I fully support that statement

One of the reasons I like his videos is the detailed history he gives on these guns, so I totally agree.

Predatron AU Agreed, well said! Have my like!

Totally agree, Ian is a great story teller and his passion for the subject really comes through. Love these vids!

I think the number of thumbs up on this comment says it all. Personally I could not agree more.

HAACKER45 that technically doesn't count considering he was still born in Canada.

emile berthier did nothing wrong

Vive le Canada! Vive la France! :)

There's an ironic alternative understanding of the joke, mind you. There's a number of forum topics/photo comparisons on the internet between the RSC 1917 and the M1 Garand, pointing at the strange similarities of the two designs. Who knows what our Gun Jesus had in mind when praising Mr Garand's genius? ;) More seriously though, @Forgotten Weapons: that's a video I'm dreaming of, a comparison between the two guns (RSC 17/18 & Garand M1), and more importantly the explanation of the improvements. Keep it going, those are fascinating videos from a mechanical engineering point of view :)

That’s because French firearms are weird.

* hold my sake lol

Imperial Japanese ordnance burn!! 🤘🤓

* hold my Sapporo

@@theone5716 Which pairs well with fish.

which cartridge was it that the IJA adopted that had that problem? im curious lol

What are you removing?

He literally does this. There is a bunker with his favorite guns and books safely stored underground complete with comfortable chairs for him to sit in with his leisure robe.

Dont forget the house shoes and fancy tobacco pipe 😂😂

There is a temple where he goes in a robe, that temple has a secret staircase that leads to a giant room where the Ancients sit: Thompson, Garand, Colt, Winchester, Smith, Wesson, Maxim, all sitting on tall thrones in a circle. Ian descends the secret staircase, when he is in front of the Ancients he bows, head down. "Why did you come here, Father McCollum?" They ask. "I am here to gain informations, to enhance my knowledge" Ian says to the Ancients. "The sacrifice", Maxim says, looking at Ian from the top of his high throne. Ian pulls out of his pouch a broken ancient Webley Bulldog Revolver, then proceeds to disassemble it and put all the parts in a bowl under every throne. The parts of the revolver start floating into the air, then shine of proper light, before being absorbed to the Ancients. "Our hunger has been satisfied. You can proceed to the path for knowledge, Father McCollum" Maxim says, a moment after the whole dungeon starts shaking, then the thrones unite, forming an arc under which a corridor opens, enlighted by torches. "I thank you for your kindness, Ancients" Ian says, before standing up and entering the Room of Knowledge, where in the middle stands a table with a candle and a chair. Ian pulls an ancient tome from the bookshelf, then sits and starts reading. After having his knowledge enlarged Ian puts the tome back where it was, removes the bullet from a cartridge, then lights the powder inside with a flint and steel, reciting ancient spells, after all this leaves, while the Ancients are choring. Ian leaves the temple and goes back home, recording a new video

Momo Kawashima yea that sounds bout right

The problem is that engineering and history don't get along very well, since the art of engineering often gets overlooked by historians because of the politics involved with it or any other reason (or basically any person without an extraordinary liking in engineering). Rather stick to just the engineering part and you will find some gems on youtube ;D.

Im in the same boat as you bud. I cant stand violence but to see the development of military technology and ideas is absolutely fascinating

You should also check out C&Rsenal

@@alexguymon7117 Imho, guns prevent more/worse violence than they create. In the civilian world guns are used defensively far more than offensively.

The reason it's so good is because he's paid. Which is a good thing. It creates incentive to do better.

Or an older machinist picking out the stamps

Glad I scrolled down.... absolutely exact words I was set to type. Before Ian commented I thought, "That pistol grip and stock looks 300% better than the M1 Garand and super fine design!" The military chiefs who adopt must not listen to the shooters and think comfort and ergonomics are just whinny bullshit.

Hope it's not to cringe to suggest that the grip reminds me of my Kel-tec SU16C. Hey, don't knock it till you shove 8,000 rounds of steel cased Tula through it without a hitch. ( No,not all in one day)

Since this was a stripper clip firearm, the clips were only an aid to loading, so it would theoretically be possible to fire it with modern reloads. I have no idea what the burn rate of the original IMR powder would have been, but one could start with IMR 3031, which is designed for 30-06 cases and work to faster burning ones like IMR 4198 or IMR 4227 to see if the pressure allowed the rifle to function. Possibly reduced loads of SR 4759 ( a "sporting rifle" powder discontinued a few years ago) would produce a sufficiently high peak pressure to work the action. Probably no one would be willing to try it, however.

Just out of curiosity, would a magnum primer help? I have talked to people who have had to use mag primers in place of standard ones for their reloads and they compensate for the hotter primer by backing off on the powder a bit.

Easily the best "Back to the Future" reference in the comment section of a KZfaq video about U.S. prototype, semi automatic, primer-actuated firearms that I have ever seen.

