We are joined today by Max Popenker to answer your questions about Soviet and Russian firearms:

00:32 - Russian-contract Colt 1911 pistols
01:33 - Clarification on SVD accuracy standards
02:57 - Is the PSO-1 BDC calibrated for LPS ball or 7N1?
03:57 - What was the purpose of the IR detection in the PSO-1?
04:58 - Did Izhmash AK quality drop during Perestroika?
06:20 - Was the Soviet 5.45mm development influenced by US 5.56mm?
08:07 - Why no English books on Soviet arms?
10:58 - Russian reports on the vz58?
12:32 - How common was Soviet SMG issue during the latter half of WW2?
14:05 - Good source for detailed SKS history?
15:01 - Soviet arms trials seem more realistic than American ones - it this true?
16:31 - Why did Czechoslovakia not use the AK?
17:41 - Thoughts on AK-12 and AK-15?
19:04 - Purpose of Groza, VSS, and SR-3 (9x39mm rifles)?
20:54 - Koborov delayed-blowback rifles
22:38 - Russian development of helical AK mags?
23:32 - What happened to PPSh-41 SMGs after the PPS-43 was introduced?
25:30 - Why did it take so long for Russia to use aperture sights?
26:27 - Was Soviet small arms procurement as hampered by bureaucracy as American?
28:00 - Was the SKS used in the Battle of Berlin?
29:20 - Naval Infantry use of the SVT-40
30:36 - Why was 9x18 adopted to replace 7.62x25?
32:14 - Will 9x39 continue to see service in the future?
33:25 - What small arms elements did the USSR copy from Finland besides the Suomi SMG drum?
34:13 - Russian preconceptions about western or American guns
35:49 - If the SVD was a designated marksman's rifle, what was the sniper rifle?
37:27 - The 12.7x55mm cartridge
39:12 - Why has Russia not replaced the 7.62x54R with a rimless round?