"Finnish national tradition is to get a bit hammered while naked in a sauna in the winter, which is most of the time." Meanwhile the summer tradition is usually to get a bit hammered while tinkering with old cars
The "spherical platoons" I belive is a physics joke. As often in exercises related to objects it opens with "Assume an object is a sphere and in a vaccum" as then real world niuances don't make the equations harder
Yeah its a reference to a physics joke. (example comes from wiki) Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking for help from academia. A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by a theoretical physicist, and two weeks of intensive on-site investigation took place. The scholars then returned to the university, notebooks crammed with data, where the task of writing the report was left to the team leader. Shortly thereafter the physicist returned to the farm, saying to the farmer, "I have the solution, but it works only in the case of spherical cows in a vacuum".
That's almost certainly it. When I was in undergrad and completing my physics classes, mathematical questions often began with assumptions that are completely ridiculous for real-world applications, like assuming that all objects are spherical and frictionless, exist in system that is a perfect vacuum without exchange of mass or energy with the outside, and that all collisions are perfectly elastic.
@@Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano fabien (aka le chap) is French. He hosts many of his TH-cam videos in French. Ian even makes reference to the fact that he is French. He has lived in the Uk, thus his British accent.
Come on, you have the president of the International Lee-Enfield Admiration Society on for a Q&A and there's hardly any Lee-Enfield questions in there. Love all of y'all's content, cheers from Germany!
Lads, never forget; casual shooters with pristine weapons get different impressions compared to soldiers who have a weapon that has been in the inventory for a decade and hands of 10 previous soldiers, had thousands of rounds already fired through it, carrying it through some crappy environment day in day out for weeks on end with only field cleaning and having to fire literally hundreds of rounds through during very short periods. Both lend themselves to significantly different opinions.
The Imperial War Museum London deserves a shout-out as a destination in the UK. Customers who bought FORGOTTEN WEAPONS also bought IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LONDON.
A chicken farmer has a problem - his chickens stopped laying eggs. He hires a theoretical physicist to help. In a week the physicist comes back and says: “I have a solution! But it only works for spherical chickens in a vacuum”
In regards to EU gun law changes, Czech Republic is another country that does the bare minimum when the EU tries to force BS laws. They have actually just legalised Suppressors and are putting in place more laws to protect civilian firearm ownership
One thing i love about not just your q&a's but my job. Is i can just play the video now and listen. If its clear your showing something i can just pop my phone out and look real quick. Then go back to work. Thats one of the reasons i started watching these recently is before i had to sit down and watch the video in my down time when honestly i have other things i can spend an hour-ish doing. Which i could just play it and listen how i am now but before my enviroment was to loud for it. Either way love the video/videos keep up the great work.
Thanks guys for another great video. The Mauser straight-pull rifle design was sold to Roessler who still produces it. Merkel makes the Helix straight-pull rifle, Steel Action makes an all-steel straight-pull rifle and as someone else has said, ‘what about Lynx?’.
Wonderfull collab, so fun to see you all on screen. 58:46 Sorry, Black Mamba are not hollow point ammo, they are made exactly to avoid hollow point restriction.
I have very limited firearms experience being from the UK. Shot my old man's shotguns a few times but thats it. Saw a brown bess at a country fair I somehow found myself at once, definitely a shock to the system but it was unbelievably fun
Audio enhancements in Windows, Loudness Equalization is your friend. I only turn it off for music. It's essentially compression to even out the levels and makes TH-cam tolerable.
I discovered the cartridge OAL sensitivity with working on an irreparable sporter I'm converting to 308 as well as an absolute dog of an M1934 that was rebuilt with mostly 1917 parts. I had issues with cartridges jumping the feed lips, but when appropriate caliber magazines are used (7mm for the M1934 and 257 Roberts for the 308) feeding is a breeze. With that 308 I'm just going to need a spacer for the bottom of the magazine since the 257 box is off a Model 30, which is lacks the 1917's belly
nomme de pipe! une deuxieme!?! merci Ian, j'ai bien aimee l'autre la, sur la chaine BOTR. toujours bon d'ecouter des vraies connaiseurs discuter leur sujet. .
