Funny about engineering experience. Early in my career as a chemical engineer I needed to calculate the optimal size of a drying tower. I came up with a value like 14.8 ft. My boss reviews my work and says “great... 13ft ... any wider and it won’t fit under overpasses and we’ll need to build on site and that will be too expensive “ They didn’t teach you that in school

@jonc3519

Жыл бұрын

Dang that’s a big towel

@jonathanhoup9988

Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes. Design constraints

Concerning lead levels; ironically, Norwegian armed forces we had a health and safety issues when we introduced the Hk 416 due to the environment friendly steel core ammo. It turned out that since the steel core did not compress to take the rifling, it would be cut rather than pressed into the jacket. As a result, the fumes would contain enough copper dust to cause nausea and fever in some cases, and rifle training was severely limited until the issue was fixed. We literally wore industrial dust masks on the range, and the number of shooters was limited.

@BD.1996

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I’ve heard some of the “green” Ammos also have problems with the non lead propellants containing even worse toxins. How was the problem fixed?

@HerrPolden

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Evenson yes. It was not the propellant that was the problem. It is the same as any other round. The issue was a freak combination circumstances that caused microparticles of from the bullet’s copper jacket to be ground of during firing. The issue was fixed, probably by altering the alloy of the jacket to a softer one. It works just fine now.

Handguns in the military are like shirts in soccer, something nice for the opposition to take home to remember you by.

@davidgoodnow269

5 жыл бұрын

It's how truck drivers (transportation specialist MOS) prevent carjacking. Ever try to shoot someone off your running board with an M-16A2 while driving a five-ton? Of course, just try getting supply to issue you a handgun! Bring/buy your own, if you're not an officer; ditto ammo.

@fien111

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidgoodnow269 Meanwhile Chiefton's telling tales of his time in the Gulf in an Abrams getting issued fucking bayonets and shotguns "Bayonet? I'M IN A BLOODY TANK!"

@ZGryphon

4 жыл бұрын

@@fien111 And body armor with a back plate. "Who's gonna shoot me in the back in a tank?"

@fien111

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZGryphon You never know when the loader's gonna try for a klingon promotion

@ZGryphon

4 жыл бұрын

@@fien111 Fair point.

Chris asked the effect of Enfields and Mosin Nagants on Soviet or US Army operations and whether or not we reconsidered going to a full powered cartridge. I was US Army Infantry in Afghanistan 2006-7. While it may not have been Enfields or Mosins, the Taliban did use long range weapons and tactics. Most likely Dragunov or PKM machine guns in 7.62x54, but it was to the extent where the Army did increase the use of Designated Marksman Rifles. In fact, when I was there, I was issued an M14 as a Designated Marksman equipped with a Leupold Mark 4 4.5x14 power scope. We used M118LR match ammunition that , quite ironically, said "not for field use" on the box. The M14's had been in our armory for funeral details and nostalgia. Truly, a Forgotten Weapon. Before Afghanistan, the MOS of Designated Marksman did not even really exist. We had Scout Snipers but they wouldn't be deployed down at the Infantry squad level as they are in different units. Long range engagements in Afghanistan did affect and change US Army operations. When I was there, I even got looks and questioned by 82nd Airborne soldiers while in the chow hall because I was carrying my M4 carbine and my M14 rifle. At the time, the M14 was very rare since the Clinton administration had either given them away or melted them down. Our National Guard units had kept them. These were not even the M21 heavy barrel sniper configuration. They were standard M14 battle rifles with wood and fiberglass stocks. It was kind of funny that these 82nd guys were kind of jealous of the National Guard. In any case, the desire by the Infantry for longer range has led to the M110 SASS rifle and the .338 Norma Magnum Lightweight Medium Machine Gun as well as research into 6.5 mm caliber rifles and carbines. Had to throw in my two cents worth because I had to lug the thing around with me everywhere. One of the reasons I was gifted an M14 was because I had owned a Federal Ordnance M14 and also an M1 Garand so I actually knew how to take care of it and mount a scope on it. With the the M118LR ammo, my M14 would hold about 2-3 MOA. Not bad for a rifle about the same age as I am. By the way, the M14 is definitely less reliable than the M4 carbine in dusty conditions. Especially when the Army just expected us to use CLP to oil the rifle. I very quickly sourced some grease from a Humvee mechanic for the roller bearing. I personally own an M1A but your In Range vids are spot on about its vulnerability to dust and mud. Keep up the good work here and on In Range as well.

@ChrisHodgsonCorben-Dallas

5 жыл бұрын

jordanvraptor Thanks this is kind of what I was looking for in the question, and why I mentioned Nagants as well as Enfields. I didn’t think they would keep hold of ancient bolt actions out of nostalgia, I thought I read somewhere that that Taliban where exploiting the lack of range with intermediate level cartridges in open terrain like Afghanistan with older rifles. Ian’s answer is good though, I can see the Mujahideen struggling with that tactic against soviet troops with dedicated sniper training and kit.

@GunFunZS

5 жыл бұрын

Great Comment . I really appreciate your input on the topic.

