Perhaps the best maxim is the one we made along the way

@aidensidk3273

Ай бұрын

Clever girl

@MediocreNed

Ай бұрын

There's a special place in hell for "we made along the way" commenters. That said I still laugh at it though.

@DeliciousBoi

Ай бұрын

1st rule about Improvised Garage Maxims: SHUT IT.

@AsbestosMuffins

Ай бұрын

no because none of the parts quite fit

@Bobbymaccys

Ай бұрын

This comment works as well as the Vickers 😂

The famous Hiram Maxim quote on why he abandoned chemistry and electricity to design armaments: "I was in Vienna, where I met an American whom I had known in the States. He said: 'Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each other’s throats with greater facility.'"

If I could wish myself a Maxim it'd be the one with the most polished brass on it.

@PieterBreda

Ай бұрын

Good luck paying for the ammo.

@beargillium2369

Ай бұрын

​@@PieterBredabuy a Breda instead he says 😅

@chinesesparrows

Ай бұрын

Wrong magazine

@TOKOLOSHE100

Ай бұрын

Boer War version is all cast iron and brass!

@BrickNewton

Ай бұрын

​@@chinesesparrowsas a teenager I know I polished my brass to Maxim 😂

I recall reading of an account of the time when the British army was moving from 303 to 7.62. Someone decided to use up a million rounds of obsolete 303. So, they got a water cooled Vickers and fired it all off with, as I recall, zero problems. I do remember that they used snow shovels to move the spent brass.

@lars611farmer3

Ай бұрын

Yeah Ian also mentioned this one time

@darthkarl99

Ай бұрын

And aside from obviously the barrels they burned through no measurable wear on the rest of the gun afterward. It's sheer reliability was by far its most lauded and loved feature

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

Ай бұрын

@@darthkarl99not even the barrels really, at least not nearly as much wear as an air cooled gun. The water cooling is really good for cutting down on barrel wear.

@gunnersguide8047

Ай бұрын

5 million rounds fired over 7 days swaped barrels every 3k rnds gun ran fine and was in spec

@famalam943

Ай бұрын

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252the rifle it would be worn out but in terms of changing the barrel because of warping isn’t a thing

To this day, "08/15" is a german slang for "a standard version that everybody has one of".

@RichelieuUnlimited

Ай бұрын

Null-Acht-Fünfzehn

@harrisonbergeron9746

Ай бұрын

'strich acht' actually, i believe

@robertkalinic335

Ай бұрын

Can u use it in sentence as an example so people who try to learn german can use it?

@nonsquarepixels

Ай бұрын

@@robertkalinic335 "Ich habe mir heute einen Fernseher geleistet, so ein OLED-Modell, richtig schick, nicht so ein _null-acht-fünfzehn_-Gerät." "Today I splurged on a new TV set, an OLED model and stylish to boot, so it's not your _typical, run-of-the-mill_ device."

@robertkalinic335

Ай бұрын

@@nonsquarepixels danke schön

Chauchat just casually chilling in the background…. Goddamn they have cool stuff there

@Telamon8

Ай бұрын

Two Chauchats right next to each other, at that

@Chaosrain112

Ай бұрын

Need follow up video "What is the best Chauchat?" for someone that wants a magdumper.

@saltycanadian6190

Ай бұрын

@@Chaosrain112 it’s just rare, I don’t think it’s a good gun.

@jonaslechat9472

Ай бұрын

@@Chaosrain112 the better one is the belgium one... it ain't and wasn't much but it was better. That being said if you used your french chauchat as semi auto rifle during ww1 from the trenches, you really had superb gun

Jonathan Ferguson: "I told you, ....Ian" *Take a sip of a tea cup as sign of victory*

@norsethenomad5978

Ай бұрын

You misspelled his name, its Johnathan Fergusson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armories Museum in the UK

@katherinespezia4609

Ай бұрын

@@norsethenomad5978 Which houses a collection of iconic weapons from throughout history.

