great, thanks a lot... now I have "Gary? Gary... GARY!" from that one vault in the capital wastelands going through my head...

The halflife on this joke is fixed.

Mingebag

Damn

You stop that!

Relayzy1 it’s already been brought back from the dead why would you go through all the trouble of making it functional (literally manufacturing a new “gun” from pieces) and then not use it 🤷🏼‍♂️

Relayzy1 so many people do this with guns never shoot them because they are safe queens and then they slowly rot away (not to mention grandkids don’t know so they give it to ATF to be melted down) while this guy uses it and maintains it regularly this will last a lot longer in my opinion than most and who cares if he has to make a few more parts clearly he has the licenses and ingenuity to do it

@@Relayzy1 You're missing something important here. It can be a wallhanger regardless of function. This guy built a rifle that is worthless to almost anyone but him. When it breaks, he can get a new part made. It doesn't have to be original because the gun isn't a collector's item. The only real reason to not shoot is the ammo is probably a pain in the ass to get in quantity.

Relayzy1 what do you think will “break down” with use? Everything can be rebuilt or fabricated and obviously this guy has the technical capabilities and the passion to maintain it. These guns aren’t that rare anyway, it’s a production rifle not some prototype. This guy is a G for bringing this out to a match and shooting it.

Jake Anthony I feel the same about my G43 a well tuned and maintained G43 can last a long long time longer than one left in a closet for 40 years

Same with a reproduction rifle

Too bad my dad doesn’t have a class 3 ffl, an sot, and police permission to make post 86’ sample machine guns. Damn ATF

Did you bring it home?

@@Hidalguense Are you hoping for a honest answer? You know, if he says yes, he could be in legal trouble.

@@Hidalguense I think he cannot. They've talked about this somewhere in the start of the video where US soldiers cannot take anything back. Which sucks because if you enter the battlefield where terrorist are fighting, there's a small chance they got some historical gun like, MG34 and PPD40 or such and cannot bring it home safe.

@@tatzpotato2730 as a vietnamese who been have abit of know how from some reserve armory in vietnam, Mg34 and Stg44 is still in reserve storage in the VPN,around 15000+ 8mm mauser in storage but not sure about stg ammo. I saw 8 mg34 in storage and 1 stg went i was there.

@@spookyengie735 Oh my... It makes me want to go Vietnam just to hold them guns... That sounds a bit wrong but I mean it literally not figuratively xD

they add to the history of an already very interesting rifle

I thought the same thing. Id be afraid to take a dremel and polish to it, let alone a tig welder.

Great toy story.

@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 That would have been a whole different movie, if it had a walking, talking gun in it. Just imagine, Woody using it in the same vein as Starscream and Megatron.

Yes, the US and Soviets heavily 're-appropriated' German manufacturing techniques (and people) after the war, and Stamping expertise was among it. Of course, a lot of people who were moved to the Rooskie States decided that capitalism and the burbs and not starving or being shot was a better deal and left. One of the neat things about stamping though - once you design the dies and start the run, you don't really need high-skill workers unless you actually care about things like quality. Machine tools require constant maintenance, while you can run a die until the parts you turn out can't even be jammed where they are supposed to go. Also, we got the better Rocket scientists. Or at least the ones who thought the right approach to lifting more were larger, simpler engines, not just adding a few dozen MORE heinously complicated engines to the bottom of your big bomb.

@@ninja393 : absolutely true, and especially so in the late 1940s, with no automation (as we think of it today). When you realize that the Soviets, who occupied the areas where many of the factories where those stamped metal toys then firearms were located, basically rounded up as many of the German scientists and engineers to start their rocket and jet aircraft program, seemingly ignored the metal stamping industry. (The Americans and the Brits did as well) But they didn't realize or understand the whole process of metal stamping and how it was integral to these revolutionary processes. When the Soviets received whole truck and other factories from the US and UK during the war, they saw what setting up a factory entailed and the necessity of what you termed the 'wetware.' Russia traditionally has had many, many excellent scientists, theoretical and practical engineers so this isn't an indictment of the Russian view toward innovation but possibly an artifact of Stalin's pograms and execution of thousands and thousands of scientists and, engineers and even army/naval officers and sending thousands more of educated people to the gulags had an unforeseen effects.

The MG42 is another example of it.

