You Most likely get him, If you say there is a otoman rechambered Lebel of 1915 with markings, changed sights and Well documented History. And don't forget with original sling.
@@NoNo-fy3kr Now, you know that was a malicious rumor started by the Americans to hide their running away from the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge.
This is like the second video they have done together. They are getting less shady now but didn't sell cracked stocks versions of guns when I paid for one full price that was delaminating.
I want to imagine that Uli just said "There are French rifles coming in" and Ian just appeared on the site without warning, saying he wants to take a look and nobody wanted to ruin his enthusiasm so they just let him stay there.
Having seen way too many 80's Hollywood action movies, Uli doesn't strike me as your stereotypical Ethiopian rifle importing weapons dealer. Where's the alligator boots, gold necklace, and cuban cigars?
@@jacksonlewis4365 LMAO Yea .. But you do understand. Just how costly it is to get them into the country right? Its Not cheep at all. And the bullshit you have to go though is.. Well to say RED taped up the ass.. Is like sayin Water is Damp.
Ian's wife: hey babe, come to bed. Ian: cant looking at French rifles Ian's wife: there is a French rifle in bed, if you can find it Ian: moves rapidly
@@redthunder238 They destroy everything, sooner or later. As soon as you have two bricks to put atop one another, someone starts thinking "I should have one of those bricks."
@@dansands8140 Herm..... Thats True .. Then you have the Capitalist way.. You need to pay (Me the Creator (Copyright), The Government(Tax's)) a fee for each brick you make. Also you are required to Make them a Certain way and only that way. You have to make sure they conform to all laws.. ETC ETC ETC You are Also subject to lawsuit if the brick you make ends up making someone mad. Moral of the Story.. Both Systems are inherently flawed.
@@NoNo-fy3kr You think capitalism is a system that consists of government taking your money and telling you what to do? Thats 100% the exact opposite. Capitalism is the voluntary exchange of goods and/or services, from the supplier to the customer. Any government involvement is NOT capitalism. At all. Moral of the story, you don't actually understand what capitalism is. Taxes and regulations are absolutely NOT part of capitalism.
I wanted to get some more stuff from RTI but the extreme time they took to ship a couple of guns my dad ordered, nearly two months. And the fact that the carcano he got had a cracked stock. Even though he'd paid extra for hand select. Makes me really hesitant to do so. And this method of packing kind of explains that.
It's a variation of my Crash Packed Theory. If you throw everything in your vehicle in a mess, when you have a crash it should sort itself out nicely. Place rifles in crate with minimal effort and care and turbulence plus rough handling of the crate will ensure that the rifles sort themselves out and make it easier to remove them from the crate. Over think the packing and you end up taking longer to unpack for no real gain in protection.
Its definitely not the same as watching someone take their iphone out of a box, an instruction manual, and a charging cable. Unboxing of tech items is dumb. Old stuff is cool though, guns, cars, old computer stuff.
The European guy who instantly clocked the French Navy Kropatschek in a crat of 200 guns: "I don't know much about French guns, I'm so glad Ian came by to teach me."
When the scene switched to Ian, standing on the floor flooded with rifles, I thought: Gun Jesus walking on water! He is definitely in his element... Gun Heaven.
It doesn't matter the vintage, nationality, model or provenance: warehouse space full of surplus rifles makes me drool. Much obliged for this, Ian, and I'll be sure to keep up with Uli's inventory in the coming days!
Through copious use of good old reliable capitalism. What the yanks don’t realise us those people then divert some of the profits towards making even more guns.
And Ouli asked of Gun Jesus: "If there are 50 French Rifles will you bless my shop?" "Yes, if there are 50 French Rifles I will" then Ouli asked "What about one?"
I bought quite a few of these just recently. just yesterday i got another M95 carbine in 8x50 and a cut down berdan 2. all of them have been pretty nice.
The funniest part of it is that they did sell firearms by the weight. Which I find hilarous. Must have been a ton of more expensive variants in the mix.
These guns are really old, like some are currently in museums due to dating back to being used in the Battle of Adwa. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of these in the Ethiopian countryside.
@@marzero116 lemme just upload my illigal gun smuggling operation to youtube real quick.... I'm sure Ethiopia is chomping at the bit to export ANYTHING, let alone a few ancient guns.
I think his excitement got the better of his common sense tbh: I wouldn't put my life in the hands of some dude working for a state arsenal disposal service on another continent, what does he give a fuck about me for?
