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Time for two Q&As! One French, and one General... (Patreon)

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2018-08-22 21:05:06
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Before I head off on a series of back to back filming trips, I am going to record a pair of Q&A videos. One will be typical, covering any questions. The other will be specifically for questions about French firearms, as part of promoting my upcoming book on the subject. So - what would you like to know?

Comments

Anonymous

Would it be possible for someone to 3d scan/print you some famas mags?

Anonymous

Just getting it in there early, but do you have a firm(ish) release date/price for your book?

Anonymous

What is your favourite French pistol, rifle, and machine gun (light, heavy, GP, etc)?

Joe Jury

How did you become a Francophile?

Anonymous

Is there a similar book like the Japanese handgun cartridge book that you reviewed in japanese rifle calibers? Thanks all mighty gun jesus.

Iain Hutchinson

How effective was the Lebels recessed primer pocket at preventing chain detonations in the magazine? why has no one else used this system?

Anonymous

Why did the French choose to have the Tir Reduit training rifles use a special cartridge adapter to fire instead of just having a normal .22lr chamber like many of the other European training rifles like the No2 mkIV?

Anonymous

Have you ever hesitated on filming a weapon or including certain information because you would rather people support a researcher's book on the topic instead?

Anonymous

Was there ever a plan to produce more of the RSC rifles after the war. Perhaps an updated rifle of the same type? Seems that once the war was over the plan was put in place for the 7.5*58 small arms in place and the RSC rifles we're scrapped.

Anonymous

What about artillery? I'm building a 1/2 scale French 75mm field gun (1897) it would be nice if you could get some footage around one. Not necessarily a Q&A topic, but it would be awesome.

Anonymous

Ballistics

Anonymous

Why was French weapons development almost exclusively government run rather than based around private companies submitting their designs to trials like almost everyone else?

Anonymous

Can you tell us about the origin of the Forgotten Weapons logo?

Anonymous

How does the FAMAs fit into the general European timeline of bullpups? (L86,AUG,F2000, etc) what's the progenitor or the whole concept? (Bullpup muzzleloader?(

Anonymous

What is current arms manufacturing capability of modern France? If any?

Anonymous

Of all of your trips abroad for ForgottenWeapons/InRange, which was your favorite or most enlightening, and why?

Anonymous

Once the 7.5 French was developed, do you think the French would have been better served in WWII by producing RSC1918's rechambered for the new cartridge than they were in attempting to develop the MAS 36 and the accompanying semi auto that was never able to be adopted? Or was it simply too antiquated by then to be significant?

Anonymous

Would it be possible for you to interview Jean Huon about both your experiences researching French firearms?

Anonymous

Do a video on the history of the French "Soixante Quinze" (Modele de 75 1897). This was the most famous and useful canon of WWI and was later adapted by the Americans into their WWII tanks, as well as used in B-25 bombers for anti-shipping duties against the Japanese. Helluva gun...French...and something that actually worked well.

Anonymous

Are there any other operating systems, like the Blish system used by the Thompson Auto-Rifle, which managed to work despite a fundamental misunderstanding of the physics behind why?

Deviant Ollam

This might sound like a pedestrian question but it's one that piques my interest in many of your videos, as it relates to how much gear you have to travel with while filming... those wooden (and often felt-topped) gun display blocks... are those typically on-site or do you have to pack your own collapsible ones? I imagine at places like the Julia Auction House they may have them there, but what about when you're in the homes of private collectors? Are these sold retail or do folk make their own?

Anonymous

Window or aisle?

Anonymous

in what way did rifle accuracy improve over time? what were the biggest leaps?

Anonymous

Regarding future improvements in the realm of firearms, what would you consider to be the more important, or the most likely to come first? Improved metallurgical technologies, so a lighter gun can hold higher pressure rounds? Improved propellants, so less powder will do the same, or more work, allowing for smaller casings, allowing for more rounds carried per magazine? Or something else entirely? Projectile design, perhaps?

Anonymous

Asked Before, For General The 6mm Unified was the result of a Soviet project to replace long lasting 7.62×54R, the project died with the collapse of the Soviet Union and cessation of funding, but it raises the question about why there aren't many, if any, other SCHV in the realm of full power rifle cartidges? Are they all victims of short barrel life like 6mm Lee Navy, in spite of the advancements that allowed 6mm Unified to shoot 77gr bullets at 3,700 ft/s with 7,000 rounds barrel life from double chromed CHF barrels?

Anonymous

Were French firearms present in any large number on the Eastern Front with French Volunteers/others and if so, how did they perform in winter combat? Particularly the MAS 38 and MAS 36. Thank you!!

Creideiki

The term "parts kit" comes up a lot in your videos when talking about imports into the US. For those of us not familiar with US laws: what is a parts kit? What is the legal significance of the term? How is a gun turned into a parts kit, and then back into a gun?

Anonymous

Chiappa Rhino 60DS shoot one why dont ya. revolver game changer.

Deviant Ollam
>>14877799

That leads to an interesting travel question: do you have a preferred air carrier / alliance?

Anonymous

For French: Why are the French so bureaucratic and tight fisted with surplus anything?

Anonymous

Is the Savage 99 on your list of guns to do videos on? I know you tend to focus more on military guns than sporting arms, but the Savage 99 is interesting for being a lever action that could use spitzer bullets.

A premium hog

General Question: Are you planning on going back through your old videos and reshooting some of the more interesting videos in higher definition and with more information that has since come to your attention?

Matthew Jackson

Why are new MR73s so hard to order?

Anonymous

General question, is there a specific reason the striker fire concept is becoming more popular with pistols while selfloading rifles are mostly based on an internal hammer concept. I'm just wondering hence most bolt action rifles I own are striker based systems (however, to be fair the youngest one is from 1943) Also thank you for answering my goofy alternate history question last month in so much detail. It really helped me developing the concept further.

A premium hog

French Question: Do you speak French? If so, do you think it makes it easier to research French guns when you can actually speak the language that the technical information is written in?

Anonymous

I heard about a 1930s French project to develop a machine gun in a 9x66mm MAS cartridge. The RFP to MAS and MAC was supposedly similar in concept to the current 8.6mm (.338 Normal Magnum) LWMMG. Essentially, they wanted something to bridge the gap between the 13.2mm Hotchkiss and their 7.5mm machine guns. Very little info is available. Do you know of anything more about this project, and also about any other concepts for weapons in between .30cal and .50cal.

Anonymous

french: quickloads lists 24000 PSI as max pressure for the 7.65 longue, but I haven't seen any verifiable load data or pressure/dimensions for the cartridge. any references available?

Carl

Of all the surplus com bloc pistols in 9x18, 32acp, and 7.62x25 that have flooded the market in recent years which ones have caught your attention and why?

Anonymous

How do you feel about modernized SKS's? Are they, in your opinion, practical or a fools errand?

Andy Maidment

Can you think of a time in history where the gun won the war or major battle? Two adversaries, both well led, on reasonably the same level of supply and morale, and the deciding factor could be said to be the gun that was carried.

Anonymous

General Question: I've heard that the Germans used reversed bullets against british tanks in WW1, before they had the T-Gewehr. Is there any truth to that?

Anonymous

Hi Ian, please tell us the story behind the adoption of the Sig-Manurhin Assault rifle and its quick replacement by the Famas. Wasn't the Sig a great rifle ? What were the Politics behind it ? Was there a reason for the Sig's rather short service life ?

Anonymous

General- what has been your favorite trip to look at guns so far?

Almeida

French: in your opinion- which was a better combat firearm, the lebel or berthier?

Anonymous

French:Why did it take so long for France to fully adopt an infantry arm to replace the MAS-49/56? I am aware of interm weapons used in place of the MAS-49/56, but why did the French not tool up to make a more conventional "battle rifle" in this era before the FAMAS? Non-French: Why did the Stoner 63 fail as a weapon system in US Military use?

Anonymous

Your collection obviously has a LARGE French component. I'm pretty sure you said you were drawn to the innovations of the French. Is that how the collection started; with the French? How would you describe your collection? What other types/ nations make up a significant block in your collection?

Anonymous

What is the funniest TSA / Customs story you have from your extensive international travel?

Brandon T

Hurray! I've been holding onto this question since your last Q&A: "As someone with limited money but lots of free time to search auction houses, do any ideas come to mind that would make for an interesting, purely "Antique Firearm" (ATF definition/1898 or earlier), "themed", preferably-non-American (and also not intended for shooting) gun collection?"

Andy Maidment

Does your interest in French weapons extend beyond small arms? Do you like to study the tanks, planes, ships, cannon, etc of France?

Anonymous

What in your opinion is the reason most European nations have abandoned arms manufacturing? They all appear to be near 100 % relaying on the germans to supply their arms. Not historically a good idea.

Anonymous

Who would you considered to be the John M Browning of France?

Anonymous

Why did the French not adopt the Maxim Gun? In World War 1 it seemed like all sides used the Maxim. The Russia, Germans, British, but not the French. Was it simply a matter of national pride, and they wanted to use a French designed machine gun, or did the French believe that their machine guns were superior to the Maxim?

Anonymous

Hi Ian, general question.... What was it that made the Lee Enfield bolt so much faster than others, was it just the bolt or did the 10 round capacity come into it as well.

Almeida

General- Ian, given your extensive collection of books and now experience writing; do you think it would be advisable to look into researching and writing on a over looked country's firearms and history into english references, and any advice?

Anonymous

While examining weapons, at for example Julia or RIA, have you ever had a weapon break during assembly or disassembly ? Is this a concern of yours.

Anonymous

Why did the French adopt enbloc style clips when everyone else went the internal mag route?

Anonymous

French - Since the French always made their own firearms in country why do you think they stopped and purchased HK rifles recently? I know St. Et. no longer exists but I feel that if they really wanted to they could design and build their own modern rifle. Is it just the fact that it is easier to purchase out of country and the French no longer have such pride (or perhaps hubris) that they NEED their rifle to be of French origin?

