Comments by "Ember Fist" (@emberfist8347) on "So Many Ways to Fail at Making a Pistol" video.

  1. To be fair a lot of supposed innovation is reintroducing ideas that someone did before. Case in point. The toggle-linked action of the C93 Borsharct and the Luger are considered the first striker fired handguns. And the Glock 17 wasn’t the first polymer framed handgun. The H&K VP-70 (probably most famous these days as that gun from Aliens) did it first but failed due to the end of the Cold War and questionable design decision like no slide-lock and a staple gun trigger.
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  2.  @dbmail545 Yeah but that is common for the time. Most handguns needed handfitted parts.
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  3. There is an exception. Militaries that design weapons for specific proprietary ammunition tend to be better off as that ammo is guaranteed to exist for the customers. In fact that is how we got the major handgun calibers we have today.
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  4.  @WALTERBROADDUS Was Leonardo DiCaprio not good enough marketing?
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  5. @ It is the first thing to come to mind when I saw the video Ian did on the gun.
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  6. To make a successful pistol these days. Modularity is key. And don’t try reinventing the wheel. Even the iconic Glock 17 had its main features (striker-fired and polymer frame) borrowed from older and at the time unsuccessful pistols. Of course Gaston Glock built his handgun with the knowledge of multiple firearms experts from civilian shooting, police and military backgrounds to make up for his complete lack of firearms knowledge.
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