The "spherical squads in a vacuum" bit comes from engineering hypothetical questions that often start with "Imagine X object simulated as an idealized sphere of uniform density in a vacuum" as this removes a lot of complexity that isn't important to the hypothetical, things like air pressure, center of mass, etc.
Its lovely to see guys repeating "yeah, thats your US crazy stuff" :D Btw: following the EU "bans" on magazines, Czech gov. took the chance and gun owners here now can get "hollow point" permit :D (carry here is just a type of license, that takes little to no extra effort)
DS Arms (DSA) did purchase the StG 58 parts, tooling, manufacturing equipment, prints, and intellectual property from Steyr in the mid-90's. I purchased many of these in the 90's. Some of the tooling and processes have been updated as CNC technology made more sense. DS Arms has also designed their unique versions of the FAL.
Hey Ian, I love the Q&A videos and would love to see more of them or maybe something more casual. I think that it could work great in a podcast form maybe something like every other week you bring on a guest voted on by Patreon supporters or something similar. I am aware of how much time and effort that would take though and you are very busy as you have stated in the past. Just wanted to let you know that I think there may be a market for that if you've got the time and energy and that I would be enthused to see something like that popup in my notifications.
I'm glad it's not just me on that one. Any beer that has, or claims to have, a decent flavour should be savoured from an appropriate glass. i think the fashion for drinking beers from the bottle comes from young people in nightclubs, for whom the most important aspect is to show off their chosen cool brand of drink.
@@derekp2674 or maybe they just wanted to drink a beer in a hotel room that didn't have glasses that size so they did what any normal guy would do... But hey...
@@chickenfishhybrid44 Convenience can play its part too, but I find that (and I guess the OP does too) you need a glass to really appreciate the full flavour.
33:32 I knew it would be the M1, because that's the one I like to intro new shooters to. They get intimidated by the reload, so I do it for them, but they always love it when it comes down to shooting it.
I don’t know exactly how it works in Switzerland, but in Italy, despite the ton of paperwork we have to go through even to own guns, when it’s done it’s sort of easy to get other ones after the first one. And even more important, basically if you can own one you can import one. There’s not such a dramatic difference as there is in the US.
For me, for the first gun there was a small 5min Interview, but it varies from canton to canton. But the rest is always the same, get your criminal record, send it to them and get the acquisition permit for up to 3 guns within a week or so. Really not hard here. It's the same for importation, you need to know the serial number and get one form, that's it. You can also buy directly from other persons and don't have to go through an FFL like in the US. Last gun I bought (Colt Gov't Carbine, with that special permit Bloke mentioned) was from a person I never met, I sent him the money and he sent the gun per mail, no problem.
@@spoeny that’s so cool. In Italy the pile of paperwork for the first gun is needed as you need a license, so medical evaluation, training to operate most common guns safely, a ton of taxes and than you can buy guns, but always through an FFL. You can buy from other people but you either have to go get them yourself or have them shipped from their FFL to yours. And every gun you have needs to be registered by your local police office, along with ammo every time you buy it new, than you can replenish it whenever you want. I know, it’s frustrating, you need to be a lawyer just to remember what you need to do not to become a criminal...
Yeah, that's quite a bit easier here. You basically get 3 copies of the acquisition permit, both parties sign them, 1x for the seller, 1x for the buyer and one goes to the firearms office. So everything is registered. For ammo, you either show your criminal registry or a recent acquisiton permit, but only the first time you buy ammo from a store. But I mean the important thing is that we get to enjoy firearms! At least once the ranges are open again...
@@spoeny I couldn’t agree more, I’m more than happy to go through anything as long as I can get almost any gun that I want, and at least until now I can, let’s hope for the best for the future, both for laws and ranges...
>>>>Anyone else’s first time learning Chap’s name? Yes. A while back I was stunned hearing him speak what seemed to me to be fluent French (!!) as I hear no French accent with his English but maybe because his English isn't American??
The first firearm I ever shot was a Hawken .50 black powder rifle. It was awesome. Then I got to shoot a Ruger 10/22. I was about 14 at the time, and I was hooked! So, I would agree that those would be ideal for the first time shooter. The Hawken was loaded with a half load, so it was very mild to shoot.
the "spherical squads fighting in a vaccuum" thing is a reference to problems/questions in physics textbooks i think -- often you assume an object of interest is a sphere, in a vaccuum, to simplify the math.
