Ian's Customs: Tanker M1 Scout

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Today we are looking at the Tanker M1 rig I put together about 15 years ago. This is an original WW2 production receiver rebuilt with an 18" 7.62mm NATO barrel in the 1980s by Arlington Ordnance. In pursuit of a universal do-it-all practical rifle, I then added a forward scope mount with a Burris 2-7x pistol scope, and a muzzle brake from Smith Enterprises. To go along with the rifle, I have a really nice single-clip index holder from Comp-Tac (which I really wish someone would put back into production...) and a much less practical flashlight fitted to a cut-off M1 bayonet.
I really had forgotten just how enjoyable of a rifle this turned out to be, despite its weight...
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@DevilZcall 2 жыл бұрын

What we expected Ian's collection to be: - half a French armory with guns dating back to 1850 - A bergman pistol that has been presented to Kaiser Wilhelm What it is actually: - a krinkov kit that he found in a ditch somewhere and outfitted with an Airsoft stock - a cut down garand with a scope mounted to it

@Khan.WrathOf 2 жыл бұрын

That Remington "Auto 8" is pretty boss too. Auto 5's are wonderful to shoulder and the sights intuitively fall right into your eye line. Now add three more rounds to that ammo capacity and hot damn

@Kesssuli 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest i think those scrap/surplus made guns are more interesting than overly fancy show pieces for someone important. Others are made for show and other ones most likely for actual use. Nobody is laughing for scrap made pipeguns when it is pointed directly to someone in dark alley.

@Sosaparks 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the ak vid a while back and a few tbans have been catching my eye in videos with the same stock lol

@danspragens4935 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sosaparks It's actually a stock pattern from the Chinese Type 56-2 (doubtless copied by the Chinese airgun manufacturer in question). Given the Sino-Soviet split, they were running guns to the mujaheddin during the '80s through Pakistan. There were even some NORINCO M-16 clones showing up there back in the day.

@jakraziel 2 жыл бұрын

@@danspragens4935 apparantly the airgun might not be a copy so much as made by the same people possibly out of spare stock parts.

@christopherrobin8134 2 жыл бұрын

The more we see Ian’s old rifles, the more we uncover his Bubba history.

@rcforb5255 2 жыл бұрын

Bubba-gump shrimp company

@blackwoodsecurity531 2 жыл бұрын

Let he who is without bubba, cast the first stone

@mcintoshpc 2 жыл бұрын

the rumor come out: does ian mccollum is bubba

@pirig-gal 2 жыл бұрын

That flashlight setup is the most Bubba yet.

@hansj8203 2 жыл бұрын

@@mcintoshpc Is that a Game Grumps reference on a Forgotten Weapons video?

@mowskii5791 2 жыл бұрын

"Son, we have a MK14 EBR at home" MK14 EBR at home:

@colsoncustoms8994 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@jediknight1294 2 жыл бұрын

Still lighter and better shooting than a mk14 ebr

@rogertycholiz2218 2 жыл бұрын

@@jediknight1294 - M1 Garand Long and really heavy designed by a FrenchCanuck with an ice rink in his living room.

@jediknight1294 2 жыл бұрын

@@rogertycholiz2218 still a better weapon than the M14, hell the ITALIANS built a better m14 (grand type action, magazine fed 7.62 Winchester) than the M14. The .276 cal prototype mag fed garand was still better than the m14. The m14 is fucking GARBAGE. It shoots itself apart and accuracy drops like a stone off the empire state with any significant round count, its heavy, its awful on full auto it jams in the cold, the wet and the dust and it eats parts.

@torontotonto6189 2 жыл бұрын

Grandpa's MK14 EBR

@Kosake86 2 жыл бұрын

That flashlight "assembly" is bonkers. Ian earned his membership in the esteemed "drunken russian field improvisation armorer" club right there and then. A true gem all around.

@DinnerForkTongue 2 жыл бұрын

That is the most cursed light mount I've ever seen. That includes fiction.

@jakeofiach5044 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely disgusting, I love it

@wdixon27 2 жыл бұрын

i made one for my ak but less field expedient, i replaced the grips with rail and as the ak bayonet encircles the muzzle, i lathed my preferred amd-65 brake (which normally can't be used with a bayonet due to diameter) down to flange into the bayonet and secure it better than the normal latch, eliminating movement

@PharmerJn 2 жыл бұрын

It is not awesome; it is Billy Bobsome.

@KeggleStomp_Pogrompa 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me imagine a flashlight that could attach directly to the bayonet lug

@GHACKSTER 2 жыл бұрын

>used an already butchered parts kit as a base >scope has a removable mount, isn't just drilled and tapped into barrel/receiver Even back then, Ian bubba'd responsibly...

