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  1. Off topic but damn Ian -- I don't own a gun. Probably shot maybe a few hundred rifle rounds my entire life. Im an engineer though, so your channel kept me in from the first ep simply because you went into the whole :: 'this is why this was placed here' and 'here is why this change from that previous generation made this revision so much more effective'. The two things that standa out are 1) you don't brand-whore/soften up your reviews to get more from company A/you disclose all your affiliations, and 2) more importantly, you don't use jargon past what is necessary ('reciever' and 'stock' is just going to have to be used). This makes you one of the "conveyers of information" (I wanted to say 'lecturers' but I didn't want to do you that injustice) makes you one of the best lecturers I've ever had the pleasure of ever hearing (watching?). Clarity, brother If I were AI or H&K, I'd immediately scoop you up for 300-400k (about 1/3rd of a single cheap ad campaign for a niche product) and make you the US west coast distributor/spokesman at gun shows/accounts man for large clients/dude in charge of the direction marketing strategy goes. People (from ad readers to purchasing authorities at large institutions)are tired of buzzwords and just want a guy who shoots straight, has enthusiasm on the product he's actually backing, has the technical know-how without making them feel dumb, and will find the 'right solution' for them without trying to upsell. Your analytic skills and ability to convey both enthusiasm and knowledge to the listener in a no-bullshit way are miles better than (almost) any lecturer, researcher, or PR campaign I've seen. They'd recoup their investment in you in 2 quarters, absolutely no fuckin question
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  2. Thanks for having us be a small part of this book, Ian. I was a little apprehensive on the release of this video, precisely because I knew that with personal interpretations of a translated title and discussing regional differences in the Chinese culture. If anything, I expect disagreements with Ian's Chinese-speaking audience to surface in the comments, and that should give us an understanding on how easy it was for China to culturally fall into the Warlord Era with many regional powers fighting.
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  3. FN really went the extra mile with the after sales service as well - to keep it as close as possible to the military version, 2 years after buying one, they send you an exact copy of the letter you would get from the VA to let you know your disk herniation is not service related.
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  4. Yes it is a drill parade rifle, it should come with a crome bayonet too all and the scabard crome with the frog in white,, I am Uruguayan and here we have the same with some old mauser 98 that are still in use for drill, parade for the military schooll and the reg Florida batallion has allso crome plated mausers they are the históric legislature palace guard.
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  5. I live in the most affected city (Bergamo) in the mosti affected region (Lombardy) in Italy, and as the whole country is on lockdown I desperately need something to do. Glad gun Jesus heard my prayers
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  6. The hole by the trigger lever is to stick a finger in to seat the magazine. You have the mag in the gun, but not seated. That is the safety. Was looking at one for sale a few years ago, and the owner explained that to me.
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  7. It's worth noting that pinfire carried on for way longer than we tend to think. Pinfire shotguns and revolvers show up in catalogues until ca.1940, manufacture of cartridges continued as late as the 1940s routinely and for specialist users with shotguns until the 1960s.
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  8. Ian, it’s funny I’m at work, in Japan, while watching this and I’m more of a sword guy than a gun guy. I’ve actually lived in Japan, have been practicing Kendo and Iado since I was a kid, and own a few swords. This was a really cool and unexpected video. While I’m personally much more interested in the older Japanese swords, I may have to pick up a copy of swords of the emperor. It’s a neat endeavor to branch out on.
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  9. Been a machinist for a few decades now, its what you don't see as much as you do. Vernier caliper is only accurate to ±.03mm, no bore mics, no gun drills, how are they rifling the barrel? No Dial test indicator set up to check radial run out of barrel. You could manufacture a working gun on such a set up but it would be as accurate as a Luty. Love the vids gun jesus, keep them coming.
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  10. ALK stands for August Lüneburg Kiel. They appear to have been producing hunting rifles, Drillings and edged weapons before WW1 in Kiel and Flensburg.
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  11. Guys let's start a petition to get Ian, Gun Jesus Himself, into John Wick 4/5!
