Phillips & Rodgers M47 Medusa: Multicaliber Revolver for a Nonexistent Apocalypse
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The Phillips & Rodgers M47 Medusa is a mechanically very interesting firearm; a revolver that can chamber basically any cartridge with a 9mm bullet diameter and an overall length no longer than a .357 Magnum. This is made possible because a revolver does not have the headspace requirements of a semiautomatic handgun, and the barrel doesn't know one type of bullet form another, so long as they are not larger than the bore diameter.
What makes it difficult, is finding a way to hold a variety of different cartridges properly in position for reliable firing and extraction. Jonathan Phillips solved this problem with his 1995 patent for the extractor mechanism that is the fundamental heart of the Medusa revolver. It uses long flexible fingers which snap into the extractor grooves on rimless cartridges or can be depressed down away from the cases of rimmed cartridges. These fingers allow proper indexing of virtually any cartridge that will physically fit. They are, however, also the weak point of the gun, as they are pretty much the only fragile component, and since the company quickly went out of business, replacements are completely unavailable.
In my shooting, I used .357 Magnum, .38 S&W, .380 Automatic, 9x20mm Browning Long, 9x19 Parabellum, 9mm Largo, 7.62mm Tokarev , and .32ACP. The last two obviously did not engage the rifleing as they are substantially smaller than the bore, but the fire safely regardless.
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“One of these is .22lr while the rest are .44 . You feeling lucky punk?”
And then: "I lied, they're all .500 Magnum".
Spoken to a cloud of red mist.
@@JeanMarceaux and then you you scream in agony from the broken wrist you gave you self from firing it one handed.
@@bluewolf194 according to DemoRanch, it's possible to fire it one handed.
Not for long, but still.
@@JeanMarceaux If you're as built as Robert Oberst then you could likely fire it one handed indefinitely. Though, if you're as built as Robert Oberst, you could probably turn the other guy into red mist with your own two hands.
Russian Roulette on hard mode.
This is the exact gun you first get in a video game that had zero accuracy and used “pistol ammo”
@Madam Meouff I feel like this exact thing happened to you in like.. Fallout or somethin'.
@Lafe Denton ok boomer
@@izrrr4785 Cool guy over here, hears a trendy phrase and says it again, like a COOL McDUDE HOMIE that's FEELING COOL
@@fatherfintanstack8810 Ok boomer
@@fatherfintanstack8810 ok vault 34 dweller.
“The nonexistent apocalypse.” This was posted in March 2020.
Well....well...
I posted some low brain power updated title options right before I seen your comment
Still not worth having one of these.
Pros: Will fire a bunch of bullets
Cons: Can't easily repair the gun if it breaks, Can just carry a couple guns with the most common calibers, all the places that sell ammo are more likely to run out of ammo than guns.
For an apocalypse there sure isn't a lot of shooting
Today, (4/10/20) the only example of that gun I can find on Gunbroker has a "Buy it Now" price of $6000.
Ian: "Well, the bombs have fallen"
Carl: *pulls out AK*
Sensible reaction
CSI: *What if it was one guy with 6 guns*
Onion bagel. Cream cheese
You would get attacked by a giant serial crusher while you reload
@@jjarechiga But what's the symbology of this?
@_ NEGAN _ r/woosh
@@JaxMerrick my favorite part is "this guy is goin no where, where you goin? NO WHERE" lol it's been like a year since I've seen it i forgot the exact line.
"What ammo does it take?"
"Yes"
"it takes bullets"
It’s just pistol ammo
what ever it takes....
its a hungry one....
Richard Zheng It's like guns in video games that take whatever ammo you find
Vodka
Surely the best gun in a survival situation is a blunderbuss... That'll even fire that fancy pistol as ammo :)
LOL :)
I actually want a blunderbuss really bad.
I dream of shooting knives and forks at my enemies.
i always thought a blunderbuss in good modern steels would be neat. maybe do something wacky like give it interchangable primer nipples so you can fire it with percussion caps, 209 shotgun primers, large rifle primers, etc. my favorite idea was a set up that used pulled 22 S/L/LR cases as your percussion cap, the salvaged powder for your charge and the pulled bullets as your projectiles.
