Q&A 45: Repros, Sporterizations, and Guest Appearances by CMMG and Calico

[@MatthewCochrane9622]

Incredible that CMMG and Calico took the time to submit content for the video. As fellow firearm nerds, it's awesome to be able to get answers to questions that are typically reserved to friends of employees, or industry events where such questions may be discussed openly. I really hope you'll continue to receive cooperation from manufacturers like that in the future.

[@spoeny]

Yeah, it was really interesting to see the idea develop and mature to the current production item. I would not have expected them to go into the depth they did! Edit: addressing the CMMG video, haven't seen the calico one yet.

[@Cthippo1]

42,000 views. It's called free advertising.

[@shatara42]

I'm sure both companies noticed spikes in interest in their products after Ian posted videos on them.

[@elo9125]

Big props to Jordan from CMMG and Chris from Calico! It's really cool seeing actual gunsmiths talking about their thought processes, trial and error and compromises they had to make to arrive at a result. They both seemed a little stressed from being in front of camera, so even bigger props for sticking with it all the way through.

[@Slateris]

If Ian gets his cameo as an armorer in the next John Wick, I want him introduced in disguise as a Chili's bartender.

[@spartan8705]

Like how the arming-up scene in JW2 was like a wine tasting, Ian's could be a whisky tasting Bonus points if Ian's lair is also an arms factory and he gives John a tour like they do at distilleries

[@shadowstorm657]

The fact that Ian is able to get companies to respond to viewer based questions is amazing. Genuinely changing the way things are done over time.

[@zaffdos]

Answer to first question: Bring an AR, claim to be actual Gun Jesus

[@tynado1173]

That was a great answer to the question

[@M101K3]

But he is already actual Gun Jesus.

[@john-paulsilke893]

Mike Phelps should be easy to prove then. 😊

[@paulwood53]

Gun Jesus In medieval times would be pretty hard sell...... perhaps "Boom Stick Prophet"?

[@PobortzaPl]

@@paulwood53 Claim to be archangel Michael, equipped with weapon that uses God's Wrath.

[@piersspence5379]

"Don't get accused of witchcraft." Tips by Ian, 2020

[@zidan1hao917]

G11 designers: oh shit

[@TOMAS-lh4er]

@@nicke1903 Ha,Ha !!!!!!

[@EwanMarshall]

To be fair, canons did exist, handcanon was 14th century. First known depiction of a gun in Europe is 1326.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

How do you know she is a witch?

[@gwtpictgwtpict4214]

@@Tadicuslegion78 Well, she turned me into a newt.

[@arkadeepkundu4729]

1:48 "I was a messenger of the Lord" _Indeed, you could almost say_ *Gun Jesus*

[@americanrepair]

Without a beard and mustache Ian would look like a senior in high school who plays hackey sack all lunch.

[@bbainter7880]

🤣🤣 yes true

[@LordSluggo]

This is how I will view 17 year-old Ian until informed otherwise

[@soylentgreen7074]

And watches dragon ball z.

[@MrDmitriRavenoff]

@@soylentgreen7074 it's over 9000!

[@cheapolegunguy]

Hell, for a Stg 44, I'd look like 7th grader for crying out loud :)

[@adotare9180]

Yeah, but if you only publish 80% of the video, KZbin can't call it a firearm video and take it down. We just have to put the other 20% together ourselves. Ghost videos!

[@Hansengineering]

this needs more likes

[@kmech3rd]

Modern problems require modern solutions.

[@ArcherWarhound]

Underrated comment!

[@fenrirunshackled4319]

"Is there a good book on the m60?" "No, but you could write one."

[@mrmadmax4523]

Gun Jesus is asking us to write more for the gun bible hail to the king

[@GeroldViolenceBlemson]

CMMG: Sexy young spokesmodel in a meticulously laid out studio displaying their most photogenic products and collectible merchandise. Calico: Grizzled old factory worker that the PR / HR / Bookkeeping / Secretary lady hastily slapped a Calico hat on who just wants to read the script he was given and get back to work on the machine in the background. Placing my order for a Calico as we speak.

[@TemperedMedia]

😂 to be fair, Calico has less wiggle room for sales given that Ian is probably singlehandedly responsible for all interest in their firearms 😉

[@fabianhenrich4697]

I would take with me in a medival battle, a big supply of antibiotics.

[@scinto23]

Probably be hailed as a hero wizard or burned as a witch.

[@themastermason1]

Smallpox vaccine.

[@JS-ob4oh]

And chocolates.

