Comments by "Anders Juel Jensen" (@andersjjensen) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1.  @sakamoto2467  King Tut's stuff didn't go though muddy fields, then became seen as an old useless relic that nobody EVER would care about, then became a novelty for weirdos with nostalgia, then became a rare collectible and THEN became a bonafide antique. It's the first periods that kill things. Not the latter.
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  2.  dimapez  I concur. It is renowned for being among the most controllable SMGs already, so the addition of the front grip seems more like a check box feature to appease some opinionated General Poobah somewhere who didn't bother getting off his fat ass and actually shoot the thing.
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  3. I've had the pleasure of competing against the Finnish artillery... and had my ass handed to me. This was back in '96-'97 in a live fire cross-NATO exercise called Celestial Fire. The range, speed and accuracy of your artillery, coupled with your specific type of geography will make an invasion absolutely fucking hell. Sure, a force who is willing to throw bodybags at the problem until you run out of shells will eventually win... but man those numbers will be grim.
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  4.  @metalboo8491  It already exists :P
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  5. It's a long story. The super short version goes like this: Someone who believes that there should be no gun laws at all (as in, how milk is sold, commercially stored, distributed, processed, etc, should have way stricter laws than guns) finds out that you can buy every part of some random shotgun except the polymer receiver (the controlled item).... but that that receiver can be 3d printed. Thus anyone "can legally obtain a firearm" by some seriously liberal interpretation of law text. Said loonie goes on and makes a big splash about it (via youtube and other media) to the point that (uninformed) legislators are seriously contemplating making 3d printers a controlled item that can only print digitally signed objects. Manufacturers of often-copied items are thrilled. The maker community is about to print out cute little miniature pitch forks and post offensive words in the internet. Some of them might even have cried a little and/or gotten a head ache. Several youtube employees are active in the maker space and own 3d printers themselves. Strings are pulled to shut down said loonie. Youtubes EULA is updated by lawyers who couldn't tell a Lee Enfield from a Green Meanie if their life depended on it... The whole thing is worded exactly as stupid as you would imagine. Actually it's probably a little more stupid than that unless you have an exceptionally good imagination. So basically: "What do you get when extremists, grass root movements, big corporations, politicians and lawyers end up in the same big pile of rush?".... A clusterfuck. As usual.
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  6. I probably also have something to do with the fact that Ian is knowledgeable, realistic and not at all a fan of neither "tacticool mentality" nor "hand cannoneering" in general.
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  7.  @509Gman  Nah mate, the old style M113 we had didn't stand up 7.62 NATO at point blank range. One of the reasons we went to the Piranha instead. Especially in urban combat it's not hard for someone to just stick a barrel out of a basement window and empty a mag into a passing vehicle and escape to the backside before anyone has time to react. In narrow streets that's close enough (basically just side walk width away) to make holes where they shouldn't be.
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  8. Those VHSes, documenting the mating rituals of homo sapiens, are collectors items in their own right today. They do feature a lot of shooting, but the ammunition is a bit more runny in nature.
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  9. You just have a good example. That happens too. My H&K G3 was way way WAY above spec despite being bought second hand from the Germans by the Danish army in 1975 and used for 20 years before I got it. I put all 20 rounds in a 10cm/4" center at 300m/328yrd time and time again. That is not possible with a rifle that, on paper, is only 4 MOA.
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  10.  @tuckerchestney501  Leonard Slater
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  11. GET OUT! :P
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  12. Metal sections. The kind with the little "finger tab" that attaches to the extractor rim.
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  13. I think you got the gear ratio "up side down". The smaller diameter moves across the stationary part which makes the larger diameter "have a greater surface speed". Which makes sense, as otherwise the whole assembly would have to move LONGER than the bolt need to travel to extract and reload. And you can verify this simply by counting the teeth on both racks: 32 vs 15. This means the bolt travels twice as fast (and thus twice the distance) as the barrel assembly does against the lower.
