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In this video the kind folks from C&Rsenal join us along with Mark Novak from Anvil Gunsmithing to shoot and discuss the French Chauchat machine gun. The Chauchat is a very quirky LMG from the early 20th century that features a long recoil action resulting in a massive amount of felt recoil, uncomfortable offset sights, very delicate stamped steel magazines and fires the 8mm Lebel cartridge. All that aside these are highly collectible transferable machine guns and having a working example is very rare and indeed a special opportunity to shoot. Stay tuned, much more on the way.
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4mm Zimmerstutzen Parlor Conversion for a Mauser 1914
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This 4mm "Zimmerstutzen" conversion kit was patented by one Karl Weiss in 1921, and produced by the RWS company in Germany. Versions were made for several different types of pistol, but the Mauser 1914 was a particularly suitable base thanks to its very easy removed barrel. The kit consists of a new 132mm long 4mm (rifled) barrel, four .32 ACP chamber adapters, a supply of 4mm zimmerstutzen cartridges, and a manual ejection rod for removing the fired cases from the cartridge adapters. The cartridge itself is basically a stretched centerfire primer with a 7 grain lead ball seated in the end. While just as accurate as .22 rimfire at short ranges, it is much less powerful, and can be safely fire with a simply pellet trap indoors without the noise and expense of shooting full size ammunition.
Weird Slide Action Prototype Rifles
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These two slide action rifles came form the same collection, and are pretty clearly related - one is a toolroom type of early prototype and the other is a refined pre-production sort of example. However, we have no idea who made them, or when or where. They look well made enough to have been the product of a legitimate firearms factory, but could also have been the work of a dedicated hobbyist. Without markings or provenance, we will probably never know. But they certainly are interesting to take a look at!
A .50 Caliber 1911: Guncrafter Industries Model 1
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Guncrafter Industries is a custom handgun company formed by one Alex Zimmerman in 2002 after many years working for Wilson Combat. Among other things, they make custom 1911 pistols chambered for the .50 GI (Guncrafter Industries) cartridge, also designed by Zimmerman. The idea of the cartridge is to have a larger bullet diameter without having the excessive power and recoil of a magnum type round like the .50 Action Express or .45 Winchester Magnum. The .50GI is loaded to .45 ACP pressure levels, and offers loadings ranging from 185gr @ 1200fps to 300gr @ 700 fps. The case head is rebated, and the same size as the .45ACP case head, allowing for easy conversion back to .45 ACP if one desires.
The basic conceit of this pistol and cartridge is that a larger bullet is more effective and thus worth the less of capacity (.50GI magazines hold 7 rounds). Whether that actually stands up to reality does not seem assured, especially considering the vast amount of development which has gone into smaller caliber expanding bullets compared to the few basic offerings for the .50 caliber.
Of course, it's also possible that the gun is just simply based on the giggle factor of having a fifty caliber 1911.
H&K VP-70M: Polymer Framed Cutting Edge Machine Pistol from 1973
The VP-70 was designed by Heckler & Koch cofounder Alex Seidel, and introduced in 1973. It was made with the idea of being a gun easily mass produced for arming a civilian resistance in case of Russian invasion of East Germany, but the West German government opted not to adopt it. In the original military form, the gun is semiautomatic as a pistol, with the option to use a 3-round burst firing mode when the shoulder stock is attached. The stock also doubles as a holster.
Mechanically, the VP-70 is simple blowback, and has several features which were quite cutting edge at the time. It is the first production service pistol to use a polymer frame, and it came with double-stack, double-feed 18-round magazines; the highest standard capacity of the day. It is striker fired, and the striker is at rest completely forward, unlike modern striker-fired pistol which use the cycling of the slide to partially cock the striker. This means that the VP70 is ac very safe action, but has a trigger pull best compared to a staple gun.
After the military rejection of the VP-70M, a civilian model was made, designated the VP-70Z. This model did not have any of the burst fire components, not the fittings to attach the buttstock. About 23,000 were made, including about 400 in 9x21mm for the Italian commercial market. This is far more than the approximately 3,500 VP-70M pistols made.
Thanks to H&K for providing access to bring you this VP-70M!
H&K VP-70M on the Range: How Useful is the Burst Fire?
After looking at the history and mechanics of the VP-70 yesterday, we are heading out to the range to try it out (and thanks to Trijicon for generously offering use of their range!). I am curious to see just what that 2200 rpm rate of fire is like to shoot, and whether the awful trigger is as much of a hindrance to effective burst shooting as it is to simple semiauto. So, in addition to some shooting of the VP-70M, I will also be comparing it to an MP5...
Rare 1907 US Military Trials Luger 45 ACP
This is an incredible piece of American history. Before the 1911 there was a trial to decide which handgun the US military would adopt for its first ever autoloading sidearm. The 1907 .45 ACP Luger was in the running. Lugerman has made a faithful reproduction that we explore in this video
The old Bushmaster M17S bullpup
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What a cool old gun I stumbled across. The M17S is a fun gun made by Bushmaster back when they were in Windham, ME.
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Pre-Production FG-42 (Type C)
Thanks to the generosity of a collector in the Association of Maltese Arms Collectors and Shooters, we have a chance today to take a look at a pre-production FG-42, serial number 015. This is one of the guns manufactured by Rheinmetall (the series production would be handed over to Krieghoff) in between the Type A and B prototypes and the Type D troops trials guns. Its provenance is well documented, being previously owned by noted Dutch collector Henk Visser, who received it as a gift form the Rheinmetall factory museum, where it had been since the end of the war.
The gun shows a few minor variations from the standard "first pattern" (aka Type E) FG-42, including a split pin to attach the trigger group and more notably, a completely different type of rear sight. It also, exhibits a modified French MAS-36 bayonet, proving the lineage in that design element (not that there was really any doubt...). In our video, we will discuss the early development of the FG42, and where this rifle is situated in that story!
Shooting the FG42: The Hype is Real
The hype? Yeah, it's real. The FG42 is the nicest full-auto full-power rifle I have yet fired. This is a recut of a previous video that YouTube decided to squash.
Favorite WWI stuff
Here are some of my favorite firearms from WWI. We don't get into any great detail, but we do have some fun with a variety of my favorite shooters. This isn't all of them, but this is all I could squeeze into 30 minutes. Perhaps a video or two more will come out if you all like this one.
Final Prices: Morphy's Fall 2018 Auction
As usual, I have a recap today of the final prices of the guns I filmed from the most recent Morphy's auction (Fall 2018). One of the things I noticed here is an opportunity for people interested in some of the big tripod-mounted early heavy machine guns. They aren't cheap my most standards, but compared to other NFA registered machine guns, they are a tremendous value for the money. Many of these guns - things like the Maxim, Vicker, Schwarloze, Hotchkiss - are magnificently engineered guns that were true queens of the battlefield in their day. But they are old, heavy, and cumbersome (not to mention typically not highlighted in movioes and video games), and not so popular these days. Definitely an opportunity for the machine gun connoisseur, in my opinion.
South African Kommando: The "Rhuzi"
The Kommando was a semiauto SMG-type carbine designed by Alex du Plessis in Salisbury Rhodesia in the late 1970s. It was manufactured by a company called Lacoste Engineering, and financed by a man named Hubert Ponter - and those initials were the name of the initial production version of the gun; LDP. The gun is a quite simple design, a tube-receiver, open bolt gun with a fixed firing pin and an Uzi-type bolt which telescopes forward over the barrel. It uses unmodified Uzi magazines, and that along with it's Uzi-like construction and styling led to one of its nicknames, the Rhuzi (the others were alternate interpretations of the LDP initials; Land Defense Pistol and Lots of Dead People).
About one thousand LDP carbines were made in Rhodesia, and were also sold in neighboring South Africa. This led to an arrangement with a company called Maxim Parabellum to produce it in South Africa under the name Kommando. Eventually a total of about 10,000 were made between the two countries, making this one of the most common guns of its type made in that time and place. The South African government required the addition of an extra safety device to prevent runaway firing with underpowered ammunition, and a number of details evolved through production, most notably the stock locking system.
Ammunition Evaluation: Ethiopian 7.92x57mm Mauser
Century International Arms has imported a quantity of Ethiopian ammunition, and asked me to do a video on it. So, I have a three-part evaluation here: appearance and packaging, live fire testing (including velocity and consistency), and teardown and bullet weight consistency. This ammunition was produced (as best I can tell) at the Emperor Haile Selassie Ammunition Factory, established with Czech technical aid in the late 1940s in Addis Ababa. This ammunition is all headstamped 1955, made for a variety of rifles and machine guns including the ZH-29, ZB-26, and FN BAR.
