Danish 1865/97 Pinfire Conversion Revolver
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2016
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The Danish artillery was an early adopter of metallic-case handguns, taking on this pinfire 6-shot solid-frame revolver in 1865 - when most of the world was still using percussion firearms. The thousand guns made served well for many decades, until in 1897 they finally were recognized as obsolete and converted to use more modern centerfire ammunition. After that update, they continued to remain as issued sidearms until the end of World War 2!
The guns have a manual safety, an unusual (but not unheard of) element on a revolver. The centerfire ammunition they were converted to use is also an interesting subject, as it was a metal-jacketed but wood-cored projectile. Presumably, this was in an effort to get a high velocity and large diameter bullet simultaneously. The same type of bullet would be used in the .45 caliber Schouboe automatic pistols.
As a Dane, I must admit that sounds like something we would do :) Why throw out the revolvers, when you can head over to Andersen's workshop and see if you can make some sort of improvised modification instead? My dad's an engineer, and he's totally like that.
bullets with a wooden core and a metal jacket. Its amazing what people tried and what did and didn't catch on.
As a dane this was very interesting and educational. I wasn't aware that there was ever a gun manufacturer at Kronborg, so now I'm reading up on a bit of danish history I never knew about
Hey Ian, the markings with the A B stands for 2nd Artillery battalion, 4th company, 8th platoon. The crown, with the letter below, is the kings personal sigil; his Rex. This particular gun is marked with his Majesty King Christian the 9th sigil. The Rex is there because, in the danish military, all material belongs to the King (atm the Queen), which the military uses to defend his country. Best wishes from a former danish royal guardsman
Such a length of service! I suppose if it ain't broke don't fix it!
You deserve way more subscribers. This is really interesting educational information.
+Forgotten Weapons I do believe that the replacement for these specifically would have been the SIG "Neuhausen" P210. The High Power was bought in lower numbers than the SIG's, as far as I know.
The .45 cartridge used a wood-cored bullet of only about 55 grains weight, traveling at some 1600 fps.
Ian, you have the BEST job in the entire world!
I'm not even surprised that we kept them until the end of WW2. Not a fond time to look back at for us Danes. Also very interesting to see we had a factory like Kronborg Geværfabrik, I did not know that. :D And the marking on the side you mentioned could very well be for the artillery battalion, as it's basically the same in Danish: artilleri bataljon.
If i had all the money in the world I would just sit at these auctions and buy all the things....
"I wonder what new service pistol Ill get instead of my old converted pinfire revolver... A double stack 9mm? Whaaat?" - a dane.
WOW, From this to the Hi-Power;??! This is like (extremely rough comparison...) going from a 4 function calculator to Win XP! I always learn from your channel, but I will say this video made me literally say "WOW"!
It is very interesting that they kept them so long (not just the model, but the original guns), though I suppose artillery corp side arms are carried much and fired rarely. I would like to know more about the wood core bullets, very light, high velocity projectiles being an idea that is coming around again.
We keep stuff around for a long time.. We kept the SIG P210 Neuhausen around since 1949... Still use them
Love these rare guns! great job Ian :)
The fist means Second Artillery Battalion nr. 48.
Very interesting piece. Well as usually. All I miss is cartidge presentation. It wuld be nice to get all those old/obsolete cartidges on one place.
Hey Ian, can you make videos or topics about exotic ammo types too? you always mention some different types of ammunition in your videos that I think it would be nice to show us more about. :)
love 2 se ur vids - and it makes me happy 2 se that danish arms got so mutch interrest -- thanks yeahr