Strange on how aesthetic this rapid firing rectangle attached to other rectangles is.

When you’re waiting for Bruce Willis to come home, don’t leave it on the kitchen counter while you use the bathroom.

16:30 Sometimes, military guys just come up with the best one-liners. There was a marine commander in Korea, who when completely surrounded apparently said; "We've been searching for the enemy for some time. They're now in front of us, behind us, to our left, and to our right. They can't get away now."

Best not to leave one of these on the kitchen counter when you are taking a crap

“Good for a gunfight in a phone booth and not much else”

Those suppressors always baffle me

"Bullet hose" is a dead-on accurate assessment. I have a 10 and an 11, and they're fine firearms for as crudely as they were manufactured. Very sturdy and reliable. What he didn't tell us, and what is very east to miss about these SMGs, is that the cocking knob is also a safety feature. If you rotate it 90 degrees, to where you can't see the sights through the two grooves cut in it, the bolt can not be drawn to the rear position. All in all, great little guns. But you'll burn through a LOT of ammo.

How Ingram got a double stack single feed grease gun magazine to cycle over 1000 rounds per minute is a mystery to me.

I got seven mac-11's, about eight thirty-eights, nine nines and ten mac-tens

At least it ended up as an iconic B-movie, FPS game and Gangsta-rap gun

In the mid 1980's these were VERY popular, especially here in Miami, Florida. I had my own FFL at the time and I would buy semi-auto (closed bolt) MAC-10's by the case. Even though this version was semi-auto only, it was basically the same firearm minus the retractable shoulder stock and of course, no full auto select-fire (semi-auto and SAFE selectable only). People didn't seem to care though and I sold loads of them (legally). Miami Vice was in production back then and the show popularized the MAC-10 like crazy. My (dealer) cost on them was $299.99 and I sold them for $400 all day long. They also made a fake suppressor which cost an additional $29.99. It was actually a real suppressor minus the internal baffles, and the removable end cap was welded in place. Most people wanted to also buy the faux suppressor for two reasons. One, it gave the weapon a nicer/cooler appearance, and two, as indicated in the video, it made firing the MAC-10 much easier, not to mention safer, because the suppressor could be used as a forend/grip. Firing it semi-auto didn't generate the heat the full-auto version does so people always wanted to include the faux suppressor. In the mid 80's all the MAC-10's I bought were stamped as having been made in Stephenville, Texas and did NOT have the Cobray logo. IMHO, the semi-auto MAC-10 wasn't very much fun to shoot but lots of people would practice firing them at their side at the hip line by holding the weapon by the grip and looping their thumb through the belt loop of the pants to secure and make the weapon as stationary as possible. With some practice, one could employ the "bump-fire" method to fire the MAC-10. Most semi-auto MAC-10's were merely bought for show anyway. Most people fired them once (if ever) and would attach the faux suppressor and hang them on the wall in their man cave for people to look at (yes, some people actually did that back then). I had a 9mm and .45 acp pair for years until I got tired of looking at them and sold them off a few years ago. The semi-auto versions were great to look at but were rather boring to shoot. Today if you felt the need to strap yourself with a high capacity 9mm pistol you'd be better off buying a Glock 17 (or equivalent) with a 33 round extended magazine or a drum or tandem drum magazine. You would have a far better shooting experience and you'd have a decent pistol, too.

This guns are infamous here in Colombia. The perfect guns for Pablo Escobar's sicarios: 2 young assasins from the poorest Medellin neighborhoods, no helmets, fast Yamaha 2 stroke enduro bikes, a MAC or MAC clone in any caliber, and you have a perfect killing machines. In 1984, Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was killed in that way. in 1989, presidential candidate Carlos Galán was killed in a political rally, a sicario manages to go under the stage when he was giving a speech, the wood floor was no match for the spray of bullets underneath, and his bulletproof vest was usless when you have bullets entering in your crotch.

great to see them together

I hear the SAS used them when in plain clothes in N.Ireland. They called them 'glovebox guns'. The idea being that if their car was ambushed or caught at a roadblock they could quickly get it out of the glove box and spray in the enemies' direction to suppress them whilst making their get away.

I see that KZfaq forced Ian to blur out a part of this video where he shows how to "modify a firearm" which is showing how he... puts the suppressor onto the gun?

