Timestamps, from the description, for the mobile community: 0:00:36 - Why so few .380 ACP military pistols? 0:02:09 - Thoughts on the NGSW program guns 0:03:24 - Exciting new things in the firearms industry today 0:04:21 - Why did the USSR not use detachable mags on the SKS? 0:06:40 - Books on the Krag and Trapdoor Springfield 0:08:05 - Ideal guns for Classic Division in Desert Brutality 2020 0:10:05 - If Forgotten Weapons a team or still a solo enterprise? 0:10:38 - Semiautomatic guns using black powder 0:13:16 - Is the Mosin Nagant really such a bad rifle? 0:15:19 - Why is it so hard to design something like a good bipod? 0:17:00 - Magazine coupling systems - good or bad? 0:19:25 - If small arms cause only a few casualties, do they need to be the best? 0:21:36 - What would guns like the FAL or MAS-49 look like with 50 years of development? 0:23:55 - Why did the .303 British cartridge have a rim? 0:27:01 - When did 3-round-burst become a thing and why? 0:32:29 - First semiauto pistol I would choose over a revolver 0:35:44 - Next joint project with C&Rsenal? 0:36:49 - Why do I now link to RIA KZfaq and Instagram pages? 0:38:05 - If you take over FN or DWM in 1900, what do you convince them to make? 0:40:29 - No NFA: What is your first new machine gun? 0:42:09 - Why no more dual firing pins on rimfire guns? 0:43:48 - Why no .30 Carbine AR15? 0:46:51 - Thoughts on the Horne StG45 0:48:37 - What's up with front sights on French rifles? 0:51:30 - Mauser production under French occupation 0:53:49 - What goals now for me and Forgotten Weapons? 0:55:38 - Non-Colt-made C&R eligible 1911 0:57:41 - What is my favorite Brownells Retro rifle? 1:00:02 - Which is better, ZB26 or Bren? 1:01:13 - Advice for a would-be firearms designer 1:02:53 - What is France had not rushed the Lebel and 8mm round? 1:06:08 - Overlooked obsolete calibers, and 7.65 French Long 1:07:27 - Movie guns I hate 1:09:18 - Thoughts on the L85A3 1:11:24 - If I could buy or build any one gun 1:12:51 - Why not more delayed blowback pistol-caliber carbines? 1:15:09 - How will 3D printing impact arms collecting?

K/D doesn't matter, play the objective -Gun Jesus 2019

I think the John Wick one was actually a KSG.

When a French Officer Cadet has a Negligent Discharge right next to your foot with his FAMAS, you'd better believe that having a burst setting rather than just full auto is preferable; if his "group size" had been any bigger I would have been able to count the amount of toes I had left using only one foot...

The mantle....the globe....the books....the jacket. I keep looking for a Meerschaum pipe. 🧐⚜️

Ah yes 1 hour of ian talking about guns. This is my lofi hip hop.

"Red Russian shellac covered glasses"🤣

Re small arms inflicting so few casualties by %, your heavy hitters aren't of much value if you can't keep enemy infantry away from them. I imagine it's comfier holding an air-strip with an automatic compared to a bolt-action.

I have a DP-12 and I love it! 16 shells in about 4-5 seconds. Reliability of a pump shotgun but yes she is heavy.

55:23 "I kind of have a goal of doing... _all_ of the guns." It's good to have goals - and that one in particular sounds like there should be some fun along the way.

1:10:21 Here's the mail it never fails it makes me wanna wag my tail, when it comes I wanna wail! Maaaaaaail!"

"Didn't boost C&Rsenal" That makes me really really sad. Such a great channel and all that effort and still only a slight bump in recognition..

These Q&A episodes never fail to provide well-presented information and thought provoking, intelligent discussions.

Think about it, even dogs would immediately bark in frustration by the mere mention of an L85....... I think thats pretty obvious how that went for all of us.

I'd love to see Ian get a small role in an action movie.

Anyone who asks if equipping people with superior weapons over muskets makes a difference has never been in the army or at the very least never read anything about battle doctrine. Suppressive fire is a key part of taking objectives, by decreasing enemy ease of movement and enemy fire to allow your own forces to overtake them. As for the machine gun burst, in the army we were taught to say "sonofabitch" under our breath and hold the trigger for exactly the amount of time it took to say it (usually a second or two). It works. 🤷‍♀️

I believe the actress in Terminator actually had the DP-12's stock above her shoulder when she was "shooting" it.

Dog: Dangerous packages, must protect Papa and Mama!!! Just had that here too.

I absolutely love the little surprised jump at 1:10:21. Just priceless IMO.

