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On tonight's episode, the guys and I have a blast

looking back at the amazing weapons we've seen

over the years, like the time Corey and Chum

turned heads shooting a swivel gun.

- Oh, my God! - Yes!

And who could forget when Chum torched

a deal on a flamethrower?

Oh, my God, it's hot.

Chum, that's enough!

And later, I recreate a turning point in history

with a Brown Bess musket.

Yeah!

The British are coming!

Whoo!

Oh, damn.

I just wanted to bring this in and have you check that out.

Do you know anything about it?

I know it's heavy. I know it shoots 12 rounds.

I mean, you really can't hold it and shoot it.

It's got to be mounted to something.

Yeah. No, it's heavy.

I imagine maybe it was on a swivel or something like that.

- Yeah. - I mean, we don't even know.

There could be, like, a pistol stock that goes here

and it just-- it was the Jolly Green Giant's pistol.

Yeah.

So where did you get this thing?

I was cleaning out my mom's house.

She got it from my grandparents that

were born in the early 1900s.

So-- but I saw that and I'm like,

there is no way this is going in the trash bin.

I mean, it looks 50- or 60- caliber, something like that.

It's just like-- it works kind of like a revolver.

It's kind of-- yeah.

I'm rarely kind of baffled, but I'm kind of baffled.

How much are you looking to get out of it?

- I'd like to get 1,500. - OK.

My buddy, Alex, I mean, he knows everything

about every cool gun.

Well, hopefully he gets down here soon.

I mean, I had someone in here with a peg leg once that was

a gun, and he knew about it.

Hey, how can I help you?

Brought you a little surprise.

OK.

It's a peg leg gun.

Is it, like, a movie prop or something?

Nope. It is from, I believe, the 1800s.

I think it's great.

It is literally the ultimate pirate apparatus.

Who would have this?

I just can't see some ship captain walking

around with a gun leg on.

Well, no.

I mean, if you were amputated above the knee,

you just lift your knee up.

This is really neat.

What are you looking to get for it?

I'm looking for about $15,000.

Whoa.

Do you mind if I have someone take a look at it?

Absolutely not.

What do we strap this to shoot it?

His leg.

It's sort of like shooting, like, a handheld rocket.

There's no way to aim this.

You just point in the general direction, and pull the lever,

and hope for the best.

Load up the leg.

All right, here we go.

You ready?

All right.

Yes!

Got a hit.

It fires.

Yes.

I'm looking at 15.

No, no, no.

There's no money to be made.

Come back at me.

8 grand.

- How about 9 1/2? - 9,500?

95.

- 95. - You got a deal.

It's one of the coolest things I've ever owned.

Hey, Rick.

OK.

Normally, when you come in, I tell you what I have.

But I have no idea what I have here.

That thing's a monster.

It is a massive caliber.

I mean, I'm thinking it's 45- or 50-cal,

maybe even a little higher.

And it's completely impractical as a firearm.

So what I mean by that is there is no grip.

There is no stock.

And then you have this gigantic trigger.

But as you pull it back it's double action, which

means you pull it back, it fires,

and then it re-cocks itself.

But it's not made to hold to shoot.

So it can only be one thing.

And that would be--

It was made for a booby trap.

Collectors call this a trap gun.

So this would be set up somewhere

coming into an entrance of a house, or a gate, or a window,

or a trip line in the woods, either for some kind

of security system or for some type

of ambush hunting situation.

Many trap guns have a ring at the bottom where you did

put a line, like a trip wire.

You would have been able to hit things,

stop something in its tracks.

It's interesting, because there are two crowns and a U,

and then there's a little code for the date.

So it is pre-1899 and it's German.

They're actually quite rare.

You don't see them often at all.

OK.

You know, this is ginormous on a level of the Bira gun.

You know that, right?

Whoa.

Did you get this thing from Jules Verne?

Pretty much.

So, what exactly is this?

This is an original Nepalese Bira gun.

I can honestly say I've never actually seen one of these,

but it's pretty amazing.

It was handmade in Nepal.

Does it work?

I've been told it works.

So we're out in the desert.

I got Alex, Mark Hall-Patton,

and we're going to shoot the Bira gun.

