@@assvacuum Simply that France wasn't in the mood to get a modernisation of their riffle, what they finally did because of the geopolitical circumstances. As the viewer wasn't aware of these circumstance he thought the same as the French high command.
The Tarja or Floor question refers to the Finnish metal band Nightwish, in case anyone was wondering. Tarja Turunen was their original lead singer, and she was replaced by Floor Jansen.
Scrolled through the comments halfway though, now I'm looking forward to hearing Ian speak about my favorite band. Don't forget about Anette Olzon in the middle period there. Edit: question was at 5:35
On the Expert or Impostor aspect I prefer the term Professional. A professional will always be willing to learn and not get offended if (s)he is corrected, The day you stop learning it is time to hang up your hat and retire.
Absolutely, I started off programming COBOL on mainframes 30 odd years ago, these days I work in application support. I don't consider myself an 'expert' as the longer I've worked in IT the more I realise what I don't know. What I will call myself is a bloody good IT generalist, I may not know the answer to your question but if you give me a little time I will find that answer for you. I suspect this is true for a lot of fields.
@@gwtpictgwtpict4214 Nothing more annoying than idiot proofing COBOL and machine code... I had to leave the IT field for the level of stupidity by persons changing 20+ settings at once then had to figure out what broke what.. Always made for a long day.
Novice: Someone who picks up the fundamentals. ("Oh, so that's a thing") Apprentice: Someone who is educated upon the full scope of the field and confronted with the reality of how much they do not know. ("There is so much here. I have too many questions to ask") Adept: Someone who picks up the tools, practices, and disciplines needed to actually learn the field. ("At least I know where to look for the answers now") Expert: Someone actively practicing in the field, learning as they go along the way. ("Time for work") Master: Someone educated and experienced to the point they either go experiment on new concepts in the field, or try to teach others. An expert is indeed a professional, and part of being a professional is on-the-job training.
Expert means roughly the same thing, its just that its grown a negative connotation as people assume you know everything. When in reality it means you know enough to get the job done and have access to the resources an outsider does not.
I get what you mean.👍 However, was there any doubt? This man is definitely a Metal fan all the way since the 80's! Which is the group of people we have to thank for modern Metal today, nerds that didn't fit in, in school, became Metal fans, and now are thriving in society. 👍💯 _🤘_
Copied from a post under the original video, not sure if legit but sounds awesome HAACKER45 - If anyone is still curious what this is, the designer came forward on the Bullpup Forums and said it is a Bullpup that features AR15 compatibility. The upper fits on a AR lower. It is called the SM-14 and the designer is working with a not yet named manufacturer to bring it to market.
@@GunRunnersTrainingCo Sure it is. When you're a kid, you learn what's cool from others. As you become an adult, you start to develop interests of your own. You can tell the kids in this community because they're still obsessed with bullpups and MP7s, because video games taught them those are "cool".
Swiss lathes are weird and cool, and you're right they move the part as opposed to the tool. They can churn out more small parts faster than traditional machines, but they require a fundamentally different machining, for lack of a better term, manual of arms. It's interesting to hear that that factored into the losses that Mauser incurred.
@@machinist7230 I've only seen one. It was an ancient, actually swiss made unit that had been converted to CNC. It was way in the corner of a large manufacturing plant kinda hidden away but it was in constant use. It had one job, making these long, thin driveshafts. Nothing else.
I have some suggestions for 2020 Desert Brutality: 1. The Argentian FM49 vs Italian BM59 2. Semi Auto FG42 Repro (Being the coolest guns at the match) 3. Lefty Spur G3 (Test yourself against the HK series) 4. Troy GAU/5 (Compact AR15-style rifle) 5. SMG DPM Repro with RP46 conversion (Epic belt fed match) 6. M27 IAR and RPK (Test the automatic rifle doctrine with drum mag and then sticks)
That picture of the Galilean sight brought me back to watching Herbert Werle's videos of his various mods and one of them was a micro red dot attached to the flash hider of his M1 modded to look like an M14 in place of the front sight. What is old is truly new again😹
Ian, I think the question on everyone's mind is: After a hard day on the range, getting some rounds down, what shampoo do you use to keep your mane in good order, Timotei or Head and Shoulders?