About the K31 fired in anger it might be interesting to look to the French resistance movement close to swiss border, it might be possible that they sneak out few rifle out of the country and used them against German soldier.
The shirt Fabian is wearing is a "Tricothemd 75" better known as "Gnägi" because they were introduced under Federal Councillor Rudolf Gnägi. A piece of clothing worn by the Swiss army for colder weather.Since it is part of the personal equipment and is also available elsewhere, it is also often worn for activities outdoors in a civilian context.
He said that once. Ian then repeated it with another flawed question and he just agreed, apologising at the same time for questioning the premise. How else is he supposed to deal with bone questions?
54:50 This sounds like the starting point of a future "What Would Furrer Do 2030" LMG... =) Just imagine what that magnificent bastard could have designed if he had access to 3D printing for prototyping etc. :D
Yeah have huge stockpiles of american, british and german weapons here in France, huge black market for us collectors, I've seen ww1 bars and the likes, a lot of them, but I've never seen any bring back
I am amazed you guys cinsidered the Alin Trapdoor conversions, but did not consider the Sharps conversion carbines, from percussion to .50-70. They work well too. :)
Anything still employing a non-self cocking side lock sucks. Something no like the Reilly Comblain for example, but that was never an military adopted rifle.
Sitting in Finland, talking about straight pull actions and not even mentioning Lynx? Really??? You should check it out. External locking lugs, I think.
Regarding the No1 Mk V: Most of the production seems to have been banished to the Indian Army. Post WW2, Indian troops armed with No1 Mk V rifles were sent to oversee the repatriation of Japanese troops from Indochina. There must have been some "spillage", as there are a couple of photographs circulating, featuring Viet 'local' militia types, post Dien Bien Phu, with No1 Mk V.rifles. And, on top of that, there is an Australian connection. The No 1 MkV "package" was sent to Lithgow when it looked like it would be the next service rifle across the "Empire". Part of the key to production was a completely new body forging, that included the "lumps" at the rear of the body, which would be machined into the bases for the aperture sight. All of this went nowhere, between the "peace dividend and subsequent "winding down of the Lithgow plant "'new" production. Lots refurbishment and "un-starring"' No 1Mk 111* rifles back to "proper" Mk 111 configuration. WW2 and lots of jungle fighting and the raising of actual parachute regiments prompted the search for "appropriate" tools for the "meat-bombs" to carry. Hence the truncated SMLE, actually designated, "Rifle Parachutist" on the drawings and a couple of bayonets for it. Also during the war,the idea of something like the Brit No5 came into view. So, The R&D types came up with the "No. 6' carbine series. In four different patterns. Half of the meager trials run had an aperture sight, exactly like the No1 Mk V. So, either s bunch of Oz No Mk V rifles were "re-engineered", or, more likely, the Lithgow drop forge bashed out a hundred or so, brand new "blank" bodies ready to be bolted to the old fixtures and turned into No6 carbines.
I just paid $0.65 per for Winchester M193, and $0.95 per for Federal M80 here in Alaska (no online purchases due to hazmat). The federal was much closer to what I remember “normal price” being.
Hell Ian, the phrase "Spherical horse in vacuum" is known in Russia as an verry exagerated exapmle of something verry standard(vacuum here is serve as a methaphor that implies that the object is only itself and free of outside factor or in other words is perfect example of itself).
This episode brought to you by the sound of Tinnitus
around 9845hz. constant. Has Ian lost the ability to hear that high lol
Joke's on you, I have tinnitus myself! But it's about an octave higher. So I get both.
8 years in the Army, as an Artilleryman, and 20 years in bands...yep I'm with you my squealing eared brother
WHAT!?
There was a squeal?
That's not good.
"Finnish national tradition is to get a bit hammered while naked in a sauna in the winter, which is most of the time."
Meanwhile the summer tradition is usually to get a bit hammered while tinkering with old cars
Where do I sign up?
I think I discovered the common denominator there.
And also going to sauna naked.
"We just like cool old gats" = Legendary response
BoTR Tshirt right there
@@edwalmsley1401 100%
I heard “gerats”.