@olekzajac5948 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe except the flashlight mount, but that thing is still ingenious. Also, bayonet flashlight combo, that would be awesome.

@sir0herrbatka 2 жыл бұрын

@@olekzajac5948 Flashlight mount is not destructive (except for the bayonet) so this is acceptable.

@olekzajac5948 2 жыл бұрын

@@sir0herrbatka I was talking about the bayonet, but as I've said, this solution is both ingenious and kinda ridiculous and definitely better than taping a light to the rifle directly.

@alexsis1778 2 жыл бұрын

@@olekzajac5948 Well he did mention the bayonet was a scrapped bayonet as well so who knows what sort of condition it was in. All we know is it had some amount of blade left.

@freakingabagool3510 2 жыл бұрын

That flashlight mount is gheeeeeeeetooooooo

@jasonhill8696 2 жыл бұрын

>didn’t want to pay for a picatinny rail >goes through 12 dremel wheels Honestly I admire your dedication

@ianh2950 2 жыл бұрын

The second I saw the bayonet handle mounted light this thing became 1000x cooler

@hippoace 2 жыл бұрын

That is how he attained enlightenment as Gun Jesus

@TrueCanad1an 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly it's a clever way to mount a light.

@terrorform242 2 жыл бұрын

@@ianh2950 it really does. i feel like a well designed bayonet lug mounted light might sell good with AK people in particular.

@ianh2950 2 жыл бұрын

@@terrorform242people already sell all manner of shit to be mounted on sks bayonet lugs

@LostSourdough 2 жыл бұрын

"never shot it out to substantial range" *Henry Chan breathes heavily*

@user-ej4eq5im4r 2 жыл бұрын

Rooftop Chanman you mean?

@darkcat5649 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahah that’s hilarious

@TheRincewind64 2 жыл бұрын

only reference on the internet I can find about the Comp-Tac Garand clip holder is a 2006 six forum post by Ian AKA Elf-boy (lol the hair) gushing about it

@AlexLee-dc2vb 4 ай бұрын

If anyone is able to find anything else I would be very interested

@windigee3848 2 жыл бұрын

"Ian's cursed gun collection" should be this series

@6buscuit 2 жыл бұрын

Should send a pic of Ian’s custom weapons to Brandon for his cursed gun images.😂

@kerdajan 2 жыл бұрын

Been done. Bug-eyes and a low "wooooah..."

@spanishcastlesinspace2899 2 жыл бұрын

cursed? This thing look awesome

@ianbruene1529 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't have at least one gun which makes people nauseous to look at you are failing at life.

@6buscuit 2 жыл бұрын

@@spanishcastlesinspace2899 😂

@AlexHarris9037 2 жыл бұрын

Words cannot describe how much I'd like to see Ian run this at a serious 2-gun match lol.

@amajewski56 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5Ona6Wrtda-eYk.html

@jukkatalari3896 2 жыл бұрын

@@amajewski56 Sir! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :)

@joemama.556 2 жыл бұрын

a night shooting class would be way more awesome lol

@frontranger 2 жыл бұрын

Or tested by 9 hole

@STMUN 2 жыл бұрын

with the light XD

@macherbie 2 жыл бұрын

I have a reweld "tanker" 30.06- bought it in the mid 80's and had the very trouble that Ian spoke of- the operating rod dragged and I always had trouble with it-could not get more than 2 shots out of a clip. This past year, while on Covid lay-off- I took it out and 'fixed' it, tried to straighten out the old rod, carved away some of the interior wood, finally got a new rod from Numrich, which was sized for the tanker. Now the rod works with no drag- anxious to try it- haven't shot it since the mid 80's- hopefully the problem is solved. Thanks Ian for a great (as always) clip! P.S. I had a friend that shot it way back when- it is a 30.06, no muzzle brake, and when he fired a few shots, his exact comment was: "This thing was forged on the anvil of hell by the devil himself", I always get a smile when I think of that...

@Gaspard129 Жыл бұрын

To avoid bending the op-rod again, I would suggest getting a Schuster adjustable gas plug so you can vent excess gas from the gas system. Bent op-rods are a symptom of an over-pressure gas system, and an adjustable, venting gas plug can ameliorate that issue.

@HDBee 3 ай бұрын

Get a op-rod guide from Fulton. The one that comes with the kit has the spring stops too far forward, which causes the op-rod and spring to bind. The one from Fulton has the stops further back on the guide, which gives more travel.

@redenginner 2 жыл бұрын

Ian remembering why he did it the way he did and just being happy is nice.

@egomania2792 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like Ian is confessing the sins of his earlier bubba life to us with these videos. 🤣

@cplpuddingpop 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the bubba-ness is slightly absolved by the fact that the rifle itself was a bubba'd cut down barrel M1 converted to 7.62 NATO. Until he got to the flashlight. That was....something.

