We dug one of these out of a storage pit in a 1860s Maori fortification in New Zealand during an archaeological excavation. It was a long way from home, and a pain to ID as such an oddball gun.
@@RamonInNZ It was not part of a proper gunfighter pa - rather a pallisaded village, I am not sure of its name, I think the modern name is Pohokura in Taranaki near Bell Block. We were also working at a more heavily fortified pa at the same time, Te Oropuriri Pa, down the road.
This is why I love this channel, it shines light and tells a very clear history of these artifacts and can be a resource for people like you to easily access
@@reliantncc1864 It was also a branch of the federal US government at the time, which I don't believe is around any longer. Much like the "War Office," it's been supplanted by the Department of Defense, to the best of my knowledge at least.
@@Mygg_Jeager The name has changed. Now it's the US Army Ordnance Corps, apparently. Still exists. Anyone who's familiar with the military knows you have to change the names of things all the time so it looks like you're accomplishing something.
Yah I looked up the modern equivalent as well - just as a reference regarding investment vs return, that’s an ~ 750k investment on an ~ 3.1m contract; not too bad (had everything gone as planned lol)
For s small business that makes hundreds of guns a year, it's not really that much, assuming they can continue producing and selling them. Would be a HUGE tax write off, these days
Back then the criteria often evolved into, "can it put lead down range?"......"Yessir!"........."We will take 3000 of them!" The Civil war saw so many different types of muskets, early rifles, revolvers, and every other kind of firearm see service. It was the main reason why the US decided to standardize in the late 18 and early 1900s.
@@ΣτελιοςΠεππας I'd say US Army Ordinance found some good sense between the Civil War and WWII. Not that they were all sane by then, but they weren't nearly so crazy as the War Department was during the Civil War. Heh, compare that to the Germans, who seemed like they didn't reject anything that didn't seem cool, unless the Fuhrer didn't like it.
I mean, they did. Or you kept it just stuck in a belt, satchel, whatever. Also keep in mind "pocket" is relative since full size pistols were a foot long or more
If you've seen the greatcoats and overcoats gentlemen and soldiers wore back then... yes. They had pockets big enough for those to be "pocket revolvers".
The tiny sites in a groove made sense in the design philosophy of a pocket pistol but when the gun was scaled up it didn't click that this is now a big pistol with a big purpose.
@@wingracer1614The cylinder stop on this example is broken. There is supposed to be a leaf spring through the back of the frame interacting with the notched on the rear of the cylinder. At 10:42 it is missing the top half. It is the thin spring in profile above the top of the trigger. It should be much longer but has snapped at some point. It is a common breakage part on the Pettengills but is fairly easy to make a new one.
Quite a safe action to have a full loaded cilinder and not worry about the hammer rest between chambers ,no contact or tension in the hammer untill you fully depress the trigger , before this video i thougth the Pettengill was just a scale up pepperbox with a barrel but is more than what initialy meets the eye , great video as usual !!
i LOVE and highly respect old gun mechanics. people back then were awesome. no computers n shit, no animations only paper and brain work. awesome, everytime you show stuff like this.
Thank you IAN for your dedication to your craft... Without fail I watch EVERY video as soon as it posts. I've seen EVERY video you have posted, 2x. The library is so extensive that you can repeat multiple times and not see everything. Always a pleasure to watch. Thanks Gun Jesus we love you!!! ❤❤❤
Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
It's so cool to finally see the Pettingill featured on the channel! I actually requested it in the comments on another video ages ago. As a long-time Deadlands (wild west RPG) player, I've been fascinated by this unique gun for years, and have always wanted to see the mechanism inside. I'm happy that more people have a chance to learn about this interesting and unique firearm, and Ian's enthusiasm for these weapons and their history is always a joy to watch.
I have letters I found in an abandoned house in Maine from around the time cars were becoming commercially available and the person sending/receiving them went to college and opened a bicycle repair and firearm shop. I guess late 1800s it's been awhile since I've looked at them. Great video.
My image of cavalry was that they would wear gloves more often than not. I can’t imagine a gloved hand fit easily into that grip. Testimony to how much they were liked.
I love old guns so much as a young guy; it's really fascinating to see how forward-thinking yet simple the mechanics are. I grew up knowing nothing mechanical and served as a CIWS tech in the Navy and guns make more sense to me than anything else; I love the weird stuff, but the old stuff is super cool to me!
That loading lever was reused in the Rogers and Spencer revolver in .44. The sight is very similar too, it gives you a nice sight picture if you use a two handed grip wich is weird for the era.
