History of WWI Primer 035: French Remington Rolling Block Documentary
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Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!
Cartridge: 8x51mmR
Capacity: 0 rnds
Length: 45.25"
weight: 8.4 lbs
Additional reading:
Collector's Guide to Remington Rolling Block Military Rifles of the World
George Layman
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I just love the Remington Rolling Block. Strong, simple and used pretty much anywhere on the planet. Kind of the AK of its time.
beautiful
You subtle humor doesn't go unnoticed by this Yankee.
ALL SERIOUS FOREVER
All you're missing is a guy and his robots adding their 2 cents in the front row of all your videos.
PBRStreetGang
I took care of that with a box of Hamdingers.
Ha!
Except for the fact that Kermit the frog isn't a rebel.
"The duel monarchy had just had it's double-ass handed to it." You have such an elegant way with words. 😂
dual. although they were dueling with themself quite a bit.
@@Strawberry92fs Quadruple ass kicked?
As a history major, and a gun enthusiast, finding this channel has been a huge treat. Kudos!
Glad to hear!
The US Civil war : still causing North vs South flamewars on the internet 150 years later.
We don't do that any more... we just have college football games to do that now... Roll Tide. * A chorus of people yelling "Boo" as another Southern state is hated for trampling more Yankees in championship game. * "Oh! Oh my! Your sourness towards me has helped me make the tastiest lemon pie. *I laugh like a jerk and a internet troll * Haha! Have a nice day.
so easy.
The problem is not with what he called the Late Unpleasantness, but that so many danmnyankees still hate the South.
They dont call it the war of northern aggression for nothing
*ignore the surcumstances of the first shots being fired
@@gregb6469 you sure about that? Ive only seen alot of southerners bitter about losing. Most of us up north never even think about the civil war as its not so ingrained into our culture
Remington being mismanaged? I can't imagine what that would look like today. However, I imagine it would be shaped suspiciously like an R51
I liked it when they were mismanaged with good guns.
R-51 because why not make shit copy of the C-9 and charge 10 times more for it.
It looks like a bunch of mismatched Remington/DPMS/Bushmaster ARs without bolts or LPKs in the back of a CDNN catalog.
@Frost Arctica Smurf, and Papa Smurf actually had a brown beard in flashbacks to his youth in the cartoon.
"mistmanaged"
I have a 1901 7mm version of this weapon father bought at an Army surplus store in San Francisco in 1952. Interestingly I refinished it in my High School shop class around 1980. Checked in at the office and walked down the hallway to class carrying the rifle in full view. Not likely able to do that today. lol
Love May's big ol' grin while she's doing the firing demo, and then her description of the kinesthetic joy of manipulating the action was positively contagious. Makes you want to go out & get some!
Er, range time w/ a Rolling Block I mean. Sorry, that came out a little wrong.
BTW, the French generals were big on "L'esprit" & felt that the soldiers just needed to get a couple rounds off & close w/ the enemy w/ their bayonets [leading to the huge losses the French suffered early in the war, trying to assault German machine gun positions on foot. The Germans of course, obliged the stupidity of the French generalship by teaching the French soldiers how to dance the Spandau Ballet...] So anyway, the French probably considered their guards to be extremely well armed with the RB, since they still considered the primary purpose of the rifle was the pointy bit attached to the end of the barrel... ::)
rofl
19:12 "And like the Remington, spread worldwide..... and then some"
Like, to outer space?
More Like alternate universes/times lines :P and some did go to the Mars for that whole John Cater thing :p
Yes. Didn't you see that scene in Star Wars where they were using Remingtons? lol
One small step for man one giant bullet in a alien.
Space Force Rolling Blocks!
@@zaqzilla1 if stormtroopers had them they would have been better shots. They can't hit anything with their blasters.....
"Kinesthetic Joy." It's phrases like that that proove this is one of the smartest firearms-related channels on TH-cam. Well done as always, guys!
are you doing these out of order?!
No, Sir (or ma'am, if that's Mae). I'm watching them in the order they display on your uploads page!
When I tell the ladies I have small arms, they usually walk away and ignore me.
good?
Hostile
Probably the small hands, but awesome pun!
War of northern aggression huh? Looks like somebody's a proud southern boy. As always, great episode!
Thanks!
It might be tongue-in-cheek these days, but it's still pretty damn distasteful if said without further context.
Calm down
The Remington rolling block is one of my favoriet guns ever. Love the vid. Thanks much.
Glad to hear
U talk like a waterfall but unlike most other video on TH-cam all the talking is so very informative and interesting. I love it !!!!
Nothing worse than 20 minutes of talking and nothing being said!
One of the more beautiful rifles ever in my estimation. I did like the new animation too.
