I honestly love the remake episodes. The history rabbit hole is always deeper and the Maeversation is much more entertaining. Thanks for the adeed effort.
Pedantic kvetch to otherwise wonderful and fascinating episode on Ruby pistols: “Astra” is not the Basque word for star, it is the Latin word for stars (plural). Izarra is the Basque word for Star, and it used by Bonifacio Echeverria as a trademark until circa 1920, when that company began using the English word Star.
It is a mark of a True Historian that you are not afraid to go back and remake episodes if you learn new information or made a mistake in the original one. When's the next t-shirt drive?
There is an entire tribe in the Amazon that worships a can of Balistol which fell from a plane in 1946 , it ensures a good harvest, pacifies the jungle spirits and keeps angry bees at bay.
I have one. I have owned it for almost 45 years. I bought it from a sheriff who was given the gun by a widow who's husband was a former American soldier stationed in Europe.
I really love the Ballistol history bits not to mention it came at a time where my go to can of Remoil had ran dry so I went ahead and bought a Ballistol based on the strength of your sponsor spot.
My father was afflicted by a fetish for Spanish pistols both ancient and modern. He had a biscuit tin full of broken firing pins. Luckily he was a machinist so he just made replacements.
My very first pistol, originally owned by my grandad I will pass this down to my son eventually. Brilliant in its simplicity, I can't stress how fun the take down of this weapon is.
After the M1892 episode, I was super excited to see this one get a remake, and let me tell you: it was worth it. I hope I can get my hands on one of these Rubies soon.
Thank your for all you do! I'm always excited when I see a new video has dropped. I think the best analysis I've ever heard on the stopping power of A32ACP, It's like 12 gauge buckshot you just have to shoot them all individually! So good!
In more than 30 years of collecting, I have only had one firing pin break on a gun from dry firing. And that was on a CZ52 pistol. I learned my lesson on this, and save it for the modern guns.
@chrisr251 Yeah, I don't dry fire mine either, but I did buy the heat treated firing pin. It is sitting in my gun safe if I ever need it. I did finally find some snap caps for it.
awesome one of my favorite episodes updated. i love the ruby pistols. honestly i just love a lot of early 20th century 32 acp pistols, probably an unpopular opinion today but i would be willing to trust my life to a 32. sure they are lacking in power but the low recoil makes it easy to do faster more accurate follow up shots, and shot placement is more important than raw power when it comes to pistol rounds
my uncle had a few rubys over the years,,he had 1 that was an inch and half longer and different clip size it fired short 38 rounds it had spanish marks on it he got from seville back in 1980 ,,he sold it in 1987 with all his other handguns ,he had a matching pair of 1911s with the shoulder rig ,,i was gutted
As one that speaks English with an east Kentucky accent , I found your grasp of Spanish amazing . I always knew that I butchered English , but was shocked , that I could put my hired Mexican hands on the ground rolling with laughter , with my attempts at Spanish . Well done , from a tobacco farmer .
i can not believe i'm about to write this...i enjoy the Ballistol histomercial. that format is foreign to me. i like it! ))) plus, i've seen the ballistol cans in the YT channel ХЛОПЦІ З ЛІСУ from Lviv and their advert for the Kiev Store are so funny. Thanks Othias...ready for more shirts )))
Russian Ruby more. 100,000 were ordered in 1916, and in some places it is claimed that more than half were delivered (although I only saw a document about the delivery of 10,000 in the summer of 1916). Due to the revolution, the main part of the pistols settled inside the country, and was subsequently used in the civil war. It is believed that many pistols ended up in Finland, which may have influenced the later purchase of pistols in 1919.
Part interchangeable is the very reason I passed on buying one when one came available they wanted 600$ and needed a new barrel because the barrel was bulged and cracked. In my opinion over priced.
Love the remake episodes, but I’m really sad that “War were declared” didn’t make a comeback in these last two. I’m hoping we at least get one for the 1911 episode
This is just my personal opinion of handling ANYONE else’s firearms and you will be respected by all, when handling a firearm is it’s okay to look but never work the actions or dry fire of someone else’s firearm unless you are told otherwise , I’m sure others have already pointed this out but it never hurts to be reminded
Great content. I am happy you are going back to update some of the early episodes. Those where great at the time, but I really like the expanded content.
The way that some of the people you’re talking about only have a kind of blurry low-res photo available makes me think of them as organized crime bosses or secret agents.