[@philipeby5418]

M134

[@fabianhenrich4697]

@@philipeby5418 Where do you get the power? Donkey generator? :D

[@LOUDcarBOMB]

8:25 I like that CMMG shirt that has the Contra 3 styling to it.

[@Perry2186]

I can hear the start screen in my head

[@alahos]

@@Perry2186 The spread shot is a Pancor Jackhammer. Change my mind.

[@ninja393]

Coming soon: Colt sues KE Arms, but goes bankrupt in the process.

[@BoxdHound]

As is tradition.

[@JimYeats]

That is the way.

[@Ducaso]

It is known.

[@Copenharvest]

So in other words you would travel back in time to a medieval battle, AR in hand, and present yourself as literal Gun Jesus. Edit: Dammit somebody beat me to it haha.

[@quatro_quatro]

_"Hey guys, thanks for coming in. I'm Ian McCollum and welcome to Chili's!"_

[@Breakfast_and_Bullets]

Ian, we need a clip of you in a crazy historic kit saying "Hi, welcome to Chili's!" Please. For reasons.

[@MrDmitriRavenoff]

"Can I start you off with some margaritas this evening?"

[@Breakfast_and_Bullets]

@@MrDmitriRavenoff "Can I interest you in an 1866 Chassepot?" Is that a red or a white?

[@collinis1]

Parker Brown this

[@firewalker6712]

@@MrDmitriRavenoff I heard his voice while reading this. Especially the crack in his voice saying- This Evening!

[@philroe2363]

What I really love the most about Ian is he isn't a gun snob. He will look at any firearm, any time, anywhere . . . and show us that we can learn something from every single design.

[@UnDeaDCyBorg]

#05:21 If there was a new powder twice as powerful, I'd just halve the amount of powder and make the cartridges smaller.

[@joshuamasterson7677]

5.7 sized m193 would be very nice

[@88porpoise]

It isn’t necessarily that simple. You have to consider the pressure curve as well. Half the charge of twice as powerful of a powder could end up blowing the gun apart if the pressure curve was wrong. Or with semi-automatic and automatic firearms you could see some opening the action way to fast or not getting enough pressure to cycle. Definitely an option to look at, and my instinctive answer to that question is reduced cartridge sizes, but not as simple as “just halve the charge”.

[@UnDeaDCyBorg]

@@88porpoise Sure, it's not as simple, but gun makers have sat before this problem repeatedly since early black powder, I'm sure they'll manage. I would worry about polymer casings, though. A smaller case would certainly have to have thicker walls, limiting the weight reduction.

[@wefyb2]

Much more energy dense materials exist than nitrocellulose already. People have tried this. It makes guns blow up. You end up needing to thicken case walls, have much more robust primer retention with a longer flash hole, and a more robust locking system. Between these things you end up with minorly smaller cartridges with similar power, far more weight in the action and barrel, and a large increase in cost. The real reason that we keep using nitrocellulose is simple: cellulose doesn't just grow on trees, trees grow on cellulose. It is insanely easy to make in massive quantities, it is safe to handle and prepare, and is highly stable over time, alongside the fact that it burns rather than detonating. Raw power is a tiny factor in propellants in any industry. Cost per kJ of energy on cellulose is cheaper than bread, literally.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Ian: If I was on a medieval battlefield with a 20th century firearm.... Ash Williams: Alright you primative screwheads, listen up.

[@Perry2186]

This is my boom stick

[@JustanOlGuy]

Hail to the King, Baby!

[@paulwood53]

What about the other 15,000 of them looking to stab you to death?

[@joelnotsure2871]

That’s why he said get yourself into the Royal Bodyguard and avoid combat. Otherwise you’ll just become an arrow magnet.

[@anonymous2513456]

obscure reference, good one

[@moosemaimer]

re: footnotes, I found an old copy of The Divine Comedy, and besides the text being incredibly difficult to parse due to the translation trying to preserve the meter, nearly every page had a handful of references at the back of the book _that weren't noted in the main body;_ you had to flip to the back and _hope_ that thing you're wondering about is explained. Also my edition of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire can have footnotes that are larger than the text on the page, and sometimes spill over onto the next page.

[@GunFunZS]

There's a very good book called Jonathan strange and Mr Norrel, by Susanna Clarke. It is I guess you could say historical fantasy set during the regency period. and it's exceptionally well written and that it matches the tone of other things written at the time without inserting the ideas and values of the modern person into that era. The main text the book is very dry, and assumes that the reader was aware of most of the circumstances as they would be common knowledge. Most of the story and tone is actually advanced through the big footnotes. It's very artful. I feel like Toljein maybe you wanted to do that but didn't quite pull it off. Clarke perfected it. And then she wrote a related book set in the same world so to speak written as a modern literary anthology with each chapter being completely totally different and feeling completely like it was written by a different author. I can't think of any other author who could pull that off, and have it still be something that is interesting and enjoyable to read.