Good to hear!
Another masterpiece. I loved the "War Were Declared" cut-scene. A classic. Edited to say, Mae always looks so happy at the range. Loved the music!
Smart move Othais handing over the rifle to Mae after calling it "idiot proof". I was sure that we were going to hear news of your shocking recent passing away.
But y?
I'm working through the series, waiting for the episode when she hits him.
Was that "idiot" coment really nessesary?She sure impresses me with her knowledge and ability to shoot.Give respect where respect is due.
@@ObsydianShade Some of them have integral bayonets... the carbines are short enough too.
@@ObsydianShade Or at least a butt stroke to the forehead!
21:40 "War Were Declared" Can that be a T-shirt?
Maybe? We did sorta jack it.
If you could put a gif on a shirt, then I would want to have 21:55 on it.
C&Rsenal futurama?
Classic.
Perfect thing to end the night with, a new video from C&Rsenal!
How did it go?
It went Great! I can't wait for more!
Thanks for the extractor animations. I've been trying to find out for a while how the rolling block works with rimless ammo.
Love going back watching the older ones I’ve missed.. Mae is a great markswomen
No photo of Samuel Norris ? Put Chuck Norris photo then.
dang...
Beautiful rifle, wonderful video. Thanks to you guys and also to the patrons who support this channel.
Glad you enjoyed it!
thanks!
man, you've been busy! These videos are amazing!
Awesome! Would love to own a Remington Rolling Block some day.
do it
Great video. My 2 favorite rifles are my Uberti 357 Baby Carbine & my Pedersoli 44-40 Carbine both are replica rolling blocks. I love the simplicity.
OMG!!! I love you guys so much! Just the best well rounded and put together videos. Keep up the fantastic work! Is there any way of getting a possible schedule/vlog type of thing of whats on the horizon?
That would require us to be organized enough to know what we're doing next.
You've gotten *really* good at presentation, Othais. Also love that the "war were declared" has become a running joke :D
right into the ground
Love you guys, Mae, you're impressive!
no i luv u
Thank you for the history
I love the fact that the suggestion for more videos only show videos from C&Rsenal :D
The aesthetics blends in with youtubes background & layout :D
I made the pickatures nice.
1:20 AM tired but way worth staying up and watching Love the Lebel Rolling Block .
Thanks a ton, really enjoyed it.
This was one of the most important civilian rifles in the US--EVER. People put meals on their tables for generations.
That's an interesting comment. Nowadays, neither "side" in the Gun Wars speaks much to how guns used to be seen in America, as tools. Every rural family had a gun, maybe 2, and they were typically single-shot rifles and shotguns. They were meant for snakes, rodents, and like you said, food on the table. And sure, home defense, but that was more an afterthought or "given".
Good comment.
Excellent show lots of good stuff. I have an old crack shot .22LR that is a falling block that has trained many a family member. So I have certain fondness for falling blocks.
Very nice, Othais and Mae. Congrats.
Thanks!
Great job as always. If Austria-Hungary makes it into the Verdun game I imagine there will be many double-ass trash talk headed their way now haha. I really want a Rolling Block in 7x57 as a companion to my 1895 Chilean Mauser now!
I KNOW NOTHING, STOP LOOKING AT ME.
I've got a model 4 in .32 rimfire. I used it a bit back when I could get ammo for it. I noticed you loaded the shell with your right hand. I always used my left hand and found it very easy and fairly quick to load that way. The right was unloading while the left was acquiring a shell. But I'm sure the larger shell you were using is not as easy to manage as the little .32.
That sound effect at 35:20 is icing on the cake.
damn it Othais and Mae, i need one now.....
"war were declared" and then a video of soldiers pushing a dude around like a dummy
The sound effects made me lol
It's called the "Giddy Skittle" apparently.
C&Rsenal apparently
The slow motion firing was pretty great.
good!
Great vid. Great history rifle and always good to she May's happy shooting smile. Ps what knive do you carry May?
Me: what can this rifle chamber?
Remington: yes
Big black 4!
Great episode. I want one now.
*bore
C&Rsenal
Haha, must be that thick southern accent (or my damn ears).
loved this video! Thanks
in a Civil war in 1901 in my country, Uruguay, this gun was widely used.
i like the remington roling block it is a cool gun
Mae's best referral yet, even if it was for 1866.
Great post and thanks for it.
Good to hear!
I have a 1902 model in 7mm Mauser and it is surprisingly accurate .
I just love firearms history.
It’s amazing how a firearm designed in the Civil War was still going strong in ww1, shows how good this gun was
The beauty is in it's rugged simplicity .
