Top Break Revolvers Are Cool
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An overview of Top Break Revolvers
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I liked how Mr. Lahey had that old Webley revolver as his sidearm while the boys had automatics. Showed how old school of a cop he used to be before the liquor got a hold of him.
The liquor was calling the shots.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq The Liquor always calls the shots, bud.
He was fired in 77 so that it would been standard issue at the time
The Liquor only needs six shots.It's that fucken good bud.@@kyledunn6853
The liquor got to him? Brother.. he is the liquor. What shit wind did you hear that shit whisper from eh?
I'd completely forgotten about the mecha-sized revolver reload from Patlabor at 3:55. That was a neat touch by the creators, that reeked of government bureaucrats mandating an absurdly impractical system out of misplaced concerns. Nice find!
One of the few mecha series I've never seen. That's awesome isn't it?
@@ThommyofThenn Both are good, but I thought Patlabor 2 was the better movie. I think there was a series done as well?
I love the extra fiddliness of the pilot having to get out of the Labor to reload by hand, so the ammo is stored in the ankle.
Actually finished watching the Patlabor animes a while back. There are two mainline continuities, not unlike Fullmetal Alchemist and Star Wars. The first consists of The Early Days OVAs, consisting of seven stories, plus the first and second movies; there's also a third, WXIII, but it feels really out of place... and there's also a live action sequel miniseries to this continuity, but I doubt I'll ever see it. The second consists of The TV Series and The New Files follow-up/interquel, consisting of 47 and 16 eps each. Oh, and one's better off watching them all on the original Japanese. The English dubs for the OVAs and TV series are left wanting, while the better Manga Entertainment dubs for the first and second movies are really hard to get.
Oh, and by the way, 3:55 is from Patlabor: The Movie, during the climactic endgame battle on Babel.
The giant guns used by the Labors in Patlabor go hard af. Something about a revolver the size of a smart car is just amazing.
They are admittedly expensive to maintain. Pity, considering the hotshot Isao Ohta is around.
@@michaelandreipalon359i think its ment to be a limmiter of sorts, after all, its not like the military will ever lose top secret prototypes, simultanious labor rampages, attack of giant cancer monster will ever happen in tokyo
@@memeboy8207 Well, there's the Schaft incidents, and also the occasional kaiju, ghost, mutant rodent, and sewer gator problem... but I digress at most.
You said it and also cool series too though more likely movies are my thing but also went with the TV series though now this is very expensive.
As a kid, I remember my Uncle owning a Smith & Wesson Schofield " break top " revolver. He used to let me fire a couple of cylinders through it every now and then. What a time I had! Thanks Johnny for reminding me of a great childhood memory. 👍👍
There is a Modern Top Break revolver developed by Russia in the 1990s, it’s called the MP-412 REX which is chambered in .357 Magnum and .38 Special.
to add to this, it was designed as an export revolver but since there was a weapons embargo on Russia, the gun never took off.
You ever play bf4
@@thunderkatz4219 No, I have played MW3 (2011) the original one. That’s where I saw the MP412 REX.
It's vaporware. It never made it out of the prototype phase and was never produced commercially.
its not vaporware, that would insinuate that it was not fully developed or was only in concept, they were produced in small numbers but because of the main market having embargoed russia, who was the US, it never got into full production.@@SavageGreywolf
that trailer park boys intro is epic
When I was a kid, I had this revolver gun toy that you can insert some kind of gunpowder that will mimic a real-life gun noise when the trigger is pulled. The revolver was top break and for a good few years that I thought every revolvers were top break lol
I had something identical to what you described. The little "gunpowder" charges are called caps, and the (toy) guns designed to use them are consequently called cap guns.
Gene Autry Cap Gun, friend had one when I was a kid.
Cap guns got canceled due to mistaken reports of firearm discharges. The company knew the hazards their toy posed and pushed them even harder expecting to be shelved much eerier then they were. I remember the sound of it periodically echoing in my childhood valley
@@piney4562 yes! Cap gun. Since I live in Indonesia, we call it as "pistol" meaning handgun literally. They were loud as hell but was so fun to play cop & robbers. I wish I could get them now so I could play Swat with friends lmao
@@donaldpetersen2382 well I just had one occassion the cap discharged from the gun and smack my friend on the cheek, nothing serious & he had no injury except for a small red mark on his cheek. Those guns were much safer than the airsoft sold freely back when I was a kid. Loud as heck yes but safe as long as you don't somehow fire it to your eyes in just a few centimeters away
Aww no "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" clip? In that film, Indy packs a Webley WG.