Anonymous

Hi Ian, French question, what perceived did the French see in using the metallic strip feed in their hotchkiss machine guns. Merci bien monsieur

Anonymous

How common were european firearms (not speaking about Belgian colt copies) in old West. I would think something like Gasser m1870 revolver could be quite good at that time.

ForgottenWeapons

I try not to ever have more than one video on any particular topic per week, so you should always have 6 others that are more interesting.

Anonymous

What can the US firearm community learn from the international community?

Anonymous

French question: Maybe a bit out of your area of expertise, but you've several times mentioned that France has been in the forefront when it comes to small arms development (smokeless powder, bullpup rifle etc). Is this also true for French artillery and other heavy armament?

Anonymous

Do you believe there is a market for redesigned and modernized WWI/WWII parts kits/firearm design, with the increasing popularity of guns like the redesign BAR (HBAR)?

Verdha

French Question: Aside from the adoption of the Hotchkiss machine gun in terms of machine gun production, what other military technologies were shared after the First World War between France and Japan?

Verdha

General Question: While many other nations decided to go with a top fed light machine gun design (Bren, ZB-26/30, Type 96/99), why did the US decide to stay with the BAR when it seems for all intents and purposes inferior as an LMG compared to these designs?

Anonymous

Was there any post war use or further development of the RSC?

Anonymous

French question: Are there themes in French small arms design that reflect a particularly French manual of arms? Have the particularities lessened over time as NATO was established?

Anonymous

Do you think that a modern famas that uses pmags would be feasible?

Anonymous

What French military arms are currently available on the surplus market for a reasonable cost?

Anonymous

Hi Ian, great vid lately, keep doing the good work! Now questions: French: what is your opinion about the political attempt pointed to encourage the rebuilding of the French small arms industry? Are the French going to be addicted from the other countries producers forever? General: What would you choose for a squad automatic weapon between drums and quad stag mags (like surefire or similar). Of course I’m referring to the loading device that you carry around already in the SAW, not the ones in the pouches. Again, thank you for filling the net with the content I love, keep posting!!!

Anonymous

We look at historical combat rifles with features that are useless in hindsight, like magazine cutoffs, or sights built for the range rather than the trenches. What are some features on current combat rifles that will look equally useless in 50 or 100 years?

Anonymous

General Q&A: Do you believe the US made a mistake in sticking with the 1903 Springfield over the 1917 Enfield as the primary rifle following World War One. From my reading the 1917 seems to be the more preferred rifle.

Anonymous

While watching the C&Rsenal video on the Krag, a thought occurred to,me: While there were more than one complaint with the rifle as a whole, the biggest issue seems to have been with its underperforming ammunition, particularly against the 7mm Mauser in the Spanish American war. I was wondering, do you think that the Krag could have continued on in US service, and perhaps have done away with the Springfield 1903 being developed at all, if it had been adopted in a more competent round, like the 6.5x55 version that Norway adopted?

Anonymous

French Q&A: If the French had managed to produce their auto loading rifle prior to the German invasion would it have made any significant impact?

Ferrous

Hi Ian, keep up the good work: As to questions... For the French: You've alluded to the strides and innovations that the French made with regards to their long guns. What similar strides did they manage with their pistols and sub machine guns? And a General Question: is there any particular Airline that you have a preference for, or more likely, that you would not fly in if they paid you? All the best, safe journey and keep up the good work!

Anonymous

Hi Ian! I recently acquired an original US M1917 with bayonet. I have two questions about it; Does the design share the same barrel tension needs as the P14? Second, the bayonet has the expected US grooved wood scales, but the blade has all the markings of British acceptance and disposal. Is it possible that I have a British P14 Bayonet which someone then threw on US style grips? I can provide pictures if need be.

Anonymous

Ian, I am a French MAS enthusiast and would love to know more on the development process of the French transition to smokeless powders, the adoption of the 7.5 round, and the eventual adoption of a semi-auto system. I have a general knowledge of the development process (MAS 36 -> MAS 44 -> MAS 49) but would like to get an in-depth answer that I know you can provide on this. I love taking my French rifles (36/51 and 49/56) out to the range as they are beautiful rifles in my opinion. The French were truly ahead of their time with the 7.5x54 cartridge. Thanks

Anonymous

If WWI happened shortly after adoption of the Lebel, and before Germany issued Mauser 98s in quantity, would France have had a significant advantage? France rushed the Lebel into development and production so they could have the upper hand in small arms, but it seems like the effort went to waste since it was already being phased out once WWI started. Love your videos, you inspired me to start a French collection of my own!

Anonymous

How are firearms used on horse back? From the dragoon to regular cavalry, what are the different tactics of using guns on horse back? Thanks!

Anonymous

Ian, in your videos about the lever action rifles and carbines, can you do a follow up comparing say, an 1873 Winchester with an 1875 Colt Lightning pump action rifle? What were the reasons that the Colt didn't see greater use? Was it a more expensive firearm, or were there any reliability issues with the Colt? I acquired a copy of the Lightning chambered in .45LC and I love it! The action is smooth and quicker to operate (at least for me) than my '73 Winchester. (Both of mine are Ubertis)

Anonymous

Is there a weapon of French origin that you dislike?

Anonymous

What widely used gun (so not a weird experiment or prototype) is the most difficult to disassemble or re-assemble?

Anonymous

When were AR-15 pattern rifles first available to civilians?

Anonymous

When did smokeless powder arrive in America? In particular, when did it become available to civilians?

Anonymous

What are the best iron sights?

Anonymous

Have any primer-activated designs ever been widely used?

Anonymous

General Question: Why is the US the only country that seems to have played around with military shotguns? Combat shotguns seem obvious for the trenches of WWI well before the US Joined, then afterwords you'd think at least a few countries would play with the concept. Besides just that the US also used shotguns for training fighter pilots/areal gunners too, which again doesn't seem like any other country did either. (At least I haven't yet seen a general firearms surplus book talk about them)

Anonymous

Was there any notable or promising post-ww2 french prototype machine guns involved in the process that lead to the AA-52, other than the AA-52?

Anonymous

Hi Ian I’ve been watching you since I was 12, I’m 18 now and have over 27 milsurp rifles thanks to you. My question would be at what age did you first fire a gun? what was it?

Anonymous

You recently showed a video on the primer actuated Garand design. Do you plan on featuring the 9mm disposable spotting rifles (such as the one attached to the LAW80 rocket launcher) that feature a similar unlocking method? This is acheived by having ammunition derived from a 7.62 NATO case with the base drilled out and having a rimmed blank centrefire 22 cartridge inserted, that sets back in operation.

Anonymous

French Question: is there a good source of information on variations of french firearms used by the local forces of french controlled/formally controlled colonial areas.

Anonymous

And my French question is why does the MAS49 have that plastic cover over the bolt handle? Why not just have plane metal like everything else?

Anonymous

A bit specific perhaps, but what in your opinion is the best designed movie prop firearm, either in terms of function or form?

Anonymous

What is your opinion of the H.C.A.R.? Could it be a likely candidate as Americas future main battle rifle in a scenario where armies reverts back to full-powered cartridges?

Anonymous

French question for you. You mentioned in the video with Tony Neophytou that the locking lugs on the Berthier and the Lebel rifles lock in different positions and that there is a reason for this... what is the reason for this?

Anonymous

Why 9x19mm? What lead to the 9mm becoming such a universal round even prior to WW2? It seems odd that a cartridge used by the "bad guys" (Germany & Austria-Hungary) stayed popular after WWI.

Anonymous

General Question: Which firearms designer would you consider to be the most underrated/underappreciated? Au français: How well received on the front lines were the self-loading rifles that the French introduced in World War One? It is still surprising to me that in that great war of attrition, the French went through the considerable expense to get a self-loading rifle to their troops.

Anonymous

When was jacketed bullets first commonly used, and what was the main motivation for this invention at the time?

Cehirtt

French question : Since it's was in service from 1929 to 1990, and was replaced by 7.62 NATO fairly late, how good was the 7.5 French when introduced ? And was it's late replacement mainly due to the long standing French state desire of being out of NATO or for more technical reasons ? Love the show by the way, can't wait for the book. Regular question : What was the most stressful weapon for you to disassemble and put back together ? Either in terms of mechanical complexity, rarity or simply due to the cost of the weapon.

Anonymous

why did mauser style stripper clips become so common but charger clips were used by only a few rifles

Anonymous

WHY WHY WHY are you SOOOOO in love with French firearms?????

Anonymous

Do the French have tea time or just coffee breaks ?

Anonymous

Loved your match videos with the FAMAS. Now that its retired, is there any chance of parts kits showing up in the US?

Anonymous

General question: The value of rifle grenades was demonstrated in WWI, but in WWII virtually all military rifles required an adapter in order to fire them - even rifles developed after 1918. In contrast, after WWII, many new rifles could accept rifle grenades without modification. Why did it take so long for this feature to come about?

Anonymous

with the Franklin armory reformation soon to be forgotten i want your opinion on it and would it change if it had been chambered in .410 for the ar15 and 12 gauge for a ar10

Anonymous

Hi Ian, I love your work man!! French gras and lebel rifles and also berthier carbines played a major role in the Greek resistance and also in the Greek civil war later on.Although Greeks have almost a romantic relationship with the gras and a lot of military history with it, I find it weird how they were able to put it to work against the Nazis (ammo shortages etc). Can you give me any information on any specific formats for the guns for that era and if you know any other commonly used firearm on that conflict? I know some of them had the crest of St. George on them. Keep up the good work. Cheers from Greece!!We are waiting for you to visit!

Evan Williams

Now that the French and most other NATO/EU nations are adopting the H&K 416 in some capacity, is it likely that the 416 will become as ubiquitous as say the FN MAG as the de-facto NATO-standard weapon of its type?