Look at this, the Bira gun.

This thing's sweet, Rick.

So here's what the Bira gun is.

The Nepalese, a man named Gajendra,

was able to smuggle in an American Gardner gun

out of England into Nepal,

and he attempted to reverse engineer

the American Gardner gun, and it became the Bira gun.

But he made some radical changes.

I mean, the most notable change is that pan magazine.

Now, this pan magazine holds 120 rounds of this ammunition,

which I brought today.

This is a Martini-Henry ammunition.

Look at the size of that round.

When that's fully loaded it weighs 40 pounds,

just the pan magazine. - Whoa.

It is tremendously unique, and I have never seen one fire.

Who's first?

That's why I'm here.

- OK, you're the Guinea pig. - Yup.

Nice.

Nice!

I've never loved a gun so much.

What's it worth?

Well, the market value for these is about 27,500.

OK.

So what's your best price on this thing?

I'm asking 30,000.

I'll give you 18 grand for it.

How about 26?

20,000 is the most I can do.

It's the most I could pay and still

make sense, plain and simple.

I can do 20,000.

All right, sweet.

Have you ever fired it?

No, I have not.

Would you allow me to fire it?

You come to the range and meet us out there?

I have no problem with you guys doing it,

but I just want to sell it.

So what do you think it's worth not firing it,

just like, the way it sits right there?

I would say, in the state it's in, you get $2,000,

but if it doesn't work and it needs to be repaired,

you're going to need to put more money in to fix it.

All right. Thanks, man.

- All right. - All right.

All right, you heard him.

I'll give you 800 bucks for it.

I'd definitely like to be closer to 15.

But 14, would you go there?

I'll give you 1,000 bucks for it

because I got to consider

if there's something wrong, I'm not gonna make

any money on it. - Definitely.

I think $1,000 is fair. I appreciate that.

All right, sweet.

I'll meet you right over there, and I'll get you paid.

Sounds good.

This is gonna be more fun than that Smith & Wesson

from Fort Worth.

What have we got here?

Got a .44 Russian.

Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Mass,

Russian model.

Did they make this for Russia?

No.

I don't know the entire history,

but they call it a Russian .44.

I think it's a precursor to the .44 Magnum.

It's got gold wash on it.

And the engraving's great, ivory handles--

how much did you want for it?

I'm looking for about 10,000.

OK.

Maybe we could meet you at the end

of the day at the gun range. - Oh, great.

- Hey, guys. - Hi, guys.

How are you?

What's up, Alex?

Oh, wow.

That's a fancy gun. - Yeah.

All right, we ready to shoot this thing?

We are ready to shoot it.

But before that, I have a surprise.

OK. I'm supposed to put these on?

Yeah, you got to put them on like a cowboy would wear it.

The cowboy theme is important because we're in Texas.

And for targets, I did cowboy hats.

Under one of the cowboy hats is a special surprise.

All right, let's load this thing up and get it done.

All right, let's do it. Eyes and ears.

Here we go.

Yes!

That was great!

Bye-bye, cowboy hat.

Everybody likes an exploding cowboy hat.

The exploding cowboy hat was amazing.

Best surprise in a long time.

Thank you.

OK.

What do you think it's worth?

I think it's worth $8,000.

Sweet.

I'll let you know if I get it. - Awesome.

Good luck.

All right, so you're not gonna get 10 grand.

OK.

- I'll give you 5,000 for it. - Can we go up to 6,500?

I'll go 55, because anything past that don't make any sense.

All right.

Sweet.

We got a deal.

I got to go tell Alex.

We always have fun at the range.

Well, it's a very nice Fairbairn-Sykes

first pattern fighting knife from World War II.

You bought it.

Yep, I got it.

- Nice. - This thing looks heavy.

It is.

Oh, my goodness.

How could you hold this?

Yeah, it wasn't made to hold, so it's called a trap gun.

It was for, you know, setting booby traps,

be it for people or predators.

That's a trap I wouldn't want to get in the way of.

- Yeah. - How much did you pay for it?

Paid 1,000 bucks for it, which is great if it works.

Well, let's take it to the range.

Beforehand, I'll inspect it, makes sure it can work.