@@jonathandavis6072 they are pretty bloody cool too
The "spherical platoons" I belive is a physics joke. As often in exercises related to objects it opens with "Assume an object is a sphere and in a vaccum" as then real world niuances don't make the equations harder
That's what I assumed as well
Yeah its a reference to a physics joke. (example comes from wiki)
Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking for help from academia. A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by a theoretical physicist, and two weeks of intensive on-site investigation took place. The scholars then returned to the university, notebooks crammed with data, where the task of writing the report was left to the team leader. Shortly thereafter the physicist returned to the farm, saying to the farmer, "I have the solution, but it works only in the case of spherical cows in a vacuum".
"Imagine a spherical cow, in simple harmonic motion..."
I heard this joke about one horse power metric definition: "One horse power is a power produced by a spherical horse 1 meter in diameter in vacuum".
That's almost certainly it. When I was in undergrad and completing my physics classes, mathematical questions often began with assumptions that are completely ridiculous for real-world applications, like assuming that all objects are spherical and frictionless, exist in system that is a perfect vacuum without exchange of mass or energy with the outside, and that all collisions are perfectly elastic.
Anyone else’s first time learning Chap’s name?
Well you're not alone
does learning it's not just fab but fabian count?
I had no idea what his name was. I just figured it was Chap or Chappie. ;)
@@JenniferinIllinois El Chapo. :D
I thought Chap's name was Joel.
A Brit, a Frenchman and an American walk into a Finnish bar.
Bartender says: "Get out. It's 2021 and we're not open."
(each present multiple negative test results)
@@tsufordman doesn't really help when they're not allowed to be open, but still. =)
2 Brits and an American. None of those dudes are French. The ‘Blokes’ have Brit accents at least, and ‘Bloke’ is a Brit term.
@@Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano fabien (aka le chap) is French. He hosts many of his TH-cam videos in French. Ian even makes reference to the fact that he is French. He has lived in the Uk, thus his British accent.
Come on, you have the president of the International Lee-Enfield Admiration Society on for a Q&A and there's hardly any Lee-Enfield questions in there.
Love all of y'all's content, cheers from Germany!
Ian should make an onlyfans with just pics of his gun collection
Draw me like one of your french rifles.
(Field) strip one those Great War LMGs.
And higher tiers would get disassembly, reload and cycling videos.
The soundtrack should be Bloke repeatedly saying "I middle fingered it" and "Knuckle deep"
@@georgelstuart what the fleck did i just stumble into?!
I'm too young for this sauciness, i'm only fifty!
Lads, never forget; casual shooters with pristine weapons get different impressions compared to soldiers who have a weapon that has been in the inventory for a decade and hands of 10 previous soldiers, had thousands of rounds already fired through it, carrying it through some crappy environment day in day out for weeks on end with only field cleaning and having to fire literally hundreds of rounds through during very short periods. Both lend themselves to significantly different opinions.
The Reising comes to mind specifically there.
The "on the Range" gang could easily be expanded to include Lad on the Range, Chav on the Range, Codger on the Range, etc.
They clearly need a Greek guy called Homer. Then it can be Homer on the range.
I'll see myself out.
Dude on the Range
Coomer on the range
Yobbo?
Bruh on the Range.
Three of my four favorite YT gun guys together, shooting the breeze over drinks. Great stuff.
Who is number 4,?
@@jacobfarley2332 Gotta be Karl.
Same here, and my favorite non-gun tuber was even mentioned, Lindybeige!
something something *Ian’s Only Fan’s* something something
Oh god...The bloke is a bear....
I CAN'T UNSEE IT!
Aww yeah, give me that HK slap baby
Ian would joke about it, but probably wouldn't do it. Karl, though...
36:04 Never thought I'd see Iain as an Orc player in 40K. MORE DAKKA, BOYZ!
need to see the custom gun jesus war boss mini, anyone want to take my challenge? :D
Orc Ian today we're taking a look at a humeze laz gun let's look at da markens
Hey, wow, this is great. I appreciate the flying and swabbing and all it took to make this. Thank you.
The audio has a high pitched whine, but I'm bearing with it because the content is so good.
The Imperial War Museum London deserves a shout-out as a destination in the UK. Customers who bought FORGOTTEN WEAPONS also bought IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LONDON.
