General GunTuber thread

[WhoBusTank69]

There's also a difference between survivalism & "prepping"; one involves actually being prepared to survive a theoretical catastrophe, the other involves flexing on friends & neighbors, often with theoretical skills.

I'll have you know, all the knives and machetes I've ordered from the BudK catalogue and asbestos filters I've hoarded will save my life.

 

[Decoy St. Chum]

Speaking of Cokeman, it seems he's trying to become an archivist of shit Guntubers.

As with all "Expert reacts to thing" videos there's some issue with the gameplay being a poor representation in some cases. He acknowledges artistic liberty more than others do, however, so I'm willing to give him a slight pass.

Oh yeah, the parts that Gamespot is responsible for aren't great. Like they're recording him through Skype or something and I've noticed the gameplay having watermarks at times? Jonathan holds up the whole thing, videos with him are the only ones that Gamespot is getting any real traction on.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

Oh yeah, the parts that Gamespot is responsible for aren't great. Like they're recording him through Skype or something and I've noticed the gameplay having watermarks at times? Jonathan holds up the whole thing, videos with him are the only ones that Gamespot is getting any real traction on.

I think they are blowing their load cranking out so many. It loses its appeal. I've seen like 20 of them since the first one took off.

 

[HumptiDouji]

I'm also surprised with the amount of interest in these Chinese warlord pistols suddenly..... or maybe I'm not; considering the upswing of interest in homebrew firearms, printed or otherwise.

I think they're just inherently very interesting. It's the typical Chinese bootleggers's approach to branding and design, just sticking a bunch of shit on the product (and not necessarily shit which is related or makes sense), because the typical customer will only just kind of recognize it as some large foreign brand, or at least that's the plan.

In the west, we find these bootlegs very entertaining for how bizarre they get, and thanks to McCollum a public light has been shed on the fact that the Chinese have been doing this with firearms as well. Given the high standards which are expected from consumer and military grade firearms in the west, and how you just don't see crude shit like this in anything from any kind of production line or factory (since we don't put up with shit like a lot of non-parallel lines, or sights which don't work), these guns are kind of shocking. You see crude guns from other places in the world as well, but often they bear little if any branding.

There's also a difference between survivalism & "prepping"; one involves actually being prepared to survive a theoretical catastrophe, the other involves flexing on friends & neighbors, often with theoretical skills.

There's a lot of people who could be looked at as 'prepper posers' in that they claim to be prepping, but then if you ask them what they have actually prepared (as in, supplies, or if they even have any plans), they come with pitiful answers. The kind of person who thinks they're prepared for the end of the world because they've got a gun and some canned goods, and don't have any equipment or plans for sourcing potable water in an emergency.

 

[Molly White's Breast Milk]

Preppers are nothing more than LARPers. A real survivalist doesn't discuss his supplies with anyone lest the NWO/U.N. find out and confiscate his hoard.

 

[Bananadana]

Preppers are nothing more than LARPers. A real survivalist doesn't discuss his supplies with anyone lest the NWO/U.N. find out and confiscate his hoard.

Yeah. I mean the most important rule of getting any kinda supplies is to NOT become the guy known as "dude with supplies".
That stuff should be strictly on a "need to know" basis. And really nobody but yourself needs to know what exactly is in those boxes in your basement.
Even your family can be introduced to whatever you got once that time has come.
"Prepper" is probably one of the stupidest "personas" you can project. 10x so if you are an e-celebrity.
If you wanna be an "innawoods/survival" guy, cool, but becoming the neighbourhood's loot-pinata if shit actually hits the fan is just retarded.

 

[Shaka Brah]

Preppers are nothing more than LARPers. A real survivalist doesn't discuss his supplies with anyone lest the NWO/U.N. find out and confiscate his hoard.

As much as that Atlas shelters guy likes to put himself out there, he literally tells people "If you're prepared for a disaster don't tell me in the comments. I don't want to know but the government does." I think that's a pretty good disclaimer.

 

[Trig.Point]

I think they're just inherently very interesting. It's the typical Chinese bootleggers's approach to branding and design, just sticking a bunch of shit on the product (and not necessarily shit which is related or makes sense), because the typical customer will only just kind of recognize it as some large foreign brand, or at least that's the plan.

In the west, we find these bootlegs very entertaining for how bizarre they get, and thanks to McCollum a public light has been shed on the fact that the Chinese have been doing this with firearms as well. Given the high standards which are expected from consumer and military grade firearms in the west, and how you just don't see crude shit like this in anything from any kind of production line or factory (since we don't put up with shit like a lot of non-parallel lines, or sights which don't work), these guns are kind of shocking. You see crude guns from other places in the world as well, but often they bear little if any branding.


