Summary: First older firearms you’ve purchased for yourself?- 0:49 Why are you interested in French rifles? - 0:52 Coming to New York City? - 1:36 Recommendations for museums in Paris? - 1:50 Why the 10 mm not explored further? - 2:50 Your most shot gun and least shot gun? - 4:15 .45 Auto obsolete ammunition? - 5:08 Best firearm manufacture? - 6:15 Pistol calibre carbines useful or range toys? - 6:49 What era of time produced the most forgotten weapons? - 7:21 Earliest semi-auto centrefire rifle? - 8:35 Most unicorn firearms you’d like to get your hands on? - 8:57 Does shotguns have a place in modern military? - 9:22 Which piece of field artillery from Great War do you prefer? -10:00 Where to find black powder .22 rimfire ammunition? - 10.25 Relevancy of the many new calibers, will they become forgotten? - 11:23 Your favourite reference material for British small arms? - 12:34 Favourite and least favourite airline? - 13:34 How much time do you spend at home? - 14:18 When will you shoot your Chassepot? - 15:00 What’s the best kind of whiskey? - 15:27 Military application for subsonic ammunition? - 15:33 Cheapest/best source for collector grade books? - 16:05 Calico guns? - 16:48 Do you have any French heritage? - 17:50 First full-auto firearms you’ve shot? - 18:05 Time gap between military and police adopted a semi-auto pistol? - 18:42 Military rifle with straight-pull bolt? - 19:19 Which WWI weapon would you choose (Shotgun, MP-18/Luger, m1917 and revolver)? - 19:45 Which of the firearms you own would you save if you house burns (chose 3)? - 20:03 Best Bullpup overall? - 20:29 What Russian experimental weapon of the cold war would you like to examine? - 21:45 Gun laws videos on other countries? - 22:23 Why no attempts of mass-producing suppressed rifles during 20th century? - 23:50 Favourite AK-74 Magazine? - 25:06 Beretta 92 or CZ-75? - 25:30 Signature cocktail? - 25:39 Browning Hi-Power or 1911? - 26:06 Best semi-auto during WWII? - 26:10 One handgun to shoot for the rest of your life? - 26:22 Would you be a reenactor? - 26:33 Coffee or tee? - 27:19 How does the new P-210 stands up to the original version? - 27:30 Were you able to convert the Henry from IMA into something shootable? - 27:49 Which European country for the armistice centenary? - 28:39 Which pre 1930 weapon would you bring back? - 29:18 Most influential yet underrated firearms of the 20th century? - 30:32 Rifle ammunition clip design falling/ejecting? - 31:11 Japanese ammunition underpowered myth? - 31:54 Do you hunt? - 32:58 Your opinions about forgotten weapons online memes? - 33:12 Firearms scary to shoot? - 33:36 Favourite handgun type: revolver or semi-auto? - 35:00 Why did Savage get out of the pistol market? - 35:13 Worst military small arm fielded in the last hundred ish years? - 35:46 Favourite movie-prop weapon design? - 36:20 Have you damaged any weapon you’ve been reviewing? - 36:54 Planning on future collaborations with Larry Vickers? - 40:23 Have you ever fired the Ruger PC9 / PC9s? - 40:43 Does the Hudson 9 worth the money? - 40:53 H&K G11 financially viable? - 41:32 How Canadian Diemaco C7 compare to US M16/M4? - 42:08 Are the guns on the 21th century the best that ever existed? - 43:05 Relevancy of the 7.62x51 NATO and consequences over other cartridge? - 43:30 Tulle and Tula manufactures entanglements? - 44:40 What software do you use to edit your videos? - 45:21 Modern Japanese rifles? - 45:30 Average time between a video being filmed and uploaded? - 46:14 How big is your box of moldy web gear? - 47:44 Use of big game civilian rifles during WWI? - 48:21 Which of the FN SCAR, the Bushmaster ACR or the CZ BREN would become a forgotten weapon in 20 years? - 49:47 What obsolete cartridge would you like to come back? - 50:06 Why the Colt Monitor the best variant of the BAR according to you? - 50:36 How is Ian father doing, why we don’t see him more on Japanese firearm videos? - 52:41 Ian’s dog? - 54:21 Most useful firearm tool? - 55:05 Individual Rail-gun? - 55:56 Any plans to come to Norway? - 57:03 Rank Schmidt-Rubin K11, k31 and Steyr M95? - 57:09 What are the Wondernines? - 57:37 Any plans to visit Czech Repupblic? - 57:50 Would you shoot a low number 1903? - 58:17 BM-59 build yay or nay? - 58:43 Which rifle of the 1980 advanced combat rifle program you’d like to get your hand on? - 59:30 Any strikes from TH-cam? - 59:45 Was the adoption of the 7.62 NATO over the .280 a mistake? - 1:00:26 Favourite .32 ACP pistol to shoot? - 1:00:51 Your opinion on the Polish vis.35 new production? - 1:01:30 Your recommendation on ear protection? - 1:02:42 Is accuracy on pistols any relevant for police and law enforcement purposes? - 1:03:37 P14 oy Type 99 Arisaka? - 1:04:17 Could magazine forward on pistols (like on the C-96, Bergmann Bayard) make a comeback? - 1:04:49 What forgotten weapon under 500-600 $ everyone should add to their collection? - 1:05:09 Do you still have time to shoot your own gun to at the range? - 1:05:55
Ian's (immediately corrected) misspeak about SWAT team members practicing "ballistic entries" gave me the image of a SWAT officer serving a search warrant on a home by being flung bodily through the living-room window by one of those giant circus cannons, and for that, I will always be grateful.
As a professional English-Russian translator and interpreter, tell me if you need a letter to any Russian museums translated. Would gladly help out pro bono.
+Tom Prikhod'ko The most I have is a friend at the Kaliningrad Police Academy Weapons Museum. It's invitation only and they have a Sturmgewehr, some Arisakas and other stuff... Honestly, I was not that aware of the guns when I was there.
Talk about a nice video to find on a coffee break. Feedback: I like both styles of Q&A, honestly it might be nice to sort of "clear the cache" of questions with a session like this every so often, but mainly retain the other style where you go deeper into some of the answers.
Everyone shits on the Nagant revolver and it's ammo, but it's really not *that* bad. The cartridge is hardly whimpy as people suggest. It's basically a .380 which was a fairly common military pistol caliber at the time. Most people are just used to the crappy commercial ammo that is 500fps. Original ammo is 1,300fps.
47:00 "i don't want to publish them all in a row because often they have some themes to them" so what your saying is your trying to avoid another bergman plague
17:17 Calico is very much still in business, and making some very interesting prototypes lately... 12ga, 5.56x45mm, and other items. If you have a M11 or M10 full auto, they've also got some uppers that are worth every penny.
