Q&A 51: Troop Trials, Postwar MG34/42, and the DIY Maker's Match

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:02:05 - Why no Madsen LMGs in WW1?
0:06:26 - MG34 use post-WW2, and Norwegian rechambering of the MG34
0:10:40 - Post-WW2 use of the MG42, and comparison to the MG5
0:13:34 - Difference between prototyping and troop trials
0:17:45 - Modern handgun to use 7.65mm French Long?
0:20:18 - Least appropriate gun at the Backup Gun Match
0:21:08 - The Indian INSAS
0:21:39 - Why did anti-tilt M16 followers take so long?
0:22:52 - H&K Mk23 for home defense?
0:25:29 - "Re-homing" individual guns vs batches?
0:27:55 - Archive project progress
0:29:19 - Left-handed guns
0:30:23 - Other KZfaq channels I would like to collaborate with
0:31:48 - Difference between locked and delayed (ie, roller or flapper)
0:33:17 - Borchardt the first bullpup PCC?
0:34:05 - Contacting gun companies for research
0:36:11 - Covid's impact on my work
0:37:36 - Guns other than High Powers and Brens sent to China?
0:40:30 - Why no modern revolving rifles?
0:43:00 - Is the surplus market dead?
0:45:45 - Three suggestions for the French armament program in 1906
0:50:37 - Why no spitzer handgun bullets?
0:53:39 - French Foreign Legion arms procurement
0:54:47 - Semi-pistolgrips on lever actions?
0:55:10 - Status of the Calico shooting
0:56:27 - Impact of the Maker's Match on public perception of DIY guns?
0:58:11 - Issues reprinting firearms reference books
1:01:39 - Supervision handling guns in other countries
1:03:16 - MAS49 vs FN49
1:05:01 - What is my favorite rum?
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@icantranch9398 3 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of Ian using a Maxim HMG for home defense.

@nicholasresar 3 жыл бұрын

That's the Maxim that I'm most familiar with by name so I had the same record scratch moment when he started talking about it.

@GundamReviver 3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasresar same here, then googled it and it's a scifi silenced hand gun :')

@randompanda876 3 жыл бұрын

If you’re not manning the machine gun nest of your home 24/7 wtf are you even doing

@nicholasresar 3 жыл бұрын

@@randompanda876 Certainly won't have any repeat offenders.

@BitchenMarsRockstar 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine breaking into some semi famous youtuber with a funny beards house and you just hear screaming in broken french followed by a very mechanical "KA-CHUNK"

@kirillchegrinko2630 3 жыл бұрын

There are a bunch of cocktails named after guns. You talk about the gun. Greg talks about the cocktail. DOne.

@MillerSean 3 жыл бұрын

Forgotten Cocktails. Boom.

@apollohateshisdayjob9606 3 жыл бұрын

Also maybe military history tied to certain alcohols or mixes? Greg already likes to discuss the origin and context, so if there are any tied more heavily into military actions or necessity of environment?

@southernbear736 3 жыл бұрын

Please we need this

@ICEman67667 3 жыл бұрын

Simple: Cocktails of DD’s nightclub in Shanghai. It fits with Greg’s love of prohibition-era cocktails.

@Vandecker 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds amazing!

@leightonmoreland 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of MG 34's got surplused to the Galactic Empire where they were converted to DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifles

@mysss29 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, if an execution-happy generalissimo ordered _me_ to let someone escape, I would probably aim _very carefully_ at something else.

@BasedOddz 2 жыл бұрын

@@mysss29 under rated comment lol

@puma2334 4 ай бұрын

I heard that’s where surplus Lewis guns also go

@Mildcat743 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that the Maxim 9 is your HD piece is just endlessly badass for some reason.

@MarcJaxon 3 жыл бұрын

Had the same thought. Purely nerd badassery.

@User_Un_Friendly 3 жыл бұрын

“They don’t want me to run off with it if it’s perhaps a Famas.” 🤣 1:03:08

@aaronludlo3331 3 жыл бұрын

That one legitimately made me laugh.

@mattsgrungy 3 жыл бұрын

A legitimate concern I should imagine!

