I remember reading about these years ago and from I could gather, it seemed that these were intended for long range volley fire rather than precision shooting. As you may recall many armies were still teaching and practicing long range volley fire until the outbreak of WW1. A good technical testimony to this would be the manner in which many of the rifles of the period were sighted. I.e. the Gew 98 with it lowest setting being 400 Meters and the Lee Enfield with it's side mounted volley sights. Given this in mind the archaic term "Musket Sight" starts to make a little more sense. The impression I got from my reading was that the U.S. Army used them for sniping purposes because it was the only optic sight they had that could survive field conditions.
Honestly I really wouldn't be surprised. Even one gun nut with a passing awareness of imfdb and forgottenweapons could've done their homework and been responsible for the absolute shitload of obscure weapons that made it into the game.
I find it interesting that the sighting chart sights out to 3000 yards, longer than the longest sniper kill in history. like you said, very optimistic.
sometimes you are firing on a truck or even doing a spray and pray on a foxhole of multiple targets , depends on the mission ... I wouldn't say its absurd to have range calculations ready at 3000 yards across the board ... like its a rule .
even suppressing mortars or firing into a defensive position . 3000 yards is not out of that possibility of still being effective fire ... again , depends on the mission .
@@davidfriend1919the idea of the volley sights becomes less ridiculous when you consider British experience fighting in Omdurman when they opened fire at the tribesmen at 2,000 yards with Lee-Metfords and not a single one got closer than 600. Or during the Boer Wars where firefights occurred between 500-1500 yards and that British artillery men had to develop indirect fire tactics and gun shields just to protect themselves from enemy riflemen.
Wyatt Tyson Yeah, but those kinds of games are unpopular because they have no choice but to depict the horrors of prolonged Trench Warfare that characterized WWI, unlike the heroic sweeps that were the trademark of WWII. COD would never stake their reputation of something like that.
+Mikhail Blagodarov They might do a DLC add-on or multiplayer map if COD ever goes back to WWII, but theyd never make a WWI dedicated game. No way lol.
For some reason when you are explained the charts and graphs built onto the sight I am reminded of the scene from Willy Wonka movie where the teacher is trying to teach percentages . This scope really was designed by someone whose only firearm experience seems to be on a firing range with little understanding of what actual combat is like. You might as well have the troopers take fencing lessons before going on a trench raid
Hey THANK YOU for being the ONLY firearms channel that posts EVERY SINGLE DAY at LEAST once. My morning ritual is...get out of bed, pee, make coffee (careful not to get those last 2 mixed-up), check youtube's usual firearms channel suspects. I can ALWAYS count on you so yours is ALWAYS the first channel I check and watch. THANKS man
+blaren1 I hate to disappoint, but that frequency is only during the runups to auctions. After tomorrow, it will drop to 2/week for a little while (although there will be 2 more per week from InRange...) ua-cam.com/users/InRangeTVShow
EDIT.. InRange IS the one I love. I've learned quite a bit there. As usual thanks for the education.+Forgotten Weapons Aww God I HATE YOU!! That's what I said right? lmaoInRange it is. Oh.. maybe I'm confusing that with Full30. I LOVE one.. the other is made up of a bunch of other folks' channels and man... one dude is SOOOOO(tch) hard to watch.Anyway...didn't come here to slam anyone. THANKS AGAIN for what you so Iain. Hopefully 2/week is enough to keep me ... ummm.... Hello, my name is blaren and I have a problem!! lol... Hey it's the first step right? :-)
+Forgotten Weapons I'm kind of the opposite of blaren1 - Forgotten Weapons is my night time/chill time program of choice. The calm, factual and occasionally quirky or humorous presentation and the nature of the featured topics tends to be very relaxing . I still wish the companies would allow video of the actual auctions and final hammer price for the featured weapon..
Ian, I thoroughly enjoy these videos, your firearms selections, and mostly your direct, simple presentation style which appeals to both experts and novices. Keep up the great work.
Stephen Sargent has the average height (besides varying heights of different ethnic groups, so the country your at war with would affect the spec.) of a man changed in the past hundred years?
