Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1. ​ @digitaal_boog you know in most of the world, home defence means remembering to lock your door at night
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  2.  @Redbird1504  country? Can't do it. But vast areas of countries. Yes absolutely. I live in a very large town. I'd happily walk the streets at midnight with a month's wages in my pocket and nothing but the clothes on my back. A home invasion outside of the biggest cities is so rare it makes national news. In my home I have items of significant personal and monetary value (inherited coins as an example). I have never once thought I should lock my door during the day. As a side note. I own 2 fire arms for sport (why I enjoy forgotten weapons). They aren't kept in my house, infact they aren't even in my home town 😂. It's inconceivable that I would need such a thing to keep me or my family safe. After all. I lock my door on a night when I go to sleep. What more could I possibly need? If you live in a dangerous place, then I am sorry for that. But it doesn't make my point ridiculous at all.
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  3.  @Redbird1504  well in civilised countries. You don't normally have to worry about people with weapons attacking your home. That's what the rule of law is for 😁
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  4.  @bmxriderforlife1234  your not wrong. But remember that Hitler WANTED the competing companies/bureaucracy/party sects. It was fundamental to maintaining his power (and generally is for dictators). It wasn't an accident that they had half a dozen intelligence services that were all loyal to different people and who didn't work together. Same was true for weapon development. As for the Gustav guns. You have to consider them from the point of view of Hitler the political animal. They existed for much the same reason as the v1/v2. The propaganda value of having them was more important than any effect they had on the course of any battles. Both are great examples of why the Nazi system was ultimately its own worse enemy. In a liberal democracy and capitalist economy, such waste was culled through a Darwinian process. The weak would perish. Where as Hitler wanted lots of weak people and groups who couldn't challenge him. Worked great in the Weimar Republic to help him win power. Didn't help when he tried to play general.
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  5.  @off6848  here in the UK.... Anyone really. I mean it's not going to be a career. You'd have no job security. All that results in the usual problems of low investment in equipment. Poor work hours and or pay. Hardly inspires the work force. I mean if you were paid badly and knew 100% that your job is going to disappear. What's the insentive to do a perfect job?
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  6. You realise that steampunk is an application of last technology into a modern naritive? Steam punk looks like this. Not the other way around :)
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  7. In fairness I'm sure there is a huge amount of information about Chinese firearms. As much as there is about colt or Vickers. It's just not in English.
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  8. Wasn't it Einstein that said I don't know what weapons ww3 will be fought with. But ww4 will be fought with sticks and stones....
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  9. @4:30 over 1.1km per second is amazing. The energy involved and the speed makes the footage of shooting it all the more impressive. Brilliant Thanks for including metric for us none Americans. It's much appreciated!
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  10. I wish I understood this joke :(
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  11. There has to be some irony there. I mean in that powers with an empire had to use older gun technology to try and subdue the natives.
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  12. I doubt the allied soldiers would give a crap. I've read countless battlefield memories and mostly front line troops cared about how warm they were when they could sleeo. If the food was any good. When they'd get off the line. If their officers were arseholes. If they'd get picked for patrols. And generally complain about the little things (for understandable reasons). They were in awe of artillery and yet often shocked how many German shells were duds. They complained the rear echelons/ marines/air force/navy/other allies had it better than them. Loved their brothers and good officers if they had them. If the grunts on the other side had muskets or machine guns was only relevant to the time they were being shot at. After that the idea of "oh wow that's something different to the gun we have" is just not something front line troops give a shit about.
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  13. One of the surprising things I've learnt from this channel is just how cheap guns are. I asked a random sample of.... Blokes at the pub 🙄. What they thought a pistol cost. The lowest price was £3000.00 which is probably close to five thousand USD. This thing is a bargain
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  14. Have to disagree. At least outside the USA. The effort and expense that the royal navy and RAF put into makeing weapons smaller is amazing. The RN had been trying to make guns smaller for 500 years before this gun was designed.
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  15.  @anaphylastiks  thankfully there isn't. I live in a lovely quiet town in North East England. I just looked it up. The last murder we had here was in 1989. It was a big deal. The only real crime we have is road based or petty theft (usually kids). 4/5 years ago we had a load of burglaries. But that turned out to be a crime group that was traveling to different parts of the UK and spending a week each place. My area is 3 towns which together have a population of 200,000
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  16. Forgive a daft limy asking a silly question. Do American police really 'normally' carry rifles now? Sounds bloody scary.