Peat is a naturally occuring fuel, made up of dead moss and other vegetation, slowly condensing into flammable matter. Certain Scottish areas used it traditionally as a replacement to firewood. In these regions, it has also been used in the malting process of barley. Basicly, during malting, you need to stop the development of the barley seed at a certain point. That is done by heat treatment. There are many ways of doing it. And in these areas of Scottland (like Islay island) the heat is generated by smoking the developing seedlings over a peat fire. It gives these whisky a distinct smpky flavour, which is higly sought after in the whisky drinkers' world. Many famous distilleries producing such whisky come to mind. Just to name my favourites: Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Connemara, Tomintoul and the list goes on. I highly encourage you to try some, if you are of legal drinking age and experience the taste for yourself. Altough it might be hard at first, but it is an experience worth having.
I prefer the longer form answers that go a bit deeper; but I would like to see this style come back maybe on a quarterly basis. It’s a nice broad spectrum of questions and answers but I definitely would miss the longer form if it went away.
Oh, sure. If I've understood correctly, that one Miami shoot out you mention (I forget when, early 80s?), was a big step in law enforcement going towards firepower over, well, power. Not many can be trusted to be cool headed and accurate enough under pressure to justify the reverse. But that said law enforcement did use 357. for a long time (the round was introduced in the mid 30s), and it's still in use in some niche roles, as far as I know (I've read that the S&W M&P R8 is used by SWAT team members carrying ballistic shields). But moreover, I just enjoyed Ian's answer. Btw., you don't sound like an a**hole at all.
I picked up a Schmidt-Rubin 1889 recently, based on some of the related data you've posted on the channel. It is stunning how well made and well maintained those Swiss rifles are after over 120 years. Ammo will be a little bit of extra work trying to replicate the old GP90, but it looks fairly straightforward and worth it. May still go back and pick up the Vetterli, source a spare bolt to tap and convert to centerfire, and get it shooting again too. Crazy good value for the money.
A good warning lesson on gun laws would be to gun laws in the Republic of Ireland and the sneaky way they managed almost overnight to pretty much confiscate all firearms beyond double shotguns and .22's....
The Paris Army museum will take you a day. Another museum to see is the Naval museum Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum) located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro directly across the river from the Eifel Tower
I don't blame you for not wanting to go to NYC. There is basically nothing to do with guns there at all, and purely as a tourist it can be fun but only for so long, a few weeks tops. What I will say is that it isn't the run-down hell hole a lot of people think it is, which is a carry-over from the 70s and 80s.
Eastern Brooklyn and Southern Bronx are *sort of* dangerous but in general are nothing like the bad areas of other major cities like Detroit, Cleveland, or Chicago. The Subway is also dramatically safer than it used to be and in general you can ride it at night just fine, but obviously you still need to keep your eyes and ears open. I personally lived there for almost 20 years and the only crime I was ever a victim of was that someone once snatched the iPod I left on my table at a McDonalds when I went to go get ketchup. I'm by no means of a fan of that city and I'm well and glad to be out of it now, but for non-gun people who can afford it, it's a decent enough place to live.
While the police penchant for revolvers over automatic pistols had something to do with perceived reliability, and with six shots being seen as 'good enough' for police work, the desire for most law enforcement agencies to differentiate themselves from the military, which generally lasted up into the mid-1980's and even longer in some places, should not be overlooked.
@@falcon-eu1wu why is that sad? I’d rather have a better trained and better equipped police force. It’s their actions that differentiate them from military, not their equipment. Police in the 1960s were plenty oppressive towards certain groups without any modern “tactical” gear.
Having been a veteran and gun enthusiast during the era I always considered the term "wonder nine" to be more relevant to the pre Glock steel framed hi cap 9's that died out with the successful introduction of polymer frame guns. High Power, S&W59/69, Beretta, Cz 75 etc.
tombogan03884 Agreed. "Wonder-nine" is a term of its day. I suppose you could view the Glock as the ultimate wonder-nine in a 1980s context, but by the same token its many imitators have made the term redundant.
Yeah, I think Ian may be showing his youth here. I remember the phrase wonder nine being used long before I became aware of the Glock. I seem to remember it being used derisively by 1911fanboys.
Bought my first Browning 9mm High Power when I turned 21...54 years ago. Payed(new) $120.00 for it and a box of ammo at a local hardware store. The only one in stock, nestled in amongst fifty .38 revolvers.
I Always Enjoy you answering questions , long or short does not matter to me - I love learning about firearms of all types and forms - you are great and I am glad that you and Larry Vickers are working together, different but similar..... Love all that you do
I like this new format alot but i also love the more in-depth answers of the old format. Maybe throw in a couple rapid fire questions in the old format? Best of both worlds? Thanks for the video
I would think a big reason that the military didn't develop a suppressed combat rifle is just the nightmare it would cause for maintenance. How many shots do you get from a suppressor before it starts to be less effective, and how many until it's completely shot out and useless? How many shots in a prolonged gun fight? How do you make it field serviceable for the average soldier to clean? Logistically it just seems more trouble than its worth
I would love to see a video on the Canadian version of the FAL; but include both the C1 and the C2, and also the excellent sub-calibre adapter kit that we used for training. As with the Rhodesian one, our version had some interesting and innovative differences from others of its time, including stripper clip charging of the magazine with a cut down top cover, which also made clearing stoppages much easier.
My worst pucker moment in firearm shooting was my 1895 Chilean Navy Mauser. I actually contacted Mauser, who put me in contact with an old German gentleman, to determine if my rifle could fire modern ammunition. I was informed that it should be OK, but that very first round was a bit nerve racking. Before that I was to young to be worried about the serviceability of a firearm.
Ian, Like both formats. The lightning maybe a little less because you don't expound on the questions as much. Also, 12 gauge is very useful aboard ships and submarines. Most combatants vessels have steel bulkheads and decks. Shooting rifle and pistol rounds inside can be very bad especially on a sub. The 12 gauge has less chance of causing collateral damage from ricochets, not 100% but less than a rifle. Also, I don't know if anyone else did this...but....we also were taught to use the steel deck for our advantage. If a tango was wearing body armor we would aim in front of them and 'bounce' the pellets up. This was mostly to sweep the legs but you also had a good chance of bouncing 00 buck up into their groin. That in itself is enough to sting...but it also had a good chance of clearing the bottom of the front body armor and ping-pong inside it and the body cavity. I don't know about current conditions but most topside watches were pistol and shotgun. Then again, we were just guarding the brow not going into the field with them. Cheers...keep up the videos. More 'unicorn' ones please..