6:15 I carried an SKS as a truck gun in Missouri in the 90's. I kept it loaded in the passenger seat, muzzle down in the floor board. Back then you could not have a loaded rifle in a vehicle. A Sks mag could be dumped by simply reaching down and pulling the mag release. It's a great 75 yard and under rifle and it's reliable as a hammer. I still have a soft spot.

Just because you have foresight into what's coming next in arms development/tactics does not mean those around and, more importantly, above you, do. The joys of being in, or working with, militaries; often the oldest and most outdated pieces of equipment in their inventories are their senior officers.

The camouflage velour robe...for the sophisticated outdoorsman!

My answer for the "what would you do at FN or DWM in 1900:" Come up with some kind of intermediate caliber proto-assault rifle/carbine. The trick would be to sell it as being for the cavalry! A small, handy, cute, very Victorian little gun; that has lots of target and sporting feature from the era. I'd probably try and go with a tappet style gas system, and a triangular bolt like the Leader T2. 5 round detachable mags, that load from a stripper. That would appeal to the military of the era, but leave the gun up-gradable for trench warfare.

5:45 Finnish captain Kari Pelo designed a sub machine gun in the late 1940's that had a fixed magazine or semi fixed perhaps. For the loading the magazine opened on a hinge. It was intended to be loaded with pre-set paper package of cartridges. Only a few prototypes were made 1949 - 1951. The Pelo sub machine gun was lightweight, 2,9 kg roughly 7 lbs and meant to be carried in a holster with magazine and stock folded. There are few pictures available on it. Edit. the right side of the magazine opened for loading.

The only movie gun that truly annoyed me was the Glock with a "hammer" from the first Ant Man movie. That was really dumb. All they had to do was use a gun with a hammer!

I thought you were going to talk about books on the Krag without realizing there were two sitting right beside you and I almost peeled my face off

I have had the thought experiment before, relating to the question of How to convince militaries to adopt an "ahead of the curve" firearm. Here's one idea. Say you have designed a simple, reliable stocked machine pistol during the First World War. How to get it into the hands of the boys storming the trenches? Two words. State fairs. Sell your guns, not to the military, but the families and home towns of the boys fighting "over there." With the expectation being that they would send them to their loved ones on the front as a little extra to help them, along with letters and photographs and snacks. Care packages were one of the regular sources of irregular small arms in that conflict. Sell enough of them on the home front, and if the design does well in the hands of the troops, a military contract might follow

On the "up to date small arms" question: You beat an enemy when they stop fighting you. That can mean 'they're dead, but honestly, them being far enough away from you that they can't stop you? Good enough.

Thanks for the great work man, keep it up. You’re doing great things for the gun community.

Re: "You are transported back in time" Easy. You start by err 'inventing' the kind of guns you know militaries will buy. That gives you a reputation as a great gun designer and once you got that and a ton of money from your 'inventions', you can work on the kind of guns militaries will buy once 'war were declared'. Like a direct blowback select fire pistol caliber carbine that is rather easy to manufacture. Not too easy. Cheap looks look bad pre DoW and radically and quickly simplifying your design would only increase your reputation.

Re: The 1900 question I think you could convince the British of the value of a light machine gun if you could provide an example of a robust man-portable design along the lines of the Bren. Anything bigger, heavier or more embuggering, even Lewis sized, might have been more difficult to sell at the time. This is because I don't think that at the time the British problem with machine-guns was not that they could see the value of them but that things like the Vickers didn't fit in with how they thought they were going to fight. Lacking a large conscript army the British thought that their soldiers would have to be as mobile as possible and as good shots as possible. After-all the whole idea of the SMLE's volley-sights was to achieve the effect of an MG with something as manoeuvrable and flexible as a section or platoon. If in, say, 1910 you'd shown them a gun that was nearly as accurate as a rifle in single-shot mode, that was simple and robust, that one man could carry and use and yet could still keep up with a rifle company I think that Horseguards would have bitten your arm off.

re: 3D printing and C&R firearms. I can also see 3D printing (and heat-treating, etc) parts that can break and using them while keeping the original part undamaged. That way you can fire it to your heart's content while preserving its condition and original value.

That's impressive that you do all of it yourself. I bet between research, filming, and editing you stay extremely busy. I'm surprised to hear this because you'd think with that kind of work load the quality would be bound to suffer somewhere but nope, not even the slightest. Keep up the good work Gun Jesus 👍

German infantry man here: the G36 mags have very little doctrinal use of a dual mag. We're supposed to clip two together when defending a dugout or trench. However bc every magazine has those damn nipples its a pain to do speedy reloads or put away used mags thus its common practice to aquire mags that you don't have to give back and cut the nipples off or get G36 magpul PMAGs when you get deployed. Every guy i know (including me) has one modified mag that he keeps for a speed reload. So while the mags should have an advantage most of the time they are just super annoying.