As a younger gun enthusiast i have basically given up hope that I'll ever be able to afford any NFA item, but man would I love to have a Maxim, it's such an icon

@Stevarooni

Ай бұрын

Machine guns are definitely on the high-priced end of things, but suppressors and SBRs are definitely in the range of "possible" if you can afford a gun or two a year. A suppressor costs about as much as a moderate-priced firearm, plus two hundred just to smack you in the gut.

@kirksealls1912

Ай бұрын

Never give up hope. There absolutely will be people your age who will one day own Maxim guns, maybe not many but it would be a fallacy to think they won’t exist, and perhaps the only thing they all will have in common is that they all believed along the way they could

@BobSmith-dk8nw

Ай бұрын

The thing is - if you are in the military - automatic weapons are firing ammunition paid for by the government. If you are not in the military - YOU - are paying for that ammunition. So - for the average person - you're not an average person if you can afford to buy and use machine guns. .

I've met Mr. Keene a few times at Morphy's, great guy, very knowledgeable. Got two of my three belt feds from Morphy's, (MG 08/15 Maxim and Browning 1919A4). Plus a Vickers Mk I from Midwest Tactical. Agreed, great video. Look for a MG 08 Maxim right now. My dream Maxim? Finish made or captured 1910 Russian snow cap with the 1909 commercial mount. I'm with Ian on this one. Winter War/War of Continuation classic! If you want to learn more, get Dolf Goldsmith's books, all of them. Became friends with Mr. Goldsmith over the years. He gave me a master class of Maxim maintenance at Knob Creek when I told him I was getting my 08/15. I was the third person to put money down on his last book, (And there is a great story how that came about. Ian, I'll tell you that one if I ever meet you). The last time I spook to him before he passed, I told his I was getting the 1919 and read what he wrote to me in "Browning Machine Guns Vol. 1" We had a good laugh, wow do I miss that guy.

@curiousentertainment3008

Ай бұрын

What do you do for a living?

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

@@curiousentertainment3008 Train conductor/National Guard Infantry NCO. Some of those army bonuses have come in handy.

The question should have been "Which Vickers gun is the best Maxim?"

@reggiedixon2

Ай бұрын

@@user-xk8mq5ic9k Hey, I just comment here. You need to take this up with management if it is so important. Hint, it isn't.

The Vickers is very historically significant too, given it served in both world wars and a bit beyond And since you rated it as No.1 for practicality, there's a strong argument to get one maybe dig into the archives and find a specific example that went all over the place

@jonprince3237

Ай бұрын

The Vickers machine gun and research association here in the U.K. can probably help you with that. The collection holds a number of examples that are both "well travelled" and have unique and intetesting histories.

@kiwigrunt330

Ай бұрын

Ian used to own one. He sold it because he found it a bit Null-Acht-Fünfzehn. Or rather, he found it boring.

Whatever happens, we have got, The Maxim gun and they have not

@cedhome7945

Ай бұрын

Battle of Omdurman comes to mind 🤔

@PobortzaPl

Ай бұрын

And then WW1 happened, where everybody had a Maxim or equivalent of it.

@lizardb8694

Ай бұрын

"The wild Ingubu with the fierce Imbezu on the right Came charging from the northern bush, they were a fearful sight And near 6000 warriors - we stopped them on the run The bravest of the brave could never match the Maxim gun."

As to ammo: Dolf goldsmith once told me they used to buy CONEX boxes full of ammo. Three rounds for a PENNY! "If you can find an ammo deal better than that...SHOOT IT!" (Yes, I just paraphrased Cheech Marin's speech from, "From Dusk till Dawn").😁

There’s a One-Pounder Pom Pom just sitting out in the elements at a park in Bridgton, Maine. I thought it was a comically large display statue until I looked into it.

"Back in my day we could buy bullets for a Nickle!" Ok John, settle down. Lol

@jfess1911

Ай бұрын

And my kids would say "and you could buy a car for $75. Yeah, yeah, heard it before, Grandpa. Time for your nap."