Such a shame this is reality

I do not think ATF gives you a chance to cut it up. If they know you have it they are going to come for it and destroy it themselves. Somebody caught wind before ATF was alerted.

@@blakevangundy9562 Thankfully, welders exist ; )

"So do you!"

*Death To The ATF*

BotB you mean.

Him gunning down those trench targets in full auto while on the run made my heart leap a little.

What I wanted to write too. Most people just doesnt understand what it takes to manipulate metal to this level, most people look at their phones then take one look at the video, shrug shoulders, and go "Ow well" then back on the phone frying their eyes out on Instagram streak or something like that lol

@@ToreDL87 most phone cases are aluminum these days so I'd hesitate to use them as the premiere example, BUT I do know where your coming from and can readily agree.

​@@chickenfishhybrid44Their rejection rate for the receiver halfs back in the day was quite epical by modern standards...

The Germans focused on quality steel production just because they would be killed if they didn't that late in the war lmao

The automotive industry relies incredibly heavily on this to this day. The amount of engineering and manufacturing know how that goes into making incredibly stiff car frames entirely from steel pressings is insane.

B-b-but..., we must keep the ""peoples"" safe from "unfriendly" historical elements!. Think of the woman and children!.

@@andrewpestotnik5495 Don't worry, i'm with you too. Still there's many people who refuses to acknowledge history even with all these information freedom and learn something from it, that's what worries me.

Surely they're in museums?

@@MumrikDK not too many museums display those kinds of guns in the US. Know of any in Georgia let me know and I'll be there.

Shows how broken the ATF is.

The first full auto I ever fired was an MP43/I (in the same place that Ian fired the 7.62 EM-2, which was still in bits being reactivated when I was there). It was an absolute privilege to be able to run a StG 44 on that range at DB2020 and do the SMG/rifle/SMG/rifle transition to show the reason behind the whole point of the concept :) Many thanks to all who made it possible!

@@BlokeontheRange I want to see every minute of Bloke Sturmgewehr content there is

@@BlokeontheRange I came to say "the Bloke, showing the correct way to use the Stg44!" Well played sir.

RSC -> Garand -> AK. Meanwhile the French after WW1 took the RSC, removed the gas system, turning it into a straight pull bolt action and gave it to colonial troops. I wonder what would have happened if they'd modified it to 7.5mm French, and had a Garand equivalent around 1924 or so.

Uh... the jig is to hold the pieces aligned and made from copper because the weld doesn’t really stick to it like it would steel. Aluminum works well too.

@@maximus10ish You sure about that?

@@proteus2103 the fact that it's softer is just a bonus

@@maximus10ish uh, are you a welder?

@@proteus2103 Yes. I just retired as a 20+ year Class 07, Type II firearm mfg. I rewelded many, many old parts kits to make "Post-Sample MG's". Copper was preferred as a guide under the metal to be welded because it has a higher melting temp and it is non-ferrous.

@@Isometrix116 * If you get caught

@@Isometrix116 kay...

You can just dont tell people. Who cares if its bot registered, thats even better actually... Because then they dont know you have it.

@@Isometrix116 Only if they catch one.

@@Isometrix116 It’s enough if one himself honors his „martyrdom“. If someone else does too, even better. But not necessary. „Popular media“ are just a collection of complete cretins I am completely uninterested in.

*cries in australian*

I've seen images of StG-44s in Syria torn up and modded with cheap airsoft parts. One was entirely painted blue for some reason. Another was turned into a radio controlled turret for concealed fighting in an urban environment.

@@KettyFey That's not really a surprise During the Syrian civil war they used whatever they could and they care about how historic it might be, They also used Lee Enfield rifles, Mauser 98's, Homemade pipe rifles, C96 Mauser's, M4's, AKM's and so on.

​ Toitum An arms dealer in Syria tried selling StG-44s to the US. Till he found out he couldn't due to the law. So instead they put them to use. Considering just how many were found and the ammunition supplies, those things felt like they were everywhere for a few years (much less common now). Given guys are still putting PPsH-41s and older guns up for sale in Idlib I think the priority's having a firearm over caring about its providence.

@@Paelorian I'd assume the whole war thing, and the parties involved potentially being terrorist organisations also wouldn't have helped with importation too. :)

Ironically mostly used in defence on the Eastern front!

