General GunTuber thread

[Lupo Akane]

I’ve never understood why people here get upset when Ian reviews some random modern trend gun.

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These seem destined to be “forgotten weapons” lol. They fit perfectly with the name of his channel. In time, these things will be like the random prototypes or TEC-9s that are Ian’s bread and butter.
I think it’s fine to catalogue them now.

The NAFO shit is gay though. He really should realize those people will turn on him in an instant like what happened with his Azov book.

I kind of like that CAR-15 SD.....
If I had the money to throw around I'd prolly build one lol.

 

[W00T122122]

Opinions on this guy? https://www.youtube.com/@m26_lemon_grenade55 Seems to be knowledgeable about ak stuff. He used to have a ton of good vids about being in the military, but deleted them all when he was doxxed in the comments of one, so he keeps them off permanently. A lot of people seem to hate him because he harps on psa aks being bad because they don't dimple their receivers before riveting them.

 

[ForTheHoard]

Opinions on this guy? https://www.youtube.com/@m26_lemon_grenade55 Seems to be knowledgeable about ak stuff. He used to have a ton of good vids about being in the military, but deleted them all when he was doxxed in the comments of one, so he keeps them off permanently. A lot of people seem to hate him because he harps on psa aks being bad because they don't dimple their receivers before riveting them.

Hard pass.

 

[prolapsed_cranium]

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Holy shit. That's hilarious.

 

[HumptiDouji]

What made that shitfest even funnier was all the reddit trannies (many of whom are now NAFO-adjacent) were the loudest voices calling Ian a nazi.

It saw that in some circles. They also went on to act like absolutely nothing with the war starting.

if he'd look beyond the military sphere

It's not like he never does, but he could stand to do it more. The good old Savage 99 would be a good one to show, just as a random example, because of what an interesting contrast it is to the Winchester rifles he's done so many videos on. It even looks wildly different.

I’ve never understood why people here get upset when Ian reviews some random modern trend gun.

I wouldn't say upset, but "Here's a slightly more convenient suppressor setup." or "Here's another piston setup for an AR15-like gun." isn't very exciting next to "Look at this ridiculous revolver with proprietary cartridges which exists only for patent reasons." or "Look at what the French did THIS time."
The Q Fix looked pretty cool though.

But this was his 2nd or 3rd ND, after blasting his new monitor while drunk, and then oops.. Did it again with his hand over the muzzle.

This all reminds of a moderator on the website known as 4Cham.
(That's 4Cham with an M, by the way, it was one of those derivative sites which promised blackjack and hookers.)
He had the habit of doing mock Russian Roulettes with his revolver for his pals on Skype, as a joke, but then one day he hadn't unloaded it, so he ND'd himself through the temple in front of them.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

It's not like he never does, but he could stand to do it more. The good old Savage 99 would be a good one to show, just as a random example, because of what an interesting contrast it is to the Winchester rifles he's done so many videos on. It even looks wildly different.

Sure he has before, but they we're generally civilian-oriented versions of military arms or really famous guns like the Winchester lever actions which he could make into a video series. He's never done a video on the Winchester model 70 in its civilian form and the history and influence that gun had, but just a video on a USMC sniper model 70.

he could do videos on all the wonky civilian hunting guns that are out there. combination guns, cape guns, drillings, single shots, funky pump/ straight pulls. hell he could have a very lengthy series on the development of the SxS shotgun. easily dozens of videos on guns from the percussion to modern era documenting the patents and changes made during the late 19th century (all most entirely in england btw, the SxS shotgun is nearly entirely british in lineage due to game shooting being the choice past time of the nobility for ~100 years). He could look at the guns of joseph manton, thomas boss, james purdey etc. not to even mention any of the highly skilled and prolific german masters. all these guns would be readily available to him as they most all originate in North America or western europe.

Don't understand why he is going down the grifter route (IDK what else to call it) when he could continue on like he was before.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Don't understand why he is going down the grifter route (IDK what else to call it) when he could continue on like he was before.

