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April 2018 Q&A Solicitation (Patreon)

Published:
2018-04-10 23:30:01
Imported:
2026-06

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Hello awesome supporters!

This is the official solicitation for your questions for the April 2018 Q&A.

This month Ian is out, and I'll be driving the Q&A truck, but I may be able to incorporate some co-hosts from the hacker/firearms community (maybe).

So, with that in mind, keep your Ian specific questions until a more opportune Q&A situation, but feel free to ask anything else - guns, tech, etc.

Please keep it to ONE question per person and, if you can, phrase the question as a single sentence rather than a paragraph.

As you know, we always receive more questions than can be dealt with so that format helps tremendously.

Thank you!Karl

Comments

Dale Schmidt

Do you still have plans to check out the Desert Tech MDR?

Logan young

No specific questions but given the opportunity with Ian’s absence I’d love to see infosec given a hard look.

John W

Ian is using a Glock Roland special, will Karl be making/rocking a 92FS Roland Special?

James Houchin

What step(s) should the responsible citizen take to remain anonymous/secure online?

Marklar

If NFA laws weren't a factor, would you have gone to a shorter barrel with the WWSD rifles, or is 14.5 the sweet spot?

Nick Bruh-Nor-ee

What are good infoSec measures for the average person

Andrew Drust

American vs German SIGs: is there a realistic, discernible difference in quality and reliability, or is this another sacred cow deserving of the InRange slaughter house?

D Lewis

Is there anything with the WWSD rifle that you would like to change, but the market doesn't currently have? Ie: maybe add LoP or removeable grip to GWAC or something of that nature.

Desi Oliva

You mentioned in a previous qa that you dislike glocks, has stance shifted since using Roland special

Benjamin Ross

With the 7.62x25 tokarev's flat trajectory and decent penetration why is it essentially relegated to feeding surplus or reproduction firearms with almost 0 modern firearms produced in that caliber? Is there a major downfall of that caliber that I am missing?

MNETHTBRD

How did average people in the old west carry their rifle ammunition? I believe you previously said that only thugs and gunslingers carried the iconic crossed bandoliers.

Johnny Osprey

What firearms handling drills can you recommend for someone to do at home, if they have limited access to range time?

Andrew Bethards

With the WWSD carbine being set at the 14.5" barrel length, should I build my 6.5 Grendel WWSD inspired hunting/competition rifle with a 16", 18" or longer barrel? Is the WWSD principle adaptable to other roles besides competition?

London Jolly

What are the best and worst pieces of firearm advice you've heard?

John Madden

Karl, are you going to do a video on suppressors for the WWSD rifles or was that not considered relevant to the project?

christopher

Would you rather have a pistol or more ammo for your rifle, for general combat use?

Jonathan Jones

What gun-nerdy books on modern carbine usage, history, mechanics, etc do you recommend?

Azmi Azahari

What's your opinion on electronic gun safety/locking devices, as in something on the gun itself, and something like a biometric locking holster that would only enable you to draw your firearm?

Spanky's Basement

Do you think an Echo trigger in Ian's rifle would help him spin the spinner?

Joshua Kerner

I have done a lot of research into US Military Small Arms during World War II, paying particularly close attention to what soldiers themselves thought of the weapons when talking about them in memoirs, observer reports, etc. One thing that I found extremely interesting is that the M1 Carbine, a weapon that has a terrible reputation today, had a pretty good reputation with men in Infantry Regiments. Soldiers and commanders appreciated the fact it was light, quick firing, had a large magazine and was better than a pistol. To that end, some soldiers went to lengths to get themselves ones in several cases stealing them. On the other hand, you have the M1911A1 pistol, a weapon that today is revered as almost a religious object, was rated quite poorly by most. One soldier remarked that it was "clumsy and heavy" while others had extreme difficulty hitting anything. In a division's worth of memoirs, only one guy talks about actually killing someone with it. Most talk about people accidentally shooting oneself, a friend, or an inanimate object while cleaning it. One guy used it so infrequently that the ammo corroded inside the magazine. My question is: how is it that ones has the reputation of being as worthless as a dull stick while the other is seen as the best gun that was ever made today. How does a weapon's mythos develop? Are there any other weapons that you can think of where the reality of actual use was actually considerably better or worse than how most modern day shooters or collectors see the weapons?

Jamin Roy

While going though y’all archive on video I stumbled across the “first assault rifle” so here is my question. What platform would y’all go to as a backup if there was ever a ban on semi automatic all together.

