Q&A October 2025: Weird Pistols & Future Plans (Ad-free)
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Personal questions
03:07 - How is Ian doing?
04:38 - Family firearms background
05:47 - Favorite Finnish firearm
08:22 - Am I still learning French? How about Finnish?
09:58 - Plans for 2026 for Forgotten Weapons and Headstamp Publishing
12:14 - Is my wife involved in my work?
13:49 - Access to collections as a published author?
Gun questions
0:15:30 - Guns mounted to hands/arms
Sedgley Gove Gun: https://youtu.be/1hkmc0o8uVk
0:18:12 - Why no NATO standard assault rifle?
0:24:20 - Diversity of grenade launchers
0:27:27 - MTL-30 and XM26 grenade launchers
0:32:52 - Gyrojet vs Dardick: Which is less worse?
0:34:29 - Is .30 carbine a pistol or intermediate cartridge?
0:38:16 - Elbonia and the 6.8x51mm M7 rifle
0:41:48 - Squad automatic weapons - caliber and feed system?
0:44:17 - Portugal replacing G3 with SCAR
0:46:56 - What if US didn't adopt the M16 / 5.56mm?
0:48:28 - Good books to start a gun library
0:51:05 - Good books to start a cartridge reference library
0:52:09 - The term "spring tension"
0:53:55 - FRTs and the market for 9mm PCCs
0:57:19 - Will Metal Storm ever be used?
0:59:20 - Alternative pistol locking systems
1:00:34 - S&W No.3 Schofield and the .45 Colt cartridge
1:03:24 - First time match DQ
1:04:40 - Most durable transferrable machine gun?
1:07:46 - Will Russia ever replace 7.62x54R?
1:10:16 - Dedicated anti-drone rifle?
1:12:31 - Value of full auto in submachine guns?
1:14:01 - Australian replacement of the High Power MkIII
1:18:28 - Cleaning and restoration of collectible guns
1:20:20 - Elbonian version of the M14TP sniper
M14TP: https://youtu.be/u7nXaJA6ero
1:23:21 - is the Vickers-Berthier LMG so controllable?
Vickers-Berthier: https://youtu.be/MSH0GwZj8BI
1:25:50 - Lighting Round: Will I do a video on...
Comments
I feel Ian missed the point on the deactivated gun question. EU/UK deactivation laws are extremely harsh, basically turning guns into sold inoperable lumps, at which point are they worth keeping?
Bevis
2025-10-28 02:01:09 +0000 UTCMy question was picked. The NATO Assault Rifle question
Steven Taylor
2025-10-26 15:03:48 +0000 UTCYay! My metal storm question got in! *looks at timestamps* oh, that's going to be blunt no isn't it? *watches video* oh, it's an interestingly detailed no. TBH yes I knew it from Future Weapons (that makes everything sound awesome) and I'd forgotten/never knew you had to fire off the entire magazine at once. Anyway, thanks for indulging me.
David C
2025-10-25 21:00:29 +0000 UTC