I worked at a shop in Seattle that had a Warner and Swasey turret lathe. Thing was a beast, used it for drilling hubs for impellers. Had no problem chugging threw 4 inches plus of 2507 duplex pushing bits over 2 inches in diamter.
The US had a very similar infrared sight for the T3 and M3 variants of the M1 Carbine (which Ian has already done a video on). The T3 actually saw combat on Okinawa, and the M3 was used in the Korea War. Fortunately the Vampir never actually made it into combat, or at least I don't think it did.
Having the 3 rang finder markings might be useful in just tracking by observation a target as you waited for it to come into the actual rang of the rifle. Just a thought since snipers typically spend a lot of time just waiting.
Excellent content as usual. I think it helps that Ian is an engineer in explaining the function of firearms. I learn more here than with a years worth of gun magazines, its no contest. That cavalry video from the other day-im STILL buzzing from all I learned from it, and guns weren't even the primary focus of that episode. Keep it up.
I was just looking at pictures of this scope today and here a video within a few hours comes up in my notifications specifically about that scope! Thanks for reading my brain dude.
I imagine "Wetherby Eyebrow" was a common complaint for users with that very short eye relief. I had a Binet-Doumoulin in 275 H&H Magnum with a 1940's vintage Kahles 6X scope with very short eye relief and a razor sharp metal optic rim. I quickly replaced with a modern Zeiss scope after having to have two stitches in my eyebrow, from trying to shoot round a tree.
You can really tell that this scope was developed by artillery people, ha. Nice recital for the time at least. Also, I always liked those types of range finders. Simple and easy to use. I have a similar system on my AKM.
With them thinking this was going to be calculated for 3000-yard shots; It instantly confirms that this was engineered from an artillery stand-point. "Sir, I will be shooting up into the air, practically." - "Yep! An' that's good, boy! You'll make a fine artillery man..." - "But, I'm a sniper-" "Nope! You'll make a fine artillery man. And see? It's got a brass plate on there, to help ya do your calculations in the heat of battle."
+MrHuggaga I am sure that you meant External Disk Drive (EXDD). I was a IBM main frame computer technician back in the 90's. I am sure that you were referring to a pig (you know an external device with 5 14"inch platters, it only weighs 60lbs and holds a whopping 500 MB). Enlightenment please?
Warner & Swasey are far better known for their turret lathes. A weird side note Warner/Swasey was bought by Bendex, who was bought by Alliedsignal, who bought and took the name of Honeywell. Honeywell has an optics division, so in a round about way the same company is making a similar product over a hundred years later.
I can just imagine an American sniper shooting and all you hear is: BANG! **rubbery smack** "... fucking rubber..." **Cling-clang-clang-cling** BANG! "i swear this bloody thing's an octopus!" **cling-clang-clang-cling**
I saw one of these scopes in a pawn shop. The tag was marked "very old magnified optic" they new that it was old but nothing more cause all the markings were completely gone. The mount was broke and the rubber piece was totally gone. It had some screws missing, the thing was just in terrible condition. They wanted 800 obo, i went back a couple days later to buy something else and somebody had bought the scope.
I would love to see what the cross hairs look like on that scope... and I think it is really fascinating that it has a rail. Probably one of the first rail systems ever.
The M1909 Benet-Mercié Automatic Rifle was not a terrible gun. As the Hotckiss Mk.1 LMG it was used successfully by British, Australian, and New Zealand mounted units in Sinai and Palestine in WW1. The M1909 was maligned in press reports of the Battle of Columbus (1916). And what problems it did have were due to inadequate training of the troops.
Funny that you bring up McBride in this video but not in your Ross videos, especially the guy trying to work the bolt on his rifle while cursing the entire Ross family, from the time of the begats up to the present. One of my favorite books from the First World War.
Amazing how weapons have evolved over the years. Rifles have gotten better. I'm amazed how snipers were able to hit anything with those ancient looking scopes. You had to be an amazing marksman.
Also BATTLEFIELD 1 is out now and creating a lot of buzz about WW1. I love your content Ian. Thanks for all the research and behind the scenes work you put in to create these awesome videos
Even with a temporary static target by the time you get through all that on the dials and the thinking process of getting it correct your target probably is gone.