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  17.  @YaBoiZackbannedmefordissent  I'm sorry but I don't understand that? Possibly as I'm a bit old and don't use social media so memes are lost on me. My comment was not supposed to be derogatory. I visited the USA around 20 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed my visit (and the people)
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  18.  @DPham1  I think a lot of it is just down to history. I can understand the idea that if someone else has something in their pocket that can kill me by pressing a button (or trigger). Then I want one too. That I guess is much as you say.... Human nature. The difference here in the UK and I'd say most of the "western" world, is that there is almost zero chance that anyone around you has a kill button. Therefore it's not rational to want one yourself. Much in the way that a country with no real enemies, such as Switzerland or Iceland. Don't feel the need to have large armed forces and weapons of mass destruction. There is no "other guy" to be worried about. It's why I can see the argument both ways for people in the USA. You can't put the genie back in the bottle. Vast amounts of firearms are in the hands of the public. Sadly vast amounts are in the hands of criminals. They are easy to get (I say that relatively and understanding there are exceptions to the rule). So can the situation really be changed?... Not without overwhelming popular support. As a thought exercise..... It would be worrying to think what would actually happen if 95% of Americans say "we live in a republic. We don't want guns anywhere but in the hands of the armed forces and where needed, the police. Therefore we vote to have all firearms bought by the government and melted down and recycled." The question then is. What do the 5% do. Some, no doubt would agree that rule by popular consent is the best form of government (and one Americans are proud is very much a core part of 'America'.). They'd see it as the law like any other they don't like following (such as paying taxes) and comply. The scary thing would be the remaining people who can't rationalise the situation and believe they are outside of the law. Much like dealers of drugs know it's illigal to possess and sell drugs. But do so anyway. Given this 'group' have (by definition) weapons that are designed to make it as easy as possible to kill people. Then you have a situation which I am not sure has ever happened before in human history. Have small groups who's activity was legal had their activities made illigal. Sure. It happens rarely in democratic countries. But it does happen. For example, opium was legal to buy and take in the UK until the 20th century. But opium addicts and pharmacy owners couldnt use opium to fight the majority.... I just find it interesting. I can't see that situation ever coming to pass. But it's the sort of thing we used to talk about in college when I studied law. Your reply was also interesting. I haven't read that book. What's it about?
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  19. I often think of this when you hear of things like Vickers guns being used in Afghanistan. Over a hundred year old design. I suppose it comes down to the fact that these things were designed to kill other humans and if they still do that then they are useful. Sure we have better guns now. But your just as dead if your hit in the head by a 100 year old machine gun as you are by a day old one! It's what often makes me wonder why on earth modern army's have to use the latest and greatest in wars like Afghanistan 10 years ago. I mean drop bombs from a b29 on the Taliban and they are just as dead as dropping bombs from a b2 🤣
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  20. As an Englishman I did find Ian saying that freedom is a "Fundamental argument of gun control." To be something very odd. After finding this channel I've talked about guns with friends here in England. And the mention of "freedom" never comes up other than to agree we don't understand why Americans consider it part of the argument. I mean, I'm not free to grow opium in my greenhouse and sell it to addicts. I'm not free to purchase chemicals and build a bomb. I'm not free to cultivate anthrax. All thoes things kill people, the bomb being designed to kill. The anthrax is lethal and the opium will eventually kill and addict. That's how it is with guns here. They are just something that is supposed to kill and that we aren't allowed to own unless we have the correct permits, much like laboratory can cultivate anthrax for study. Or a pharmaceutical company can have opium to use as a base for making medicans. Ian is impressively unbias. I love that about him. But the argument of "freedom" just doesn't translate outside of the USA.
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  21. As an Englishman I did find Ian saying that freedom is a "Fundamental argument of gun control." To be something very odd. After finding this channel I've talked about guns with friends here in England. And the mention of "freedom" never comes up other than to agree we don't understand why Americans consider it part of the argument. I mean, I'm not free to grow opium in my greenhouse and sell it to addicts. I'm not free to purchase chemicals and build a bomb. I'm not free to cultivate anthrax. All thoes things kill people, the bomb being designed to kill. The anthrax is lethal and the opium will eventually kill and addict. That's how it is with guns here. They are just something that is supposed to kill and that we aren't allowed to own unless we have the correct permits, much like laboratory can cultivate anthrax for study. Or a pharmaceutical company can have opium to use as a base for making medicans. Ian is impressively unbias. I love that about him. But the argument of "freedom" just doesn't translate outside of the USA.
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  22. "...1911... Everyone familiar with...". Oh my no. Why I have begun watching this channel. I doubt I'll ever see a 1911 or any other handgun given that I live in England. But I do enjoy watch these videos!
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  23.  @nolanasd6092  hmm if only we could get politicians to decide matters by dualing with these things. I dare say that government efficiency would improve massively.
