Comments by "Pete Sheppard" (@petesheppard1709) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1.  @Aliyah_666  Yep, in a very light rifle--really bouncy!
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  2. That 3x microprism is the BOMB!
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  3. "I didn't hit nothin'--I hit EVERYTHING!" Your best line yet! If this is why you missed T.I.G.E.R., then you made the right call. ;)
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  4.  @Phlostonparadise2971 . Actually, Taurus builds many of the tiny pistols in Florida to get around the restrictions. Glock also did this for their .380 models.
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  5. I like the crude, stamped crap much more than modern slick hi-tech--the old stuff just has character. I guess I really am a dinosaur and a FUDD! 😁
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  6. To my eye, it looks far better than the AMD-65. Do soldiers actually use those clunky sights, or do they learn to eyeball the grenade fall?
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  7. Great video! The history is becoming my favorite part.
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  8. Elbonian service pistol??
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  9. Great repost! Thanks for a great Friday day-starter. Your scoreboard was a nice touch. The MAC* briefcase gun is rather like carrying a grenade with the pin pulled... I think folks would pay to see video of that runaway testfire!
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  10. Be still, my heart. This was one of my grail guns. Back in the early '90s, they seemed to be the answer to perceived AR shortcomings. I thought they were piston guns (external, that is...)
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  11.  @minuteman4199  Good points! When I first saw the V-P referred to as the first 'submachine gun', my mind had a hard time making the leap to the compact bullet hoses we all know and love.
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  12. The old system had its issues, too. Two separate .45ACP revolvers were designated M1917, made by Colt and Smith and Wesson.
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  13. Good job explaining that system! It must be a bit maddening to tinker with. Is this what happens after the simple and obvious ideas get patented?
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  14. I doubt Henry Chan would turn it down, either.
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  15.  @scottmccrea1873  'Murica! 😎 So true! Yet, there were still plenty of places that didn't see mechanization or electricity until after WWII.
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  16.  @colbunkmust  I didn't associate the term with the box, but it makes sense.
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  17. Coolness! That spur on the trigger guard looks awkward; was it supposed to help control muzzle flip?
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  18.  @alltat  Good point. Language and its usage is always changing.
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  19. PT boat crews in the SW Pacific loved to scrounge the cannon for barge busting.
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  20. Soft brrrrt ... An ammo company's dream...
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  21. Volley fire was a tactic to provide a degree of indirect fire on distant groups. Whole units firing in unison could put a reasonable amount of lead on a given spot.
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  22. Should that count as a kill??
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  23.  @Hybris51129  He looked disgusted, that someone would DARE make such a sorry device...Then there was the ZIP .22; Ian looked genuinely baffled that it even existed.
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  24. To me it screams 'Drug Cartel' or 'Mercenary'.
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  25.  @RiderOftheNorth1968  He has often spoke imprecations at spinners over the years. That one must have finally paid attention...
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  26. In fact, the early water-cooled machine guns were often employed as a form of artillery, deployed in discrete units, and literally raining bullets on a point to be interdicted.
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  27.  @ДаудМухамеджанов  As long as one stayed on his good side...
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  28. Am I the only one who wondered about POI shift from that bayonet pulling on the barrel?
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  29. That, or the stars from the kick!
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  30. Due to import size restrictions from the 1968 Gun Control Act, the guns would have to be built in the US.
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  31. And specify Tasco scopes.
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  32. YouTube won't tell what the actual rules are, lest sneaky guntubers create videos specifically to get around them.
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  33. Even realizing that Ian's using a laser, watching him hip-shoot just looks weird, after all these years of emphasis on shouldering a rifle to aim.
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  34. My respect for Ian went up another few notches with his excited support and shout-out to Garand Thumb! Great example for other YT producers!!
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  35. Senior moment...I remember when these guns (and their Norinco clones) were cheap and cheerful range toys, back in the mid-'90s. :/
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  36. It looks like Rube Goldberg in an opium den...but it works!! A bit of confusing firearms minutia: Not to try to criticize Ian (he is making the process as understandable as possible), but strictly speaking, a 'rim' is only a rim if it is wider than the case body, such as .38 Special and other revolver cartridges--or .22LR. Since the flat part at the end is the same diameter as the case, the cartridge is 'rimless' and has the extractor groove around the case, which of course the extractor snaps into. Then, to further muddy the water, there is a 'rebated rim', where the not-a-rim behind the extractor groove is smaller than the case body. No doubt there are other exceptions. Clear as mud?? 😎
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  37. YES, to see Henry run this on the range...maybe the winner can make it happen. For me, seeing how a Texas Star is reset was bonus footage. 😎
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  38. Ah, no. The Bazooka and Panzerfaust were contemporaries, but the American weapon was fielded first. The RPG is derived from the Panzerfaust.
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  39. Now we're into rerun season...😎 The slo-mo was good enough, though. It's sad that it didn't get fully developed; given the blend of concepts, it could have been a winner.
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  40. TheEnd, I imagined the same thing
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  41. Those traditional wood-stocked .22s evoke a ton of nostalgia...this video makes me want to break out my Marlin 60, even though it's a tube-fed semi.
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  42. it looks like it was transported by dragging.
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  43. "Short version of the story; they get it worked out" Life in a nutshell. 😎
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  44. Thanks! I especially enjoyed the history tidbit at the end. As you gave the dates, I was wondering about that German occupation thing.
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  45. Combat first aid has come a long way. In the 1970s we were just taught direct pressure, tourniquets only for the most extreme wounds, and to cover sucking chest wounds with some sort of plastic.
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  46. I miss my Enfield...My attachment is that my grandfather carried one in The Great War. At Belleau Wood, Marines engaged German MG nests at 800yd with their Springfields, so there is a niche for such shooting in combat. Nowadays, of course, there are more effective options.
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  47. Oh, to see this gun actually fired... I repent again for the 'dumb Polak' jokes I made in my youth...and my disgust and hatred of communism deepens. I absolutely condemn National Socialism, but for pure brutality, the Nazis were amateurs in comparison to the Commies.
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  48. Smith & Wesson made a variant, after the Swedes banned sale to the US because of use in Vietnam.
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  49. These guys are kidding. There's a slew of bureaucratic hoops to jump through, under the National Firearms Act of 1934. That's what Ian meant when he said it was 'transferable'.
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  50. As you've mentioned elsewhere, a real problem with this system is heat making the guns painful to hold for extended shooting. How do they compare?
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