I have always been fascinated with the Walsh revolver. It is such an anachronistic system even in its own time. Superimposed charges were common all the way back to the 15th century with Wheel lock pistols but kinda died out around the late 17th century when experimenting with actions and repeating firearms became more common. To see a revolver use a Superimposed charge system in the 1860s is so bizzare and so novel it catches my attention. I would still never want one since it really isn't that great of a pistol. From what I understand, it was pretty similar to the Volcanic in terms of power
@@Courier-Six Reading Louis L’Amour’s novels you get acquainted with a lot of unusual weapons. Jubal Sackett’s Lorenzoni pistols The Ferguson Rifle. Le Matt And the Walsh are some I’ve seen.
@@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 I love his novels. I read about the Model 3 S&W in a couple of his books. I called an FFL buddy to get me a 44 Model 3 Russian in usable condition. He started looking. I started looking for 44 brass, a machinist buddy made a tool to cut down 44 Spl and Mag brass so I could feed it. I bought lead Round Nose bullets, BP, and primers from my Buddy I had 500 loaded when he found it and got it in. He handed me the gun, I had paid him $850 he got for less and gave me the change. I walked out back to the range, and shot my reduced loads. I kept that gun until my wife was sick and I had to sell it and 2 Second Gen 45 SAAs to pay bills. I'm saving up to buy the Repro Russian now.
One of my favorite subjects is firearms in the Old West. That was a great episode Santee and ever included a couple of pieces that I hadn't seen before. I'm familiar with both the Pepper box and Ducks foot and saw a few of these in person. Seeings how folks just stuck their guns in a trouser pocket or belt around their waist makes me wonder if anyone ever suffered an accidental discharge from Wilson's volley gun. I'm certain there were some who went around half cocked over it
Clement Vallandigham killed himself proving his client's innocence by replicating the circumstances of what proved to be an accidental shooting. It involved a pocket revolver, a hammer resting on a loaded chamber, and said hammer getting caught on the victim's clothing as he drew it out during a barfight.
Charles Goodnight of XIT-ranch in Texas had a rule for his employees that said that any cowboy who was caught drinking alcoholic drinks or swearing would be fired from his job.
Ah! Le Protector. A palm pistol. Not very accurate beyond a couple of feet but so easily concealed in the palm. One finger above the barrel, one below. Squeeze the rear into the back of your palm, and watch the chaos ensue.
As pocket pistols went, they were good for the intended purpose, which was at very close range. A gut shot was often fatal. Slow, and very painful, but fatal. This tended to deter a lot of people from starting arguments with someone who appeared to be unarmed.
@@crr311sux5 Yeah it's a great museum, awesome history in the town also. the first pony express rider did his parade there, and then boarded a riverboat and got started somewhere else, in a race to see which route was faster.
One of the drawbacks with the "pepperbox" revolver was that it had a bad habit of "chain firing", meaning all six barrels discharged at once. Painful for the shooter but absolutely horrendous for the 'shootee'!
A chain firing pepperbox becomes a volley gun where every bullet is at full velocity. A chain firing revolver is a smokescreen with an extra bit of lead popping out.
In the movie _The Quick and The Dead_ you're left to wonder "Who brings a heavy cavalry pistol like a LeMat to a quick-draw competition?" The answer, of course, is a guy who drops out of said quick-draw competition in the first round.
@@ArizonaGhostriders - pretty sure, yes. Just load it with 5 rounds…. I’d have to double check the book though. But, I’m pretty sure they are allowed. -Jed 🤠
@@ArizonaGhostriders it really is, definitely the most outlandish piece in my gallery, though I’m questioning what it’s doing in the EUROPEAN gallery. The origin isn’t listed, just the specs.
@@kahn04 I believe they were made in Belgium. There were several variants and used by more than the Confederacy. The only original that I have seen up close was at the museum in the Dixie Gun Works store in Union City, Tennessee. I was there buying my LeMat reproduction.
@@ArizonaGhostriders It was a very reliable little gun, but "pepperbox" and "accurate" cannot be used in the same sentence without the danger of your nose growing! But up close, I'd hate to be in front of it.
