"Finnish national tradition is to get a bit hammered while naked in a sauna in the winter, which is most of the time." Meanwhile the summer tradition is usually to get a bit hammered while tinkering with old cars
The "spherical platoons" I belive is a physics joke. As often in exercises related to objects it opens with "Assume an object is a sphere and in a vaccum" as then real world niuances don't make the equations harder
Yeah its a reference to a physics joke. (example comes from wiki) Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking for help from academia. A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by a theoretical physicist, and two weeks of intensive on-site investigation took place. The scholars then returned to the university, notebooks crammed with data, where the task of writing the report was left to the team leader. Shortly thereafter the physicist returned to the farm, saying to the farmer, "I have the solution, but it works only in the case of spherical cows in a vacuum".
That's almost certainly it. When I was in undergrad and completing my physics classes, mathematical questions often began with assumptions that are completely ridiculous for real-world applications, like assuming that all objects are spherical and frictionless, exist in system that is a perfect vacuum without exchange of mass or energy with the outside, and that all collisions are perfectly elastic.
Come on, you have the president of the International Lee-Enfield Admiration Society on for a Q&A and there's hardly any Lee-Enfield questions in there. Love all of y'all's content, cheers from Germany!
@@Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano fabien (aka le chap) is French. He hosts many of his RU-vid videos in French. Ian even makes reference to the fact that he is French. He has lived in the Uk, thus his British accent.
Lads, never forget; casual shooters with pristine weapons get different impressions compared to soldiers who have a weapon that has been in the inventory for a decade and hands of 10 previous soldiers, had thousands of rounds already fired through it, carrying it through some crappy environment day in day out for weeks on end with only field cleaning and having to fire literally hundreds of rounds through during very short periods. Both lend themselves to significantly different opinions.
The Imperial War Museum London deserves a shout-out as a destination in the UK. Customers who bought FORGOTTEN WEAPONS also bought IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LONDON.
One thing i love about not just your q&a's but my job. Is i can just play the video now and listen. If its clear your showing something i can just pop my phone out and look real quick. Then go back to work. Thats one of the reasons i started watching these recently is before i had to sit down and watch the video in my down time when honestly i have other things i can spend an hour-ish doing. Which i could just play it and listen how i am now but before my enviroment was to loud for it. Either way love the video/videos keep up the great work.
Thanks guys for another great video. The Mauser straight-pull rifle design was sold to Roessler who still produces it. Merkel makes the Helix straight-pull rifle, Steel Action makes an all-steel straight-pull rifle and as someone else has said, ‘what about Lynx?’.
In regards to EU gun law changes, Czech Republic is another country that does the bare minimum when the EU tries to force BS laws. They have actually just legalised Suppressors and are putting in place more laws to protect civilian firearm ownership
Wonderfull collab, so fun to see you all on screen. 58:46 Sorry, Black Mamba are not hollow point ammo, they are made exactly to avoid hollow point restriction.
A chicken farmer has a problem - his chickens stopped laying eggs. He hires a theoretical physicist to help. In a week the physicist comes back and says: “I have a solution! But it only works for spherical chickens in a vacuum”
The "spherical squads in a vacuum" bit comes from engineering hypothetical questions that often start with "Imagine X object simulated as an idealized sphere of uniform density in a vacuum" as this removes a lot of complexity that isn't important to the hypothetical, things like air pressure, center of mass, etc.
Its lovely to see guys repeating "yeah, thats your US crazy stuff" :D Btw: following the EU "bans" on magazines, Czech gov. took the chance and gun owners here now can get "hollow point" permit :D (carry here is just a type of license, that takes little to no extra effort)
DS Arms (DSA) did purchase the StG 58 parts, tooling, manufacturing equipment, prints, and intellectual property from Steyr in the mid-90's. I purchased many of these in the 90's. Some of the tooling and processes have been updated as CNC technology made more sense. DS Arms has also designed their unique versions of the FAL.
I have very limited firearms experience being from the UK. Shot my old man's shotguns a few times but thats it. Saw a brown bess at a country fair I somehow found myself at once, definitely a shock to the system but it was unbelievably fun
Hey Ian, I love the Q&A videos and would love to see more of them or maybe something more casual. I think that it could work great in a podcast form maybe something like every other week you bring on a guest voted on by Patreon supporters or something similar. I am aware of how much time and effort that would take though and you are very busy as you have stated in the past. Just wanted to let you know that I think there may be a market for that if you've got the time and energy and that I would be enthused to see something like that popup in my notifications.
