Comments by "" (@robbylock1741) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1. I own a S&W M1917 that was parkerized and re-issued in World War 2. It's one of my favorites.
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  2. My father (now no longer with us) was a former Marine, he insisted there be a first aid kit in each of our shooting bags including a few "spare" modern versions of the Carlisle Bandages. Something I continue to do to this day. Some people at the range have noted it and asked why. This is why! And oh yes, always, always eye and ear protection.
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  3. Okay that is a quality build right down to the NM (National Match) op rod!
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  4. My father served with and knew a guy named Joe Foss who was a member of the Cactus Air Force and became an Ace there on Guadalcanal.
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  5. It's been awhile, but I have a lovely old Swedish M/41b with an original Ajax scope in 6.5x55 mm. Using prj m/41 ammunition at 100 meters, my best groups were just under 1.25 inch from a rest. Just checked the safe and I still have 2 battle packs of the m/41 ammo. Time to get back to the range and see how it goes. I'm thinking it might be close. LOL who am I fooling?
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  6. I love that you are covering more than firearms! As always with your content, an interesting and informative discussion.
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  7. Not surprised they eat that, reminds me of Lutefisk!
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  8. I didn't realize the 9mm Largo, 9mm Bergmann–Bayard and the 9mm Bayard Long (9x23mm) were all the same. Thanks Ian, you always teach me something new!
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  9. They do NOT have interchangeable parts. On a military firearm? Yeah that'll be good for combat.
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  10. Wow all that is old is new again! Nice WWI anti-tank gun (joking!)
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  11. This all reminds me of movie version of The Maltese Falcon, where Miles Archer was shot with a Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver. The dialog copies the book in caliber (.455) but says eight shot. On set they used the .38 caliber revolver that indeed held eight, but the .445 as mention in the book only held six.
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  12. As a collector of Swedish Mausers, I have one of those in my collection. Why? It's also part of their history. Now if I could only find a M/41B with a 1944 AGA scope that doesn't cost more than my house payment, I'll be set! (have one with the AJAX scope).
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  13. Interesting that the sight doesn't require a battery! Pure use of optics :)
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  14. I own 2 Enfield No2 Mk1** and an Albion Motors that has been reverted to the * pattern. All were very cheap at the time I purchased them, less than $125, because they were looked down on by the collector market! Finding S&W .38 ammo was even then difficult and .30-200 even more so, but I managed to find some of both. Of all my British firearms, while a PITA to shoot accurately, they are still an interesting firearm and always draw attention at the range - just not the positive attention any of my other vintage firearms do!
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  15. Perhaps it was designed as a woman's self protection revolver? A woman's fingers tend to be very slender.
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  16. All in all a very good video! But one question that may be an well duh! sort of thing, if the suppressor is a sealed single unit, how do you clean the baffles/suppressor?
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  17. Ian, wouldn't all production of the full sized Sten Guns from there be for the Taiwanese Military and thus not end up to be captured during the Koran War or Viet Nam as those weapons would be made in China?
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  18.  @danw4237  My point exactly - any sten guns made at that factory would have not be in Communist hands to be captured in Korea or Viet Nam
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  19. So we know where the money went, what happened to the violins?
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  20. I used to own a very nice post war example marked LBPN (Lower Saxony Barracked Police) that included a second magazine, cleaning rod and black holster also marked LBPN and with the the name of the officer it was issued too. Great shooter, but I was talked in to a trade for an Argentine Model 1927 in all original condition. These were the licensed M1911A1 version and not the Ballester–Molina. To this day both of us thinks we got the better end of the deal!
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  21. It's also interesting that there are now companies using names from the old US Arsenals that have nothing to do with the originals, Rock Island and Springfield. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Island_Arsenal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory
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  22. I have smallish hands and of all the many guns I've owned or used over the years, the two that fit me and that I shoot best are, my father's M1911a1 and a WWII reissued S&W M1917. The modern double stack handguns like the Glock just are a poor fit and it shows in my range scores.
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  23. Too late already voted! Oh Rob? C&R? Matt? Done, done and done! Won't tell you my other votes ...
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