[@ArcherWarhound]

Page long footnotes are my favorite!

[@christopherpetersen1891]

Thank you for this channel Ian. I don't usually comment, but I have been continuously impressed. I also don't ever donate to channels, but I do yours, for the same reason. The Firearms world is better for you being in it. You are an example of someone who became successful simply because you are damned good at what you do, which is how it should be.

[@alt5494]

A calico bullpup in .357 magnum is actually a exciting project. Nice to see the company working on new projects.

[@charlesadams1721]

The Pittman-Robinson Act (and the Dingell-Johnson Act) are that is the tax Ian mentioned is not just for firearms, but for firearms-related accessories and for anything with the (D-J Act) angling related. So from buying a handgun to fishing reel, to a box of bullets, to a package of fish hooks, there is a 10% or 11% surtax that was paid by the manufacturer or importer of these fishing-hunting related goods. This surtax is the primary reason that the US has at its disposal the huge amounts of money for conversation projects. Supposedly, the initial legislation excluded National Parks, but in some cases, those restrictions have been subverted. With both acts, most of the money is apportioned to the states on a 25% State and 75% Federal monies. So, if you look in many states east of the Rockies, most of the public lands are what are state lands bought with Act funds. Also, the Department of the Interior controls these funds, and the IRS doesn't really have anything to do with it.

[@borkborkfoxxo279]

That's honestly pretty cool and I'm a lot less mad about it than I thought I would be.

[@MLMILLERZZ]

Conversations? Like about types of Conversations? Loud, long, soft.

[@bryanvogt3371]

a good Sports Afield article about this here: sportsafield.com/2018/2747-2/

[@kenhelmers2603]

Thanks to CMMG and Calico for the video answers - very cool. Thanks Ian, I always appreciate the Q&A sessions!

[@B9oyd]

Stronger propellant would allow for same power cartidges with less volume allowing for further weapon miniaturization, especially in regards to magazine and reciever length

[@mericaeagle9319]

Thats what I thought, we've made plenty of "goldielocks" cartridges. Now if we could have them in combat capable 4lb rifles with 40-50 round mags we'd be talkin.

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

@Harry Peterson To me that just says our casings are too big and chamber walls not thick enough.

[@Bigrednumber77]

Make .25 ACP relevant. ;D

[@jnzkngs]

I envisioned 50 bmg with a case just big enough to hold a primer.

[@dogboy0912]

@@mericaeagle9319 As a kid I imagined a future weapon with a giant ammo capacity using unidirectional ammunition so that it could be fed through a hopper or something, then realized I'd basically described a scifi BB gun. Imagine having a hopper of 200 tungsten bearings and a little belt of caps, except they're magical future caps, and they shoot the BBs at 3000fps.

[@Girvo747]

That CMMG guest answer is amazing!

[@aaronlentz5002]

Possibly my fav part of this video, I hope this happens more😃

[@Hansengineering]

I want to note that one line: in reference to their gas operated .45, "3-500 rounds before gumming up" was insufficiently reliable. As I have been saying, 1000+ rounds without a malf is the MINIMUM you should expect from any rifle or carbine.

[@tangero3462]

In the case of repro firearms, I think a lot of folks fail to realize just how much these things cost new. Most old military arms were exorbitantly expensive to produce and were often made to lavish standards. It really wasn't until the French adoption of the Ruby that mass-manufactured cost-effective weapons really got credence, and even then, it really didn't take off until mass production of weapons, especially submachine guns, in the second war. We are spoiled today by how much technology has brought down manufacturing costs

[@williestyle35]

Good point (:

[@Broken_Yugo]

The shift toward labor being expensive and materials being cheap also doesn't help. Those old WW2 on back guns were/are more or less hand built by today's standards and not all of it translates well to CNC. I'd guess this is why all the cheap 1911s are imported. Or more to the original question how most of those Italian repro guns are considered to be some finishing required kits by people who know them well. They could fit the barrel to the frame properly on the Colt percussion revolvers as Colt did 150+ years ago but you'd pay for it.

[@scottgray3945]

I didn’t find any Elbonian patches, just shirts and posters 🙁

[@ForgottenWeapons]

They don't have it ready - sorry! I thought it would be when I recorded the video.

[@DADeathinacan]

They are up now, incase you havent gone to look again yet. Thought I would comment since they appear to be limited stock

[@kencampbell1750]

They’re up now- I ordered a few.