Bro even got a clip of fuckin Rango but no Indy Jones 😂😂
Another awesome video, Johnny. I remember seeing Charlie Prince (played by Ben Foster) using a S&W Schofield in the 3:10 to Yuma remake. It forever solidified the badassery of the top-break revolver, in my mind.
Watched that film and don't remember anyone called that. Only guy I remember is someone called "Charlie Princess"!
Nice video but will you ever make a video on the M16 ? Its just so iconic it really deserves its own video
Megaprojects has a decent one. Here on KZhead....
Thanks will check out but i would love to see one with the certain charm with this channel
Yes
@@rob5944that's great and I'm glad you have recommendations but I really like Johnny's style and taste in movie/tv examples
I want to see one in his videos
That...was an outstanding episode. Absolutely perfect execution. Choice of archival material, flow and sequence of same, editing, dialogue, everything. AAA job.
I remember in ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’, Indy takes out his gun and sees it has no bullets when it popped open…then his dad remembered his Charlemagne 😂
Those poor birds and Messerschmitts...
"Let my army'sh be the rocksh and the treesh, and the birdshh in the shhky"
@@endutubecensorship Well, heesh gone to the shhky now, RIP Shir Shean Connery.
Break action revolvers were really cool. Still see them occasionally.
the S&W model 3 is one of my favorite guns because of that sick top break mechanism, its awesome to see a video including it!
My grandfather brought one back from WW2, made at Tula in 1889 somehow it and a battle damaged 12mm pinfire came home with him after many battles in the Pacific including the flying column to free the POW camp by Manila. I can only guess maybe the Japanese captured it in the Russo Japanese War.
Had a break open revolver in Trigun as well. Vash's signature revolver does this exact same thing.
I would love to see a modern break action revolver. Of course it would be extremely difficult due to how strong the gases are with modern cartridges but still it’s just so cool lol
There was a small run of Webley revolvers in 357mag a few years ago but they were very expensive, I don't remember exactly but $5,000 rings a bell
NAA Ranger.
Been watching for the longest time now and i just realized you never made a video on the arisaka or mosin
Thanks for the Patlabor clip.
I would have added "Magnum Force" of the Dirty Harry franchise, showing David Soul using the .357 Magnum, in Honour of his passing.
The bee's wax and tallow mixture has more to do with reducing black powder fouling. A tight fitting bullet reduces the probability of a chain fire.
Yah, that's probably a more likely reason. Thank you.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq You should have mentioned paper cartridges, which were commercially available on a wide scale. Things like wads and lube are more of a 20th century cowboy shooting propagation.
It can do both. Greasing the chambers does help prevent chain fires.
The story I was always told was that the break top revolver was designed for cavalry so the could reload and still hold the reigns and barrel at the same time
Close. Cavalry were early adopters seeing the advantage. Just look up "schofield revolver" for some history on it.
As a Canadian I love you opened with Mr Laney. That’s the best example on film of a top break revolver.
Hey I just let the liquor decide on the opening clip.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Lahey IS the liquor. 😂😂
The schofield was always my favorite to use in Red Dead Redemption because I never got tired of seeing the reload animation
You know it’s going be damn good video, when got Mr. Leahey and Randy. RIP John Dunsworth best actor to ever played a drunk. Next one target shooting and gun talk with Ricky. Great video as always
The iconic Webley and Enfield revolver featured in so many epic imperial movies: Zulu, The Four Feathers, Titanic, Lawrence of Arabia ( who was in fact a 45 govt 1911 user), Too Late the Hero. Wherever a plucky British officer needed to uphold decency and fair play by killing lots of natives, the break top action was close at hand.
RIP John Dunsworth
A fascinating insight in revolvers. You leean something new everyday!
RIP John Dunsworth. Still making us laugh. :(
Well, time to watch Zulu again.
My favorite part is the auto ejection for top breaks. Just break it open and all the casings come flying out. The Webley is my favorite example of them.