@cawensil3264 2 жыл бұрын

Of course. What would the world be without Gun Jesus who began life as just another "Bubba"!? It s called EVOLUTION.

@duumek201 2 жыл бұрын

What's bubba means?!

@samholdsworth3957 2 жыл бұрын

That rifle will flip you like a cheese omelette

@andrewtetz2198 2 жыл бұрын

I think most his customized stuff has largely already been bubba’d to some degree or in some manner when he acquired them which renders later owners (him) immune to bubba status, in this case he just customized an M1 tank bubba.

@DueIistGio 2 жыл бұрын

Ian’s hobo rifle is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen today

@schullerandreas556 2 жыл бұрын

That hobolight really got a chuckle out of me. But if it works it aint stupid.

@georgepatient7710 2 жыл бұрын

@@schullerandreas556 he went about it a weird way though didn't he.

@vicarus2728 2 жыл бұрын

Gosh, if that's what hobos own then i want to be a hobo.

@RTJsims 2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@TheDoorspook11c 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty fancy hobo!

@emmanuelmonge6965 2 жыл бұрын

these old bubba goes to college guns makes Ian so much more relatable.

@SnoopReddogg 2 жыл бұрын

Much like when you hit your 40s and rediscover and embrace the embarrassing music's from your youth, I absolutely love how Ian is finally in a position to be comfortable and at peace with his bubba past. I feel that the bayonet torch 🔦 was an act of pure confessional catharsis.

@ericzaiz8358 Жыл бұрын

Honestly considering the number of Suplus rifles that have Bayonet mounts but no rails of any type. Surprise no one has made bank by making a rail piece that can snap on to a Bayonet Lug so you can attach lights lasers what have you to that.

@John-mf6ky 5 ай бұрын

@@ericzaiz8358 I was thinking the same thing tbh.

@badopinionsrighthere 2 жыл бұрын

The best thing about this is that even as your knowledge and budget improved, and as better options became available, you kept it the same. You've made a time capsule of your own armory

@TheDoorspook11c 2 жыл бұрын

Very true, a real glimpse into the mindset of the user. A time capsule!

@RJ-wx3fh 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's similar to showing similar one offs, prototypes and bubba'd collectors items as an insight into the contemporary thinking of the weapons life , and design elements borrowed from/influencing other designs.

@thomassmoothy2724 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a playlist for Ian’s Customs!

@marcondespaulo 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Ian Custom's was a company.

@misterdeluxia5948 2 жыл бұрын

i litterally just checked the playlist to see if he has a playlist for his own guns haha

@badopinionsrighthere 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcondespaulo Elbonian's would be a huge contract

@geofftimm2291 2 жыл бұрын

@@badopinionsrighthere Back in the 1950 era Beretta would have put the mod into production. Cross reference early BM-59. Geoff Who passed on several guns, I don't want to think about missing.

@josharpe5802 2 жыл бұрын

I've got you: kzfaq.info/sun/PLdFp7aiPKLuhEJ61GRpm8FO0gIOna1H5C I'll update it as they are released.

@tomsimpson5295 2 жыл бұрын

I built four "Tankers" very much like Ians back in the day, when Blue Sky Garands were all over the place for under $300. Most of the Blue Sky guns that came in from Korea had garbage bores anyway, so rebuilding them like this was no major loss. I built two for customers and two for myself. The two for myself never really worked all that well, the ones I set up for customers ran perfectly. Last I heard, one of them was knocking around in a bush plane in Alaska. Ah, the good old days...

@jeffericks1930 11 ай бұрын

Got mine in Alaska back in the early 90's. Runs great and it's been all over Alaska bear and caribou hunting.

@kaceyriley2353 2 жыл бұрын

that is the coolest way i've ever seen someone put a weapon light on an old rifle. really nice looking gun.

@wolflegion_ 2 жыл бұрын

Othias: Let me say that Ian and I see eye to eye on many things and I admire a lot of the work he does. But there are some things that Ian does or says that I just profoundly do not understand.

@harshmalarkey5916 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@michaelrobbins6694 2 жыл бұрын

Standing face to face.. I believe that Ian vs Othias.... . Is muzzle vs nipple

@ALRinaldi 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see Ian’s Scout Garand vs Othias’ Scout KelTec. That’d be sweet!

@notforsaletoday1895 2 жыл бұрын

We mere mortals cannot hope to comprehend the workings of the lord.

@edwardtheyounger4960 2 жыл бұрын

@@notforsaletoday1895 yes we can, he regularly publishes books on the subject

@peternicol3439 2 жыл бұрын

Run this at Desert Brutality this year. The Internet needs it.

@frazermarka 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing how he lowkey tacticools his budget armory. it's actually really practical and showed he used what he had to the best of his ability to surprisingly functional results.