@andrewblomenberg190 3 жыл бұрын

Someone please make a meme out of "For the record, my home defense gun is a Maxim"

@wingracer1614 3 жыл бұрын

I can't remember the movie but I know i saw one where a bad guy kicks in someone's front door only to find some old guy sitting on the tripod of a Maxim, helmet and all grinning maniacally as he opens up on the guy.

@johnegan7622 3 жыл бұрын

@@wingracer1614 Not Johnny Knoxville in the Arnie flick where Arnie's a small town sheriff on the border with Mexico?

@johnegan7622 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder does Ian have it in a sandbag emplacement facing his front door?

@xmlash234 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnegan7622 the last stand, that was a good movie in terms of the gun fight at the end

@xgford94 3 жыл бұрын

Umm breaking into Ian’s house “ what flavour of lead would sir like, and would you like that in individual serves or in bulk”

@GCho733 3 жыл бұрын

Ian back in time: Buy the Hotchkiss, Buy more of them, Train with them. French High Command: THIS ISN’T ÉLAN!

@xmlash234 3 жыл бұрын

Germans: *Employ the machine gun to devastating effect* French High Command: That wasn't very elán of you.

@fruitbat4429 3 жыл бұрын

"But this sub-machine gun thing? A weapon which is at its best when you vigorously assault the enemy and fight him at close-quarters? THAT is élan!"

@janwacawik7432 3 жыл бұрын

@@fruitbat4429 It's fine as long as it has a bayonet lug.

@wingracer1614 3 жыл бұрын

@@janwacawik7432 And a rifle grenade launcher. This is France after all

@janwacawik7432 3 жыл бұрын

@@wingracer1614 Of course. Folding stock and magwell might be desired as well.

@itsconnorstime 3 жыл бұрын

Now Harry Turtledove needs to write a follow up to guns of the south, where a mysterious time traveller with a tidy goatee supplies the French army with Ppsh41s.

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

He also looks remarkably similar to the mysterious figure that supplied them with 7.5x54mm MAS-36 rifles and MAC-24/29 light machine guns back in 1893.

@milkapeismilky5464 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit ......yes. I love The Turtledove.

@mrskelington 3 жыл бұрын

I can sympathise with the French cavalry searching for their bolt plugs after searching for Steyr AUG gas parts that get dislodged in dense trees. Just like Ian said, NCOs yelling ‘we’re not going anywhere until numbnuts finds his gas plug.’ Fond memories.

@JamesLaserpimpWalsh 3 жыл бұрын

Losing part of the rifle while out riding would be an utter nightmare. You wouldn't even know till you got the thing off your back and you might have ridden twenty miles since the thing fell out. Cheers for the upload Ian.

@anthonyhayes1267 3 жыл бұрын

Ian: "my home defense gun is a maxim" Me: "wait, what?

@mcinteer19 4 ай бұрын

You and 148,000+ other people.

@mrfancypanzer549 3 жыл бұрын

I had a boss who was in an MG34 crew in the early 80s, he said when they got them they had been in storage for years, had a lot of problems with parts shearing.

@Verdha603 3 жыл бұрын

“They don’t want me running off if it’s a FAMAS…” I almost spilled my drink laughing at that. Definitely an Ian trademark.

@shafty9147 3 жыл бұрын

Viewer: “ why weren’t gas seal revolving rifles a thing?” Ian: “ look, nobody’s going to run around with uncircumcised rifle ammo”

@christoph8365 3 жыл бұрын

.....lol....then there was the Nagant revolver in the 1890s

@Kaboomf 3 жыл бұрын

Also, bottlenecked rounds have historically proven less than perfect in revolvers, at least high pressure ones. They tend to push back more than straight walled cases so the spent brass drags against the breech face and makes rotating the cylinder more difficult.

@dirus3142 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed a lot more than I thought I would.

@hailexiao2770 3 жыл бұрын

Also nobody wants 25 lb manual hammers or trigger pulls

@nerdlydood 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kaboomf ...so turn speedloaders into pressure-bearing parts of the gun? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG

@judgeroybean6231 3 жыл бұрын

I have spent the last 6 months rebuilding a Wildey myself, and in the process I actually got to talk quite a bit with one of the former designers of the gun. He had some very cool stories rangin from the set of Death Wish 3 to obscure metalurgy manufacturing details. If you are interested in doing such an interview, I can provide contact details.