You have been training a bit, huh, 'cause your shots

a little better these days.

One time I missed and he hit it.

That is a big gun.

It's actually a volley gun, but people now refer

to it as the Nock volley gun.

They were designed actually for British warships,

and they have boarding parties.

And as the boarding parties came over the deck,

these guys who had these volley guns

were up in the rigging,

and they would shoot down with seven barrels,

thinking that it would clear the decks.

So have you fired this thing?

I have not.

I was nervous to shoot it because of the amount of kick

that it probably has. - All right.

Let's see this. - All right.

- All right, here we go. - Here we go.

Oh!

I don't think I hit it.

I think I hit the barrel.

All right, Chum, she's ready.

And when you pull the trigger, it should go boom.

Good luck, Chum.

Whoo!

Yeah!

Yee-hoo! - Boom!

That's how you do it. - Yeah!

Yeah.

That's cool.

So what do these things go for?

I would value this at 35 to $40,000.

OK.

I'll give you 28 for it. I have to make money.

I think that's a little bit low.

How about 30?

You know what?

I'll give you the 30 grand for it.

- Great. - Cool.

Thank you so much.

So I'll go inspect it.

And if I think it's good to fire, I'll let you know.

- OK, cool. - You gonna do targets?

- We'll handle targets. - All right, I'll let you know.

No, I'm telling you, Rick, nothing's more

German than Christmas trees.

No, I'm thinking, like, big jars of sauerkraut.

And some schnitzel. Remember?

We can also do, like, pretzels and bratwurst.

You got to have mustard with pretzels.

You guys picking a lunch spot or--

No, we're going to have Mexican for lunch,

but we're talking about German food

because I bought this German gun that we're

going to take it out to the shooting range

and we need a German target.

And what's more German than schnitzel?

OK, I mean, they all sound pretty cool,

but nothing's going to be as good

as the target you and I came up with with

the 18th-century swivel gun.

Oh, yeah, Big Hoss.

That was the best target we ever shot.

So what do you have here?

It's a cannon.

I'm a scuba diver, and I found it

about 30 years ago off the coast of the Caribbean.

Well, there's plenty of pirate ships down there, so--

Yeah, there are.

Well, we'll see what Alex thinks about it when he

gets here, and then I'll tell you

what I think I can buy it for. - All right.

- Dave, Alex. - Hey.

- Alex, Dave. - Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you. - Yeah.

This is the cannon that we had you meet us down here for.

Oh, nice piece.

So all of these markings and the fact that it's iron

signify to me that this is a swivel gun

for a merchant ship from about the mid-18th century.

And this thing has a pretty sizable bore,

so it was meant to do real damage.

So I didn't really bring a target.

I mean, if we're gonna shoot a cannon,

do we have anything decent to hit?

Rick's been wanting us to get rid of this car,

so I'm sure he'd be happy to blow it up,

just so long as we let him come watch.

- All right. - Alex.

Hey, Rick.

Um, that thing looks a little inadequate to destroy a car.

Yeah, well, we got a small cannon for a small car.

OK, load it up.

Oh, my goodness.

Come on, baby.

Whoa.

- Oh, my gosh! - Yes!

It worked!

That was a little more intense than I thought.

Well, that's your surprise.

I hope you enjoyed your car, 'cause that's the end of it.

All right, I'll just be plain and fair with you.

I'll give you 5 grand for it.

I can't do it.

I got-- I could do 12.

12,000

No, 5 grand would be it.

All right. Well, then no deal, I guess.

- Thanks for coming out. - Yeah. Nice meeting you.

- OK. - All right.

Thanks, guys.

That was iconic.

I mean, I don't think we'll ever beat that,

but we do got to think of something cool.

I mean, don't want to just shoot regular targets.

Well, you did have one really great target that was food.

Not too long ago, we went to the gun range

and it was a copy of a Colt made in Belgium.

So what exactly is this?

I believe it's an 1840's Colt Paterson revolver.

Are there any markings on it, Rick?

It's not Colt markings.

This almost looks like it's French or something right here.

How much do you want for it?

I'd like to get around 4,500.

Let me call somebody, get him down here,

and they can look at it. Maybe they'll know who made it.