In the late 1870's C Sharpe designed a hammerless rifle.. believe it was called the Borshart model... have you run across one? Sure would like to see a vid on it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Ian, first I would like to thank you for all the work you do - I watch religiously every day. Second, I have a request for a video (maybe you already made it, but I couldn't find it). Could you do a video on all the different types of firearm actions? Looking at the Wikipedia for "Blowback_(firearms)", I saw some interesting types like Chamber-ring delayed and Screw-delayed that are not talked about much. I'm sure many of the actions have been covered in individual firearm videos, but it would be interesting to see all types of actions (not only blowback) in one video compared and contrasted, along with the development and usage history, and examples (or footage) of each. Something like "Introduction to Magazines and Clips - Design, History, and Function" is along the lines I was thinking. Again, thank you for possibly the best firearms channel on UA-cam!
Gotta love how optimistic people are with rifle ranges. Seems like old ordnance boards thought that Joe could shoot the maximum range of a rifle. Who's ever heard of max effective range?
to me it seems that the markings are more for a reconnaissance mission and seeing the enemy before they see you type of mission then a shooting one....
This is a classic example of people tasked to do something having no experience with what it is they are actually doing. Sure, they have experience in making sights, but not rifle sights, nor do they seem to understand rifle ballistics. All it takes is some guy who knows what's up in the group to say "hey...those won't kill past x yards...so...don't bother"
There's also a "Drift" table on top of the front tube of the scope that you didn't describe, or even mention. I'm guessing it's as useful as the others?
It's strange to think that the military generation that was so obsessed with the individual infantrymans accuracy above all else, would fail to understand how important optics would be for a rifle. Then again, these were the same guys that thought mass infantry charges into machineguns and modern artillery was a feasible idea.
Ian, I've been following your channel for some time now, 6 months +, and so far I've enjoyed every last one of your videos, but! I've noticed that most of the time, you have one of your fingers in plaster... Do you keep cutting yourself on old equipment, or is it just a precaution? :) Having handled a lot of old weapons and whatnot, I've decided to just go with glazier gloves, avoid injury and, well, dirt and oil.
+PsiCommando || I think he cut himself with a veggie slicer, which is a lot less glamourous than and M1 thumb. And all these videos were shot within a couple days, that's why the band-aid finger keeps appearing.
I remember reading about these years ago and from I could gather, it seemed that these were intended for long range volley fire rather than precision shooting. As you may recall many armies were still teaching and practicing long range volley fire until the outbreak of WW1. A good technical testimony to this would be the manner in which many of the rifles of the period were sighted. I.e. the Gew 98 with it lowest setting being 400 Meters and the Lee Enfield with it's side mounted volley sights. Given this in mind the archaic term "Musket Sight" starts to make a little more sense. The impression I got from my reading was that the U.S. Army used them for sniping purposes because it was the only optic sight they had that could survive field conditions.
i can't be the only one who feels a moment of joy when seeing a brass plate with embedded writing and data...
At this point I'm starting to think that DICE referenced everything in BF1 from this channel.
Honestly I really wouldn't be surprised. Even one gun nut with a passing awareness of imfdb and forgottenweapons could've done their homework and been responsible for the absolute shitload of obscure weapons that made it into the game.
DMTrojan When you say obscure weapons do you mean forgotten, or unknown? because one gun i know of is the 1906 selbstlader it wasn't very popular.
you know Ian worked with them, don't you?
There's only one in existance.
Look at the end credits of the game, in the special thanks section Ian is in it.
They had no idea what a sniper needed, so they just bolted a survey instrument to the gun and called it good enough.
Disagree
@@beargillium2369how so?
@@alexmoon3844 the history of scoped rifles wayyyy predates 1903 or whenever this was made... As does the science of trajectories etc etc etc
I find it interesting that the sighting chart sights out to 3000 yards, longer than the longest sniper kill in history. like you said, very optimistic.
Now a 3800 yard record
@@mikenolan8807 damn, those Canadians are built different
sometimes you are firing on a truck or even doing a spray and pray on a foxhole of multiple targets , depends on the mission ... I wouldn't say its absurd to have range calculations ready at 3000 yards across the board ... like its a rule .
even suppressing mortars or firing into a defensive position . 3000 yards is not out of that possibility of still being effective fire ... again , depends on the mission .