@GunFunZS 3 жыл бұрын

Do that

@klavdy 3 жыл бұрын

You've got a loyal viewer base mate, from all over the world. Keep up the great content, and thanks for the enjoyable viewing.

@BrickZ87 3 жыл бұрын

25:08 Ian: "My home defense gun is a Maxim..." Me: "holy sh*t Ian uses a Maxim Machinegun as a home defense gun!!!" Ian: "Silencerco maxim nine" Me: "ohhhhhhh"

@GammaAKF 3 жыл бұрын

"They wouldnt want me running off with--" I think Ian has enough credibility that it wou-- "Perhaps say a FAMAS." Oh, ok, yea, I can see that.

@infin1ty850 3 жыл бұрын

It's official, we need to push for some kind of Ian and Dan Carlin podcast. Ian would be a great interview guest on Hardcore History Addendum podcast.

@Herintruththelies 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! MAKE IT HAPPEN JESUS!

@kupupupu3623 3 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed!

@zacknunns242 3 жыл бұрын

Warlord era china podcast

@bobcervante3801 3 жыл бұрын

Dan is dealing with history on a huge macro level. Ian is focussed on hardware I can’t see the relationship. Both are interesting in their own fields.

@Herintruththelies 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobcervante3801 STOP MAKING SENSE BOB! YOU'RE RUING MY FANTASY!

@Kaboomf 3 жыл бұрын

As far as I can remember, Norway had a mix of MG34 and MG42 machine guns after the war but a deal was made where we traded our 42s for 34s with the fledgling Bundeswehr. The Germans wanted to standardise on the 42 in a modernised variant, and a trade was agreed upon so both countries could standardise on something instead of both having a mix in service. As for the failure of the NATO conversion of the 34, I've heard from people who took part in that program that a problem was loss of institutional knowledge on how to run the 34 properly. Keeping these running in all sorts of field units takes a fair amount of maintenance and a special sulphur-bearing lubricant, units had been gradually losing the knowledge of how to properly operate those guns over a few generations so even unmodified guns in good condition were having problems in the field. So maybe the conversion to 7.62 NATO wasn't bad in itself, it was more of a training issue. Remember, at the time we had a conscript army and no real NCO corps to maintain the knowledge of the practical details that weren't found in manuals.

@nathansilva192 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see one of Garand Thumb's past lives show up in the thumbnail.

@DevinMoorhead 3 жыл бұрын

Hes traveling through time to stop Ron Jeremy

@truenews8357 3 жыл бұрын

white people: "Asians all look the same!" Meanwhile white people: *Literally same person in all of history*

@PanzerDave 3 жыл бұрын

30:00 Your comment about just getting used to shooting right handed reminded me of my hockey stick. When I was in grade school, perhaps fourth or fifth grade, dad took me to buy a hockey stick. We had no idea that there were right and left handed sticks. Naturally I picked a left handed stick despite me being right handed. To this day I shoot and play much better left handed than right handed! I just got used to it.

@knifedance2402 3 жыл бұрын

Ian mentioned .327 Federal! I can’t believe it. .327 needs more attention. It’s an excellent round.

@thesmallestminorityisthein4045 3 жыл бұрын

6 shots in a J frame is a solid 20% capacity increase, AND allows half moon clips to be used. Its a pretty great round.

@pootytang2872 2 жыл бұрын

huh? timestamp?

@chuckcochran8599 Жыл бұрын

We're going on 21 - 22 years since the cartridge was released, and it definitely has a following, but the one thing that would establish it as a major innovation hasn't really happened yet. That thing would be its adoption by a major LE user. Until that happens it will remain a niche cartridge. It's an excellent cartridge, a huge improvement over the .32 H&R Mag. I enjoy shooting and reloading for it. It'd be nice to see a few more manufacturers offer more models to choose from. A reputable maker with an 8" barrel version would make a heck of a Deer gun.

@Bornstellare 3 жыл бұрын

When I see the Q&A I know today is a good day!