I fall asleep every night to these videos. Soothing voice combined with info i never needed about guns. Perfect

Man, seeing how bulky an ingram/MAC-10 is in real life makes me see how real CS:GO's description of a 'box that bullets come out of' is.

poor Gordon Ingram , it is always sad when a guy is thrown out of his own company.

I'm here before all the Warzone boys start showing up.

Incidentally, the weapon Snake Plissken uses in Escape From NY is a "Mac" 10 with a SIONICS two-stage suppressor chambered in .45 ACP.

Ahhh the American Uzi always a favourite with the OG's.

I was being shown a small private gun collection of almost all shotguns and hunting rifles when the owner suddenly pulls out a Mac 10. I was not expecting it.

Military Arms Corporation is such an inventive name for a weapons manufacturer. Like naming a restaurant chain Food Eating Location. But still, love the M11 simplicity.

Every time a new gun comes to Call of Duty, the forgotten weapon's video of it pops up in my recommended.

The perfect weapon to “escape from New York”

Nothing like flying over San Andreas in your jetpack, wielding two of those 9mm badboys.

If Ian ever taught a history class I would love to be a part of it, this dude is a walking encyclopedia

"The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had lead up to this point. I released my finger from the trigger...and then it was over."

>stock does a great job of falling off your shoulder >stock is too short >stock is too low for people >weapon is inaccurate Yeah sounds like a genuine Cobray weapon to me boys

I remember going to gun shows, in the late '70s & early '80s, and seeing Mac10 being sold to civilians. The guns were sold in semi-auto mode only, but heard talk saying they could fairly easily be converted to full-auto. When that talk got loud enough, the authorities step in, and the Mac10 disappear from the civilian market.

It makes me sooooooo mad when people call it an "Uzi"

Your historical knowledge on these obscure models is stunning. Great work, as always.

When I look at that MAC-10 on the right, I can't help but think that Ian should've worn an eye-patch for this video...

I had the pleasure of being able to fire a MAC 10 with an Ingram silencer pretty much whenever we went shooting.The silencer, still had an intact insulator sleeve. Due to the rate of fire you really had to bare down on it,although the silencer did make it easier. If you did your part it would produce some fairly decent groups. It was always fun to watch somebody dumping a mag as there would be a cascade of brass casings arching through the air.Always a blast.

Many a zombie's legs have I decimated with this gun.

My late grandfather was a long range reconnaissance patrol ranger in the Vietnam war, and listening to this, he definitely got to play with that thing. Love love love this video and the history there.

I owned an M10 45 an M10 9 and an M11 .380 and regret selling them everyday ! Great fun !

My Dad was issued one of these in the 80's while working undercover narcotics in S. FL. I was around 11 or 12 at the time and I had been shooting since I was 5, but for the life of me I couldn't hit anything with it as much as I tried. I remember the rate of fire was so intense that I'd hit the trigger for just a millisecond and would immediately see a dozen simultaneous dirt hits on the backstop. Absolutely insane. And you don't get much time to perfect the technique because the mags are empty after only a few attempts. So I never did get many good bursts to hit the target with the ammo I was given. Undercover cops back then were never really issued F/A weapons but there was a situation where a certain group of southern Italian businessmen obtained OCB agents personal information. It didn't take long for us to be targeted and after some dangerous interactions the M10 was issued and I found myself in my own real Miami Vice episode.

I own Mitch Warbells Army duffel bag. Bought it after he passed away. His home was just down the road from me. Neat stone and concrete home.

Not surprised got recommended this after the broken Mac 10 in warzone just got released

The Ingram. A gun that was used by Snake. A gun that was used by Max Payne. A gun that is overall sexy and badass which I will never ever be able to obtain. But still awesome gun.

Hail gun Jesus may his teachings be long remembered in gun scripture

In 1992, I purchased a Cobray M10 in .45 ACP just for fun. I paid around $350 for it. I put about 150-200 rounds through it and put it back in the original box. I forgot about it until 2007 and sold it for $1,700. I regret the sale, but needed the money. Oh well, I look at it as a great investment. Thank you for the info and entertaining video post. Best of luck to you and your family 🍀❤️

My first SMG in 1983 as a CL3 dealer.Never sold it,ended up keeping it all these years..45 cal Powder Springs gun.Never a malfunction using modified M3 mags.Just shot it in my front yard after a long time.Great fun!

