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  1. The thickness of a sheet of paper is the difference between too short and too long. Well said sir.
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  2. I was actually one of the first 25 people to get one of these back when it was the MP17. I actually got to do a little "R&D" for Alex at Flux. Basically we had a correspondence where I took a dremel and removed material from my MP17 FCU bedding to make an X5 Legion trigger fit and function and gave them documentation of what I did and how much I removed from where. While what I contributed was miniscule, I can technically say that I helped the tiniest bit with the development of what became the Flux Raider. They even gave me a free Raider. My old MP17 started developing a hairline crack in the back of the chassis and I wanted to retire it from EDC to protect it. At the time, Raider chassises were always out of stock and being scalped on gun broker for like $1200-$1600. I reached out to Alex and asked if they could set one aside to let me buy. I didn't hear anything back, but a week later, a freaking Flux Raider just showed up on my porch. I carry mine every day still. It's handsdown the biggest game changer in pistols. I suck with pistols but I can rapidly make head sized groups at 50-75 yards all day long.
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  3. Just wanted to say congratulations on the Forbes article Ian. As always love the show learn something new everyday.
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. if you ever want to do some videos with my UMPs----let me know!
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  7. 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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  8. Bolt handle is also a safety. Receiver have smaller hole in front of the handle slot. If you twist it 90° you can't cock the gun and it also lets you know gun is safe since you can't see through sights. That is very clever safety to prevent unwanted discharge if gun falls on the buttstock.
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  9. Customer: "We want such and such function on your established platform". B&T: "Ok. We try to do it and hope you're happy with the outcome" HK: "You what? HAH! Go play a video game or something".
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  10. It's all outrageous Ian. Best of luck to the WWSD team 💪
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  11. The entire WWSD project is shaping up to be a cool lesson in the modern aspects of... everything, really. Youtube, gun culture, social media, manufacturing, engineering, production, retail... Ian wrote a book or two somewhere in there... but between Forgotton Weapons and InRangeTV these guys cover quite a slice of a very dynamic and fast evoloving demographic. It's pretty interesting stuff from my living room anyways. Solid dudes those gents.
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  12. 'So, what did Ian bring this time? A belt-fed machine gun? A sniper rifle?' 'He brought a S&W Shield Plus in .30 Super Carry.' I meant Ian McCollum, you know, the Forgotten Weapons guy?' 'He brought a S&W Shield Plus in .30 Super Carry.' 'OK, if you don't want to tell me, don't, just stop being a jerk about it...'
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  13. James suspected, as he looked at his newly issued Taurus Curve, that Q has found out Bond had slept with his girlfriend.
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  14. I took delivery of my new automag this past December, just before Christmas. I have wanted one ever since I first saw one of the original guns in a gun store, when I was about 15 years old. As I remember, the price at that time was marked as $350.00, which may sound reasonable, but back in the early 70s, that was a lot of cash. The gun is big, but very comfortable in the hand. Recoil is not harsh, as the ergonomics of the pistol are exceptional. Factory ammo is scarce, but SBR ammunition is producing quality cartridges. For handloaders ,starline is producing brass, and RCBS and Hornady are both producing dies. I have found that my pistol functions flawlessly with several different loadings, and is just a dream to shoot. On my last outing, I fired a total of 125 rounds, with no malfunctions. The price may be high, but in my opinion, it was worth every penny, to finally own what for me is one of my bucket list toys. I would not hesitate to use the pistol for hunting deer, hogs, or most any north american game.
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  15. I was the armorer when 2-327 transitioned to the M17. They also came with interchangeable frames to accommodate for different size hands.
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  16. If Ian can hit all those targets, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate.
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  17. As someone with a physics background, i really appreciated that you started with a very clear description of the essential physics.