@caderly123 2 жыл бұрын

Ian's light mount caught me so off guard. Never in a million years would I have expected him to pull out that thing, but I absolutely love it.

@igorpuschner786 2 жыл бұрын

Ian, since you haven't tested it on long range: Send it to 9-hole reviews and let them shoot it!

@ericvannaman7967 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent idea.

@mongo5564 2 жыл бұрын

Yes please!!!

@salty_armorer4027 2 жыл бұрын

I 4th this motion!

@kevinwestermann1001 2 жыл бұрын

If need be, let them shoot at it!

@BallstinkBaron 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea

@beschuitfluiter 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing an adult man with a pony tail joyfully geek out over a piece of cydex is the best thing today 😂👌🏻 Thanks Ian

@12345NoNamesLeft 2 жыл бұрын

Kydex

@projectrenaissanceman5035 2 жыл бұрын

Quydex

@draxxsklounst6595 2 жыл бұрын

The fuck is cydex

@samholdsworth3957 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks gun bubba

@samholdsworth3957 2 жыл бұрын

@@draxxsklounst6595 yo momma

@F3ST3Rfilms 2 жыл бұрын

There's something really special about seeing how giddy Ian is talking about his old projects

@salvador0919 2 жыл бұрын

"I was poor" Ha ha, that's how I feel when I look at my first AR builds vs the newer ones

@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski Жыл бұрын

get in the PSA NcStar Tapco pit. the water is nice.

@davem2369 2 жыл бұрын

That light/bayonet mount is some left field thinking

@MuddyMoccasins 2 жыл бұрын

@@BruceLortzHI while yes it would be better, it would take away all of the charm imo.

@ofidiotabagista5259 2 жыл бұрын

"I don't know if there's enough market" Well, you just created the market with this video. Thousands of viewers will e-mail CompTac asking them to bring this product back.

@marvindebot3264 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, a seriously great product that people now know exists.

@tanstaafl1960 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if someone could 3D print some if they had an original to use as a template? 🤔

@squarewheels2491 2 жыл бұрын

@@tanstaafl1960 Maybe, but it functions based on how that formed plastic bends. Standard PLA won't do. You would have to have real knowledge on plastic/resin types.

@AndrewAMartin 2 жыл бұрын

@@tanstaafl1960 Better to use a vacuum former with Kydex -- it warms the plastic then wraps it around a form. For an example (NSFW): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ituZgsZ1mb-uoWQ.html

@W1ldTangent 2 жыл бұрын

@@squarewheels2491 You think ABS might work, or not flexible enough?

@Kowalski089 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing Ian get happier and happier as he shot it was cool :) Also, I’d love to see this cool rifle at a two gun match!

@blacknapalm2131 2 жыл бұрын

*M1 and M1A and M14 and Mini 14 Scouts

@smackarel7 2 жыл бұрын

This gun means you can't make fun of Othais' kel-tec any more.

@davidbrennan660 2 жыл бұрын

Othais’s Sub Nine now looks cool.....the ping means the bad guys make their move.

@ekscalybur 2 жыл бұрын

Not only can Ian not Othais, but this gun in comparison to that cursed kel-tec proves that Othais can't Ian.

@mattwilliams3456 2 жыл бұрын

In these dark days seeing Ian’s bayonet light has raised my spirits. If this goes to a 2 gun match I think the pistol should be an Iver Johnson M1 Enforcer, so two shortened M1’s can share in glory together.

@theseukonnen1200 2 жыл бұрын

That bubba'd flashlight mount is fucking brilliant. What an absolute delight

@Phenixtri 2 жыл бұрын

Not gona lie I really want a custom model of this pro grade bubba m1 for Left 4 Dead 2s hunting rifle slot .... also the light is pure genius imho.

@baronofhell2277 2 жыл бұрын

Ians Customs sounds like a great show.

@mpetersen6 2 жыл бұрын

Just so long as it doesn't turn into a firearms version of Orange County Choppers

@geofftimm2291 2 жыл бұрын

@@mpetersen6 That was Red Jacket Firearms LLC on TV as "Sons of Guns." Geoff Who remembers.

@Iroc3132 2 жыл бұрын

I'd watch the shit out of that

@nigeltheoutlaw 2 жыл бұрын

"Yo king, how much eye relief you want?" Yes.

@Stevarooni 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a Scout Rifle for you. That's gotta be front-heavy!

@Chris-0123 2 жыл бұрын

All.

@jerrytugable 2 жыл бұрын

😜😜

@sgtshootme 2 жыл бұрын

The sheer joy of you "rediscovering" a fun gun just puts a smile on my face man. We all have things we've slapped together, that we might do differently in 5-10 years, but knowing that the work we put into something, and ENJOYED the hell out of it just gives you a great double barrel blast of nostalgia and joy. I look forward to more delightful finds and sharing in this series.

