Couldn’t agree more. My favorite.

I agree. Big fan of this unique format.

:) cheers

Agreed, loved the explanation

Any man who is in a happy relationship with a woman, will likely look for excuses to involve or mention his partner.

@Seth9809 Ditto, anyone in an unhappy relationship won't shut the f*ck up about their partner 🤭

When were you out there? I never got to work with any Norwegians in Afghanistan, only in mainland europe and it was a fantastic experience!

@@9HoleReviews 2004 to 2007. The mission names where "ISAF VI" to "ISAF X". I spent most of my time in and around Kabul with several stints north to aid the Germans in Mazar-i-Sharif.

​@@RakadisDid one of your buddies shoulder fire the Mg3? haha

That's sad they had you turn it in. You should have been given it to take home.

Had mine G3 to the end, even that mine last AG3 was a bad shooter. It`s hard to learn an old dog new tricks. Had 25 years whit it. Liked the 416 but learning a new weapon system was not worth it for just 2 years of service.

I had mine out and with me all day... but then that's most days if wife at work

Same. Tucked in bed with me

Just ordered one last night!🎉

Awesome! I remember years ago playing pool and it was a lightbulb that switched on in my mind! It had been bouncing around my noggin since then and i'd wanted to use pool balls to explain it

@@9HoleReviewsvery nicely done. I’m a teacher (college), I very much appreciated the demonstrative use of cue balls to explain the roller lock system. Very clever idea coupled with excellent video production.

Cheers! I should have mentioned Denmark, sorry that I didn't, I remember seeing the palace guards with their G3/AK4's on patrol too

@@9HoleReviews Dear Sir. No problem - you are the best…! 🇩🇰🎗🇺🇸

You should check out the small Iraq display at the Danish Kriegs museum in Copenhagen. It has some living quarters and an IRD destroyed vehicle. As an American the whole museum was very interesting, although there should be a Madsen weapons display there. The Madsen light machine gun being 50 years ahead of it’s time.

@@danditto6145 I took my youngest son to that museum last year to show him one of the finest and largest collections of firearms in the world…only to find out that the present management has stowed EVERYTHING except a handfull of guns away in a giant warehouse … somewhere. The Old custodian that told me this almost had tears in his eyes. Catastrophy…! Plain and simple.

@@jakinfoto1 I served in the U.S. Army and love the care they took in the preservation of of their complete set of Union Uniforms from the American Civil War. They were so well preserved that they looked new. Sad to hear about all the small arms being taken away. I go there every December, that the Viking Ship museum in Roskilde and the National Museum. That and get royally drunk on Christmas beer, rind on Bacon and small potatoes with parsley sauce at Klubben in Vesterbro. Great time always.

When was it not recognize ?

ありがとう 🙏

Very similar to Portugal. A lot of guys are reluctant to give up g3s for scars. First deployment for nato in DRC a lot of guys preferred g3s even though they just go scars

as a fellow kenyan i agree.G3 has dominated since the 80s.when germany dumped them in bulk in east africa.nowadays most officers i see have either Cz bren 2 or Steyr AUG and some scorpion evo 9 carbines👌🏻

Good luck with the SCAR 17

See you in two weeks :)

Well, I was in the Bundeswehr as a paratrooper, on a reserve officer path, going through all the NCO ranks before commissioned and we used the collapsing shoulder stock version of the G3 as the standard rifle in our units, along with fixed shoulder stock accurized G3A3ZF and G3SG/1 as well MSG3. No problem with the cheek weld on the collapsible stock, Josh's comment kind of shows that his main experience is that of a "range jockey"...

@@TheRealRedRooster I know about the G3SG/1 and the G3A3ZF. we had 4 of the latter ones in the armory too, but i never got my hands on one of them. never heard of a MSG3. is it a typo and you meant the MG3? "range jokey" sounds kinda derogatory. the man is a sports shooter, as far as i'm aware, who never served in any armed forces. nothing bad about that in my book.

@@TheRealRedRooster I have always found it weird also that so many people complain about the collapsing stock versions of the G3. I never carried the G3 in the military, being a former American soldier, but I've shot semi-auto G3 rifles here in the States for years with the collapsible stock, and honestly, I prefer it *over* the fixed stock version if I am shooting iron sights.

I have a full-auto G3A4 with the collapsible stock, and I don't find it too bad. Although full-auto without a bipod and optic is "challenging".

@@farmerbrown84 Never fired any G3 full auto, beside a single time during initial training, dumping one magazine just to "get a feel for it". Simply no point in it....

