I was tricked, I thought this was a new video. My attention to detail seems to be lacking these days. Was one of these used in Othias' "Project Lightening" videos?

I think the Lewis gun is about the coolest MG ever, not the best, but the coolest. I would own one if I could afford it. AND Sir, I do appreciate your work.

Being able to fab in your choice of today's alloys,would make this machine stand the test of time. I'm sure it's operator carried a couple of these firing pin,roll pin sets in his pocket. I appreciate you showing what you can of these glorious machines. You are the man to send, the island of broken toys.

Main takeaway from these vids is with all the skills in the world number one is Problem Solving. Thanks Mark.

this vid will outlive us all and generations will watch it with the same fascination we do today. Thanks Mark!!!

If it doesn’t run or is just a wall hanger it’s Art or History possibly both. But if it also runs and is used it is Education, Entertainment and Captivating as well. I like swords as well as guns, possibly more. But I didn’t realize I liked Warhammers and pole arms even more. However until I held such devices/weapons I didn’t “understand” them and was naive to any random comments on those subjects. Holding and using these tools is incredibly enlightening and they’re value far exceeds the total of these qualities.

@@john-paulsilke893 exactly. It's one thing to look at a tool. It's another to use it. You won't understand the true value of it until you understand it's context, and true active function. That's when art becomes alive.

Thanks

Because quality *and* quantity *and* spittin wisdom every other sentence *does not* a high subscriber count nor positive algorithm metric make.

The best gems are well hidden.

Jam a crayon or chunk of chalk into a chamber as well. Not much use for it but there are occasional glitches that this can solve.

Sharpies are one of my most used tools in making obsolete cartridge brass

forgotten weapons :)

Mark Serbu

Much appreciated. Thanks, and I'll keep on going

He prefers Gun God. Jesus is 2nd, and has long hair.

Not to mention many other parts for old guns hiding in now defunct repair shops every where. I often think about that because most of the smiths in my area where getting along in years.

Was done quite a few time in the Great War. Great way to remove Germans from trenches.

@@MadRS Well that method does not really remove Germans from the trenches, it just leaves them lying at the bottom of the trench.

It is heavier than you might think. Lifted it on pure adrenaline

@@marknovak8255 Shoulder fires Maxim 1904. With tripod? Nods approvingly.

Just the water in a Maxim weighs damn near 24 pounds.......

@@stevenmajor9513 mark has his own tripod

You sir, are welcome

For me, it’s the fun of seeing how these old guns were designed and how they work.

Thanks. Help spread the word please

Fully concur about Bruno

Yah doin it right. Yeah……

Where do you get 'em?

@@monteharrison1478 You can get them from Ebay or amazon, just look for "grip seal bags" ;)

@@monteharrison1478 any time I get something in a little ziploc bag like that I stick the bag in a drawer with a couple dozen others for later use. I do the same with plastic grocery bags. Once you build up a little stock you'll never need to buy them.

Belgian Rattlesnake.

The design has continued up through the FG42 to the M60. Not sure anything newer uses the same design, I know the MAG is an upside down BAR, and I think the Minimi is, too.

I think his point is that people will look at a relic like that and forget what it REALLY is: a gun. A machine. If you dance around it because it's art, and are to afraid to bang some stuff around and find somewhat 'crude' ways of solving operational issues, then you are probably left with a paperweight with allot of historical president. Nothing wrong with that, but for it to truly be historical, you sometimes have to think outside the box to keep it running. The way it's intended to be experienced by design. I personally would rather have a gun that shoots than a gun that is 'to spec' and as historically accurate as possible but can't fire.

@@ScottKenny1978 similar use as the MG42 or the M60, but no comparision with the BAR (who comes to late for WW1): the Lewis was a heawy weapon (~15kg with full magazine), close twice the weight from the BAR...Only the Chauchat had a similar weight to the BAR...the ww2 technological successor for the Chauchat or the BAR was the FG42 (fallchirmgewehr)

God Bless dads! :)

I remember when I first took apart my C96 Mauser to clean, and couldn't put it back Together! I had just about given up and decided to find a gunsmith to do it for me, when I discovered a teenager from Switzerland, who had posted a video on the takedown and assembly of One! I downloaded that video and review it every time I clean that Pistol!

Maybe not. He has books and has gone through them many, many times over the years and has taken apart many different guns. There are only so many ways to skin a cat and after you have seen enough of them you have most of your answers. I’m a plumber but due to the extended liability in this work I tend to just build houses instead. I’ve seen many ways to screw things up, and while I’m no engineer I can simply look at a set of plans and quickly spot a dozen or more possible issues, many of which I have never seen before. Think of it as being a fluent English reader and seeing a foreign language written before you. If I wrote a bunch of nonsense, you’d spot it pretty quick, but if I instead translated Russian you’d certainly know it was sensible even if you didn’t understand it. You would even be able to spot if I translated some Chinese in the middle of that Russian writing even if you didn’t know what any of it meant or what languages it was. (Except Hungarian, those guys have some serious weird language rules).

@@john-paulsilke893 Yeah I get ya. I'm an engineer too and have dealt with numerous situations where it's the same, but different LOL Many ways to skin a cat? Indeed!

Me Too! Their batteries don't go bad!

Much easier to aim a heavier hammer going slower .....you make a great point also

Dad always said " If it doesn't work get a bigger hammer". I don't think this was what he was referring to.

@@umbraelegios4130 My Dad was a defense industry engineer, so part of his remit included solutions to solutions that soldiers and sailors came up with to solve problems with the equipment. The ability of the American fighting person to find bigger hammers never ceased to amazed.

Thanks.

You REALLY think he hasn't heard of them with as many years as he's been in the hobby? I get that you're "just trying to be helpful" but please, think: he's been in the hobby from a young age, he's been working on guns as a profession for (if memory serves) a couple decades now. He's going to have heard of them. He's addressed this in what feels like half his videos. He can make the part and get the gun back out the door far faster than they can ship it to him, and the customer's money and his time is worth far more than that. Plus, he's good enough that he can "Get in and out and no one will know he was there", which is his usual goal unless he's reworking something so far he puts his own marks on it. (Edited to be less bitchy)

He did once say, in reference to a "just buy it from SARCO" comment: "Who do you think makes the part for SARCO?"

That was actually the first time I had EVER taken one apart. Very intuitive

It's almost like the old guys that made it were smart and we're still following their examples.