If you say Wauser Wauser Waffenfabrik three times, in front of a mirror, at midnight and turning on yourself between each time, you’ll summon a C96 Chinese copy in .32 french long. But still no rear sight
I tried it. Mine came with a rear sight, but the sight picture is obstructed by a random piece of steel, and even if that wasn’t the case it’s offset slightly to the left. I also now have an angry Chinese ghost calling himself “General of Dogmeat” inhabiting my home.
While I wouldn't want to contest that claim, I don't entirely see how this title is any more than a callback to the older Chinese Mystery Pistols videos. IIRC, the Wauser and the BROWNINGSBROWNINGSBROWNINGS guns made him giggle back then, too.
@@beavisbutt-headson3223 At least one person has made the ""From Wauser to Browningsbrowningsbrownings" joke in the Kickstarter comments for the Chinese pistol book
@@LordSluggo Oh thank you, I found that comment now. I thought it was a case of a youtube comment section meme taking on its own life and people being unaware of whence it came.
I do love when a serious and responsible member of a community can have fun and joke. Not saying he's a stoic. Just that he knows when to be straight forward and can clown later.
@@concinnus how many products were manufactured in USA for sale in China in the 19th and 20th century? 0? 1? Edit: I was very wrong: you learn something every day
Chinese Inspector Gadget: “Go-go Wauser Wauser Machienenfabriek!” These really remind me of the ‘form ≠ function’ of Korean weapons on display in the Hwaseong Suwon museum. Everything looked vaguely like a Chinese or Japanese weapon, but not quite. Then add bling for +1 skill
You really would think that somebody who has the skills to machine such a thing would be able to understand that you need to be able to look down the notches at the front of the weapon.
If these examples were individual custom pieces and commissioned for a high-ranking military officer, they were likely more for being a status symbol or a gift of honor than actual combat. And I can especially see that with the wrap-around grip 1900.
If these examples were individual custom pieces and commissioned for a high-ranking military officer, they were likely more for being a status symbol or a gift of honor than actual combat. And I can especially see that with the wrap-around grip 1900.
You've sort of got to understand the qualities of being paid in a cup of rice a day and quality control is probably involving a stick and a savage beating After a while, incentive to care will drop off!
the FN1900 was famous back then in China because it was the "first pocket pistol". back in the day, China was basically in chaos, so carrying a weapon for safety is not uncommon. the "most common" pistol was Mauser C96 (in China it had various copied versions as well), and its size was too big for concealed carrying. FN1900 is compact enough to holster without drawing too much attention, which makes it become popular for self-defense. As the authentic FN1900 is quite expensive and hard to obtain, copied versions (showed in this video) were more common. On the other hand, since the weapon's compact design and unique barrel placement (the barrel is under the spring so attach suppressor will not block the line of sight. N-Korea did this), it was an ideal weapon for covert operation and assassination (both CCP and KMT agents used it for different missions). PRC police forces used FN1900 for a couple of years before been issued by Type 54 pistol (licensed version TT-33). Some FN1900 can be found in police museums (the one I saw was in Shanghai Police Museums) across China.
I have a Warlord 1900. My father was stationed at Kunming AAFB as a sheet metal mechanic in the 14th AAF. He brought it back after the War. It has an official "bring back" chit. The pistol has the plethora of markings you describe. Mechanically, the slide rails are not perfectly square.
5:53 Chinese words was "美造" short for "美國製造". it mean "made by USA" 6:35 4 words on the side "民國九年", it's date. 9th year of ROC. it's 1920. and yes, in pass time, Chinese was written from right to left.
@@PATRICKLEEEE yeah, I'm familiar with how much characters and radicals change over the time, I just wasn't familiar with 美 being written like this and didn't think it would have been that different 100 years ago, but I'm still at the start of my Chinese learning journey
They copied every weapon they have: AK-47 = KA-74 aka Type 56 Soviet 50. cal HMG = Voties GHM aka Type 54 HMG T-55 = Type 59 aka T-55+4 or T-54+5 MiG-21 = Chengdu J-7 aka GiM-21 or MiG21 Su-33 = Shenyang J-16 aka Shuoik US-EE Then they have mutants like : Type 95 - Famas w/ AK-47 mechanism Type 191 - M4 Carbine that has a AK-47 stock and muzzle Chengdu J-10 = some Israeli plane with Russian Engines
@@BigWillyG1000 a warlord has a couple metalsmiths, some good some bad. He makes them test their own weapons, and shortly after, he has only good metalsmiths, also some one handed guys for the army.