@jordanvraptor

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisHodgsonCorben-Dallas I do remember our First Sergeant showing me a DPM 7.62x54 machine gun from WW2. Its the one with the pie plate circular magazine which I saw quite a few of those magazines laying around on the ground. The Taliban would use anything and everything. Our S-2 intel guys gave us a briefing one day on this new type of 7.62x54 armor piercing ammo that was being found. It was specifically designed to penetrate the 1/4 inch steel armor on the gun turrets of our Humvees and 5 ton trucks. As someone who spent a lot time in the turret I was a bit annoyed at their "oh, by the way" attitude... :) A lot of this of the Taliban exploiting long range engagements is due to the rules of engagement. Classic big Army doctrine would be to use mortars or artillery when engaged by long range harassment fire. Restrictive ROE would not allow this due to fears of collateral damage. The same goes for just spraying an area with machine gun fire. Hence the need for the Infantry squad to have its own long range precision fire weapon. As Ian said, the Soviets never gave this up and always had the Dragunov rifles endemic to thier front line Infantry units. US Army lost that capability with the adoption of the M16 and then had to rediscover it.

@john-paulsilke893

5 жыл бұрын

I think the Canadians were issued Rem 700 hunting rifles in 300 Win Mag. They literally bought a bushel of guns meant for sales shelves and a butt load of scopes, (don’t know what kind as I was already out then and only got my info second or third hand and avoided newspapers because I still had/have friends in service and didn’t want to stress).

@kdmag8858

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't M118LR a HP round? That's probably why it says not for field use. It's their way to cover their ass with, "we told him not to field it, that was for training only"

I still want an "i survived bergmann week" T-shirt

@michagebicki5714

5 жыл бұрын

Now I want one too

@thisiseliot

3 жыл бұрын

+1

"You should never, ever read the comments on KZread videos. Because they're one lowest forms of discourse in human social existence." - Gun Jesus, 11:08 That's a commandment I can get behind.

@hodegetisch

5 жыл бұрын

because his word is my command, so i did not read your comment :)

@shawnr771

5 жыл бұрын

Then why did you write one? J/k

@sailingmaster

5 жыл бұрын

While I love Snarky Ian, I'm really not sure how I feel about Condescending Ian. That's how that comment came across to me.

@fredherring4403

4 жыл бұрын

@@sailingmaster INFIDEL!

@Veldtian1

4 жыл бұрын

@@marionette5968 Yeah when your couched behind a desktop PC things are more formalized for sure.

"When you're an officer, you're supposed to be a big boy..." This should be hammered into every newly commissioned junior officer straight out of academy.

@TheOsfania

5 жыл бұрын

Let's do away with "the academy" and depend solely on ROTC. It would save about 60% on officer training, most of which takes place after graduation anyway.

@davidgoodnow269

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheOsfania I'm am Iraq vet, enlisted, but first I was a student of archaeology and history. I cannot tell you how many ROTC grads failed to recognize patterns in enemy behavior that are literally ancient that were obvious to me. The education I received listening to family and friends of family talking with each other about fighting in WW I, WW II, Korea, and Vietnam saved my life and the lives of others literally hundreds of times! When my little brother was offered Green to Gold, they gave him a choice of ROTC or West Point; only the service academies and the Citadel offer significant military history education.

Ian as you said you read all the comments so I just wanted to say a few kind words here. Thank you for all your work here and at InRangeTV too. You might find this surprising but your videos are not only a good source of learning history but for some of us it is a good for practicing English too. Cheers from Hungary! If you ever have the opportunity to try out Pálinka (short drink) do not hesitate. You might dislike it a lot...or just a little. :)

@ForgottenWeapons

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@nathanboulton2066

5 жыл бұрын

im from the uk and have just spent a week shooting in hungary!! i was not a fan of palinka, or unicum for that matter!!

@mexanik9

5 жыл бұрын

Agree, i improved my english a lot to watch Forgotten Weapons

@dhananjaychafale6545

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, I also start listening him, because I like guns, his crisp Pronounsation, generosity ,it's helpful.love from Indian.

@alanfhall6450

4 жыл бұрын

As a serial visitor to Budapest, Pálinka is something I greatly appreciate

Bergman debacle? DEBACLE?! I loved that series of videos. Seeing the many iterations back to back was super cool. Love this channel and InRange. Thank you Ian for all your hard work.

@derekp2674

5 жыл бұрын

I also enjoyed that series :-D It was great to see Ian explaining the evolution of the designs and to hear about whether or not they became commercially successful.

@josiahgibson6373

5 жыл бұрын

Early semi-auto pistols are my favorite firearms, so I absolutely loved the Bergman series.

@toolthoughts

5 жыл бұрын

That was a good series. I just went back to it again last week for reference. Great stuff.

Bergmann debacle? Nooooo. I LOVED your series following a line of development. like the bergmann, french rifle, 1911 video. I kinda wish you would do such a series on the line of mannlicher straightpulls and the contemporary licensed mauser they were making at the same time.

@ravener96

5 жыл бұрын

the "this is ian from forgotten bergmans dot com" joke still lives on in my family

@john-paulsilke893

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed this is an excellent subject for a video or series.