The British adopted the Beneli M3 for use as a point man gun, defending the Valon operator in Afghanistan. It was a new doctrine for the British. They did it because in the green zone, firefights were breaking out a extremely short distances (2-3 meters)
1st: I am a little disappointed that you put your WWSD-Rifle on your "rescue from the burning house" list. I'm sure it's a really nice rifle to shoot, but it only consists of current parts and could easily be recreated. 2nd: I like this format for less complex questions. I prefer the normal Q&A style, but one of those sessions every few months would be great too.
If you're in Paris, take the train to Saumur to see the musée des blindés (tank museum), that's row upon row of armored vehicles, most of them still in running condition. And during the summer they drive them around outside.
It's an equivalent to Bovington and Kubinka. The main difference is that Saumur was built around the cavalry school and was started around the French militaries "OPFOR" armor collection (foreign tanks collected for training purposes). They have the oldest running tank and quite a few unique tanks.
All the French tanks actually. They have the St Chamond, the Schneider CA1 and both FTs (machine gun and canon versions), as well as everything up to 1940. Basically anything that was not a prototype they have, like B1 tanks, Somuas, those little Renault tankettes... If you go to the Wikipedia pages of French WWII armor, most of the pictures are from the museum. They also have a ton of Warsaw pact armor gathered from around the world and weird prototypes from all around the world. And a ton of WWII German armor with oil dripping everywhere.
I like the foam ear plugs as well but I did have a problem with them. I was shooting at my favorite indoor range and my left side foam plug came partly out of my ear. I didn't realize that had happened until the guy next to me fired his second shot from his Tokarve pistol. Many months later I still have ringing in that ear.
Most excellent locations for the 11th november: Ypres/Ieper in Belgium. Be there at dusk for the last post at the Menen gate. That whole area of western Belgium and NW France is full of WW1 and WW2 memorials and other important locations.
Surprised you don't shoot the Valmet a ton, seems like a very enjoyable rifle. The videos on it convinced me to try and hunt down a transferable one, even though the mags are ridiculously priced
I find both formats enjoyable, but prefer the longer version. My suggestion would be to have every Q&A be 70-80% in depth interesting questions, and then end with a bunch of quick easy ones.
I think one of the .26 cartridges will stick around as a hunting cartridge. The .264 Win. could have become popular were it not for it's reputation for quickly ruining barrels.
In my honest opinion, as long as the quality of content and presentation does not change, I'lll watch just about any video. (I.e. quality over quantity) due to the sheer info available here.
As for hearing protection - I prefer ear muffs for pistol. When it comes to rifle, I like "sonic ear" plugs (not sure if they are made anymore) or a set of custom molded ear plugs (available for $50 or less, but only in person). The custom molded block the sound very well.
A caveat to the shotguns in the military question: a Serbu super shorty, or the like, still make a good way to breach doors (45, 45, BOOM). On a funny note, there are a ton of Ugandan military contractors who use auto-loading shotguns with drums in Afghanistan, weirdest thing.
On the subject of cocktails, I had one that I _really_ liked once called Sazerac. Not a big cocktail guy in general, but that one was delicious and gave me a very pleasant buzz.
19:18 - Mads(?) I think I know what you're getting at. People always praise rifles like the SMLE for having a bent bolt handle that's easy to reach. Coupled with a straight pull mechanism, you should get much faster rates of fire. Maybe something to do with making the bolt harder to work? Maybe it requires really tight tolerances, or because (since most bolt actions require the shooter to move their eye out of the way when cycling) there's no real speed benefit?
Exactly what i meant, maybe i should have specified it, but you got it spot on and have given me something to think about. And you are absolutely correct on the name.
A bent bolt on a straight pull action induces a twisting motion that would tend to bind the movement of the bolt (simple physics - force is not applied in line with the bolt axis).
I think that the best bullpup rifle in military service is the FN2000, followed by the IMI Tavor and the Steyr AUG, simply because they are the most up to date models IMO. However, I think it is established, that in the primary rifleman configuration, a regular rifle is still superior to bullpup rifles in many occasions. Thus I would say that the best bullpup weapon overall should be one, that exceeds in capabilities in it's field. I would say both the P90 and the Hungarian made Gepard GM6 Lynx anti material rifle should be considered for the no1 position. Those are firearms, which have distinct features that exceed others i ntheir category, and those feautres are atributed to the fact, that they are bullpup guns.
(Erik from the memes question) I'm in a group on Facebook that your also in, and I see the people in that group spamming those pictures all the time. I figured you got pretty tired of them.
I wouldn't say Wonder Nines necessarily have to be polymer framed, but that's a good guiding principle for many of them. Beretta 92, CZ 75 and P226 certainly count
I love my 10mm, with proper hot ammo it's a lot of fun. It's not bad to shoot but having a 6" barreled Glock 40mos helps I'm sure. It's a pretty good home defense pistol too.
Ian -love going thru the back catalog of Q&A. On FBI and 10mm: In the book on Glock history by Paul Barrett, the author cites female FBI agents as a major reason why the 10mm was discontinued. 10mm pistols were too big for women’s smaller hands, and the recoil was overpowering for most female agents.
To be honest that's the first time I've ever heard the word "bottled" used in the manner you mean. I've grown up with it meaning "to have a bottle smashed over oneself or another".
'He/she has' bottled 'out of it' is more the original term, but a lot of the wording has fallen from usage over the years. Mostly it's come down to just 'bottled it' now to mean to chicken out of doing something. I think anyone under 25 or maybe even 30 at this point likely won't have heard the phrase either.
Means the same general thing in Aus, although depending on context could mean stabbed with a broken bottle. It's usually pretty clear which meaning is intended. :D
yorkshire slang still uses it commonly, but i've heard english litt. teachers say that yorkshire speak is the most antiquated form of english still spoken. hell, one of my teachers came from ben rhydding and when she spoke she sounded straight out of a shakespearean plan. i mean, i still use "thee" and "thine" is some expressions just because my family comes from oop north.
"Bottled out" is a modern variant (1979). "Lost your bottle" is the older form, and the meaning seems clear (despite phrases.org not knowing it); as someone else said, you've lost your bottle of alcohol so you no longer have the artificial courage to proceed.
What I'd like to add on the question about supressors in military use is that supressing a full power, high velocity rifle round is meaningless in the battlefield. First, the bullet at best 3 times the speed of sound makes a whiplash sound much louder to the assumed target than the cartridge going off at 300yds away.. Second, the battlefield is assumably filled with much louder noises than rifle fire, in other words cannon shells and bombs going off, heavy machine gun fire, mortar shells exploding nearby etc. etc. There is nothing clandestine when let's say 2 opposing army corps go head to head.. There's about 75 thousand men on both sides who have a pretty certain picture about what is going on around them..
On the battlefield people become half def in a matter of seconds.. One's own rifle going off is certainly not the loudest thing in a war. Playing wargames is a another matter :)
Ian re the receiver of the BM59, you might try your luck with Nuova Jager (www.nuovajager.it/index.asp). They sell semiautomatic conversions of the originals released recently on the market by the italian armed force (www.nuovajager.it/scheda.asp?id=10453045201545154548). They might make available a spare part (though I do not how easy would it be to get from abroad).