Very glad to see the British bullpup rifle book coming. I’ll definitely be buying that. You should take a look at Bob Maze’s PDF study available online ‘Great War Galilean ‘Optical’ Sights of the Great War’. He goes through the different kinds in service and conducts studies into their effectiveness. They were actually found to be superior to iron sights. I think they were actually quite extensive at the time just very poorly remembered and few survive
Thanks for the article tip! These seem very similar to the diopter sights on target rifles. Much easier to shoot accurately than traditional notch-and-post, while still qualifying as iron sights for competition.
@@davidgoodnow269 Some of the Galilean sight models look like they were literally just diopter target sights with lenses fitted in the apertures for slight magnification. Some like the Lattey just added magnification over the existing iron sights. Looks like the British had a fair bit of variety in service.
Having worked with a lot of experts... The good experts usually recognize that they don't know everything about their subject. If anything, they tend to be faster than others to acknowledge the limits of their knowledge. I've seen your talks. IMO, you're absolutely an expert (whether or not you admit it.)
Factory started before war as "Fabryka Broni" (literally "Arms Factory") that's why logo consist of letters FB in triangle. They were also making civilian products, mainly bicycles but also metal working tools, under the trade mark Łucznik (Archer). After the war factory was rebuild and named Zakłady Metalowe im. Gen. Waltera (Gen. Walter Metal Works, Walter was callsign/alias of one of communist generals derived as you guessed from his favourite sidearm) and then Zakłady Metalowe (Metal Works) Łucznik.
@@moalabsŁucznik was manufacturing sewing machines from very beggining in 1925. My grandma had one prewar machine and my mother has one from '60. Remarkable machine works till this day ;)
My Mauser (no visible markings, sporterized, hand-made stock, belonged to my great grandfather) was re-barrled for 7mm and I'm glad it was. Shoots excellently accurate with the japanese scope on it and the (presumably) unmodified magazine and bolt feed 7mm reliably, never put that many rounds through it, so a lack of military surplus ammo is okay. I'm not an avid hunter but if I go for a deer that's what I'm taking with me.
Another interesting note is that my great grandfather was a pacifist socialist according to my mother, much to the chagrin of my republican, union-employed grandfather. So the fact that he was interested in modifying the rifle at all is interesting to me.
I love how someone will judge a hour long video, that’s only been up 8 minutes. Keep up the great work Ian. (Did you get it? *pokes you* Did you get it?)
I'd like to add to the AK misconception as well. AKs were excellent, but they were also cheap for a reason. The governments invested in multi-millions infrastructure to churn out cheap AKs; that's how they could make it cheap: Economy of scale. You can't stamp out AK receiver, forge trunnion and everything on a $200 harbor freight special drill jig like you did with an AR15.
Right, and when they are made out of milled receivers they are more expensive to manufacture, and heavier. The only advantage to milled is it's easier to do on the small scale.
@@leathery420 exactly. It's like making small amount of O2 in lab room with cheap glass tools and expensive chemicals, versus making large amount of O2 with expensive machinery and literal free air.
I love that you refute the title of expert. I have taken the same approach to the field I am familiar with in way too much depth and the approach has served me just as well.
I have a question, I worked in a pawnshop in Lawton Oklahoma in the late Eighty's, I was their gun guy because I knew more about them than the other people did, one day they asked me about a rifle they had turned down for purchase because they didn't think it was worth the $300.00 the owner was asking for it. I didn't see it myself, but they gave a fair description of it. In the late eighteen hundreds Fort Sill had a Calvary unit based in it, sometimes experimental weapons were tested there, from the description, I believe this was one of the more rare types. It was a bolt action in 45-70, had Government markings on it, was in very good condition, the interesting thing about it was a type of tubular Spiro magazine, I was told it held 10 or more 45-70 cartridges in it. I've seen some mention of early bolt action rifles being tested at Fort Sill, but nothing about anything like this. I've always believed l they missed a great opportunity when they passed on buying this for the $300.00 asking price. It was well made according to them, but by a company they had never heard of. Because I couldn't find anything about it in the information about early bolt action rifles tested at Fort Sill in this time period, I feel it was a very rare rifle. Anyone have any more information on this unknown rifle? It seemed to be a good design, but was probably rejected for the 30-40 Krag adopted by the Army shortly after.
