Ep. 68 | Listener Special - WW2 Guns & History

[@OreGear]

Glad to see Nick and his dad sharing their knowledge. He’s helped me in researching for videos before. Beautiful collection of rifles.

[@VortexNation]

Those guys are awesome dudes! Indeed an excellent collection :)

[@gebogen4409]

I’ve watched this 3 times and I pick up something new every time.

[@drewalexandervideography]

Great podcast here with a lot of history to digest. My grandfather served on the tail end of WW2 in the US Army and served in the South Pacific on the island of Peleliu and Tinian. He told my dad the need for soldiers was desperate as they were drafting 25 year olds with 3 kids when his number got pulled. When he shipped out, Army Basic training was only 2 weeks. The first week they ran his legs off. The second, they qualified with their rifle. My father talks about how my grandfather exclaimed to him while on the rifle range, “I wanted to get good with that rifle.” After qualifying with his rifle being able to hit bullseye groups out to 500 yards, he was shipped to Tinian. The story goes, “after I hit those targets on the range in basic, my commanding officer picked me up with one hand and the rifle in another hand and said, ‘you’re going to war son!’ ” He was dropped from Higgins boats on 3 different assault waves under heavy gunfire near the end of the war. On one assault wave he and his men were dropped early heading to the beach head. What he though might be the ocean floor under his feet quickly became water. He said he must have sunk down 10-15 feet underwater before his feet finally hit the ground. He goes on to explain how people think they can’t hold their breath for more than 4-5 minutes underwater…you can. After his feet hit the ocean floor he started walking. Once his face broke the water and his took his first few breaths, his mouth filled with what he described as a strong copper flavor (I can only imagine the horror of knowing that’s the blood of his comrades mixed with salty ocean water in his mouth). Rounds were cracking by his head, limbs, torso etc.. with every step he took to the base of the beach. He witnessed young men bleeding out screaming and yelling for their mothers and knowing there wasn’t much he could do but to grab one of them and drag them forward. And all the while with rounds whizzing by him during each assault wave he participated in, he never even as much received a briar scratch on his body during his time in the service. On one patrol he had to shoot and kill an enemy combatant. After a moments passed they searched him and found a picture in the shirt pocket of his uniform. The picture was that of a young Japanese woman and a small baby. My grandfather just stood there looking at the photo and looked back at the dead Japanese soldier and said, "Damn, she's at home and doesn’t know he's dead…." My grandfather was married with 3 babies at home at the time. It impacted him the rest of his life. Private Bert F. Alexander. 1919-1998.

[@georgefloydspaceshuttlepro1839]

I wish this discussion was three hours long

[@brianwissner1912]

I am glad I found this video. I actually have one of those pickle bayonets and have had a hard time finding information about it. Its not in good condition, ran into some rust issues and has some funky kinks or slight bends in the blade. I am glad I was able to get some more information. My grandfather passed away before I could ask him about it.

[@tobytalley812]

Yes I’ve

[@jamesmooney5348]

Man, how did I miss this video. Very cool video.

[@richardpowell1664]

Talking about the Swiss attitude in WW2. This is a story from WW2. At some kind of ball for diplomats & embassy personnel in Switzerland during WW2 a German military attached was talking to a high ranking Swiss General. " We know you have about a 1 million man army, what would you do if you were invaded by a 2 million man army?". The Swiss General replied, " Shoot twice." 😆

[@bruceleming1122]

While in Vietnam we captured a French MAS rifle from Vietnam Cong when I cleared it the cartrage I ejected was a 30 cal cartrage that had been forced to fit the Mas chamber which had a clapsed neck. I guess what ever worked?

[@BertShackleford]

Forgive me for being tardy to the party, gents. Somewhere in the middle of this talk, Ryan asked Nick if he ever hunted with the Springfield 1903A3. Has there been an episode that covers such a topic that I may have missed? My Father used to hunt Upstate New York and Colorado with an M1 Garand. Lately, I have been contemplating using his 1903A3 that he handed down to me. I (along with other viewers/listeners) would greatly appreciate an episode dedicated to hunting with vintage rifles such as the 03A3, M1 Garand & Carbine, etc. Please and thank you. Stay classy my friends.

[@AaronBleess-yz4cw]

This was very interesting to watch

[@ohmbre300]

This is a fantastic video

[@bjholbrooks434]

Best video yet!!! Thanks for doing this!!!

[@VortexNation]

Right on - thanks for tuning in, BJ!

[@greenbudzzz]

The gunshot sound in the intro is really realistic. My ears are still ringing lol.

[@bruceleming1122]

The M14 had a pivot valve on the gas system to shut off the block the flow when firing the rifle grenade so the high pressure wouldn't damage the rfle.

[@leifhoklin2681]

It wasn’t the .38 spl that was found to be ineffective against the Moros in the Philippines, it was the .38 Long Colt.

