Q&A 56: Travel, Elbonian Snipers, and Contradictions

Published 2021-12-21
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It's Q&A time again! The last one for 2021...here's to hoping 2022 is a better year for everyone.

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:21 - My passport, and customs
0:01:54 - What countries would I like to visit?
0:04:46 - How much FR-F2 practice did I have before Desert Brutality?
0:06:07 - Why not half-brass rifle or pistol ammo, like in shotguns?
0:07:46 - Why aren't there more closed bolt SMGs?
0:09:40 - Why no more hexagonal barrels?
0:10:53 - Forgotten Weapons videos on Amazon
0:12:27 - "Economical" machine guns
0:17:28 - FN49 in different calibers
0:19:07 - Sniper rifles for Elbonia
0:21:25 - Was there an 8mm Lebel Maxim gun?
0:23:59 - Details on Ethiopian Oddities
0:26:54 - Some WWSD complaints mirroring original M16 complaints
0:29:36 - What rifle should France have made for new smokeless powder?
0:31:13 - Choice for a 2-Gun match: Carcano, Enfield, Arisaka
0:33:25 - Why wasn't the CETME AMELI more common?
0:34:31 - A gun I have been searching for unsuccessfully
0:37:32 - Why not smaller cartridges with more powerful powder?
0:40:02 - Seemingly contradictory good guns (M3 vs PPSh-41)
0:44:11 - How does stamping allow cheaper metals?
0:47:03 - Match for revolvers and single shot rifles
0:50:04 - Pedersen vs Johnson if there was no Garand
0:52:40 - "Not real" actions like Blish...and API
0:54:57 - Printed magazines for very rare guns?
0:57:14 - Which will be dropped first, 9mm or 5.56mm?
0:59:27 - Biggest military lesson form World War One?
1:02:06 - Did Simonov see an RSC rifle?
1:03:13 - Unlimited ammo from Santa: what caliber and for what guns?

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