I'm surprised that you have no interest in *artillery* since it was the *French* *1897* *75mm* that ushered in "modern" artillery design, with rapid firing, on-carriage recoil compensation (hydro-pneumatic in this case) basically being invented by the French. That seems like it would be right up your alley: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_de_75_modele_1897
32:18 Have you read "Shots Fired in Anger" by John George (fought at Guadalcanal and in Burma)? The Japanese had some good equipment, some terrible equipment (e.g. they shipped ammo to the jungle in cardboard boxes), and universally awful infantry tactics (e.g. engaging in bonzai charges well into 1944 despite American weaponry, ineffective employment of Nambu MGs). The propaganda wasn't entirely unfounded.
toomanyaccounts According to multiple books on Guadalcanal and other conflicts in the Pacific Theater, the Japanese - particularly in defensive positions - were reluctant to surrender and adept at living in terrible conditions. They executed prisoners and there are even documented instances where they cannibalized them. They were adept at boobytrapping weapons and supplies. They were also less susceptible to tropical diseases than the Marine and Army personnel stationed in the Pacific. In certain conditions, sure, they were formidable and even terrifying. The Japanese Army, however, insisted on using infantry tactics developed against poorly-armed Chinese peasant farmers throughout WWII, including suicidal intimidation tactics like "banzai charges." Poorly-armed farmers with old Mausers were easily defeated with human wave tactics. Trained soldiers with M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, BARs, 1911s, and Thompsons were a different matter entirely. According to multiple accounts from infantrymen attached to a long-range recon group, Merrill's Marauders, fighting Japanese infantry in 1944 Burma was a matter of waiting in a hole or behind cover until the Nambus ran out of ammo and the infantry charged, then standing and shooting dozens of men at a time while they ran at you armed with swords or empty rifles. So, the propaganda wasn't entirely false. Brutal and stubborn as their reputation was, the Japanese military never adapted its infantry tactics to an opposing modern force. Edited to add: Much of the hardships of the Pacific Theater were related to the Japanese Air Force's effectiveness at disrupting troop and supply movements under way. Combined with the fact that Americans were susceptible to diseases like malaria, had substantial issues with equipment ill-suited for jungle/island warfare, and the Japanese largely had an advantage of fighting defensively in most cases, it's entirely rational that the propaganda had significant elements to truth to it without discounting any of the points you raised.
Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me...true, "Moses Brothers Self-Defense Engine Frontier Model B" is a cool fictional handgun combining the aestethics of a Charliere revolver (or a S&W No.2) and some of the Bergmann pistols.
Also regarding military use of silencers, when you're being shot at you notice the crack of the bullet and its impact before you notice the report from the muzzle, which at least may help you peg down where the fire is coming from. IMO/IME the biggest downside to issuing cans is extra weight, heat, and having another serialized item to keep track of. There's a reason you see optics dummy-corded to rifles--PFC Schmuckatelli tends to lose shit. I belive there's a USMC infantry battalion (I wanna say 1/7?) currently evaluating can use for line infantry and reporting good results
Ian, if you are interested in making a video on European gun-laws i would recommend talking to Hagge Bänke, he has a reasonably active TH-cam channel and have a lot of experience with the legal aspects of owning firearms in Sweden and has been active in pan-European activism for strengthened gun rights.
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Title made me think the video would be about some cool cartridge called the lightning round
Lols
Made me think the same thing! I imagined a steampunk tazer of some sort
For a 1877 double action Colt.
same xD
Sounds like something you’d find in Borderlands
Summary:
First older firearms you’ve purchased for yourself?- 0:49
Why are you interested in French rifles? - 0:52
Coming to New York City? - 1:36
Recommendations for museums in Paris? - 1:50
Why the 10 mm not explored further? - 2:50
Your most shot gun and least shot gun? - 4:15
.45 Auto obsolete ammunition? - 5:08
Best firearm manufacture? - 6:15
Pistol calibre carbines useful or range toys? - 6:49
What era of time produced the most forgotten weapons? - 7:21
Earliest semi-auto centrefire rifle? - 8:35
Most unicorn firearms you’d like to get your hands on? - 8:57
Does shotguns have a place in modern military? - 9:22
Which piece of field artillery from Great War do you prefer? -10:00
Where to find black powder .22 rimfire ammunition? - 10.25
Relevancy of the many new calibers, will they become forgotten? - 11:23
Your favourite reference material for British small arms? - 12:34
Favourite and least favourite airline? - 13:34
How much time do you spend at home? - 14:18
When will you shoot your Chassepot? - 15:00
What’s the best kind of whiskey? - 15:27
Military application for subsonic ammunition? - 15:33
Cheapest/best source for collector grade books? - 16:05
Calico guns? - 16:48
Do you have any French heritage? - 17:50
First full-auto firearms you’ve shot? - 18:05
Time gap between military and police adopted a semi-auto pistol? - 18:42
Military rifle with straight-pull bolt? - 19:19
Which WWI weapon would you choose (Shotgun, MP-18/Luger, m1917 and revolver)? - 19:45
Which of the firearms you own would you save if you house burns (chose 3)? - 20:03
Best Bullpup overall? - 20:29
What Russian experimental weapon of the cold war would you like to examine? - 21:45
Gun laws videos on other countries? - 22:23
Why no attempts of mass-producing suppressed rifles during 20th century? - 23:50
Favourite AK-74 Magazine? - 25:06
Beretta 92 or CZ-75? - 25:30
Signature cocktail? - 25:39
Browning Hi-Power or 1911? - 26:06
Best semi-auto during WWII? - 26:10
One handgun to shoot for the rest of your life? - 26:22
Would you be a reenactor? - 26:33
Coffee or tee? - 27:19
How does the new P-210 stands up to the original version? - 27:30
Were you able to convert the Henry from IMA into something shootable? - 27:49
Which European country for the armistice centenary? - 28:39
Which pre 1930 weapon would you bring back? - 29:18
Most influential yet underrated firearms of the 20th century? - 30:32
Rifle ammunition clip design falling/ejecting? - 31:11
Japanese ammunition underpowered myth? - 31:54
Do you hunt? - 32:58
Your opinions about forgotten weapons online memes? - 33:12
Firearms scary to shoot? - 33:36
Favourite handgun type: revolver or semi-auto? - 35:00
Why did Savage get out of the pistol market? - 35:13
Worst military small arm fielded in the last hundred ish years? - 35:46
Favourite movie-prop weapon design? - 36:20
Have you damaged any weapon you’ve been reviewing? - 36:54
Planning on future collaborations with Larry Vickers? - 40:23
Have you ever fired the Ruger PC9 / PC9s? - 40:43
