48x15:53Why the Army Brought Back a Rifle It Had Officially Declared Dead — Without Ever Saying So
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Ivan Jackson
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The real stories behind America's guns - the ones the official history left out. This channel covers the forgotten engineers, overruled generals, and quietly-reversed decisions behind classic rifles and cartridges: why the Army killed a round and brought it back, why famous designers died with nothing, and what companies didn't want hunters to know. Deep-dive documentary-style videos, new uploads regularly.
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- 2026-05-23
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- documentary
- Topics
- Firearm History, Ballistics Testing
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