Is he legit or a pseud with lots of opinions?

>>34992435
He's been wrong a few times, but he generally does his research.

>>34992435
>ywn use a puckle gun with square bullets to fight the moslem hoard
damnit, just damnit

Either wiki-tier or pseud, literally the only worthwhile thing he has is contacts who let him field strip rare stuff before auctions

>>34992435
Absolutely an expert and you'd be hard pressed to find a better one with as wide of a body of knowledge.

I don't care if it's not 100% accurate, it's comfy and interesting

>>34992493
Being wrong can still be the result of research. He corrects himself if shit's wrong.

What the fuck is a pseud
I don't speak dipshit

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>>34992950

>>34992435
He's a historian, he does his research and presents his opinion based upon his sources.

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For someone at his age, he has a tremendous amount of authoritative gun knowledge. That's part of the whole ethos of FW and InRange: no clickbait and no memes, just let the content speak for itself.

>on that note here is an Ian meme

>>34992950
You seem fluent in dumbass though

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He's bretty good in my book

>>34992999
Nice trips. Also I made that image.

>>34992950
Masturbatory /lit/ meme. In short, people who agree with me are intellectuals, people who disagree with me are pseudo intellectuals, IE pseuds.

>>34992950
go back to /pol/ with the rest of the mouth breathers please

i like him better than that other fag

>>34993066
>he said something dumb
>better tell him to go "back" to /pol/!

Before the Reddit invasion, retards were told to go back to /b/.

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>>34993052

Thanks then, senpai

>>34993190
/b/ is all automated spamposters now, /pol/ is only like 15% of that.

>>34992435
He's done lectures to law enforcement groups and shit, he's legitimately recognised in professional circles as an authority, and he's pretty thorough in his research.

I can't speak to what he does on In Range though, because that's mostly boring to me.

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>>34993048

>>34993048
>Commence street sweeping

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>>34994559

>>34992999
Nice trips but it was truly I who made that image

Damn charleton

>>34992435
Considering that commercial auction houses let him finger-fuck their rarest items, I'd say he's pretty legit.

>>34992435
He's a legitimate historian, as was his father. I don't understand how hot opinions even weight into any of his work.

why does this thread keep being made? Why cant you spare us from this autism?

>>34994948
I'm happy for a FW thread even if it's only sperg hate and bait taking. I can't even count the number of times I've just spaced out listening to Ian ramble on about some gun I never heard of from some army I don't care about. Soothing.

The actual prototype/development guns though get me diamonds. Not going to see that shit anywhere else.

>>34993213
They have dedicated live shitposters instead
That's kind of sad actually

>>34992435
His historical content is good. His stuff on modern guns is opinionated larp trash.
>hey looks like certain guns jam up when you dump rocks and mud on them
>must mean the last few decades of soldiers experience with these weapons under actual combat conditions is invalid

>>34995082
Maybe its my inner fanboy speaking, but I always got the vibe that Ian only partook in the mud tests because it was fun, and it was just Korl Kasorda that thought they were worth a shit for anything.

>>34993190
/b/ is just trap porn now. /pol/ definitely has the highest concentration of retardation on here. That being said, it's not all trash, time travelling trump is good shit.

>>34995082
It's not even opinionated, it's just silly larp trash. For fun. Of course his reasoning behind shit like the mud test explaining why his results were what they were was sound.
>Hmm big gaps in mechanism means big mud in mechanism
>Tight fits means less mud
It's been true since the 1800s and it's true now, doing silly youtube-tier tests is just what people do.

>>34995110
It's definitely my inner fanboy speaking when I hate on those mud tests. I'm a big AK guy and now people always sperg out about how AK's are unreliable because they can't run with gravel soup in them. There are plenty of torture tests with far more normal scenarios where AK's dominate. But now everyone brings up that one like it's the final verdict. I like AR's a lot too, but AK's are the most reliable.

>>34995113
>/pol/ definitely has the highest concentration of reddit on here
FTFY

>>34995148
I mean it's obvious Ian is a big AR fanboy, so there is definitely some bias.

>>34995170
>implying there's a difference

>>34995156
>>34995173
There's a lot of situations in which an AR will get completely fucked too, super dry/sandy/dusty with no lube means those same tight fits work against you. It's not a 'this gun is better' scenario its 'this was our strategic decision due to our logistical situation' type of intended design. You don't have to get mad about it.