Monke

What's the video backlog looking like these days? Also love the work you guys do and I'll remain a patron no matter what weird website you find yourselves on.

Will Rodger

What were your original goals with IRTV and how have they evolved since the start?

Jonathan Beland

Two-gun seems like a great way to get out and learn some very valuable shooting skills, but I'd really like to see it first hand before I made the investment in getting all the equipment. In your experience, what is the general stance of people going just to observe a match? Are spectators discouraged or looked down upon? Thanks a lot guys, keep up the incredible work.

Casey

Do you allow AR pistols and what the ATF defines as a "firearm" in your matches? I have a Mossberg Shockwave with a folding pistol brace adapter on it. It gives me the shorter barrel with the stability of the brace and let's me still keep it compact. I think it's a great "happy medium" for the 12ga world. And my 300blk pistol is my favorite gun right now, especially since Hornady new expanding subsonic ammo seems to be working so well.

JustinAZ

Is there a reason why you didn’t go with titanium, to further reduce weight, for the barrel nut and gas block on the what would stoner do project?

BrandoSpoke

Where did you guys come up with the name “InRange”? Your channel is not relatively new so I’m kind of puzzled why it has not been asked before.

Ian

Was there a rifle outside of the Ar-15 you had as an alternate for the WWSD project.

Matthew Jackson

One pattern that I have consistently noticed over the last decade or so working in software and computers in the Boston area, is that most engineering types (substantially more than half) seem to have either photography or shooting or both as a hobby - sometimes both. Do you see this holding up in your part of the country as well?

Steve Barr

Could you reflect on going from "internet famous" to being a spokesperson for second amendment rights?

Connor Durbin

Have you ever heard of anyone adding body armor to regular articles of clothing? Armoring a jacket you already own and things like that. It's something that I just one day got the idea to try to do and would like to know if it is a thing other people are doing.

Adam G.

What other gun channels to you personally watch? Any that you’d recommend avoiding?

Rick Sexton

What guilty (gun) pleasures do you have? I'm guessing tacticool..

Jordan Mcclelland

What guns have you bought or wanted because they looked cool.

Les Winner

Given the advance of technology, would you say that the under $500.00 Deer Season special rifle/scope combination in some version of .30 caliber from a big box store (Dick's/Walmart) is equal to or greater than the equipment that Vasily Zaitzev and Carlos Hathcock had during WW2 and Vietnam when they made their exploits?

John

Do y'all have plans to look at sbr/cqb specific rifles and/or designated marksmen rifles with relation to the wwsd project in the future?

Brian I

That is a good question.

Logan

What do you both enjoy most about working with each other? Is there anything that causes contention between you?

Brian I

What was your favorite part of the wwsd project?

Robert Irving

What exactly is "dwell time" in reference to AR/M16 operation? Lots of misinformation on the net.

Robert Irving

The above question is in reference to using lighter bolts as mentioned in the bolt WWSD vid. My thought was that an adjustable gas block would alleviate dwell time issues.. assuming it is an issue with chamber pressure..

C.j. Singleton

What ever came of the M27 and Mk17 SCAR projects?

Walker Sosebee

What is your favorite camouflage pattern, either for cool factor or actual effectiveness, or a combination of both?

Kira Stiert

Having gone with holosun red dots on the WWSD rifles, will you be taking a look at their new pistol microdot?

Laurence Rosen

When setting up a camera security system for a home, would you also include indoor cameras to be able to see the major areas of the house from your bedroom, or would you be more concerned about people hacking into the feed?

Call me Lilly, Lilith if ya Nasty.

Last Q&A you indicated you were skeptical of pistol-scale PDW cartridges like 5.7 and 4.5, what are your opinions on rifle-scale PDW or 'new-intermediate' cartridges like the Knight's 6mm or Colt MARS?

Laurence Rosen

For a SBR/CQB variant just take the WWSD carbine, file the proper ATF paperwork, and use a shorter barrel? The basic premise is the same and the gains made from implementing the concept will be even more beneficial on an 11 inch barrel. The DMR concept was fairly well fleshed out already with Ian's original rifle.

Dylan meissner

What’s your favorite gear you use when doing 2 gun with and ak type rifle?

Fox

WWSD Ar10 dmr?

Jacob Murray

If you were in the wilds of Alaska for a long time. What self loading rifle would you want?

Jacob Harvey

If you could think of any (technically plausible) part to add to the WWSD rifles that isn't on the market what would it be?