This was absolutely brilliant. Love seeing the different types of firearms. By the way. Thank you for your kind comment from my last upload. Have a nice day :) Darren Burch
From what I've researched, the Duckfoot was designed to repel boarders or mutineers at sea. It seems odd that it appeared out West. But truth is always stranger than fiction. It would definitely make a cumbersome appendix carry.
Santee, these videos have been helping me cope with the stresses of life for years now! I’m so thankful for them. If the Arizona GhostRiders ever make their way up to Deadwood South Dakota I need to get a picture with you and an autograph. Keep up the great work. It is deeply appreciated!
It's great to see a video on old west firearms, especially some of the oddball firearms. I know YT makes it difficult to get anything with firearms monetized but these are great videos for an old west channel. Great job featuring some cool guns. Well done.
Thanks Ken M for the suggestion ! My favorite and plus being Santee/ Ghostriders doing it we want go disappointed, thanks Santee and have a great weekend amigo.
I'm not sure if if they were pinfire, but here in the US the reproductions are starting at least $1200 compared to $400-$500 for a Remington or Colt reproduction or $900 for a tricked out Colt reproduction with the hammer, springs and action upgrades.
@@ArizonaGhostriders i think the shotgun part was not changed! i think Just the revolver part was changed , still better then pure percussian in my opinion ! www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/a-nation-asunder-1861-to-1865/case-17-civil-war-imported-arms/lemat-pinfire-revolver.aspx
The short-lived 1959 western series "Johnny Ringo" did make good use of a highly modified LeMat revolver. The show was created by Aaron Spelling and produced by Four Star Productions (so called because it was formed by major motion picture stars Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Charles Boyer). The series starred Don Durant as former-gunfighter-turned-honest-sheriff Johnny Ringo (yeah, they really rewrote history there) and Mark Goddard (better remembered later as Major Don West in "Lost in Space") as his trusty deputy. Ringo's "seven shooter" was really a 10 shot Lemat that had been converted to fire nine 44 rimfire blanks and one dummy shotgun shell (using a pistol blank insert). The writers called it a "410" because they thought that sounded bigger than 18 gauge or 20 gauge (roll eyes). The gun had been acquired by producer Dick Powell, who I believe was a collector. It was in nonfunctional shape at the time, so he had the gunsmiths at Hollywood's premier prop gun company, Stembridge Gun Works, modify it so it would break open and close in a fashion similar to a S&W Model 2 or Model 3 revolver. Actually, it was a very clever conversion, and one that I am surprised LeMat didn't think of. Indeed, it's a pity nobody is offering such a pistol today. After the series ended, Powell gave the gun to Durant, who owned it until his death in 2005. I don't know what became of the revolver after that, but it certainly would be an interesting find for "Forgotten Weapons". If you want to learn more about the Ringo revolver, I suggest you visit the Johnny Ringo website, specifically page www.johnnyringo.net/lemat.htm. It contains links to more information, including a somewhat inaccurate article from a 1961 issue of GUN WORLD.
I always love your gun videos. I had a single barrel copy of the first gun you showed. It was my boot pistol during my Confederate Cavalry days. It had the trigger removed and I fired it by dropping the hammer. The LeMat was carried by one of my ancestors, General JEB Stuart during the War of Northern Aggressison.
As always, excellent video! I *think* there's a harmonica rifle on display in the Browning museum in the train station in Ogden, Utah. I'll confirm that later.
What an awesome video guys. I was so hoping that you were going to put the Le Mat in there, I think that would be a very nice addition to any bp collection. The pepper box and the ducks foot are also pretty cool as well.
Hello Arizona Ghost Riders. It's Ted from Texas. I definitely enjoyed watching your clips. Wish they were longer cuz I find them that good. Hope you're doing well look forward to the next one my friend.
I think in Europe was the pinfire version Lemat more popular . I have heard it was used in the German French war on the French side . The war happened Anno 1870-1871.
Fantastically factual and floridly fun filled...to carry on your fabulously fanciful firearms . But seriously a treat as always on a late Saturday evening here in northern Australia. Keep em coming mate.
Love these videos on old guns, you just don't see the same level of craftmanship and artistry in modern firearms. And then there's the whole romantic aspect of Old West guns, growing up watching my dad's old VHS tapes with High Chaparral and Gunsmoke and the like, I've definitely developed a certain love for those types of guns and the Old West in general.