@rlb3418 3 жыл бұрын

It is encouraging to hear that parts kits will still be coming in. There are even some AK-12 and AK-15 kits showing up on forums and such. Maybe the future of the US surplus market is going to be increasingly parts-kits based. Maybe not so bad if we can use additive manufacturing (mainly sintered laser printing) to make more complex receivers in small batches

@Khanclansith 3 жыл бұрын

I can see Ian and a collector running across the dessert as Ian tries to acquire a new FAMAS....

@onkelmicke9670 3 жыл бұрын

That would be a mess

@sparky6855 3 жыл бұрын

Of course Ian casually brought a blaster to the backup gun match

@bat2293 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it was his _backup_ blaster.

@Swangmich 3 жыл бұрын

"They don't want me running off with it if it's perhaps a FAMAS..." Imagine the chaos that would ensue if in the full auto famas video Ian ran off with it at the end, and 6 months later he says he now owns a fully automatic famas.

@muhammadnursyahmi9440 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine Ian running from French rozzers just like the scene in Pirates of the Carribean where Capt. Jack Sparrow running away from the cannibals.

@veryberrykeri 3 жыл бұрын

ian: "after the end of world war 2--" my brain: "the world was split into two, east and west, this marked the beginning of the era called the cold war"

@GundamReviver 3 жыл бұрын

"WHAT?!? METAL GEAR?"

@taenaran 3 жыл бұрын

As one of the guys who has be “on line” looking for a lost piece of gear in a training area, I had a chuckle at the bolt plug anecdote.

@Kumimono 3 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one thought, for a split second, that Ian's home defense gun would be "Maxim... Watercooled HMG"

@aaronmurphy440 3 жыл бұрын

I was part of troop training for a new artillery piece for the Army. We did take the guns out for weeks/months and absolutely discovered unforseen problems. Loved this video

@thefallenlmc5158 3 жыл бұрын

Revolving Rifles are actually quite popular in Australia, where they are far easier to obtain for your average shooter than that of a 10/22 or any other semi-automatic rifle (of which are almost impossible to acquire). They allow shooters in restrictive countries to own a legal quasi semi-auto.

@sirkorbendallas Жыл бұрын

Hey Ian, I always love watching all your videos. You're probably 30% or more of my KZfaq consumption. I appreciate the passion and knowledge you bring to the subject of firearms and I feel like you do a great job representing your views - and you make very enjoyable content.

@bulukacarlos3571 3 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for the CSI personnel who have to examine the corpse of whoever trespassed at Ian's house: There was no sound of gunshots, the corpse had wounds of unknown (and forgotten) calibers ... and the last sentence of the deceased was "sacrebleu ! "

@nathanengland5121 Ай бұрын

I appreciate the mental image of CSI desperately attempting to identify the model of the murder weapon, but it’s actually a one off prototype with unique ammunition and Ian stuffed the only surviving copy in an airtight box underground in a sand dune

@meanmanturbo 3 жыл бұрын

10:45 Post cold war plenty of coutries also got MG-3:s when they bought surplus German Leopard 2 tanks as well.

@keithallardice6139 3 жыл бұрын

Loved all the "ados" this was a great watch, some really interesting and fun questions and, as always, great answers from the one and only GJ :-)

@lighghtrite2261 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the timestamps, much appreciated.

@benjaminshropshire2900 3 жыл бұрын

The question about auction lots: the exception is where you have two people who are each the only person who want two different items. They end up bidding each other up if they are in a single lot but get "their" item on the first bid if they are separate. (Which by the way is true other kinds of auctions as well.)

@thespecialbru 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for answering my question, I feel much better educated!

@impsimp 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for answering my question. I really love the MG34 and love reading everything I can on it.

@KTo288 3 жыл бұрын

there is one spitzerish hand gun cartridge, the FN 5.7.

@kanghyunyoo6690 3 жыл бұрын

me too

@magoid 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he was answering the question and I was thinking "wait, and the FN 5.7?"

