Successor to the Scout: Q's 8.6mm Fix

Yep I'm 53 and pretty deaf from my time in the military, suppressors are the solution to a billion dollar problem.

Considering they’re called Q I’m half expecting their CEO to say “now pay attention 007” during all of their meetings

Kind of disappointed they didn't go with "Tip" for the rifle name. Because not only would that make it "the Q Tip", but also because no matter what kind of hunting or survival situation you're facing, you could always go in with just the Tip.

This gun looks like a 'what if' where bolt actions remained the main line rifle after ww2

"What does this do over a regular bolt action." It comes with all the after market parts you can put on a Remington 700 in Tarkov.

Another reason for the high rate of twist - you've got a really long bullet. Long bullets need more RPM to fly stably. It's also subsonic, less velocity means less RPM for a given rate of twist. So to get the RPM up to the needed value you need a greater rate of twist. The fact that the rifle is a bolt action came as a surprise.. up to that point I thought it was another AR.

Hearing Ian use words like "dongle" and "dingus" in such a calm and confident manner to describe trigger parts absolutely made my day 😂 I'm also very glad he made a video about this rifle, seems to me Q's engineers really try to think outside the box without being too over-the-top about it, despite that they may be one of the "Apple brands" of the firearms world, I do appreciate the ingenuity and obviously Ian seems happy with the performance given its purpose!

Good attitude toward hearing protection. I have an uncle who was born in the late '40s who has been a hunter and shooter his whole life. When he started shooting hearing protection wasn't a thing. I don't know when he started using protection, but it was too late. He can hear conversation if it's in a quiet room and you're right in front of him. In a restaurant he can't understand a word.

31:00 Knowing Q, they’ll take you’re feedback on the electrical tape and come up with a silicone wrap, name it something exotic and charge $65.99 for it. 😂

Ian, the rearward motion on the bolt handle for extracting a cartridge from the chamber is found in the Blaser R93 and R8 rifles which have been out for some time. The guiderails are also found on the Blaser rifles. So I am sure Q took some inspiration here.

This poses the obvious question, will 8.6mm chamber in .308 rifle and will it fire? 🤔

This thing looks like the survival rifle you'd find in your escape pod of a space ship.

My buddy hunts with .338 lapua magnum. Shot once without ear pro and learned from it. Now walks around the woods with actives on his head.

I am 81 and got my first antelope at 13 with a 30.30, although mostly hunted with a 30.06. Boy, has "hunting" changed. A box of ammo would normally last 4 or 5 years. I generally used a 180g Silvertip, which had no problems taking down deer and elk, and have never owned a new rifle. Of course, I hunted to put meat in the freezer, as did my father before me and the guys I hunted with. The idea of spending $3,500 on just the gun would have seemed fantastic to us. The gun Ian showed is science fiction to me. Why you would need a 20 round magazine and a suppressor plus a folding stock is beyond me. Still, I love this channel. It's interesting to see old guns and how much hunting has changed since the "old days".

Man I didn't realize what a seriously innovative rifle this was. Q's colors may be a little funky but man this is really something else. They put thought into this. That bolt is seriously fancy.

100% agree with you about hearing protection Ian. I'm 40 and have severe hearing damage/loss from my time in the military. I was an Infantryman for 11 years. During training we always wore ear pro, however during live fire training and during deployments we did not wear ear pro because of the need for communication. Have 90 percent hearing loss in my left ear and 40 in my right. If i could go back in time i would have worn the electronic ear pro with built in comms. Yes it was awkward and annoying but I (and several others I served with) very much regret not wearing ear pro. Especially looking back on it now being basically deaf in one ear and only being 40 is a bummer. Considering we had the option for electronic ear pro that worked with our communication devices is a very stupid decision. FOLKS I PLEAD WITH YOU, USE EAR PRO!! YOU'LL REGRET NOT USING IT AS YOU AGE.

"What I liked about the Steyr Scout is the weight and functionality, as well as how lazy AWP camping is, especially on dust_2..."

For me, this was probably the most interesting video from Forgotten Weapons. It had a lot of your personal opinions and it was in itself a really interesting weapon mechanically and full of interesting solutions, and flaws that can be imporoved. Thanks a lot for showing this weapon. Best vid so far, but it can only get better!

Ian, the 'primary extraction by the bolt pivoting' system is also on the Denel NTW 20. I learned that from your video :)

I can see exactly why you chose this gun Ian, it's a clever piece of engineering and does the job you want it to do very well. The people who designed it clearly gave the design a great deal of thought.