@jabbott376 2 жыл бұрын

The ingenuity behind that weapon light is breathtaking! Absolutely love it.

@garethfairclough8715 2 жыл бұрын

Know what I'd love to see? A "What would Ian do? 2022" series. Perhaps even a series of series as he takes a bunch of his old rifles as repeats the same concept, but knowing what he does now.

@whiskeygolf2054 2 жыл бұрын

All becomes AR.

@jakeofiach5044 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see this.

@Wozrop 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, this one just becomes a WWSD with a sling and light and Vscope. Maybe some other ones though

@isveryniceyes 2 жыл бұрын

I'm all for this

@boingkster 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great concept with a lot of different firearms and depending on their action type, chambering and intended use I reckon you'd have some really interesting builds.

@SuperFriendBFG 2 жыл бұрын

This seems like the type of mods you'd see coming from a US Marines armory, or even Special Operations Unit armories. It was so common to see jury rigged solutions for flashlights and older WWII era rifles repurposed for more specialized roles in Cold War era conflicts.

@WingMaster562 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of one time here in the Philippines, around 2015 iirc, our Navy needed to arm it's ship personnel. So they tool bunch of M3 Grease Guns in the armory, cleaned them up, given a paint job, added suppressors, picatiny rails and red dot sights, and gave it to them.

@jacobmccandles1767 2 жыл бұрын

@@WingMaster562 I'll bet they worked well. I wouldn't feel poorly armed for CQB with a grease gun.

@thesquatch4389 9 ай бұрын

I love the fact that two of Ians customs, this and his shotgun, perfectly mirror my own 2 favorite guns. I have a Springfield M1A Scout rifle and a Browning A5 shotgun. I did not plan to use him as inspiration, it just happened that this is how my extremely practical mind worked.

@patrikhjorth3291 2 жыл бұрын

That's a really attractive rifle, even considering the somewhat dated elements. The fact that you were able to put it together even without the knowlege and experience you have today should be a point of pride, in my opinion.

@TH-vl8dw 2 жыл бұрын

It's got a vietnam sf bitch mod vibe too, looks awsome.

@BBBBBEDBBBBBUGS 2 жыл бұрын

I was mostly ok until he broke out the light. Sometimes ingenuity just looks really ugly but still presents all the same functionality. I like it

@shawnr771 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a great idea.

@geodkyt 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, I thought a WML built with bayonet mounting hardware was a great idea back in the 1990s before rifles had All The Rails on them. Seriously - I was surprised that wasn't a standard sort of thing for SWAT teams back then.

@TheSlasherJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Murphy’s 6th rule of combat: If it looks stupid, but it works, then it ain’t stupid.

@Broken_Yugo 2 жыл бұрын

I think the light is pretty legit, before everything had rails and mlok and whatnot even special forces were mounting lights with duct tape and hardware store shit.

@FrontSideBus 2 жыл бұрын

The SAS pretty much did the same thing by clamping D cell MagLites onto MP5 scope mounts lol.

@mrsteamie4196 2 жыл бұрын

Ian, was it you who said that the M1 Garand would be the earliest rifle that they feel they could arm a squad with and have them still be competitive or mostly viable in the modern world?

@JS-ob4oh 2 жыл бұрын

"Back then I was poor..." But you were rich in imagination and, being less experienced, undaunted by cold hard reality.

@ruben1234531 2 жыл бұрын

"at the time i was poor" necessity is the mother of invention

@actualperson1971 2 жыл бұрын

"In perhaps hunting a civilian context..." Ian no

@jmjedi923 2 жыл бұрын

@J F the most dangerous game...man

@krissteel4074 2 жыл бұрын

Well I'm sure they're in season somewhere

@terry7907 2 жыл бұрын

@@krissteel4074 yes, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

@jacobmccandles1767 2 жыл бұрын

@@terry7907 you can cancel Afghanistan from the list; the politicians have lost another one.

@jacobmccandles1767 2 жыл бұрын

@asdrubale bisanzio who is a person of culture, and why?

@KyriosMirage 2 жыл бұрын

Ian, that taclight is amazing!

@jmb3357 2 жыл бұрын

That flashlight is the most Billybob thing i've ever seen... And it's awesome. Well done sir, well done

@jackmehoff2363 2 жыл бұрын

Little known fact, ian made this video just hoping the viewers would send him their kydex holsters for the m1 clip.

@NateTheScot 2 жыл бұрын

Hahah my thoughts too 😅

@joshstanton267 2 жыл бұрын

And it'll probably work 😂

@christopherblakeley 2 жыл бұрын

Smith's is once again producing the muzzle brake "due to popular demand" And, Comp-Tac is most definitely still in business.....got a couple of holsters from them a few months ago.

