How an Owen Gun works

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The Owen Gun, which was known officially as the Owen Machine Carbine, was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn (Evo) Owen in 1939. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-designed and main service submachine gun of World War II and was used by the Australian Army from 1943 until the mid-1960s.
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Owen Gun: full disassembly & assembly
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@armandosabre4111 4 жыл бұрын

The trigger assembly is the simplest that I've ever see in an automatic firearm.

@alpinetarn4603 3 жыл бұрын

Idk about that, however the method for semi-auto disconnect is totally brilliant. Fully automatic fire just requires a seer drop. It's the requirement for semi automatic fire that introduces complexity into trigger groups and I have really got to agree with you that the Owen-gun solution is a real hum-dinger.

@12cm32 3 жыл бұрын

So; after the IDK And blah; Do you agree with Armando?

@Jaded-K 3 жыл бұрын

that's the reason why it was used all throughout the australian army in ww2

@drakejadiel1964 2 жыл бұрын

instaBlaster...

@ianashby6294 2 жыл бұрын

Saw one at aukland museum last month interesting looking fierarm

@gary1477 Жыл бұрын

Though the overall design is attributed to Evelyn Owen, the trigger mechanism was designed by Freddy Kunzler, a Swiss gunsmith employed by Lysaghts Ltd.

@TheDaniel366Cobra 6 жыл бұрын

I like the way the fire selector works! And the trigger is also the disconnector! Ingenious.

@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 4 жыл бұрын

Supper simple design. I like it.

@andreiandrei8240 4 жыл бұрын

Its more similar with a double action trigger. There is no disconector

@disappointedfrog1385 3 жыл бұрын

This is literally some pieces of metal and a dream and I love it

@sharkfinbite 5 жыл бұрын

When I first saw this gun on Forgotten Weapons I was shocked how no video game company included this in ANY ww2 game yet. It looked cool, and unique/exotic (technically it is since from my part of the world anything coming from its place of origin would qualify as exotic. It may not to be others.). I would have had fun running around with this thing if I was a kid playing those games. I hope it will get more usage in later games for the next generation.

@Vel0cir 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently it's in Rising Storm 2 Vietnam

@lancerd4934 4 жыл бұрын

Eh, Americans don't really like to recognize the contributions of other countries to the war in the Pacific. With Europe they (begrudgingly) have to, but in the Pacific, the allied countries were either small and politically less influential (australia, new zealand), or didn't do all that much (britain), and the Pacific war was much more personal to Americans because of pearl harbour. So you rarely, if ever, see anyone or anything from another country fighting the Japanese in any media, whether it's films, games or even documentaries.

@unbidmuffin 2 жыл бұрын

Vangaurd did it

@larriyrnir5756 2 жыл бұрын

@@unbidmuffin no one cares

@aarosundvall Жыл бұрын

@@lancerd4934 Mostly because the Americans were fighting in different locations than the commonwealth.

@johnphillips519 3 жыл бұрын

I remember my father telling me you could throw it in the mud or anything and it would still work, Reliability brings great faith

@FairladyS130 5 жыл бұрын

A big advantage of having the mag on top is that can be quickly changed, just like the Bren gun, particularly when operated prone. According to my first hand experience. What is not shown here is that there is no separate firing pin mechanism, the 'pin' is a dimple machined into the bolt face, the barrel can be quickly removed by lifting the spring loaded pin (which is located in front of the mag) and twisting it off. The USMC ordered thousands but due to limited manufacturing capacity none could be supplied.

@getfragged7051 4 жыл бұрын

R Greenup thank you for your input. I was trying to figure out how the firing pin would strike the round in this break down. I thought maybe the spring delayed the firing pin until the round was properly in the chamber somehow. But I have very limited knowledge on the way different firearms operate.

@iannordin5250 5 жыл бұрын

I could make this in my garage

@benjeff1754 5 жыл бұрын

It was made in a garage

@kh2b573 3 жыл бұрын

@@benjeff1754 thats the joke

@sanicwaffleman7013 3 жыл бұрын

By a teenager as well

@javiercarrasco9410 3 жыл бұрын

Really? ATF is very interested in your skill.

@tacoismagic6975 3 жыл бұрын

lol, it's a joke, the person who made this made the gun in his garage and left it to serve war

@spinach4892 3 жыл бұрын

A true blue aussie masterpiece mate!