[@carloslalik4346]

50:36 Argentina buy a lot of Rolling Block (in 43 Spanish). In fact, here we call it "Remington Patria" because was the first standard rifle of Argentine Army after a long period of internal wars. So It was the first "all Argentine Army" rifle. Best Regards from Argentine Patagonia 50:36 Argentina compró un montón de Rllings Block (in calibre 43 español). De hecho aquí le decimos "Remington Patria" porque fue el primer rifle estandard del Ejército Argentino después de un muy largo período de guerras internas. Así que fue el primer rifle del "Totalmente Ejército Argentino". Saludos desde la Patagonia Argentina

[@skepticalbadger]

Interesting, thank you.

[@Thisguydoesstuff]

As someone who has followed Floatplane’s long path to creation, it makes me so happy to see creators like you on it Ian. Hope you are having a great day!

[@mabs9503]

CMMG seems like legit good people. Need that tshirt.

[@myoptik3x103]

Mabs Contra theme! So cool looking.

[@austincummins7712]

Super cool to see the guest appearances. I met some of the CMMG guys at a gun show in southwest Missouri one year and they were all really nice, down-to-earth, and a pleasure to talk to.

[@krimome8933]

I'm sure he'll convince the king to manufacture some Chassepots

[@OttzelTV]

@@SimuLord Probably canons. Casting is the only manufacturing process that would be feasible and since your precision wouldn't be that great a canon is your best bet. Maybe convince the chinese to sell blackpowder to you and you could use it.

[@andrewholdaway813]

Or they could use the increased power of the propellant to reduce case size?

[@notmilandia8461]

That was my first thought. That would lead to shorter, lighter ammunition, receivers and magazines.

[@collinis1]

This is what I was thinking 300 blackout would then = .308 6.5 Grendel = 6.5 creedmore .22tcm = 5.56 (maybe)

[@LOUDcarBOMB]

Reducing the case size and also doing like double magazines like in US SPIW weapons. Have the same amount of power in a shorter case, double ammunition capacity, and double the amount of ammunition per reload.

[@heinrichnitschke5485]

My thoughts exactly.

[@baker90338]

Writing how long until halo assault rifle level magazines?

[@SuitsTheRedcoat]

The Winchester question actually came down to STR vs DEX. Brilliant!

[@BotherNone]

Man I love the manufacturer replies. Really cool addition.

[@BananaMan730]

Sporterized 1902. Ian- "Don't do it again."

[@I_am_Signal]

I love listening to these as podcasts while doing something productive because it’s combines the an interesting topic with some productive value.

[@nolsp7240]

Forget bringing a gun. Just bring Joerg Sprave and make tons of money selling new weapons. - "Let me show you it's featuures"😅😅😅

[@kevinanderson2238]

This made me LOL! BRILLIANT IDEA! 😅

[@5t3v0esque]

"1902..." Okay... pretty bad "Long recoil..." Oof, that's a shame "Mauser..." This happens way too oft- "Prototype. " *cue rage*

[@trainsbangsandautomobiles824]

Y'all thinking about this all wrong. It's not going to be a "more powerful" propellant. We can already make smokeless powders as dense and higher pressures. We just currently at the limit of mass x= velocity that not only currently available materials are able to handle, but our own body and structure itself. The next type of projectile weapon will have be something thats a vast improvement over every thing about current ammo. Including lower recoil, possible lower noise, lower flash, eta. Or the next "main small-arm" of future humans might not even BE a projectile weapon per-se. but sort of a "phaser" pistol.....

[@Elessar_Telcontar]

THIS IS MY BOOOOM STICK!

[@turdferguson6648]

Right!?! Glad to know I wasn't the only one whose mind went directly to Army of Darkness when this topic came up. Wish Ian would've mentioned a modified chainsaw complimented with a S-Mart top of the line double barrel shotgun manufactured right here in Grand Rapids.

[@nothim7321]

The army has adopted a modernized AR 10. Knights Armament SR 25 to be precise. It also did take M14's and dropped them into Sage's EBR stocks, very popular for a while.

[@aqui1ifer]

In fact, both the M110 & the MK. 11 mod 0 are both SR-25s (modern AR-10s) adopted by the Army & Navy respectively.

[@justinball2250]

Yes, but the question inquired specifically about modernizing current stocks of AR10, which as Ian addressed, simply didn’t exist.

[@hjorturerlend]

It's being replaced by the HK 417 (M110a1) tho, it was too big and heavy for a DMR. Snipers also started switching to the M2010, in .300 Win Mag, very shortly after the M110 entered service. Pretty silly in retrospect to try to give the snipers and marksmen the same gun. Whole post-9/11 sniper and marksman's rifle procurement program was pretty silly tbh. Should have just adopted the AI Arctic Warfare Magnum in 2005 or so, coupled with a less specialized AR-10 DMR.