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  18. Thanks for the shout-out! Since there's so much interest we made a TT Operator bundle - t-shirt, holster and mag carrier with a discount 🙂
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  19. Some notes. Pocket battleships weren't battleships at all. You got it right - it was more of a heavy cruiser with an inordinately heavy battery. The purification system wasn't destroyed. Was knocked out of action by splinters that damaged the piping going into and out of it, but that could be easily repaired by the crew. And, in fact, was repaired while in montevideo. It also was exactly the same system you talk about for the machinery, as that purificator wasn't just for drinking water. It was critical for the supply of ready fuel to be used for the machinery aswell. Again, the system was repaired and perfectly functional after repairs. The most compromising damage sustained during the battle was a penetration hit on the bow galleys that compromised the watertighness of the fore bulkhead. The hole couldn't be properly sealed, and that in the Atlantic (where stormy weather and moved seas is pretty much the common thing) was a serious risk for flooding. Mixed with the weakened bulkheads (meaning that whatever flooding that came in might break out of the affected compartments causing massive flooding and putting the whole ship at risk) made Langsdorff really nervous about the prospect of having to return all the way to Germany, with the allies at their back, and a potential catastrophic flooding risk between his hands. The fire control system had also received some damage. Ammo supply was running short (roughly 40% rounds left). Machinery was worn out after the long voyage and needed a refit. The ship wasn't able to come anywhere close to it's nominal top speed because of the worn machinery and bottom fouling. Summing up, AGS could present a fight, but was nowhere near battle ready. And even if she had run the gauntlet of the british blockade and made through it, it still was a very long trip back to Germany, with no less than eight allied surface task forces hunting. Including carriers and battlecruisers. She was trapped and sentenced to sink one way or another. Langsdorff knew it, OKM knew it, the crew knew it. That's why Berlin gave Langsdorff a green light to scuttle the ship if he considered it necessary. The british did indeed spread the rumor that a much more massive force was waiting out of the river plate. Doesn't change the fact that what WAS there was more than enough to smash Graf Spee anyway. Ajax and Achilles came out of the previous battle pretty much at full combat readiness. Exeter had been crippled in the engagement but after some jury rigged repairs she still was able to present battle. And that force was reinforced by HMS Cumberland (a bigger exeter with 8 guns, rather than the six Exeter had). If AGS had to run from Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles, she didn't stand a chance against those PLUS a fully intact County class as Cumberland. About the "salvage" part...the british knew AGS had radar beforehand. They had access to plenty of photograpic evidence before even the war that gave away the aerials in the main superstructure. Not because they suspected anything from the battle. And in fact her radar set had little to do with the in-battle performance of the ship (it was only good for rangefinding, couldn't be used for fire control other than to assist the optical rangefinders' estimates. and IIRC it was knocked out really early during the fight anyway). Just some pointers and corrections, the story overall was more or less as you described, but there's too much hype about that ship so it never hurts to set the record right ;).
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  20. To the neverending "Chassepot vs Dreyse"-discussion, some statistics from the franco-prussian war. Before the war the prussian estimated that 3 Chassepot were as effective as 5 Dreyse-rifles. And the Chassepot did prove to be superior, BUT - According to the book "Die deutsche Gewehrfrage mit Berücksichtigung der neusten europäischen Ordonnanzmodelle..." ("the german rifle question in relationship to the newest ordnance modells") by Major Ritter Wilhelm von Plönnies, published 1872, 96% of all german casualties in the war of 1870/71 were caused by "Infantry projectiles", while only 70% of all french battlefield casualties were caused by infantry projectiles. Of the 96% caused by the chassepot cartridge, von Plönnies estimates that 5% were caused by the Mitrailleuse (300 used) and 90% by the Chassepot. On both sides, 2-3% were caused by edged weapons and the rest by artillery (25% german and only 2-3% french). 90% vs 70% sounds very lopsided. But french battlefield fatalities (killed in action & died of wounds) were about 77.000, while the entire german armies only suffered 28.306 battlefield fatalities. So... 77.000 x 70% = 53.900 killed by Dreyse's (or Werder's) 28.306 x 90% = 25.475 killed by Chassepot's. 28.306 x 5% = 1.415 dead caused by 300 Mitrailleuse's - so this was a very effective weapons. Overall the author does not use this data to defend the Dreyse, quite the contrary. He writes that the overwhelming victory was mainly due to tactics and organisation, and that the Dreyse's shortcommings were ignored for much too long. Yet it was not like the prussian infantrists were completely helpless. Here are some interesting casualty statistics from the other prussian wars: Danish-german war 1864 danish casualties: 84% by Dreyse's, 4% by edged wepons, 10% by artillery, 2% unknown. prussian casualties: 74% by infantry rifles, 20% by artillery, 6% by other weapons. austro-prussian war of 1866 austrian casualties: 90% Dreyse, 4% by edged weapons, 3% unknown, 3% artillery prussian casualties: 79% by rifles, 16% by artillery, 5,4% by edged weapons some other interesting battle statistics In the war of 1866 2 Million Dreyse cartridges were shot for 30.000 hits. (66,6 shots per hit). During the battle of Lundby in 1864 64 prussians killed 88 danes with 750 shots.
