Kerensky wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:58 pm
I really like how completely apolitical he is. It's just interesting information, historical knowledge, and all very interestingly delivered.
This video is neat, talking about French mutinies during WW1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSsUFASnIM
The more unusual the gun the more I definitely enjoy learning about it. Like that episode the awful ZIP 22 or the one on origins of Star Wars guns. It's amazing to think this ultra family friendly Disney corporate behemoth hasn't quite been able to scrub the 'war' out of Star Wars. Man they tried with that last abomination of a trilogy too.
Re: apolitical, absolutely agree, there are plenty of popular channels on GunTube just oozing a 'commies tekkin our gewns' vibe, even if it's not said upfront. FW is excellent at avoiding that: while it's also obviously a business strategy, you can see that having visited various gun communities all over the world, Ian has encountered different perspectives on the matter (love his occasional 'gun laws in [country]' videos), and he can go past the Amerocentric bias.
And the huge variety and weird stuff he's covering is absolutely mind-blowing: in addition to what you've mentioned, the list is virtually endless, and I also like how he tries to make something special with better-known guns, like the Thompson SMG series where he got his hands on a collection of every version of the gun, and covered its entire story (including the Blish lock, which I hadn't heard about). And all of that every fracking day. The man's a machine, and an absolute role model.