Videos tagged with Proprietary Cartridge

This expert guide details the operation of the historic Westley Richards 'Monkey Tail' Carbine. The video highlights its unique breech-loading mechanism, proprietary .451 combustible paper cartridges, and historical significance, particularly its use by the Boers. The carbine's design, featuring a distinctive lever for loading and a self-cleaning wad, is explained. Original military models are noted as rare, with many surplus examples imported to the US.

This review delves into the exceptionally rare Standard Arms 'Camp' Gun, a .50 caliber smoothbore pump-action firearm produced between 1909-1914. It highlights the company's brief history and commercial failure compared to giants like Winchester and Remington. The Camp Gun's unique design, intended for both round ball and shot, and its ornate bronze furniture are discussed, emphasizing its status as an ambitious but unsuccessful early 20th-century American firearm.

This video analyzes the FK Brno 7.5mm Field Pistol, exploring its performance against Level IIIA armor. The pistol's proprietary 7.5mm cartridge achieves impressive velocities exceeding 2,000 fps, capable of penetrating IIIA rated armor with ease. The review discusses the cartridge's design, velocity, and terminal ballistics, comparing it to other calibers. While acknowledging the cartridge's innovation and potential, the reviewer critiques the "high terminal effect" projectile for its fragmentation and suboptimal wound track in ballistic gel. The pistol itself is noted as expensive ($8,000 MSRP) with a high-end fit and finish, though not entirely justifying the price tag. Alternative sight options and handling characteristics are also covered.

The Sauer Bär pistol, produced between 1899 and 1914, is a unique German pocket pistol designed by Burkhard Bär. It features a distinctive four-shot mechanism with two barrels and a rotating square cylinder block, originally chambered in 7mm Bär but mostly found in .25 ACP. Despite its extremely thin profile and folding trigger for concealed carry, it faced commercial decline against self-loading competitors like the Browning Model 1900.