Videos tagged with Clip-Fed

This video introduces the new KelTec PR57 pistol, chambered in 5.7x28mm. It highlights the pistol's innovative rotating barrel design, which reduces slide weight and recoil. The PR57 features a unique clip-fed system where the clip locks in the front and pushes in from the back. It is presented as an ultra-lightweight and slim option in the 5.7x28mm pistol market.

This video explores why the US military adopted the M1 Garand over a semi-automatic version of the BAR. Expert Ian McCollum details historical proposals, technical requirements, and the BAR's limitations in weight and magazine type that led to the Garand's selection. The analysis highlights key decision-making factors in early 20th-century small arms development.

This video provides a hands-on review of the 6.5x52 Carcano 91 TS rifle. The presenter discusses the unique bore and bullet diameter differences compared to other 6.5mm cartridges, potential accuracy issues stemming from this, and the rifle's clip-fed system. Initial range testing reveals accuracy challenges and some feeding issues, but the presenter notes that the rifle performed better than expected given the ammunition limitations and expresses optimism for improved performance with correct-sized bullets.

This video provides an expert-level, slow-motion analysis of the Roth-Steyr 1907 pistol, a standard firearm for the Austro-Hungarian military in WWI. The instructor details its unique locked breech, rotating barrel, and short recoil action, highlighting features like the striker indicator and half-cock mechanism, drawing parallels to modern firearms like the Glock. The clip-fed nature and last-round hold-open are also demonstrated.

Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons provides an in-depth look at the rare 1895 Müller Prototype Pistol. The video details its unique simple blowback, single-action mechanism, featuring a distinctive curved bolt that rotates into the grip. Expert disassembly reveals the internal components and clip-fed loading system, highlighting historical innovation in firearm design.

This video provides an in-depth explanation of how the German Mauser C96 pistol works. It covers key mechanical features like its double-stack, clip-fed magazine, hammer-fire mechanism, and short recoil locked breech system. The content is presented as part of a WWI Primer series, suggesting a historical and technical focus on this iconic firearm.