There's a lot of people who could be looked at as 'prepper posers' in that they claim to be prepping, but then if you ask them what they have actually prepared (as in, supplies, or if they even have any plans), they come with pitiful answers. The kind of person who thinks they're prepared for the end of the world because they've got a gun and some canned goods, and don't have any equipment or plans for sourcing potable water in an emergency.

A study of Chinese interwar Pistols could only really be done in the US. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more relevant pistols and documentation in that single collection McCollum referenced than in all of mainland China.

It wasn't just World War II and the Chinese Civil war, the great leap forward and cultural revolution did massive damage to cultural heritage of China, at the most basic level. They ransacked museums for scrap metal to use in backyard furnaces, so the chances of some obsolete pistols surviving is pretty remote.

 

[HumptiDouji]

It wasn't just World War II and the Chinese Civil war, the great leap forward and cultural revolution did massive damage to cultural heritage of China, at the most basic level. They ransacked museums for scrap metal to use in backyard furnaces, so the chances of some obsolete pistols surviving is pretty remote.

It's insane to think how much history, culture and heritage, and how many relics, were just completely obliterated under Mao, not just casually, but often deliberately. Even if they ever become free of Communism, there's so much they can never have back. It makes the hair on my neck stand on end.

 

[Trig.Point]

It's insane to think how much history, culture and heritage, and how many relics, were just completely obliterated under Mao, not just casually, but often deliberately. Even if they ever become free of Communism, there's so much they can never have back. It makes the hair on my neck stand on end.

I used to work with a guy, that would buy up old damaged Chinese's ceramics, bit of tea and dinner services, usually chipped and with zero value pre the mid 2010's.

He had buyers for it in China, they didn't give a shit what condition it was in, so long as it was old and he could prove it was made in china.

 

[HelpingNoone]

It's insane to think how much history, culture and heritage, and how many relics, were just completely obliterated under Mao, not just casually, but often deliberately. Even if they ever become free of Communism, there's so much they can never have back. It makes the hair on my neck stand on end.

It's hilarious when the modern Chinese talk about their 3000 year old culture. Mao completely wiped out whatever culture so they could construct the "perfect" Chinese history. I live in HK for a little and it's sad to see them turn a largely westernized city into a mainland shithole.

The parallels with modern American leftists are astounding.

Here is my Cultural Revolution armband. I would love to see 4chan make the "Rainbow Guard" for the left to un-ironically adopt.

 

[S.C.U.D.]

Some /k/ommando films himself pissing on his AR-15.

So Cokeman follows suit and pisses on his 1960s Colt Python.

 

[Mr. Confederate Man]

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So, I bought the book, but I'm wondering, what do cocktails have to do with Chinese handguns? Maybe I'm missing something since I'm a teetotaler, but I never understood why alcohol has to be a part of anything and everything.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

So, I bought the book, but I'm wondering, what do cocktails have to do with Chinese handguns? Maybe I'm missing something since I'm a teetotaler, but I never understood why alcohol has to be a part of anything and everything.

He was a bartender and he drinks every Q&A, so it's less surprising that he's interested in it. What is surprising, and dumb, is that it's an $800,000 stretch goal for kickstarting a book on guns.
The fuck.

 

[TerminalTryHard]

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So, I bought the book, but I'm wondering, what do cocktails have to do with Chinese handguns? Maybe I'm missing something since I'm a teetotaler, but I never understood why alcohol has to be a part of anything and everything.

I think it's just a tradition at this point as the British book came with a cocktail list and I believe the french book did too.

 

[S.C.U.D.]

He was a bartender and he drinks every Q&A, so it's less surprising that he's interested in it. What is surprising, and dumb, is that it's an $800,000 stretch goal for kickstarting a book on guns.
The fuck.

I mean, at least all the more relevant and important stretch goals come first.

 

[Molly White's Breast Milk]

Some /k/ommando films himself pissing on his AR-15.

So Cokeman follows suit and pisses on his 1960s Colt Python.

Fuck I hope they don't do a "mud" challenge next.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

I think it's just a tradition at this point as the British book came with a cocktail list and I believe the french book did too.

Mine did, more are on the reverse side.

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I'm pretty curious to see what sort of cocktails he associates with Chinese warlords. At least one needs to have poppyseed flavors for sure.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

A selection of recipes for how to cook dog would have better fit the subject matter

 

[HelpingNoone]

A selection of recipes for how to cook dog would have better fit the subject matter

Or recipes for COVID 19.