I've been on the fence on rolling the dice on these from RTI. I have been fortunate so far five rifles in not getting my hopes up and then being pleasantly surprised. Looks like you acquired a nice piece of history. I enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.
Alas Fiocchi stopped making rounds for this years ago but, you can make ammunition for this - there is a guy here on UA-cam with an article about it. You put 45acp rimmed rounds into a 44-40 die, & use 44-40 lead bullets, & 17 grains of black powder. They work great
Nice to see another video! The Bodeo 1889 seems like a very interesting revolver. Definitely learned quite a bit from this video as this is a gun that I’m not very familiar with. Thanks for sharing!
If firearm laws here in the UK ever get a bit less stiff or if I ever move to a country that's more liberal around the possession of firearms then the Bodeo is Amongst the revolvers that I would want to get fast before they should get any harder to find in decent condition. I adore the era of the mid-late 1800's to the great war for the things gun designers were coming up with. Especially in regards to european service arms. Between the Gasser(s), the Bodeo, the Webley's and the Nagant; European revolvers certainly had a charm. Thanks for the video!
Agreed...they are definitely interesting and weird. I got a chance to fire my Gasser last year and finally have some ammo for my Reichsrevolver. Thanks for watching!
44mag/spl/Russ cases cut down, 44 bullets size down to .427-..424 range depending on your gun. Use 303 Brit sizing die to form case, then bump loaded rounds back into it, to remove bulge from seating bullet.
That is an interesting revolver and that it was made in the white instead of blued . When holstered is the trigger supposed to be locked forward out of the way ? If so I wonder how many times someone forgot to do that
Awesome video! Looks in pretty good shape, do you think you would try and shoot it if you could source ammo. The ones that go for more are the police models which have a trigger guard and round shorter barrel
I picked one up as well and ended up with an officers model with trigger guard. These are pretty easy to make ammo for and would gladly offer advice to do so if you wish. I saw your videos on the RTI Vetterlis. I picked up two. A full length 70/87 and TS Glisenti like yours. I've yet to strip them down to clean them. On that end, I wanted to ask if you had a good resource about detail stripping them or if you could offer advice or a video on stripping them? They are an action that's just so unfamiliar to me. My TS carbine has an extremely wobbly bolt and will also "decock" just by turning the bolt downwards with very little pressure while out of battery, but I can get it to feed and chamber some 10.4x47 cases I have that were formed from 8mm Lebel cases.
Check out A Collector's Guide to Military Rifle Disassembly and Reassembly. It's a great book with step by step photos and instructions on how to strip milsurp rifles. There's also one for pistols.
@@usna98 Thanks for the advice. I'll check that out. Most arms don't give me much trouble but the Vetterli is a bit more alien, one of mine has to odd pinned in magazine as well, it does not have the metal reinforcement plate around the magazine.
Great video. Welcome back. I have the one my dad bought (officers model, no import mark). Do you have any idea what does you would use to reload for this?
Hey question what is the screw in front of the cylinder and behind the charging rod, cause my bodeo is missing it, and I don’t know how important it is
I've been on the fence on rolling the dice on these from RTI. I have been fortunate so far five rifles in not getting my hopes up and then being pleasantly surprised. Looks like you acquired a nice piece of history. I enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.
Alas Fiocchi stopped making rounds for this years ago but, you can make ammunition for this - there is a guy here on UA-cam with an article about it. You put 45acp rimmed rounds into a 44-40 die, & use 44-40 lead bullets, & 17 grains of black powder. They work great
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I don't get to shoot enough to justify reloading (yet). I was able to get some ammo for this though.
Nice to see another video! The Bodeo 1889 seems like a very interesting revolver. Definitely learned quite a bit from this video as this is a gun that I’m not very familiar with. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching...hope you are well!
If firearm laws here in the UK ever get a bit less stiff or if I ever move to a country that's more liberal around the possession of firearms then the Bodeo is Amongst the revolvers that I would want to get fast before they should get any harder to find in decent condition. I adore the era of the mid-late 1800's to the great war for the things gun designers were coming up with. Especially in regards to european service arms. Between the Gasser(s), the Bodeo, the Webley's and the Nagant; European revolvers certainly had a charm. Thanks for the video!
