L-34 Sampo: Aimo Lahti's Rejected Masterpiece

[@Ethnarches]

YT = Yksittäistuli or something like that (semiauto), literally "single fire". KT = Konetuli (full auto), literally "machine fire". V = Varmistettu (Safe), literally "safe". Edit: I got some better translations for "Varmistettu" from fellow Finns, a more accurate literal translation would be "is made sure". Check the comments for other suggestions if you are interested.

[@foleymaj]

The literal translation of "varmistettu" would actually be "secured", but yes I concur on those translations.

[@CrowManyClouds]

A machine gun with a KZbin setting? Shows just how forward-thinking Lahti was!

[@laurisikio]

Hyvin käännetty piti päätä raapia että ymmärsin ne lyhenteet

[@Kumimono]

Mietin, kun KT'stä tuli ensin mieleen Kertatuli, että mikä se tuo YT on. Yhteistoimintatuli? Eli volley fire. :D

[@h0ts0ur]

hyvä käännös

[@ΜιχάληςΝικολάκης-τ4λ]

Basically Finnish weapons development : lahti , we need a new gun , Design one

[@monyclair5357]

Yes !

[@janwacawik7432]

Finnish John Moses Browning, by all means.

[@asteroidrules]

Aimo Lahti was basically the entire Finnish gun industry in the interwar period. He made the KP31, the LS26, L35, L39, and even the variants of the Maxim and Mosin that Finland used at the time. Soviet intelligence even suspected him of developing assault rifle prototypes.

[@peka2478]

not that we'll buy it, but still, design one

[@monyclair5357]

@@asteroidrules This man is my favorite gun conceptor ever honestly ... And I'm french we have a lot of inventor in our history, never forget Ribeyrolles.

[@EmperorHirohito-kv2uc]

I feel like Ian is transforming from a francophile to a finnophile...

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

Does Ian have Finnish roots or something? As a Swede I obviously approve. Brödrafolket!

[@theangriestbaguetteonthein4779]

_Père quai lait!_

[@Kikiapina]

Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

@@Kikiapina Säkkijärven polkka!

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

@@theangriestbaguetteonthein4779 Dad drinks milk? My French is not 100%.

[@toolthoughts]

Nice to see that SAKO has opened up to researches like this.

[@McKollu]

Bro, if Gun Jesus comes to your door and demands access, you let him in, no matter who / what company you are 😂

[@TheArklyte]

Only to Ian and only for however long a century anniversary of the factory lasts.

[@imadequate3376]

Hopefully we see one next week of him at Valmet with a RK 95 TP. My coworker owns a SAKO Vixin, nice rifle, very fine quality

[@jameshealy4594]

I'm glad they realise it benefits them also, by sharing knowledge we all gain. Speaking personally, their rifles are magnificent from what I've seen.

[@Ultrafarer]

Magazine? Surely the Sampo produces endless ammo out of thin air?

[@samsonsoturian6013]

And it produces not one but two assistant gunners to feed the bullets in.

[@brittakriep2938]

Ian clearly said, the magazine and bipod are missing.

[@Seb-Storm]

@@brittakriep2938 r/whoosh

[@the_unapologetic_patriot]

@@brittakriep2938 hmmm..... someone seems to have not gotten the joke.....

[@brittakriep2938]

@@the_unapologetic_patriot : As a person with Asperger disorder i have a problem to recognize what is serious and what is fun.

[@RLRSwanson]

I think the other, more complete 7.92 L-34 is or at least was in the collection of the War Museum in Helsinki and as I remember Markku Palokangas also wrote, that gun should be on display front and center in perpetuity as a monument to the absolutely criminal incompetence, complacency, negligence and such of various bureacracies, parties, ministers etc. who were responsible for weapons procurement, defense spending, policies and whatnot prior to World War 2. By the way Ian, there was a complete with accessories Lahti L-41 machine gun donated to the then Pattern Room at Enfield in the 60s IIRC, so it should be somewhere in the Royal Armouries firearms collection or National Firearms centre or whatever it's called these days.