@@edwardbarton1680 Only thing thay made me uncomfortable was the extremely dangerous IO AK and the terrible customer service that man continues to provide.
Thanks (vielen Dank) Uli for this treasure of rifle history. Whenever you pick one up, the time traveller in you feels the man who held it as part of his soldiering job at some moment in the past.
Funny to think, after seeing how they were packed, some of these will end up being in a guys safe, where they will be carefully placed where they won't touch anything else, for fear of them being damaged.
Mine are like that, though not for fear of them being damaged as I shoot my rifles regularly. More because I am a Brit, and one of the stipulations behind getting an FAC is correct storage of your weapons in a properly fitted gun safe. Hell, one my my SMLE's was my Great Grandfathers, he carried it from 1916 - 1918. If he carried it through the Somme, Pascheandale and the battles of 1918 then I am pretty sure it can handle a bit of a beating.....
"If I want a water of Europe, it is the black Cold puddle where in the sweet-smelling twilight A squatting child full of sadness releases A boat as fragile as a May butterfly." "The Drunken Boat" - Arthur Rimbaud, who once did gun running in East Africa.
I love the way Ian casually mentions that there are M1 Garands available at 4:29. That mention and this video paid for Ian's new French navy rifle no doubt. Not that I begrudge Ian a little quid pro quo because I enjoyed this video almost as much as watching him emptying a Calico out on the range.
This is definitely my favorite internet unboxing so far. If they get a couple crates of cold war era rifles and submachine guns I could definitely see myself acting like a kid opening his new Xbox.
I’ll take one pallet, please. “There’s something about using a crowbar to open a wooden box “ I wholeheartedly concur, very 1940’s, Indiana Jones, ish. Also.....Fra-Gee-Lay!
I'm so glad I bought a lot of 1938 German 8x56r 10 years ago, and the rifle itself. The finish on mine is considerably better, but my gun is already molested I suppose since I machine polished the bolt and it's parts, along with a mild rework of the internals. Smooth as butter, a hard smacking type of butter.
No kidding , getting Ian interested like this when you have a shitload of new stock is like magic. I bet they put aside every oddball french rifle or obvious FW fodder.
Inter Ordnance: Hey Ian we have some Ethiopian guns wanna see? Ian: No thanks. Inter Ordnance: Some are French. Ian: When, where, and what time do I need to be there?!
I picked up a Lee Enfield MK.5 Jungle carbine from my local pawn shop for 200$ some years ago. I had no idea what it was until I saw Ian's video on them. Very cool to see historical rifles such as these.
Wow, this video hit many spots for me, I got one of the Carcano TS, but from Palmetto, really happy to find one. When you said Ethiopian Air, that brought back a memory. I flew from Kuwait to Tanzania on Ethiopian Air, with a short layover in Addis Abbaba. I wish I could have stayed a few days to look around. Anyway, Ethiopian Air bumped me up to first class, it was an awesome flight.
would have been interesting if you would collect some crates for a youtube advent calendar special where you open crates with stuff you don't know whats is inside of them
On the 1916, the black paint denotes in the military that it was changed from the original 7mm Mauser to the NATO round. To avoid issues. The Lang rear sight was the original first model rear sight. That is unusual bc most of them were fitted with the updated rear sight. The .308 model is more desirable for shooting bc of availability of ammo. All in all, very lucky pick.
after pulling a rifle out of a shipping box I would have opened the bolt to check it was empty....just sayin , every gun is a loaded gun until it's checked right?
Improved version: skip opening and just point it in a safe direction and pull the trigger. (It's option for people who value surprises more than their health).
@@astrophotos8368 they didn't make any of these. As mentioned they came from all over Europe,The US, and England. They were making ammo though from 1886. Had a Swiss advisor.
That first look in the box was interesting. I've worked in shipping a few times but never guns. It still looked like decent packing considering. It looked like it hadn't been completely on its side at least.
Ian: Alright, I'm going home now. Bye! Ilu: Ok, but you put that rifle back before you leave. -Rifle? What rifle? -Ian, come one dude... -I can't see any rifles here. -It's three times too long to hide under your shirt ffs! - :'(
@@PassiveDestroyer I have had the opportunity to do a similar thing at a different importer, the problem is limiting yourself (budgetarily, I mean) with the enormous amount of options presented... best to have an idea what you want going in!