Christian Hanes

Regular question: What does your wife think of your job? What does she say when you buy a new gun, do you tell her it's for "research purposes"?

Anonymous

How many angels can dance on the front end of a FAMAS?

Anonymous

French Question: Are we going to see a tear down/ explanation video on the FAMAS?

Anonymous

Sur quel sujet sera ton livre nouveau?

Anonymous

Do you collect ww1 or ww2 fighting knives?

David Alexander

General question: It seems to me like most rifles up until post WW2 were made with one piece wooden stocks, other than some exceptions like the Lebel and Martini Henry. If indeed this was this the case, why? It seems to me that it would be easier to manufacture and maintain weapons with separate butt and fore stocks, but clearly there must be more drawbacks to that design if very few rifles used it.

ForgottenWeapons
>>14882023

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmYUoG9S-y4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmYUoG9S-y4</a>

Christian Hanes
>>14881944

French question: Were there many examples of the MAS 40 produced before the Germans invaded, or is it similar to what would become the FN49, where the plans were smuggled to Britain. If there were any made before, how come the Germans didn't have them produced in large numbers?

Anonymous

If you were tasked with hunting and destroying a Graboid (the sand worms from the movie Tremors) with any man-portable weapon, what would you choose?

Anonymous

What is the story behind the Water cooled MG-15 that IMA-USA is selling?

Anonymous

Did the French ever have flamethrowers?

Anonymous

General Question: Avid fan and screenwriter here. I am working on a military themed sci-fi show script right now set 400 years in the future. Right now, the standard issue rifle of future militaries is an automatic coilgun rifle that is quite a bit more powerful than guns with chemical propellant, although these still exist in the future for everyone else. What other plausible and possible firearm technologies do you think could be featured on my show? I am trying to avoid lasers/deathrays/plasma guns, at least for a man portable weapon, and I have considered caseless and self-propelled ammunition already. Thanks in advance, love your content!

Anonymous

Hi Ian! Got a repeat question. What is the origin of the common convention in the US to use the word "pistol" to refer only to self loading and single shot handguns rather than revolvers? I've heard people quote certain passages from US law as the reason for this, but this seems to be a misconception, since the code of federal regulations as currently listed on the ATF's website does in fact specifically identify revolvers as "a projectile weapon of the pistol type" under its list of definitions (for reference, the specific document in question is 27 CFR 479.11).

Anonymous

why didn’t the French upgrade there Lebels like the Berthier? Why did they keep the tube fed system on them after the war?

Christian Thiel

Are we ever going to see a video on the Aloff (spelling?) Semi auto converted break action shotgun you showed us in one of the early Q&amp;A videos?

Klaton

Why have we seen a gradual move away from bulpup firearms to more conventionally layed out rifles? A few decades, bulpups seemed to have been all the rage with the AUG, the FAMAS, and so on, what changed?

Anonymous

General questions: - Why are shooters so much more accepting of new rifle cartridges as opposed to new pistol cartridges? - Have you ever considered doing a series of shows highlighting truly “game changing designs. IE, Colt 1911, FN 1900, Glock 17, etc.

Anonymous

How much does the consumer see from manufacture cost to odd the shelf cost.

Anonymous

I have noticed that in some of your videos that you wear different countries military clothing.As a collector of European military clothing(combat or work rather than dress uniforms)I am curious if you collect that as well as the firearms.I have noticed and commented on seeing you in French,of course,but Finnish as well,like when you were in Finland doing the shooting competition recently.By the way great job look forward to future episodes,i learn an incredible amount from your work.Thank You and God Bless

Anonymous
>>14882776

Bulpups are great, until you actually have to use one dynamically.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14877586

Pretty effective: you don't hear "mag det's" as a complaint about Lebels, just the length/wt/slow to reload complaints. As for why no one else used the system, during the period of rapid evolution from single-loaders to magazine repeaters, the box mag quickly overtook the tube mag in popularity, more or less prior to the advent of smokeless powder making the advantages of a spitzer-pointed bullet clear...

Anonymous

I’ll re-ask this question since it seems somewhat feasible to me. Regarding caseless ammunition, has anyone ever tried using flammable gas as a propellant? Thanks for all your work!

Anonymous

I have always been a "cartridge junkie;" I loved your early pistol cartridge's, 7.92 CETME, the 8mm Lebel/7.5 French and so on. I was wondering if any more dives into specific cartridge's are being planned? The few times you have discussed certain cartridge's it has helped validate some of the reference books I've read, or I learned something new.

Anonymous

It would be great to see some information about the Colt Scamp, basically a PDW style FN 5.7 pistol. Seems Colt also produced a high velocity prototype a squeeze bore 45 APC. Heard it worked well with military ball, but ATF didn't like it as the rifling marks on fired bullets were too uniform, hindering ballistic identification? It would be nice to learn about the history and development of both of these concepts.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14877754

And lest we forget, lend its name to a classic cocktail, the "French Seventy-Five!" ;-)

Anonymous

Are there any weapons that will stay "forgotten" that you would have liked to take a look at? Kind of like your Maschinengewehr des Standschützen Hellriegel: A WW1 Phantom video.

Sleep

"The French copied no one, and no one copied the French". With the benefit of hindsight, what ought to have been copied in either direction?

Anonymous

1. There's a MAS36 CR39 on that wall. I done seent it. When can we expect an in depth video on that? Use in the Battle of Norway by the SES platoons? The different generations of buttstock? Use up through the 1990's as Air Force survival kit guns? 2. Any prospect of a video on the AA 52 / AA52NF1 anytime soon? 3. Have you spoken at all to M. Devolte from <a href="http://armesfrancaises.free.fr/sommaire.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://armesfrancaises.free.fr/sommaire.html</a> ? 4. Have you spoken with Calguns forum member Saigon1965? 5. Do you have any more info on what became of the RSC rifles? I understand that some, a lot, or all of them were converted to straight pulls and given to reservists in ~'35, but what was this? Was it just the unconverted 1917's for which there were no more 1917 clips? Did 1917 clips have anything to do with it? How many 1917 models were converted to take berthier clips? Did the remaining 1918 and/or Berthier clip converted 1917's see any use in WWII or anywhere other than the Riff War? I have heard that the Groupes Franc had FSA Mle 1918's, but Robert Gerard's Tank Fighter Team talks about his 5th GFC being uniformly issued MAS36's so I don't know. 6. Do you have any follow on content regarding the demise of MAS after the roll up into GIAT then into Nexter? Perhaps more from your interview with Henri Canaple? Any good English or French language sources on the decline and fall of MAT, MAS, and MAC? 7. Can you show the differences in receiver manufacture between the FR-F1 and standard MAS 36 receivers? 8. Anything more from your interview with Henri Canaple or more detail of FR-F1 and FR-F2 rifles (or the G's even)?

Anonymous

What was the deal with "Semi-Rim" pistol cartridges, 25 ACP, 32 ACP, 38 Auto and later 38 Super. Why were these developed and what was the perceived advantages. The 45 ACP is a true rimless case as is the 9x19mm. The 38 Super semi-rim seems to be blamed for terrible, "minute of barn" accuracy, which was later solved by "Gun Gamers" converting it a rimless cartridge with new barrels and loading dies, etc.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14877859

A "parts kit" is everything from a surplussed firearm less the receiver [sometimes including pieces of the torch cut receiver.] Since in U.S. law the receiver *is* the firearm, a kit of all the parts less the receiver has everything you need to make a replacement of that firearm so long as you can obtain or fabricate a replacement receiver. In the case of machine guns, you need to make some changes so that it can only be run semi-auto and cannot easily be converted to F/A function.

Anonymous

In the process of writing your book did you learn anything surprising about French firearms, The French military or maybe just about writing a firearms book in general?

Bruce Brodnax
>>14877872

Low-rent Mateba wanna-be with reported QC problems. Want Mateba, no want Rhino.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14877885

That's more a political analysis than anything having to do with firearms history, don't you think?

Anonymous

Why did the Germans simply suck at logistics compared to the Americans or were other countries equally bad with 20+ different trucks, pressing captured weapons into service in a bazillion calibers, having horse drawn transport, no real depot maintenance in the field for their armor, summer uniforms in Russia, etc.

Anonymous

Ian, which rate is your favorite rate? I know you always say that any of them will do (at any rate!!!!) Just curious if you prefer any rate above the other.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14878017

Cross-check with information for the .30 Pedersen cartridge of WW1 U.S. secret weapon fame: they're the same cartridge...

Anonymous

What is your opinion on folding guns? Do you ever see them becoming a viable option for concealed carry?

Anonymous

Consumer milling machines a la Ghost Gunner and the on the horizon availability of consumer Laser Sintering machines combined with "you can't stop the signal, Mal" seem to indicate that receivers and small parts are basically consumer producible now or soon to be. The hangup seems to be the production of springs and barrels. Do you see any technologies on the horizon that may democratize production of those items as well?

Bruce Brodnax
>>14878125

If you watch his vids, I think he's already made it clear that he thinks the Berthier was the superior system.

Anonymous

Socially, Politically, Demographically and Economically, it appears that there is nothing France could have done in World War 2 to defeat the Germans, regardless of any weapons they may or may not have had. Did the French really think that they "Won" The Great War and were confident in their ability to do it a 2nd time?

Anonymous

Do you have any information on the US CAWS entries (specifically H&amp;K and Smith &amp; Wesson)? What was the impetus for this project and why was it cancelled?

Anonymous

When growing up in the 80's the Mini 14 was the low cost alternative to the expensive AR15 and the mini seemed to be the rifle with all the accessories available for it. In 2018 that situation is clearly reversed. Do you think the end of the line is in sight for the Mini 14 as a regular production gun?

