Q&A 51: Troop Trials, Postwar MG34/42, and the DIY Maker’s Match
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0:02:05 – Why no Madsen LMGs in WW1?
0:06:26 – MG34 use post-WW2, and Norwegian rechambering of the MG34
0:10:40 – Post-WW2 use of the MG42, and comparison to the MG5
0:13:34 – Difference between prototyping and troop trials
0:17:45 – Modern handgun to use 7.65mm French Long?
0:20:18 – Least appropriate gun at the Backup Gun Match
0:21:08 – The Indian INSAS
0:21:39 – Why did anti-tilt M16 followers take so long?
0:22:52 – H&K Mk23 for home defense?
0:25:29 – "Re-homing" individual guns vs batches?
0:27:55 – Archive project progress
0:29:19 – Left-handed guns
0:30:23 – Other YouTube channels I would like to collaborate with
0:31:48 – Difference between locked and delayed (ie, roller or flapper)
0:33:17 – Borchardt the first bullpup PCC?
0:34:05 – Contacting gun companies for research
0:36:11 – Covid’s impact on my work
0:37:36 – Guns other than High Powers and Brens sent to China?
0:40:30 – Why no modern revolving rifles?
0:43:00 – Is the surplus market dead?
0:45:45 – Three suggestions for the French armament program in 1906
0:50:37 – Why no spitzer handgun bullets?
0:53:39 – French Foreign Legion arms procurement
0:54:47 – Semi-pistolgrips on lever actions?
0:55:10 – Status of the Calico shooting
0:56:27 – Impact of the Maker’s Match on public perception of DIY guns?
0:58:11 – Issues reprinting firearms reference books
1:01:39 – Supervision handling guns in other countries
1:03:16 – MAS49 vs FN49
1:05:01 – What is my favorite rum?
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