Cody Cook

Why didn't the US (among other users besides Italy) just convert the M1 to a detachable mag-fed 7.62 NATO rifle instead of building new rifles? I know Italy did just that with their BM-59, but why did no one else do it? (As far as I know, the M14 is not a converted M1 Garand, but I could be wrong)

Ryan D

What are your thoughts on .280 British, and why do you think a proliferation of similar intermediate cartridges has not happened on a larger scale since?

Markus Kammler

Is the sound of guns important to gun guys, like car sound to petrolheads?

justin cook

What is your gut feeling on the intention of YouTube's new gun polices. Do you think it's a baby step to appease the anti gun crowd or do think they want to snuff gun channels out.

Nick Beckwith

If you could be gifted any firearm, regardless of price and for personal enjoyment not for resale, what would you select?

Nick Beckwith

I believe there are some Israeli companies that have made armored clothing of the type you refer to.

Justin A

Do have any plans in the works to visit other philosophical firearm designs, such as WW(Kalashnikov, Cooper, Browning, Garand , etc) Do? Considering modern material and optics.

Andrew Duke

Second try with this question. Do you have another shotgun match planned?

Max Stoler

What is your do-it-wll round in 5.56? I get that at a match ammo is expensive and 55gr is cheap. What's your ideal round? Is it 62gr, 77gr, etc? Also, what are your thoughts on .224 Valkyrie if you have any?

Adam Mangiardi

Do you guys think that the adopt of 7.62 nato post ww2 stifled development of intermediate cartridges?

Leonard T Schmandt

Karl mentioned in one of your video that y'all would share your thoughts about Ballistol, still plan to do that?

Dave Pastry

what are some examples of of "failed from the start" engineering initiatives in firearms? Things like the solenoid fired aircraft mounted config of the stoner 63

Landric Hakon

How do you see impending legislation on the state or federal level driving firearms development? Will it be similar to what we saw during the 1994-2004 AWB? The combination of the AWB and lots of new shall-issue concealed carry laws brought us a lot of small handguns holding in the neighborhood of ten rounds. I’ve always thought it would be interesting in Ruger (or some other company) offered a Mini-M1; a ten shot .223 using a fixed magazine and en bloc clips like the Garand. Such a setup would be interesting in its own right and a workaround of laws restricting detachable magazines.

david hill

Which "modern" Russian manufactured handgun(s) would you like to see imported into the States?

Scott Walworth

I would like to see InRangeTV get together with other YouTube gun channels, including TheGreatWar, and test the effectiveness of long range rifle volley fire. Congratulations on winning the Glocksters in your category.

Jake Knight

Could you talk about marksmanship standards in the armed forces historically, both for firearms and shooters, and how they correspond to what shooters new to a match could expect? It would be great if you could share suggested competencies for shooters new to the match environment too.

Brandon

Although decentralization is a good strategy to avoid destruction, it is not a good strategy for long-term survival: when YT Armageddon comes, you really need all ex-YT gun channels to focus on one post-YT source, as the more viewers that source would gain equals more money it collects and thus the more financially fit it becomes, which should translate from there to a more technically sound and (in theory) a then-gun-friendly distribution source that could actually challenge YT's market-hold. What are your thoughts on this?

Brandon

(This is a FW question, really, but I know I'm going to forget it. :( So writing it here in the hopes it gets jotted down somewhere) Is there a practical/physics reason why there are few (if any?) straight blowback systems for pistols of 9mm and higher that rely on the cartridge being seated inside an extra-long chamber, with the bolt face being an elongated cylinder such that, upon recoil, the bolt itself has to be pushed "out" of said extended chamber before the cartridge ejects, resulting in the dwell time necessary for the chamber pressure to drop?

Steve Zeatlow

My 6.5 Grendel WWSD is running an 18" Hbar barrel. I run a 0-800yds optics package ( red dot & 4-16 scope) it's a 1moa gun with Hornady black rifle ammo.

Michael Quinn

I think such a setup would extract and eject the case head and leave the case body in the front of the chamber.

Michael Quinn

You have longsince decided the WWSD DMR is not the 18" pencil barrel the Ian had. In your opinion, what would Stoner do for a DMR? Different caliber? Heavy barrel? Combination DMR and IAR? Does a DMR even make sense when everyone has a 4x scope/magnifier and a <1moa rifle?

1x4x9

Thoughts GDPR and online intercontinental data vs international travel? Meaning, if you're from the EU and come to the USA for vacation, are you allowed to request that every B&B, hotel, motel, restaurant, rental car agency, etc. must erase any history of your visit?