[@DirtyMardi]

The old VKT rifle factory, where mr. Lahti’s guns were manufactured is now an office building with telesales people, a gym and some other businesses. At least there’s a luncheteria next to it, called Aimo, where many of his guns are enclosed in vitrines for people to see.

[@Jesses001]

I hate seeing a good design that was never given a fair chance. This looks great. It is well built, relatively simple, and I bet looking at how the gas system and bolt that it was a silky smooth shooter even in 8mm Mauser.

[@B52Stratofortress1]

Was a 7.62x53R

[@kj3n569]

The two existing guns were manufactured in 7.92×57 (8mm) for export by Mauser. Ian put that in the description, as well as there were plans for being available in "several calibers".

[@B52Stratofortress1]

@@kj3n569 that's what happens when I comment before finishing the video!

[@edwardgarea7650]

One of the best and most intelligent sites on You Tube. Ian talks to us as intelligent adults, not at us as children. I think I’ve mentioned before that my goddaughter is a flic (cop) in France. I introduced her to this site and it is now her favorite. An endorsement like that you can’t buy. Keep up the good work, Ian. You always educate me and never bore me, and I love when you take the weapon apart to explain how it works. I love your teaching style.

[@RonOhio]

So the name translates as "The machine gun that keeps on giving"?

[@petrimakela5978]

Bingo

[@brucerobert227]

Interesting thing about this gun; if you look over the early portion of the video where they show the gun from all angles, you can distinctly see that all controls are made for gloved hands. Neat!

[@Kesssuli]

Well as history have told war can happen in middle of winter. Gloves are much better to have than trying to handle pieces of metal with bare hands when outside temperature can be - 30Degrees Celcius or worser.

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

They better be in Finland.. imagine all the armies in history that went into that sort of environment unprepared I'm talking about La grande armiée and the third Reich for example. How hellish it must've been for them trying to do a job like that in those conditions with their own equipment fighting them every step of the way. Just awful

[@Kesssuli]

@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Im pretty sure that any gun designed in northen countries can be operated with gloves. But least in finland it was more like mandatory.

[@HellbirdIV]

Fun Finnish Fact: The name "Sampo" comes from Finnish mythology, known in the modern day particularly from the Kalevala, as the name of a magical artifact forged by Ilmarinen, a hero/god/character in the mythology known as a master Blacksmith. What exactly the Sampo was is unclear, but in the Kalevala it is a mill that can produce gold from nothing - regardless of its nature, the Sampo was thought to give wealth, power and success to those who possessed it, and losing it was the greatest misfortune.

[@stefanmolnapor910]

Thank you for sharing

[@HellbirdIV]

@dimapez I remember it most vividly from a Donald Duck comic adaptation of the Kalevala, where obviously Scrooge McDuck mostly wanted to use it to make gold. It was my first exposure to the Kalevala stories.

[@Segalmed]

@@HellbirdIV The Norse had a similar myth about the magical mill Grotti. According to one version It got dropped into the sea while on order to produce salt. That's why the sea is salty since the thing is still at work (in the Edda version it just gets smashed like in the Kalevala).

[@NM-wd7kx]

@@Segalmed I've heard a very similar story about 'the Devil's saltmill', I like myth's style

[@TheZINGularity]

Also the inspiration for the One Ring

[@zackgeorgly5099]

Truly a "forgetten weapon" - never even knew this existed before seeing this.

[@joo9619]

Same as a finn

[@BenLoula]

Every day we get closer to Ian showcasing an AL-43 heavy submachine gun.

[@laciihasz4734]

I think the heavy submachine title is already taken by the danuvia m43

[@SuomenJaakaripataljoona]

The AL-43 basically filled similar role as Assault Rifle, like the stg-44.