@@davidfriend1919the idea of the volley sights becomes less ridiculous when you consider British experience fighting in Omdurman when they opened fire at the tribesmen at 2,000 yards with Lee-Metfords and not a single one got closer than 600. Or during the Boer Wars where firefights occurred between 500-1500 yards and that British artillery men had to develop indirect fire tactics and gun shields just to protect themselves from enemy riflemen.
In this case "DM" stands for Designated Mathematician.
+JohnLeePedimore There should be a version that just says SWAG on it.
+Terjay Sure, when COD covers WWI
*Which, of course, will be never*
Wyatt Tyson Yeah, but those kinds of games are unpopular because they have no choice but to depict the horrors of prolonged Trench Warfare that characterized WWI, unlike the heroic sweeps that were the trademark of WWII. COD would never stake their reputation of something like that.
+Mikhail Blagodarov They might do a DLC add-on or multiplayer map if COD ever goes back to WWII, but theyd never make a WWI dedicated game. No way lol.
Risto Mladich Is it? I wasn't aware, thank you.
If you have a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail. If you have experience with primarily artillery, a scope like this seems like a great idea.
What would I be holding if everyone else looks like an asshole?
Stephen Little
maybe a special version of those glasses from They Live?
finn youd be holding toilet paper...
HEY FRITZ, WHERED THAT LAST SHOT LAND
"catastrophically"
oh boy, that would be a sight to behold, pun intended.
+Michael Eversberg II "Suck it up, private! Oh wait. . ."
+Michael Smith Ouch that must hurt private.
+dogboy0912 "How'd you lose your eye grandpa?"
"I lost it during the Great War..."
"Totally hard" is a problem I have when I watch this channel.
+Bluith I SEE WHAT U DID THERE
lol the Marine Corps used a different sight. it was just a cardboard tube
You wonder why the scope is box shaped? For the crayons of course :)
For some reason when you are explained the charts and graphs built onto the sight I am reminded of the scene from Willy Wonka movie where the teacher is trying to teach percentages . This scope really was designed by someone whose only firearm experience seems to be on a firing range with little understanding of what actual combat is like. You might as well have the troopers take fencing lessons before going on a trench raid
Sell your Acogs boys and mount this.
Joke would have been funnier if it ended after boys
Hey THANK YOU for being the ONLY firearms channel that posts EVERY SINGLE DAY at LEAST once. My morning ritual is...get out of bed, pee, make coffee (careful not to get those last 2 mixed-up), check youtube's usual firearms channel suspects. I can ALWAYS count on you so yours is ALWAYS the first channel I check and watch. THANKS man
+blaren1 I hate to disappoint, but that frequency is only during the runups to auctions. After tomorrow, it will drop to 2/week for a little while (although there will be 2 more per week from InRange...) ua-cam.com/users/InRangeTVShow
EDIT.. InRange IS the one I love. I've learned quite a bit there. As usual thanks for the education.+Forgotten Weapons Aww God I HATE YOU!! That's what I said right? lmaoInRange it is. Oh.. maybe I'm confusing that with Full30. I LOVE one.. the other is made up of a bunch of other folks' channels and man... one dude is SOOOOO(tch) hard to watch.Anyway...didn't come here to slam anyone. THANKS AGAIN for what you so Iain. Hopefully 2/week is enough to keep me ... ummm.... Hello, my name is blaren and I have a problem!! lol... Hey it's the first step right? :-)
+Forgotten Weapons I'm kind of the opposite of blaren1 - Forgotten Weapons is my night time/chill time program of choice. The calm, factual and occasionally quirky or humorous presentation and the nature of the featured topics tends to be very relaxing .
I still wish the companies would allow video of the actual auctions and final hammer price for the featured weapon..
+Eric Walla Agreed.
+blaren1 wouldn't it be worse to mix up the first two?
Ian, I thoroughly enjoy these videos, your firearms selections, and mostly your direct, simple presentation style which appeals to both experts and novices. Keep up the great work.
Thanks!
I find it interesting that the range finding estimates on how tall a man is hasn't changed in 100years
+Stephen Sargent Maybe it should be changed to a 72" target.
