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Q&A 2025 (Patreon)

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One question per patron and get your question in by Wednesday the 12th!

Alright folks, it's been a near year since our last Othais/Mae Q&A so what with studio revamp underway, we thought it might be time for another round of insanity!

Questions, of course, are from YOU.  Our patrons!


Ask away and we shall do our best to answer.  There are, of course, some limits to what we can cover without doing a whole week's worth of research, so bear that in mind and fire away!

(Just a reminder since we're seeing a lot of multipart questions, we have to stick to the one question rule otherwise we would die, so we will do like the previous years and pick one question out of your multi to answer.) 

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Jacob Catcher

On the rare opportunities you get to do it, what are your favorite shotguns to use for skeet, and which is your favorite hand trap?

Carbon Hound

What's your favorite/funniest example of engineering around material or human resource restrictions?

Will Sanders

Howdy Othias and Ms. Mae, we are familiar with single shot (per barrel) shotguns and tube loading shotguns and recently there have started to be detachable magazine shotguns with box and drum mags. Have there ever been stripper clip or en bloc clip fed repeating shotguns?

Tim Williams

Why did it take nations so long to realize that most soldiers can't hit anything beyond 300 yd? Going into and even after ww2 you still see countries adopting full power rifle rounds and 1500+ yard rear sights?

BumroyV2

Did soldiers reload cap and ball revolvers like the Reprocussion Colts in battle? Does that affect your confidence compared to a single-shot that is quicker to reload? Also, since Mae hates my username, you can just call me Jake.

Josh Bowman

What are both you guys most looking forward to doing an episode on, with possibly expanding up to the 1980s?

Joe Scholtes

Since you are unshackled from the bonds of WWI firearms, have you guys considered making some episodes on either conversions to or purpose-made training rifles? A Lee Enfield turned into a glorified cap gun is both hilarious and fascinating. Keep up the good work!

Henry Case

Thoughts on brownings final work, the superposed and when is the old timey clay shoot

C

What's something that surprises or confuses you about your audience? Something in the metrics, comments, or in-person that isn't what you expected?

Spypone

Aside from Mae's favourite T-Gewehr, are there any especially large-calibre firearms you would wish to look into in future?

Royeaux

It's been almost 3 years since that hullabaloo over that Galilean Optical Sight that cost a king's ransom, what happened to it and is there still an episode in the making on it?

J Coles

Hi hope you are all well are you going to do a episode on the FN 1906 vest pocket and other 25 calibre Pistols.

Greg Cooke

It has always interested me how, say, WWI firearms are manufactured. In your episodes you discuss the operational details of each firearm, many of which are fairly complex. You'll then provide the order and manufacturing details, which are typically into the thousands per month. I'd be interested in an episode in which you detail the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product; maybe, for a No1 MkIII Enfield.

Christian Hanes

You’ve mentioned on the podcast that the live show wouldn’t be feasible because you’d have to tear down Othais’s office to set that up. Since the new studio is going to be a thing, does that mean you’ll be able to do live shows on playeur again?

Guido Schriewer

Reprocussion. do you plan like all the colts, remingtions, and others over the time or..?

Timothy Conklin

"Do you accept donations of firearms, ammunition, and accessories?" (Patrons already know the answer, but it's time for some self promotion so that the wider audience knows, too)

Lucas

What’s your favorite bbq joint?

Harry Mitts

Through the lens of hindsight, do you think the US Military was right, or wrong, in insisting on the 45 ACP for the 1911 over, say, the 9mm Parabellum?

Oscar Floyd

What is your favorite overly complicated sight system that a military has implemented on their infantry rifles? Me personally, I absolute love the concept of the Buffington sight on my Trapdoor, but the idea of having to use that as a line infantry soldier…..

Cody Vega

Can you do a toob gun series? Do all the WW2 and post war tube SMG's like the STEN, M3 Grease Gun, MP40 and such. I love the brutalist design of them and would love to hear the stories behind there development.

