June 2017 Q&A - Part 3 of 3

[@treizTUBE]

"I can not appendix carry my M4" Well certainly not with THAT attitude.

[@ToastbackWhale]

"Many rubles comrade, do not lose or drop."

[@daltonmiller8216]

I really liked the whole of ripping History Channel a new one.

[@TheSuburban15]

Dalton Miller I actually remember watching a lot of what they talked about.

[@nigmaster1]

Ancient aliens channel??

[@Bluith]

Come and See is a very interesting watch. Its amazing how the director choreographed such seamless chaos with so many extras on screen and with the long shots it feels so real.

[@jeremyallen1260]

Never thought I could listen to two dudes talk for 3 hours about anything! You guys have that "something" that allows that. Thanks for bringing us into your educated and well thought out conversations.

[@Erikreaver]

Great Q&A, guys! I enjoyed it very much. Just to chime in on the media manipulating what you say or do, I've only been reviewed by local newspaper once and I can't help it but to loathe it's guts. It was in a local gallery and the reporter asked me what the things we forge are and how they are made. I tried to abolish the myth of "magical hundredfold nippon steel" and tell her that "damascus", or rather, patternwelded steel is more or less a decorative thing, that used to have a purpose in history because of worse steel quality (but decoration was part of that, too) and especially in Japan, save for the use of forgewelding of hard steel edges on softer, more malleable and shock resistant lower-carbon steel body, be it axe, knife or other tool. And the result? She wrote that I said that the stuff is pure magic and insurmountable objective quality. I explicitly said that it isn't this. Sigh. People.

[@travispollett2120]

I love that you guys explain why you have the opinions you have and even when answering questions you do such a good job of explaining your answers that even I, who knows next to nothing about guns other than watching the content you guys do, can understand the discussion. Thank you both for being real people and not just Internet personalities.

[@SergeantSarge]

"Woohoo, this is awesome! DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA" - Ian McCollum, 2017

[@stefanb5189]

i really liked your stance on visiting places of battle and human suffering, and would absolutely love a inrange series on the matter. I see a lot of upsides of a format like the one you mentioned. keep it up karl&ian on a personal note: having visited 3 KZ i remember standig on the ramps in auschwitz with a clear view to the railway gate and the chambers, left and right there were wooden barracks as far as you can see. only having visited the smaller camps of dachau and flossenburg, i was confrontend with the immense size of the auschwitz complex and the amount of killed people, augmented with large barrack sized unterground rooms filled up to the ceiling with literally 10s of thousands of glasses, empty shoes and suitcases with names still written on them. As i was standing there the impressions sunk in, my heartrate increased, sweaty palms, sounds getting much more quiet, time started to slow down, my eyes focused on every scratch on the stained walls of the chambers. i got a very strange feeling of not beeing a human but part of my surroundings. my head spinning and fuming and changing focus frequently while consantly taking in unimagineable facts about the camp and its people. i wandered around the whole day, on occcasion sit/stand still for 15-20 without realizing it myself. The only time i felt similarly displaced and hunted as on this day was an evening were i took 3 good glasses of MDMA and smoked 2,5 grams of cannabis in one sitting. a truly revealing and mindblowing visit. if you made it here : Greetings, have a nice day ! :)

[@evanabrams1873]

FAMAS since it is lever delayed has no locking lugs. the bolt looks somewhat similar to a cross between a FAL bolt and VZ.58

[@FuzzWong]

ethan vaught All hail the new gun Jesus!

[@JenniferinIllinois]

FINALLY!!!! Somebody tells the truth about these 'reality' shows. They are just as scripted as any other show and like Ian said, the producers want the most 'colorful' people so that manufactured drama can look somewhat realistic. Over two and a half hours of Q&A. LOVE IT!!!! -Jen

[@Paul-ie1xp]

Hey Karl, That's a great description of the film 'Come and See'. it's a confusing, difficult to watch, masterpiece, I watched it years ago and felt exhausted at the end of it.

