I know! Thank God I was sitting down, was almost light headed...

Fr*nch???

😁😆😏

🤣🤣🤣

So was I. I've been watching "Forgotten Weapons" for five or six years, but after today's revelation... my life will never be the same :D

I would love to get my hands on a J8 for this one...

@@ForgottenWeapons I can try to find one for you, in the different auctio place in FRANCE !

@@filouphilippe7680 tu as des contact pour trouver des frf1 et frf2 ?! je cherche désespérément c'est clairement mon rêve d'en avoir un mais c'est dur a trouver ces bêtes la ... :/

If you do, please let me know! My email address is admin@forgottenweapons.com . Merci!

@@ForgottenWeapons You pervert 😉👍

The US army has a similar issue with lots of M1's, especially during ww2. No clue if it was a running joke. At least the weapons tended to have at least a prevalent nickname so the confusion wasn't too bad.

> As a french Now I know you’re really French.

​@@adamtothefuture Oh yeah my bad, it was my spell check :/

@@adamtothefuture 😂bien vu

@@Maverick14444 Reminds me a bit of the non-swimmer who blames his bathing trunks. :D

>doesn’t use the walther

Explain, pls? The French are gone from Africa now or no?

You're not the only Frenchman to think so. I mean, the GSG9 actively invited Ian to take a look at their signature gun. I have a feeling the GSG9 is not exactly looking for publicity, and that their total invite list of all time is frighteningly short... And even shorter for civilians... And yet again shorter when it comes to civilians who aren't French citizens...

@@andersjjensen I thought that was so funny that despite being hardened special forces soldiers they’re still gun nerds at heart

@Antazur @Anders Juel Jensen Ian would gladly show all the curio and relic French arms from last 150 years in his channel. Every prototype included, he is very serious franchophile. Unfortunately French army is hidebound in bureaucracy. No foreigners (nor locals) have access to their museum pieces. In Finland for example, Ian have been welcomed to see everything in many regimental remembrance rooms for a long time, and have had access to army shooting ranges (in lieu of active reservist when they are training there). Sky has not been dropped on us, like Asterix always is scared off. Hope French army will raise its head from sand eventually.

French arms history is such a huge topic. So many stories these weapons can tell.

@@kimmoj2570 Ian has gotten into some official French museums/armories.

lol that’s what i was thinking too

I thought it stood for "Mmmm-boy!"

Muh freedoms

And in Russia, T stands for Tchaikovsky. The true progenitor of the Russian Empire.

Also G stand for Germany

Same

I recognised the original F1 pattern and wondered why they butchered it in-game with the extra fancy details, totally unawares that there was a beefed up F2 version, and then lo, this popped up in the sub feed some months later by coincidence, lol.

''let's see what you are made of Ethan Winters''

FR F2 and Bronson's Wildey iin NG+ what a selection.

@Tactical Mischief me too

@@firemario8126 same here

Who are these RE8?

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Well done sir. Well done.

And you win the internet today! Well done!!

Let's hope the Elbonians don't sue for copyright. EDIT: Unless it's an actual bullet - then it's cool. They had the snail version.

Exactly, it looks like a George Lucas/Favreau prop gun. Too bad they didn't have M Lock back then and slim handguards: thumb over bore metrosexual first person shooter garand thumb pogues would be joining the chorus here. Look at that thing. A dropped twice MAS 36 (Once on the Maginot, twice at Dien Bien Phu) inspired someone from Yavin 5 to make a rifle for troopers to take to Scerif. But I don't think a wookie would carry it.

Henri ?

@@lightweight1974 The guy from 9 Holes Review, did an excellent video on the F1

@@volvok7749 Wasn't that Ian's F1 though?

I absolutely concur.

It's a must

@@Ratkill9000 I'd probably portion the skin out a fair bit if possible. And I'm pretty sure I can give out chunks of liver and have it grow back.

How about a cornea?😉

I mean who really NEEDS two kidneys when they could have this beauty?

That are going for 7000_8000 so you could get a couple for a kidney and have enough left over for a pallet of ammo!

It does have rubber shroud and on forestock bottom!