When I was a kid I wanted one of these so badly. Now that I'm an adult, I still want one of these so badly.

Still see this at Singapore's Changi airport occasionally. Some paramilitary security peeps carry it, in the smaller, .380 version.

Didnt realize these came from right down the road from me. One of my favorites in the black ops days

The Miami Drug Wars. Ahhh.... the 80’s. Great video as always Ian!! I love this channel. All time favorite channel!!!

That's how you're gonna beat em Butch, they keep underestimating ya.

Shoot the gun in full auto? It's gonna be fun

Dude your videos are so cool. I'm sure you won't see this but thank you for keeping information about firearms fun and engaging!

I love how simple the design of open bolt full-auto sub machine guns can be.

So the question is : did you invoke your inner SOG, collapse the stock, and use the front of the sling as a foregrip to clear some rooms before filming?

All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!

great video! love the history of the gun. i bought a new cobray m11 on gunbroker for $350 a few years ago this little brick keeps going up in value

I've always been vaguely aware of this gun, but never knew much about it. That was an excellent explanation of how it came to be (and how it eventually came not to be), thanks a lot for the vid!

Being from powder Springs/Kennesaw/Marietta (you can throw a rock from one zip code to another) it’s pretty cool to see some local history. Back when Dallas Highway was a dirt road and Cobb county was all farmers

*Max Payne would like to know your location.*

In the late 70's early 80's I was a submarine in the Royal Navy, often working with the SBS. I was responsible for the torpedo compartment where they lived while on board, so spent a lot of time with them. At that time they were equipped with the MAC 11 (I think) though they never told me what they thought of them. At the time a part of my job was responsibility for the boats boarding party weapons which were Sterling smg's. The only time they were used was when new trainees were given an introduction to them which included firing them at floating targets (obviously when we were on the surface), I demonstrated, firing one mag, and then they were each issued with one mag and I supervised them shooting. I always loaded an extra one so I could have another go. I remember passing long night watches stripping and cleaning them. Happy days.

That wellber guy must be reeeealy cool with this gun

Never had much interest in guns ....but finding myself watching a lot of your stuff 👍

Thank you, ive been hoping for this video. Can you do a comparison between the mac 11 and the uzi just because?

This video answered a lot of questions. Thank you

Can’t stop watching these videos

I swear I've heard the "skip an M number assuming the military is going to use it" thing before.

Back in the early 2000s (wow, hard to believe we can say that already ... where does time go?), I had an NFA dealer friend and he wound up with a suppressed M10 in .45 and one in 9x19 without a can. That was back in my SWAT days and I was regularly shooting a lot of various SMGs and automatic carbines like M4s and even an HK 53 (ah, now THERE's a cool gun to cover, though not exactly "Forgotten," I suppose). So, anyway, there I was all trained up and "experienced" and dude hands me the 9x19 M10 and tells me to do a full mag dump in a 55 gallon drum about ten steps away. Pffft, no problem. Okay ... I won't say the drum was safe, but only about 1/3 of the rounds hit it, LOL. Staying away from full mag dumps, however, it wasn't all that bad, but with that cyclic rate a "quick burst" was often more rounds than you intended. For their purpose, though, they were a cool design. Oh, the suppressed .45 version I shot was a lot more accurate than I thought it would be. Not a target piece by any means but quite capable (I did not opt for the full mag dump, LOL). The can made it hearing safe and I could hear the bullets tear through the plywood target backing quite clearly from 15 yards or so. Very interesting bit of history and honestly fun little guns.

My favourite looking guns of them all. Just love that rectangular look

This is one of those strangely iconic guns that people just kind of... love. I have one of the Ducktown, TN. Cobray semi versions, and friends love to shoot it. People at the local ranges stop and look at it.. They suck to shoot, but there's something inherently cool about them. I've read some other comments on here about accuracy. I've never had any issues with mine. It has an old Beamshot laser on it, and years ago (I haven't shot it in quite some time) you could shoot smiley faces on targets at 10, 15, 20+ yards. The "Trigger slap" of the semis is horrible. It has a small piece of rubber hose on the trigger to cushion it. For those unaware, when the design changed from full auto (Open bolt design) to semi-auto-only (closed bolt design) The modified bolt design caused the trigger to "slap back" every time the bolt cycled. It makes for a horrible and painful shooting experience. And yet, friends still love shooting this thing.

