Designing a gun with CAD programs and CNC or 3d printed rapid prototyping is impressive. Designing something like this with drafting tables, hand drawings, imagination and wood models that are hand made is mind blowing.
I'm surprised there aren't more of these high end self-loaders, especially with the popularity of sidelocks. The large receiver would make for an excellent canvas for a large amount of engraving.
I’m so glad that you’re still doing gun reviews. I fell in love with this channel because you review guns I’ll never be able to afford! Haha Thank you JC, please continue doing a great job!
lovely gun I had one in my hands a week ago. I noticed that you didn't mention the button on the side. It is a blot release and can help you reload faster. After taking your last shot from the magazine the bolt locks back. You can load your next round straight into the chamber push the button close the bolt then open the action to load the magazine. it should save some time and even a bit of confusion as the last time you opened the action the bolt was locked back. the bolt follower and the spring that closes the bolt subsequently slammed forward but thankyou for the video
That gun is absolute perfection 🤤😍 confused about no one liking it because it’s a 7 shot, i thought every shotgun in the UK had to hold 2 shells and nothing more
I handled one of these years ago, at an auction sale in Invercargill, New Zealand. Funny where guns like this can pop up. It was truly a magnificent piece of engineering that almost leapt to the shoulder. Thanks for showing us.
Hello Johnny! My name is Dimitri. Nice video....i love this shotgun! Cosmi incorporates a little switch kinda button on the left back side of its firing mechanism that acts as a cut-off switch and turns Cosmi into a (1+2)-round shotgun! Keep up the good work! I love your videos on TH-cam, especially the ones with "old" traditional Side x sides! Greetings from Greece
I think you are very brave waving that beautiful gun around on an uncovered table. I winced ever time you spun the gun around. Thanks for showing this fabulous gun 😃👍
Looks beautiful, but from the "easyness" of maintaining and using it, I would absolutely prefer an old Browning A5. This looks like a piece of art; maybe like the Korriphila HSP-701 or the Korth PRS (which I guess are basically perfection) but too clunky. I would not dare to use it on the range due to all the polished things inside I had to clean afterwards. This gun would be something to put in a showcase.
Really beautiful wood. I'd be very reluctant to expose that action when loading in a duck blind, goose pit or boat. The more usual autoloaders are designed to shield the working parts better from debris, rain, etc.
04:00 au contraire, monsieur. Efficiency EXUDES beauty and this wonderful long-recoil mechanism is efficient, the outside bolt handle is just not necessary and therefore is the internal bolt handle efficient and beautiful. Quod erat demonstrandum. Thankyouverymuch!
I've been looking forward to this video it is something special enjoy your new gun, sorry your not aloud anymore guns, when is ant going to get a shot, I'm sure he could put it work lol
Nice work JC. Good to see that you are keeping us all informed which I certainly enjoy. I saw you shoot this in an earlier vid of yours in Italy. What a beast of a machine with elegance built into machine poetry and motion. What next a belt loaded 12 gauge lololololol Now there's a thought...
Jumped over to their web presence having seen this video title , I never realised that they offered a rifle ....... I'm on the list to go on the list just as soon as I can offload a kidney. Thanks for the uploads. Be good Stay safe.
The best semi-autos have to be piotti by Benelli. I think the minimum barrier to entry is around 25K retail. Fully hand engraved, colour cased hardened or blued actions. Exhibition walnut :) Go have a look around the beretta gallery in London :D
@@tgsoutdoors not detracting from the cosmi :) Never actually seen one in the flesh. I am a big auto fan but they rarely get shoulder time these days. With the momentum of steel I wonder where we might begin to see them emerging in the field!
Its was great to bump into you at Barbury Shooting School, and the irony of getting home to see todays TH-cam video, arguably the finest semi-auto shotgun in the word, and me, as I explained in the gun room, trying out for the first time my Stoeger MK3 semi auto, totally the other end of the stick. Well I have to report that not only did it cycle as well as expected with 32g cartridges, but 28g were smooth, and finally the 24g gamebore cartridge although cheekily optimistic proved to work ok too. Astonishing what that inertia semi can do. Having said that though I am certainly in awe of the COSMI as I remember your previous video of evening clays in Italy...with a bar and beer perhaps. However for now, totally loving my Stoeger... £550 worth of Turkish American fun :-).