Because despite the huge variety of firearms out there, there's very little interest from the general public in learning about non-military guns in the format Ian works in. For civilian guns, most people are interested in how it shoots and whether it's worth the price, not its history.

Also, remember that a large chunk of Ian's audience are #noguns Euros, and American urbanites who either won't or can't touch a gun because they live in a coastal bughive. Neither of these cohorts is interested in civilian ownership of firearms unless the firearm in question is either "cool" (see Ian jacking off the Laugo Alien or the WWSD rifle) or was used in some high-profile mass shooting event.

 

[Uranus Pink]

Because despite the huge variety of firearms out there, there's very little interest from the general public in learning about non-military guns in the format Ian works in. For civilian guns, most people are interested in how it shoots and whether it's worth the price, not its history.

Problem with this paragraph is Ian have already covered guns and ammunition that were/are just for the civilian market and not military.

Also, remember that a large chunk of Ian's audience are #noguns Euros, and American urbanites who either won't or can't touch a gun because they live in a coastal bughive. Neither of these cohorts is interested in civilian ownership of firearms unless the firearm in question is either "cool" (see Ian jacking off the Laugo Alien or the WWSD rifle) or was used in some high-profile mass shooting event.

Even those cohorts have shown interest in guns despite the inability to legally own anything for self-defense like those already mentioned, Japan and elsewhere.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Problem with this paragraph is Ian have already covered guns and ammunition that were/are just for the civilian market and not military.

Sure, Ian has covered civilian guns before. Universally, they had something he found interesting about it. It was either because they were related to some military project, sold on the civilian market by military contractors because they weren't picked up by any military/law enforcement organization, owned/designed by someone interesting, production/design prototypes, or just plain fucking weird/disastrous (the Zip 22, for example). Even videos like the one on the Mini-14 mention them being used by LEO/militaries and spend a lot of time on the background of the development process and the designer's intentions for the guns.

It needs to be interesting to him, either in design or history, and most civilian guns out there simply don't have much to talk about in terms of history or engineering. He talks about it himself: there's no point in doing videos on the vast majority of new pistols coming out because they're almost all polymer-framed wonder9s with very little to differentiate them from the rest of the pack besides price. Which is why he spent so long fellating the Hudson H9 and the Laugo Alien: they were trying something different and that nerd loves himself some novelty.

Even those cohorts have shown interest in guns despite the inability to legally own anything for self-defense like those already mentioned, Japan and elsewhere.

Yes, but are these fractions of those cohorts substantive enough to sustain viewership of a channel with over 2 million subscribers and seemingly mounting expenses? I would argue not.

If you want to know why he's going with sponsors, it's because the vast majority of the audience on youtube, particularly guntube, are already used to 1.5 ads per videos. I don't think he's appreciably lost views since starting to run those ads on his videos. So not doing it is leaving money on the table, and I'm just glad he hasn't picked up any spots from Raid Shadow Legends yet. This is the content landscape we live in, unfortunately.

Anyway...

Instead of branching off into mass produced and exclusively civilian guns (a subject he's probably not as passionate about) I'd rather Ian stole the "vignettes" format from Karl and started talking more about interesting events that tend to get drowned out by the larger narratives of war. Like the occasional videos he does with those history tours. The man can spin a good yarn, after all. Failing that, I think it would be interesting to see him trying to learn the history and details of artillery pieces and whatnot. Give the Chieftain a call, see if he can sneak him into a couple military vehicle museums/collections. I rather enjoyed his occasional videos on pack howitzers, mortars and the likes.

 

[Molly White's Breast Milk]

Guns Ian has never covered that are popular:
1. Desert Eagle
2. Hi-Point
3. Glock

I'd honestly love to have C&Rsenal do an April Fools video on the Hi-Point with some verisimilitude.

 

[Halfnium Bomb]

Speaking of civilian firearms, I hope C&Rsenal goes through with their series on civilian shotguns. Eventually. In like, 2034.