Whats fascinating to me is that the stamped logos and such, were the result of the warlords and their militaries not speaking English or European languages...Mauser and fnh were well regarded, so putting their logos and words on the homemade versions gave them credibility and esteem...it's not like modern generic brands that seek to fool people who do speak the language.... And Ian, count me in for the book! Thanks for taking on this fascinating period and the arms that go with it.
These videos are my fvorite. Seeing the misunderstandings in gun design in combination with (often) reasonably good craftsmanship is very interesting and fun.
I wonder what wood that is. ian never mentions any of the wood types! :< it's walnut in 80% of cases, but that stuff looks too red. I can't quite tell on my small screen if it's even wood, but I think I can see some chatoyance on the back of the grip, which would make it wood and not plastic. it must have super fine pores and pretty good hardness though.
I think it would make a pretty cool game to have a bunch of these warlord pistols in a pawn shop, and you have to inspect them like in "papers, please"
@@sumvs5992 an auction house would be good, but I was thinking more along the lines of "Soviet bloc armorer" so that you'd only really have to work with guns.
Imagine being a part of a family of blacksmiths that for centuries, made swords and spears. Ten years later (1920s), you are suddenly tasked with making guns, which you know nothing about, and ten years after you made these guns(1930s), they would be used in the fight against the Japanese, that has tanks, armored cars, airplanes and aircraft carriers.
Finally, after missing out on Thornycroft to SA80 and Chassepot to FAMAS, I've managed to have enough money to back one of headstamp publishing's books! And because I missed out previously, I of course added a copy of each onto my pledge! Thanks for all the hours of entertainment and information you've created for free, Ian, and hopefully the immense amount of support you've received for all of your published works will help keep this channel and your other endeavours going for many years to come!
Very very fitting to see another early 1900s Chinese pistol showcase on this channel, given it was the first video I'd seen from Ian years ago. Glad to see things coming full circle, and I can't wait to get my copy of the book!
These videos are a treat Ian, I love seeing these hand-made and guesswork pistols getting the same treatment as some of the most rare and interesting you've shown us here. Just because it wasn't well made doesn't mean it's not interesting or not full of crazy details, and I'm glad you appreciate that.
Love seeing these quirky looking knockoffs. If anyone ever wanted to shoot one, I guess they'd have to make a knockoff of the knockoff. Ian, do you think you can ever do a video about when the copies surpass the quality of the original? I got to see a really neat Webley years ago, that some home machinist in South America must have spent an absolute age making. (The story I was told was that the guy who made it never really had the money to buy a proper gun, but he had access to good steel, machine tools, a parts schematic and lots of time.)
4:50 three attempts at a Mauser label, bootleg Belgian proof marks, a half-decent FN icon and to top it all off, the Browning label is pluralized, which I'm guessing is because they saw Browning's-Patent on a genuine 1900 (but no Browning label on later models) and thought Browning always came with an S or something. Can't make this stuff up.
I actually quite like the cutback from the muzzle. It gives the blocky front a little bit of flare, even if it makes it a pain to holster. And the mini FN's quite well made for something created by hand.
At first I was thinking, Hey I like to see these in the ever popular 45 caliber, then you started showing the close upside, then I was thinking Oh that's scary, no thank you!!
(POV: you were in china in late 20's and try to bought some pistol) You: hey gun dealer what pistol you have today? Chinese gun dealer: I have 10 Wauser at the cost of 200 bucks and 5 costum made Browningsbrowningsbrownings at the cost of 1000 bucks pistol.
Correction: The characters on the trigger are "Beautiful" and "make" (美造). They could mean "made beautiful" or "made in the USA" (美国制造); but if the second is the case, the engraver would have also screwed up his native language.
One of those pistols would be a perfect fit for me whenever I wear my Seiku watch and Tomml Highflier jacket I bought on wish a while back. Kinda regretting now that I passed on the Poma trainers...
