Some Coastal Brutality ideas: Shooting from a log canoe, while wearing a pirate eye patch, while singing sea shanties, with a live parrot on your shoulder, after having your rum ration, while wresting with a giant squid, while walking the plank.
Being from Bristol helps with the correct accent as lots of people acuse us of talking like pirate's (Robert Newtons long John silver don't help the situation) !
Ian’s answer about teaming John Browning up with modern-day Ruger is a good one. However, I kind want to say we give him to Kel-Tec, just to see the batshit stuff they would come up with.
I too thought Kel-Tec because they are one of the only companies that will innovate I think Ruger is a little slow to try new things. Hell Mr. Ruger had to die before they made an AR variant.
I feel like browning and kel-Tec’s T.H.I.C.C.C division (Thinking Heads Inventing Crazy Cocaine Contraptions) would be at odds with each other. Kel-Tec’s boys would propose a bullpup monstrosity in 7.62x39 and browning would insist on some incredibly practical new design in 5.56 and we’d get some half-baked mess not memey enough to be a successful kel-Tec machine and not revolutionary enough to stand up to browning’s name.
Both Rugers had to leave the company before Ruger made REAL 2A focused ANYTHING 🤨 5-10 rds for thee but not for MIL/LEO/and ME! 🙄 Ruger really just got going in the early 2000's after Ruger Jr departed, then BX-25's, multiple AR types with factory p-mags, and a multitude of pistols and carbines built on standard capacity magazines 😇 I'm pretty sure they started selling 20rd mini 14 mags before the door hit his ass on the way out 🤣 Old Ruger was Clinton fudd town, New Ruger is actually market driven, no low capacity high horsing allowed 😁👍
With scripting: Ian's approach (taking notes but doing the whole thing extemporaneously) is really the best one, I think. As a professor, that is how I lecture, because trying to script a lecture (and what Ian is doing is lecturing just as much as what I do is lecturing) makes it come off stilted. A few notes is all you need. Also, there is a study that shows the act of taking notes will help you remember, so I am not surprised. Actually, Ian is one of the presenters on UA-cam whom I think every professor should look to as a person to learn how to give a good and interesting lecture!
Being from Germany I really enjoyed the view. :D And because I'm a bit of a map guy, I figured that Ian's been driving from Cliff Dwellers to Wupatki Spirit Totem (and a bit beyond that) on Highway 89(A), a total of 106 miles with average 67.66mph. ^^
I actually really like the long Q&A videos. I'd always save them for a weekend mornings (not this time though). getting an hour or so of content while sipping some coffee was just the best. So I hope you'll treat us every once in a while.
I recall he mentioned this a long time ago. So glad he did this. Other youtube creators need to drop their useless intros. We know who we've clicked on. Don't waste my time! :)
I personally think it was a great idea to get rid of the intro. I hate how many UA-camrs say something like "let's get started" and then roll their intro. I think "we were already started, why stop to tell us what we already know?" While I dislike intros on UA-cam, many of my favorite UA-camrs still use them. I'd like them even more if they dropped their intros.
@@videodistro A lot are dropping them. Not to save your time, but to improve their metrics for the Holy Algorithm. People leaving or skipping ahead thirty seconds into a video is not helpful.
The issue of suppressors is a big one for me. I shot competitively while in ROTC, starting from 1969. Ear protection wasn't a thing back then, and I have permanent 24/7 tinnitus.
29:00 As I understand the British doctrine was basically "shoot five, load five" with the remaining five rounds providing some flexibility as needed. The trench magazines make some sense in WWI trenches as they can provide increased volume of fire in the critical period as an attack comes in. Somewhat reminiscent of the idea ofagaOne cutoffs prior to clip loading.
The Marine Corp looked into the issue and solved the issue of engaging the enemy at distance in Afghanistan by swapping out the m4 with issuing the A4. Love your work. Semper Fi. Keep up the good work.
For the Brutality question, I have two suggestions: 1) Practice weapon handling and safety drills under stress. I DQ-ed my very first match because of a safety violation, aka. flagging the RO with my pistol while running from one station to the next. 2) Practice shooting from awkward positions. Same match, I timed-out in an earlier stage cause I can't get the sight picture while shooting from under a barricade.
This QA was simply amazing. Wholesome driving format, amazing scenery, especially from someone who is not familiar with desert/mountain regions. It is worth to prep beforehand to give fullest answers, but I think this QA was super cozy. I love it. Thank you Ian and Jordan and everybody who are supporting the project. 1:10:44 - Andrew - Totally silent firearms I can recommend checking out the information of PSS Vul. There are some shooting clips and a some info in Russian. I hope I live long enough to see Ian dig out Russian gun design treasures and document it for everyone around the globe... but with current situation trip to Russia set back like 5-10 years :(
I would add a little something to Ian's answer regarding preparation for a Brutality match: Learn the environment. I live in Western Australia, so were I to ever go to Desert Brutality, the temperature probably wouldn't bother me. But if I were to go to Winter Brutality, I'd do some research on extreme cold environments, staying safe in such, dangers. And even with Desert Brutality I'd look up the potentially dangerous or annoying fauna and flora of the region.
For the western USA, that would be rattlesnakes and cactus. Unlike in Australia, where all the crocodiles, snakes and insects are trying to kill humans! 🐊🐍🕷 😟
@@pmgn8444 in my part of Australia it we don’t have crocs, but we do have several major venomous snakes and spiders, some of which are extremely aggressive. Our extreme weather coupled with our flora would probably be worse.