I'm curious, if Colt had been given a contract for 950,000 Colt 1903, would they have been able to finish that contract by 1918 or would they still be making them?
Nice video. I thought I read somewhere that WW1 German officers were expected to provide their own sidearm. The inexpensive price of these pistols probably resulted in a large number of them being in wartime service by an officer corps that did not expect to fight with them, but rather used them to help maintain discipline within their own ranks.
My favorite part was the details on all the contractors and how they did add some ideas to it that made the Ruby their own. PS: amusing that the old video ends with talking about how you might not be making another because you went broke, YT and other factors still hit the cashflow but what a difference 8 years makes. Also yes it is also a gun (bad joke but I had to)
Yeah I've argued that point all over the internet. Dryfiring your glock is different than dry firing an uncommon 100 year old pistol, with hand made parts.
The simple blowback operation, low production costs, and lack of a last round hold-open reminds me of a Hi-point. I chuckle thinking about a modern army needing to be issued Hi-points as their sidearm to save costs. Luckily, sidearms aren't usually for frontline use. Then again, they never were and look at how ubiquitous they were in WWII.
when I was young and poor I used to carry a Ruby pistol. It was more accurate and reliable than it should have been. I shot a racoon in my chickens.and another one with distemper so it got some use.
Thank you for the épisodes. I was wandering what ammunition you're using with the ruby's. 32 acp in Europe is .308-309 or in the US it's supposed to be .312 I usually use PPU ammo witch are around .308 to be sure i dont have problems on the old guns.
just bougjt one of these last weekend. its a short grip version with 1 screw, no makers marks nor serial numbers fixed a broken firing pin and it runs great not bad for a 100 dollar semiauto.
I'd like to share some info on my Alkartasuna you may find useful. It has the postwar French slide stud, and it does keep the safety from snapping into the safety on position when drawing from a too tight holster. However. One should NEVER carry a RUBY of any manufacture in a holster safety off, chamber loaded, unless one desires to shoot themself in the leg. That said, without the slide stud installed, IF the safety engages on the draw, when the shooter draws the slide back to chamber round one the slide WILL lock back on the safety hook regardless if the magazine is loaded or empty provided the pistol is in proper working "Mil-spec" order. I have 3 magazines for my Alkar, one original and numbered to the pistol, one marked AL and one marked interestingly enough, RH. ALL work fine in my pistol. HTH
Great episode. I'm looking for a replacement magazine for mine and though good to know, the fact that they are not necessarily interchangeable sounds like this might require some luck.
I have always loved Rubies, in spite of the puny round. In spite of their "cheapness" in manufacture, and their somewhat clunky appearance.... The number purchased by France in ww1 speaks to the desperation of the Frenchies in that terrible war, and to the sturdiness of the Ruby.... Wouldn't be my preferred carry piece, but have wanted one for years, never found one... Wouldn't feel unarmed if it was what I had! George Orwell carried one during his time in the Spanish Civil War, albeit on the communist side. Nice re-do of this early episode!
Never Noticed before what a BETTER natural looking grip angle the Browningor FN has. But looks like a great little 32 in your pocket or holster. I would Love to have any one? of these little 32's. and if it had a repair for Use? One I would be Honored! to own a "Shooter!" "You Don't Really Sport" So I'm gunna conferm this for you!!!! LOVE IT!!! GO MAE!!!! remind me of My Daughters!
"Everyone went right back to pistol piracy." It's not piracy, it's privateering. The difference is that one is government sanctified, the other not so much.
Honestly, I think the Spanish approach was frankly brilliant, if seen from their own point of view. The law favoured local manufacture and thus industrialisation, which was clearly in their national interest. What would Spain had gotten out of FN just sitting on their IP and forcing local firms to pay royalties or having to import directly from FN? I’ve actually cited the Spanish example when teaching IP related topics to emphasise that the various types of IP (copyright, patents etc.) used to be considered in terms of a balance between different public and private interests in dissemination, innovation, development etc. and not the current, simplistic kind of property right that the very term “intellectual property rights” implies.
Great history video. Many of the resistance only had 1 gun and for many it was a handgun. Ammo was very difficult to obtain. WIth these 2 points in mind it's easy to see why many would prefer the Ruby and its (up to) 9 shots vs a 6 shot revolver. You would think that even though France was desparate for pistols you would think they would simply privide a print and only accept guns made to that print.