It sits at 7lb 14oz unloaded, but feels 7lb 7oz. Wight be ammo sitting between the hands and slightly into the stock, it really doesn’t feel bad at all.
Although the action is beautiful to look at and manipulate, the shotgun has numerous practical flaws. Having to open the action to cock the hammer is one. Can it be decocked without doing that? Does it need to be open to show the firearm is safe? These actions in the field or at the range expose the internals to dirt and foreign material. Another flaw is the use of a fixed force spring which allows proper functioning within a certain range of load parameters only - much like the Auto 5 and various Remington 1100 series (although the Remington 1100 holds the world record of over 24000 rounds being fired without any malfunctions and without having been cleaned). To me, true beauty is not only reliability but flexibility as well, along with ease of use and maintenance. The winner in thst category, proven by decades of Sporting Clays shooters, is the Beretta AL391 Urika.
The Cosmi will be eternally kind to you, eternally attractive and bring you joy forever more. I’m not one to draw comparisons but it could be worth the risk.
Lovely bit of kit. I want one lol. Would bywell allow me to have a shot????? Great video was a pleasure to finally meet you at the northern. Hope you're keeping safe and well all the best from Scotland cheers
Not a clue, however I’m sure you’d be welcome too but unfortunately the law on shooting Sec 1 semi autos is very strict. You can shoot on that’s on your licence or if your an RFD
@@tgsoutdoors Sadly, had to be a carer for 2+ years Jonny, otherwise I would be there mate 😢 Hopefully get things stabilised n get back to work soon👍 Thanks for all you guys do, keeps me sane...ish 😉
Rather unique, but not totally unique. For me it comes down to reliability under the riggers of a serious target shooter who shoots at 3000 targets in competition and another 4000 targets in practice. Nice shooting by the way!
I get the feeling the man doth protest too much, as regards to the ownership of said gun! Johnny seems to recant the phrase 'its not mine, I'm not allowed any more guns' lol.
"... but it is not unattractive in any way, shape or form." Actually, it's pug ugly. It's also ridiculously over complicated. The hallmark of excellent engineering is simplicity, not figuring out how to make ten parts do the job of two. It's absurdly expensive, the action is long enough to serve as a driveway and the overall company 'mission statement' seems to be, "How expensive can we make this thing?" Of course if spending forty grand is an affront, you can add about another sixty grand of engraving. "Ahh.. that's much better. I'll take it, unless you have one with diamonds instead of engraving." While my local gun club doesn't screen potential new members by apparent wealth, if someone showed up with one of these things, I'd gently suggest that the membership committee keep up the requirement that IQ be at least as high as one's shoe size.
@@tgsoutdoors only cause browning went to crap and wanted to get away from milled steel and wood and go to aluminium and polymers Auto 5 is eternal man thing saw use ing both world wars and was made for a century long recoil is king my only complaint is they didn't offer it in 410 or 10 gauge I would kill for a 3.5 inch 10 gauge auto 5
This seems like driving across the country to knock on the neighbors door. Pay a small fortune for a antiquated highly mechanical custom made action ?? Might as well just collect watches… Idk maybe when I get older I’ll appreciate things like this more but I’d way rather myself have a good browning auto. Top off reloading is possible you don’t have to do four actions with your hand to cock the fucking thing haha .. This is just jewelry for the person who’d rather show strangers there firearms than shoot them.
I should expand, it what makes a great gun: The answer will be individual to every person, but we can all agree that if you took an average then the following wood stand: -usability - it’s got to be nice to use -reliability- it’s got to work -affordability- the average man should be able to want and afford one. (This is where opinion will differ the most) -desirability - almost h marketing does little to you once you have made a purchase it does protect the used market and there is reassurance in having a gun that holds market appeal/value. Cosmi falls short on some points here, the same as Bosis and some of the other finest makers in the world. Benelli falls short in no corner other than their stocks are blooming tiny.
