MILSURP HQ

In PART ONE we get to know Rob and find out his origin story along with some of his collection favorites and goals. We delve into his collecting preferences and ask about everything in his realm, including the uniforms, and see how he feels about everything in ours.

We ask his MILSURP opinions on things like the Ross sights, South American arms, and the Trapdoor vs Snider Debate, and of course we do another HQ Speed Round!  We ...

THE HQ has Reese from MILSURP MUNITIONS and Alex from STEINEL on to talk everything about MILSURP AMMUNITION --

FROM what's available & trending, what's hard to get/produce, and sharing some reloading procedures,

TO their own unique perspectives and opinions on starting/working at an ammo company-- crazy customers, pressure testing, scary mishaps & reloading injuries, and lots of other inside info from two folks doing t...

We are joined by a pair of Michaels to share how we prioritize purchases, what our old and new collecting goals are, and how we've all evolved as the collections have grown. 

We settle whether or not sporterized and non-functional guns truly count as a "box checker", and whether WW1/WW2 collectors need to collect EVERY single model from EVERY single country in EVERY single caliber, or can you be a true collector with just "an ex...

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Joined by Tenacious Trilobite, Verda, Mark, & Dylan, the HQ holds another ROUNDTABLE discussion talking about these three topics today: "Weird" MILSURP , Funny & Interesting YouTube/Instagram channels, and Listener Mailbag Q&A. 

This crew was very busy the past month, so we also discuss our latest picku...

We've been busy jet setting around the world, but we are back! Sit back and enjoy some tales from abroad from K & I and our special guests, our pals Jake and Nick!

We get as much MILSURP in there as we can, but this show is a bit more loose with some great history and fun stories, along with talk of museums, what to eat, and all that good stuff.

Also, we had a joint summer vacation this year as we all met up in KC again...

We thought this would be a fun way to teach and inform about some of the intriguing items and stories found in the MILSURP universe. By "COOL & Interesting MILSURP" we mean literally anything interesting, like a great history, or interesting features or unit markings, or an intriguing design story, or just simply it LOOKS F'IN COOL.

We've got some super rare & trials rifles, some items with amazing histories, some crazy...

We grabbed one of the BEST resources on the internet, World War Wisdom, to fill us in on everything there is about WW2 reenacting-- including things like RE history, the different types, signing up, gearing up and gear authenticity, finding a unit, rules and regulations, safety, firearms & blank firing, receiving & taking orders, tactics, shooting, dying & respawning, accidents, thieves, post-event parties, veterans, ta...

The HQ is joined by Guests: Reese, Dylan and the Admiral- Tom

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We are all over the world in this one and touch upon A LOT, with marks on VZ 24s, M.95s, Gras rifles, k98ks, Type 99s, Enfields, Carcanos, Mosins, Trapdoors... you get it.

We clear up some confusing markings, talk about some often mistaken and lied about, and in true MILSURP HQ fashion, we play ...

Special guests, our pals and very first Patrons, Nick and Dylan join us for a Movie episode where we recap recent releases (like AQOTWF) and talk about some of the cool upcoming ones (like The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare & Civil War). 

We peek over at TV for some Masters of the Air show talk, go back to Flintlocks to check on Napoleon, and go over the top WW1/WW2 movie lists to see if we agree with rankings. 

We rou...

Part 2 is here!

All sorts of MILSURP Questions on every firearm we could think of in this part, from opinion/subjective ones to factual and collector ones.

We run down a bunch in the Speed Round, do a few MILSURP rankings, talk shotguns, revolvers, Mausers, Carcanos, Lebels.. and no joke, Othais passionately discusses some modern guns!

We also get filled in on shooting, reloading, and range routines, and talk the most controver...

`THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE EPISODE` || OTHAIS PART ONE - THE INTERVIEW SEGMENT ||

Christmas came early for us this year as we got the honor to chat for hours with one of the best out there and a favorite creator of ours for years. It was a fun one for sure.

COLLECTION TALK

--from his first to his last --how did he get started? --what's he holding on to these days?

C&RSENAL --Show origin, history, and evolution

We get into...

Part 2 is here and has tons of MILSURP questions!

We have the Speed Round and find out Ian's favorite Mauser calibers, rank bolt action & semi-auto rifles, plus lots of collector and technical questions, our new Fudd Lore game, our personal & user-submitted firearm questions, & even some shooting and competition talk, reloading, range day routines, upcoming collabs & finally, the FW Logo mystery is solved!

Can...

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Holy smokes this one is jammed packed with topics, so much so that we had to make it a two-parter! 

This part is the "Interview Segment", where we pry deep into Ian's collection and find out what he has-- the % Modern, MILSURP, French, & "Forgotten" forearms, and see how his collection grew from his first Sporterized Swedish Maus...

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The MILSURP HQ team and their trio of informative friends had a friendly game of "Guess the Hammer Prices" with Day 1 of the Poulin Auction using a few dozen selected lots that were MOSTLY MILSURP, with some items estimated over 100k, some under 1k; pistols...

This man needs a book and a movie!

Right out of the gate we learn about Dennis' Vietnam captures- PERSONALLY captured (wait until you hear how he got the PU Sniper!) and other firearms in his self-imposed restricted 20 gun collection. 

We learn how he personally knows about blood pitting effects, starting the passion at 8yo with an Enfield, and why at 13 he'd have dead animals in his trunk while he sat in school.

We get...

PT 2 Here we get right back at it with the fellas about the K98k with a not-so-fast Speed Round, and a discussion on SS Rifles and fakes, accessories, ammo, shooting & recoil, snipers & scopes, Grails, other country use, and most important of all, what the next books are about! We evaluate some pickups and fakes, play TRUTH or FUDD LORE to clarify those rumors, spin the Wheel of Milsurp, and find out Mike's never before sha...

PT 1 We get to know the guys, & hear their story of how the book came to be. We also hear about what these fellas collect, and spoiler, it's K98ks. We start hounding them about all things 98k from who made the best, to what they'd change, and find out where they think it ranks vs the contemporaries. We also jump into a little online purchasing, Mitchells Mausers, why Walther didn't make any full rifles, and are those late Krieg...

We are back from the 52nd annual Kansas City Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association Arms Show! We survived our first trip to KC and spoiler alert - the show was amazing. 

One of our buds we met up with EVAN joins us for a recap of the show!

We share everything we saw- the prices, the rare & cool stuff, the weird things and discuss all the awesome firearms we played with at the great show.

It was an eventful and full ...