Gras to Lebel: Development of French Military Repeating Rifles

[@LightningSaix]

"Sorry i couldn't make a power point on short notice, so i brought the guns themselves to show you." I don't know Ian, that sounds like an upgrade to me lol

[@TazzeOptical]

Ian low-key flexing his collection why make a power point when you can make a power move

[@riccaromano5557]

Ian is a well known flexer of his french heat.

[@felipeciamponi7545]

Still doesn't top the flex with the Zastva M93. "Zastva said that they based this on their sporting riles... Well... it turns out they copied this old rare french rifle." **pulls out said rifle from under the table**

[@JenniferinIllinois]

I was about to post the same comment. Who needs a PowerPoint presentation when the real thing is right in front of you? 👍

[@benholroyd5221]

The only thing Ian likes more than old French rifles. That's PowerPoint presentations. Of old French rifles.

[@vitkriklan2633]

Dear Mr. McCollum, you've become a curse to me. We've founded a modest gun collection with my father. And by the time I was feeling I'm sattisfied, you instilled a desire to get a collection of french guns into me. So, my Berthier 1892 Musketoon is on the way, I'm in the process of choosing a Gras and activelly looking for a Lebel. And it doesn't end there. God bless my wife who (mostly) silently tolerates it.

[@walthercreed6134]

I am french and I do not know any french guy who does so much for our armement history (sorry, I think my translation is really bad) ... Ian loves so much our guns... (old ones since we do not build small weapons today...) ... what can I say : French guys love you, Ian ! Thanks for your work.

[@andersjjensen]

No, that was perfectly understandable. And as a Dane... I feel the same. I didn't know anything about the Madsen guns, etc, but Ian (as usual) did an entire series on them.

[@yves-mariesellin6026]

Tout le monde aime Ian, c'est vrai 😍💪👍

[@methodeetrigueur1164]

Complètement d’accord.

[@erratas1952]

Because your government stripped you with your right to bear arms, that's why.

[@yannickramouillet3742]

@@erratas1952 That's not right, you can posess firearms in france with the right paperwork, just not bear them in public

[@daytonrobbins3361]

Having the firearm there is way cooler than a PowerPoint presentation

[@alejandrolara-agraz7356]

I love that Ian doesn't even need a visual component to augment his presentation because he's such a strong speaker as it is. No boring powerpoints here! Just the actual rifles in the flesh haha

[@LuminaryCursorem]

Ian is a legend. I've learned so much from him in such a way thats easy to remember and digest the information.

[@TheRogueWolf]

A sign of a true master of a subject is being able to explain complex concepts simply.

[@TJ-wg3ud]

He is a fantastic teacher

[@robinblackmoor8732]

Am I the only one that would have loved to take the Forgotten Weapons history class in college by Professor Ian? I think it would have been way better than any other history class I ever did. Imagine the props he could bring in for every war being taught in that class? The field trips to the gun range would be epic. Oh, and yes of course Ian has a carbine version that does not exist. I knew at some point something like that would be said by Ian. he always has a rifle that does not exist in his collection.

[@walterriblethegreat]

You would have loved to pay thousands of dollars for Ian to deliver dozens of hours of firearms education? Good news! He's got a Patreon! In all seriousness, he should probably offer academic certificates as patron rewards.

[@PaulP999]

The tragic reality is a college of today would veto everything that would make such a class worth attending, Ian would have to become the firearms Jorden Peterson.

[@citizenofvenus]

@@PaulP999 Sounds like absolute nonsense, my college has a gun club, even, and it's fairly liberal.

[@seanbeadles7421]

@@PaulP999 you are aware some colleges have gunsmithing programs, and very many have shooting teams and clubs right?

[@micahreid5553]

His Cuirassier carbine isn't technically a one-off. There are just a single digit number known to still exist.

