The Pepperbox revolvers were the most popular and probably most effective self defence weapons until the introduction of the modern revolver designs. Probably the best and most elegant system was developed in Europe at the end of the 1830s by Guillaume and Gilles Mariette. They worked in Cherrat, Liege, Belgium. This 4-shot Pepperbox was made in their worksop. History, modern time shooting, performance.
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Chapters:
0:00 What is a pepperbox revolver?
2:21 Loading the Mariette pepperbox pistol
4:40 Shooting to 8 meters
5:30 The history of the pepperbox phenomenon
9:32 Shooting a metal popper with full charge
9:54 The Mariette gunmaking family
11:27 The Mariette pepperbox system
12:16 The ballistics of the .38 cal pepperbox
Well this is my channel and these are my impressions about shooting old and repro blackpowder and cartridge guns. You will find target shooting, hunting, reloading and military history related videos here starring pre 1945 firearms. Since I was a little child I knew I want to be a history teacher. In fact I graduated as one. Later I studied military sciences on university level, and now I am doing my phd in firearms history while I teach military history at the university. That’s my life, my hobby. I hope you’ll enjoy my videos as much I enjoyed making them. Greetings form Hungary, the land of good wines and beautiful women. Oh yes, and please forgive my Hunglish. 😉
