General GunTuber thread

[ChampFantana]

I realized I'm the same way (read: old) when I looked at my favorite two gun channels: ForgottenWeapons and Paul Harrel. Man talks about thing for 26 minutes, 2 minutes of very interesting shooting. Kino.

Too bad Paul is dead. Roy does his best, god bless him.

I gave up on FW years ago when it became obvious that Ian had run out of interesting videos long ago.

Paul was the very best of them all, and his passing has left a void that even his brother can't fully fill.

I DO really appreciate Roy though, and he is one of only 3 Guntubers I actually subscribe to.

 

[Zyklon C]

I gave up on FW years ago when it became obvious that Ian had run out of interesting videos long ago.

I think Ian still does interesting videos these days, but only when he has some genuinely forgotten/rare weapon and not some "Hey look, a gun designed in Croatia and being made under licence by Springfield!" kind of crap. Probably explains why these days I miss a fair amount of FW videos compared to when there was a time I probably watched every single available minute of footage that involved Ian, from his channel or otherwise.

Nothing lasts forever, I suppose.

 

[kingfollett]

Ian has a newish diving channel, I think someone already mentioned it in this thread.
I’m not a diver, but I follow cave diving online, for reasons that are hard to explain.
So I have id say an above average knowledge, albeit entirely theoretical, of some topics.
One of Ian’s videos looked like it was advocating full face masks (maybe it was just clickbait to be fair).
I’d never heard any serious cave diver talk about them, so I was curious, after about 1 minute of googling it became apparent that they have some limited niches, such as nasty water, but the downsides tend to outweigh any benefits for the majority of people.

The point I guess is that kind of soured me on him, I think he’s more in the read others materials and summarize category than the actual expert category in some, maybe many, areas.

for another example, his video on USFA revolvers (which I know a bit about, and have owned a handful), compared to Brian Pearce’s video (who extensively talked at the time to the people involved, has owned many, developed loads, rechambered a couple 44 spls to 44 mag after his testing showed they could handle it, etc) was a good contrast to me.

I don’t dislike him, but skip a lot of videos that look to me like they’re more just, here’s a weird gun, here’s some facts about it I googled

 

[PP Police]

I think Ian still does interesting videos these days, but only when he has some genuinely forgotten/rare weapon and not some "Hey look, a gun designed in Croatia and being made under licence by Springfield!" kind of crap. Probably explains why these days I miss a fair amount of FW videos compared to when there was a time I probably watched every single available minute of footage that involved Ian, from his channel or otherwise.

Nothing lasts forever, I suppose.

I miss the videos where he'd spend 20 minutes breaking down a 100 year old gun, explaining all the mechanisms and the way the action worked. There was something kino about that which I haven't really seen from him in a long time.

 

[D.I. Grim]

I’m not a diver, but I follow cave diving online
So I have id say an above average knowledge, albeit entirely theoretical, of some topics.

Sic.

I’d never heard any serious cave diver talk about them, so I was curious, after about 1 minute of googling it became apparent that they have some limited niches, such as nasty water, but the downsides tend to outweigh any benefits for the majority of people.

The point I guess is that kind of soured me on him, I think he’s more in the read others materials and summarize category than the actual expert category in some, maybe many, areas.

I don’t dislike him, but skip a lot of videos that look to me like they’re more just, here’s a weird gun, here’s some facts about it I googled

 

[kingfollett]

Sic.

Thats actually my point, I think, but I may need to google some more.
I can do some basic research on a topic I’m familiar with, and be just as informed, or more, than he was on a video he made.

I suppose the difference is I don’t have a YouTube diving channel and I’m not trying to teach people about the topic.

Anyone can like his stuff, it’s all good; I’m just saying in the admittedly limited areas I have some understanding in, his videos are not as interesting to me.

 

[AGPinochet]

I think Ian still does interesting videos these days, but only when he has some genuinely forgotten/rare weapon and not some "Hey look, a gun designed in Croatia and being made under licence by Springfield!" kind of crap. Probably explains why these days I miss a fair amount of FW videos compared to when there was a time I probably watched every single available minute of footage that involved Ian, from his channel or otherwise.

Nothing lasts forever, I suppose.

The problem with a channel like Forgotten Weapons is

1. There are only so many guns to cover that are remotely mechanically interesting or have an interesting story/ behind them/history associated with them
2. There are only so many guns that Ian can access ie, that aren't in China or Russia or other countries with massive government owned military history museums and archives that he can just Email or waltz Into.
3. There are only so many guns whose owners will let Ian fingerfuck them.
4. Also, for whatever reason, Ian doesn't do his scheduling where, for example, he'll go to the IMT, spend weeks or a month there, and record a video on literally everything they have there instead of doing several visits over years which is inefficient.

 

[ellroy]

The problem with a channel like Forgotten Weapons is

1. There are only so many guns to cover that are remotely mechanically interesting or have an interesting story/ behind them/history associated with them
2. There are only so many guns that Ian can access ie, that aren't in China or Russia or other countries with massive government owned military history museums and archives that he can just Email or waltz Into.
3. There are only so many guns whose owners will let Ian fingerfuck them.
4. Also, for whatever reason, Ian doesn't do his scheduling where, for example, he'll go to the IMT, spend weeks or a month there, and record a video on literally everything they have there instead of doing several visits over years which is inefficient.

Not to mention some European arms makers are actually hostile to him. HK Germany being one he has publicly mentioned as being awful. Come to think of it, FN has never granted access like CZ and B&T have.

Must of not been impressed with his French.

 

[kingfollett]

To contribute something actually gun related to the thread, I am very jealous of Ian in that in his video on the Keith no5 he was able to shoot it, which was incredibly neat.

For single action people, that may be like a grail gun; a maybe lesser known, but maybe cooler gun is Ross Seyfried’s 475 Linebaugh, built by Hamilton Bowen, with a browned Damascus barrel, beautiful English style engraving, and an express style flip rear sight, inspired obviously by double rifles.



The write up for anyone interested is here:

https://www.bowenclassicarms.com/news/articles/World's_Ultimate_Revolver.pdf

Take a look at the shot groups, and the distances - Bowen believes a very slight narrowing at the muzzle really helps accuracy, he thinks maybe the soldier of the Damascus sleeve accomplished this.

Just a wonderful revolver

 

[KiwiFuzz2]

It's the mindless consumer aspect of the vast majority of Guntube that annoys me the most.
I get that shit like FRTs are a neat toy, but I have zero interest in watching some failed abortion burn several grand worth of ammo for some incredibly stupid and gay video.

I'm a fuckin' tourist here and I will freely admit it.

So much guntube is like "If you don't own [obscure manufacturer] chambered in [obscure caliber] loaded with [handloaded round with gold dust and unicorn feathers] do you even shoot, bro?"

Like I said I'm a tourist but it seems like unless you're just out to collect obscure shit, the practicality value falls off fast.

If I need to blast an urban coming to rape my dog, I don't need to be looking through the ammo closet for an hour deciding what round to use.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

If I need to blast an urban coming to rape my dog, I don't need to be looking through the ammo closet for an hour deciding what round to use.

You need to get yourself a box of Hertenberger Buscadero Ticondas.

 

[Your NSA Handler]

You need to get yourself a box of Hertenberger Buscadero Ticondas.

This quote is so legendary several otherwise gun-negative people in my life will go "noooo... not my ticondas..."