Agreed...they are definitely interesting and weird. I got a chance to fire my Gasser last year and finally have some ammo for my Reichsrevolver. Thanks for watching!
Not bad considering the source. I’ve been curious about these and it’s certainly good to see a real example as to what to expect.
Thanks for watching!
Looks nice, the grip is in better shape than I would imagine.
Ive been leaning to getting myself one of these. Would make a great addition to the collection
Absolutely! They are very cool and weird.
I have one my father brought home from Italy when he came home after WW2
Very cool. Thanks for watching!
Nice! every time I see someone use the rod to remove a cartridge I think of how awful that would be to do during combat.
Absolutely.
Very nice revolver. Any update on your Winchester 1897 trench gun?
Not yet. I'm way behind on all my projects right now so it likely won't happen until next year.
44mag/spl/Russ cases cut down, 44 bullets size down to .427-..424 range depending on your gun. Use 303 Brit sizing die to form case, then bump loaded rounds back into it, to remove bulge from seating bullet.
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I don't get to shoot enough to justify reloading (yet). I did acquire some ammo for this.
That is an interesting revolver and that it was made in the white instead of blued . When holstered is the trigger supposed to be locked forward out of the way ? If so I wonder how many times someone forgot to do that
Yes, the folding trigger was supposed to be for added safety.
$349.Wow! I have two complete folding-trigger Bodeos, plus a parts-frame. All are blued.
@@sunbeam8866 yes they did start bluing them after a while. C&Rsenal has a good video on their channel about them.
Welcome back! Thanks!
Thanks!
Nice piece , id like that for display. I wouldn't want to reload that in the heat of battle 😊😊😊
You and me both!
The officers model includes triggergaurd. Holymoly. Very cool peice. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video! Looks in pretty good shape, do you think you would try and shoot it if you could source ammo. The ones that go for more are the police models which have a trigger guard and round shorter barrel
Those are pretty cool! Might have to grab one…
You should!
@@usna98idk I decided to spend a bit more to grab one of their Lugers … it was the only one with the wood grip. Hope it works ok.
I may consider buying myself a Bodeo but I am wanting a Mannlicher 1895 rifle. Haven't been doing well with RTI on those rifles to be fair. lol
Well, at least they're cheap...good luck!
I picked one up as well and ended up with an officers model with trigger guard. These are pretty easy to make ammo for and would gladly offer advice to do so if you wish. I saw your videos on the RTI Vetterlis. I picked up two. A full length 70/87 and TS Glisenti like yours. I've yet to strip them down to clean them. On that end, I wanted to ask if you had a good resource about detail stripping them or if you could offer advice or a video on stripping them? They are an action that's just so unfamiliar to me. My TS carbine has an extremely wobbly bolt and will also "decock" just by turning the bolt downwards with very little pressure while out of battery, but I can get it to feed and chamber some 10.4x47 cases I have that were formed from 8mm Lebel cases.
Check out A Collector's Guide to Military Rifle Disassembly and Reassembly. It's a great book with step by step photos and instructions on how to strip milsurp rifles. There's also one for pistols.
@@usna98 Thanks for the advice. I'll check that out. Most arms don't give me much trouble but the Vetterli is a bit more alien, one of mine has to odd pinned in magazine as well, it does not have the metal reinforcement plate around the magazine.
Great video. Welcome back. I have the one my dad bought (officers model, no import mark). Do you have any idea what does you would use to reload for this?
Thanks, and very cool. I'm not sure what it takes to make the ammo for these.
Ok thats a cool one
Thanks!
I jumped on it ordered me a bodeo and a B-grade Carcano
Great...hope you get some good ones.
Hey question what is the screw in front of the cylinder and behind the charging rod, cause my bodeo is missing it, and I don’t know how important it is
@@texascastblast5011if you’re talking about the one on the left side it keeps the cylinder pin from sliding out of the frame.
@@usna98 mine is missing that
Time to sharpen your knife 😜
I was thinking that the entire time I was trying to cut that tape!!
Whats the plan for ammo on a gun like this?
Load your own.
What Grade was this?
This one wasn't listed as any particular grade.
😊😊😊😊
Good stuff!
Looks crude.
very