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  21. Here is what USPSA President Andy Hollar wrote in the May/June 1994 issue of "Front Sight" magazine: "The .356 TS&W pistol produced by the Smith & Wesson Performance Center has been on the market for more than a year and many more than the 1000 units have been sold. Ammunition manufacturers producing the ammunition or planning to produce it include Federal, Cor-Bon, and CP Bullets. Only Federal ammunition is "generally available" at this writing. The pistol may be used in Limited, but only at minor power. The good news is that the sample Federal ammunition easily made major (178.5 power factor at 4200 ft elevation) and as soon as two more commercial manufacturers come on line, the pistol will be completely legal at major power factor." At the USPSA BOD meeting of July 9, 1994, Jeff Nelson moved that .356 TSW ammunition be approved and be considered legal in Major and Minor PF for Limited Division. Following discussion, the motion failed with three in favor and five opposed. The .40 caliber threshold for Limited Major PF was formalized no later than the February 20, 1995 BOD meeting. The timing of the rule change was terrible as S&W and its distributors had just begun promoting the Model 3566 semi-auto pistol and the .356 TSW cartridge as an eligible Limited Major PF combination. Besides the "Pocket Rocket" Model 940 and the Model 3566 Limited, there was a really nice Open Division Model 3566 variant built in conjunction with Briley. (Briley's head pistolsmith Claudio Salassa and the S&W Performance Center's head pistolsmith Paul Liebenberg had worked together back when they lived in South Africa.) However, no one in the US really wanted to compete using anything other than an M1911 variant once the widebody frames became available. S&W also briefly offered a couple of Model 6906-sized pistols in .356 TSW known as the Model 3566 Compact. The "Super 9" commercial export model was basically an economy model of the Model 3566 Limited, eliminating the fancy stepped slide contours, two-tone finish, and magwell funnel. The Super 9's 5" barrel had a standard 3rd Gen. muzzle profile instead of being machined straight for the spherical bushing of the Model 3566. In addition, the Super 9's long slide had a standard Novak rear sight dovetail with an aftermarket LPA adjustable sight instead of the Model 3566's BoMar sight. The version I encountered had three barrels: 9x19mm, 9x21mm IMI, and .356 TSW. One interesting thing I found was that the sear for the single-action Super 9 was originally meant for the double-action only models. I want to say that it used a standard hammer as well. The Model 3566 Limited, as with the other S&W single-action autos of its day, used what looked like a cropped version of the Model 52-2 hammer.
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  22. the moment when you see his green jacket and think "that looks kinda cool, wonder where he got it" only to have the video cut to basically an ad for said jacket
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  23. I'm currently writing my PhD on Curtis LeMay and very much appreciate this video. If Ian is reading this: I've noted your level of care, respect, and precision over the years and just want to register my thanks for your work. Cheers, Will McFadden University of Toronto, History
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  24. You're talking about your performance as if it's lacking... sure, you can always do better but that doesn't mean you didn't do good in this match. That landmine was a big factor in your whole score, even breacher division. But that's Brutality - besides gear, physical preparedness and skill there is also a wild factor of "luck" that can range from unfortunate fuckups to unexpected weather changes. Honestly i wasn't giving it my 100% like the last years but what helped me win this damn thing is getting zero penalties and all bonuses through the match. For next year i can tell you my trick, i just watched Admin giving it all and absolutely shredding through some of the stages and that motivated me 😅 It was an amazing match and hands down, the best Brutality i have attended
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  25. 'Proof tested with six bullets stacked up the in barrel and a 540 grain charge of black powder' Recently discovered documents have shown these tests were performed by two independent contractors, Etienne L'Collume and Charles Cassarda
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  26. Prototypes on forgotten weapons are the best!
