Q&A 22: Travel and More

I have a TSA story! I had visited Pearl Harbor and got a pen shaped like a 30.06 bullet. At the airport, after checking my bags, I noticed that the pen was in my carry-on instead of the checked bag like I had planned. I let a TSA agent know about it before the security check. He seemed annoyed and said I needed to mail it to myself. He showed me to the mail booth and asked if I needed a pen. I already had one.

1:10:53 "Germany took me by surprise..." They've been known to do that.

That “Bert” conversation would have been priceless to listen in on. “So you have flown here from the US to stay with a man called Bert whom you met on the internet? Is he good looking?” LOL.

I talk with Robert, the son of the owner of Ohio Ordnance, and the guy who designed the HCAR, quite often. The HCAR is definitely not out of production and they’re pumping them out like crazy

After saying "There's not a whole let else to do in Leeds" Ian McCollum has been made a freeman of Lancashire.

Finland under snow is a must Ian, so much of the culture only comes out to play when it's cold.

Parts kits = my life. It sucks they get cut up, but it presents some cool opportunities for handy people. Half of my interest in firearms is building. And not just assembling like AR tinker toys, but actually laying out, cutting, welding, filing, finishing, and then shooting the reborn gun. Not everybody at the range has a Sten or Swedish K!

Re: bullpups, one advantage to them which seems to be often overlooked is that they offer a drastically reduced moment of inertia around the axis of the shoulder or central torso of the shooter. As a consequence, they're easier to use when changing targets quickly, and make the shooter more stable (there's a good study on this by Stone et al., 'Biomechanical and Performance Implications of Weapon Design'). This is because they are both shorter and also move the heavy parts close to the shoulder. This also means they're easier to use one-handed, if the shooter needs to manipulate a door or drag a heavy item/comrade while firing. One downside is that this also means they're a bit harder to aim accurately at longer ranges. They're more susceptible to the shooter twitching. The shorter length also means that even on a bipod, they're more susceptible to twitching and harder to aim than a conventional rifle.

On the need for ambidextrous rifles: Don't know if this is still a common doctrine, but back in the late 90's we trained on both right- and lefthanded shooting specifically for fighting in built-up areas. Shooting lefty when rounding a right-hand corner lets you make more efficient use of cover. I still do that today, when qualifying on a police-issue MP5 and shooting past a right-hand barricade. Having bullpups that pelt you in the face with brass when switching shoulders would be bad for all soldiers in this situation, not just the lefties.

I am eagerly awaiting that Inrange video on the SKS/M1 Modernized.

I've literally been a viewer since 2014 and I absolutely love what you're doing, but I'm finally decided to become a patron. Keep up the good work, Ian

Russians don’t need safeties. If Ivan gets hurt, one can always get a new Ivan.

I like adjustable stocks between wearing armor and not. It helps, especially with scopes that have small eyeboxes. I think bayonet lugs are more useless.

I have collapsible stocks on many of my rifles solely because my wife shoots them sometimes. Also I'm operator AF.

All those poor Thompson gun receivers that are now scrap metal...

having a small biz that used to deal with large corps i would have done the same thing as the range and wanted my money up front. So many times 60 days became 6 months and sometimes inquiries became " sue us" . Great show as always

Thank you for answering my question! Very insightful!

No matter your opinion on folding guns, your weilding of that folding shotgun was awesome! Thanks for all your videos, I'm new here and I never thought I'd get interested in weapons that much, but all this history, these mechanisms and your explanations are passionating.

Sold my Mateba Unica 6 in 44 mag and instantly improved my collection so loved that question about loving things from afar.

I watched this video just for the commentary on the HCAR. I don't know about you guys, but the idea of a modernized battle rifle in 30-06 sounds awesome.