Anonymous

In the past were there as many up and coming new cartridges that gain popularity for a few years then die out like we see today with stuff like 6.8 spc and 6.5 grendel?

Anonymous

What are your thoughts on people who think that if you shoot your collectable firearms that you ruin them?

Mark D Booth

Would the US been better off adopting the FN Mag instead of the m60 in the late 1950s.

Matthew Zagone
>>14884406

Neither of those is anywhere near dying out; they're only getting more popular.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14878820

BAR was never intended to be an LMG; it was a machine rifle, and having a great big mag sticking up over your head marking your position as "shoot this one 1st!" was not perceived to be a useful feature.

Timothy Conklin

What is the parent case for the 9mm Makarov cartridge? I’ve read that it was based off the German 9mm Ultra cartridge, but the performance of 9mm Makarov is so close to 9mm Browning (.380 ACP) that I have my doubts.

Anonymous

If you were a Navy SEAL in Vietnam, what would you carry: an M16A1 with M203, a Stoner 63A in the rifle configuration, or a lefty converted HK33 (T223) with 40 round magazine?

Bruce Brodnax
>>14879095

Ignoring the fact that Springfield &amp; Rock Island arsenals were already making the 1903 Springfield,... Oh wait: you can't! The U.S. govt. arsenals weren't set up to make the m1917 Enfield, so there was never any chance it would become standard: substitute standard and reserve was all it was going to be after the end of the war. Plus the Enfield was heavier: no peace-time army wants to hump a heavier rifle around...

Bruce Brodnax
>>14879130

Absolutely. But the U.S. Army insisted upon a .30cal round, so there was no hope for adoption in a superior smaller caliber like 6.5 Swede. There were several attempts to improve the .30/40 Govt round, and they just couldn't get the Krag to take the extra pressure [don't forget, this was early in the history of smokeless powder, and the tech just wasn't there yet, much like what killed off the 6mm Navy cartridge.] Also, a key point of failure seemed to be an area of inletting of the stock which had a stress riser due to a peculiarity of the Krag receiver, so even if the rifle didn't fail from the added pressure from a modified cartridge, the stock failed from added recoil. The whole thing was written off as a bad idea, we needed to switch to a rimless case anyway, so they came up with a new cartridge [1903 Springfield] a new rifle to shoot it [1903 Springfield] and then modified both [1906 cartridge, subsequent recall &amp; rebarrelling of the few 1903 rifles that had already been issued.]

Bruce Brodnax
>>14879149

Unlikely. In fact, it might have prolonged the war since the Nazis would still have overrun France with their combined-arms approach to warfare with focus on rapid advance &amp; overrunning rear echelon areas [aka "Blitzkrieg"] and had a well-functioning semi-auto as an example upon which to base their own efforts leading to Germany fielding useful semi-autos prior to '43...

Bruce Brodnax
>>14879259

My friend who flies from the East Coast to SoCal every year [his fantasy FB league draft is held here behind the Granola Curtain, from back when he still lived here...] refuses to fly United any more: too many bad experiences...

ForgottenWeapons
>>14883757

I have been putting off a CR39 video until I have access to one with an intact sling, which mine does not have. I will show the differences between the MAS 36 and FR-F1 receivers when I do a proper FR-F1 video...which should be coming in a few months.

Timothy Conklin

What is the lineage of the .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge and why did the specific configuration of a 40-grain heeled bullet in the casing of a .22 Long cartridge become (and stay) so popular?

ForgottenWeapons
>>14882722

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4aX4lLWOI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4aX4lLWOI</a>

Anonymous

What is your favorite and least favorite belt-fed semi auto and why?

Anonymous

Ian, are there any particular guns you wish you’d’ve taken a closer look at when you had the chance? You’ve visited so many large collections and there’s only so much time. Thanks for all the hard work.

Anonymous

General - how did we end up with the common calibres we have today, 22, 32, 38, etc. French - what do you think is Frances single biggest contribution to firearms.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14879404

Lightning is *extremely* sensitive to cartridge OAL. Lightning didn't see more use because Colt &amp; Winchester came to a gentlemen's agreement to stay out of each other's respective market domains. [Pistols vs. rifles.]

Anonymous

Ian, I’ll be in Paris mid-October for a business trip with one extra free day. What do you recommend as a must see with regards to military history (not particular to era)? I’m thinking the Musée de l’Armée.

Anonymous

French Question: Why does the French Government keep so much information as state secrets even though the information from WW2 couldn't possibly be useful to any other country at this point.

Anonymous

French Question: Do you think that any more FAMAS's will be imported/Parts kitted into the US?

Anonymous

What advice do you have for those who are interested in military history and firearms?

Bruce Brodnax
>>14879460

In loaded cartridge form? 1895, with the release of the Winchester .30-30

Bruce Brodnax
>>14879465

Garand [M1 style if you think in yards, M1a/M14 style if you think in metric system...]

Bruce Brodnax
>>14880463

Paper or copper? Motivation was to enable higher velocities without leading the bore of the rifle [which causes inaccuracy.]

Anonymous

For the General Q&amp;A Ian, As a female fan of the channel, I've been curious as to what the gender and age demographics of your audience is?

Anonymous

French question- What in your opinion was the best firearm for its time fielded by the French military? I realize more modern firearms like the Famas are probably technically better than older stuff. But if you could pick a time period and firearm that you think the French had the best system, what would it be?

Anonymous

For the French Q&amp;A Ian, With the invention of smokeless powder by the French, just how quickly did news of this new powder spread to the rest of the world?

Bruce Brodnax
>>14882340

1 piece stocks don't get wobbly &amp; interfere w/ accurate fire. They also tend to be less tolerant of hard usage [butt-strokes to the enemy after parrying a bayonet attack, etc.]

Anonymous

For the French Q&amp;A: French repeating rifles, like the Lebel and MAS-36, famously don't feature a safety of any kind and were supposed to carry the rifles loaded with no round in the chamber. What was their reasoning behind this as the only (as far as I know) world power that mass issued a repeater with no safety?

Bruce Brodnax
>>14882512

I'm guessing "War reparations to Britain after Versailles Treaty signed, given to Nepal as aid-in-kind, ended up part of the Nepalese cache which was scored by efforts of principals of IMA &amp; Atlanta Cutlery &amp; brought to U.S.?"

Bruce Brodnax
>>14882666

Just convention arising from the fact that pistols were already commonplace when Sam Colt began marketing his "revolvers," so it became natural to use the separate terms to distinguish between the major subdivisions of firearm type "handgun."

Anonymous

Hi Ian, I'm going to keep asking this until you tell me to go jump in a lake. :) Anyhow, in your view, given the similarities in design - DAO, blowback 9x19, striker-fired, and the Mauser roots of HK in terms of personnel - is there any real connection between the Mauser 1945 Volkspistole and the HK VP70, or are those similarities coincidental?

Anonymous

Long time listener first time caller: French Q&amp;A would like to know history, service length, etc...of the vaunted French 75mm. Thank you for the great work and safe travels.

Anonymous

One other for the general. How was the Steyr M1912 meant to be carried - are there any surviving Austro-Hungarian field manuals that address that topic? It seems to me that it might have been meant to be carried hammer down on a live round. For one thing, the safety disengages automatically when the hammer is cocked, and for another engaging the safety with the hammer down slightly rotates the hammer out of contact with the firing pin. And carefully lowering the jammer on a live round would probably have seemed less alarming in that period than it would now. Thanks and keep up the great work!

Anonymous

French question: Why didn’t the French refine the RSC 1918 and carry it into ww2 as their standard rifle? And the other one, another ww1 question. A little hypothetical, but what if Mauser had put effort into developing the schnellfeuer C96 for the war. How do you think that could have effected stormtroopers? Or even a general infantry weapon? Thanks!!!

Anonymous

Although the French have a long history of designing and manufacturing their their own military sidearms, they now seem to be moving to foreign arms, such as HKs, Glocks and Berettas. Does this foretell the death of the French small arms concerns?

Anonymous

Hello Ian, I've noticed that French infantry arms from WW I all the way back to the smoothbore era had rather exceptionally long barrels compared to their contemporaries from other European nations, and recall hearing that the French believed that longer barrels promoted better accuracy and greater muzzle velocity. Roughly when did this trend begin, and can any one inventor or group of inventors be credited with starting it?

kekman

How do you feel about the atf in General

Anonymous

Do you carry a knife for self defense or general purpose? If so, what kind?

Wayne S.

Do you carry a multitool and if so which one and why that model.

Anonymous

General Q&amp;A: When a weapon was created and issued in few numbers in the First World War (RSC, MP-18, BAR, etc.) how was it determined where the weapons got issued? Did they go to the next unit that simply needed to be outfitted, or was there a specific method for where the guns ended up? Thanks!

Anonymous

Be safe on your trip Ian! Quick question - from a practical standpoint, do you think the AR platform has pretty much run its' full course? Is there really much of anything that can be further done with it other than window dressing? Keep up the great work!

Anonymous

General Q&amp;A. What zero did you use for the WWSD rifles and why? Love the shows.

Anonymous

What were the criteria for a replacement to the Russian Schofield revolvers? Did the Russian's test any other revolvers before the adoption of the Nagant?

Anonymous

French Q&amp;A: What are your thoughts on the French army moving away from the FAMAS and beginning the use of HK416s?

Anonymous

Did the French use a version of the Gatling Gun in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 ?

Anonymous

General: Having reviewed both commercial and military conversions of existing weapons to perform a different function (i.e. the Pedersen device and bullpup conversions), what system do you think was the most practical?

Anonymous

General: Do you have any plans for trips to Asia-Pacific, such as Australia, Japan, or Korea?

Anonymous

French: did the connections, via Browning, from Colt to FN cause any cross-pollination in the civilian, or military markets between France and the US, during the inter-war years?