I've been watching Bloke on the Range for years and never knew Chap's name was Fabian. 0.0
A chicken farmer has a problem - his chickens stopped laying eggs. He hires a theoretical physicist to help. In a week the physicist comes back and says: “I have a solution! But it only works for spherical chickens in a vacuum”
The strange connection between a Forgotten weapons video and lindybeige through bloke on the range.
There should be a “Best Beard” competition
Ian, by miles.
Definitely Ian, because he looks like Napoleon III
That was a great way to spend an hour ... thx for sharing your knowledge, expertise, opinions and views guys, much appreciated!! :-)
In regards to EU gun law changes, Czech Republic is another country that does the bare minimum when the EU tries to force BS laws. They have actually just legalised Suppressors and are putting in place more laws to protect civilian firearm ownership
How do I apply for citizenship ?
@@mikehoare6093 marrying a Czech is an easy way, with the added bonus of marrying a Czech
@@DeadAntGaming hmmm, as a serbian speaking person, that should not be too much of a problem , I guess !?
@@mikehoare6093 the Language would be easy to pick up if you already know another Slavic language
@@DeadAntGaming can I transfer all my arms from germany to the CZR ?
I wish to express my support for the Drunken Sauna Episode. Perhaps with strategically placed hats?
or a couple of tactical muffs?
One thing i love about not just your q&a's but my job. Is i can just play the video now and listen. If its clear your showing something i can just pop my phone out and look real quick. Then go back to work. Thats one of the reasons i started watching these recently is before i had to sit down and watch the video in my down time when honestly i have other things i can spend an hour-ish doing. Which i could just play it and listen how i am now but before my enviroment was to loud for it. Either way love the video/videos keep up the great work.
Wow that high pitch squeal is terrible. Freaked my dog out
Mic must have picked it up.
Were you that excited about the video?
I must be deaf as didn't hear any high pitched noise
Yeah, it's something that's easy to remove too but I suspect Ian wasn't able to hear it and you can't remove what you can't hear.
@@GunFunZS wtf you talking about?
Thanks guys for another great video. The Mauser straight-pull rifle design was sold to Roessler who still produces it. Merkel makes the Helix straight-pull rifle, Steel Action makes an all-steel straight-pull rifle and as someone else has said, ‘what about Lynx?’.
Hi. Nice to see you in Finland!
For anyone wondering, a Swiss Franc is equivalent to 1.07 USD
Really figured it would be more.
Arguably firing on the escapees might be classed as fired in annoyance rather than anger ;)
You are having way too much fun Ian. Glad to see the crossover. Thank God for the crazy Finns.
My go-to beginner rifle is a .310 Cadet.. lovely little gun with a light recoil and good accuracy!
One of the 1917s in 7mm Mauser is the best Bolt Action, they were made for Spain and Honduras
Would love to see that your three more regularly maybe plus Karl and maybe online!!!
Nah. I'm fine without karl
How is this comment a week old
@@niclbicl Simple I am a Patreon supporter and got early access!
Ultimate Q&A 9 hole review, Bloke, Ian and Karl.
@@alexandervatter1436 ahhh okay
Wonderfull collab, so fun to see you all on screen.
58:46 Sorry, Black Mamba are not hollow point ammo, they are made exactly to avoid hollow point restriction.
36:12 first gun I shot after a .22 was a Brown Bess musket, highly recommend it
I have very limited firearms experience being from the UK. Shot my old man's shotguns a few times but thats it. Saw a brown bess at a country fair I somehow found myself at once, definitely a shock to the system but it was unbelievably fun
man... it`s only me, who struggles with their low volume?
@@joeykickassery If you bump the volume up it turns up Ian will crush your ears))
No. No, it's not only you.
Audio enhancements in Windows, Loudness Equalization is your friend. I only turn it off for music. It's essentially compression to even out the levels and makes TH-cam tolerable.
I had no bother with the audio, but I was listening via Google Chrome on Linux Mint on a cheap HP Stream laptop and using inexpensive headphones.
Excellent as usual would listen to you all waffling on any day.
Nice to see some high quality booze being consumed. Sold a lot of Thornbridge during my time as a bar manager in the UK.
