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Apocrypha: SHOT Show 2023 Roundup
I spend all of the past week at SHOT Show 2023, and had a thoroughly exhausting time. I got a whole lot done though, including locking in about $60,000 in sponsorships for the Midnight Brutality prize table - we are going to have an amazing experience for our competitors! Anyway, a few of the highli...
Field to Table: Elk Hunt (with a $10,000 muzzleloader) (ad-free)
https://fromfieldtotable.comWhen I decided that I wanted to try out hunting as a way to source my own meat and enjoy the outdoors in a new way, I really didn't know where to start. I didn't have any family who hunted when I was growing up, and I don't live in an area where hunting is a c...
Inkunzi Strike 20mm Grenade Machine Gun (ad-free)
Tony Neophytou developed this for Denel Land Systems, which has completely fallen apart as a company and left it now as his own independent design, with no manufacturer. I filmed this video in 2018, to show the prototype version of the Strike, which has since been improved and further developed. Per...
PHP MV-9: The First Croatian Pistol (Both Models) (ad-free)
Croatian engineer Marko Vukovic first developed his P38-based pistol in the late 1980s for the Yugoslav Peoples' Army. It was left unadopted at that time, but when Croatia declared independence in 1991 the gun found a new life. The newly formed Croatian armed forces needed quite a lot of small a...
Parabellum 1914/17: Germany's Ultimate Aircraft Maxim (ad-free)
The DWM company in Germany had a license on the Maxim gun design prior to World War One. They produced the rather old-fashioned MG08 for the German army, but also wanted to have a modernized type of gun for commercial sales. This was the Model 1913 Parabellum, with the design improved by Karl Heinem...
Apocrypha: Behind the Scenes Jan 15, 2023 - SHOT Show!
From my Las Vegas hotel room, it's time for SHOT Show 2023! Hopefully I will find a couple neat guns and not come home with more than one or two infectious diseases.
Why Are Short Barreled Rifles Actually Regulated in the US? (ad-free)
The simple truth is that short rifles and short shotguns were never a problem, and continue to not be a problem today. The 1934 National Firearms Act originally wanted to restrict handgun ownership, and the clauses relating to SBRs and SBSs were simply to close the loophole of a person cutting down ...
Ian Ruins the Elbonian Sniper Corps (Audio Only)
Today's Q&A is from Tim on Patreon:"The great nation of Elbonia is looking to spin up a sniper program. But they know better than to adopt ZF41 scopes. What rifles do you attempt to sell them?"After some consideration, I would try to sabotage the Elbonian Sniper Corps by supplying them w...
Ian Ruins the Elbonian Sniper Corps
Today's Q&A is from Tim on Patreon:"The great nation of Elbonia is looking to spin up a sniper program. But they know better than to adopt ZF41 scopes. What rifles do you attempt to sell them?"After some consideration, I would try to sabotage the Elbonian Sniper Corps by supplying them w...
Copy of a Knockoff: Chinese Warlord Version of a Bestigui Model H (ad-free)
Interested in Chinese Warlord-Era pistols? My new book on the subject is now available at:https://www.headstamppublishing.com/chinese-pistolsIt was no secret in the international arms market that Mauser was doing a tremendous business selling C96 pistols into Warlord-era China in the 1920s. The C96 ...
Marko Vukovik's Prototype Machine Pistol: the V.M.18 (ad-free)
Today we continue our series on the development of Croatian pistols towards the XD line. Last week we saw Marko Vukovic's first design, and today we are looking at his second. This was the V.M.18, a step towards a more proven system instead of the really unusual flapper locking of the Kordun. Th...
Apocrypha: Behind the Scenes January 10, 2023
Sorry for the late video here...I had a long medical class ending Sunday that made me forget to film this. Anyway... - Working on sponsor companies for Midnight Brutality; very happy to have The Night Vision Company on board already. - Finnish M28/76 original scope acquired! - Lots of prep work for ...
January 2023 Supporter Exclusive Q&A (Published)
Recorded live January 9th.If you have critiques or suggestions for next month's live Q&A, please let me know!