>>34995197
Also AR has functional problems in freezing weather. The only reason it's stuck around so long in so many environmens is the US has logistics to keep forward guys very well maintained. When has russia actually fought in jungles/swamps? Completely different reasoning behind their designs.

>>34995197
I'm just annoyed that it's a silly test in the first place. Where are you going to encounter mud like that that's deep enough to submerge a gun? It's an unrealistic test that AR fanboys constantly bring up to trash AK's.

>>34992435
I just assume that anyone who hates Gun Jesus is a Yeager fan.

>>34995335
Trenches, viet nam. It's such a badly framed test that the AR will obviously win using it as any evidence for anything is silly. The real solution here is to not argue with autists. Enjoy the gun designs and mechanics for what they are and realize your own preferences and biases are their own separate thing.
>The AK wins at firing 7.62x39 in every test
Yes, that is a sort of a test but
>It's really a nice round for my personal needs and I enjoy shooting it.
is also acceptable because there is no winner in stupid internet arguments.

For his age the nigger sure knows his shit and that is why we love him. It' is straight forward analysis of the mechanics/engineering involved, not the typical manual/book regurgitating that most "experts" do.

>>34994559
Brav-fucking-o

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>>34994559
This makes me happy.

>>34992435
>working inna kitchen
>cleaning out the cupboards with friend
>we're in a rush because were going to a concert
>he's tossing me bottles of sauce and spices and shit and I pack em away in boxes
>he gives the bottles a spinny flip for shits and giggles
>tosses me a big honking bottle of tabasco
>bottle wasnt capped properly
>spinning in mid flight sent a solid stream of liquid fire straight into my eyes
>screeching like a banshee in between dunking my head in the salad washer

fucker couldn't voice a proper apology because he was laughing so hard

I got him back later though

>>34997132
wtf wrong thread on the wrong board

fuck this im going to sleep

>>34997132
Did you shoot him

>>34995113
I don't know, have you been on /k/ recently?

What's his best video?

I like all of the British weapons because I'm an anglophile.

>>34993061
/lit/ is one of the most pretentious boards. It seems like the /fa/ of books; everyone reads the same and it's populated by pseudo-intellectual 16-17 olds.

>>34992999
>Street sweeping
>manville
please

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my fav

>>34992435
Bitch what the fuck. He is a literal encycolpedia. Honesty is his policy boyscout nigga. All you have to do is watch two or three of his videos to see his sperg matter of fact this is how it functions it was an efficient design hmmm manner to see. You fucking ignorant uppity dumbass lilbitch.

I dunno you tell me famalam

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>>34992435

I dont care, he has a great taste in guns

>>34997132
Little bitch
I was bear maced by my psycho ex gf a few weeks ago. Still had the cognizance to bring that hoe to the ground,subdue her and call 911. Bear mace is no joke that shit HURT

>>34997870
Why do people larp here?
>post was clearly for another board and you just have to let him know how much of a badass you are

>>34997782
>Glock Gen 5 hat

>>34997164

>I got him back later though

The fuck you're going to sleep, I better get some greentext son.

Gun jesus is best jesus. He converted me from an AK to AR fanboy

>>34997782

Is this Moss Pawn?

>>34992435
His knowledge is as wide as a lake and as deep as a puddle.

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>>34997132
>Being this much of a baby regarding tabasco
Square yourself away, anon.

its clear he is highly autistic and actually read long boring books on firearms instead of just wikigoogling a bunch of random crap

I don't even see him stating opinions that much
95% of his videos is brief history of firearm and then autism about the mechanical bits

>>34997907
This

>>34995082
Ian never seemed to suggest that those tests were the be-all-end-all test for a firearm. He just was mad that dipshits refused to believe the AK could fail a test and the AR didn't.

I don't recall him ever making the claim that the AK was unreliable garbage because it failed one test. He even points out in the video that the reason it's so reliable is also the reason it failed the mud test.

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>>34998350
>Actual research, knowledge, and interest in a subject is now autism
I want off this ride

>>34999528
>this
>hating on Ian McCollum

I swear, summer /k/ gets worse every year

>>34992493
>>34992934
His pronunciation of "Chauchat" hurt my ears, though.

>>34999565
His whole French pronunciation is weird. I'm surprised he's not using his French contacts to fix that.

>>34994889
It's charlatan...

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>>34998350

>>34992435
Two problems; he does not even try to pronounce certain names, and he really needs to quit trying to demonstrate the manual of arms for a right-handed gun as a left hander. Either he has to do it right handed or he has to shut up. Latest example is the Italian SMG he showed, for a right hander it would work well, but he demonstrates it as a left hander and he can't get it to work, so he calls it a bad design. It's unprofessional and stupid.