It is nothing unusual for a proper name related to some novelty to become a common name for the novelty itself, especially in a different language. Thus an early compact toilet trademark "Unitas" became Russian word унитаз (unitaz), a conveniently short way to say "flush toilet sink with a seat" :)
@@comesignotus9888 That's not entirely the same, is it? One is a genericized trademark (like Kleenex, or Jell-O) the other is "didn't understand the language, totally misinterpreted sign". EDIT: I also just read that the "Vauxhall" story is propably an urban legend, or at least totally embellished. Damn. It was a nice one. 😁
I am continually amazed by what can be accomplished by a dedicated individual with some hand tools. I am curious to see what would happen if these craft producers were given a proper engineering education and quality tools
Immensely enjoyed the video! Great advertisement for your book. I need a beautifully bound, book on small arms- like I need a platinum toilet..... but you have me intrigued! This vid is much better than your other mystery Ch. pistols vids. O, the joy in the stamped 'graffiti'. Anyone who has hard feelings about China, needs to watch this vid. These pistols are creative and interesting! God bless our Ch. brothers for taking a weapon of war and making it whimsical. (I'm certain the hard-asses are harumphing and talking about patents/status quo/intellectual property/Chinese Navy in the Pacific, and assuming they know what J. Browning would think. Even through 6 feet of dirt! ha,ha!)
Could you do a video about what an FN1900 is, its history, how it works, and how it comes apart? The barrel being located below the recoil spring, and that roller in front of the rear sight imply that the internals would be rather odd. Same for several other recent videos about interesting guns with no info on how they work.
If you say Wauser Wauser Waffenfabrik three times, in front of a mirror, at midnight and turning on yourself between each time, you’ll summon a C96 Chinese copy in .32 french long. But still no rear sight
I want that!
Then you see Ian breaking through the wall because he could smell a .32 french long gun
@@sumvs5992 one more reason to bring back one from the Chinese guns’ hell
I tried it. Mine came with a rear sight, but the sight picture is obstructed by a random piece of steel, and even if that wasn’t the case it’s offset slightly to the left. I also now have an angry Chinese ghost calling himself “General of Dogmeat” inhabiting my home.
@@z3r0_35 lmao
Ah yes, the *FNWauserBrowning,* a classical piece of *Belgermerican* engineering.
Straight from Fabrique Nationale in Hartford am Neckar.
And made in the USA, though labeled in Chinese.
Forged from the fires of Isengard
"Beleutschrican Engineering"
Rofl
"From Wauser to Browningsbrowningsbrownings"
Concrete evidence that Ian reads the comments and loves his fanbase
While I wouldn't want to contest that claim, I don't entirely see how this title is any more than a callback to the older Chinese Mystery Pistols videos. IIRC, the Wauser and the BROWNINGSBROWNINGSBROWNINGS guns made him giggle back then, too.
@@beavisbutt-headson3223 At least one person has made the ""From Wauser to Browningsbrowningsbrownings" joke in the Kickstarter comments for the Chinese pistol book
I think you can ask them to change title to that if you get a sleved collectors edition
@@LordSluggo Oh thank you, I found that comment now. I thought it was a case of a youtube comment section meme taking on its own life and people being unaware of whence it came.
I do love when a serious and responsible member of a community can have fun and joke. Not saying he's a stoic. Just that he knows when to be straight forward and can clown later.
"Wauser Wauser Waffenfabrik" kinda sounds like some type of magic spell.
"I CAST GUN"
makes your gun blow up.
If I had to use a Chinese gun I'd be praying and inventing spells too.
A gun based magical girl's transformation spell. Wait didn't they do something like that in a gag chapter of Black Lagoon?
its said to summon a bunch of kreigsmariners from the grave
"It's made in USA"
"How do you know?"
"It says so right here in perfect Chinese!"
Look I would never rip you off
@@LOL-zu1zr come on, 5 dorrar fo dis gun is berry good price! Bess you get, ho city
If it were made for export to China, writing it in Chinese makes sense. But not by hand, on the trigger, or with the other markings.
@@concinnus how many products were manufactured in USA for sale in China in the 19th and 20th century? 0? 1?
Edit: I was very wrong: you learn something every day
@@SwordandKeyboard29 A lot.
They just tended to say “Made in the USA” in English.
"WAUSER WAUSER WAFFENFABRIK"
That one belongs on a T-Shirt.
They should add that as a stretch goal.
I need that
The weird niche of intelligent enough to copy but not knowledgeable enough to make a true product of firearms is always amazing
A low literacy rate and a lack of means for mass communication does that to you.
Yeah, i was just thinking about that. They can make a gun, but can't figure out how a sight works? Seems very self explanatory.
