tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6071100727286201150..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: New Gun... Sorta.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77905818463626007572011-09-17T11:31:11.897-04:002011-09-17T11:31:11.897-04:00Staghounds your comment was:
More Frenchmen died f...Staghounds your comment was:<br />More Frenchmen died fighting Germany in 1939 and 1940- you know, a year os so before the Americans bothered to get involved, other than to make money- than did Americans did fighting Germans during their fraction of the struggle.<br /><br />A quick check on Wiki shows<br />French 85,000 (1939-40) 12,000 (41-45)<br />Americans in European theater 109,000<br />Your point on insensitive comments remain valid thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6547783756820046532011-09-16T20:17:22.545-04:002011-09-16T20:17:22.545-04:00That's a far more handsome gun than I would ex...That's a far more handsome gun than I would expect. Nice find!<br /><br />AntibubbaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24105759511882476532011-09-16T08:27:28.411-04:002011-09-16T08:27:28.411-04:00You don't reload movie revolvers, you just win...You don't reload movie revolvers, you just wind them up. That's how they did it in the old Westerns.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813274491601970838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54816791351870944072011-09-16T02:34:50.816-04:002011-09-16T02:34:50.816-04:00Yes Brendan Frasier used a pair of Chamelot-Delvig...Yes Brendan Frasier used a pair of Chamelot-Delvigne revolvers in the Mummuy. Here is the link to the IMFDB page <br /><br />http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/The_Mummy<br /><br />I still can't figure out how he reloaded them just by spinning the cylinders. I never saw him actually reload them.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796886431754694105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16299991967698843992011-09-16T00:16:52.056-04:002011-09-16T00:16:52.056-04:00Reminds me of the Italian Bodeo revolver of simila...Reminds me of the Italian Bodeo revolver of similar vintage.<br /><br />European pistols at that time all had a "fashionable" look about them. <br /><br />Nice pickup for forty bucks.Henry Blowflynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12434469163139245372011-09-15T23:32:56.920-04:002011-09-15T23:32:56.920-04:00>http://hlebooks.com/11mm73/cham00.htm
oh wow,...>http://hlebooks.com/11mm73/cham00.htm<br /><br />oh wow, those cases look machined, rather than drawn. Sounds like they'll work at those pressures, but that means that there's no easy parent brass out there.<br /><br />.453" just happens to be a common valve stem hole for automobile wheels. Useless trivia of the day.<br /><br />-SMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74394786789515240052011-09-15T18:22:21.872-04:002011-09-15T18:22:21.872-04:00I'd kinda like to see Uberti et al look into m...I'd kinda like to see Uberti et al look into making replicas of these lesser known military revolvers firing modern near-equiv calibers (even if only in "Cowboy" loads).<br /><br />Bring a little more diversity to SASS, Wild Bunch and the other retro gun games.<br /><br />Plus be kinda cool in and of themselves.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1245143481307486772011-09-15T17:11:34.521-04:002011-09-15T17:11:34.521-04:00"...if you noticed that Pvt. Jaques was drawi..."...if you noticed that Pvt. Jaques was drawing a bead on you, you might be able to outrun the bullet with enough of a head start...)"<br /><br /> Or, with a sufficiently padded catcher’s mitt, return it to him with a call of “low and outside, ball one.RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15585908913009127642011-09-15T16:12:02.691-04:002011-09-15T16:12:02.691-04:00Im English the French have never forgiven us for A...Im English the French have never forgiven us for Agincourt or Waterloo<br />or rescuing them from the Germans in<br />WW2 there is a joke over here.Why did the French Plant trees on the <br />Champs-Élysées,So that the Germans could march in the shade.ajdshootisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09400895967808162673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89684616602212844962011-09-15T15:27:52.953-04:002011-09-15T15:27:52.953-04:00So they are on a bit of a losing streak since Char...So they are on a bit of a losing streak since Charlamange - everyone has a dry spell once in a while.Bramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43100498236992296072011-09-15T13:53:40.024-04:002011-09-15T13:53:40.024-04:00Aw, geez, Matt, it's an entire nation of peopl...Aw, geez, Matt, it's an entire nation of people, with governments that had a history of severe dysfunction; you gonna blame all Frenchmen back to ancient Gaul 'cos they decided to sit a recent war or two out and have lost many?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10502073699523615902011-09-15T12:55:14.759-04:002011-09-15T12:55:14.759-04:00@ Staghounds -- blah, blah , blah.