[@luciussulla987]

I think I may have mentioned it under another one of your videos but Dan Carlin's Ghosts of the Ostfront is probably one of the best ways to introduce yourself to the Eastern front of WWII for anyone wanting to get an idea of just how insane the scale and level of violence was.

[@servicerifle16]

Don't let anyone own you guys, keep up the great work and content.

[@Isaaclichtenstein]

You guys are so wonderful! I hope to be contributing to your patreon as soon as i'm out of college and you know, have money to spend on stuff besides food. I really think viewer supported content like this is an amazing new avenue, and i'm really happy you guys are pursuing it.

[@kenhelmers2603]

I don't know how I missed this 3yrs ago, but I'm just now watching this in Sep of 2020... That spiel about Hudson was so sadly funny

[@PGTRegard]

Studying the Eastern front changed Antony Beevor's view of human nature. It's incredible how much history can affect you.

[@robdog9128]

Not getting emotional doing something you are passionate about is hard for anyone, I'd say. I really feel for Karl there. Not coming off as agressive or intimidating people once you really get into a discussion is hard for me. I just really enjoy myself in those moments.

[@scottsaylors1996]

I respect you guys' knowledge on everything and I'm a big fan. The only thing I disagree with y'all on is the Steyr Aug. I've used it in a duty role and love it but like you said different experiences dictate different views.

[@moosemaimer]

Interesting note about being deployed to Hawaii as a cook... my dad spent his Navy tour during Vietnam in the Caribbean, mostly lounging around in the sun and fishing.

[@unicornwithnohorn]

God damnit. Making me get back on Facebook to take part in the discussion. Great vid guys, love to just hear the ramble.

[@goetzliedtke]

I had two uncles on my dad's side in WWII in Europe - both had PTSD. My uncle who served in the Pacific did not suffer from PTSD, but he had prior life experience. My mother's father was in WWII on the Eastern Front and when he came back in 1949 he was pretty strange (I never knew him). My father-in-law's PTSD was from stateside service (picking up after plane crashes). Overall, I'd say the Western Front in Europe was probably less traumatic, if you survived.

[@anglicky69]

absolutely love listening to you guys!

[@DiggingForFacts]

"Many rubles, comrade: do not lose or drop" is going into my archive of useful expressions

[@swietoslaw]

+InRangeTV Rifles from 1970, It is G36 Czech, Bren, Polish MSBS/Radon, Tavor

[@nirfz]

And what about korean, chinese and south african Rifles, didn't they come up with something in that timeframe too?

[@ZealothPL]

MSBS is just a slight variation of an AR-18 according to Ian and Karl, G36 too (as far as i understood)

[@yvansirois1496]

Krzysztof Zalewski h

[@swietoslaw]

In fact i don't know :P

[@chexquest87]

You guys are great. Entertaining and very informative. Keep up the good work!

[@genericpersonx333]

My grandfathers served in the Navy during WW2 and they would have added another reason for preferring Europe to the Pacific: Disease. Virtually everyone was sick all the time in the Pacific whereas European troops could find themselves virtually illness free. In the Pacific, Jungle Rot was essentially universal and easily 50% of troops could have some severe illness like Malaria, Malnutrition, and other problems that came from the inability to keep sanitation standards up due to the poor climate and chronic supply shortages.

[@Trekpanther]

My first thought was "More likely to have more clean water and non-rotten/damaged rations in European theater than Pacific"

[@DaleErnieMichael]

When you were talking about using a Vepr or Saiga for home defense, the biggest downside to those is the fact that the mags will squish the plastic shells and make them completely unusable after a relatively short time. There's a reason why box mag fed shotguns aren't really used by any militaries or police anywhere in the world, even Russia doesn't actually use the Saiga and they substitute it out with a pump action.

[@a.h.504]

Five minutes into Come and See and I went "I'm going to watch this another time"

[@InrangeTv]

Not a terrible decision.

