CandRsenal

State of the Project

Added 2017-06-24 21:38:09 +0000 UTC

All right gang it has been a busy few weeks and I'm sure you're all aware of the social media buzz in all directions. So let's go over just what the heck you've been funding.

Just to recap we've been on 2 episodes of The Great War this week and had our friend Jeff at Taofledermaus rehost some shotgun footage to lure in new viewers. Hopefully some of you found us through either of those channels. We've also had a few articles link us through Guns.com and TFB, so it has been some good growth.

I've also leaked that we have an MP18,I in hand. This gun is currently non functioning with a welded bolt and barrel. But both are repairable and someone had the sense to register the disabled gun rather than cut the receiver decades ago. That means it IS transferable and currently remains the property of our executive producer, who has funded this side project himself. So stay tuned for more interesting Anvil work (and make sure to head over to that show's separate patreon to support his projects)

https://www.patreon.com/anvil/

We're pushing hard right now and sort of running at near-triple capacity because we have to get ahead of episodes AND write several additional scripts before November. This is because Marty Morgan of American Rifleman has invited us to a private machine gun shoot where we hope to check off at least 5 episodes in a frantic weekend of filming. After that we have a standing offer in Wisconsin to knock down another 5 or so more if things go right (they never do).

In addition, two more machine guns are coming our way for Mark to repair. We'll get to feature those as well in both Anvil and Primer.

This is were you guys become the only reason we could do the show. Last month was our best ever in terms of views on YouTube with hundreds of thousands pouring over the Lewis Gun and T-Gewehr live fire demonstrations. Still, we did not break $300 on ad revenue and we've even lost monetization on the Beretta episode over an Italian company claiming they own a song recorded by a man who died in 1921.

Meanwhile we need thousands of rounds of hand loaded specialty ammo, custom dies and brass in many cases, parts and labor on near-complete guns, and lots of shipping and insurance costs for loaners. Add in the occasional opportunistic purchase to round out an episode *cough*10.4mm Spanish top break*cough* and the need to maintain vehicles and gas in town, let alone sleeping 4 people for 3 nights after a 12 hour trip... well it gets messy.

I've dialed my "take-home" to less than $400 a month, which means I'm working just to cover my most basic bills and leaving the rest to expand the show as much as possible.

If this seems like a lot, understand that the MP18, Winchester 1907, Lever guns, and other exciting tidbits we're seeing now are the products of efforts started months ago using the funds you guys provided THEN (maybe 2/3rds of today's funding). We have run the budget to 0 every month in an effort to stockpile the rarest pieces and develop the hardest ammo. We can always make time to cover the more common (but still requested) US standard stuff and we will get there.

As always, thank you ALL and if you have any questions check in here for sure. I'm also considering some sort of community offering once in a while. If anyone has any ideas for a virtual get together once a month, let me know.