[@s.d.9143]

Some of the shotguns that slam fired where, Winchester 1893, 1897, model 12 and Ithaca 1937,(still today). Hold the trigger to the rear, and pump the forearm .... slam firing.

[@rickden8362]

Blood groove, really! I thought you pros would have known better. That groove has nothing to do with blood flow, it's a metalogical process called a ''fuller''. In bladesmithing, fullers are often used in pairs. The upper fuller has a flat surface for striking with a hammer, while the lower fuller has a square peg that fits into the anvil. The fullers displace material in the blade, causing it to move sideways and bulge outward from the surface creating the area to make the blade edge.

[@wray272]

Fr most people have no clue about basic blacksmithing even in gun and sword circles

[@McDanielRanch]

Can't wait to see what u guys brought to the table. I wish I had a Winchester 95 Russian musket.

[@Motor-City_Ben-Diesel]

This is awesome

[@douglasbidwell3229]

The jungle carbine flash hider was to prevent blinding the operator.

[@jakegillis4099]

Love the old service rifles....I have an Enfield made by savage used in ww11 then brought back rebored to .308 from .303 and turned into a sniper rifle for the Vietnam war...

[@pepperoni-prepper]

carcano 6.5 may lack accuracy due to the use of a 6.7mm (.264 in) bullet instead of the 6.8mm (.268 in) as originally loaded. without slugging the barrel before reloading, most people stuff up on actual projectile size.

[@DevinAlden]

That and the sights weren't the best. But then again a lot of these rifles were made to shoot man size targets and be minute of a man accuracy

[@richardriordan9049]

I have a 1916 SHTLE III* manufactured at SSA SSA sporterised British 303 still operates just fine

[@markmadsen6828]

I was told the blood groove was to help with extraction of the blade after sticking it into an adversary. But who knows, I wasn't there...

[@sleigh4019]

I use to bring my rifle to school in Nov so I could hunt couple hours after lol..different times

[@wray272]

1:27:40 Btw the japanse didnt have better steel than europeans especially in middle ages the steal quality varried greatly. But if you take the best european sword and best japanse sword they will be nearly identical metal quality. Its mostly a modern myth bc of the katana being worshipped by weebs.

[@timblack6422]

So like a quadrant sight for an M203

[@MrJtin69]

I love my Ithaca slam fire

[@1LRLRG]

The Aussie's used the SMLE all through WWII

[@trumps1973]

We still had crates of SMLE’s in our unit armoury in the late 80’s early 90’s Along with a few Brens. Though we were still using SLR’s while most of the army had transitioned to the rubbish Steyer by that stage.

[@1LRLRG]

@@trumps1973 I used the Canadian version when I first joined the service, loved it. In spite of being beat to crap by us navy types it still shot well and for our boarding and shore patrol training nothing is more intimidating than a 10 lb piece of steel and wood with a pointy thing on the end being pocked at you.

[@carterthiessen2664]

Ah man I was hoping to see a Finnish m39. If the Swedish mauser is the king of mausers, then the m39 is the king of mosins

[@fookyu1621]

No one is arguing that the m39 isn't the best mosin but thats like arguing that your type of herpes is the best kind.... if im new to sex ill pass on herpes if im new to guns ill pass on mosins.

[@MrJtin69]

6.5x55 Swiss is legendary straight pull

[@07thunderhawk]

2:30 Is it just me or does Ryan look pissed off in this episode?

[@CQCMachine]

If I hear "dissimilar" one more time, I'm going to Ralph 😂

[@MrJtin69]

Love to see a cartridge talk on 6.5x55 Swiss k31

[@manskull101-Clint]

Hey guys let's visit the 300 ultra mag aka.300 rum We do some serious long range with our Rem 700 long range rifle and a vortex scopes hand loads only ..hi bc bullets at over 1 mile and getting hits

[@milleroctober1996]

You could use the ww1 bayonet as a sword to

[@milleroctober1996]

And grand father received a Mauser argentine semi auto nice gun

[@milboltnut]

I should have kept my K31 even though I'm bifocal. NICE rifle !

[@sleigh4019]

I think were they are on the map is why Swiss hasn't been in wars

[@tehunter6569]

Those French WW2 rifles, never fired, dropped once.

[@jamesmooney5348]

Hahahaha Some Jack Wagon hahahaha

[@АндрейЛитвинов-ъ3т]

USSR Snipers worked alone. No spotter or machine gun support. In rare situations they used someone like bate or decoy

[@piscitellinicholas5240]

I'm not listening to any of it

[@piscitellinicholas5240]

5 guys could have bring us another gun history show How monotonous

[@douglasbidwell3229]

The Swiss army guards the Pope!

[@deantheboatguy1437]

the kid is very knowlegable but geeze but nearly every sentence has a missused word sad that even though the fairly knowlegable will get the point the young and dumb will just emulate his mistakes eh theres always hope im smart and cant spell