@Dimythios 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!! I love the how simple and effective this gun really is.

@RockSolitude 4 жыл бұрын

So simple its absolutely ingenious. Beautiful.

@heffatheanimal2200 6 жыл бұрын

This footage is taken from World Of Guns: Gun Disassembly

@azmanabdula 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing us the brilliance of Owens gun

@joshkent4888 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video my friend.

@viagrabuffalo5141 2 жыл бұрын

Some of that teenage boy ingenuity

@prod.halfnhalf 2 жыл бұрын

Just a couple. Of replays and. Boom. The trigger is simple,and,such a simple switch from full auto to semi auto. Nice job designers

@marcusjulius3772 2 жыл бұрын

very practical gun..easy to make..

@discount8508 3 жыл бұрын

the most reliable machine gun ever made .............test proven

@therandommemecat7738 2 жыл бұрын

This boy is absolute monster in Warzone

@bradfalconer7543 5 жыл бұрын

The story goes as a lad Evo Owen who designed and made the machine gun as a teenager before he joined up for service in WW2. While deployed a fabricating engineer visited his Dad's farm and noticed the gun he become interested and asked permission to develop it. His name was Lysartt and they are still a major company in Australia re steel products. No doubt they got their start from the Owens Machine gun. I recently saw a review on WW2 sub Machine Guns and it rated highly in all aspects of the testing. Simple and reliable. It was still used at the beginning of the Vietnam War before being replaced by L1A1 Self loading Rifle.

@austinbowles7500 3 жыл бұрын

It's stupid simple I love it

@Gewoo_een_kaas_blokje 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you now i can build my own owen gun

@PopeOfTheBullpuptistChurch Жыл бұрын

I want to build one now

@vikingoverlord857 Жыл бұрын

Super cool. 🙂

@imagifyer 6 жыл бұрын

There is one small error here, when the last round is fired the follower should project slightly out of the magazine (past the ejector tab) such that it blocks the path of the bolt and acts as a last round bolt-hold-open (in a case where the bolt is not retained by the sear, ie firing full auto)

@freedomofspeech2867 5 жыл бұрын

There is no bolt catch on the maggs. Proof:(Look at how he has to pull the lever back when the magg empties) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldeUhq-clqq1Y3k.htmlm48s

@jacobbertucci8216 2 жыл бұрын

Do you still have these cad files around? I'm thinking of doing an owen gun as my next semi auto build and I just needed some dimensions. Please let me know!

@neybatista304 3 жыл бұрын

Muito bons esses vídeos

@adrianok4266 6 жыл бұрын

Could you do a Degtyarov DP-28?

@monilkumar1871 6 жыл бұрын

Can I use this footage in a documentary I am doing, royalty free

@Desmaad 3 жыл бұрын

Would you do the Star Z-63 at some point? I'd love to know how the trigger group works.

@colinjohnstone6469 3 жыл бұрын

Get yourself a Steam account it free and go download the free game "world of guns: gun disassembly" you can see pretty well all rifles and handguns you can even slow the cyclical rate down to get a better look at any part you want.

@guts-141 6 жыл бұрын

Please do M55 Reising

@Ch1mbombA 6 жыл бұрын

Please do of villar perosa

@SS-kr5us Жыл бұрын

I don't understand how the bullets don't fling out of the mag? Does it jam easily pulling rounds like that?

@Stoneyfonik 2 жыл бұрын

hippity hoppity that gun is now my property

@anactualalpaca7016 Жыл бұрын

What a wacky looking gun

@YasminPoratSupportPalestine Жыл бұрын

Very simple trigger system.if broken it easy to fix.

@lidilodo9964 2 жыл бұрын

SENJATA LEGENDARIS YANG DISANDANG PAK HARTO DALAM PERJUANGAN MEREBUT JOGJA KEMBALI. 👍👍👍

@user-oi8sq6ci8j 3 жыл бұрын

What makes the gun stop shooting when in semi/burst mode?

@weehudyy 3 жыл бұрын

The safety lever on the left side near the trigger has three positions: Safety , semi-auto ( fires each time you pull the trigger ) and position three , full auto .

