{"id":20336,"date":"2022-06-01T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/01\/qa-60-early-automatic-pistols-more-w-fireplace-guy-len-antaris\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:00:32","slug":"qa-60-early-automatic-pistols-more-w-fireplace-guy-len-antaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/01\/qa-60-early-automatic-pistols-more-w-fireplace-guy-len-antaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A 60: Early Automatic Pistols &#038; More w\/ &#8220;Fireplace Guy&#8221; &#8211; Len Antaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nq8OSLmN7Dg?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out Len&#8217;s channel &#8220;Historic Investments&#8221;:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRSj9dKgOZhCkbPBskimn7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRSj9dKgOZhCkbPBskimn7w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I am speaking to Len Antaris of Historic Investments, aka &#8220;Fireplace Guy&#8221;. Len has a tremendous collection with an emphasis on unusual and prototype handguns, and he has been very generous in allowing me to film much of it for you over many years. So, I figured we should talk to him about some of the things you might be interested in his take on:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>02:14 &#8211; Why are American Collectors so interested in Swiss Firearms?<br \/>04:21 &#8211; Why were early autoloading pistols so clunky compared to modern pistols?<br \/>07:32  &#8211; Your house is on fire, and you only have time to save one gun from your collection. Which one, and why?<br \/>Salvatore-Dormus: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QGzb-0PJadI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/QGzb-0PJadI<\/a><br \/>Laumann &#038; Schonberger-Laumann: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AFhU3Dixvnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/AFhU3Dixvnk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10:11 &#8211; How did you get started collecting firearms and why a particular interest in early semi-auto handguns?<br \/>15:38 &#8211; Why have modern firearms have lost the finesse and finish of older guns?<br \/>18:34 &#8211; Top 3 guns to hang on the mantle above the fireplace?<br \/>20:33 &#8211; Most interesting technological dead end to come out of early self-loading pistol design?<br \/>Sosso: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iO3ZAuiq35k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/iO3ZAuiq35k<\/a><br \/>22:49 &#8211; Webley self-loader viable for wide-spread use in WW1?<br \/>Webley Model 1913: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HSDygkzGQRo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/HSDygkzGQRo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>25:12 &#8211; Were there any serious attempt at stocked revolvers for militaries after the early 1900&#8217;s?<br \/>25:27 &#8211; Thoughts on the Trejo Model 1 .22 auto pistol?<br \/>Trejo Model 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8d-AQsHY1_c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/8d-AQsHY1_c<\/a><br \/>26:30 &#8211; Why didn&#8217;t the Schwarzlose 1898 take off commercially despite it&#8217;s advanced features and good ergonomics?<br \/>Schwarzlose 1898: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rYl0dQAJMh4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/rYl0dQAJMh4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>29:21 &#8211; How hard is it finding warlord pistols these days?<br \/>35:39 &#8211; What firearms are you seeking, or wish you could have for your collection?<br \/>36:53 &#8211; I\u2019m starting to collect World War 2 military sidearms. But, I want to focus on the &#8220;not so common&#8221; military issue sidearms. What would you consider the top 3 &#8220;un-sung pistols&#8221; of World War 2?<br \/>41:15 &#8211; Favorite pistol to shoot \/ Do you shoot your collectible pistols?<br \/>43:26 &#8211; Which, if any, of the early semiauto pistols could be a (limited) success if it was brought back as a replica today?<br \/>48:18 &#8211; Will polymer pistols ever be collectible? <br \/>51:25 &#8211; Who are some early designers of semi-automatic handguns you think more people should know about?<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>Forgotten Weapons<br \/>6281 N. Oracle 36270<br \/>Tucson, AZ 85740<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/ http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com Check out Len&#8217;s channel &#8220;Historic Investments&#8221;:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRSj9dKgOZhCkbPBskimn7w Today I am speaking to Len Antaris of Historic Investments, aka &#8220;Fireplace Guy&#8221;. Len has a tremendous collection with an emphasis on unusual and prototype handguns, and he has been very generous in allowing me to film much of it for you&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/01\/qa-60-early-automatic-pistols-more-w-fireplace-guy-len-antaris\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q&#038;A 60: Early Automatic Pistols &#038; More w\/ &#8220;Fireplace Guy&#8221; &#8211; Len Antaris<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":20337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}