Does the Hudson 9 worth the money? - 40:53
H&K G11 financially viable? - 41:32
How Canadian Diemaco C7 compare to US M16/M4? - 42:08
Are the guns on the 21th century the best that ever existed? - 43:05
Relevancy of the 7.62x51 NATO and consequences over other cartridge? - 43:30
Tulle and Tula manufactures entanglements? - 44:40
What software do you use to edit your videos? - 45:21
Modern Japanese rifles? - 45:30
Average time between a video being filmed and uploaded? - 46:14
How big is your box of moldy web gear? - 47:44
Use of big game civilian rifles during WWI? - 48:21
Which of the FN SCAR, the Bushmaster ACR or the CZ BREN would become a forgotten weapon in 20 years? - 49:47
What obsolete cartridge would you like to come back? - 50:06
Why the Colt Monitor the best variant of the BAR according to you? - 50:36
How is Ian father doing, why we don’t see him more on Japanese firearm videos? - 52:41
Ian’s dog? - 54:21
Most useful firearm tool? - 55:05
Individual Rail-gun? - 55:56
Any plans to come to Norway? - 57:03
Rank Schmidt-Rubin K11, k31 and Steyr M95? - 57:09
What are the Wondernines? - 57:37
Any plans to visit Czech Repupblic? - 57:50
Would you shoot a low number 1903? - 58:17
BM-59 build yay or nay? - 58:43
Which rifle of the 1980 advanced combat rifle program you’d like to get your hand on? - 59:30
Any strikes from TH-cam? - 59:45
Was the adoption of the 7.62 NATO over the .280 a mistake? - 1:00:26
Favourite .32 ACP pistol to shoot? - 1:00:51
Your opinion on the Polish vis.35 new production? - 1:01:30
Your recommendation on ear protection? - 1:02:42
Is accuracy on pistols any relevant for police and law enforcement purposes? - 1:03:37
P14 oy Type 99 Arisaka? - 1:04:17
Could magazine forward on pistols (like on the C-96, Bergmann Bayard) make a comeback? - 1:04:49
What forgotten weapon under 500-600 $ everyone should add to their collection? - 1:05:09
Do you still have time to shoot your own gun to at the range? - 1:05:55
MrAvanile Thanks, brother.
I tried copying this into the video description, but it is longer than TH-cam allows for description text, unfortunately. Thanks for compiling it!
Your doing God’s work
MrAvanile wow
you sir are the hero we need
Ian's (immediately corrected) misspeak about SWAT team members practicing "ballistic entries" gave me the image of a SWAT officer serving a search warrant on a home by being flung bodily through the living-room window by one of those giant circus cannons, and for that, I will always be grateful.
> Lightning round
> still over an hour long
TheGoldenCaulk Just how I like it
He's a hack fraud
Oh my gaaahd!
Lighting refers to the speed of the individual questions lol
why
As a professional English-Russian translator and interpreter, tell me if you need a letter to any Russian museums translated.
Would gladly help out pro bono.
StarTsurugi - That's the spirit mate! Spasibo!
А отправлять их можно будет сразу в Спортлото.
Чтобы попасть в отечественные музеи нужны не письма, а знакомые в этих самых музеях.
You like Bono vox? I'm anti-bono personally
We Salute you.
+Tom Prikhod'ko
The most I have is a friend at the Kaliningrad Police Academy Weapons Museum. It's invitation only and they have a Sturmgewehr, some Arisakas and other stuff... Honestly, I was not that aware of the guns when I was there.
Talk about a nice video to find on a coffee break.
Feedback: I like both styles of Q&A, honestly it might be nice to sort of "clear the cache" of questions with a session like this every so often, but mainly retain the other style where you go deeper into some of the answers.
I agree with this.
I concur with this sentiment.
Gets my vote.
agreed
Agreed
Everyone shits on the Nagant revolver and it's ammo, but it's really not *that* bad. The cartridge is hardly whimpy as people suggest. It's basically a .380 which was a fairly common military pistol caliber at the time. Most people are just used to the crappy commercial ammo that is 500fps. Original ammo is 1,300fps.
2018: "At this point, a Hudson H9"
2020: "Thanks for tuning into Forgotten Weapons. I'm Ian, and today we have..."
Haha, of all the answers that aged poorly.
@@akranov Well, hey, he did say "at this point".
2024: The Daniel H9
Best cocktail is a shot of whiskey mixed with the rest of the bottle.
47:00 "i don't want to publish them all in a row because often they have some themes to them" so what your saying is your trying to avoid another bergman plague
17:17 Calico is very much still in business, and making some very interesting prototypes lately... 12ga, 5.56x45mm, and other items. If you have a M11 or M10 full auto, they've also got some uppers that are worth every penny.
elitearbor they actually have to work to be worth a penny
The Calico full auto uppers I've used have worked as reliably as any Lage upper, and they're even more fun than the M/31 drum uppers.
I thought it was going to be about some form of obscure proprietary cartridge from the 1860s...
“Working is the main problem with the G11” well said
"That's easy. Scotch. And the peatier the better." Couldn't be more right :)
Peat is a naturally occuring fuel, made up of dead moss and other vegetation, slowly condensing into flammable matter. Certain Scottish areas used it traditionally as a replacement to firewood. In these regions, it has also been used in the malting process of barley. Basicly, during malting, you need to stop the development of the barley seed at a certain point. That is done by heat treatment. There are many ways of doing it. And in these areas of Scottland (like Islay island) the heat is generated by smoking the developing seedlings over a peat fire. It gives these whisky a distinct smpky flavour, which is higly sought after in the whisky drinkers' world. Many famous distilleries producing such whisky come to mind. Just to name my favourites: Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Connemara, Tomintoul and the list goes on. I highly encourage you to try some, if you are of legal drinking age and experience the taste for yourself. Altough it might be hard at first, but it is an experience worth having.
Sláinte my friend!
Yeah, leaves the good stuff for the rest of us ;)
LEEPFROG!!!!Lol,I really would never dilute a good single malt....
I prefer the longer form answers that go a bit deeper; but I would like to see this style come back maybe on a quarterly basis. It’s a nice broad spectrum of questions and answers but I definitely would miss the longer form if it went away.
What's the deal with that stock on this MAS36(?), is it aluminium or what?
"It's hard to go wrong with 6 rounds of .357. It really just... worked."
Great answer.
Oh, sure. If I've understood correctly, that one Miami shoot out you mention (I forget when, early 80s?), was a big step in law enforcement going towards firepower over, well, power. Not many can be trusted to be cool headed and accurate enough under pressure to justify the reverse. But that said law enforcement did use 357. for a long time (the round was introduced in the mid 30s), and it's still in use in some niche roles, as far as I know (I've read that the S&W M&P R8 is used by SWAT team members carrying ballistic shields). But moreover, I just enjoyed Ian's answer. Btw., you don't sound like an a**hole at all.