I discovered the cartridge OAL sensitivity with working on an irreparable sporter I'm converting to 308 as well as an absolute dog of an M1934 that was rebuilt with mostly 1917 parts. I had issues with cartridges jumping the feed lips, but when appropriate caliber magazines are used (7mm for the M1934 and 257 Roberts for the 308) feeding is a breeze. With that 308 I'm just going to need a spacer for the bottom of the magazine since the 257 box is off a Model 30, which is lacks the 1917's belly
33:32 I knew it would be the M1, because that's the one I like to intro new shooters to. They get intimidated by the reload, so I do it for them, but they always love it when it comes down to shooting it.
the "spherical squads fighting in a vaccuum" thing is a reference to problems/questions in physics textbooks i think -- often you assume an object of interest is a sphere, in a vaccuum, to simplify the math.
The first firearm I ever shot was a Hawken .50 black powder rifle. It was awesome. Then I got to shoot a Ruger 10/22. I was about 14 at the time, and I was hooked! So, I would agree that those would be ideal for the first time shooter. The Hawken was loaded with a half load, so it was very mild to shoot.
nomme de pipe! une deuxieme!?! merci Ian, j'ai bien aimee l'autre la, sur la chaine BOTR. toujours bon d'ecouter des vraies connaiseurs discuter leur sujet. .
I don’t know exactly how it works in Switzerland, but in Italy, despite the ton of paperwork we have to go through even to own guns, when it’s done it’s sort of easy to get other ones after the first one. And even more important, basically if you can own one you can import one. There’s not such a dramatic difference as there is in the US.
For me, for the first gun there was a small 5min Interview, but it varies from canton to canton. But the rest is always the same, get your criminal record, send it to them and get the acquisition permit for up to 3 guns within a week or so. Really not hard here. It's the same for importation, you need to know the serial number and get one form, that's it. You can also buy directly from other persons and don't have to go through an FFL like in the US. Last gun I bought (Colt Gov't Carbine, with that special permit Bloke mentioned) was from a person I never met, I sent him the money and he sent the gun per mail, no problem.
@@spoeny that’s so cool. In Italy the pile of paperwork for the first gun is needed as you need a license, so medical evaluation, training to operate most common guns safely, a ton of taxes and than you can buy guns, but always through an FFL. You can buy from other people but you either have to go get them yourself or have them shipped from their FFL to yours. And every gun you have needs to be registered by your local police office, along with ammo every time you buy it new, than you can replenish it whenever you want. I know, it’s frustrating, you need to be a lawyer just to remember what you need to do not to become a criminal...
Yeah, that's quite a bit easier here. You basically get 3 copies of the acquisition permit, both parties sign them, 1x for the seller, 1x for the buyer and one goes to the firearms office. So everything is registered. For ammo, you either show your criminal registry or a recent acquisiton permit, but only the first time you buy ammo from a store. But I mean the important thing is that we get to enjoy firearms! At least once the ranges are open again...
@@spoeny I couldn’t agree more, I’m more than happy to go through anything as long as I can get almost any gun that I want, and at least until now I can, let’s hope for the best for the future, both for laws and ranges...
About the K31 fired in anger it might be interesting to look to the French resistance movement close to swiss border, it might be possible that they sneak out few rifle out of the country and used them against German soldier.
>>>>Anyone else’s first time learning Chap’s name? Yes. A while back I was stunned hearing him speak what seemed to me to be fluent French (!!) as I hear no French accent with his English but maybe because his English isn't American??
I'm glad it's not just me on that one. Any beer that has, or claims to have, a decent flavour should be savoured from an appropriate glass. i think the fashion for drinking beers from the bottle comes from young people in nightclubs, for whom the most important aspect is to show off their chosen cool brand of drink.
@@derekp2674 or maybe they just wanted to drink a beer in a hotel room that didn't have glasses that size so they did what any normal guy would do... But hey...
@@chickenfishhybrid44 Convenience can play its part too, but I find that (and I guess the OP does too) you need a glass to really appreciate the full flavour.
Audio enhancements in Windows, Loudness Equalization is your friend. I only turn it off for music. It's essentially compression to even out the levels and makes RU-vid tolerable.
