Ian’s been promising/threatening something called Project Lightening, a series of videos in cooperation with C&Rsenal involving basically all the LMGs/automatic rifles of WWI. And by “involving” I mean “shooting them a lot while putting them through various trials.” The logistics of getting their hands on these century-old and absurdly valuable guns (combine the scarcity of fin de siècle battlefield relics with the market distortion involved with all Class III firearms and then ask yourself why any owner would ever let a bunch of strangers shoot them a lot), then getting them into working shape, must have been quite a story in itself.
Anyway, the first two videos are up and they’re a blast. Laddie was quite late for his walky this morning and I heard about it. If you’re into that sort of thing, the intro is on Ian’s channel here, and then the first substantive trial is on those other guys’ channel here.
“Lightening”? Lightning?
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WAAH! I can’t play videos, dammit!
It’s “lightening.” I assume it’s a reference to the development of light machine guns and automatic rifles in the last part of the war.
Makes sense. Thank you.
Eventually, Ian will run out of old weapons to review. Perhaps he could branch out into presenting DIY machine guns for fun and profit…
Not unless he desires a vacation at the Federal Greybar Hotel.
Yeah, that’s not gonna happen. Ian’s too public and too vulnerable to even make jokes about such things.