[@a.h.504]

@@InrangeTv Very surreal, instantly uncomfortable by the cinematography. Looking forward to seeing it in the right setting...

[@soylentgreen7074]

That's also why we don't see England or other very anti gun regions coming up with new designs as well. Most of their civilians have never held a firearm let alone know how they work. Laws and regulations are stunting our technical advancement. Look at the change in small arms from 1900-1960 and the change from 1960-current. Not just in the firearms world but areas we are regulating ourselves to a standstill.

[@unity3938]

For home defence where you want more shot from a coach gun, just get 2. Still cheaper than almost anything else and it's your house where you are prepared and you have somewhere to retreat too to get that second gun. Opinions?

[@tylerbuchholz3234]

Tim Dodgson That's what I was thinking when Ian threw out that $1500 for the Chiappa. What's that, around 7 used coach guns?

[@MadraktheRed]

Strap them to yourself blackbeard style. Then set your beard on fire.

[@unity3938]

Tyler Buchholz at least, probably more if you buy smart. I wonder if my life would be complete with that many side by sides?

[@worldfamousgi86]

I can tell you, it's awesome and it really brings things to life to be there. I've had the opportunity to visit Normandy, and I got to stand on point du hoc, and walk down to Omaha beach. It's so surreal being there and you just sorta get it. It's amazing at point du hoc, the destruction, there are steel and concrete bunkers with craters taken out of them and rebar all twisted up looking like confetti. There are craters that are thirty feet deep and fifty feet across after being filled in for 70 years. Then standing on the cliff it's just amazing and how did men actually do this, climb those cliffs and actually drive off the soldiers who were holding it. It's just amazing to be places, like the grand canyon as I'm sure you know can't really be adequately described with words or even pictures. Also yes, "reality" television is probably the most obnoxious thing there is. Give me Dic Van Dyke or Hogan's heroes any day over those. Also I'm a college student, my dad just broke me by raising me on old awesome stuff.

[@0214Bub]

In general the entertainment industry treats the firearm community differently. I know the guys who found two of the handguns used in the last Indiana Jones movie, a Webley and a 1911. They offered to loan the handguns for filming and have them returned afterwards. That was a no go, but I kind of see the production company's point on that isuue. However, they also refused to list them in the credits as the source of the guns. Remember credits go on for like 5 minutes now and the dude that provides the melon balls and chicken salad gets credit.

[@kevinstafford4475]

Great video. Concerning the 416, I had the chance to use one in Afghanistan on my second tour. The AWG guys brought some in for us to use and get feedback in "real world" conditions and mission use. To be honest we were not that impressed. The 416 offered no real increase in reliability over our issue M4s from what we saw and the handling was actually worse. The piston system made the weapon feel front heavy and unbalanced, on a stripped carbine, and when we added WLs and our PEQ2s it felt really cumbersome. I have nothing against piston driven ARs but I personally think the hype over them is often misplaced and with some shooters borderline hysteria.

[@PassiveDestroyer]

I agree about the SCAR. I shot one the other day at a local range that had a FA SCAR 16, and it was kind of disappointing. It functioned fine, but it didn't elicit any excitement. But after 50 rounds(20 semi, 30 in FA bursts), the handguard was unreasonably hot. And it was an indoor range too!

[@legionitalia309]

Roller delay blowbacks main drawback is the lack of any way to lower the chamber pressure before the extractor rips the rim of the shell casing off. This is why they have fluted chambers on the higher pressure 5.56 and 7.62 HK versions, and why it never went any further, in my opinion.

[@nerdvernacular9650]

I think the biggest problem with the delayed roller blowback guns is the fluted cylinders. Ammo is too expensive these days to go around ruining your brass. It would be really hard in the modern market to successfully market a new rifle that rendered your brass un-reloadable, especially when there are so many great weapons out there that don't have that problem.

[@nerdvernacular9650]

Arms companies are always thinking about the civilian market at the same time. Semi auto versions of military rifles are often a notable percentage of sales.