I was there at the warehouse when Ian was there. I didn't get to talk to him. I did see him leaving though. He was walking without bending one leg when he left the building. He must have pulled something while helping out. I hope you get better soon Ian.
Easiest way to kidnap Ian is telling him there's a bunch of French antique rifles in the van.
Make sure to include a few oddball experimental designs just in case Carl told him to not take French antique rifles from strangers.
Didn't we see that when he went to Finland?
Like "Free French rifles"? 😜
You Most likely get him, If you say there is a otoman rechambered Lebel of 1915 with markings, changed sights and Well documented History. And don't forget with original sling.
I'm positive that Ian was a Legionnaire in a past life. Maybe several past lives. I bet he salivates whenever La Marseillaise starts playing...
Ian at trying to hide the "Kid in a candy store" look...
he wasn't successful - ez to tell when one is thoroughly enjoying it.... wasn't that a Berthier near is feet at the end of the video? no coincidence!
I love his enthusiasm for historic military rifles
Chrismas come early
i still can't believe they weren't even given a quick wrap of cloth, before being moved half-way around the world.
Thinking the same thing
Nothing quite like cracking one open with the boys.
HEYOOO, ZING!
Do vampires crack open a boy with the cold ones?
This comment is tremendous, sir! Thank you. You really are a lizard wizard.
@@willcollis5516 no that’s just catholic priests..... JK
To morticians this takes on a totally different meaning
I'm hoping they find and bring back a crate of French ammo, I want to see Ian dive in and swim amongst the cartridges Scrooge Macduck style.
rum dripping from nose.. XD
I must be more careful when scrolling comments
that burns!
A dream come true for us all
Got any .32 French Long?
WHERE IS THE 32 FRENCH LONGUE
If you look in a mirror and say "French rifle" 5 times, Ian will show up in the mirror behind you and start opening all your boxes 😂
Supposedly he'll show up even immediately if you do that whilst holding a copy of his book on French rifles.
but you better have a french rifle for him to hold when he appears or else you'll anger him and you don't want that
Wonder how many of These French Rifles were dropped.. As their holders Ran away.
@@NoNo-fy3kr Now, you know that was a malicious rumor started by the Americans to hide their running away from the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge.
@@markfryer9880 Why were some French tanks made to be faster in reverse? That gets the noggin jogging.
Sly gun dealer packs one French rifle in each crate to enlist Ian in unpacking. Smart.
That made Oi larf...:-)))
Free labor. Hell, Ian probably even paid him for the labor!
@@therake8897 That comment made my day
This is like the second video they have done together. They are getting less shady now but didn't sell cracked stocks versions of guns when I paid for one full price that was delaminating.
"A prize in every box" - what a Cracker Jack idea!
Uli: Ian, come over I need help to unpack a crate of rifles
Ian: I can't. I'm at home editing a video
Uli: There are French rifles
Ian:
The key to free labour and an ad.
One French rifle. That’s .5% French content.
@@john-paulsilke893 I've seen Uli's video of the Berthier rifles... with Ian. Kid meet Candy Store.
@@skoshman1 I think this would be true for most viewers of this kind of content.
*walks on water to get to Uli*
Ian is like a mythical creature. Just talk about crates of French rifles and he will magically appear.
@@peterclarke7240 you beat me to it. Lol
@@peterclarke7240 I'm gonna try that tonight, must be fun.
What are you going to do to appease him for summoning him without the chauchat???
he is the jesus of firearms.
this why that guns magically appear because his miracles.
😂
I want to imagine that Uli just said "There are French rifles coming in" and Ian just appeared on the site without warning, saying he wants to take a look and nobody wanted to ruin his enthusiasm so they just let him stay there.
*that was 2 weeks before the shipment arrived....
@@foedspaghetti3290Ian hibernated until his body sensed the presence of french firearms technology drawing closer
Having seen way too many 80's Hollywood action movies, Uli doesn't strike me as your stereotypical Ethiopian rifle importing weapons dealer. Where's the alligator boots, gold necklace, and cuban cigars?
But he has the german accent of a 80s B-film villain!
You caught hin at work,he dresses like that at homelol 🤣🐊🥾👑
He hardly even looks like Nick Cage... I call BS
There’s less money-and far less cocaine-in the business of importing legal rifles.
**sniffs crate of rifles** "Yep, there's a French gun in here"
Garlic ? 🤣
Did the smell of piss give it away?