Smh
@@Ki113r210 why not just shoot the bullets? Probably be easier to make a little single shot .22 or even semi auto with a tube and spring
When the apocalypse comes I definitely want a gun they don’t make parts for anymore
When the Apocalypse comes, all guns are guns they don't make parts for anymore. In a way, all guns are equal now.
So you think FedEx will still be shipping ??
Unless you manage to make it to a Colt manufacturing plant and get lucky, nobody will be making parts for guns anymore lol
@@sr.favopossodeixarvaziosim4595 LOL, you don't get it. The point is that they stopped making parts for this gun _already,_ and the smarter choice is going to be the gun for which they're still making parts _right up to the moment the theoretical disaster happens._
@@sebastianriz4703 LOL, you *_also_* don't get it. The point is that they _already_ stopped making parts for this gun. In event of a theoretical civilization-ending event, you'll want the gun for which they've made tons of parts _right up to that event._
So the default "Revolver" that shoots "Pistol Ammo". Good good.
yes
finally we're one step closer to achieve our generic survival RPG fantasies
Gets random critical hits😂😂
@@bigtasty42069 Which are perfectly balanced.
jakobs
The thing is, though, when the apocalypse actually happens, these things will be worth thousands of caps apiece.
OBJECTION!!! Not really just love the avatar picture. Its the wright picture. Haha... ha
What’s the minimum Guns requirement to fire the weapon correctly?
I'd like to know if it's a Holdout or Improved Holdout weapon
SOOOO many caps bro
I'll stick with pipe guns
5:56 he could sell that sack of ammo for like $500 right now lmao
No kidding
Shouldn’t be an issue if I REALLY play my cards right in the stock market.
The timestamp is 556: COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!
@@doyouseetorpedoboats8893 lmao
no
“Don’t force the ejector rod”
Me: *uses table to get aluminum cases out my .357* I would never think of doing that!
_(HK-slap into worn divot in my forehead)_ There's got to be a better way!
Have to admit I learned a new use for a pencil from watching this video.
So this gun would drive a forensic lab insane right
Haha yeah it would cause problems trying to prove what bullet from what gun in court.
Just dont reload and leave spent shells on the ground
@@kylelaughinghouse1893 Assuming they pull the round out of the victim, they would run it through ballistic databases. Have you never watched CSI?
Something Dreadful I watch forensic files
And being a revolver the shooter would leave the shell in the cylinder, so they’d have to go off just barrel ballistics. Correct?
So, a gun that uses "Pistol Ammo", like in video games! I'd be more interested in a device that automatically distributes rounds to your magazines.
It really does seem like something out of a game it kind of reminds me of that revolver you get at the beginning of that game RAGE that came out 5 or 6 years ago. I always thought a revolver like that would be kind of bad ass
Yes a pistol
@@edrooney9580 Mr. Rooney you wrong its a revolver, also Ferris Buller is on line 2
I always assumed that the leftover ammo was you saving the half-empty mags and pulling them out later.
@@bruin1771 A revolving pistol.
“Hobo Sack of Ammo” is the name of my new band!
From a technical standpoint this is a pretty interesting revolver, from a practical standpoint it's very weird.
"the positive is you can shoot a bunch of different calibers. The negatives, pretty much everything else." Best line ever.
9 by 19 mm is the best round, it's small, packs a strong punch and easy to pronounce unlike 7.62x39
@@agungpriambodo1674 You have trouble saying 7.62x39?
Anyways, alot of these disadvantages seem to be not that bad if you stick to .357, compared to like a Colt cowboy pistol with a loading gate, where you need to reload pretty slowly anyways. Like in theory, you are not using .357 because you don't have any, in which case this is better than not having anything for them. If you have .357, just keep to that. Probably better off with a just good .357 all the time though.
The selling feature is that the positive is of bigger value than the negatives... But sales will be dictated by external factors, like national stress level... Which seems to agree with the company only selling 500 of them, but the surviving guns being worth thousands apiece currently.
They chose the wrong mythical creature, Chimera would be a much more appropriate name.
I don't know, that price turned my desire for it to stone...
Someone missed a real opportunity there.
a chimera gun would be a semi auto with a shotgun barrel, a colt revolver cylinder, uzi ironsights and a pistol handle.