@@charlescann531 Doing cardio *in the environment you'll be competing in* would be useful, but probably not practical. It's *hard* to stay cool and hydrated in a desert, and especially so when you aren't acclimated to the environment. It may not seem that hard to run a 5k, but if your running is largely on a treadmill in a gym, you're going to have a very, very bad time. (BTW, I don't know what it is, but running on a treadmill just feels easy compared to running outside.)
GODS green, or not so green in this video, is magnificent to behold. Standing on a clifftop or something similar and taking it all into your perception is an overwhelming experience that really knocks you on to your feet, in a literal manner.
I thought its great that you did this Q&A on US-89/89A; I have driven this same route more times than I can count. Should have started in Fredonia to get the LOTTO AMMO GUNS BEER in the background!
@1:01.15I love the dig at Othias. This was a great format and I really enjoyed the off-the-cuff responses. Don't get me wrong, the globe hidden bar and smoking jacket are awesome. But I think the answers and responses to the questions were very interesting and the scenery a nice touch. Maybe this would be a good addition in the future if the opportunity arises but it will be a rare opportunity.
Also to add onto the FAL to M16 question, the Borneo conflict saw FAL adopted Commonwealth forces supplemented with Colt 602's at around the same time as the US began issuing the M16, tho not with the impact of the M16. So really no matter which way you look at, the adoption of the AR-15 was inevitable
Ans I would expect fewer production problems with the T48, as it would have been very close to the Commonwealth "inch" patterns, and much of the tooling drawings could have been purchased from Canada if necessary. (Remember that there is a high degree of interchangeability between "inch" and "metric" guns, provided you swap entire subassemblies, not necessarily individual parts). Heck, we may have ended up just adopting a "Commonwealth compatible" FAL for logistical and ease of developing TDPs anyway. But, yeah, the M16 would have been coming along at basically the same time, and probably under much the same set of presumptions of being a "regional, temporary stand in for the soon to be delivered SPIW".
As an interesting data point - Britain adopted the inch pattern FAL in 1954. They also kept the Bren gun in service until 1971; the Bren got adapted to accept SLR mags too. Why did they do that? The whole point of the battle rifle was to phase out the mag fed LMGs. But the FAL was utterly unshootable in full auto, and while it is certainly better than an SMLE it's just not what a squaddie needs.
The fact that most of the content is at least primed by the viewers means it should be fast and essentially free to make. It would be cool to see him do them more often.
@@jacobstaten2366 he is no longer doing q&a in this form. He mentioned that before. For me the best ones was him and karl doing q&a and i really miss that
Greetings from across the medicine line where we have a lot more snow. Thanks for the video, it's a good format with the background scenery and content combined, thanks! The huge rocks in the opening couple of seconds are something we don't see up here in our section of the BC mountains ever. Thanks again and stay well.
The landscape flying by reminds me of the road trips we did in the West back in the seventies and eighties. It was awsome for a young "tourist" from Germany 😁
Bring back the intro!!! I love the song and get a pleasant surprise when I watch an old video. Maybe just a quick snippet of the song while the current black screen with text is on. I think everyone enjoyed that music very much!
I agree completely that digital optics, at least somewhat affordable options, rarely work well. Unfortunately, I have some experience with this. I was working for a private security contractor. Depending on the post, we were equipped with an M4 wearing either an EoTech and PVS-14, or an M4 with a thermal optic. I don't remember the brand of thermal we had (this was about 12 years ago) but they were total crap. They were basically video cameras with a square as an aiming point. Accuracy and consistency were major issues but the delay was the worst problem we had. Hitting a stationary target was difficult, but a moving target was close to impossible. While training, we were using MILES gear and I was engaging a member of the OPFOR team who was running right to left and wasn't hitting him at a distance of approx 80 yards, which was pretty much unheard of. When the next target appeared I fired with both eyes open and saw that the image in the optic was delayed so much that I was shooting approx 10 feet behind the runner! It wasn't long before the optics were replaced with a better quality thermal and I would hope someone lost their job over that mess. The company, who will remain nameless, purchased over 100 of them at $13,000 each!
I would love to see more with you and Othias! Even just a Q&A with you guys and Mae would be nice. Putting you in the same place is always a fun time for us viewers c:
When you visit the Springfield Armory Museum make sure you feature the pattern plate (?) that shows the steps in manufacturing the rear peep site for an M1 Garand. It's hidden away in a display case in the wing where the collection of machines is located. Additionally, if you haven't done a piece on the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont you should consider a visit there. Other "weapons" museums in New England worth a visit are: USS Massachusetts (16 inch guns), The USS Nautilus, and New England Air Museum.
17:20 - SPOT ON!!!! UA-cam video intro's are a horrible wastes of time to start with and 99% are let down as soon as you get the body of work. I pretty much know if I have a slick intro and then badly recorded taking head right afterwards to skip the video.
In the NATO trials to evaluate the P90 and MP7 it was noted that the MP7 fared much better in the chemical submersion tests than the P90 and probably for the exact reason you mentioned. Some of those chemicals probably damaged or removed that case lubricant. For reference those tests include things like water, salt water, motor oil, and more besides but I don't know which particular ones the P90 had trouble with.
The AK may have had a bigger influence to the adoption of the M16 than any of the 308s had or could have had. It proved the viability of a full auto, intermediate cartridge main service rifle.
Didn't the MP43 (and derivatives) prove this in WW2? Seems that after WW2, there were still an awful lot of of people with their minds stuck in WW1 mode (or mid-war at least) when it came to cartridge selection and the need for a big calibre, high power bullet in battle rifles.