You could smell the stale bagguettes
@@DaveHines1 onions.. fried in oil.. [French military song]
Bang of cheese off it
*Grabs rifle out*
Immediately goes into an unscripted deep description of rifle.
You sir are an encyclopedia.
Reminds me of a certain Apex Legends character...
Ian is just amazing!
Ian found the Ethiopian mystery box
There could be anything in the box! Even a BOAT!
Pretty sure this one actually came from Elbonia.
Jokes on him it's actually a crate full of Makarovs.
@Edgar Miller it is.
"Hullo, Ethiopia? I'd like to order a crate of rifles, please."
Yeah hit me up
Damn it
That'll be 15.99 pls
probably charge you less than these guys will for one rat eaten rifle.
@@jacksonlewis4365 LMAO Yea .. But you do understand. Just how costly it is to get them into the country right? Its Not cheep at all. And the bullshit you have to go though is.. Well to say RED taped up the ass.. Is like sayin Water is Damp.
I'll take two! make mine mostly Garands and M1s if you can, but I'll take anything!
Ian's wife: hey babe, come to bed.
Ian: cant looking at French rifles
Ian's wife: there is a French rifle in bed, if you can find it
Ian: moves rapidly
Ian's pin up girl of the month- 90 year old woman holding rare rifle
Man, this is an unboxing video I can get behind. It’s actually interesting unlike most of the unboxing videos on TH-cam.
Nothing says a proper unboxing video like a crowbar.
@@Tallmios Should have done it Gordon Freeman Style
It's the only unboxing video I've seen that doesnt spend 5 minutes talking about the fucking box itself.
Amen on most others unboxing being most boring! This was Great Ian!!!👍 I usually don’t comment but you were spot on on your comment!
It's why this video doesn't have any dislikes RN
Mannlicher chapter 18 verse 20 "For where two hundred rifles are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."
Amen
Amen
Ave Nex alea.
Amen
Hallowed be thy name, Rabbi
2019: WW1 French surplus rifles from Africa? no interest.
2020: Well let me take a closer look at those..
Because Ethiopia was mostly Christian and had not been de jure colonized, merely occupied, it's clearly a part of Europe.
@@jevinliu4658 The Communists destroyed Ethiopia. Go figure.
@@redthunder238 They destroy everything, sooner or later. As soon as you have two bricks to put atop one another, someone starts thinking "I should have one of those bricks."
@@dansands8140 Herm..... Thats True ..
Then you have the Capitalist way.. You need to pay (Me the Creator (Copyright), The Government(Tax's)) a fee for each brick you make. Also you are required to Make them a Certain way and only that way. You have to make sure they conform to all laws.. ETC ETC ETC You are Also subject to lawsuit if the brick you make ends up making someone mad.
Moral of the Story.. Both Systems are inherently flawed.
@@NoNo-fy3kr You think capitalism is a system that consists of government taking your money and telling you what to do? Thats 100% the exact opposite. Capitalism is the voluntary exchange of goods and/or services, from the supplier to the customer. Any government involvement is NOT capitalism. At all. Moral of the story, you don't actually understand what capitalism is. Taxes and regulations are absolutely NOT part of capitalism.
Guy: I actually packed this crate last week.
Ian: this packing job sucks.
Clearly Uli subscribes to the 'if it's so packed nothing can move, nothing can get damaged!' school of shipping.
After the life those guns have already had, i'm fairly sure they'd survive a few bumps in transit.
The longer you take to move on the more persons hear of of you as a person perfect for a bribe to get your stuff out of the country.
I wanted to get some more stuff from RTI but the extreme time they took to ship a couple of guns my dad ordered, nearly two months. And the fact that the carcano he got had a cracked stock. Even though he'd paid extra for hand select. Makes me really hesitant to do so.
And this method of packing kind of explains that.
It's a variation of my Crash Packed Theory. If you throw everything in your vehicle in a mess, when you have a crash it should sort itself out nicely. Place rifles in crate with minimal effort and care and turbulence plus rough handling of the crate will ensure that the rifles sort themselves out and make it easier to remove them from the crate. Over think the packing and you end up taking longer to unpack for no real gain in protection.
"You might wonder why I'm here."
French guns.
"...French rifle..."
Called it.
Admitting that he doesn't know that much about French rifles is an opportunity to either gift or sell a copy of your book, Ian.
I was just thinking that myself.