Bruce Brodnax
>>14884121

I think it's more that they were confident in their border defenses buying them the time to mobilize and being unprepared for the new reality that rapidly mobile combined arms Blitzkrieg brought to warfare.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14884351

Not as long as they're still the inoffensive alternative to "ugly guns" in ban states...

Bruce Brodnax
>>14884462

I think that's a foregone conclusion, *yes*, since eventually we did come around and adopt it to replace the qualified failure of "the Pig." But would Rambo have been as popular if he'd fired a FN-MAG from the hip? We'll never know...

Bruce Brodnax
>>14884756

There is no parent for the Mak: it's original Soviet issue. It is enough bigger that Western forces would not have been able to utilize captured Soviet Makarov ammo in their pistols chambered for 9mm Kurz. And yes, the Soviets did have access to the 9mm Ultra data and that probably affected their desire to develop a handgun fitting the Makarov's description...

Bruce Brodnax
>>14885149

J. Stevens Arms Co. developed the 22lr in 1887 &amp; were selling guns in that chambering in 1888. The 22 long rifle round became &amp; has remained so popular because it was more accurate than the 22 long and had superior terminal f/x for hunting small game. The .25 Stevens rimfire is long gone, but provided the parent case for the 22 WRF and WMR.

Chris Hamlin

General: In your recent CETME video, you mentioned that some early samples might be in the ATF's collection. Are there any details out there about what sort of collection the ATF maintains? Or is it all speculation?

Chris Hamlin

French: How does the 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun compare to its contemporaries?

Bruce Brodnax
>>14889543

The French word for "machine gun" - *maitrailleuse* - was the rapid fire weapon [specifically, the Montigny mitrailleuse] adopted in great secrecy in the late 1860s and used by the French in the Franco-Prussian War. It wasn't a true machine gun, or even a manually-operated fast-firing gun like a Gatling, but a volley gun. It failed miserably on the battlefield, largely because it was *so* secret that the proper method for its use had never been adequately worked out, so it was positioned at the rear with artillery [which it rather resembled] rather than at the front where it could have been utilized more effectively.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14889548

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Bruce Brodnax
>>14890176

FN is Belgian. The French tested several Browning designs during the inter-war years &amp; stole liberally from all the competing designs [which is why by the '30s nobody much wanted to submit to French testing programs any more: everyone had figured out what the game was by that time! ;-) ]

Anonymous

I saw that you also had a Swiss Vetterli in your video review on the Italian Vetterli rifle book. Are there any tentative plans to feature the Swiss rifle, or is it not forgotten enough or not enough time?

Anonymous

French QA: How and with which firearm did your love for French firearms start? And follow up, would you ever like to learn French?

Anonymous

What do you think will be the next big surplus round for cheap. At one point we had 8mm Mauser coming in for next to nothing then we had all the Tokarev ammo, 7.62x54r, Chinese 7.62x39 and recently we had 7N6 coming in.do you think we will ever get cheap surplus military ammo or is that time long gone?

Anonymous

For the French Q&amp;A Did france ever try to develop or adopt a SCHV round? And is French 5.56 really stell cased and does the FAMAS have issues with NATO Brass 5.56

Anonymous

French QA

Anonymous

Asked before: QA: Given the success of the AR as such a modular platform, why isn't there a similar evolution of older firearms designs towards ultra-modular? Is it the lack of civilian aftermarket companies? French QA: With the end of big national firearm manufactures, small tinkerers started to pop-up with their own ideas to submit for government contract (ie. Etienne Faverjon). Do you think there could be a French small arms revival?

Anonymous

If you had to pick an overall "most practical" French weapon of WWI, what would it be?

Anonymous

French QA: Hi Ian, Over the last couple of years I have asked you e couple of times about all the Lugers that France disassembled and brought home from the Mauser plant after WWII. I have made a few tries to get some information from shooters and gun makers in France but with absolutely no results whatsoever. I know that you know a few people inside the french military arms community. Any information even if they scrapped the hole pile would make me sleep better.

Anonymous

Will you ever do a video on the French STA 1922/MAS 1924 submachine gun? I personally find the weapon’s muddled history and various theaters of use interesting, from Indochina all the way back home in 1940 with border guards, and think it would make an excellent topic for a video. Thank you, and have a pleasant day and/or night.

Anonymous

General QA: I was wondering if you plan on doing videos completely focused on the people behind designing firearms. A sort of biography of guys like John Browning or others as a way to show the mind behind the guns and what sort of influences made them design their weapons in a certain way. I imagine that in some cases finding info about uncommon guns might be difficult so finding info on the designers would be even more so.

Anonymous

French QA: I've seen a lot of pictures from the French Indochina War of French troops and their Allied Vietnamese counterparts using a variety of both French(MAS 36, MAT 49, etc) and US(M1 Carbine and BAR) guns. My question is why did the French equip their outfits with both kinds? Is it just because US WW2 surplus was cheap and reliable? You think that would present some intense logistics problems.

Anonymous

Having shot a famas possibly more than any other American what in your option could be improved on the rifle for a hypothetical version 2, which will never exist.

Anonymous

Every collector and gun enthusiast seems to have a garbage rod or two hanging around their collection, so as an fan of French firearms with, what we have seen, a quite nice French collection do you have plans on acquiring a Chatellerault made Mosin M91 to help round out the collection?

Anonymous

Hello Ian, I am thinking about building a HK 33 from a parts kit. I watched your build on the CETME L and am wondering if you could provide some insite into what parts you used to keep your build 922 compliant. I would be using an USA made Trunion, barrel, muzzle device, sear, hammer and all three magazine components. Also if a parts kit is purchased without a receiver or barrel is it looked at as a gun by the ATF? I realize you do not give legal advice and we would be speaking in general terms.

Jessi Lloyd
>>14889116

Fairly sure they addressed this question on InRange, and iirc they zeroed at 50yds and confirmed at 200yds. With 5.56 shooting as flat as it does, this gives effective point of aim out to 300-400yds with just a few inches rise or drop.

HammerBaird

Is there any gun that you are simply content looking at from afar? An example, I believe in your Nagant Revolver video you make a little quip about how usually people buy guns to improve their collection, but this particular guy sold the Nagant to improve his collection. Just something that as best as it is, or mechanically intricate or unique, you don't want for that reason. Like if you somehow were presented with a Hellriegel, but you knew that either you could have it, and keep it for yourself, or you could donate it to some museum or something and have them look at it. Hopefully that makes some semblance of sense, either way, safe-travels, and shine on, you crazy diamond.

Anonymous

In a video a while ago you said the British went into WW2 without a submachine gun and had to buy the expensive Thompson. Was the Suomi m/31 considered? If not, why not? If so, why was it rejected?

Anonymous

General: I would like to know the typical weapons composition of an American infantry Unit at the start versus the end of WW2. A lot of media depicts Garands and Thompsons throughout but you and Karl have mentioned the unseen prevalence of Springfields and I wondered whether you had any more info on it. Bonus points if you could provide similar info for other nations: France, Britain, Germany etc.

Anonymous

For French arms: Why did the French not make bigger magazines for their Mas 49 and Mas 49/56 rifles? Far as I can find, minus a few experiments and custom made magazines, they kept a 10 round magazine until their adoption of the FAMAS. Is their any particular reason for this? It seems like all major large caliber rifles had a 20 round magazine (FAL and M14 for example). Side note, can't wait to buy your book

Anonymous

Hi Ian, I’m curious if there was a battle during either of the great wars in which the French ever developed a special or specific small arm that was generally credited for a win..?? Thanks Ernie from Detroit

Anonymous

Is the furniture on the famas sturdy or very flimsy?

Anonymous

Multiple questions for the "general" Q&amp;A; take your pick, I'll resubmit the others later: Could you discuss the sight arrangements on military bolt action rifles, specifically, why did so many countries mount their “rear” sights on the barrel, near the mid-point of the gun, versus on the receiver or otherwise at the back of the gun? From Othias’ C&amp;Rselanl special, I know that the Brits in the development of the SMLE, toyed with many different rear-sight locations, from the receiver ring all the way up to the barrel band, and eventually chose a point about halfway between them. At the same time, rifles like the Ross and the P13/P14/M1917 offered a much superior rear aperture arrangement all the way on the back of the receiver. What was the reasoning that drove most militaries to choose a sight at the mid-point of the rifle? If you had to do it all over again/hindsight is 20/20. If you were charged with creating/adopting a standard NATO cartridge post WWII, what would you go for? You’re not constrained to what was available at the time, nor by established manufacturing inertia—you have a blank slate. Looking at the offerings available, from .280 British, the various 6.5mm full power cartridges, the 8mm Kurz and 7.62x39, but also knowing how effective the 5.56 and 5.45 were to become, what criteria and goals would you set? Would you stick with a .22cal bullet, or move up to a 6 or 7 millimeter offering? What bullet size, weight, velocity, BC, etc, do you think would be ideal for an Infantry fighting rifle and LSW/SAW? Could you discuss the differing mindsets at the turn-of-the-century and leading into WWI of the pistol as a fighting weapon? While many countries in Europe treated a military pistol as a badge of office or rank, and a status symbol, often employing anemic cartridges like .32ACP, in small difficult to use platforms, other countries equipped their forces with big, full-size fighting guns chambering heavy cartridges like the .45ACP or to a lesser extent the .455. What was the thinking and logic of the various military establishments that brought that about? Why were the sights on military revolvers and early semi-autos so incredibly craptacular? Most pistols of the era seem to have an absolutely tiny notch and groove setup, or a bead, or a very small post; none of them were particularly user-friendly, and they seem like they’d be a detriment to fast and/or accurate shooting, especially under less than ideal conditions. Are the current style of large post and large notch sights as seen on Glocks and 1911s and the rest “the best” for pistol irons? Discounting red dots/electronics, are there other pistol iron sights that are superior to what’s currently widespread on the market—some type of ghost ring or figure eight or three seashells arrangement?

