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 0:29 - Stoner firing the Stoner 86/ARES LMG-1 1:59 - Ezell firing the Stoner 86/ARES LMG-1 3:00 - Stoner demonstrates the magazine feed system of the Stoner 86/ARES LMG-1 4:16 - Stoner firing an M16A2 4:37 - Stoner displaying the "value" of the forward assist 4:58 - Criticism of the three-round burst mechanism 6:09 - Ezell firing the Stoner 86 with the magazine feed 6:38 - Stoner discusses the operating characteristics of the Stoner 86 and comments on Sullivan's Ultimax patents 9:36 - Stoner firing the Stoner 86 some more 11:48 - Discussion of the ARES facility

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

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