[@DiscoBallGaming]

If I ever hear about someone stealing a bunch of guns from France, I'm just gonna assume it's Ian adding to his collection. His passion for French rifles is off the charts. This just proves it

[@jean-pascalesparceil9008]

Nahh, they will give him one of each duplicate they have when they consolidate all the public military weapons collections into one, on top of the Légion d'Honneur medal, honorary Foreign Legion corporal's stripes, GIGN shoulder patch and marksmanship chest badges for the FAMAS, FRF1&FRF2, PGM Hécate II.

[@Zorglub1966]

"They have the design done on deadline, which is actually even more remarkable for it, being a french project" Muhahahahaha! Celle là, elle m'a tué!!! :D

[@ЗвездыБольшойПротуберанец]

When I was a kid, my grandpa told several times that when he joined the army after being evacuated from Kharkov , during the distribution of weapons, no one wanted to get a "French rifle" and an "American submachine gun" because it was heavy. About the "French rifle" he said that it had a tubular magazine, and later, I realized that he was talking about the Lebel rifle. And he joined the army in 1942.

[@rodgerjohnson3375]

I like the way Ian speaks extemporaneously about these weapons. It shows solid knowledge of the subject matter.

[@wolflegion_]

You’d hope so, considering he wrote a whole book about it lol. Impressive nonetheless.

[@thijsvandervoort8261]

In a way it is very touching to know that when Ian presents for a very important association of collectors he speaks in the exact same way as to when he presents a gun to the rest of us. Gun Jesus really does love all his disciples equally.

[@jeffreytam7684]

2:00 I think it’s worth remembering that Napoleon’s campaigns are barely 50 years old at this time and that those campaigns were done with spotty at best logistical support from France itself. The modern supply chain was really only made possible by the advent of the railway, and before that, armies mostly had to carry whatever they needed on campaign. While it seems unfathomable today to not have a good way to resupply troops with ammunition, it was entirely possible that an army might only be able to resupply its cartridges by seizing enemy stocks of powder and lead to cast into balls.

[@someweirdguyew9757]

Yeah, same for pre-industrial battles where soldiers would starve or have to stumble around barefoot in the snow. It's just an unfathomable level of suck.

[@jongustavsson5874]

@@someweirdguyew9757 Well, plenty of Russians got dead due to lack of supplies during the winter war.

[@hailexiao2770]

It certainly helped that ammunition consumption was orders of magnitude lower back then. For example during the War of the Spanish Succession the average soldier in the English/British army fired seven shots during the entire campaign.

[@kieranh2005]

They could 'forage' for food (read 'confiscate from villages and towns they passed through or stopped at. If they were being polite they might even pay). This was one of the reasons that Napoleon broke his Armee down into separate, smaller corps, each moving along a different route. The food stockpiles from a town that might feed a corps for the better part of a week would barely feed the whole army for a day. Also, smaller units move faster. And anyone pursuing his armies had to drag their whole supply train with them, as all of the viable routes had been stripped bare of supplies by the faster moving corps. I really pity the common peasants. They got shafted no matter what happened.

[@paulmanson253]

A point that most moderns do not think of. The majority of churches and cathedrals had roofing with lead sheet. For centuries before the Napoleonic era,when weight for trebuchets was needed,or lead for muskets,finding sufficient lead for a battle was likely going to be nearby. Gunpowder in barrels was much lighter to transport by horse or mule cart. Plus flints. Not much to concern oneself over compared to any modern military.

[@IAssassinII]

"Seeing the crowds, he went up to the podium, and when he clipped his microphone his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 'Blessed are the French in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of 8mm.'" - The Book of Karl 5:1-3

[@PipoZePoulp]

"Fear not the taper, for it delivers you from malfunctions."

[@andersjjensen]

@@PipoZePoulp Gunnilations 7:62?

[@egomania2792]

@@andersjjensen 7,65. Easy to get them confused.

[@BLUGGLES]

I can't help but feel like you missed the opportunity to call this Gras to MAS... excellent presentation regardless :)

[@nichevo1]

No one rides for free!

[@nichevo1]

No one rides for free!