It's 3 AM and poppa Ian's putting mijo back to sleep. God this dude's a treasure.

I hope you continue with your podcasts. You have a way of making technical information entertaining and enjoyable. Thanks.

About the 1900's weapon visionary scenario:: the best way in my mind would be to send an advisor a few weapons to a small nation on a small conflict. There were still many "undeveloped" nations fighting small colonial armies where just a couple LMG's could change the tide of the war and make ink flow back in Europe. The trick is not getting too much of a great power mad at you... A few examples would be African revolts against Portugal, Indonesian revolts against the Netherlands or South American conflicts where arming locals against world powers would be seen as less of a faux-pas.

On the SKS: Nyet, rifle is fine.

My .22lr story: I believe it was 1976 or 77. I was working at Olin corporation's St. Marks powder plant. We had just redesigned the mixing (blending) barrel to put the pack out in a separate building. The first night shift was interesting. This was a three sided shed in Florida, in the summer, with street lights inside the building. You might say bugs were a problem. We (3 man crew) tried to shutdown the process but the Forman said keep running. We even put bugs in the QC samples. Bugs in the powder bugs crawling all over us. Miserable night. So the powder got shipped to Winchester's St. Louis factory full of busted up bugs and made into .22lr. About a month latter, surprise, Winchester recalled about a million rounds.

Sat down to cherry pick through the timestamps. End up watching whole thing. Thanks for your work, Ian.

Ian. You mentioned drinking a smoky tea. The strongest smoky tea I am familiar with is Lapsang Souchong. I have no idea what US availability is like,but it is a tea you either like a lot or you don't. No doubt others seeing this post will make knowledgeable additions,but this is what I have personal experience with. Cheers.

Best non-colt C&R 1911 is one made by Singer sewing machine company. Of course, if you even find one it’s going to cost a massive amount of money. Something like 500 were ever built before the war department had them making the norton bomb sight.

Another point on the stripper clip Vs detachable magazine thingy: If you stay at around 10 shot capacity, strippers are way more efficient. Imagine a Smelly (even if the mag was detachable like a modern rifle) and think about how much ammo you could carry in stripper clips on your gear for the same space and weight a clunky mag has. Only with higher capacity or smaller bullets (intermediate for example) a magazin really becomes the only viable option. That's why most modern firearms using full sized rifle rounds and having a detachable mag are usually either civilian weapons or marksman's rifles

Quick note on your viewer asking about movie guns and mentioning 007. That line about "Brick through a plate glass window" was written in reference to the Beretta 25, only for one of Ian Fleming's first readers to write him a letter basically explaining why the PPK was an infinitely superior handgun for someone like Bond. The movie adaptations kept the line just with the new weapon. This is actually referenced in Licence to Kill!

Ive seen this guy hanging out on a couple planks somewhere before

Metal 3D printing (at least with the common selective laser sintering on powder bed -approach) is definitely not going to produce equivalent strength to milled-from-billet part regardless of heat treating. The surface finish is also rough so the way to make something like bolt would be to make oversize one and mill/grind it to correct dimensions and surface finish. DMG-Mori published (already 5yrs ago, gods!) a super cool combined method system kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNiPg9GWyt-zY2g.html but the price tag and operating costs mean that you better be raking in lot's of that sweet aerospace biznez money.

For anyone wanting to be a gun designer - see Hudson H9

I can listen almost two study hours of Forgotten Weapons, I never could keep awake when my history teacher was speaking. Ian has a wonderful style, explaining details of guns and history.

2030: "Hey Ian, how many guns have you covered?" "All the guns" O.o

Listening to his Gospel. #blessed

I also believe Ian, that with the SKS it came down to practicality. They were looking for a mass produced weapon, intermediate cartridge, semi-auto to replace the Mosin. The Mosin was stripper clip fed, so there would be no need for additional training of the conscripted peasant soldier if they stayed with a stripper clip feeding mechanism. Basically, they could just hand these new carbines and the ammo, with very little time needing to be spent training/retraining the troops.

Doggo channels inner AOL: "You've got mail." Sadly, Ian only hears barking.

@ 1:07:40 -- No, Q is selling Bond on the PPK in .32 after he [Bond] came back from rehab after having the snot beat out of him by a Soviet agent who didn't like it when Bond tried shooting him [said Soviet agent] with Bond's (previously) favorite little mouse gun when he [Major Boothroyd, aka Q] makes that statement...