I picked up a Schmidt-Rubin 1889 recently, based on some of the related data you've posted on the channel. It is stunning how well made and well maintained those Swiss rifles are after over 120 years. Ammo will be a little bit of extra work trying to replicate the old GP90, but it looks fairly straightforward and worth it. May still go back and pick up the Vetterli, source a spare bolt to tap and convert to centerfire, and get it shooting again too. Crazy good value for the money.
A good warning lesson on gun laws would be to gun laws in the Republic of Ireland and the sneaky way they managed almost overnight to pretty much confiscate all firearms beyond double shotguns and .22's....
"What's the best kind of whiskey?"
"Easy, scotch, the peatier the better"
I knew I liked you for a reason ;)
I like both formats. This one is nice, quick, and i still learn things I didn't know before. Two thumbs up.
The Paris Army museum will take you a day. Another museum to see is the Naval museum Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum) located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro directly across the river from the Eifel Tower
I don't blame you for not wanting to go to NYC. There is basically nothing to do with guns there at all, and purely as a tourist it can be fun but only for so long, a few weeks tops.
What I will say is that it isn't the run-down hell hole a lot of people think it is, which is a carry-over from the 70s and 80s.
Eastern Brooklyn and Southern Bronx are *sort of* dangerous but in general are nothing like the bad areas of other major cities like Detroit, Cleveland, or Chicago. The Subway is also dramatically safer than it used to be and in general you can ride it at night just fine, but obviously you still need to keep your eyes and ears open. I personally lived there for almost 20 years and the only crime I was ever a victim of was that someone once snatched the iPod I left on my table at a McDonalds when I went to go get ketchup.
I'm by no means of a fan of that city and I'm well and glad to be out of it now, but for non-gun people who can afford it, it's a decent enough place to live.
Talks about the Calico guns and doesn't mention Spaceballs. For Shame Ian, for shame.
I see your Schwarz is as big as mine! Let's see how you *handle* it!
While the police penchant for revolvers over automatic pistols had something to do with perceived reliability, and with six shots being seen as 'good enough' for police work, the desire for most law enforcement agencies to differentiate themselves from the military, which generally lasted up into the mid-1980's and even longer in some places, should not be overlooked.
And nowadays police take pride in having military equipment straight from the US government. Sad
@@falcon-eu1wu why is that sad? I’d rather have a better trained and better equipped police force. It’s their actions that differentiate them from military, not their equipment. Police in the 1960s were plenty oppressive towards certain groups without any modern “tactical” gear.
the prison i worked for still used revolvers up till like 10 years ago when they finally transition to a glock lol
Having been a veteran and gun enthusiast during the era I always considered the term "wonder nine" to be more relevant to the pre Glock steel framed hi cap 9's that died out with the successful introduction of polymer frame guns. High Power, S&W59/69, Beretta, Cz 75 etc.
tombogan03884 Agreed. "Wonder-nine" is a term of its day. I suppose you could view the Glock as the ultimate wonder-nine in a 1980s context, but by the same token its many imitators have made the term redundant.
I like to be difficult and use "Wunder Nein" in conversation for a completely obvious firearm choice just to confuse people.
Yeah, I think Ian may be showing his youth here. I remember the phrase wonder nine being used long before I became aware of the Glock. I seem to remember it being used derisively by 1911fanboys.
Bought my first Browning 9mm High Power when I turned 21...54 years ago. Payed(new) $120.00 for it and a box of ammo at a local hardware store. The only one in stock, nestled in amongst fifty .38 revolvers.
I Always Enjoy you answering questions , long or short does not matter to me - I love learning about firearms of all types and forms - you are great and I am glad that you and Larry Vickers are working together, different but similar..... Love all that you do
I like this new format alot but i also love the more in-depth answers of the old format. Maybe throw in a couple rapid fire questions in the old format? Best of both worlds? Thanks for the video
I would think a big reason that the military didn't develop a suppressed combat rifle is just the nightmare it would cause for maintenance. How many shots do you get from a suppressor before it starts to be less effective, and how many until it's completely shot out and useless? How many shots in a prolonged gun fight? How do you make it field serviceable for the average soldier to clean? Logistically it just seems more trouble than its worth
I would love to see a video on the Canadian version of the FAL; but include both the C1 and the C2, and also the excellent sub-calibre adapter kit that we used for training. As with the Rhodesian one, our version had some interesting and innovative differences from others of its time, including stripper clip charging of the magazine with a cut down top cover, which also made clearing stoppages much easier.
My worst pucker moment in firearm shooting was my 1895 Chilean Navy Mauser. I actually contacted Mauser, who put me in contact with an old German gentleman, to determine if my rifle could fire modern ammunition. I was informed that it should be OK, but that very first round was a bit nerve racking.
Before that I was to young to be worried about the serviceability of a firearm.
I counted at least two distinct bashing of the L85. Well done!
Forgotten Weapons Precision Disassembly tool is best tool, confirmed.
Ian, Like both formats. The lightning maybe a little less because you don't expound on the questions as much.
Also, 12 gauge is very useful aboard ships and submarines. Most combatants vessels have steel bulkheads and decks. Shooting rifle and pistol rounds inside can be very bad especially on a sub. The 12 gauge has less chance of causing collateral damage from ricochets, not 100% but less than a rifle. Also, I don't know if anyone else did this...but....we also were taught to use the steel deck for our advantage. If a tango was wearing body armor we would aim in front of them and 'bounce' the pellets up. This was mostly to sweep the legs but you also had a good chance of bouncing 00 buck up into their groin. That in itself is enough to sting...but it also had a good chance of clearing the bottom of the front body armor and ping-pong inside it and the body cavity. I don't know about current conditions but most topside watches were pistol and shotgun. Then again, we were just guarding the brow not going into the field with them.
Cheers...keep up the videos. More 'unicorn' ones please..
I like this format
The British adopted the Beneli M3 for use as a point man gun, defending the Valon operator in Afghanistan. It was a new doctrine for the British. They did it because in the green zone, firefights were breaking out a extremely short distances (2-3 meters)
1st:
I am a little disappointed that you put your WWSD-Rifle on your "rescue from the burning house" list. I'm sure it's a really nice rifle to shoot, but it only consists of current parts and could easily be recreated.
2nd:
I like this format for less complex questions. I prefer the normal Q&A style, but one of those sessions every few months would be great too.
Nathan Fillion says, "SCORE!!!"
Mag forward designs are common with continental ISSF/olympic style pistols.
The forward mag becomes a counterweight to help keep the muzzle stable and on target.
I enjoy this much more than your other Q & A format. Cheers mate.