Bryan Sportel

Is there any plans for Rob and that magnificent mustache, to come back down from the great white north and host an episode with you and Mae?

Matt M

Favorite modern(or not so modern gun) that you guys have picked up over the past year?

nick G

Please give an Othais rant about which pre-great war ordnance department infuriates you the most, and why.

Seth Hylton

What do you think the most misunderstood firearm is?

Andrew Mack

When do you think was the last time small arms played an impactful role on the outcome of a battle/war? OR What food related opinion is a hill you're willing to die on?

The Great Chicken Overlord

Do you intend to or would you entertain the idea of shorter episodes about later variants/evolutions of firearms youve already covered, where in deph/"how we got here" details aren't quite as expansive but still obscure, such as Ishapore 2a1s, type 53 mosins, Gewehr 88/05/35s, etc?

Petr Smely

Was there ever a chance of a parallel universe, where instead of documentaries on the history, development, engineering and ergonomics of mostly WW1 firearms, you would be doing documentaries on the history, development, engineering and ergonomics of mostly 80s scooters?

Mat

Given all the time you’ve spent looking at designs - do you have something you’d like to someday make/invent?

Jake Rutten

Of the WWI Automatics that haven't gotten an episode (Federov, Swarzlose, St. Etienne, etc) because they're basically unobtanium today, which leaves the biggest gap in the narrative and which is basically a dead end/cul-de-sac with no impact or influence on what would come after?

Nathan

Do y’all plan to update the Gewehr 88/05 episode for the 88/05/35 and/or the Hanyang type 88, or will you be doing separate episodes for those?

Matthew Jackson

You've done the WhatNow, the Garbage Rod, and even the 2WhirledWhorfs, when will the Garand episode come along to make all be boomers reeee?

CHASE CIMBUREK

I’ll be visiting Charleston in mid March. What are the must visit restaurants, museums, sites, etc.?

S

Assuming you had the ammunition and a place to shoot them safely would you consider covering small artillery like mortars and anti tank guns or is it outside the realm of the show?

Bruce Brodnax

Progress update on the WW1 Gallilean telescopic sight project to make a set of repops so you can test & see just how awful they were in temporal context? EDIT: this doesn't count as my 1 Q, I just saw that somebody else had already asked it further ahead in the queue. Give me a sec, I'll come up w/ something else...

Bruce Brodnax
>>163830317

Why would we [Cusper here, so I can speak for both Boomers & Xers] ree? The Garand would do nicely w/ some updates, since in almost all respects it is as good as an M1A for 90% of the users who get one from the CMP... Talk to me for specifics on what I plan to do w/ *mine* once I have a place of my own again and time to work on it. [Thankfully, stored offsite so *not* consumed in the current fires here in low-cal So. Cal.!]

Skylar Keating

Now that you have been to the Tulsa gun show, I feel I can finally ask you a very pressing question. Should Oklahoma be considered part of the south?

Bruce Brodnax
>>163829079

Uncertain on how you can say "no impact or influence," since if nothing else they served as examples of how NOT to proceed? But yes, it is a tragedy that C&Rsenal is unlikely to ever get the chance to cover them properly...

Bruce Brodnax
>>163827885

Newsflash: there really wasn't much of anything significant in their development [all the 2smoke devs happened in the 60s & 70s], engineering was mass market, make'em cheap & stack'em deep, and the ergos all suck because they're built by & for runty furriners & never intended for us corn-fed 'murrican farm boys & girls! DAMHIK

Thomas Broughton

With the new format and rebrand coming on the horizon, what sort of changes will we as the viewer/consumer experience as compared to the current show?