Nah most infantry guys are pretty short. I'd say 80% fall into that 68 inch category.
Stephen Sargent has the average height (besides varying heights of different ethnic groups, so the country your at war with would affect the spec.) of a man changed in the past hundred years?
Actually, it has. www.cnn.com/2016/07/26/health/human-height-changes-century/index.html
Has the height of a man changed in 100 years?
Look for a German soldier standing up in WW1 so you can use the range lines on reticule. lol
+Barrandill T'Anathlas Ahh you beat me to it. Well played.
I worked at a shop in Seattle that had a Warner and Swasey turret lathe. Thing was a beast, used it for drilling hubs for impellers. Had no problem chugging threw 4 inches plus of 2507 duplex pushing bits over 2 inches in diamter.
Warner & Swasey M1913 Optimistic Optic. :D
Ian, do You think You'll ever get a chance to put your hands on the german "Vampire system" from 1945 or its reproduction?
+Pprokop87 Well, I hope so...
+Pprokop87 What the heck is that?
+TheFlacker99 (Flak) early night vision
Ryan X Ah I see
The US had a very similar infrared sight for the T3 and M3 variants of the M1 Carbine (which Ian has already done a video on). The T3 actually saw combat on Okinawa, and the M3 was used in the Korea War.
Fortunately the Vampir never actually made it into combat, or at least I don't think it did.
Having the 3 rang finder markings might be useful in just tracking by observation a target as you waited for it to come into the actual rang of the rifle. Just a thought since snipers typically spend a lot of time just waiting.
Excellent content as usual. I think it helps that Ian is an engineer in explaining the function of firearms.
I learn more here than with a years worth of gun magazines, its no contest.
That cavalry video from the other day-im STILL buzzing from all I learned from it, and guns weren't even the primary focus of that episode. Keep it up.
One of the more amusing FW videos, with all that crazy optimism on the part of the scope designers.
Also, time to change that band-aid, Ian!
I was just looking at pictures of this scope today and here a video within a few hours comes up in my notifications specifically about that scope! Thanks for reading my brain dude.
Great video Ian, it's always a joy to listen to your in-depth explanations of the mechanical and historical aspects of these firearms.
3:41 the sight was made in my home town
Whoa, this thing really is like an artillery scope! Very interesting.
You're like the Les Claypool of interesting weaponry. keep up the cool videos!
you forgot to mention that it doesen't have a damage sweetspot.
Johnnyboy stop bringing up that freaking game! I don't care about the damn gewehr m.95!
Stfu
These two replies this guy got are pure aids.
@@MyPS4IsOnFirePleaseHelp you really gonna reply to a 3 year old comment?
@@johnnyboy2320 Yeah got a problem with it? Other people have done it too.
I imagine "Wetherby Eyebrow" was a common complaint for users with that very short eye relief. I had a Binet-Doumoulin in 275 H&H Magnum with a 1940's vintage Kahles 6X scope with very short eye relief and a razor sharp metal optic rim. I quickly replaced with a modern Zeiss scope after having to have two stitches in my eyebrow, from trying to shoot round a tree.
Being an artilleryman I rather like that site LOL, Perhaps not practical but nostalgic for sure.
The range markers lead me to believe it started it's life as an Arty site and they refitted it to match a rifle.
Kinda what Ian says in the clip.
I love seeing these special configurations on what are otherwise common rifles.
"suction relief holes", yes, I've heard of these.
The M1903 Springfield is a air-cooled, single shot........... 3 semesters of being on the drill team, and I still can't remember the damn nomenclature
This thing is badass. QD mounted 6 or 5.3 power scope with range estimator in ww1. Awesome bit of history!
All it needs is a palm rest and it fits right into Battlefield 1
Can’t believe I missed this episode hahaha I laughed so hard at the idea of the eye cup getting stuck to the soldiers face
You can really tell that this scope was developed by artillery people, ha. Nice recital for the time at least. Also, I always liked those types of range finders. Simple and easy to use. I have a similar system on my AKM.
With them thinking this was going to be calculated for 3000-yard shots; It instantly confirms that this was engineered from an artillery stand-point. "Sir, I will be shooting up into the air, practically." - "Yep! An' that's good, boy! You'll make a fine artillery man..." - "But, I'm a sniper-" "Nope! You'll make a fine artillery man. And see? It's got a brass plate on there, to help ya do your calculations in the heat of battle."
