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  2. 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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  49. 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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