Thanks again Santee & Co. I've seen the Le Protector pistol called a ' Lemon Squeezer. One of my navy buddies had a .36 cal side-by-side double barrel percussion pistol often called a ' Snake eye pistol ' . When I was the navy the Duck Foot pistol was a near recent memory . But some of the old timers I sailed with probably used them until John Moses Browning invented the .45 Auto . I'm that old . LOL. Could you possibly make a video about archery in the Old West sometime ? I realize that archery was mostly practiced by Native Americans , but I believe that Victorian era palefaces practiced archery for sport . PS . I reckon you've drank up the Cheerwine I sent you . Sorry that one blew up in shipment and Bill Brazelton stole one . I hope you try the mustard BBQ sauces this 4th of July.
That strange, eerie & authoritarian voice at the beginning of the video is scarily similar to one I've heard at my house a time or two-thousand........Those contraptions make us appreciate Sam Colt, Winchester and the S&W boys all the more......... Great French accent ! Those three years of French 1 that I took were some of my best.
Great video. I've always liked odd ball guns. Most of the time if someone brings one to the gun show then other dealers will send them to me. I guess the weapons fit the personality, lol.
“STOP IT” 😜, been there done that, know how you feel 😝. FLASH 1887, today’s NEWS, all the NEWS and were to find it,, Arizona Ghostriders 👍🏼. Thanks 🤙🏼❤️🇺🇸🤠
I've always been interested in old West fire arms Thanks for this video Santee.. and everyone at Arizona Ghost Riders. Ya'll are awesome. And, as usual, I always enjoy your inclusion of a good does of humor. You productions always get a good laugh out of me.
Interesting that you include the Calisher & Terry .53 carbine, one of the first breech-loading percussion weapons. Very popular in the UK and in Australia where it was used both by Militia and the NSW Mounted Police
Again a very informative video 📹 dear friend Santee, and of course....... 🌈 Fancy, as you said. Good afternoon 🐞 Great Caturday and weekend. Love 💟 and Light 🕯 Bine. 💫🐝
The turret pistol in the intro had a rifle version as well. I had the chance to shoot one once and it was terrifying. If you have a chain fire and more than one chamber goes off at once, one of the chambers is pointed right at your face.
Another great one Santee. Had an idea for merch. We have the classic coffee cup that you guys have. But maybe we could get a tin cup like our ancestors would have drinked out of?
Bang Bang Bang them there AGR logos well heeled the punt gun however would be carried on a layout boat to take large numbers of ducks really enjoyed this vid and as always you folks do great research. Well done !!!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Because if you wanna brag of "fifty caliber", you better be talking milimeters! (Also, I love the _meroka_ (multiple paralel cannons) version of the thing. For when half a kilogram of lead per shot is not enough!)
“You’re empty, I counted your shots”
“This here’s a Walsh navy revolver. It holds 12 shots.
LOL
Mistakes Can Kill Ya
L. L’Amour
I have always been fascinated with the Walsh revolver. It is such an anachronistic system even in its own time. Superimposed charges were common all the way back to the 15th century with Wheel lock pistols but kinda died out around the late 17th century when experimenting with actions and repeating firearms became more common. To see a revolver use a Superimposed charge system in the 1860s is so bizzare and so novel it catches my attention. I would still never want one since it really isn't that great of a pistol. From what I understand, it was pretty similar to the Volcanic in terms of power
@@Courier-Six Reading Louis L’Amour’s novels you get acquainted with a lot of unusual weapons.
Jubal Sackett’s Lorenzoni pistols
The Ferguson Rifle.
Le Matt
And the Walsh are some I’ve seen.
@@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 I love his novels. I read about the Model 3 S&W in a couple of his books. I called an FFL buddy to get me a 44 Model 3 Russian in usable condition. He started looking. I started looking for 44 brass, a machinist buddy made a tool to cut down 44 Spl and Mag brass so I could feed it. I bought lead Round Nose bullets, BP, and primers from my Buddy I had 500 loaded when he found it and got it in. He handed me the gun, I had paid him $850 he got for less and gave me the change. I walked out back to the range, and shot my reduced loads. I kept that gun until my wife was sick and I had to sell it and 2 Second Gen 45 SAAs to pay bills. I'm saving up to buy the Repro Russian now.
You did this just to make me spend money, didn't ya? It's probably going to work too! You're my favorite scapegoat Santee!
