Q&A 18: Ammunition Adventures (and more)
Forgotten Weapons
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1h 2m
00:30 - Belts or links, and why?
04:53 - What determines locations of gun manufacturing centers?
06:40 - Why did France not use 7.62 NATO?
09:38 - CMMG Guard, yea or nay?
12:32 - How do/did proof houses actually work?
15:45 - History of the 6mm Lee Navy (to be expanded into a standalone video later)
17:22 - 7.62mm NATO rifles in modern military applications?
19:42 - Why that straight trigger on French rifles?
23:00 - What Old West revolver would I carry?
24:37 - Why not lip-less magazines like the Madsen?
27:13 - Why did Germany not have a semiauto rifle before WWII?
30:33 - Would a modernized M1941 Johnson be a good thing?
32:49 - Is 5.56mm NATO due for replacement?
33:36 - Best gun-related gift I have ever received?
35:39 - Should the US Army have retained the .30-40 cartridge?
37:32 - Next international trip?
39:25 - Cool collectible guns for the Anglophile
43:20 - US intermediate cartridge development before WWII?
45:24 - Where do I get my surplus ammo?
47:42 - Why not more straight pull military rifles?
50:31 - How would I have improved the Mosin in the 20s or 30s?
52:11 - Inertial locking firearms?
53:35 - What about the FX-05 and Type 89 rifles?
54:50 - How to make a legal gun from an open-bolt SMG kit?
58:48 - What was the French problem with the Remington 07/15 rifles?
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