@JenniferinIllinois

5 жыл бұрын

@@ravener96 Ahhhh, the days of the Forgotten Bergmanns. I miss those days. 😁😁😁

I loved your dog's adoption story

@milamber319

5 жыл бұрын

Except Dharma is DEFINITELY not a red heeler. She is a Koolie (or some cross of Koopie or kelpie). I understand the confusion as australian dogs don't seem to be well understood outside Australia. They are related but Red and blue heelers are stumpy, stocky dogs with shorter snouts to deal with cattle. Darma is a sheep dog. Taller and much sleeker and more athletic with a longer snout and the white/merl is common in koolies.

Its only the audio thats really that important in q&a vids anyways

Please never turn off comments, for many reasons, feel free to ignore the comments but never turn them offf

@caffeinatedinsanity2324

5 жыл бұрын

While most comments are random, I remember on the slide action rifle video that a guy provided valuable info about its origins.

@jjarechiga

4 жыл бұрын

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@user-gs6wt5op7p

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but why care what all the idiots who dont pay you have to say

On the bipod issue, my father served with the IDF in the mid 80’s, and saw a few tours of combat in Lebanon. When he first was conscripted, he was issued a Galil ARM, which obviously had the attached bipod. From what he told me, it was universally and passionately hated, soldiers even went as far as to “accidentally” snap or break them off the rifles. They were never even used in training, apart from using the wire cutter portion, which was rare at best. The soldiers saw the bipod as flimsy, heavy, and always getting in the way and catching on gear. Interestingly enough, some of them even used them as a psuedo vertical grip. Once my dad really got into combat operations, he was issued a bipod-less Galil SAR, which despite its weight, is his favorite rifle until today. As per the LMG/MMG debate, the IDF didn’t really have an LMG doctrine back in the 80s, my father says the FN MAG was pressed into that role (at the peril of the user). Hope this provides some perspective Ian, love the videos!

@yashkolhai

4 жыл бұрын

as idf soldier in 95-98, who got long galil with bipods, absolutly agree. bipod doesnt add to urban combat, also.

"Yes...That's why I have a therapist." This is now my go-to answer for most questions!😀

Ian, it's just a retro forgotten weapons filter, that's all

@TheChloeRed

5 жыл бұрын

Some of us wear glasses and are bad at cleaning them.. I didn't notice a thing despite the message! ;)

@TheWolfsnack

5 жыл бұрын

I just thought Ian was a bit fuzzy from last night's beer....

@StrangerOman

5 жыл бұрын

144p filter would be better in my taste.

@erikjgreen

5 жыл бұрын

He does look a bit better in soft focus. A little casual and relaxed.

@dj1NM3

5 жыл бұрын

It looks almost exactly like standard analogue broadcast resloution, it's just missing the interlacing artefacts that usually show up when it's digitised.

They did indeed make a tool room prototype of Browning's gas-lever pistol.

@meansartin

5 жыл бұрын

Have you done a video on it? I'm curious to see the internals

@TheArmourersBench

5 жыл бұрын

@@meansartin I have video of it but I haven't gotten the green light from the collection that has it to publish it sadly.

@meansartin

5 жыл бұрын

That's a bummer. By the way, I love what you do as well on your channel. Especially the G11!

@TheArmourersBench

5 жыл бұрын

@@meansartin I know. Thank you!! Really appreciate it, glad you enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to seeing the model Ian took at look at the Grey Room.

@randomakerfilm

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheArmourersBench is it something that you will eventually have the opportunity to publish or is it something that is dependant on someone else's go-ahead?

While I totally understand Ian stand on comments on the videos taking into consideration that he works the channel in a more educational way, I personally find the light hearted humor that makes up most of the comments in the videos to be an example of some of the least cancerous communities. Therefore I find the idea of shutting down the comments over a couple jokes on how a 20mm anti tank rifle is the best conceal carry weapon or self defense weapon you could buy totally overkill. If anything Ian should be proud his content has cultivated such a non cancerous, light hearted and interactive community naturally. That's quite a feat and talks to the quality of the content.

@coling1258

5 жыл бұрын

AvE has similarly managed to cultivate a reasonably civil culture in his comments section, and it's always refreshing to see.

@ericdeer5887

5 жыл бұрын

Colin Gooding Essential Craftsman also as an excellent comments section

@derekp2674

5 жыл бұрын

I very much agree, that both here and on Facebook, Ian has fostered a very well behaved community.

@lptomtom

5 жыл бұрын

It's the best community of any gun channel by far, no shitty political comments to ruin it for everyone else

@dksdg

5 жыл бұрын

100%, comments on some of the FW videos are epic and I enjoy them almost as much as the videos.

On the subject of KZread comments, as a student of your content the early comments often add a bit of flavor, context and highlight parts of longer videos (like your Q&As) that I may have missed otherwise. If it came down to it I'd personally rather you not interact with the comments but keep them enabled rather than disabling them all together.

@ShiceSquad

5 жыл бұрын

I actually haven't seen that many really stupid ones here. Maybe they just get voted down.

John Browning said of his relationship with Winchester that many of the patents they bought were "fence posts", building a fence around Winchester to protect it from competition. Every patent they bought from him was a patent their competitors no longer had access to.

At least you don't have Garand Thumb's comment section?

@GunFunZS

5 жыл бұрын

Those Guys are creepy.

@conorfoster2337

5 жыл бұрын

They're... Special...