Velocity:
I tested velocity using a 7.92x57mm Yugoslav reworked K98k Mauser rifle (barrel length 23.6 inches). Measurements were taken at 10 feet from the muzzle, with a sample size of 15 rounds fired. I found an average velocity of 2460 fps, extreme spread of 81 fps (max 2505, min 2424), and standard deviation of 22.69 fps. At least half of the rounds fired exhibited a very brief hangfire, and two required a second primer strike to fire.
Bullets:
I tested the weight of 10 bullets using a calibrated Lyman electronic scale. I found an average weight of 197.4 grains, extreme spread of 1.6 grains (max 197.8 gr, min 196.2 gr), and standard deviation of 0.47 grains. Bullet construction is boat tail with an open base, lead core, and gilding metal over steel jacket (these bullets do attract a magnet). I found a seeming random mixture of silver and brass colored jackets in the boxes I opened.
Century advertises this ammunition as using corrosive primers, and I took them at their word and did not test for corrosivity.
Raw data:
Velocities (fps): 2465, 2475, 2440, 2464, 2468, 2433, 2460, 2484, 2424, 2437, 2429, 2474, 2472, 2465, 2505
Bullet weights (grains): 197.5, 197.7, 196.2, 197.1, 197.6, 197.6, 197.3, 197.7, 197.8, 197.4
Stoner 63, 63A, & Mk23: History and Mechanics
The Stoner 63 is a firearm surrounded by a tremendous amount of mythology. It was Eugene Stoner's big project following on the AR-15, and it was a brilliant piece of engineering - a single modular receiver which could be assembled into a half dozen different configurations:
Automatic rifle ("Bren")
Medium machine gun
Vehicular/coaxial machine gun
The ingenuity required to make all of these different variations work on a single receiver is momentous, and the fact that the resulting gun is heralded as one of the best machine gun designs ever made really cements Stoner's legacy as a brilliant firearms designer. In today's video, we are going to look at all the different configurations, and also examine the changes between the original Stoner 63 system and the 63A versions which would come after the USMC combat trials in Vietnam. We will also look at the third iteration, the Mk23 as adopted by the US Navy SEALs. I owe a tremendous thanks to Movie Armaments Group in Toronto for being given access to this virtually 100% complete Stoner kit!
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Is the Stoner 63 Really So Good? Shooting the Mk23, Bren, and 63A Carbine
Is the Stoner 63 really as good of a gun as everyone says? Today is my first opportunity to try one out on the range, and I'm going to look at it in three different configurations: the Mk23 SEAL light machine gun, the "Bren" style automatic rifle, and the carbine. Let's see how it handles!
I owe a tremendous thanks to Movie Armaments Group in Toronto for the opportunity to take the Stoner kit out to the range! Check them out on Instagram to see many of the guns in their extensive collection: https://instagram.com/moviearmamentsg...
One Million Subscriber Special! The French 75 - Guns, Drinks, and Shirts!
Holy cow, a million subscribers! When I started Forgotten Weapons, I never for a moment suspected it would end up this popular. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed! I think this required a celebratory cocktail...specifically, a French 75. So let's talk about the French 75 the gun - the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 - as well as the cocktail named after it.
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Mateba MTR-8
The MTR-8 was Emilio Ghisoni's first revolver design, predating the more popular and better known Mateba semiauto revolvers and the Chiappa Rhino. The MTR-8 was designed for competition shooting, and made in a variety of calibers and configurations, including long carbine versions, different barrel lengths, and calibers including .22LR, .32 S&W, .38 Special, and .357 Magnum. Ghisoni's design puts the recoil force in line with the shooter's arm as would all of his later designs, but it does this by moving the entire cylinder down and firing from the top chamber. This has the side effect of decoupling the cylinder from the lockwork and allowing a quite narrow and handy frame with a large cylinder. The .38 and .357 models hold 8 rounds, while the .32 caliber ones have 12-round cylinders and the .22 rimfire guns 14 rounds. The carbine types have even larger capacities. It should be noted that unlike his later Mateba revolver, the MTR series are tradition DA/SA guns, not semiautomatic or self-cocking. A total of only about 500 were made.
Czech ZB30: The Best WWII Era Light Machine Gun?
The Czech ZB30 was probably one of the better light machine gun designs that saw extensive use during the Second World War. Nations such as Japan and Britain copied aspects of it in the Bren and Japanese Type 99 LMG. It was also license-produced in some other countries as well. It was a top mounted magazine-fed, gas operated, light machine gun that incorporated a bolt hold open catch when rounds ran out. A variant of the ZB26, the light machine gun had a number of unique features that came to be standard on light machines of the time.
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Over the next several episodes we'll be looking at derivatives of the ZB26/ZB30 such as the Type 99 and the British Bren. But the ZB30 was definitely the best action of all three. The quality of machining and manufacturing that went into the design is blatan2tly obvious the first time a burst is fired from it. The parts just seem to slide over and with each other extremely efficiently, to the point where shooting it on fully automatic is just pure joy in so many ways.
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Final Prices: RIA December 2018 (#75)
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As usual, I have a recap today of the final prices of the guns I filmed from the most recent Rock Island auction (December 2018; #75). There were a few guns here that people got very nice deals on, but also a lot of guns that sold for more than I would have expected.
German K43 in 8mm Mauser
The K43 (or sometimes known as the G43) was Germany's self loading rifle of the second world war. Chambered in 8mm like their Mauser bolt action, the K43 was an interesting early self loading rifle deployed during the conflict.
XM29 OICW Mockup
The OICW - Objective Individual Combat Weapon - was part of a program in the 1980s and 1990s to replace the whole lineup of uS small arms with a consolidated group of new high-tech ones. The M4, M16, and M203 would be replaced by the OICW, the M240, M2, and Mk 19 would be replaced by the Objective Crew Served Weapon, the M40 sniper rifle would be replaced by the Objective Sniper Weapon, and the M9 pistol would be replaced by the Objective Personal Weapon. The OICW was basically a mashup of a 5.56mm carbine with a semiautomatic 20mm grenade launchers. The weapon received a lot of attention because it sounded really impressive on paper - the grenades could be programmed with a laser rangefinder to detonate at any desired range. Just past walls, just inside windows, that sort of thing. The weapon had a big multi-function optical sight that would allow both day and night vision and a bunch of other features.
In reality, however, the XM29 (as it was designated) was a 15-pound clumsy and awkward boat anchor of a weapon. While the many capabilities may have looked good on paper, the XM29 was pretty awful for regular soldiering - heavy to carry and slow to use. The whole program would end in the mid 1990s. However, the carbine element of the OICW would go on to become the XM-8 family of rifles, which did make a serious bid at replacing the M4/M16 as American standard infantry weapons. We will look at the XM-8 family tomorrow...
DeserTech 7.62mm MDR Teardown
The DeserTech MDR ("Micro Dynamic Rifle") has been in the works for several years now, after being initially announced at SHOT Show in 2014, if I recall correctly. While it was probably prematurely unveiled, the rifle as it stands today looks to be remarkably well designed. It is one thing to design a concept that sounds attractive (fully ambidextrous bullpup rifle convertible between 7.62x51mm and 5.56x45mm), but it is a whole other thing to actually develop a mechanical design that actually works. And it is yet more notable to make that system elegantly simple and to actually transition from handmade prototypes to successful production line manufacture. DesertTech appears to have cleared all those hurdles...
At the heart of the rifle is a rotating bolt locking system and a short stroke gas system. These are both very well understood systems - DesertTech has chosen to use proven ideas here instead of getting "innovative". The most interesting mechanical element is undoubtedly the ejection system, which can be swapped to eject from either side of the rifle but can actually be used from either shoulder regardless because it ejects cases directly forward. The system uses a pair of arms that push an empty case (or live round) laterally off the side of the bolt face and into a holding clip. A lug on the side of the bolt engages those arms on its rearward stroke, and a matching lug on the opposite side pushes the case forward and out of the rifle on the bolt's forward stroke. While this system sounds complex, the parts appear to my eye to have gone through a lot of testing and revision, as they look pretty simple and sturdy - a refined implementation of an unorthodox idea.
The controls are all ambidextrous, with non-reciprocating bolt handles, safety selector, and magazine release on both sides. A secondary magazine release is located on the front of the magazine well to allow a positive magazine removal, and this catch is stiff enough to not have problems with accidental release like some other bullpup designs. The weakest point of the rifle as I see it is the trigger, with is creepy and heavier than I would have expected. The trigger group is completely modular, however, and I would expect to see aftermarket replacement triggers appear on the secondary market before too long.