>>34999573
You'd figure a guy as obsessed with French firearms as him would actually learn the language.
Though, to his credit, he has been improving a bit.

>>34999611
I think his schedule is like:
>go to RIA
>make 30 videos in 3 days
>go back to Tucson to cuddle with Karl

His schedule at RIA must be so hectic he probably's not even considering how things are pronounced, just getting the info on camera takes all his time.

>>34999528
If you like anything at all, you have autism. Angsty nihilism is the only neurotypical approach.

>>34992435

I've met him at a meetup before. The guy knows his shit and rarely got into opinionated stuff.

You should hear him talk about his museum tours or the stuff people showed him "off the record" in Europe.

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>>34995197
>dusty with no lube

>>34999589
>a firearm not being at least somewhat ambidextrous isn't bad design
You are reaching.

>>34999810
>or the stuff people showed him "off the record" in Europe.

Shiiiiiiiit, now I really want to meet him to hear these stories. Patreon meetup here I come!

>>34999897
A design from the fucking forties, a time where left handers were just told to be right handed.

>>35000199
Yeah, which totally eliminates situations where even right handed people would switch stances based on where they are and what they have to shoot around.

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>>34993048

>>34994559
Fund it!

>>34999589
>Ian ever calling anything bad
He's like 1 step away from life is good.

There was a certain SMG with a left handed design which he could easily demonstrate and where he gave many interpretations for why this might be.

>>34997782
RIP Mosin.

Having said that, that thing looks fucking fun.

>>34999528
>Actual research, knowledge, and interest in a subject is now autism
What else would it look like to the ADD-riddled crowd that claims to pass for 'normal' these days?

You don't get to shoot full auto experimental guns on an underground secret range in England if you're just some random guy with a YouTube channel.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYl0dQAJMh4

One of his most enjoyable vids imo

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>>34994559

Never ceases to entertain me

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>>34999589

You mean this thing, with the forend mounted grip safety? Are you really going to argue this isn't still awkward to use right handed?

It's worse left-handed, but it's still pretty fucking goofy from the right hand

>Manual of arms from the left shoulder

Have you not seen every bullpup rifle he's ever done? He does all that shit on the right as necessary

>>35003262
I think that one was a general all-handed bad. I think the front safety is an interesting idea but that was not a good implementation of it for any human being. Besides the beretta SMGs were godlike why would any italian even compete?

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Hating Ian is like hating pizza. In the end you're in the minority and you're just a sad little person full of contempt while everyone else enjoys delicious pizza and continues not giving a fuck about you.

>>35003316
Oh before that I thought he was talking about the MP35 feeding from the right hand side cause the title was "It Feeds From The Wrong Side." Obviously not Ital.

>>35003419

"Feeds from the wrong side" compared to almost all other side-magazine designs out there, yeah.

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>>34993066

>>35003472
Yeah, I thought he was just talking about the side of it. A lot of Ian's trouble with operating shit is that he's doing it for the camera and always at a bad angle. I don't remember any particularly left-handed problems in his vids even on >>35003262

>>34995179

>implying there isnt

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>>34994559
TAKE MY MONEY NOW

>>35000319

This would probably be better than most of the movies ever made.

>>34998350
Sh8 b8 m8

>>34997870
Bear mace is significantly weaker than normal mace. Normal mace is strong enough to make the bear angry, bear mace just gets it annoyed enough to make it think you aren't worth the effort.

>>34995310
>Also AR has functional problems in freezing weather.
Depends on the AR, the Canadians don't seem to have issues with that.

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>>34994559
i just got this as a custom poster hanging on my wall lmao

>>35004063
Well yeah it depends on the AR. As a 'system' it is not a problem but for any individual deployed firearm you've got an individual set of working conditions. It's just a philosophy of use with a shitload of logistics available unlike AK's.

Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another thread in four chan dot com I'm not Ian and today we're going to take a look at a bump.

>>35004041
I've been hit with both and you are fucking retarded. Bear mace made my skin turn red and break out in boils and my eyes closed up to millimeter slits. So fuck you

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>>34994559

>>34992435
Im Polish an I was shocked with his deep, throught knowledge about history of polish guns like VIS or Polish BAR, including history of design & implementation (for example, how the Polish government fought with liars from FN who tried to sell us BAR as their own product).