The coil spring really reminds me of the later charles petter unitized fire control groups in the french 1935A and later sigs. It would be really cool to think this came from the french experience with the ruby pistols
Those extended barrel Rubys may well have originally been intended for civilian sale. Austria-Hungary and later independent Czechoslovakia restricted the sale of any gun with an overall length of less than 180mm starting in 1909; a number of manufacturers simply extended barrel lengths as a result for handguns intended for those markets.
its a great gun .32acp good round hard to find mags that fit correctly. mine has long since lost all it's bluing lost its lanyard but it shoots every time on target. a box of ammo cost more than I paid for the gun
great report! I have one Ruby which fits into my WW1 Italian & WW2 Finnish collection. I will say Finnish soldiers were disappointed when they were handed one of these... hopefully just REMFs/POGs ! considering the GP35s, Lugers, Lahtis, & so many other FN types. The magazines are an issue. Got a few to work, but still looking for a "GN" !
Unless I'm mistaken, a Ruby pistol was used for the assassination of the french admiral François Darlan, a top member of the Vichy government and highest authority in the north african french colonies who later on joined the Allies after the Operation Torch, on December the 24th 1942 in Algiers by a young member of the french resistance, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, as a result of what some say was a plot organized by a few monarchist-inclined elements... or, according to some others, by the british SOE.
@@AKlover I agree, I'm just saying that if you scaled it to 5.7 it's going to be way to big to where it's not even the same design especially being blowback. 380 is about the limit these guns can handle
Ballistol cured me of both a broken arm and a broken contract.
It truly is a universal cure all!
Glad to see other UA-cam creators here! Not to mention the comedy. 👍
And a broken heart?
I honestly love the remake episodes. The history rabbit hole is always deeper and the Maeversation is much more entertaining. Thanks for the adeed effort.
I'm here to thumbs up my new favorite word: "Maeversation"
Maeversation...
Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates the effort put in the the remake episodes, especially one who is vehemently against them.
(@robertsears8323)
Mae is excellent !
Something I noticed that I don't like is they didn't put in any period music. Although I don't remember if they had any in the original video.
Pedantic kvetch to otherwise wonderful and fascinating episode on Ruby pistols: “Astra” is not the Basque word for star, it is the Latin word for stars (plural). Izarra is the Basque word for Star, and it used by Bonifacio Echeverria as a trademark until circa 1920, when that company began using the English word Star.
It is a mark of a True Historian that you are not afraid to go back and remake episodes if you learn new information or made a mistake in the original one. When's the next t-shirt drive?
How far you have comes from the early days. Both in the information/presentation as well as the production quality is impressive.
He is still wearing the same plaid shirts too.
@@richardturk7162some things need no improvement!
And "I watched" another bunch of "Kids" I LOVE and Admire grow older! Better, and MUCH Better!
There is an entire tribe in the Amazon that worships a can of Balistol which fell from a plane in 1946 , it ensures a good harvest, pacifies the jungle spirits and keeps angry bees at bay.
The gods must be crazy.
@@STOCKHOLM07
G'day,
Does
Ballistol come in
Classic
Coke Bottles ?
Bonus extra factoid,
The
Aeroplane was a
Lazair...
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Ciao !
@@STOCKHOLM07 They are, also I love that film
It's great to see these older episodes get redone. Y'all have learned much over the years, and it shows.
All hail the return of the .32 Channel...
This is a gem of an episode.
I see what you did there
Hi from France
I can confirm lots of ruby were tacken home by soldier after ww1 and ww2, in lots of families there is some ruby hidden in old ceiling.
I have one. I have owned it for almost 45 years. I bought it from a sheriff who was given the gun by a widow who's husband was a former American soldier stationed in Europe.
I really love the Ballistol history bits not to mention it came at a time where my go to can of Remoil had ran dry so I went ahead and bought a Ballistol based on the strength of your sponsor spot.
I’ve never tried Ballistol, but it’s on my shopping list for when my current supply runs dry
I'm glad to finally have a gun that's on the show. I love my little Ruby
Cool video. My dad took one off a German soldier in WWll. I have it today with the holster extra mag and the paperwork he filled out to bring it home.
My father was afflicted by a fetish for Spanish pistols both ancient and modern. He had a biscuit tin full of broken firing pins. Luckily he was a machinist so he just made replacements.
My very first pistol, originally owned by my grandad I will pass this down to my son eventually. Brilliant in its simplicity, I can't stress how fun the take down of this weapon is.
