Comments by "Anders Juel Jensen" (@andersjjensen) on "Chinese Mystery Mauser: Fake FN Model 30" video.

  1. Chinesium is what old PC cases were made of: an alloy that exhibits every undesirable property all at once. It's heavy, it bends if you sneeze on it, it breaks from metal fatigue the third time you bend it back, it galls if you rub hard plastic against it, all while being slightly magnetized so if you try sawing or filing it the chips clump up, sticks to your tools and won't vacate the area you're working on. As an ardent PC modder back in the day I am all too familiar with this abomination of an alloy that due to it's unholy bastardized composition manages to insult every element in the periodic table with a straight face.
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  2. I once fashioned a cork gun from a bicycle pump, a piece of wood, various nails, screws and brackets and a spring from a telescoping lamp. It gave a mighty good pop exactly three times before something came lose and the end cap and spring shot me in the face. Granted, I was just 14, but I'm still impressed that someone with only hammers, pliers, files, clamps, home made drill bits, a furnace and something very vaguely resembling a lathe can make a rifle that will at least test fire a few 8mm Mauser cartridge without instantly turning into a very elaborate pipe bomb.
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  3. Oh, Tannerite would go boom allright. The primer has plenty of velocity to set it off. And you're absolutely right that confined Tannerite causes detonation instead of combustion.
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