OK, looks like a Colt Paterson, but it has

some foreign-looking words on it

that are pretty worn down. - OK.

Oh, look at all the engraving.

So this is a pretty well-known Belgian manufacturer

called Lhoist.

So the Belgian gunmakers in Liège were prolific.

They were copying firearms made from all over the world.

All right. So does it work?

It should. It's very simple to fire.

It's just percussion caps and black powder.

OK. Do your magic.

All right, I'll go get my stuff.

All right, Alex, I'll get some good targets for you.

All right. Thank you.

Are those waffles?

Your eyes are not deceiving you, Rick.

Why waffles?

Belgium, waffles, guns--

I'm sorry, I couldn't get enough chocolate in time.

All right, I'm backing up.

Everybody put your ears in.

Three, two, one...

Yeah!

Well, there goes lunch.

Whoa. Look at this.

All right, well, it fires well.

- Yeah. - So how much is it worth?

So it's a really nice firearm.

But because it's a Belgian copy,

I think it's worth about $3,000.

OK, so--

I'm asking 4,500.

Well, that's not gonna happen.

I think 2 grand is fair. - There's no way.

I could come down a couple hundred, 4,200.

- Not gonna happen. - OK.

But if you change your mind, shop it around,

my offer's 2,000. - I understand.

All right. Thanks for bringing it.

How much you spend on waffles? - You don't want to know.

All right, so we're gonna go have Mexican food

and then go pick out some German food for the target.

You ready to go?

You know, I'd love to go to lunch with you guys,

but it seems like you guys got the food thing down.

I'm gonna stay back and make some money,

and I'll meet you at the range.

All right, meet us at the range.

We got to get some queso fundido,

'cause it's gonna go great with my fajitas.

All right, off to the range.

You know, I don't know how many guns we've done with Alex.

It's got to be at least over 200 guns.

And every single one of 'em was cool.

Alex is so enthusiastic, no matter what we're firing.

He loves it. - Yeah.

I get why he's excited, because he's looking

at everything, inspecting it, and then he says,

OK, it's good to shoot. But there's still the unknown.

Is it gonna work? - Yeah.

Mesa, Arizona, was really cool.

I'm telling you, he was a marksman that day.

This is funky.

It is sort of an upside-down gun.

You notice that there's no lock on top.

This was developed by this crazy Frenchman,

Heurteloup or something, and he called this the Koptipeur.

There was a belief that by having the lock on top,

it exposed it to the elements.

And so it would degrade faster.

Oh, right.

So this is the hammer underneath the gun,

so gun collectors would call that an underhammer system.

Can you even fire it?

It's a muzzle loading gun, so it's easy to load.

And we could certainly give it a shot.

So what's it worth?

If this went to auction and somebody paid $10,000,

I wouldn't be surprised. - Wow.

- I think it's at least $8,000. - All right.

If I get this thing, we'll go fire it.

Have a good one, man. - All right, nice to meet you.

Thank you so much.

I'll tell you what. It's a weird one.

It's gonna take me a while to sell this.

- OK. - So I'll give you 5,000.

OK, I think that's probably a fair offer.

- All right, we got a deal? - Great.

Thank you so much.

I love your targets you set up.

A little fresh melon for you.

- OK. - OK.

If I hit it, then we can have a snack.

All right, let's see if this thing shoots.

All right.

Just like they did it back in the old days.

Just like they did it back in the old days.

All right. Got my ears in.

All right.

I'm gonna put the percussion cap on it.

To do that, I got to pull the lever out,

pull the hammer back.

And now I'll put the cap on it.

OK. - All right.

Yes!

Oh, I got it!

Oh, it tore it to pieces.

I mean, that was fantastic.

Look at the juice!

Instant Margarita.

No blender necessary.

That's so sweet.

What do you think I can get out of it?

If it were mine, I would want $10,000 for it.

I'm liking Arizona more and more every day.

I got to hand it to Alex.

You know, he's been getting a lot better

at shooting over the years.

Well, he's not exactly a marksman,

but antique guns are always cool.

Cannons are even better, but nothing

was funner than the flamethrower

that I got to fire.

The flamethrower was pretty amazing, I got to admit.