@kevalbhatt7724 5 жыл бұрын

Can you give me auto-cad-3d file for spare parts?

@stanisawzokiewski3308 Жыл бұрын

This gun is what the bastard gun in metro games should look like. It would look better, more realistic, still very unique, homemade feel. The in game feature of the bastard gun heating to much would work perfect with the quick change barrel of the owen gun, you could use the same button combination as the pump for tikhar and helsing for barrel changes. To push it even further you could have one barrel chambered for pistol ammo and one for rifle, would totally fit in the metro games and make the gun a very viable option since using two ammo types would be very usefull in a scavenger/low resource style of gameplay that metro has. It would be a huge reason to use it even if the gun wasnt as good as more dedicated pistols and rifles. The magazine could be partially skeletonised for the player to see inside and it covering a part of the screen would be a concideration when picking your weapon.

@synshenron798 Жыл бұрын

Itd be cool but the issue with the idea of rifle and pistol ammo being able to fire from it is innacurate and down right suicidal. From a gameplay stand point sure, its a game about a nuclear apocolypse realism has kinda gone out the window. In real life though that would kill you very quickly. Reason being is this, as Im sure you know rifle cartriages have much more beef to them than a pistol cartriage. Using this mechanism in full auto would blow the gun into pieces because of how much energy is going through it. Dont get me wrong, if that wasnt an issue itd be an awesome idea and I love the idea its just that phsyics does not love that idea. Funny thing is with full auto, its easy with submachine guns. Its not so easy with actual machine guns

@stanisawzokiewski3308 Жыл бұрын

@@synshenron798 You're right i didnt think about the back side of the mechanism. The bolt would either be to heavy and not fire the pistol rounds, or too light and blow up with rifle rounds. You'd need to disassemble the whole thing and replace multiple parts to use such different ammo

@synshenron798 Жыл бұрын

@@stanisawzokiewski3308 uhhh yeah no. Youd need to completely redesign the gun at that point. Rifles fire from a closed bolt position through and through (at least im not aware of any rifles that dont) a sub machine gun fires from an open bolt because the energy from the pistol cartriage is just enough that itll force the spring back but not enough to over pressure the gun and oh I dont know, have the gun explode in your face. You could make a rifle that fires like a sub machine gun but honestly itd have ro be super bulky to withstand all that pressure. At that point a semi auto AK or AR15 with a bump stock would do ya much better

@enolastraight4829 Жыл бұрын

@@synshenron798 Not all submachine guns fire from the open bolt but in general open bolt is the simpler option, so if you make a homemade one it's the one you would probably use. And yeah, the rifle rounds wouldn't work with blowback. Or at least the bolt would be too heavy to be practical. Although i heard about some rifle prototypes for intermediate cartridges using blowback. Also, there were various delayed blowback systems, from gas-delayed blowback on Grossfuss Sturmgewehr and Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr to roller-delayed HK 33.

@synshenron798 Жыл бұрын

@@enolastraight4829 that is true. A submachine doesnt always fire from an open bolt. Im not sure which ones fire from closed bolt as im really more familiar with WW2 era sub machine guns. And I dont know squat about full auto rifles. I imagine theyre not as complex as my mind is imagining though

@Laotzu.Goldbug 5 жыл бұрын

I never understood the magazine placement on this. It seems like you could just as easily have flipped the mechanism around and it had it insert from the bottom, and that way at least you could have some kind of simple sights. With this mechanism, it's impossible to do anything but point shooting

@yaboybouttaturnisraelintoi7329 5 жыл бұрын

The upside down magazine makes it easier to get rid of dirt (which was essential in the Pacific) and it's not that hard to just move the sights a bit to the side, 2 centimetres wouldn't throw of your aim that much. And with a submachine gun, you're not really doing any sharpshooting with it anyway

@neonwizard5117 5 жыл бұрын

MrFattyfatfatboy it was actually quite a good gun even after being submerged in mud it still worked unlike the Thompson which was prone to jamming

@rossyoung1951 5 жыл бұрын

The Aussie troops loved this weapon. It was light and super reliable because very simple. Only for close quarters in jungle.

@bp968 5 жыл бұрын

If i was going to own a world war 2 subgun id want a Thompson. But if i had to *use* one in combat conditions id probably want this.