Bruce Brodnax
>>163827709

Do you include mgs in the category of "small arms" since they're crew-served weapons? If so, then WW1 is the easy answer, since if Germany didn't have more mgs than all the other combatants combined at the start of the conflict, WW1 would not have lasted as long as it did. If speaking "rifles" as the definition of small arm, then the Boer War, since the Boers used the superior range of their Mausers to stave off the far larger & better-equipped forces of the grandmother of 'yurp! As for your sneaky attempt to evade the 1Q limit: I think we all already know the culinary hill Othais is willing to die on, and it reeks of mustard BBQ sauce!

LB

What made you choose schoolbus yellow for the wall?

Matti Opitz

There was a lot of talk about guns in this show, but Guns aside, what are your favorite targets to shoot at? Greetings from Germany!

Bruce Brodnax
>>163825296

It bears repeating, the Army had recent experience w/ the Moros in the Philippines and the 1911 was intended as a primary arm for the *cavalry*, who were still horse-mounted at that time & expected to go up against other cavalry units; the 9mmP just doesn't qualify as a horse- or drug-addled zealot stopper!

Bruce Brodnax
>>163825197

If he tells us, everyone will know and he'll no longer be able to get in to eat there nor will their prices stay as low as they are now. You'd be better off asking Max's uncle from _A Good Year_ whom his tailor is... It took awhile, but my SO finally beat into my head to *never* divulge the name of our favorite restaurants: loose lips sink, uh, menus w/ the old, reasonable prices!

Bruce Brodnax
>>163824092

He's said they'll do all the repros they can get ahold of; they've already covered the Colt Root, of which only one run of badly copied ones was ever made, a few decades ago. As he's said, the Reprocussion series takes more time to film than their regularly scheduled chaos, so it will take awhile, but they're still coming...

Bruce Brodnax
>>163822758

IIRC, Ian's degree is in machine technology & engineering history, so he might be a better source to request this from...

Bruce Brodnax
>>163822592

Think they'll have to, considering all the downstream f/x JMB's brain-children have had...

Bruce Brodnax
>>163821587

Jake, you should know better: this is CHINATOWN! No, they did not. Part of why cavalry typically had multiple revolvers, the 1 [sometimes 2] they were issued plus their own [up to 6 for a few notable examples.] The "New York reload" was a known thing long before NYC got their name unjustly attached to it...

Bruce Brodnax
>>163821364

You don't understand volley fire: the sights out to 2k yards were a conflation of the capabilities of the new high-velocity ammo and the old way of battle of marching a battalion up to another and letting fly w/ your smoothbores. ["Ready! Level! Fire!" was the old command pattern. Note the conspicuous absence of "Aim" when using smoothbore muskets...] Don't forget, there were a lot of old generals who had started their careers in the days of smoothbores by the end of the 19th century and the advent of smokeless powder.

Bruce Brodnax
>>163821199

Did you see that they've come out w/ a modern run of the little helicopter vane trap that uses plastic "birds?" I saw that & immediately thought "Hey, *somebody's* been watching the handtrap series!" 😄

Tim Williams
>>163821364

I know the Boer Wars and the siege of Plevna played really heavily into their thinking, but you would think any general that survived World War One as a junior officer to go on to more senior ranks in the thirties and then World War II would look at all of the battle rifles of the 1950s and think they're unnecessary and too heavy.

Cyrus Grady

How did manufacturers determine the heights of the steps for pre-calibrated adjustable sights to zero at different ranges? For example, during the switch to smokeless and small bore/spitzer bullets, did they just use trial and error?

Private Jo-n-es

What is your favorite Japanese motorcycle of the 1980s

Wesley Schmitz

Would you consider covering hunting rifles such as British doubles or facsimiles of famous individual rifles like Jack O’connor’s featherweight model 70 or Roosevelt’s 405 Winchester 1895?

Jason Pack

Is there ever a possibility for a Mae cookbook? Personally mostly a every episode podcast listener (on a rolling 2 week backlog), qa watcher, and maybe seen 5 Primers only.

