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Q&A 50: Disagreeing With the Premise of the Question

The Kickstarter for my new book, "Pistol of the Warlords" is live! Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/pistols-of-the-warlords?ref=2mth4s 00:56 - What is the status of the Chinese Warlord Pistols book? 03:01 - Are open-bolt guns mechanically less accurate? 04:39 - Was Johnson influenced by the RSC? 06:02 - Arms development in totalitarian countries 09:03 - What is #36720? 10:27 - Design features to improve reliability in harsh environments? 13:21 - What if the M1 Carbine was more reliable? 15:06 - More distillery tours? Tour of the Kyrö Distillery: https://youtu.be/YM7dGuGd404 17:07 - My favorite pre-1950 revolver Webley WG video: https://youtu.be/tswjqQocbbA 17:46 - Absinthe cocktails besides the Sazerac? 18:30 - Constant Recoil in open-bolt SMGs? 20:04 - Notch sights vs aperture sights 22:37 - Gun development dead ends 25:42 - Iron sight preferences 27:06 - Did anyone succeed in replacing 3 different guns with just one? 29:32 - Naval willingness to experiment more than Armies 32:01 - Prototype design that was *this close* to being really good? 35:07 - How to do an LMG competition? 38:27 - Revolving rifles and gas seal designs 41:09 - Amateur radio 41:58 - Why no .32ACP submachine guns? vz61 Skorpion video: https://youtu.be/0QUcZjBHq8A 43:48 - Books on Pederson and/or the Pedersen rifle? 44:56 - Adding detailed photography to my video work 46:47 - Did 7.62mm NATO set back Western small arms? 49:05 - Books on Israeli small arms? David Gaboury's book on the Uzi: https://youtu.be/qIJXymt7AOY 51:02 - What if the French had not rushed the 8mm Lebel rifle and cartridge? 56:37 - Reproduction PTRD in .50 BMG? PTRD video: https://youtu.be/cUO3Bmt5XTQ 59:56 - Most interesting delayed blowback mechanisms Headspace-operated rifle: https://youtu.be/SfuwgVCh79M http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapo

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  • Originally Aired May 11, 2021
  • Runtime 1 minutes
  • Created September 28, 2021 by
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  • Modified September 28, 2021 by
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