Videos tagged with Short Recoil Action

The Winchester Model 59 is a lightweight semi-automatic shotgun notable for its innovative Win-Lite barrel, constructed from fiberglass wrapped around a thin steel liner. This design, based on the Model 50's short recoil system but enhanced with a floating chamber, significantly reduces weight. Disassembly is straightforward, involving unscrewing the forend and rotating the barrel, allowing for easy access to the interchangeable choke.

This video showcases the traditional loading method for the Mauser C96 'Broomhandle' pistol using 7.63x25mm Mauser cartridges and stripper clips. It features a live-fire demonstration highlighting the pistol's unique top-ejecting short-recoil action. The content emphasizes the historical significance and mechanical intricacies of this iconic firearm.

This video provides a direct comparison between the Luger P08 and the Lahti L-35 (Swedish m/40), highlighting their distinct mechanical actions and performance during live fire. The Luger's iconic toggle-lock system is contrasted with the Lahti's more conventional short recoil operation. Both 9mm pistols are evaluated for recoil impulse, cycling speed, and accuracy on steel targets, showcasing their historical significance and handling characteristics.

This video demonstrates the classic Mauser C96 Broomhandle pistol, focusing on its unique stripper clip loading method for its 10-round internal magazine. It showcases live fire at an outdoor range, highlighting the pistol's historical significance and short-recoil action. The demonstration emphasizes proficient handling and range safety.

Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons details the Armalite AR-17, a unique aluminum shotgun from the 1960s. Despite its innovative design, including a lightweight construction and a novel loading mechanism, the AR-17 was a commercial failure due to its poor handling characteristics and limited capacity. The review covers its historical context, mechanical operation, and construction.

This expert guide details the White-Merrill Model 1907 pistol, a contender in the 1907 US military pistol trials. It covers the pistol's unique design, including its transparent grip window and one-handed charging lever, and its innovative tilting slide action. The guide also highlights the pistol's significant reliability issues encountered during trials, providing valuable insights into firearm development and historical military testing.

The Bergmann Mars 1903 is a significant early automatic pistol featuring Louis Schmeisser's innovative vertical locking block system, originally designed for machine guns. This allowed for the more powerful 9mm Bergmann cartridge, later adopted as the 9mm Largo by Spain. Despite initial military trial failures in Britain and the US, Spain adopted the Mars 1903 for its simplicity and clip/magazine loading capability, though production faced challenges.

The Armaguerra Model 1939 was a rare Italian semi-automatic rifle adopted but canceled due to WWII production issues. It featured a unique short recoil action with a tipping block, similar to the Walther P38, and a novel charging system using the front sling swivel. Despite initial orders, only about 100 were produced in 6.5mm Carcano caliber, making it a historically significant but practically limited firearm.

This video examines the Bjorgum 1905 Norwegian Prototype Pistol, a unique design by Niels Bjorgum. The pistol is chambered in 7.63mm Mauser, features a 16-round clip-fed magazine in the grip, interrupted thread locking, and a rotating barrel short recoil action. The presenter notes its surprisingly light weight and discusses its problematic performance during informal testing, highlighting four malfunctions in 16 rounds. The video touches on Bjorgum's career as a gun designer for the Norwegian military, his later work on a self-loading rifle, and his eventual return to painting. It's a detailed look at a lesser-known historical firearm prototype.

This review delves into Beretta's experimental Model 1931 and 1937 semiautomatic rifles, designed by Tulio Marengoni. The Model 1931 features a short recoil action, rotating bolt, and uses 6.5mm Carcano en bloc clips, while the Model 1937 was updated for 7.35mm Carcano with a top-loading internal magazine and a manual override. Both showcase innovative engineering for their time, with detailed analysis of their mechanisms and historical context.

This video analyzes the Mannlicher 1901/04 Carbine, an experimental firearm developed by Ferdinand von Mannlicher. It highlights the carbine's evolution from earlier models, its short recoil and tipping bolt action, and its initial chambering in 7.63mm Mannlicher. The description details a key improvement in the 1901/04 variant: a fixed handguard to prevent malfunctions caused by gripping the recoiling handguard. The most significant change was its scaling up for a larger 7.63x32mm cartridge, drawing a comparison to the .30 Carbine. Development ceased due to Mannlicher's passing in 1904.