The AK is effectively just a continuation of the StG anyway, so it's quibbling a bit to say which was the real culprit. Either way the reluctance on the American side was the same. Some high ups were sold on the long range rifleman, but more of them are worried about being the first to do something radical. In truth, the real deciding factor is just the history of military arms in the US and Russia. Russia has the Mosin in WW2, a rifle which was not great to start with and which is only in service because they lost WW1 then had a revolution and civil war and no-one has bothered to make a better rifle. So as they get their act together they see they need a real proper rifle that is designed around what troops really need, something like their PPSh-41 but with more range and power, something rather like this StG44 they've captured. The US though have been doing all kinds of fun military developments since WW1. They learned all the lessons from France and Britain and didn't have to spend all the money to learn them. A semi-auto 30.06 makes sense to them, because while that's not perfect for trenches its way better than a bolt action. No-one is deploying mass amounts of assault rifles anyway, and so the next Garand makes some kind of sense. The AK-47 had to come at some point, because the Russians couldn't possibly prolong their Mosins after the war, and since they had a fresh start they took the jump to do something new and exciting. When the US sees the Soviets jump then they feel much more willing to join in.
My opinion only! The factors considered for the M-16 (vs other caliber/styles of rifles) Weight (rifle AND ammo combined), Simplicity (Very green shooters) cost and terminal effects. With the realization, ONLY snipers could hit a target beyond 500 (meters or yards). The M-16 "wins" on weight and simplicity (assuming the CORRECT ammo was used), and is impressive in terminal effects and cost to produce. NOT sure I agree with the importance of these criteria.
19:23 - I worked in VR for a while, and while I'm not a material science chap, I talked with a bunch of them a lot. We used polymer lenses, and they have a bunch of manufacturing advantages (but also problems), but they're all fairly small advantages. They're really not significantly lighter than glass because although low-density plastics are lighter per volume, they also have low refractive indices, so you need much thicker lenses to get the same optical power. Or you can use high-density plastics to get the refractive index up to be comparable with glass, but now they have about the same density. So while polymer lenses can be better than glass in certain ways, it's all small incremental stuff. You're not going to get some massive weight savings just by switching to polymer unfortunately.
I'm the song writer! If I remember correctly, you also wanted something Celtic sounding. I remember it was a sad day when you stopped using it. Lol. I will say that I made that outro jingle too, and you still have about 6-7 seconds of the soundless end screen in each video... AND... I made a version two of the intro and outro that you never used. Maybe a comeback for the end of each video? ;)
As someone who has spent the vast majority of his life in the Southeastern US, I'm always shocked at just how pretty the landscape is out there, barren as it is.
The fact he said "starts with V and ends with X" and Ian instantly knew it was Vercingetorix 😂 Ian is probably Frencher than half of actual France And FYI Ian, it's pronounced like ver-san-jay-toe-reeks
@@sebastiend.5335 the Classical Latin pronunciation would be: where-kin-ge(h)t-Tor-Eex the E is an Eh sound, Hence the H in pronunciation. The way Caesar would have said it.
Australian and New Zealand soldiers carried the L1A1 SLR in Vietnam and swore by them. Yes they were not able to carry as much ammo but the argument was that when you hit an enemy with a 7.62mm they stayed hit. M16s were carried by first Scouts (because of their full auto capacity) and by commanders and signallers because of the reduced weight but otherwise the SLR did the job very well.
In regards to coastal brutality.you have to have a beach assualt,come off a landing boat,Wade ashore,fight up the beach ,through a trench system ending at throwing a satchel charge into a pillbox/bunker.
29:20 I smell an InRange experiment series on this question in the vein of the armour piercing ammunition tests you did. You could get hold of a few different weapons with various barrel lengths but the same cartridge, then set up different ranges to shoot over, and then measure things like drop, velocity, energy, penetration, etc.
Another thing about using bolt actions for snipers: there's a lot going on with a semi-auto in terms of the recoil cycle that makes spotting your shot harder than with a bolt action. It's just easier on the shooter to use a bolt gun.
Yes, writing is a wonderful mnemonic tool, even if you never read it afterwards. I used to hand write out any/all lyrics I was expected to sing when I was acting as a vocalist in a local band. Just the act of thinking each word out per letter and commitment it to paper gives you a lot more memory to draw from than reading/typing them ever could hope to match.
The little laugh Ian does before he says he'd give the resurrected John Browning to Ruger had me thinking he was going to say KelTech, just so we could see what JMB + plastic + copious amounts of Bolivian bingo dust would produce.
The movement and scenery is quiet enjoyable indeed. Good idea. On the topic of the intro music : You are right about the "TV" relica but you got something similar (as alot of succesful youtube and alike video makers) : a 2-3 secondes jingle. "Hi, im Ian McKellan [and ...]" is pronouced, ryhtmed and placed on a standard. If its not a reflexion you made to do it (or a reflexion you had), dont be preplexed at all. The "normal and fonctional" human brain need a few specific stimulus to be comfortable, dont like emptyness and is naturally wired to fill those blank with sometime very creative way without noticing imself.
Recall that the USAF was very interested in the AR15 to replace their full-auto M2 Carbines. The USAF was not interested in a rifle with a full power cartridge (M14 or FAL). The Air force was an early driver for AR15/M16 adoption.
