together very well considering the lack of clear documented information or a book on the rifle. Good work!

  • @keepyourbilsteins
    @keepyourbilsteins Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for the extra research and work you had to put in for this episode. The brief history lesson of post Crimean War Russian military conclusions was *chef's kiss*

  • @SmallHandsBigBite
    @SmallHandsBigBite Před 3 lety +1

    Excuse me, what.
    I LIVE in Plymouth, Michigan and I didn't know this. Thats awesome!

  • @MrPh30
    @MrPh30 Před 3 lety +2

    In the Mannerheim museum there is a 2 Berdan rifles from his time in the Russian Imperial army. He was a General in the Imperial Cavalry and very good friend with the Tsar.

  • @schmit6576
    @schmit6576 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for the dedication to research Othais.

  • @sfwh4543
    @sfwh4543 Před 3 lety +2

    Just like to say I'd be super keen for a spin-off series showing how some of the ammo you use is made. I hope that's something you do end up doing.

  • @w0hope
    @w0hope Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for the video. Even me, Ukrainian born in 1990, remembers the word "berdanka" from my childhood. It meant "very old rifle", of any kind. Cultural significance of this thing was huge.

  • @DeadBaron
    @DeadBaron Před 3 lety +1

    It's always fascinating how quickly we went from muzzleloaders that had been used for centuries, to cased ammunition, breach loaders to bolt actions, and finally to semi- and full auto firearms.
    The sheer technological jump starting in the 1870s to 1900s; from sail and coal to dreadnaughts, horse and carriage to cars, airships and planes, etc

    • @jameshealy4594
      @jameshealy4594 Před 3 lety

      When I was a kid nobody had computers at home and people had to argue about who would answer the one phone. I agree that period would have been incredible, but the one we're going through is no less rapid in technology growth!

  • @richardcontinijr9661
    @richardcontinijr9661 Před 3 lety +6

    "The Lee Enfield opens it's self" hahaha yeah that's a good one.

  • @alexhemsath6235
    @alexhemsath6235 Před 3 lety +12

    “Forget the fools, fix the fine lads and charge!”

  • @LeeThule
    @LeeThule Před 3 lety +6

    Thank you for telling us the origin of the Russian idiom "The bullet is a fool."

    • @mikhailryzhov9419
      @mikhailryzhov9419 Před 3 lety +6

      It's not just "a fool", a more direct translation would be "a stupid girl", so there is also a meaning that bullets are girly and thus unsuitable for combat.

    • @LeeThule
      @LeeThule Před 3 lety +1

      @@mikhailryzhov9419 Very interesting.

  • @CTXSLPR
    @CTXSLPR Před 3 lety +3

    Sounds like the real answer for best single shot is the original Italian Vetterli 1870 TS. The bolt handle comes down near the trigger, strong enough for smokeless(ish) cartridge, AND short rifle length.
    Double down in that it goes Vitali 1887 magazine with charger loading!

    • @brendonbewersdorf986
      @brendonbewersdorf986 Před 3 lety

      The vetterli is a pretty decent rifle overall for it's time I think it gets a bit to much hate for the later conversations to 6.5 carcano which were a very bad idea

  • @TheSeanoops
    @TheSeanoops Před 3 lety +2

    I’ve actually been waiting a long time for this one. Harambae ❤️

  • @irondwarf66
    @irondwarf66 Před 3 lety +1

    Yes! I've been waiting for this since the first time it was mentioned

  • @p376karol4
    @p376karol4 Před 3 lety +6

    Спасибо за рассказ о этой замечательной винтовке! Надо только добавить что много списанных из армии винтовок Бердана №2 было переделано в охотничьи ружья 32 калибра. ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Фроловка_(ружьё)

  • @nadams01_65
    @nadams01_65 Před 3 lety +1

    This video is exactly what I needed today. Thanks!

  • @REXOB9
    @REXOB9 Před 3 lety

    Great episode, thanks! I really appreciate how you tied all the threads together on this.