@@redlord1660 a simple google search of Chimera would dispel your confusion. don't be lazy when things are a few clicks and keyboard mashes away
@@grga5891 N OmegaLUL
My brother and I each have one and have shot them a lot. As reloaders we had the advantage of making some rather exotic rounds like the 9mm Magnum. Winchester could not tell us anything about THEIR cartridge although they did put in a decent effort to try helping.
(It is very similar to the 357 magnum.)
IAN ours shoot 9mm Luger extremely accurately. As a matter of fact out of all the 9x19 we have shot this is the most accurate we have ever seen. I have no idea what the difference is between yours and ours......... We had a problem that even the maker could not figure out where one would fire 9x23 and one would not, a new cylinder did not help.
We spent more than a few fun filled and very educational visits to the factory.
We do not use the ejector but push casings out with a rod. The .380 casings have a tendency to swell and burst so even though they fire we avoid them. Due to the 38 S&W being a 360 bullet we have never even tried them, we will in the future and as noted the 9 Makarov is too large in diameter to fit. The 357 Maximum is to long to fit.
There is much more we could say but this is enough for now. LoL
I'd really like to get more info if you would be willing to share, email is
adrianfirewalker@gmail.com
When you get a chance, could you send me an email. Tdrazyjr@gmail.com
If either of you ever want to sell yours, I would love one of these. Hit me up if that ever happens. Dmitri_Ravenoff@yahoo.com
@@MrDmitriRavenoff Sorry .....I am afraid not .
Uh isn't 9mm magnum also known as ".357 magnum "?
"So what caliber is your revolver?"
*YES*
I hear the variety pack ammo boxes didn't sell so well either.
Variety Tub of all ammo ever made from 2.7 kolibri to 800 mm DORA
@@olisk-jy9rz yeah lol
"Tutti Shooti"
Are you a social studies teacher at ISM?
500 magnum with more 22. Long rifle
If you shoot someone with this the ballistician will think they got shot by an incredibly accurate gang.
A gang of which some members pack insanely obsolete cartridges like 7.62 Tokarev and .32
Not to mention when they do a ballistic analysis it will look like the .38 ricoched about 80 times before it left the barrel.
Ide like to see them trace that back to a specific gun lol.
@@kingnothing3523 Bro what you talking about? Me and the homies always keep that tt-33 close at hand.
AJ or something Think PPSh-41.
King Nothing tokarev isn’t obsolete
So ideally, in the apocalypse you'd want to meet another fellow who also has a hobo-sack of random ammo and make a trade. If you encounter hostilities though, the question becomes "do I pull my Medusa? Or just smack the bandit in the face with a hobo-sack of ammo".
2020, who's laughing now. You're the only guy at the range.
Everyone is laughing at whatever dim bulb somehow thinks this became a better buy in 2020. It's literally dumber to buy this gun if you think it's almost end-of-the-world time than a cheaper and more reliable weapon for which they've made 1000x as many parts.
@@Dorian-_-Gray Man, you must be a blast at a party the way you respond to jokes.
@@Dorian-_-Gray why are you on so many comments? you're not smart and you're not funny
Jesus imagine being in a firefight in the apocalypse and theres that one crazy dude runing oround looking for a hammer so he can reload
@Ethan Slicer Those 2 can team up with the guy who bought the gun that fires any ammo but didn't bring ammo and they you have a *effective* fire team going :P
So Fallout?
I wouldn't think I'd be in any kind of apocalypse, I'd just think I'd be having a stroke.
Ah my friend you meant once he has the bullets the one guy has a fully functioning gun
I mean Jesus was a carpenter so he’s be okay.
Karl looks like he's enjoying the Apocalypse a little... too much...
I'd say he's enjoying it as much as he should ;)
Gate profile picture 9/10.
Lopiky the JSDF will find you.
Hey! It's the apocalypse, lets have some fun!
I bet he caused it !!!!
Revisiting this video in 2020 when I cannot find a reliable source of ammo. I would love to have this pistol so I could have more options.
No offense, but you'd've had an easier time finding ammo if you acquired the brain power to realize why this weapon remains a purchase that marks you immediately as a dim bulb to the smarter gun owners around you.
... if you had the medusa gun. you could have bought multiple other guns instead with the money you spent on the medusa.
