Q&A 22: Travel and More
Q&A (Standalone)
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1h 20m
Whew - this was a long one! As usual, I had far more questions submitted by you awesome Patrons than I could answer, so if yours didn't get in this time please submit it again next time.
0:00:52 - What have been my favorite or most enlightening trips abroad?
0:02:55 - Systems like Blish that work despite being based on faulty physics
0:05:30 - Gun stands and display blocks
0:08:18 - Window or aisle? Airline preferences?
0:11:54 - Specific future improvements in guns and ammunition
0:14:10 - 6mm Unified and the lack of modern SCHV military cartridges
0:16:06 - What is a "parts kit", anyway?
0:20:52 - Plans to cover the Savage 99?
0:21:42 - Plans to re-film any of the older videos?
0:23:25 - 1930s French plans for a 9x66 machine gun
Huon & Barreliers' book on French machine guns can be found here: https://www.crepin-leblond.fr/accueil/768-les-mitrailleuses-francaises-9782703003922.html
0:25:12 - Which are the most interesting combloc surplus pistols?
0:27:36 - Modernized SKS, yea or nay?
0:29:17 - War or battle where difference in small arms was decisive?
0:30:24 - Makeup of my gun collection
0:32:06 - Best TSA/Customs story from my traveling
0:34:35 - Ideas for a pre-1898 collection?
0:37:48 - Why have European nations abandoned small arms manufacture?
0:40:38 - Why metallic feed strips instead of belts?
0:43:21 - Thoughts on writing firearms reference books today
0:48:41 - What can the American firearms community learn from our international colleagues?
0:50:15 - Market for modernized historical firearms?
0:52:48 - Thoughts on the Ohio Ordnance HCAR
0:54:47 - Quad-stack or drum?
0:56:45 - What modern military rifle feature is unnecessary but still used?
0:58:19 - Should the US have retained the 1903 Springfield or switched to the 1917 Enfield?
0:59:42 - How often do I have trips get cancelled?
1:00:52 - Why 9x19 in all the Rhodesian guns?
1:02:21 - Why is the Browning High Power not modernized like the 1911?
1:04:18 - Did the British consider the m/31 Suomi?
1:05:42 - Guns I am content to not own?
1:07:28 - Mauser 1945 Volkspistole and HK VP70 similarities
1:08:56 - Channel demographics (age, gender, geography)
1:11:19 - Favorite and least favorite belt-fed semiautos?
1:14:30 - Folding guns for CCW
1:14:50 - Why semi-rimmed pistol cartridges?
1:15:18 - Gaseous propellents in place of gunpowder
1:15:52 - Collection military uniforms?
1:16:48 - Why the trend away from bullpup rifles?
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