Great video. The short format "Ask Ian" presentations are good, but I MUCH prefer these hour≤ Q&A videos. I drive a lot for work and they fill the time great. Maybe you could do a quarterly 1.5-2 hour Q&A in addition to the periodical Ask Ian videos.
Per the WWI time travel question, I think for the rifle I would take an HCAR in 30-06. Accurate rifle with 30 round magazine and fast rate of fire for a semi that you could mount an optic on. Question didn’t specify whether a suppressor could be brought back but the HCAR could handle that as well with its adjustable gas system. Great ask Ian episode!
Utah IS AWESOME, what a landscape, it reminds of where I live, Argentinian Patagonia. And also, what an awesome interstate, here, if you drive casually answering to a video you would die, the interstates are in a bad shape, holes and whatnot.
RE: Sub 2000: If you look at the feed ramp you will find it is plastic and prone to issues/melting/cracking. If you have or get one replace it with the Mcarbo stainless one. To replace it you have to open the grip module and have all of the other stuff laid out in front of you. If you get to that point, you might as well replace all of the other janky stuff in there so you end up using the Mcarbo internals kit and the only things that you don't end up replacing are the sear and the hammer. Once you do that, its a much better gun and will be more reliable than the original design.
Regarding mags, Canada limited mags to 10 rounds (for pistols) or 5 rounds (semi rifles) and made all larger mags prohibited devices. No notion of having it bought before or not. Only option is to get them permanently pinned to the limit. Now if you can find a pistol mag that fits in a rifle, you can get the 10 rounds in rifles. Ex AR mags.
I'd be happy with Ian and Othias essentially doing an occasional "podcast" where they bullshit for an hour or two. They wouldn't have to be in the same place and it would have minimal overhead so that would relieve most of the collab issues.
I watched last collab and extras were great. More collabs, and videos like this of "off" time, prep, cleaning, i would assume they werent working near eachother in silence but instead just long run randomness
Ian; thank you for giving in and taking a stab at answering my question, and that's a perfectly reasonable answer. FWIW I think Motherland: Fort Salem is well worth chaecking out if you enjoy alternate history, miltary fantasy, espionage thrillers, lesbian romance and/or political thrillers. (YMMV of course.)
Some Coastal Brutality ideas: Shooting from a log canoe, while wearing a pirate eye patch, while singing sea shanties, with a live parrot on your shoulder, after having your rum ration, while wresting with a giant squid, while walking the plank.
Need an abandoned ship, whether merchant or warship, whether modern container ship or ancient break bulk ship, whether powered or sailing ship.
Being from Bristol helps with the correct accent as lots of people acuse us of talking like pirate's (Robert Newtons long John silver don't help the situation) !
Farewell and adieu- to you Spanish Ladies...Farewell and adieu- to you ladies of Spain! For we have received orders to sail for Old England....
Come on, you can't "walk the plank" on a canoe...
Only if paintballing the Jimmy Buffett
Ian: Drops 1.5 hour video
Me: "Ooooo, an early birthday present!"
Happy birthday random internet person!
Happy birthday from me too!
Happy birthday, i love these long form q&a's
Do you get a tiny birthday present and lots of Christmas presents, or is the gap just large enough for them to be completely separate?
@@AshleyPomeroy It's a big enough gap, but I do often get offers to get a bigger combined gift.
Ian’s answer about teaming John Browning up with modern-day Ruger is a good one. However, I kind want to say we give him to Kel-Tec, just to see the batshit stuff they would come up with.
I actually thought about kel-tech myself. Unfortunately they seem to often squander unique ideas with mediocre quality.
I too thought Kel-Tec because they are one of the only companies that will innovate I think Ruger is a little slow to try new things. Hell Mr. Ruger had to die before they made an AR variant.
I feel like browning and kel-Tec’s T.H.I.C.C.C division (Thinking Heads Inventing Crazy Cocaine Contraptions) would be at odds with each other. Kel-Tec’s boys would propose a bullpup monstrosity in 7.62x39 and browning would insist on some incredibly practical new design in 5.56 and we’d get some half-baked mess not memey enough to be a successful kel-Tec machine and not revolutionary enough to stand up to browning’s name.
Both Rugers had to leave the company before Ruger made REAL 2A focused ANYTHING 🤨 5-10 rds for thee but not for MIL/LEO/and ME! 🙄 Ruger really just got going in the early 2000's after Ruger Jr departed, then BX-25's, multiple AR types with factory p-mags, and a multitude of pistols and carbines built on standard capacity magazines 😇 I'm pretty sure they started selling 20rd mini 14 mags before the door hit his ass on the way out 🤣 Old Ruger was Clinton fudd town, New Ruger is actually market driven, no low capacity high horsing allowed 😁👍
@@berryreading4809 I know I should not hold a grudge but sometimes I do.
Hell yes. I prefer these long format q and a. I listen to it like a podcast
Yes 100% agree!!!
Same
@@57HEMIviken same
Same
It's been what I listened to after my daily digest of tech/video game videos on my drives to work
With scripting: Ian's approach (taking notes but doing the whole thing extemporaneously) is really the best one, I think. As a professor, that is how I lecture, because trying to script a lecture (and what Ian is doing is lecturing just as much as what I do is lecturing) makes it come off stilted. A few notes is all you need. Also, there is a study that shows the act of taking notes will help you remember, so I am not surprised.
Actually, Ian is one of the presenters on UA-cam whom I think every professor should look to as a person to learn how to give a good and interesting lecture!
