{"id":28032,"date":"2025-10-25T08:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/qa-october-2025-weird-pistols-future-plans\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T08:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:01:12","slug":"qa-october-2025-weird-pistols-future-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/qa-october-2025-weird-pistols-future-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A October 2025: Weird Pistols &#038; Future Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_WG0Tq0-wcA?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Use code &#8220;FORGOTTENWEAPONS10&#8221; for 10% off Kyr\u00f6 Distillery spirits at their web store:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kyrodistillery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kyrodistillery.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Personal questions<\/p>\n<p>03:07 &#8211; How is Ian doing?<br \/>04:38 &#8211; Family firearms background<br \/>05:47 &#8211; Favorite Finnish firearm<br \/>08:22 &#8211; Am I still learning French? How about Finnish?<br \/>09:58 &#8211; Plans for 2026 for Forgotten Weapons and Headstamp Publishing<br \/>12:14 &#8211; Is my wife involved in my work?<br \/>13:49 &#8211; Access to collections as a published author?<\/p>\n<p>Gun questions<\/p>\n<p>0:15:30 &#8211; Guns mounted to hands\/arms<br \/>Sedgley Gove Gun: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1hkmc0o8uVk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/1hkmc0o8uVk<\/a><br \/>0:18:12 &#8211; Why no NATO standard assault rifle?<br \/>0:24:20 &#8211; Diversity of grenade launchers<br \/>0:27:27 &#8211; MTL-30 and XM26 grenade launchers<br \/>0:32:52 &#8211; Gyrojet vs Dardick: Which is less worse?<br \/>0:34:29 &#8211; Is .30 carbine a pistol or intermediate cartridge?<br \/>0:38:16 &#8211; Elbonia and the 6.8x51mm M7 rifle<br \/>0:41:48 &#8211; Squad automatic weapons &#8211; caliber and feed system?<br \/>0:44:17 &#8211; Portugal replacing G3 with SCAR<br \/>0:46:56 &#8211; What if US didn&#8217;t adopt the M16 \/ 5.56mm?<br \/>0:48:28 &#8211; Good books to start a gun library<br \/>0:51:05 &#8211; Good books to start a cartridge reference library<br \/>0:52:09 &#8211; The term &#8220;spring tension&#8221;<br \/>0:53:55 &#8211; FRTs and the market for 9mm PCCs<br \/>0:57:19 &#8211; Will Metal Storm ever be used?<br \/>0:59:20 &#8211; Alternative pistol locking systems<br \/>1:00:34 &#8211; S&#038;W No.3 Schofield and the .45 Colt cartridge<br \/>1:03:24 &#8211; First time match DQ<br \/>1:04:40 &#8211; Most durable transferrable machine gun?<br \/>1:07:46 &#8211; Will Russia ever replace 7.62x54R?<br \/>1:10:16 &#8211; Dedicated anti-drone rifle?<br \/>1:12:31 &#8211; Value of full auto in submachine guns?<br \/>1:14:01 &#8211; Australian replacement of the High Power MkIII<br \/>1:18:28 &#8211; Cleaning and restoration of collectible guns<br \/>1:20:20 &#8211; Elbonian version of the M14TP sniper<br \/>M14TP: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u7nXaJA6ero\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/u7nXaJA6ero<\/a><br \/>1:23:21 &#8211; is the Vickers-Berthier LMG so controllable?<br \/>Vickers-Berthier: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MSH0GwZj8BI\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/MSH0GwZj8BI<\/a><br \/>1:25:50 &#8211; Lighting Round: Will I do a video on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The best firearms reference books: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use code &#8220;FORGOTTENWEAPONS10&#8221; for 10% off Kyr\u00f6 Distillery spirits at their web store:https:\/\/kyrodistillery.com\/ Personal questions 03:07 &#8211; How is Ian doing?04:38 &#8211; Family firearms background05:47 &#8211; Favorite Finnish firearm08:22 &#8211; Am I still learning French? 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