That was kind of awe-inspiring.

Rick! Check it out!

Stop! Is it loaded?

I don't know. It's a flamethrower, I think.

It is a flamethrower.

It's an M9A1 flamethrower from Vietnam, and it's operational.

Oh, my God.

What were these things filled with?

Napalm.

It was a mixture of diesel, gasoline, and a thickener.

Damn.

How much is something like this?

This is about $4,500 if you want to use it.

I'd love for him to shoot it.

OK, here he comes.

- What's up, ladies? - How you doing?

All right.

So we already briefed you on everything.

You got it? - Yep.

- You're good? - Yep.

All right. He's gonna get you hot.

OK? - All right.

All right. Ready?

- Whoa. - Oh, my God!

Oh, my God. It's hot.

Chum, that's enough! Chum, stop!

- That was over too soon. - Is that it?

That was the most terrifying thing

I've ever experienced in my life.

- What do you mean? - Well done, Chum.

Let me tell you what.

- Oh, my God. - It was warm over here.

I've seen these sell in this condition

and this functionality for, I would say,

a minimum of 8 grand and sometimes more.

You know what? you said 4,500,

and he said it's worth, like, 8 grand.

Can we just settle at 5 grand?

You being a Vegas guy, for sure, we can do it.

All right, sweet. 5 grand.

Hey!

Hey, Rick. Hey, Chum.

- What's going on? - How you doing?

I'm good. We were just reminiscing.

You remember the flamethrower?

- The one that you shot? - Yeah.

- That thing was incredible. - It was more than incredible.

It made me feel like a real badass.

And the heat from it-- I remember I couldn't even--

like, you had to back up.

That was the same day I drove the tank, right?

The Sherman tank from Iwo Jima.

- Yeah. - Yup.

But you didn't just drive it. Remember what we did?

- Oh, no, I shot it. - And what did we hit?

- We blew up a car. - Yeah.

OK. You know what?

Like, I'm just saying, that was one of the coolest moments

of my entire life.

That's it right there. That's the Sherman.

Wow.

All right! We're here!

Look at that tank.

That is amazing.

So this thing actually saw action in Iwo Jima.

This one did. It did see action.

It was knocked out three times in the first 24 hours.

And everything works inside?

Everything works.

How much you want for this thing?

I'm looking to get a million and a half.

OK. But we get to drive it?

You can drive it and you can shoot it.

It's pretty damn cool.

Yee-hoo!

Yeah, Rick!

Whoo!

World War II tanks are always going to have an iconic place

in a collector's mind.

And when thinking about World War II tanks,

you think Sherman tank.

Yee-hoo!

Nice, man.

What's up, guys? I drove a tank.

You got it. No worries.

Let's go fire this tank.

Oh, my God!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

That was amazing!

That was awesome.

What an epic day, to have a flamethrower

and a World War II Sherman tank from Iwo Jima

that can blow up a car.

Yeah, it was probably one of the greatest days of my life.

All right.

And now we get to fire this thing.

- You got the targets? - Got the targets.

Got something kind of cool. - Cool.

The gun is good, all ready to shoot.

I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

All right. This is gonna be fun.

- It will be? - Yeah.

What'd you get?

You'll see. OK?

You know, I love coming out here.

But, like, the best time I had with you

probably was when we were in London

and we went to that gun store.

- Peter Finer's shop. - Yeah.

That's, like, the crème de la crème of firearms.

Oh, so this is where the real fancy stuff is at.

A lot of the pieces here have fascinating provenance,

some of which is royal.

One of the pieces I'd like to show you guys

is this pair of pistols here by John Christie.

That is some crazy work.

George III commissioned John Christie to come down

from Scotland to make dress pistols

and suchlike for diplomatic gifts.

You'd never fire anything like that.

Interestingly, they have a proof mark just here,

which is actually the private Tower

of London proof mark, which was mostly done for royal pieces.

OK. Can I pick one up?

Yeah, sure.

It makes you feel royal.

That is pretty incredible.

What's that one right there, the ivory one?

It's not ivory, no. That's Staghorn.

So this is made in 1600, and it's made for the Saxon Court

in Germany.

So that's a wheel lock.