I sure hope the one I'm buying still has a good barrel. I just received a J8 Scrome from Navy Arms. It seems sound enough. Glad to hear you were happy with it for war. I hope "surplus" status now doesn't mean it's spent. Thx for your service.

It's just a political decision , sadly …

@@hansolex594 😢 Yep.

Its worse than that. They dont let the firearm industries die. They destroying it on purpose...

*cries in .32 French Longue*

Not just French firearms, but all French products as well as their culture

You lucky bastard!

Are there newer videos of Ian's pertaining to this rifle?

Yes, easy to find.

Same happened to a guy of my platoon during an exercise in 1973…he lost the silencer

​@@mrhaltstop2294wow, silencer...in '73, on that FR-F1 rifle?

Very interesting!

Actually, almost every military shit have a F. F1 helmet, F1 tent, F1 shovel, F1 shirt, pretty sure the combat spoon is F1 too

@@douili450 No good soldier goes to war without his trusty felmet, his fent, his fovel, his fhirt and his fpoon. Oh sorry, did I fplutter? :p

@@douili450 Mirage F1 !

And Chap from BotR has one and still hasn't made a video on it

Brrrrraaaaaatttttttt ,1pressure 5rounds 😁

'return the charging handle SLOWLY'. PRRRAAAAAT. oh la la

One of the coolest looking imo

Yesssss

And with it, the French Cold War loadouts would be complete!

The point is everytime we try crafting something innovative,it is either awful (chauchat lmg) or with such a complicated mechanism, it is extremely costly to produce (like the mas 38 smg in ww2,reliable but insanely expensive) so well executed simplicity is the best way to craft something reliable.

Haha - I already did; the one in this video is mine. :)

@@ForgottenWeapons There are many like it, but this one is MINE

Is it actually Ian’s rifle or not and did he actually buy this?

@@phileas007 *not many, only about 3500 ever made into the F2 type.

@@aaronbaskerville8261 It is,he bought it

Steam AVA playtest started today, such good timing for a video!

When this rifle was first introduced in ijji A.V.A. People judged its stats and laughed at it, claiming it would suck against TPG-1 and even the atrocity AWM.

P.S. I just watched the Nazi Belt Buckle Pistol Video, that was the coolest thing I've ever seen...

Actually, it has a drawback: any movement from the shooter induces a shift. It was not uncommon to lock it to on side as to eliminate 1 axis. On the pros side, it is perfectly centred on the rifle’s center of gravity.

@@max6462 I can live with that. That’s also true of the Harris bipod I used.

Thanks for the history lesson 👍👍 It's very informative and interesting stuff !!!

Thanks for the info. And Ian is fluent in French, so he probably understands Frenglish too :P (As a Dane: You're perfectly understandable!).

@@andersjjensen 😁

Perfectly comprehensible and neat info

Prefering something personally doesnt mean its better in military use. And you can make automatic rifles as accurate as bolt actions, its mostly just a matter of price. That said, I am a bit confused in this case, because the Scar-H might be accurate enough for a DMR, but probably not to replace a long range sniper rifle.

@@termitreter6545 False. A bolt-action is inherently more accurate because less moving parts, simple as that. But yeah your 8000$ gun can barely outperform my 300€ M48, congrats.

​@@NoFunNoMoshNoCoreNoTrendsYoure not actually refuting anything I say. The claim "bolt-action is inherently more accurate" is just a naive statement; its actually not that simple. Theres way more things that determine accuracy than that mechanism. And fun fact, modern service rifles like the HK416 will be way more accurate than your M48. The 8000 dollars are bullshit, but yes, it is more expensive, but you can easily do it. Thats the point.

@@termitreter6545 Fair enough. You're right. It's a naive statement. However the ceiling of precision is higher for Bolt-Actions, also due to caliber if that makes sense. I think it's a naive statement to say a modern 416 will be way more accurate than my M48. Depends on the distance entirely.

Depend about what doctrine you adopt ...

In your opinion, is the bipod good? It seems really, really handy!

@@cheyannei5983 I like it. I used a Harris bipod on a heavy barrel Remington. It gave some maneuverability but probably not as much as this one. That was well thought out.