Designing a gun with CAD programs and CNC or 3d printed rapid prototyping is impressive. Designing something like this with drafting tables, hand drawings, imagination and wood models that are hand made is mind blowing.
Facts!
I'm surprised there aren't more of these high end self-loaders, especially with the popularity of sidelocks. The large receiver would make for an excellent canvas for a large amount of engraving.
When can we get a tour of Johnny’s gun collection?!
Members video…
Could do one at the end of the month
I'll wait with baited breath then!
@@tgsoutdoors members video so the wife is kept in the dark 🤣
+1!
I’m so glad that you’re still doing gun reviews. I fell in love with this channel because you review guns I’ll never be able to afford! Haha Thank you JC, please continue doing a great job!
My pleasure! 🙏
lovely gun I had one in my hands a week ago. I noticed that you didn't mention the button on the side. It is a blot release and can help you reload faster. After taking your last shot from the magazine the bolt locks back. You can load your next round straight into the chamber push the button close the bolt then open the action to load the magazine. it should save some time and even a bit of confusion as the last time you opened the action the bolt was locked back. the bolt follower and the spring that closes the bolt subsequently slammed forward
but thankyou for the video
Wow John I'm blown away by the quality and production of this review. Your content just gets better and better.
That gun is absolute perfection 🤤😍 confused about no one liking it because it’s a 7 shot, i thought every shotgun in the UK had to hold 2 shells and nothing more
2+1 goes on our standard shotgun licence, anything over that goes on a firearms licence and becomes much more restricted in use
@@tgsoutdoors Ohh okay, thanks 👍🏻
Did anyone start crying when he bumped the table with buttstock
Only me?
Yes i cryed
I handled one of these years ago, at an auction sale in Invercargill, New Zealand. Funny where guns like this can pop up. It was truly a magnificent piece of engineering that almost leapt to the shoulder. Thanks for showing us.
A total dream ! Thanks for sharing Jonny !
One day, I’ll get my hands on the .410 version
Absolutely beautiful. 7 shot capacity surprised me there, awesome piece of kit.
You need a 12 ga hand engraved Ithaca over under with gold game birds. Look it up
Beretta made a similar a few years ago, but without the mag tube, the shell was just clicked in on the side.
"Beauty is rarely efficient." I'll have to remember to tell the boss that when he wonders aloud at why I'm not finished a labourious welding project.
Hello Johnny! My name is Dimitri. Nice video....i love this shotgun! Cosmi incorporates a little switch kinda button on the left back side of its firing mechanism that acts as a cut-off switch and turns Cosmi into a (1+2)-round shotgun! Keep up the good work! I love your videos on TH-cam, especially the ones with "old" traditional Side x sides! Greetings from Greece
I think you are very brave waving that beautiful gun around on an uncovered table. I winced ever time you spun the gun around. Thanks for showing this fabulous gun 😃👍
Looks beautiful, but from the "easyness" of maintaining and using it, I would absolutely prefer an old Browning A5. This looks like a piece of art; maybe like the Korriphila HSP-701 or the Korth PRS (which I guess are basically perfection) but too clunky. I would not dare to use it on the range due to all the polished things inside I had to clean afterwards. This gun would be something to put in a showcase.
There’s not a lot to say about this gun apart from its stunning it’s a best quality semi auto and i want one i can dream !
Really beautiful wood. I'd be very reluctant to expose that action when loading in a duck blind, goose pit or boat. The more usual autoloaders are designed to shield the working parts better from debris, rain, etc.
04:00 au contraire, monsieur. Efficiency EXUDES beauty and this wonderful long-recoil mechanism is efficient, the outside bolt handle is just not necessary and therefore is the internal bolt handle efficient and beautiful. Quod erat demonstrandum. Thankyouverymuch!
Breschnev's favorite shotgun and Tito liked it very much also.