[@VaterOrlaag]

"A centimeter, that's something between 3/8 and half an inch" - Gotta love the imperial system.

[@WangMingGe]

It's just better for a lot of things. And no less rational than measures based on fractions of mistaken estimates of the circumference of the earth, which got replace by the equally rational (...) distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

[@juliusgreen9179]

@@WangMingGe Copium

[@markusbjorklund5920]

@@WangMingGe "In 1958, a conference of English-speaking nations agreed to unify their standards of length and mass, and define them in terms of metric measures. The American yard was shortened and the imperial yard was lengthened as a result. The new conversion factors were announced in 1959 in Federal Register Notice 59-5442 (June 30, 1959), which states the definition of a standard inch: The value for the inch, derived from the value of the Yard effective July 1, 1959, is exactly equivalent to 25.4 mm."

[@brittakriep2938]

One Inch is in Germany mostly called , englisches Zoll' or only ,Zoll'. We once had ,Zoll' also. ( One ,prussian Zoll' was 26,2 mm). The ,english Zoll'/ inch is 25,4 mm, so 1 cm/ 10 mm is in decimal writing about 0,4 ( .4 ) inch. This Inch system is in our country unusual, with exeption of pipes. For most pipe diameters EN and ANSI is the same, but for example ,2,5 " is in ANSI 73 mm and in EN 76 mm. , which sometimes caused problems, when i , Brittas boyfriend, worked in a small pipeline company.

[@hond654]

@@WangMingGe kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5WWmHSQYrmYabs how Australians do it properly

[@cheutho]

Congratulations on reaching the "welcome to the back room" stage of your career.

[@wurfyy]

Oh, he's been there for a while.

[@andersjjensen]

Ian was actively invited by the GIGN to come have a look at their signature weapon... It came relatively shortly after his book on French military rifles, so I my theory is that it was decided in the upper echelons that Ian should be recognized for his work. But informally... because France :P TL;DR: Ian has been in back rooms no other civilian, let alone foreigners, has ever ventured.

[@jansenart0]

He's speaking so quiet because he's afraid to wake it up.

[@WombRaider_theoriginal]

He is visiting a holy place

[@Enraged-Gecko]

Finish firearms have always been of particular interest to me. You have sporadic models pop up here and there that are more complicated than they need to be, but generally the Fins strike a balance between simplicity and quality that’s hard to argue with.

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

Same with me. I'm fascinated by the LS/26 and wish there was more info on it. Something about that chunky design and the great history of Suomi

[@thokarev254]

Thanks for a great video Ian! I have managed to see these only in photographs. I feel that had the Sampo LMG been taken into production the DP would stil have seen significant use, after all it was a good gun too, and it was captured in significant numbers. We didn't exactly have an abundance of firearms in 7,62x54r, large % of firearms in use were in 8mm mauser, 6,5 swedish, 7,35 carcano and 8mm lebel.

[@zacharyrollick6169]

4:20 So to sum it up, the gun is "The gift that keeps on giving".

[@Hagop64]

I always kinda laugh at myself on how closely I pay attention to the disassembly of these firearms, as if there will be a time when I need to be able to quickly field strip an L-34. (Not that I'm going to stop of course, love seeing how they all work!)

[@Angel9932]

The disassembly portion of his videos is generally my favorite part. Not that I ever see myself going into firearms design but it is neat to see how things fit together to perform their assigned task. Or at least make the attempt to perform their task.

[@grayhantzell1957]

Finally, a weapon to clean my dandruff problem

[@primalabe9190]

I had to look at this comment like a solid minute while thinking "Did you just fucking..."

[@grayhantzell1957]

@@primalabe9190 y e s

[@chadgeary2653]

I hate that it took me so damn long to get this...

[@bananasoup297]

I dont get it

[@pauldarling330]

remarkably clever and simple design. really well done. Good job on the weight, too.

[@BerndFelsche]

I like the bolt locking more than that of the Bren.

