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01:05 – Guns from Peru
JoLoAr video: https://youtu.be/c9JfodMKlBY
03:23 – Why not blow-forward bullpups?
AK-53 video: https://youtu.be/-ykmqUFJWAw
05:00 – Was the SKS used in WW2?
C&Rsenal SKS video: https://youtu.be/7x1jyDHxqO4
07:28 – Favorite gun breakdown?
Terni 1921 video: https://youtu.be/vQDlafCwqws
08:42 – Madsen LMG action still viable today?
11:28 – Valuable input from viewers in the comments?
13:17 – How long will Forgotten Weapons go?
15:45 – Is KelTec onto something with clip-fed pistols?
17:44 – Why not more innovative new pistols from big companies?
20:14 – What is barrel life?
22:48 – AK with bolt hold-open?
Early M70 video: https://youtu.be/0gPTpLIUMN0
25:15 – Future of stocked pistols and chassis systems?
27:11 – How to update a 1970s Soviet AK?
28:29 – Combination subsonic/supersonic cartridges
31:53 – AI and workflow
35:19 – Reproduction or resto-mod guns?
37:10 – Why not stainless for military barrels?
37:41 – Converting the Trapdoor Springfield to .30-40
39:50 – Thoughts on 6.5mm military cartridges
45:10 – Do high end rifles really make a difference?
48:04 – Anti-drone weapons
52:42 – Down-loaded cartridges in the PTRS and PTRD
54:43 – Why no American proof houses?
56:50 – Shotgun suppressors
57:42 – Why create Headstamp instead of using an existing publisher?
The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com
“(…)Was the SKS used in WW2?”
СКС-31 https://www.kalashnikov.ru/sks-kotoryj-tak-i-ne-vstupil-v-boj/ was self-loading rifle chambered for 7,62 mm rifle rimmed cartridge, procured in small quantities during 2nd World War. Small batch was tested inside 312th Rifleman Division in August 1944. This might be source of said confusion. СКС-31 was found not reliable enough and that fixing this issue would result in loss of main advantages – low weight.