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Q&A 42: Books, Machine Guns, Cannons, and Forgotten Weapons by Mail

http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons Q&A time again! This month we have: 00:17 - Favorite military uniform or camo pattern 01:12 - Stockpile of odd ammo? 02:15 - Bolts closing automatically when a new magazine is inserted 04:18 - Filming in French museum and arsenal collections 06:08 - Gas operated revolvers 06:55 - Videos about 1st generation infrared optics 08:08 - How is the FR-F1 treating me? What are its import marks like? Have I seen "15 Minutes of War"? 12:36 - Have rifle improvements made the OICW concept viable today? 14:30 - Book on Ethiopian guns? 15:38 - What country has stayed ahead of the small arms design curve? 16:44 - Three guns I'd like to film that have no surviving examples 17:55 - Should the French Army have adopted the FAMAS G2? 20:12 - Shotguns as a military weapon? 22:22 - Beginner cannons 25:18 - What has been the historical accuracy standard for military rifles? 26:27 - Publicity for Forgotten Weapons or Headstamp outside the gun community? 27:26 - What gun's popularity stumps me? 29:52 - What do militaries so with surplus and obsolete arms? 31:37 - Gotten hair stuck in a gun? 32:03 - Russian silenced handguns 32:55 - Video about books/library? 34:30 - Did I buy the Lewis at Morphys? 36:40 - Breda Modelo 30 vs Chauchat Mle 1915 37:45 - Forgotten Weapons by mail 39:37 - What makes a good pistol for competition? Contact: Forgotten Weapons 6281 N. Oracle #36270 Tucson, AZ 85740

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Camouflage? I like the WWI-era "creeping suits" ... Soviet WWII amoeba...KZS... Australian DPCU...Italian mimetico vegetato...Romanian M1994...Austrian Bundesheer...Bulgarian "frogskin"

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2021-08-14 02:37:34 Silent cartridges versus suppressor-equipped firearms: The U.S. Navy and AAI ammunition during the Vietnam War developed a "silent shell" or "telecartridge" in which a cup of 1010 steel inserted into an all-metal cartridge/shell case with a plastic piston within. It fired a load of 12 No.4 buckshot (6-mm/0.24") hardened pellets (20 grains each, 240 total) at just 450 feet per second (137-m/s). It was 2-1/2" long un-fired, and with the expanded cup after firing, was about a third of an inch longer, or similar to a modern 2-3/4" shell. It was found to be quieter than suppressing the muzzle, although of course it was only usable at very close ranges typical to clandestine roles. Also during the American War in Vietnam, so-called "tunnel rats" had to creep inside tunnel complexes in search of intelligence. Such soldiers carried a knife and flashlight, and many chose to carry .38 caliber revolvers. In such a specialized tactical niche, Smith & Wesson and the spooks and special warfare types, Army LWL and AAI made a specialized "tunnel weapon" out of the .44 magnum Model 29 revolver, using the captive-piston cartridge principle to turn it into a six-shot pepperbox .410 shotgun, firing silent shotshells with 15x 0.147"-7-1/2grain tungsten-alloy pellets (total 112.5 grains) at about 750fps. Mixed reviews. http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2423
2020-06-25 15:44:03 Silent cartridges versus suppressor-equipped firearms: The U.S. Navy and AAI ammunition during the Vietnam War developed a "silent shell" or "telecartridge" in which a cup of 1010 steel inserted into an all-metal cartridge/shell case with a plastic piston within. It fired a load of 12 No.4 buckshot (6-mm/0.24") hardened pellets (20 grains each, 240 total) at just 450 feet per second (137-m/s). It was 2-1/2" long un-fired, and with the expanded cup after firing, was about a third of an inch longer, or similar to a modern 2-3/4" shell. It was found to be quieter than suppressing the muzzle, although of course it was only usable at very close ranges typical to clandestine roles. Also during the American War in Vietnam, so-called "tunnel rats" had to creep inside tunnel complexes in search of intelligence. Such soldiers carried a knife and flashlight, and many chose to carry .38 caliber revolvers. In such a specialized tactical niche, Smith & Wesson and the spooks and special warfare types, Army LWL and AAI made a specialized "tunnel weapon" out of the .44 magnum Model 29 revolver, using the captive-piston cartridge principle to turn it into a six-shot pepperbox .410 shotgun, firing silent shotshells with 15x 0.147"-7-1/2grain tungsten-alloy pellets (total 112.5 grains) at about 750fps. Mixed reviews. http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2423

Silent cartridges versus suppressor-equipped firearms: The U.S. Navy and AAI ammunition during the Vietnam War developed a "silent shell" or "telecartridge" in which a cup of 1010 steel inserted into an all-metal cartridge/shell case with a plastic piston within. It fired a load of 12 No.4 buckshot (6-mm/0.24") hardened pellets (20 grains each, 240 total) at just 450 feet per second (137-m/s). It was 2-1/2" long un-fired, and with the expanded cup after firing, was about a third of an inch longer, or similar to a modern 2-3/4" shell. It was found to be quieter than suppressing the muzzle, although of course it was only usable at very close ranges typical to clandestine roles. Also during the American War in Vietnam, so-called "tunnel rats" had to creep inside tunnel complexes in search of intelligence. Such soldiers carried a knife and flashlight, and many chose to carry .38 caliber revolvers. In such a specialized tactical niche, Smith & Wesson and the spooks and special warfare types, Army LWL and AAI made a specialized "tunnel weapon" out of the .44 magnum Model 29 revolver, using the captive-piston cartridge principle to turn it into a six-shot pepperbox .410 shotgun, firing silent shotshells with 15x 0.147"-7-1/2grain tungsten-alloy pellets (total 112.5 grains) at about 750fps. Mixed reviews. http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2423