I did.

Hell yes!

Oh man, I'd love to see Ian using that thing in a backup gun match.

I expect more people than didn't want to hear it.

Me on pretty much every video. Especially the HK flash bang dispenser

He's been bulking up so that when he remakes his video on the .950 Fat Mac he can fire it from the hip

Boom

the gun is just asian standard size

How long do you think he can keep up a series of "miniature guns" until people figure it out.

Double plot twist. It is an Action Man gun and Ian is tiny small...

Yus. Well, Teeny Tiny Functional Guns in General. O.o

And tiny, tiny Bren guns?

A girlfriend named Bren?

A SEXY GIRL WHO HAS A COUPLE MINI STENS ?

@@darrellshoub7527 the pretty ones usually want you to spend time with them, and they say things like "babe, you've been playing with the stens for hours. Come to bed" and "all you ever do is dual wield tiny stens."

Thanks man. Needed a good belly laugh and your comment provided a lengthy one!

you will poke your eye out lol

lil jonny gets a mini sub gun in his stocking!

Radioactive paint and asbestos filler? Why not?!

Now I seriously want to raid my parents old toy Box from the fifties!!! 🤠👍

They just don't make toys like they used to, do they?

That would be beyond awesome if Ian could do with this

Imagine the look on peoples faces turning up to the range with this thing lol

The cyclic rate of miniature full autos is usually very high. I have heard a .22LR mini-Suomi shooting, a high pitched scream. With a mag of maybe ten rounds... BEEP! Damn, it's empty already!

Me too I'm British I'm not even allowed to touch one let alone fire one

As side arm at match

I have also seen a Stg44 and Ak47 in 22lr as Apprentice projects a few years ago at the UK CLA game fair. They were about 3/4 scale and looked fantastic. I think they were BSA also but can't remember for sure.

Heh. Small arms.

we should all be making these types of projects.

We need more miniature SMGS

I was also thinking that if it had come out of a British factory, you'd have said probably an apprentice project, but would that apply to Taiwan in 1954? You can see how it might in less troubled times.

Little person, bigot!

@@oliverattwell8013 troll alert

@@gunnermurphy6632 😁

@@gunnermurphy6632 Now I want to see hobbits fighting mountain trolls with mini-stens.

The Smurf has enough of gargamel's shenanigans

He’s actually 8 feet tall

@@JordanFlayer 🎵🎶🎵Ho,ho,ho......... gun Jesus🎶🎵🎶

@@davidbrennan660 Look at it as a full auto pistol shaped as a sten.

small arms, taken literally

I guess someone had to say that - get out!

Well, Ian most likely was the one who dis-assymbeled it before the video and accidently did that, since he knew before hand the firing mechanism was exactly the same inside of it.

@@zoiders Maybe you don't like people being praised for not being douchey because it differentiates them from you in ways that make you uncomfortable?

Now I desperately want to see him fire a miniature MG-42. Just getting hosed down with thimbles.

You're both a bit mean, but funny as hell!

As it is basically a SMG it probably will not count as a backup gun :P

@@kleinerprinz99 PCC Championships then? =)

@@kleinerprinz99 He's used old guns before that are not backup guns simply because the stages are generally set up where they can be done with a single magazine and for old guns he often only has a single magazine. So just because he doesn't actually qualify doesn't mean he won't run the stages with a weapon. Besides, without the stock i think this thing would actually fit the size requirements of most BUG match rules. The only real difference is being full auto which honestly is more of a detriment in most of these stages.

Great video Ian

@@kleinerprinz99 Ian has his "I do what I want" card though.

I have seen a collection of arms made for tsarevich Alexander, son of Nikolai II of Russia. A miniature Mosin m/91 with bayonet, dress and Army model swords about 1/2 scale and some Guards uniform items. Cute, but expensive!

@@ristoalanko9281 do you recall if it could fire, and if yes, what caliber? I imagine 7.62×38mmR would be a fitting caliber, can just use a Mosin barrel too (turned down to pistol thickness).

@@RaDeus87 I think the ammo was 25-20, it's like miniature 7.62x54R.