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  12. Deflagrate. Thank you. 🙏🏻 Edit: approx 14min. I put it like this- The casing is a device that orients all the ignition components with the firearm components responsible for that ignition while providing a lubricious gas seal. I’ve seen the following description of an out of battery detonation in a 1919 once. It was energetic. In closing. It’s all an coverup. Scott is the next generation of Terminator and he had to publish that video to convince everyone that he is human.
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  13. Reminds me of a remark made to me by a very respected UK Antique Dealear. 'What's new in the Antique market?' - 'A lot more than people are willing to admit'.
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  14. Actually, the constructor's name (and surname) was Teofil Tarnowski, so TARN are the first 4 letter of his surname. And, Ian, the constructor was not Zygmunt de Lubicz-Bakanowski, but in many (even books) esteemed sources the mistake is replicated. The TARN no 100 was sold (5000 EURO) in A83 Hermann Historica auction in 4th of November 2020.
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  15. For anyone curious about Henry and being unable to find much info, not much is known about him but he did survive the war and went to a mechanical engineering school in a city called Sławięcice / Slawentzitz. Later in the times of the Polish People's Republic the Bechowiec has found itself in the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw, where FW is in this very video, Henry was invited there in order to prove that it was in fact him who designed and produced the weapon, which has been proven true of course.
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  16. A small correction: "officer" is a bit out of place here. During the early days of the Soviet Russia, "officer" was considered a term that projected aristocracy and therefore was abolished. Rather, the higher ranks were simply called "commanders". So, this Nagant model was referred to as "komandirsky". The "officer" grade was officially reinstated in 1943 (together with some other changes, most noticeable one being reintroduction of Imperial Russian-like shoulder boards instead of collar patches for rank insignia).
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  17. Props to the cameraman for checking ejection consistency
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  18. This channel is literally a treasure trove for gun enthusiasts
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  19. I just want to say how thankful I am that you had an opening for a line like "Jackson Crawford reveals his taste for horseshit" and you didn't use it.
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  20. As a Finnish reservist, and as a weapon/military history interested person, I can say, that this video was awesome. Lots of points came to my mind, which I'd like to open of couple. Without saying too much, our strategies still lie on hit&run tactics. Nothing has changed from that. Everyone of our personelles knows their job. And we have our common enemy. Those who are claiming anything else have never served, or are too inlogickal with their believes. Why would russians even want to come here? There are historitical reasons, for their leaders. We are not that far from each others, just as plain, human beings. Should they perhaps learn something about history? My brothers and sisters, we are ready to, even to the bitter end. There is nothing to win, only graves and sorrow for all.
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  21. It looks like a Francisco Arizmendi copy of the Nagant 1910, it most likely is chambered in 8mm French Ordnance as that was a commonly chambering of Nagant copies. The trademark closely matches those found on Francisco Arizmendi firearms, his initials are at the bottom of the grip and he was known for making Nagant copies.
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  22. I love love love these Complete History videos. I understand they're probably a lot harder to make in terms of access to the guns, but seeing it in one coherent narrative really ties it together to me from a hobbyist history nerd perspective.
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  23. You know guys, im so proud, that i take a little part of restoring this tank as a manual and papers translator from Russian to English. There is something about 5500 miles between me and Vegas, but i can feel all the emotions that guys recieve. Smooth ride Beauty, smooth ride!
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  24. Thanks for the shout out Ian! Really great to see one of these up close.
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  25. My grandfather was the gunner on a Hotchkiss machine gun crew in WW1. He told me they had a three-man crew, a loader, a gunner and a jam extractor. Of course, I assume each carried a part of the gun set. He was wounded twice, once by a hand grenade and again by a rifle shot. He was my hero and lived till 1966.
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  26. Inscription in Amharic: "Mynillyk:" the name of Menelik II Emperor of Ethiopia 1889-1913, letter Z ("H") and number 4 ("0")..
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  27. It was real fun to shoot this rather unusual weapon. And thanks for the intel in the video production. It was a pleasure to see you working. I'm looking forward to see you in finnland!