[@aqui1ifer]

H. E. I’d totally agree; given the normal troops still have M16s & M4s, an AR-10/SR-25 for the DMR is perfectly sensible.

[@hjorturerlend]

@@aqui1ifer SR-25 (M110) was the DMR (and the sniper rifle, for a while), it's being replaced by the HK 417 (M110a1) because it was too long and heavy as a DMR.

[@samoksner]

So cool to have you on floatplane, the guys behind the platform are real people and nice to have aome variety on the platform.

[@EeekiE]

That Calico is growing on me. Hope the firing pin issue can be fully resolved.

[@relativisticvel]

I suspect the pin is too short or damaged

[@swillm3ister]

Ian, this is awesome. I love getting the relevant companies answers to these specific questions. You're the best bro. Also I love how much genuine thought you put into answering the first question, seems like you considered it before like most of us gun and history nerds. :)

[@captrobmiller6095]

The U.S. Marine Corps is still issued the OKC-3S bayonet. Its basically a K-Bar designed as a bayonet and those are awesome. Great bayonet, great fighting knife, great field knife.

[@dwastart]

Um.. yeah they are in the armories but no self respecting grunt unit makes their guys carry that shit. I only ever had one garbage CO that actually had weapons cards issued for them.. quit being a pog

[@jameskosusnik1102]

@@dwastart Lol I was in the army(I know, I know, marines) dude in basic training the bayonet courses were being overrun by grass and other plants, nonody uses bayonets anymore lmao

[@captrobmiller6095]

@@dwastart Cute, they were actually used in fallujah. Coming around a corner in a building, its a lot more difficult to grab a barrel if there's an 8" blade on the front of it. I give my guys the option to take it to the field if they want. As for issuing weapons cards for them, that's retarded. They're not serialized so we treat them like we do magazines.

[@dwastart]

Sure there may have been a few guys in very extreme circumstances that decided a bayonet was a good choice. Overall though making an already long rifle even longer is not good for CQ type situations. I served with plenty of guys that were in Fallujah and never touted the benefit of a bayonet. Somebody grabs your rifle, the guy behind you should be there to drop him.

[@TimberwolfCY]

On the magic powder question: Cut the brass in half, thus the receiver, magazine size, etc. in half. Total gun weight would come down by about a quarter or a even a third, and either lighten your ammo load or carry approximately a half again more (mag size would still be there, and while the *brass* would be a little less than half as heavy and of course powder), the bullet weight, etc. is still there.

[@rhvette]

That water lily cocktail sounds amazing, I’m going to have to give it a try tonight. I picked up some creme de violette for making an aviation cocktail and it’s lovely stuff, but at maybe half an ounce to two ounces of gin, it’s going to last a while. I’m sure I’m not providing anything revolutionary here, but if you haven’t seen it, you should really check out How To Drink’s episode on the gimlet. The homemade lime cordial is pretty trivial to make and just as he describes it, it’s liquid air conditioning. Definitely a bit of a lackluster drink with the off the shelf Rose’s stuff, though; it’s absolutely worth the barely five minutes of labor to make it yourself.

[@StrangerOman]

Having guest experts on question answer is an amazing addition to Q&A sessions.

[@TK--lb1bt]

Thanks for your work Ian!

[@tanysby262]

I think you are perfect at what you do. I'm a wannabe gunsmith I went to school for it but I still can't get a job at it but you always know what you're talking about

[@chrisd8866]

7:13 Sort of reminds me of the High-velocity bullets from that scene in Ghost in the Shell. What's neat is that the writers thought to include that they would quickly ruin a gun unsuited for this type of cartridge, even if rule of cool probably took over realism here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/maHUlYyqbs2qaMk

[@cnlbenmc]

I agree both with the assessment and the Ghost in the Shell reference. Though a modern gun (Or at least a semi-modern gun like the Uzi) would be far better at standing up to something like HV ammo than a black powder gun using smokeless powder ammo. Edit; I checked your link and found that I apparently watched it already and even commented on it too!

[@olafervin]

This is my favorite forgotten weapons q&a of all time (I've seen them all). The guest clips were a fantastic addition.

[@sauv01]

I once ordered a dry martini at a Chilis on my college campus, got a glass of literal ice water. A bad martini I can forgive, especially at a college restaurant, but it's a two-ingredient drink and they somehow managed to include neither of those ingredients. To this day I have no idea how they screwed up on such a fundamental level. At least they replaced it and made it on the house.