LOL!!! I want to buy a Pepperbox!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Cabelas usually has them and they're not terribly priced either.
@@SmallCaliberArmsReview Oh...no.
@@ArizonaGhostriders if you pick one up, you can blame it on me. Lol!
Can you imagine reloading some of these in a battle...
You wouldn't. You'd just have to carry...MORE! Like the Guerillas.
@@ArizonaGhostriders it wasn’t a lack of food that made them so skinny in those days… it was all the weight of those smoke wagons!!
Yep, kind of hard without speedloaders or speed strips. 😁
Yep, kind of hard without speedloaders or speed strips. 😁
Yep, kind of hard without speedloaders or speed strips. 😁
Love it! Back then, making a gun required some imagination and they were works of art.
They were. I’m jonesing for a Pepperbox
One of my favorite subjects is firearms in the Old West. That was a great episode Santee and ever included a couple of pieces that I hadn't seen before.
I'm familiar with both the Pepper box and Ducks foot and saw a few of these in person.
Seeings how folks just stuck their guns in a trouser pocket or belt around their waist makes me wonder if anyone ever suffered an accidental discharge from Wilson's volley gun.
I'm certain there were some who went around half cocked over it
LOL!!! Yes. Thanks, pardner
Hi Rusty! I hope you have in a great weekend.
Clement Vallandigham killed himself proving his client's innocence by replicating the circumstances of what proved to be an accidental shooting. It involved a pocket revolver, a hammer resting on a loaded chamber, and said hammer getting caught on the victim's clothing as he drew it out during a barfight.
That harmonica rifle was a new one for me. I've never seen one of those before. And I'm pretty familiar with vintage fire arms.
G'morin' Santee!! We know who wears the spurs in your family...lol!!
LOL!
We know it’s the cat.
@@danliberty734 i didn't hear "meow" from behind the camera...
@@SMichaelDeHart Ah, but we all know….. Watch his other videos. 🤣
@@danliberty734 I'm await the bullwhip coming out...🤣🤣
The Volcanic Pistol needs it's own video.
It was actually a failure. However, I can do a video on one.
Up next: Cussing and swearing in the Old West.
Gosh dang it!
With kids watching that’s about as far as I can go!
Charles Goodnight of XIT-ranch in Texas had a rule for his employees that said that any cowboy who was caught drinking alcoholic drinks or swearing would be fired from his job.
Dad Gummit...
Lol, "minced oaths".
Man, I would hate to be stuck with one of those valcano guns lol
Some of these guns are like bulldogs to me. So ugly their cute.
@@ArizonaGhostriders you're correct, a gun only an owner could love 🤣🤣🤣
Better than a sharp stick
I love how ghost santee was playing the harmonica with a bandana on also I loved the volcanic pistol because of the way it sounds
Yay!
Ah! Le Protector. A palm pistol. Not very accurate beyond a couple of feet but so easily concealed in the palm. One finger above the barrel, one below. Squeeze the rear into the back of your palm, and watch the chaos ensue.
I saw a Pocket Watch Gun too. Was more of a novelty, but neat nonetheless
@@ArizonaGhostriders check out the Apache knuckle-duster... preferably the bayonet model
As pocket pistols went, they were good for the intended purpose, which was at very close range.
A gut shot was often fatal. Slow, and very painful, but fatal. This tended to deter a lot of people from starting arguments with someone who appeared to be unarmed.
Hahahaha Santee...your wife is just like mine...lol.
Can't have too much fun...
Whooowee...that "LaMont" firearm is a doozy!
Right?
I’ve seen a harmonica rifle in real life, they have one in the train museum in Sacramento CA!
I don't doubt it.
The Sacramento Train Museum also has my favorite Locomotive of all time, SP 6051.
@@crr311sux5 Cool!!!
@@crr311sux5 Yeah it's a great museum, awesome history in the town also. the first pony express rider did his parade there, and then boarded a riverboat and got started somewhere else, in a race to see which route was faster.
One of the drawbacks with the "pepperbox" revolver was that it had a bad habit of "chain firing", meaning all six barrels discharged at once. Painful for the shooter but absolutely horrendous for the 'shootee'!
If that one LeFaucheaux I showed had that issue it would be basically a 1.25lbs of C4!
With the percussion revolvers existed the same danger but with worse results !