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  27. When I started watching forgotten weapons like 6 years ago I didn’t understand a lot of terms. Now I’m explaining casting, heat treating, trunnions, milling and standings etc etc. to others. #forgottenweapons Thanks Ian
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  28. Hello, I’m Nathaniel Frisque the gunsmith that tried to make a shotgun from halo. Here I’ll have a few responses to common questions and statements regarding the gun To the winner, this shotgun was a development of myself as a designer and fabricator. While I have moved on from it I do still wish for the m90 to be appreciated. I make myself available to help people with their projects and this creation in particular. Also the other side plate does have an Easter egg for those that see it. Mk.2 would have been radically different. The only commonality would have been the use of AR-15 components. The trigger was going to be reworked with new freedoms from a completely new shotgun receiver. More polymer material would have been used to facilitate the much needed reduction in weight, complexity, and cost. The gun was intended to have top load bottom ejection with a dual mode operating gas system. It was discussed at one point to use the p320 FCU for the trigger and serialization. Plans to make the gun modular with three different front end and three different back ends being tailored to different uses. Some would use AR furniture and feature more tactical styling while others would be better suited to games and hunting. All in all it was to be readily accessible, fully customizable, and debatably superior to any shotgun using a tube magazine. At least on paper. The issues that arose were obvious and daunting. I welcome questions about this as I would prefer to see such a thing exist in reality rather than my mind. The logic behind the routing of the trigger was largely due to the rules of CST and the interpretation of rules by the ATF. “No manufacturing or remanufacturing of firearm receivers”. So a hand made solution that went behind the entire gun became a requirement. I went through about a dozen different ways to make the trigger able to work with the end result being a living lesson you see today. Machine time and time remaining were also important factors. As my time in CST went by my ability to make it my sole focus was difficult. I also made an attempt to make a skin for a desert Eagle to be the magnum from halo. Unfortunately it was not finished before my obligations were shifted as an actual full time gunsmith. This prototype had many points of failure that were adjusted and remade, considered into further development and so on. It did its job perfectly. At around the same time I finished this gun and began using it the MK.2 was being drafted. The final version of the top loading tube shotgun is ,as Ian has said, a magazine fed shotgun. Investment was hard to obtain despite huge amounts of interest. Building a company on a dream in a garage is no longer possible, especially within the industry of arms. Even less possible as one man with one degree and one income. If a company ever did want to make this happen I would be exuberant. If I got the opportunity to help such a project, even under another banner than my own, I’d feel fulfilled all the same.
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  29. These seem to get more brutal each year. Quite inspiring to watch you all push limits.
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  30. "GAR" refers to the town of Garešnica (Ga-resh-nee-tsa) in central Croatia where the SKM metalworks were located.
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  31. The best way To start the day Is with a Forgotten Weapons Q&A.
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  32. I’m an older fella in my upper seventies and this channel has given me the will to live even with a terminal illness. I look forward to every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and those days I am blessed with extra content. I wish I could support this hero in other ways but I just barely make it anyway. I wish to express my gratitude to Mr Ian for doing what he does and giving me a reason to wake up in the mornings. Thank you to everyone who makes this possible. I wish the very best of health and happiness to you all and also to your families!!!
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  33. I had no idea this weapon existed before today and I'm a fairly well read student of firearms. Ian, this is precisely the kind of content that makes supporting your channel a great investment.
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  34. Just a shameless book plug wish it was on Japanese arms,by the way liked the article in Forbes forgotten weapons and Ian McCollum an American success story
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  35. The fin-stabilized projectiles and the rubber ended models were doctrine to be used in barricaded or persons hiding in buildings. From what I've read and was told, the fin-stabilzed projectile would be used as Ian stated to shoot through barricaded windows. I was also told that these would also go through un reinforced external walls. Te rubber tipped would reliably go through normal glazed windows, however. I was also told that at the rages over 50 yards, the 'regular' gas cylinders would brake the glass, but could be caught by venetian blinds and would not reliably enter the building. When I was working as an EMT/Paramedic, in the 1970s strikes and riots were not too common, but the law enforcement organizations in my region/area had enough barricaded subjects to make having a tool to help extricate the person or persons from a building without requiring forceable entry of the law enforcement personnel and possible resulting more serious life threatening injuries. I've treated persons who have been subject to being gassed in an enclosed space, and have treated persons who have been shot. I'd rather be gassed than shot.