[@relativisticvel]

Did they misunderstand and shrink you said a Virgin dry martini?

[@sauv01]

I did say "very dry" which could have been misunderstood, but the bartender should've remembered that virgin martinis don't exist and asked me to clarify my order.

[@njones420]

@@sauv01 lucky you didn't get just an empty glass with that order ;)

[@borkborkfoxxo279]

The answers from guests/other presenters was amazing, I think they were wonderful, and you should consider doing them in the future :)

[@sgtwolf1143]

Ian's got a strand of white going. Gonna turn into *Gun Jesus the Grey*

[@davidbrennan660]

With his AR platform, the Balrog will not pass.

[@saccaed]

Fantastic seeing manufacturers participating.

[@ukromarine426]

I think if we were to have a powder twice as powerful, we would get much smaller cartridges and not a bulkier gun.

[@eduardocharlier7560]

A viable volcanic kind of thing maybe...

[@tjbarke6086]

Ian: D'oh!

[@happyhaunter_5546]

I have an Uberti 1873 because I really wanted to secure an SAA thingy so my son could enjoy it but didn't want a real Colt antique I'd feel bad about actually using, and that thing is an absolute SHOOTER. Very very happy with my decision in buying a "repro" one I can pass down that can actually be enjoyed. Much nicer than I was expecting.

[@mwam1985]

Hold up! Calico is still in business??? Now I want to buy one just for fun.

[@SlavicCelery]

Ian's calico testing probably increased their sales 100 fold over the last two months. That said, buying most guns is difficult right now... but I'd own one for the heck of it.

[@kmech3rd]

No kidding. Except I live in Maryland and can only get ten rounders. A ten round helical mag... sigh. :(

[@flipeverything2734]

Karl Mech same here in California. I’d love to buy one but we have a mag limit too.

[@madengineer9072]

@@SlavicCelery Gun Jesus raises Calico from the dead (well mostly dead).

[@raetiran463]

Karl Mech as a fellow Marylander, you can acquire full capacity magazines out of state and then bring them in, but not trade/sell/transfer them in the state. Also the newer calico models are legal here, and most reasonable gun shops will just block the helical mag with a wooden dowel through the witness holes. Drive out to Harpers Ferry, (or PA border if it’s closer) find a parking spot, and pull out the dowel, drive home

[@whyjay9959]

Electrothermal-chemical ignition, which has been experimented with for cannons for quite a while now, managed to get more (useful)energy out of a given propellant charge than the normal priming method while decreasing peak pressure, which from what I understand actually lowered the gun's strength requirement.

[@allangibson8494]

The Remington E-tronic tried. It died in the market.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

@42:38 "Cuz airport..." I'm *so* using that phrase!

[@chrismorrisusmc2111]

Hey Ian, this is Chris from Bear Arms, the Marine Armorer. I just wanted to point out that the Marine Corps (at least when I was in) did use accurized M14s although it was renamed the M39 EMR (Enhanced Marksman Rifle). I had hands on these rifles in multiple armories during my time in so I know the M39 was not an uncommon weapon. while some people might call it a sniper rifle, its roll was more that of a designated marksman rifle, but I think it deserves a mention for that question. there were a few prior iterations of accurized M14s in service but I am less familiar with those.

[@paultreiber5597]

51:00 the Lewis light machine gun is another example of an American designed gun adopted by a foreign country. C&Rsenal talks about it in there episode on the rifle.

[@octavulg]

Two gin cocktail notes. First, you can freeze champagne. Especially if you mix it with simple syrup and lemon juice and stir it with a fork so it becomes a slush. It apparently keeps for about a month. Then you add it to the gin and delight ensues. Second, try one part gin, one part lime juice, two parts grapefruit soda (my local grocery has a store brand Italian soda - it's a little tart, so try not to use something too sweet). Tis a cocktail of my invention, and is lovely.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

OMG the answer to the first question was golden!!!!! Yep, don't be accused of witchcraft - words to live by. Hehehe...

[@andrewstraub131]

Because I I brought a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range I have been accused of witchcraft what do now?

[@762x69]

@@andrewstraub131 Only what you see, Pal!

[@MichaelJenkins910]

I greatly appreciate Ian's comments regarding footnotes vs. endnotes. That is all, carry on.

[@shawnwillis7561]

He only needed the security for when the pilots showed up.

[@a_blind_sniper]

Oh my god, that footnote/endnote answer. I agree completely! Endnotes are easier for the editing process (dont have to reformat pages on the fly to fit footnotes) but it is a terrible user experience!

[@Jackedhobbit]

The M14 EBR is what we used in Afghanistan. It’s heavy but works well as a DMR.

