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Q&A #22: Travel and More

October 4, 2018 Ian McCollum 28

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 […]

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Q&A 20 – With Special Guest Bob Bigando

July 26, 2018 Ian McCollum 10

Time for another Q&A – today towards the end we have a special guest to answer a question about artillery, Bob Bigando from Hamilon Firearms. Thanks, Bob! 0:50 – Berthier type iron sights on military […]

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Q&A 19: Answers From The Boonies

June 28, 2018 Ian McCollum 23

As always, questions came from Patrons at the $2/month level and above. Thanks to all of you for the support! 0:25 – FAMAS parts kits coming? 1:15 – Why heel magazine releases on European handguns? […]

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Q&A 18: Ammunition Adventures (and more)

May 17, 2018 Ian McCollum 34

00:30 – Belts or links, and why? 04:53 – What determines locations of gun manufacturing centers? 06:40 – Why did France not use 7.62 NATO? 09:38 – CMMG Guard, yea or nay? 12:32 – How […]

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Q&A #17: Bullpups, Stocked Pistols, Delayed Blowback, and More!

April 24, 2018 Ian McCollum 31

  0:26 – Can roller delayed blowback system be relevant in modern guns? 3:32 – Difference between gas tappet and short stroke gas piston 6:00 – Cleaning procedure, particularly for corrosive ammunition 7:32 – Brief […]

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Q&A #16: Lightning Round!

January 17, 2018 Ian McCollum 30

Today we are doing a slightly different Q&A format, because I ran a bit short of time to do my usual background research on questions. So instead, we have a Lightning Round of short questions…7 […]

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Q&A #15: Disappointing Guns, 7.92×41 CETME, and 1873 Revolvers

December 21, 2017 Ian McCollum 58

Today’s question topics: 0:00:36 – Have I considered designing the perfect gun? 0:02:38 – Dealer sample machine gun market 0:07:20 – Stocked pistols and pistol-carbines 0:10:53 – P14 & M1917 nomenclature 0:12:45 – Particularly good […]

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Q&A with Larry Vickers: German WW2 Gun and Modern Small Arms

December 11, 2017 Ian McCollum 15

Larry Vickers has published the newest book in the Vickers Guide series, and it looks at German small arms of World War II – the first of two volumes to do so. I had a hand […]

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Q&A #14: Recoil, Nerf, and Forced Air Cooling

November 1, 2017 Ian McCollum 50

Today’s question topics: 0:00:58 – Factors affecting recoil in machine guns 0:04:57 – Revisiting/remaking old videos 0:05:58 – Is the MP5 still relevant? 0:06:47 – Am I excited to film different guns? 0:08:12 – Vintage […]

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Q&A #13: Cameras, Surplus SMGs, Modern Rocket Balls, and More!

September 11, 2017 Ian McCollum 36

Today’s question topics:: 0:00:24 – Belt-fed ARs 0:02:13 – US Army and the .276 vs 7.62 NATO 0:06:20 – Finnish cartridge choices 0:08:11 – Guns with built-in recoil absorbing mechanisms 0:10:45 – Deep dive on […]

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