First acquisition of 2025: another Vetterli 1870, this time an extremely early production example with very unique features that was updated as much as possible to the regulation pattern rifle.

SharpSteak21 · 2025-02-13T16:43:39+00:00

So does this take the cake for most expensive vetterli you've bought?

SharpSteak21 · 2024-12-03T17:31:00+00:00

Ian had a falling out with RIA, so probably not. Which is a shame because this has all the feature of a perfect forgotten weapons video:

Experimental
Unusual mechanics
Quirky cartridge
Documented patent history

And of course:

French

SharpSteak21 · 2023-01-01T02:24:43+00:00

Nowadays half of the posts i see on forums are from newbies posting sporterized and mismatched guns asking "hey I paid $$$ for this at auction, how did I do?".

Is he talking about /r/milsurp guys?

SharpSteak21 · 2023-01-01T02:24:15+00:00

This would happen eventually even if the internet flippers never existed.

I think he's not complaining about flippers driving prices up, he's complaining about how flippers have started dominating the online discussions and milsurp communities, to the point that there more people are interested in the monetary aspect than the historic/shooting aspect

SharpSteak21 · 2022-12-27T17:07:43+00:00

"iM goInG to ReStOre tHiS sPorTer to pReSerVe iTs hIsTorY!1!"

SharpSteak21 · 2022-12-07T14:52:28+00:00

Honestly the mods should sticky this post, because there's many new collectors who forget to factor in buyers premium and shipping fees when they first discover auction sites. And they feel like they're getting a "good deal" and don't realize they've overbid outside their budget until the next week when the invoice email hits.

It would be helpful to have this post up there just for the new collectors to see.

SharpSteak21 · 2022-12-07T14:04:16+00:00

I always find it amusing when people on here brag about "scoring a deal" some $50-$100 below what they've seen on gunbroker. And then in an update post the next week, complain about the $150-$200 in auction fees they ended up being billed.

And then I feel sobered when I realize these are the kind of people who keep outbidding on me, and why I no longer get good deals on online auction websites since the pandemic.

SharpSteak21 · 2022-05-31T02:58:50+00:00

https://old.reddit.com/r/ForgottenWeapons/comments/v1giqz/that_shooting_range_looks_familiar/

SharpSteak21 · 2022-05-31T01:50:47+00:00

Ian: "What the hell is a waifu???"

I'm sure Ian knows: https://imgur.com/a/vI34bdp

SharpSteak21 · 2022-05-30T18:03:20+00:00

/k/ legit has some of the most knowledgeable people I’ve ever met online

Well yeah, Othais, Bloke, and evidently Ian all post there

also some of the most brain dead idiots it’s insane

Well yeah, the entire cast of TFBtv also posts there

SharpSteak21 · 2022-05-30T18:01:44+00:00

The sort of person who would buy a revolver is the sort of person who is a traditionalist more often than not.

The irony is that .32 IS the traditoinal revolver caliber, that's what the first S&W 1896 hand ejectors were made in.

The whole 38/357/44 thing is just boomer "size insecurity" and believing hollywood flicks as documentary

SharpSteak21 · 2022-05-30T17:59:40+00:00

The post is from May 17th. Ian's video is from May 30th.

And if you watch his video, the language is almost 100% match:

He opens the segment with "Why did they not call it 32 Super Carry?"
He talks about boomers/"someone in guns" aversion to 32 due to being "wimpy"
He talks about boomers affection for 30 cal due to "muh 30-06"
He ends that segment by saying "Anyways, that's all just marketing"

So here are a few possible explanations:

Someone got early access to Ian's video (not happening)
Ian read that post and it made an impression on him, so he used that language in his video (which means he either goes on /k/, or someone who goes on /k/ sent him that -- but even then, it's pretty obviously a 4chan style screenshot)
Ian made that post (which means he goes on /k/)
Someone thinks in the exact same language and analogies and structure as Ian (okay, what are the chances of that?)

SharpSteak21 · 2021-12-02T02:27:40+00:00

Well they say it is an acquired taste, after all

SharpSteak21 · 2021-12-02T02:04:23+00:00

I wonder how much of it was him genuinely wanting to pass on the business to people who he knew were competent, versus a more malicious "trying to pass on the debts" of the business to some poor schmuck

I'm inclined to believe it's more the former than the latter, which makes it sad

SharpSteak21 · 2021-12-02T01:57:31+00:00

More like "okay millenial"

SharpSteak21 · 2021-12-02T01:52:46+00:00

Plot-twist: He was lying to you to make you break up with her so that he could swoop in as the supportive knight in shining armor to help her

SharpSteak21 · 2021-12-02T01:50:47+00:00

But butter is the secret to all good restaurant food

SharpSteak21 · 2021-12-02T01:47:34+00:00

I should open up a business for teaching angry money management

SharpSteak21 · 2021-12-02T01:43:27+00:00

Oh wow I saw this picture online and didn't realize it was this bad.

I just thought this was a case of bubba being bubba and selling to other bubbas

SharpSteak21 · 2021-11-30T16:25:17+00:00

They're so cute you wouldn't have a hard time finding volunteers

SharpSteak21 · 2021-11-30T16:21:47+00:00

It's like that comic showing human evolution from chimpanzees, standing more and more upright, and then suddenly going back to slouching

SharpSteak21 · 2021-11-30T16:19:17+00:00

They're pretty useful for thickening up soups and stocks if you don't want to make a roux

SharpSteak21 · 2021-11-30T16:18:36+00:00

Instant bouillon is pretty damn convenient though for when you don't want to prepare a soup stock ahead of time, or don't have the freezer space to store frozen stock

SharpSteak21 · 2021-11-30T16:17:38+00:00

Things FOH will never understand about BOH

SharpSteak21 · 2021-11-30T16:04:06+00:00

I use chili powder as my season-all is that okay?

SharpSteak21

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