[@dogboy0912]

It's an interesting story how perhaps one of the worst battle rifles ever put in service, a rifle that barely stayed in service for 5 years because of how unsuitable it was, got a powerful second wind as a DMR for a good 70 years.

[@486kyle]

Neat, actual video update from calico, and their website isn't garbage anymore!

[@donklesa6040]

Powder question; I would think the logical first step would be to shorten the ammunition to reduce the load weight for the user.

[@justinofboulder]

Thanks to CMMG for taking the time to esplain......Thanks to Gun Jesus for enlightening us!

[@acatwiththreenames3658]

I just realized today how much Ian is starting to look like wild Bill Hickock

[@jmpetersrn]

That's been my thought for years. If he died his hair blonde he could be Gen. Custer for Halloween.

[@AbananaPEEl]

When I heard him/you say he hates end notes, I about flipped my lid because I thought the SAME THING reading HIS BOOk! Glad he/you addressed it atleast.

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

My Dad taught me to make Martinis the way he liked them . I still remember the instructions he drilled into my head. “Two ice cubes, two cocktail onions or olives, three fingers of Beefeaters Gin, and if I so much has thought of the grandfather of the man who invented Vermouth it was too wet.” I think that explains why I do not drink Martinis.

[@davidbrennan660]

Chill the glass, no need for ice that waters down the cocktail, for a real dry Martini, just reflect sunlight through the vermouth bottle rather than coat the glass... but we mix what is to our taste, as it is our pleasure. Enjoy.

[@Thermalions]

Some really good questions here, with very strong responses to the first and last.

[@dbmail545]

As to the much higher energy gunpowder: I suspect that there would be more interest reducing the physical size of the cartridge than making the cartridges more powerful.

[@neillh]

Ian at 05:21 the Hypothetical new gunpowder , you could make a new cartridges half the size that would mean half the weight of a cartridge at the same power

[@8-7-styx94]

I knew I wasn't imagining things, Calico did make a 12 gauge! Now to track one down or pester them to send one to my FFL.

[@tstststs]

As far as I know it was a prototype that only appeared at shot show 2012: i.ibb.co/BwXKc5X/calico-shotgun.jpg

[@8-7-styx94]

@@tstststs For a short time, when the website was working you could have a dealer order one of these. I don't know if that was a fluke on Calico's part though as their website is easily the worst run/organized and operated I have seen in the last 20 years.

[@tstststs]

@@8-7-styx94 Huh, that is pretty interesting. I think it was more likely a fluke but I wonder if you managed to order one, would they try to honor the sale? In my head I'm imagining the order coming through on a friday afternoon, then a shipping employee going "huh, didn't know we had one of those" and boxing up a prototype 12 gauge, shipping it out, and then leaving for the weekend.

[@ringingsteel8729]

Getting CMMG to answer was really neat.

[@jazzmaster909]

Recoil of a Johnson LMG = "Harsh but managable..."

[@3000gamer1]

I was given a m60 hand book by a friend of mine a couple of years back. the book is rather extensive in operation and intended field use.

[@darthhodges]

Regarding not sporterizing old guns Rock island Auctions doesn't charge to evaluate your gun if you think it might be worth something. If it turns out it's worth more than a modern gun you really want you can unload the old gun through them and have the money instead of the project. Spread the word.

[@nmarbletoe8210]

great idea

[@jeffprice6421]

That was cool of Calico and CMMG to provide those answer videos. I like that format. I would imagine the manufactures appreciate the publicity? Have you approached others? or is this just a surendipitous thign with a question and compaines you had good contacts for?

[@TOMAS-lh4er]

HI From Tucson !! HEY ! have you heard anything on the John Wick part ?? how many people signed the petition ??

[@ForgottenWeapons]

No word on anything official. The petition is at 112,000.

[@collinis1]

Forgotten Weapons you should remind people to sign every video

[@dposcuro]

@@Chris_Garman 1: People want to have fun. Many people consider the thought of Ian, being in a John Wick movie, fun. 2: Generalizations are bad. Not all of Hollywood is a cesspit. Lionsgate Films (Who are behind Summit Entertainment) is so far as I am aware of, pretty clean of any controversies. So too is Thunderroad Pictures, the two primary production companies bankrolling the John Wick franchise. Keanu Reeves is so far, the immaculate man, who has no dirt on him as far as anyone can find, and I'm pretty sure people have looked. Hard. McShane does appear to have issues with pronouns and the modern climate of identity. He is almost 78 however, and it does not appear, from what I have seen, that he is *against* anyone, just...doesn't understand it.