@chrisyungeberg6978

Ай бұрын

That's right up there with "back in the day, an SKS was $20. They were practically giving them away by the crate!" Gotta love Fudd lore

@jfess1911

Ай бұрын

@@chrisyungeberg6978 How about "if the hardware store was out of change, they would just give you an M1 Carbine or two."

@joecuppko40uh29

Ай бұрын

@@chrisyungeberg6978 Never saw 1 for $20, but did see them for $60 many a time. and cheapest car I ever bought was a Austin Healy 63 Sprite for $35, had a bad clutch, then I stripped the copper starter bolt and had to buy a new starter, the starter was $95, lol.

@BobSmith-dk8nw

Ай бұрын

I can remember when All those things were cheap. When I was in High School - I and my buddies were all in a Jr. ROTC unit - and we used to go camping and shooting on a regular basis. We'd drive out into the hills or the desert and shoot a bunch of different WWII weapons - and yeah - the ammo was $0.05 a round. They had millions of rounds from WWI - not to mention hundreds of millions of rounds from WWII. The ammo was cheap and the guns were cheap. Not Today. Of course - you can't go shooting in the places we went then - there are to many people around. There are States you can still walk out onto your back porch and shoot but there are States where you used to be able to do that - but can't any more. We all went in the military - but - when we got out - we took a trip out to the desert where we used to go. It was horrible. All the dirt was powdered inches deep from all the dune buggies and dirt bikes. And you're breathing that dust. I remember about 0400 - I got up - and I could just see the top of the dust cloud from the previous day settling. Never again. .

South Africa converted a number of its .303 British Vickers to 7,62x51 starting about 1973. A disintegrating belt called the R1M1 Vickers was designed and was also used in converted FN MAG 58's (reclassified as MAG79) and the new SS77.They were in use until the end of the Border War in the late 1980's.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

I'd still like more info on them. Used for base security while the MAG 58 went into the bush.

The best Maxim Gun is the one on your side.

For me the QF one pounder Maxim would be the dream.

One of my biggest regrets is my failure to purchase a .30-06 Vickers when Sarco had some (with accessories, tripods, belt loaders, etc.) for sale back in the early 80s.

I'm fond of Maxim magazines. Oft overlooked accessories for the fighting men!

@tomwinterfishing9065

Ай бұрын

I’d say quite a few examples have been present in war zones during the 90s/early 2000s!

Easiest: Vickers Most historical: Vickers (2 world wars and through into the 60s, unlike the MG08). You could certainly argue for the 1910, for sheer longevity, as you say, but... accessibility!

@dodsonarmsco

Ай бұрын

08 maxim and Chinese 8mm maxims were used all the way through the Vietnam war.

Vickers is best variant of Maxim as it soldiered over 50 years and machine guns have been changing a lot. Personally best variant is M32-33 used by FDF which was modernized Russian Maxim.

i`d pick any air craft mounted maxim. Fokkers interrupter gear enabled the machine gun to be used to its potential and it completely opened up the air to be a battlefield for both sides and not just one taking a look or dropping something from up there. the significance of air power in historical or recent conflicts cant be overstated.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

There's one at the upcoming Morph's auction. Go for it!

@AlexHalt100

Ай бұрын

@@user-sn5nh7md5o i live in germany so winning billions with a gas station lottery ticket is more likely than me ever being permitted to own automatic weapons.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

@@AlexHalt100 You can always move to the U.S.!

@curiousentertainment3008

Ай бұрын

@@user-sn5nh7md5oor Switzerland

@AlexHalt100

Ай бұрын

@@user-sn5nh7md5o benefits of that do not outweigh the downsides

I have never seen a video on the M1917 Eddystone 30-06. I have a very custom sporterised one, but in the 50's many got used to make .375 H&H's and other massive calibres as the M1917 utilised an oversized, high nickel long throw action. They where a military rifle made in a number of factories, but there seems to be little in the way of videos on them.

Ian is slowly turning from being a Francophile into a Finland enthusiast...(sorry I dont know the equivalent of francophile for Finland lol)

@OltsuSuomesta

Ай бұрын

Fennophile would be the word.

@johnfisk811

Ай бұрын

Suomophile?