Literally wanted to rewatch the Ruby episode tonight. Great timing!
Hey guys, just getting ready for a great hour and 8 mins of my life. I love yall work
After the M1892 episode, I was super excited to see this one get a remake, and let me tell you: it was worth it. I hope I can get my hands on one of these Rubies soon.
Thank you! The Martini&Wheel Gunsenal channel has been reborn as C& Rsenal!
I notice that you released the remake of your Ruby episode on a Tuesday,,,, This means it is "Ruby Tuesday!"
Thank your for all you do! I'm always excited when I see a new video has dropped.
I think the best analysis I've ever heard on the stopping power of A32ACP, It's like 12 gauge buckshot you just have to shoot them all individually! So good!
That begining section really makes you appreciate industrialisation and modern tech.
It is so easy to forget that having parts that just drop in and fit was the exception for a very long time.
In more than 30 years of collecting, I have only had one firing pin break on a gun from dry firing. And that was on a CZ52 pistol. I learned my lesson on this, and save it for the modern guns.
I don't know if they are still available, but replacement firing pins were made that were heat treated to hold up durring dry firing.
@@mahbriggs This was nigh on 25 years ago. I replaced it and baby the gun. No dry firing at all.
@chrisr251
Yeah, I don't dry fire mine either, but I did buy the heat treated firing pin. It is sitting in my gun safe if I ever need it.
I did finally find some snap caps for it.
Thank you for all your hard work. Enjoy every minute
awesome one of my favorite episodes updated. i love the ruby pistols.
honestly i just love a lot of early 20th century 32 acp pistols, probably an unpopular opinion today but i would be willing to trust my life to a 32. sure they are lacking in power but the low recoil makes it easy to do faster more accurate follow up shots, and shot placement is more important than raw power when it comes to pistol rounds
I like them as well.
I love that this was remade. Thank you
Othias, I’m pretty certain Albert Thomas is your great grandfather. The familial resemblance is remarkable.
This is a gem of an episode.. I’ve been excited for this remake for a long time. Thanks!.
I've been looking forward to this for years now. Still like originals tho.
my uncle had a few rubys over the years,,he had 1 that was an inch and half longer and different clip size it fired short 38 rounds it had spanish marks on it he got from seville back in 1980 ,,he sold it in 1987 with all his other handguns ,he had a matching pair of 1911s with the shoulder rig ,,i was gutted
As one that speaks English with an east Kentucky accent , I found your grasp of Spanish amazing . I always knew that I butchered English , but was shocked , that I could put my hired Mexican hands on the ground rolling with laughter , with my attempts at Spanish . Well done , from a tobacco farmer .
I've wanted a video on this pistol all month, amazed that I got my wish!
Good lord can you imagine seeing a flock of those bird men (14:42) dive into your trench. War is bad enough. Thats downright nightmare fuel.
I’ve been excited for this remake for a long time. Thanks!
Just noticed Mae is rocking a “French tuck” in the shooting segment. Definitely the best way to wear a shirt when shooting a french issue gun.
i can not believe i'm about to write this...i enjoy the Ballistol histomercial. that format is foreign to me. i like it! ))) plus, i've seen the ballistol cans in the YT channel ХЛОПЦІ З ЛІСУ from Lviv and their advert for the Kiev Store are so funny. Thanks Othias...ready for more shirts )))
A whole episode on the history and use of ballistol would be cool
For all of us .32 ACP lovers out here, thank you for this video.
Last Christmas or so, one of my cousins proudly showed me a Ruby he'd bought. I was geeking out so much.
Russian Ruby more. 100,000 were ordered in 1916, and in some places it is claimed that more than half were delivered (although I only saw a document about the delivery of 10,000 in the summer of 1916). Due to the revolution, the main part of the pistols settled inside the country, and was subsequently used in the civil war. It is believed that many pistols ended up in Finland, which may have influenced the later purchase of pistols in 1919.
Part interchangeable is the very reason I passed on buying one when one came available they wanted 600$ and needed a new barrel because the barrel was bulged and cracked. In my opinion over priced.
Love the remake episodes, but I’m really sad that “War were declared” didn’t make a comeback in these last two. I’m hoping we at least get one for the 1911 episode
I am so exited for this, thank you!
A whole hour on a pistol I just acquired, perfect timing!
Thanks!