@@ErwinHolland. That would require basic physics knowledge or perhaps an intuitive understanding of gravity.
@@ErwinHolland. I bet they could’ve made a sight, but wouldn’t really be able to properly sight it in, so there’s not real point.
I have to wonder how many of these firearms were copies of copies (of copies).
Chinese Inspector Gadget: “Go-go Wauser Wauser Machienenfabriek!”
These really remind me of the ‘form ≠ function’ of Korean weapons on display in the Hwaseong Suwon museum. Everything looked vaguely like a Chinese or Japanese weapon, but not quite. Then add bling for +1 skill
The fact that no one from the client to the ‘’gunsmiths’’ realized that the sights were useless astonishes me
You really would think that somebody who has the skills to machine such a thing would be able to understand that you need to be able to look down the notches at the front of the weapon.
If these examples were individual custom pieces and commissioned for a high-ranking military officer, they were likely more for being a status symbol or a gift of honor than actual combat. And I can especially see that with the wrap-around grip 1900.
If these examples were individual custom pieces and commissioned for a high-ranking military officer, they were likely more for being a status symbol or a gift of honor than actual combat. And I can especially see that with the wrap-around grip 1900.
It's all about that point and shoot
You've sort of got to understand the qualities of being paid in a cup of rice a day and quality control is probably involving a stick and a savage beating
After a while, incentive to care will drop off!
the FN1900 was famous back then in China because it was the "first pocket pistol". back in the day, China was basically in chaos, so carrying a weapon for safety is not uncommon. the "most common" pistol was Mauser C96 (in China it had various copied versions as well), and its size was too big for concealed carrying. FN1900 is compact enough to holster without drawing too much attention, which makes it become popular for self-defense. As the authentic FN1900 is quite expensive and hard to obtain, copied versions (showed in this video) were more common.
On the other hand, since the weapon's compact design and unique barrel placement (the barrel is under the spring so attach suppressor will not block the line of sight. N-Korea did this), it was an ideal weapon for covert operation and assassination (both CCP and KMT agents used it for different missions). PRC police forces used FN1900 for a couple of years before been issued by Type 54 pistol (licensed version TT-33). Some FN1900 can be found in police museums (the one I saw was in Shanghai Police Museums) across China.
Just backed the book. We’re at $714,000 and we have 28 more days to go. This is gonna be so frickin’ sweet.
I have a Warlord 1900. My father was stationed at Kunming AAFB as a sheet metal mechanic in the 14th AAF. He brought it back after the War. It has an official "bring back" chit. The pistol has the plethora of markings you describe. Mechanically, the slide rails are not perfectly square.
Can I send you some pics of it? If so where?
@@keithrobertsson2164 admin@forgottenweapons.com
5:53 Chinese words was "美造" short for "美國製造". it mean "made by USA"
6:35 4 words on the side "民國九年", it's date. 9th year of ROC. it's 1920. and yes, in pass time, Chinese was written from right to left.
I don't mean to be rude to the 1920s chinese gunsmiths in a shed, but "Made in USA" on a not very well made gun made by you is a really smart tactic.
I've never seen someone write 美 this way before, that's really interesting
Thank you for translation!
Don't know how many people were convinced it was American made. It uses the Chinese republic year, why would a US manufacturer use that?
@@PATRICKLEEEE yeah, I'm familiar with how much characters and radicals change over the time, I just wasn't familiar with 美 being written like this and didn't think it would have been that different 100 years ago, but I'm still at the start of my Chinese learning journey
Ian, wasn't Wauser an official state arsenal of Elbonia?
You had me at WAUSER
lol
Mario - Wario
Mauser - Wauser
Ahh Browningsbrowningsbrownings brings me back to when FW was a small channel and Ian still read and replied to comments.
He still does occasionally, but he is a little more cautious since he has so many viewers.
This what my university projects must look like to my professors
Haha 😁😁😁
The Chinese have never stopped making copies…they’re making a Chinese copy of Ian right now!
Unremembered gun
Ian Wc Calluw?