@karloveliki5387

Ай бұрын

Maybe a Finophile.

@sagqe

Ай бұрын

Finnophile?

Reading the video's title, my answer was, "But of course, it's the Vickers!" Rule Britannia!

@robusthedgehog

Ай бұрын

Weird, my answer was "well of course, it's the MG08" Heil dir im Siegerkranz 😅

THANKS, it was SO interesting! Among the Maxims showed by Ian over the years, the COOLEST FOR ME was by far the 1909 from ARGENTINA, n°64 (of 120), with A LOT of BRASS, 1889 pattern of lock, and its WOODEN roller for the belt! I would never be able to own one, but if I could chose, it would be THAT one, maybe because it is so… exotic. And maybe with a smaller death toll than the German or Russian Maxims that were "put to work" so much…

Thanks guys. That was fascinating. .

Greetings from Hungary! I think Mr Keene should write a comprehensive book about the Maxim guns.

Some Vickers guns were made in 30/06 for the US in WW1. I had a Colt made belt loader. 😊

As a non American my understanding of the question was a purely historical one, clearly the American understanding of the question is 'which one should I buy'. Funny.

@moosemaimer

Ай бұрын

Asking "which machinegun should I buy" is the _slightly_ cheaper version of "which Ferrari should I buy." There are plenty of MGs for sale, just like there are plenty of Ferraris for sale, but it's not like the average person is in that echelon of buyer.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

@@moosemaimer I'm a regular joe with MG #10 coming. What do you do for a living? How much can you save? Do you waste money on non-sense B.S., (drugs, alcohol, tobacco, tattoos)? You can do it if you really want it. They're fun and everyone has gone up in value. Remember this. "If you don't buy it today, you will buy it tomorrow, but for more money!"

@curiousentertainment3008

Ай бұрын

@@user-sn5nh7md5odon’t take this the wrong way but based on how you typed that are you part of the baby boomer generation? On a more serious note you either have to have a job that pays 6 figures a year, have a paid off house and a decent paying job, inheritance, lottery, theft, or becoming a special occupational taxpayer which is still expensive but can be cheaper than just buying a machine gun.

Ian, John thank you for providing us with such fascinating insight to one of the most famous guns in history and for giving us your answer to one of the most widespread questions among gun enthusiasts and i agree that the best Maxim machine gun is the Vickers for all the reasons you specified.

Should have had Larry Vickers on the for this one. Get it? Vickers? I'll show myself out.

@zehnerdygamer3329

Ай бұрын

He's not going to be doing anything firearms related for a good while...

@chicorodriguez3964

Ай бұрын

Yea he's now property of the department of corrections

@ganndeber1621

Ай бұрын

Here's your coat

@davidspence5567

Ай бұрын

What happened to him?Apologies I'm not in the Loop with what has happened.

@HamSandwich277

Ай бұрын

@@davidspence5567 I had no idea either. I just googled it. "pleaded guilty in October to two federal crimes including a conspiracy to import illegal machine guns." 😦

I'm glad that John Keene doesn't disagree with himself that often. I was rolling with laughter, thanks Ian for keeping that in. :D

When i read the title i whispered to myself "The swiss Mg11 must be mentioned" and i was not disappointed. Nice informative video !!

Why did the new video have comments turned off?

I am saddened that whenever Maxims are talked about people talk about the Vickers, maybe German and/or Soviet versions and/or some obscure Elbonian variant, & that no-one ever mentions the Finnish M/32-33: take Russian M/1910 Maxims, put optics mounts on them, mate them with dual-purpose tripods developed from the German tripod, boost the rate of fire to 850 rpm & add a snow cap to the water jacket, that last one is especially painful as 11 times out of ten it is associated with the Soviets during WWII. AND whenever a Finnish Maxim is spotted in a video or a photo, it's identified as either a Soviet or a German gun because XYZ.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

Roger my bud, I feel the same way. One of those is my dream Maxim. If you find one, send it over here. I'll keep you in Vodka for a long time! 😂🤣

@herptek

Ай бұрын

Everyone has a favourite maxim and keeps arguing whose is best. Why can't people just get along?