What??? I see that as a absolute win!!
@@ArizonaGhostriders C4 is a different level !
A chain firing pepperbox becomes a volley gun where every bullet is at full velocity. A chain firing revolver is a smokescreen with an extra bit of lead popping out.
There was a Western filmed featuring a LeMat revolver??? Ppppffftttt!!!🤭🤣😂🤣😂💨
“The Quick and the Dead” and two tv shows: Ringo and Westworld
@@ArizonaGhostriders I'll have to take a look at those.
I think in the Movie (Forsaken) with Kiefer sutherland .
In the movie _The Quick and The Dead_ you're left to wonder "Who brings a heavy cavalry pistol like a LeMat to a quick-draw competition?"
The answer, of course, is a guy who drops out of said quick-draw competition in the first round.
Thanks for including the leMatt like I asked Santee!
You bet!
I see a Lemat in the thumbnail! It's one of my favorites.
Definitely an interesting one.
I knew the LeMat from the thumbnail lol. That's why I clicked. Love it.
Good! Power of thumbnail!
I recognized all the firearms in this video. Says a lot about what I do on my free time.
That's ok!
I need to add a LeMat (or two 🤷♂️) to my armory.
-Jed 🤠
That would be a heavy one. Is it Sass legal with nine shots?
@@ArizonaGhostriders - pretty sure, yes. Just load it with 5 rounds…. I’d have to double check the book though. But, I’m pretty sure they are allowed.
-Jed 🤠
Small cannons! Yes, yes, and more yes. Great stuff!
Thank you!
Lol! Old Bill playing the harmonica
LOL
Well a palm pistol beats a joy buzzer every time. 👍
Thanks for this weeks video.
You’re welcome
There’s a LeMat revolver on display at the museum where I work. I’m typically a sword guy, but man is that a neat looking gun!
Definitely a different looking gun
@@ArizonaGhostriders it really is, definitely the most outlandish piece in my gallery, though I’m questioning what it’s doing in the EUROPEAN gallery. The origin isn’t listed, just the specs.
@@kahn04 I believe they were made in Belgium. There were several variants and used by more than the Confederacy. The only original that I have seen up close was at the museum in the Dixie Gun Works store in Union City, Tennessee. I was there buying my LeMat reproduction.
@@Squib1911 ahh I must have heard patented and switched that to “produced”, 😅
Used to own a pepperbox. Nasty little thing. I once had 3 barrels go off at once! You never knew how many would go off, but at least one always would!
Yeeeeooow!
@@ArizonaGhostriders It was a very reliable little gun, but "pepperbox" and "accurate" cannot be used in the same sentence without the danger of your nose growing! But up close, I'd hate to be in front of it.
I’ll never get tired of this channel
Much appreciated.
This was absolutely brilliant. Love seeing the different types of firearms. By the way. Thank you for your kind comment from my last upload. Have a nice day :) Darren Burch
You're welcome, Darren!
i love percussion. it was like the opening salvo for 70 years of an explosive evolution in firearms.
Yep
I'm not a gun enthusiast but I do really appreciate the history that these guns have. 🤠🌵
Thank you!
Another Fine, In- Fomative, Fancy, Firearm Film! 😃
Thank you!
The old percussion revolvers are interesting and fun to shoot !
Yes
I love the desin of the savage 1861 navy revolver
Definitely neat looking.
After MANY viewings I had no idea that Mr. Swedish Champion was carrying a LaMat.
In "The Quick and the Dead", it is shown in detail, how he loads his Le Mat revolver.
Yep
Someone better warn Brazen Bill that harmonica might be loaded....oh wait...too late. Thanks again for another great video!
Lol!!
Sweet! More lead projectin’ fireball spittin’ thunder makin’ rapscallion droppin’ precious metal.
Yeeeeehawwww!
Love the Ballad of Buster Scruggs reference clips! Hosea Matthews approves.
Thank you!
The Revolver shotgun was intriguing
Not to mention frightening.
Great request and always top notch work! Getting closer to 100k subs...awesome!
Thank you very much!
A slingshot and some rocks would be an interesting back up in that era.
Yes
There was a Rifleman episode that had, I think a Gaucho, who carried a bolo, he gave like, stats about it.
@@phredphlintstone6455 Hmmm....!