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  36. They indeed were developed in 2014 as a replacement for NSV machines guns which became unavailable with russian invasion. First ones were garage builds. They proved to be surprisingly effective. Now they are factory builds and are standard issues for a machine gun platoons in infantry battalions.
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  37. For those interested in the creator of that gun, i found couple of things ( like literally "couple" unfortunately) in the Polish sources: Henryk Strąpoć, nom de guerre "Mewa" ( seagull) survived the war, got awarded a Partisan Cross after the war, never got into gun making industry, but he did finished mechanical school. And that's it. No other info. At least he survived, and since he got that medal he apparently wasn't persecuted by the communist regime. Which is a happy end, I guess.
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  38. Ian: "You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? The perfect handgun. Its structural perfection is matched only by its price tag."
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  39. Glad you are enjoying the .45, Ian! Warms my heart to see these videos. I still remember cleaning, fitting, and blueing our first batch of machined parts for the .45. So amazing to have seen it go so far. Even more amazing to see the joy we have brought to people. Enjoy, and stay safe out there 😊
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  40. “serious hazard of learning something” sums up your channel well too
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  41. Hey, Ian. Not sure if you'll see this comment, but I just wanted to thank you for doing what you do. My father passed away recently, but before that happened, we bonded over your videos. "With a lot of these 2a guys on YouTube, you wouldn't want to invite them to dinner, but Ian seems pretty cool." He really enjoyed your videos, and I do, too. Thanks for bringing us together during the time we had.
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  42. When this video was a few hours late appearing, the day after Forgotten Weapons had rashly filmed himself making eyes at a British auto-ejecting revolver, I feared that his French firearms collection might have collectively shot him in a crime passionnel!
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  43. Ian is truly Americana Epitomized. There is no good content on old forgotten weapons, I'll make it myself. I want to publish a book and I don't like the options so I'll make a publishing company. You are a badass who makes your own way who is pretty damn bright and eloquent. I salute you sir and wish you continued success in all your endeavours.
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  44. I would be willing to host a mortar competition on a golf course. ‘Links Brutality’ I’ll show myself out!
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  45. Way to go Ian, I think this is a successful transition into a slightly different type of vlog. I understand you will someday run out of nifty mechanisms and cool workarounds in the firearms industry, and I find the history behind some decision-making in the world's armed forces in relation to their firearm choices to be just as fascinating! Thank you this went perfectly with my coffee! :-)
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  46. Ian: I would be glad to get you a Raider, or any of my designs. This video is actually of the Flux Brace, our first system, which is quite inferior to the Flux Raider, our third iteration of the system. Is your email still the same? If not, please contact me. As always, appreciate what you do, and you have had a huge influence on Flux, may not have ever started it without Forgotten Weapons. 🤙
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  47. After having an absolutely terrible day, I can honestly say that this video was highly enjoyable and actually made me smile with how well it was done. I couldn't keep from laughing. Thanks Ian.
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  48. So how many times a year does Ian present a firearm that you had no idea existed?
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  49. Ladislav Findorák was the head of the arms service of the Czechoslovak People's Army, who in 1989 approved CZ-2000 for service in the army, after the end of the Cold War he started his own company, where he dealt mainly with various universal constructions. The BREN was intended as a fast-changing multicabar rifle. This eventually turned out to be a dead end of development, as one advantage it has, the barrel fixed between the screws in the frame can be easily replaced when worn, and because it does not touch the body, it can be thin and will not heat up, making the weapon lighter. For a sports shooter, this can have the advantage of changing the caliber in the garage conditions, for shooting at short distances, it should not affect accuracy.
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  50. Your teammate was actually really good on film
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