[@TheGearhead222]

That is a beautifully machined receiver! Definitely old school gun design!-John in Texas

[@philips.5563]

I'm quite taken with the finish on this gun. Quite lovely.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

It's a Finnish finish. Okay, I'm partly Finnish, and completely finished now.

[@Seve82]

@@MonkeyJedi99 Yes officer we need to Finnish this one! :-D

[@das_gruuben]

The stock assembly has the quintessential "Idiot Mark" on it. It looks like a 90 degree throw on the disassembly pin to pull the gun apart, but somebody has clearly moved it 180 degrees more than a few times.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Väinämöinen called, he wants the Sampo back!

[@VonArmagedda]

"What's that? Oh, it's Louhi in a bird costume. Gimme that new Sampo we got from that Lahti-guy"

[@curiousentertainment3008]

This looks like something the early Star Wars movies would’ve used.

[@AshleyPomeroy]

The shoulder stock in particular has something of the MG34 about it.

[@duceanahalf]

I think thats just like the stock that the Mandalorions rifle uses

[@boomah3707]

I think the the mando rifle is based on this

[@colinmcdonald2499]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@reaper_exd7498]

I was literally thinking the same thing.

[@alfulton5946]

This would be the ultimate gun for anyone's collection.

[@AmorrSummerstorm]

Pretty rare gun

[@TheSpekkel1]

Seeing that this example is owned by sako and the other one is in a museum, yes it would be, but it's a waste of time dreaming of that, these guns being so unobtanium.

[@jackdundon2261]

Like little black boy said in that one movie "It could happen". All you have to do is become a billionaire and buy Sako and you got it.

[@tisFrancesfault]

Not gonna lie, I first read it as shampoo, which naturally I thought it was an odd name to give it.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

But really they named it after a magic mcguffin from an old Finnish myth.

[@iododendron3416]

L'Oréal Helsinki

[@Njazmo]

Shampoo that gives a nice warm shower of bullets. ;D

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

Its actually pretty fun watching Ian struggle with the words for mythology when he is so well spoken in the realm of facts! Almost as if the historian in him rebels at making mystical connotations! The written explanation summed it up well though. :)

[@borjesvensson8661]

The finns themself always get a bit confused when trying to explain the sampo. A lot of a bit like but not really perhaps maybe.

[@fieldkitchen]

Felt sorry for Ian struggling to explain Sampo . Finnish is spoken in Heaven because it takes an eternity to learn. He did fine.

[@unluckycatfish6866]

Imagine going to heaven and having to go through the hell of learning finnish

[@briansmithwins]

Who knew that the Finns were MST3k fans? KEEP CIRCULATING THE TAPES!

[@TheInflicted]

ONLY A SAMPO!!

[@cosmicatrophy4648]

I was searching the comments for this

[@morteforte7033]

Who knew it was a machine gun...I thought it was a little rubber novelty item😏

[@KMac329]

What a shame that this beauty wasn't more developed and put into production. As Ian, says, it's a masterpiece.

[@chuckcochran8599]

That's really a well thought out, elegant, yet fairly simple design Lahti came up with. It's too bad it wasn't put into production. You're right about the what ifs, had Finland adopted it early on. It might not have changed the outcome of either the Winter or Continuation Wars, as their resources were far more limited in comparison to both of the opposing forces, but it would certainly have made it more costly for the Germans and Soviets to win. I've much admiration for the Finns. They are among the most hardy and resourceful people in history.

[@cadeniguess6333]

Ian should make a book about the guns of Finland

[@xab-lo904]

Arma Fennica series is extensive enough.

[@alenidrizi2872]

Mom can we get a l-34, Mom: we have a l34 at home L34 at home - LS 26

[@AsbestosMuffins]

more like a bren gun

[@georgetreepwood1119]

Thanks for this presentation---- What a beautifully designed and machined gun

[@fiftyhunnug]

I just read an article a few minutes ago about an archaeologist having discovered a 4,400 year old "Shaman's snake stick" in a Finnish lake.