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  24. In the UK we consider that a bonus 😅
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  25.  @Thaddeus2007  yourself.... Thanks for the education. As an Englishman I'd happily hold a gun with my finger through the guard and not think twice But this makes total sense. I remember going clay pigeon shooting years and years ago and the only lesson I remember was "don't point at anything you aren't happy to kill". So that is of course a sensible thing, it also explains the way forgotten weapons etal hold guns Safety first! Thank god sod all Englishman own guns. We'd not even know how to hold them 😂
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  26.  @oueou8293  I don't understand what you are on about. I'm sorry.
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  27.  @oueou8293  I don't speak Hebrew and to be honest I don't really have any interest in religious wars or the media's coverage of religious wars. I'd rather not waste my time. Thank you for replying though.
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  28. Yup. And let's face it. No bugger else in England has a gun anyway so it's still more lethal as club than anything the other chap has. Cracking movie. I still ask my brother how long them teas will take to brew. He just adds 5 mins everytime I ask 🧐
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  29. Isn't the point of Browning's guns that they are 'meh'. They work and are reliable without being another special. They are cheap and easy to make without being rough. They are unremarkable and that's what makes them great at what they do. So really. Wouldn't it be more odd that someone think a browning pistol is odd or outside the box
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  30. Interesting that your not really into guns is so different to the fact that I am interested in guns and live in England and yet have only touched a gun once in my life and that was at a open day for our territorial army (like the us national guard). And I've probably only seen a gun in the UK 3 or 4 times. I'd love to be able to shoot at a range as a hobby. But I can't. That said I am glad that there is no such thing as gun crime where I live (as guns just don't exist, it would be like having crimes committed by warewolf)
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  31.  @far_away907  I was a cadet 15 years ago. In England and we didn't have real guns. The only opportunity to shoot a gun would be on an exercise day. We did get to fly though. Starting with gliders
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  32.  @ianholmquist8492  you have misunderstood. He wasn't a recruit. He was a cadet. In the UK cadets are aged 13-16. They can join army/navy/air force. My experience was it was more a way to give teenagers opportunities. Like going "on exercise" which was basically camping. To learn life skills and socialise. There was a military aspect to it. But that was more to teach respect. In no way would a 13 year old cadet be considered part of the armed forces. So this training tool doesn't make a joke of anything.
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  33. Wouldn't the steam punk version of this be the grandson? After all. Steam punk is based on the era of steam. So anything that's "steam punk" by definition comes many years (decades/centuries) after.
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  34. This is really interesting. But it's scary that there are places in America where you need a military auto rifle in your house or car to protect yourself. 😳
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  35.  @oldesertguy9616  and Patrick, thanks for your messages. Interesting, it's always fun to learn about other cultures. It's a big difference to here
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  36.  @Roddy556  I'd disagree if I was a police officer who lived somewhere where such things were needed. And I wouldn't like being a normal citizen in a place where the police needed to be so heavily armed. I suppose it's one of them things you don't think about if it's normal to you. But if police here were doing such a thing I imagine people would be either terrified the governments officials were (literally) enforcing a police state and would worry about freedom. Or if it was justified we'd probably expect that that means that anarchy has broken out or something. That's why I would find it scary. I wouldn't like to think that police needed weapons which I think of as something only carried by soldiers. Not sure if that makes sense. anyway.
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  37. @Roddy556  I don't know any police here who carry rifles. I know some special units have semi automatic weapons. Mp5s or something that looks like them. But I believe only for guarding nuclear sites and political figures. My local police definitely don't have them. The idea of being a long way from help makes sense. Do the police in cities then? It's fascinating how different the two countries are.
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  38. @Roddy556  London as I'm sure you'll agree if you've travelled England (much less the rest of the UK) is very different. Yes there are more armed officers. But they are very much in the minority of the force, and you'll generally only see them either around tourist areas or the seats of government. Which is a result of terrorism sadly. In England that's not London you'll not see a armed officer at all. Seeing a handgun on an officer is something that makes people stop and stare and it's a mega minority of officers. Seeing one with a carbine rifle I just can't imagine. Hell. If we need a specialist tactical armed forces we don't have anything like SWAT. We call the army who call the SAS 😂 (genuinely, the Iranian embassy in 1980 is probably the obvious example, others are hard to think of). Anyway, I wish my cousins in the USA and Canada who serve as police. And I hope they never need guns at all. Let alone rifles.
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  39. @Roddy556  as a side note, I just had a quick look. 4% of police in the UK are allowed to carry a firearm (that's any kind of firearm). They are officers in charge of protecting nuclear power plants and nuclear sites in general, the police who protect politicians and the royal family and (sadly) a higher percentage of officers who serve in Belfast. The final small number are officers who protect airports (major ones I mean). So I suppose it would make sense that a tourist would think we have a lot more armed police here than we actually have.