I was going to say that elements of it reminded me of the later R&S when Ian announced they made it. I rebuilt a junked repro one with what parts I could get, it's a great percussion piece.
Ok that really IS distinctive looking. I gotta say I like it. I’m curious if soldiers made any “improvements” to that grip. Such as carving out a little notch to allow the shooters hand to fit a little better
@harrisonlewis6853 13 hours ago Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
The grip and trigger guard brings two words to mind: 'Knuckle Buster'. As Ian indicates, recoil likely gave the fingers gripping the gun a pretty sharp rap!
@harrisonlewis6853 13 hours ago Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
I'm surprised nobody has created a term other than "muzzleloader" for weapons like this. It's really like a "cylinderloader" or "chamber mouth loader" Calling it a muzzleloader still makes sense, everyone knows what you mean. It's just odd that with our modern preference for categorizing everything we still call things "muzzleloaders" when you don't go near the muzzle to load them.
@harrisonlewis6853 13 hours ago Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
"Pettengill Army revolvers were issued to 3rd Michigan, 3rd Missouri State Militia, 5th Missouri State Militia, 1st Arkansas, 3rd Illinois, and 3rd Kentucky Volunteer cavalry regiments." My great-great-grandpa served with the 1st Arkansas Cavalry (Union) and might well have carried one of these revolvers.
if there is no one making these pistols as replicas, maybe dixie gun works could find a contractor to make the pistols as a kit, then dixie gun works sale the kits. think they would be a neat build.
Hi Ian. Interesting revolver. A DAO .44 revolver should make a good military handgun, more so to Cavalry use. I’ve noticed the very few and very strong internal parts, apparently less prone to breakage in the field use. And with the original thumb screw, the cylinder could be removed and replaced by a loaded one very fast. And it was field approved by the troops in the middle of a war. Thank You. God Bless. Happy Trails
Yeah, no. No one swapped cylinders in the field. It's a cool thing to do if you're a trick shooter who can afford to purchase multiple cylinders and have them timed to your specific gun(s), but if you're a cavalryman you just shoot your six and shove it back in the holster, then you draw your second revolver for another six, then you draw your saber and pray that's enough to finish the fight in your favor, and if it is and you're still alive and unwounded you can take the time needed to reload them before riding off to the next fight.
@@StacheMan26 I'm not sure if you'd even have time for 12 shots before you'd closed from pistol range to saber range. Especially if it was a cavalry vs cavalry action, which the horses on both sides running toward each other.
At 10:42 Looks like the cylinder stop leaf spring is broken, or at least it's missing the top half. It should protrude up and into the back of the cylinder through the gap in the frame. You can see its remnants in profile, in the slot just above the top of the trigger. That spring is doing nothing. It's a common breakage part, and not too hard to fashion a replacement.
Excellent video! I think that in the case of the tiny sites that these would not be used at long range, like any pistol for that matter, rather more in close combat, where it is more a point and shoot situation, making accurate sites unnecessary, especially with a double action. Rather hefty piece of iron for such a small handle and a tight fit behind the trigger guard, but I imagine during a battle one overlooks the niceties of life and appreciate 6 fast shots more.
@harrisonlewis6853 13 hours ago Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
What I find funny about this is that at the period, this would have been considered a self cocking single action. As opposed to a manual cocking single action.
I think it’s pretty neat how the hammer is more or less self cocking. Unlike today’s double action pistols where you have to pull the trigger to cock the hammer. I’m sure there were some old time gun smiths that could actually make that a pretty functional pistol
Sehr gute technische Erklärung für diesen alten Revolver. Es überrascht mich mit welcher Genauigkeit in dieser Zeit (1860ziger) Waffen hergestellt wurden!
I'd love to know more about how they actually manufactured these in the early-mid 1800s. The machining methods, what the lathes or other machines would look like. Can't seem to find a good video talking about it, anyone have a recommendation? Would you be willing to make a video talking about the tech used to make these things before the fancy stuff of today? That would be dope. I feel like there would be simplistic lathes, some type of vertical drill/mill, but my thought was that steel wasn't great back then. Can't imagine how long a bit would last
Add Ryan from the USS New Jersey and Drachinifel and you would definitely break the Internet. Or if you want to go for tiny guns, Matt from Demo Ranch and Scott from Kentucky Ballistics. Yes Scott may have A punt gun, but Ryan has 9 16" rifles.