The Soviet Union provided large numbers of the rolling blocks to the Spanish Republicans as a large part of their military aid for which they received Spain's gold reserve !
Wish they would start making them again !
This was interesting; thank you. Case stretching was mentioned, along with the possibility of a chamber recut for Balle N. I'm not sure the two would be related, though. The Lebel is a wide cartridge at fairly high pressure, and it may simply be too much for the long, springy rolling block action.
I dunno, the 7mm doesn't seem to be doing it.
'war of northern aggression" lmao
It's amazing that the French were still using a Civil War Rifle in WW1.
It was only because they were so desperate for arms and the Remingtons were cheap .Not knocking the rolling block design , but it was totally outclassed by the bolt actions used by all the major powers at that time.
Its interesting how lesser known emerging technologies have become widely used after the outbreak of certain wars, like the breech loading rifles and rifled artillery pieces of the civil war and the spitzer bullets and machine guns of world war one.
Man I have wanted to get my hands on a rolling block since I was what, probably 10 years old, and dad bought me a toy rolling block cap rifle. She was made out of mostly tin I would guess, but she looked and loaded like a real one, even came with some wooden bullets. Buddy of mine had one that he built up in 45-70 with a beautiful schutzen type walnut stock, and blued up to almost S&W pistol quality. Man she was a beauty and she could shoot like nobody's business.
Amazing the innovations 1860-1900: Rolling Blocks & lever actions to Mausers. Shortly after, most of the world uses mostly-unchanged AR & AK platforms, approaching 70 years of sameness.
I'm glad to say I'm now a Patreon-supporter, keep up the good work! However, I really liked the old animation especially on these simple rifles I'd say I preferred it.
Also; #dathat. My dosh hard at work!
Thanks for the support!
I was unaware of a french rolling block, way cool, i do have 2ea. 43 Egyptian & a danish 8x58 krag rolling blks thou.
I just love the slow mo's
booooooooom
OH YES--Thank you May
can you do a video just on the history of Remington, possibly overlaid with extra footage of ya'll shooting stuff.
probably not soon.
Oh I wish it had subtitles. I'd love to show this to my blackpowder gunclub, here in Denmark. They're absolutely mental about the Rolling Blocks. I've had the danish M-1867 Engineer Carbine myself. Loved it!
We're slowly getting them in place.
The one with the aluminum cover?
Yes. A real thing of beauty. So much fun to shoot. I have some recordings of me shooting it, I'll see if I can find them. This was mine: imgur.com/a/MnCSY
Late watching this. Did not appreciate how important the Rolling Block was militarily! I thought of it as a frontier rifle.
What a cool mechanism
Othias, your memory for excruciating detail is wonderful. Sure, we all remember best that in which we are interested in most, but still, your encyclopedic delivery is amazing. Bravo!
Have you guys done a video on the Garl Gustav range of rifles in 6.5x55?
It's interesting that you decided to showcase this gun since Alex C over at TFB TV did the same a week or two earlier. I think that his was an earlier domestic model and lacked the ejector function, unless his was a rechambered one as well.
His was a 1902/1910 in 7x57 with the Day extractor
I have a RB in 43 Spanish, not sure which country it is from but it has 1865 stamped on the action plus some numbers on the stock near the butt plate.
21:54 Boy were they bored when they went ahead and did that. Excellent video again btw.
"giddy skittle"
so tired... oh well, might as well finish another video. :-)
sorry
If it hasn't been asked before - any plan on doing the Martini-Enfield? It did its share as a second line rifle in WWI in much the same mould as the Rolling Block.... actually for that matter you could do the .310 as well (second line arm in Australian service for both wars).
At one time Dixie Arms had split breaches for sale as will as 7mm rolling blocks. Might still have some parts somewhere I suppose. A rolling block in good condition is as reliable as a pet rock. No gun in bad condition can be counted on.
Othais, if you ever get to St Louis, visit Grants Farm. The perimeter if the homestead entry is the most Civil War barrels you'll see. He was so upset with the civil war he had them welded into a fence. I have never counted them, but there is a large amount. If you ever watch the Clydesdale hitch ride through a gate during the commercial, you have seen the barrels.
These were commercially available at least by 1866. Nelson Story equipped his party with Rolling Blocks on his famous cattle drive to Montana in that year. Nelson Story's party passed through Leavenworth Kansas in June of 1866, where Nelson purchased 30 Remington Rolling block rifles in .56-.50 Spencer rimfire. It was a good thing they did, because they did end up using the rifles to defend themselves from a raid by Red Cloud's warriors.
Listen to Othias talk about guns for 43 min? Awww yiss.
TO THE COMMENTS
Love the Greek manoeuvre.