@ Staghounds -- blah, blah , blah.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967355941603195101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80046474254536456982011-09-15T12:37:08.425-04:002011-09-15T12:37:08.425-04:00Staghounds, you don't win a war by dieing for ...Staghounds, you don't win a war by dieing for your country......LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16055685710973899512011-09-15T12:07:26.955-04:002011-09-15T12:07:26.955-04:00I've a customer with a couple of these tings. ...I've a customer with a couple of these tings. You can see them used by Brendan Fraser in the first 'Mummy' movie. My customer uses heelbased .44 Colt bullets in cut down .44 Special cases. I can get you the bullets if you wanna try reloading for this dinosaur.Commander_Zerohttp://www.commanderzero.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48416566725327165202011-09-15T11:56:26.041-04:002011-09-15T11:56:26.041-04:00I love the classic lines (esp. the grip) of those ...I love the classic lines (esp. the grip) of those '73s, but for no apparent reason, whenever I see one I can't help but think of a little french kid running around shouting <i>Saint-Étienne! Saint-Étienne!</i> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8j6izHFlX4" rel="nofollow">They even have a YouTube video</a> if you don't get the book.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63126524419544139102011-09-15T11:47:11.546-04:002011-09-15T11:47:11.546-04:00http://knol.google.com/k/h-l-publishing/revive-you...http://knol.google.com/k/h-l-publishing/revive-your-antique-french-11mm-model/f03ynyjzei4d/30#<br /><br />I'm wondering what rimmed rifle round can be trimmed down to work here. Thanks Tam, you've given me a research project to dabble with.Sport Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04862280966739841769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66524756799881146352011-09-15T11:39:29.570-04:002011-09-15T11:39:29.570-04:00Hey, French guns are a great value. Never fired, o...Hey, French guns are a great value. Never fired, only dropped once...Mister_Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67215620621992708492011-09-15T11:19:41.189-04:002011-09-15T11:19:41.189-04:00Tam: go to http://hlebooks.com/11mm73/cham00.htm. ...Tam: go to http://hlebooks.com/11mm73/cham00.htm. They even have books you won't find anywhere else on this thing.<br /><br />Not sure if you can get the 'reloading kit' with 12 cases into the country though...<br /><br />All The Best,<br />Frank W. JamesFrank W. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188939287576293522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68135259589401715762011-09-15T11:16:06.273-04:002011-09-15T11:16:06.273-04:00Nice addition to the collection! Any idea what the...Nice addition to the collection! Any idea what the muzzle energy of that round would be? Big & slow can still hurt.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813274491601970838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-92194900709844126212011-09-15T11:09:50.740-04:002011-09-15T11:09:50.740-04:00Is that a brass you can form from something more e...Is that a brass you can form from something more easily available?Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90206603453994322832011-09-15T10:53:57.567-04:002011-09-15T10:53:57.567-04:00So how many times was it dropped by the "Chee...So how many times was it dropped by the "Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys?" (H/T to Top Gear).Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5961555197667252422011-09-15T10:46:46.183-04:002011-09-15T10:46:46.183-04:00I get a Nagant kinda vibe from it.I get a Nagant kinda vibe from it.Tango Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593296126387219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13734428790365798062011-09-15T10:35:16.689-04:002011-09-15T10:35:16.689-04:00It is a neat looking revolver in a "son of a ...It is a neat looking revolver in a "son of a Webley" sort of way. Too bad about the ejector, definitely adds character to a DA revolver.<br />Happy hunting (for the ammo).James family outpost, Iowa.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00062611090739281431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89537467815211500432011-09-15T10:06:56.855-04:002011-09-15T10:06:56.855-04:00Didn't Whatshisname Actordude use a pair of th...Didn't Whatshisname Actordude use a pair of these in shoulder holsters in "The Mummy"? Which kinda made sense, seeing that he was in the French Foreign Legion? <br /><br />wv: sneptr. I think that was one of th Egyptian gods.Chris in Texasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22086421250423592202011-09-15T09:34:42.273-04:002011-09-15T09:34:42.273-04:00Does it give you the feeling that you couldn't...Does it give you the feeling that you couldn't fight your way out of a wet paper bag, and the urge to surrender?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967355941603195101noreply@blogger.com