Being from Germany I really enjoyed the view. :D And because I'm a bit of a map guy, I figured that Ian's been driving from Cliff Dwellers to Wupatki Spirit Totem (and a bit beyond that) on Highway 89(A), a total of 106 miles with average 67.66mph. ^^
Yep, Ian was blazing down the rebel path 😉
I took that route the other direction to go see the Great Eclipse. Returned via Pike's Peak because of the Great Traffic Jam.
Wupatli, Lomaki, Citadel... are wonderful places to visit.
geile sache, schön gesehen ♥
I actually really like the long Q&A videos. I'd always save them for a weekend mornings (not this time though). getting an hour or so of content while sipping some coffee was just the best. So I hope you'll treat us every once in a while.
Ian’s answer to Jordan’s question about intro song was great. I always wonder why it went away.
I recall he mentioned this a long time ago. So glad he did this. Other youtube creators need to drop their useless intros. We know who we've clicked on. Don't waste my time! :)
I personally think it was a great idea to get rid of the intro. I hate how many UA-camrs say something like "let's get started" and then roll their intro. I think "we were already started, why stop to tell us what we already know?"
While I dislike intros on UA-cam, many of my favorite UA-camrs still use them. I'd like them even more if they dropped their intros.
@@videodistro A lot are dropping them. Not to save your time, but to improve their metrics for the Holy Algorithm. People leaving or skipping ahead thirty seconds into a video is not helpful.
Really appreciate anyone who doesn't do a long into on their videos. If I'm subscribed, I know who you are and would rather jump directy to content.
My favorite channel does a ten second intro, so I've got the double-tap skip set to that length
Not gonna lie. I’m stoked to have another full length normal Q&A from Ian
The issue of suppressors is a big one for me. I shot competitively while in ROTC, starting from 1969. Ear protection wasn't a thing back then, and I have permanent 24/7 tinnitus.
have you tried qtips to get the tin out
I don’t understand your point, you’ve already lost your hearing. And we have better PPE standards these days…
It’s not as if you cannot own one….
@@TachyonJon My point is that I'm trying to raise awareness to change the law so it doesn't happen to others.
YES!!! ANOTHER LONG FORM Q&A, MAN HAVE I MISSED THESE!!!
I dig the candid format. Also, very time efficient.
Love this format. More road trip Q&As please. I love the AK answer.
Came for the Q&A stayed for the scenery.
The southwestern scenery is really beautiful.
yup marble canyon to flagstaff is a nice drive and the scenery can take a lot off your shoulders
29:00 As I understand the British doctrine was basically "shoot five, load five" with the remaining five rounds providing some flexibility as needed.
The trench magazines make some sense in WWI trenches as they can provide increased volume of fire in the critical period as an attack comes in. Somewhat reminiscent of the idea ofagaOne cutoffs prior to clip loading.
Great Q&A. And great spin to it in your car. It was cool to see you answer off the cuff.
The Marine Corp looked into the issue and solved the issue of engaging the enemy at distance in Afghanistan by swapping out the m4 with issuing the A4. Love your work. Semper Fi. Keep up the good work.
For the Brutality question, I have two suggestions:
1) Practice weapon handling and safety drills under stress. I DQ-ed my very first match because of a safety violation, aka. flagging the RO with my pistol while running from one station to the next.
2) Practice shooting from awkward positions. Same match, I timed-out in an earlier stage cause I can't get the sight picture while shooting from under a barricade.
This QA was simply amazing. Wholesome driving format, amazing scenery, especially from someone who is not familiar with desert/mountain regions.
It is worth to prep beforehand to give fullest answers, but I think this QA was super cozy. I love it.
Thank you Ian and Jordan and everybody who are supporting the project.
1:10:44 - Andrew - Totally silent firearms
I can recommend checking out the information of PSS Vul. There are some shooting clips and a some info in Russian.
I hope I live long enough to see Ian dig out Russian gun design treasures and document it for everyone around the globe... but with current situation trip to Russia set back like 5-10 years :(
I would add a little something to Ian's answer regarding preparation for a Brutality match: Learn the environment. I live in Western Australia, so were I to ever go to Desert Brutality, the temperature probably wouldn't bother me. But if I were to go to Winter Brutality, I'd do some research on extreme cold environments, staying safe in such, dangers. And even with Desert Brutality I'd look up the potentially dangerous or annoying fauna and flora of the region.
For the western USA, that would be rattlesnakes and cactus. Unlike in Australia, where all the crocodiles, snakes and insects are trying to kill humans! 🐊🐍🕷 😟
@@pmgn8444 in my part of Australia it we don’t have crocs, but we do have several major venomous snakes and spiders, some of which are extremely aggressive. Our extreme weather coupled with our flora would probably be worse.
Also do cardio he and several others have mentioned this in previous videos both here and over on in range.
Spoken like a true Aussie! 👍🏻
@@charlescann531 Doing cardio *in the environment you'll be competing in* would be useful, but probably not practical. It's *hard* to stay cool and hydrated in a desert, and especially so when you aren't acclimated to the environment. It may not seem that hard to run a 5k, but if your running is largely on a treadmill in a gym, you're going to have a very, very bad time. (BTW, I don't know what it is, but running on a treadmill just feels easy compared to running outside.)
GODS green, or not so green in this video, is magnificent to behold. Standing on a clifftop or something similar and taking it all into your perception is an overwhelming experience that really knocks you on to your feet, in a literal manner.
I thought its great that you did this Q&A on US-89/89A; I have driven this same route more times than I can count. Should have started in Fredonia to get the LOTTO AMMO GUNS BEER in the background!
