Small Arms of WWI Primer 127: Swiss Schmidt-Rubin 1889
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What load did you use to mimic 7.5x53.5 GP90?
That's a matter for our properly licensed and presumably insured handloader. If you pass us an email I can forward it.
Another victim of rapidly advancing technology. I should start showing this channel to anyone who does not understand why being around at the dawn of the personal computer era was EXTREMELY painful for me. Agonizingly learn one thing, cursing all the way; have to agonizingly learn its replacement, cursing all the way, six months later.
But now you have Flash MX on your resume.
Nice and the gun is a really an unusual design ...but I hate the sights...wouldn't want to fight with that
I find them fairly average for the period, just those high blades...
128 is the lucky number! :-D
Really, Really enjoy the less well-known firearms (less well known to me at least). Really enjoy the well known ones. Am a total history nerd so love the back history, the bickering by newspaper in this episode was a nice touch. Thank you both for all your hard work!
Thank you for the support!
You’ve made me appreciate the long action of the 1889 because of its development history with compressed black powder. This and the Mannlicher 1886 would’ve been my choice for a late black powder rifle, very advanced indeed.
Both wild designs.
9:50 Noy-howz-zen.
gesundheit
When did Drake become a German LLC? Been wondering that for a while now
I'm not sure but at least it helps with the accounting and deferred liability.
Linseed oil and sweat. Are you going to offer that in a scented candle?
Mae Responding: I mean, if there was a decent perfume that spelled like black powder I'd wear that.
I have been waiting for so long for you to get to the Swiss!!!
Well you get two