Ok i will

Idk about that

I appreciate at lot, that you are not using his horrible accident for clickbait in the titel and thumbnail. Shows a lot of integrety of yours!

Adam will be in my prayers. Thank God he is alive.

I will be checking everyday just to see if there is an update about him. Let gem recover Quick

That means a lot, thank you.

Means a lot seeing you here Gav. Been a fan of yours since 2011 or so Rooster Teeth days and been a huge fan ever since.

Must've been a blast... Too soon?

@@Killllr0y *you're

Gav, can you get Kentucky ballistics,grand thumb, and Brandon Herrera in here? They need to see this asap

For real. I was like wtf. Hope he has a fast and full recovery.

My thoughts exactly. I was not prepared for this. I'm glad they reacted fast. That was heartbreaking. I'm glad Adam is alive and in good spirits. I will be looking forward to the day when he is back.

It's a morbid curiosity to see what really happened. I would like to see, not to witness his traumatic injury, but to see just how the weapon failed. Even if the footage was slightly less blurred as to just show the weapon would be enough to satisfy my curiosity. For me, it's the interest in how mangled the launcher is since we can only hear the tube hitting the ground but nothing else. Was it a major over pressure event that just caused a massive shock wave resulting in the injury, or did the tube itself actually detonate and shrapnel is what did the damage. I'm guessing he was knocked unconscious immediately from the concussion - I hope at least - but we have no clue so our curiosity gets the best of us and goes wild. I've seen so many takes on what happened and people calling them all kinds of names for this, but it's not like they expected tools that small children use every day without injury/failure to suddenly and catastrophically explode in their face. I mean hell, what are the chances that they managed to catch something like this on film? How many cases of things just like this happen with no evidence to look at beyond the aftermath? To not only experience something like this, but to survive, and have it on camera... I would sure as hell be happy just to come out of this alive, and after that I would be itching to watch the footage myself in Adam's shoes to see what the hell happened. As with Kentucky, I will be curious to see the extent of his injuries, again not because I want to see someone be injured so badly, but that little morbid curiosity voice in the back of my head keeps calling. @@AntcPanda

Technically he had an rpg on his shoulder

@@gaydolfshitler739 I dont think that could even go on youtube without the channel being taken down...

wow bro even your here 😢

Also, thank God he was wearing a helmet and some armor. I don't want to think about how bad that could have been.

Civilian tactical and ballistic high speed Colab 🤩

Considering you own a Riley defense.. that's a bad idea.

@@windrunner-dx9hq If you think about it, it probably didn't do much (for obvious reasons) but it did something, I'm sure. I bet we're all glad it didn't end badly.

We couldn’t have asked to meet a more personable and awesome company. We can’t wait to work with you guys and have more conversations. You guys are the real ones and we won’t forget it!

I was told that fighters in Syria did do the same thing: obstructed the backblast on purpose to increase the range of the RPG. Sometimes, their launchers also exploded from overpressure. This does not seem to be a random equipment failure.

@@ayebrainemy guy there’s no way that the dummy head being a foot away from the ass end caused that explosion. I’m pretty sure they said those were prototype rockets which could’ve played a part and there’s also just the inherent risk of wear and tear and any weapon can fail at any time

Ya I was 110% caught off gaurd! Glad he is recovering.. thus could of been way worse.

I feel the same about clickbait.. I had no idea it was coming. so honorable… in a society that will turn a tragedy into $. The important thing is he is alive! Him and Kentucky are so blessed! Thats one tough mf right there! HEAL QUICK BROTHER🤙🏼✌🏼

that video comes next, they're not gonna miss an opportunity to make money

​@@iwaswrongabouteveryhthingnah youtube will demonetize it

@@newyardleysinclair9960 that video is already up

Yeah. I think in the case of Kentucky Ballistics he bought sketchy ammo. He should have known better. In this case, the jury is still out.

@@michaelhill6451 In a sense... This was literally sketchy ammo being used. It's literally just some dude's "prototype" or homemade rocket engine projectiles with no explosives. It still exploded in a tube, right next to his head... If it squib-rounded in the barrel, it would be like a half-open pipebomb exploding next to your skull even without explosives in it.

@@RNG-999 You are right. The delay with the Carl Gustaf round should have told them things were sketchy.