I discovered the cartridge OAL sensitivity with working on an irreparable sporter I'm converting to 308 as well as an absolute dog of an M1934 that was rebuilt with mostly 1917 parts. I had issues with cartridges jumping the feed lips, but when appropriate caliber magazines are used (7mm for the M1934 and 257 Roberts for the 308) feeding is a breeze. With that 308 I'm just going to need a spacer for the bottom of the magazine since the 257 box is off a Model 30, which is lacks the 1917's belly
"unholy, actually rimless, caliber. yes" and that smirk it came with. lovely :D
nomme de pipe! une deuxieme!?!
merci Ian, j'ai bien aimee l'autre la, sur la chaine BOTR.
toujours bon d'ecouter des vraies connaiseurs discuter leur sujet.
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The "spherical squads in a vacuum" bit comes from engineering hypothetical questions that often start with "Imagine X object simulated as an idealized sphere of uniform density in a vacuum" as this removes a lot of complexity that isn't important to the hypothetical, things like air pressure, center of mass, etc.
Love these guys around a table together, it's like the 3 musketeers.
And just like the movies, not a single musket between them.
Its lovely to see guys repeating "yeah, thats your US crazy stuff" :D
Btw: following the EU "bans" on magazines, Czech gov. took the chance and gun owners here now can get "hollow point" permit :D (carry here is just a type of license, that takes little to no extra effort)
I'm super jealous that you're in Finland. Also, you said sauna properly.
DS Arms (DSA) did purchase the StG 58 parts, tooling, manufacturing equipment, prints, and intellectual property from Steyr in the mid-90's. I purchased many of these in the 90's.
Some of the tooling and processes have been updated as CNC technology made more sense. DS Arms has also designed their unique versions of the FAL.
Instead of WWSD, WWFD: Can you make a toggle locked AR15.
My favorite three gun TH-cam guys!
Hey Ian, I love the Q&A videos and would love to see more of them or maybe something more casual. I think that it could work great in a podcast form maybe something like every other week you bring on a guest voted on by Patreon supporters or something similar. I am aware of how much time and effort that would take though and you are very busy as you have stated in the past. Just wanted to let you know that I think there may be a market for that if you've got the time and energy and that I would be enthused to see something like that popup in my notifications.
the audio for bloke & chap is just awful 😣
(thankfully i’m old/deaf enough to not hear the constant high-pitched noise in the background)
yea it was really bad
i mean it's not amazing but they are understandable for me (and i have audio processing issues)
@@comradesoupbeans4437 yeah, but i mean ‘understandable’ (which it certainly was) is a pretty low bar.
@@kam_iko it's a bar that a lot of this kind of stuff doesn't hit even when they aren't traveling in another country
This was honestly such a disappointment.
Interesting chat, but drinking Porter out of a bottle?!?!?! :D
I'm glad it's not just me on that one. Any beer that has, or claims to have, a decent flavour should be savoured from an appropriate glass.
i think the fashion for drinking beers from the bottle comes from young people in nightclubs, for whom the most important aspect is to show off their chosen cool brand of drink.
@@derekp2674 or maybe they just wanted to drink a beer in a hotel room that didn't have glasses that size so they did what any normal guy would do... But hey...
@@LeutnantJoker But Ian had a glass of about the right size for his drink. Perhaps this Q&A was the forgotten beer glasses edition :)
@@chickenfishhybrid44 Convenience can play its part too, but I find that (and I guess the OP does too) you need a glass to really appreciate the full flavour.
@@chickenfishhybrid44 if you don't care, you don't drink Porter
Quality video for Thursday lunch time.
I seriously thought Chap and Bloke were actual brothers.
Ditto bit disappointed now 😀
Huh? Their nationality should have been a bit of a giveaway :D
I guess I either haven't been paying attention or I missed a few videos.
Full props for Porters - room temperature, I hope! - and the aged Gin. 🥴👍
33:32 I knew it would be the M1, because that's the one I like to intro new shooters to. They get intimidated by the reload, so I do it for them, but they always love it when it comes down to shooting it.
It's amusing how habitually Ian retorts his passive "...okay..." when respectfully disagreeing or not actively engaged in a diatribe.
I don’t know exactly how it works in Switzerland, but in Italy, despite the ton of paperwork we have to go through even to own guns, when it’s done it’s sort of easy to get other ones after the first one. And even more important, basically if you can own one you can import one. There’s not such a dramatic difference as there is in the US.