It's just fun memes on the internet for him

It'd be one thing if that was it, but you can see the NAFO'tardation spreading into what's supposed to be his informative content, re:"Why is the Russian army so bad?"

 

[Trennschleifer]

It's been 12 days since he last uploaded. Do we know anything new about Paul yet? I'm worried about him bros

 

[Serbian Peacekeepers]

It's been 12 days since he last uploaded. Do we know anything new about Paul yet? I'm worried about him bros

To be fair it was a gap of 33 days between the MC 14T review and the El Presidente video, so it isn't like its a immediate warning sign.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

It's been 12 days since he last uploaded. Do we know anything new about Paul yet? I'm worried about him bros

that cancer moves fast and it was already all over his body. its entirely likely he has passed.

 

[ForTheHoard]

Guns Ian has never covered that are popular:
1. Desert Eagle
2. Hi-Point
3. Glock

I'd honestly love to have C&Rsenal do an April Fools video on the Hi-Point with some verisimilitude.

Do people honestly view Ian as anything but a historian? I've seen him run 3-gun and he's average at best. He's also left handed which means about 70% of his take on ergonomics should be discarded.

 

[AN/ALR56]

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Hard pass.

That looks like what a shitty 1990s action film/show thought as a bad guy sniper lmao.

Do people honestly view Ian as anything but a historian? I've seen him run 3-gun and he's average at best. He's also left handed which means about 70% of his take on ergonomics should be discarded.

Karl might be a cuck satanist contrarian, but he is far better at shooting than Ian will ever be.

It'd be one thing if that was it, but you can see the NAFO'tardation spreading into what's supposed to be his informative content, re:"Why is the Russian army so bad?"

He's now doing pro Israel content too, that "Hamas isn't making real guns!" And the "how smuggling guns is totally based and cool if it's the Jews doing it!" on stuff like the k31 rifles appearing in 1948 Palestine into the hands of militias (nevermind that those same militias mainly killed British soldiers and civilians in their pre independence revolt).

 

[Archie_Kimkicker]

that cancer moves fast and it was already all over his body. its entirely likely he has passed.

He had stated previously that once he is dead, there will be a video confirming it, which makes me suspect he recorded a goodbye video while he was still in decent condition.

 

[Apteryx Owenii]

It's been 12 days since he last uploaded. Do we know anything new about Paul yet? I'm worried about him bros

He posted in a comments section saying he had a couple weeks left and that the condition was 'beyond medical interventions' (presumably meaning comfort measures only- no more treatments targeting the actual cancer). Other people on or near the crew suggested a similar time frame or even less. Comments in the fb group from his brother about a week ago indicated things are about how one would expect. In any case, it is now beyond those estimations, but paul is probably harder to take out than most people. Still, there's unfortunately not really much to hope for with this sort of situation, except that he's with friends/family and has a peaceful end. It's really hard for the family too, no doubt.

His brother suggested they had done some recording that had not been released, so it would not be surprising if we get one after he passes. Too bad his channel couldn't hit a million people beforehand. Kinda wish that a few bigger names in the guntuber community had taken a minute to spread the signal for that.

 

[Twinkie]

Kinda wish that a few bigger names in the guntuber community had taken a minute to spread the signal for that.

Agree. Brace yourself for the monetized tribute content that some channels will probably put up, even though they never shouted him out when he was alive.

Still, what Paul achieved was commendable. the exact numbers don't really matter.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Do people honestly view Ian as anything but a historian?

Does anyone? Seriously? Like... the guy never served, was never in law enforcement, has zero practical knowledge with self-defense, and makes no bones about being a middling shooter at best. Ian is a Francophile nerd who loves novelty. He's certainly read and learned a lot about firearms history, but that's all he's got: second-hand historical takes (as opposed to, say, the Chieftain actively going through archives digging up old contemporary reports when writing about tanks) and an ability to put out short, entertaining little video lectures.

I don't know why anyone would consider him anything other than that. I guess it's that iNfLuEnCeR magic, where people build an image of the person in question that's just way out of proportion to what they actually are.