[@luisantolafrancis519]

One day Ian will do this lecture in french.. Encore!!! Bravo!!!

[@TheSunchaster]

There was an article in "Калашников" magazine in volume 10 for year 2009 named "Последний резерв. Об использовании винтовок Гра в России в I мировой, Гражданской и Великой Отечественной войнах" by Руслан Чумак. Gras rifles mentioned in case of Tula people militia (more precisely "Тульский рабочий полк" - Tula workers regiment) in October-November 1941. This formetion also got Lewis MGs and Lebel rifles.

[@dancingcandy1]

Zz

[@timbaskett6299]

Thanks for the insight. All knowledge is welcome here.

[@kevo-o-o]

Get out of here stalker!

[@Tadicuslegion78]

ASAC: we need someone to lecture on French guns…. Ian: *Rises up from behind them* Hello, There

[@Dieselkraftwerk]

"General McCollum"

[@SendBreadPics]

Love how he deliveres a professional presentation in the same style as the usual yt videos.

[@geodkyt]

Ian's skill and expertise at presenting are perhaps best illustrated by the factcthat i don't particularly *care* about French bolt action rifle development, and I watched this video all the way through to the end, being fascinated and informed the whole while. And now I have a *much* better appreciation if why the Lebel is the rifle it is - even more than the oft-mentioned, "Well, that's what you get when you're first to market!" is the point (that I previously didn't know) that the Boss said, "Give me a rifle in 5 months!" when the design team had *literally* just settled on a *bullet* (not even a full cartridge). In perspective, this would have been like the Army Chief of Staff announcing in October 2017 that he wanted to see the final downselected winning designs from the NGSW program * (the version of the LMG, rifle *and* cartridge that would end up going into production and service) no later than the end of March 2018. . * Note that the *RFP* for *any* component of the NGSW program hadn't even been written in October 2017...

[@nichevo1]

We moved as fast or faster in WWII but that doesn't detract from the achievement.

[@jubuttib]

""Give me a rifle in 5 months!" when the design team had literally just settled on a bullet (not even a full cartridge)" 15:00 so, "they're at the point where they had picked a bullet *diameter*". =)

[@geodkyt]

@@jubuttib Picking the bullet diameter (8mm) and role (infantry rifle) pretty much narrows down the other parameters, ballistically. Now you're down to "fiddly bits" like jacket composition, and in the 1880s, most of the other factors will end up being in a *very* narrow range.

[@geodkyt]

@@nichevo1 Name the rifle program that went from, "we have a bullet - not even a case, but just a bullet" to, "we have a prototype rifle that is effectively in as close.to.final form as possible before actually going into mass production" that quickly. Designing a sheet metal buzzgun like the PPS42 or the Sten Gun using a well developed cartridge and decades of experience in SMG we can draw on is completely different from a paradigm shifting infantry rifle that was "first in class" almost across the board.

[@jubuttib]

@@geodkyt Sidenote, it's interesting that Ian didn't mention here that the original bullet they used was a round nose, not a pointy spitzer style. He talked about it in another video on the Lebel, saying how it was one of the reasons why the tube mag wasn't an issue for them.

[@ianray8823]

So this is basically "Forgotten Weapons Live" and we're all for more it

[@ZeroEscape2074]

I seriously enjoy Ian talking more about the history of the gun rather than stripping it

[@RonOhio]

Nice presentation, kind of made my morning to see Ian in his academic persona. Don't know which was better, the "Kid on Christmas morning" Alien video or this, two sides of the coin.

[@aaronmcdaniel9338]

It's awesome to see that you're knowledge is so sought after that people will invite you to nice functions like this and you still give us the contents for free. It shows such a love to impart knowledge that is rare today. Thank you.

[@dcspooky6903]

Quit the honour to present to the American Society of Arms Collectors Ian. A very elite organization.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Indeed!

[@xavierbelmont8935]

When Ian just wants to bring the guns with him to show to everyone. He just makes up a brilliant excuse as to why they're there. LOL

[@LarpingSupply]

Ian + French Rifles = Education time

[@LUR1FAX]

Awesome of Ian to do a presentation like this on the spot!