@@ristoalanko9281 Great idea- let's give the hemophiliac prince some sharp weapons!

@@RaDeus87 3.81x27mmR

Just been there last month, pretty interesting contrast to the fancy and modern buildings in Xinyi district. Now I really want to find one of the veterans there and ask about this tiny Sten!

With only 8 shots that would be over pretty quick.

@@alfredvonschlieffen6813 'I'm sorry, I usually last longer. No, I swear it was a 32 round mag when I measured it!'

That was my first thought as well. Perhaps some decision-maker over there was an Aspie and interpreted the English term literally...

If it eats it's steel-cased ammunition it may grow up big & strong into a sterling.

How do you think the British made so many STEN guns . We locked a few up over night and they had babies .

The trick is to cross breed, as hybrids tend to be larger more capable beasts in comparison to their parents.

@@Bagginsess also to weed out any throw backs . Got to watch out for them reversions

@@edmundscycles1 aye brother!

He and Jonathan worked before so that clearly was timed on purpose.

I saw that before I watched this one, I thought that Ian was just going to go over it in more detail

That was the plan, yes.

@@jonathanferguson1211 And a great plan it has been. Thank you (both of you.) sm

@@mattwoodard2535 Ian's great suggestion. We hope to welcome him back in the new year for more filming.

I'm thinking .22 or .17 cal? And can somebody convert these to metric?

@@kevinohalloran7164 5.6×15mmR and 4.5 mm HMR

"Bet you can't make the STEN smaller!" "OH yeah!, hold my Huangjiu!"

Would be better than a pen with the company's name on it, for sure.

Both at the same time by the same person

Both will go ...Bang .....Bang .....Bang ......clunk ...

Shoot it.

Yes. And the sights glow when Orcs are near.

oh man i really hope so id love to see it in action

I can't imagine that. It's the only one existing in the US.

It's Ian though. He has the special sauce ;)

I still wonder if Morphy’s or other auction houses raise the starting price of their guns and add the tag “has been fired by Ian McCollum.” 😋

How does this comment have no likes this guy is verified and I'm subbed already

@@lmk19848 im glad i saw your comment. thats a new rabbit hole to go down!

Yeah but are they .32 cal?

I hope so too! And getting a bit more "Yes, Taiwan is a separate state" content on youtube wouldn't hurt either. Would absolutely love a tour of the 205th Arsenal. Ian has showed us speciality production of firearms for people with deep pockets. It would be nice to see a "Everything is about practicality, manufacturability, reliability and predictability" facility like a real defence arsenal.

@@andersjjensen I wonder how quickly you tube would strike Ian, if he said something like Taiwan being a sovereign state. If not then Ian could forget ever going to china..

@@kittehgo He did, gingerly, say "Where the nationalist party set up their own state" :P

@@andersjjensen Which is also a disinformation. As Japan surrendered and thus ended their annexation of Taiwan.

Ah crap, here we go again with the endless argument of Taiwan. I'll just leave some facts here: > Republic of (NOT COMMUNIST) China won WW2 with the Allied Powers. > Taiwan was transferred to ROC on October 25 1945, and had elected representative in National Assembly in 1947. > Communist won the civil war, establishing PRC on October 1 1949, while the Nationalist ROC government retreated to Taiwan. > The so-called Martial Law period, which limited elections, gathering, forming political parties, publications and such, was lifted in 1987. That was actually more like state of emergency because the communists were taking over the mainland, and they’re still trying to eliminate the remaining ROC government and control Taiwan. > I’m still paying taxes to the government called Republic of China. So the only territory controlled by Republic of China are islands including Taiwan , Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and several really small outlaying islands. And there is currently no government body officially called Taiwan. People may change the government’s name with referendum, or revising the Constitution of Republic of China. However, neither has happened yet.

"But iz small! An iz gun. An iz hear naow!"

Lol

@@TheRealColBosch Yup! I can't tell you how many times I've been to a gunshop and someone dismisses a .32 for not having "enough" stopping power. My response is usually "Would you want to get shot with it?". The answer is always "No!".

BIG crickets.

That's what she said.

