hi guys thanks for tuning back into
forgotten weapons comm we're out here
again at the monthly to gun match and
we've got a rematch set up between the
FG 42 and the m1 garand so if you
watched our last attempt to do one of
these matches you know we had a bit of a
whoopsie and broke the stock on the FG
42 before the match started so got that
fixed we're all set to go looking
forward to it I think it'll be a real
good time
absolutely now I know one of the first
things people are going to say when they
see this is that it's unfair because
you've got the scope you've got a 20
round magazine and well I would like to
say that I agree it's totally unfair I
mean no German rifle would have a chance
against the m1 in reality you you know
you run this match and have for many
years and you've taken fairness into
consideration what's the policy you came
up with with this match we've considered
fair and decided against it so there you
go
it's not fair life isn't fair we'll deal
with it I do want to point out there is
at least one very well-documented
incident where the FG 42 and the m1 went
head-to-head that was Monte Cassino in
Italy so I can pretend that we're there
despite kind of the desert backdrop
anyway I think we're gonna go ahead and
head out to the first stage and get
started
sound good all right good luck so you
okay bro all right
pistol down you're good that's it what
did each go
I get that one you got it
all right so we just finished the first
two stages and training to a couple
issues that we thought were relevant
that we all have talked about briefly
being mistakes we both screwed up a
couple of times yeah you you forgot to
engage on target and I reengaged a
long-range pistol target wasting time
and and tried to reload with an empty
magazine at one point yeah and of course
I really screwed up a stage and just
shopping crap and ran at amo this is
something you don't see except when
you're on the coffee misty this is a
false sense of stress and stuff like
empty metric use re-engaging for getting
targets yeah yeah
so I like it good maybe not totally
fantastic but it's a step towards oh
yeah it did and then when you try to use
unique equipment get a better idea of
what it was like use them when you're
trying to do it under a rush and
stressed speaking of which the other
thing we wanted to just touch was the
scope on this after you so a
reproduction the original zf4 object
made by Swarovski it's a very high
quality scope but you know it's got
really nice commits got good glass but
it's got a terrible field of view your
eye relief is limited and when you're
aiming at the targets it's like looking
through a soda straw so while you see
the target nice pretty and clear
going from target to target the target
transitioned at 50 yards is quite
challenging it's hard to find them yeah
our times were really close I don't
think the scope really gave you any
serious advantage within within the
close range I would agree that this
scope is actually maybe potentially a
deficit and it's not an advantage it
will be somewhere else yeah yeah well
our next stage is the long-range 200
yard stage so that's where that scope
will
really coming in and we'll see how I can
step up with the m1 sights all right
let's keep going
good deal
nice job all right
alright so we just finished the last
stage and you know we have the long
range in there where we thought the
scope would probably come in - it's
really good didn't it absolutely the
field of view deficiency that was a 50
yards did not exist at 100 and 200 so
while it was smaller than you would
expect from a modern optical this is not
it was not holding me back in fact sight
acquisition target acquisition was easy
I frankly and shot the shot transition
this thing recalls like an AR it
shooting this one stood a hundred
sixty-eight grain 308 and recoil impulse
is like an AR quick fast fast yeah yeah
it's a really nice combination the
recoiling stock and a very very
effective muzzle break yes yeah it's a
very well engineered right well
offensive either you know a lot of
modern muzzle breaks pre offensive this
one not so much and I was in the dirt it
was not kicking up it was not showering
me across her that is there no holes on
the very bottom true true but I mean
it's not offensive in that regard they
thought that through and right it's
there
yeah quite frankly after shooting this
for four stages the first two stages I
was a little rough it was getting used
to the gun but stage three and four
which we'll see when you see our video
was a running gun and um I would
absolutely after I shot this a little
more take this up against any modern gun
at this match and I think that you could
vest them with it I I would not bet
against you on that I think you very
good yeah so now just to touch on the
one I love the m1 m1 is one of my
favorite rifles it's no slouch but
frankly it is a little bit limited it
doesn't have the capacity the on the
long-range the irons are not as fast as
the object
it's long it's heavy it's I love it it's
a great rifle but it's not the best
rifle it's interesting to say about that
this this this is not as long and it is
heavy it's true however it's almost like
a bullpup without being a bullpup the
way it balances the weight to the rear
it's really easy to handle and
manipulate in close quarters as well as
that distance yeah and the recoil
absorption and the accuracy was all
there this thing if I had a choice and
it was world war ii and you said hey
here's a grand or an fu 4200 FG 42 yeah
I would take it now
I mean die yeah absolutely cool so well
we haven't actually tabulated the scores
yet but I'm pretty sure that you pretty
well clean the clock with uh stage three
and four kind of did that yeah let's see
that yeah as always we had a really fun
time these are these are always great I
don't shoot this fun and don't
experience things about guns that you
wouldn't in any other environment yeah
yep so alright well let's take a look at
the final times and see how that posted
against some of the modern guns will do
all right good job
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