They copied every weapon they have:
AK-47 = KA-74 aka Type 56
Soviet 50. cal HMG = Voties GHM aka Type 54 HMG
T-55 = Type 59 aka T-55+4 or T-54+5
MiG-21 = Chengdu J-7 aka GiM-21 or MiG21
Su-33 = Shenyang J-16 aka Shuoik US-EE
Then they have mutants like :
Type 95 - Famas w/ AK-47 mechanism
Type 191 - M4 Carbine that has a AK-47 stock and muzzle
Chengdu J-10 = some Israeli plane with Russian Engines
@@critterjon4061 broo... I cant fucking breathe i laughed so hard when reading that lmaoo
IanIanIan WcColluw
Glad to know that the Chinese tradition of "close enough, sell it" goes a long way back
Guess they're stamped with "Wauser" because that''d be your reaction when they blow up in your hand if you were to shoot them.
Or your reaction when the poor malnourished metalsmith you hired actually made a pretty functional weapon!
@@swanurine Closes eyes before first firing. "Wait it didn't blow up this time?"
@@swanurine Another good one, albeit a bit macabre, lol
@@BigWillyG1000 a warlord has a couple metalsmiths, some good some bad. He makes them test their own weapons, and shortly after, he has only good metalsmiths, also some one handed guys for the army.
I'm a Wauser man myself but this Browningsbrowningsbrowning also looks just fine.
The Wauser certainly had me saying "Wau!"
For sure
"Chaotic" is definitely a good descriptor for these hahaha. That stainless/nickel one with the cut-out slide looks really nice, actually.
Wauser Wauser Waffenfabrik sounds like kids shows got really weird in Germany.
Whats fascinating to me is that the stamped logos and such, were the result of the warlords and their militaries not speaking English or European languages...Mauser and fnh were well regarded, so putting their logos and words on the homemade versions gave them credibility and esteem...it's not like modern generic brands that seek to fool people who do speak the language....
And Ian, count me in for the book! Thanks for taking on this fascinating period and the arms that go with it.
*"Browning."*
- _Browning, Browning_
Browning.
*Brownings
I just love how some of them look so familiar to spring powered cheap airsoft pistols that I used to have when I was a kid
Customer : "So which Western Weapons manufacturer made these?"
Chinese gun smith : "Yes"
Wauser
Which country is it from?
Beats me
Chinese gun smith: Of course they did!!! Look at the markings, everything in ugly-looking Western characters!!!
Wauser sounds like Wario and Bowser's lovechild.
Or Christopher Walken's favourite handgun: "I'll shoot...you...with a...WAUSER!"
Made me think of Inspector Gadget.
Gogo Gadget Waffenfabrik! Wausers!
I have an image I could've gone the rest of my life without now, thanks.
pure gold
Wauser. He's Bowser's fat, ugly, even greedier double sporting a horrible color negative or palette swap of some sort.
I didn’t think we’d ever see more of these glorious deathtraps!
I want a genuine Wauser !
You know Wauser always makes good stuff . Precision German'ish engineering
It might have your eye out.
Authentic Gerwan engineering
“Hey, I didn’t do the homework last night, can I copy yours?”
“Yeah, just make sure to change it enough that it’s convincing”
You should at least write down your own name, otherwise the teacher will know instantly you just copied.
@@JackTheMurderer
You mean that your name isn't "Wauser Wauser Wafenfabric"?
I sir, am stunned.
These videos are my fvorite. Seeing the misunderstandings in gun design in combination with (often) reasonably good craftsmanship is very interesting and fun.
The wrap-around grip looks cool, I would love to get a custom grip on FN 1900
Yeah, especially with the polished, glossy finish. Is almost too pretty to go down range with...
@@Anino_Makata The FN 1900 version of a BBQ gun.
I wonder what wood that is. ian never mentions any of the wood types! :< it's walnut in 80% of cases, but that stuff looks too red. I can't quite tell on my small screen if it's even wood, but I think I can see some chatoyance on the back of the grip, which would make it wood and not plastic. it must have super fine pores and pretty good hardness though.
I think it would make a pretty cool game to have a bunch of these warlord pistols in a pawn shop, and you have to inspect them like in "papers, please"
Just call it "Khyber pass gunsmith"
Would it be set in an auction house or something, so you play as someone trying to figure out the worth of the gun from its history?
@@sumvs5992 an auction house would be good, but I was thinking more along the lines of "Soviet bloc armorer" so that you'd only really have to work with guns.
Imagine a Chinese Wuxia setting but everybody was gun fu fighting with legendary guns made by the greatest gunsmiths of the land.
Give up! I have a wauser!
I just need a browning browning browning
So a John Woo film?