@@suddenllybah but it looks cool
This video brought to you before the ammo shortage of 2020.
Sometimes I come back to this video just to see karl assault a dune.
:DDDDDD
._.xD
There is something strangely heart-warming about seeing Karl find his true calling ...
He makes this video
You're not the only one.
This is what imagine the post apocalyptic wasteland of former america to be:
Ian talking about a weird pistol while Karl just runs around screaming and shooting the dirt.
10/10 would apocalypse
Paul Beduhn I was looking for the joke and it wasn’t until I reached the halfway point that I realized you thought you were being serious
Bwahahahaha! Der Doctor, that is hilarious.
Karl's just in his own little world, isn't he?
this gun is perfect for someone who lives in the warzone. you can get some cheap cold war rounds and stuff them into this bad boy anyway.
@@rocketsmall4547 shit that fires from 8mm mauser to 338 lapua in a single strafe, fuck yeah it is.
It's March 2020, and "the algorithm" is suggesting videos about apocalypse guns! It's becoming aware :O
This was a really neat solution to a nonexistent problem.
this comment aged well in the age of COVID19 panic buying
@@cl0vvntiem aged sooo well its breathtaking
I stand by my original statement.
@@housekilla457 a man of principle
Improbable, but possible.
That gun would drive Forensics crazy. "How many shooters?" "One or two to six." "What!?" ... "What about ID'ing the guns?" "No or partial Rifling."
Maybe it was one guy with six guns...
@@wadesirekis8153 and he was a senior friggin citizen
@@wadesirekis8153 why dont you leave the thinking to me huh greenley
Onion bagel, cream cheese.
THE BOONDOCK SAINT'S 😂
Would be cool to see it used in a videogame. Random ammo for each relead to deal random amounts of damage.
The shot having a different recoil is also an interesting mechanic
One time you got a 22, other you got a 12 gau buckshot
I love how you can tell it’s Carl, just from the way he runs 😂
So true
Patroling the Mojave with this almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
Sand When I got this assignment I was hoping there would be more gambling
We won't go quietly, the Legion can count on that.
Sand Someone needs to make a mod where the M47 is a weapon choice...one gun for nearly all the pistol calibers 😉
Alun Lewis Coding that to take all the main pistol ammo types and variants sounds like a nightmare to code because all the pistols have different degradation rates.
Yessss fallout new Vegas jokes
"my cat has tonsillitis" is now my official go-to response to get out of awkward social situations
"hey dude you going for that party next week?"
"sorry man, my cats got tonsillitis"
Yeah it kind of beats, "sorry I have to rearrange my sock drawer" (from "the last action hero") :-D
I didn't know that cats can get that,,, but dogs can,, and can give it to your children.
uuuultra I'd love to reply you, but I'm afraid my cat has tonsillitis so I gotta go
uuuultra yeah but what if you don't want to party with losers?
Grifter oh dear - how many of your cats got tonsillitis?
Or do you mean your one cat has got tonsillitis?
2020 and 2021 would have made this gun famous
Enjoyed the opening gag. I'd always heard these were sketchy revolvers, and seeing a shell slip out the cylinder sorta affirms that.
"And you can even do something as goofy as .32 ACP."
"Oops!"
I laughed out loud at that part🤣
.22
@@georgeheld1901 das smol bullet
@@Jester4460 .17 caliber doe.
It must be a pain in the ass for law enforcement when they pull six different bullits out a body for caliber comparement.
captainbackflash wouldn't all the rifling match meaning they were all shot from the same barrel?
No, they have all different diameters, so the imprints of the rifeling in the bullitt is due to the different pressures to the bullit an other from caliber to caliber. It is at least a bit confusing.
Lol and no the smaller then cylinder bore like the tokorev should not even show any rifleing
Lol the detective takes a long drag of his cigarette, throws it on the ground and says "This man was shot with a M47 Medusa". The crowd gasps.
@@j_gibbon also it one were to use it in the mafia style zip guy, you could just run the unersized rounds a not get a consistent rifleing pattern. Also ive seen anouther revolver alike this that had less issuse and had counter sunk slots within the cylinder holes,(alike stairs for bullets to sit and also had an barrel incert for much smaller calibers. Also if youre on a budget you can get an break open shotgun and barrel inserts for them in almost every common caliber
4 years later this gun seems a lot more practical lol
And another year later...its looking even more attractive.