Moos

I am one of them damn Yankees looking for country property in South Carolina for my wife and I to retire and build our dream home with a shooting range set up off our back porch. (She is a Southern gal) How many acres is your property out in the country and what is the minimum number of acres required by state law to shoot on your own property? According to the below quoted South Carolina state regulation it appears to be 25 acres; “Title 3, Chapter 31, Article 7, Section 23-31-510 (2), which states: a landowner discharging a firearm on the landowner’s property to protect the landowner’s family, employees, the general public, or the landowner’s property from animals that the landowner reasonably believes pose a direct threat or danger to the landowner’s property, people on the landowner’s property, or the general public. For purposes of this item, the landowner’s property must be a parcel of land comprised of at least twenty-five contiguous acres. Any ordinance regulating the discharge of firearms that does not specifically provide for an exclusion pursuant to this item is unenforceable as it pertains to an incident described in this item; otherwise, the ordinance is enforceable.“. Next to the front steps I’m planning on stationing my full sized M1841 6pound cannon with carriage for pest control. 🦊 I https://hernironworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hern-6-pdr-2-3-scale-100x100.jpg. Before you complain about people not from here moving in - the original settlers of South Carolina were the Spanish and unless you were against the pioneers crossing the plains in covered wagons to settle the west or the hardy souls who explored and built Alaska it is as American as it gets to move somewhere you are not from following your dream! MERICA ! 🇺🇸. Your new damn Yankee neighbor - Moose

Alexander Christian

Hey guys. I'm sure you've gotten this question before, but what's you guys' preferred method for concealed carry? Here in KY, it gets pretty hot and humid throughout most of thr year; and pocket carry is my only viable option. I imagine the weather in SC is even more humid than KY. Oh, and on a quick unrelated note, I want to thank Mae for introducing me to Greatest Estate Developer. It's very enjoyable.

J WL

Do you have or know where one can find pictures of the fully automatic Lugers and C96 guns tested by the Germans in WW1 before they settled on the more novel MP-18? I see them mentioned here and there, and with varying descriptions and details, but no photographic evidence. If not, what do you think is the most accurate description? Because the details always seem to change from source to source.

Lucas Hagg

In a world where Primer doesn't exist, what would Othais do if he still wanted to do YouTube?

Dave Shoemaker

Will there ever be a Bloopers Reel/Episode? It seems like it would be a great way to get a filler episode without facing the wrath of YouTube for not posting regular content.

Sam Alger

Would Dieudonné Saive and Ernest Vervier be worthy of a "quick" biography like you did with John Browning?

Robin St-pierre

When's the Potato Digger episode coming? Because we got the Ross and the Colt, but not much else...

Alexia

What gun are you most exited about for interwar/ww2 ?

Nathan McCord

Why does Kevin hate us? Why won't he come back for more It's A Trap?!?!

Nic G

What is the maximum number of push-ups you'd be willing to do in a 48-hour period in exchange for an otherwise gratis transferable machine gun of your choosing?

Matthew Wise

Mannlicher used the term "packet" loading to describe the clip system for his rifles, but we typically refer to it as "En-Bloc", regardless of the firearm (M1 Garand, Carcano, etc.). From what I've read the latter term is associated with John Pedersen in regards to his self loading rifle design, but did he really coin "En-Bloc", or was it already in use to describe the Mannlicher packet-loading system? Love the show!

Brad

Some of the shooting music picks itself (1903, Enfield / The Yanks are Coming, Long Way to Tipperary) but some of the early Russian or South American guns would require some work. Is there a historical method or game applied to the choice or do you have a historical music fan in your circles?

Brett Hammond

In the hypothetical case where you owned no firearms (outside of EDC), had reasonable funds and with your current knowledge / experience, what would you collect?

Crashing

What has been the gun you found most fun to shoot for the show, and outside of the context of the show? Ps loved the potato chip episode.

Chairman

No Question, just keep up the great work and content!

Brock Gouett

What is your favorite quick recipe

OliveGarden69

Are all the guns on the rack behind you loaners? If so how long do you hold on to them?