Imagine being a part of a family of blacksmiths that for centuries, made swords and spears. Ten years later (1920s), you are suddenly tasked with making guns, which you know nothing about, and ten years after you made these guns(1930s), they would be used in the fight against the Japanese, that has tanks, armored cars, airplanes and aircraft carriers.
Finally, after missing out on Thornycroft to SA80 and Chassepot to FAMAS, I've managed to have enough money to back one of headstamp publishing's books! And because I missed out previously, I of course added a copy of each onto my pledge! Thanks for all the hours of entertainment and information you've created for free, Ian, and hopefully the immense amount of support you've received for all of your published works will help keep this channel and your other endeavours going for many years to come!
Damn you Ian, I was trying to resist your new book, but I just couldn't stop myself. Great video, all glory to Gun Jesus.
Very very fitting to see another early 1900s Chinese pistol showcase on this channel, given it was the first video I'd seen from Ian years ago. Glad to see things coming full circle, and I can't wait to get my copy of the book!
Fantastic video, Ian. The only other thing I would have liked to see is what the rifling and other internal machine work looked like.
he's done a video about these guns
@@andreww2098 I thought I recognized one or maybe two but not all of them, interesting. Thank you for the heads up then.
My impression is that this is a teaser for the book. subtle, but effective. If you want more, get the book.
Unlike Steve and his Chinese MREs, Ian knows enough to not try using these.
These videos are a treat Ian, I love seeing these hand-made and guesswork pistols getting the same treatment as some of the most rare and interesting you've shown us here. Just because it wasn't well made doesn't mean it's not interesting or not full of crazy details, and I'm glad you appreciate that.
I love the mixture of markings of several different european weapon manufacturers on one pistol. Nothing screams "knock-off" more than that :D
You mean it wasn't made in some fantastic threesome by (W)Mauser, Browning(s), and FN?
It’s a bit like someone played the telephone game with a single original 1900, and then just kept going
Love seeing these quirky looking knockoffs. If anyone ever wanted to shoot one, I guess they'd have to make a knockoff of the knockoff. Ian, do you think you can ever do a video about when the copies surpass the quality of the original? I got to see a really neat Webley years ago, that some home machinist in South America must have spent an absolute age making. (The story I was told was that the guy who made it never really had the money to buy a proper gun, but he had access to good steel, machine tools, a parts schematic and lots of time.)
I am SO getting the purple version of that book. 👍😉
Absolutely unbelievable in terms of what we have now days ... just beautiful thanks Gun J.
4:50 three attempts at a Mauser label, bootleg Belgian proof marks, a half-decent FN icon and to top it all off, the Browning label is pluralized, which I'm guessing is because they saw Browning's-Patent on a genuine 1900 (but no Browning label on later models) and thought Browning always came with an S or something. Can't make this stuff up.
I expect those to be sold at some bootleg Asian market with the brand *Funny Shooting Magical Faster Explode Tool* or whatnot.
@@tacticalmattfoley Hmm, intriguing.. I assume it is *Funny* , no?
And I am watching this on 21 May 2021 17:27 GMT Pretoria South Africa. Own a 9mm FN Browning HP. Thank you Ian.
I’ll have to look into getting that book. I’ve always been fascinated by these sort of crudely-made “craft” firearms.
Wauser Wauser Waffenfabrik... made my day.
*This is gonna be good.*
This here one of them examples of that eloquence what springs from true enthusiasm. Yep.
I actually quite like the cutback from the muzzle. It gives the blocky front a little bit of flare, even if it makes it a pain to holster. And the mini FN's quite well made for something created by hand.
At first I was thinking, Hey I like to see these in the ever popular 45 caliber, then you started showing the close upside, then I was thinking Oh that's scary, no thank you!!
Not to be confused with the EnfieldEnfieldEnfield martini-henry pistol
(POV: you were in china in late 20's and try to bought some pistol)
You: hey gun dealer what pistol you have today?
Chinese gun dealer: I have 10 Wauser at the cost of 200 bucks and 5 costum made Browningsbrowningsbrownings at the cost of 1000 bucks pistol.
Wowzers look at that genuine Wauser
I just saw a box of $200-$300 pistols go up in value significantly. 😁
I donated to the kick starter; got a the purple edition signed one!