@lancerd4934 4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean "could have"? It _did_ have sights, they were offset to the side like the bren. Top mounting meant less fouling to get into your open bolt submachine gun. Gravity assisted the feeding. The bottom eject meant it was completely ambidextrous. It could easily be used prone. It was ideal for the jungle fighting it was intended for, and would be used for over 2 decades across the south pacific, Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam and Korea. The gun was universally loved by everyone who used it.

@mikegauthier3617 3 жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell me what the name and function of the threaded nub forward of the magazine is?

@andrewfox-russell1254 3 жыл бұрын

barrel release

@zell9058 3 жыл бұрын

I had a paintball gun that was very similar, lol

@maki49574 4 жыл бұрын

WOW

@medotaku9360 5 жыл бұрын

How does this guy render these weapons? They're awesome.

@thatrandomperson8263 4 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t render them they are from a game called world of guns which is free on steam for the pc

@nedbeaty72 2 жыл бұрын

@@thatrandomperson8263 still awesome

@jizzchugger 2 жыл бұрын

Owen gun lore

@reinhardvandermerwe6585 3 жыл бұрын

So the chamber is empty ..? the trigger loads the chamber?

@andrewfox-russell1254 3 жыл бұрын

yes - open bolt design. when you depress the trigger the bolt moves forward (under spring pressure) and chambers a round. When the round is properly chambered and can be moved no farther forward by the bolt the fixed firing pin (machined into the bolt face) ignites the primer/powder and the resultant force is what recycles the bolt and starts the whole process again.

@kerbodynamicx472 3 жыл бұрын

where do you get the ammunition tho?

@roshee5573 3 жыл бұрын

It’s 9mm

@durbazolini 4 жыл бұрын

Прошу прощения за то, что пишу не на английском, но мне слишком лень переводить. Почему нельзя было перевернуть затвор и расположить магазин снизу? Если сделано именно так затем, чтобы не мешать при стрельбе лёжа, то почему магазин направлен вверх, а не в бок, как у СТЭН?

@burbilog 4 жыл бұрын

Ползать с магазином, торчащим вбок, крайне неудобно. СТЭН придется поворачивать магазином вверх, соответственно рукоять затвора будет собирать говно с земли. С ним вообще ползать неудобно.

@user-uq7dj5xp4i 3 жыл бұрын

Надо было магазин в рукоять спрятать, не доработанный. Спешили видно оттого и несуразный вышел.

@BlackCoinCrypto 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry bro but that is hard to watch. By animating the recoil it makes it too hard for me to track the movement of the bolt in relation to the disconnector and other trigger components. Otherwise i would have loved it.

@c13republicyoutubechannelb93 6 жыл бұрын

That’s my name the Owen gun is my name

@sharkfinbite 5 жыл бұрын

Haha. Nice motto.

@azmanabdula 2 жыл бұрын

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

@nedbeaty72 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@azmanabdula 2 жыл бұрын

@@nedbeaty72 Huh? Huh? huh?

@AdrianoSantos-mc2sk 6 жыл бұрын

Nao mostra a gulha trabalhando

@elvinsmatthew 6 жыл бұрын

where exactly does the gas system fit in

@yaboybouttaturnisraelintoi7329 5 жыл бұрын

*inhales*

@mikem9001 5 жыл бұрын

there is none, its blowback operated

@cattledog901 5 жыл бұрын

Duuuurrrr

@conorclimo8534 5 жыл бұрын

There is none. It is blowback operated.

@nedbeaty72 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@DdDD-de4ec 6 жыл бұрын

How the heck can this smg load a round into the chamber of the barrel without the round dropping down?

@rallyausofficial 6 жыл бұрын

Dd DD I think it's the same principle as a bolt action where the bolt catches the bullet on the rim and chambers it

@Reivehn 6 жыл бұрын

the answer is feed lips on the magazine, the bolt moves forward and slams it into the chamber, fires, and then the extractor catch pulls the case out and its kicked out of the gun with the ejector, the other round waits behind the magazine feed lips before being stripped by the bolt into the chamber to fire a new round.

@swissbianco 6 жыл бұрын

yes the feed lips, it dont matter if the mag is from below or top or sideways, the spring pressure would trow the ammo out anyways if its not guided on the feedlips and forced by the moving bolt into the chamber. what is unique on the own is that the magazine has a section that is the ejector! usually that part is by the receiver.