@alexvogel610

5 жыл бұрын

@@conorfoster2337 well the crayons don't help...

@MarikHavair

5 жыл бұрын

*"Man they really need to redesign urinales. They are so uncomfortable to sit in."* *"I was very disappointed in my fleshlight purchase. At first I thought I had bought something I thought would be the ultimate weapon light, but there was no light in it at all, just this weird looking pink hole."* *"Airsoft videos. That will scare any girl away and keep your virginity secure"*

Its just "Soft focus" Like Cybil Shepard in Moonlighting.

@stoneblue1795

5 жыл бұрын

At least the audio is synced. ...

@daveshrum1749

5 жыл бұрын

Lol nice

@wierdalien1

5 жыл бұрын

Star Trek

@keilancalderon1685

5 жыл бұрын

I already ate

Lead in ammo - I think Lead styphnate is still the most common primer compound, so when you are shooting indoors you will be inhaling lead compounds from burnt primers.

I would love for Ian to make a video about the 8x63mm Bofors cartridge designed as an anti-aircraft round but able to use 6.5x55 Swedish bolt faces. Not only does it seem to be very hard to get info on it without connections but the cartridge itself is very odd.

As a former researcher of railguns and coilguns, I agree with what Ian said about any practical uses being contingent on vast improvements in energy storage technology. When I was still active in the field, I remember one of the first small cannon calibre experiments at a US Air Force lab opted to use 15,000 ordinary car batteries as its primary energy store. I believe the latest "large experimental railgun" that is undergoing trials for the US Navy uses about three or four trailers (or ISO freights, as we call them in Europe) to house its storage batteries and the capacitors, switches and other components of its pulsed power supply. If the energy storage problem were solved, then I think the trade off between railguns and coilguns becomes a fight between the challenges of getting long enough barrel life in a railgun, i.e. over coming all the problems of rail wear and cooling, and having an adequately sophisticated power supply in a coilgun, i.e. one with the ability to accurate time the delivery of power to a series of interacting launcher coils. In concept, I think coilguns tend to be more sophisticated designs, while railguns are potentially "crude but effective".

@derekp2674

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Mari - I'm sure I've seen references to storage batteries being used - and I cannot see anything that looks like a large diesel or gas turbine generator in video clips of their installation, e.g. this one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2yBz7Gpg9CafLw.html I think the five white trailers shown there contain a lot of the pulsed power supply. Given that they can now fire five shot bursts with a 32MJ shot about every 12 seconds, they will need a prime power of at least (32/12) = 2.7MW to do that - or more if their system is less than 100% efficient, which it will be. Back when Ronald Reagan was President of the USA, we thought that an advanced land transportable large railgun would need at least one trailer for its prime power supply - we chose a gas turbine power generator and another trailer for its pulsed power supply (e.g. energy storage capacitors, plus pulse shaping inductors and high current closing switches). It looks as though present day technology is getting closer to being that compact, but still has away to go... For the sci-fi dream of railguns as small arms, I'm sure that batteries would be a good way to go, but I'd worry about the electrical safety issue of insulating the shooters from the high voltages needed by high velocity shots.

@ChrisHodgsonCorben-Dallas

5 жыл бұрын

Is a coil gun the same as a gauss gun? - with the rail curved around the inside of the barrel to create a rifling effect?

@derekp2674

5 жыл бұрын

Chris - a coil gun is usually defined as any electromagnetic gun that uses one or more cylindrically wound electromagnets to accelerate a projectile. Many configurations are possible and the term "gauss gun" has also been used for such arrangements. I guess some configurations might lend themselves to the use of helical conducting rails, but spin stabilisation of projects is not usually a major design aim. As potential successors to modern smooth bore tank cannons, electromagnetic gun designs usually assume the projectiles will use fin stabilisation - or other methods that don't require spinning projectiles. In general, a major drawback of railguns is there need for sliding contacts between the launcher rails and the projectile armature. Many coilgun designs can eliminate that requirement, by using electromagnetic induction to establish current in the projectile. In essence, they use the same principle as an induction phone charger, but much higher powers.

To the lead exposure question I would add that the real problem comes from the primers not from the bullets themselves. Modern primers almost all have lead in the mixture and you can't help but breath vaporized lead when shooting. Obviously being outside is better than outside for that as well.

I am an Mechanical Engineer, my father was a Tool and Die Maker, as to he question about designing firearms, from designing other items I can tell you that even when all the math works, things still sometimes blow up. The real art is turning a prototype into something that can be mass produced, and making all the fixtures, jigs, etc, for the mass production process, and still make it affordable for the consumer

U.S. marines used those grip pods on rifles. I felt they were great. Then a bit out of context, the 240 bipod works great also.

I always see memes as a sign of a really good community. Yes they're not informative or productive, but people are entertained by memes. People that are entertained tend to be easily informed.

@Halinspark

5 жыл бұрын

I get that the Gun Jesus thing can get old, but that and the 8 month period where every gun was "totally meant to be mounted on aircraft, Othias just didnt share again" shows that we are invested in the show. Its a good sign that a lot of the memes are from the community.

Both General-Electric and Philco-Ford designed competing guns with the GAU-7 designation firing 25mm Caseless ammunition for what became the F-15 in the late 60s and early 70s.