I never knew about the Kabul armory, but it definitely makes sense. Almost every bazaar in Afghanistan I've been to has at least one or two guys selling Martini Henries.
The P83 pistol is way ahead of its time. Comfortable to hold, very good DA/SA trigger and good sights, 12 round cap mags, very accurate and reliable. Not at all "snappy" to fire at the range like many Mak pistols are. This one gives you very little felt recoil and terrific accuracy. The polygonal rifling in the 9x18mm caliber makes it very accurate and easy to clean.
In reference to other options for an AK gas system, the Swiss managed to decouple the gas system from the barrel to improve the accuracy. It would be possible to free float the barrel of a 550 series gun for instance. They decoupled it by having the gas tube attach to the front trunion with the gas block only aligning the tube with the gas port. All force from the gas system cycling is transferred to the trunion.
On the subject of being an expert, One of the most valuable lessons I learned as a music teacher for over 27 years was to allow my students to teach me how to teach. This may sound strange to some, but if you learn to listen, you also learn to anticipate the needs of students. I also feel that the best thing for a teacher is to watch your students surpass your accomplishments. So I never was an expert, because I always was a student.
The non-NAZI marked Polish Radom viz-35 is a great choice...As for Galilean sights there were common on English .22's and such well into the 1940's so that might be the best way to get a rep. sample to play with..
I can't find anything online but in the Philippines back in the 70s, probably earlier, carbine style stocks were in use, mostly with bodyguard and private army type outfits. In concept it's the same as the Roni, being a stock that holds the pistol for more stable handling, plus probably the intimidation factor of a long gun over a pistol.
I must’ve missed this video when it was new. Lots of cool info in here that was new to me. Like the Galilean sights and the interesting points about import versus domestic AKs. The bit about luminous night sights makes sense, given what many of us have already heard about the radium watch dials. Hopefully there’s not a similar tragic story behind those painted dots.
The 8mm Mauser as the primary German catridge *did* have a useful impact in battlefield machine gun use: that added range ( and the common soldiers perceived fear of it ).
Oh man; need a copy of the new book! I'm lucky enough to have a MAS 223, and this would be a great addition to my collection as well! Excellent video! As always, I enjoy your content. It's refreshing to see that a lot of conclusions I had independently arrived at regarding several aspects of firearm design and use tend to align with your own...
Regarding naval adoption of the Kropatschek, in addition to the magazine being more beneficial to marines who will are more likely to be outnumbered, having a waterproof brass cartridge is going to make a huge difference to force operating in and around water. It's probably easy enough to keep paper cartridges dry in a shipboard storage room, but marines on small boats (boarding or landing parties) are likely to get wet, as are crates of ammunition being transferred to or from a ship aboard small boats (as when sending additional ammunition to a shore party, or resupplying a ship without a proper harbour).
43:00 mark about full auto. I read or heard an Israeli mentioning their spec ops units fired their Uzi's in semi-auto during operations. IIRC he was speaking of clearing tunnels and fortified "trenches" etc in the Golan. The logic was they killed the enemy just as dead and didn't burn up a bunch of ammo. If you're a small unit behind or in the middle of enemy built up fortifications, you're probably not getting re-supply. When I first heard it I thought it was odd but made total sense with a little thought.
Am looking forward to your followup video after the signature editions ship: "Unusual and Forgotten Treatments for Writer's Cramp, and Which of Them Actually Work"
I know Nicholas Moran has talked about archives. Some of the material was just dumped into a box at the time and you might be the first person to open it in 50 years and covered multiple topics. Very frustrating if you want specific information but all around very interesting.