[@gouravduttaroy5238]

Ian: I don't have a PowerPoint presentation. Me looking at the guns: thats some good shit right there.

[@randomidiot8142]

Don't need a PowerPoint if the speaker can paint a picture in your mind. Then again you need to have an imagination for the painter to paint on..

[@brianargo4595]

I've been watching your videos for years. Watching you live is mind-blowing. Research and facts always seemed spot on, but since you're not filming much more than your hands most of the time, I assumed you were writing scripts and releasing your best take. THIS video showed me how much knowledge is just filed away in that brainpan. A few glances down to notes to verify proper information, but otherwise either memorized verbatim or just known through and through. Definitely looked like the latter. Color me even more impressed

[@hendriktonisson2915]

Excellent presentation!

[@nolanasd6092]

Huh, really interesting how unique all these french weapons are.

[@BaronMARTo]

The French are unique. 😉

[@pladmitry]

"The French copy no one, and no one copies the French"

[@Silver4567z]

@@pladmitry the flintlock is good example where everyone copied the French

[@potatofuryy]

@@Silver4567z and smokeless powder

[@pladmitry]

Also the Kropatschek rifles 🤷

[@JessZomb]

"I just brought the guns instead' Never change man, never change.

[@andersjjensen]

Yeah. That's about as epic as when he is showcasing some rare exotic variant of a rifle and just casually produces it's equally rare predecessor from his lap mid-sentence while talking... And I think it speaks volumes that absolutely nobody is surprised even in the slightest, but rather just mentally go "Well of cause you did..." :P

[@theturkey1523]

I wish I could see something like this in person

[@WindHaze10]

This really is an elder god tier youtube channel. Glad to have found it many years ago when he ad that MG intro.

[@TheMokaKiller]

What I loved the most about that intro was the music in the style of 90's documentary tv shows.

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

Ian is an excellent public speaker, very clear and authoritative without being over bearing. No stuttering. Amazing.

[@williamhart4896]

Thanks for sharing your presentation with us Ian

[@Techcensorshipbot]

I just watched your magazine presentation that’s 7 years old or something last night. So it’s cool you came out with this today!

[@jamieclinnick8086]

Ian really does provide an incredible historical service to the world....

[@TheOldTeddy]

Outstanding. No higher accolade.

[@CrispyGFX]

Love these in-person lectures!!!

[@terry7907]

Outstanding presentation.

[@sonicrose8430]

it is a goal of every collector to be able to say ''so i brought the guns themselves'' so casually

[@mariuszokaitis20]

The most satisfying thing in this video is to see, that Ian hadn't aged at all since I started to watch his videos.

[@bruceinoz8002]

Maybe he has a portrait of himself in his attic?

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

@@bruceinoz8002 He has some dirty uncleaned gun, decaying visibly over the years. Probably imported by Royal Tiger from Ethiopia.

[@BSKustomz]

Yes! I love Ian's Ted talks

[@effynme]

Thank you Ian!

[@TheLambdaGuy]

Ian should legit be a teacher

[@mikeyblades1896]

He is a teacher. would you not call the thousands of educational videos teaching?

[@Hidalguense]

@@mikeyblades1896 history teacher and arms teacher I guess.

[@HD-J.R.]

It would be great if schools taught real history. All we have is social studies and pop culture. Kids think the battle of the bulge is a weight loss program.

[@KingOfCornchips]

@@HD-J.R. That's down to an individual teacher and school board level. As a teacher you get a standard to teach like "Students should be able to analyze and compare two primary sources" and that can be done however the teacher/staff/school board would like to accomplish that goal.

[@skepticalbadger]

Why? So he can earn a lot less and not get to talk about guns?

[@bakbakpremierdunom3241]

I hope that we (your French subscribers) will see you one day make a presentation on the history of French firearms in France

[@michelguevara151]

this is excellent documentary, ian, bravo!