This is just my personal opinion of handling ANYONE else’s firearms and you will be respected by all, when handling a firearm is it’s okay to look but never work the actions or dry fire of someone else’s firearm unless you are told otherwise , I’m sure others have already pointed this out but it never hurts to be reminded
Great content. I am happy you are going back to update some of the early episodes. Those where great at the time, but I really like the expanded content.
The way that some of the people you’re talking about only have a kind of blurry low-res photo available makes me think of them as organized crime bosses or secret agents.
Hell yeah new vid on the Ruby
I appreciate the british nomenclature for the updated episodes. 004* would be a hit at RAF Enfield
I'm curious, if Colt had been given a contract for 950,000 Colt 1903, would they have been able to finish that contract by 1918 or would they still be making them?
Considering Colt's history of labor problems and their performance (or lack thereof) on the WW1 BAR contract, probably not.
Loved the lil history lesson on Ballistol. I had no idea.
Nice video. I thought I read somewhere that WW1 German officers were expected to provide their own sidearm. The inexpensive price of these pistols probably resulted in a large number of them being in wartime service by an officer corps that did not expect to fight with them, but rather used them to help maintain discipline within their own ranks.
Using ballistol on injuries may not be approved by the General Medical Council, but it is by the Adeptus Mechanicus
My favorite handgun of all time! I'm so glad I have one :3
My favorite part was the details on all the contractors and how they did add some ideas to it that made the Ruby their own.
PS: amusing that the old video ends with talking about how you might not be making another because you went broke, YT and other factors still hit the cashflow but what a difference 8 years makes.
Also yes it is also a gun (bad joke but I had to)
the cost of a Ruby was 30 pesetas. Rougly 5-6$. The price, pre war of a Luger or a Mauser c96 was 100 pesetas, give or take
Yeah I've argued that point all over the internet. Dryfiring your glock is different than dry firing an uncommon 100 year old pistol, with hand made parts.
The simple blowback operation, low production costs, and lack of a last round hold-open reminds me of a Hi-point. I chuckle thinking about a modern army needing to be issued Hi-points as their sidearm to save costs. Luckily, sidearms aren't usually for frontline use. Then again, they never were and look at how ubiquitous they were in WWII.
Highpoint would probably serve them well and they have carbines too.
@@invisibletosociety8338 I forgot about the carbines. They'd be a boon for rear echelon conscripts like artillery and vehicle crews.
The USSR's Makarov was basically designed to be the cheapest army-usable pistol they could make.
Just wanted to say that your looking pretty trim at the moment! Looking darn good man
when I was young and poor I used to carry a Ruby pistol. It was more accurate and reliable than it should have been. I shot a racoon in my chickens.and another one with distemper so it got some use.
thank you kindly for your continued great work!
Thank you for the épisodes.
I was wandering what ammunition you're using with the ruby's.
32 acp in Europe is .308-309 or in the US it's supposed to be .312
I usually use PPU ammo witch are around .308 to be sure i dont have problems on the old guns.
Excellent!
Thanks for sharing!
just bougjt one of these last weekend. its a short grip version with 1 screw, no makers marks nor serial numbers
fixed a broken firing pin and it runs great
not bad for a 100 dollar semiauto.
Great remake!
Anyone missing the old “War were declared?” 😅
That was retired because it was taking too much time and effort to put together for each episode
Could you do a Ballistol deep dive history episode some time? That could be fun!
Amazing job as always.
That's a sweet little piece right there! I'd carry it on the daily for sure.
Great work team
It's Ruby Tuesday !
Brilliant content. Thank you!
New video makes me happy
Nice to see some actual facts on these.
I'd like to share some info on my Alkartasuna you may find useful. It has the postwar French slide stud, and it does keep the safety from snapping into the safety on position when drawing from a too tight holster. However. One should NEVER carry a RUBY of any manufacture in a holster safety off, chamber loaded, unless one desires to shoot themself in the leg. That said, without the slide stud installed, IF the safety engages on the draw, when the shooter draws the slide back to chamber round one the slide WILL lock back on the safety hook regardless if the magazine is loaded or empty provided the pistol is in proper working "Mil-spec" order. I have 3 magazines for my Alkar, one original and numbered to the pistol, one marked AL and one marked interestingly enough, RH. ALL work fine in my pistol. HTH
Great episode. I'm looking for a replacement magazine for mine and though good to know, the fact that they are not necessarily interchangeable sounds like this might require some luck.
My favorite 90s punk ballad!