The barrel can be removed easily with a hex wrench, and DeserTech is producing a 5.56mm conversion kit. This will involve replacing the bolt, barrel, and ejection panel and installing a magazine well insert for the smaller magazine (the 5.56mm version will use AR pattern standard mags). The upper and lower receiver assemblies are completely interchangeable between calibers. For those wishing to use a suppressor, the gas system is adjustable, with 3 positions including one for suppressed use.
The rifle ships with a micro red dot optic mounted in lieu of iron sights. It is mounted to a single unit section of Picatinny rail integral to the gas block, meaning that it will retain zero when the barrel is removed. For those preferring other sights, the top of the receiver has a length of rail for attaching whatever you like. The handguard also has a top rail, but I would not consider it to be solidly fixed enough to retain zero on an optic. The handguard also has side and bottom MLok slots for bipods and other accessories. The handguard is not connected to the barrel, so bipods on it are effectively free floated.
I am excited to see how the rifle handles on the range! After filming this, Karl and I took the MDR out to the range for some first shooting impressions. Check out that video on InRangeTV here:
https://youtu.be/DabLcqavXJ0
Czech vz.52/CZ52 in 9mm and 7.62x25
First, the HK P9S is HAMMER FIRED. I keep calling it striker fired. The "striker" I point out is a cock indicator. I say stupid stuff all the time, but thankfully my contract allows for it. This video though is about the vz.52 (or CZ 52) in both 7.62x25 and 9mm.
Almost Adopted: The H&K XM-8 Family
Today we are in H&K's Grey Room in Virginia, taking a look at the XM-8 program. The rifle evolved form the kinetic energy carbine portion of the doomed XM29/OICW program, and eventually became the G36 rifle. In between those two, however, it was the XM-8, and it came close to adoption by the US military.The XM-8 was designed to be a very modular system, with a variety of interchangeable stocks, handguards, optics and accessories. We will take a look at all of these different elements, as well as the disassembly and mechanical function of the design.
Shooting the Full Auto XM-8 Carbine
Thanks to H&K and to Trijicon for range access, we are out today shooting an original and authentic XM-8 carbine! The XM-8 family are relatively bulky guns; moreso than one would expect from seeing photos of them. However, they are also very smooth and comfortable guns to shoot, with a relatively low rate of fire that makes controlled bursts very easy.
Enfield No.4 Mk1/2 to 500yds: Practical Accuracy
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The Enfield No.4 Mk1/2 was the workhorse of the British Commonwealth... and also one of my favorite rifles to shoot. This one is even missing some rifling... how well does it shoot to 500yards?
Ammunition used: German MEN .303 British, these were loaded very close to British Radway Green Mark VII 174grain .303 cartridges.
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Confiscated Homemade Poachers' Guns from Zimbabwe
I had a chance to visit Hire Arms in Johannesburg - a movie arms supply company. Among many other things in their collection, they had an assortment of extremely crude handmade firearms confiscated from poachers in Zimbabwe. As something we don't see much of here in the US, I thought they were pretty interesting, even if just in a train wreck sort of way. So I pulled out a couple of the most unusual to put on camera.
Ammunition Evaluation: Ethiopian .30-06
Century International Arms has imported a quantity of Ethiopian ammunition, and asked me to do a video on it. So, I have a three-part evaluation here: appearance and packaging, live fire testing (including velocity and consistency), and teardown and bullet weight consistency. This ammunition was produced (as best I can tell) at the Emperor Haile Selassie Ammunition Factory, established with Czech technical aid in the late 1940s in Addis Ababa. This ammunition is all headstamped 1977, made for a variety of American surplus rifles and machine guns acquired by Ethiopia including the M1 Garand, M1917 and M1919 machine guns, and M1918A2 BAR. I received this ammunition packaged in 15-round loose boxes as well as in M1 Garand en bloc clips and bandoliers.
I tested velocity using a .30-06 M1917 Enfield rifle (barrel length 26 inches). Measurements were taken at 10 feet from the muzzle, with a sample size of 15 rounds fired. I found an average velocity of 2998 fps, extreme spread of 90 fps (max 3031, min 2941), and standard deviation of 25.36 fps. None of the rounds exhibited any unusual behavior when fired, although the velocity I measured was substantially higher than the American M2 spec which I would have expected in a flat base 150 grain loading. Note: I tested ammunition from the 15 round boxes, and no form the Garand bandoliers. I did not test this in a Garand rifle, and cannot comment on the bolt velocity it produces therein.
I tested the weight of 10 bullets using a calibrated Lyman electronic scale. I found an average weight of 150.7 grains, extreme spread of 1.6 grains (max 151.6 gr, min 150.0 gr), and standard deviation of 0.52 grains. Bullet construction is flat base with an open base, lead core, and gilding metal over steel jacket (these bullets do attract a magnet).
Winchester 1964 SPIW: Flechettes and a Blow-Forward Grenade Launcher
Today we are looking at the Winchester company's entry into the 1964 SPIW (Special Purpose Infantry Weapon) trials. The SPIW program was an attempt to increase small arms lethality by increasing hit probability with ideas like hyper-velocity flechette cartridges and burst fire trigger mechanisms. In addition, the weapons were required to incorporate area-effect elements - aka grenade launchers.
This design used a 60-round drum magazine firing a high velocity flechette as well as having a blow-forward semiautomatic 40mm grenade launcher attached to the muzzle. One of the biggest challenges in the development was the flechette cartridge itself - the sabot holding the dart in place had to be loose enough to cleanly detach at the muzzle, but also tight enough to pull the dart down the barrel.
Ultimately, none of the 1964 trials weapons were successful, and this Winchester design was particularly unsuccessful. In addition to terrible balance and handling, it was not particularly reliable in the firing trials.
Thanks to the Rock Island Arsenal Museum for allowing me access to film this very interesting rifle! If you are in the Quad Cities in Illinois or Iowa, the Museum is definitely worth a visit. They have a great number of small arms on display as well as an excellent history of the Rock Island Arsenal.
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Q&A 24: Pistols, Puppies, and Procurement
I think this is the longest Q&A to date...and as usual, I had far more questions submitted by you awesome Patrons than I could answer, so if yours didn't get in this time please submit it again next time.
0:00:37 - The Stoner 63 and value of modular platforms
0:03:37 - Forgotten Weapons on Instagram
0:05:13 - Was the Lebel adopted too hastily?
0:08:42 - Do I read comments on YouTube?
0:11:20 - Branching out to videos on ancillary gear
0:12:28 - Are bipods a benefit to infantry rifles?
0:16:46 - Best firearms museums in the US
0:18:09 - How do gun designers engineer guns?
0:22:33 - Where do I get my ammo?
0:25:48 - How long can Forgotten Weapons last?
0:29:10 - Use of Enfields and Mosins in Afghanistan
0:31:38 - Why no Vickers K on YouTube?
0:32:20 - What alcohol do I eschew?
0:33:28 - How do I plan video scheduling from trips?
0:37:48 - What French guns do I still need for my collection?
0:39:13 - Concerns about lead exposure
0:41:22 - Why did 9x19mm become so universal?
0:43:19 - Caseless ammunition for aircraft guns?
0:44:34 - What if the Mini-14 had competed against the AR-15?
0:45:42 - Focus of a hypothetic NFA collection?
0:47:36 - Home shop construction of a semiauto rifle
0:49:53 - SKS as a collectible and a modern gun
0:53:00 - Were there any WWII German small arms "wonder weapons?"
0:55:19 - Tenko MAC-10 rifle caliber upper
0:58:10 - Most overrated historical gun in pop culture
1:00:02 - Is trigger discipline a recent thing?
1:02:41 - What is my firearms background?
1:04:13 - Advice for aspiring authors
1:06:19 - Handguns in combat and M9 vs P320
1:07:37 - Did John Browning have ideas that flopped?
1:09:44 - Why not make last ditch guns in the first place?
1:12:29 - Railguns and coilguns
1:13:00 - Person pistols in combat, WW1 and WW2
1:15:37 - First smokeless powder pistols
1:16:47 - How I got Dharma, my dog
1:18:39 - Are there any transferrable Type 1 FG-42s in the US?
1:18:56 - Good book on semiauto pistol development?
1:20:35 - Charger clips vs stripper clips in Mausers
1:22:03 - Release triggers for precision shooting
M1916 Fedorov: Russia's First Assault Rifle?
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I have been trying to get my hands on Fedorov M1916 rifle for a while, and I finally had the opportunity at the NFC, part of the British Royal Armouries. The Fedorov was designed in the years just before World War One, and originally chambered for a proprietary 6.5mm cartridge (also designed by Fedorov) and using a fixed magazine. It was a development of the understanding of infantry firepower that came from the Russo-Japanese War, although Czar Nicholas II did not think it was a useful type of rifle. Once the Great War changed attitudes of many military figures, the Fedorov saw a comeback. Inspired by the tactical concept of the French Chauchat automatic rifle, Fedorov fitted the rifle with a 25-round detachable box magazine and rechambered it for the 6.5mm Arisaka cartridge (which Russia had supply of by way of the UK). In this new format, a small number were produced and issued before the Russian Revolution caused the nation to leave the war.