Great vid
Thanks
So now this video is 5 years older, not a problem, the guns haven't changed at all.
Younger Mae was still impressive too. Offhand shooting at ? range and getting a nice group with the 8mm.
Mine is in 7mm and very accurate, myself on the other hand, if my tired old arms are using a rest the gun is great. Off-hand? Not so much.
My other one was in 45/70 and a lot more fun to shoot but I had to hire someone to carry it!
I do love the rolling blocks though!!
Great video. My 2 favorite rifles are my Uberti 357 Baby Carbine & my Pedersoli 44-40 Carbine both are replica rolling blocks. I love the simplicity.
Mae's a sturdy Lady, that rifle kicks! France used the rolling block several times over the years.Some of the first Spanish R-B'S went to France because France had a war on.
Hey Othais and Mae! In the spirit of iconic and famous black powder rifles converted into smokeless powder ones and pressed into 20th century service, can you do a Martini-Enfield .303 video?
I know one WW1 era anecdote about combat use of one exists. It was during the Irish Easter Uprising of 1916. One rebel talks about firing his Martini-Enfield until it eventually burst after he repeatedly used new Mk. VII(instead of the Boer War era MK. VI it was designed for).
One of my instructor in school was given access to some stripped Rolling Block receivers. Someone offered them, he said "how many do you have" and the guy responded "how many do you want?"
He only snagged two, but he immediately started to work on a custom build, ~28" hexagonal barrel, chambered in .45-110 (because reasons). I'm not sure what type they were, only that they had the ejector feature, and were supposed to have been chambered in 7x57mm before they were stripped, so obviously not an uber-old model since they were smokeless.
Interestingly enough Spanish rolling blocks in the hands of Spanish reserve troops would face off against the Springfield Trapdoor in the hands of American National Guard troops. A war where both armies regular units had smokeless powder repeaters were fought largely by volunteers and reservists with single shot black powder rifles
neat
Is there an episode, on the 1895 Winchester lever action rifle?
Z M No, but there should be. The M1903 and Krag-Jorgenson need their own episodes as well.
Colt M4A1 Agreed.
Colt M4A1 I agree with you
Glad to see the Loewe Argentine 91 up on the wall. Love you don't collect just on WWI and WWII!
Oh the wall is all WWI and there is no 1891 up there I am afraid
Then what's above your 88 carbine? That's no Belgian 89 or Ottoman 90, right? I thought only Argentine had the short handguard.
michael sexton
It definitely is an Ottoman 1890
I would take it to battle. A nice closed action less prone to stoppages and once closed, very secure.
I bought a Pedersoli/Taylor Rolling block in 45-70. In absolute heaven.
A very long life for a very old rifle!
Good rifle. Smart design, looks fine too. One down side though, what happens if you miss that first shot against someone with five?
This gun is awesome!
true
gotta say, this episode has me wanting a rolling block rifle so bad I can taste it.
Hey, Othias. Huge fan. I literally just unpacked a newly inherited Rolling Block. I looked and looked but found no sign of any caliber or chambering marks. Just a patent mark. When I looked it up there's a bazillion different calibers. Naturally I thought of you. Can you help me figure out what to feed this thing? Thanks!
I didn't hear you talk about the request for a magazine cut off.
I love how Othais suggests the rolling block was the preferred design for handing illiterate yokels too dim to grasp the "complex" workings of the Mauser at 19:59. I am thinking the rolling blocks were probably less expensive than Mausers as well, and if anyone has actual price comparison figures I would appreciate seeing them.
"War of Northern Aggression". You said that just get butthurt replies in the comments didn't you?
Regardless great video as always.
"engagement"
I believe they are in South Carolina, so it makes a certain amount of sense. i prefer the (hopefully) neutral 'War between states.'
People are actually mad about the war of northern aggression shit? lmao it's a tongue in cheek joke people! Man some are so sensitive.
Some of the responses may also be tongue in cheek.
Contemporary accounts note that some soldiers would cock hammer, then retract block with little finger of right hand, ejecting empty, then with fresh round already held by thumb and forefinger, would chamber round, then push block closed with heal of hand. Basically theses are posterior/anterior sweeps with hand minimizing the contortions with the normal method of working rifle. With a bit of practice, it's surprising how rapid this single shot can fire. (Of course with loose rounds, readily available, like from prone or stationary positions.)
Also, are the 7x57mm safe with modern ammo?
Just as I was going to bed...eh sleep is for the weak, am I right?
Sleep is for the week, and it's Tuesday morning so go the hell to bed.
Mike Edge knock knock open up the door, it's Tuesday morning again one month later. go the hell to bed god fucking Damn!
You can sleep when you're dead.
Especially when....
War Were Declared!!!!!