[@Jagdtyger2A]

A very straight foreward design. just what I would expect from Lahti. It is a shame it never went into production

[@mattolfson9230]

I recall an old episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 where they were riffing a Finish movie where they kept referring to the Sampo, but never really explained what the heck it was. At the break, Joel & the Bots posted a question to the audience, "What is a Sampo?", and made a write-in letter contest out of it. I wish I knew this back then just so I could draw them a picture of a light machine gun in Craola with Tom or Crow each holding one. ... I know ... I'm weird.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Something about Finnish guns. That rugged Soviet simplicity with traditional Scandinavian craftsmanship.

[@ruffe7655]

@@harvia6123 pieni osa kuuluu scandinaviaan

[@Matt-xc6sp]

@@harvia6123 It is on the Scandinavian Peninsula, but if we're being pedantic I technically only said its craftsmanship was of Scandinavian influence.

[@CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts]

Shame, this thing looks like it would have been fantastic.

[@robinsage1964]

Lahti were expert gunmakers and built some beautiful weapons and the machining was perfect.

[@TheScoundrel70]

What an elegant, well thought out design. Impressively refined and finished (no pun intended) example considering this example is an early prototype.

[@FINhenu]

Still waiting for a full video about the LS-26..

[@ForgottenWeapons]

It's coming; I've already filmed it.

[@FINhenu]

@@ForgottenWeapons Aimo lahti also did some improvements on russian maxims resulting in the finnish M/32-33. Video about those would also be awesome!

[@jounipenttila9908]

@@ForgottenWeapons Dear FW. Before doing that LS 26 film. Look what this russian museum has in it's collection in Siberia. The very rare LS 26-31 gun. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmPbqpWJo7R1qqc It is propable only one in the whole world!

[@chriskey6249]

This is the most ruggedly beautiful gun I've seen in a while

[@SirBoden]

History and how things work, my two favorite things. Thank you Ian.

[@trumpjongun8831]

This gun and lots of ammo would've been a big help in Winter war and Continuation war. Suomi KP-31 was good example of very efficient gun, but there wasn't enough of them, only 1 Suomi smg to 1 squad.

[@jpenna1976]

Also, Suomi KP had relatively short effective range and penetration ability it being 9mm. This wasn't a huge problem in many cases I suppose, since Finland is and was heavily forested region. More rifle caliber automatic weapons with reasonable weight would have surely been a nice addition.

[@jpenna1976]

@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Yes, that is true. But, also need to keep in mind that most soldiers were not doing ski raids. There were phases of defensive and literal trench warfare. Especially during continuation war which lasted from June 1941 until September 1944.

[@trumpjongun8831]

@@jpenna1976 Only 9mm, but they used overloaded ammunition on Kp's. For example it was too hot round for a Mauser C96 pistols and could easely break them.

[@jpenna1976]

@@trumpjongun8831 Yes, it also broke Lahti pistols. Still, it doesn't increase effective distance significantly.

[@chaprandom8362]

Sampo, 'On one side the flour is grinding,On another salt is making,On a third is money forging,And the lid is many-colored.Well the Sampo grinds when finished,To and fro the lid in rocking,Grinds one measure at the day-break,Grinds a measure fit for eating,Grinds a second for the market,Grinds a third one for the store-house'. Anyway awesome video!

[@mikebennet7697]

Build quality is incredible on that.

[@TheSuperZOS]

So that's what the noita is looking for under that mountain. Yeah, that oughta fix the world.

[@klavdy]

Such prolific output, and of a high standard, informative and enjoyable. Some say they don't know how you do it, others know that all is possible for the one true Gun Jesus.

[@ComradeBenedict]

This is definitely one of those cases of beauty through simplicity

[@dzannis2]

All MST3k fans are saying to themselves when they see this, “BRING US THE SAMPO!!!!”

