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The only thing that would make it stronger would be to chamber it in 9mm. Then it could blow the lungs out of all the helicopters.

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I actually work at Barrett. Can confirm one of these is mounted for display in the main building along with every Barrett model ever made. I’m not entirely sure how many were made though. Very cool to see this in use!

I Iove the Jörg Sprave hint at 7:34 😎 "Let me show you it's features"

Once apon a time, Mr. Herrera stated, “That is not a bull-pup, I hate bull-pups, and that’s not a bull-pup.” Then he played with a bull-pup M82. 👀

Brandon: “I hate bull pups.” Also Brandon: *pays well over $20,000 for one*

There was an article about M82A2 on Janes Defense magazine around -94 / -95 where it was described as urban warfare antimatter rifle. The idea was to produce a 50cal that you could shoot at windows and rooftops from the street level.

Add proximity exploding shells and you have a drone killer.

7:23 “did you really think I was gunna fire a .50 cal straight up in the air” Brandon I’ve been watching your channel for a long time, I know how seriously you guys take safety... of course I thought you were going to

Average anti gunner: “Why would anyone need a shoulder fired 50. cal?” Based Brandon: “For pterodactyl hunting at noon and defending against government tyranny at 2.”

The best home defense gun. Not only will it blow a 4in hole in the intruder's chest, it also puts a 12in hole in your wall making that renovation you wanted now free due to your home owners insurance, goes through your neighbor's engine block of their truck parked on the street, and kills their annoying cat. Oh, and also wakes up the entire neighborhood.

Every 50 cal Barrett is an anti-helicopter weapon.

watching brandon run around with a Barrett on his shoulder is like watching a toddler run away with a knife when you ask "what do you have in your hand?"

ATF: "See this .50bmg rifle?" Normal People: "Yeah" ATF: "WRONG! THAT'S A PISTOL!"

7:33 "Let me show you its features" I love Jorg too!

Helicopter is flying towards a squad that has a Barrett M82a1 realistically he's likely to have to go prone to accurately shoot at the helicopter but because the way the bipod is it would have trouble aiming up and would likely have to shoulder fire the gun which is not very practical. The military asking for a shoulder mounted one makes perfect sense and solves this problem perfectly.

Remember this from MGS4, apparently its Kojima's favorite rifle.

The fact that you own this is the absolute biggest flex in Guntuber history.

Lol NIKKE Took your gun as reference as RedHood main gun 😂

Brandon, you should review the Anzio Ironworks 20mm. It is basically a Barret, only 5 times the size and chambered in 20mm. Your shoulder's gonna love you!

Between it being a bullpup and the Eotech optic I'd say that thing is perfect for room clearing ops.

I am extremely humored that Brandon is a fan of Joerg Sprave. I guess madmen with shooty things all have something in common

Funny story about shooting 50cal in the air 🤣 I was in basic training at Ft.Benning, GA. And the day we were doing 50cal tripod training, we were given an ammo strip with 50 or so rounds. Waiting in line and hearing all the systems go off was just amazing. But they had alot of privates to get through in a short amount of time. So after an hour or so another 50. is delivered and me and some other privates are given the privilege to go help the DS's and carry it over there and with their help set it up. So after all is done I get to go first, DS shows us how to load it with my ammo strip and we are all huddled around. 👀👀👀👀👀 🤣 But anyways i get told to sit down and to go in bursts (DS said yell "DIE MF DIE MF DIE MF DIE!" 🤣😭 I'm serious 🤣) and to do this until my ammunition was depleted. So I sit down, get my thumbs in the triggers and we are on the top of a hill looking over a valley into some thick pine trees biggest I ever seen in my life. So DS said "Fwr" (fire when ready), and I'm looking at everyone's tracers going down range and they are shooting down towards the middle and bottom sections of the trees and range, they have some cars and tanks buried in the side of the range to shoot at, and I start shooting and these bullets are literally going going so far and so high over the tree line I'm watching the arch of the stream of tracers going over the trees by about 10-20ft. DS I guess finally turns around and 👀 and him and like 3 of them are all like "YOOOOOO PVT HOLD ON, CEASE FIRE!" As they are literally holding back so much laughter it started to make some of the other privates that were around start to wonder what was going on. They had to adjust the elevation on this thing for so long it seemed 🤣💯 but man it was one of the funniest/coolest moments I have ever gotten to experience. But that's my 50.cal story! And the MGS4 reference was top notch 🤌 that game was first experience with the A2 and wanted one ever since. That thing shoots through like 15 enemy's at once if you can get them to line up right 💯👀.

That is a handy piece of kit when the robots attack

Honestly Brandon, yes. Yes we were “thinking” you would “fire a 50 BMG into god knows where in downtown San Antonio.”

"let me show you its features." A man of taste. I love that slingshot genius.

What a lovely weapon. So powerful yet in its way, elegant. If I could only have one firearm this would be it.

1:26 - I just had to subscribe for that comparison alone! LOL - well, not really, I was already subscribed before, but that was a really cocky ad right there! Love your channel, and what you´ve been doing besides making YT videos. With all your experience, every bit of knowledge you share holds a ton of credibility. Thanks for sharing all that, AND some cool videos on top!