Those who say you are weird simply do not know the glory of Gun Jesus, Hallowed be His Name.

There are two classes of gun channels; there's the pandering overblown and eye-catching sort and the calmer ones about gun history. I infinitely prefer the latter over the former and the former is mostly unappealing to me and very appealing to the sorts of people I don't particulaly like.

Have you seen the Pederson rifle?

Definitely, and I know where you're going :)

Christopher Whitaker I was happy to be an M1 carbine, 1887 shotgun, and P-14 Enfield in Bioshock Infinite. Then I saw the C96 and Colt cap and ball revolver. That game is a gun nerds dream.

Absolutely! Not to mention the fluidity of the animations and the overall aesthetic in those games just made them so pretty as well, lol.

I'm certain it will as well. Any guesses on the final bid?

Well RIA estimate around $225,000 - $375,000 so I’m guessing maybe a little bit higher

Still, I dont understand why that gun had stripper clips when a few years after the war it got a normal magazine (M14) I just dont get why that gun is so famous and why it is so cool when in would call it plain dumb to not have a real magazine and you could hurt yourself when you were stressed...

Dennis Hakkie: one, the m1 used en- bloc clips(not stripper clips), also the m14 still used stripper clips because, they were much lighter to carry than carrying tons of magazines. And the reason why the garand Action is very famous today is because, it’s a good reliable action, it was the first semi automatic rifle that the us adopted, and like what Ian said it was truly the first successful semi auto rifle that worked, and it was used for a very long time from WW2- to even to the Vietnam War

Dennis: I believe Garand wanted to have a removable magazine, but the Army insisted on an internal mag. I'm no expert, so maybe others will respond to you.

Unfortunately, no - our visits didn't quite overlap.

Forgotten Weapons shame, that would be an interesting video

Not yet...

Please do a collab.

Anti tank rifles would be perfect for such a collaboration.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdmYrLtnrd2ZYn0.html Indeedy. Yes indeedy.

No. It doesn't use N-Block clips, which is the pinging part on the M1.

"en bloc" actually.

John Simpson well he was right tho either way you spell it it sounds the same way when you say it but no en bloc clip so no ping it’s sad :( the gun looks so familiar I want to say looks like some Japanese converted or re-engineered rifle but it is an original design

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clip_(firearms)#En_bloc

John Garand, or Gun Jesus?

104thDIVTimberwolf yes

looks like it's just a revolver

Yeah, but is it "just a revolver" like the pair in the top center case?

to me revolvers aren't really interesting they don't really have anything mechanicallyh interesting to them

*Webley-Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver glares at you in .455*

BigSwede7403 that is not really a mechanically interesting revolver either it's just a slide system, Not to mention it looks like it's just your basic S&W

I don’t think he would have even known about the concept, as (if I am not mistaken) the bullpup only existed on a few British rifles.

me me 458 Sodom in afganistan?!?! Im calling bullshit!

He was helpless. Like a moth to a flame.

Garand thumbs everywhere give this comment a thumbs-up :)

@@edherdman9973 Once. That's all it took to.learn how not to load the M-1.

The charging handle sliding far out of the rear of the receiver required redesign. Far too vulnerable to breakage...

No primer actuated gun is ever going to go into military service. This is as close as one ever got. It's amazing Garand made it work as well as he did. Fortunately he wasn't stubborn like some other designers (Hugo Borchardt comes to mind) and was able to modify some bits, throw some other bits out and continuously develop his ideas into the M1.

@@wingracer1614 Fantastically accurate reference. Hugo immediately comes to mind when thinking of gun designers whose bull-headed nature contributed to their ultimate downfall.

@@SlimRhyno Ultimately, someone realized that a Primer-Actuated rifle means that there's an inevitable chance that the primer itself will not be extracted, and can become lodged inside the weapon, since they're kinda small. Now imagine shooting a few volleys of rounds in battle, and having to field strip to clear jammed, used primers from mechanisms. 😂😭😅

@@wingracer1614 Technically there is a primer actuated rifle in service with armed forces. The spotting rifle on the SMAW is primer actuated.

this some x-files shit

Bogdanoff henchman spotted

He commented?, Activate it.

Looks like we got ourselves a time theif here.

I wish I hadn't googled Bogdanoff. Nightmare material.

knate44 I can't say I'm a Garand fanboy. It's an old rifle, it's obsolescent. However, it's not obsolete. If I was being told "you get one rifle and as much ammo as you can carry" without any knowledge of where I'd be going, the Garand is higher in the list than any other rifle from the 30's. Actually it's the only rifle from the 30's on my list. I'd probably take an M1 over a G3.....maybe.

MANDRAC $50k - $75k!

Gee that's even more than what i though! And this is the price estimate mind you so the thing will probably go for even more than that maybe reaching the 100k!

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