Anonymous

"General questions" - What is so 'magical' about specifically 7.62 diameter, that it was used by virtually every type and size of small firearms and casings?

Anonymous

General - you rate the Suomi as an excellent SMG. They cost a lot to produce . You don't particularly like the much cheaper KP M44 that subsidised its numbers. Is the cheaper gun good enough and a judicious use of scarce resources? Or is the better gun really worth that considerable extra cost to a desperate nation at war?

Anonymous

Why/How is the 1911 constantly being redesigned and manufactured by companies everywhere but the Hi-Power is in decline. Why haven't there been any attempts to modernize the Hi-Power in a meaningful way? I.E. Railed frames or standardizing common modifications like the magazine disconnect?

Anonymous

Hello, General question - Many people advocate the use of AR-15 with very short barrels, as short as 10 to 11 inch, whats is the velocity loss compared to a 20 inch barrel and the muzzle blast and sound difference between then?

Anonymous

French - the FM24/29 statistically looks great for the era it was produced in, effective without being over-engineered and costly. How do you rate it compared to the Czech guns and Bren? Are any of the designs notably better? Or are they all about the same, minor differences aside? Which gun would be cheaper to produce?

Anonymous

Hello! General Question: In your opinion, what rifle or technological development had *way* too much time put into it before being fielded, when they really should have quit. For example, the M16 had problems, but arguably was worth it in the end, what weapon say would be *not* worth it ?

Anonymous

Why are there no guns with bullet counters a la Aliens' pulse rifle?

Anonymous
>>14895156

7.62 is foreign speak for .30 cal. and that was the 'murican standard (30-06) that everybody got strong armed into.

Anonymous

French question: The French military was one of the few militaries to adopt an entirely new standard rifle cartridge between WWI and WWII. Given that bolt-actions would remain the standard in WWII, in your view, would they have been better off adopting an intermediate cartridge instead of full power 7.5x54mm?

Anonymous

Hi Ian, Just like to ask if you ever considered covering forgotten air guns? I know this might not be up your alley but there are plenty of air guns out their made by some big name arms companies that would be great to see on your show. To name a few, BSA Lincon Jeffries type (Improved, Standard ect..), Webley mark 1 and Service Mark 2, C.G Bonehill Britannia and one of my favorites, the Smith and Wesson 78/79G which is based off the Smith &amp; Wesson Model 41. Cheers.

Anonymous
>>14895257

One word - Glock. Sometimes you make history and sometimes it passes you by.

Anonymous
>>14895375

Your "A-Zone" won't know the difference, a hit is a hit and it results in a really bad day for the recipient.

Landric Hakon

French question: Ian, I know small arms are your speciality but is there any chance we could have some content related to French armored vehicles? The Renault FT set the standard for the basic tank layout that is still in use today. The French had a number of innovative/unique armored vehicle designs and it would be interesting to get your take on them.

Landric Hakon

General question: You have done several videos semiautomatic 9mm carbines intended for civilian self-defense in Rhodesia. Since it seems likely that such guns would have stood a significant chance of being used wouldn’t it have been preferable to use more effective cartridges? Was the choice of 9mm over something like 5.56 or 7.62x39 simply a matter of availability and/or ease of manufacturing or was there a deeper reason?

Anonymous

I understand that the US experimented with steel case ammo in WWII ( 45 ACP and 30 carbine). Why was it not adopted?

Anonymous

General question: You posted a video a while back about a trip that was cancelled. How often does that happen to you, things just falling through due to other parties?

Anonymous

French question: will your book cover the flavors of Tabatiere? I know you aren't a fan of muzzleloaders, but conversions should be more interesting?

Anonymous
>>14899685

The 45 ACP saw combat and was produced in great numbers. 300,000,000 per month @ evansville. While Frankford Arsenel made 57,100,000 from '42 to '44. 30 and 50 cal also saw production volume of around 100 million total units each, but it wasn't needed, as the war was starting to wind down. .22 was the experimental steel case.

Anonymous

Why not more exploding bullets? Those WWI "spotter" rounds are badass. It seems explosives could make more out of intermediate and pistol calibers.

John S Wren

General; Given the variety of firearms you encounter, how do you know how to disassemble them?

Anonymous

Hi Ian, 2 question for you:

Anonymous

Do you think the US army was right in its decision to not replace the 1903 Springfield rifle with the P17 Enfield rifle after the 1st world war, even though it was in plentiful stock and had proven its self a popular and effective rifle in combat ?

Anonymous

Next question: picture yourself as a French army instructor in 1918, your training a group of raw US troops on the Chauchat light automatic weapon, as an experienced shooter yourself, what advice would you give on how best to deploy and most importantly keep her running reliably in combat?

Anonymous

French question: Germany and France were enemies. So why when Germany adopted the G98 and the Luger P08, why France did not change the lebel to Berthier 07-15 faster and did not change the revolver 1892. Even if France tested the luger in commission (impossible they say it was a bad pistol...)

Anonymous

French Question: What was the status of the French state owned arsenals (such as Saint-Étienne) during the occupation in ww2. Were they still making french rifles for the Vichy Government or were they just simply not in use? Was there any examples of them being re-purposed to produce arms for other Axis powers?

Anonymous

Normal Q&amp;A: Any other notable examples that come to mind of firearms using the dual trigger design in replace of a fire selector besides the Beretta M1938 (and it's later variants), was this a simpler system than a selector lever for manufacturing purposes, or were their other reasons for this design?

Anonymous

This isn't a Q&amp;A question, but I don't know where else to put it. Since I signed up for your Patreon on the 'Monthly Live Group Chat' level, I haven't heard anything more about that. Have they been put into abeyance, or am I just incomptetent at finding them?

Anonymous

Is there a particular reason why smokeless powder was invented in France (rather than Germany or Britain or any other industrialised, arms producing nation)?

Anonymous

Why is France no longer a major producer of small arms? Why is there no French version of H&amp;K or FN or Beretta?

Anonymous

What are your thoughts on modern stocked pistols like the usw B&amp;T has for the P320? Do they have merit in a civilian, security or military role or are they just fun range toys?

Anonymous

I've read from writers like Pete Kokalis that in the inter-war years the German had done "tests" with their machine gun doctrine to come up with the concept of Zeitbilds that led to the high rate of fire MG-34 &amp; MG-42 machine guns. Can you find out anything about these tests and maybe expand on the Zeitbild concept as it applies to machine guns?

Anonymous

General: Hi Ian! I was wondering if you have ever encountered any homemade or "personal project" firearms that were impressive or otherwise noteworthy? I know you have gotten your hands on a reproduction Gerat 06H, reproduction Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr, as well as Luty submachine guns. Have there been other guns that show the ability of a small scale gunsmith/shop?

Anonymous

General Q&amp;A: mesmerized by your swede pimped G3, I am considering purchasing in future an HK41 and giving it the swedish feel. Are they 1) interchangeable with other g3 clones re stock and front guard cover and 2) have they a better trigger than the other g3 clones? Finally, for those of us who have strict limits on the number of firearms, would you say that the customized g3 is a good general purpose rifle for both target shooting and 2 gun like disciplines?

Anonymous

I recently started watching the man in the high castle on Amazon. In the show the Nazis and Japanese won WWII. It is set in 1962 and SS guards have MP5s and G3s. Do you think these guns would have still been made the same if the Nazis had won. And what caliber do you think the G3 would be in

Anonymous

Also a question from my brother: Why did the Taiwanese adopt a gas piston AR variant (T65, T65k, etc.) as opposed to the regular "direct impingement" type, if concerns about fouling are overblown? Thanks Ian! We are both huge fans of the show.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14908337

8mm Kurz; the Germans already had that sorted out with the StG44. There wouldn't be G3s and MP5s: everyone would just carry the StG44. [Well, maybe regular police would have MP5s?] Again, they'd pretty much already had that sorted out prior to the end of WW2. Much like the later Soviet development of the AK47 refer to it as a "submachinegun." One round to rule them all... ;-)

Bruce Brodnax
>>14901674

I imagine that it's a heady combination of exposure, his engineering background, and liberal use of references whenever available...

Bruce Brodnax
>>14894725

WRT your rear sight question: aperture rear sights work great at the rear of the breech, but open sights require the shooter to bring 3 things into focus at once: the rear sight, the front sight &amp; the target. This is impossible, but the task is much easier when the rear sight &amp; front sight are both out there beyond arm's length...

Anonymous

About twenty years ago I saw a magazine article about an unusual modification to a Winchester Lever Action. Mounted in front of the muzzle was a metal disc with a hole in it. This disc was connected by a system of rods to the lever. On firing the bullet would go through the hole in the disc and the gasses coming out of the muzzle would move the disc. The system of rods would then cycle the lever. It was effectively a gas operated semi-automatic Winchester. Can you identify this weird thing and who, when and why it was made. Thanks.

Bruce Brodnax
>>14895198

You are comparing 2 different generations of submachinegun: let's turn the question on its ear, shall we? If the costs of ownership were comparable [incremental costs of owning one sub gun over another have generally decreased in the USA since '86 FOPA/ Hughes Amendment went into effect] wouldn't you, as an owner, want the better built &amp; meant to last firearm over the one designed to be cheaply mass produced and eventually thrown away in a war of attrition? ;-)

Bruce Brodnax
>>14896032

Ian's use &amp; review of the Carcano Moschetto '38 in one of the InRange episodes would seem to indicate his opinion will be "Yes." ;-)

Anonymous

(French)Did Dieudonné Saive work on anythi g major firearms related after the invention of smokeless powder?

ForgottenWeapons
>>14914443

Saive was John Browning's apprentice, responsible for the High Power and the FN-49, and the FAL. Smokeless powder was invented by Paul Vielle, who was a chemist with no other gun involvement that I am aware of.

