2:43 "Shoot somebody in card game with this sonuvabitch. Do you have those over here? Card games? Degenerate gamblers? Is that a thing in Austria?" Holy shit, dying laughing. I caught major Archer vibes off that. I nominate James for the live-action remake.
This is actually a brilliant idea for a slide racking assist for shooters with grip strength issues. You could put that on a regular pistol and rack with both hands. If even slightly larger in .380 I think this would sell.
@@mattmarzulaexactly. It’s strange to think that there’s more innovation and creativity occurring today with polymer handguns being a dime a dozen than there was a hundred years ago
Would be interesting to see the trigger guard racking feature on a more modern pistol layout with a slide lock and side button mag release. (And maybe some actual sights)
I have a friend with a Colt .25 ACP, tried to buy it from him, it's so fun, he swore to never let it go and Yes Someone, even Beretta needs to make a modern version
I've had one of these for a few years now because of the show "Babylon Berlin." I've been eagerly awaiting a major firearms YT channel to give it its due.
One of my best friends growing up had one of these in his house. His grandfather brought it back from Germany during WW2. We never knew anything about it, but we would always take it out and handle it, check it out, etc. Cool video. I forwarded it to him.
I just got to thinking about how blessed i am living right now. When i was a kid, interested in guns i got books and magazines and it was fun. Yet now, i can find super rare guns on youtube, on this channel or forgotten weapons, learn so much; Seing how they work and how they shoot. Back in even the 90s the best you usually found was a black and white photo with a small paragraph. Now i can watch videos with real experts and learn so much.
German citizen here. German firearms designs would currently be better, when german gunlaw would be as liberal than before 1928. ( Or better before 1914, without restrictions pf Versailles Treaty.).
To me it is a little sad that these smaller calibers no longer have a place amongst firearms manufacturers. The .25 and .32 ACP calibers, especially. Not everything needs to be a 9mm. Sometimes your objective is to break contact and a low recoil, small caliber gun in the aforementioned calibers could easily accomplish that. Everyone is making the same plastic 9mm crap these days.
SUch cool little pistols. They made several models with this system. Not something you see that often. I've only seen a few of them "in the wild" a few times. When I've seen them in gun shops they were outside my price range.
I think Ian did a video on this. I remember the racking action. It’s far too small to import since 1968, but I would buy a domestic copy. I have a Belgium and an American Baby Browning.
The Chinese Type 77 pistol was based on this very gun, but the trigger guard sometimes retracted with the slide when firing, shattering the user's fingers.
I first saw one of these in a gun encyclopedia in my local public library way back in the early/mid 1980s. I thought it was a cool idea. China exported a one-handed 9mm pistol briefly (when we could import Norinco guns) that while nothing to look at,was reportedly reliable.
I'm not an expert, but from other videos I've seen on this, it seems to work like a non-reciprocating charging handle, i.e. the slide can travel rearward without the trigger guard.
@@markh.6687 Agreed...380 if they could somehow keep it at least 7+1 (being metal and all). In the video, it's actually 9+1. A .32ACP partial polymer version would be interesting too.
I have a model 77B Norinco that does something similar with the trigger guard. pull far enough, it releases the slide, and then can actuate the trigger without releasing. gas delayed blowback, very odd.
Thanks for the video. That's a fun-looking little pistol. I guess there's no reason that they couldn't make the barrel a little longer. A longer barrel would be harder to conceal but would look better. I don't know whether another inch or two of the barrel would make the .25 ACP a viable choice for self-defense, but I always like a little more velocity.
The .25acp is no joke in itself. Not the most powerful but definitely nothing to sneeze at. And it was developed from the start to be used in very small (and so, short barreled) pistols. For exemple, when shot from pistols with very short barrels, the .25ACP outperforms the .22LR.
Now if it had a sear that dropped the slide and the front "Trigger" could continue to the rear and press the actual trigger, you could carry pocket gun in condition 3 but would chamber and fire in one motion.
holding Lignose Einhand in one hand +
holding Lagnese ice cream in the other hand
= the real reason why this pistol was invented
Das war Langnesse!