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  40. @oldesertguy9616  that's one of the best comments I've read on YouTube... I tend to ask odd questions on here because I don't use social media and that's the exact sort of story I love to read! I fully believe that was the case. I actually own two 1980s car myself (a ford escort and a nissan laurel). The laurel was considered a massive prestige car for its time. Both are tiny by modern standards and a good friend of mine (who happened to get me into shooting hence my love of forgotten weapons) owns an imported Lincoln which is from the early 90s. Is very very cool and very very VERY big. As in it's longer than our modern parking spaces today. Obviously that's a case of the types of roads we have. You should see some of the roads in France and Italy, no wonder they love even smaller cars there! Thanks for your reply. Not sure if your still an officer or have moved on. But I applaud your civic duty and I'm really glad for your comments (original one and the one I'm replying to). Merry Christmas from NE England.
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  41. Oh heck. Do other countries really think we talk like that? Even assuming you mean English and not British. It's still scary thinking that's what people think we sound like 😅.
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  42.  @Shawn_the_Protogen  thanks for the reply Shawn. But I'm still puzzled. So you carry all of them but it's how you carry them? Like it dictates what box you store them in? I promise I'm not stupid. It's just a foreign concept (literally) to me 🤔
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  43.  @Shawn_the_Protogen   @Shawn_Wolf_2727  like given. Info on predaters does make sense. But I guess what is confusing for the likes of myself is that if I woke up at 3am and some carrier hardened criminal was in my house. I would never ever think (even in blind panic) that the said criminal would have a gun of some kind. I guess that's why it's difficult for none Americans*. Bad way of saying that...... But what I mean is that I could never imagine wanting to have a gun to kill a criminal who meant me harm; because he/she had a gun and wanted to kill me. *I definitely don't mean that as a sweeping statement. It's just that I've traveled around Europe, north Africa, the near East and far east and their laws and customs are similar to here in the UK. In that if you walked around with a gun then you would be imprisoned.... Obviously in the counties I've visited I'm talking about stable governments. Also. My visits to the USA (NY being my favourite) did allow me to see your police and armed forces carrying guns. This was a culture shock to me and my travelling companions. But we never thought the law enforcement officers hard to carry guns, because all the people around us had guns too.... My Mind blown You've really got me interested in this topic. My final paper at university was on domestic violence. I don't enjoy studying violence. But I do wonder.... The people you know Shawn and other commentators on this thread... Do you really walk around with a gun in your pocket?(sorry to keep asking, please understand that it is totally inconceivable in the UK). If you do. Why? And would you feel safer say here in England if you didn't have your gun? Thank you again @Shawn_Wolf_2727 this conversation has helped me learn so much! Best wishes. AB
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  44. This is every comment on YT where someone thinks they have solved the military by suggesting a modular ship/afv/submarine that will use swappable parts or combine everything into one 😂
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  45. Proof that something that tries to do everything does nothing very well
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  46.  @Kneon_Knight  ok. But I don't live there. As a side note. Where I live carrying a gun of any kind around with you would get you a significant prison sentence. Which I dare say is why people don't carry guns.... Which means I don't need one. It's also illegal to have a knife larger than 100mm (I think) on your person or a baseball bat if the intention is to do anything other than play baseball. I'm sure our laws can't be applied to Ohio. Because there you could already buy guns readily, cheaply, legally and easily. Here you can't. So the bad man who wants to rob you probably has his fists or a bat and your best defence would be to run away. Assuming such a thing happened which is rare.
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  47.  @bcb5696  and I hope that's my point in a nutshell. We don't all live in the same place and applying ones own values to another who's circumstances are different is obviously folly. I hope your home country can become more secure so that the rule of law keeps you safe. Rather than being scared for your safety. I'm incredibly lucky I live in such a place and I know that.
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  48. Given all the faff. I'd love to see how a "normal" version of this gun compares. I'm gonna search yt for such a thing now. But i can't be the only none American who thinks "I wish I understood all the 'obvious' stuff"
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  49. I thought this was a joke but when he fired it was obvious that gun would easily kill the bad guy
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  50. Anyone in England unfamiliar with guns wouldn't know what an ar15 looks like. I'm fairness. I enjoy Ian's videos so have seen lots of guns on YouTube and I still don't know what one looks like 😂. Time to see if Ian has a episode on AR15
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  51. Established titles is a scam. You can't call yourself a lord or lady. You can't use it in a legal way, you can't put it on any documents. The new jersey channel has fallen for this too. A quick Google proves it's nonsense.
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  52. "that was a ludicrous plan that would never come to fruition" The Third Reich in a sentence right there.