Handguns of the World available in Hardcover for $13.49 from Amazon. Just ordered it and it will be delivered Jan 2nd or 3rd via Amazon Prime. Thanks for the recommendation Ian - it will be a valuable addition to my book collection. I remember your book review and it was excellent as was this Q&A session. Keep up the outstanding work sir!

I would love to see a forgotten weapons trip to Russia

@EdgarInventor

5 жыл бұрын

In Soviet Russia, guns forget you! (just a joke, no real political meaning)

@ringowunderlich2241

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! Ian and Karl would never return in a lifetime. No, not what you think. There is so much stuff to tell about handgun development and stories to tell in vignettes about WWI, Revolution, WWII and Cold War.

@alexvogel610

5 жыл бұрын

If Ian could get the museum and industry contacts lined up, I'm pretty sure he could pass around a hat that said "Russia" and have the entire trip funded in a day or two! I wonder if Larry Vickers could help with the contacts at Kalashnikov or any of the museums? Or if Tim (MAC) could provide contacts for CZ or MKE? There have to be some pretty cool items in the Czech and Ottoman museums

@Halinspark

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexvogel610 He's done some artillery and vehicle mounted weaponry before. If he covers some of the machine guns mounted in armored vehicles or ships and how they work from a user standpoint(or maybe working with armor from the infantryman's view) maybe he could collaborate with Chieftan and get WarGaming to sponser some travel and videos. Hell, they did a thing with Demolitian Ranch and a tour of USS Texas, so it's entirely possible.

"Something only...cough...'Unfavourable people' do" Ian trying to search out a YT appropriate phrase to refer to the kind of scum who would leave puppies to die in the desert, rather than his immediate preferred NSFW term :-). That photo of the puppy on your wifes foot, would melt just about anyones heart. After seeing that, the phrase "So we now have a dog" was hardly unexpected, even though I've seen her in your videos:-)

@spearhunked1369

4 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@windwalker5765

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, man, you could hear the fury lurking in the background...

@jcorbett9620

4 жыл бұрын

@@spearhunked1369 1.16.47 How I got Dharma, my dog :-)

I loved the Bergmann week. Miserable.

I watched the entire Bergmann series as it aired and had no idea it was a "debacle". I love being able to follow the evolution of a firearm closely without having to refresh my memory in-between every video. It's similar to why I binge watch TV shows or movie series.

'Do you read YT comments' Ian sums up the internet right there. 'I've considered stopping but every now and then you find a diamond'

Bloke on the Range has a great video in which he and The Chap discuss how the French ended up with the Lebel. They also explain how many wrongly describe the Lebel as the first rifle of the _new_ generation of rifles, when it more accurately is the last rifle of the _old_ generation, what with basically being a hopped up version of an 1885 Kropatschek.

As an avid daily viewer, I'd definitely want to see some old videos redone with your current views and better equipment. Thanks for being awesome

It's not out of focus, the camera is simply incapable of capturing Gun Jesus's greatness.

Bipods - Canadian army used a version of the FAL - C1A1 and the C2A1 which came with a bipod and 30 rd magazines, and a heavier barrel. I think in theory the C2 was a replacement for the BREN. We used one or two per infantry section, and used them as an LMG group, so at the section level we used them a fire base, while the rest of the section could act as a maneuver force.. They were a lot lighter than the BREN, but they didn't have a quick change barrel and they heated up so fast in sustained fire they became uncontrollable due to cook off. Whether the BREN was better than the C2 is anyones guess, (firepower/weight trade off) but the C2 was replaced by the FN Minimi when we went to 5.56mm weapons. The Minimi is probably a similar weight to a BREN, but given it's belt fed "magazine" it is a far superior weapon.

I don't think the Bergmann series was a debacle. Like the Winchester series, very informative.

The eventual shift to more in-depth content sounds great. l love your current format, but the more inrangey stuff would be great as well.

I hope Ian never decides to shut off KZread comments. While I understand he wants to keep his channel academic, I find that while Ian does an amazing job presenting the information, the funny and non serious comments on his videos help keep information stuck in my head, whether it's all the jokes about Mauser losing an eye, how complicated the AN94 is, the history of the Puckle gun, etc. It's because of a lot of those jokes that I can remember the information in those videos and also really enjoy learning those facts in the first place. Honestly, the forgotten weapons community is one of my absolute favorites to be a part of, and the channel just wouldn't be the same if the interactions between members wasn't possible. But still, a special thanks to Ian for continuing deal with our shit and letting us continue to interact with each other!

Another great video, thank you. Regarding your question on bipods on service rifles: I was in the SADF, conscript for a year and then part-time for a decade. Never saw active combat though. For most of it my issue rifle was the R4. The bipod was extremely handy when we were not using the rifle. It was basically used like stacking hooks on older bolt-actions. We never shot off the bipod. Ever. Even in entrenched defence training. I got to take mine home for most of my part-time service as I was a member of a shooting team, and tried shooting off the bipod a few times. It was more accurate monopoding the bottom of the magazine on my forearm than shooting off the bipod. But it made it a lot easier living with the rifle. You could easily put tye rifle down without worrying about dirt and it made a very useful seat for taking a dump (that bipod is stronger than it looks). Talking about the R4, if you can, get yourself a few of the plastic mags. They are (conversely to my own expectations) much tougher and more reliable than the steel ones. On the steel mag, if you insert it slightly incorrectly it is easy to bend the front hook back a little, and then the rounds jam at the top of the mag. This doesn't happen with the plastic mags. It is also far more comfortable resting on your forearm and has less friction when dusty.