Ligund deez nuts
Oida
@@nyet_maker7948 original Wiener detected
Lagnese nutzzzz……
GOT EM!!!!!
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's great. COME ON KEL-TEC! You know what you have to do!
Make a plastic version and sell it for 200?
I don’t know if they have the strength to do it 😂🤣
Kel Tec is the LAST company we want making this 😂😂😂😂
Thought Kel tec is about innovation, not making copies.
@@sertank735 We call it polymer now. Poly-merrrrrr........
Have you seen my .32 French Ligma?
Le Igma GOTVOUS HonHonHon
🇫🇷 🥖
Never fired and only dropped once?
@@SDGLFDNC Repeatedly dry fired.
"Who the hell is Gaston Glock?"
Ligma nutzzz
GOT EM!!!!!
James found a new favorite "booty-stash backup" edc option
2:43 "Shoot somebody in card game with this sonuvabitch. Do you have those over here? Card games? Degenerate gamblers? Is that a thing in Austria?"
Holy shit, dying laughing. I caught major Archer vibes off that. I nominate James for the live-action remake.
Phrasing! lol
Recently started following this channel. His humor is definitely half the reason I followed. 😂
James Reeves: “I’m not your lawyer. This is not legal advice.”
James Reeves’ Clients: “Did he just quit?”
😂😂😂
Bergmann made some beautiful automatic pistols around WW1. Nice system.
James over here competing with Ian McCollum at Forgotten Weapons!
yeah I saw that episode with Ian, pretty cool
Or as Homer Simpson would say, horning in on Ian's racket.
Reeeeeeeee!
@@alfonsedente9679 my boy is memeing
@@327Federal they angry cuz they cant asmr fapfap to the tfb boyz
James is clearly going for that Gun Jesus-title. Next thing he launches a match called "Cheeks out, freaks out"
You just HAD to go there, didn't you??
lol Ian is the man!
This is actually a brilliant idea for a slide racking assist for shooters with grip strength issues. You could put that on a regular pistol and rack with both hands. If even slightly larger in .380 I think this would sell.
Or .32, FMJ.
Best thing for people with that kind of problem is the tip up barrel. No need to rack the slide at all.
That is innovation and creativity at its best! Strange to say that about a 1910 creation!
Is it though? 1911's still have a strong following today; just saying. Americans like old stuff; that's why the 2 presidential candidates are 80 yo.
Guns age better than politicians sadly.
Given the time frame, that's when some of the most innovation and creativity was occurring. It's strange to think otherwise.
@@mattmarzulaexactly. It’s strange to think that there’s more innovation and creativity occurring today with polymer handguns being a dime a dozen than there was a hundred years ago
If you have to put a finger, that close to the muzzle, on a modern gun, the manufacturer gets instant roasted here🤣
Would be interesting to see the trigger guard racking feature on a more modern pistol layout with a slide lock and side button mag release. (And maybe some actual sights)
These pistols are so neat, a friend of mine showed me his that he inherited from his grandfather and I love it!!
I love the vids on old and obscure guns. They're like gun history classes.
I’ve got one of these. Very smooth shooter. Surprisingly pretty accurate.
Was it also a Bergmann action? I noticed the rings on the barrel.
Those are locking lugs for the barrel. For assembly and dissassembly
Good stuff. More pocket pistolas please
That gun room at the end was gorgeous
Reminds me of the Colt .25 pocket pistol
1908 "Vest pocket" which is a bit smaller, but equally cool.
same size as baby browning right?@@life_of_riley88
@@MrPercy112 Mine's from 1921! Love that little thing.
@@MrPercy112 Ahhh bummer. I hope someday the brother Britt's get their freedoms back.
It was designed with a special market in mind. And it went really well, it’s still a great designed pistol.💪👍
The little know (pun intended) cavalry pistol for the Shetland cavalry
I have a friend with a Colt .25 ACP, tried to buy it from him, it's so fun, he swore to never let it go and Yes Someone, even Beretta needs to make a modern version
I've had one of these for a few years now because of the show "Babylon Berlin." I've been eagerly awaiting a major firearms YT channel to give it its due.