@MaaveMaave 3 жыл бұрын

@@quentintin1 it's pistol energy and sized for a pistol grip, I'd call that a pistol round

@ScottKenny1978 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there is the 5.7, but it wasn't built as a handgun round. It was made as a PDW round first. It's about like calling the .30 Carbine a pistol round because there are a couple of pistols that happen to be chambered for it. Edit: and it's also a *really* long grip. I have decent sized hands (4" across the knuckles, can span an octave on the piano), and it was a reach for me to get my finger on the trigger.

@DerrillGuilbert 3 жыл бұрын

@@MaaveMaave Pistol energy but still based on rifle style cartridge ballistics. Light bullet, with enough powder to make it shoot quite flat for a pistol/PDW. Additionally, because of the ballistics, it penetrates a lot of things better than 9mm, as intended.

@Jack72607 3 жыл бұрын

Italian mg-42/59 (7,62 Nato) have a modified bolt that lowers the cyclic rof down to around 800rpm. They’re nicknamed Maria Grazia by the troops and are still in widespread use as a gpmg. Sf guys tipically use 7,62x51 minimis instead but are often still trained on the old mg-42/59. The reception from what I gathered is -> reliable, powerful but SO heavy and cumbersome to slog around

@TerryDowne 3 жыл бұрын

So, selling firearms reference books profitably now is like trying to sell Thompson submachine guns profitably in the 1920s and 30s.

@redpill1984 3 жыл бұрын

for a moment o thought he was gonna say his home defence gun is the maxim machine gun like...series home.defence from a nest xD

@melkorasica6352 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation as always Ian. If I may make one small remark concerning the MG42 topic: modern drone technology as well as the use of light attack aircraft such as the Super Tucano has made the use of machine guns in the anti-aircraft role relevant again. In my opinion it will only increase in importance.

@sanguinemoon9201 3 жыл бұрын

Not a bad point you have.

@KillrMillr7 3 жыл бұрын

Especially drones

@ScottKenny1978 3 жыл бұрын

Against drones, I expect high power jamming, not guns. I'm talking about enough power to smoke the drone, burn out the electronics. That's probably 1000+watts. A Super Tucano is not effective in a full combat environment. It's a great Counter-insurgency plane. But against opposition that has Stingers or SA7s, it's skeet.

@DevinMoorhead 3 жыл бұрын

French cocktails with How to Drink would be cool

@ingowalkerling5141 3 жыл бұрын

To the point no spitzer bullets in handguns: Another important point is stabilisation. Shorter bullets need less stabilisation than longer. And when a bullet leaves the muzzle, this stabilisation is achieved in some distance of the muzzle. And that is the reason, why rifle bullets could have a deeper penetration at longer distances. Gen. Julian S. Hatcher conducted some tests in the book "Hatchers Notebook". On the other hand, as Ian said, pistol bullets are mostly used on short distance, an the stabilisation problem is better solved with a big diameter, short bullet.

@ianbruene1529 3 жыл бұрын

Suddenly the demand for Maxim 9's outstrips supply......

@joet.s.6283 3 жыл бұрын

Totally forgot to submit a question for this one! Great as always!

@muhammadnursyahmi9440 3 жыл бұрын

INSAS and Arjun tank. Oh boy, that's one hell of a combination

@youraveragereloader649 3 жыл бұрын

The Mediocre Indian Combo

@SnoopReddogg 3 жыл бұрын

Laughs in Pashtu....

@MarkH0865 3 жыл бұрын

“my home defence gun is a maxim, the 20mm is for door to door salesmen”

@Blackjack701AD 3 жыл бұрын

Nice answer on the troop trials. I was in the army for a few years and going out in the field and making sure all your gear works together is very important. Each soldier has a certain way they like to setup their gear and training with new weapons/equipment allows them to reorganize their battle rattle. For instance when we deployed to Iraq we were giving the Interceptor vests which didn’t really work with the LBE gear we had previously. Unfortunately we didn’t get much training time before deploying and had to learn how to reorganize our gear while on patrols.

@barttorbert5031 3 жыл бұрын

Another problem with a revolver rifle is having all the holes of the cylinder open and just waiting to be filled with dirt and mud. This is not really a problem for sporting use, but for military use, with soldier throwing themselves on the ground and crawling through the muck, the gun would get clogged and made useless very quickly.

