the8jrfan I’d vote for him.

the8jrfan "I left the strippers at home" was good, too.

trident 731 That was my favorite line in the video.:)

the8jrfan he said he left stripper at home, so he did have strippers, and stripper clips

Well, if you paid them better.......

411.48 R stonks

For countries who couldn't afford the fancy semi autos. It's not a terrible business idea. The AR-18 was designed on the same principle though that also wasn't a commercial success.

@@theangrycheeto Why not just buy the millions of leftover bolt actions? Do you understand how many cheap Mosins, Lee-Enfields, and Mausers were lying around?

@kingofcrunk4237 Well, most European countries did use weapons supplied by the Allies. Denmark mainly used surplus 1903 and older Enfield models till we adopted the M1 in 1948. My guess is that Madsen really wanted to get back into the flow after 4 years of occupation, so they didn't really get a feel for what was aimed for on a world level.

Pimpin' ain't easy!

They're just a distraction anyway.

Get over here when it warms up and we'll pull some odd-balls out of the safe to film.

Wished I had a collection like you two have. I'd definitely would put some rifles to good use. 😊

Indeeeed

Dom's Vibranium Bicep bwahahahaaaha

I can see the logic of making it... hypothetically perhaps for eg Kenya may want to throw off all colonial reminders and not use a Lee Enfield for example. Lets face it at the end of WWII whod have thought mass production of semi autos could be achieved so rapidly or that Russia, would basically dump and flood markets with WWII surplus, afterall, previously they were a fairly isolationist country. 1947, the cold war had started. However, isnt there always some diplomatic frostiness after a war, like how long did it take America to talk to Vietnam on equal terms is a great example of that. Even better examples would be Europe post WWI a bit of we dont like you into the 20s, then its trade as normal, within confines of the depression. Had there been no cold war and everyone just greased their WWII weapons up ( like happened at end of WW1) this rifle could have found a bit of a niche market. No cold war, theres no way every man and his dog would have been making semis and automatics en masse.

Correct, but the last BA rifle to be DESIGNED for a military was the Madsen M47.

Well, the issue there was that just about every country in the late 40s and early 50s were looking for a new semi automatic rifle or just bought huge numbers of captured surplus Mausers, Carcanos or Arisakas, because they were fantastic, proven guns for cheap. Most hunters did the same thing. A new hunting gun was expensive. A used military gun of arguably better quality was cheap, and could have been sporterized in any number of ways. Now I collect sporterized guns to restore. Sporterized military surplus guns make me sad to look at. But my personal crusade to restore sporters that can be 100% restored to military configuration is my favorite hobby, so there's that. So far, I've saved an Eddystone P14, Brazilian 08/34 .30 30-06 Mauser and a No.1 Mk III* Lee-Enfield with all original parts. And its a bonus to save damn near $300-$400 when restoring vs buying a complete rifle. And when I'm done, I sell the sporter stocks. My only set criteria is that the guns' metal parts have to be uncut and not touched by a drill. Having good bore condition is a factor, but I would consider buying and rebarreling a rifle, depending on its rarity.

lars kuno Andersen Merry Christmas!

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Is there a way that I can support you guys without using Patreon?

Thank you. I'm you're typical American, I butcher other languages. 😂

Merry Christmas!

Thank you Ed, and same to you!

Garand thumb is nothing. Hit the wrong thing on a Swedish Ljungman or Egyptian Hakim!

Me neither, and I'm FROM Denmark

I won't shoot it much more. It was unfired when I got it. I don't want to put any more wear on it than I have to. :)

You and both! The wife gets mad at me because I won’t watch the same stupid Christmas shows year after year. It tests my sanity. :D

Military Arms Channel Christmas Vacation, Gremlins, and Die Hard...every year!

Can't marry an AK. :-)

Briseur De Lance in California you can. assuming you can get it accross the border.

Thystaff Thywill You can't talk with an AK. Can't have kids with it. It can't love you back. And, also, you can't... well, you figure out the rest.

+Thystaff Thywill Well if you treat the AK improper it can take your life pretty easily though.

@@Briselance anything can be a didlo if your brave.

Yes! You’re further ahead of the game than I was when I was 16. Good on you! I can only imagine what your collection will look like in 30 years. Keep growing that collection and remember, never sell a gun no matter how badly you want another one. You’ll always regret it.

Boy do I know that feeling! Still trying to find anther K31 that is not made out of gold!

You're off to a great start.

Scott Minshall k-31s and other Swiss rifles are going up in price. You'll regret waiting. I brought one this year and all the Swiss collectors told me that 5-10 years ago they were dirt cheap. They are surplus guns and won't be made again so that why I go one now, I kind of want another but don't have funds to do so. My main problem right now is getting ammo gp-11 for my k-31.

I have come across the GP-11 ammo more often than one would think, I live out in Reno, NV and see the ammo at gun shows, so I know its out there but it is drying up slowly

You should take a look at the Madsen LAR, then. Looks like it came straight out of a Fallout game (one of the good ones)