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Small Arms of WWI Primer 080: German MG08

FINALLY got this cleared.  Now I need a nap.

Or I'll just hang out on Discord and play video games before getting back to it.

On leaving WWI

Sorry to double up but I keep forgetting to make this point.

I have about a terabyte of historical footage and images all geared towards WWI and firearms from our short list.  Basically, since ...

This next episode is a heavy one

..and in trying to get it all organized an idea came to me.

We've had a bit of a catch 22 here at C&Rsenal: struggle to find a gun and shoot it.  Episode released, 3 offers to loan what we ...

MoM: US Enfield 1917

Happy 4th!

Small Arms of WWI Primer 079: Ottoman Mauser 1887

I'm honestly knee deep in Maxim script.

Tricky bit: up to page 26 on the FIRST episode on Maxim.  Problem is only 2/3rds done and it already 6 pages over our longest so far....

Minute of Mae: Revolver 1892

We've had an idea to do a brief review of each gun on the backburner for years.  Chad over at IV8888 gave me a pretty firm push and I'd be a fool to pass up good advice from an experienced hand.<...

Small Arms of WWI Primer 078: German Mauser 71/84

Order up!

Update: We took a trip

Once again, thank you all for making the show possible.

Hopefully a little exposure will go a long way to help us grow!

Goals

Throughout the growth of the show I've been very careful to maintain a professional but available demeanor.  Many, many times small emergencies and even large ones have made me feel unsettled, un...

Small Arms of WWI Primer 077: German 1871 Jägerbüchse and Carbine

Also, while I'm at it let's cover some updates.

I'm currently finishing repairs on an 08 and Jeff from the Lewis Gun episode has sent over a Hotchkiss 1914 and is shipping the final bits ...

What you can do

Sorry for startling everyone!  The show is still very solid and growing.

Some of you were kind enough to up your donations but I assure you it's not something I'd ask for!  $1 is enough. 2018-05-31 22:39:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Updates: Hail Mary

Unfortunately it looks like I won't be able to squeeze in a machine gun episode.  Some mechanical issues have tied us down just a few days too long to make it happen without my hair falling out.<...

Bloke is back. Sorta.

After a lot of attention Bloke recreceived some sort of manual review and his channel is back up. However, he did receive a strike on one video: loading metallic cartridges for the 1866 Chassepot.

Y...

In Better News : We Designed for Taofledermaus

Jeff over at Taofledermaus has been a HUGE supporter of the Primer series and repeatedly exposed us to his much larger audience.  As a thank you Mae and I helped put together a poster for his cha...

Bloke on the Range YouTube Account Terminated

Hello everyone, 

     I promised to stay politically neutral with the show BUT still update you with matters that may affect our production.  Right now we are care...

Small Arms of WWI Primer 076: German Mauser 1871

Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic.  Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.

C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the fire...

Huh

Can't always control the weather.

The Peerless and a 1917 Carbine

You guys have had access to this video for a while now but I suppose over a year is enough lead time.

The Peerless is over at the print shop if you're interested.
2018-05-17 00:14:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Opinions : Spoilers

1. We've had a little project going with Manticore Arms to recreate a prototype Remington 11 trenchgun.  

Somewhere in this process they realized they would like to sponsor the show.  ...

Posts catch up

So Patreon apparently sends me an email when one of you makes a post.  But it does NOT appear in my on-site notifications.  

I have some catching up to do.

Q&Arsenal

All right gang, the moment is here.  Hopefully not a complete disappointment.

This time saved has allowed us to settle a number of issues that have been tying up production.  We...

Submissions over

OK guys I've pulled the questions from the old thread.

Some were a bit specific or vaguely overlapped other questions, and we have a bit of a time limit.  So I'm sorry to say not EVE...

Anyone have comic/artbook experience?

Bruno found an illustrator who had worked up a series of fantasy Great War guns. They were so thoughtful I realized that I might now have an opportunity to share a number of guns we would have no chan...

75 episodes and 97 firearms

Sometimes you keep your head down for so long you don't realize just how much work you've done.  Without the high speeds and targets we've still managed over 1.5 hours in our shooting segments al...

Skipping

The Primer series is constrained by 3 factors:

1. My skill as a researcher and administrator

2. The Budget

3. Time

When we started the show the emphasis was on #3.  I just bur...

Small Arms of WWI Primer 075: US Mosins, Dragoon, Carbine

Part II

This will be followed by the Q&A video, and then some more in-depth episodes.  It was that or do a poor job.

A New Site

The old C&Rsenal site just isn't cutting it.  Too ad-hoc and confusing.  But there are a number of articles people still reference so I can't just take it down.

Well, I have an old dom...

Filming the 100,000 subscriber update

We had some difficulty with our actors.

Old Patron Video

I noticed this video had only 600 views but we have 2,000 patrons

Some of you might have missed out.

100,000 subscribers : Questions

If you missed the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0_KfIX2PI

We now have over 100,000 Subscribers on YouTu...