Commonly seen system in early auto-loading pistols intended for cavalry use as well.
FINALLY, a pistol that I can pull the slide back with my trigger finger!!
One of my best friends growing up had one of these in his house. His grandfather brought it back from Germany during WW2. We never knew anything about it, but we would always take it out and handle it, check it out, etc.
Cool video. I forwarded it to him.
Enjoying the Austrian content! Dankeschön
Super neat. Worked for a lot of people.
Norinco model 77B is the latest pistol that I've seen that does the one handed operation. In 9mm luger.
Goddamn that's adorable.
Edit: When I saw James put it in his pocket, I became deathly afraid he would lose it amongst the spare change & pocket lint.
That’s a cool little pistol thank you for the video. Have a great day.🤘🏻☘️🇺🇸⚡️⚡️
Einhand is James!? James is Einhand!!!??? Einhand is James!!!!!!!
Your Lignose is digging into my hip.
I just got to thinking about how blessed i am living right now. When i was a kid, interested in guns i got books and magazines and it was fun. Yet now, i can find super rare guns on youtube, on this channel or forgotten weapons, learn so much; Seing how they work and how they shoot. Back in even the 90s the best you usually found was a black and white photo with a small paragraph. Now i can watch videos with real experts and learn so much.
Is it just me or was his thumb right up next to the muzzle when he was firing that thing two-handed at about 1:46
Not just you. 😉
Pistola 🤠 Thanks for sharing with us James. Looks vintage. I like that.
Vienna is one of the greatest cities in the world. Remarkable on so many levels.
Love that little pistol. Id buy one tomorrow
Ive seen someone make a youtube short on this gun a long time ago and I was hoping for a full video. Noone does it better than TFB TV baby!
Brilliant! I want one! Heck, I want to two - One for each hand.
*Sees Lignose*
"Zu Asche Zu Staub..."
Gorgeous! This has been a bucket list pistol of mine for years.
I recognize ein Einhand when I see one!
Those are so cool! They have a few really neat little pocket pistols... super collectable
They need to make a modern pistol of this kind. But with the magazine release on the side of the grip or something.
This is some really awesome content James and TFB
German engineering at its finest
"You know the Germans make good stuff...." -- line from a meme
German citizen here. German firearms designs would currently be better, when german gunlaw would be as liberal than before 1928. ( Or better before 1914, without restrictions pf Versailles Treaty.).
Wait until he finds out about the Jo Lo Ar
Can rack it one handed supposedly for hand deficient people but its a heel release and requires two hands to change mags...
speaking as a person that carries a Security-380, racking a slide is very different from inserting a mag.
At least you have the one mag to sort out problems ...
One recently sold at RIA was estimated to go for $600-900 but actually sold at auction for $1,880.
Their estimates suck TBH. Really underestimates the old stuff and grossly inflated for modern production guns.
I never heard the amputee reasoning behind this weapon. It makes great sense!
Except for the heel mag release 😂
Who carried spare mags back then, other than gangsters?
To me it is a little sad that these smaller calibers no longer have a place amongst firearms manufacturers. The .25 and .32 ACP calibers, especially. Not everything needs to be a 9mm. Sometimes your objective is to break contact and a low recoil, small caliber gun in the aforementioned calibers could easily accomplish that. Everyone is making the same plastic 9mm crap these days.
SUch cool little pistols. They made several models with this system. Not something you see that often. I've only seen a few of them "in the wild" a few times. When I've seen them in gun shops they were outside my price range.
Для стрельбы в упор.
Daewoo had one of these types of pistols in 9mm, 20 years ago. Everyone capped on it. Don't know how dependable it was, but an interesting system.
I think Ian did a video on this. I remember the racking action. It’s far too small to import since 1968, but I would buy a domestic copy. I have a Belgium and an American Baby Browning.