From what I've researched, the Duckfoot was designed to repel boarders or mutineers at sea. It seems odd that it appeared out West. But truth is always stranger than fiction. It would definitely make a cumbersome appendix carry.
I'm not sure if it did. The research told me that jailors and bank guards carried them as well. It may have emerged during the Gold Rush somewhere.
Santee, these videos have been helping me cope with the stresses of life for years now! I’m so thankful for them. If the Arizona GhostRiders ever make their way up to Deadwood South Dakota I need to get a picture with you and an autograph. Keep up the great work. It is deeply appreciated!
Thank you very much. Hope to get there soon.
Topic close to my heart. I’ve held 4 of the types shown in the video.
I'm jealous!
It's great to see a video on old west firearms, especially some of the oddball firearms. I know YT makes it difficult to get anything with firearms monetized but these are great videos for an old west channel. Great job featuring some cool guns. Well done.
Thank you!
Thanks Ken M for the suggestion ! My favorite and plus being Santee/ Ghostriders doing it we want go disappointed, thanks Santee and have a great weekend amigo.
Thank you much!
You very welcome and well deserved too👍 keep up the great work bringing history to has .
Very enjoyable and interesting. Keep those videos coming .
Thanks, will do!
So the LeMat was really used in the old west. Thank you so much Santee now I can equip it in RDR2 without feeling awkward.
I haven't been able to pinpoint where, but it seems maybe some military surplus.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Also there was a Centerfire and pinfire version manufacturerd.
Le Matt's actually made the transition from percussion to cartridge later on. One of my dream guns but even the Ubertis are expensive.
Talk you about the Pinfire Lefaucheux Version ?
I'm not sure if if they were pinfire, but here in the US the reproductions are starting at least $1200 compared to $400-$500 for a Remington or Colt reproduction or $900 for a tricked out Colt reproduction with the hammer, springs and action upgrades.
Not sure how you would convert the shotgun part. How would you get the shell in?
@@ArizonaGhostriders i think the shotgun part was not changed!
i think Just the revolver part was changed , still better then pure percussian in my opinion !
www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/a-nation-asunder-1861-to-1865/case-17-civil-war-imported-arms/lemat-pinfire-revolver.aspx
Excellent info. Some of these guns were very interesting. Keep up the great work Santee! You wife is a hoot! Cheers!
Thanks
fantastic vid !!! The Lemat reproduction has been on my bucket list for a long time.. thanks Cheese !!!
Go for it!
Thank you
Thank you!
Johnny Ringo packed a .45 / .410 LeMat revolver specially designed just for him. Well he did on his TV show at least.
Yeah I read that
The short-lived 1959 western series "Johnny Ringo" did make good use of a highly modified LeMat revolver. The show was created by Aaron Spelling and produced by Four Star Productions (so called because it was formed by major motion picture stars Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Charles Boyer). The series starred Don Durant as former-gunfighter-turned-honest-sheriff Johnny Ringo (yeah, they really rewrote history there) and Mark Goddard (better remembered later as Major Don West in "Lost in Space") as his trusty deputy. Ringo's "seven shooter" was really a 10 shot Lemat that had been converted to fire nine 44 rimfire blanks and one dummy shotgun shell (using a pistol blank insert). The writers called it a "410" because they thought that sounded bigger than 18 gauge or 20 gauge (roll eyes). The gun had been acquired by producer Dick Powell, who I believe was a collector. It was in nonfunctional shape at the time, so he had the gunsmiths at Hollywood's premier prop gun company, Stembridge Gun Works, modify it so it would break open and close in a fashion similar to a S&W Model 2 or Model 3 revolver. Actually, it was a very clever conversion, and one that I am surprised LeMat didn't think of. Indeed, it's a pity nobody is offering such a pistol today. After the series ended, Powell gave the gun to Durant, who owned it until his death in 2005. I don't know what became of the revolver after that, but it certainly would be an interesting find for "Forgotten Weapons". If you want to learn more about the Ringo revolver, I suggest you visit the Johnny Ringo website, specifically page www.johnnyringo.net/lemat.htm. It contains links to more information, including a somewhat inaccurate article from a 1961 issue of GUN WORLD.
This was one of my favorites!!
Thank you!