@@jefferydraper4019 3 months hence, It's been slightly downgraded to just 'not too shabby'.
2020 update.....saw this video and thought "dam not great but still can use a lot of found calibers".
Price:$1400-$3000
The apocalypse cannot afford this on a $600 stimulus check...
its cheaper to buy 2 guns for 2 common to find calibers.
Ironic that a "survival gun" would have a fragile part that would be difficult to repair. Thus making it even worse for survival.
VallenChaosValiant
The bow-and-arrow is king. IF you have a good cutting tool.
+Scowler Do you do archery? In a survival situation where you're building muscle mass but have lethargic limbs from dehydration and extended fasting, longbows are the last thing you want if you value efficiency and a center of mass that isn't weighed down heavily on your right.
I stopped archery for just that reason; you're ripped on one side and puny on the other after a while, never to mention it's immensely labor intensive and takes weeks to become remotely good at. A gun is far superior. You kill something, it makes noise which attracts other somethings to kill.
If you're only using your right arm to draw a bow, you're doing it wrong. Push the bow and pull on the string. Makes the draw faster and easier.
benn454 You are correct. That was my technique, however it still disproportionately excersizes your right.
+Kermit
Crossbow is a pretty good alternative.
8:40 That's no wooden rod, that's a graphite reinforced wooden dowel (tactical edition)
With rubber shock absorber.
it is the ubiquitous assault pencil multitool, which unfortunately here is Canada is about to be listed as a Prohibited Weapon by the RCMP.
Good ole #2
Lmao
lMAO
it's so surreal watching you shoot a gun that has a different sound for every round shot.
Introducing the *Corona Revolver*
Cover me i'm reloading ✏️ 🔨
ShitzeDitse i read this as he picked up the hammer. im dying.
Sooo lone wolf how old are you
@@easterder4373 I'd wager a guess he's not a day over 250 years old
If you're reloading, I'll bring a book.
Turns out flintlock muskets are like AR15 compared to this thing.
I prefer to stuff two rounds of 22 rimfire into the chamber of a 44 magnum, but that's just me.
Just cut the firing pin in half!
@@VHSo_o you mean... cut a notch or section out of the center of the firing pin
@@fatherfintanstack8810 Yeah, slice it in two
Perfectly sensible. 22+22=44
@@griffin3964 the math works. Can't argue with science. Lol
"nonexistent apocalypse" famous last words
I bet the nonexistent apocalypse for this revolver is 2020-21 ammo crisis.
Exactly, and now add the "Russian Ammo Ban" and whatever else is coming in the near future. :/
I like to think that is just Karl being Karl. Ian has to herd him into a room and get him to be 'normal' for a video.
I hope your cat gets better
Bruce Baxter haha are you serious
Just keep your cat in a box. You will never know if it is sick, so you'lll never need to pay for the vet. Now you can buy guns you don't need!
If you put the cat in a box it being sick isn't the issue. The point is it is both alive and dead at the same time. Or does that only apply to cats owned by theoretical physicists?
john m only an idiot could think it was serious
Bruce Baxter roflmao! !!!!!!
I nominate this revolver, gun of the year for 2020. M47 when you absolutely, positively need to shoot whatever caliber is left on the shelf, accept no substitute
Apocalypse is here now I want that gun to defend my toilet paper.
Forgotten drinking game: every time Ian says “hobo sack of ammo”
If it was cheaper it could've been sold as a plinking gun that you don't need to buy specific ammo for just use up what's left
Yeah, they should've made a single-shot version of this.
@@jackvernian7779 or make it a multibarreled breech loaded pistol like the Howdah or the pepper box revolver
Shit, that could've actually been a killer idea. Sell it for four or five hundred bucks and it'd fly off the shelves.
Taurus 692 comes with 357/38 and 9mm cylinders.
pepper box would be good. Just change out cylinders
Video: "A Multicaliber Revolver For A Nonexistent Apocalypse"
Me: **Laughs In COVID-19**
**Laughs in Floyd Riots.**
*Laughs in how stupid this is*
The Medusa was, and still is, an interesting handgun.