Same
Me: "Unboxing videos are stupid I don't know why people watch them"
Also me: "Ohoho a box of guns you say?"
Haha same 😂
Its definitely not the same as watching someone take their iphone out of a box, an instruction manual, and a charging cable.
Unboxing of tech items is dumb.
Old stuff is cool though, guns, cars, old computer stuff.
The European guy who instantly clocked the French Navy Kropatschek in a crat of 200 guns: "I don't know much about French guns, I'm so glad Ian came by to teach me."
Could be he looked for the different one!
He literally packed the crate himself. Also he seems to have put the french one last, so its the first one you can take out.
Was I the only one who pictured "Hi, I'm Ian from Forgotten weapons, and here we have a 1996 Black and Decker Impact Driver..."
When the scene switched to Ian, standing on the floor flooded with rifles, I thought:
Gun Jesus walking on water! He is definitely in his element... Gun Heaven.
"I couldn't help but show up."
You mean violate the laws of space/time to be there instantly. Yes, we know. :)
no violation here, he has been able to do that since the ascension. :-)
it's not a violation of laws of any kind, it's a yet another miracle from him.
"I missed a screw"
Story of my life.
Better than a screw missing... 😉
I’d buy that for a dollar!
I hope the screw wasn't damaged when Ian took it out. 'Cause there's nothing better than a good screw.
@@Hrodn Roflmao 🤣
Underrated comment
It doesn't matter the vintage, nationality, model or provenance: warehouse space full of surplus rifles makes me drool. Much obliged for this, Ian, and I'll be sure to keep up with Uli's inventory in the coming days!
Wife: "He's probably cheating on me."
Me and the boys:
"Americans own half of the one billion guns in the world. The question is:
How do you get the other half?"
Good.
Through copious use of good old reliable capitalism.
What the yanks don’t realise us those people then divert some of the profits towards making even more guns.
@@IRMentat "and business is good" in the horn of Africa once again.
There is one gun for every 8 people in the world, the only question is... how are we going to arm the other 7?
@@tikityler1386 3d printers.
And Ouli asked of Gun Jesus: "If there are 50 French Rifles will you bless my shop?" "Yes, if there are 50 French Rifles I will" then Ouli asked "What about one?"
And Ian did respond like such “The answer dear brother is unchanged. “
Chances that the French Marine rifle makes it to the website...Nil.
That's okay, Ian can have his fancy French Marine rifle. Uli already wrote that one off as an advertising expense.
It's an antique, not a firearm. Uli should let it go as payment in kind for the unboxing.
@@mfree80286 And the advertising.
Ian is a true enthusiast along with being a very knowledgeable source of historical information.
I bought quite a few of these just recently. just yesterday i got another M95 carbine in 8x50 and a cut down berdan 2. all of them have been pretty nice.
It's like the scene from Lord of War where they're selling by the weight.
love that movie
I'll take 1ton please lol
Only saw that clip recently thanks to An Guy: Brandon Herrera
I see you're a man of taste.
The funniest part of it is that they did sell firearms by the weight. Which I find hilarous.
Must have been a ton of more expensive variants in the mix.
Boys' unboxing videos: Showing off cool merch.
Men's unboxing videos: Showing off freshly imported rifles from Ethiopia.
Warriors unboxing videos: Showing off French antique rifles
And no stowaways either 🕸🕷🦂
I enjoy that both unboxings were actually positive and it wasn't some boys vs girls nonsense either.
These guns are really old, like some are currently in museums due to dating back to being used in the Battle of Adwa. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of these in the Ethiopian countryside.
Seems like someone in country is smugglers Ng these out. And I'd bet not legally
@@marzero116 lemme just upload my illigal gun smuggling operation to youtube real quick....
I'm sure Ethiopia is chomping at the bit to export ANYTHING, let alone a few ancient guns.
Judging by how that guy bobbed his head out of the way when Ian pulled the rifle out of the crate. He has found one or two before loaded haha.
It made me a bit uncomfortable when Ian *didn't* check the chamber before waving it around.
I think his excitement got the better of his common sense tbh: I wouldn't put my life in the hands of some dude working for a state arsenal disposal service on another continent, what does he give a fuck about me for?
@@edwardbarton1680 Only thing thay made me uncomfortable was the extremely dangerous IO AK and the terrible customer service that man continues to provide.
20th century gun runner: "Never fired and only dropped once."