  • @CMDBob
    @CMDBob Před 3 lety +4

    Another great episode. The Berdan II seems like a good rifle for it's time, really. This episode looked great too, the colour balance seemed really good. Might just be me.

  • @g.55centaurosimp18
    @g.55centaurosimp18 Před 3 lety +3

    I have nothing smart to say, great episode. Commenting for engagement.

  • @Yance_000
    @Yance_000 Před 3 lety

    I am very thankful for you guys. You've been a really big part of my life for the past few years and I hope that you all are doing well. I really appreciate everything that you guys do

  • @KingofCajonia
    @KingofCajonia Před 3 lety +1

    Commenting to help the show grow

  • @michaelholmes3724
    @michaelholmes3724 Před 3 lety

    Just upgraded my subscription tier! I’ve watched you guys from the very beginning but didn’t become a patron till summer 2019 after realizing how much your videos increased my collecting knowledge and helped me get through my deployment. After listening to the latest unloaded and watching this episode’s end credits, I couldn’t help but increase my support. Thanks guys!

  • @simonwinnik6655
    @simonwinnik6655 Před 3 lety +3

    General Alexander Suvorov was a brilliant strategist and tactician who never lost a single battle beating the French, Austrians, Prussians, Turks in every encounter... his phrase respecting bayonets is frequently misused and misunderstood, at the time when opposing troops were often engaged in lengthy and fruitless gunfire exchanges from the distance he promoted bayonet charges but never as frontal attacks at the entrenched and prepared enemy, his idea and practice were to attack the enemy troops at night, or on a march, preferably in bad weather catching them off guard and overrunning them with intense and concerted effort of his highly trained shock troops, yes, relying on close-quarters combat, most opponents feared and were ill prepared for. His track record proved him right. His another better known phrase was: "win by skills not numbers!"

    • @lucidnonsense942
      @lucidnonsense942 Před 3 lety

      Plus, imagine you're a small unit patrolling the fringes of the empire; you can't rely on regular resupply, you're vulnerable to ambush by bandits, local independence movement, or some hybrid of the two; you have a single shot rifle - damn right you want the bayonet at the ready.
      People forget that the weapons didn't only serve in conventional clashes between state armies.

    • @Candrsenal
      @Candrsenal  Před 3 lety +2

      I suspect the man himself would not have continued to use failing tactics. But institutional momentum...

  • @thomasstephens5572
    @thomasstephens5572 Před 3 lety

    Well done with the research. You all do a great job weaving a story that is engaging from material that is both scarce and dry. Seriously impressive.

  • @NazarovVv
    @NazarovVv Před 3 lety +1

    Hey Othais! I have a Krnka at home albeit not in the most excellent of conditions but Bulgarian museums are full of them anyway. What I do have which is not so common are some actual Krnka cartridges. I can take some pictures for you if you even do a Krnka episode (which would be absolutely amazing because it's the first rifle of modern Bulgaria and we also did use them as reserve rifles in WWI)

    • @Candrsenal
      @Candrsenal  Před 3 lety

      Sure, you can always send us these things to CandRsenal@gmail.com

  • @turdferguson6648
    @turdferguson6648 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for another nugget of firearms history goodness.

  • @GeneralJackRipper
    @GeneralJackRipper Před 3 lety +7

    >Looks at wall of guns.
    >Sees all the shotguns stacked in front of it.

  • @Charstring
    @Charstring Před 3 lety +3

    Engagement comment: Berdan's gold-extractor used a furnace and a 7-foot wide iron crucible which both moved, the crucible was full of hot mercury [Express (London) 26/10/1853]. That thing must have been the bad news bears from a health and safety point of view.

  • @fatfuck5556
    @fatfuck5556 Před 3 lety

    Thank you

  • @wavecreatures
    @wavecreatures Před 3 lety

    I loved seeing the slo-mo extraction. Very substantial and satisfying. Well done!

