This video dives into the Remington-Lee Model 1899, the final iteration of the Remington Lee Military Rifle. It highlights the rifle's redesign for smokeless powder ammunition, featuring a new detachable bolt head with enhanced locking lugs. The description outlines production numbers for various entities, including the Michigan National Guard, Cuban Rural Guard, and commercial models, and lists the calibers offered, such as .30 U.S.A. (.30-40), 7mm Mauser, 7.65mm Mauser, .303 British, and 6mm Lee Navy.
Brownells Gun Tech Keith Ford explores early 20th-century belt-fed machine guns from the Rock Island Auction Company, focusing on John Moses Browning's designs. The video highlights the Colt-Browning M1895 "Potato Digger," the first successful gas-operated machine gun adopted by the U.S. military, discussing its operation and calibers (.30-40 Krag, 6mm Lee Navy, .30-06). It then examines the water-cooled Browning M1917 and the lighter, air-cooled M1919, detailing their service history from WWI through the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
This Q&A episode from Forgotten Weapons covers a wide array of firearms-related topics and tangents. Key discussions include modern squad weapons, favorite historical sites, daily schedules, the advantages of toggle locking systems, and the potential comeback of Gyrojet ammunition. The video also touches on aerial guns, video backlog, the feasibility of the 6mm Lee Navy with modern materials, helical magazines, rifle importation, specific historical firearms like Berthier rifles and Broomhandle Mausers, and the possibility of modernizing the H&K P7. Other subjects include single-feed pistol magazines, the 8mm Kurz cartridge, big-bore pistols, the rationale behind judging service rifles, and collaborations with other YouTubers. Further topics delve into the FN MAG, the reasons behind the lack of top-feed LMGs, new modular platforms in 6.5/6.8mm cartridges, the failure of the Walther MPK/MPL, gunsmithing support for rare guns, WW2 German use of captured small arms, the Steyr-Hahn machine pistol, variable pitch recoil springs, bump stocks, post-FW plans, constant recoil guns, puzzling military adoptions, WW1 small arms, and a comparison of HK and AR15 irons.
This Q&A session covers a wide range of firearm-related topics, including ammunition feeding mechanisms (belts vs. links), the historical factors influencing gun manufacturing locations, and specific caliber choices like France's avoidance of 7.62 NATO. The discussion delves into specific firearms like the CMMG Guard, the historical function of proof houses, and the 6mm Lee Navy cartridge. It also touches upon modern military applications of 7.62mm NATO rifles, unique design features like straight triggers on French rifles, and hypothetical choices for Old West revolvers. The video explores magazine design, the development of semi-automatic rifles before WWII, potential modernizations of the M1941 Johnson, and the future of the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. Additional questions cover collectible firearms for Anglophiles, US intermediate cartridge development, surplus ammunition sourcing, the rarity of straight-pull military rifles, potential Mosin improvements, inertial locking mechanisms, and specific rifles like the FX-05 and Type 89, as well as legal conversion of open-bolt SMG kits.
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