Looks like someone took the grip of a Pepperbox gun and stuck the Barrel of a 1858 Remington on it but I must admit I kinda like how it ended up, well besides the back of the trigger guard.
@harrisonlewis6853 13 hours ago Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
When i saw this, i thought "why not make it fire from the bottom chamber if it is an internal hammer anyway?" Could have been Rhino before Chiappa even existed.
We dug one of these out of a storage pit in a 1860s Maori fortification in New Zealand during an archaeological excavation. It was a long way from home, and a pain to ID as such an oddball gun.
That is a metal story ny man
Oh wow which fort? I'm a Kiwi from Auckland
@@RamonInNZ It was not part of a proper gunfighter pa - rather a pallisaded village, I am not sure of its name, I think the modern name is Pohokura in Taranaki near Bell Block. We were also working at a more heavily fortified pa at the same time, Te Oropuriri Pa, down the road.
@@ArchaeonomySo I'm unfamiliar with your history, what's up with this Maori fortification stuff?
This is why I love this channel, it shines light and tells a very clear history of these artifacts and can be a resource for people like you to easily access
I love that this guy is still out there just giving us all history lessons about guns we've never heard of. Keep it up, Gun Jesus!
That's why he's the GOAT
"Gun Jesus" 🤣😂🤣😂
One of the better gun channels for sure, specially because he comes with physical examples instead of just pictures for some of the more obscure ones.
@@diqweed69 That sounds like a crazy dnd spellbook ngl.
@@miles3101what, diqweed69? Lol
Every time he starts by saying X company began a contract with the US Ordinance Dept, you know its gonna go horribly wrong
😂 yea
Just to help: ordnance is ammunition and explosives. An ordinance is a law, usually at the city level.
@@reliantncc1864 It was also a branch of the federal US government at the time, which I don't believe is around any longer. Much like the "War Office," it's been supplanted by the Department of Defense, to the best of my knowledge at least.
@@Mygg_Jeager The name has changed. Now it's the US Army Ordnance Corps, apparently. Still exists. Anyone who's familiar with the military knows you have to change the names of things all the time so it looks like you're accomplishing something.
I could see why cavalrymen would enjoy not having to worry about external hammers catching on things.
2:49 for reference thats roughly 750k today, which is not a small amount of money if you're a small manufacturer
oof. man, that's a whopping investment risk without a solid contract
just googled this, too: $20 in 1860 is about $760 today (equiv. purchasing power). So --if that's accurate --that's a pretty good enticement.
Yah I looked up the modern equivalent as well - just as a reference regarding investment vs return, that’s an ~ 750k investment on an ~ 3.1m contract; not too bad (had everything gone as planned lol)
For s small business that makes hundreds of guns a year, it's not really that much, assuming they can continue producing and selling them. Would be a HUGE tax write off, these days
Back then the criteria often evolved into, "can it put lead down range?"......"Yessir!"........."We will take 3000 of them!" The Civil war saw so many different types of muskets, early rifles, revolvers, and every other kind of firearm see service. It was the main reason why the US decided to standardize in the late 18 and early 1900s.
That and the increased professionalism of the Army. It's almost a linear curve from the war of independence to WW2.
@@ΣτελιοςΠεππας I'd say US Army Ordinance found some good sense between the Civil War and WWII. Not that they were all sane by then, but they weren't nearly so crazy as the War Department was during the Civil War.
Heh, compare that to the Germans, who seemed like they didn't reject anything that didn't seem cool, unless the Fuhrer didn't like it.
@@Mikethemerciless11 And even if Hitler didn't like it they would slap a moustache and hat on it and get it approved.
@@ianfinrir8724 Like with the prototypes for what became the StG 44. Which Hitler hated, until he changed his mind and loved it.
That is also the literal meaning of well regulated in the 2A
Man, if the smaller one Ian pulled out is the "pocket" version then they must have had some huge pockets back in the day!
Yes they did on their coats and over coats.
indeed when a trip to the local store could take several days, you tend to keep more on hand
Ever seen a field jacket? About like the ones at the waist.
I mean, they did. Or you kept it just stuck in a belt, satchel, whatever. Also keep in mind "pocket" is relative since full size pistols were a foot long or more
If you've seen the greatcoats and overcoats gentlemen and soldiers wore back then... yes. They had pockets big enough for those to be "pocket revolvers".
The tiny sites in a groove made sense in the design philosophy of a pocket pistol but when the gun was scaled up it didn't click that this is now a big pistol with a big purpose.