A buddy of mine found a treatise on Zeppelin warfare that had been written in German, translated to english and published in the interwar years. It was in the library, in the old card system and had been checked out twice before him. One, great fiction material, and also pretty cool what sits in university libraries. This was a well researched and referenced document that included names he'd already researched, but an author closer to the time had pulled together references that would have been nearly impossible to access now, and made connections that none of the later materials he'd found had made. The good news is, if you hunt, you will likely find something useful to someone.
when it comes to loading mags vs single shot reload times i think you guys should try doing an experiment on inrange, just take a lee enfield to have the largest theoretical advantage, and either single load it or load ten rounds then fire them all. if you do 20-30 rounds you could figure out where it "loops" and compare lengths and discuss. also, try comparing ways to carry rounds in speed difference, i'm particularly interrested in how a prepared position acts, where you can have your ammo (or at least some of it) conveniently laid out to use by your shooting position.
re: pistol/carbine conversions; I agree that solutions like the CAA Roni and others are... suboptimal. There are a couple of exceptions to the rule that I can think of, mainly the MechTech carbine uppers for the Glock/XD/XDm/1911 platforms. The ergonomics are still good, though they do cost as much as a decent AR based PCC, so their overall value is iffy. The other is the X01 "PDW" chassis for the SIG P320... which, again, is almost the same cost as a stand alone PCC, though it doesn't skimp on ergos as it relocates the SIGs trigger module into a new PDW styled body. I think they're neat, but not for the asking prices from their respective manufacturers.
As for the Polish firearm factory, "Radom" is the name of the city, the name of factory is "Łucznik" (Archer). FB is an acronym for "Fabryka Broni" - Weapons Factory. So full naming is FB "Łucznik" - Radom. BTW, "Łucznik" pronunciation is "Wootchneek".
The Galilean optical sights are a very interesting idea. I'm an Optometrist an am very familiar with this concept. While there are obviously better designs now days the simplicity of it is very neat. I've often thought about designing a set where the front lens was at my gas block and the second lens was my glasses lens. Obliviously this would only be for use with the rifle as that lenses power would be useless for anything else. The biggest draw back is eye relief and any amount of misalignment throws the concept out the window. The magnification of this set up can be whatever you would like but with an increase in magnification the distance between the lenses must change along with the lenses power.
Ive done extensive research on the American AK debacle. Ian is exactly right. A specific area where American AKs cheap out and fail are in cast steel front trunnions. Forging is better; the parts are stronger and defects aren't as common. But, Forging is extremely expensive unless you are doing large scale mass production. AR-15 parts meet this need, and they are made of Forged Aluminum from a few central companies. AKs do not, so casting is cheaper. But casting is VERY prone to defects like porosity and grain irregularity. Invisible defects that even X-ray might not find. And the AK trunnion is pretty terribly engineered, it has to be extremely strong in order for the rifle to not destroy itself in a few thousand rounds. So using cheaper steel alloys for casting that part, usually doesn't go well. If you do want to get an American AK, go with something like Riley Defense which uses milsurp forged trunnions. Otherwise, honestly, don't waste your money on an AK. You can get an AR for $500 and it will be immensely more practical and durable than an AK. The price-to-performance ratio of AKs is really really bad.
Hi Ian, You said that "most militaries teach people to shoot in semi-auto even with a fully automatic capable weapon" (paraphrased ofc), and I'm ~90% certain that is true today, but I'd like to just mention that when my dad was doing his compulsory service (mid '80s, Hungarian People's Army Air Force), in basic they were taught to fire their AKM type rifles in short (2-3 round) bursts. I understand that with conscription expected individual marksmanship would have been rather low and firing a burst off would in theory maximise chances of hitting (the first and second shots are off before PoA can significantly shift). I would like to know what your take on conscripts being trained to fire bursts would be, as in, would it have a practical effect, does it have advantages, what are the disadvantages, etc. (For the sake of completeness, my dad was trained on the AKM-pattern AK-63F and in service was issued with an AMD-65, as was most of the air force)
That's not just "then vs. today" but also "Eastern vs. Western doctrine". What Ian describes was true for Western armies even in the 80's and earlier, while the Eastern bloc had different doctrines.
Actually the Albanians did have a Chinese supplied arms factory it was run by Chinese technicians and used Chinese markings. I don't know about arms, but they definitely managed to produce ammunition.