[@Slim934]

"Are you with the Bride or the Failure?"

[@dzannis2]

@@Slim934 😂😂😂

[@brainfat1]

She's washing her Cristo.

[@KarlBunker]

"If you think you know what a sampo is, write it down on a piece of paper, throw it away and try not to think about it. You'll be glad you did.” - Tom Servo

[@dsobew]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one to make that connection to mst3k

[@eizol568]

The way Ian pronounces “Kilos”, it sounds like he has distain for that word… damn imperialist 😏

[@ostiariusalpha]

Pounds and stone or GTFO.

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@ostiariusalpha Metric is superior, barbarian. And the imperial system by now is tied to the metric system.

[@ostiariusalpha]

@@undertakernumberone1 Both the metric and imperial units of length are now tied to the speed of light in a vacuum. Neither one is any longer the same as the original standard that they started with. Also, metric never sent any astronauts to the moon, blah blah blah... and so on. Murica!

[@janwacawik7432]

@@ostiariusalpha NASA used metric for all their calculations that put men on the moon.

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@ostiariusalpha considering that von Braun and co. Were used to the metric system, meanwhile later on the NASA later had a million dollar blunder converting metric to imperial with a moon rover... Metric system is simpler, more precise and all around superior. And the "new" imperial system is standardtized and adjusted to the metric system... so i only see a yankee trying to deal with his own feelings of inadequacy here.

[@seanjacobs7021]

As a firm believer in my own ability to judge light (or really medium by the modern definition) machine guns, I'd be willing to bet this would have been an excellent gun in final production form.

[@lucianene7741]

This is a BAR disguised as a BREN, or rather as a ZB-26. Nice design, all parts machined because there wasn't any production line to make them stamped.

[@ivo215]

@6:15 Ian: "Small comical flash hider". Me: "wait, what? Damn it, ears! That's not what he said!".

[@jtukko]

The Medium Perkele Blaster, providing a great number of powerful "haista paska"`per minute while staying mobile as vittu.

[@Forgottencarss]

As far as I know and understood (I´m born and raised in Finland) Sampo was an artifact that had a handcrank, and magically spat out fortunes which included wheat, gold and salt

[@rat3732]

this gun looks like one of the blasters from the old battlefront...

[@eamonwright7488]

That's a beautiful gun. Looks like it would be easy to operate every function with gloves on.

[@valkoharja]

Fascinating. Hopefully you had a nice trip to Finland.

[@lohikarhu734]

Very cool, an "elegant" design, seemingly a "better Bren" if it had made it into productionamazingly low larts count, and quite a cool bolt mechanism. Thanks, kiitos paljon!

[@ALIGwedew62]

Next on Forgotten Weapon Lahti more forgotten machine gun The HëD Kòndisoner

[@aro2866]

Headshots are effective against dandruff.

[@stevenjsantiago9315]

I appreciate you, This archive of knowledge will prove very beneficial! Looking Forward to getting some merch.

[@gregajohnson1985]

that's a really pretty bolt. the makers were very considerate.

[@mattzegarski3831]

Ian keeps whispering in these videos. I guess Sako really does have a "Gun Library."

[@ForgottenWeapons]

It's a big room, and I was trying (successfully!) to avoid getting a lot of echo in the audio.

[@andersjjensen]

That bolt and gas system looked absolutely fool proof. And it looks like the gun would be hermetically sealed against gunk when the magazine is on. I also suspect that it would be rather pleasant to shoot because of the "big" delay between the bolt carrier moving and the bolt unlocking.

[@Activated_Complex]

Nice to finally see what a Sampo is, and why that witch wanted one so bad. Also, Ian, I got a kick out of seeing Donut Operator discover your American 180 video, after he saw one in an old police training film during a stream.

[@donweatherwax9318]

4:26 the selector lever has a 4th position at the far right; it's clearly seen lots of use, but what's it for? (At first I assumed it must be a disassembly position, _à la_ the ZK-383 - but then you showed the Sampo also has a separate disassembly lever.)

