Q&A 34: Brought to you by Scotch

"Select fire M1 Garand with a 20 round detachable magazine" Eyes M14 suspiciously

"I don't have a favorite 22lr" American-180 has left the chat

“Statistically Guaranteed Idiot” This needs to become a slogan or a T-shirt or something, this line is great

Oh come on now, Forgotten Bergmans was a good channel.

“Statistically guaranteed idiot.” I resemble that remark.

"Make it yourself like a good chap, will you? The bar's in the globe."

“$300 is a lot of money to drop on a book.” Talking to the man who spent $200 on two signed copies on a book about French guns.

"Statistically Guaranteed Idiot" is a great band name

Ian: "all modern handguns are pretty much the same" Me: (slaps desk) "THANK YOU"

An idea for Ian's next book: A children's book called "The Littlest Berthier"

"whats your secret? scotch". I laughed so hard I almost spilled my bourbon

Additional point on Magazine and other safeties in the Military: It's very easy to be an 'idiot' after having been awake for 3 absolutely exhausting days. People start to hallucinate at that point but it is a perfectly credible scenario (eg it happened in a shooting war back in 1991). I'm a civilian but I was attached to a unit on exercise many years ago and didn't get to sleep for over two days on one occasion and I was being treated preferentially - the 'enemy' has no mercy about such things. On top of that, and in common with police, you get simple stress and trauma, which can do things to peoples minds such that they forget even the basics. Especially when disassembling the weapon for cleaning is a 'safe' and relaxing activity when people have been quite deliberately to kill you during the immediately preceding period. So yes, numbers and the fact that the percentage of 'idiots' goes up in extreme circumstances.

The most (in)famous response to the Mateba Unica 6, ie the self-cocking one is "The answer to a question nobody asked."

I actually enjoyed the Bergman Series. By the way still waiting on that Alof’s Shotgun Conversion video.

And just like that, "statistically guaranteed idiot" became my general-purpose insult

Ian almost spoiling the Lee Enfield video: "You sly dog, you got me monologuing!"

I'd like to see a series of "Forgotten Whiskeys"

0:00:50 - Why not post a series of videos all back-to-back? 0:02:58 - Most I have filmed in one day or trip? 0:05:21 - Self-cocking revolvers 0:06:32 - How much money to save for surplus rifles? 0:07:00 - Magazine safeties 0:09:24 - Example of the right gun at the right time 0:12:13 - Why not more revolver carbines? 0:14:30 - The one that got away? 0:15:40 - Simultaneous development of tilting bolt semi autos? 0:17:33 - My favorite Lee Enfield 0:18:37 - Would the USSR have benefitted from more SVT-40 rifles? 0:20:03 - My favorite modern pistol 0:20:34 - Would the vz.58 have benefitted from using AK magazines? 0:23:04 - What if Germany was first to invent smokeless powder? 0:25:15 - Will Headstamp publish a new version of my father's book? 0:26:25 - Disconnecting mainspring from bolt a la G41(M)? Recommended video (Dreyse 1910): https://youtu.be/IY-fbrzPS5U 0:28:46 - Why did Britain keep using military revolvers so long? 0:31:09 - M1E5 folding-stock Garand 0:33:42 - Book on British top-break revolvers Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Ozgxf6 0:35:31 - Thoughts on the Gewehr 88 0:37:36 - Will the machine gun registry be reopened? 0:39:00 - Straight pull vs turnbolt 0:40:30 - My choice for hearing protection 0:41:59 - Best book for collecting Japanese rifles? Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Vuros9 0:43:08 - Modern red dot on a WWII rifle 0:44:26 - Can the public view the NFA registry? 0:44:48 - Ejection ports angled 45 degrees downward 0:45:30 - Rifle AA sights 0:46:48 - What gun made the 9x19 cartridge so popular? 0:47:27 - HK VP70 vs Mauser M712 0:48:43 - Modern toggle-lock pistol? 0:49:08 - Favorite .22 plinker 0:49:46 - Post-WWII nations abandoning national arms manufacturing 0:52:25 - Books about WWII firearms (all of them) 0:54:29 - Guns that were good but failed to catch on 0:57:26 - Franklin Armory straight rifling 0:58:40 - If WWII went into 1946/7, could the G30/WAR have been adopted? 0:59:52 - Japanese Type 64 reduced-power 7.62x51 1:01:56 - PSG-1 and WA-2000 both the Ultimate German Sniper Rifle? 1:02:38 - Using the M1 left handed 1:04:25 - Guns I have examined but really want to shoot 1:06:14 - Who approached who for Project Lightning? 1:06:52 - Plan to visit Russia? 1:08:40 - Have I ever been scared or overwhelming by the amount of support? 1:12:50 - Future of bullpups, given Chinese adoption of a conventional rifle? 1:13:40 - Single-shot military rifles without handloading 1:15:35 - What odd 9x19mm pistol would I live to have? 1:16:20 - How to write a book without time or resources 1:18:04 - Reloading for .32 French Long 1:19:48 - Modern stocked pistols like the B&T USW and P320 Flux?

I feel like the Hi-Power is what really cemented the 9mm as the standard it took the 9mm across the ocean to britain and australia and the US to some extent

"Are you planning on publishing the book your father wrote?" Well yes, but actually no