Emmit Blier

What would be your “perfect” scooter build? Other then the banana split helix of course!

Luke Telling

I love your cycle of violence shirt. What wheeled vehicle (modern or old) would you add one of the machine guns you covered to?

Charlie Tyrrell

If you could choose any gun no longer manufactured and make it again, what would you pick?

James G. Jones

Do you think that the Lebel 1886, Could have been switched to box magazine to hold five rounds, get rid of the tube magazine?

Sven Jonsson

(pick any firearm that served in WW1) What single feature change (a mechanical modification, addition, or subtraction, assuming it is actually feasible to do so), if any, could have turned a mediocre weapon in service in ww1 into a great one?

David Alexander

It surprises me that there weren't more early military rifles that had separate butt and forestocks, like the Lebel and Martini-Henry (that I know of at least). I would think that design style would be able to use more easily sourced wood, and would be easier to service. What do you think the reasons are for the two piece stocks not being more common?

Grass

Any chance we get a video series on older flintlock military arms like the brown bess?

AC C

You have said that the new show format will reach as far forward as the 1980's. How far back in time will it reach? At what point do things become so unstandardized and information so scarce that the patented C&Rsenal deep dive is no longer possible?

AC C
>>163855897

One with a Colt Machine Gun bolted to the handlebars, obviously!

Matteo Manino

Greetings everybody, thanks for the awesome videos. Of all the breach loading conversions, what's the one you are more interested about/eager to cover in a primer episode? And why is it the Carcano 1867?

Neil Muller

Which gun designer (other than Sam Colt) would you want to see a good biography of?

Tankej

What was the occasion that yall got to shoot the ultimax? Any more thoughts on the experience, especially Othais? Any other experiences with sar-80 or sar-21? Cheers from Singapore 🇸🇬

esquif

As a french canadian i am very interested in the history of the collaboration between FN, browining and the role of montreal as a french link between belgium and the americas. We know the influence of browning on the FN products but do you know if other FN designs where introduced in america because of this relationship ?

makovette

Ian/Forgotten Weapons inspired me to go to the. Cody Firearms Museum and it was overwhelmingly amazing to the point of me extending my stay an extra day and I still did't have enough time to see everything. Have either of you had an opportunity to visit, and if not, is it in either of your bucket lists?

Matthew Stanchfield

At what point, if ever, will you do the trapdoor Springfield?

Alfred Gallo

Hi Mae & Othais, if push came to shove, is there a particular rifle that you’d like to have if and when the SHTF? Many thanks for the great videos!

Mark Becht

In the Browning bios, you mentioned a couple of his patent designs that you would like to see an example of. In searching through various patents, what designs have you come across that, while neither historically significant or relevant, just leap out as "Oooh Neat!"?

Wolfgang Koeppen

Hey there from the Midwest! If you could have the blueprints, tooling and knowledge needed to make/modify any firearm, what would you remake? Personally, I would like to try and see if the M95 action could be improved upon (like removing the need for that pesky extractor tail with a sprung ball bearing)

Viggen 37

Did Mae ever add a Swiss 1911 long rifle to her collection of Swiss rifles? Thanks for all you do and looking forward to the K31 episode

Jefferson Green

Would you like to do a drilling? I have one that you can borrow.

Library of Context

Dealer's choice of questions: 1) Of all the chamberings you've had to recreate for the show, which had the most potential/promise to be commercially viable in today's market? 2) Are there any snacks/candies that you loved as a child, but no longer like?

Primarch359

You have somewhat comprehensibly charted the development of revolver lockworks. Each minor change or slight improvement will give credit to a new man and change what name the lockwork will be referred to. In the modern day almost every pistol on the market has it's locking system designated as a Browning action. However the modern design is significantly different the last iteration Browning was primarily responsible for. I would think the changes are much greater that many of the small iterations of revolver lockworks. Setting aside the immense power that the Browning name still has a century after his death and therefore the desire of current manufacturers to invoke it, do you think the common modern designs are correctly referred to as Browning's? Should it another man be given the credit? Or do you think tilting barrel without a name attached is more fitting.