Ah that old CW Chestnut, "Yessir we have the ability to scale up production...". The Snake Oil hacks of firearms manufacturing.
Notice how Sales,Engineering,and Production never seem to be able be on the same page.
Just getting all 3 reading from the same book is a miracle .
@@kaboom4679
Now mix in accountants...
0:59 Casually summons revolver from pocket dimension
Do you say that every time someone picks something up off their lap?
@@ufc990Ian pulling whatever gun he might need or want to show from the shadow dimension has been a running gag here for a while
I like to think Paul Harrell smiles down from the Great Beyond any time a gun is summoned from a pocket on camera.
I think he just built it in an instant
It’s his EDC.
The link for the latter Roger & Spencer revolver mentioned at 13:59 is missing.
@@onpsxmember th-cam.com/video/DgyTK3rXX1g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nRIBdKQZo2-GOc7V
Looks like a decent cavalry weapon. Look to be pretty safe to handle and use on a moving horse
The complete lack of any sort of cylinder stop is concerning but sounds like it worked OK anyway.
@@wingracer1614 Watch when he fires it, it is being held in position. I should be so far forward, that it is help enough and cannot cam over.
@@wingracer1614The cylinder stop on this example is broken. There is supposed to be a leaf spring through the back of the frame interacting with the notched on the rear of the cylinder. At 10:42 it is missing the top half. It is the thin spring in profile above the top of the trigger. It should be much longer but has snapped at some point. It is a common breakage part on the Pettengills but is fairly easy to make a new one.
Quite a safe action to have a full loaded cilinder and not worry about the hammer rest between chambers ,no contact or tension in the hammer untill you fully depress the trigger , before this video i thougth the Pettengill was just a scale up pepperbox with a barrel but is more than what initialy meets the eye , great video as usual !!
Civil War Revolvers are interesting because there are so many different designs and variations that were used.
It looks pretty sleek, especially for the time. Would love to see a modern day reproduction of it.
Definitely gives off adventurer vibes
Sam Hildebrand, a famous Missouri Bushwacker, was known to have used one. He seemed to like it when he wrote of it in his autobiography.
i LOVE and highly respect old gun mechanics. people back then were awesome. no computers n shit, no animations only paper and brain work. awesome, everytime you show stuff like this.
Thank you IAN for your dedication to your craft... Without fail I watch EVERY video as soon as it posts. I've seen EVERY video you have posted, 2x. The library is so extensive that you can repeat multiple times and not see everything. Always a pleasure to watch. Thanks Gun Jesus we love you!!! ❤❤❤
Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
You'd think that the trigger might run out of space to move rearwards if the rear part of the trigger guard was brought forward too much.......
Thank you for another interesting piece of history, Ian
This is a really stylish looking gun, the lack of external hammer streamlines it and makes it look more futuristic than it is
It's so cool to finally see the Pettingill featured on the channel! I actually requested it in the comments on another video ages ago. As a long-time Deadlands (wild west RPG) player, I've been fascinated by this unique gun for years, and have always wanted to see the mechanism inside. I'm happy that more people have a chance to learn about this interesting and unique firearm, and Ian's enthusiasm for these weapons and their history is always a joy to watch.
I have letters I found in an abandoned house in Maine from around the time cars were becoming commercially available and the person sending/receiving them went to college and opened a bicycle repair and firearm shop. I guess late 1800s it's been awhile since I've looked at them. Great video.
The government saying "Yeah, we were wrong, that wasn't fair, let's renegotiate" is the most astounding part of this story.
He clearly made that part up. Government probably arrested and tortured them all and brought the designs in house under the department of war
My image of cavalry was that they would wear gloves more often than not. I can’t imagine a gloved hand fit easily into that grip. Testimony to how much they were liked.
Fingerless gloves were probably invented during the Civil War as a result of this.
Thanks!
The evolution of revolvers like the Pettengill, despite setbacks, underscores the importance of innovation in preserving freedom.
Ian casually whipping out the pocket model makes it seem like he was appendix carrying that bad boy, which feels right on brand.
That looks very badass and something that would be great in a movie, but very inconvenient in real life.
I love old guns so much as a young guy; it's really fascinating to see how forward-thinking yet simple the mechanics are. I grew up knowing nothing mechanical and served as a CIWS tech in the Navy and guns make more sense to me than anything else; I love the weird stuff, but the old stuff is super cool to me!
Im here 7 minutes after the video was posted and I’m still nowhere near first to post. Gun Jesus sure has some dedicated disciples!
