A guntuber getting kicked out of a Satanic temple for whatever reason is funny, and people should just be able to enjoy it without having to go into the weeds and background.
It's worse, he's a fatherless IT guy. His lolcowdom was rigged from the start.
Abortion!
I think Karl approached Ian with a wife-swap offer.
I love how they just make up what happened whole cloth. I still remember seeing the video about Ian leaving inrange because of how busy he was, and when you realize this guy is traveling all over europe and the US to just document guns it was pretty clear there wasn't any ulterior motive for his departure. Especially because he STILL collabed with Karl and only distanced himself after Karl started attacking their business partners in their joint business venture.
Wait what ? Aren't these two firearms stereotypically associated with- ooooh, i get it now
This, his bad takes on things he doesn't know shit about, and his constant blackpilling on politics and everything made me stop watching MATI.
I like Kino Casino, but they get stuff wrong all the time as well. Unless it's a cow like Ralph, Fuentes, or ReviewTechUSA they are often times less than accurate. Their Rekieta coverage comes to mind specifically.
Othias has mentioned karl in a positive light on fudd busters before and karl really does good when he sticks to guns being for all and their importance in a way normies and people on the left can appreciate.
Karl does know what he's talking about, he just needs a strong personality to tard wrangle him. Karl's always been good at the practical uses of historical weapons without getting into the weeds of trying to make everything authentic. He gave the simple and clearest explanation of why for such a prolonged period smoothbore muskets were superior to rifled ones.
I don't watch MATI, can I get the cliffnotes?
I'm not terribly familiar with black powder but the biggest issue I could see is cost and reliability. You're never going to gain any advantage in things like rate of fire or accuracy without percussion caps and later on self contained cartridges. I can imagine that maybe someone gets clever with paper cartridges and early breechloading but without interchangeable parts and line manufacturing it'd all be mostly moot anyways since there isn't a tremendous advantage to a wheellock as opposed to a flintlock.
I imagine they would have figured out a way to get rid of the flint. good flint can only be sourced from France and the UK. US flint does not strike as well.
In fact there are tremendous disadvantages to a wheel lock. its complicated, its expensive to make, its heavier and larger and its not as durable.
yeah, it is very frustrating how much null gets wrong and refuses to do any research on. and he gets mad whenever anyone points out he got things wrong. i like MATI, but there are times when i have to shake my head at the things null says. null isnt too good at realizing the limits of his own ignorance.
Karl uses pronouns so by default he is a faggot. That's about it.
Thank you for the clarification, I was under the impression that the wheel lock was a more reliable and durable mechanism despite its age and that the flintlock took over due to weight, size and cost.
I was unaware of that actually. Would it be possible to use quartz as an alternative to flint since that will spark on a comb as well?
Null is a complete moron when it comes to anything and everything. My favorite "Null is a retard" moment is still the fucking meat and cheese thing. The guy is basically a real life Borat.
Quartz shatters under pressure and you won't get but a handful of shots. Obisdian can spark but will only last a shot or two and is a not reliable sparker. Arkansas Chert/flint is the best US alternative to english or french gun flints.
This is all news to me, so given your knowledge what do you think would be the most likely or logical next step forward in the technology if percussion caps never come about or are significantly delayed?
IDK, the percussion cap was the obvious next step so i don't think it can be realistically delayed in its invention but if it were i think someone would have come up with something akin to match heads to replace flints. match heads do work on flintlocks but its kinda hard to get it set up right. the 19th century was the peak of firearm innovation so someone would have invented something. that time period is filled with patents that are trying to get around other patents and so on.
What would be the answer today, (with modern tooling and materials) to a specification to find a reliable ignition system, that would work in all weather and wasn't reliable on consumable items other than gunpowder.?