Jermaine and Michael prefer Berettas though
What an absolutely gorgeous piece of design and manufacturing. And that price really isn't bad at all!
How do you clear malfunctions if there are any? Say you accidentally close the bolt on your finger how do you pull it back?
I think this and some tactical tweed is needed for another go at practical shotgun
Wow! The inside looks like the inside of a clock !!
I've been looking forward to this video it is something special enjoy your new gun, sorry your not aloud anymore guns, when is ant going to get a shot, I'm sure he could put it work lol
Stunning piece of firearm engineering, obviously to be appreciated by the connoisseur.
Not my cup of tea but beautifully engineered. Cleaning is going to be a bit of a 'mare !
Stunning gun. Both externally and internally
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Nice work JC. Good to see that you are keeping us all informed which I certainly enjoy. I saw you shoot this in an earlier vid of yours in Italy. What a beast of a machine with elegance built into machine poetry and motion. What next a belt loaded 12 gauge lololololol Now there's a thought...
Jumped over to their web presence having seen this video title , I never realised that they offered a rifle ....... I'm on the list to go on the list just as soon as I can offload a kidney.
Thanks for the uploads. Be good Stay safe.
Can’t wait to see on in the carbon one day
There's a reason why there aren't that many around! If it was a car it'd be a Bristol. Lovely, quirky but own one? Feck no.
Potters in Kent had one last month for sale for 3750 I think.
I’d love one
We always wanted one of these.
Oh my god, I want one! As a mechanical engineer, that’s damned beautiful.
And here I was thinking that excellence in engineering called for simplicity, not unnecessary complication.
So there she is!!! Beautiful!! I’ll trade ya a Garand🤓🤓
There’s a deal
@@tgsoutdoors done!!
The Cos is certainly a beautiful and fantastic shotgun, also $100K less expensive than a Purdey 🤣
Stunning gun!!!
That is pure engineering brilliance I’d love to shoot one one day
If your a good boy mr suburbia 🏘
More of a custom piece of artwork rather than a daily driver really. Especially given the order time and the fact that Cosmi is so low volume.
10:46 'Having spoken to people who have owned a Cosmo longer than I have'…...Definitely NOT your gun though! Blame Sasha!! 😂😂
😂 longer than Zero days
Looks very clumsy to load, let alone when it gets hot 🤔
But definitely a work of art
Cheers 🍻
About as clumsy as a hammer, non ejector
@@tgsoutdoors Fair call, but I wouldn't shoot one of them either
It belongs on a game day. I hope to see it put to proper use soon.
Unfortunately the legalities of that, with the high capacity mag is not ideal
Even with a magazine cutoff or plug ? You made me want a cosmi.
Good question. If the mag was permanently 3 shot it wouldn’t be an issue. Trying to decide if that’s sacrilege or now.
Wonderful machining
It is rather
Another gun to obsess over eventually owning! Great video as always.
Sorry
Lovely engineering but ludicrously complex. The internal cocking lever is just weird.
The best semi-autos have to be piotti by Benelli. I think the minimum barrier to entry is around 25K retail. Fully hand engraved, colour cased hardened or blued actions. Exhibition walnut :)
Go have a look around the beretta gallery in London :D
As I said, with the exception of a few models by a few makers - this was one of those exceptions
@@tgsoutdoors not detracting from the cosmi :) Never actually seen one in the flesh. I am a big auto fan but they rarely get shoulder time these days. With the momentum of steel I wonder where we might begin to see them emerging in the field!
It is gorgeous
Nobody knows them in the US and can be had for a great price!
Same with a lot of niche and great gun makers - the lack of marketing leads to a soft used market
How you fit seven shells in there?
Its was great to bump into you at Barbury Shooting School, and the irony of getting home to see todays TH-cam video, arguably the finest semi-auto shotgun in the word, and me, as I explained in the gun room, trying out for the first time my Stoeger MK3 semi auto, totally the other end of the stick. Well I have to report that not only did it cycle as well as expected with 32g cartridges, but 28g were smooth, and finally the 24g gamebore cartridge although cheekily optimistic proved to work ok too. Astonishing what that inertia semi can do. Having said that though I am certainly in awe of the COSMI as I remember your previous video of evening clays in Italy...with a bar and beer perhaps. However for now, totally loving my Stoeger... £550 worth of Turkish American fun :-).