I have always loved Rubies, in spite of the puny round. In spite of their "cheapness" in manufacture, and their somewhat clunky appearance....
The number purchased by France in ww1 speaks to the desperation of the Frenchies in that terrible war, and to the sturdiness of the Ruby....
Wouldn't be my preferred carry piece, but have wanted one for years, never found one... Wouldn't feel unarmed if it was what I had!
George Orwell carried one during his time in the Spanish Civil War, albeit on the communist side. Nice re-do of this early episode!
best ruby video made.
This was a swellific educationing, thanks y'all.
Never Noticed before what a BETTER natural looking grip angle the Browningor FN has.
But looks like a great little 32 in your pocket or holster.
I would Love to have any one? of these little 32's. and if it had a repair for Use? One I would be Honored! to own a "Shooter!"
"You Don't Really Sport" So I'm gunna conferm this for you!!!! LOVE IT!!! GO MAE!!!! remind me of My Daughters!
I've said it before, the Ruby is the Eevee of the gun world.
"Everyone went right back to pistol piracy."
It's not piracy, it's privateering. The difference is that one is government sanctified, the other not so much.
Honestly, I think the Spanish approach was frankly brilliant, if seen from their own point of view. The law favoured local manufacture and thus industrialisation, which was clearly in their national interest.
What would Spain had gotten out of FN just sitting on their IP and forcing local firms to pay royalties or having to import directly from FN?
I’ve actually cited the Spanish example when teaching IP related topics to emphasise that the various types of IP (copyright, patents etc.) used to be considered in terms of a balance between different public and private interests in dissemination, innovation, development etc. and not the current, simplistic kind of property right that the very term “intellectual property rights” implies.
Great history video. Many of the resistance only had 1 gun and for many it was a handgun. Ammo was very difficult to obtain. WIth these 2 points in mind it's easy to see why many would prefer the Ruby and its (up to) 9 shots vs a 6 shot revolver. You would think that even though France was desparate for pistols you would think they would simply privide a print and only accept guns made to that print.
Honestly, I was surprised there wasn't a "war were declared" segment. I guess things have moved on.
Those were taking too much time and effort to put together, so they axed them
The coil spring really reminds me of the later charles petter unitized fire control groups in the french 1935A and later sigs. It would be really cool to think this came from the french experience with the ruby pistols
Mae missed an opportunity to brag that with the savage you can actually have a spare mag that will fit
Those extended barrel Rubys may well have originally been intended for civilian sale. Austria-Hungary and later independent Czechoslovakia restricted the sale of any gun with an overall length of less than 180mm starting in 1909; a number of manufacturers simply extended barrel lengths as a result for handguns intended for those markets.
YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ❤
‘You’re not sporty’ SHOTS FIRED
That was great,i love the ruby
I have one of these Ruby's given to me as a gift from my uncle. But have not been able to find a magazine for it, in over 25 years.
its a great gun .32acp good round hard to find mags that fit correctly. mine has long since lost all it's bluing lost its lanyard but it shoots every time on target. a box of ammo cost more than I paid for the gun
Would love to see a video of the unique model 17
Having done a upgrade to sprung firing pin much more reliable be safe Peace
The beauty of (just) good enough.
great report! I have one Ruby which fits into my WW1 Italian & WW2 Finnish collection. I will say Finnish soldiers were disappointed when they were handed one of these... hopefully just REMFs/POGs ! considering the GP35s, Lugers, Lahtis, & so many other FN types. The magazines are an issue. Got a few to work, but still looking for a "GN" !
Unless I'm mistaken, a Ruby pistol was used for the assassination of the french admiral François Darlan, a top member of the Vichy government and highest authority in the north african french colonies who later on joined the Allies after the Operation Torch, on December the 24th 1942 in Algiers by a young member of the french resistance, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, as a result of what some say was a plot organized by a few monarchist-inclined elements... or, according to some others, by the british SOE.
I'd love to see guns like this redone and tweaked for some modern features and rechambered in something like 5.7
5.7 is almost double the length
@@GUARDIAN.13 But the 25 or 32 acp are almost useless and almost always more expensive than 9mm. Something PPK sized is doable,
@@AKlover I agree, I'm just saying that if you scaled it to 5.7 it's going to be way to big to where it's not even the same design especially being blowback. 380 is about the limit these guns can handle
>5.7
>blowback
>cheap, soft steel
That’s a recipe for a grenade.
@@TenaciousTrilobite Sounds fun!