This is a wheel lock, about 1600 in date.

Yeah. - Man, check this thing out.

It's beautiful.

What's really interesting about the mechanism is you wind it.

And this is a tightly-wound spring that starts--

once you let it go, it starts to spin.

And there's a little door here.

That door opens up and creates sparks,

which lights the priming powder, which fires the gun.

So how much is the wheel lock?

The wheel lock is 140,000 pounds.

OK. Um--

I think I'll pass on this one, but how much are these?

They're 100,000 pounds.

100,000 pounds?

Would you take 85,000?

It's like $105,000 American.

I'll take 85,000 pounds. You have a deal.

All right, sweet.

You just bought those.

Well, yeah, I bought 'em.

You just bought those for 85,000 pounds.

Kind of couldn't help myself.

Wasn't cheap.

Well, there wasn't anything cheap in that store,

I don't think. - No.

It's like going jewelry shopping.

- Yeah. - That's your fault, Alex.

You should never put Rick in an expensive gun store.

He's always gonna buy something.

What's neat is we've had some really cool civilian firearms,

like high-end, but also some iconic military items as well.

One of the weirdest ones--

do you remember the pistol crutches?

That was the most epic one.

I got these crutches here.

They're not only crutches, they have, like, a pistol on them.

Gives a whole new perspective of, like, Tiny Tim.

So you're telling me these crutches

have a gun built on them? - Yeah.

It's pretty obvious.

It's right there.

They look 1770 to, like, 1810.

How much you want for these things?

Honestly, I don't--

I have no clue. - Let me get my phone.

We'll change numbers, and we'll get to the range.

OK.

So that engraving says Captain JN Morris.

He was in the Battle of Trafalgar,

which was essentially the sea battle that stopped Napoleon's

expansion in Europe.

He took a shot to the knee.

He had to use crutches all the way until his death at 1830.

So, theoretically, it all lines up.

So we ready to fire these things?

I set up some apples on strings because they're

kind of fun to aim at.

So go ahead and put on your eyes and ears.

That one's ready.

All right.

You ready, Chum?

Ooh!

Whoo!

Not bad for a one-legged captain.

I'll be fair with you.

I'll give you 13 grand.

Will you go 15 at least?

I mean, come on, 15.

You know what? I'll risk it at 15.

Yeah, that sounds good.

- All right. - Thank you.

That was really cool and really weird at the same time.

I was picturing myself, like, with a broken leg.

Ah! - Yeah, right.

Well, speaking of multiple shots--

so the thing shoots 12 shots, so I got 12 targets.

I'll be right back.

There's more targets to get.

All right.

Targets are up.

I like it.

I figured they would be appropriate for the gun.

You said German maker, so I'm thinking

we need something German,

so 12 beer steins full of German beer.

Wow.

So 12 mugs for 12 shots.

The pressure's on.

Yeah.

Do you remember the last time we shot at beer?

Yes, because it's a tragedy.

So how do you forget? We were in Florida...

With an English pepperbox shooting at English beer pints.

Davey, what in the world are you doing here?

I come to see you.

You're in Florida now.

I stay here part-time, so--

And what is this?

I believe it's an 1800's 40-caliber pepperbox.

There's the maker right there--

Richardson and Company, Liverpool.

Everything about this thing is beautiful.

I mean, this was probably a very expensive gun

when it was made to a fancy English gentleman--

something me and you will never be.

No.

So how much you want for it?

I feel it's worth $1,800.

That might be a fair price, but I have no clue.

- Yeah. - So you want to go shoot it?

OK.

All right, so we got a target set up.

Yeah, so since this is a 200-year-old English

revolving pepperbox pistol, I figured some pint glasses

with good old English lager in it would be a good target.

OK. Let's see if it fires.

Then we'll talk about what it's worth.

Yeah.

Now you got it.

Nice.

Pretty good. It works. It works.

So what do you think it's worth?

I think you could get 3,000 for it.

- OK. - All right.

- So we got a deal at 1,800? - All right.

I'll give you the 1,800 as long as you buy lunch.

All right. Fair deal.

Sweet, deal!

Well, get ready to waste some more beer, Alex.