[@derfurz8618]

@@nerdvernacular9650 i know it's a year later but I think that if a company like HK works tries their best they would be able to remove the fluted chambers. The roller lock system was designed from 1945-50 and nobody seriously worked on it since then. I doubt that the Sig had the capabilities at the time to remove them and HK only made improvements to the G3 because no Army would buy new barrels for that.

[@williamprince1114]

Your Hudson comments made me recall comments and predictions related to the Colt 2000

[@1972glm]

Come and See is one of the best war films ever made. Using live ammunition and explosions, the exploration of the psychological effects of war in a very documentry like way is stunning. The Einsatzgruppen scenes are......horrendous

[@BrianPurkiss]

A video dedicated to delayed blow back rifles would be amazing. I love the delayed blow back action. I'd love to hear more about y'all's exploration of that system.

[@davidday6426]

You guys are good. About Europe vs Pacific, Having personally worked on the Island of Guam for 6 months in construction worker PPE, The thought of wearing full gear with boots, rifle and fighting for your life in that heat. God NO.

[@mruler360]

The AN94 was also intended to use the "hyperburst" as a way to defeat ceramic body armor. By placing two rounds (often with hardened tungsten cores) within one to two inches it would've had a very good chance of penetrating the best body armor available.

[@joejo8416]

In my own personal experience roller delayed blowback does actually lend itself quite well for accurate Guns. Of course I can only tell you guys what I have seen and done with them. Im a German Army Infantryman, to be precise im the DM in my platoon. For about one and a Half years I have been handeling the H&K G28, witch is, as you know, a highly accuriced 417. It a fantastic shooter up to 850 Meters. some people might perform good shoots at even longer distances with those guns I cant say that for sure but 800-900 is what I can definitley confirm. Before I was issued that Rifle I carryed the DM version of the H&K G3 for 3 years. those guns were sent back to H&K, were rebarreled, outfittet with a Schimdt&Bender Scope and had a new semi auto only triggerpack installed on them. That was our main DM refle for the last 10 or 15 years. When I was in northern Afgahn I was carryed that gun every day on every Patrole we did. What would you say If i would tell you that this rifle was also accurate up to 700 Meters? For a DM Rifle thats all you need if you ask me. I think if someone would revisit the whole roller delayed blowback concept and mix in some new ideas and learned lessons form the last 2 decades of world wide conflicts, this new gun could easyly compete with the SCAR, HK416 and the other top notch combat/assault rifles of today Thank you guys for all the awesome work you do, please keep the fantastic videos comming! :)

[@edm240b9]

No idea Ian was behind the Stinger LMG project! That was probably the only good episode, but if you remember earlier, I asked the WWII Sniper question because of the show. He actually said the M1C was the best sniper of WWII and I lost complete interest in the rest of the show. And thank you guys for bringing in some light for these gun shows.

[@LoneRanger869]

You talk about the post WWII desire to increase soldier's effective fire rate and multiple projectile bullets; I'm curious if you've ever read Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's book "On Killing" c. 1995 or books he quotes often in his work, "Men Against Fire" c. 1947 by S.L.A Marshall or "Battle Studies" c.1888? (I don't really know the original, but a translation to English was done in 1920) by Ardent du Picq? I ask because they looked at soldiers on the battlefield and tried to study effective fire, and they all found that men were generally reluctant to actually engage the enemy (fire their weapons) or if they did they didn't do so very effectively. I know you guys save these Q & A sessions for your Patreon supporters so I don't expect you to address this topic necessarily in a video but if you are familiar with the works I mention above or decide to check them out and are inspired to address the ideas, then I'd be very interested in your thoughts. Thanks so much for such great videos.

[@tiortedrootsky]

Thank you for spreading recognition of the scale of eastern front. "Come and see" makes my skin crawl just by mentioning the name of the film. God knows how our people survived this hell.