@Bolo2028 2 жыл бұрын

That is good information. It would not surprise me if Comp-Tac would make more of those clip holders as custom items.

@VosperCDN 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bolo2028 I'd buy some if the cost, and shipping to Canada, wasn't too exorbitant.

@aniquinstark4347 2 жыл бұрын

@@VosperCDN You could just get your local kydex guy to make you some. There's a holster maker every few miles in america and canada

@painmagnet1 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a Socom16 about a year ago and it quickly became my favorite rifle.

@terrycostakis6284 2 жыл бұрын

I have a CMP 1942 SA M1. I don’t take it to the range very often but whenever I do it brings a smile to my face as well as drawing a crowd. My 70 year old eyes are terrible but those fantastic sights still allow me to put eight shots into a paper plate at 100 yards and without looking through them I can’t even see the plate. A wonderful rifle and yours is no exception. Well done

@idontwanttoputmyname403 2 жыл бұрын

For some reason the bayonet-light setup screams “Resident Evil” to me.

@JammyD2579 2 жыл бұрын

"You do not have the Dremel Wheel"

@richardsolberg4047 2 жыл бұрын

I would have left the blade alone ...

@intermediatetranslucency 2 жыл бұрын

I've been watching the channel for years and can't remember such a green-ed up desert. Looks nice!

@ForgottenWeapons 2 жыл бұрын

We have gotten more rain this summer than any year since 1920.

@LadyAnuB 2 жыл бұрын

@@ForgottenWeapons Just that area of AZ?

@robloxian2456 2 жыл бұрын

So used to just seeing sands then we see it looked like Arizona was terraformed

@daviddawson1718 2 жыл бұрын

@@LadyAnuB in east Texas we had so much rain that my corn didn't pollinate.

@rebeccaa2782 2 жыл бұрын

@@daviddawson1718 is that a thing? I live in a country with way more rain then Texas gets and we happily grow corn. Love to know more about it

@burkeballistics685 2 жыл бұрын

My dad told me a great story about his rifle. He was a accountant/ supply clerk in Vietnam. He came across an M1 that someone had done exactly this modification to and since could not be issued. He had no idea who did it or where the rifle came from. He kept it mounted in his M37 during paperwork runs. Eventually he traded it and a ton of ammo and MRE's to a couple of SOG guys that came to pick up supplies and mistakenly ended up with a pallet of steaks. Fast forward to a few years ago, he bought a tanker from Springfield Armory. It's now mounted on my mom's wall under his urn; never fired.

@Ivanovitch2885 2 жыл бұрын

Even on camera audio that muzzle brake and short barrel are a BEAST.

@ilocosmetro 2 жыл бұрын

Another piece from Ian's Funnies

@Hansengineering 2 жыл бұрын

"Ian's Cursed Sporterizations"

@turbowolf302 2 жыл бұрын

to quote Phuc Long on the op-rod thing, "it always bad day when you bend your rod."

@CoolSmoovie Жыл бұрын

Nothing is more relaxing then hitting the range by yourself. I am often sad when I don’t think I am able to get out there enough

@grahamentwistle2104 2 жыл бұрын

I'm English and that rifle really gave me a smile on a Saturday night, thanks for sharing. It's certainly something I could see a use for.

@eduardoenriquelopezrodrigu726 2 жыл бұрын

after watching this, I believe there's a high probability that somewhere deep in Ian's basement, a tacticool chauchat is waiting to be revealed

@Rincypoopoo 2 жыл бұрын

When I was learning clays at around 14 there would always be an old farmer with a pitted old side by side with hammers. He'd load his own with black powder and he had loved that gun since 1928. he would always beat those of us with better kit Later I had a little Record air pistol. Kinda like a smaller heavier 1911. It was a crap pistol with crap sights. But I LOVED that gun. I shot it all the time in the bark yard. I could hit flies at eight feet. bees in flight, anything. I never sighted, both eyes were open and I hit everything. I have never managed to shoot like that with anything else. If you love the gun and just shoot it you can become very good indeed. Never forgot those old farmers with their shitty old shootguns...

@karvast5726 2 жыл бұрын

At the end of the day a shotgun shoots where you aim it,no matter what gun all the other things are luxury and skill is what's important here.

@leathercoatguy 2 жыл бұрын

How much you wanna bet I could throw a football over them mountains?

@painmagnet1 2 жыл бұрын

I love my Trophy Match 1911 but shoot much better with my cheap little M&P.

@Immopimmo 2 жыл бұрын

That bayonet flashlight mount is just beautiful in its bubbacity. 😁

@maddantt7757 2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty neat and unique. The bayonet/light mount idea was classic!

@metalspoon69 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot the most important reason for choosing an m1: That satisfying PING when you run out of bullets.