I can appreciate the challenges it faced, and the ways it overcame the perceived problem.
"My cat has tonsillitis." - spit out my coffee on that one!
"My cat has tonsillitis"
Dude I looked it up and its 6 grand before taxes lol You could buy a nice pistol in every major caliber for that
One of Ian's best quotes up there
@@jblps
Just hotglue them all together and you can match the practicality.
That one quote made this video for me.
“For a non-existent apocalypses”
2020: Hold my f*ucking beer!!!! 🍺
Honestly one of the best intros followed by one of the best videos full of lore and magic as well as apocalypse. Truly a work of art video.
The best way I can describe that revolver mechanism is like the older metal crank operated pencil sharpener that varies in pencil diameter
the pencils are really flying now
A very interesting solution to a very specific, almost nonexistent problem
I'm just watching the first 15 seconds of this video over and over again. I love you guys. Here, have some patreon money!
New play lists are awesome, thanks
Fun fact: missed shot in Polish is colloquially called "pudło", which literally means "box" or "crate". Made me laugh when I saw the bullet holes on the cardboard box the target was attached to.
A w rosyjskim i ukraińskim to "mleko".
Thanks Sheldon
Uh oh. Ian's been playing some Fallout.
Abandoned Weapons.com: Today we're going to be looking at this really cool, first-gen Institute Laser rifle, with a non-human pistol grip.
If you want one of these, just go out there and destroy some synths. Ad Victoriam, brother.
*distant loud slow firing of remove synth*
Question. How rare is a gen 1 service rifle?
Baker Tankersley for the regular smo in the Wasteland, the Institute is a scary rumour, so a rifle from them would be rare
"Alright today we're taking a look at this rifle i peeled from the rigor mortis afflicted fingers of a raider" Ian says to the small audience of reprogrammed securitrons and synths made to 'Post' typical comments.
This is my favorite forgotten weapons video of all time, that intro was hilarious.
This sounds distinctly less absurd in 2021...
It I fits I shoots
That needs to be a shirt.
MrLM002 I agree. Someting like "M47 Medusa
(Picture of gun)
If it fits, it shoots"
Cody Moncrief Indeed, I'd buy several.
MrLM002 I would buy six different size ones...
"Hey Mr. Harbinger of Doom, I know you really want to feed my limbs to your leather clad road warriors, but I need to hammer out these bullets, if I force it these little parts might break."
Sounds like someone has reinvented the problem with firing whatever-size lead balls with muskets. The ball goes bouncing inside the barrel for a little bit.
"Nonexistent apocalypse"
Look whose laughing now old man.
Oh how I wish things would be as they were one month ago.
Did you just call Gun Jesus an old man? He’s immortal!
Would have been useful years ago when my uncle passed away. He had so many odd calibers of ammo for guns he had sold or traded over his life it was mindboggling
I'm actually sure this type of firearm would sell if it was released after 2010.
Ian , thank you for your channel. I truly enjoy your content and the way you introduce information!
This would be useful right now considering ammo prices
08:40 "This reload time is exhilarating! I've never felt a tension like this before!"
This may be the weapon created by a storm trooper, he decided it was time to leave the empire for a more simple life. Hence we have ourselves a multicaliber M47 Medusa, shoots just the way a stormtroooer would like it
What? is that english?
Big El yes, it is good ol auto correct english from a phone :)
This is where I adjust my glasses, take a smug sense of superiority, and say, 'Actually...' Stormtroopers were quite GOOD shots. When people use the Stormtrooper meme of inaccuracy, they often refer to A New Hope's Death Star scene where the Falcon is tractor beamed. The escape through tight corridors, while seemingly comical, was done so ordered. They needed to know where the Rebel base was--on Yavin 4--and with Obi-wan being on the ship, all bets pointed to it going there. So to the Death Star it went, tracking device located--ever wondered why a space station so large only sent like four Tie Fighters after?--all for the illusion for a grand escape.
I hope this stormtrooper inaccuracy meme dies in the near future
You mean like deadly and precise?
0:04 The guy with the AK is my spirit animal.
Best intro ever.