I would love to learn more on the history of optics. Keep up the great work as always and thanks for sharing your love of this history!
For some reason, Ian reminded me of the Mighty Jingles when he started talking about how bad the telescope was.
That weapon is a thing of beauty
Fascinating once again Ian!!!
Very well done video, Ian. Very interesting!
Somehow I really really feel more grateful for my cheapie Vortex now. Let alone my Ziess...
Ian, I'm really impressed by your depth of knowledge. Thanks for the great videos.
Why did they call it "musket"? Also, do you reside near the Rock Island action house location, since you do these quite often?
hahaha, made my day sir xdd
+Dick Mcfaggetsen except that wasn't what he was talking about xd
MrHuggaga I saw his comment and I was like..what is he talking about..? haha. Thanks.
+Dick Mcfaggetsen Your profile name and comment are to funny not to point out.
+MrHuggaga I am sure that you meant External Disk Drive (EXDD). I was a IBM main frame computer technician back in the 90's. I am sure that you were referring to a pig (you know an external device with 5 14"inch platters, it only weighs 60lbs and holds a whopping 500 MB). Enlightenment please?
sprigfield rifle 1903 cool gun i love it
You just helped me at sniping in bf1, now i will know how far an enemy is
Excellent as always.
Warner & Swasey are far better known for their turret lathes. A weird side note Warner/Swasey was bought by Bendex, who was bought by Alliedsignal, who bought and took the name of Honeywell. Honeywell has an optics division, so in a round about way the same company is making a similar product over a hundred years later.
Interesting to see if you’ve ever read “A Rifleman Went To War.” This is the rifle that is pictured on the binding of my copy of the book.
What a very cool scope I like it Ian
I can just imagine an American sniper shooting and all you hear is:
BANG!
**rubbery smack**
"... fucking rubber..."
**Cling-clang-clang-cling**
BANG!
"i swear this bloody thing's an octopus!"
**cling-clang-clang-cling**
I'm a simple girl. I see M1903, i click. Wonderful rifles. Shame about the scope, but it is mechanically interesting, so i appreciate it for that.
"Hundred-year centennial", as opposed to all of the other kinds of centennials.
beautiful rifle
Omg it's Tachanka!!
Not so beautiful scope
Love his style. Very cool.
It's still a cool rifle in sight even though it's a little antiquated,
Wow, wonderful rifle..
I saw one of these scopes in a pawn shop. The tag was marked "very old magnified optic" they new that it was old but nothing more cause all the markings were completely gone. The mount was broke and the rubber piece was totally gone. It had some screws missing, the thing was just in terrible condition. They wanted 800 obo, i went back a couple days later to buy something else and somebody had bought the scope.
I would love to see what the cross hairs look like on that scope... and I think it is really fascinating that it has a rail. Probably one of the first rail systems ever.
The M1909 Benet-Mercié Automatic Rifle was not a terrible gun. As the Hotckiss Mk.1 LMG it was used successfully by British, Australian, and New Zealand mounted units in Sinai and Palestine in WW1.
The M1909 was maligned in press reports of the Battle of Columbus (1916). And what problems it did have were due to inadequate training of the troops.
there where no real snipers in us army, just "hobby" long range shooters till the korean war...
With this scope you can beat the longest recorded sniper kill made with today's technology by 300 yards (theoretically) :P
Very much like an early type of ART (auto ranging telescope) by Leatherwood, pretty neat find.
Funny that you bring up McBride in this video but not in your Ross videos, especially the guy trying to work the bolt on his rifle while cursing the entire Ross family, from the time of the begats up to the present. One of my favorite books from the First World War.
woaw, that is a beautiful rifle
Amazing how weapons have evolved over the years.
Rifles have gotten better. I'm amazed how snipers were able to hit anything with those ancient looking scopes. You had to be an amazing marksman.
