0:00:47 - What happened to the "Worst AK I've Ever Seen"?
0:02:23 - My filming logistics
0:06:47 - PDW vs SMG?
0:08:54 - Do I still do gunsmithing and restoration?
0:10:29 - Did France ever make a 9mm FAMAS?
0:12:09 - What would I do to make a modernized M1 Carbine?
0:14:24 - Did the Britis...

01:15 - 20th Century weapon for medieval battle
02:44 - Viability of a reproduction repeating flintlock like a Lorenzoni or Kalthoff?
05:21 - Hypothetical new gunpowder twice as powderful as today's
08:00 - Early CMMG delayed systems. Guest answer by CMMG!
13:10 - WWSD 2020 content on Forgott...

00:59 - Is there a future in balanced recoil type systems?
02:05 - Does 8mm Kurz have a place today?
03:44 - Was there ever an M1 Carbine in .223?
06:05 - How is Floatplane working out?
08:30 - Is the gunsmithing profession in decline?
12:17 - Reprint of Chassepot to FAMAS
14:10 - Will the ...

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...

0:00:27 - Followup: Restoring the Elbonian military
0:05:48 - How to learn about pricing of collectible firearms
0:09:57 - Why are German small arms so highly desired?
0:13:32 - Pick a gun in a new caliber
0:15:32 - Why not recoil spring above barrel for reduced recoil?
0:17:34 - Why aren't ...

00:35 - Why are reliable magazines so hard?
05:07 - Why didn't Finland buy surplus American Mosin Nagant rifles?
09:15 - Where does the Hollywood ricochet sound come from?
10:17 - Why was sporterizing popular and why isn't it anymore?
12:59 - What has been my most difficult gun to get working...

00:45 - Rifles with 3-dot pistol style sights?
01:56 - Why not more short-barreled machine guns, if barrel length doesn't impact accuracy?
03:53 - Is bolt/carrier mass important in a roller delayed system?
04:45 - How do I maintain my gun collection?
06:01 - Recoil reduction in rifles
07:20 ...

0:00:21 - Do I only drink Scotch?
0:02:03 - Belgian semiauto rifle at Chosin Reservoir?
0:03:54 - Do patent laws improve firearms design?
0:05:49 - Who do I like when I read fiction?
0:06:14 - Would it have been easier to make a reproduction StG45 than StG44?
0:08:33 - FG-42 controllability ...

Today I'm out at the range with three examples of Walther PPK pistols - one in .22 rimfire, one in .32 ACP, and one in .380 ACP. While the .22 is along for the comparison, I am mostly curious about how the .32 and .380 will compare to each other in practical shooting. The .32 will have less recoi...

Today we are taking a look at the history of the monolithic polymer AR-15 lower receiver. By "monolithic" I mean a design which integrates the receiver, grip, and buttstock all into a single unit, rather than the various attempts to simply make a standard AR receiver out of polymer. This is impor...

Courtesy of PGM Precision USA, we have a chance to take a look at a Hecate II sniper rifle today. This rifle's story begins with the Ultima Ratio, a classic-based 7.62mm precision rifle designed by Gilles Payen in France circa 1991 for the French RAID police unit. The rifle was very well-received...

Since SHOT Show this year, I have gotten three different 9mm carbines that are all interesting in their own ways. The Kalashnikov USA KP-9 is a virtual copy of the Russian Vityaz submachine gun, much more sophisticated than the other 9mm AKs available today. The CMMG Banshee is a delayed blowback...

Today I am running an early-configuration M1 Carbine through my standardized Pistol-Caliber Carbine course of fire. This consists of a selection of cool target systems from MOA Targets - an 8-plate dueling tree, a mini-Mozambique, and a Redneck Star. These will serve to test target transitions, p...

Before I even started filming this video, the Calico's muzzle brake fell off...not an auspicious beginning! But we will push on without it, and see if the Calico can even finish the course without malfunctioning...and what sort of of time it gets if it does!

Every year, the Rio Salado Sportsman's Club host's the Arizona PCC (Pistol-Caliber Carbine) Championships. I signed up initially planning to use my Calico carbine, but my travel schedule kept me from getting the gun in shape to use in time. Instead, I polled my Patrons to choose a replacement, an...

Everyone has an off day eventually, and for H&K one of those off days took the form of the P7M10. Introduced in 1991, the M10 was based on the frame and magazine body of the double-stack P7M13, with a .40 caliber barrel and a substantially increased slide mass. This extra mass was deemed necessar...

North Vietnam set up a small arms factory north of Hanoi (12km north of Yên Bái, to be specific) with the assistance of Chinese factory #296, starting in 1959. The goal was for this to become a substantial arsenal for both repair and production of arms, including barrel-making and forging capabil...

Sometimes it makes sense to use convenient existing magazines. Sometimes it doesn't. Like all things in firearms design, magazine features are all compromises. Single feed vs double feed, polymer vs steel, and straight vs curved...one size does not fit all.

Most of the significant wartime simplifications we see on rifles from World War Two are from Germany and Japan, but the rear sight of the No4 Lee Enfield is a good example of a similar action taken by Britain. By 1942, the finely-made milled rear sight assembly of the rifle had become a limiting ...

When the Tula Arsenal restarted production of M1895 Nagant revolvers in 1924 after the Russian civil war, they made both full sized standard guns and also compact "Commanding Officer" models. These had a shorter grip and barrel (85mm), and were intended specifically for people who would carry the...

In the mid 1950s, the Winchester company designed a compact 9mm submachine gun for military use. It was internally called the. "NATO Burp Gun", and according to Winchester historian Herbert House, was developed in part (or with the assistance of) Melvin Johnson. The design was a simple tubular re...

My recent video proposing a particular set of definitions for three generations of submachine gun design generated a lot of comments about the H&K MP-7 and FN P90. I focused largely on the first and second generation guns in that video - as they were the bulk of what I had available to use as exa...

I have had a bunch of requests to comment on the recent movie 1917 by Sam Mendes, and I finally had a chance to watch it...

The Dutch government adopted the Luger for the KNIL (Dutch East Indies colonial forces) in 1910, and placed an initial order for 4,182 pistols from DWM in Germany. These were standard 9mm New Model Lugers, with grip safeties, no stock lugs, and manual safeties marked “RUST”. When more pistols wer...