@hullutsuhna

Ай бұрын

@@herptek where exactly did I say the word "favorite"?

@herptek

Ай бұрын

@@hullutsuhna I guess I have a clumsy sense of humor.

We need more videos like this

37mm Maxim FTW with lots of brass!

Always good when Mr. Keene is on.

What a nice video, it becomes relaxed and interesting when knowledgeable people don't have to prove anything to each other or the audience. The best Maxim has to be the one that has tons of ammo and I have access to.

20 year anniversary? Aw man. I've been there 5 times so far, along with Knob Creek 4 times before they stopped. This next October shoot will be just on the edge on whether or not I can make it out there. Shoot!

"commodity"? A commodity is a good that all the units are interchangeable. One box of XXX is the same as another box of XXX. A bushel of wheat is the same no matter what farm it came from. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with the ammunition availability issue described in the video.

It's our boy John! Always great to see your face and gain your insight sir!

Thanks, as always "very interesting"!😊

I went back to watch Ian's 2016 video on the Vickers Heavy Machine Gun. I had forgotten how annoying it was to continually adjust the volume up and down because the gunfire was so much louder than the speaking.

The Vickers or the 1910/30 were what I was going to choose based on success and longevity were what I was going to say. That wheeled mount is so etching special.

The Maxim was revered by the Russians. There is a jaunty Red Army song titled "Dva Maksima" (Two Maxims).

@admiral_franz_von_hipper5436

Ай бұрын

They also have a song called “Tachanka” which is about a horse-drawn Maxim machine gun cart.

@AshleyPomeroy

Ай бұрын

I learn from the internet that it's about a Maxim gunner called Maxim! Who gets wounded. But he recovers, and so does the Maxim.

In the official central american history about wars between states and goverments is used to say that the first time machine guns were used happened to be in Namasigüe, Honduras, in 1905, when nicaraguan troops used four Maxim to swipe all the honduran combatants... What kind of Maxim probably was used in that time?

I like the Vickers primarily because it was in that movie "Last Stand"

The best Maxim is the one you're carrying when the mugger shows up!

"What is the Best Maxim Gun?" Answer: Trick question. Browning M1917.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

John Browning, "Maxim patented everything, so I'll do it with less parts." British and French machine gunners when they first see the Browning, "How can this thing work, it doesn't have enough parts!"

I've got a question if you could find the material that the belts were made from could you sew your own.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

No need, still lots of belts out there. As Dolf Goldsmith said, Maxims run fine with 1917/1919 cloth belts. You can get reproduction belts from SARCO for as low as $10.95!

@ConnorMainwold

Ай бұрын

@@user-sn5nh7md5o That's good to know. I was worried about damaging belts that were over a 100 years old

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

@@ConnorMainwold The Assault Drum for my 08/15 came with an original German 100 rds belt. still works fine as does all my other WW1&2 belts. We're not slopping through muddy trenches today, they'll be fine.

Have you ever done a Pachmyr Dominator conversion? I have one.

It's insane to think about how this design has taken as as many lives as it has.

@derkaiser9881

Ай бұрын

The schematics and drafts haven’t fired a single round.

@P_RO_

Ай бұрын

Or conversely saved as many lives from being lost when used defensively. How you see things can change what you see.

@madeconomist458

Ай бұрын

Truly the Devil's Paintbrush.

@itsconnorstime

Ай бұрын

I read somewhere years ago that no individual small arm has killed more people than the maxim gun.

@madeconomist458

Ай бұрын

​@@itsconnorstime Crew served weapons like mortars, artillery, and heavy machine guns have always been the real casualty producers. I wouldn't be surprised if the FN MAG and its derivatives have killed half as many as the Maxim.

Do you know your North American 1911 video has been turned off comments?

If I remember correctly Ian said his first machine gun was a Vickers.

@contactacb

Ай бұрын

He did own one, you see it on early channel vids - but if I recall he sold it on years ago.