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  28. How fitting, just got to handle and shoot one of these in a refreshing exercise about a month ago (served with a 62). The sights are definitely improved (both the sight picture and the way you adjust them), not sure how I like the other stuff. The straight stock is good, but do you need it to fold if you are basic infantry? Not really, I would assume the collapsing magpul stocks on the modernized 62 is better. It is heavier than the 62 (especially front heavy), the upwards charging handle is a bit meh, prefer a straight AK-style. The screw to secure the top cover seems neat, but the 62 one holds zero just fine. Seems like it was made more in order to cut production costs and tolerances, rather than improve the durability of zero. You also have the gas cut-off, and Finland never ended up adopting those rifle grenades anyway so... All in all, there's probably a reason why most of the frontline troops who were equipped with these have switched "back" to the RK-62M1 and M2.
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  29. Here's to another 10 years of Forgotten Weapons, Happy New Year Ian! A massive thank you for all the countless hours of enjoyment and education you've provided.
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  30. I'm in South Africa right now training wildlife rangers. I can say this episode was fowkin lekker! Got the short shorts and the billtong, you're doin it right!
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  31. Hi Ian. My dad passed away a couple of days ago at the age of 73. He used to serve in the British Light Infantry, he was a rifleman during the early 70's. His service rifle was the L1A1, and all he ever did was praise this rifle, and whenever you'd post a variant video of the FAL, I'd have to email him or watch the video with him. We always watched your videos together and it really helped bond us. I just want to say thank you for helping bring my dad and I closer. I'll miss him as long as I live, but I'll always have memories of our long discussions to your videos. I hope 2023 is kinder to you than it was me.
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  32. "If you are interested in the minutia of firearm importation and tax laws." I am indeed a nerd, yes.
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  33. It's honestly pathetic that Youtube has basically abdicated its responsibility to keep its comment section free of this garbage. It should be child's play for a company with YouTube's resources to deal with this.
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  34. One day at work, about 45 years ago, A guy came to me and said, "I hear you know a lot about guns. I took mine apart and I can't get it back together." The next day we went out to the parking lot where he opened the trunk of his car and handed me the stock of a Nylon 66, the barrel, and a cardboard box full of parts. There was also an exploded view drawing of the rifle which was not exactly an assembly drawing, but was useful, although several springs were just labeled, "spring." This was a very interesting project and I did manage to eventually get it back together and functioning. I learned a lot from that experience. Most of all, don't take your gun apart if you don't know what you are doing.
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  35. I’d enjoy more content about your personal firearms or gear that you own. For example: More of the Ian’s Customs series; random pieces of kit modern or historical that you’ve amassed over the years and enjoy using or find interesting; some of your other firearms in your collection that maybe don’t offer enough unique to have a whole YouTube video dedicated to them; or really anything else that wouldn’t fit in any specific series format but is interesting regardless.
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  36. The work ethic is impressive.
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  37. My dad used to own these in the 70's. He donated them to the Fijian government. I have pictures straddling the guns when I was a little boy. Back then everything was overgrown and rusty. The guns look great now.
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  38. Add a little information. The Taiwanese Army did a test to compared the AR-18 with the AR-15. They believed that the AR-15 was more accurate and easier to shoot, but the AR-18 was more reliable (considering the ammo at that time used corrosive primers, etc.), so they finally made the decision was to transplant the gas system of the AR-18 to the AR-15. The looseness of the old handguard was never resolved on the T65 rifles, as the design required frequent removal of the handguard to clean the gas system. (The same goes for HK416) The T91's gas system is designed to can be taken out for cleaning without dismantling the hand guard, which is to completely solve this problem. A comparison can be made to the Wolf A1 Upper which is available in the US.
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  39. The marking "五六式” has nothing to do with "type 56". This was a miss understanding in America. “五六” does indeed mean "56". However, “式” means "compatible". This rifle was designed for Chinese special ops to use behind enemy line(NATO area) where 5.56 ammo is widely available
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  40. Almost 20 years ago, I was involved in a team that was looking at improving the chances for an ejected pilot by figuring a better survival weapon option. At the time, we were really leaning towards something like a Glock 19 sized gun, with a shoulder stock and a suppressor. The idea being that the pistol could be worn on the survival vest (as sidearm are now), and the suppressor and a polymer frame stock could be strapped along the lower legs. Thus, the pilot would always have all three components on them. (Alternative proposal was a takedown SBR carbine conversion kit for the Glock (or whatever) with a integrally suppressed barrel and rifle type sights on the upper This wasn't so 1LT Flyboy could play Rambo. The idea was, if he needed to take small game or take out one random troop, he could do so without giving away his position to everyone within a mile, and the stock would give him a little bit better hit probability, to give him a chance out to about 50m. I'll note the USAF now uses modified take down M4 type rifles in the seat pack for pretty much the same thing, although I don't believe they issue a suppressor. The primary driver there was to give the pilot the chance to survive uncaptured for just a few more minutes by heading to a hilltop or similar and hold the enemy off at distance, to give the PJs more time to get to him.