Truly an iconic gun, a symbol of the British empire, one to be admired or disgusted depending on your beliefs :)
Not all have ejectors. Some only have extractors.
Ill take one in .455 webley, thanks Johnny! Lol
Okay but I can't promise ammo
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq haha yeah no shit
And even then, the cleaning materials are also sold separately in another county, haha!
As a lefty, I like the top break revolver. Easy to reload compared to swing to the side revolvers.
Seems like you would like side gates.
knew about the different systems...didnt know about each having featured in hollywood movies!..kudos to the film weapon specialists..
every time you snap a cylinder shut on a revolver, Jerry Miculek sheds a single tear
Thanks for another great video and a list of movies for me to watch:) You never disappoint!
0:27 - _Who would only load 5 out of 6 rounds into his weapon??_ That always made me nuts.
Someone that only has 5 rounds? Otherwise yeah that's weird. It doesn't even look like the empty cylinder is the one that would be under the hammer either; in case he was cautious in that way.
For the Colt Single Action Army, some would load only 5 rounds in the cylinder to prevent accidental discharge.
Load one skip one load four. That way when you decock the hammer, it comes down on an empty chamber. The old single actions didn't have any kind of safety.
No modern-day transfer bar safety. The hammer is the firing pin and if you load 6 the hammer is sitting above a live round
@@jcraigie Nope, he still had more ammo on him, as he later reloaded his revolver, once again. Excellent answers to all who said that it was vital to leave an empty chamber beneath the hammer of a single-action revolver. In that case, we may have a technical movie-making problem because at one point in the film he's repeatedly pulling the trigger on what is now a dry weapon before throwing it at a Zulu in frustration, and you can plainly see/hear that it's a double-action. That said, I _believe_ he was using a Webley service revolver which at the time was indeed double-action. EDIT: A-HA! If you watch it closely enough, you can see that the chamber he leaves empty is _not_ the one beneath the hammer, and thus how he snaps it shut is of no consequence. So we're back to the beginning: He only loads 5 rounds into his double-action Webley with more ammo still in his pouch. I continue to be frustrated with this scene.
I'm always down for a Zulu Dawn reference.
gotta say Johnny, i'm really surprised you didn't use any footage from the anime series Trigun since (while a completely made up firearm) the main heroes revolver is a break action with pretty good scenes of reloading it
Pretty sure the .45 Long Colt was modeled after several real revolvers, mainly the Russian MP412 REX
"8 Bells" Hopkins uses a Webley there .
Dude brilliant as always. Love all your stuff man. But the fact you go Trailer Park Boys into this one really take the cheeseburger. Thanks dude
No way you started this on a Trailer Park Boys clip... you're a legend man XD
The liquor chose which clip to start things with..
0:45: Strangely riveting, the gunshop sequence focusing on Tuco. That guy is as nicely surprising as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza altogether. 3:25: When in doubt, just watch this on the Director's Cut. Just saying. 3:55: Good old Patlabor: The Movie, Alphonse, and Noa Izumi... hehe, why must their revolver cannons be so impractically reloaded, up to the point of characters lampshading it in the course of the multi-continuity franchise? Anywho, in my (mostly fiction based) perspective, revolvers in my eyes should be sided, while shotguns and certain rifle and demo weapons are on top.
Bad news for whoever is standing five feet from Julian
No one in the cap and ball days carried a spare loaded cylinder, that is a movie trope. Carrying a loaded and capped cylinder is like handling a bomb, dropping or mishandling it could be disastrous.. Not to mention cylinders were not necessarily interchangeable, timing could be way off
Nice work big fella as always, Safe travels buddy. :)
Such good videos. Informative, interesting, entertaining, to the point. Excellent infotainment Thank you very much
That scene from The Quick and the Dead of the swede reloading his ball and cap revolver is the best pornographic production ever made.
3:55 Nice use of Patlabor as an example for the video,an interesting yet deep franchise that mixes elements from Macross,Gundam and Police Academy Funfact:the so called Revolver cannon used by the AV-98 Ingram and AV-0 Peacemaker are in fact a scaled up version of the Colt Python .357 Magnum with a 4" barrel,with he caliber for the gun being of 37mm Now i see what kind of mech would Rick Grimes pilot!