I bought a Turkish Mauser 22 years ago. The rifle was $40, i bought a 1440rd crate of 8mm Mauser on stripper clips and in 70rd bandoliers for $70 (i think). I still have some ammo left along with the rifle.

America, during the Spanish American War, what Maxim Brought to you by Chad Gatling Gang

@classifiedad1

Ай бұрын

Potato Digger gang rise up!

I'm always amazed at how knowledgeable Stanley Tucci is on machine guns...

I’ve always wanted to see a modern biathlon rifle. Starting with the Norwegian Army in the 18th century to a modern olympic rifle sport originating and surviving in the concept of a foot soldier in snow is so wild to me

I’d like a Quad PM1910 aa mount.

British colonial theory: Whatever happens we have got, the Maxim Gun, and they have not.

@GazalAlShaqab

Ай бұрын

"…And near 6000 warriors - we stopped them on the run The bravest of the brave could never match the Maxim gun…" 😄

@cedhome7945

Ай бұрын

Battle of Omdurman comes to mind 🤔

This is a question another one of your videos brought to mind but why aren’t all modern rifles bullpup? I understand cartridges to the face, trigger issues, re-training, maybe a bit awkward in certain positions, but these all seem minor compared to the benefits. I also feel like many of these issues have been solved in certain bullpup designs. I’m no expert so just throwing out a video idea!

Personally, I would go with the MG08/18 air cooled Maxim. Lighter and more soldier friendly

@robertsolomielke5134

Ай бұрын

Yeah. The German Maxim used as air cooled, for aerial combat is the actual lightest Maxim ever built. Also the smallest/shortest Maxim ever built.

Hiram Maxim Stevens Invented that Gun since 1884 :)

I was hoping for the best Maxim for military service, although Ian did already proclaim the Swiss version to be that.

7:12 But couldn’t it be argued that the 1904 Maxim is historically significant for what it didn’t accomplish? The production issues meant the US ultimately didn’t buy that many, which paved the way for John Browning’s M1917 and M1919 later on. And the rest, as they say, is history.

I was really hoping this was going to be a Project Farm colab video... 😂

I’m going to go with the Finnish Maxim. It’s criminally underrated.

@454FatJack

Ай бұрын

Fast Fire rate option too

For those so financially inclined, there's a Vickers Mk1 for sale at autoweapons.

Being British and the fact my grandad worked for Vickers, so yeah I agree.

Having serviced, shot and repaired all of these I agree Vickers is #1. The Early 1909s are usually nice because on the market they usually well preserved and complete. Type 24 are okay except Chineseium and parts tolerance and no two thread pitches are the same. 1910 is usually alright but usually made of mixed bag war, post war and commercial parts. German maxims I hate. 08/15s in particular. Nothing is adjustable and intact feed arms are becoming a rarity. give me a 1917 any day over a Maxim.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

You can adjust the fusse on the MG 08/15. Don't know what you're talking about there? Mine runs like a top.

@saltybones8492

Ай бұрын

@@user-sn5nh7md5o headspace and timing. Changing out internals of locks. Firing pins tend to break and they're basically hand fit.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

@@saltybones8492 I have several locks/feed blocks for mine and have used all interchangeably. Yes, the German locks have a fixed head spacing, but their tolerances are tight. No, they were not even close to being hand fit. Maybe you worked on one that was in bad shape, but I've run quite a few, (I shoot with Charly Erb a couple times a year), and the most I've done is adjust the fusse spring. Maybe I've just been real lucky.

Top ten... not bad for a DFSW Lance Corporal

The Maxim is certainly an intersting and long lasting design

its weird, in the UK (Deacs), the Soviet 1910 is so much more common than the MG08. very strange inverse.

That it is still in military use today (albeit limited use) is mind-boggling and proves it's merits. Few arms see use even half that long.

Hmm? Gun Dude's knows another "GUN DUDE!" Perfect, Good Job. VERY HONEST! God Bless!