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

Cavalry use would be just about the only practical application.

@barttorbert5031 3 жыл бұрын

@@ostiariusalpha By the time these revolver rifles were around, the post Civil War US Cavalry had gone back to using horse mounted troops more as Dragoons rather than pure cavalry. So back to the problems.

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

@@barttorbert5031 Revolver rifles pre-date the U.S. Civil War, so they perfectly well could have fired them from horseback; and in fact, Colt revolver rifles were carried by the pre-war Pony Express riders for just such use. And dragoons may dismount to fire, but they were entirely too proud to "crawl through muck" as you previously commented. The chambers would have remained pretty clean.

@barttorbert5031 3 жыл бұрын

@@ostiariusalpha I do now remember that one post Civil War US Cavalry regiment (which one slips my mind at the moment) did try revolver rifles. But the troopers were really freaked out about not being able to hold the rifle past the cylinder with their non-trigger hand to avoid chain firing and being burned. One trick was to rotate the loading lever down onto an empty chamber and hold onto it. It just never worked. I have to push back on the comment about "too proud to crawl through the muck". Look at all the illustrations of the cavalry in the Indian wars. Get down behind a bush or a rock to keep from being shot.

@311Bob 3 жыл бұрын

Ian please include pictures with these talks if they are available it would help with following the narrative. you have one of the most interesting programs on yt

@dimitryc7975 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a forgotten weapons crossover with how to drink , or even with the AK guy . I think both would be entertaining and funny

@csipawpaw7921 3 жыл бұрын

As a fellow left hander I also don't need a Left hand modern weapon. I am accustomed to adapting. The only time a left hander weapon might have been needed was in the flintlock days when the pan location would need to be on the left to keep the flash away from the face.

@Zundfolge 3 жыл бұрын

It was fun watching you very carefully enunciate "Bolt Plugs".

@earlyriser8998 3 жыл бұрын

nice set of questions this month

@jimmumford4444 3 жыл бұрын

I always learn something new from your videos.

@catfish552 3 жыл бұрын

You know, I never thought about the differences in handgun and rifle calibers, and why the former tend to be larger, but it's so obvious now that you explain it.

@chanman819 3 жыл бұрын

The Mk23 with suppressor is more of a home defense club that just happens to be able to shoot bullets.

@jameshealy4594 3 жыл бұрын

I get the joke but it's really what happens when way too many people put way too much thought into a set of requirements and a company goes above and beyond to actually meet them.

@chanman819 3 жыл бұрын

@@jameshealy4594 At *checks wikipedia* 16.5 inches long with the KAC suppressor and a weight of up to 5 pounds (full magazine, suppressor, and LAM), it really does have the size and weight of a pretty respectable club

@thesmallestminorityisthein4045 3 жыл бұрын

@@jameshealy4594 yeah, the gun is just not very great. But only because it was made exactly to fit a weird standard, and HK damn sure met that standard. It was the best possible outcome of that project.

@ostiariusalpha 3 жыл бұрын

@@thesmallestminorityisthein4045 It is actually a great gun, and was beloved by many Navy SEAL teams; just not found to be quite as useful for its intended purpose as an SBR, for instance, to most other SOCOM units.

@WhatIfBrigade 3 жыл бұрын

In World War One I think there were also a lot of people early on who thought they needed weapons immediately because they thought the war would end soon.

@REXOB9 3 жыл бұрын

great Q&A, thanks

@dmg4415 3 жыл бұрын

The Bofors 40mm was made in the US without proper licensing, solved after the war.

@darthravyn572 3 жыл бұрын

Regarding the spitzer handgun bullets, there are actually, like the FN Five-Seven or Ruger 57 which shoot the spitzer 5.7x28 cartridge.

@ScottKenny1978 3 жыл бұрын

And having owned a Five-seveN, it's a *very* long grip. Not as wide as my CZ75, but longer.

@thesmallestminorityisthein4045 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. If it wasnt for the AP capacity, the round would have been dead on arrival. Even the .22 TCM is loaded with round nose, it takes a special application to justify that weird kind of round.