Agostino Ventura

Do you plan to visit WW1 battlefields eventually and if so, wanna hike Mount Ortigara and sing the Ta-pum song together? I will bring lunch and grappa.

Zachary Farris

What was the highest high and lowest low of 2024? Personally or professionally.

Peter Nathaniel

In your G98 or Turkish Mauser research did you come across records of German WW1 production Gewehr 98 rifles exported to Turkey? I have seen several 1918 Oberndorf g98s with lange vizier and Turkish/Ottoman crescent markings on the receiver. I thought this was unusual and was wondering if you could offer some details

Jacob Abrisz

Were y'all to come into possession of a crystal ball that gave you the opportunity to solve 1 (one) firearm development mystery each by providing the missing documentation, which mystery would you choose?

Pedro Henrique Almeida

Hello Mae and Othais! I've been a subscriber since I got my first wage ever, but never remembered to ask anything in the Q&A. I'm not a collector nor a historian, so pardon the silly question: What are your ideas on why rifles such as the Pieper 1893 (Yes, the revolving carbine there in your wall!) never really caught on, even today? Is there a fundamental flaw to sealed revolvers that makes them unusable for decently powered cartridges? Do you believe if such a gun appeared in say, the 1870-80s it could've seen wider adoption? I highly admire you folks and your work, and it's an honour to have my (admitelly rather long) question on air! With love from Brasil.

Logan

Are you interested in doing an episode on the Smith and Wesson model 1. I have a 3rd issue if you need a loaner.

Arin

What is the black powder cartridge you find the most satisfying/enjoyable to reload and shot?

Sean Cottle

Other than the M1 Grand (and maybe the M1 Carbine), are there any other episodes that you somewhat are dreading doing because of the "1911 effect"? By that I mean, there's so much hype/buildup around the episode or subject that you are inevitably going to either disappoint people by reason of never being able to live up to the idea they've formed in their mind, or outrage people by presenting the data as opposed to fuddlore. Hope this year goes really well for you guys and many of your plans come to fruition!

Otto Eastwood

Of all the breech loading conversion rifles you've seen what is your favourite and why? and do you plan on covering more of them?

Gui 1911

Which famous gun would be too boring to make an 1 hour episode about it?

Glen Hahne

Could you flush out the copyright restrictions a little more. Like the why of 1923. Is that a moving date? What does this all mean. Just to help some of the rest of us to understand maybe. Btw keep up the awesome work!!! Thanks!!

Robert Branch

Have you considered doing a series on how smokeless powders impacted sporting cartridges between its introduction and the middle of the 20th Century? My latest projects have included three Husqvarna rifles in 9.3x92, 9.3x57, and 8x57 Mauser. Also, there is my .35 Whelen to round out my "medium bores". Following the wars, there was a glut of surplus powder on the market and there were a lot of wildcat cartridges developed by the likes of Keith, Whelen, Ackley, and others. Mae, I wouldn't subject you to the recoil of any of the above cartridges, especially the Holland and Holland cartridges. Maybe Othias can give us some facial grimaces!

Martin Gray

Given your recent videos about John Browning, have you ever considered going to or collaborating with the John Browning Museum in Ogden?

PizzaPony

If you could be an All-Seeing Intangible Eye in the sky above any One battle of Earth's history, which battle would you choose?

Brian Foster

For Mae and Othias: What’s in my pocket? Just kidding… Most people have had a “thing” they were passionate about while growing up. This could be a book series or genre, TV show, activity, type of toy, and so on. What was your “thing” when you were a kid?

Philip Spadano

Do you have any advice or recommendations on how to expand a published article into a more comprehensive and traditional reference book format?