None of the John Wick movies as of now actually have the DP12. The scene you're likely remembering is the scene where Wick declares he's back and chases after Viggo. Keanu actually uses a Kel-tec KSG there, though the two guns are substanially similar in appearance and feeding.

This was lovely. Spending an hour with Ian talking about firearms history is a great way to spend a day!

Honestly love this channel more than you know, mad respect for you Ian appreciate the grind!

AR-15 the IBM PC of firearms!

I love how you jumped when Dharma started barking. Happens to me with my dog all the time.

Love my mosin. With the bayonet on she shoots 2moa at 100 yards standing. I was blown away it could shoot that good also a little surprised I shoot that good. It also really helps polishing the trigger bits making it such a joy to shoot. Mine also appears before me it had absolutely no wear and has potentially never been in service.

Three minutes in, listening back after the result of said trials and it's fun to see time exist.

I always enjoy the Q&A videos.👍

One of the problems with extensive live fire small arms training is cost. As a long retired Air Force vet, my military firearms training consisted of two days during basic and then maybe 60 to 100 rounds per year for the next 22 years. Now I generally shoot once a week at an indoor pistol range, firing between 150 and 300 rounds per week. That translates to $27 to $54 per week, assuming I only shoot 9 MM. With approximately 1,300,000 people in US military service it would cost between $35,000,000 and $70,000,000 per week for the same amount of 5.56 NATO. Would it be money well spent? I think so. For me, a radar technician who never fired a weapon at anything more dangerous than a paper target no, for combat ready Soldiers and Marines I certainly hope so. You talked of controlled burst in full auto, my AF basic training in full auto was one 20 round mag that was not scored. I have no idea what sort of small arms training AF troops are receiving now, if some one in my old AFSC is deployed to a combat zone I hope they get more than I did. A lot more.

I cant believe how much you get done by yourself. As always, very impressed by you sir

I'd like to praise you for putting timestamps on these videos, and love how knowledgeable you are on guns. Keep up the great work, and God it makes me wish more of KZfaq was lit this challenge

I believe it was a KSG in John Wick. And the plate glass window was referring to the PPK, after Bond was forced to upgrade from his little Beretta .25

the reaction to the dog was priceless !

Ian's dog scared the SHIT outta me and I couldn't help but laugh until my sides hurt at 3 in the morning. I'm so glad he left that in the video

I have just one thing that I would like to add to these fantastic Q&A videos: pictures! When I'm at a computer I have separate window up, searching for pictures of everything you're talking about. But when you're on your phone it's not as easy. For instance, when talking about the EM-2, maybe add a picture of the EM-2. Other than that, these videos are top notch!

I would try to convince pre-WW1 militaries to adopt intermediate rifle/machine gun cartridges.

Great Q&A, as always! On the issue of what gun to design at the turn of the 20th century, I agree that it's a tough call but my choice would be a semi-automatic military rifle. I also agree that SMGs are not the first choice, as armies in 1900 could not conceive of a tactical use for them. I'm concerned that those armies also would not see the utility of LMGS. I think they were in a transitional period of still seeing MGs as very light artillery rather than somewhat less mobile infantry, so the utility of an LMG would be lost on them. (Witness the Madsen, as you said.) I might be able to sell LMGs to calvary, but even then I expect it would be tough sledding. But a semi-automatic rifle would be understood as augmenting the firepower of individual riflemen, and that would be attractive to 1900-era armies. As you know, these sorts of arms were already in development just after the turn of the century. No one quite got to the finish line before the Great War began, but someone could have with an earlier start and a bit more focus. I'd have to sell people on the firepower versus ammo wastage issue, but armies were already heading in that direction. One point about the effectiveness of small arms on the modern battlefield--it also plays an important role in defense. Volume of fire can do a wonderful job of convincing the bad guys not to come closer, allowing you then to drop some bad news (read anything from rifle grenades to JDAMS) on their heads. This is the converse of your point about small arms firepower shooting in an assault, and I'd argue that it had even more of an effect on the modern battlefield. Either way, small arms fire can fix an enemy so that heavier weapons can finish him off.

Q&A = instant like. Best thing about the drive to work.

In 1900s, what might work with future knowledge. I think targeting the love and romance of cavalry is the way to go. They loved the cavalry so much, selling them on an SMG, something that could be used for hit and run tactics, easy to use, with a lot of firepower, with a big magazine that they could easily swap while riding and showed that it was BETTER then the foot brigades, I think appealing to the ego of the cavalry office of having "A single rider be able to fire more then a squad of foot infantry" would sell. And then by the time they're all dead due to HMGs you can take the SMG production and give it to the infantry.