Two thumbs up on the "Lightning Round"!
Yes calico is still in production and they went back into full production in 2006
Buying a Colt 1903 in 32 ACP is the most Gun Jesus first gun to buy ever.
If you're in Paris, take the train to Saumur to see the musée des blindés (tank museum), that's row upon row of armored vehicles, most of them still in running condition. And during the summer they drive them around outside.
It's an equivalent to Bovington and Kubinka. The main difference is that Saumur was built around the cavalry school and was started around the French militaries "OPFOR" armor collection (foreign tanks collected for training purposes).
They have the oldest running tank and quite a few unique tanks.
HMMPH!! Any WWII French tanks?
All the French tanks actually.
They have the St Chamond, the Schneider CA1 and both FTs (machine gun and canon versions), as well as everything up to 1940. Basically anything that was not a prototype they have, like B1 tanks, Somuas, those little Renault tankettes... If you go to the Wikipedia pages of French WWII armor, most of the pictures are from the museum.
They also have a ton of Warsaw pact armor gathered from around the world and weird prototypes from all around the world. And a ton of WWII German armor with oil dripping everywhere.
The Lee Navy is a straight pull military rifle with a curved bolt handle
Are you going to be at the"Hill 80" dig in april?
Way better than the long form Q&A. I tend to lose interest, this kept me glued the whole time.
I like the foam ear plugs as well but I did have a problem with them. I was shooting at my favorite indoor range and my left side foam plug came partly out of my ear. I didn't realize that had happened until the guy next to me fired his second shot from his Tokarve pistol. Many months later I still have ringing in that ear.
Most excellent locations for the 11th november: Ypres/Ieper in Belgium. Be there at dusk for the last post at the Menen gate. That whole area of western Belgium and NW France is full of WW1 and WW2 memorials and other important locations.
Surprised you don't shoot the Valmet a ton, seems like a very enjoyable rifle. The videos on it convinced me to try and hunt down a transferable one, even though the mags are ridiculously priced
I like this style, and the longer, variety is the spice of life. I use a pen to stir my coffee sometimes, and on firearms.
I love this particular format!
I find both formats enjoyable, but prefer the longer version. My suggestion would be to have every Q&A be 70-80% in depth interesting questions, and then end with a bunch of quick easy ones.
are we going to see branded universal disassembly tools, because reasons
I'd buy a box of them.
I think one of the .26 cartridges will stick around as a hunting cartridge. The .264 Win. could have become popular were it not for it's reputation for quickly ruining barrels.
@Forgotten Weapons if you want to get a bit into 20th century Artillery i recommend the work of Franz Kosar. very good to get an overview i find.
In my honest opinion, as long as the quality of content and presentation does not change, I'lll watch just about any video. (I.e. quality over quantity) due to the sheer info available here.
As for hearing protection - I prefer ear muffs for pistol. When it comes to rifle, I like "sonic ear" plugs (not sure if they are made anymore) or a set of custom molded ear plugs (available for $50 or less, but only in person). The custom molded block the sound very well.
A caveat to the shotguns in the military question: a Serbu super shorty, or the like, still make a good way to breach doors (45, 45, BOOM). On a funny note, there are a ton of Ugandan military contractors who use auto-loading shotguns with drums in Afghanistan, weirdest thing.
IanCaine4728 USAS, AA12 or what?
Review the M79 grenade launcher!
On the subject of cocktails, I had one that I _really_ liked once called Sazerac. Not a big cocktail guy in general, but that one was delicious and gave me a very pleasant buzz.
Ain't nobody got time for that!
I like the more in-depth format better, but wouldn't complain about this as an occasional thing
19:18 - Mads(?) I think I know what you're getting at. People always praise rifles like the SMLE for having a bent bolt handle that's easy to reach. Coupled with a straight pull mechanism, you should get much faster rates of fire. Maybe something to do with making the bolt harder to work? Maybe it requires really tight tolerances, or because (since most bolt actions require the shooter to move their eye out of the way when cycling) there's no real speed benefit?
Exactly what i meant, maybe i should have specified it, but you got it spot on and have given me something to think about. And you are absolutely correct on the name.
A bent bolt on a straight pull action induces a twisting motion that would tend to bind the movement of the bolt (simple physics - force is not applied in line with the bolt axis).
I think that the best bullpup rifle in military service is the FN2000, followed by the IMI Tavor and the Steyr AUG, simply because they are the most up to date models IMO. However, I think it is established, that in the primary rifleman configuration, a regular rifle is still superior to bullpup rifles in many occasions. Thus I would say that the best bullpup weapon overall should be one, that exceeds in capabilities in it's field. I would say both the P90 and the Hungarian made Gepard GM6 Lynx anti material rifle should be considered for the no1 position. Those are firearms, which have distinct features that exceed others i ntheir category, and those feautres are atributed to the fact, that they are bullpup guns.
(Erik from the memes question) I'm in a group on Facebook that your also in, and I see the people in that group spamming those pictures all the time. I figured you got pretty tired of them.
I wouldn't say Wonder Nines necessarily have to be polymer framed, but that's a good guiding principle for many of them. Beretta 92, CZ 75 and P226 certainly count
I love my 10mm, with proper hot ammo it's a lot of fun. It's not bad to shoot but having a 6" barreled Glock 40mos helps I'm sure. It's a pretty good home defense pistol too.
I prefer normal format, but once in a while this is ok :)
I really enjoyed the Mosin Nagant, SMLE and 03 showcasing your head and shoulders while discussing these weapons as background.
Ian -love going thru the back catalog of Q&A.
On FBI and 10mm: In the book on Glock history by Paul Barrett, the author cites female FBI agents as a major reason why the 10mm was discontinued. 10mm pistols were too big for women’s smaller hands, and the recoil was overpowering for most female agents.
'Bottled' - Wussed out, sort of. Not sure if anyone outside of the UK here (maybe just england) uses the phrase.
To be honest that's the first time I've ever heard the word "bottled" used in the manner you mean. I've grown up with it meaning "to have a bottle smashed over oneself or another".
'He/she has' bottled 'out of it' is more the original term, but a lot of the wording has fallen from usage over the years. Mostly it's come down to just 'bottled it' now to mean to chicken out of doing something. I think anyone under 25 or maybe even 30 at this point likely won't have heard the phrase either.
Means the same general thing in Aus, although depending on context could mean stabbed with a broken bottle. It's usually pretty clear which meaning is intended. :D
yorkshire slang still uses it commonly, but i've heard english litt. teachers say that yorkshire speak is the most antiquated form of english still spoken. hell, one of my teachers came from ben rhydding and when she spoke she sounded straight out of a shakespearean plan. i mean, i still use "thee" and "thine" is some expressions just because my family comes from oop north.