Seems like a cool design
And “hammerless”.I like it.
Anyone who needs two hands to put something in their pocket needs looser pants
Hmmmmm.... Sounds like an even better idea than the whole tip up barrel Beretta solution.
It's not a Beretta solution. They just copied it from the French pistols made by Manufrance. "Le Français" pistols.
The Chinese Type 77 pistol was based on this very gun, but the trigger guard sometimes retracted with the slide when firing, shattering the user's fingers.
That is pretty cool. I called those belly guns. I used to have a CZ 50 that shot 32 auto.
That’s pretty dope. Slept on the video after seeing a tiny pistol finally watched it glad I did😂 that thing is pretty cool.
Was waiting to see the shots on target
Germans have ALWAYS been known to make good stuff. I want one.
Gives new meaning to finger blasting
I first saw one of these in a gun encyclopedia in my local public library way back in the early/mid 1980s. I thought it was a cool idea. China exported a one-handed 9mm pistol briefly (when we could import Norinco guns) that while nothing to look at,was reportedly reliable.
It's almost perfect edc while driving in your steam powerd F150 ! (Its still no2 in my heart james)
Seems that Daewoo or Norinco had a full sized pistol that functioned like this in the 80's.
It was the Norinco 77 and 77B. Seems to me there was one from a different manufacturer around the same time as well.
Does the reciprocating part of the trigger gaurd hit your trigger finger at all?
I'm not an expert, but from other videos I've seen on this, it seems to work like a non-reciprocating charging handle, i.e. the slide can travel rearward without the trigger guard.
Cool back up gun .25cal..
Norinco type 77 also had a trigger guard that could actuate the slide
I'd buy one for sure.
Feeling some deja vu from this...
Yea. I want this.
Left index finger in front of barrel.
Really cool little thing
That's a sweet little pistol
James moving in on Ian's territory.
The Norinco M77b in 9mm and delayed blow back close breach copies this cocking sistem .
Perfect for the one-handed gunner
The heel magazine release is a problem, though.
Aww man why do you show us something that we will never see here !! So cool, would love to see a 22LR modern clone of this weird piece.
That thing is dope
i love “one hand” pistols. theres a neat chinese wonder 9 version
Would be neat to see a small slim 30 super carry pistol like this
NEIN!! 32 ACP or 380 ACP. 30 SC is already dead in the marketplace.
@@markh.6687 Agreed...380 if they could somehow keep it at least 7+1 (being metal and all). In the video, it's actually 9+1. A .32ACP partial polymer version would be interesting too.
That is pretty cool.
Keltec, keltec, keltec
It looks like a “Noisy Cricket”! 😅😅😅
Cool but how do you insert the mag with one hand?
I have a model 77B Norinco that does something similar with the trigger guard. pull far enough, it releases the slide, and then can actuate the trigger without releasing. gas delayed blowback, very odd.
very cool pocket rocket.
Thanks for the video.
That's a fun-looking little pistol. I guess there's no reason that they couldn't make the barrel a little longer. A longer barrel would be harder to conceal but would look better. I don't know whether another inch or two of the barrel would make the .25 ACP a viable choice for self-defense, but I always like a little more velocity.
The .25acp is no joke in itself. Not the most powerful but definitely nothing to sneeze at.
And it was developed from the start to be used in very small (and so, short barreled) pistols.
For exemple, when shot from pistols with very short barrels, the .25ACP outperforms the .22LR.
That gun was also featured in one of the more known german TV series Babylon Berlin
While in Wien, be SURE to get some good wiener schnitzel and Austrian goulash soup! Some roasted potatoes on the side.
Seems hard to use with only one hand with that magazine release. Give it a thumb release and it should be pretty well good to go.
Magical Mouse Gun❤❤😊
Now if it had a sear that dropped the slide and the front "Trigger" could continue to the rear and press the actual trigger, you could carry pocket gun in condition 3 but would chamber and fire in one motion.
Ruger should make an LCP max that does this.
Cool video!
feels like holding a stick of melting butter
You could totally Keister that thing