BotR Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BlokeOnTheRange Forgotten Weapons Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons I had a chance to meet up with Bloke on the Range in Switzerland, and we decided to spend some time discussing a few of the myths that have managed to get themselves solidly affixed in the beliefs of the shooting and collecting community. Where did they come from, and can we maybe refute them? While one video surely won't make these myths go away, but hopefully we can give you some interesting information on them that you didn't know before! The Bloke thoughtfully put together this index of the discussion: 1:33 Topic 1: M1 Garand Ping 6:49 Roy Dunlap: Patient Zero 7:42 M1's and BAR's in the jungle with corrosive ammo 9:40 The earliest known written reference to the Ping myth 10:09 Aberdeen and plastic clips? Nope. 11:17 By Korea the US military knew about the myth: lessons learned 12:31 Lindybeige cameo! 13:30 Noisy M1 safety catches 16:04 Topic 2: BREN too accurate 17:52 What the British BREN training was aiming for 18:22 Digression on use of equipment, doctrine and manuals 20:02 Back to the point on cones of fire 23:06 Oh no! Dunlap again! 24:57 Dunlap's cool anecdotes 27:14 More Whisky... 28:41 Doctrine on holding the BREN to get accuracy 31:29 Topic 3: Unrealistic WW2 bolt action accuracy 33:48 Some notes on normal 20:20 vision and seeing things to hit them 37:48 Cost effectiveness vs accuracy; timber 39:47 Lee-Enfield accuracy standards, sniper rifles 42:10 Free-floated No.4's as a wartime emergency measure; Lend-Lease 43:27 Soldiers prohibited from taking rifles out of their wood 44:41 Summary of the point: accuracy of rifles and skill level of soldiers 47:44 Points about early adoptions of Maxim guns 49:12 Ammunition available for training pre-WW1 50:16 Some points on WW2 German ammo allowances and training 52:12 German 300m Gew 98 accuracy standard 54:30 Bringing the previous point back to sniper r