{"id":5672,"date":"2019-05-23T11:56:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T11:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/23\/qa-29-galilean-sights-and-american-aks\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:46:12","slug":"qa-29-galilean-sights-and-american-aks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/23\/qa-29-galilean-sights-and-american-aks\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A 29: Galilean Sights and American AKs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AYjl-H-ep5s?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Questions for today&#8217;s Q&#038;A, as always, come from my Patrons, who are noted for their classy good looks and excellent taste. Specifically:<\/p>\n<p>00:22 &#8211; First Polish purchase for a C&#038;R licensee<br \/>\n04:00 &#8211; What&#8217;s the deal with the black powder .50 BMG Hotchkiss revolving cannon reproductions?<br \/>\n05:35 &#8211; Tarja or Floor?<br \/>\n05:54 &#8211; Where to start doing primary-source research?<br \/>\n07:54 &#8211; Does the depiction of guns in movies and video games help or hurt the community?<br \/>\n09:18 &#8211; Forgotten Weapons on Amazon Prime<br \/>\n10:20 &#8211; What are the next books coming from Headstamp Publishing<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>12:21 &#8211; Carbine conversion kits<br \/>\n16:12 &#8211; What load out for the trenches of WW1?<br \/>\n17:37 &#8211; Are black powder cartridges like modern cartridges?<br \/>\n19:16 &#8211; Was the Kropatschek really an improvement on the Gras in a practical sense?<br \/>\n22:58 &#8211; Interarms\/Mauser Luger &#8211; is there a Swiss connection?<br \/>\n(recommended book: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JTkLMg)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JTkLMg)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>26:59 &#8211; What is my next book project?<br \/>\n28:28 &#8211; How about a French pistols book?<br \/>\n30:14 &#8211; Is my wrist ready to sign 3,000 books?<br \/>\n30:25 &#8211; What does my book presale success say about the future of publishing?<br \/>\n31:39 &#8211; What are the top 3 fun and interesting open-bolt SMGs?<br \/>\n33:42 &#8211; Expert status and imposter syndrome<br \/>\n35:58 &#8211; Favorite thing I learns while writing my book?<br \/>\n38:16 &#8211; Has anyone adapted the AK to short stroke piston or DI?<br \/>\n39:04 &#8211; Would Germany have been better off with the G98 in 5x57mm?<br \/>\n40:26 &#8211; Deigning my own firearms; lessons from handing old guns<br \/>\n41:28 &#8211; Why you should not buy a machine gun<br \/>\n44:34 &#8211; Galilean optical sights in WW1<br \/>\n47:09 &#8211; Government property marks on guns<br \/>\n48:55 &#8211; Why so few vintage suppressors for sale?<br \/>\n51:30 &#8211; Night sights in WW1<br \/>\n53:00 &#8211; Why are American AKs so awful?<br \/>\n56:25 &#8211; What load out for Desert Brutality 2020?<br \/>\n59:42 &#8211; What gun am I current looking for?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\nPO Box 87647<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85754<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions for today&#8217;s Q&#038;A, as always, come from my Patrons, who are noted for their classy good looks and excellent taste. Specifically: 00:22 &#8211; First Polish purchase for a C&#038;R licensee 04:00 &#8211; What&#8217;s the deal with the black powder .50 BMG Hotchkiss revolving cannon reproductions? 05:35 &#8211; Tarja or Floor? 05:54 &#8211; Where to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/23\/qa-29-galilean-sights-and-american-aks\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q&#038;A 29: Galilean Sights and American AKs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5673,"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-5672","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\/5672","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=5672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13657,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5672\/revisions\/13657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}