Kieran

I never got a complete answer to this question on the last Q&A. Would you ever consider going on a trip to Canada to do an episode on the various Chinese military arms that are in Canada? Such as the TYPE 81 and TYPE 97. This would be the first ever in depth review on these arms. The YouTube views would be very large for these episodes. You can look up the two rifles if you don't know what they are.

Aiden Wilker

Would you all be willing to do videos over the flare guns of all the world wars?

David Beards

Greetings from deepest darkest Dorset, firstly thank you to everyone at C&R Arsenal. I would like to ask the following; “do you feel that you have reached the end of what is practical to get hold of and research when it comes to ww1 firearms? (I’m thinking the rare hand full of self-loading rifles or that Austro-Hungarian gun)

James Mathieson

Question,2025 Plains any new typed shows in the work or Joint Programs with other content people. Love the work

Alan Munro

You have discussed in the past what the best WW1 rifles are on a personal level, but how much difference did the choice of gun make on a large scale? Leaving aside things like the Ross would there be much difference in the effectiveness of a division equipped with say Springfield M1903s as opposed to SMLE Mk3s or Gewehr 98s? Or would all reasonability modern rifles be effetely interchangeable?

13th Bee

So which bags of funky foreign potato chip flavors did y'all finish eating (or at least eat more of of your own free will) and which never got touched again?

Mic

Planning on having any kids soon? How long have you two known each other? you act like an old married couple!

Walter Browne

Mae: What is the meaning of Life?

Reece L

Why weren't there more en-bloc fed semi-auto handguns during the World War one period? Especially in Austria-Hungary.

Funt

In Evangelion are you Asuka enthusiasts or Rei enjoyers?

Guy K

Who would you pick to play you all in 'C&Rsenal The Movie" ?

Josey

At what age did Othais grow out a full beard, and will he ever shave it off?

Greydon Stautzenberger

If it were a beautiful spring day and yall were sitting on a porch, which of these seat options would yall prefer (please list all in order of preference). Options: 1). Porch swing 2). Standard rocking chair 3). Bench 4). Adirondack chair 5). One of those rocking/swinging benches that are suspended from the base.

Floating Appalachia

If you had more time what would a hobby you’d like to start be?

Esteban Bearrup

Do you plan on doing an episode on the m38 and m96/38 Swedish Mauser short rifles?

Niveleur

Who would you guys say are the top 5 most influential firearms designers?

fdxr

Hey Othias so in a previous Q&A you declared that the 1891 Carcano rifle would be the best rifle for the great war because of how cheap and easy it was for a small minor nation to to make for their war effort. Well I am going to challenge you on this because I think there is a rifle that is way better than a Carcano from a technical, aesthetic, and human factors point of view, all while being possibly only a small fraction more expansive than the Carcano to produce, and that is the 1904 Mauser–Vergueiro. Do you agree or disagree and if so why? Also remember that there was a version made from leftover parts for the Brazilian Police in 7x57 Mauser, and last I checked there was no Carcano ever made in your favorite caliber Othias!

1911mckenney

So I’m a Missouri boy that’s been enjoying a warm winter down in your neck of the woods. I’ve been working on storm clean up after Helene in Augusta GA and while down here I picked up a lovely triple lock in 455 and I was wondering if the British where finding that they where susceptible to grime getting into the locking surfaces did they ever consider assigning them for naval use since they wouldn’t have to deal with muck and grime? PS I converted over to ballistol because of you guys when I get a chance I plan on sending in a good gallon picture!

Kevin

When is blokeontherange coming to visit y’all?

Michael James Blum

When are we likely to see all the "other" 19th Century Lee rifles? The 1879, 1882, the Remington-Lee, and Navy M1895 ...

Jack

Will you do any primer episodes on needlefire rifles like the Dreyse?

Manuel Pérez

Is there an over-the-top ambitious project ongoing (e.g. "the road to 1911" series of videos)? What gun(s) would it be? (this counts as one question doesn't it?) A big hug to both of you from Spain.

phil cole

What’s a cool motorcycle that you like?