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  53. A video covering what they got right would be amazing. Same with band of brothers. Great video:)
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  54.  @geodkyt  if I had any weapons I would want the same lol 😅. I suppose I do have a decorative sword. But it isn't sharp. So I doubt it's even a little dangerous. 😂
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  55. The holster alone is a work of art. No wonder Germany didn't win the war. Lovely to see how carefully he handles a 100 year old item. Can almost feel the care though the video.
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  56. None Americans had to take two seconds to wonder why the air around you wasn't boiling. I'm guessing 100+ Deg in empire units is a lot....
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  57. I think this may be the first weapon I've seen on your channel that is legal to buy in the UK for a normal person. Cool little thing
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  58.  @muddyhotdog4103  ah thanks for that. America is a very confusing place. But this makes sense. Thanks!
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  59. It's worth pointing out that dud bombs were very common. Obviously this isn't shown in popular media. Games wouldn't work if bombs didn't explode for example. The axis had much more of a problem with duds than the allies due to less exact manufacturering. Deliberate sabotage (when slave labour was used) and due to lagging in certain technology and lacking in certain metals/materials that could make more reliable fuses. There are many examples of unexploded bombs which landed in houses, gardens etc. You could put this down to a miracle. You could put it down to random chance. Even though I'm catholic I assume if it was a mricicle and a devine hand was involved then the bomb wouldn't have went through the roof in the first place
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  60.  @oueou8293  If English is your first language. I would spend more time perfecting it. Because it's very hard to read what your writing. I mostly couldn't understand your point at all. It was like reading a bad AI chat thing. I reiterate. I don't care. You can blame whatever cause you want. It's irrelevant. If it's because of religion then they are fighting over the little differences about a big story that may or may not have happened thousands of years ago. If it's about land ie property then they are fighting over decisions made by people who are long dead. It's all an excuse to fight. Nothing more. I singled out religion because that's the most consistant way of encouraging hatred that history has given us. "Kill the other guy, his version of god is a little different to ours!"
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  61. For none Americans / Mayanmars, that's 426 degrees of science. Bloody amazing.
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  62.  @zoeyuroboros5739  no.... It's not. Look up the definition of steam punk. It is a style that references old technology. Old technology is not trying to be steam punk. It can't use steam punk references as by definition it was designed long before steam punk was created.
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  63.  @blackbird8632  no, it's true some longstanding officers had guns they bought themselves. Lots bought their own for the boar war. For ww1 the webly was the standard side arm issued to officers and specialists. Supplimented by other guns to keep up with demand
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  64.  @evanharrison4054  your a bloody genius. I'd suggest patenting that asap. But it would be against the law in most countries lol
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  65. Odds are they would just be thinking "what the frack is that thing your carry...... * Thud *"
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  66.  @jakublulek3261  a small note. My grandfather just passed away. He was born in 1926 so grew up with the war. He worked on farms and had axis POWs working for him. There were also a detachment of Polish soldiers based in the local barracks. He always said the Germans were the hardest workers he ever met and the poles were the nicest. He used to trade with them and they taught him some useful skills like how to make his own fur lined boots. Just thought I'd share my daft story. And thank your grandad for his service. Oh. The training with wood etc does sound silly. But it was mainly done to keep soldiers busy. A busy soldier is a happy soldier and it was better than doing endless parade drill lol. It's not like they would have had to fend off the Germans with sticks.
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  67. What's a CCW?
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  68. Darwin award on standby
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  69.  @bobbylee2853  does that mean if you watch a video about genocide your a mass murderer. Can't quite see your logic there. Also, in many countries you can go your entire life and never see a gun. I don't know how you could be into them as a result?
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  70.  @jesusoftheapes  donkeys?
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  71. I had to Google what the Chrysler building looked like. Worth it. That's a great image 🤣. I love the web. Lear werid stuff everyday
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  72. The question is... What is it good for?
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  73. Google: "Did you mean surrender of french culture" Before you jump on your highest horse. This is a joke.
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  74. "which end the bullet comes out of"... Well they know as much as 99.9% of English people. The .1% we hope don't breed.
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  75. What an amazing piece of pre civil war engineering! Thank you English civil law obviously
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  76.  @connorross123  possibly because "Herald" in England just means someone who delivers news. Or is a paper (like the daily herald). So the "filthy herald" to an English person either means a chap with an odd name that smells. Or the local news that as been left in a middy puddle....
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  77. So is the 50 cal two and a half times the size of this?! Good lord.
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  78. What's the song playing in the background at the start?