[@cca73127]

Any number divided by itself......... damn I've become that guy. Great vids guys

[@beavisbutt-headson3223]

ANY number? How about 0?

[@scruggs6633]

Zero in and of itself is not a number, it is the absence of a number, it is nothing.

[@Baker_7498]

17:27 - trick question, the FAMAS doesn't have locking lugs on the bolt face.

[@copuis]

R&R for US troops in the pacific was brisbane QLD (which as a side was the point that the US thought japan was going to get to till those mere aussie stopped them vastly earlier than any US general thought they would)

[@daytonrobbins3361]

Ian, and Karl on the topic of the "Firearms" TV shows. I personally don't think an in-depth look into any firearm would ever work on main stream media. Even if an news organization went out and did a expose on the AR-15 to separate myth for reality. The only way the general public will watch is to include some sort of drama. That is why shows like this and Forgotten weapons is so valuable to the firearms community. Thanks for all you guys do!

[@mickeydown556]

They went away from delayed roller because of the stampings and the extra machining required for the bolt. To make a DRB (Delayer Roller Blowback) is more labor intensive. The AR is much less.

[@egoalter1276]

Lighter components, like largscale carbon nanotube manifacturing, or perhaps Boron fiber manifacturing might make guns either liter, or allow for greater propellant loads / nanothermite propellants. That still leaves the issue of recoil, that cannot be eliminated without increasing complexity of design. Guided ammunition is the other seemingly obvious next step.

[@ChielScape]

The reason as I understand for most piston ARs being worse than DI ARs has to do with the AR being designed *for* DI. The impulse on the bolt carrier is different with a short-stroke piston, which increases excentric forces on the carrier. Getting hot at the gasblock shouldn't be an issue unless you have a shit hand guard design and/or are dumping your entire combat loadout on panic mode. Carbon fouling and heat will dry and foul the lubricant and increase (third-body) wear. A clean DI gun is going to be as reliable as a clean piston gun but keeping the DI clean requires more maintenance than a piston gun, which I've caught you saying before as well. In the field you may or may not have the opportunity. Now, DI guns have gotten a lot better since 'Nam, with improved surface quality and high lubricity coatings and treatments on bolt carriers and other such workarounds, but, and I quote; "it's still a workaround". Now on the other side of the arguement is usually accuracy, generally in favor of the DI guns. I am not qualified to make a definitive statement here, but there is no lack of accurate guns in either category and you seem to gain much more from general quality of the rifle than any inherent differences in the gas system. If even a roller-delayed blowback rifle can be accurized to quarter MOA (referring to the PSG-1 here), then no gas system is going to be the cause of any missed shots. A more valid point is that there is slightly more weight up front with a piston system, and depending on the configuration of the rifle this may or may not be significant. Obviously in the WWSD rifles this will be significant. You won't convince me of the same in a .308 DMR or a mass-produced military assault rifle (carbon fiber does not lend itself well to mass production and base material costs are high to start with). While one might argue that there is no particular end-all reason not to go with DI, I would like to make the same statement for pistons and therefore it should and will come down to personal preference. DI does not deserve to get shit on as much as it does, but I prefer piston guns (a *well designed* AR15 or any AR18-based design ranging from G36 to SCAR to what have you) even if they are not quite as superior as some people make them out to be.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

11:10 - You also have to take into account how conflict in general is changing. The very nature of military engagement has been on the 'small' scale. Not wide-scale deployments but irregular forces, proxy-conflicts, insurgents, guerrillas, etc. The SOF are used more now than ever before, so perhaps there is something to be said for the marriage of high-tech, specialist armaments and their unique (but now widely used) capabilities. At what point are SOFs used frequently enough to warrant such expense? Especially if they become your go-to, over other more conventional units. The needs of a military in terms of equipment are dictated by the type of engagements they find themselves in, and so the direction of firearm development proceeds in tandem. The Limitations of my knowledge of a FAMAS bolt: The thing with the lil doohickey tail-thing protruding from it. 30:55 - I'm really surprised there wasn't more focus on just the environment as an 'enemy.' 37:40 - Great opportunity to plug something - Italy gets a lot of flak, if not gets downplayed entirely for their role in both world wars - close to (if not over, I'm not sure the exact figures) 1,000,000 Italians died on the 'Southern front' of WW1, over a not-gigantic stretch of land. In ridiculously mountainous terrain where there are STILL to this day frozen bodies found high in the alps. That there is a type of warfare on parallel with the Pacific in the Second World War.