I always love your gun videos. I had a single barrel copy of the first gun you showed. It was my boot pistol during my Confederate Cavalry days. It had the trigger removed and I fired it by dropping the hammer. The LeMat was carried by one of my ancestors, General JEB Stuart during the War of Northern Aggressison.
So I hear! Very cool.
And another outstanding job! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you!
Nice stuff. Making someone want to add to the collection 🤠 Keep em rolling. Like your camera staff 🙂
Thanks 👍
As always, excellent video!
I *think* there's a harmonica rifle on display in the Browning museum in the train station in Ogden, Utah. I'll confirm that later.
I think another subscriber mentioned there is.
last year I came to this chanel and i'm enjoying your videos very well please make more fun videos like this
Thanks! Will do!
Great video Santee. I have always wanted to shoot a la'mat I think it is one of the coolest old pistols.
Yes
What an awesome video guys. I was so hoping that you were going to put the Le Mat in there, I think that would be a very nice addition to any bp collection. The pepper box and the ducks foot are also pretty cool as well.
Thank you!
3:03 Also the LeMat is massive.I recently saw one in person and was blown away by it
Yeah, it is. Being in front when that 20 Gauge goes off might also blow you away!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Never change Santee your amazing.Love the channel,good joke btw
@@MilanskaSila Thank You!
I have always found the pepper box to be interesting handgun. Great video.
I want one
A friend of mine had a reproduction of the LeMat. That darn shotgun round nearly broke my wrist!
Yeah? WOW!
Very cool and accurate! Great video Santee!
Much appreciated.
A fun film on fanciful frontier firearms
Thanks!
Hey Santee tthe LEMAT'S were .41 caliber 9 shot with a 20 gauge barrel other than that Good job and KEEP'EM COMING
It may have been offered in that but originally it was 36in (9.1mm), .42in (10.7mm)/.44in (11.2mm) ball + 20ga shot. Thanks for commenting
It was also made in 12mm Perrin pinfire cartridges.
Great video. Love the old guns.
Thanks
Hello Arizona Ghost Riders. It's Ted from Texas. I definitely enjoyed watching your clips. Wish they were longer cuz I find them that good. Hope you're doing well look forward to the next one my friend.
Thanks for watching!
The Lemat was also some what popular in Europe as well. Great video! How about some scary ghost gun's since that's in the news these days.
Thank you!
I think in Europe was the pinfire version Lemat more popular .
I have heard it was used in the German French war on the French side .
The war happened Anno 1870-1871.
@@killerkraut9179 I should've remembered that, I was their in a previous life. ( Lol ). Thanks for the information!
Fantastically factual and floridly fun filled...to carry on your fabulously fanciful firearms . But seriously a treat as always on a late Saturday evening here in northern Australia. Keep em coming mate.
Thank you! Appreciate you fellers!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Was thinking that a scene from "Quigley Down Under" also would have been some more icing on a well baked cake.
Nice hearing from Mrs Santee.
Thanks for coming
The pepper box revolver is a iconic weapon in the board game clue/cluedo
Yes.
@@ArizonaGhostriders but in the movie in 1985 it was a Harrington & Richardson model 733
Also remember 1+2+2+1
@@theawesomeunclechannel4881 Don't remember it, but will watch again.
Love these videos on old guns, you just don't see the same level of craftmanship and artistry in modern firearms. And then there's the whole romantic aspect of Old West guns, growing up watching my dad's old VHS tapes with High Chaparral and Gunsmoke and the like, I've definitely developed a certain love for those types of guns and the Old West in general.
Cool!
Great episode i love old guns an especially odd ball guns.
Appreciated!
Good One Santee, Cool weapons. Miss Santee was kinda rough on you. Lol. Great video. Thanks My favorite is the pistol with the 20ga.under the barrel.
Haha! Glad you enjoyed
Thanks again Santee & Co. I've seen the Le Protector pistol called a ' Lemon Squeezer. One of my navy buddies had a .36 cal side-by-side double barrel percussion pistol often called a ' Snake eye pistol ' . When I was the navy the Duck Foot pistol was a near recent memory . But some of the old timers I sailed with probably used them until John Moses Browning invented the .45 Auto . I'm that old . LOL. Could you possibly make a video about archery in the Old West sometime ? I realize that archery was mostly practiced by Native Americans , but I believe that Victorian era palefaces practiced archery for sport . PS . I reckon you've drank up the Cheerwine I sent you . Sorry that one blew up in shipment and Bill Brazelton stole one . I hope you try the mustard BBQ sauces this 4th of July.