Such a beautiful pistol

They really looked at a regular barrett and went "but what if we turned into into a bazooka?"

Hey Brandon, you should look up "Red Hood" from the game Goddess of Victory: Nikke. She has a gun inspired by the Bullpup and she kicks MAJOR ass with it!

helldivers 2 autocannon anyone?

You need to let Ian (Forgotten Weapons) get his hands on this for a couple of days Brandon. He hasn't done a video on it yet, and he totally hooked you up helping get that cursed AK into your shop to save it's life. Also I just want more footage of it firing from Ian's shoulder because he'd look so badass with this thing over his shoulder, with his wide brim hat and range sunglasses. Awesome gun breakdown as always, I'm glad you've been adding a teardown section to each video. I wonder what kind of juicy tidbits of info Ian might be able to dig up using his sources though, knowing him he has one of the Barrett family on speed dial though lol

two ways to do well in CQB conditions: have a short gun that's easy to maneuver, or have a long boi that makes walls irrelevant

I’m so glad I stumbled upon this channel and this is my first video watching . And I didn’t think it could get better then the original Barrett until I seen this video and honestly I think it’s a mistake not to even massively produce this sniper right here. I think it is very genius how it was made and what it’s used for .

They basically made the most powerful sniper (in my opinion) into more of a pipe than it already was

Shouldn't have done this one Brandon. Now that this video is out, Scott is gonna want to see this gun blow up.

Brandon: gets incredibly rare one of a kind Barrett Brandon: runs around in circles with it on his shoulder like a child Only the best content keep it up

The M82 A1 is just the gun i’ve glued to my heart and though i am not a Fan of it’s bigget brother, i live this video! Great presentation mr Herrera! 💪🏼🙏🏼

My father, RIP, taught many people over the years the love the gun shooting... Commonly the first step he took was to give the person a 1 Gal Milk Jug Container and tell them to physically tear it apart - which is impossible for most people! The had them shout at it! Third set was to fill the bottle with water and he had them fire one round at about 10ft away... Which he used to show the damaging effect that one round can have - "That's what you could do to a person and being careful is how you prevent it"! Seeing the x3 2Litters lined up... I can't help but remember the many times over the many years of him using that technique!

So what this is showing is not only can the AK50 be a great thing… but so too can the Groza-50 as well!

"The most ridiculously overkill White Claw penetration test of all time" Oh cmon you could be shooting it with a 14.5 PTRS-41 or even a 20mm Lahti

4:20 looks like Brandon is bursting for a crap but he's got to take down an AT-ST first, running in circles being a legitimate defensive manoeuvre against imperial armour.

What an absolute beast. Pretty cool gun too.

This thing looks like it belongs in Halo or on war machines armor. I can't believe this is real. I'm happy to see this gun even exists!

“Let me show you it’s features!” Jörg Sprave and Brandon Herrera collaboration? Oh the glorious monstrosities (and possible Geneva Convention violations) you two could create if that ever happened.

Honestly this doesn't seem like an awful idea. Especially with what the battlefield in Ukraine is like. Stinger missiles are expensive while 0.50 BMG is cheap. Helicopters and drones are pretty abundant as well as lightly armored vehicles & technical (no armor). I could definitely see Barrett reintroducing the concept, with some modern adjustments, as a cheaper anti-vehicle option for regional forces.

That 50 is absolutely insane . I love it .

"This gun is supposed to basically turn you into a mobile artillery piece" The most badass thing I've ever heard

I didn’t think he’d mention it but but he did, Brandon mentioned Metal Gear Solid, truly is a man of culture

Really amazing, I am a fan of the Barret and I had already seen this model and I am surprised by the power it has when shooting

I'm a 1983 born sci-fi gangster from the south bronx and I vividly remember as a kid back in the late 80''s seeing Robocop's partner blow a goon to smithereens to save Robo with that gun. it looked so futuristic back then and it still looks amazing today...and I'm definitely a COD guy😊

"Not too bad, my cardio sucks" Me: "Hmm, maybe an *arms-race* obstacle course is in order at demo ranch?"

Let’s be honest, this is his new home defense weapon. Imagine breaking in and then seeing your buddies being splattered by a man with a shoulder Barrett.

AS an ex British soldier from back in the 1990's, I've never ever seen a bolt carrier that big....... its absolutely effing enormous..... I love it!!!!

The moment you compared the 50 AE to 50 BMG to people who aren't and are subscribed, I was shocked to find myself not a subscriber. Thanks for the humbling reminder Brandon! That issue has been rectified!

seeing you run around with that rifle gives me an idea: you and Matt (demo ranch) should do a 3 gun competition with your most impractical guns possible for each category.

Seeing Brandon run around with that thing outside knowing he's feeling the same Texas outside that I am... I think I started sweating just in sympathetic response.

Gotta say, your imitation of Jörg sold me to subscribe to you. I love this madmans iconic laughter.

I really love this thing, it’s excellent that Brandon has one. Now Brandon make a bullpup AK-50

A gun more rare than left-handed scissors, plus a Metal Gear and Joerg Sprave reference. Excellent.