@BluephoenixX 2 жыл бұрын

The PING then the clip flying into your face, if that first one is anything to go by.

@phillipsmiley5930 2 жыл бұрын

@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Its a sound your enemy love

@marvindebot3264 2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean the sound of letting everyone you are shooting at know your weapon is empty?

@MrCyphermonkey 2 жыл бұрын

Needs a big ol conical flash hider like the LE Jungle Carbine. 😆 Also this needs to be tested by 9HR

@nickverbree 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, that would be awesome

@natpeterson8856 2 жыл бұрын

This !

@Karyovin 2 жыл бұрын

That and a comparison to the Steyr Scout

@jacobmccandles1767 2 жыл бұрын

@@Karyovin comparing this to a Steyer Scout is like comparing an M2 Bradley to a technical truck: they are both "light" in that they aren't a tank, but one of them is quite heavy, and they really aren't in the same league.

@Karyovin 2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobmccandles1767 True, it's just they are examples of the Scout Rifle concept.

@YnnekStoner 2 ай бұрын

I put my m1 garand tanker chambered in 30.06 inside a bm59 folding stock with the amega m1 garand scope mount i love it so much

@paulm749 Жыл бұрын

I had an Arlington Ordinance "tanker" .308 conversion just like this one minus the scope. It was a great-shooting, well-balanced, totally reliable short-barreled version of the M1 Garand. Picked it up for $560.00 in 1995. Still kicking myself for sending it down the road when I became enamored with a bolt gun I wanted and needed some money to complete the deal. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

@leftnoname 2 жыл бұрын

Ian is the OG bubba of the M1 rifles. That light assembly is nothing short of ingenious in the early 2000s on a budget.

@DwarSel 2 жыл бұрын

I have way more fun talking about custom builds when they are an interpretation of an idea. Particularly when the end result looks "unique" but each part has an element of thought behind it.

@geodkyt 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I've got an AR15 where each element on it was specifically chosen for specific purposes. There are a few blind alleys on it, and the overall result is an abomination, but I keep it around as an example of following a concept process. (And as a reminder that one can turn individually good parts, even when assembled assembled properly, into a cumulative dumpster fire if you keep listening to the Good Idea Fairy.)

@DwarSel 2 жыл бұрын

@@geodkyt no joke, that makes me feel way better about what my ar has become. 7.62x39, side charging handle, and possibly getting a gas piston to make this the most wannabe ak47 that ever was

@edspad2 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see the Arlington Ordnance Tanker back in action with even more details from your 1st video.

@Dick_Gozinya Жыл бұрын

That bayonet light mount is damned clever, Ian! It probably wouldn't take much work to make it a little more professional-looking, although it seems to be perfectly functional as-is.

@2341bossman 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else just love the sound of that gunfire echoing off the hills or is that just me?

@74camarolt 2 жыл бұрын

Literally came to the comment-section for this. Such an amazing sound.

@licenk9864 2 жыл бұрын

I really love this series. It feels like Forgotten weapons series of Ian himself. Quirky, weird but yet interesting and fun collection of guns which Ian adores. Thank you for awesome content as always!

@seraphim2525 2 жыл бұрын

That flashlight/bayonet was prison ingenious, love it😂

@jeffericks1930 11 ай бұрын

I've got a Tanker I bought back in the early 90's. It's a Springfield piece that came sporterized but I it returned back to the original style of the few experimental models they made back at the end of the war in the Philipine armory and put a compensator on it. It runs great and I love it. Shot quite a few caribou and bear in Alaska with it. As my eyes get older I've been considering putting a scout scope on it....I probably shouldn't have watched Ian's video.

@claykalmar8131 2 жыл бұрын

That MacGyver'd weapon light is sweet. Gets the job done! The rifle as a whole has a certain "I made this with what I could afford and what I thought was best at the time" beauty to it. If you have a custom pistol, you should definitely do a two gun match.

@marvindebot3264 2 жыл бұрын

He shoots a lot of two gun mate

@capnb0b578 2 жыл бұрын

As a former Tanker this makes me very happy.

@StabbinJoeScarborough 2 жыл бұрын

I was infantry for 5 years , tanker for 16 , good times , where were you at ?

@mpetersen6 2 жыл бұрын

But how does one tension the tracks? Besides if the tanker ever needs his tanker M1 he has already experienced a significant emotional event.

@StabbinJoeScarborough 2 жыл бұрын

@@mpetersen6 We did track tension by pumping grease into a grease fitting which created pressure keeping the track taught

@gunnermurphy6632 2 жыл бұрын

@@StabbinJoeScarborough interesting

@capnb0b578 2 жыл бұрын

@@StabbinJoeScarborough 1-5 Cav at Hood.