Lovely to bump into you too!
Great news on the 24gr load - can’t argue with that for lack of fuss. Hope you hit a few in the process 😊
Great video Josh, that is one beautiful shotgun, I imagine with all that ammunition in it, it will weigh a ton.
It sits at 7lb 14oz unloaded, but feels 7lb 7oz. Wight be ammo sitting between the hands and slightly into the stock, it really doesn’t feel bad at all.
I'm curious, if you fed it low-end cartridges and it jammed, how would you fix it?
By feeding it top end cartridges
Did you just say "unfortunately we don't have those" when referring to magazine capacity restrictions in hunting?
Nighthawk Custom in the United States are importing these. Check them out , they have some pretty cool stuff!!
We have seen 🔥 sure we will meet them one day
I’d rather say the best made semi automatic shotgun is the Ithaca model 900
😂 😂
@@tgsoutdoors you can say what you want it’s a prettied version of an a5
Hey there Iove your content I was wondering if engraved extremely clean 1914 30 inch G & S Holloway side by side is a good gun.
Holloway made some great guns
Beautiful semi-shotgun indeed 😁
Although the action is beautiful to look at and manipulate, the shotgun has numerous practical flaws. Having to open the action to cock the hammer is one. Can it be decocked without doing that? Does it need to be open to show the firearm is safe? These actions in the field or at the range expose the internals to dirt and foreign material. Another flaw is the use of a fixed force spring which allows proper functioning within a certain range of load parameters only - much like the Auto 5 and various Remington 1100 series (although the Remington 1100 holds the world record of over 24000 rounds being fired without any malfunctions and without having been cleaned). To me, true beauty is not only reliability but flexibility as well, along with ease of use and maintenance. The winner in thst category, proven by decades of Sporting Clays shooters, is the Beretta AL391 Urika.
Love it!
You've just cost me a load more money.. Time to book a target shotgun course, and put in for a variation.
Please no more cosmi reviews, I need to stay married. She has made it clear that a cosmi means my days are numbered.
The Cosmi will be eternally kind to you, eternally attractive and bring you joy forever more.
I’m not one to draw comparisons but it could be worth the risk.
I don’t get it. I guess I prefer my silver and A5. But to each their own.
Jonny - have you got your LW hat on that wall of the tour behind you?
Of course, with the red ribbon of Christmas victory!
Different But Very Nice !!
Lovely bit of kit. I want one lol. Would bywell allow me to have a shot????? Great video was a pleasure to finally meet you at the northern. Hope you're keeping safe and well all the best from Scotland cheers
Unfortunately Bywell sold it to some guy
Do you know who he is maybe I could persuade him to let me have a go??? Lol
Not a clue, however I’m sure you’d be welcome too but unfortunately the law on shooting Sec 1 semi autos is very strict. You can shoot on that’s on your licence or if your an RFD
Oh yeah it's a 7 + 1 oh well never mind lol. Cheers bud hope you're keeping safe and well from Scotland
You too 🍻
Bit like a Volvo T5 , not exactly a looker but fantastic engineering.
Glad you've not got one of your dream guns Jonny.
Lol. Rolex. 🎉 This is not going in the duck boat.
I know plenty of Italian who use them as their duck guns to great effect
You have perfectly described all the reasons I will pass on one of these.
I'm not allowed any more guns either, my kids however are.. so I buy for them. Eventually they'll get them...
Wouldn’t be taken that on the foreshore 😂
It's like if Panerai made a firearm.
I'll take my A5.
As an engineer . . .that looks like a kluge . . .
Been a while since Jonny's got his hands dirty🤣 time for a cheep to charming for us poor plebs to have something attainable to aspire to 🤣🤣🤣.
