This video is one of many in a series created from an interview conducted by Edward C. Ezell with Eugene Stoner in 1988 at ARES Inc. in Port Clinton, Ohio. All the footage is courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. All I have done is cut some of the waiting time between tapes out and tried to fix the audio. Otherwise, what you are seeing is entirely unadulterated. Feel free to ask any questions about the various topics of the video in the comments. I will do my best to answer them.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Credits 1:00 - Comments on the continued use of the AR's rotary bolt design 2:42 - Cyclic rate and machine gun design 6:49 - The unique problems of large caliber weapon design 9:05 - Stoner explains what goes on in large caliber automatics 10:34 - Background on ARES Inc. 13:41 - Comments on DARPA's Future Assault Rifle Concept program 17:30 - The meaning behind ARES' name 18:13 - Where Stoner's inspiration comes from 20:16 - Discussion on the design of the Stoner 86/ARES LMG-1 27:09 - Comments on the unique/simplified feed mechanism 32:25 - Stoner disassembles the Stoner 86/ARES LMG-1 40:13 - The timeline of designing a weapon 41:48 - The paperwork of government contracts 44:33 - The similarity of Stoner's machinist oriented process to Garand and Browning's processes 47:47 - Comments on the divide between mechanical engineers and machinists 49:12 - The red tape of weapons design 53:30 - Comments on the user of a weapon 55:08 - The need to "murphy proof" weapons

The Eugene Stoner Tapes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOSc8D2U-Hf6i9FT7ZzVpKZVDBsS6b3Ub

All footage is used with permission from the Smithsonian Institution Archives.