Q&A with Guests

Q&A with Guests

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  • Q&A 43 (feat. Jonathan Ferguson): Military Wing of the Campaign for Beautiful Rifles

    Thanks to Jonathan Ferguson for joining me today to answer our second-to-last question!

    00:20 - My most unfortunate haircut
    00:46 - Why do modern rifle cartridges still have a slight taper?
    01:38 - What do I say to critics who say I'm wrong or a jerk?
    04:04 - Rimfire .22 rifles that are bot...

  • Q&A 36: All About Tanks, with Nicolas Moran (the Chieftain)

    I recently had the chance to do some collaborative filming with Nicolas Moran , and figured it would be a good chance to do a Q&A specifically on issues related to tanks. Nicolas is a Major in the US Army Reserve, who deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan in Abrams tanks and Bradley APCs, and is ...

  • Q&A 32: Curatorial Adventures with Ashley Hlebinsky

    The Cody Firearms Museum recently held its third annual Arsenals of History symposium, gathering professionals from firearms museums across the world to discuss issues specifically related to this particular speciality within the museum world. This year the symposium had a particular focus on soc...

  • Q&A 31: Russian and Soviet Arms w/ Max Popenker

    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 detectio...

  • Q&A 27: Machine Guns with John Keene

    For today's Q&A, I am joined by John Keene, retired US Army Master Sergeant and NFA specialist for the Morphy auction company (and for the James D Julia company before their acquisition by Morphy's). John has a tremendous knowledge of machine guns, the machine gun collecting community, and the le...

  • World War One Q&A with Othais from C&Rsenal

    Today I have made the trek to the C&Rsenal studio to have a Q&A with Othais. Not familiar with his channel? It is a wonderfully in-depth look at firearms history, development, and use focusing on the weapons of World War One.

  • Q&A with Larry Vickers: German WW2 Gun and Modern Small Arms

    Larry Vickers has published the newest book in the Vickers Guide series, and it looks at German small arms of World War II - the first of two volumes to do so.

    https://www.vickersguide.com/ww2germany

    I had a hand in the project writing a substantial chunk of the text, and so I met up with ...

  • Q&A #23: Kalashnikov Questions w/ Larry Vickers

    Today's questions:

    02:15 - AK as replacement for PPSh?

    03:52 - Benefits of an AK over a M4?

    05:52 - What you learned during the process of authoring it together that you didn't know before hand that you found fascinating.

    07:46 - Opinion on the IWI Ace?

    09:40 - 5.45 vs 7.62

    11:...

  • Q&A 20 - With Special Guest Bob Bigando

    On to our questions...

    0:50 - Berthier type iron sights on military rifles
    2:15 - Books covering all US military small arms
    3:25 - 4.85mm British compared to its contemporaries
    4:19 - Alternative history: PMC armament in the 20s and 30s
    8:19 - What gun do I dislike the most?
    8:40 - How to...