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  79.  @JordanFlayer  just searched YT and that's the one :) thanks
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  80. I wonder if any gun company uses the tag line "the Kim's are gun guys. Buy our Czech copy guns!". . . I'm English. So I do genuinely wonder 🤣
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  81. The firearm and blade would get you in very serious trouble in England. For some reason the government here don't like people carrying things that are designed to kill people. Worth noting though. You'd not get life. Just more than a racist 😅 Side note. The whole "freedom" thing Americans get worked up about, just doesn't count here. To us it's like the idea of owning plutonium bombs. We've never being allowed to. So it's irrelevant to us.
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  82. As an Englishman I'd like to add that even what we think of silly mistakes now (like the smith and Wesson that's not a revolver)... Are still to this day lost on the audience of the UK that this movie was made for. I mean way more than 99% of people in the UK wouldn't think there was a single thing wrong with that line today. And that's with modern internet education.
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  83. The thing is. In most countries. Certainly in Europe. The criminals don't have guns. I can't remember the last time a crime involving a gun was reported on the news in my part of England. I remember a kid killing his 'friend' with his dad's gun. It was a big deal. About 20 years ago. I don't think America could put in place the gun control laws we have here. The horse has bolted on that one. But I'm sure any rational person agrees that there should be control. I mean, you wouldn't say that anyone has the right to own a nuclear weapon. Or build bombs or cultivate anthrax on an industrial scale. Or have a artillery piece and a stock of shells filled with sarin. Society has to have law and control to protect the safety and yes, freedom of the population. Even if that freedom is freedom to go about your daily life without fear that you'll be killed. As a side note. I'm what Americans call "pro gun". I would like to own one. Ideally a small hand gun. I'd like to buy one for reasonable money. I'd happily pay rent to keep it at a local shooting range (if one existed). And pay to pop down and enjoy shooting in the same way I could go to a golf driving range. Of course I'd register for a licence and happily submit my DNA and finger prints to a national database. I'm not a criminal so no issues there. I think that's perfectly rational and reasonable. And no need for the guns to be out in the public. Sadly I can't see it happening as there isn't the demand. Few people here have any interest in shooting a gun. Just like they don't on sumo wrestling. Or line dancing.
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  84.  @jeffdishong7095  the point about being able to resist the government and the right to bare arms. I wonder, how is that an argument in the 21st century? You could give 90% of the population handheld firearms and they still wouldn't have much luck against a division of tanks. Much-less a modern air force. Plus. The experiment that is America has been proven. It works. Sure the trump lot last year tried to overthrow your democracy. But your democracy works. It's proven and you are justified in being proud in it. So why does one need to be armed incase of tyranny? After all it's never been a factor in the past. Historically democracies have collapsed into tyranny and despotism with popular support. Look at the fall of the Weimar Republic. Guns were common in Germany. Post ww1 the Frei corps were heavily armed and that didn't change in the late 20s. This actually helped the Nazis gain power. Not stop it. The same in Russia in 1917-25. The same in italy, the march on Rome wasn't contested by any members of the public with a ww1 rifle. The Blackshirts WERE the public with a ww1 rifle. So you have to ask. What's the biggest threat to American freedom and democracy. It's government which is said democracy. Or an armed populace that attempts to overthrow that democracy? In short. Isn't the right to bare arms the biggest threat to an Americans freedom? As mentioned in other post. I'm pro gun. I just don't see why control is a bad thing.
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  85. The description is just as good. Right down to the new address for forgotten weapons
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  86. Could anyone please explain to a humble Englishman. What a "carry gun" is. I assumed all guns were carried unless mounted to a vehicle or a stand of some kind. But now I'm sure I'm wrong.
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  87.  @Shawn_the_Protogen  thanks again for replying. It's nice to see someone online that will take time to reply and educate. Rather than just ridicule or dismiss someone wanting to learn! So am I undertanding correctly. That anyone can walk around in public with a gun? As in a real gun. Not a BB gun or a paintball gun. But a gun with bullets that are made to kill people? I know that criminals in Hollywood movies carry guns to beat the good guys. But is it actually legal for random people. Or like for police officers or something? Again. May seen obvious to you but over here in blighty. I'm fairly certain you can't walk around carrying a BB gun. In fact it's against the law to carry a knife in public (unless for a valid reason like your a delivery person and the knife is in a box 🤔). I think that's a recent law mind. Due to a huge rise in gang related attacks in our biggest cities, 15-20 years ago. I remember it on the news. Over 200 people were murdered in the UK by knives in the year. It was a big deal* Sorry to go off topic... I didn't want to get so serious/negative. Just interested in how you do things in America. I have no interest in knives btw 🤣. But history I love. Learning about guns is just another area I'm curious about. *I still worked in the NHS then. We were trained about increasing knife crime. It's still a problem. Averages around 300 people killed a year across England, Scotland, Wales and NI. if I remember rightly. :( Tragic :(
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  88.  @Shawn_the_Protogen  wow. Mind blown. I can't imagine what it would be like. Knowing other people around you were carrying guns in their pockets. Like a wallet or phone. Is that because there are still dangerous areas in the states? Like mountain lions or bears or something? That you'd need to have a way of killing easily.