  • @mountainhobo
    @mountainhobo Před 3 lety +3

    Perhaps I missed it in the video, but in case anyone else has and is wondering what a Russian unit of measure "arshin" is, it is 28 inches, compared to US yard which is 36 inches. It is derived from an old Tukish unit "arşın", derived from a length of a step, I believe. People may have been shorter then, so a step was a little shorter.

  • @CapitanCarter
    @CapitanCarter Před 3 lety +7

    Othias, you legend, I've been trying to find information on the Carle Rifle, as I have a huge interest in Needle-fire rifles. It's been quite difficult to find anything in English on their rifles pre-mosin.

  • @pheonixostapowich3797
    @pheonixostapowich3797 Před 3 lety

    I bought a Berdan II about 6 months ago, and have been slowly obtaining the knowledge and tools to reload for it. Excited to see a full length video on one!

  • @igiveup12
    @igiveup12 Před 3 lety +10

    Berdan II, coming to a battlefield near you.

  • @thespecialbru
    @thespecialbru Před 3 lety +1

    Ohhhhh good timing! I just bought an Ethiopian Berdan, excited to see what arrives, and this video helps contextualize it.

  • @tannerquismundo1754
    @tannerquismundo1754 Před 3 lety

    I’ve been waiting for this for so long! I can’t wait to watch!

  • @blaudrachen
    @blaudrachen Před 3 lety +1

    My offering to the algorithm because this channel is the best channel

  • @left-handedtexan2658
    @left-handedtexan2658 Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much for the hard work y’all put in.

  • @patrickduis
    @patrickduis Před 3 lety

    Excellent research on this particular rifle Othias, thanks a lot for this.

  • @51WCDodge
    @51WCDodge Před 3 lety +3

    BSA production costs 63 Shillings is £3 3s, at 20 shillings to the £. Average wage of the factory worker, around 15s (3/4 of a £ ) per week.

    • @fasdaVT
      @fasdaVT Před 3 lety +1

      For comparison if a worker made 15$ an hour today this would cost 2520 dollars.

    • @51WCDodge
      @51WCDodge Před 3 lety

      @@fasdaVT I wonder ,just how long did it take to produce the rifle?

    • @fasdaVT
      @fasdaVT Před 3 lety

      @@51WCDodge we have to put this as a question for some future Q&A

    • @51WCDodge
      @51WCDodge Před 3 lety

      @@fasdaVT Good idea.

  • @kuttinkuddy3905
    @kuttinkuddy3905 Před 3 lety

    Brother that is alot of firearms behind you..!!! Amazing collection.

  • @jameskazd9951
    @jameskazd9951 Před 3 lety +1

    always exited when i see a new episode up.

  • @janwacawik7432
    @janwacawik7432 Před 3 lety +2

    Bring forth the black powder single shot episodes. My body is ready.

  • @jsma9999
    @jsma9999 Před 3 lety +2

    This is going to long Walked to get here, Well done Othas

  • @tjparmele7177
    @tjparmele7177 Před 3 lety +1

    Rather enjoyed this episode.
    Appreciate the hard work you all put into these.

  • @denzh6980
    @denzh6980 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi, спасибо for another great episode!

  • @derekbrogan5008
    @derekbrogan5008 Před 3 lety +2

    Lucky for me, I caught the upload right before I went to bed.

  • @woodsmanforlife1677
    @woodsmanforlife1677 Před 3 lety

    Another excellent, informative video.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @lordhefman
    @lordhefman Před 3 lety +11

    We need to petition Keltec to name a gun after Othias.
    Knowing Keltec it should be a helical magazine fed .30 carbine or 45-govt polymer framed roller delayed pistol.

  • @komitadjie
    @komitadjie Před 3 lety

    Man, now that actually looks like a crazy fun old smokepole! Excellent, crazy history, too. Great presentation, thanks!

  • @erikfarrell2065
    @erikfarrell2065 Před 3 lety +11

    It's not necessarily a gun I would want to own - and definitely not what I would want on the Eastern Front - but damn Berdans are pretty.