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  14. Today it's almost certainly going to be an Accuracy International rifle of some description. If he would prefer .308 or .338 Lapua Magnum is another matter entirely. Probably .308 since the GIGN would absolutely rarely have to cover distances longer than, say, 500 meters, and the lighter construction seems to appeal to him.
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  15. It needs a heavier barrel if it kicks that hard. In a short recoil operated gun it's the barrel speed which dictates the bolt speed. If you give it a heavier spring you increase the rate of fire. This can be a tradeoff you're willing to make (say 20% greater rate of fire in exchange for better controllability), but if your starting point is "kicks like mule", then going to 300% rate of fire (on 20 round magazines) is most certainly out of the question :P
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  16.  @P_RO_  Only Sweden every used it (because they opted out of NATO) in LMGs. But yes, it's a very fast projectile, and with steel cores they have stupid penetration for their weight. Exactly what the 277 is supposed to solve. That said, a modern reanimation, with the latest gun powder tech, could probably get the case length down to 45mm which would make it absolutely ideal for LMG, combat rifle and short carbine.
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  17.  @paleoph6168  If US Marines don't make angry noises something has gone horribly wrong somewhere... It's, like, their defining characteristic, and what makes them useful in the first place.
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  18. Gas seal revolvers are cool. They are the last iteration of improvements before it became obvious that magazines would be the way of the future.
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  19. The G3 is omnipresent. The G3 is eternal. The G3 transcends time, space and physical dimensions. Also, as of 2023 the G3 became the official rifle for the Army Reserve because the regular army has grown so much that we don't have M16s for everyone.... Just Danish things....
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  20. If I'm not mistaken 7.62 NATO is cheaper and more readily available than .308 Winchester... so why bother with it? That being said, the breech, chamber and barrel was originally developed for 11mm Mauser which is a seriously potent cartridge, so I would suspect that since nothing has changed dimensionally it should handle the pressure of .308 without problems. The only question is if the buffer tube is sturdy enough...
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  21. Yes, but unorthodox and clever do not... the order seems to be important.
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  22.  @imrickjames717  You misunderstood the situation entirely... I was dunking on @ImRickJames for playing the juvenile and ever-condescending "You poor?"-card. I think Corvettes are sexy as hell (maybe except C5), but I'm an MX5 guy myself. However to ImRickJames apparently "I'm poor" for not preferring the Chevy... so I felt like letting him know that he's poor for choosing a Corvette in someone else's eyes. Koenigsegg was just the most outlandishly expensive thing I could think of, but other "bling factor brands" would have worked just as well. But to retort to your "Have fun driving your Koenigsegg in forza tho lmao" remark: Have fun learning basic reading comprehension. And while we're at it... A single headline from the tabloid press neither validates nor discredits Koenigsegg.
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  23.  @classicnestetris3268  It's not exactly shits and giggles if you actually point it at something lesser than a foot of solid concrete wall :P
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  24. The early 2000s were not exactly the heyday of Estonian economics. It wasn't until the 10s where they started getting some traction.
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  25. And Ian pretty much gave them a clean bill of health by saying it was a good rifle they copied.. they should just admit it.
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  26. I love how, across all of them, the concept of aiming seems completely "lost in translation". The psychological effect of having a boom-stick aught to be enough to win any battle, right?
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  27. Unfortunately both of those have a price tag of "Yes, we precision CNC the ever living fuck out of every component". And that's why we want them so bad... like, did you hear the clicking sound of that bipod?!? My wrist watch doesn't click that consistently :-/
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  28. Ian truly is the Gun Jesus. He has reached a status where everyone who has something interesting and worthwhile wants their relics blessed with a video. I'm rather sure that it adds to the value of a collectible to "the one" featured in a video by a highly respected historian.
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  29.  @coolbugfacts1234  DOOH! Why the hell didn't I ever think of that? Thanks mate!
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  30. One of these with a folding polymer stock and you have the best looking AK of all time. That it's a Finnish project of obsessing over details and quality is just an extra bonus. As a former G3 "operator" I think the option of having both aperture and notched is a splendid idea.