Fedorov and his team were established at the Kovrov Arsenal (originally built and equipped by the Danish Madsen firm to make light machine guns, but that plan never reached completion). There they perfected the production tooling for the guns, and produced them form 1921 until 1925, making about 3200 in total. They saw service during the Russian Civil War, and were apparently well liked despite a reputation for being a bit finicky and delicate. They were pulled out of service and warehoused in the late 1920s, although they would be reissued during the Winter War with Finland.
Overall, the Fedorov is a remarkably good rifle for its time period. Had further development been possible or encouraged, it could probably have been simplified substantially, although history has shown that there was no true future for recoil-operated military shoulder rifles. The tactical concept behind the design was excellent, and rather ahead of its time. The idea of equipping each man with effectively a portable machine gun would not see true successful implementation until the German Sturmgewehr, but Russia could have beaten them to the punch by some 25 years had the circumstances been a bit different.
Many thanks to the Royal Armouries for allowing me to film and disassemble this very rare rifle! The NFC collection there - perhaps the best military small arms collection in Western Europe - is available by appointment to researchers:
https://royalarmouries.org/research/n...
HK-32 Prototype in 7.62x39mm
Among the large family of roller-delayed rifles produced by Heckler & Koch, one of the rarest and least known is the HK32. This was the select-fire shoulder rifle chambered in 7.62x39mm. These rifles appeared in H&K sales literature for a time, but were only made in very small numbers for one or two poor documented contracts. What we have here today is a very early prototype rifle in 7.62x39mm using a regular NATO caliber receiver with a magazine well block to fit a proprietary H&K magazine. The rifle retains many CETME features, including the muzzle brake, metal forehand with integral bipod, carry handle, stock design, and a unique 2-position rear notch sight.
You can browse the various Armouries collections online here:
https://royalarmouries.org/collection/
SIG AK-53: A Truly Weird Forward-Operating Rifle
One of the most mechanically unusual rifles I have had the chance to examine is the SIG AK-53. One of a long line of interested experimental self-loading designs made by SIG between the 1920s and 1950s, the AK53 is a gas operated rifle with a fixed breechblock and a barrel that cycles forward when fired. The gas system compresses a spring rearward first, which then releases and pushes the barrel forward in a system with a few elements in common with the British Farquhar-Hill rifles and machine guns. The magazine is also unique in design to allow rounds to move directly upward so as to have the barrel drop over them in a reverse sort of feeding (the magazine bears some vague similarity to the Madsen and Mendoza LMG magazines in this way...a bit). For reasons which will become very clear upon disassembly (if not already made clear by that description), only prototypes of the rifle were ever made, with no series production.
Lugerman's .45 ACP Target Model Luger
Eugene Golubtsov - aka Lugerman - has been building beautiful .45 ACP Lugers base don the original DWM technical data package for the 1907 trial Luger for a little while now. We previously looked at one of his standard guns, and today I have a chance to do some shooting with the long-barrel target model. Of all the different varieties he makes (compact, classic, target, hunter, and carbine, in both .45 ACP and 10mm Auto) I think this is hands down the most awesome. And unlike the other .45 Lugers I have shot, these actually work!
And that's exactly what a gun like this is for; to be awesome. Like a Rolex or a Ferrari, it is an extravagant example of what is possible beyond the limitations of practicality. For the people who can afford to indulge in this sort of thing, I think that it is a fantastic blend of historical inspiration, match accuracy, and solid reliable pistolsmithing. It sure does make that spinner look easy...
Springfield Arms Double Trigger Navy Revolver
The Springfield Arms Company existed only for a brief period in 1850 and 1851, making revolvers designed by its chief engineer, James Warner, before being driven out of business by Colt patent lawyers. During that time, Springfield (no relation to the arsenal) made a variety of models in .28, .31, and .36 caliber and with a variety of barrel lengths and other features (including a well-designed safety notch to allow the guns to be carried fully loaded safely). In an attempt to avoid patent infringement, Warner separated the cylinder rotation and firing mechanisms into two different triggers on some models, including this Navy pattern example. The front trigger would rotate and lock the cylinder, and then it would trip the rear trigger which released the sear and fired the gun. This was not sufficient to save him from copyright infringement suits, though, and only about 125 of the double-trigger Navy revolvers were made.
Genhart Horizontal Turret Rifle
Heinrich Genhart was a Swiss designer working in Liege, Belgium in the 1850s making horizontal turret rifles. His design was actually pretty decent, and included recessed chamber mouths and a calming barrel which would lock more or less solidly into each chamber for firing, thus minimizing cylinder gap flash. This particular example is a roughly .38 caliber rifle with a 10-shot cylinder, in a pretty rough stock (I suspect a replacement). Genhart patented this design in Belgium in 1853 and in the United States in 1857, but turret rifles quickly fell out of popularity and his production ended by about 1860.
The Genhart guns were designed for a specialty cartridge, formed of lead or tin foil using tools sold with the gun. They used a type of tube primer set into the base of each cartridge during assembly, which was crushed by a hammer moving directly upwards. The whole system seems quite good, but doomed by the advent of much better cartridge technology.
Forehand & Wadsworth Old Army Revolver
The Forehand & Wadsworth company was a better firearms manufacturer than most people tend to give them credit for. It evolved from Allen & Wheelock, with Sullivan Forehand and Henry Wadsworth both having married daughters of Ethan Allen. When Wheelock died in 1863, the two were made partners in the firm, which became Ethan Allen & Co. Forehand was a particularly hard worker, and when Allen also passed away in 1871, the company again changed names to Forehand & Wadsworth. Their main business was .32 and .38 pocket revolvers, which they made a quiet large number of. In 1873 they decided to compete in the service revolver arena, releasing the Army model we see here today. It was a 2.5 lb gun with a 7.5 inch barrel, chambered for the .44 Russian cartridge. Single action only, with a 6-shot cylinder and a rather weak and clumsy manual ejector rod. Ultimately, the gun simply could not compete with the superior Colt and Smith & Wesson offerings, and less than a thousand would be made in total. A slightly improved version chambered for .44-40 was introduced in 1878, but this also failed to gain any significant traction in the market.
Walther Model 3: A Tiny Early .32
Note: Rock Island has not yet posted the catalog for this auction - I will replace this note with a link when they do.
Walther was founded as a rifle making company in the 1880s, and expanded into the flourishing market for semiautomatic pocket pistols around 1910. The Model 3 was the company's first .32 ACP caliber pistol, and was a very small gun. With a 6-round capacity it offered one round more than the Pieper Bayard, the only smaller .32 available at the time. Compared to guns like the FN 1910, it was quite tiny indeed. Only about 3500 were produced between its introduction in 1913 and the end of WW1, and its production was massively superseded by the larger but otherwise very similar Model 4, which was ordered in significant quantity by the German military during the war. Walther development after WW1 would return to a focus on the .25 ACP cartridge.
Swing and a Miss: The Joslyn Army Revolver
Benjamin Joslyn patented this .44 caliber, 5 shot, side-hammer revolver in 1858. He initially contracted with one W.C. Freeman to act as manufacturer and sales agent, but Freeman was unable to actually fulfill the first 500-unit order received from the US military. The contract was cancelled, Joslyn brought manufacturing in-house, and proceeded to make 2500-3000 of the guns to sell on the commercial market. About 1100 of these were purchased by various units of the Federal military, including 225 bought (and formally inspected and marked) by the US Navy - one of few (if not the only) significant purchase of .44 caliber revolvers by the Navy. The guns did see combat at Shiloh and in other battles, but the records available show a generally poor reputation among troops.


Firenze! It just rolls off the tongue. Italy is an amazing country full of historic architecture, fantastic food, a vibrant culture, and beautiful countryside. In Florence, you get it all. While you are there, climb up the steps of Il Duomo di Firenze. This magnificent cathedral is stunning and one of the largest in Italy. The views from the top are inspiring, and give you a great look at the sea of red rooftops. And when you are done sightseeing, go eat at La Giostra and order the wild boar pappardelle.