Just the tip, ehh Johnny? Thanks man, catch ya on the next one.
One my favorite types of favorites
I used to have a snubnose H&R top-break revolver. Kind of resembled a Webley...38 S&W rather than 38 Special. It was actually a solid little gun, but the ammo was kind of hard to come by.
I have a couple that are in 38 S&W. The ammo is hard to find and expensive.
ive dreamed of owning a webley revolver ever since i watched zulu and also the pink floyed video loading a top break revolver would be my asmr lol
Beautiful surprise to see Mr Lahey on this channel
Damn straight, swing out win out on being able to handle rounds with more pressure but aesthetically ya can't beat the beauty and cool factor of a top break revolver. Personal favourite is the Webley Fosbery, not only top break but a early example of the weird niche of recoil operated revolvers.
I always had thing for precursor revolvers that are pepperbox pistol's with a barrel framed to it Johnny. The box is loaded seperate & their are some varying interesting mechanism various patterns had to remove the box for easy & speed of reloading. The USA like to think the wild west was filled with colt revolvers & such but most prospectors had a simple plain pepperbox as weeks wages to 4 months wages is a big deal. Most wanted some form of personal protection & not something to use in a shoot out. In a laments hand if 4 or 5 shots were not enough you were probably dead anyway! A pepperbox by it's design & premise has far less parts while being far less dangerous if all round go of at once as all the round just exit out the open front of the firearm. Many initially for these safety concerns did not adopt or desire an expensive untested early colt revolver outside of military or unsavoury often illegal professions. A new firearm with out training & time to familiarise one's self is often far dangerous to it's user then another. Hans Stopler revolver from 1597 is arguably the earliest revolver mind. All colt did was incorporate a ratchet system though some argue he copied it from an English pattern & fire arm in a private collection somewhere. Still colt did make a pretty penny & certainly was the 1st commercially successful revolver as prior pepperbox's were preferred being far more practical to produce & use.
I like top break revolvers. The main disadvantage they have is that they are not as strong as solid frame, side swing revolvers and not suitable for the more powerful cartridges that came along in the late 1800s. Otherwise, they are much faster to load/unload. The S&W Schofield was preferred over the Colt SAA by cavalry because it could be unloaded quickly using just one hand, and was easier to load on horseback. I have a S&W Performance Center Schofield revolver I bought about 2002. Really fine revolver! It is the only single action revolver I own. I also own a S&W "Safety Hammerless" .38 and an Enfield MKII also in .38 S&W.
>Doesn't feature the Broken Butterfly teload from OG RE4
That anime mech revolver looked dope
Very interesting video. Next time I watch a western or WWII movie / TV show, I'll pay closer attention now. Thanks.
2:35 broke my hearth.
The Smith & Wesson Model 3 is such a good looking revolver😫
The only revolver I have is a single action with a load gate. It's fun but not practical for self defense. I always thought the top break revolvers looked cool but the practicality of semiautos always won me over. Thanks for another fun and interesting video Johnny.
Colt single action?
I always wanted a Schofield revolver. I've fired a few (original and reproductions) and they have a certain quickness to them similar to a P08 Luger. It's just a comfortable pistol to use.
They are making reproductions of the Model 3 .Now they need to bring back Top Break rounds like the .455 Webley but in a more powerful Mk.VII configuration .
"I see you have an eye for things! Gun's not just bout shootin, it's bout reloadin! You'll know what I'm talkin about!"-The Merchant RE4 about the Broken Butterfly revolver
I like the top break revolvers, I still have a couple. A Hopkins and Alleen and a Iver Johnson's, both are in the old 38 s&w, and both are from the 1890s. Thanks for the video.