Ethiopia: "I'll take 'em"
Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Iraki...good job 👍
1:58 that's not a ringtone, that's the sound gun crates make when you open them.
“A fine addition to my collection!”
-Ian
that's jumping the gun a bit.
I'll see myself out.
It's not everyday that you see a bunch of old weaponry shipped FROM a country that is currently in a civil war.
"OK guys, let's clear out the old surplus from our old foreign sponsors and make some room for the new surplus from our new foreign sponsors."
"we have five AK-47s for each person in the country. We can sell these ancient rifles."
@@ScottKenny1978 funnily enough Ethiopian made AKs are apparently so bad that these manlichers are probably the better choice in combat.
@@MyILoveMinecraft maybe if the Mannlichers had clips that fit x39 ammo...
@@ScottKenny1978 don’t give them ideas
Brad Pitt: "What's in the box?!?"
Ian: "This crate has about 200 rifles in it."
no way did that have 200 rifles in it.
Thanks (vielen Dank) Uli for this treasure of rifle history. Whenever you pick one up, the time traveller in you feels the man who held it as part of his soldiering job at some moment in the past.
I won't lie, the first inside shot of that crate made me smile :-)
I dribbled white love wee when the opened it
@@peterclarke7240 the salty yoghurt slinger was having twinges
I was expecting Ian to get his hands on the Kropatschek rifle and booking it out the door lol
The barrel mark on the French Steyr was the intitials for Haile Sellasie according to a comment I got on a video of my Gras
allah
@@kyrem1281 no he the ras tafari of jah
@@kyrem1281 Not sure what you meant, but the Ethiopians are Christian.
Haile Sellasie was the Emperor of Ethiopia until being deposed by Communists. The Rasta religion see’s him as the messiah if im not mistaken.
@@ጭስዋሪማና Does it say "4210 Č’ys Warimana 4210"?
and the rifle is here in the crate...pulling out rifle, So that is a Steyr....and when I open the bolt a live round pops out.....
Of all the "unboxing" on the internet, this is the best. De todos los "unboxing" que hay en internet, este es el mejor.
I heard if you say “mas 38 with reliable ammo” in the mirror three times, Ian will appear to take it off your hands
holy crate, it's actually working! He's here with me.
@@MrCosinuus Holy MAT49!
Funny to think, after seeing how they were packed, some of these will end up being in a guys safe, where they will be carefully placed where they won't touch anything else, for fear of them being damaged.
Mine are like that, though not for fear of them being damaged as I shoot my rifles regularly. More because I am a Brit, and one of the stipulations behind getting an FAC is correct storage of your weapons in a properly fitted gun safe. Hell, one my my SMLE's was my Great Grandfathers, he carried it from 1916 - 1918. If he carried it through the Somme, Pascheandale and the battles of 1918 then I am pretty sure it can handle a bit of a beating.....
@@alganhar1 Having your great grandfathers' rifle is about as cool as it gets.
@@Qingeaton Yeah, especially one with that much history behind it.
Something tells me the French rifles doesn’t make it to the website....
"If I want a water of Europe, it is the black
Cold puddle where in the sweet-smelling twilight
A squatting child full of sadness releases
A boat as fragile as a May butterfly."
"The Drunken Boat" - Arthur Rimbaud, who once did gun running in East Africa.
I love the way Ian casually mentions that there are M1 Garands available at 4:29. That mention and this video paid for Ian's new French navy rifle no doubt. Not that I begrudge Ian a little quid pro quo because I enjoyed this video almost as much as watching him emptying a Calico out on the range.
Ian, you missed your calling as international arms dealer..
How are you so sure he isn't lol.
@@stefciok supported by "Patreon"
@@Snubrevolver It's all subterfuge. ;)
*All of TH-cam is obsessed over unboxings*
Ian: "Hold my beer."
In Ian's case I think it's more like "hold my scotch"
More like hold my Cognac.
This is definitely my favorite internet unboxing so far. If they get a couple crates of cold war era rifles and submachine guns I could definitely see myself acting like a kid opening his new Xbox.
I’ll take one pallet, please.
“There’s something about using a crowbar to open a wooden box “
I wholeheartedly concur, very 1940’s, Indiana Jones, ish.
Also.....Fra-Gee-Lay!
Unfortunately no NAZIs melting
"Who packed this rubbish??"
...
_top.. men.._
Must be Italian!