I was hoping mr. Mat Best would arrive at his range to have some quality time sighting in his big game hunting rifles just to find Brandon running in circles with a bullpup Barrett .50 cal. on his shoulder. Definitely not your average range day

They should have made the barrel even longer so Congressman Herrara could pretend to be master chief

I do like guns and, I came here out of curiosity about Red Hood's anti-material rifle, from the mobile Gatcha game Nikke. Yoko Littner, from Gurran Lagan also has a similar firearm.

The military and Barrett got together and said let's patent something that can shoot down drones. And they did, and they were happy, until they discovered any military rifle can shoot down a drone.

a red dot on a .50 is the most garry's mod thing i've seen on this channel

7:30 Holy shit! A Slingshot Channel reference. That is awesome!

Metal gear solid reference is amazing, I love you Brandon.

Ian really dropped the ball not making Forgotten Weapons a video on this before it was sold. Thanks for picking up the slack, Brandon!

So what you're saying is..., if someone has a bit of experience in gunsmithing and machining, it's not "Impossible" to retrofit a Lvl.1 Beta Barrett into a Lvl.100 Gigachad Barrett. Good to know ;)

Your "Let me show you its features" was awesome! Haha!

Seems like the perfect weapon for a red hooded character

Those of us who are Metal gear solid vets would never forget this beauty in its appearance in MGS4.

Saying the round dumped "like 3% of its energy" into that white claw would mean you think 34 white claws can stop a 50 round. Can you please demonstrate armor plating consisting of 34 white claws?

brandon is gonna make me become a gun smith

I feel proud to have watched enough of Brandon Herrera to know he wouldn’t have fired a 50 BMG into the air

I've said it a million times, this is the type of application bullpups should be used for. Larger calibers, out of longer barrels, giving you more mobility than a nonbullpupped counterpart. There's issues within bullpups that are just ever-present, but bullpup rifles in larger calibers is the most practical application for the concept, well logically atleast. It's still a good few generations away from being a perfect concept. If this went past the prototype stage, we'd likely see quite a few variants or other companies designing off the pattern being used for more forward based snipers (I guess is the best way to word it), or whatever else you could dream up.

It does exactly what it's supposed to, shoulder-fire 50BMG at Minute-of-Helicopter from the standing position. The fact that they're not commercially available is a tragedy.

When he made the bullet comparison... I had to subscribe.... You got me good sir... 💀💀💀🙂🤣🤣🤣

Brandon running around with the A2 up in the air was the stupidest, funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. Good work man, keep it up.

I was in Laos, Air America. In a Chinook landing when I took a 50cal from a sniper. Took out both hydraulic systems and set us on fire. I have total respect for that round.

The Barrell tipped over😂 that's power!

Thank GOD, there are people doing funny videos like that one 🙏

US Military: "We need this, but shoulder-fired." Barrett: _spits out their coffee._ "WHY?" Military: _wipes the booger sugar (probably stolen from keltec) off their upper lip_ "No reason."

I can confirm that the army still has one. It is in a museum on fort lee. All the 91F get to visit it and they have tons of sweet prototypes

Y'know Brandon, WE didn't choose to detonate a pipebomb a few feet from us when we COULD HAVE CHOSE ANY LENGTH OF WIRE with which to detonate said homemade explosive. So at this point, I'm not sure anybody knows what you might do with regards to safety. And no, you're never living that one down.

Just being able to answer the door with this has made my life complete.

I would like to add my vote for a Whiteboard of Knowledge episode breaking down the Barrett in-bolt fire control system. Anyone else?

7:33 Yess, we definitely need an AKGuy and Joerg Sprave cross over :) Maybe introduce your american audience to all the cool shit Joerg had to invent/build for us germans to circumvent our maximally retarded gun laws. I was thinking about maybe the Airringer (an honest to god double shot pistol boltor) or the instant legoals contraption (a magazine fed bow that probably isn't Commiefornia compliant). Have nice day Brandon and greeting from Germany :)

OMG i have wanted to see one of these in action for a very long time!!! This is so freaking cool

Just gotta say that the ADD breaks are genius. I was literally gonna click off right after the internals but I was like, “yeah I can stay for the add break though”.

I honestly like the way it looks a lot. Brings back memories of Metal Gear Solid 4.

Keep the weird shit coming! Always enjoy a Brandon technology breakdown. 4:44 drones fear him for he is their doom.

'let me show you its features' haha! Brilliant quote 😂

When u shot the a1 it sounded exactly like the 2009 mw2 soujd and it made my childhood feel worth it for a moment

Please, please, PLEASE, send this to Forgotten Weapons for a teardown and history lesson. As much as I love using extremely rare firearms to yeet White Claws into geosynchronous orbit, I'd love to see it documented for posterity.

"Let me show you it's features." Nice to see you appreciate Jeorg. Also, I want to see the recoil of being shot into the air. But I know that's a REALLY bad idea just about anywhere.

Seeing Brandon run like that was the highlight of this video

Gosh, it looks slick and smooth af, visually. I want game developers create this gun