I mean, I'd rather drink it than shoot it, but all right.

So you inspected the gun?

You think it's all good to go?

Well, I inspected the gun. It's definitely good to go.

I had to manufacture some ammunition.

Hey, Corey. - What's up, guys?

What's this?

So this is what is known as a trap revolver.

Trap an animal, it goes off, so maybe something big,

like a moose or a bear.

Speaking of bears, remember that time I gave you

the teddy bear as a target?

- Oh, for the hand cannon? - Yeah.

Looks to be a 17th-century hand cannon.

These are amazing.

Have you ever fired this thing before?

Not personally, but my dad shares

stories that it has been fired before.

I would like to actually fire it.

- You're gonna fire this thing? - No.

I mean, you are.

Oh, no, I'm not.

So how much are you looking to get out of it?

I'd like to get 4,500 out of it.

This is one of the most rudimentary devices

considered a firearm that ever existed.

Technically, it's a hand cannon, and that's its handle.

And they also pushed it into the ground.

So there were a lot of uses for it.

So you're not gonna hold it?

No, I'm not holding it.

That's the whole point. It's a hand cannon.

I know, but I inspected it and it looks good,

but I do think we should keep our distance.

So I stuck it in the earth.

I put some boulders behind it to anchor it down

and we're ready to fire.

Oh, and Corey, I got your special bear.

Thank you.

You got the bear from the pawn shop.

- Very special bear. - I'm ready.

Everybody good? - Let's see this.

Uh-oh.

- Oh! - Yes!

Whoo!

Teddy!

It's vaporized.

I got to say, the hand cannon's cooler than I thought.

You wanted $4,500.

I'm thinking more like 2,000 bucks.

- I can do 2,000. - OK, cool.

Just get it back to the pawn shop

and we'll do some paperwork and get you paid.

Perfect. Thank you.

All right.

So it's all ready to go.

- So it's a 50-caliber. - OK.

Well, at least it's a lot easier

than, like, the Brown Bess with all the

accouterments you have to have for it.

Right.

Well, I mean, it was a Revolutionary War Brown Bess

and we were in Boston, so I kind of had to play the part.

What have we got here?

We have a Brown Bess musket from the Revolutionary War era.

All right. It's pretty incredible.

I mean, the Brown Bess was the standard issue

of the British Army for the infantry for almost 100 years.

But it's got a really long barrel on it,

and I don't think I've actually ever seen one this long.

So that's a little weird to me.

So how much do you want for it?

The lowest I'll take is 20,000.

OK.

Let me have someone look at it.

My buddy Alex, he's running around here somewhere.

He's helping me out. So where'd you get this?

It's been passed down throughout my family,

generationally. - All right.

Alex? - Hey, Rick.

This young man-- it's a new meaning to long gun.

Wow.

Do you mind if I pick it up, Matt?

- Yeah, of course. - OK.

Wow.

This is a really nice firearm.

So this is called the Long Land Pattern Brown Bess.

And the barrel is supposed to be long.

It's actually 46 inches long.

Now, on the barrel, it's 43rd Regiment.

So the 43rd Regiment of foot fought during

the American Revolution that marched

to Lexington and Concord.

And then they fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill

and Breed's Hill.

So this could have been part of the Revolutionary War.

- Wow. - So what's it worth?

With the regimental marking, if it's safe to fire,

it's worth up to 50,000. - Wow.

- Thanks, man. - You're welcome.

Thank you for letting me see it.

- Thank you. - It's amazing.

- Nice meeting you. - I'd give you 30 grand for it.

I mean, it's literally a 50% increase

since you walked in the door. - Yeah, I'll take it.

Sweet.

Go right over there, and they will get you paid.

Awesome. Thank you.

This is amazing.

And hopefully, we can give this thing a shot.

I like the Revolutionary War accouterments.

Cartridge box.

And I've got cartridges in here just like they

would have used in 1775.

A well-trained British regular would have been able

to shoot this Brown Bess four times a minute.

And the way they did that is that they packaged

their cartridge with the musket ball here and the powder here.

They would rip it off, put the powder down the barrel,

then drop the ball in and then use the paper

as wadding so it all holed in.