I disagree about "the Bergmann Debacle." I really LIKE those early pistols. They are what got me watching you in the first place.

Your show ideas sound like the TV show from the 90s called connections. That was a cool show.

I appreciate you taking the time to answer questions from your viewers, Ian, for which I am one. Your channel is one of the high points of my day, (no pun intended) and I love hearing what you have to share about the history of military firearms, etc. Thank you sincerely for your time and dedication, sincerely, a dedicated patreon subscriber.

I'm one of those people suprised and impressed that you read comments on old videos. Keep up the good work Ian.

I'm going to post this, and I know I'll take flak for it. I know Karl hates the grip-pod but I was issued one for my deployment to Iraq. Thankfully, the closest I came to combat was getting mortared on occasion (not a total Fobbit, just lucky that way). However, in training and just for general purposes, the grip-pod worked very well for me. Given a choice between a grip-pod and no grip nor bi-pod, I will take a grip-pod. It really didn't get in the way and made my prone and over obstacle shooting much more accurate. It was also convenient for setting up the rifle when I wasn't using it to keep it out of the dirt. No leaning it against something and someone else comes along and knocks it over (a better sling would have helped me keep it on me). It is somewhat cumbersome to shoot out the window of a HMMWV but I can accept that. A QD mount would have made it brilliant.

Haha, I didn't realize the "Bergmann debacle" was a thing. I get it. I was so bored looking at the same gun every day, I figured I was the only one. On the other hand, I found your Winchester lever gun and semi auto very interesting even though I never had any interest in those before. Then there's the other extreme when you were doing the French rifle series and I was so frustrated when you paused before getting to one I was waiting for. Of course that was another niche series that not everyone would like. Also, thanks for the shoutout to my hometown. I'm sure I was exposed to more lead in the water than handling guns and ammo every day.

@illegalclown

5 жыл бұрын

@sman7290 You are 100% correct on that, which is why I didn't worry about the format. I'm sure someone was totally geeked out about that series, just like I geeked out at the Lebel variants. I could appreciate it on that level. Doing a break between episodes in a series is a good compromise.

Thank you for all your videos Ian. I really appreciate your content and frequency of posting. I always look forward to your new videos.

*Kurosawa* Railguns will give a more efficient transfer of energy to the projectile (or projectile armature) but basically have a very short barrel life compared to current rifle barrels (possibly down to hundreds of shots). You're putting a great deal of strain on the two rails (the effect wants to push the two away from each other) and you're creating a plasma on the surface of the rails during firing. Coilguns will last much longer (and potentially be significantly cheaper to manufacture) but require more energy to reach the same projectile velocity - likely cutting down on total shots per "power pack" (whatever that happens to be) change. Basically, a military force has to decide between the two: more shots/higher velocity shots but having to supply spare barrel components/assemblies to men in the field and all the logistical headaches that involves - OR a more durable/cheaper weapon that you need to carry more "ammo" for to match an enemy with the opposite configuration and all the logistical headaches involved in that. If nobody is using a Railgun and you can get an acceptable number of shots out of whatever storage technology you're tooling around with - coilguns all the way. If your energy storage technology is just barely over the line to allow a railgun to work - railguns all the way. REGARDLESS, whichever system is adopted by a particular military bureaucracy, the soldiers receiving that supply will be completely convinced that the OPPOSITE way was the correct one... -Even if there is a threatening country that has taken that opposite tack and their soldiers are utterly convinced *you've* got the right one.

You, and Lindybeige, talking about Historic whatever... An History geek can dream.

@GunFunZS

5 жыл бұрын

Except for Ian actually trust documentation for multiple countries , and looks for what did happen versus " stands to reason that...." I like them both the more often Lloyd talks about subject matters I'm knowledgeable about , the less I am able to trust his opinion on areas I am not knowledgeable.

@americanmade4791

3 жыл бұрын

Watch Lindybeige's video on pike warfare. Lloyd is a chauvinist amateur who can't tell the difference between 21st century playacting and the organized mayhem called war.

I actually REALLY liked the Bergmann series! That series put getting one of those on my "get list".

Should be mentioned, that there are reference resources for where to start on spring strength, bolt weight, and so on for various cartridges and such.

The design-question and the answer to that was very interesting! I once met a boatmaker here in Finland. He had made many of hise special tools himself. They were simple but efficient. He used a German aeroplane design table fro drawing his boats and had a sizeable archive on his boats. He had built his boat shed (a barn, really) himself. The doors opened 180° and had textile hinges. Lots of expertise, the guy was just the type who does things based much on accumulated skill and rules of thumb. A real artisan. He was a nice, intelligent, well-read man who did not have much formal training but had seen, heard and learned a lot.

Would we ever see a mud test on combat shotguns? I own an 1897 Winchester and I always enjoy seeing videos on its history and capabilities. Thanks for the work that you do!