@FiveTwoSevenTHR 3 жыл бұрын

I use my Mark 23 that was milled for an RMR as one of my home defense guns as well as my EDC. I just think it's neat.

@cre8ivecat23 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clearing up the definition of bullpup, I’d always heard “trigger in front of the action” and wasn’t sure what exactly was meant by “action”

@TWmOrfar 3 жыл бұрын

The right side charging G3 you had a while back is kinda purposely made for left handed operation

@AsbestosMuffins 3 жыл бұрын

Calico: He shot more than 200 rounds without a mechanical failure, WE MUST EXAMINE THESE GUNS

@Yakkahboo 3 жыл бұрын

Fresh Q&A? Hello there, General Ianobi

@hybrid_grizzly 3 жыл бұрын

I may be wrong here, but I thought the MG-1 was a 42 manufactured in 7.62 NATO, the MG-2 was an existing 8mm MG-42 converted to 7.62 NATO, and that the MG-3 was an improvement that among other things reduced the rate of fire

@LeFeuauxpoudres 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for answering my question!

@trooperdgb9722 Жыл бұрын

I had the opportunity to shoot some SMG's and Machine guns in Poland last year. One of the Machine guns was an MG 42..and given my impression just from having seen pictures of it... I was actually shocked by the WEIGHT. That really is quite a heavy gun!

@OtakuGekko 3 жыл бұрын

The thought of Ian running off with someone's Famas honestly sounds about right.

@KasperBoLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for answering my questions. After seeing the C&Rsenals two episodes on the Madsen 1905 I have to agree, setting up a brand new production line for that gun would be a pain in the rear. Even if the german spies managed to get their hands on the data package.

@BatCaveOz 3 жыл бұрын

Whoo hoo! A new Q&A!

@stefanmolnapor910 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome hearing about the DIY makers match here!🇺🇸

@durn863 3 жыл бұрын

I bought that Kyro Whiskey for my dad for fathers day after I saw you recommend it in the last video, and I gotta say, that is one of the most unique Rye Whiskey's Ive ever had. It slaps you right in the face with Rye.

@CorpusCrispy 8 ай бұрын

The spitzer bullet in a pistol question kind of blew my mind. For some reason I had never considered that

@RellikSlacan 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that Forgotten weapons are doing well during covid I feared that many would have pulled back on Patreon due to the Job market.

@ArnoSchmidt70 3 жыл бұрын

New Production MG-1s and MG-3s for the Bundeswehr after WW II were produced by Rheinmetall, not Steyr.

@wingracer1614 3 жыл бұрын

I might have missed it but I don't think he said they did. He said they made MG42s which is accurate. Steyr and Beretta both started making new MG42/59s for Austria and Italy.

@wingracer1614 3 жыл бұрын

Correction: Re-watched and yeah he does say MG3.

@AussieVeteran71 3 жыл бұрын

Love the last question -- you have to try Bundaberg Rum - it’s Australia’s greatest rum

@not-a-theist8251 3 жыл бұрын

the franco prussian war is so cool. Didnt know about the campaign, thaniks for bringing that to my attention

@brittakriep2938 3 жыл бұрын

Franco Prussian war? Have you forgotten the soldiers of Bayern, Sachsen, Württemberg, Baden, Hessen- Darmstadt, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Mecklenburg- Strelitz, Sachsen- Weimar- Eisenach, Braunschweig, Anhalt, Sachsen - Altenburg, Sachsen - Meiningen, Sachsen- Coburg- Gotha, Lippe- Detmold, Waldeck- Pyrmont, Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg- Sondershausen, Reuß - Schleitz, Reuß- Gretz, Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck? :-))

@not-a-theist8251 3 жыл бұрын

@@brittakriep2938 no I haven't but that's how it's called in English

@brittakriep2938 3 жыл бұрын

@@not-a-theist8251 : I know, that the ,Deutsch - Französische Krieg' or, 70er Krieg' is called so in english language countries, it was just to note the prussian allies.

@SlightCrescent4 3 жыл бұрын

If you could get your hands on them I’d love to see you break down some modern rifles like the SCAR or M27 IAR, either on forgotten weapons or In Range.

