Thinking of starting a YouTube Channel next year.

[TimP]

I am very much looking forward to this. Thanks for sharing your knowledge as always it is very much appreciated!

 

[Outrider27]

Do it Erik. I'm in.
Mike

 

[SS427]

I would watch. Lots of stuff out there and some of it not very good. You have credibility from this website and I would like to see someone do it right. The Jack Neary videos were great and that was just a lecture. Would be great to watch someone in the act of doing things like reloading and gunsmith work.

 

[Jnewman]

Dang it now it's gonna take longer for you to build my guns oh well!!!

 

[vervi1jw]

Sounds like a fantastic idea to me. There are several good videos showing rifles being built, shot, etc, however they offer little discussion or explanation. Forums like this one are a fantastic place to learn but having a highly informative video may be more effective for us visual learners than trying to interpret a dozen paragraphs of information online. It souinds like you will be hitting on most topics but will it be a mail call style where you will address topics that subscribers have inquired about? Good luck with the project. I am looking forward to it!

JWV

 

[Keith Glasscock]

You're going to make hundreds of viable challengers in our sport... With all the secrets out, it's going to be hard to keep ahead of the pack.



DO IT!!!

 

[Erik Cortina]

You're going to make hundreds of viable challengers in our sport... With all the secrets out, it's going to be hard to keep ahead of the pack.



DO IT!!!

I don't know how much I can help elevating the skill level out there with so many good shooter out there, but if it helps anyone, it would be great.

 

[Raythemanroe]

What you gonna call it? The Cortina Report?



Ray

 

[Right_Brained]

Not sure if it's possible but I'd love a podcast version of your shows as well. Best of luck with the videos!

 

[cncmill]

Erik, this sounds like a great idea.

Thanks for helping all of us that are still learning.

Erick Crouthamel

 

[Alexander-M]

Erik,

It sounds like a good idea, and I will watch them.

I have learned how to do a multitude of things, from programming in C^ to replacing the trigger on a Scar 17s, by watching You Tube videos. I have also learned that there are a lot of You Tube How-To video ‘producers’ that do not really know what they claim they know.

Also, even when the information is, or appears to be reliable, the video is useless because the camera is not properly focused or trained on the actual subject being discussed. Other times, the protagonist stands between the camera and the subject of the video, and thus totally renders the video useless.

I am confident that your videos will be first class, definitely reliable, and very helpful.

A hint, if I may.

When titling your videos, it may be a good idea to end the title with a number, as a suffix; and at the end of each video, mention that there may be an update or a follow-up to the video just watched – even if you don’t anticipate a follow up. Numbering the titles and hinting at a possible sequel will allow you to supplement the information you have provided and hopefully your audience will watch the latest and greatest.

It would be possible that after publishing a video you may realize that you omitted something, or perhaps you will have done further work on the subject at a later date. In either case, you can create the follow-up video, give it the same title as the original, but with proper sequence number as the suffix to the title, and your fans will be sure to find it more easily.

Good Luck!

Nando

 

[jimbo88mm]

Count me as a subscriber.

I have my own youtube page..a very amateur setup: https://www.youtube.com/user/GarandThumb

youtube keeps a lot of statistics and has very useful tools that you will have access to once you start uploading videos. Goodluck!

 

[stinnett1981]

Erik I think this is absolutely a great idea! I actually look on youtube a lot for these types of videos. I found most videos that are made for the shooting people are just reviews on products. None of them are educational. It would be nice to watch somebody show their work in detail. I would love to watch you relaod in detail step by step (check headspace and show how to bump shoulders, turn necks, anneal, set up dies, check COAL and so on and so on, bed barreled actions to a stock, mount scopes, install triggers and show how to adjust them, how to clean a rifle and how to clean the bore in detail, use a borescope and show the difference between and bad and good barrel. Then show how to shoot a rifle prone and on the bench. Show body positions and how to hold the rifle, how much shoulder pressure to apply. I could think of much more! 1 thing I know for sure is there is NO videos out there that shows these things in detail. I think you will get a lot of viewers! Accurateshooter could put a header for your videos and match them up with a link for questions. I really think this would be a great thing and it would help a lot of us! Thanks and I sure hope you do this!

Jerod

 

[teele1]

i just subscribed to ErikLovesSavages on youtube

seriously it'd be great to know there is a knowledgeable, honest voice on youtube
with correct information

Hope you got for it

jim

 

[Erik Cortina]

Erik,

It sounds like a good idea, and I will watch them.

I have learned how to do a multitude of things, from programming in C^ to replacing the trigger on a Scar 17s, by watching You Tube videos. I have also learned that there are a lot of You Tube How-To video ‘producers’ that do not really know what they claim they know.

Also, even when the information is, or appears to be reliable, the video is useless because the camera is not properly focused or trained on the actual subject being discussed. Other times, the protagonist stands between the camera and the subject of the video, and thus totally renders the video useless.

I am confident that your videos will be first class, definitely reliable, and very helpful.

A hint, if I may.