Members have already seen episode one…
@@tgsoutdoors Sadly, had to be a carer for 2+ years Jonny, otherwise I would be there mate 😢 Hopefully get things stabilised n get back to work soon👍 Thanks for all you guys do, keeps me sane...ish 😉
It’ll be out in about 10 days - not long now
@@tgsoutdoors I am a patient chap👍
Rather unique, but not totally unique. For me it comes down to reliability under the riggers of a serious target shooter who shoots at 3000 targets in competition and another 4000 targets in practice. Nice shooting by the way!
I’ve never wanted a semi auto……..but now………..
Wow, I'm glad this is "lovely" to someone. To me it's a terrible waste of a beautiful piece of walnut.
I get the feeling the man doth protest too much, as regards to the ownership of said gun! Johnny seems to recant the phrase 'its not mine, I'm not allowed any more guns' lol.
#notmygun
@@tgsoutdoors I believe you, but thousands wouldn’t. Lol
"... but it is not unattractive in any way, shape or form."
Actually, it's pug ugly. It's also ridiculously over complicated. The hallmark of excellent engineering is simplicity, not figuring out how to make ten parts do the job of two.
It's absurdly expensive, the action is long enough to serve as a driveway and the overall company 'mission statement' seems to be, "How expensive can we make this thing?"
Of course if spending forty grand is an affront, you can add about another sixty grand of engraving. "Ahh.. that's much better. I'll take it, unless you have one with diamonds instead of engraving."
While my local gun club doesn't screen potential new members by apparent wealth, if someone showed up with one of these things, I'd gently suggest that the membership committee keep up the requirement that IQ be at least as high as one's shoe size.
Lucky I have rather large feet
Ha ha ha ha perfect!
Finest semi auto is the world is the browning auto 5
It has certainly stood the test of time.
🤔 which one is still made to the original pattern?
@@tgsoutdoors only cause browning went to crap and wanted to get away from milled steel and wood and go to aluminium and polymers Auto 5 is eternal man thing saw use ing both world wars and was made for a century long recoil is king my only complaint is they didn't offer it in 410 or 10 gauge
I would kill for a 3.5 inch 10 gauge auto 5
Whilst we are dreaming - I’d kill for a 3” 410 auto 5
What money is one of these worth?
Why the flag in the background ?
Why not?
i dont like it. its slow to reload and expensive. sure it looks stunning but its way too awkward. beretta 1301 is still my favorite semi auto.
This seems like driving across the country to knock on the neighbors door.
Pay a small fortune for a antiquated highly mechanical custom made action ??
Might as well just collect watches…
Idk maybe when I get older I’ll appreciate things like this more but I’d way rather myself have a good browning auto.
Top off reloading is possible you don’t have to do four actions with your hand to cock the fucking thing haha ..
This is just jewelry for the person who’d rather show strangers there firearms than shoot them.
Didn't you just anoint Benelli as having/making the greatest semi-autos?
Greatest, not finest.
I should expand, it what makes a great gun:
The answer will be individual to every person, but we can all agree that if you took an average then the following wood stand:
-usability - it’s got to be nice to use
-reliability- it’s got to work
-affordability- the average man should be able to want and afford one. (This is where opinion will differ the most)
-desirability - almost h marketing does little to you once you have made a purchase it does protect the used market and there is reassurance in having a gun that holds market appeal/value.
Cosmi falls short on some points here, the same as Bosis and some of the other finest makers in the world.
Benelli falls short in no corner other than their stocks are blooming tiny.
The Beretta 1301 Langdon Tactical is absolutely amazing, matches Benelli for sure .. also the 1301 is the fastest cycling auto in the market.
Dont agree tukish you must include value
The wood is absolutely stunning. But the action and assembly are hideous, absolutely hideous. If possible, uglier than a Glock.
I’m sure the mechanics, wood, and fit are superb… but the action is kind of ugly and it’s complexity seems rather rube-goldbergish
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It's grotesque. I'll take a Super X-1, 1100, 1187 or A-5 any day of the week over this gaudy, ridiculous piece of Guido junk.