[@bigfreddie4854]

Great presentation Ian.Wish i was there.You have got to be the most knowledgeable🧠 firearms expert i'v ever seen.

[@richardthorpe8889]

I am up in Canada and have a Gras that was converted into a single shot 12 guage. I would think that in the colonies it might not have been uncommon for military arms to be repurposed by the locals into something that they had need of. Great video Ian. Thank you

[@WhatIfBrigade]

The short sightedness of rushing the development of the smokeless powder rifle for 3 million troops is astonishing. Just buy some 1886 Winchesters in the short term and get the rifle right! An 8mm Lee-Lebel would've been awesome!

[@PipoZePoulp]

That's what you get when the guy in charge wants his name on the project and might not be in office in 6 months.

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

@@PipoZePoulp Boulanger was a pretty sketchy guy -- at one point it looked like he was making a play to become dictator. "Despite his charisma, he lacked coolness, consistency, and decisiveness; he was a mediocre leader who lacked vision and courage" -- Wikipedia.

[@rasmussrensen2029]

Wow those Guns are in fantastic condition!

[@Easy-Eight]

Ian knew what he was looking for. I own a Gras and it's all due to the influence of Ian. I can't find ammo for it and that's all due to COVID. :(

[@khaelamensha3624]

I am quite amazed that did not brought the firing range with the guns😂 Well another amazing video. Thanks Ian best regards from France. PS The joke about deadlines and French projects got me 😂

[@damirblazevic4823]

Again, I am amazed how good of a speaker Ian is. Apart from being very knowledgeable about the topic, the words seem to flow effortlessly, and everything in concise, to a point, not a single superfluous adjective... Magnificent!

[@photolover6944]

What a great video, Ian ! You're American and you know more about French guns than any Frenchman. I am just amazed by your knowledge.

[@wavecreatures]

Great presentation and well delivered. Thank you Ian.

[@pointynotsharp8436]

Really keen to see a breakdown on that carbine kropatschek he mentioned in the end of the video!

[@chadsutton1787]

Your presentation skills are really good.

[@swetangsharma]

Someone give this man a Doctorate

[@stefanmolnapor910]

Love these episodes(presentations)! Thank you

[@bjorntrollgesicht1144]

Hey, French people- this guy is popularizing your history and culture to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Get to your government and get Ian a medal for it! I unironically think he deserves one.

[@Hawk1966]

Good presentation Ian.

[@parrotraiser6541]

While it doesn't produce the choking billows of black powder, "smokeless" powder is still more of an aspiration or marketing term than an accurate description of the result.

[@beargillium2369]

Nah, it really is absent of smoke... Either you've never tried black powder or you're some kind of artillery crew 😉

[@bruceinoz8002]

Firstly, to Ian: Excellent packaged summary of a subject not usually on my radar. Good stuff. To “Parrot Raiser”: A lot of what looks like "smoke" from "smokeless" powder is water-vapour condensing out. If you fire the sanm ammo in the steamy swamps of Florida and the desert fastness of southern Arizona in summer, there will be a noticeable difference in the "signature". The supersonic pressure wave from the muzzle blast alone will do interesting things to humid air, by itself. Smokeless powder is a self-contained fuel and oxidizer in one substance. Most of the combustion product is a mix of Carbon Dioxide and water vapour. There is some particulate matter leaving the barrel; everything from partially burned powder to "stabilizers", metallic "dust" from the projectile, etc. "Smokeless" is "mostly true", as they say in the social media bun-fights.

[@andersjjensen]

@@beargillium2369 Old gunner here.. yup, that shit ain't the slightest bit smokeless when you're firing 155mm/6" Howitzers.... I've coughed my lunges out more times when I care to remember when we'd been shooting up wind and the breach block opened..

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

@@andersjjensen If you were firing black powder you'd be breathing in a mixture of unburnt carbon, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides. Your 155mm would be mostly dumping nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Both mixtures would screw up your lungs, but the unburnt carbon would make the black powder more smokey.