Livestream Q&A starts in 30 minutes!
https://youtu.be/kvmKulMCEcs
Livestream Q&A: 6pm Mountain / 8pm Eastern
Here's the link for tonight's livestream - we are doing this on YouTube this month so people on all three supporter platforms can tune in. This is specifically for you folks who support than channel (thank you!). I will be posting the video after we are finished, but only for you, and not th...
Germany's L26 Silencer for the K98k, G43, and StG44 (ad-free)
Patented in Germany as System Schätzle, the L26 was a departure from the copies of the Russian wipe-based silencer designs. The L26 used a set of six identical cone-shaped metal baffles inside a simple tube. It attached to a rifle by clamping around the front sight, just like the rifle grenade laun...
Alligator Creek: America Learns to Fight the Japanese (ad-free)
The Battle of Alligator Creek (aka Battle of the Tenaru) was a formative moment in the American World War Two psyche. After making an unopposed landing on Guadalcanal and taking its mostly-completed airfield at minimal cost, the US Marines had to defend their permitter on the night of August 21st, 1...
Scrome J4
Scheduled for January 28. What do you think of some additional dynamic, fun sort of footage instead of just sitting at a table for the occasional video?
Inkunzi Strike
Scheduled for January 20. Been waiting 5 years to post this video!
Livestream Q&A: Monday the 9th at 6pm Mountain / 8pm Eastern
I'll post the link on Monday when we are closer to the start time, but if you want to join the Q&A live, mark it on your calendar! We will probably go about an hour, answering questions from the recent batch you guys gave me plus some from the audience live.
Finland's High Power Rig
Finland used a variety of FN pistols prior to WW2, and had already evaluated the High Power when Russian invaded and the Winter War began. With an urgent need for more arms, Finland ordered a batch of High Power pistols, which FN was happy to include with the other arms orders already being delivere...
SHOT Show Meetup: Monday, 7pm, Electra
I'm going to be at SHOT Show all week wandering the floor, and what better place to do a Patreon meetup? I figure Monday night is least likely to interfere with other events, so I will be at the Electra Bar in the Venetian from 7pm to about 9pm. Stop by and say hello!If you are going to be at SH...
Midnight Brutality Further Explained (Competitor Spaces Still Available)
https://practiscore.com/inrangetv-s-midnight-brutality-2023/registerWhat is Midnight Brutality? Basically, it's a brutality match being held completely in the dark, designed for NVGs and thermal optics - and also open to white-light setups. It's a rifle/PCC-only match, six stages, held at th...
Kordun 7.62: A Double-Stack Tokarev Pistol from Yugoslavia (ad-free)
The “Kordun” (named after a region in Croatia) was the first pistol design from Marko Vukovic, lead designer for IM Metal and later HS Produkt. It was made in 1985 for the Yugoslav Peoples’ Army, with the goal of being a softer-shooting and higher capacity sidearm than the then-standard M57 To...
Q&A for January 2023
What questions would you like me to answer? I will be covering a couple as full-length videos on the public channel, and others in shorter format in a livestream Q&A next week open only to you folks (detail to be announced).
State of the Channel: 2023 (A Few Changes Coming) (ad-free)
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Apocrypha: Behind the Scenes January 1, 2023
Happy New Year - I hope you all have an auspicious start to 2023! A couple highlights for the past week here: - Picked up a surplus Yugo M57 Tokarev and original trigger - Finished the first draft of the Maxim chapter for the upcoming book on silencers - Found a lot of state legal prohibitions on si...
Desert Brutality 2022: Finland Edition (Valmet & Valmet) (ad-free)
For my main run through Desert Brutality this year, I decided to have fun with a full historical load out - or at least a mostly-historical load out. I used a Valmet M62/S (the semiauto version of the Finnish Rk62 military rifle) and a Lahti L-35 (Finland's domestic military pistol). To go along...
Type 94 Japanese 37mm Antitank Gun on Guadalcanal (ad-free)
The Type 94 was the standard infantry antitank gun of the Japanese Army during World Ware Two. It was developed in the early 1930s as tensions with the Soviet Union rose; there had not been much need for Japanese antitank weapons in China. However, high explosive ammunition was also made for the gun...