Anonymous

Awe crap, got my name's mixed up. Thank you for the info!

Anonymous

I can understand why some militaries distrusted gas port designs on guns before they'd fielded one, but wasn't the 1918 B.A.R. gas port operated? Why, after its reliable service, did the US military establishment still distrust gas ports during the M1 Rifle Trials?

Anonymous

Howdy Ian, What is your opinion of the actual shoot-ability of the Geha, Remo, and Hard (hit?) Heart Mauser shotgun conversions made after the 1st world war? There seems to be a lot of fudd-lore about them being unsafe. Do you think this assumption is due to the front locking lugs being smaller than the bolt face and it only utilizing the rear lug? or, the chamber being shorter than the common 2 3/4 shot shell size commonly in use today causing overpressure issues with modern loads?

Anonymous

People living in the United States have pretty much always been able to make firearms, within the confines of their own private property, for their own personal use. However, despite the liberty to do so, it seems like only a very small number of people have tried their hand at anything more complicated than building an AR, or AK, from a parts kit. With people like Cody Wilson pushing strongly for the democratization of firearm manufacturing, by means of at-home additive manufacturing and/or desktop CNC equipment, do you think there will be an associated increased interest in "hobby" gunmaking, using more traditional methods, by individuals with home machine shops?

Anonymous

In the Light Machine Gun role, is the mg34/42 inferior to the Bren?

Anonymous

French/book question - not so much about French firearms, but rather your experience in writing and publishing the book - the realities of doing so and any pitfalls or interesting things that occurred along the way. Thanks.

Anonymous

Why don't we see more French firearms here in America?

Paul Beck

Do you forsee your travels taking you to tour the armories in the Ukraine or Russia?

Anonymous

Have you ever seen that photograph that is floating around the internet of a WW1 plane with the ten Mauser broomhandles mounted in a contraption to act as a machine gun of sorts? I’d be interested to know the story behind that device and whether is was a one off someone cobbled together or actually something that saw widespread use

Anonymous

Hi Ian,love both of your channel.My question is what kind of action will be best for the roll M27 will fulfill,I.E. the DMR/IAR/SAW/Standrad rifle?Is the Multi-lug turning Bolt with short stroke piston setup of the HK416 the best form?Or do you think there is other setup better out there?

Anonymous

Here's a late question for the general Q&amp;A. Hammers seemed to have disappeared from military rifles with the coming of bolt actions, but hammer fired actions reappeared with semi-automatic service rifles. Why did hammers reappear? Good luck with the French firearms book!

Anonymous

Hello Ian! Here's a question for the Q&amp;A. In many traditional layout firearms we see the rear sight placed halfway up the reciever while others are bought to the rear. While some like bolt actions make sense others like the AK,SKS or STG 44 do not. Why would designers choose to move the rear sight forward instead of increasing the distance between the front and rear sight to help increase accuracy? P.S. Have you thought of visiting the NRA firearms museum at bass pro here in Missouri? We would be honored to host you. Keep up the good work!

Anonymous

Hello, here is a question for the French Q&amp;A : as Eugene Lefaucheux patented his pin-fire revolver in 1854 and as this revolver was known in the US (more than 10000 have been purchased by the US army during the civil war) why did no one use the existence of this model to contest the validity of the 1855 Rollin White patent ? Thank you. PS When can we expect your book on french firearms ? I'm very interested in an American's perspective on European weapons

Anonymous

Hello Ian. It is good to hear about hear about your up coming book. I know you have some videos of lectures on the channel. Have you ever been asked to do more lectures in an academic setting, contribute to a peer-reviewed paper or book, and have you ever consistently gotten push back from academia as "just some guy with a youtube channel".

Anonymous

Hypothetical question for you Ian: If you were to travel back in time just before WWII with the knowledge and blueprints for a modern firearm design and could advise and direct one of the major powers; what weapon would you choose and why? What modern design could be most easily adapted to pre-1940’s manufacturing and materials?

Anonymous

Well for a long long long long long time... France was ahead in small arms and arms development. Butt and it is a big wide one, their Arsenal System was even more effective than ours at not getting anything new out through the door. When they did it was then long long long long long time out of date. The debacle in this really hurt in WW1. So finally about 1980 they shut down the arsenal system, partnered with industry with the Government suppling finance, and created a profit incentive with the Government now owning half the shares. So now they got the doors all greased up and products just cannot fly out fast enough and be sold to all the bad actors. So you end up with Britain a NATO member having their planes and ships shot up with NATO member France's best weapons by the Argentinian military dictatorship, and it was a bad one, in the Falklands War. All the while the French enjoy a putain de merde snicker.

Anonymous

I have read three autobiographies of german WW2 machine gunners who all relate the same story. The Russian hoards are advancing and they are mowing them down with there MG42's until the ran out of the carefully husbanded boxes of brass cased ammo and then had to switch to their crappy steal case ammo (although they had more colorful words for it: pot metal ammo curtin rod ammo) and in a minute the ended up with 3 barrels with stuck cases and ripped case heads. Was WW2 german steal case 8mm that bad and if so why. You also might think about doing an episode on the development of steal cased ammo.

Andrew MacKenzie

1.If you were to take any revolver that has been in action, into battle what would you take? 2. I live in Sweden, and working in the army (Just left the officer academy) and as you know our standard service rifle is the brilliant FNC (AK5), however in the platoon I just went into, I saw that one man per group(squad) gets a G3 (AK4) with optics which is used as a DMR . However, I wonder if roller-delayed blow-back is really optimal for accuracy? Is this not true, or are we just using them because we have a bloody lot of them? Thank you for you work, I really love your channel and has even got my company-armourer to start watching it! Cheers!

Tao Gold

Hi Ian, watching FW I have seen many of the early auto loading rifles use a gas tap and piston system, while many modern rifles use a gas tube with direct impingement or a gas tube that acts on a piston near the action. My question: I have seen exactly 1 rifle that had a gas tube leading to a short stroke piston half way down the barrel. Is this an aberration? Are there more out there we have not seen yet or was it some design that never got repeated because it was not very good?

Anonymous

French Question: I know the 8mm Lebel cartridge was sort of a rush job; "hurry up and get something, anything, in the hands of the troops, before ze Germanz catch on and field a smokeless round of their own!" but was there any follow-on development of alternate cartridges for the French military post 1886? Did they play around with any other designs as a potential replacement, or entertain any of the other cartridges developed between when the Lebel was introduced and the outbreak of the war a quarter century later? Maybe 7mm Mauser, or 6.5 Swede, or anything like that?

Anonymous

Can you do more collaborations? Are you bringing your RSC1917 or 18 out to see C&amp;Rsenal? Is there any way to get you to sit down with Ashley at the Cody Museum over cigars and whiskey and just deep dive a bunch of random topics?

Vox

Are there any " Missing Link" guns? A step in the development of firearms that had to have happened or existed, but just doesn't for one reason or another.

Anonymous
>>14933110

Rob a comment on your hypothetical, it is worse than that if you research Meunier A6 semi-auto rifle, of pre-through WW1 era, the French had it long before WW1. A good and you may find fascinating source is Jean Huon's book "Proud Promise," out of publication from Collector Grade Publications. A demised Meunier A-6 can be seen at the Musée de l'Armée, Les Invalides, 7th Arr., Paris, France, in the WW1 section. I would consider the fusil MAS 44/49 through MAS 49/56 really is the outcome of the Meunier A6 developments, and that post WW2 fusil could have been made and issued prior to WW1 except for the French Logistics System. I must point out the Francophone psyche is mostly incomprehensible to Anglos'. So be sure before you visit Paris you stock up on which of the 7 types of greeting kiss you use, when and where! Be that as it maybe, throughout history French officers and military have been the amongst the most advanced and progressive. However, only second to the Chinese bureaucracy is the French bureaucracy and formality, their logistics have always been the worst bean counters. But to be realistic one must consider you are seeing with eyes of 2018, harking back to your great grandfather's time... and to see through his eyes you would have a different perspective. "... Who see with, not through, the eye” William Blake (1757-1827).

Anonymous
>>14935766

Sir Claude, as you know Sweden has a long and storied military history, and is of the Preußen tradition. So is it a wonder the quite excellent G3 would find use. I would state the G3 even in its standard battle field issue form is as accurate and any any sniper rifle really needs to be. The roller-delay system is well proven and rugged. So a little Piefke's is called for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvfUylIdYVc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvfUylIdYVc</a>

Anonymous

What woods have been commonly used on firearms and why? Have there been any aberrations, flukes, oddities, or interesting experiments?

Anonymous

Im not sure if I'm too late or not, but are there any guns that you have liked before shooting them, and disliked after shooting them?

New Englander in Ole Anglia

Here is a Question for the French Q&amp;A. As many of us know the french invented Minie Ball round was an inventive advancement in ammunition , which was proven in the Crimean War and American Civil war with devastating effects. My question is kind of a two parter. The first is besides the round being invented by the French officer's Captains Montgomery and Deigne as well as being named after the co inventor of the Minie Rifle not much is readly available on how these two Officers and gentlemen came up with the idea for such an effective innovation. Which is a real shame for the Minie ball for as simple and and obvious design to the modern day shooter was leaps and bounds compared to what was used prior. Which i would be intrested in knowing how they came up with this idea as well as any prior attempts to make a round to fill this purpose. My second question was this round ever attepted to be produced as a fully encased round whether it be paper or wax? for even though the intended purpose of the cavity at the end of the bullet is to expand and catch the groves of the riffling allowing a bullet of a smaller diameter of the barrel to take full advantage of the riffling as well as be loaded in a quick manner. I have always felt that this cavity was alway neglected in its potential to be a early round to have the poweder encased in this cavity in some mannor. Do you know of any attepts to do this?