Which Maxim is best Maxim? My Maxim is best because it won the Great War! No, my Maxim is best because water-cooling delete! No, my Maxim is best because kinda sorta portable by one man and also it lost the Great War! My Maxim is best tripod! No, my tripod is best Maxim! The box said 300 round belt. My Maxim is best because new booster looking like booster delete. My Maxim is best because can be repaired in the field. Which Maxim is best Maxim?

@Reskilober

Ай бұрын

My Maxim is best Maxim because RRRAAARRRREEEEEEE

@diegoferreiro9478

Ай бұрын

I think the best Maxim is the Maxim one could get his hands on.

@Uncle_Roadkill

Ай бұрын

My Maxim is best because BO KNOWS MOTORBOATIN'!

@somuchnope2

Ай бұрын

I'm glad someone else though of this immediately. Great work hahaha

@somuchnope2

Ай бұрын

My Maxim is best Maxim because Vickers The box said 10 more rounds per minute My Maxim is best Maxim because I brought it on a trailer *brass Maxim* BROWWWWWNNN

Best maxim has gotta be The pom pom. 37mm explosive warhead beltfed.

I would say the best maxim is the one I can afford....unfortunately those don't exist

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

If you try, you can. How much do you want it/what are you willing to give up?

My dear old Dad, whose regiment lost their horses in Syria/Transjordan area in around 1943,was trained briefly on the Vickers .303. He said it was fine, but too accurate-it would carry on punching the same hole in anything but traversing it was a swine- he thought it would have been much better if it just sprayed a bit more !

@johnfisk811

Ай бұрын

You want to get a copy of ‘Fighting Vichy on Horseback’ for the full story of British cavalry in Syria, Iraq and Iran in 1941-3.

@tomjones7593

Ай бұрын

@@johnfisk811 Thanks very much for that- I will look for a copy. Much appreciated.

The Vickers. The end.

the best version is the Vickers Heavy Machine Gun, 5 million rounds near continuous, no stoppages, only stopping to reload and change barrels. and after that torture test, it was still within spec.

MG with more historical impact: maxim or Browning?

Any British South Africa company maxims used to fight in Rhodesia left??

The Vickers with its sexy iconic fluted water jacket

I miss the annual Hiram Maxim Shoot in Maine. A quick way to burn your money.

The Australian late model Vickers.

TY guys. Now wasn.t there a German Maxim heavily modified for aerial use..AND it was the lightest, smallest Maxim design ever made....why no mention of that gun ? or was this a plug for Vickers, which is a fine gun too.

Ian is really good at raising your interest in a particular firearm! Sometimes the shock of reality $$$$$ can be incredible. Maybe a small group pooling resources could afford a Maxim. The NFA is so discriminatory since money instead of responsibility dictates who owns machine guns.

@brianfrommaumee

Ай бұрын

IF you understand the reasoning behind the development of the NFA, way back in Roosevelt's first term, you'll understand that the $200 tax was imposed because it was thought that only the 'responsible' ones (the rich) would be able to afford it. The NFA was, and still is, a pretty shitty piece of class based legislation, but it could have been way worse. The original language (which Roosevelt supported) effectively banned all private ownership of handguns. It was more restrictive than what England had in place at the time.

I need to build a giant berm on the farm to replace knob creek 😂

Many, many years ago, I had a blast with a vickers, and what a fantastic gun. I see why the Ukrainian are using a russian version of the maxim now as they are still relevant today .

Knob creek make me think Jim Beam.

@user-sn5nh7md5o

Ай бұрын

"World's Biggest Machine Gun Shoot" West Point, KY. I was there most of the last 20 years they had it...Minus deployment. But I guess i was still playing with machine guns!

10:19 and then took the COUNTRIES, that was kinda of the problem lol

Most soft-spoken master sergeant EVER!!!!

"Whatever happens, we have got, the Maxim, and they have not"

Whats Knob Creek ?

@ForgottenWeapons

Ай бұрын

Until recently, it was the biggest (by far) machine gun shoot in the country.

Finnish maxims: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWaumdmhhtffiJc.htmlsi=HrbXLKl_teXhwY_F en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_M/32-33

What, now I need to get some gray hair! That's fine with me. All your Maxims belong to me!