Yeah, surprised me too. But from what I can tell, .32ACP is not THAT much more powerful than .22LR, depending on the load of course.

I imagine .32acp was chosen for feeding better than .22LR. Don't think .22LR would work well being in a straight mag like that fired full auto, also would require a redesigned bolt as it's rimfire.

Probably easier to get a rimless .32acp to function over the rimmed .22LR.

My first guess was .25 ACP

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Its a $200 tax stamp?

@@Spacecadet3890 NFA death list too. Its just like for way under $1k a year I can "legally" make hundreds (really unlimited) machineguns, suppressors, sawed off shotguns, pretty much you name it. However when you do that, you no longer are allowed to live in some states with what you own, you are not allowed to do a lot with them that you otherwise could. A $200 tax is one infringement, but its not the main thing, and making one small mistake while traveling (lets say a road closed so they force you to detour next to a state line, yeah you can now go to prison for that). "Hell yes we're coming for your AR-15, your AK-47s!", you think they won't come after your M16, your PKM or RPD? By signing that list you admit you have no right to own it, and they know exactly who's door to kick down just like Germany did with their national registration, or recently Canada when they are making all legal and licensed gun owners turn in their neutered 5 round rifles.

​@@KingJohnMichael Ask Canada how its working out that the licensed gun owners registered there already neutered 5 round rifles... Ask Australia how its working out (even the water based orbies toys are restricted). Seems crazy right, but near me (still in the US), its illegal to own airsoft toys. How far do you think they will go? I already see it, it already effects me (and no you can't own airsoft there even if you have a spotless background). I know you're probably like another person that said "well airsoft can cause harm", and when I said Nerf was also illegal to shoot near me they also said "well that can cause harm too", so then I pointed out the water guns like super soaker that I played with as a child are also illegal to own, even if they are locked away in a safe, THEN they realized it wasn't about safety. I will gladly link you the statutes where airsoft is illegal to own near me, I will also gladly link county ordinances where using a slingshot or playing with Nerf in your own home or backyard is "discharging firearms within city limits", or how only police are allowed to carry slingshots or paintball guns (and I can't think of a single legitimate use for a pig to be carrying a slingshot, yet I can for children because I had loads of harmless fun with a slingshot shooting cans in a farm). Its not about safety, its about control. Also I'm libertarian you judgmental assuming person.

just imagine a battalion of Taiwanese toddlers fighting back a communist invasion with these.

Adorable

@@justindunlap1235 there actually was an incident where the military of Taiwan forcibly conscripted some school children and killed those that resisted. when the teachers complained, the students were tortured into falsely accusing them of being communist spies.

When your conscription law is scraping the barrel.

@@iMoD190 source?

I feel like he was _this close_ to saying "Like, zoinks, Scoob!".

Ah, beat me to it.

More like for cats and rats

Nice blue steel

Yeah, when you're trying to stand up an army and an native arms production at the same time sometimes you just gotta make it and say "copy this." Otherwise you end up with one of those Chinese mauser simulacrums where the doesn't-flip-up sight blocks the actual sightline.

That's rubber dinghy rapids, bruvva

Hello fellow person of culture

What a small world!

...Their loss.

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i notice he said chinese.... i guess i dont blame him... much

@@patrickbyrne5070 I mean Taiwan is officially the Republic of China (not to be confused with the "People's" Republic of China) so it's not wrong per se. Also clearly the RoC is the only real China in our hearts ;)

​@@ng.tr.s.p.1254 RoC🇹🇼🇹🇼

It is taking everything in my soul not to make this in stainless steel in .25 acp with a double stacked 25 round capacity magazine.

At 4:46 he sounds like a kid getting a new baseball glove on Christmas Day.

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The only people who don't are the CCP because they are the only ones who want to own it and actually pretend they do.

@@desertfoxyloxy Where's John Xina? I can't see him, he doesn't have a spine

‘Royal Armouries’🇬🇧

kids in Taichung born with machine guns in their hands

@@stevent9691 True

好像是民国时期花机关阎锡山兵公厂生产。

The last word is example, KZfaq translated messed up