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President Trump hosts Super Bowl Champion Patriots at White House
Tom Brady, Danny Amendola among players who did not show up Wednesday
Updated: 9:48 PM EDT Apr 19, 2017
WEBVTT TRUMP THIS AFTERNOON.DOUG?DOUG: EMILY AND BEN, GOOD AFTERNOON.NO MENTION OF THE AARON HERNANDEZ DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.THE TEAM IN TRUE PATRIOTS FASHION, THEY WERE FOCUSED ON THE CELEBRATION AS WELL AS BEINGWELCOMED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.IN FACT, TEAM OWNER BOB KRAFT DESCRIBING THE VISIT AS A "DISTINCT HONOR."LIKE PRESIDENTS BEFORE HIM THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF RECEIVING HISTEAM JERSEY, NUMBER 45, OF COURSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAILING THE PATRIOTS WAY AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION IT IS.HE ALSO COMPARED HIS OWN POLITICAL WIN TO THAT OF THE PATRIOTS HISTORIC SUPER BOWL COMEBACK VICTORY.PRESIDENT TRUMP: WITH YOUR BACKSAGAINST THE WALL AND THE PUNDITS, GOOD OLE PUNDITS, BOY, THEY ARE WRONG A LOT, AREN'T THEY, SAYING YOU COULDN'T DO IT,GAME WAS OVER, YOU PULLED OFF THE GREATEST SUPER BOWL COMEBACKOF ALL TIME.[APPLAUSE].>> OF COURSE, MOST NOTABLY ABSENT FROM TODAY'S GATHERING HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, NUMBER 12, TOM BRADY.HE RELEASED A STATEMENT EARLIER THIS MORNING SAYING, "THANK YOU TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HOSTING THIS HONORARY CELEBRATION, AND FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEAM FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER IN.LIGHT OF SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, I'M UNABLE TO
The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots made a traditional celebratory visit to the White House Wednesday. Not all the team members were on hand to accept personal congratulations from President Donald Trump. Star quarterback Tom Brady notified the White House that he was dealing with a "personal family matter" and would not attend the ceremony. Six others had already signaled that they would take a pass, some for political reasons. Shortly before the event, Brady posted a photo of his parents on Instagram, wishing them a happy anniversary.During the ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, President Trump singled out several members of the Patriots, including wide receiver Danny Amendola, calling for them to raise a hand or step forward for acknowledgment.Amendola was one of two dozen or more players for the Super Bowl champions who did not attend the event. The Boston Globe reported that 34 players attended the White House event. Amendola posted a photo on his Twitter account showing him working out with the hashtag "missed the road trip."The Patriots said the number of players who attended the White House celebration was in line with previous times they won the Super Bowl. "The last time the #Patriots won two Super Bowls in three years, 36 players visited the White House. Today, we had 34," the team tweeted. One player made an impromptu appearance at a White House press before the official ceremony. Tight end Rob Gronkowski stuck his head in the door of the briefing room as Press Secretary Sean Spicer was holding a televised press briefing.He jokingly asked Spicer whether he needed any help, drawing laughs. Spicer - an avid Patriots fan - responded "I think I got this. But thank you."Trump's welcome to the team was coming hours after the news from Massachusetts prisons officials that ex-Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez hanged himself in his prison cell.Hernandez, who played for the Patriots from 2010 to 2012, was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction. Days ago, the 27-year-old former tight end was acquitted of a double murder.A team spokesman said the Patriots were aware of the reports of Hernandez's death but that the club wasn't expected to comment.Trump has particularly close ties to the Patriots, counting owner Bob Kraft and coach Bill Belichick as friends. One of Trump's signature "Make America Great Again" hats was spotted in Tom Brady's locker in 2015.Kraft was one of at least seven NFL team owners who gave $1 million each to Trump's inaugural committee, a new fundraising report shows. Others include the owners of the Houston Texans, the Washington Redskins, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the LA Rams. Kraft gave the money via his Kraft Group LLC.After the triumphant victory, tight end Martellus Bennett quickly made it clear he was not coming to the White House and other teammates followed. Many noted their differences with the Republican administration.Defensive back Devin McCourty told Time Magazine that "I don't feel accepted in the White House. With the president having so many strong opinions and prejudices I believe certain people might feel accepted there while others won't."Players have turned down White House invites ever since such events began to take off under President Ronald Reagan. That includes Brady in 2015. He cited a "family commitment" at the time, but there was speculation he declined because of some unflattering comments a spokesman for President Barack Obama made about the "Deflategate" scandal.The team's White House visit caps a dramatic Super Bowl victory. In the first such game to go to overtime, the Patriots pulled off a stunning rally from 25 points down to beat the Atlanta Falcons.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots made a traditional celebratory visit to the White House Wednesday.
Not all the team members were on hand to accept personal congratulations from President Donald Trump. Star quarterback Tom Brady notified the White House that he was dealing with a "personal family matter" and would not attend the ceremony. Six others had already signaled that they would take a pass, some for political reasons.
Shortly before the event, Brady posted a photo of his parents on Instagram, wishing them a happy anniversary.
Thanks @realDonaldTrump & @WhiteHouse for the gracious hospitality today honoring the Super Bowl Champion New England #Patriots! pic.twitter.com/7AU8XsA5Xk
Gronk interrupts White House press briefing
During the ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, President Trump singled out several members of the Patriots, including wide receiver Danny Amendola, calling for them to raise a hand or step forward for acknowledgment.
Amendola was one of two dozen or more players for the Super Bowl champions who did not attend the event.
The Boston Globe reported that 34 players attended the White House event.
Amendola posted a photo on his Twitter account showing him working out with the hashtag "missed the road trip."
The Patriots said the number of players who attended the White House celebration was in line with previous times they won the Super Bowl. "The last time the #Patriots won two Super Bowls in three years, 36 players visited the White House. Today, we had 34," the team tweeted.
One player made an impromptu appearance at a White House press before the official ceremony. Tight end Rob Gronkowski stuck his head in the door of the briefing room as Press Secretary Sean Spicer was holding a televised press briefing.
He jokingly asked Spicer whether he needed any help, drawing laughs. Spicer - an avid Patriots fan - responded "I think I got this. But thank you."
Trump's welcome to the team was coming hours after the news from Massachusetts prisons officials that ex-Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez hanged himself in his prison cell.
Hernandez, who played for the Patriots from 2010 to 2012, was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction. Days ago, the 27-year-old former tight end was acquitted of a double murder.
A team spokesman said the Patriots were aware of the reports of Hernandez's death but that the club wasn't expected to comment.
Trump has particularly close ties to the Patriots, counting owner Bob Kraft and coach Bill Belichick as friends. One of Trump's signature "Make America Great Again" hats was spotted in Tom Brady's locker in 2015.
Kraft was one of at least seven NFL team owners who gave $1 million each to Trump's inaugural committee, a new fundraising report shows. Others include the owners of the Houston Texans, the Washington Redskins, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the LA Rams. Kraft gave the money via his Kraft Group LLC.
After the triumphant victory, tight end Martellus Bennett quickly made it clear he was not coming to the White House and other teammates followed. Many noted their differences with the Republican administration.
Defensive back Devin McCourty told Time Magazine that "I don't feel accepted in the White House. With the president having so many strong opinions and prejudices I believe certain people might feel accepted there while others won't."
Players have turned down White House invites ever since such events began to take off under President Ronald Reagan. That includes Brady in 2015. He cited a "family commitment" at the time, but there was speculation he declined because of some unflattering comments a spokesman for President Barack Obama made about the "Deflategate" scandal.
The team's White House visit caps a dramatic Super Bowl victory. In the first such game to go to overtime, the Patriots pulled off a stunning rally from 25 points down to beat the Atlanta Falcons.

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'Young Voices', a collection of stories & poems penned by Dikshant School students released: 'Young Voices', a collection of stories, poems and illustrations written by the students of Dikshant School, was released by acclaimed author Kiran Nagarkar and Dikshant School director Mitul Dikshit.
It is noteworthy that Nagarkar is an acclaimed author and winner of a Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel 'Cuckold'. In a one-of-a kind initiative, 45 students of Grade 7 & above from Dikshant School worked with their mentors for writing 'Young Voices'.
"The book is the outcome of the well-structured writing programme organised by Dikshant School, which featured 9 of the country's children's books authors as mentors to students. In the programme, 9 different genres were covered in the workshops spread over a year. Starting from May last year, our schools- Dikshant International and Dikshant Global hosted nine celebrated, award-winning Indian children's authors. At intensive two-day workshops, each author drew upon her own extensive experience in a particular genre to craft a stimulating learning experience for the children." Explained Mitul Dikshit.
The programme started with a workshop on poetry writing by Samina Mishra, who is a documentary filmmaker & writer with a special interest in media for and about children. Next was a workshop on adventure stories by award-winning author and illustrator of children's books Lavanya Karthik.