That loading lever was reused in the Rogers and Spencer revolver in .44. The sight is very similar too, it gives you a nice sight picture if you use a two handed grip wich is weird for the era.
I was going to say that elements of it reminded me of the later R&S when Ian announced they made it. I rebuilt a junked repro one with what parts I could get, it's a great percussion piece.
Nice piece.
$20.00 was worth $464.00 in today's dollars. $100,000 in 1860 for 5,000 pistols would be over 2.3 million dollars today.
Great content as usual Ian.
This gun was pretty interesting and neat to look at, thanks for showing it to us Ian😉.
Yet another 'blast-from-the-past'! Very interesting!
Ok that really IS distinctive looking. I gotta say I like it.
I’m curious if soldiers made any “improvements” to that grip. Such as carving out a little notch to allow the shooters hand to fit a little better
@harrisonlewis6853
13 hours ago
Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
Ian delivers as usual
1856 double action only precussion muzzle loader. The dimensions make perfect sense after context is applied.
0:37 Corrections in the captions, it's the attention to detail when editing that make a good show.
CS Predictably are EPIC middle names
Frances Bannerman says "thanks!"
This guy rules
Thank you. Nice bit of firearm history.
Got to love Ian for his knowledge!
CW procurement was very casual. This great, reading about this period of the war right now.
I just read about this revolver this week in a book about guns of he wild west. Great video!
The grip and trigger guard brings two words to mind: 'Knuckle Buster'. As Ian indicates, recoil likely gave the fingers gripping the gun a pretty sharp rap!
@harrisonlewis6853
13 hours ago
Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
@@JohnSmith-pl2bk Thanks.
Thanks for the information
I'm surprised nobody has created a term other than "muzzleloader" for weapons like this. It's really like a "cylinderloader" or "chamber mouth loader"
Calling it a muzzleloader still makes sense, everyone knows what you mean. It's just odd that with our modern preference for categorizing everything we still call things "muzzleloaders" when you don't go near the muzzle to load them.
Most revolvers (barring crazy exceptions like the Dardick) are "cylinderloaders" when you think about it.
@stevenbobbybills yeah, and we already have words that describe how all of them work like break top, swing out, gate loader, etc.
Sometimes i think people back in the day didn't know what a human hand looked like
It actually feels fine in the hand, but all of the weight is forward and is very muzzle heavy.
@harrisonlewis6853
13 hours ago
Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
Thank tou
"Pettengill Army revolvers were issued to 3rd Michigan, 3rd Missouri State Militia, 5th Missouri State Militia, 1st Arkansas, 3rd Illinois, and 3rd Kentucky Volunteer cavalry regiments."
My great-great-grandpa served with the 1st Arkansas Cavalry (Union) and might well have carried one of these revolvers.
if there is no one making these pistols as replicas, maybe dixie gun works could find a contractor to make the pistols as a kit, then dixie gun works sale the kits. think they would be a neat build.
I second that motion!!! 🤠👍
@@worldtraveler930
So a double motion then....oh wait.......
Awesome!
Ian, That was a very interesting video. First video I've ever seen on a Pettengill.
Look forward to seeing you at Shot Show 2025
Such a beautiful gun.
Hi Ian. Interesting revolver. A DAO .44 revolver should make a good military handgun, more so to Cavalry use. I’ve noticed the very few and very strong internal parts, apparently less prone to breakage in the field use. And with the original thumb screw, the cylinder could be removed and replaced by a loaded one very fast. And it was field approved by the troops in the middle of a war. Thank You. God Bless. Happy Trails
Yeah, no. No one swapped cylinders in the field. It's a cool thing to do if you're a trick shooter who can afford to purchase multiple cylinders and have them timed to your specific gun(s), but if you're a cavalryman you just shoot your six and shove it back in the holster, then you draw your second revolver for another six, then you draw your saber and pray that's enough to finish the fight in your favor, and if it is and you're still alive and unwounded you can take the time needed to reload them before riding off to the next fight.
@@StacheMan26 I'm not sure if you'd even have time for 12 shots before you'd closed from pistol range to saber range. Especially if it was a cavalry vs cavalry action, which the horses on both sides running toward each other.
I forgot about this weapon!
Thanks for the great work
Another gun I've read about, but never personally seen. It's awesome being Gun Jesus. 😀
Pistols like this are what the channel is all about!
