René Crauwels

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Q&A 50: Disagreeing With the Premise of the Question

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00:56 – What is the status of the Chinese Warlord Pistols book?
03:01 – Are open-bolt guns mechanically less accurate?
04:39 – Was Johnson influenced by the RSC?
06:02 – Arms development in totalitarian countries
09:03 – What is #36720?
10:27 – Design features to improve reliability in harsh environments?
13:21 – What if the M1 Carbine was more reliable?
15:06 – More distillery tours?
Tour of the Kyrö Distillery: https://youtu.be/YM7dGuGd404
17:07 – My favorite pre-1950 revolver
Webley WG video: https://youtu.be/tswjqQocbbA
17:46 – Absinthe cocktails besides the Sazerac?
18:30 – Constant Recoil in open-bolt SMGs?
20:04 – Notch vs aperture sights
22:37 – Gun development dead ends
25:42 – Iron sight preferences
27:06 – Did anyone succeed in replacing 3 different guns with just one?
29:32 – Naval willingness to experiment more than Armies
32:01 – Prototype design that was *this close* to being really good?
35:07 – How to do an LMG competition?
38:27 – Revolving rifles and gas seal designs
41:09 – Amateur radio
41:58 – Why no .32ACP submachine guns?
vz61 Skorpion video: https://youtu.be/0QUcZjBHq8A
43:48 – Books on Pederson and/or the Pedersen rifle?
44:56 – Adding detailed photography to my video work
46:47 – Did 7.62mm NATO set back Western small arms?
49:05 – Books on Israeli small arms?
David Gaboury’s book on the Uzi: https://youtu.be/qIJXymt7AOY
51:02 – What if the French had not rushed the 8mm Lebel and cartridge?
56:37 – Reproduction PTRD in .50 BMG?
PTRD video: https://youtu.be/cUO3Bmt5XTQ
59:56 – Most interesting delayed blowback mechanisms
Headspace-operated rifle: https://youtu.be/SfuwgVCh79M

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