A peculiar pair of pocket percussion pistols with firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson

This video provides an in-depth look at a double-barrel percussion pistol from the Victorian era, manufactured by Joseph Riley. The expert highlights its features, including its .58 caliber bore, box lock action, and decorative elements. The discussion also touches upon its intended use as a self-defense or traveling pistol and the historical context of its maker, Joseph Riley, an Irish immigrant who became a prominent London gunmaker.

This video provides an in-depth look at a rare James Warner simplified revolving carbine, detailing its historical context, design evolution in response to Colt's patents, and a step-by-step disassembly process. The presenter, Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons, highlights the carbine's unique features, such as its manually indexed cylinder and simplified construction aimed at reducing manufacturing costs.

This video demonstrates the process of loading and firing a 20 gauge Pedersoli Baker muzzleloading percussion coach gun for trap shooting. Despite having short barrels and no choke, the instructor successfully breaks clay targets, highlighting the potential of historical firearms in modern shooting sports. The guide covers powder loading, wad insertion, shot placement, and capping procedures.

This video explains the characteristics and historical context of live pigeon guns, which were built for extreme strength and large loads to ensure pigeons were killed before escaping a boundary. These guns, popular until the 1920s, often featured long barrels (30-32 inches), longer chambers (2.75-3 inches), wide file-cut ribs for an improved sighting plane, and sometimes pistol grips and triple grip actions. While similar to modern clay shooting guns, live pigeon guns were bespoke, high-end items for aristocratic clientele who wagered fortunes on matches. The video also differentiates them from wildfowling guns, noting that while they share some properties, live pigeon guns were built to a higher standard of finish and bespoke specification.

This episode of American Rifleman TV previews the Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company, highlighting their diverse capabilities in producing fine firearms, including various shotgun configurations and a unique scaled-down Model 21 double rifle. The review also features the SIG MPX pistol caliber carbine.

This is the third part of a five-part series from Brownells, featuring Master Gunsmith Jack Rowe. The video demonstrates the process of stripping and cleaning a Box Lock firearm. Produced by Trinidad College, this instructional content focuses on the practical maintenance of a specific type of firearm mechanism.

Ian McCollum and Jonathan Ferguson of the Royal Armouries present a challenge to find three unique firearms based on appearance, mechanical oddity, and historical impact. They showcase experimental and rare pieces like the Charlton Automatic Rifle, Sterling 7.62mm prototype, Schwarzlose Model 1898, Gabbett-Fairfax Mars pistol, an SA80 prototype, and a BSA Machine Carbine, highlighting their unusual mechanisms and limited adoption.

This entry details the Knight's Armament KS-1 (L403A1), the British Army's new Alternative Individual Weapon, adopted under Project Hunter. Expert Jonathan Ferguson from the Royal Armouries provides an in-depth look at its features, intended use for specialized units, and its role in supplementing existing platforms like the SA80.

This guide details the process of arming an 11th-century Norman knight, as explained by an institutional expert from the Royal Armouries. It covers the sequence of donning essential protective gear, including padded undergarments, a mail hauberk, a nasal helmet, and a kite shield, emphasizing weight distribution and historical construction techniques.

This guide details the installation and operation of the Harston's Patent Mark IV magazine, a rare modification designed to convert the single-shot Martini-Henry rifle into a repeater. Expert Jonathan Ferguson explains the mechanism, its inventor Captain Charles Gravelle Harston, and the historical context of its development. The guide covers fitting the magazine, the cycling process for feeding rounds, and the use of the cutoff device for single-shot operation, while also noting potential reliability issues and the high conversion cost.