The still have the sign, but they no longer sell guns. :(
@1:01.15I love the dig at Othias. This was a great format and I really enjoyed the off-the-cuff responses. Don't get me wrong, the globe hidden bar and smoking jacket are awesome. But I think the answers and responses to the questions were very interesting and the scenery a nice touch. Maybe this would be a good addition in the future if the opportunity arises but it will be a rare opportunity.
I'm glad you changed your mind about car Q&As. I know previously you and Karl had said you weren't interested in them.
This was a very enjoyable video. A format to consider for future occasions.
Ok, when I eventually visit the US I need to take a drive on that road. Absolutely stunning.
This is no slight on the Q&A, but the scenery was the most remarkable part of this video. Really great view.
Also to add onto the FAL to M16 question, the Borneo conflict saw FAL adopted Commonwealth forces supplemented with Colt 602's at around the same time as the US began issuing the M16, tho not with the impact of the M16. So really no matter which way you look at, the adoption of the AR-15 was inevitable
Ans I would expect fewer production problems with the T48, as it would have been very close to the Commonwealth "inch" patterns, and much of the tooling drawings could have been purchased from Canada if necessary. (Remember that there is a high degree of interchangeability between "inch" and "metric" guns, provided you swap entire subassemblies, not necessarily individual parts). Heck, we may have ended up just adopting a "Commonwealth compatible" FAL for logistical and ease of developing TDPs anyway.
But, yeah, the M16 would have been coming along at basically the same time, and probably under much the same set of presumptions of being a "regional, temporary stand in for the soon to be delivered SPIW".
As an interesting data point - Britain adopted the inch pattern FAL in 1954. They also kept the Bren gun in service until 1971; the Bren got adapted to accept SLR mags too.
Why did they do that? The whole point of the battle rifle was to phase out the mag fed LMGs. But the FAL was utterly unshootable in full auto, and while it is certainly better than an SMLE it's just not what a squaddie needs.
Great Q&A. Missed the long format style 😊
Hi, I asked the bolt action question. What you said really made sense, a Remington 700 is definitely less expensive than a PSG1.
Q&A is one if my favourites videos of yours. I know its a once off,but man do i love these vids.
The fact that most of the content is at least primed by the viewers means it should be fast and essentially free to make. It would be cool to see him do them more often.
@@jacobstaten2366 he is no longer doing q&a in this form. He mentioned that before. For me the best ones was him and karl doing q&a and i really miss that
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Really enjoy the longer form videos, let me just put a headphone in at work and listen to one of my favorite YT channels!
Kudos on your decision to nix obnoxious intro music! OIM seems inversely proportional to intellectual content on any given YT channel!
The roadtrip scenery is so wonderful. I think this is the first time I didnt pay any attention on Ian talking
Please keep the long form q and a! I like listening at work
Greetings from across the medicine line where we have a lot more snow. Thanks for the video, it's a good format with the background scenery and content combined, thanks! The huge rocks in the opening couple of seconds are something we don't see up here in our section of the BC mountains ever. Thanks again and stay well.
Enjoyed hearing the q&a but also enjoyed seeing the scenery change.
The landscape flying by reminds me of the road trips we did in the West back in the seventies and eighties. It was awsome for a young "tourist" from Germany 😁
Yes, good morning Ian
Thanks again for providing answers to viewer questions.
Have a good day.
Bring back the intro!!! I love the song and get a pleasant surprise when I watch an old video. Maybe just a quick snippet of the song while the current black screen with text is on. I think everyone enjoyed that music very much!
I agree completely that digital optics, at least somewhat affordable options, rarely work well. Unfortunately, I have some experience with this.
I was working for a private security contractor. Depending on the post, we were equipped with an M4 wearing either an EoTech and PVS-14, or an M4 with a thermal optic. I don't remember the brand of thermal we had (this was about 12 years ago) but they were total crap. They were basically video cameras with a square as an aiming point. Accuracy and consistency were major issues but the delay was the worst problem we had. Hitting a stationary target was difficult, but a moving target was close to impossible.
While training, we were using MILES gear and I was engaging a member of the OPFOR team who was running right to left and wasn't hitting him at a distance of approx 80 yards, which was pretty much unheard of. When the next target appeared I fired with both eyes open and saw that the image in the optic was delayed so much that I was shooting approx 10 feet behind the runner!
It wasn't long before the optics were replaced with a better quality thermal and I would hope someone lost their job over that mess. The company, who will remain nameless, purchased over 100 of them at $13,000 each!
I would love to see more with you and Othias! Even just a Q&A with you guys and Mae would be nice. Putting you in the same place is always a fun time for us viewers c:
I really liked this Q&A one of my favorites, it was fun to be in the car and really awesome scenery
When you visit the Springfield Armory Museum make sure you feature the pattern plate (?) that shows the steps in manufacturing the rear peep site for an M1 Garand. It's hidden away in a display case in the wing where the collection of machines is located. Additionally, if you haven't done a piece on the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont you should consider a visit there. Other "weapons" museums in New England worth a visit are: USS Massachusetts (16 inch guns), The USS Nautilus, and New England Air Museum.
I forgot about the Jacques Littlefield Collection (Tanks, etc.) at American Heritage Museum in Hudson, MA.
The background is pretty mesmerizing.
17:20 - SPOT ON!!!! UA-cam video intro's are a horrible wastes of time to start with and 99% are let down as soon as you get the body of work. I pretty much know if I have a slick intro and then badly recorded taking head right afterwards to skip the video.