Also BATTLEFIELD 1 is out now and creating a lot of buzz about WW1. I love your content Ian. Thanks for all the research and behind the scenes work you put in to create these awesome videos
Even with a temporary static target by the time you get through all that on the dials and the thinking process of getting it correct your target probably is gone.
i just love the way u say premier auchtion, or whatever u write it :D
In the late 1870's C Sharpe designed a hammerless rifle.. believe it was called the Borshart model... have you run across one? Sure would like to see a vid on it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Needs flip lid with clip.
Rebuildable with oring seal.
When CNC machined they should work great & be Tuffer.
Ian, first I would like to thank you for all the work you do - I watch religiously every day.
Second, I have a request for a video (maybe you already made it, but I couldn't find it). Could you do a video on all the different types of firearm actions? Looking at the Wikipedia for "Blowback_(firearms)", I saw some interesting types like Chamber-ring delayed and Screw-delayed that are not talked about much. I'm sure many of the actions have been covered in individual firearm videos, but it would be interesting to see all types of actions (not only blowback) in one video compared and contrasted, along with the development and usage history, and examples (or footage) of each. Something like "Introduction to Magazines and Clips - Design, History, and Function" is along the lines I was thinking.
Again, thank you for possibly the best firearms channel on UA-cam!
Gotta love how optimistic people are with rifle ranges. Seems like old ordnance boards thought that Joe could shoot the maximum range of a rifle. Who's ever heard of max effective range?
I love how I can learn about guns AND fingerpainting at the same time! XD
to me it seems that the markings are more for a reconnaissance mission and seeing the enemy before they see you type of mission then a shooting one....
I would love to get a couple original snipers m1 garand, 1903, Lee Enfield. I own 2 1903 Springfields a 1942 and 1904 love them
I know you probably couldn't get a camera view of the reticle but drawn on a piece of paper would be nice
3,000yds? and I thought the sights on a Mauser C96 were optimistic, I think this takes the cake now.
had to be smart as hell to snipe with that gun
I know that the market for these is really niche, but I would love to see some reproductions of this scope.
This is a classic example of people tasked to do something having no experience with what it is they are actually doing. Sure, they have experience in making sights, but not rifle sights, nor do they seem to understand rifle ballistics. All it takes is some guy who knows what's up in the group to say "hey...those won't kill past x yards...so...don't bother"
more optic videos please!
love these vids
I like how it says "J.F.C." on the side of the stock, as in jesus fucking christ how do I use this scope in combat?
JFC, How the fuck I use this, I need a freaking periscope than this piece of junk.
I also like "point this end towards enemy" found on rocket launches and claymores etc.
There's also a "Drift" table on top of the front tube of the scope that you didn't describe, or even mention. I'm guessing it's as useful as the others?
Benet Mercie? Thats the Hotchkiss right?
Yes, the US adopted the Hotchkiss Portative as the M1909 Benet-Mercie.
50 Shades of Gay nice name
Did battlefield 1 bring more traffic to your channel? Been subbed for a couple years, love the game and seeing the real world counterpart, thanks!
They have one of these at a gun shop near me for about 2500. I really want it
Who came to learn about history not talking about battlefield 1
Was hoping for a disassembly... :(
LOL I knew about these scopes before this video thanks to the Tales of the Gun series.
It's strange to think that the military generation that was so obsessed with the individual infantrymans accuracy above all else, would fail to understand how important optics would be for a rifle.
Then again, these were the same guys that thought mass infantry charges into machineguns and modern artillery was a feasible idea.
Optics not even close to as important as just shooting rounds all day scopes mean nothing
This is M1903 Marksman !
Ian, I've been following your channel for some time now, 6 months +, and so far I've enjoyed every last one of your videos, but!
I've noticed that most of the time, you have one of your fingers in plaster... Do you keep cutting yourself on old equipment, or is it just a precaution? :)
Having handled a lot of old weapons and whatnot, I've decided to just go with glazier gloves, avoid injury and, well, dirt and oil.
+PsiCommando || I think he cut himself with a veggie slicer, which is a lot less glamourous than and M1 thumb.
And all these videos were shot within a couple days, that's why the band-aid finger keeps appearing.
Great history. How much do you know? And how much do you reserch before macking vid?
That rifle kicks like a mule ... interresting vid ...thanks.
And I'm pretty sure that some long-range shots were made with that rifle.