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  89. Scary that in the USA you need a rifle to defend yourself. I've found this is the most shocking thing I've learnt about on this channel. Though I'm here for the engineering:) such a shame you guys in the US need these to be safe.
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  90.  @fiskersproductions  well yeah. You can do that in any country I can think of. I can certainly do it here in England. Not sure what your point is?
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  91. In England it would be pronounced as it's spelt. Ker not car....
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  92. For the sanitary of English people. The pronunciation is *English*. It would be said very differently by the other nationalities that make up Britain.
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  93. I wouldn't swap our gun laws for any other over here. But Its a shame there isn't an exemption for educational purposes to let Ian shoot this gun for us.
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  94.  @terrastriker5684  where would they get a gun? It's very very difficult to do so in my country. And if a group of armed men managed to get in my house I can't see how it would help me to have a weapon. Could criminals get guns here? I'm sure they could. But using a firearm in a robbery takes it from a crime where you would get months in prison. To decades. Crime involving guns is very very serious even if nobody is actually shot. And if a group or even one armed person manages to force my door and enter my house. They can take what the hell they want. If they've come to kill me, I'm dead either way (though I live in middle class suburbia where as I said, such things don't happen.) As a side note. Saying something "could" happen isn't a reason for me to take leave of my senses and have a gun in the house. Putin could drop a chemical warhead on my town. I don't have an air tight bunker just incase and I think that's more likely than anyone with a gun wandering around my home town.
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  95.  @jasonnorthcutt3771  well, my first thought would be to work out what 280 pounds means, and I would call the police. Not in that order.
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  96.  @bcb5696  yes, I admit as a lower middle class self employed man who doesn't yet own his own home and has less than a week's wage in savings. I'm incredibly privileged and isolated. I'm also very lucky that I live in a place where such a chap would never think they need anything more than a locked door to feel safe. I did pour on the sarcasm there. But it's also all true
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  97. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. End of the day they were designed to kill Humans who wanted to end Nazism. I'd not call that beautiful.... Impressive sure. But not beautiful
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  98.  @maxcactus7  if only! I went to New York when I was in college. But I'd love to visit more of the US. Mainly see as much of your car culture as possible. We have very few American imports here. It'd be great to see lots of muscle cars and go to a range! Since watching this channel I have joined a local club here and done some shot gun shooting. Just clays. I've enjoyed that. Getting my firearms license is under way but it takes a long time and even then I certainly won't see hand gun's. So the 1911 will remain a mystery for now! :)
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  99. @7:20 anyone curious. 10 pounds is $12.80 USD as of today. 😊
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  100. To point out the obvious. It's not steampunk if it comes from the age of steam 😂
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  101. I think I'd like this guy. It's just the sort of sense of humour I "get"
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  102. I'd love to shoot this gun. But I'd have to move country 😂. Great of the channel to do this giveaway
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  103. I know most people will say as the op does 'what if they had just waited... How silly it was etc' I'd say it's more interesting to say. What if a German/french war kicked off in 1890? Or 1895? One was due 😂 I mean 1870/71 was ages ago. Had that happened and the French had this new wonder weapon in HUGE numbers that the Germans weren't expecting. And A: the french would be utter genius and B: history would change massively. The German empire probably wouldn't fall. Would Alsace or Lorraine be part of France again. Would a German/English arms race ever happen... Would the entant cordial endure as it did? Butterflys indeed.
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  104. Well this comment didn't age well 😂
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  105. Can anyone tell me why there is cloth over a crate at the start? Just curious
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  106. "hard to get hold of here in the US". Bet it's still easier than in the UK lol. Just trying to buy something like this would get you a very long stint at her majesty's pleasure (prison).
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  107. 'a random person can turn up and shoot a military rifle'.... For someone from England. this is mind blowing 😳
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  108. The real question is; what is it good for?
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  109. I assume because you've never met anyone from the British isles 😂 Nobody talks like that unless it's on TV.
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  110. I'm glad I saw this comment. Made me Google what a 50bmg is. Made me appreciate his dry delivery. I didn't even realise it was a joke 🤣
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  111. Isn't the whole point of a gun that it is 'terrifyingly dangerous". I mean guns are a thing because they kill your enemy's or things you want to eat/use for their fur etc. Just like bows and arrows. I still agree it's cool that it's an unusual historical item. :)
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  112. Not sure who buck Rodgers is. But if he was to shoot me, I'd like it to be with this gun
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  113. In England it's the Zedabee 47. Which makes it a magic hitman I hope someone else finds this funny as hell
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  114. I know the original post was a year ago. But I'm curious. Joe, you mention 'home defence'. Do you have to worry about armed attack on your home's as a serious threat in America? It sounds pretty scary.