>>34995310
The ak is used around the world in every kind of climate thought.....

>>35006434
Apparently not in mud puddle climates.

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>>35001699
Never heard of that gun before, it's fucking brilliant! 10/10

>>34992435
Ian is love. Ian is life.

>>34997186
The one where he says some guy committed suicide and then goes "oops!" or something, can't find it though.

>>34992435
what-the-fuck-is-that

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>>35006783
A gun that fired round bullets at Christians and Square bullets at Muslims.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPC7KiYDshw

>>34997186
I have specific guns I love that he has covered but I think the volksgewehr prototypes are my favs.

>>35006762
there was a funny anecdote in the volcano pistol video about a guy failing to shoot himself in the head with them.

>>35001677
He could only do that because he's sponsored by a defence company now.

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>>34995082
I agree. Never found mud test to be a practical reliability test, I mean they were never designed for that and if your rifle falls into that mud your fucked up big time.
They did a Sand test once, with an air compressor that I feel would be much much more practical and closer to what the weapons may face during normal use and for what they should each be designed to deal with, but they did it only once. Always wondered why they didn't do more of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrPjlcJ3rtY

>>35006929
I have a feeling that was their quota of clickbait video ideas. Mud test is perfectly reasonable for like... WW1 trench era weapons. Trenches are always full of mud and water, don't know if anyone's ever had to use AKs and ARs from them though.

>>34992435
You can't tell just from watching his videos?

>>35006929
I wish what's-his-face would get rid of that fucking Hiler haircut though

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>>35004089

>>34992435
Gun Jesus knows all.

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>>35002404
bike lock man?

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>>34992435
I get the feeling that this "Ian is a pseud" -shit comes from sheepdawg tacticool homos who have taken offense for something that was said/done on InRangeTV.

>>35007079
nice glock man

thats why i say hey man nice glock

nice glock man

>>35007088
It's 100% ak babbies mad about mud but who cares? FW thread with our host Ian.

>>34995113
/b/ is still a fine source of pure, unrefined autism

>>34992435

Well his "1911" mud test video was one of the most retarded things I've ever seen.
Lost all faith in him knowing what he was talking about after that.

>>35007079
Well they're both Anti-Trumpers with shit hair.

>>35007571
Yeah, everyone's gotta cry about their precious wrong opinions about their favorite guns.

>>34992999
>no memes
They have cringey comedy segments on InRange all the time and it bleeds into FW every so often

>>35004089
Noice

>>35007625

It had nothing to do with opinions, he was repeatedly saying things that were completely wrong throughout the entire video.

>>35007999
>There's mud in my gun
>There's still mud in my gun
BUT THATS WRONG

>>35008066

Seriously, go watch the video.
He's wrong about most things he says before he even gets to the actual test.

>>35008077
Such as? He was very generous on that test.

>>35006899
He made an EM2 video years ago prior to that sponsorship, firing it in the UK.

>>35007999
>>35008077
Don't make fun of /k/s father figures you'll get beat up

>>35008086

Did you actually watch the video yet?
It should be super obvious if you do.
If you have and honestly don't know, I can tell you, but I'd rather not spend the time if you haven't even watched the video yet.

>>35008131
>it would be super obvious
>how wrong it is
>those obviously wrong things

>>35008149

I don't understand.
Did you watch the video?
Do you want me to explain it for you?
Are you just shitposting?

>>35008168
I've watched every video. Usually buttblasted maddies are aching with rage to explain how correct their bad opinions are.

>>35008177

I'm not talking about anything opinion-based at all.
Just go watch the first few minutes of the video.
If you honestly don't see what's wrong, then you can come back and I'll explain it to you.

>>35008214
You're not talking about fucking anything, just bullshitting and being mad. There's nothing wrong in the video.

>>35008220

At this point its just quicker for me to explain it then to keep asking you to watch the video.

Its supposed to be a 1911 mud test.
He claims the Ballester Molina is a copy of the 1911, minus the grip safety.

In fact, the two guns are completely different, the ballester molina is actually based on the Star B.
The only parts commonality they have is the magazine, and barrel. (barrel is only in theory, actual specs may vary.

He says that people would complain no matter what gun he picked for the test, yet he picked one that is objectively not a 1911 in any sense, and was objectively wrong in saying they were related.

>>35008269
The Star B is objectively a 1911. Stay mad.

>>35008302

Good job wasting my time I guess?
You definitely weren't trying to make me mad, so I guess that's all you were going for?

>>35008326
You wasted your own time.