[@ZGryphon]

It's like painless dentistry.

[@iLLeag7e]

I've been waiting for a master class production on French firearms from this guy for quite awhile, man! Honestly wouldn't let anybody else tell me nada about the French guns unless it's Ian at this point. Not even an actual French guy. I got my popcorn and my notebook, Ian, let's roll the film! Thank you sir!

[@royshobe6642]

Thanks for making this video

[@francoisnoufnouf8347]

Forgotten weapons .. The best source about french guns !! I shoot Lebel, Gras, Chassepot, MAS 1936, MAS 1938, Berthier, Le Français (25ACP & 32 ACP), MAS 1935 A & S , 1973, 1892 french revolvers .. And Ian is my principal source.. Ian .. You should have the french nationality too .. Thanks a lot for your works .. Best regards from France !!

[@methodeetrigueur1164]

1973 ? Je suppose un Chamelot-Delvigne 1873. À moins qu’il ne s’agisse d’un Manurhin MR-73. Quant à tirer au MAS 38 en France, encore faut-il trouver des cartouches en 7,65 long (qui fonctionnent)… et c’est une arme classée en catégorie A !

[@rasgotiriebud]

would love if ian wrote a book about US rifles like he did with the french ones

[@jcorbett9620]

There is no real need for him to do so, as there is so much information out there from very good authors already. Ian wrote his book because of the total LACK of good (or indeed any!) source information that was not written in French.

[@rasgotiriebud]

@@jcorbett9620 you’re probably right. But he would probably make more sales on an American rifle version of his book

[@TheSunchaster]

17:54 - this is why naming Mosin rifle as "Mosin-Nagant" doesn`t make any sense

[@Dalesarty]

Brilliant as always. Your knowledge is greatly respected and your sharing of it is appreciated. A pleasure to view, always entertaining and very educational. Thank you.

[@badopinionsrighthere]

I enjoyed most of my college classes, but I sure as hell would have loved a class about firearm history

[@jasonz7788]

Great work Sir thank you

[@aidanfarnan4683]

Great talk. Thank you for uploading this.

[@pegzounet]

Le gras, c'est la vie.

[@abracadabra974]

Caradoc 😂😂😂

[@EthanDyTioco]

Whoa, nice audio quality. I'd expect the lecture hall standard of echoes and audience shuffling

[@tekumeku2244]

I love things like this that talk about the development of a gun that we all know. very informative vid

[@critterjon4061]

I feel like they ask Ian in passing if they could have him if they could have him talk about French firearms and he came back 10 minutes later with all the guns and the entire lecture all ready

[@RalphReagan]

I love the chaspot the best.

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

@@ronal8824 France: "Those Prussians showed the world that a breach loader was good -- develops the Chassepot. Ah, metallic cartridges -- makes the Gras, based on the Chassepot. Ah, repeating would be good -- modifies the Gras with the Kropotchek repeating system. Hey, we have smokeless powder! -- builds the Lebel, still recognizably descended from the Chassepot. Wouldn't a self loading rifle be good? Makes the RSC, partly built from Lebel rifles. They started with a needle gun and worked their way to a long stroke gas piston rotating bolt rifle with a manlicher clip, basically the direct ancestor of the M1 Garand and from there the AK47.

[@karakan1578]

Hey Ian. Very informative as always. One quick side info; Andre Berthier was the creator and the project manager for the coversion of 0.45 Ottoman Martinis to 7.65 mm Mauser in 1910s. He did this during his 10 year or so service with the Ottoman government. More info in the book I’m currently reading. Cheers

[@jamesallred460]

Excellent presentation good sir!

[@10lauset]

Wonderful presentation...Thank you. ...Cheers...

[@Caveira138]

Ian should do a tour of these I would totally go nerd out live

[@BOMNN]

Gun Jesus we watch you every morning while working, my coworker doesnt have a good ear for english but understands anyway

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Reading these sections in Chasspot to Famas and then hearing them is very funny.