@@matthewmoss1589 Aye, the irony is not lost upon me.

Isis was using them in Syria, don't know if they still are or not though

@@alexanderm3504 isis basically doesnt exsist anymore, they dont have control over any territory at all last ive seen

@@bloodking73 I believe they are in Africa still, and are still operating (heard in the news) In some parts of the middle east still. But, they were the ones using the STG-44s out there

We have the technology, we can rebuild him

@@daffyduck9562 😎👍

yeah it seems like a REALLY stupid sequence.... government efficiency at its best, keeping us safe. I feel so much better...

oof

Then brought back from the dead to live on as a range piece. From Soldier, to civilian. That guns a veteran.

So many lives tied to a single gun. Would be a bit ironic if the two times it was captured was off people who picked the rifle because it was the best choice of firearm available to them. Though it's probably more likely that the previous owners weren't killed using the rifle and it was just picked up because the enemy just left it behind in a hasty retreat.

If it could talk, I believe it would be screaming.

@@VunderGuy Please don't use "MP" relating to that gun model, it is no "machine pistol" and never had such a designation. Sounds not very educated...

what else could they have done? not really worth the felony they would charge you with.

​@@xisotopex sadly..

@@xisotopex yea it is

@@justinmishler6758 go for it, not only would you end up in jail, but you would never be able to own a firearm ever again. but since you are that stupid, go for it.

@@xisotopex do what you do with every other victimless crime, you keep your mouth shut. Simple.

Repeal the NFA!!!!!!

Yes, "ATF" Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms should be the name of a convenience store, NOT a govt agency!

Are you implying that Karl is a Witcher lol

Or "yup"

Best part: *SIGHS* Yup, interesting.

Sounds like a minecraft villager

Everybody would. All other ww2 guns are stone age in comparison.

@@eravelo oh so there were two?

@@eravelo Nonetheless, an impressive weapon!

eravelo lucky man!

@@eravelo How could the hammer break? I've seen the trigger group from an stg and the hammer is the most heavy duty part of the entire gun.

@@eravelo Please do. The Germans, in their haste, might have heat treated the hammer to too high a hardness. Might as well have a hammer made out of glass. Will be interesting to see.

Just amend the constitution to make it constitutional.

@@thunderbug8640 Wait no that's the opposite of what we want!

​@@BlankPicketSign I know, it was just a joke for myself about the constitution.

Snape The ATF don't want you to know history, much less own it. They want to take your rights as much as they can.

@@Paelorian or... OR just repeal the ridiculous and unconstitutional laws that are the NFA.

@@Paelorian it has to have been registered pre May of 1986 to be civilian transferrable. C&R licensing doesn’t matter, and actual production date doesn’t matter. Only registration. Its a complete joke

11bang bang that sucks big time, i don’t understand why the government take issue with bringing stuff like this home.

This rule could have stemmed from the accounts of the Viet Cong Booby trapping cool battlefield souvenirs to maim more soldiers. I have no reference for this, it just seems to make sense.

The military doesn't allow it because of political pressure and various import bans. If you don't like the current policy banning war trophies, contact your congressional representatives and demand change.

@@KeterMalkuth thats probably a small under lying reason. But its definitely NOT the primary one.

I think it mostly depends on the firearm. If it is a semi-auto pistol/rifle, it's not overly difficult to "bring it home", unless your superiors are anal retentive & paperwork adverse. But fully auto capable presents a whole different set of bureaucratic hurdles! Also, if the firearm is "historically significant", like Saddam Hussein's pistol, or bin Laden's AK, there would probably be quite a bit of friction from the government to allow a private individual to "own it". Just sayin'.

Syria is where they are at. The French and Russians sent loads of ex German WW2 armaments to Syria. An entire shipping container of STG44's was captured by the FSA during the current war there. KAR98K's are common there as scoped marksmans rifles as well. Also during the 6 day war with Israel Syria fielded Panthers, Panzer IV's and STUG III self propelled guns that they'd got from France. They also fielded T34/85's they had been given from the USSR.

tarstakars I don’t currently have any guns from Vietnam but I did replace the hand guards on my mock M16 with jungle used triangular hand guards

They’re in pretty rough shape

My Luger P-08 is a byf42 .... They are brothers .. lol

Indeed :)