Comments by "1IbramGaunt" (@1IbramGaunt) on "Shooting the British Farquhar-Hill rifle" video.

  1. Matthew Harger Well it WAS a prototype, all that could have been sorted out in gradual improvements between the wars if they'd stuck with the basic design as they did the Lee-Enfield. Look at the size and complexity of the Gewehr 98 of WW1 compared to the otherwise similar Kar 98 of WW2, the Germans just shortened it and simplified it and came up with a far better-balanced weapon
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  2. Wish someone would make one and put it in, that'd be awesome
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  3. Kind of goes to show what gun critics REALLY know about these weapons doesn't it. Yes it was over-complex and expensive to make, but the 19 round magazine and faster semi-auto fire-rate, combined with similar toughness, durability (if well-maintained) & accuracy to that of the Lee-Enfield rifles and of course the sheer POWER of the .303 round, all would have given this rifle and those holding it a considerable advantage over German and Turkish weaponry of the day and been a godsend to hard-pressed British troops. Wish I had a time machine.
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  4. Hector Maddock-Greene Damn right, we should have issued them just generally for god's sake with the Enfield as the back-up or secondary arm until being gradually phased out. Oh it might have had some problems at first but it would have been steadily improved over the mid-war era causing most of those to be ironed out by WW2, just like with the Garand's development. could have made a real difference then and saved a fair number of lives
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  5. DUCSDREAM And actually it was, but only right at the end of the war and not very widely. A shame, it could have been an excellent weapon with a bit more development and simplification and possibly made a real difference if issued widely enough 
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  6. Might have saved a few lives though and they could've ironed out the kinks. A semi-auto, 20-round weapon that nonetheless fires accurately and with controllability in a world still dominated by bolt-action would have made a fair bit of difference if it had been made and issued widely enough, and a bit earlier in the war, with a little more development beforehand obviously.
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