Fun 1911 fact. It was the pistol T. E. Lawrence chose to take into The Great War. Historians are able to place him at specific battles, because he was the only one in the entire middle east leaving behind 45 ACP brass.

I love to see the Steyr Hahn appreciation. What a lovely handgun

British Army, up until the early 40s Officers bought their own weapons. My Great Grandfather carried a Mauser Broomhandle with a 10 round magazine, instead of a Webley, this was after a terrifying ambush on the North West frontier in 1906 where hand to hand fighting (swords, kukris, kyber knives etc) he swore never to use a pistol without at least 7 rounds. The locals would count your shots and charge after 6 shots.
This was apparently quite common. Officers would wear their Webley when behind the frontline or at HQ because it was smaller and less bulky.
Most officers in his regiment (Gurkha) had C96s in the early 19th C.

I love the way Ian came up with a different list and comparing the different ways that you evaluate the firearms.  Love both channels.

Believe it or not, I actually used the 1911 (alongside the Carcano) in a software quality class in which we were asked to define the many definitions of quality. I argued that the 1911 was essential in defining the modern handgun and how it remained a competitive design for a long time. With the Carcano I argued that because it was easy to manufacture and maintain, it had better quality than fancy rifles from other countries like Greece. My teachers and classmates were honestly pleasantly impressed with the presentation I gave

I love the resignation in her voice with "pass me the 1911"

I'm curious to see where my oddball favorite Roth-Krnka winds up (and what new and creative ways Mae finds to malign it)!

Edit: OH MY GOD IT'S BEEN SNUBBED! SNUBBED!!

American Precision: "We've made the AF2011. It's the most powerful 1911 because it's two 1911's forged together."
Steyr and DWM: "Ah ah America, you are wieder late to zhe party, ja?"

Thing about the stripper clip in Pistols... in that era you maybe got 2-3 magazines that had to be tailored to the gun more often than not. With a stripper clips the systems of the day could provide dozens if not hundreds of these for you to keep firing that pistol if you had to... so... I don't think the Austrians were wrong here ^^'

It was meant to be ...Here I am in Australia wearing one of my C&Rsenal T-Shirts & this presentation drops...Perfect !

Few things make me as happy as a C&Rsenal discussion special! This video is an absolute throwback, not only to your videos (can't believe you've been doing these so long!) But also my extensive service during WW1...on battlefield 1. Someday I would really love to get my hands on an fn1903 and a Beretta 1915- my two favorite handguns from the game, and neat designs in general.

Thanks for the video, beard man and mae!

love these top 10 videos.  can't wait for a revolver version and a small (32) pistol version as discussed in the beginning of the video!

There's a whole ton of knowledge and experience on display here. Othais and Mae seriously know their stuff!

Webley made it way higher than I expect

I love how Ian and you guys have this psudo-feud over the best "great war" pistols.

I'm a simple man, I see new C&Rsenal video, I click on C&Rsenal video. Love you guys

It's impossible to do now, but it would've been great to have had some WW1 vets (regardless of side) give their opinions of what their top 10 pistols would be and why.  They would've had first hand knowledge on which features are important and which weren't that may or may not be totally different than what we would think today.

“No wheel guns”
I could hear a bunch if fudd’s heads explode from here.

The Savage is the prettiest! The art deco double stack is superb.

27:00 This gun always reminds me of the pistols from Hellsing. Chambered in 13mm Clockwork Giant Panda.