History Primer 153: US Colt 1902 Philippine Model Documentary

Keep that booger hook off the bang switch!!

I want one of these, but sculpted a bit to look like a small pocket revolver, only big.

when i was growing up in the uk late 50s our comics were largely based on war stories.i remember one series about the kenyan emergency where district officers game wardens police and military all requested the reissue of the .455 webley as the replacement the enfield and webley .38 had a very weak proprietary cartridge and also civillians issued with a variety of .380 or 9mm self loaders all said against sudden attacks by maumau armed with machetes they just wouldnt knock them down.i found out later from a lady who was in kenya at the time this was true.most of the farmers etc carried large bore shotguns or high powered rifles but as personal protection wanted .45 caliber at least handguns.she said being a colonial based administration fortunately there was a lot of .455 webleys in store as theyd been in use until quite recently as due to the war like the smle rifle they were very low on the priority list to be issued enfield mk 4s or the new service revolver.

Cool

Mae Dear, That pistol look unconstitutional "Cruel and unusual Punishment" if I ever saw it That was not Taking One for the Team, That was taking at Least Six perhaps more.. God Bless you.

I'm trying not to imagine Mae as a US Officer in the Philippines, saying "you tried ND, good job" to a dude who ND'd with that thing. It's friggin' difficult I tell ya

loading and unloading trigger Colt dropped the ball on that design

When the moro is running towards you waving kris sword you can pull that easily due to nervous and adrenalin rush

Try pulling trigger with two fingers.

The fact that maegrouped that 28 pound trigger on target. Very impressive, to me honestly I would have done much worse.

Colt hand exerciser

I am writing these comments in order to stimulate more "interaction" on this video, hoping it will increase chances of more people seeing it.

Holy crap it’s the gun from that nightmare I keep having where I’m trying to shoot an attacker but the trigger on my gun is 30 pounds and I can’t keep it on target…

You 'PULLED' it off quite well Mae 👍 as usual 🤠

He made mention of the "Juramentado"... It's actually pronounced the Spanish way with the J pronounced as H therefore it's pronounced "huramentado"...

Captain Otis what now?

Okokok

Mae's disdain for the 1873 SAA as a fighting handgun is shared by no less than Jeff Cooper. As a Marine officer, he foolishly carried a personal 1873 into combat during WWII. After his first gunfight, he switched to a 1911.

Long live ... Philippines

"The large trigger guard is there just so you could have a large trigger"

I chortled

I'm so depressed that British Muzzle Loaders and Forgotten Weapons won a Gundie but we couldn't pull off a win for C&Rsenal.

Fun fact kurt russell used a 78 in the movie tombstone when he arrested curly bill

the ND comment killed me lmfao

I like this event idea... Is it still on the table? 🤔

Ho-Lee-Chit!!! - a pistol exists, with a heavier double action trigger pull than a Polish P-64! 🤯

Poor Mae! The look on her face was priceless! ☹️

I wonder how an officer or enlisted man from the south serving in The Phillippines at the time, felt about being called a "yanqui".

The movie Wyatt Earp in a night gun fighting Wyatt uses a colt lightning or a colt thunder.

Well. U.S. military contract handgun procurement has obviously been a goat screw into antiquity.

Thanks for the video.

You almost never get to see Mae not smile when shooting... her expressions when attempting to shoot these beasts however express volumes of disgust and disappointment.

One of my favourite videos

an ND off a 28lb trigger?! are you NUTS?! There is no friggin way!!

With the trigger so long and the trigger guard so big , two fingers to pull the trigger seems the way to go . As the Filipino gentleman pointed out . Maybe a two hand hold using both trigger fingers . The options are there if you can`t out run the dude . [ Moro ]

Kinda surprised the NYPD doesn't have this as the standard pistol. Only trigger I've seen worse than the 13lbs Glock trigger lol

Don't people used two fingers on those?

Adrenaline is an amazing thing guys.
Someone running at you with a two foot stabby , slashy thing
Will motivate you to pull that trigger. I have a Moro blade from this period in history and it would still easily remove an arm or head. The balance is absolute perfection.

My brain: There's so many reasons why this gun is terrible. Othais and Mae hate it, it's ugly as sin, and the trigger is offensive. ..... I need one.

28 lb pull. Oof

I see the US military bureaucrats were the same in the guided age. "Let's keep fixing something until we completely break it"

I love how even back 150 years ago people were saying "it just went off" and "I have TONS of experience so its NOT my fault". Yeah it is you pulled the trigger on accident you morons.

Back in the 1870's it was "The Colt just went off!" 30 years ago when police departments were mass issuing Glocks for the first time "Those damn Glocks just went off!" and when Serpa or other paddle release holsters came out "The holster is the problem" and of course my favorite "The BAD lever is DANGEROUS because a really skilled and experienced shooter had an ND with it".

Keep your finger straight and out of the trigger guard until you are ready to fire and none of those things happen. Funny how that works no touch bang switch= no bang happen.

Forty-some years ago I came close to purchasing an "Alaskan" Model .45 I espied in a Brevard, N.C antique shop. Came back a week ago later to find the shop closed as the owner had committed suicide with it, likely the last casualty inflicted by this model revolver.

I very much enjoy the way you and Mae discuss pros and cons of these pistols.

Armorer: after accidentally ventilating something “It was the gun. Definitely the gun. Not me. Dunno how it happened”

I can't really blame the U.S. soldiers and Phillipine Constabulary who wanted ANY kind of .45 Colt revolver instead of a .38 Colt calibered 1898 or 99 swing cylinder.
True the .38 Colt had light recoil and was undoubtedly a little faster to fire and reload.
All things that were perfect for a range or "games" gun/cartridge combo.
But the Army issue .45 Colt, either in models 1873, 1878, or 1902, fired a cartridge whos bullet alone weighed almost as much as the entire .38 Colt cartridge.
And at a decent velocity, too, for the black powder era.
All of which equates to a better combat cartridge that just simply needs a better designed and a much stronger and more reliable delivery vehicle.

Great video. Thank you. I wonder if the teleprompter operator could slow the scrolling down just a bit on future videos?

Crimson chin ass gun

I have this gun.. im a Filipino and may father is a PC before

Inspected by "Captain Horny".