In the NATO trials to evaluate the P90 and MP7 it was noted that the MP7 fared much better in the chemical submersion tests than the P90 and probably for the exact reason you mentioned. Some of those chemicals probably damaged or removed that case lubricant. For reference those tests include things like water, salt water, motor oil, and more besides but I don't know which particular ones the P90 had trouble with.
Thank you for your time posting this interesting presentation.
i think i love this style of video. its like.. driving with my friend but smarter ;)
Love the style of q and a. Really casual
The AK may have had a bigger influence to the adoption of the M16 than any of the 308s had or could have had. It proved the viability of a full auto, intermediate cartridge main service rifle.
Didn't the MP43 (and derivatives) prove this in WW2? Seems that after WW2, there were still an awful lot of of people with their minds stuck in WW1 mode (or mid-war at least) when it came to cartridge selection and the need for a big calibre, high power bullet in battle rifles.
The AK is effectively just a continuation of the StG anyway, so it's quibbling a bit to say which was the real culprit.
Either way the reluctance on the American side was the same. Some high ups were sold on the long range rifleman, but more of them are worried about being the first to do something radical.
In truth, the real deciding factor is just the history of military arms in the US and Russia.
Russia has the Mosin in WW2, a rifle which was not great to start with and which is only in service because they lost WW1 then had a revolution and civil war and no-one has bothered to make a better rifle. So as they get their act together they see they need a real proper rifle that is designed around what troops really need, something like their PPSh-41 but with more range and power, something rather like this StG44 they've captured.
The US though have been doing all kinds of fun military developments since WW1. They learned all the lessons from France and Britain and didn't have to spend all the money to learn them. A semi-auto 30.06 makes sense to them, because while that's not perfect for trenches its way better than a bolt action.
No-one is deploying mass amounts of assault rifles anyway, and so the next Garand makes some kind of sense.
The AK-47 had to come at some point, because the Russians couldn't possibly prolong their Mosins after the war, and since they had a fresh start they took the jump to do something new and exciting. When the US sees the Soviets jump then they feel much more willing to join in.
My opinion only! The factors considered for the M-16 (vs other caliber/styles of rifles)
Weight (rifle AND ammo combined), Simplicity (Very green shooters) cost and terminal effects. With the realization, ONLY snipers could hit a target beyond 500 (meters or yards). The M-16 "wins" on weight and simplicity (assuming the CORRECT ammo was used), and is impressive in terminal effects and cost to produce. NOT sure I agree with the importance of these criteria.
Glad to see this format back. I've missed these long q&a videos
what a good use for a car journey, as always thankyou.
Best Q&A, do more like this.
Though consider stopping at a drive through half way through and then going to at a rest stop with picnic tables.
19:23 - I worked in VR for a while, and while I'm not a material science chap, I talked with a bunch of them a lot. We used polymer lenses, and they have a bunch of manufacturing advantages (but also problems), but they're all fairly small advantages. They're really not significantly lighter than glass because although low-density plastics are lighter per volume, they also have low refractive indices, so you need much thicker lenses to get the same optical power. Or you can use high-density plastics to get the refractive index up to be comparable with glass, but now they have about the same density. So while polymer lenses can be better than glass in certain ways, it's all small incremental stuff. You're not going to get some massive weight savings just by switching to polymer unfortunately.
I can tell I've been up to northern AZ too many times when I recognize exactly the scenery out the window.
I'm the song writer! If I remember correctly, you also wanted something Celtic sounding. I remember it was a sad day when you stopped using it. Lol. I will say that I made that outro jingle too, and you still have about 6-7 seconds of the soundless end screen in each video... AND... I made a version two of the intro and outro that you never used. Maybe a comeback for the end of each video? ;)
It seems like the improvements in firearms in the near future are mostly going to be in the use of better materials and powders.
As someone who has spent the vast majority of his life in the Southeastern US, I'm always shocked at just how pretty the landscape is out there, barren as it is.
You're kickass Ian....
Thanks for all the education these past years with your videos. ✌️😎
That is all...
Would have watched the whole thing just for the scenery. Great format and idea to do a Q&A like this.
The fact he said "starts with V and ends with X" and Ian instantly knew it was Vercingetorix 😂 Ian is probably Frencher than half of actual France
And FYI Ian, it's pronounced like ver-san-jay-toe-reeks
It's ver-san-jet-er-icks
It is actually ver-san-jay-toreex
@@sebastiend.5335 the Classical Latin pronunciation would be:
where-kin-ge(h)t-Tor-Eex
the E is an Eh sound, Hence the H in pronunciation.
The way Caesar would have said it.
@@5oclock_Charlie But that's not how we say it here in old Gaulle ;)
That person's been asking questions for years, I think I am finally researched it and learned how to pronounce it lol
Australian and New Zealand soldiers carried the L1A1 SLR in Vietnam and swore by them. Yes they were not able to carry as much ammo but the argument was that when you hit an enemy with a 7.62mm they stayed hit. M16s were carried by first Scouts (because of their full auto capacity) and by commanders and signallers because of the reduced weight but otherwise the SLR did the job very well.
I’ve long believed UA-cam would be improved by others dropping their intros. Interesting explanation.
The belt clip attached to the side of a weapon predates pistols. Many war hammers have belt clips forged into them.
I'm enjoying this very much. That is certainly some beautfiul desert scenery.
In regards to coastal brutality.you have to have a beach assualt,come off a landing boat,Wade ashore,fight up the beach ,through a trench system ending at throwing a satchel charge into a pillbox/bunker.