[@benjaminforman1616]

Now that you mentioned the Japanese type 22... anyways wonderful display of guns and thanks for posting this!

[@alterego480]

"they have it done on time, which is actually more remarkable for being a french project" somebody get france some burn gel

[@andersjjensen]

One of the top comments is a French guy who is laughing his ass of at how correct Ian is about this. You can't burn people with jokes they tell about themselves! :P

[@robertoservadei4766]

Great video! wish you'd make more like this!

[@willros6128]

First two guys shot by smokeless powder in a metallic cartridge : “Hey! He just shot you. And he can still see us!!

[@poja82]

It is astonoshing how you made a very obscur subject something a lot of people like in the Internet.

[@jackusmc2542]

Thanks Ian. Enjoyed your Ted Talk😀

[@dreamingflurry2729]

I would have loved to say this at school! "Wasn't able to make a PP-Presentation, so I brought live weapons!" (After that the police would haul me away - even if I didn't bring any ammo! But the looks on the teachers' faces would have probably been worth it :D ) - Great presentation nontheless :) ps: I live in Germany, carrying weapons around is a no-go here, unless you are police (or have a gun-license, which aren't granted to people who don't need guns for their jobs, like bodyguards etc.)...it doesn't matter if loaded or not! You have to have them in a locked case or bag, till you are at a gun-range (or out on the field/in the forest if you are a hunter!) If you shoot for sport you gain a gun-possession-license (Waffenbesitzkarte!), so you may keep weapons at home (in a gun-vault and separate one for ammo!) and take them (in a locked case or bag) to a gunsmith or to the range!

[@k98k36]

Laws are for loosers

[@gwtpictgwtpict4214]

@@k98k36 The word you're looking for is 'losers'.

[@nolanasd6092]

Back in my grade 10 history class, during the fist world war section they brought in a Maxim gun, flare gun, some soldiers stuff, a couple helmets and bayonets, an artillery shell and a British grenade (all obviously disarmed, removed explosives' and firing pins, welded bolts.) For the sake of having objects to show what things looked like. Before anyone asks, no not America, I'm from Canada. Three or four schools shared the stuff and had a curator who took care of everything.

[@Chiller01]

@@gwtpictgwtpict4214 Shows the level of discourse in the US in 2021.

[@methodeetrigueur1164]

Same in France, unfortunately…

[@F1ghteR41]

16:56 That part of the story is from 1898 or so, the 1886 variant of the cartridge was still with a round-nose bullet. Aside from that, good talk, it was quite enlightening.

[@jeff911p]

That was a good presentation. wish i was there tho.

[@PaulP999]

Oh this poor audience, denied the chance of Ian producing a surprise exhibit from his lap behind the table. (...and I suppose poor Ian, denied hearing our applause online..?)

[@timbaskett6299]

This should be a "gun nerd" ASMR!!!! Ian is the sole reason for my interest in French arms design.

[@andersjjensen]

Ian is those sole reason for my interest in arms design - full stop. I started watching for the historical context of the weapons, but now I'm interested in manufacturing logistics, rifling twist rates, bullet jacket design, every aspect of mechanical reliability, the often colourful personalities behind the development... AND the historical context! :P

[@biggerbehindthetrigger2814]

I think he did great on a short notice speech. I don't know how hard it is to build a PowerPoint presentation. I k ow how hard it is to play music to a video. I was in a band that had a one hour video that we played with that had to be timed to the millisecond along with a light show. It took months of practice for a tour. We would have 40 or so monitors until we went to a projector and saved time and space.

[@jonathanohagan1349]

And thus the sermon of the 'Gun Messiah' hath concluded, and much important information past forth. I can only imagine, what a fully functional and operation 'Gun Jesus' would be like. Man is a genius.

[@hamboneneurosis995]

Would love to see one of your presentations in person someday

[@genghiskhan6809]

Props to the French engineers that made the 1886 Lebel.

[@sebastienlopez165]

so cool thx ian