[@seriousGeex]

I kind of disagree with your argument about the inaccuracy of the roller-delyed blowback system...the Stgw 57 outiftted with "sport sights" is one of the most accurate firearms in our shooting sports here in Switzerland...maybe this doesn't really count as an argument since the rifle was originally expensive to produce...

[@phileas007]

How many rounds before you have to exchange the rollers/recesses ?

[@Liam-B]

I always wondered why straight-pull bolt actions are so rarely seen in the US. I'm really curious about the potential of a lever-delayed system like the FAMAS or a free floated roller delayed rifle in one of the bench rest or long range cartridges.

[@whisperchainsaw102]

Straight pull bolts require more force to open and do not provide a significant increase in speed. I think we don't see as many bolt actions in general because we created the lever action and that took a significant ammount of the design and market from bolt guns.

[@johnriley4858]

A really interesting place to do a visit on in the eastern front would be the Brest fortress, as you could walk through the battle of June 22nd 1941. The start of operation Barbarossa.

[@ShanghaiedAgain]

Would using powder that has more energy per grain (or Joules/gram) not allow you to make cartridges smaller and smaller while keeping the velocity of the projectile, thus allowing rifles, magazines and ammo to be lighter due to the smaller cartridges? Or would this not work due to its limiting the amount of expanding gas or other problems?

[@JimBrodie]

The take up from last eps cut off is spot on.

[@drmaudio]

I would enjoy the thermal and night vision discussion. It is something I am interested in, but know very little about.

[@eturnerx]

WTH is this Hudson shilling!? I thought you were Bergmann shills. :)

[@ValThracian]

Bergmann: The Pistol of the Century!

[@impassible545]

Delayed roller has acceptable/good accuracy if the receiver is stiff enough. The problem is that oz for oz, a rotating bolt is more accurate than a delayed roller, because the reinforcements for a delayed blowback receiver are heavy. There's a slight reliability edge for the roller, especially for questionable ammunition, but I think, basically, there was a different system that worked, so people just went to it. Delayed roller might be better, I'm not sure, but it's not better enough to drive a development program.

[@ZealothPL]

Man, are those percentages of overall losses or percentages of losses of each country? Did Poland loose as many troops as entire US in the western front? :O Also, did you play Red Orchestra? That gives one a sliver of understanding just how horrible it must have been... A friend was talking to me over ingame voice while crawling with an MG34 and PTRS-41 blew his head off and the whine of his helmet being mangled together with him abruptly cutting off... *nopes*

[@DarkestVampire92]

The FK Field Pistol is a balanced action gun, and its supposedly coming out this year for a ridiculous amount of money. Hopefully you guys can get your hands on one, though i´m not holding my breath for it. 7500 dollars for a handgun is insane. As for the multiple-shot concept, theres the AF2011A1 and other double barrel pistols, plus that double barreled AR that i forgot the name of out there, so it shouldnt be such a big issue either. But the shooting videos of the AF2011A1 brings up a different issue, in that those two barrels never hit the same two spots, even from a bench rest. The left goes in one spot, the right goes in a different spot, and it basically increases the spread that way.

[@shawnc1936]

Type 95/97 was made after the 70's. But that's short stroke gas piston. And of course the dreaded bullpup.

[@JetorgXIII]

Where would you recommend looking for more information on the eastern front? I've looked at some KZbin videos on battles but I feel there is a lot I don't know, like the story of Pavlov's house and more, that kind of history deserves to be remembered.