Jeremy Rumbaugh

Hey Karl, I know you are an Eastern Front buff so what books/resources would you recommend using to further my knowledge about it; I freely admit to being woefully uneducated about that portion of WW2.

Eamon B

What are your thought on mag couplers? Are they a viable option, or not worth it compared to higher-capacity magazines such as the D60?

Bourbon

What are the reasons to choose a Glock 17 over 19, and vice versa?

Ian Seifert

Do you think the USA will ever see again a re-branded 1994 version of gun control?

Andrew Leggett

What angles and topics should a debate on progress with AI and the second amendment look at?

TwentythreePER

Do you guys ever get bored with a project or find it difficult to continue making efforts towards a certain goal?

Justin

Asked this before, but if you were able to tour any Oceania battlefield in the Pacific where would you go?

StuG

Did you ever consider doing a side charging handle for the WWSD project?

Provo

Before the advent of the Modern Chronograph, the Ballistic Pendulum was used to measure a bullets velocity. Exactly, how accurate there these?

Iain Hutchinson

What was the final weight of Ian's WWSD DMR rifle?

Karl Norbridge

What are some of the better sites/marketplaces to get authentic russian gun stuff?

Nathan Shocklee

If the NFA did not exist, do you think that there would be more development in practical machine pistols? Being that the Skorpion is only slightly larger than a full sized standard pistol, it seems to me that a modern firearm of that type would have a huge advantage over a standard pistol.

MichaelPee

What about a WWSD build party/class? Like the build class that Rifle Dynamics does for AK's. We pay and when we show up all the parts to build the rifle are there and you guys instruct us on building them while also regaling us with amusing anecdotes. Throw in meals, drinks in the evening and a sighting in/shooting day and I think you could really have something.

Brian Reeder

Do you prefer the simplicity of the traditional AR DI system, or the newer piston systems that companies like HK and Adams Arms are pushing towards? What do you think are the pros and cons of either?

K Ford

I love the videos from Arizona and Finland, are there any enviroments/climates you would like to shoot in and see if they affect your gear choices?

Mark Smith

Do you have any worthy tips for a brand new M1 Garand Owner? I just got mine from the CMP

Andreas Nohl

What is the safest (anonym, without big changes in value over time …) crypto currency that is likely to last long and don’t uses up so much energy do to mining?

Anthony LaRocca

What would be your #1 old West site to stop at, on a road trip of the Southwest US? Really into the history, but my schedule is too tight to do everything.

Reece Fritz

Do you have any thoughts on the use of infantry-borne thermal imaging devices on the modern battlefield? Do they increase a soldier's ability to rapidly acquire and engage targets (especially camouflaged/concealed targets)? Are they economically / technologically viable? What countermeasures could be deployed to mask a soldier's thermal signature and prevent detection by such devices?

Michael Batza

Love your videos and keep up the great work. When it comes to suppressing PCC's are delayed blowbacks that much better then straight blowbacks to be worth the higher cost on average.

Scott Aronoff

New patron, just wanted to say I literally just got back from my first competitive shooting match ever, an ASI carbine match. It was tons of fun and I probably never would have tried shooting sports if it wasn't for you guys. Thank you for showing how accessible and fun these sports are! I hear there's a 2 Gun match in Thurmont, MD about an hour north of me. I can't wait to try it!

StuG

WWSD: Did you consider a foregrip/bipod combination?

Eric Camp

What advice would you give to someone about to shoot in Trooper for the first time? Can you think of any essential piece of kit that a newer competitor might not think of?

Scott Aronoff

And I just did my first 2 Gun match yesterday! It was awesome I didn’t DQ!

Cyler Hebert

Greetings from the great frozen hellscape of northern Alberta! Caseless ammunition, is there any future?

Cyler Hebert

Glad I finally committed to supporting you on Paterson, keep fighting the good fight in spreading practical firearms and digital rights information. Oh, also, as ridiculous as it is my name is pronounced “Kyler”

Nick_Fel

I recently watched Ian's (now 5 year old) video on the SAR-21, which made me curious - what do you (either of you) think is the best bullpup ever manufactured? Each seems to have something going for it - the ambi nature of the FS2000, the simplicity of the FAMAS's delayed blowback, or maybe the recoil impulse of the SAR-21? I ask because I recently watched that video and don't think I've ever heard either of you mention the gun since. Thanks for the fantastic content, and if you could give a recommendation for a lightweight rifle to carry in bear country (for self defense, not hunting, so I'm looking for a larger cartridge to reliably stop them, not something that can reliably kill them)