1st, maybe growing up in the 80's I love this piece. 2nd this channel is absolutely amazing. I don't think there is anything else on YT that packs this much information into a short amount of time, all delivered really nicely. Keep up the great work man!

Sure miss my MAC 11 and being young with money to blow. I would reload all week ( which I enjoyed ) and then have two seconds of fun on the weekend. Collect brass and repeat. Those were the best days of my life.

I love guns, I love watching these kind of videos.

I really, really like your videos. Excellent knowledge and presentation...

These were prominently featured in nearly every "men's adventure" novel series during the '70s and '80s. Mack Bolan, Phoenix Force, Able Team, The Guardians, etc. Good times! 👍

Such a simple blocky design yet so beautiful

I fired all three models in the late 70's and perhaps the early 80's. The first was the M11 without the suppressor. It was the first fully auto gun I ever fired and I was totally astounded at the rate of fire. I later shot the .45 and 9mm at a gun range (Red Bull?) down the street from Warbell's compound, which allowed you to fire fully automatic weapons. If my memory is correct, the owner of the range was somehow involved with Warbell's Soldier of Fortune training facility. As noted in another earlier post, the difference between being in Powder Springs, GA and Marietta, GA can literally be from one side of the street to the other, and to my knowledge the factory was always on Warbell's farm.

You have the best video explanations about guns. Congratulations from Spain.

A proper video of the Ingram SMG. Its about time

Werbell’s compound was right next to my high school( McEachern1978-82) . We would hear full auto gun fire often. Also got to meet Mitch Werbell....

My father bought one of the M10s with the suppressor when they had a fire sale back in the day. Actually, I think he may have bought a couple for friends in law enforcement. We used to take it out to the range and man, was it an attention getter! And it was indeed a very heavy gun. Super unwieldy without the suppressor on it.

Excellent !! I simply love them...

Loool "I'll just call it the M5, any M4 they adopt won't last very long."

Finally. You finally did a video on my favorite gun of all time. God they're beautiful.

what a great video. super interesting. thank you !

I always liked the appearance and stock setup of the vz 61 scorpion over the various MAC's and Uzi's.

I don't own guns, I don't use firearms but this was impressively informative. Good stuff, mate.

Can't shoot your fingers off when you shoot it one handed sideways. A stocking cap and gold teeth complete the package!

Man I would love to take a thing like that to the range for a day!!!! Looks like so much fun!!

I'm not even into guns, but this was an awesomely informative video about such an infamous firearm. Subscribed!

Man this video brings back all kinds of nostalgia. My Mother's M11 is what made me appreciate the 2nd Amendment as a kid in the 90's.

Fun watching while holding mpa57dmg, I was eyeing the plastic grip insert the whole time and then noticed my grip was more comfortable. This thing must be significantly lighter than the original you described because it only kinda sucks to hold and wave around for a while. Thanks for a new appreciation of the modern redesign I got for nostalgia.

No surprise when I went looking for a video on the M10 I find that you have one. Good job! This is my favourite firearm. I am from Australia and managed to fire a Cobray 9mm Semi-auto firearm in a Gun Shop in Tucson when I visited once. Good fun. Was a bit disappointed it was only Semi.

Sionics is right down the street from my parents farm! Those boys can make some noise😂. I love listening to them

when i was a teenager in the mid 90's i always dreamed of owning one of these things, alas i'm middle aged now and still don't own one.

Commando intro: “I was afraid you’d miss me...” Cooke - ”Don’t worry, we won’t.”

The M-10 is serious and does a great job of speaking up for you!!!

Mac 11 is my favorite I love this gun every time I pick it up it reminds me of the old days!!!😏 thanks for this video 👍🏽👌🏽🙂

Also was featured as Vincent Vega's (Travolta) sub gun (that he get's killed with while exiting the bathroom by Butch/Willis) in Pulp Fiction. Edit: Apparently the MAC was actually Marcellus'. He left it behind when he went for coffee. ; )

Gotta point out Werbell lead a badass life, from the OSS, to making suppressors, to being a pmc and having assassinations attempts on his life

Best EDC ever.

Not forgotten by a long shot. Ingram is iconic.