Anonymous
>>14925896

I saw a photo with similar contraption but with PPsh-41

Anonymous

French Q&amp;A Question: If France had went ahead with the plan to switch their rifle production over to the RSC m1918, in an Alternate History moment, would the French army, armed with semi-auto rifles, held out longer? Could France having a semi-auto rifle have delayed the beginning of WWII so the Germany could once again, catch up?

TJ

General Q&amp;A question. You seem to focus more to military weapons/guns. Are you planning to cover more hunting or other civilian guns more in the future? Like drillings for example? French Q&amp;A question, what happened to French gun industry? Now they are forced to buy rifles from their former enemy as there are practically no French gun makers who could make guns for their army. Btw, keep up the big guns coming. I sure like your videos about Bofors 40mm or 7.5cm LeIG gun.

Anonymous

(A question for the "generic" section:) Hi, Ian! Thank you very much for your technology nerd -friendly channel without too much politics! On many of your videos you use words like 'I'm not going to be the one to force it', or 'It's stuck, I don't want to break it'. But do you have any stories about when you have done something you shouldn't have, and perhaps broken something valuable? -Aki Pursiainen (Please try to pronounce it. It's a Finnish name, and you seem to like Finland. :D )

Anonymous

Do you think that the Berthier M34 and the Lebel M27 were worth the time and effort put into them? Do they offer any great advantages over an 8mm carbine?

Anonymous

During WWI, did the French build any experimental bolt action service rifles with an extended magazines like the Germans did with the 20 round trench magazine?

ForgottenWeapons
>>15014234

They experimented with Chauchat magazines in the Berthier, but didn't make many of those conversions.

Anonymous

What weapons would you have brought with you to Spain in 1936 to fight the Fascists? As part of the Lincoln Brigade?

Matteo Manino

For the "general": you rank the vz26 as the best lmg and the breda30 as worst, can you do the same for smg? What is the best, mab38A or suomi31? This is the second attempt for this question.

Matteo Manino

For the "French" one: did the Frenc ave some AT rifle in 1939? I know that a lot of countries develop domestically, also some not major powers like Poland, but i have no clue about France. Thanks for the wonderfull content.

Duncan Pruyne

What is your opinion of the viability of sidearms in as a part of military gear? Are they due to be replaced with very light SMG's (MP7 comes to mind) or will they remain useful?

Anonymous
>>14947501

Erick... The French fusil Meunier M6 semi-auto was officially adopted in 1910 see... <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meunier_rifle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meunier_rifle</a> . It was not put into high production as the French foresaw the impending war and their very conservative logistics system got in the way. MAS had tooled up by 1914 but only produced 1013 before the decision to not adopt. It used a 7mm cartridge that was non-standard, so ammo would have been another issue. In the war it was issued and used, and only one survives the WW1, due to the high causality rates of personal weapons on the front lines. The ONE AND ONLY surviving example is in at the Musée de l'Armée Les Invilades 7th arr. Paris Fr. Would it have made a difference if issue in 1918 NO as the French Army, except for the étranger regiments, was on basically a strike... manning the front lines but refusing to attack. This was because of the horrific losses in 1916; the French rotation system allowing troops to go home for leave, and; they were waiting for American troops to arrive then to be released from combat training by Gen. Pershing. I would recommend the excellent movie called The Very Long Engagement to get a sense of it. I would also recommend the book Proud Promise by Jean Huon, Collector Grade Publications, which is out of print <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Proud-Promise-French-Autoloading-1898-1979/dp/0889351864" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Proud-Promise-French-Autoloading-1898-1979/dp/0889351864</a> . But call them and see if they got a spare they'd sell, R. Blake Stevens recently passed on but his wife is still operating the business the last I heard. I would also recommend the film retrospective on Pershing, Black Jack Pershing <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Jack-Pershing-Love-War/dp/B07D1KLBQR/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535614410&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=John+J.+Pershing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Black-Jack-Pershing-Love-War/dp/B07D1KLBQR/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535614410&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=John+J.+Pershing</a>

Anonymous

Hi Ian. Recently the Canadian army began replacing it's No 4 Lee Enfields in service with the rangers in the high arctic. They are replacing them with the Tikka t3 in 7.62 NATO. Do you think that replacing the old Lee Enfields with a modern bolt action was the best option? Do you think with the advancement of materials and manufacturing, a select fire service rifle would be better?

Anonymous

Hello Ian, I have a general question about amminition, the "modern" metallic cartridge started around 1860 with case rimfire and would develop to become the center fire brass case ammunition. How did countries go about making the amminition on mass production scale between 1860 to post World War I? Maybe I'm missing something but i didn't think they had the manufacturing capabilities they would have in the 30s and 40s were it was become very much automated like today. One of the ways I did think about was having a bunch of people in a factory with cases, bullets, powder, primers, a hammer, and hopefully alot of good luck. You have one of the best channel on Youtube keep up the awesome work!!

Anonymous

I recently found out that, while UK gun Laws are generally extremely tight (which I have to say by and Large I support - but that's a whole different subject), there is an 'obsolete calibre' list - and you are allowed, without a Firearms licence to own fully functioning guns of certain ages and calibres. You can't own, without a firearms licence, the ammunition for said guns, but can have them on display in public. If you were to collect, UK Legal, obsolete calibre firearms, perhaps with a view to getting a suitable licence to also fire them in the future, what types of gun would you focus on? (i.e. your specialism is French, what would your specialism be in the UK?) <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/firearms" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/firearms</a> <a href="https://www.vintageguns.co.uk/articles/obsolete-calibre-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.vintageguns.co.uk/articles/obsolete-calibre-list/</a>

Anonymous

For the general Q&amp;A, What is the advantage of having a shoulder rest on the buttplate of the M14? Is it just a case of extra accuracy enhancing accessories because the US military wants their service rifles to be target rifles, or was it put in to aid in automatic fire?

Michael Batza

For general Q&amp;A, For long term storage of surplus/collectible guns in environments with high humidity for several months out of the year what do you recommend? Can the gun be left packed in cosmoline or should that be removed and replaced with a rust inhibitor or just regular gun oil. Thanks and keep making the awesome videos!

Deviant Ollam

Ian, I'm utterly loving the Firearm Laws around the World videos. Canada, South Africa, now France, hopefully Finland soon? Would you consider, if there's a way, doing such a video on the European Firearms Directive overall and how it impacts EU (or EU-hopeful) nations?

ForgottenWeapons
>>15146112

I would consider it, but the problem is that it's a really foggy subject even among well-informed people. Best thing I have on it right now is this: <a href="https://youtu.be/CIdXAxNKRTo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/CIdXAxNKRTo</a>

TJ
>>15146112

Shortly, generally saying, gun laws in Finland are not the worst in Europe. If you´ re gun collector, you can get pretty much everything what you want, including machine guns, cannons etc. Hunting and all kind of sport shooting is common so you can get the guns for those purposes quite easily. Carrying for self defense is not possible however. But Ian is right, future is foggy. New law is coming but nobody can tell now what kind of law it´ s going to be. EU directive set the guidelines but it seems every country is implementing the directive by their own way. In about half a year we will know more?

Anonymous

Do you think the a FAMAS lever-delayed system would have any advantages in a standard(non-bull pup) configuration against other modern combat rifles?

Anonymous

For the General Q&amp;A. Hi Ian. I was wondering what if you had any additional information and/or thoughts on the reduced load ( supposedly about 20%) 7.62x51mm cartridge adopted by the Japan Self Defense Force for their Type 64 rifle? I don't have any specs on this load, so I did some quick algebra comparing modified stats for 7.62x51 NATO to other cartridges and found that, in theory, this cartridge would have stats, in terms of muzzle energy and velocity, very close to 6.5 Grendal putting the Japanese load on the heavy end of intermediate cartridges. This makes a lot of sense given the Type 64 seemed to be designed first and foremost with soldier controlability in mind whilst maintaining backwards compatibility with the NATO standard if need be. Do you think this concept warrants merit and why don't you think other countries that have or did maintain their standard 7.62x51 battle rifles well beyond their hayday haven't tried anything similar to try to bring their rifles up to snuff with contemporary intermediate caliber rifles?

Anonymous

Might be too late at this point but I'll throw my question in just in case. I am trying to collect one of each type of NFA item. I am currently looking for an affordable AOW or Destructive Device. Something around $600 or less. Do you have any ideas for something interesting I should look at?

Anonymous

For the General Q&amp;A: Hello, Ian. Today, I wanted to ask you about the implications of 3D printing and historical firearms. Could 3D printing mean that we could see a resurgence in older weapon designs? Could someone 3D print a "P17 Eddystone" or, heavens forbid, a Fedorov Avtomat?

Anonymous

General Q&amp;A, Ian, Lehigh Defense has created a high velocity, lightweight cartridge for .308/.300 blk that has a similar construction to the 7.92x41 CETME as far as using an aluminum core with a jacket surrounding it. The purpose of the rounds differ from each other but I was curious what your thoughts were. Is the potential there to recreate the 7.92x41 CETME in a .308/.300 BLK platform? Is it even worth the trouble?

Anonymous

Ian, are you still looking for a working Ferguson rifle?

ForgottenWeapons
>>16359882

No, I was able to film a beautiful one at Morphy's recently. That video will be posting this month...

Anonymous
>>16359882

No, I was asking if you personally were still looking for one for yourself. I have parts left to build 4 more. Trying to clear out old inventory.

ForgottenWeapons
>>16359882

Oh! Well, I would be potentially interested in that - can you email me some details, at admin@forgottenweapons.com?

Anonymous

Being in a position to having tried a lot of Bullpup configured rifles in your line of work what have been the nicest one? was it he FAMAS or do you fancy something else?

Anonymous

Ian, Do you know exactly which revolvers were used to build a Tuco's master revolver in that scene in 1966 The Good The Bad and the Ugly? Was that common IRL? Thw link in case you haven't seen it (gasp) www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2WQGxRNpBc