[ Shooting the Cameron-Yaggi Trench Rifle ]
Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another video on ForgottenWeapons.com.
Today we have the opportunity to actually shoot a few rounds through this
Cameron-Yaggi Springfield 1903 trench rifle rig - device - setup - thing.
It should be really cool.
So I'm going to shoot off this sandbag.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to set up like an original, authentic, World War One trench.
But I think we can make this pretty cool, even without a trench.
So we've got some .30-06 here.
Go ahead and balance the rifle up there.
These things are a little bit awkward to handle, I'll be honest.
This would be easier if you were walking around with the trench parapet up there
I'll just put in a couple, say five rounds to start with.
What's interesting about this system is,
as I mentioned in yesterday's video when we were talking about its history,
there is really nothing going on here special about the rifle.
The Ordnance Department didn't want this rifle to be modified in any way
if they were going to adopt the system (which they didn't), but as a result
I don't think there's really anything that potentially can go wrong shooting this.
We have a very stout mechanism.
It's a 1903 Springfield rifle, nothing's going to go wrong there.
And we have some actually fairly light 150 grain .30-06, so.
According to the written accounts this is a nice gentle shooting rifle
because you've got about 6 pounds extra mass,
like 2.5-2.7 kilos of extra mass, from the shoulder stock assembly.
So let's see how it runs.
Alright, get down here.
Alright. Close the bolt.
Gun is live and ready.
OK, that's a little more than just a gentle push,
that really did jump the rifle up on the sandbag.
Let's do another.
Yeah, and that idea that the scope actually goes forward?
Nyah, that's not really, strictly speaking, true.
The scope does come back, that's why you wear eyeglasses.
Try and figure out the best way to hold this.
The leverage from the recoil really does cause this thing to jump around a fair amount,
I've got a nice scratch on my glasses from it.
And you don't want to put your hand up here,
because then your hand will get shot off by the Germans.
Well, that is a pretty cool experience. Definitely behaved differently than I was expecting.
What I'd read all said, "Oh, it's just like a little push,
and ... the eyepiece goes forward, and no big deal."
Yeah, nah, and I don't know that that's really actually all that true.
Now if you had a sling on the front swivel here, and ... you could put tension on the sling,
that would definitely help. Because then you'd be able to keep
the muzzle of the rifle down firm on your shooting surface.
But boy, I would not want to get my eye
up close to that scope without having some sort of shooting eyeglasses on.
In fact I've got a whole series of scratches on my glasses now from that.
We'll have to replace those glasses, but that's a small price to pay
for getting a chance to shoot one of these very cool Cameron-Yaggi trench rifle setups.
Now of course this is coming up for sale at Rock Island.
So if you're interested in owning it yourself, build your own
World War One recreation trench setup at home and practice your sniping skills there,
take a look at the description text below the video.
You'll find a link there to Rock Island's catalogue page on the rifle.
And you can see their pictures, and description, and price estimate, and all that sort of cool stuff.
Place a bid right there on the website, or live at the auction, or over the phone.
Thanks for watching.