LeMat Revolver - Loading & Firing

Imagine getting a telegram from your friend at school telling you not to come in next month.

Arthur made reloading this seem a lot simpler.

"Hey wanna go to the shooting range?" "Sure just give me 4 hours to load my gun" "Dude how many guns are you bringing" "Just one"

It's videos like this that make you appreciate just how revolutionary the invention of the metallic cartridge really was. The time spent to make each paper round, having to keep paper rounds dry and safe, the ability to carry ready ammunition, the time required to load each round, and so forth. I can't even imagine having to deal with such a slow loading process under fire.

Imagine pulling up to the civil war with a glue stick and some coffee filters. Reloading this gun looks like an arts and crafts project. The manliest arts and crafts project.

Seeing how long the process to load not only the wad and ball but even putting them in the gun makes me have a sudden new appreciation for jacketed cartridges

Arthur: When are you going to shoot the enemies John!? John: in 3-5 business days

That has gotta be one of the most unique guns I’ve ever seen. A revolver with an underbarrel shotgun is really strange but neat.

There's a reason this was only used by some officers in the south. It was a cool idea. But was way too fiddly to be used by frontline troops in actual combat. More of an officer's weapon of last resort. I think they're cool-looking guns, I liked the modified example used in the first season of HBO's Westworld. I think that was modified to use .38 caliber shells and 410 gauge shotgun shells. A few years ago I looked into it, and there was one gunsmith who could do the modification, but it was very pricey. Edit to add it was .32 caliber not .38 and it was built by a guy named Frank Bird

It would be interesting (note: I'm not saying practical) to see a modern version of this. Say, a 7 or 8 shot .357 Mag. double action revolver, with a single shot .20 gauge action beneath it, with a thumb selector switch, using a common trigger.

Watching someone make their own paper cartridges makes you appreciate what you have now and really even what the LeMat was itself. I watched every second of this video

You know i’ve never seen anyone make their own paper cartridges, that’s actually really cool.

As a history buff, i always knew that 'percussion cap' pistols existed, but I honestly never understood the process. This was an eye opener regarding the loading and use of such weapons. Thank you so much for this.

No wonder cavalry was able to stay on the battlefield until the end of the 19th century and still be a force to be reckoned with. Great video, keep producing them!

If I can give you/everyone a tip: Putting a simple leather thong around the barrel & loading lever will stop it coming loose and jamming up the action. This works with the LeMat, Dragoon, Walker or any other pistol of this era with weak loading lever retention -- and it's historically accurate as well.

This video answered some questions on the LeMat that have stuck with me for roughly a decade now, thank you! Very much appreciated brother!

honestly, i’m surprised how long it took us to figure out bullets in casings.

Holy mother of god… The thought of having to do that more than once is making that revolver look like a mighty fine club.

I really like the look of the LeMat revolver. The first i had heard of it was playing Red Dead Redemption 2. Watching this helps me realize how little i know of firearms. It would be incredible to have a modern revolver with the shape and round count of the LeMat, without the time for a strings band to play a full set.

Remember switching to your side arm is alway faster than reloading. Seriously though this was a great vid love the history