@@jeffreyyoung4104
_...Top..._
_...Men..._
The crowbar thing loses its luster by the third crate. Trust me.
I'm so glad I bought a lot of 1938 German 8x56r 10 years ago, and the rifle itself. The finish on mine is considerably better, but my gun is already molested I suppose since I machine polished the bolt and it's parts, along with a mild rework of the internals. Smooth as butter, a hard smacking type of butter.
This was pretty damn cool to see a part of the process that is normally invisible to the normal consumer... great alternative video topic.
“Importing a crate of rifles” sounds so illicit but they’re just these old school gun nerd rifles :-D
Ian is like a bloodhound on the scent of a fox when it comes to French rifles. Glad he found his quarry!
How to summon mythical entities:
Candyman- say his name five times
Cenobites- solve the Lament Configuration
Ian McCollum- mention French rifles
Those references were obscure and very much appreciated.
Ok, so if I wanna trap a wild Ian, I just need a box, a stick, a string, and French unobtanium guns + pizza or something
Maybe bring a bottle of scotch.
Nice work Ian some of these are so old yet still kept in some countries inventory even if not used, better than going to the scrap heap.
I first misread the title as "Opening a Crate of ELBONIAN Rifels" and was like "....WTF?!" :D And then more like ".....oh...."
I read the same, and now wondering what the difference would be between both boxes.
I definitely want to see the Elbonian crate video
Ethiopian spies occasionally self-identify as Elbonians in order to throw other Intelligence Agencies off their scent.
@@Wavemaninawe and elbonian spies identify as Ethiopian. The really clever ones identify as elbonian, and then you fall in their trap.
Ikr the meme is taking over.
How much you guys want to bet ian somehow took that 1 French navy rifle home with him
No bet.
If I was Uli, I'd have already written that one off as an advertising expense.
No kidding , getting Ian interested like this when you have a shitload of new stock is like magic. I bet they put aside every oddball french rifle or obvious FW fodder.
Someone was missing from this unboxing:
"OK, let's get this out on to a pallet..."
Nice.
Nice
No hiss...
@@richardtaylor1652 (reads shipping label saying 'Ethiopia') Thank God, no hiss.
Nice. Mmkay so this is a French menu rifle....
I love how he stands in the room of guns at the end you can tell he's just so happy he can't stand still.
That Phone call was their complaints and customer service department 2 rings and hit reject.
Man this lootboxes are getting crazier and crazier
Inter Ordnance: Hey Ian we have some Ethiopian guns wanna see?
Ian: No thanks.
Inter Ordnance: Some are French.
Ian: When, where, and what time do I need to be there?!
Should be, "one is french"
Ian probably brought snacks!
I know what you're wondering,
"What's in the wooden crate?"
Now I could tell ya,
But then you'll have to subscribe to Forgotten Weapons.
I see you're a man of culture as well
NO
*SMACK*
@@mallardofmodernia8092 Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well
@@syc8150 glad to see a fellow man of culture as well
I picked up a Lee Enfield MK.5 Jungle carbine from my local pawn shop for 200$ some years ago. I had no idea what it was until I saw Ian's video on them. Very cool to see historical rifles such as these.
Wow, this video hit many spots for me, I got one of the Carcano TS, but from Palmetto, really happy to find one. When you said Ethiopian Air, that brought back a memory. I flew from Kuwait to Tanzania on Ethiopian Air, with a short layover in Addis Abbaba. I wish I could have stayed a few days to look around. Anyway, Ethiopian Air bumped me up to first class, it was an awesome flight.
I expect a silly little dance when you find the crate of French rifles.
would have been interesting if you would collect some crates for a youtube advent calendar special where you open crates with stuff you don't know whats is inside of them
Ian's opening his Christmas presents early.
The bolt action version of a barn find, if only those things could talk.
Nothing like showing up early to rifle through the merchandise, sorry couldn't resist
what
@@FranzFartinand it's a silly pun
You said Mannlicher
(Insert Beavis And Butthead laughter here)
Ooooooooh yeah. Man-licker!
(Laughter intensifies)
m.th-cam.com/video/LUWxNS_XDWQ/w-d-xo.html
@@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 MTV does not have fine shows like that nowdays.
Settle down, Beavis.
A shame so many kids these days won't get the reference.
One true value-added of the 2nd Amendment: A market for "obsolete" firearms.