@johnm3907

5 жыл бұрын

Mossy500A you should do one !

@Mossy500A

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnm3907 You know what, why not?

@johnm3907

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mossy500A yeah i mean it wont damage it, id say it would do well

Regarding bipods when I served in the British Army in the early 90's many of the men who had used the Slr preferred the Lsw to the SA 80 because of the longer strengthened barrel and bipod but of course this was l not using the weapon in its intended role.

I appreciate every response I get from you on my KZread questions....as a middle of the road gun collector I love any info I can glean . ; )

@VideoHawkeye

4 жыл бұрын

Ok...cool

"...and so now we have a dog" Ok, I'm still with the video stopped and laughing my lungs out. The delivery was just perfect, LOL.

Oh this has made my day. I absolutely love this channel and especially love the Q&As. Thank you for focusing the discussions to the history and machinery instead of going down the dark rabbithole of politics like so many other channels. Just fantastic work.

@forgotten weapons, very cool! Awesome Q/A as always. I didn’t know there was another charger loaded rifle besides the k31. IIRC, the Swiss chargers are a hold over from their first generation of Swiss smokeless powder. The first iteration of their 7.5mm cartridge was still paper patched, and the charger design was built around protecting the paper patching around the projectile, again IIRC.

Ian thank you for being a beacon of knowledge is a world so full of secrets. Your contribution to the body of knowledge of firearms-mechanics and implementation is an invaluable resource and has been a source of inspiration for many more years to come.

I absolutely love listening to these Ian. It makes my drive home from Utah easier. The miles just fly right by.

I have recently used a bullpup conversion kit for the sks for my cousin. It's not a bad kit as the trigger bar is adjustable to the point I got it to match the feel of the stock trigger. Then agian having the action so close to my cheek, and using a modified sks tapco mag made it operate a little less then desirable. If they had made a purposed built magazine for the kit I am sure that would have helped improve its reliability as a bullpup.

For the record; I didn't mind the Bergman series at all. It was great to get all that video and info into my head. Clearly I was in the minority ;)

@ForgottenWeapons

5 жыл бұрын

To be clear, the only thing I would do differently in retrospect is break up the Bergmann videos a little bit with other material in between.

You making videos on guns inspired me to apply for armourer, I thank you for inspiring me on the inner workings of firearms from past and present

I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your content, and its gotten me much deeper into weapons history. Thanks for all you do, both the practical side on InRange and the historical side here.

If you were to outfit an army from literally nothing I think the modular concept could work. At least for the basic army units, why not. I don't think we'll see a country pop out of nowhere anytime soon though.

Always nice with dogs in video, more cameos from Dharma. Also thank you for all the videos and the work you do.

The guy is a convergence of a bunch of skills and attributes, which make him a tremendously valuable resource for me. Thank you Ian.

Keep up the good work ian, love your Videos on Historical weapons. You've helped me get into firearms and the first video I watched was your Colt Walker video, and consequently turned out to be my first old west style revolver.

The NRA Firearms Museum is in Fairfax VA. Great place to visit, plan to spend time there. Lots of time.

@Goonygoon84

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, right off I66 on Waples Mill rd. Nice range in the basement, as well. Great place. Some of the collection in the museum is really interesting. Catalog ranges from present day to the 1500-1600 (maybe a little farther back).

@leonardwei3914

5 жыл бұрын

And it's free to everyone (at least when I went there several years ago).

@Goonygoon84

5 жыл бұрын

@@leonardwei3914 Yep, museum is still free. Range has a fee (of course, haha.)

@mrtlsimon

5 жыл бұрын

@@leonardwei3914 Still free admission. I was there a couple of times this year.

@nichevo1

5 жыл бұрын

What about the Remington museum in Ilion, NY? Great stuff!

I treat KZread comments like bathroom graffiti. It’s just something fun read while on the crapper.

Just wanted to say thank you for reading through the comments. I'm sure that it's a laborious process, but I appreciate it. Your channel is one of the highlights of my free time!

In regards to the first question, I don't think you covered it all. Now it's gonna be difficult for me to articulate but I'll try. If you take the original concept of the stoner and compare it to what they were able to achieve, you see that the downsides are actually intentional. And by that I mean that when you say the stoner would have been to heavy as a rifle or to light as a light machine gun and they had little to no room to improve on either side. They designed it that way because that's how they were able to package it with the framework they came up with. In hindsight you can see the flaws but at the time it seemed like an achievement to them because it was, nobody had really accomplished that before. Where I want to make my point is look at the AR-15 or AK pattern weapons and all their variants today. They are some of the most modular weapon systems today. From the beginning it wasn't designed that way, it was adapted to fill new rolls and it does so successfully.

In a book I read, the commander of Seal Team 6 said his guys had to start wearing respirators during training because they were shooting so much their lead levels were becoming dangerously high.

@freedomvigilant1234

5 жыл бұрын

I think you are referring to Rogue Warrior, by Richard Marcinko. During the early training cycles, Commander Marcinko stated that they used a Navy Base Pistol Range. They had to stop frequently to air the range out.

