Just Shooting Compilation: 2017

This video details a challenging 40-yard headshot scenario using a North American Arms .22 Mini-Revolver, inspired by a real-world incident. Expert Ian McCollum demonstrates the drill, highlighting the difficulty of achieving accuracy at distance with such a compact firearm. The segment provides insights into the practical application of backup guns in extreme circumstances and the scoring methodology for such challenges.

This Q&A video from Forgotten Weapons delves into various aspects of competition shooting. Topics covered include desirable firearms for BUG matches, historical loadouts, surprising competition performers, handling match gear failures, beginner advice for entering matches, practice regimens, and thoughts on biathlon and pentathlon. The discussion also touches on combination guns, USPSA planning, the impact of BUG matches on carry pistol thoughts, the future growth of action shooting, selection of competition firearms, the possibility of water-cooled belt-fed MGs in competition, and the easiest historic left-handed firearm.

This video showcases the MG3 machine gun at the range, highlighting its post-war German Bundeswehr origins and differences from the MG42. Due to YouTube's content restrictions, the full live-fire demonstration is available on Utreon, with Ian McCollum encouraging viewers to watch it there. The MG3 is a belt-fed, 7.62x51mm NATO caliber weapon.

This video showcases the late-production Degtyarev PPD 34/38 submachine gun, highlighting its historical context during the Winter War and its subsequent crash production. The review details the unique drum magazine adapter, ergonomic challenges in semi-auto fire, and a very high rate of fire in full-auto. It also touches on the weapon's scarcity and potential reliability issues, exemplified by a stovepipe malfunction.

This video explores the CZ Skorpion Evo 3A1, detailing its origins as a select-fire submachine gun and its current semi-auto PCC configuration. Key features include its simple blowback mechanism, ambidextrous controls, and surprising controllability even in full-auto. The review highlights the benefits of its closed-bolt design for accuracy and showcases the use of a Magpul D50 drum magazine.

The SIG MP48 is an 'economy' submachine gun developed in the 1940s to reduce production costs. Despite its design goals, it features a surprisingly instinctive progressive trigger allowing for both single shots and full-auto fire. Its compact nature, lighter weight, and unique safety mechanism (folding the magazine forward) make it a controllable and soft-shooting firearm, though its wire stock is less comfortable than traditional wood.

This video details the unique 'French Finger Trap' issue with the MAS-36 rifle's bayonet, where two rifles can become unintentionally locked together. A 1951 French arsenal memorandum identified this problem, proposing a simple modification to the bayonet handle. Drilling a small hole allows a tool, like a firing pin, to depress the internal spring, enabling the separation of locked rifles.

The M134 Minigun is a scaled-down 7.62 NATO rotary cannon, requiring 24V DC power and consuming 1.5 kW. Its high rate of fire (3,000+ RPM) is essential for aircraft engagement windows. The complex delinker mechanism is critical for feeding ammunition, and practical hand-held use is impossible due to weight and recoil. Live fire demonstrates rapid ammunition consumption and the need for indirect aiming.

The H&K G11 is a revolutionary prototype assault rifle designed in the late 20th century, notable for its caseless ammunition and unique rotating drum bolt mechanism. Despite advanced features like a 2000 RPM burst fire rate and integrated optics, its development was ultimately halted by geopolitical shifts and cost concerns.

This video demonstrates the assembly and live-fire of the German 1936 pattern light mortar (L.Gr.W.36). It highlights the mortar's leveling mechanism for accuracy and the difficulty in visually tracking its 50mm projectiles after firing. The content showcases historical military hardware and its operational use.