I would agree with that statement regarding books, both from the point of view as a former printer/bookbinder (a long time ago), and a working Marine/Evolutionary Ecologist. I would go slightly further as well, there are some references as well as reference books that likely will not go away. Taxological keys, monographs, and journal articles from respected Journals will always see at least some hard copy form. This is from a working standpoint, like many people I find it easier when working from multiple different reference sources to have those sources spread out in front of me. I find it easier to locate, compare, check and work from those sources if they are in hard copy form. Perhaps that is a sign of advancing age, perhaps another is that I for one tend to prefer working from books, the feel, smell, it just adds something, I find it much easier to concentrate on a bunch of books/articles in hard copy than if they were on a screen or series of screens. Besides, a good reference library, no matter your subject, always looks good. When it comes to things like novels, then there the advantages overcome the disadvantages! It is MUCH easier to store novels electronically, and if you are on a long flight or journey which would you prefer? A Kindle with the choice of several hundred books or a couple of hard copies? My novels number well over ten thousand now, and most of them are electronic these days, far, far easier to find the room in my home for 10,000 E-books even if they are of various formats than find shelf space for that man physical books!
Hi Ian, I can vouch that the coffee mugs from Hereford will give you “Stirling” service.... but last time I tasted the club wine... it was a bit rank 😛
Has anyone ever put together a list for what bayonets are compatible with what lugs? Like, you obviously can’t put a Swiss M57 on an M4, but could you put an American M9 on an SMLE kind of thing
I would say that in general, you won't find much compatibility outside of types (M-16/M-4 type thing) as there are so many styles and types of attachment. Some are lugs on the barrel, some attach to the hand-guard, some pivot and have a handle, some pivot but do not. Even within types, some will have been easier to retrofit between types, newer bayonets might be backwards compatible, but older ones not forward. In general once a rifle has been adopted, the production cost of the bayonet is quite low, so its not as though there is a major reason to ensure they are compatible with anything else. Keep in mind that a magazine is by far a more precision item, with a higher tolerance, and even those being interchangeable and "standardized" is a pretty modern thing It comes up a little more in talk of knives since bayonets seem like they should be a survival knife, but in actual fact they are often tempered soft so as to be the weak link and not damage the rifle if actually used as a pole-arm. I'm also convinced that some were designed to just look mean, and some have odd featured just due to wear from drills and armorer maintenance. I would guess that any compatibility would be by accident rather than design. Granted this comes from seeing a fair few gun show tables, and a rather large percentage of Ian's content, so maybe there is more than I'm aware of.
I hate really long videos, so usually I don't watch Q&A's but behold the time stamps in the description! This Ian, shows why you are the best in the industry!
@@devinmounce1838 Yeah I read it. But Ian's Q&As are great and engaging throughout. Also, attention span is an acquired trait, a learned skill. So your opinion is one of ignorance, which means it is unjustified, as false as an opinion can be.
38:41 I thought the old AK-12 (the one that looks more modern but didn't get adopted) was short stroke? Also, Chinese Type 81 might also count (or is it more of a 762*39mm Dragnov?)?
Ian: 38:20 , there IS a rifle, the ARAK-21 from Faxon Firearms. They Frankenstein'd an AK and an AR together, to make a balanced weapon. Pricey, but I want one...
Regarding the book signing, Ian, remember that pain is just weakness leaving the body. I have a feeling you'll be doing a lot more book signings in the future than this initial batch.
12:21 Carbine conversion kits... Dude, Mechtech CCU, mechtechsys.com . Years ago I put together a 'matched set' from a Para LDA .40 converted to 10mm and a Rock Island 1911A2, their double stack frame, and a MechTech CCU 10mm conversion. The LDA wasn't compatible with the CCU, so I got the M1911A2 since it used the same magazine well, found some used Para .40 competition extended magazines (20 round), and got everything to work together quite nicely. So I have a 20 round 10mm "1911" with the LDA trigger (Coal Creek Armory, where I worked at the time, tuned that up as well during conversion), and a 10mm carbine that share magazines and ammunition. Oh, and an unfired RIA .45 1911 slide and double stack mag in a box.
They aren’t quite the same but a modern equivalent of the Galilean sights would be the diopter target sights with a magnified foresight that you get. Somewhat frowned upon unless it’s on old boy with knackered eyes using them.
On the topic of pistol to carbine conversions, I wonder if with the newer pistols with the separate fire control groups such as the SiG 320, or Beretta APX would not lend themselves for a drop in carbine conversion kit. You would still have the dilemma of having in this case two serviceable firearms minus the FCG, but only have one serialized part.
25:21 The german term would be "drehen" vs "fräsen". Drehen is used for producing high volume, low complexity parts while fräsen is used for the opposite.