This one is very cool, thanks
Hell yeah dude
At 10:42 Looks like the cylinder stop leaf spring is broken, or at least it's missing the top half. It should protrude up and into the back of the cylinder through the gap in the frame. You can see its remnants in profile, in the slot just above the top of the trigger. That spring is doing nothing. It's a common breakage part, and not too hard to fashion a replacement.
Excellent video! I think that in the case of the tiny sites that these would not be used at long range, like any pistol for that matter, rather more in close combat, where it is more a point and shoot situation, making accurate sites unnecessary, especially with a double action. Rather hefty piece of iron for such a small handle and a tight fit behind the trigger guard, but I imagine during a battle one overlooks the niceties of life and appreciate 6 fast shots more.
@harrisonlewis6853
13 hours ago
Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
What I find funny about this is that at the period, this would have been considered a self cocking single action. As opposed to a manual cocking single action.
1:08 I heard Ian just got a pettengil pocket model. Morphy seems to have misplaced one too.
Very beautiful revolver
This man doesn't age, it's scary
Cool thanks 👍
"To WW. My star, my perfect silence." Woodrow Wilson? Willie Wonka? Walter White?
Wascally Wabbit?
Walter Winchell?
World Wonder?
Wild World?
@@romgl4513 Wendell Wilke
As a Daoist, I can confirm this is the gun i carried from 200BC
6:52 doubt they were loading with loose powder in '63
Looks a heck of a lot like the EH Collier.
Guess it makes sense considering it inspired a lot of revolvers.
I think it’s pretty neat how the hammer is more or less self cocking. Unlike today’s double action pistols where you have to pull the trigger to cock the hammer. I’m sure there were some old time gun smiths that could actually make that a pretty functional pistol
I had a customer who was a descendant of Pettingill.
While ergonomically crap it has beautiful lines. An attractive object in of itself
Hammerless revolvers look neat.
Sehr gute technische Erklärung für diesen alten Revolver. Es überrascht mich mit welcher Genauigkeit in dieser Zeit (1860ziger) Waffen hergestellt wurden!
No used caps falling into the deep between hammer and hand. Saw many vids where a gunman pokes that crap out.
13:56 I'm not seeing the link to the other video about the later Rogers and Spencer revolver in the description.
The cocked hammer is interesting
I'd love to know more about how they actually manufactured these in the early-mid 1800s. The machining methods, what the lathes or other machines would look like. Can't seem to find a good video talking about it, anyone have a recommendation? Would you be willing to make a video talking about the tech used to make these things before the fancy stuff of today? That would be dope. I feel like there would be simplistic lathes, some type of vertical drill/mill, but my thought was that steel wasn't great back then. Can't imagine how long a bit would last
You could get your hand quite high up so the bore axis is better for follow up shots maybe. I would be interested to see how one shoots. Cheers Ian
0:59 If Ian ever ends up on the Unsubscribe Podcast I want his power to be able to summon any gun he wants
Brandon Herrera, Fat Electrician and Ian all on the same show?! I don't think the Internet can handle that amount of concentrated awesomeness
Add Ryan from the USS New Jersey and Drachinifel and you would definitely break the Internet. Or if you want to go for tiny guns, Matt from Demo Ranch and Scott from Kentucky Ballistics. Yes Scott may have A punt gun, but Ryan has 9 16" rifles.
Damn, that pistol's got steampunk written all over it.
no link in the description 😢
Looks like someone took the grip of a Pepperbox gun and stuck the Barrel of a 1858 Remington on it but I must admit I kinda like how it ended up, well besides the back of the trigger guard.
@harrisonlewis6853
13 hours ago
Some civilian pettengills were modified in civilian hands and the rear of the trigger guard was moved forward by 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch to make it more comfortable to hold and shoot. Should have been done at the factory but folks hands were smaller back in 1860 to 1880 also.
When the story is more interesting than the actual gun.
Thanks for the history lesson. I like the older gun videos.
has that "choking a goose" grip
Neat one to learn about
If gun Jesus says it's not good,
Then it is so.
All hail the word of gun Jesus!
When i saw this, i thought "why not make it fire from the bottom chamber if it is an internal hammer anyway?"
Could have been Rhino before Chiappa even existed.
If I found myself transported back to 1860, the pistol I'd be looking for would be an Allen and Wheelock "lipfire" Army model.
It looks like someone tried to draw a revolver from memory
The cylinder looks like it could hold a rather stout powder charge considering it was designed to use a conical bullet
The action in this pistol is very interesting. The space in between the grip and trigger guard is awkward indeed.