No bias whatsoever

@@ommsterlitz1805 I don't doubt it's a good rifle. But the best Cold War Sniper? There would be some heavy contention. And I will eat my shoes before I say the Famas is the best Bullpup rifle. I would put my money on the Dragunov as the best Cold War Sniper, it's still being used by snipers today. Semi auto, heavy caliber, reliable, nice range, very accurate, widely produced.

@@richardpowell4281 you may want to look around on the internet, there are plenty of discussions regarding the SVD and it's actual use. It's a fine rifle but saying it's the best cold war sniper rifle is a stretch, practically it's been shown to be more of a DMR rather than a true sniper rifle. I would argue pretty much any of the bolt action purpose built sniper rifles (such as this frf2) from the same era would vastly out perform that thing at a sniping role.

@@ommsterlitz1805 what are you talking about "looked too much like a hunting rifle?" The M40 was adopted in 1966, and that literally is a hunting rifle.

Check out 9-hole reviews video on the F1 - it performed magnificently

Why would plastic handguard break? Also, what about care for rubber shroud at the end of handguard (around barrel)...do you have to treat that rubber to keep it from cracking?

It was my favorite in Alliance of Valiant Arms, another Korean f2p lol

@@dogboy0912 I remember that too! I only learned of it toward the end of my time playing CA but I was far too invested in the one to learn another ahaha. I'm so glad we got to e joy those games at the time.

I haven't thought about that game in at least a decade lol

@@dividedbyzero96 Yeah bro it's been far too long! I miss it so bad sometimes haha. Great memories. I used to roll the name LostMyShoe and wore the reindeer head Christmas cosmetic 24/7 bahaha. So fun.

Still running under new ownership. People back in the day used to complain it was pay to win, but now it really is.

so true 😂

This explanation is obviously the correct one. Ian must have had a micro AVC ^^

And the UK use L for rifle because lngland? *I use lower case L in 'Ingland'

It's MURICA!

No that's not it because the Air force is named FR-G1 and G2/ G3 Swedish system have the same as US they use the M number. However it was a funny one ;)

@@PavelNygryn That depends on where in ‘Merica you are from.

I love my MAS 36. I would shoot it every day if I could get cheap ammo. It's such a handy little carbine, and so accurate.

Hehe

I don't remember which armorer did some testing with some 49/56 MSE revamping them in some VERY ugly form. It was proposed as a stop gap weapon but Army didn't see this as an opportunity.

Biggest issue is that it most likely would never meet his height & weight requirements (off the top of my head he stated a Scout Rifle preferably weighs less than 7.5 pounds and 36 inches or shorter), never mind some of his more asinine requirements like a magazine cut-off and the ability to top feed from stripper clips.

I look at it like power windows and locks on a car, or disc brakes... Meaning things that come standard now on every car made were still a luxury or novelty thirty or forty years ago. Rifles like this, or Cooper's Scout concept, were very cutting edge technology back in the day. And yes, while you can spend $3500 on a precision/sniper/dmr/long range build, the average shooter can also achieve very passable results from a rifle build that costs a fraction of that. In fact, most manufacturers are today releasing even their low end entry level rifles at a state of quality that exceeds almost every firearm ever made up until the last few decades. Just refinements on already proven platforms. Which is cool, because now just about anyone can have access to an accurate scout type bolt gun for a reasonable amount, that is literally superior to what what many millions marched off to war with. Cooper was right about the man with one gun who knows how to use it thing... There's just something about having at least one decent bolt gun, if nothing else.

@@BeingFireRetardant I think I'd appreciate bolt guns a bit more if I was a right handed shooter, but when your wrong handed your options tend to be limited to the most basic models in the most common calibers. Combined with how many semi-automatic rifles can now compete with bolt actions in terms of reliability and accuracy out to moderate ranges makes it difficult for me to really appreciate bolt actions as a practical tool compared to say a good lever action or semi-auto for my uses.

​@@Verdha603I'm spoiled because I shoot lefty but am a righty and left-eye dominant! A bit odd.

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