The genre – teenage stories was covered by Nandika Nambi, who recently won the Hindu Young World Good books Award for 'Best book – Fiction' for her maiden novel 'Unbroken'. The workshop in Hindi fiction was taken by Lovleen Misra, an actor, and writer, best known for her role as Chhutki in India's first soap opera Hum Log. The workshop named 'The Horror Story Factory' was taken by author Adithi Rao who has worked as an assistant director on the Hindi film Satya.
The workshop on Journalism was taken by the curator of the programme Chatura Rao. The workshop titled 'Her Story: Historical Fiction on Women' was mentored by Devika Rangachari who is an award-winning children's writer.
Author Kiran Nagarkar said, "The book has been put together painstakingly and it is a well-written and thoughtful literary collection. While the efforts of students are remarkable I also congratulate Dikshant School's management for providing such a unique platform to students. Dikshant School is a pioneer in grooming students in creative writing."
The book release was followed by a reading session by students from different stories in the book.
Chatura Rao Curator and Editor, Young Voices 2018 said , " The result of this experiment which was a mix of cerebral planning and fun exercises in creativity by the author-facilitators, is a myriad, playful, and sometimes meditative collection of stories, poems and articles."
Teachers and parents of Dikshant School, were present on the occasion.
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As the author argues, ISIS' orchestrated theft and destruction of cultural property has become a tactic of war. Through a historical, political,Brand: Palgrave Macmillan. Book Description. Against the backdrop of international conventions and their implementation, Cultural Property and Contested Ownership explores how highly-valued cultural Cultural property book are traded and negotiated among diverging parties and their interests.
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Cultural property law has evolved from the common law of property to encompass a broad array of statutes and codes that direct the management, protection, and preservation of cultural resources in their many public and private manifestations.
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This book explores the objects, means and ends of international cultural heritage protection. It starts from a broad conception of cultural heritage that encompasses both tangible property, such as museum objects or buildings, and intangible.
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This is a smart collection of essays, assembled by the Ft. Drum's cultural property lead, Dr. Laurie Rush, addressing aspects of the role of cultural property protection in conflict areas, from the historical model of the Monuments Men, the treaties, the changing perception in militaries about the role of cultural property in stabilization operations, the training of civil affairs people, and 4/5.
The protection of cultural property during times of armed conflict and social unrest has been an on-going challenge for military forces throughout the world even after the ratification and implementation of the Hague Convention and its two Protocols by participating nations.
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The Routledge Companion to Cultural Property contains new contributions from scholars working at the cutting edge of cultural property studies, bringing together diverse academic and professional perspectives to develop a coherent overview of this field of enquiry.
The global range of authors use international case studies to encourage a comparative understanding of how cultural property. War and Cultural Heritage: An Analysis of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its Two Protocols by Kevin Chamberlain Call Number: Law Library KA A32 Crossing into many disciplines, cultural property law continues to grow as an established area of practice and study.
Now completely updated, this book provides an accessible and objective overview of all major components of an interdisciplinary legal practice that extends from government and tribal management of land to federal underwater resource management to the national and.
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Safeguarding Cultural Properties is a step-by-step guide for creating and maintaining a comprehensive security program in any cultural facility or public institution.
Author Stevan P. Layne, the leading expert in the field of cultural property protection, draws from his many years of experience providing protection training and planning to more.This invaluable book, for the first time, brings together the international and European Union legal framework on cultural property law and the restitution of cultural property.
Drawing on the author's extensive experience of international disputes, it provides a very comprehensive and useful commentary.Nazi plunder, refers to art theft and other items stolen as a result of the organized looting of European countries during the time of the Third Reich by agents acting on behalf of the ruling Nazi Party of Germany.
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Q: Are quasitrace extensions unique? I'm trying to understand the basics of quasitraces on $C^*$-algebras. Using the terminology of Haagerup, given $n \geq 2$, an $n$-quasitrace $\tau$ on a $C^*$-algebra $A$ is a 1-quasitrace on $A$ which can be extended to a 1-quasitrace on the matrix algebra $M_n(A)$. It was shown by Blackadar and Handelman that any 2-quasitrace is also an $n$-quasitrace for every $n \geq 2$. The space of (normalized) 2-quasitraces on $A$ is denoted $QT(A)$.
As far as I understand, the extension of a quasitrace from $A$ to $M_n(A)$ is not necessarily unique. However, in a paper by Toms, he takes a quasitrace $\tau \in QT(A)$ and then applies it to elements in $M_n(A)$ for arbitrary $n$ (this is on page 4).
Are the quasitrace extensions really unique? If not, why should this be well-defined?

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Ode to a Chicago Dive Bar
Mickey's Tavern – corner of Medill and Leavitt, Bucktown
UPDATE: The bar's day's are numbered. It's been sold. But as of April '14 you can still get a beer from the one tap and get sworn at by Tommy the bartender.
The following story is based on a chat with a neighbor, who'll I'll call Max, who was in the neighborhood long before me and told me a little bit about the dive bar at the end of the block.
Max's first night at Mickey's was after he signed the lease for his new apartment. To celebrate he stopped in with a friend and met several of the characters he would come to know well, including the bartender on duty that night, Elmer. "Trouble at the pass" soon became Elmer's welcoming phrase whenever Max walked in with friends. Elmer liked to drink Maker's Mark and Max often helped him stock the bar at closing time. After that Elmer would join the Max's gang for a pub crawl at several other bars within walking distance.
Max's favorite memories of Mickey's include the eclectic jukebox (that was rarely on) where you could find tunes by Bobby Darin, The Scorpions, and Erasure.
Russian Annie – one of the older customers Max helped waltz home during a blizzard.
Chester – "The Mayor of Bucktown," an old man who always sat at little table against the wall.
Pearl – the senior citizen foul-mouthed White Sox fan who could drink you under the table and kick you in the ass while doing so.
Lance the accountant and a regular who soon got banned for not paying his tab.
Walking in with two bucks to his name and drinking for several hours because someone else kept buying him beer.
Those beers were usually courtesy of guys like Norm, who resembles a monk but one who drinks in Chicago, fishes in Wisconsin, and bowls everywhere in between. Once Max walked in late with Norm and another favorite bartender, Torpe, locked the doors after them and said, "I'm not kicking you out, I just don't want any other ding-a-lings walking in."
The first beer on Sunday was free ("your Sunday drink") and usually served by the owner Mike's mother.
It was a place where most people pronounced Packers quarterback Brett Favre's last name "Favor" and where watching the Cubs' final outs in the 2003 Championship Series was funereal-like.
Max filmed his "Survivor" audition tape inside Mickey's. The theme was something along the lines that, if he could survive Mickey's and the characters who inhabited it, he could survive some silly island with other assholes and Jeff "The Leprechaun" Probst. (One of the guys in the bar thought the audition for the band Survivor).
I have a friend who's been to Mickey's and calls it "The Bar that Time Forgot."
I'm told if you stop by when Tommy is tending bar (try Monday nights) you're very likely to get cursed at, or at least hear him curse at someone.
"Trouble at the pass." Elmer serves it up at Mickey's. (courtesy of Max)
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Snowboard Riot, known in Japan as , is a snowboarding video game for WiiWare by Hudson Soft released in North America on February 2, 2009, and in the PAL regions on February 27, 2009. The game supports the Wii Balance Board and features online multiplayer via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Gameplay

In the game, players race against each other across four courses. Along the way, they can pick up weapons and power-ups such as mines, homing missiles, turbo boosts, invisibility and shields in order to hinder their opponents and aid themselves. Players can also use their board to protect themselves from attack. Each course features several alternate routes and hazards such as cliffs, but are linear and require the player to enter a teleportation portal at the bottom to warp them to the top of the course to start the next lap.

Players will be able to choose from four characters, and be able to customize and upgrade their gear, giving them performance boosts. The game also features a time attack mode, two player split screen offline multiplayer and online multiplayer against up to four opponents, and an option to race without weapons or power-ups.

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN criticized the game's "overly aggressive" rubberband AI and an unrewarding single player experience. Nintendo Life found that the reliance on using weapons to win rather than pure racing skill can result in a frustrating experience for the player.

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External links
Snowboard Riot's Official Web Site

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Attica Bank on Monday announced that a round of exploratory talks with Aspis Bank over a business partnership ended without leading to any deal. In a statement to the press, Attica Bank said talks had been held in October.
A Greek diplomatic delegation visited Baku, Azerbaijan last week in view of Greece's 2009 OSCE chairmanship. Within the framework of the two-day visit, members of the delegation met with Azerbaijani Parliament President Ogtay Asadov, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Defense Minister Safar Abiyef. They also had meetings with all political party leaders and were briefed on the activities of the OSCE office in the Caucasus country.