It needs a flamethrower stage.
@@redcat9436 bloody oath mate!either using it or carrying it.
Teeeeeheerre!!! We love those even with just the ohone camera
29:20 I smell an InRange experiment series on this question in the vein of the armour piercing ammunition tests you did. You could get hold of a few different weapons with various barrel lengths but the same cartridge, then set up different ranges to shoot over, and then measure things like drop, velocity, energy, penetration, etc.
Another thing about using bolt actions for snipers: there's a lot going on with a semi-auto in terms of the recoil cycle that makes spotting your shot harder than with a bolt action. It's just easier on the shooter to use a bolt gun.
CROATIAN jacket at the back seat!
JMB at modern Ruger. YES! Owner of a GP-100 and Vaquero from the mid 1990's. Just work. Built like a tank.
Yes, writing is a wonderful mnemonic tool, even if you never read it afterwards. I used to hand write out any/all lyrics I was expected to sing when I was acting as a vocalist in a local band. Just the act of thinking each word out per letter and commitment it to paper gives you a lot more memory to draw from than reading/typing them ever could hope to match.
I personally loved your intro, and the hold over of them…but I like a lot of that older, branding stuff.
The little laugh Ian does before he says he'd give the resurrected John Browning to Ruger had me thinking he was going to say KelTech, just so we could see what JMB + plastic + copious amounts of Bolivian bingo dust would produce.
Good morning 🙏 love Q&A
finally another long form q&a!!
I'll watch on my "commute" to my work from home job
The movement and scenery is quiet enjoyable indeed. Good idea.
On the topic of the intro music :
You are right about the "TV" relica but you got something similar (as alot of succesful youtube and alike video makers) : a 2-3 secondes jingle.
"Hi, im Ian McKellan [and ...]" is pronouced, ryhtmed and placed on a standard.
If its not a reflexion you made to do it (or a reflexion you had), dont be preplexed at all. The "normal and fonctional" human brain need a few specific stimulus to be comfortable, dont like emptyness and is naturally wired to fill those blank with sometime very creative way without noticing imself.
You're secretly Ian McKellan? How do you fit the films and pantos in in between all the FG videos and books? :D
Re: Intro sequence... I SO completely agree with you! Good call!
Love that drive from jacob lake to flagstaff AZ
Great view
Recall that the USAF was very interested in the AR15 to replace their full-auto M2 Carbines. The USAF was not interested in a rifle with a full power cartridge (M14 or FAL). The Air force was an early driver for AR15/M16 adoption.
1:01:11 - "Ian can't Othais" for the win! 😃
so nice to see those familiar views, thanks for sharing.
Great video. The short format "Ask Ian" presentations are good, but I MUCH prefer these hour≤ Q&A videos. I drive a lot for work and they fill the time great. Maybe you could do a quarterly 1.5-2 hour Q&A in addition to the periodical Ask Ian videos.
Per the WWI time travel question, I think for the rifle I would take an HCAR in 30-06. Accurate rifle with 30 round magazine and fast rate of fire for a semi that you could mount an optic on. Question didn’t specify whether a suppressor could be brought back but the HCAR could handle that as well with its adjustable gas system. Great ask Ian episode!
Utah IS AWESOME, what a landscape, it reminds of where I live, Argentinian Patagonia. And also, what an awesome interstate, here, if you drive casually answering to a video you would die, the interstates are in a bad shape, holes and whatnot.
Utah reminds me of the LOTR movies, huge beautiful variety of terrain. Dry, though, unless you’re up at very high elevation.
@@grahamhawes7089 Exact same here.
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RE: Sub 2000: If you look at the feed ramp you will find it is plastic and prone to issues/melting/cracking. If you have or get one replace it with the Mcarbo stainless one. To replace it you have to open the grip module and have all of the other stuff laid out in front of you. If you get to that point, you might as well replace all of the other janky stuff in there so you end up using the Mcarbo internals kit and the only things that you don't end up replacing are the sear and the hammer. Once you do that, its a much better gun and will be more reliable than the original design.
Home on doctor's orders so this is perfect timing!!
Ian for the ww1 load out hcar select fire with an lpvo and suppressor, agree on the scorpion
Regarding mags, Canada limited mags to 10 rounds (for pistols) or 5 rounds (semi rifles) and made all larger mags prohibited devices. No notion of having it bought before or not.
Only option is to get them permanently pinned to the limit.
Now if you can find a pistol mag that fits in a rifle, you can get the 10 rounds in rifles. Ex AR mags.
For the Silent guns, I think the welrod is an interesting example
I'd be happy with Ian and Othias essentially doing an occasional "podcast" where they bullshit for an hour or two. They wouldn't have to be in the same place and it would have minimal overhead so that would relieve most of the collab issues.
I watched last collab and extras were great. More collabs, and videos like this of "off" time, prep, cleaning, i would assume they werent working near eachother in silence but instead just long run randomness
For Fruitbat44s question at 1:13:06, the obvious answer is the HK G11, since it uses Kraut space magic already.
Ian; thank you for giving in and taking a stab at answering my question, and that's a perfectly reasonable answer. FWIW I think Motherland: Fort Salem is well worth chaecking out if you enjoy alternate history, miltary fantasy, espionage thrillers, lesbian romance and/or political thrillers. (YMMV of course.)
I went through the Springfield Armory a few years ago, I need to go back with a tripod. Fantastic museum.
It's been nice to listen and watch the countryside go by.