@davegilshenen5662 6 жыл бұрын

The safety/change lever was a bit suspect, so a 'safety slide' was added to the rear of the receiver, which when sliding to the right prevented the bolt from going forward if the gun was cocked and stopped the bolt from moving to the rear if the gun was dropped, a fault common to many blowback weapons which fired from an open bolt. I carried one in Vietnam, my dad carried one in New Guinea in WW2. Kept us both alive.

@alexjohnward 6 жыл бұрын

Have you fired modern autos, and how would you compare it?

@robinharwood5044 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't explain how the thing works. Those of us who don't know about blowback mechanism get no help from this animation.

@andrewfox-russell1254 3 жыл бұрын

there are some really good and simple youtube videos on blowback firearms. a quick search will have you an "expert" in no time lol

@robinharwood5044 3 жыл бұрын

Could you recommend one, please?

@greatthinker4209 5 жыл бұрын

So a Tommy gun with the mag on top

@conorclimo8534 5 жыл бұрын

More like STEN.

@insertname.5985 5 жыл бұрын

It was made in Australia.

@weehudyy 3 жыл бұрын

Much more reliable , than the Sten or the Thompson, perfect for jungle conditions . Simple firing mechanism wasn't prone to jamming , the top loading and bottom ejection meant mud and moisture couldn't get in . The Aussie army were still using them early 60s in Vietnam despite the last of them manufactured in 1948

@cranegantry868 2 жыл бұрын

The recoil animation ruins being able to watch how the gun worked.

@8TimeTurner8 6 жыл бұрын

it looks like a diet tommy gun

@Yoyle-jq9ul 6 жыл бұрын

Rawfire when you pour diet coke on a gun 😂

@user-cj5bk7tw7t 2 жыл бұрын

@nelutu6506 6 жыл бұрын

50% waste of energy,no locking mechanism(rotating bolt).

@Alldaboss 5 жыл бұрын

It dosent really need one when the round is pushed into chamber then fired

@bp968 5 жыл бұрын

Its an open bolt blowback gun. Its all about simplicity and reliability. What would you even do with the "wasted" energy anyway? The projectile has the same velocity regardless the operating system.

@realgood687 Жыл бұрын

Upside down gun

@rosenrusev6522 3 жыл бұрын

What a ugly weapon

@weehudyy 3 жыл бұрын

Built in an Aussie garage by a kid , manufactured by a steel and tube company still in existence , they make roofing materials ... They made next to nothing from it's development and manufacture , unlike the 300% markup on Thompson SMG

@pimpompoom93726 2 жыл бұрын

@@weehudyy Where do you get this '300% markup on the Thompson SMG'? The initial Thompson SMG was expensive to make with lots of precision machining operations, but there was no markup like that. John Thompson only wished he made a profit like that. The 'Tommy' was simplified as the USA entered the war and the M1A1 purchase price was about $ 45-still expensive by WW2 SMG standards, but not outlandish. US military bought all that were produced at the same time buying many M3 'Grease Gun' SMG's, the latter of which cost about $15/unit. M1 Garand rifle cost about $ 30 in 1945 and the M1 Carbine about the same.

@weehudyy 2 жыл бұрын

@@pimpompoom93726 Every single arms manufacturer that ever supplied The US military ripped off the long suffering US tax payer . Not just the arms dealers .During the Vietnam war some enterprising civilian was charging hundreds of dollars for anti scuff pads on CHAIRS .

@pimpompoom93726 2 жыл бұрын

@@weehudyy I guess I'm not going to get detail on your allegation of '300%' markup on Thompson SMG's? Like most statements made in social media, it's unsubstantiated. The simplified Thompson M1A1 sold for $ 45/unit and that was a bargain, they are not cheap to make. I worked 46 years in US manufacturing industry as an engineer before retiring last year, I know a little about precision machining operations.

@weehudyy 2 жыл бұрын

@@pimpompoom93726 I really don't give a rat's about what you think or believe . You are responding to a comment made a year ago after watching a bunch of vids on the Owen and comparable weapons . Americans are without exception whiney little snowflakes that can't handle any criticism of their perceived superiority , you prove this notion perfectly .