Greek stocks ended higher at the Athens Stock Exchange on Monday, following a positive trend in international markets. The composite index rose 2.10 pct to end at 1,864.81 points, with turnover remaining a low 139 million euros, of which 13.2 million euros were block trades.
Most sectors moved higher, with the Industrial Products (5.53 pct), Utilities (4.45 pct), Constructions (3.62 pct) and Chemicals (2.65 pct) scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day, while Insurance (3.77 pct), Personal/Home Products (1.80 pct) and Healthcare (0.26 pct) suffered losses.
The FTSE 20 index rose 2.08 pct, the FTSE 40 index rose 1.01 pct and the FTSE 80 index ended 1.04 pct up. Broadly, advancers led decliners by 142 to 67 with another 59 issues unchanged.
Greek Development Minister Christos Folias on Monday reiterated that use of nuclear power for electricity production in Greece is not an option in the country's energy sector strategy. "Greece is closely following the concern and dialogue unfolding within the EU," he said. Addressing an open discussion on the topic of "Conventional, Renewable and Nuclear Energy: Options and climate change challenges - Energy security in the EU", Folias stated that within the framework environmental protection efforts in Greece, the east Mediterranean nation is orientated more towards the effective utilisation of solar, hydro, wind and geothermal energy to produce "green electricity", as well as boosting renewable energy sources (RES). "A total of 329 new investments worth 1.2 billion euros are close to being completed and are expected to add 919 MW to the currently produced 1,100 MW of electricity," he said. He also referred to a RES draft law tabled in Parliament last week. Folias mentioned a draft law on biofuel, currently under preparation, adding that conditions are being created for the development and rational utilisation of geothermal power in the country. Caption: ANA-MPA file photo.


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Lebanon's Government Reduces Fuel Subsidies
Over the weekend at an emergency meeting Lebanon's government decided to raise fuel prices in an effort to reduce fuel subsides. The new exchange rate does not completely remove subsidies, but raises the price from 3,900 pounds to the dollar to 8,000 pounds to the dollar. The unofficial market rate is closer to 20,000 pounds to the dollar. [Al Jazeera]
Nasrallah Says Another Vessel of Iranian Fuel to Set Sail Soon
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said yesterday that another ship carrying Iranian fuel will set sail from Iran to Lebanon shortly. Last week he announced that the first ship would would set sail Thursday night, and the group says it already has. Political opponents have expressed concern over the consequences of receiving Iranian fuel, saying that it puts Lebanon at risk of sanctions. [Reuters]
Hospitals Run Low on Fuel, Medicine, and Staff
Hospitals in Lebanon are running low on fuel, medicine, and staff. This year at least 2,500 doctors and nurses have left Lebanon over the country's dire conditions. With major power cuts, hospitals have had to rely more on generators, which they struggle to keep on amid severe fuel shortages. Hospitals are also running low on medicines, including those critical for cancer patients and dialysis. Amid deteriorating conditions and another COVID-19 surge, Lebanon's hospitals are reaching a breaking point. [AP]
UNICEF Warns Lebanese Are Losing Access to Clean Water
UNICEF warned in a statement recently that 4 million Lebanese might lose access to clean water if immediate action is not taken. The statement said that a number of hospitals have already lost access and have had to use contaminated water. In July, UNICEF warned of the possibility that 71 percent could lose access to clean water by the end of summer. [The 961]
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Hezbollah, American, and the race to supply Lebanon with power
Christophe Abi-Nassif and Jessica Obeid
Abi-Nassif and Obeid write, "By striking first, Nasrallah has forced the United States into reactive diplomacy mode and left Washington with two inconvenient and awkward options. Because of the magnitude of Lebanon's humanitarian disaster and the Lebanese government's inability to get its act together to resolve the fuel shortages, the U.S. may choose to overlook the alleged fuel imports. Regardless of whether the ships dock in Lebanon (serious) or Syria (less serious), this option risks making the U.S. seem inconsistent and in violation of its own rules of imposing sanctions on countries that deal with Iran. Alternatively, Washington could press forward with imposing sanctions on Lebanon. By doing so, however, it would reinforce the conspiracy theory, espoused by Hezbollah and embraced by the Free Patriotic Movement, that Lebanon's woes are a direct result of a U.S.-led economic embargo on the country. The two options assume that events such as Israeli military action or sabotage — factors that Nasrallah warned against as part of Hezbollah's deterrence equation — will not take place."
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Hitti writes, "Across the city that night, medical teams had put aside their own loss and fears, gallantly hurling themselves into action. Demolished hospitals were evacuated. Flooded EDs were emptied. Operating rooms ran without reprieve. Decisions were made amidst unimaginable constraints. Physical wounds were closed, and moral ones opened. Today, almost six months post-Blast, the scars on my colleagues' faces are barely noticeable. The displaced doors of our ED are back up on their hinges. The glass panes of my house have been replaced. Our passports are tucked back in the reachable safety of my bedroom drawers. While some wounds heal, others remain painfully visible. Resignations sit on my desk, leaving the line of medical teams facing the now raging pandemic thinned out and weary. For many, distance is the path to recovery. For others, it is clawing on to the promise of meaningful service in the land they were forced to leave once before."
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Her role in 'Tightrope' (1984)
Alison Eastwood is currently a model, fashion designer and Hollywood actress. Born on 22nd May 1972 to swimsuit model Maggie Johnson and the legendary cowboy flimstar Clint Eastwood, Alison had been a very rebellious girl when she was a teen, partially due to her parents' divorce in 1978. Her run-ins with the law eventualy culminated in a drunk-driving arrest for which she spent one night in jail. Alison was soon relocated to Santa Barbara at 18 to study acting from her hometown in Carmel, California.Alison has also took up some acting roles during her childhood and preadolescence years, and it proved successful during the 1984 thriller movie, Tightrope. After a few years, Alison did some runway and magazine work in Paris, posing for several European fashion magazines and Vogue (U.S. edition). She even posed some nude pictures in one of Playboy's 1999 and 2003 magazines.Alison restarted her acting career in the movie Absolute Power and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in 1997 before turning herself into an actress in her own rights, no longer using her father as a crutch to her acting career. Alison, who branched out on her own in films, and roles in Black and White (1998) and Breakfast of Champions (1999) began to reveal a developing dramatic talent in her, in turn she gained some fame.Alison has her own clothing line, called the Eastwood Ranch, made almost as much news, thanks to the Western-styled sports and denim wear. She also has an elder brother, Kyle , a bassist.Source: alison-eastwood.biography.ms
I'm not sure what gave me empathy for animals, but I do know that I have always loved animals since I was a very young child. I always felt a need to nurture and protect them. Perhaps I could see they needed that, and caring for them made me happy.More Alison Eastwood quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
I started Eastwood Ranch Foundation a few years ago after I developed, co-starred, and produced a show for Nat Geo Wild called Animal Intervention. I always loved animals but when I got to travel the U.S. and see what was really going on in our country, I decided to take action and be a real advocate for them.More Alison Eastwood quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
My main message to folks who love animals is that you can do something every day to help them. Even if you have no money or time, per se, you can find ways to contribute on any level: sharing shelter animals on social media, donating old blankets or towels to a local shelter, starting a petition online for an animal cause.More Alison Eastwood quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
[Director] Peter Wallerstein does great work rescuing sea life along the shores of LA, and I helped raise money for sanctuaries such as Chimp Haven, who are now taking in over two hundred medical lab chimps released from government-funded medical testing labs.More Alison Eastwood quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
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Sisters left petrified after horror rollercoaster 'error'
Their mother is not happy with being "fobbed off"
The Queen Bee ride at Botton's Pleasure Beach.
Two young girls are said to have been left petrified after a dangerous experience on a ride at Botton's Pleasure Beach in Skegness.
Nicola Ley from Lincoln took her daughters on a family day out to Skegness yesterday afternoon (April 10). Emily, 11, and Katie, 9, were eager to try the Queen Bee rollercoaster, but it wasn't the exciting experience they were expecting.
Nicola told Lincolnshire Reporter that the shoulder/body restraints weren't pulled down manually by the operative, but they were sent off on the ride totally exposed.
She claims the girls were on the ride without a bar or shoulder restraint for a lap of the lower run of the rollercoaster before the carriage was brought back into the station.
Emily and Katie were shook up but were not hurt, she said. But Katie has "vowed never to go on so much as a slide again."
Nicola said she was offered free wristbands – but she was left feeling like more should have been done.
Sisters Katie and Emily Ley.
Nicola said: "Our daughters very nearly died at Skegness yesterday, as in almost ended up maimed or dead after nearly falling off a kids' rollercoaster ride because the operator overlooked them completely and didn't pull their body harness down.