Thanks! We're actually considering doing a stand-alone video in comparing roller delayed vs roller locked too.

​@@9HoleReviewsplease do

@@9HoleReviews Nobody! Nobody yet has explained roller delayed blowback system by the example of shooting cherry kernels by squeezing your fingers! ;)

No wonder you think it’s soft, you’re shooting plastic training ammo

@@RNagy-ke4se i take it you have never seen the German DAG ammo .. it’s not plastic 😂 and also haven’t been shooting long because ammo has always been cheap compared to today’s market

⁠@@RNagy-ke4seMy PTR91 is an extremely soft shooter. But I put in a Springfield enhanced buffer, a 36° locking piece, a Strike J-Comp V2 and a HK21 butt pad.

​@@ihcterra4625 Yeah the enhanced heavy buffer and compensator makes a _huge_ difference in recoil, I got the Precision Armament M4-72 severe duty comp and I've never shot a .308 before that has that little recoil, though the reverse angle vents throw a lot of gas and concussion lol. The enhanced buffer is really the cherry on top, with both combined it shoots softer than an AR-15, though with perhaps a little more of a "shove" sensation. I've let my 8yr old nephew shoot it, he would shoot the thing all day long if I let him lol. And if you're a handy person and know a little about trigger work it's also very easy to tune the trigger up yourself, I cut the hammer hook down to .015" thou tall, polished it and the sear face, then soldered in two small copper spacers to the trigger bar that hits between the travel limit pins, which dropped the pull weight down to 4.5lbs, almost completely eliminated trigger creep, and reduced total trigger travel to about .075", it cost me nothing and took about an hour and a half, it makes a night and day difference in speed and accuracy, it shoots like an AR now.

oh dude the SDU's love affair with the PSG1 and SG1 are legendary

Sorry it took a while, but we wanted to get the review right on such a legend of a rifle! It took us a year plus to work on proper recoil handling techniques!

It's going to be at least an hour long if he's going to talk about every country that used it lmao

Both are indeed excellent but in different areas. While the FAL is a more pleasant shooting experience the G3 is propably better to have in a war, not realy for reliability reasons but you can tell that the CETME/G3 were designed with actual war conditions in mind given that the operating system is realy simple and the entire gun is stamped. Like you can tell that FN (and all the nations that adopted tje FAL) expected to be able to make finely crafted rifle with a milled reciever during a war with an opponent like the soviet union where as the Germans certainly knew that no,no you can't.

Omg that’s pricy. PTR makes great clones here in the US that are just over €900 though the barrels are not cold hammer forged. The first 2 shots irons at 100yds/M was a 1 MOA, bullseye hit

My G3-Clone was about 1500€ when I bought it in 2007. Did the price go up so steeply? Then I'm a very happy and lucky guy. Love my Sabre Defence XR41 (only 1000 where made).

@@StarFireG3 Jan 2022 after tax it was around $1k-$1100, not sure what prices for them were like 5-10 years ago Who was your manufacturer?

@@GK-mr9ko Sabre Defence, Model: XR41. Only 1000 where made. Actual price in Germany for a new G3-Clone is about 3000 Euro.

@@StarFireG3 you can still get the turkish ones for 2300 and up

It's nothing like the MP44. Harrera is a massive douche. The gas piston of the Garand is nothing like the AK.

Cheers! The roller delayed blowback firearms are by far some of the most interesting ones out there!

Check out Forgotten Weapons HK33 and Cetme-L episodes.

We've actually filmed one for practical accuracy already!

@@9HoleReviews Oh! Is it published or upcoming?

@@j.yossarian6852it’s filmed and pending post production and discussion

They always are. New is scary.

In 2001 we still trained with G3 but did almost all shooting with the G36 - the G3s we had where so worn and ratty there wasn't much love lost - on the other hand no G36 would have survived as long in recruit hands. The main Issue I observed back then had been that the logistics where not really read for the 5,56 cartridge - if you had a G36 and any other weapon you would carry around 2 cleaning kits also not buying the MG36 was certainly a problem because the MG3 (fantastic weapon!) did not really integrate well into dismounted operations (as shown later in Afghanistan) .