Adding in Mr lahey was a great addition
Always thought it was weird how Indiana Jones uses a webley in some of the movies
1:50 There's mention of both carrying multiple revolvers and swapping cylinders in either Grant's or Sherman's memoirs (I forget which). He said it was not uncommon for a cavalryman to carry two holstered revolvers in the front and two in the back in a cross draw style while mounted. Bloody Bill Anderson was found to have six revolvers on his person when he was killed. Also they preferred the "Navy" model Colts because it was significantly lighter than the 1860 Army. But anyway, if you have the cross wedge pin in the Colt worn in and greased, it's easy to knock it out and change a cylinder just as fast as you can on the 1858 Remington. Either way, reloading a cylinder is faster than emptying and reloading cartridges one by one. Also, it's worth noting that the Starr revolvers (there was a SA and a DA) were both top-break AND used percussion caps. Although it's not a latch, you have to unscrew a pin
3:01 Not a good chioce of image, since there is only 1 rimed cartridge here where it would function as a speedloader. Moon clips also made it possible to use rimless cartridges in revovlers, but in those cases they weren't simply speedloaders, but an essential part of the cylinder. But otherwise brilliant video as always.
Thanks man! Now that you mention it I could have chosen a better imagine you're right!
I always wondered why the hinge joints went bad, especially since I have a top break Thompson Center Encore in 458 winchester magnum and the hinge is fine. Seems like the issue was metallurgy wasn't at pace with the design yet.
One occasional thing that happens sometimes with revolvers with the automatic ejectors is that the ejector can slip past the rim of a cartridge and will then jam the case under the ejector when it snaps back. This isn’t a problem with manual ejectors for obvious reasons.
Where's Indy's Webley WG Army Model .455? "I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne... let my army be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky."
I honestly messed up big time because that would have been some solid footage for this...
@JohnnyJohnsonEsq ... yeah, but then you would've had to play "A Flock of Seagulls" song in the background.
I have about a dozen assorted Top Breaks... They are Cool.... I sold one that I wish I would have kept years ago... It was a .455 Webley Scott.... "Wobbly Scott".... Haha!
I like this. I wonder if there’s enough footage to justify a segment on the S&W Schofield revolver? Or the Colt Python?
Between Jesse James and Billy the Kid flicks I'd bet there's a decent amount of Schofield footage. Colt Python, not so much. IIRC, Colt was pretty protective of the Python name.
I have a Webley Mark IV. Amazing revolver.
One thing i do hate about my top break is i can never find ammo for it. Its a S&W safety hammless and its a fun little gun
I never thought I would see trailer Park boys here but I sure do love it
The liquor led the way.
3:10 for anyone wanting more information about revolvers, speedloaders and their use by police; see Paul Harrells video about the 1986 FBI Miami shootout.
Using and reloading them in BF1 was one of the coolest things ever, pd , love the jokes
I've got an Iver Johnson top break in .32 S&W from the mid 1960's. My dad bought it new for $25.
In case anyone is wondering, a Schofield and a Webley are close enough in shape that a Schofield will fit perfectly in a Webley leather holster, like Indiana Jones'. Or at least my airgun replica will, should be the same size (and only the 5 inch barrel)
Patlabor! ☕🥰🇺🇸
Good old Mr. Lahey and Randy.
Awesome video!
Top break revolvers need ot make a comeback.
Love how the clip is, MR. Lahey and Randy from trailer park boys
Like the 'after the Anglo-Zulu war' bit. Very subtle.
I have an Enfield top break that was made in 1943, very interesting pistol. The Brit's really liked the top breaks for some reason.
I have one as well, basically a DA only Webley copy in 38-200, fun gun to shoot
@@TomWilson-sy4joMine is a little snappy. Which is a bit surprising since .38 S&W isn't that big of a cartridge.
@@chris.3711 no it isn't but would get the job done, I have three guns chambered in 38 short, my favorite is a Smith and Wesson Model 32, have carried it a few times, fun to shoot.
I know it's more modern, but could you do a video covering the HK, please?
Would love a Webley , so cool .
They are just so cool.
Always love Johnny’s gun review/comparison videos, I know he’s really a military type of historical video maker but I’d like to see a video on the Schofield revolver one of my personal favorites.
He uses one later in the film 🥸
If anyone's played the Original BioShock...That revolver was badass. I never upgraded it to that huge side drum mag cause I liked the top loading/break barrel design.
Great trailer park boys shout out there.
i have had a few Ny arms 38 s&w break revolvers... i need to dig them out....i never think about them
I’ve wanted one since I was a kid.
Opening *very* strongly with the Lahey and Bobandy clip
I let the liquor decide the opening
Great video. New sub
I have only one revolver, a Schofield. The break action is great because I'm left handed. It's also fun to do the cavalry slap eject.