"The operator only stopped the ride after he had started it and it had gone around the bottom track when he finally registered my eldest's terrified repeated screams of 'our bar's not been pulled down'.
"I initially didn't think anything of Emily's, what I thought were playful, screams and flapping 50ft above the park.
"I realised they were far too high for a good picture so ran up the tall exit staircase to the platform for a better look to see Emily still shouting with the ride leaving the deck, but instantly seeing what all the fuss was about.
The Queen Bee ride at Botton's Pleasure Beach.
"The operator had gone to everyone else, but missed their carriage completely and not pulled their shoulder harness down. In the space of a few seconds it did the bottom run and pulled back into the station with a halt.
"The girls were clinging to each other and sobbing as they were pulled out of their carriage by the operator. He immediately came over behind the petrified girls who had run at me screaming, shouting he had stopped it as quickly as he could when he had seen."
Nicola said the operator apologised and said he was 'in a rush to get to the ride started and didn't see them.'
Nicola Ley with her daughters Emily (left) and Katie (right) on the bus to Skegness earlier in the day.
Nicola spoke to management staff who she said told her the operator would be dealt with.
She said he offered her £10 for the tokens she had purchased "out of his own wallet" and by way of further compensation she would get free ride wristbands for the day. She also said she was told the 'user error' "had only happened three times before".
Skegness Police also took a statement from Nicola and advised her to contact the health and safety executives. Nicola then revisited the venue and asked to speak to the park manager.
She was then told an incident report would be filed and that the attendant had been there for a number of years and was fully trained. They told her he had been given a verbal warning.
She added: "I was just speechless. This isn't a fairground Thomas the Tank train on a track, it's a kids' rollercoaster that the girls struggled to even stay in without any form of restraint for just four seconds into it.
"I'm not anticipating or looking for compensation, but I'm not happy with being fobbed off and above all I feel I need to encourage others to be aware when visiting seemingly unregulated places like this."
Lincolnshire Police confirmed they did receive a call about this, but that it was a matter for the health and safety executive.
Reporters contacted Botton's Pleasure Beach, but there was no reply by the time of publication.
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Most viewers impressed with Grand Designs home in Lincolnshire
But some said it looks "like a crematorium"
A building project for a giant Dutch barn-like house in South Holland (Lincolnshire) that featured on Channel 4's Grand Designs impressed many viewers, but some likened it to a crematorium.
Nathan and Ayme Marshall modelled the ambitious project understood to be near Spalding on Dutch barn style houses, influenced by the history of the agricultural heritage of the area.
The home also boasts a 5,000-tile armadillo roof and a wing for Nathan's teenage children and a two-bedroom annexe for his mum and step-dad.
Meet Nathan and Amye – they've set themselves a budget of £400,000 to build a cutting edge, multi-generational home in the South Lincolnshire countryside 🌳
And with a disagreement over the number of bedrooms, we could be in for some fun with this pair! 😂 #GrandDesigns pic.twitter.com/x9Rjx5deLT
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It featured in the third episode of the latest series on Wednesday, January 20. So what did people think of the Lincolnshire property?
Helen Lincoln said it looked "amazing and such a lovely living space for their family and his parents across from them", while Andy Rogers praised the "cracking commitment and a fantastic end result".
Tess Hewitt said it reminded her of a beehive shape, but Anna Rose felt it "looked like an office building inside and out".
Andy Cooney said: "This series is epic, considering we are still affected by COVID, what people have been able to achieve has been spectacular. It must have been challenging to film also, so well done Team Grand Designs."
Last nights #granddesigns looked more lke a crematorium than a home. But each to their own.
— Jonathan Corfe (@riotgifts) January 21, 2021
There's much that I hated about last night's Grand Design, but the nastiest thing for me was the porch… Turned 90 deg from the approach and featuring an aggressive, uninviting angle that relates to nothing.. pic.twitter.com/CqDsXEW8cf
— Bob Scott (@TheRealBobScott) January 21, 2021
The couple modelled the ambitious cathedral-like property project on Dutch barn style houses. | Photo: Channel 4
Take a look inside. | Photo: Channel 4
I watched it last night. It's beautiful and unique and so lovely to have built a home for his parents to live close by. They must be very proud of him. A perfect family unit helping each other out. Lovely family
— Anita Denton (@AnitaDenton1) January 21, 2021
Nathan and Ayme with Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud. | Photo: Channel 4
Lincolnshire born Nathan has never moved far from his home town set up building, pub and microbrewery businesses where he grew up before meeting Amye five years ago, who is a teacher from Ireland.
The couple want to finish the build in just a year, but the project didn't get off to the easiest of starts as excavations collapsed and a 36 tonne crane sank into the mire.
You can still catch up on the show here.
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New phase of 1,100-home plans for Lincoln village
70 more houses in Witham St Hughs
Artists' impression of the development
Developers have submitted plans for the next phase of a 1,100-home development in a Lincoln village.
Countryside Properties has applied to North Kesteven District Council to build 70 houses as part of the major proposals in Witham St Hughs on land east of Camp Road and north of Hannah Crescent – the masterplan of which was approved in 2016.
The latest section, which would include shared ownership and affordable rented properties, would be built in a 1.81hectare section noted as "Cell 2B" and would include a mix of 31 two-bedroom, 35 three-bedroom and 4 four-bedroom homes.
In documents before the authority, the developers said the plans would "create housing choice and new amenity spaces for the existing and new community".
The master plans courted controversy in 2018 when councillors approved £500,000 health contributions for the 1,100 houses and 150 retirement homes despite concern about having no healthcare facility in the village.
The masterplan for the development in Witham St Hughs.
At the time, Lincolnshire West CCG released its strategy for Witham St Hughs, in which it said a small GP surgery in the village would be unviable and unattractive to any potential provider.
The strategy revealed that the NHS would use the applicant's money to create a community care hub at the Richmond Medical Centre in North Hykeham.
Where the latest phase fits into the masterplan.
In the end, council bosses agreed that the demand for a surgery in the village would "not be sustainable".
A full list of demands in the end included hundreds of thousands of pounds towards education, bus services and community facilities, as well as the provision of playing fields.


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A recent comment to one of my columns stopped me short and got me thinking. I'll have to paraphrase, as it was quickly removed by moderators, but it basically said that, as a white person, I had no right to make value judgments about Hong Kong. The inference is that my skin colour excludes me from saying what I feel is right or wrong about the city I have made my home. But it was not that sentiment that I found jarring; it was the blatant racism behind it.
I've no idea where in the world the commenter was from. What I do know, though, is that some places in Asia colloquially use derogatory words for foreigners and Hong Kong is arguably the biggest culprit. Such terms can invite racism. That's not to excuse that each English-speaking country has a rich vein of insulting words for people from various cultures and religions.
Geneticists tell us that there is no such thing as race; to them, we are all descended from a common pair of ancestors whose offspring, over the millennia, moved to other continents in waves. The colour of skin and eyes, hair texture and physical features are determined by proximity to the equator and environmental conditions.


Born in New York City, Emma Lazarus (1849–87) was one of the first prominent Jewish American poets. She is most famous for her 1883 sonnet, "The New Colossus," which describes the hope of immigrants looking for a new life in the United States. In 1902, 15 years after her death, excerpts from the poem were inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, immortalizing Lazarus' contribution to American literature.
Lazarus was a Sephardic Jew, a descendant of people expelled from Spain centuries before. She grew up in an affluent family, dividing her time between New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. She was educated by private tutors with whom she studied literature, classical and modern languages, and music. As a young woman, she began her poetry career by translating German poems, and later self-published her first collection, Poems and Translations: Written Between the Ages of Fourteen and Sixteen in 1866. Her precocious writings attracted the attention of fellow poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, to whom she dedicated her 1871 book, Admetus and Other Poems. At the height of her career in the 1880s, Lazarus published some of her most well-known works including Songs of a Semite, a collection of poems that explored her Jewish heritage. She also became a tireless advocate for disenfranchised immigrants, who were then coming to America by the thousands.
"The New Colossus" was written to raise funds for the pedestal on which Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty would stand. Bartholdi had envisioned the statue as a symbol of "liberty enlightening the world;" Lazarus' poem reimagined the statue as a beacon of hope and a symbol of freedom from Old World oppression.
The first eight lines of the poem compare the Statue of Liberty to the ancient Colossus of Rhodes. How are the two statues different? Why does Lazarus draw the comparison? What does it tell us about the Statue of Liberty (and, by extension, America)? What is the meaning of the statue's speech? Why does the statue extend a special welcome to the poor and oppressed? Why do you think this poem was successful in raising money for the statue's pedestal?