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  41. The m/44 was given a nickname ”Peltiheikki”, which directly translates to ”sheet metal Heikki” (Heikki being a Finnish name)
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  42. I clicked on this thinking “how much could there be to it” but clicked all the same knowing Ian would blow my mind. As always, he did not disappoint. Thank you as always!
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  43. I am an electromechanical engineer and this explanation is simply spectacular. A huge envy to Ian who can show so many examples with their own weapons. I also think I should send a shout out to Ryan (who asked the question) because it's one of those aspects that we don't usually consider but are very important when designing. Greetings from Patagonia Argentina
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  44. Just wanted to say congratulations on the Forbes article Ian. As always love the show learn something new everyday.
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  45. I ran into Ian 4 years ago on my honeymoon in Rome. He was having dinner at night outside of my hotel. And even though I was bothering him during dinner, in Rome, he was perfectly gracious. My wife always says that Ian was very nice.
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  46. Lol, how iconic for the Beretta, it jammed on you and nearly got you killed! That's why you're getting issued the Walther.
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  47. My uncle Jimmy worked as a contracting machinst for Automag Pasadena/El Monte and AMT. Part of the problem was they never paid properly a lot of workers and so their was a huge turnover of workers and sometimes sub contractors barely got paid. Machinist usually bring their own tools and many had their tools grow 4 legs and disappeared ( stolen by other workers BTW as my uncle usually found his expensive machinist tools at pawn shops in the LA area). There was several times my uncle said his paychecks bounced so much that he asked for cash only. Other workers were not pushy about it and just left and most likely because of their immigration status. Also, there wasn't any paperwork on what was done to various parts. It was all based on assumptions that maybe the heat treating was done, maybe the anodizing was done, maybe the correct metal was used for casting, maybe the tolerances were correct on final maching in the CNC machine. It was all based on assumption from the engineering staff. IOWs, there wasn't a smooth like production for parts. My uncle left in the 80s when he finally had enough of the bounced checks and poor work environment. He worked for barsto on the side when it was at 29 Palms and also Weatherby for a brief time. He knew Dickie Stembridge who gave him project guns to fix and machine new parts for various rental guns. In the end, he accumulated the most parts and accessories from his machining days from Automag , AMT, High Standard, etc, because his checks kept bouncing and they would give him parts to make up the difference. He would fix and assemble some parts that were in specification and sell them at the Great Western Gun show in Pomona and also to B and B guns in north Hollywood( the gun shop being infamous for loaning ARs to LAPD during the North Hollywood Bank heist fiasco). In the end, it was a fly by wire, edge of the seat operation made up of promises never kept and checks that kept bouncing. They could have saved so much time and money if they would have just kept better paperwork on everything. Reinventing the wheel every time does start to add up when you can't find the TDP and other stuff and it keeps getting tossed around like a cheap rag. I have one AMT hard baller long slide from my uncle when he passed away and it works correctly with no issues. I fired that pistol back in the early 90s like a crazed monkey at Angeles Shooting range while he was watching and loading magazines full of 45acp and it worked perfectly. Gun manufacturing was really a circus act back in the 70s and 80s in Southern California.. Different times..different era. Thanks for doing this video, I will likely buy one in honor of my uncle Jimmy. RIP.
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  48. if you ever want to do some videos with my UMPs----let me know!
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  49. The thickness of a sheet of paper is the difference between too short and too long. Well said sir.
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  50. I'm still waiting for one of these on the Blish Lock. "How does it work? It doesn't Thanks for watching"
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