Comments by "Simon Nonymous" (@Simon_Nonymous) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1. get it on the back of a pick up and drive it at 70mph, the world needs to see this sight in action!
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  2. I wonder if the nine 'wrongly stamped' pistols are worth more than the correctly stamped ones? A lovely pistol, and I would love to own a vanilla one just for nostalgia's sake
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  3. The reason the Chieftain isn't in this vid is that he needed medical treatment when he heard the track tensioning system had been damaged by the air burst
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  4. Is the "9mm cartridge" gag the first time Ian has consciously done a joke on FW? Made me spit my tea out laughing... EDIT, in line with Ian's thoughts about guns should be kept able to fire so we can understand them better as pieces of engineering, and also in their firearm capacity, this is one weapon I would love to see being used on the range. So many useful features done on a tiny scale - as Ian rates it: PDC.
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  5. There must be somebody somewhere with a biplane two seater who'd turn uo for Big Sandy just to try it for real
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  6. Perhaps Ian has a full length oil painting of himself tucked away in the attic?
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  7. Don't let the Chap on the Range see this, it could severely upset him.
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  8.  @PipMan1101  it's very interesting to look at the various 'moral panics' in the UK that have led to various restrictions and/or bans, including: flick knives and gravity knives, the Ninja style weapons you mentioned, the 'Samurai sword' issue, and most recently 'zombie knives'. Meanwhile, the knives most commonly used in crimes are those found in any kitchen... go figure.
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  9. So, at some point, the trials board said "Now for the Money shot". A moment that should have been recorded on a wax cylinder for posterity.
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  10. I find Ian's ability to talk fluently and comprehensively on his subjects very impressive - no obvious cuts, edits or autocues, just knowledge and wisdom. Bravo!
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  11. It looks like someone has kindly said that in UK RM Commando speak, it's spoken: four five Commando, not fourtyfive Commando. The little things do matter, thank you Ian!
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  12. Very interesting, and I would suggest somewhat influenced by the STEN Mk V with the stock and grips? However the two safety devices to hold the bolt firmly shut look innovative and practical too. Many thanks Ian!
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  13.  @andersjjensen  I have never heard that extension of the quote, but will use it from now on!
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  14.  @Kremit_the_Forg  plse add 3a) - 'Alec, are you sure?'
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  15. So one of your sports is tank hunting? Serbia - oh yes . USSR - oh yes tank hunting of Fascists a national sport. Finland - hold my 67% alcohol fruit vodka and bathing trunks.
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  16. I loved knocking rounds through the batten that held the Figure 11 up on a 100m range and watching them fold and fall.
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  17. Not only that he holds it up with one hand - that is an impressive feat!
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  18. Ideally ones close to a distillery... it'd be one shot after another.
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  19. Wow! What a rare treat! Although I would have been tempted to move your target to where the first bomb landed, and see how the rest fell?
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  20. Glad you are surviving Alan, and a good precis of the issues seen from the museums' point of view.
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  21. it's a long standing 'trick' from at least the days of world war one sniping (I think I have read it in Hesketh-Pritchard), and from my range days in the 80s, a damp t-shirt or scrim face veil was used on dry dusty ranges. I am surprised it's taken Ian that long to 'discover' it!
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  22. Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you Ian for a great year of output. I toast you with a small glass of Laphroaig!
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  23. *almost the same.
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  24.  @travishabursky4362  the irony that a man of the cloth increased the killing power of firearms... but yes.
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  25. I'd agree except swap out the word Americana - the things I love about Ian and this channel are not exclusive to a part of the world.
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  26. Hmmm... you can tell Poland wasn't short of wood. If you got stuck in the winter that stock could be burnt to keep you warm and cook your rations for 24 hours.
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  27.  @yam83  ESS ELL ARR mate!
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  28. I signed up to HoWaW a long time ago. It's good to see how their channel is attracting more high quality You Tubers who can be watched in ad free freedom.
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  29. Not totally related but.... I collect and build plastic model kits; I let the missus see ones with 1970s price labels on the box.
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  30. It was worth a mention - thank you :-)
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  31. kemlokemlo correct; George I was 300 years earlier!
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  32. GardenState2012 apart from being wrong - you're wrong. Having shot my SMLE all morning....
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  33. Watched and enjoyed this last night on HOWW with no crappy adverts to annoy me.
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  34. So which Islay malt were you enjoying? Just so I know what to buy you if I ever visit the US.
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  35. he does a very good job on being curator and collector, and explaining what goes on behind the scenes
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  36. +Thamuze Ulfrsson wait till you see the .55" Men (Joke!)
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  37. Firing pins - on this basis should all edged weapons in museums therefore be bluntened etc?
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  38. Quite so - and as a righty I never found the 9mm mag felt like it was there, it was nicely in place just over my left arm. It's also interesting that I found the folding stock very useable and comfortable, and Ian hasn't criticised it in this vid, so another nice feature of this weapon.
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  39. Ian, please can you explain your scale of coolness; is "kind of cool" better or worse than vanilla "cool", or "really cool"?
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  40. An interesting comment, thank you very much for your knowledge.
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  41. I couldn't hit a house if I was stood inside it.
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  42.  @genericpersonx333  it's always good to see proper referenced sources otherwise we go round in circles repeating and often amplifying anecdotal evidence, and then people trying to explain a myth. Rob at British Muzzleloaders or Bloke on the Range are good examples of channels where such myths are looked at skeptically, and David Fletcher at the Bovington tank museum is a good example of someone who likes to retell fairy stories and give them an aura of respectability.
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  43.  @Neomalthusiano  but to be fair - not all warfare even on the western front was based on trench warfare eg the opening battles of 1914, eg Mons or Le Cateau, or the closing battles of 1918; and there was a lot of warfare that was not in Flanders. Based on how British infantry was fighting in the later 19th century, the volley sight wasn't that stupid. And if you are a fan of the Vickers gun, it replaced a lot of the volley fire functions of riflemen by using what was called plunging fire to create a beaten zone in just the same way volley fire was supposed to work.
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  44. Fascinating detail - your spelling is fine by the way!
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  45.  @plummz  not as such no... Bloke on the Range does a good video about this I am sure, but all the gunner needs to do is traverse the Bren to create a beaten zone of the required size, not too tricky. Where the GPMG comes along is that it has double the rate of fire of the Bren, and belt feed... especially in the SF role, this can be useful.
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  46. Or Australia could just have made the STEN as intended instead of tinkering. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Or outback.
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  47. I did hear mention of a red herring - maybe he had that instead of his egg?
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  48. There is an alternative theory that it only rains if you go outside, with the chances of it raining being doubled if you are on holiday, own a motorbike, are camping or want to go climbing. The chances are tripled if you own a new gun and/or want to go game shooting. Plus there is the Test Match factor.
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  49. He asked for it in .22LR but seems .5" BMG is easier to get
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  50. As soon as you said interruptors and synchronisers I could have cried with happiness. Then you said you would like to do a video on it, and I did a little dance :-) I know you should't rely too much on flight sims but in IL2, they have managed to replicate the synchronisers so you get a lovely sweet spot in engine RPM where the Vickers guns go onto overtime.
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