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Q&A 33: It's All About Compromises

http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons Time for another monthly Q&A! 00:18 - Guns that exceeded and fell short of my expectations? 03:14 - Why did the US keep the 1903 instead of the 1917 after WW1? 04:59 - Bren guns in .30-06 07:07 - Book on French handguns or bayonets 08:45 - My jobs before Forgotten Weapons became full-time 11:12 - Any effort at .30 Carbine handguns in WW2? 12:44 - 7.65mm French Long brass by Starline 14:15 - Objectively bad gun that I like anyway 15:20 - Eye relief and eye box in scopes 18:19 - Prototypes with neat features dropped from production models 19:38 - Have I met Oleg Volk? 20:22 - Why wasn’t the Winchester 1907 SL more popular? 21:08 - Will I continue to collect French arms now that my book is done? 21:45 - Sites to visit in Paris related to the Resistance and Occupation? 22:36 - Why didn’t France adopt the M16? 22:57 - Glock 17 or Walther P38; which was more influential? 24:44 - Is push feed worthwhile or important? 27:12 - Plans to do video on the Ross and Huot? 27:52 - Finnish Mosins 29:39 - Why so many blocky looking handguns? 31:03 - How was the experience using Kickstarter for book launch? 33:23 - Was the Charlton the only bolt-to-semi conversion used by a military? 34:21 - Is the Spencer still my preferred Civil War carbine? 35:48 - Why don’t more guns use the constant recoil concept? 38:00 - Why isn’t there more use of ASP-style “guttersnipe” sights? 39:02 - Military rifle trials tests 42:36 - How did US small arms technology compare to Europe in the Civil War? 45:05 - Widgets to increase revolver capacity? 46:35 - First 8mm Lebel rifle, and PPU ammo compatibility 48:52 - Why don’t more guns use the Farquhar-Hill buffered piston idea? 50:00 - Why didn’t the US adopt the MG-42? 51:39 - How did the M14 go from replaced service rifle to EBR? 52:52 - Chinese small arms? 54:49 - Channels about bladed arms? 55

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  • Originally Aired August 22, 2019
  • Runtime 1 minutes
  • Created September 28, 2021 by
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