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  115. I don't like guns*. I watch your channel religiously because I love history and engineering. This really wins the engineering for me, and then some! * No offence to Americans/south Africans/other countries where guns are normal. We just don't have them in England. Ok, the armed forces and special police units do. But I've not seen a gun in at least 3 years (a police officer). So to us chaps in England. A gun means some madman wants to kill you. And I like being alive😅
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  116. Is this the same BSA that made motorbikes?
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  117. It would be interesting to see this compared to the normal type guns your comparing it to. Just for us people who have never seen a hand gun.
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  118. It's a shame that in the USA people feel the need to have a gun to be safe at home. I'm glad I don't live in such a place. But the resulting cool guns are great for us none Americans to look at on your channel :)
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  119. ​ @runninggames771 I live in a country like the op. Owning a shotgun or bolt action rifle is possible but not easy and most people go their entire lives and only ever see a gun carried by a specialist police officer or someone in the military. I love learning about guns and shoot myself. I wouldn't change our gun laws a bit. We don't have gun crime, violence does happen in the bigger cities. But in my home town of 20,000 people I believe the last murder was in the 1980s. I don't suggest our laws would work in countries where guns are already common. But my point is you shouldn't have to 'feel sorry ' for us people who live in countries like mine.
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  120. ​ @Darthdoodoo define "free". As for 'what's coming'. If you live in a country where nobody but law enforcement/the military have firearms. Then why would you need firearms. I mean assuming the current world system of (mostly) capitalism and democracy falls apart. Your no worse off than anyone else that's not a general. None of your competitors for food and shelter have firearms. So your on an even playing field. You'd have to bonk your rivels with a big rock or be stabby if you want to kill your fellow man and take his stuff. This may suck. But he has the same problem so it's a fair game.
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  121. I don't think favouring home industry at the cost to the end user/tax payer is just a British thing somehow.
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  122.  @Zlonk7  I guess that's the dilemma. Spend more on a better product and be accused by the media of wasting money. Or save money and end up with problems that can cost lives. Rep sticking seems to be something of an English sticking point. One of my cars has a Rover K series engine in. Had huge issues at first with failing head gaskets. Inspite of being a world leading design. Got lots of power and was super light. That's all people remember. I built mine with a later series designed head gasket and it's bomb proof reliable inspite of years of abuse on race tracks. I take the kettle jokes in good humour. But nobody makes ringland jokes about my skyline or missfire jokes about my brother's golf GTi. We really do pick on our own 😂
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  123.  @Zlonk7  so it's really a stereotype that's stuck? Maybe this channel could cover that story 🤔
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  124. How have I just found this. Brilliant reference. Now I shall await the covering of ebony bows
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  125. It's called confirmation bias. It's why people who think the world is flat think they have found loads of "evidence" of it. A scary one I heard from a friend of mine (who is perfectly intelligent) stated that he didn't ware seatbelts because a friend of his survived a major accident and wasn't warring one. I tried to explain that you can't hear from the 99% of people who died from not warring a seatbelt.... because they are dead. Sigh
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  126. I know it's 2 yr later but I'm a history nerd and I don't understand this. Could anyone explain?
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  127. I'm going to be "that guy". And complain that this isn't "steampunk" anymore than USS Texas, a traction engine or the golden gate bridge is "steampunk". It's contemporary. It would be steampunk if it was made today to look like it was made pre 1940s. But.... It's cool as frack. Wonderful video. The chap at the end is good as well. Fun watch! And a beautiful piece of engineering...the mechanism. Not the gentleman.
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  128. Someone link the chieftain. This gun has a tensioning system!
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  129. James Holland did a great book on Malta in ww2. It's interesting reading the early chapters where the people of the island knew Italy would get involved. And yet many knew Italians and there were lots of Italian sympathisers on the island... Not shocking given the Italian coast was so close. It was a hellish place a lot of the time, Malta dog being a vivid example of how hard life was there.
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  130.  @chE3z1  replying to you and.......
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  131. I don't care if YT want to limit content that's not important. But I've seen too many history channels censored. I've now DL the utreon app to try out. I couldn't give a toss about the gun lobby debate in the USA. But history censorship is unacceptable.
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  132. Ah, so Hama's has based it's factory on fallout 4. I feel sorry for the Israeli forces when they progress to power armour.
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