Comments by "Fred Bloggs" (@fredbloggs5902) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1. In Scotland if you can see the hills it’s going to rain... ...if you can’t, it’s raining already.
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  2. My dad used to take great delight in pointing out the errors in films, one example being the Spitfire in ‘Battle of Britain’ (1969) that had too many blades on the propeller for that time of the war (4 vs 3).
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  3. Fritz: “Hey Bob, I’ve got this warehouse full of MP40 magazines, any chance you can make your new gun use them? I’ll cut you in for half, usual account?”.
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  4. “Hey Hans, we’re losing sales to Luger, people say they’re sexier, see what you can come up with”...
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  5. His incident has to be the best recommendation for eye protection I’ve seen. From his description, had he not been wearing eye protection he would have probably lost an eye and possibly been instantly killed.
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  6. To be fair, simplifying the rear sight also made training easier, which may have been an issue.
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  7. Rob of British Muzzle Loaders covered Isandlwana by actually going there! He also gives sources for obscure kit, and full details for hand loading paper cartridges.
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  8. 24:00 Author: “I’ve written a new book, it’s called ‘FG42, the Paratrooper rifle’’... Editor: “Nah, call it ‘Death from Above’, you’ll sell more”.
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  9. That scratchy sound at 04:42 is the gun quietly screaming.
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  10. Seems to me that a museum having Ian on-hand to dismantle/reassemble one of their more obscure guns is a unique opportunity.
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  11. Coming soon, Ian’s new channel: ‘Forgotten Trains’ 🤣
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  12. This gun is featured in the Australian TV series ‘Mr. Inbetween’ (2018-2021). (Recommended).
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  13. I have a friend who participated in the ceremonial burial of the Royal Navy’s last SMLE.
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  14. Hilariously, in the U.K. now, possession of a knuckle-duster alone would be enough to get you a jail sentence... ...adding the dagger and the firearm would considerably lengthen the sentence.
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  15. For anyone interested in that area around that time, the films ‘Empire of the Sun’ (1987) and ‘The Sand Pebbles’ (1966) are pretty good. For more in-depth detail, both have source books, Empire being by J.G.Ballard and Pebbles being by Richard McKenna. Both of whom were actually there.
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  16. Or didn’t actually care.
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  17. It’s not often one has the need for the collective noun for a Bren gun. I’m not sure about ’forest’. ‘Nest’ is used for machine guns generally. How about a ‘Chatter’ ?
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  18. The ‘Desert Rats’ were the 7th Armoured Division, I’m not sure they had much to do with special forces like the Long Range Desert Group. I’m also very confused about the LRDG vs. The SAS, some claim they’re related, others deny any link.
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  19. That’s the collapsible one. It’s only .22LR but Bond is a crack shot.
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  20. If 2 rifling grooves were just as good as 5... ...what is generally used globally today? (And why?)
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  21. But if you do grab the suppressor when it’s still hot... ...you get a really pretty pattern branded into your hand! 🤣
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  22. How many bears? 🤣
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  23.  @jamesdalton2014 Yes, the Messerschmitts were really recently retired Spanish Buchons, he did point that out as well 🤣 He found it amusing how long they were in service.
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  24. Garage repair shop: “Sir, you’re wipers weren’t working because there were some spent cartridges jammed in there, any ideas how they got there”?
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  25. It’s a stunning achievement that many of Browning’s guns are still in common use today, even in full active military service, after over 100 years!
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  26. These seem more ‘organic’ somehow, makes me think of the “Moties” in “The Mote in God's Eye” by Niven & Pournelle.
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  27. ‘Bloke on the range’ has a ‘Frankenrifle’.
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  28. They got a world authority effectively for free!
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  29. This joke will only be appreciated by 2A DBAs (as will my comment 🤣). Update: The number of upvotes here indicates a surprising overlap!
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  30. Historical note: My range instructor (U.K. back in the 90s) took part in the official burial of the last military SMLE.
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  31. For a minute there I thought Ian was going to do the whole thing from the hip!
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  32. Or ‘Not Forgotten Weapons’ 🤣
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  33. It’s occurred to me that (on the scale of WW2 mass production) Thompson magazines might have actually cost more to produce than an M3? Anybody know the numbers? (In 1945, Thompsons cost around 3x more than an M3).
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  34. The soil used to make this mud appeared coarser grained than usual.
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  35. Great film. There’s a YouTube video featuring Quigley’s original rifle on here somewhere - maybe at Brownells... ...I don’t pretend Crazy Cora is anybody else, she’s just fine as she is 🤣
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  36.  @clivemortimore8203  Ok, that makes sense. The LRDG probably had better maps and navigation skills (in the desert anyway).
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  37. It’s 12:00 midday here (UK), a much more civilised time!
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  38.  @jcmartinez7527  - you can also be arrested for possession of a potato-peeler or prosecuted for wielding a water-pistol in a threatening manner.
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  39. The wonderful thing about things like this is that they emphasise that people try all the possible variants when trying to develop things further and the market then decides.
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  40. No.1 Mk V
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  41.  @alun7006  - this is disingenuous, 150,000 people in a population of over 60 million is less than 0.25% of the population, clear proof that the state does all it can to deter and block gun ownership in the UK.
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  42.  @aaronleverton4221  Barry gives it to Ray Ray says it’s a Sterling Barry corrects him saying no, it’s a Patchett and better than either the Sten or the Stirling. That bit of video is actually here on YouTube, I did post the link but YouTube probably deleted it.
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  43. Pretty amazing that they can mill the stock and achieve the same weight as the original pressing.
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  44.  @51WCDodge  Yes, that as well 🤣
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  45. I had a friend in the U.K. artillery who showed me his hi-power. I asked why an officer in artillery would need a sidearm. He said it was for after taking out a convoy to make absolutely sure everyone really had been despatched. (I believe they moved to Glocks around 2013).
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  46. I’m confused, at 00:16 Ian says it’s .308” but later he says it’s 7.62 NATO. Are these effectively the same?
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  47.  @FP194  you don’t say 🙄
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  48. Even today, the British Army has a tradition of officers buying their own kit items because the standard issue can be so bad.
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  49. Whatever became of ‘shall not be infringed’ ? (But to be fair, this does sound like an improvement).
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  50.  @51WCDodge  unless you’re Philip Luty.
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