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  31.  @EggBastion  Long Projection Optic would be my guess.
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  32.  @LasOrveloz  Considering the Madsen produced ones are 100% interchangeable with the M/31 and you can't tell the difference between parts that aren't marked the point is somewhat moot (unless we're talking collector status).
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  33. The approach works wonderfully for wine and cheese... but imma have to decline on mechanics! :P
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  34. 7:47 Bearing balls. Not ball bearings. And yes, I WILL die on this hill. A ball bearing consists of the inner and outer race, the cage and the bearing balls. You can't put ball bearings in a ball bearing :P
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  35. All in all those are minor headaches compared to most custom orders. If you want something that comes without any issues, what so ever, you buy exactly what another, preferably lager, country has been fielding for 10 years already. So the "A2" or "A3" pattern. And then you live with the fact that you lose out on adaptations that would be desirable for your unique situation.
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  36. By today's standard you'd expect something that big, strapped to a gun, to do something lethal of it's own somehow.
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  37. Fill an ultra sonic bath with penetrating oil. Dump all the components in. Order pizza....
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  38.  @PapaSchultz74  Never seen that happen. Just don't use a polar solvent. But generally polar solvents (like water and alcohol) are things you want to keep away from guns regardless of the physical cleaning method.
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  39. If Russia invades Finland again they better be ready to do it with nukes. Everyone I know who's in the armed forces (I'm from Denmark) are pretty openly saying "We don't care if the government gives us the go-ahead. If it happens we just take the gear and go to Finland". I can't imagine Noway and Sweden being much different....
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  40.  @kristianpoulherkild3401  I have "reenlist priority yellow" (so second wave reenlistment in case of war) because I'm 44 now, but if Putler goes into Finland I'm flat out going to call them and say ask if I can volunteer as priority green. I served in the armoured artillery and I still remember how to hurl grenades into the tube.... And Finland has a mighty amount of artillery pieces...
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  41. Then you're clearly more well versed than me. "A bit light" would, for me, be the over statement of the century! ;)
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  42. Yeah. It's kinda funny. The FRF1 was an absolutely excellent rifle in it's hay day. Going "Would you like a classic legendary sniper rifle... but in 50 BMG?" isn't a bad sales question to people who're into luggable cannons...
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  43.  @donswanson1541  I would assume they use a stamp bracket.
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  44.  @lairdcummings9092  This precise reason is why the H&K G3 is, to this day, the best rifle I've ever shot. Some people don't like the length of pull and relatively tall stance, but to me that's what makes it so great. And I'm not even that tall.
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  45. If they charge what those crush washers are actually "worth" (+something for packaging and handling) so a zip bag with 7 is, say, $3 and a box with 700 +/- 3 (quick-weighed) is, say, $50, then they could get enthusiasts to buy a lot of extras. People get stingy on running costs, but don't mind laying down dole for the item itself. Unfortunately a lot of marketing people don't realize this, so they lose more on big item sales what they try to "rip off" on things where it practically would make no difference if they sold at break-even.
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  46. Yeah, back in it's day this would have gorgeous after a full army regulation shine job :)
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  47. Just additively manufacture them in ABS instead of PLA. ABS is the stuff Lego is made of. That handles boiling water without getting soft.
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  48. And yet it managed to solve one of the longest standing problems with the AK: the crappy dust cover that prevents any kind of optics mounting.
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  49.  @peekaboopeekaboo1165  No, it is not an illusion. It's blatantly obvious to any observer. The PRC does not have control over ROC and vice versa. You can hogwash it as much as you like, but the fact of the matter is still that mainland China is occupied by communist forces along with Mongolia and Tibet but Taiwan and the surrounding islands are not. They're controlled by a socialized capitalist democracy who has military sovereignty of their current territories. That both PRC and ROC lay claim to the same territories by constitution is completely irrelevant, because none of them have it. Historical novelties, unfulfilled treaties and agreements, change of political winds and ideologies are irrelevant in the eyes of military control. End of story.
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  50. Since you can write you can clearly also read....
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