[@nirfz]

Easy access? wikipedia, should have lots of articles, other sources: books. (Audiobooks if you prefere) I did not do that much research about WW2 as we learned a bit in school (and as were tought in school that our ancestors were the bad guys in 2 world wars, and lost, the motivation wasn't that great) And as a non russian speaker the little i did was based on the german side. One book i read was "Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger". Didn't particularly like the writing style of the german version, but the content and the pictures gave some insight and parts of it could be described as "disturbing". If you just want to get a bit "easier material" what about the 1993 film Stalingrad? Or if it doesn't have to be the eastern front: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot.

[@lowellhouser7731]

An AK107 semi-auto import with counter-balance and one of those new binary triggers from either Fostech or Franklin Armory(once they debut their AK specific triggers) would be something really fun to play with.

[@lowellhouser7731]

Also, interesting comments about the fixed power optics. I had suspected that a redot with flip up magnifier is probably the best setup available. So my new AR-80%frankengun is getting a holosunACSS/5x magnifier combo.

[@minutemanqvs]

Ian, I understand you have been to Ypres recently? Did you visit the museum in the cathedral?

[@pie4ti]

Keep up the great work and content.

[@SurajGrewal]

what's that sight they've been criticizing since 21:00. it sounds like bindon. but let me tell you, I can use illuminated irons and normal 4x long eye relief air rifle scope using both eyes open.... it looks like a screenshot from Delta force game to me

[@juhai7048]

About Bindon aiming and physiological differences; I think it is a matter of stereopsis. Some people are more adept to it by default, others need to learn it and some people never have it. And I am not talking about regular eyesight concept of seeing things and judging if they are close up or a far, but the actual ability to focus your eyes differently and getting "layers" to work better between your eyes. Hard to really describe it, since I've always had it and never had to really think about it. Maybe someone could tell it better, who had to learn it? Any fork-lift drivers around? :D EDIT: Oh, and by the way; I'm glad you are visiting Finland and really disappointed couldn't make it down south (600km) to maybe see you guys or shake your hand. Huge fan here!

[@PassiveDestroyer]

Also, with the comments about the mass-produced shows out there, your comments about "Sons of Guns" reminded me of their M36 that they "restored" and popped a smoke grenade at the end of the episode to create a cliffhanger, which royally pissed me off, as I love tanks and tank-like vehicles, and it was such bullshit. They literally could have damaged that vehicle by popping the smoke grenade inside of it, but it's indicative of their lack of responsibility dealing with weapons in general.

[@tommihommi1]

On WW2 Pistols: It really is insane how long the P38 (as the P1) was used by the Bundeswehr after WW2

[@TheSuburban15]

In my last carbine class, the instructor covered the objective lenses of optics. Probably 90% were able to grasp Bindon. I got it early on, but then lost it and could.not connect.

[@JakeAnthony98]

InRange needs a podcast

[@scnitzelmahn6430]

Caliber Magazine in Canada published an article on the AN/m2 stinger, apparently there is one (the only survivor of 12) surviving one in Ontario

[@worldfamousgi86]

One thing I can add concerning the eastern front of WWII is the impact it has had to this day. There are many cities and towns in Russia, that have almost only women in their 80s and 90s. During WWII, the Soviet government would come through and round up all the men regardless of age basically, and send them off to the front to die often without even giving them uniforms. And after the war, none of the men came back and the towns didn't recover, they just had all the family left behind there waiting around to die of old age

[@Hanns74]

In response to the lack of "new" roller delayed blowback systems we're currently seeing a huge resurgence in manufacturing from companies such as PTR, POF, MKE (Zenith), Omega, Brethren Armament, Dakota Tactical. Hell, HK even re-released the MP5k to the US market after how many years? I think it's a grand time to be a roller lock aficionado right now.