For me, for the first gun there was a small 5min Interview, but it varies from canton to canton. But the rest is always the same, get your criminal record, send it to them and get the acquisition permit for up to 3 guns within a week or so. Really not hard here.
It's the same for importation, you need to know the serial number and get one form, that's it. You can also buy directly from other persons and don't have to go through an FFL like in the US. Last gun I bought (Colt Gov't Carbine, with that special permit Bloke mentioned) was from a person I never met, I sent him the money and he sent the gun per mail, no problem.
@@spoeny that’s so cool. In Italy the pile of paperwork for the first gun is needed as you need a license, so medical evaluation, training to operate most common guns safely, a ton of taxes and than you can buy guns, but always through an FFL. You can buy from other people but you either have to go get them yourself or have them shipped from their FFL to yours. And every gun you have needs to be registered by your local police office, along with ammo every time you buy it new, than you can replenish it whenever you want. I know, it’s frustrating, you need to be a lawyer just to remember what you need to do not to become a criminal...
Yeah, that's quite a bit easier here. You basically get 3 copies of the acquisition permit, both parties sign them, 1x for the seller, 1x for the buyer and one goes to the firearms office. So everything is registered. For ammo, you either show your criminal registry or a recent acquisiton permit, but only the first time you buy ammo from a store.
But I mean the important thing is that we get to enjoy firearms! At least once the ranges are open again...
@@spoeny I couldn’t agree more, I’m more than happy to go through anything as long as I can get almost any gun that I want, and at least until now I can, let’s hope for the best for the future, both for laws and ranges...
TRUST Ian to be the only one in the room drinking esoteric liquor, AND bringing up the weirdest French example of a mounted machine gun 😂
>>>>Anyone else’s first time learning Chap’s name?
Yes. A while back I was stunned hearing him speak what seemed to me to be fluent French (!!) as I hear no French accent with his English but maybe because his English isn't American??
I can definitely agree with Ian on the G3 after getting a Sphur and heavy buffer that drastically lower the felt recoil and comfort
303 vs 7.5x55 I could hear in my head all the Q&A times Ian has explained the pros of rimmless cartridges in rifles vs rimmed cartridges.
Props to Ian on proper pronunciation of sauna
Blazer R8 is now a very famed straith pull sporting rifle in Hungary and around middle Europe.
For hunting rifles here straight pull has made a comback already.
One mention of Furrer, and I'm reminded of the MP41/44. That toggle-lock still make me irrationally angry.
lindeybeige shoutout love it!
Forgotten Weapons: Beard Off edition
Now we need to see Ian and BritishMuzzleLoaders together
I would more like to see Karl and BML
The first firearm I ever shot was a Hawken .50 black powder rifle. It was awesome. Then I got to shoot a Ruger 10/22. I was about 14 at the time, and I was hooked! So, I would agree that those would be ideal for the first time shooter. The Hawken was loaded with a half load, so it was very mild to shoot.
the "spherical squads fighting in a vaccuum" thing is a reference to problems/questions in physics textbooks i think -- often you assume an object of interest is a sphere, in a vaccuum, to simplify the math.
I love this nerdfest, and extremally technical inside jokes.
About the K31 fired in anger it might be interesting to look to the French resistance movement close to swiss border, it might be possible that they sneak out few rifle out of the country and used them against German soldier.
Wait, where's The Chap's pear? Can't bring that into Finland as a family heirloom?
Far too fragile to risk transporting. Ian will just have to make it over here to try it 😊
@@thebotrchap He'll have to pack his smoking jacket. The drinks globe will be missing though.
You tell him Ian! Once you get used to turning the bolt it's just as fast! Don't be knocking us south paws!
Saw a southpaw operating a Lee-Enfield like a champ. Magazine swaps and all.
The shirt Fabian is wearing is a "Tricothemd 75" better known as "Gnägi" because they were introduced under Federal Councillor Rudolf Gnägi. A piece of clothing worn by the Swiss army for colder weather.Since it is part of the personal equipment and is also available elsewhere, it is also often worn for activities outdoors in a civilian context.
Y'all are so close together that Danger Zone should have played at the intro!
The one thing that the P14 does that no Lee-Enfield does is eat any ammo you give it no matter how bad the brass or how high the pressure
Thoroughly enjoying binge watching! Question: Feelings about the calico pistol/smg-carbine helical feed?