[@duncanwilson2262]

I agree it would be very cool to see Ian in a John Wick movie. However, instead of being an armourer would it not make more sense if John needed to consult him on some obscure bullet or firearm. The films keep introducing more lore on the High Table and it is all done with historical themes ( thinking of the original gold coins or the way that favours are recorded ). So Ian could almost cameo as himself, giving a 30 sec lecture on the history of an obscure High Table item that lets John find his next target. More awkward to write into the script, I grant you, but would be incredible if it happened.

[@DoomCast]

@ForgottenWeapons maybe each out to Keanu Reeves?

[@benstoyles1297]

On the 5:30 propellant question, I think that would ultimately end up with the development of cartridges with the same power levels we have now, just in a much smaller cartridge size, e.g. 5.56mm but the case is the size of a .22lr case, or 6.5 CM in a .30 carbine size case. The individual weapon reduces to being MP5/MPX sized (but with a carbine/rifle length barrel) and the ammo load either reduces in weight, or you can carry significantly more ammo on the same amount of real estate.

[@benstoyles1297]

You could make an MP7 where people actually die when you shout them with it.

[@allangibson8494]

The problem is the weight of the gun goes up to hold the increase in forces and pressures so the end result would probably be a wash on weight.

[@jordanhorst6]

Isn't anyone else hype that calico is still designing new stuff!?

[@trooperdgb9722]

Old Cowboy Shooter here. That was a wonderful exposition on the 73 vs 92 question! I love my finely tuned 73's, BUT if I was going to hunt.... the 92 would be a better choice.

[@taenaran]

Ian, have you read “Ring of Fire” series where a American town is transported through time/space to 1632 in Germany (the middle of the 30 Years War)?

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Man, those books work like manuals than actual novels due to the amount of information condensed in those...

[@Stealthgato]

... that's a thing? I gotta look into it.

[@user-ii5im7zm2t]

@@Stealthgato If you like that premise, also look for Timeline by Michael Crichton (group of historians that go back to bubonic plague era France), and especially the Nantucket series by S.M. Stirling. Stirling's books starting with Island in a Sea of Time are about a weird fluke that sends the entire island of modern day Nantucket to right around 1250 BC. And everyone in S.M. Stirling's universe that wasn't on Nantucket, stays in modern day, but suddenly all electricity, steam engines, and gun powder magically stop working forever (Emberverse series).

[@Stealthgato]

@@user-ii5im7zm2t Thanks, I'll check it out!

[@gatling216]

I never once used an M16 bayonet in anything like combat, but by God, it was the handiest piece of kit I had for everything else.

[@fsd66n]

The idea of beard and moustacheless Ian scares me...

[@overhead18]

Looking forward to a video on Pittman Robertson, I am surprised how many gun owners don't know about it. If more did I have a feeling state game and fish departments would be getting a lot more pressure to build public ranges with the money. The money spend on habitat and parks is great, but being that so many people that are paying the tax are just shooters, diverting a little bit more of it to satisfy the shooting community would probably be fair. Especially for some folks on the east coast that can't use public land for shooting.

[@nmarbletoe8210]

Excellent ideas. Pittman Robertson is a magnificent Act, and I bet more could be done for people who have to drive a long way to shoot... .

[@gabeeg]

...Chili's scrambles to find that endorsement offer they just dropped in the office mail.

[@DualDesertEagle]

About that twice-as-powerful powder: One could also use it to shrink cartridges alot to fire the same bullet at the same velocity from a smaller casing, which would allow people to carry more ammo and reduce the necessary bolt travel and thus allow for higher rates of fire.

[@stephens2241]

Regarding US commercial arms being adopted internationally, I'm surprised you didn't mention the French Gendarmerie buying Mini-14s.

[@itsapittie]

It was also used by the Bermuda Defense Force.

[@actinganimal885]

Boy I’m taking an AA12 with as many loaded mags as I could carry. I’m getting accused of witchcraft cause I’m using some firebreath and flashbang shells lmao

[@actinganimal885]

WC_2 Electric_Boogaloo lmao

[@valleyscottblog2440]

I am 100% in agreement when it comes to footnotes vs endnotes. I HATE HATE HATE endnotes, both as a reader and as an editor. While footnotes have traditionally been more difficult to create during the editing process, I much prefer them in the final product. I feel they are totally worth the extra effort as an editor.

[@kmech3rd]

I wonder if Ian, Brandon Herrera and Styxhexenhammer666 ever just get together and share epic beard and hair tips.

[@Hansengineering]

TBH, every person's will be different. There's a reason there's like 15 different types of Pantene: each person's hair will respond differently. Same thing with beards.