[@lon242]

"Hyperburst" is a sick ass sounding term

[@wadekirby8575]

If your counter recoiling mass was made for one specific load and barrel length you could theoretically eliminate recoil. If you then switched to a lighter recoiling load your gun would recoil down or backwards. :p

[@whyidontknow7113]

I don't have the money to support y'all on patreon so i'll just ask this here. Do you think that a modern roller-delayed blowback service rifle using some of the technology from the psg-1, such as the rollers not rolling, would make it more viable for military or civilian use than hk's current rifles?

[@paulwhite959]

I can find a basic pump action for about 1/2 what I can find even a basic coach gun for, and the time difference in time for two shots is pretty minimal. I'm sticking with pumps. For the WWII question...it might depend on if you were of Jewish descent. Also, the director of Come and See lived through at least some of the Battle of Stalingrad as a child (I know Ian and Karl know, but for other commentors).

[@nate665]

Major props to Karl for calling Ian Gun Jesus to his face. Ian's subdued reaction was hilarious.

[@deceptivepanther]

Didn't Klimov use live ammo in the filming of Come and See?

[@Homesickfobbit]

I have a VFG on my Scar. Heat is no problem to my hand, just my knee.

[@Terran994]

As far as roller blow back goes, I would ask is it more or less complex than today's piston and DI systems. That may be a clue. You may be right on accuracy. I mean look at the recoiling barrel in the long recoil design of the A-5 and Johnson Rile. (The Barrett M82 and M107 use a recoiling barrel but no others come to mind)

[@marcppparis]

Oh no Ian has to turn in his Francofile card :-)

[@Len_M.]

Get in contact with John Lovell for all your NV needs. He is here on KZbin as well.

[@The_New_IKB]

have you watched Combat Dealers, as broadcast in the UK?

[@Kilroy4540]

you guys should do a mud test with a vector if you can get ahold of one

[@Sniper9823]

I know it's not a usual question but I would be interested to hear about your tastes in music. I'm always interested by Karl's shirts for lesser known bands like laibach and skinny puppy.

[@nathancombs11]

the thing is in my opinion about small arms design for the military right now there are 2 well designed rifles in the world the m16 and all its various forms and AK and all its various forms. what makes them both so good is 1. if bad guys from outer space came a long and say the US and Russia just started handing out a rifle and 2 mags too any one passing by. the person that has never fired a gun in there live can be shooting in minutes. 2. both are cheep and easily made. so if a military needs 1 million rifles they could crank them out fast and pay less for them. with 3d printing you can even make disposable forms of eather rifle if need be. for example 3d print 2 million m16 lowers. they may only be good for say 10 mags but there would be lots of them around with a good menny non disposable ones around if you lived long enough you would get your hands on one at some point. 3. both do a lot of things well. they have short comings but both can get the job done in most cases. for example both accuracy is pritty good and reallyablty is pretty good. after woching inrange and forgotten weapons for a while now. the m16 Ak are at the puntcal of what militarys have been looking for a long time. and there is not too much that can be inprved apon excped what there made of or the amo they use.

[@kurtbergh]

l wonder how accurate a roller-delayed gun like the G3 could be made (and how costly), if for example the differently shaped ''rollers'' from PSG1 were used.

[@Liam-B]

VEPR 12's with the OEM thumbhole wood stock run under $600 on the norm.

[@robmeglaughlin325]

The guy with the ``Stinger`` died on Iwo Jima while attempting to get more ammo for the weapon.

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

The q&a are 40 or 50 mins of common sense and intellect. I'm an accountant in England and I can listen to it all day. So I do. I'm not a very good accountant now...

[@whyidontknow7113]

Did you ask how many locking lugs are on the bolt of a delayed blowback rifle?

[@arieheath7773]

The Famas is lever delayed blowback I believe.

[@warshipsatin8764]

couldnt the NFA at any time just declare duplex/triplex cartridges to be destructive devices?

[@Blackguineapig]

What content did Ian provide to sons of guns?