[@donweatherwax9318]

@Hosenfuhrer (in another comment) reasons it must indeed be a "disassembly position" - in addition to the separate disassembly lever. (This based on how difficult it was for Ian to strip the gun when that 4th position _wasn't_ selected.)

[@henrikvahtila]

I hope you enjoyed your visit here in my home town Riihimäki!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

I did!

[@leepalmer1210]

This looks incredible, well thought out and actually easy to manufacture.

[@jpenna1976]

Yes, clearly in design Lahti has tried to limit complex milling to minimum. Also modularity. It seems that parts requires to produce other calibers also, would be easy to change in production and lot of big parts would remain the same.

[@docmoreau7540]

Really ingenious design - both simple and (by the look of it) reliable.

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

I've been getting lots of Finnish video suggestions since I've been watching your Finn episodes haha

[@msngrpat]

It looks like the 4th detent is used to keep the fire selector out of the way during disassembly and reassembly

[@sanuku535]

Man that's a sexy gun. *Starts to drool with Koskenkorva induced snow*

[@zmike9831]

Beautiful design and very modular, amazing gun.

[@FFFre4k]

I wonder if that name was chosen partly due to the huge fire selector lever. The mythological Sampo is sometimes depicted with a large lever that you rotate to produce riches like grain, gold and whatever.

[@hendriktonisson2915]

Light machine guns form the 1920s and 1930s are some of the most interesting things among all firearms.

[@andrewnawarycz3026]

SAKO made/make some of the most accurate bolt action rifles I've fired in my time 👍. Excellent 👌 engineering throughout, for whichever firearms SAKO produced 👍👍👍👍👍

[@clothar23]

Are SAKO guns good ...Sure but plenty of other companies produce firearms every bit their equal..at far less of an inflated price.

[@jeffprice6421]

Ever since reading th Executioner books as a kid, I have wanted a Sako rifle. Legendary. Thanks for viditing there. Hopefully more of their collection coming ???

[@audiefarmer4118]

Hope this bloke has got kids. That's good dad material.

[@FredCheckers]

This seems like one of those rare guns that didn't get a fair chance for no justifiable reason. They did Lahti dirty.

[@rautavaara9194]

Ah, the Sampo: A mythological machine, that provides infinite wealth for its creator. Just like the L-34.

[@Ni999]

Very clever bolt design.

[@obidonekenobi3568]

I got your letter when you where In Finland thanks for the autocraph.

[@randywatson8347]

Love those old precission machined parts. So cleverly designed with fewer parts.

[@bsa45acp]

Aside from being a beautiful gun, did anyone notice the stock was made from a gorgeous block of wood? A little sanding and rubbing with linseed oil would do wonders!

[@MesaperProductions]

Sampo : the gift that keeps on giving. L-34 : the gun that keeps on shooting.

[@mitchellcorona8]

Ian is singlehandedly supporting the entirety of Finland's tourism industry.

[@Ethnarches]

Wow, I've been waiting for this one!

[@vincentmueller3717]

What is the purpose of the 4th detent @4:33? Just to keep things orderly during disassembly? Also, what a beautiful commercial polish and deep blue finish. The 1930's state rifle factory could give lessons in polishing to every modern manufacturer.

[@gabrielsantosbastos5257]

Looks like an LAD lmg combined with the FN MAG,so beautiful

[@kj3n569]

If George Lucas was aware of this gun, Stormtroopers would have used them to miss every target they fired at.

[@gadi70]

That design isn't quite optional for a standing soldier though.

[@TactaGhoul]

I once thought that no LMG could ever be more beautiful than an MG42 or a Lewis, guess I was wrong

[@49metal]

@0:15 primo quality voice-over. 👍

[@flyfin108]

pretty sure best description for word sampo in this case (and most anyways) is "delivers"