I am amazed you guys cinsidered the Alin Trapdoor conversions, but did not consider the Sharps conversion carbines, from percussion to .50-70. They work well too. :)
Anything still employing a non-self cocking side lock sucks. Something no like the Reilly Comblain for example, but that was never an military adopted rifle.
The shirt Fabian is wearing is a "Tricothemd 75" better known as "Gnägi" because they were introduced under Federal Councillor Rudolf Gnägi. A piece of clothing worn by the Swiss army for colder weather.Since it is part of the personal equipment and is also available elsewhere, it is also often worn for activities outdoors in a civilian context.
54:50 This sounds like the starting point of a future "What Would Furrer Do 2030" LMG... =) Just imagine what that magnificent bastard could have designed if he had access to 3D printing for prototyping etc. :D
I just paid $0.65 per for Winchester M193, and $0.95 per for Federal M80 here in Alaska (no online purchases due to hazmat). The federal was much closer to what I remember “normal price” being.
Regarding the No1 Mk V: Most of the production seems to have been banished to the Indian Army. Post WW2, Indian troops armed with No1 Mk V rifles were sent to oversee the repatriation of Japanese troops from Indochina. There must have been some "spillage", as there are a couple of photographs circulating, featuring Viet 'local' militia types, post Dien Bien Phu, with No1 Mk V.rifles. And, on top of that, there is an Australian connection. The No 1 MkV "package" was sent to Lithgow when it looked like it would be the next service rifle across the "Empire". Part of the key to production was a completely new body forging, that included the "lumps" at the rear of the body, which would be machined into the bases for the aperture sight. All of this went nowhere, between the "peace dividend and subsequent "winding down of the Lithgow plant "'new" production. Lots refurbishment and "un-starring"' No 1Mk 111* rifles back to "proper" Mk 111 configuration. WW2 and lots of jungle fighting and the raising of actual parachute regiments prompted the search for "appropriate" tools for the "meat-bombs" to carry. Hence the truncated SMLE, actually designated, "Rifle Parachutist" on the drawings and a couple of bayonets for it. Also during the war,the idea of something like the Brit No5 came into view. So, The R&D types came up with the "No. 6' carbine series. In four different patterns. Half of the meager trials run had an aperture sight, exactly like the No1 Mk V. So, either s bunch of Oz No Mk V rifles were "re-engineered", or, more likely, the Lithgow drop forge bashed out a hundred or so, brand new "blank" bodies ready to be bolted to the old fixtures and turned into No6 carbines.
I recall a major feature of the Broomhandle being the included holster that could double as a stock, and which supposedly made the gun into a carbine of sorts. Im curious if there are any other cases of pistols with carbine conversions. Preferably commercially.
Does an AR-15 count as a straight pull...? I am being a little factious but the point stands - the bolt carrier moves in a straight line and the bolt rotates with a cam. You can lock / unlock using the charging handle - which is a straight pull. I can think of other locking mechanisms that could work just fine is a straight pull configuration. Seems odd that people would worry that the concept is inherently unsafe.
Yeah have huge stockpiles of american, british and german weapons here in France, huge black market for us collectors, I've seen ww1 bars and the likes, a lot of them, but I've never seen any bring back
I'm late to this by far, but I definitely agree with Mike about the SMLE Mk.V; I will have one in shootable condition someday. I will. In the meantime, I also need to find a P14 to keep my 1917 and No.4 Mk.1* company.
8:34 He means to reference the Old joke that physicians can perfectly calculate how likely a chicken is to lay an egg and how efficient it is at laying eggs, so long as it's spherical chickens in a vacuum. Because it QUICKLY gets A LOT harder to calculate things either outside of a vacuum or that have... shapes other than spheres. And of course the difficulty increases with the number of chickens/variables involved (shape, distance between surfaces, air resistance, air conductivity, etc. a sphere only has ONE point closest to anything not intersecting it and it's at radius distance from the the center). It's a common joke for physicians, mathematicians, and engineers.
The M1917 is a beautiful rifle, and I would love to have one, but I wonder what Ian would say about an Ishapore, as an SMLE carrying 10 rimless (7.62 NATO) rounds?
I'm new to the channel. I have an idea for a video: "Ranking of weapons that want to hurt you". You could talk about such weapons are PM63 RAK or .276 Pedersen PB and others. That would be hella interesting.