Thanks Victor. I tried some of the BBQ sauce and it was terrific. Yeah, the Cheerwine and Ginger ale are all gone!
That strange, eerie & authoritarian voice at the beginning of the video is scarily similar to one I've heard at my house a time or two-thousand........Those contraptions make us appreciate Sam Colt, Winchester and the S&W boys all the more......... Great French accent ! Those three years of French 1 that I took were some of my best.
Thanks. I only took one year of French, but it is a beautiful language
Some of my favorite weird firearms from the period are the carbine/rifle versions of revolvers like the LeMat and the Colt Paterson
Yes!
Great video. I've always liked odd ball guns. Most of the time if someone brings one to the gun show then other dealers will send them to me. I guess the weapons fit the personality, lol.
LOL! Guess so. Thanks for your request.
The evans repeater
Hmmm.....
@@ArizonaGhostriders helical magazine and high capacity
Another great episode Santee. I really enjoyed it.
JT
Thanks again! Hope you are both well.
I think this is a very interesting subject and i have always been fascinated with the Lemat.
Yes, me too.
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I appreciate it, man!
I've always been interested in old West fire arms
Thanks for this video Santee.. and everyone at Arizona Ghost Riders. Ya'll are awesome. And, as usual, I always enjoy your inclusion of a good does of humor. You productions always get a good laugh out of me.
Thank you! Much appreciated!
That revolver near the end scares me
LOL!
Interesting that you include the Calisher & Terry .53 carbine, one of the first breech-loading percussion weapons. Very popular in the UK and in Australia where it was used both by Militia and the NSW Mounted Police
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Thank you for another interesting video!! Such history! Sending a like love and sub from Ireland 🇮🇪
Again a very informative video 📹 dear friend Santee, and of course....... 🌈 Fancy, as you said. Good afternoon 🐞 Great Caturday and weekend. Love 💟 and Light 🕯 Bine. 💫🐝
Many thanks
The turret pistol in the intro had a rifle version as well. I had the chance to shoot one once and it was terrifying. If you have a chain fire and more than one chamber goes off at once, one of the chambers is pointed right at your face.
A few of these guns had variants in a rifle (or a pistol). The Harmonica Gun, for instance.
When I was in Sidney Nebraska I checked out the local museum there and saw a Starr revolver that was found when they moved the old boot hill cemetery.
Neat! The Starr is one of those "So ugly is cute" guns.
Tremors 4(?) used a Punt gun at the end...would have made a great clip
to throw in, especially since it happened in the old west days of Tremors.
Would have been.
2:20 i love that scene 👌
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@@ArizonaGhostriders once upon a time in the west excellent movie 👌
Cast brass pepperbox revolvers were somewhat popular as selfdefence weapons in my region of southern Sweden during the mid 19th century as well
Cool!
Great stuff. I would also like to compliment your video editing. There was a lot of work on this episode.
Thank you!
Another great one Santee. Had an idea for merch. We have the classic coffee cup that you guys have. But maybe we could get a tin cup like our ancestors would have drinked out of?
I've got a few, but no plans to make them for the Ghostriders as of yet.
@@ArizonaGhostriders awesome!
Thanks!
Much appreciated.
Another great video!!!!!!!!! Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
The Le Mat Revolver is like the Kingsman pistol a modified Russian Tokarev TT-33 with a 12g underbarrel for one 12gauge buckshot shell
Hmmm....
Bang Bang Bang them there AGR logos well heeled the punt gun however would be carried on a layout boat to take large numbers of ducks really enjoyed this vid and as always you folks do great research. Well done !!!
Good eye
@@ArizonaGhostriders Because if you wanna brag of "fifty caliber", you better be talking milimeters!
(Also, I love the _meroka_ (multiple paralel cannons) version of the thing. For when half a kilogram of lead per shot is not enough!)
Considering how often Santee gets his closing line stolen, I can understand why he keeps his coffee so close.
Yes!
Should have partnered with Forgotton Weapons! Ian lives in Tuscon hahaha
I tried. They never got back to me.
@@ArizonaGhostriders aww darn, could have been neat