Wrong Button! Carolingian Empire was in 843 devided into three parts : West Frankish Empire ( basicly modern France) under Karl the bald, Eastern Frankish Empire ( basicly former West Germany, Austria and german part of Switzerland) under Ludwig the fat ( or the lazy) and Frankish Middle Empire ( current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Alsace - Lorraine, Burgundy/ Rhone Valley, and Italy north of former Papal State , and Duchy of Spoleto), under Lothar , see german name for Lorraine - Loth(a)ringen. In 911 last Carolingian King in East Frankish Empire, Ludwig ( called The Child) died, and East Frankish ( german) nobles noticed, we no more understand West Frankish Nobility, they no more speak frankish ( now a german dialect) and elected an own king, Konrad l. In 986 ( ?, i am german!), last Carolingian King in West Frankish Empire died and West Frankish Nobility elected an own king , Hugo Capet. Frankish Middle Empire divided into four parts, which in 10th / mid 11th century became of East Frankish Empire, now Holy Roman Empire of German Nation. But in Northern Italy and Burgundy/Rhone Valley german language was never spoken, even the Nobility there had not forgotten their germannic ( frankish, burgundian, gothic or langobardian) ancestors. Around 1300 HRE was over its peak of power and Duchy of Burgundy came into french influence, and became a part of France, or a Vassal State with much Independence. The Dukes of Burgundy had been spectacular rich, they owned Burgundy as vassals of French King, and most of current Netherlands and Belgium as vassals of HRE ( basicly german) Emperor. Now in 1470s, last Duke of Burgundy, Karl der Kühne/ Charles the Bold, tried to create his own Kingdom between HRE and France. He tried to conquer Alsace and parts of Switzerland, but failed and died in action. His daughter was married with later HRE Emperor Maximilian l. So Maximilian of Habsburg dynasty was heir of Charles' territories in HRE. These territories had been rich, but Maximilian was not liked there. The sucessor of Maximilian was his grandson Charles V of Spain, and current Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Spain ,parts of current german state Baden-Württemberg, and parts of Italy had been Habsburg lands. But in late 16th century now protestant Netherlands revolted sucessfully and became Independent, but current Belgium was as , Austrian Netherlands ' a part of HRE up to 1792/1793. So in short words: The time, current Belgium was part of HRE is about four times longer than being Independent ( since 1831). Yes, i have Asperger disorder.

Hi Kamerad, es gibt nichts besseres als das gute alte G3. Meine Standard Waffe beim MFG 3 in Nordholz.

Infact the G3 beats the FAL in numbers produced and is still the most widespread battle rifle in the world.

In a round about way, it was already a “German” rifle. 😂

The BGS primary rifle was the G1 for the vast majority of their existence. It wasn't just issued to some units, it was all of them.

rollers are betteersolution longetivity wise versus flat resistance plains. Plains more prone to jamming, freesing up....

Copy that.

Would it possible to get more Josh too? I love his course of fire segments. Would be awesome to see him run these rifles, even the old ones. Actually the idea of him trying to run like a Martini Henry in a course sounds amazing lmao

Last time I was at the range with my previous militia unit, I actually encountered the first ever G3 breakdown! (Ak4C/D) The angled section of a colleagues ejector had snapped clean off, on the other hand, that kind of breakages occuring now and then on the Ak4C/D iterations is not as surprising since they are all former service rifles that has been brought out of long term mobilization depot storage, modified with picatinny standard top rails and re-issued with new stocks. Some of them, like the Ak4D I was issued a few years ago, are even from the initial batches of west german rifles imported before domestic licence production had been set up and worked out the production kinks. And underneath the cosmoline grease it was absolutely drenched in, it had so much neutralised powder slag that I had to spend more than an hour cleaning out the worst of it, and still couldn't get the extractor off the bolt or even get a grip on the extractor spring until I had run half a mag through it and zeroed the bitch... *Then* , I could start cleaning it the rest of the way. A squad mates rifle was so full of crud, it had to be used as a straight pull bolt action rifle for several full mags of ball ammo, taking it apart and cleaning it a bit further between each mag before it was even possible to get it to cycle, and to get enough crud out of the chamber fluting to leave the characteristic extraction marks on the brass...

@@SonsOfLorgar That is crazy that some of those rifles were the original ones sent from Germany to Sweden before AK4 production was set up, and that they are still being used! I t sucks that an ejector broke, but I guess considering these things are from the '70s or at least the '80s, it's not terribly surprising. That sounds like an absolute mess to clean up.

You should review the PTR-32 and Brethren B52 which are modernized clones of the HK32, the 7.62x39mm variant of the G3.

"Honey, would you be so kind to push me out of a doorframe on camera?" -"Hold my beer."

Eu pressionei Henry para fazer o vídeo

PS - Extra points for the spot on German accent bit