@Wireman134 9 ай бұрын

I've had my Alington Ord. T26 7.62mm for almost 30 years. Scoped and accurrized it shoots sub MOA with M316 Mod 0 hand loads RL15 175gr. SMK and M118LR clones

@PJHamann1 2 жыл бұрын

I haven´t smiled this much watching someone at the range for a long time.

@veleriphon 2 жыл бұрын

"This is my Tanker/Scout M-1. Let me show you its features!" -Ian Gonna let 9hole Reviews try it out?

@andrewgates9333 2 жыл бұрын

Yeeeaaaah.

@envoyend9149 2 жыл бұрын

Given enough time it's starting to look like Ian will single handedly populate Herrera's proposed "Blursed" gun images video.

@MaamyyraGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Tho they will be "blessed" guns

@steelwhisperer 2 жыл бұрын

Who's Herrera? Lol

@patrohn6957 2 жыл бұрын

@@steelwhisperer the ak guy

@Daniel-Weaver 2 жыл бұрын

@@steelwhisperer Brandon Herrera. AK Jesus.

@2pugman 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a "tanker" in 30'06 twenty years ago. A gunsmith repaired the gas tube end that was coming off. The rifle is louder than my other M1 and the recoil is much worse. As I get older, this "tanker" is a beast to shoot more than a few clips.

@simply_based 2 жыл бұрын

I love videos like this, seeing how Ian's mind works and how far he's come with his knowledge and experience with firearms. Also to see Ian happy and having fun puts a smile on my face.

@johnmills837 6 ай бұрын

My 95' Arlington Ord. T26 in 7.62 Nato is bedded and unitized to shoot 1 MOA with my Mk 316 Mod 0 and M118LR handloads. My M80 ball loads hold the X ring all day long.

@graysontaylor6673 2 жыл бұрын

Getting a head start on your What Would Garand Do rifle I see

@davidcool5189 2 жыл бұрын

I really want to see this in a 2-gun match. It seems pretty much perfect for it. You might even be able to get a spinner with it. 😜

@wrenchboostboi8994 2 жыл бұрын

I love the sound of the clip ejection after last round

@WhuDhat 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying a delve into Ian's collection and the explanations behind his choices. I personally find them quite cool so far. And man that thing makes a thunderous noise on camera

@jondavidmcnabb 2 жыл бұрын

If it works, it ain't wrong. That flashlight mod although crude, probably works fantastically. So sayeth Gun Jesus

@gingergorilla695 2 жыл бұрын

He should have kept the blade on the bayonet for maximum tacticool points

@setesh1294 2 жыл бұрын

It's not like a flashlight has to be perfectly zeroed either. So it's perfect.

@localgunguy8918 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see items from Ian's personal collection, would love to see more of these vids!

@vsarge8762 2 жыл бұрын

OMG this is so great the sounds and the gun built itself is amazing. Gotta love them M1's out there

@allenbt11 2 жыл бұрын

You know, I gotta ask, why didn't someone think of using the bayonet lugs for a light before...that's really kind of brilliant!

@ScottKenny1978 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the pain in the ass of cutting the steel parts reliably.

@allenbt11 2 жыл бұрын

@@ScottKenny1978 in Ian’s case yes. But I’m surprised a light maker hasn’t made a mount for the bayonet lug. Or machined it into the body of the flashlight. For that matter why not a bipod or some other accessory. Although mounting a bipod there would problem shift your point of impact.

@ScottKenny1978 2 жыл бұрын

@@allenbt11 I meant cutting the locking lugs of the bayonet. It needs to lock up *with no motion* or it has inconsistent barrel harmonics. In addition to shifting point of impact between bayonet/light fixed and not.

@dadsausmchero 2 жыл бұрын

It would be AWESOME to see you run that in a 2 gun. You may get some sneers and jeers at the start, but I think you would do well and shock some people with it

@lanedexter6303 2 жыл бұрын

That takes me back. I took my International Harvester M1 out with a high school buddy (he’s gone now) who was a lefty. He watched the ejection as I fired four, then he fired the last four - and the clip landed on his head. Great rifle, great fun! 👍

@1978garfield 2 жыл бұрын

I never understood why the government had IHC making guns instead of tractors, trucks or tanks. Having said that there was a vendor at our local gun show (back when we still had one) that had an IHC M1 for sale. I thought it was cool but he wanted a lot for it. It is probably worth what he was asking back then by now.

@lanedexter6303 2 жыл бұрын

@@1978garfield I think I gave $500 for a good shooter, but that was years ago. Since I have old IHC 4x4s, I figured that gave me a coordinated ensemble.😅

@jimdavis1576 2 жыл бұрын

@@1978garfield The Chieftain actually made a video recently about IHC trying to make a tank, the M7. Lets just say that it was quite the cluster. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6eIhruiudi3n4k.html and the link to the video if you are interested.