Ian: "getting slightly hammered"
Me: instant like
I’ll save everyone the time of watching the video. Bloke’s answer to every question:
I’m not sure I understand the premise of the question
He said that once. Ian then repeated it with another flawed question and he just agreed, apologising at the same time for questioning the premise. How else is he supposed to deal with bone questions?
54:50 This sounds like the starting point of a future "What Would Furrer Do 2030" LMG... =)
Just imagine what that magnificent bastard could have designed if he had access to 3D printing for prototyping etc. :D
Whoo-hoo! My 3 fave TV gunguys.
And the A to all Qs will be No 4 Mk I*.
Yeah have huge stockpiles of american, british and german weapons here in France, huge black market for us collectors, I've seen ww1 bars and the likes, a lot of them, but I've never seen any bring back
You are posting an vid everyday! Do you take some days off making videos? Your the best and underrated.
Ian shoots a dozen or so videos in a day.
@@ScottKenny1978 he is awesome
For a second i thought it was lindybeige. Scared the shit out of me
BOTR and Ian's OnlyFans... Is that where you'll review the Orita 1941?
I can't wait...
Like no. 30 from Jakarta Indonesia 🇮🇩. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Weis ada orang Indonesia juga disini
The "spherical infantry unit" is a reference to the spherical cow. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow
The intro is just perfect already 😂
I am amazed you guys cinsidered the Alin Trapdoor conversions, but did not consider the Sharps conversion carbines, from percussion to .50-70. They work well too. :)
Anything still employing a non-self cocking side lock sucks. Something no like the Reilly Comblain for example, but that was never an military adopted rifle.
Sitting in Finland, talking about straight pull actions and not even mentioning Lynx? Really???
You should check it out. External locking lugs, I think.
Plz more info on the Gin!
Loved Finnish brutality guys
Regarding the No1 Mk V:
Most of the production seems to have been banished to the Indian Army.
Post WW2, Indian troops armed with No1 Mk V rifles were sent to oversee the repatriation of Japanese troops from Indochina.
There must have been some "spillage", as there are a couple of photographs circulating, featuring Viet 'local' militia types, post Dien Bien Phu, with No1 Mk V.rifles.
And, on top of that, there is an Australian connection.
The No 1 MkV "package" was sent to Lithgow when it looked like it would be the next service rifle across the "Empire". Part of the key to production was a completely new body forging, that included the "lumps" at the rear of the body, which would be machined into the bases for the aperture sight. All of this went nowhere, between the "peace dividend and subsequent "winding down of the Lithgow plant "'new" production. Lots refurbishment and "un-starring"' No 1Mk 111* rifles back to "proper" Mk 111 configuration.
WW2 and lots of jungle fighting and the raising of actual parachute regiments prompted the search for "appropriate" tools for the "meat-bombs" to carry. Hence the truncated SMLE, actually designated, "Rifle Parachutist" on the drawings and a couple of bayonets for it.
Also during the war,the idea of something like the Brit No5 came into view. So, The R&D types came up with the "No. 6' carbine series. In four different patterns. Half of the meager trials run had an aperture sight, exactly like the No1 Mk V.
So, either s bunch of Oz No Mk V rifles were "re-engineered", or, more likely, the Lithgow drop forge bashed out a hundred or so, brand new "blank" bodies ready to be bolted to the old fixtures and turned into No6 carbines.
I just paid $0.65 per for Winchester M193, and $0.95 per for Federal M80 here in Alaska (no online purchases due to hazmat). The federal was much closer to what I remember “normal price” being.
Hell Ian, the phrase "Spherical horse in vacuum" is known in Russia as an verry exagerated exapmle of something verry standard(vacuum here is serve as a methaphor that implies that the object is only itself and free of outside factor or in other words is perfect example of itself).
Great video, chat.
This has OSS vibes and I love it.
41:17 the german Hyme hunting rifle and the Savage Impulse (both essentially the same design uses retracting ball bearings for lockup)
Sounds like roller locking with extra steps 😆
Civilian guns with straight pull action? Well, cal .22 match rifles, including Biathlon rifles come to mind.
As do all the modern bespoke for UK AR15 (etc...) style manually repeating rifles.
Biathlon rifles would make a good subject for either channel.
Blaser rifles