When titling your videos, it may be a good idea to end the title with a number, as a suffix; and at the end of each video, mention that there may be an update or a follow-up to the video just watched – even if you don’t anticipate a follow up. Numbering the titles and hinting at a possible sequel will allow you to supplement the information you have provided and hopefully your audience will watch the latest and greatest.

It would be possible that after publishing a video you may realize that you omitted something, or perhaps you will have done further work on the subject at a later date. In either case, you can create the follow-up video, give it the same title as the original, but with proper sequence number as the suffix to the title, and your fans will be sure to find it more easily.

Good Luck!

Nando

I was actually thinking about simply naming them something like:
"Precision reloading tips #1: Making a dummy round"
"Precision reloading tips #2: Measuring to the lands"
"Precision reloading tips #3: Neck turning Part 1"
"Precision reloading tips #3: Neck turning Part 2"
"Precision reloading tips #3: Neck turning Part 3"
"Precision reloading tips #4: Primer pocket uniforming"

Or:

"Precision reloading tips #1: Making a dummy round"
"Precision reloading tips #2: Measuring to the lands"
"Precision reloading tips #3: Neck turning Part 1"
"Precision reloading tips #4: Neck turning Part 2"
"Precision reloading tips #5: Neck turning Part 3"
"Precision reloading tips #6: Primer pocket uniforming"


Which format do you guys thing it would be best to name the videos?

 

[jimbo88mm]

Erik,

It sounds like a good idea, and I will watch them.

I have learned how to do a multitude of things, from programming in C^ to replacing the trigger on a Scar 17s, by watching You Tube videos. I have also learned that there are a lot of You Tube How-To video ‘producers’ that do not really know what they claim they know.

Also, even when the information is, or appears to be reliable, the video is useless because the camera is not properly focused or trained on the actual subject being discussed. Other times, the protagonist stands between the camera and the subject of the video, and thus totally renders the video useless.

I am confident that your videos will be first class, definitely reliable, and very helpful.

A hint, if I may.

When titling your videos, it may be a good idea to end the title with a number, as a suffix; and at the end of each video, mention that there may be an update or a follow-up to the video just watched – even if you don’t anticipate a follow up. Numbering the titles and hinting at a possible sequel will allow you to supplement the information you have provided and hopefully your audience will watch the latest and greatest.

It would be possible that after publishing a video you may realize that you omitted something, or perhaps you will have done further work on the subject at a later date. In either case, you can create the follow-up video, give it the same title as the original, but with proper sequence number as the suffix to the title, and your fans will be sure to find it more easily.

Good Luck!

Nando

I was actually thinking about simply naming them something like:
"Precision reloading tips #1: Making a dummy round"
"Precision reloading tips #2: Measuring to the lands"
"Precision reloading tips #3: Neck turning Part 1"
"Precision reloading tips #3: Neck turning Part 2"
"Precision reloading tips #3: Neck turning Part 3"
"Precision reloading tips #4: Primer pocket uniforming"

Or:

"Precision reloading tips #1: Making a dummy round"
"Precision reloading tips #2: Measuring to the lands"
"Precision reloading tips #3: Neck turning Part 1"
"Precision reloading tips #4: Neck turning Part 2"
"Precision reloading tips #5: Neck turning Part 3"
"Precision reloading tips #6: Primer pocket uniforming"


Which format do you guys thing it would be best to name the videos?

I would be more partial to the first method. To add, you can create "playlists". One playlist could be called "precision reloading tips" and then you can add "neck turning Parts 1, 2 & 3" to the play list.

YOu can see how I have my videos broken up into playlists. It makes it a lot easier to navigate someones youtube page. I'm surprised by how many big name youtube pages don't untilize playlists.

https://www.youtube.com/user/GarandThumb/playlists

Another observation with my own videos, youtube keeps track of "audience retention". With this you can see exactly where people are "tuning" out. Two to three minutes seems to be the sweet spot.

 

[Josh11]

I was just about to ask if there was such a thing! I think many of us would sit and watch for hours!

 

[Toolbreaker]

Another idea I have is to do actual testing on things we do such as brass weight sorting, bullet sorting, meplat trimming, pointing, etc and shoot them side by side at 1,000 yards to verify results.

What do you guys think?

This is a fantastic idea. I would really like to see this. Testing & results, done in progressions, for each of these items. There are quite a bit of reloading videos on YouTube, but I haven't found anything that goes into the finer points of accuracy and consistency, with the results shown. I'd definitely watch.

"I might even have a "Best excuses when you shoot bad" episode! "
I don't want this, I NEED this ;D

 

[ARIZONA_F_CLASS]

I think it's a good Idea Erik!!!

 

[Joe R]

Great idea for a channel Erik. Count me in.

Regarding the numbering system, I'm more outline kind of guy. I would go like this:

"Precision reloading tips #1: Making a dummy round"
"Precision reloading tips #2: Measuring to the lands"
"Precision reloading tips #3a: Neck turning Part 1"
"Precision reloading tips #3b: Neck turning Part 2"
"Precision reloading tips #3c: Neck turning Part 3"
"Precision reloading tips #4: Primer pocket uniforming"

simply because after you make a video, sometime later you may want to expand on it, or add sub parts.

Kindest regards,

Joe

P.S. Where is that tuner?