So in the spirit of the American Revolution,

for targets I set up some drummer boy Colonial drums.

All right, let's load this thing up.

OK.

OK.

One, two, three...

Yeah!

The British are coming!

Nothing says America like exploding targets.

I mean, I love it.

This is worth every dime, man.

I think you'd get at least 50,000 for it.

OK. Thanks for all the help.

This is amazing.

I'm gonna march back and show the kids what I got.

And I'll clean up.

All right.

You ready to do this?

- Sure am. - And you're gonna get all 12.

That's the plan.

Do I ever miss? - 70% of the time.

Well, that's good.

I was gonna say 80%.

All right, before I load it, you guys got--

I see you have eye protection. You got ear protection?

Yep.

You always got loud surprises, don't you?

It's always fun to put a special

surprise in the target.

Well, this time I got the surprise.

Usually, you have the surprise for the weird thing,

like that antique cannon. - Oh, yeah.

It's a little bigger than I imagined.

Right?

Yeah.

It's a mountain cannon, which means that it's designed

to be put on a bunch of mules.

So basically, it's a cannon you can disassemble.

Yeah.

So you could literally, like, take it

to the top of that mountain up there

and just rain down terror and hell and damnation.

You know what I mean?

How much you looking to get out of it?

50,000.

To tell you the truth, I have no idea.

Here's a few things.

We're gonna have to know if it works.

If it fires and it works, that's one thing.

Wow. That is good-looking.

Now, these are really rare.

Fewer than 200 of these were made.

They had a very short window, about 1901, 1902,

and then they were obsolete.

Because this whole system back here is friction-primed,

which was an archaic way of making this gun

fire that developed in 1863.

But, I mean, this is a beautiful,

beautifully maintained cannon.

Here is the original data plate.

So, yeah, it is dated 1902.

Do you mind if I open up the breech door and take a look?

No. Go for it.

Yeah. Ooh.

Look at that.

I mean, the bore is really nice.

It's maintained well.

There is pitting, but you can still see all the lands

and grooves quite crisply.

I don't see any reason why we couldn't

fire it if you're up for it. - Let's do it. I'm down.

I set up an old wine barrel,

and I put some special stuff inside.

So if I hit it, you'll get to see what's in there.

OK.

So load the thing up. I can't wait.

All right.

OK, so at this point, it'll shoot or blow up.

Right? - Exactly.

Fire in the hole!

Yeah! - Whoa!

Oh, my God.

What?

That was...

- Whoa. - Awesome.

That went at least 20 feet.

Oh, my gosh.

So tell me, what is this thing worth?

- Anywhere-- 35, 40,000. - OK.

So will you take 20 grand for it?

Can you-- can you do 25?

Yes, absolutely, we can do 25.

He let us blow something up with his cannon.

Give the guy the 25, man.

OK. 25 grand.

All right, man.

So I'm gonna load it, see if I can hit these 12 beer steins.

So these are 50-caliber cartridges.

I loaded black powder with them and then some birdshot.

All right, it's fully loaded.

- All right. - You guys ready?

- Let's get this done. - All right.

I got to be careful not to put my hand

in front of the cylinder.

It was a trap gun.

It wasn't made to hold, so I'm gonna hold my hand

back here and down here.

Three, two, one...

Yeah!

Whoa!

Yes!

Yes!

All right.

Definitely getting better over the years.

Well, one of 'em knocked the other one down,

but I hit a lot of 'em.

No, I'm super impressed with it.

Yeah, it's an amazing big-frame revolver,

and it worked great.

So what do you think it's worth?

What'd you pay for it?

You know, he didn't want to come out here

and check it out and everything else like that,

so I gave him 1,000 bucks. - Well, yeah.

If this is non-functioning, then that's what it's worth.

But functioning, I think you're safe at 4,000.

You might get more. - OK.

I did well. - Yeah.

It's a shame we wasted all that beer.

But I'll tell you what. Let's go to my bar.

First round's on me for German beer.

- All right, let's go. - All right.

Well, the old guys, we're gonna go there

first because we drive slower.

And you young guys can clean that up

and I'll meet you at the bar.

Came all the way out here just at the very end

to clean this up. - That thing is really cool.