-TH-camr's cracking open vintage pokemon
-Gun Jesus " Hold my Kropatschek"
On the 1916, the black paint denotes in the military that it was changed from the original 7mm Mauser to the NATO round. To avoid issues. The Lang rear sight was the original first model rear sight. That is unusual bc most of them were fitted with the updated rear sight. The .308 model is more desirable for shooting bc of availability of ammo. All in all, very lucky pick.
after pulling a rifle out of a shipping box I would have opened the bolt to check it was empty....just sayin , every gun is a loaded gun until it's checked right?
Believe me, that kept going through my mind. All routine automatically goes out the window apparently. Hickcock 45 would have a s#!t hemorrhage.
Improved version: skip opening and just point it in a safe direction and pull the trigger.
(It's option for people who value surprises more than their health).
My first thought was who the hell would check every gun before dropping it in the crate?? I wonder if there actually were any loaded ones
I think they cutted it from the video because when the camera closes on Ian the gun is cocked
It never occurs to unboxing enthusiasts that they have already been in the box prior to unboxing on film
🧐 how did they know where the french one was
Me: what's an ethiopian rifle ?
Ian: There are french, italian, austrian, american, british, and turkish leftovers.
Me: ah , i see. makes sense..
@@astrophotos8368 they made their own ak, they are a shitty quality thought
@@astrophotos8368 ya can make an AK from a shovel ya dont need to much industry for that lol
@@astrophotos8368 th-cam.com/video/RSbxR--obso/w-d-xo.html if you want to check on ethiopians ak its a ncie video
@@astrophotos8368 they didn't make any of these. As mentioned they came from all over Europe,The US, and England. They were making ammo though from 1886. Had a Swiss advisor.
Someone is opening their presents a little early. Enjoy Ian and thank you for another awesome year of Forgotten Weapons and InRangeTV content!
The blood that must’ve been on those rifles.
This is really awesome of you to share. I'd wager there aren't many people who get to see a crate of rifles in the flesh let alone handle them.
The care and effort in packing those weapons, bought at scrap metal prices.
Ian got his present before cristmas, we got the video :D
heh, neat sponsorship deal. Come help promote all these rifles and I will stick an antique French rifle in for you.
By “wanting to get a close look at those” he means get first crack at buying the best conditioned rifles for himself lol
A goal we all aspire to
I'm sure the plane ride and hotel cost him a few bucks.
I mean wouldn't you?
Brad Pitt's anguished cries toward Morgan Freeman. "What's in the box!"
I too was expecting Gwyneth Paltrow's head.
That first look in the box was interesting. I've worked in shipping a few times but never guns. It still looked like decent packing considering. It looked like it hadn't been completely on its side at least.
Dude just picks out the rifle like it's painted bright orange!
Come over, my parents aren’t home
Ian: Can’t have to be up early
I have French rifles
Ian: summons the angels of firearms to fly him there
But did you take the Kropascheck home with you?
Ian: Alright, I'm going home now. Bye!
Ilu: Ok, but you put that rifle back before you leave.
-Rifle? What rifle?
-Ian, come one dude...
-I can't see any rifles here.
-It's three times too long to hide under your shirt ffs!
- :'(
I'd be surprised if Ian didn't go to inspect it and confirm its authenticity so he could add it to his collection.
Taking "Hand Select" to a new level.
@@PassiveDestroyer I have had the opportunity to do a similar thing at a different importer, the problem is limiting yourself (budgetarily, I mean) with the enormous amount of options presented... best to have an idea what you want going in!
Can bet your ads we'll be seeing a forgotten weapons video on it soon.
Reminds me of the scene in "The Rock" where Nicolas Cage opens the package.
Reminds me of the scene in " Se7en" with Brad Pitt.
Or this th-cam.com/video/VN9icwiN6io/w-d-xo.html
@@tommcstacker4216 Slightly smaller box tho...
@@tommcstacker4216 what’s in the box 😳
@@jcmaxie4758 shrunken head with every rifle...bonus!
I was there at the warehouse when Ian was there. I didn't get to talk to him. I did see him leaving though. He was walking without bending one leg when he left the building. He must have pulled something while helping out. I hope you get better soon Ian.
I've opened a lot of things with a crowbar but I've never stopped to consider the simple pleasure of opening a crate of guns. Thanks.
He is so cute when he gets all excited and dances to that old song: "Enhundert neun und neunzig Steyr Manlicher gewehre".