James Steed

During Project Lightening, which gun did you enjoy shooting the most and which one did you dread having to deal with for each test?

Wolf

Question: Did any non-Japanese nation also tie flags to their guns as means for friendly identification? Context: Aside from the common myth of "bayonet flags" (which were usually just a soldiers Yosegaki flag) this is about cases where troops would tie flags to their guns to be identified by friendly troops in urban combat/by friendly aircraft, there are a few pictures of the former from the Battle of Shanghai. I've yet to see something like this done by a nation other than Japan. Thanks for your amazing work, looking forward to the Murata episode (please whatever you do don't base it entirely on that recent Stanley Zielinski book. The way Sayama Jiro 佐山二郎 puts it in his book is much more comprehensive imo).

Ethan Newman

Deleted my last comment because I thought of a different question... I've been building a lot of model kits of Hungarian armor recently, in part because it's a country that people didn't realize made a surprising amount of their own unique tank designs during WWII, and then during the Cold War used Soviet tanks and now after the breakup of the USSR are using NATO equipment. In the world of small arms, what would you say is an equivalent country that has a surprising amount of native small arms designs, but also has a good mixture of foreign equipment?

litgeek

A question for the world's greatest master Sub2K gunsmith - for someone with hardly any access or experience with power tools (I have a dremel with half of a set of attachments), is it possible to cut a new slot to lock the bolt open to the left side? I like the Sub2K, but would like a more ergonomic way to charge it while keeping my right hand on the grip.

Reid Hampton

What compact WW1 pistol/revolver would you edc in WW1 era? P.S. - I have a (possible fake) Stevens 520 trench gun and a SPAS 12 (original safety , folding stock) if ever interested for video.

Boomersparky

Are you ever going to do more traps?

Nicholas

Which do you think would fare better in the trenches of WW1, the M1 Garand with its faster loading en bloc clips, or the SKS with it’s intermediate cartridge?

TJ

It´s 1866 and Othais and Mae are moving to west to start a new life. How would you arm yourself to protect yourselfs from all the dangers of the trip? You´re on horseback and it´s grizzly country. You can choose from all guns what were available at the time but you´re limited what your horse can carry.

Simon Graf

After the SKS are you planning to move into further into future soviet arms? While there may be issues getting access to a proper machine gun versions, I want y'all to get far enough to do a deep dive into the aks-74u.

G3yost

Noodle thunder dome. The rest of your life only one type of noodle can be consumed, what type of noodle is it? Not deleted for the world, just you.

Jacob Nichols

What do you think is the coolest cartridge that never saw full production or wide acceptance?

Bryce D

We all know the Colt SAA was brought back into service during the Spanish American War, but how common was it really? Do we have numerical data?

Michael Brown

Having handled both the Lewis gun and the BAR both of which saw service in the WW2 as squad support weapons which mix do you think is the more effective combo? Or the Bren gun if you have had a chance to shoot one.

Dugan M

You have covered Austro-Hungarian empire firearms, any plans to cover Czech firearms?

Will P

Hello! Do you think there’s any hope for the modern casual/hobbyist milsurp collector? Seems like everything is scooped up and used as investments these days.

Ryan Camp

Did Colt ever experiment with any middling frame sizes for C&B revolvers like the Remington Belt or Police sized revolvers? Or was it simply the Dragoon (large), Navy (middle), and Pocket (small)

Daniel Vrenna

Any update on the modern 351 Winchester project that you were working on?

MetalGravy

Not really for the q&a episode, but could you put all of the retreads in their own playlist?

ALI

I ordered 4 bottles of Maryland's finest mustard sauce from bolengers just wanted to say thank you, any other sauce I can order you would recommend?

CandRsenal

Alright! We'll start compiling the questions and get to the filming marathon!

Jacob Glassman

Have you or would you consider using AI to improve your workflow on images and scripts?

Parabellum

How many weapons are behind you when you do your videos? And what is the rarest one behind you as well?