You’re doing the lords work, Ian
As Ian more or less said in a video on these before: I defy anyone ridiculing these pistols to do better with a 1920s smith shop tool set
Correction: The characters on the trigger are "Beautiful" and "make" (美造). They could mean "made beautiful" or "made in the USA" (美国制造); but if the second is the case, the engraver would have also screwed up his native language.
It was the early 1900, doubt literacy rates where high
Maybe it's 羙, an informal variant of 美
@@lol500000 a must in China if you need to talk to people in other regions. The writing is universal but the spoken word is very regional
Never have i ever clicked on a video faster than Ian's video
Never been much for break down vids. But Ian your channel is mint. You keep it interesting for adhd ppl like me. Thank you sir 👍
I like the one with the wrap-around grip
I always go for the top of the line Chinese craftsmanship, "rivetrivetrivet"
That Wauser is probably sold for more than a Mauser pistol
One of those pistols would be a perfect fit for me whenever I wear my Seiku watch and Tomml Highflier jacket I bought on wish a while back. Kinda regretting now that I passed on the Poma trainers...
"Wauser Wauser Waffenfabrik" sounds like a nursery rhyme.
I love copies like this so much.
Man I wish my grandfather was still alive so I could ask him which warlord he fought for, and whether he knew who made his fave C96.
Thank you for the constant Videos Ian.
We appreciate all you do.
This reminds me of how the Russian word for train station came to be "Vauxhall". 😅
It is nothing unusual for a proper name related to some novelty to become a common name for the novelty itself, especially in a different language. Thus an early compact toilet trademark "Unitas" became Russian word унитаз (unitaz), a conveniently short way to say "flush toilet sink with a seat" :)
@@comesignotus9888 That's not entirely the same, is it? One is a genericized trademark (like Kleenex, or Jell-O) the other is "didn't understand the language, totally misinterpreted sign".
EDIT: I also just read that the "Vauxhall" story is propably an urban legend, or at least totally embellished. Damn. It was a nice one. 😁
Bloody fascinating! PS, the "Wooden" wall waving in the breeze was a bit of a "Wauser" moment!
Neat! I'm always happy to see anything from the Beiyang Republic or the warlords era.
I am continually amazed by what can be accomplished by a dedicated individual with some hand tools. I am curious to see what would happen if these craft producers were given a proper engineering education and quality tools
The one with curved wrap-around grip looks strangely similar to later Type 64 pistol lol
Already ordered (backed Kickstarter) your book on these guns Ian and the second book arrived yesterday.
I cannot wait for this book.
I like the look of the one with the red grips.
The sequel we all needed
Immensely enjoyed the video! Great advertisement for your book. I need a beautifully bound, book on small arms- like I need a platinum toilet..... but you have me intrigued! This vid is much better than your other mystery Ch. pistols vids. O, the joy in the stamped 'graffiti'.
Anyone who has hard feelings about China, needs to watch this vid. These pistols are creative and interesting! God bless our Ch. brothers for taking a weapon of war and making it whimsical.
(I'm certain the hard-asses are harumphing and talking about patents/status quo/intellectual property/Chinese Navy in the Pacific, and assuming they know what J. Browning would think. Even through 6 feet of dirt! ha,ha!)
Nice Ian! Reading this book is gonna make me say “Gee Wausers” at all the cool things in it.
"Browningsbrowningsbrownings"
Might as well just call it Browning-Cubed.
Could you do a video about what an FN1900 is, its history, how it works, and how it comes apart? The barrel being located below the recoil spring, and that roller in front of the rear sight imply that the internals would be rather odd. Same for several other recent videos about interesting guns with no info on how they work.
On-demand pistols...there’s a business opportunity! I want a Roth Steyr 1908 in 10mm
Not from these producers you don't! :p
This is a pretty impressive show of the artisan's skills, i wonder what tools they used to make these
Hit the like button if you want to be a Chinese warlord
I feel the sights on these tend to be more for positive reinforcement and good vibes than for wasting time with actual aiming
More markings better, apparently.
Maybe the trigger markings meant "Designed in the USA, made in China."
Some things never change.
I Love Paul Wausers work
Never though Id see Vintage Engrish
Thank you , Ian .
as used by inspector gadget, wowser.
A Chinese mystery pistol day is always a good day
I wonder what the wifling was like in the warrels .LOL
Wacist!
Crazy how much the one with a wrap around grip looks like a Type 64 silenced.
I love when they block the sights on these Chinesium fakes 😅