@MaHaL1337 3 жыл бұрын

Oh hey the timescale at the bottom is separated out into sections! Now I don't have to keep another tab open with the question list.

@catfish552 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's KZfaq's new(-ish) chapter feature. If you have timestamps in the description, it'll do that automatically. An actual positive update to the KZfaq interface.

@timwilliamanderson 3 жыл бұрын

So I had one of the original P320 handguns This was a very early production one that went to some police guy who traded it in. I was very happy to get it at the time because it was like super early production the gun to just come out. Fast forward to a shooting trip I took with a buddy. We cut our trip short because it started pouring rain, we literally live in the rainforest. we packed up in a hurry. I was drying all of my guns on the shelf in front of the heat vent and when grabbing one I knocked the P320 off the shelf it fell about 6 feet maybe 6 1/2 feet onto its rear. It proceeded to discharge through my house. Having touched off a round in a 10 x 10 room I can say the hearing loss isn’t that bad. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

@patrickroup8066 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u gun Jesus for making my work day a-little better

@pmgn8444 3 жыл бұрын

Don't tell folks about Cold War collecting! There are still some rifles and handguns I want to acquire.

@BigDaddyMeatStick 3 жыл бұрын

A forgotten weapons/Dan Carlin video would be amazing

@ernstbergerbrent 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap looking for lost mas 36 bolt plugs during training sounds too familiar. In basic training we had to look for a firing pin retaining pin in a massive pit of shredded rubber. It was the company exercise area. Took us a weekend but we found it.

@SynapseDriven 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Ian, great vid as always, just to let you know that Portugal also used the MG3, I have a picture of my dad posing with one shooting from the hip taken in 73, while he was in Guinea-Bissau, way before rambo did it :) btw, when I was conscripted in 2000 we were still using it, thx for all the great vids.

@Jackedhobbit 3 жыл бұрын

On the KZfaq crossover question. Thus far you’re books tend to have a fun cocktail section. For every book drop/ promotion should do a historic cocktails crossover with how to drink.

@stuartdodman9817 3 жыл бұрын

I was in a small castle (Just a tower really) in Rye, Kent, UK. One of the items on display is a small revolver that could swap out the cylinder to accommodate black powder rounds or a metallic cartridge case. If my memory is reliable (don't bet on it) it was in .32, made in the 1880s, and was displayed in its original box with cleaning kit and other stuff. Have you seen anything like this?

@wacojones8062 3 жыл бұрын

If you had the full kit for a unit with MG42 the kit had springs, boosters and bolt parts to change the cyclic rate up and down from 600 rpm to 1,200. It seems only some units were able and willing to keep the kits and then use them where lower rates would have advantageous.

@chuckcochran8599 Жыл бұрын

You're the 2nd source that's stated the MG-34 was preferred over the MG-42 by post war forces, but you're explanation as to "why" is much more in depth Ian. I don't recall the title of the book I read about that in, as it was many years ago.

@jameslockard6956 3 жыл бұрын

Throughly enjoyed the content.

@BogeyTheBear 2 жыл бұрын

50:40 Answer: See the Colt Walker/Dragoon. They were designed to use a sugarloaf bullet. Their cylinders, in turn, are nearly the size of a grenade.

@williamflowers9435 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving away the ending😝

@kenibnanak5554 3 жыл бұрын

Having put a few out myself, I look forward to your Wildey video. I believe the big problem yours had at the back up match was failure to get the gun tuned to the ammo. I find one needs to do at least 200 rounds of a specific load of Wildey (in either caliber) before one can say I have adjusted the gas feed so that the gun works perfectly with this specific cartridge. Of course any variation whatsoever in primer, powder type and charge, or bullet design and weight necessitates a whole new 200 round test and adjustment of gas port. It isn't in tune yet if you can't rapid fire 3 full magazines. 2.5 magazines means you need to do more fiddling. That .45 Win Mag or 9mm Win mag ammo is expensive must be viewed as irrelevant and of much lower priority to finding the correct gas port setting. It should be noted that disassembly and cleaning may also necessitate a new sequence of gas port adjustment. This may be a factor in why the gun was not adopted as a military service pistol by someone. Cost and weight become less important than issues of consistent reliability. :)