@BD.1996

5 жыл бұрын

Spörde Spyrdenstein to quote massad Ayoob (pardon the spelling l) “I’d rather forage for food in a toxic waste dump than spend time on an indoor range” (quoted like third hand so could be off)

Your answer to the question about trigger discipline and the modern emphasis on safety was excellent. I am the president of Students for Firearms Safety, a student organization at San Jose State University, and our mission is to counter the fear mongering and false information that dominates the firearms discussion on college campuses especially in California. Through comprehensive education including a wide variety of firearms topics with an emphasis on safe and responsible use, we're making a huge impact on the perception of firearms among Bay Area college students. If anyone here feels like supporting our cause and helping us spread a positive view of firearms we would really appreciate if you follow us on our Facebook page, and spread the word! Thank you everyone and keep up the fantastic work Ian! facebook.com/StudentsforFirearmsSafetySJSU/

With that content question, With the vast amount of firearms out there, Ian will never run out of content to talk about, its been great seeing this chanel evolve and will always support this content. Cant wait to see the french rifle book.

Love this channel! Looking forward to being able to support you in the new year.

@ForgottenWeapons

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

So what you're trying to say is that many ammo suppliers have forsaken Gun Jesus and committed........heresy.

I really liked the Bergman series even though I dont have one.

Ian, I really loved what you did with the H9 Hudson. it is really interesting to see your level of detail and insight applied to a modern firearm, especially one that is as novel as the Hudson. I want to see more weapons that have yet to be forgotten.

Thanks for making such awesome content... how cool to be living in a time where you can host your own show be in complete control of it and make it with very high production quality. You do a great job wearing all your hats and making your show function flawlessly. Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching

normal people often, are unable to see how much an engineer struggled on an idea. stoner rifles turn engineering enthusiasts on. Someone designed that without computers, with such perfection with love for his country in mind. this is also why I watch only this gun channel. Meanwhile,As a circuit designer, I can't imagine working without cad.

Hey Ian, I just thought about this, and I'll bring it up in your next Q&A solicitation. Keeping on mind your excellent videos on the history of the Springfield Armory and Colt, have you ever thought of doing an in-depth video on, say, Mauser or H&K? In my humble opinion, Mauser and H&K are both perfect examples of privately owned 'state armories', for lack of a better term, arms companies that are so large that they can cater to both their domestic military and the civilian market, while also exporting to third world countries. Throughout the last century, these two titans of industry have left such a stamp in history that I feel they should get a separate video. Thank God I didn't post this on Patreon, amiright?

sgammo and outdoor limited are typically the cheapest places to buy new manufactured ammo

GREAT WORK IAN, LOVE IT

You've been shooting regularly enough that the lead in your system has probably reached equilibrium but the big issue is that lead will get into your bones and takes a very significant period of time to be removed. I don't remember if organic lead can be created by your body but I'd get one more check up just to make sure that your body hasn't been hoarding lead like a preper's basement.

You mean to tell me that Ian gets tired of the nonstop spamming of the played out “Gun Jesus” meme in the comments of his videos? No way.

To the Parker at 35:23 - you got me real excited for a moment until I remembered that I didn't ask a question. But you did ask a question that I happen to wonder about myself, so thanks for being ME!

In 1952 my Dad, a US Marine, had his S&W K-38 shipped to him in Korea,where it was a common practice. In, " A Rifleman Went To War" H.W.McBride also comments on how common it was among Canadian troops to have revolvers and 1911's sent to them for use in trench raids. As to "Hand guns of the world", when you find it on Amazon click on "other buying options". It will refer you to USED book dealers, I got my excellent condition copy last month for under $5+ shipping.

Have you ever been to the Berman museum in Alabama? Its fantastic. It's not huge but they have himmler's personal target rifle and emperor Maximilian of Mexico's Winchester 1895. You should seriously go!!

I think the comment sections are some of the funniest parts of KZread videos, especially on super controversial things like Glock reviews.

@richardkeller4234

5 жыл бұрын

Very true

Hey Ian just wanted to think you for posting videos everyday. On of the best parts of my day is waking up and watching your videos. You are by far one of my favorite KZreadrs.

Thank you for reading our comments. It’s that extra touch you put into you work that makes the content extraordinary.

In the case of lead exposure, one of my gunsmithing instructors said that taking calcium pills on a regular basis can help your body get rid of lead/not absorb it into your bones. Just a tip for everybody, stay safe.

@BD.1996

5 жыл бұрын

Potion Seller I’ve heard anecdotes of vitamin C supplements as well but haven’t tested it!

First to say ----- forgotten Puppies

@edm240b9

5 жыл бұрын

Friberg/Kjellman rifle

@nicholaspatton5590

5 жыл бұрын

I had thought of Gun Puppies. Yours is cool too.

@derekp2674

5 жыл бұрын

...and it is always good to see more of Dharma :-D

@Halinspark

5 жыл бұрын

PuppyRangeTV

Thank you for your work Ian.

As a former u.s. service member, I can say that bipods can be valuable to soldiers. Having used the m249 and m240b with their factory bipods and even our issued M4s got a foregrip with a deployable bipod. I will say that they're more practical at the range than they were in the urban environment my unit operated in. Walking or driving around the city the 240s were vehicle mounted and the 249s and M4s were rarely used in the prone, essentially making a bipod dead weight.