I have a 6" stainless Medusa, I love it, mine loved the obsolete .38 auto colt. I have discovered that 9 Largo is the sweet spot for mine. 9x21 does great.
I could actually see a use for this as an aircrew's survival pistol. Chambers .38 and .357 that the aircrew would carry, and 7.62 Tokarev that you could scavenge. Too bad that Makarov doesn't fit.
Interesting thought. On the other hand, if you just had a very reliable pistol and decent amount of ammo you could more effectively scavenge for both weapons and ammo together.
if you ended up with enemy ammo a gun was probably with it
Also, the fragile and finicky nature of the mechanism would make it terrible for a survival situation. At most, you'd use this until you find a better gun.
If you want a whole scavenger thing just have a pistol in the enemy’s caliber it will be better in every way
@@ASAP2525 idk man, your games are too buggy for me to take you seriously.
And so, on that day, Gun Jesus saved us from our thirst for knowledge.
+The Cynic He's also fun to watch in The Walking Dead.
I love you guys. I used to have a junkyard with a high burm to shoot in. Old water heaters, laundry machines,,etc. . A good time time was had by all 😎. You have WAY more toys than I did, but I absolutely love this show and your teaching. Thanks again for your show.
Doesn’t seem so dumb now does it! When you can’t find ammunition regularly it makes it very practical
That opening always makes my day.
"Well, the bombs have fallen."
(Yelling and gunshots)
It's still kinda neat. Sure you aren't going to do much past contact distance... but hey... in CQB would still beat a spork!
killerpeaches7 As someone with a titanium spork, it'd be a toss up. The spork is much lighter and less fragile. Plus sporks don't need reloading.
Yeah, you could probably do worse if you were in a *truly* last-ditch type of scenario. But I imagine that the price difference between one of those and any other decent, reliable revolver you could think of would buy you more than enough ammo to last the apocalypse. Not to mention that fragile parts and apocalyptic scenarios are a pretty terrible combination!
indubitably. The point I suppose is the thought that eventually your ammo stores run out, or you have to flee (a la Walking Dead regular plot turn, lol) you could dumpster dive ammo anywhere. Not saying it's a great idea, and probably would work better with some type of sleeving system instead... but simply that there are worse things one could have. If you got a choice of this or a Remington R51 or RP? I'd probably take this, lol. Given my druthers, a simple G19 would probably do.
The thing is if you're a prepper, you probably also have handloading equipment. For the price of this thing, you could probably get an S&W 586 or Colt Python (at the time), a full reloading setup, and enough components to keep making rounds long after the bombs dropped. This isn't just a prepper's gun. It's for a very select niche of preppers. Casual preppers, I guess, who don't know anything about guns and just want something they can shoot all the things in. Honestly, it's hard to fathom who else would see value in this. Even if you skipped the reloading setup and just bought ammo, we're talking thousands of rounds of .357 and even more if you stuck to .38 special and all of that ignores what you could grab if you spent the cash on a Ruger P-series and mags and ammo for it instead.
BravoGorilla The only purpose of this gun just seems to be the cool factor
Hmm UA-cam just recommended this... never has the algorithm been more on point
Love that someone actually made this
Karl's antics in the background of these will always be one of my favorite part of these videos.
It's called a "Bindle." :)
ALAPINO I am / was disturbed at Ian's lack of attention to proper nomenclature here.
This is like calling a magazine a clip.
The phrase "Hobo sack of ammo" however does make up for this gap in nomenclature.
Unless it's a sack made out of hobos.
i like the word bindle hee.
Also- bindlestiffs.
This is why I like this channel and the people who have the damn good taste to watch (and comment on) it. :D
You advanced REALLY quick on that misfire. I very nearly blew my foot off once being impatient on a hang-fire...
the beginning of this would align so well with the past weeks events
Try 2mm kolibri.
Sean Carter the guns and ammo are pretty damn rare so no
Alex Moore that and isn't 2mm kolibri the smallest cartridge ever made?
2.7mm. And it's easy. Just cram 5 of them into chamber.
Looks like an excellent, although expensive way to fireform x25 brass to .38 Super.
I've watched this 5 or 6 times and Karl's AK charge still makes me smile.
There's a special place in my heart for those really clever concepts that never quite found their niche.
Likewise. I feel bad for all those concepts.