Suddenly I want forgotten weapons movie reviews.

Why no 30 Carbine ar15, because 556 is to much.” **300blk has entered the chat**

When i started this video i paused it. Made some tea, came back and hey it looks like im on the same wavelength as ian.

The question about rifles at 19:52 reminds me of Jeff Cooper’s comment about handguns in combat. He said almost no soldier needs a handgun but they all want one.

We are all forgotten weapons, we are legion!

You missed a golden opportunity in the case rim discussion to say that due to poor qc rounds varied on a "case by case" basis.

Love the bar globe! Have one just like it! Love your channel! I learn something new every time!

There is a 100% chance that globe is actually a liquor cabinet

There is a pseudo-AR15 carbine in use in Israel, IIRC they were made to take advantage of surplus M1 carbine ammo and magazines. UPDATE: It's a special version of the Galil called the MAGAL

The DP-12 shows up in the new call of duty too - although it’s barely pretending to be realistic anymore of course.

Coupled magazines are super useful for using a rifle WITHOUT gear. A police officer’s patrol rifle, for example. He may not have time to get his chest rig or whatever out, so an extra mag right there on the gun makes sense. On base use in the military makes sense too. You may not need your gear, but carrying your rifle around with a mag and one extra might make sense. Civilian home defense also may well present a compelling case for coupled magazines, but honestly that’s a stretch. Tl/dr i guess it would be nice to have the ability to couple magazines, but it by no logical means should be a requirement.

0:38:05 There's a general principle that doctrine drives technology, not the other way around. The idea that a military sets requirements for equipment based on the roles they think they need, and technology works to meet them. However, there are a number of exceptions to that principle. Generally, it happens when something is so overwhelmingly superior in technology or capability to it's contemporaries that it carves out it's _own_ role. Barrett M82 comes to mind. To that end, I recommend convincing FN/DWM of 1900 to try and make an MG-34 analogue and simultaneously convince militaries around the world to adopt the General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) concept. The -34 itself, if made right, will unquestionably impress officers with it's sheer capability (though I suggest putting a fire-rate reducer on it). Then, using the MG-34 as proof of concept, start rallying hard behind the logistical advantages of a do-all machine gun. Any officer of 1900 would struggle badly to come up with a role that the -34 couldn't easily fill. It'd also be more economic to produce compared to the all-milled monstrosities of the 1900s, and we all know how economically-minded these guys are.

Hands up everyone who saw the question " If I could buy or build any one gun" and called EM2 Paratrooper?

Why are they still wasting time on the L85 when they can get M16 of any configuration by the boatload from Canada or the US for a fraction of the cost...

I bought sn sks from a friend who had never shot it. The first time I racked the cocking lever it ripped vthe whole mag full auto and I never touched the trigger. Remember, always keep the barrel downrange. That is the first time my Army training came in handy on civvie street.

About jumping out of your chair when the dog barked really cracked me up :D

Any chance you'll ever be able to get your hands on a SAF submachinegun? I know they aren't anything interesting mechanically, I've just always thought they were a cool and unique use of the SIG 550 series rifles.

For everybody wondering where is DP12 rant timestamp, it's basically the 1:07:27 - Movie guns I hate

Ian's knowledge butters my muffin

magazine coupling is useful, but only when in action in specific scenarios, like CQB. That's why I think SIGs system is actually the best one. It doesn't interfere with anything you do if you're not using it. It's cheap because It's just a small element milled in a magazine mold, so it doesn't really increase the cost and can't be lost. You can easily attach an additional mag before an encounter on the run without fiddling with any additional clips or tape

In order to convince the army that you know what you are talking about you need to establish a framework for discussing your suggestions. Just remember that they will be VERY concered about ammunition expenditure. Remember that the British seems to loose their understanding of machine guns when they disbanded the Royal Machine Gun Corps.

John wick It was a KSG, not a dp12, if I’m not mistaken.

Idk if its his cadence or the information but i can listen to him educate for hours upon hours

Mg42 bipod was made to be flexible because you aren't always shooting on flat ground. U are in a trench or behind cover hills ect. It also flips around and is sturdy for flat ground

If you ever wanted the super shotgun from Doom the DP12 is the closest you'll get.

as much shit is flung at the mosin-nagant for its functionality, at least in my opinion, a good, well maintained mosin with pre-war quality finish is far more aesthetically pleasing, they are damned handsome rifles, something about the overall look just gets my mind rolling

I absolutely LOVE my Mosin. 600yd on iron sights is just a breeze.

Early cartridge designers were probably all thinking about how to stop cartridges falling out of the front of revolvers.