"Bottled out" is a modern variant (1979). "Lost your bottle" is the older form, and the meaning seems clear (despite phrases.org not knowing it); as someone else said, you've lost your bottle of alcohol so you no longer have the artificial courage to proceed.
I like this new format.
I like both types of Q&A thank you .
Hey Ian, Will you be at James D Julia for it Spring Auction in March? If so would you like to take a look at my Victor Ejector in 410 Bore?
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What I'd like to add on the question about supressors in military use is that supressing a full power, high velocity rifle round is meaningless in the battlefield. First, the bullet at best 3 times the speed of sound makes a whiplash sound much louder to the assumed target than the cartridge going off at 300yds away.. Second, the battlefield is assumably filled with much louder noises than rifle fire, in other words cannon shells and bombs going off, heavy machine gun fire, mortar shells exploding nearby etc. etc. There is nothing clandestine when let's say 2 opposing army corps go head to head.. There's about 75 thousand men on both sides who have a pretty certain picture about what is going on around them..
The real advantage of supressors in combat is that they don't fuck up your hearing.
On the battlefield people become half def in a matter of seconds.. One's own rifle going off is certainly not the loudest thing in a war. Playing wargames is a another matter :)
The report from a marine squad who was issued suppressors as a test was that they made it much easier to communicate inside the team.
Ian re the receiver of the BM59, you might try your luck with Nuova Jager (www.nuovajager.it/index.asp). They sell semiautomatic conversions of the originals released recently on the market by the italian armed force (www.nuovajager.it/scheda.asp?id=10453045201545154548). They might make available a spare part (though I do not how easy would it be to get from abroad).
I'm surprised that you have no interest in *artillery* since it was the *French* *1897* *75mm* that ushered in "modern" artillery design, with rapid firing, on-carriage recoil compensation (hydro-pneumatic in this case) basically being invented by the French. That seems like it would be right up your alley: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_de_75_modele_1897
It's not that am uninterested in artillery, just that I don't know much about it.
32:18 Have you read "Shots Fired in Anger" by John George (fought at Guadalcanal and in Burma)? The Japanese had some good equipment, some terrible equipment (e.g. they shipped ammo to the jungle in cardboard boxes), and universally awful infantry tactics (e.g. engaging in bonzai charges well into 1944 despite American weaponry, ineffective employment of Nambu MGs).
The propaganda wasn't entirely unfounded.
toomanyaccounts According to multiple books on Guadalcanal and other conflicts in the Pacific Theater, the Japanese - particularly in defensive positions - were reluctant to surrender and adept at living in terrible conditions. They executed prisoners and there are even documented instances where they cannibalized them. They were adept at boobytrapping weapons and supplies. They were also less susceptible to tropical diseases than the Marine and Army personnel stationed in the Pacific.
In certain conditions, sure, they were formidable and even terrifying.
The Japanese Army, however, insisted on using infantry tactics developed against poorly-armed Chinese peasant farmers throughout WWII, including suicidal intimidation tactics like "banzai charges." Poorly-armed farmers with old Mausers were easily defeated with human wave tactics. Trained soldiers with M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, BARs, 1911s, and Thompsons were a different matter entirely.
According to multiple accounts from infantrymen attached to a long-range recon group, Merrill's Marauders, fighting Japanese infantry in 1944 Burma was a matter of waiting in a hole or behind cover until the Nambus ran out of ammo and the infantry charged, then standing and shooting dozens of men at a time while they ran at you armed with swords or empty rifles.
So, the propaganda wasn't entirely false. Brutal and stubborn as their reputation was, the Japanese military never adapted its infantry tactics to an opposing modern force.
Edited to add: Much of the hardships of the Pacific Theater were related to the Japanese Air Force's effectiveness at disrupting troop and supply movements under way. Combined with the fact that Americans were susceptible to diseases like malaria, had substantial issues with equipment ill-suited for jungle/island warfare, and the Japanese largely had an advantage of fighting defensively in most cases, it's entirely rational that the propaganda had significant elements to truth to it without discounting any of the points you raised.
I always heard the term "wonder 9" in reference to descendants of the Browning Hi-Power.
and now one insurmountable thing i like IRISH.
That lightning struck for 1hr and 7mins ^^
You can ask indie nidel for the german gun laws right?, i thought he was based in berlin so i asumed he knew some laws and some of the language
Indie lives in Sweden and doen't look like a firearms guy anyway.
Forestal Frank oh, thanks
Wait a tic, Ian is a fellow brown coat?!
Uh oh - the Hudson haters aren't gonna like this one either...
Shotguns might be good for shooting light drones.
I'm interested in your opinion on 9x39mm, would be cool to have that in the next lightning round
Closest thing to a modern Japanese rifle in experience was Gate- So the JSDF Fought there.
This is a great format.
Bottled out = lost your nerve. “I bottled it.....” (UK or commonwealth vernacular)
What is the lower riffle on the wall with the grey stock ?
Ditto.
Pretty sure it's a MAS 36, the stock almost looks like cast aluminum.
Mas 36CR39. CR for Crosse Repliable, for Folding Stock.
It was used by Paratroopers and Ski-troops.
Pit Schmitt I'd certainly watch a FW video about that one.
What is a riffle?
Interesting questions but you didn’t address the most important one of all; what is your opinion of Star Wars: The Last Jedi?
It's a movie about family.
ians super long and detailed answers are the best but these many questions answered is nice too
inb4 Forgotten Weapons shuts down after losing thousands of NYC fans
Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me...true, "Moses Brothers Self-Defense Engine Frontier Model B" is a cool fictional handgun combining the aestethics of a Charliere revolver (or a S&W No.2) and some of the Bergmann pistols.
What is that rifle behind you with the metal stock?
Gabriel Lunde MAS 36 with folding paratrooper stock
I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "heelical" but I definitely prefer "hellical" from now on.
Mikell Pine It doesn't matter. It's like cy-clical vs "sic-lical".
Isn't one of the Blaser rifles a straight pull with a bent bolt?
Hurricane but it is not a military rifle
Ah, you are correct sir! My mistake.
The R93 and R8
Also regarding military use of silencers, when you're being shot at you notice the crack of the bullet and its impact before you notice the report from the muzzle, which at least may help you peg down where the fire is coming from. IMO/IME the biggest downside to issuing cans is extra weight, heat, and having another serialized item to keep track of. There's a reason you see optics dummy-corded to rifles--PFC Schmuckatelli tends to lose shit. I belive there's a USMC infantry battalion (I wanna say 1/7?) currently evaluating can use for line infantry and reporting good results
Ian, if you are interested in making a video on European gun-laws i would recommend talking to Hagge Bänke, he has a reasonably active TH-cam channel and have a lot of experience with the legal aspects of owning firearms in Sweden and has been active in pan-European activism for strengthened gun rights.