Videos tagged with Magazine Cutoff

This video provides an expert look at the Mauser Model 71/84, Germany's first magazine-fed rifle. Ian McCollum details its Kropatschek-style tube magazine, elevator lifter, and magazine cutoff feature. The review highlights its historical context, including its short service life due to the advent of smokeless powder, and demonstrates its loading and firing process, noting the smooth action. The discussion emphasizes the rifle's design evolution from the single-shot Model 71 and its place in early military firearm development.

This video offers a deep dive into the Anvil 0141, a Schlagemilch carbine. The analysis covers various aspects of the firearm, including its safety systems, manual of arms, magazine cutoff functionality, and stockwork. As it's the only known example of this carbine, the content is expected to be highly detailed and informative for enthusiasts of historical or rare firearms.

This guide details the tactical operation of the Rhodesian FN Auto 5 shotgun, a legendary Browning design with significant historical service. It covers the unique 'Rhodesian Jungle Load' and the manual of arms, including the magazine cutoff feature. The host, from Administrative Results, demonstrates expert knowledge of historical firearms and their specific tactical applications, highlighting the shotgun's unique provenance and features.

The Ottoman Mauser 1893 is a variant of the Spanish 93, chambered in 7.65mm with a 5-round capacity. It features a cock-on-close action, a stiff magazine cutoff, and a V-notch ladder rear sight. While well-balanced, its recoil is noted as stronger than expected, and the necessity of the magazine cutoff is questioned.

The Remington-Lee Model 1899 represents the final smokeless powder evolution of the Remington-Lee rifle, serving as a precursor to the British Lee-Enfield. This bolt-action rifle featured a novel detachable box magazine and a unique cutoff mechanism. Despite its innovative design, including a four-lug bolt system for smokeless powder, the Model 1899 was complex and prone to certain weaknesses, leading to limited production and rarity today.

This comprehensive review of the Lee Metford MkI, Great Britain's first repeating magazine rifle, highlights its historical significance and technical features. Expert Ian McCollum details its development from the single-shot Martini-Henry, the impact of smokeless powder leading to the .303 British caliber, and the rifle's unique design elements like the 8-round detachable box magazine, dust cover, and volley sights. The review emphasizes the rifle's evolution and its place in British military firearms history.

This video explores a rare prototype Trapdoor Springfield rifle modified with an under-barrel tubular magazine, likely for the 1882 US Army repeating rifle trials. The design, possibly by Augustine Sheridan Jones, features a Kropatschek-style lifter and a manual magazine cutoff. Ultimately, the modification proved impractical due to an extra manual step required for chambering rounds, making it less efficient than contemporary bolt-action repeaters.

This video showcases the classic Browning Auto-5 (A-5) Buck Special on Range 2 with hickok45. The review highlights the shotgun's aesthetic appeal, unique features like the magazine cutoff, and its performance with Foster slugs. Despite a minor feeding malfunction, the A-5 is praised as a masterpiece of John Browning's design, offering an enjoyable shooting experience.

This video delves into the history and features of the U.S. Army's Springfield Model 1892-99, more commonly known as the .30-40 Krag. The presenter, Roy Hill, showcases his personal Krag rifle, emphasizing its original military configuration. The description highlights key aspects such as its smooth bolt action, unique side-loading internal magazine, an impressive rear sight graduated to 2,000 yards, and a magazine cutoff for single-shot operation. The video positions the Krag as the U.S. military's inaugural bolt-action rifle and notes its lineage from the Danish Krag-Jørgensen rifle, as well as its chambering in the U.S. military's first smokeless powder cartridge.

This custom Mauser 1871, crafted by Karl Gebert of Munich, showcases advanced 19th-century sporting rifle features. It uniquely incorporates a box magazine, a magazine cut-off, and double set triggers for enhanced precision. The rifle also boasts a sophisticated sighting system with both tang aperture and express leaf sights, indicating its high-end sporting purpose.

The Webley 1913 semiautomatic pistol is presented as an underrated firearm, offering a surprisingly pleasant shooting experience with recoil comparable to a 1911 despite its .455 Webley Auto chambering. Its unique magazine disconnect allows for single-fire operation by manually dropping rounds into the chamber. The pistol features a comfortable grip, an effective grip safety, and is noted for its soft shooting characteristics.

This expert-level entry details the Lamson & Ball Carbine, a Civil War-era repeating carbine designed by Albert Ball and manufactured by E.G. Lamson. It covers the carbine's design, historical context including government contracts and delayed delivery, operational mechanics, and its place in firearms history. The entry highlights the carbine's unique features, such as its lever action, under-barrel tube magazine, and an aftermarket magazine cutoff, while comparing it to contemporary firearms like the Henry rifle.