Q&A #8: Triple Locks, New gun development, and the .50 Cal Lewis Gun
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The tools I mention in today's second question are these:
Screwdriver set: http://amzn.to/2gL9tLV
Punch set: http://amzn.to/2gQtgGs
Bore gauge: http://amzn.to/2gDZ3Ls
Questions:
0:51 - What is the S&W "Triple Lock"?
4:13 - Tools for shooting and working on guns
6:48 - Making the HAC-7 a viable commercial rifle today
11:45 - Gun collection preservation
14:05 - Why the RPK in favor of the RPD, and how about the M27 IAR?
17:46 - US slow adoption of new arms technology
20:51 - Gun culture in Europe
23:22 - What is my process and schedule at auction houses?
28:20 - How will drones affect the Second Amendment?
30:17 - Do I like Arizona?
31:05 - Stocked pistols besides the Luger, C96, and Hi Power?
33:17 - Logistics of officers supplying their own pistols
37:01 - Pistols using Mannlicher-style clips?
38:27 - Was there a .50-cal Bren or Lewis?
40:18 - Post-WWII gun production in Germany and Japan
42:30 - Why top-mounted magazines in guns like the Bren and Nambu?
45:46 - Cristobal carbines
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