​@@michaelhill6451Shooting rpg rounds some dude has made in his garage is sketchy as fuuuu

@@dopefish93 Most definitely.

no pstd? no fucking way when an rpg blows up in your hands

​@@martimattia1997 Some veterans, who watched people be blown to bits, lost their own limbs or other horrific injurys, still dont have PTSD while others have it severely. Alot of shark attack victims get right back in the water after recovering, often with more respect and love for sharks than before the attack. It all depends on the person, the situation and how their body processes things. PTSD isnt a straight foward thing.

As an 0352 (anti tank gunner) we never had any injuries but that back blast always scared tf out of me because of stories like the one you just shared. Even in an LAV I was anxious about people not paying attention or being around at all when we were about to fire our system.

He wasn’t playing but demonstrating the consequences of what you saw.

@@jordanleonard8198 The fact that he fired it himself tells all. They were playing dude. Filming it and uploading it doesn't make it a demonstration or educational. That whole F around and find out applies here 100% . I really hope the dude is alright and making his recovery but come on man don't tell me they weren't playing 😂 😂

@@Xavieussure, filming and uploading doesn’t make it educational by itself. But it being educational on the other hand, DOES in fact make it educational lmao. Were they having fun? Of course it’s fucking explosives dummy. But your point, as weak and frail as it was, doesn’t stand even under its own… pitiful weight. Tata and fair well npc!

How is it not educational? Where is the line drawn then? @@Xavieus

You capping you probably never even shot a gun

I thought it was a skit at first.

​@@chilledburritome too, i was like "ok not funny whats go... Ooh"

@@Ojthemighty “hm, this is an interesting joke…… he’s taking a while to say gotcha… oh…”

@@chilledburrito 😆 lol yeah me to, took me a while to realise

@@Ojthemighty exactly, took me a few seconds and pause the video, to realize this wasn't a part of the original plot of the video

@@scatty.Pacquiao firing a rocket launcher the way it is supposed to does not ring alarm bells to me. A malfunction can happen anytime, even with a normal firearm. The only problem is that these malfunctions tend to be it bit more destructive.

@@scatty.Pacquiao And you could not make stupid comments. But I wouldn't expect anything else from someone who thinks a rocket launcher and grenade launcher are the same thing. And if your're going to come back with, RPG stands for Rocket Propelled Grenade, you're wrong. For one thing, Russians didn't make a habit of giving their weapons English names when RPGs were invented. And there were Ruchnaya Protivotankovaya Granatas at least as early as 1940 that didn't have rockets. They were thrown by hand. The rocket powered RPG-2 didn't come out until 14 years later. Actual grenade launchers are like guns that shoot grenades instead of bullets. They're not rockets.

​@@terrytwo the Gustav didn't even feel the hand. I don't think that blocking the blast area like that was as big of an issue as you think.

Thank God for helmets. I don't even want to think about how bad it would be without the helmet and body armor

@@terrytwo either way, it looked from the blur like it failed way before any back blast came out. There was a lot of smoke out the side, and not a ton out back.

Crazy thing is....while watching the last successful firing of the RPG in slo--mo, I was thinking how close their neck and face was to the barrel of the launcher during ignition. Then this happened....made me feel a little uneasy if you know what I mean. Glad he survived it and hope the best in his recovery!!

@@davidyoung518 yeah, I wasn’t comfortable at any of the firings due to the possibility of this kind of situation. I feel like a clamping system is necessary when it’s simply testing for scientific purposes.

Unexpected? Home made rockets blowing up?

@@nukingjapanwasok6265 it wasnt about the rocket, I think. Look closely on 30000frames when they shoot it. It literally leaks gas from the handle and around it. Mechanicaly it went super bad but I don't think its about the rocket. More about how old the cylinder used to fire them was.

@@nukingjapanwasok6265 both, prototype round (probably higher pressure than standard round, the carl gustaf round was literaly 3d printed, and from the smoke they clearly werent using the propelant they should have been using, they may even have been using black powder due to the smoke, the fire and the delay) and re activated rpg, that a recipe for disaster

@@Nihil1265 this was not because of the propelant but the rpg was damaged in some way. Yeah it can be but i think 90% was the rpg. To overload weapons with blackpowder is pretty hard, if they are open on both ends this will not happen, exept you take extreme more then the actual load. But yeah maybe the rocket was not build as well and failed the possibility is there, but other then that weapons are never 100% safe, there is fire, explosions and extrem high pressures and the only thing you can do is wear protection, inspect your weapons regular and look at what ammo you are using if you buy self loaded ammo oder load by your self, other then that you cannot do anything, but the chances of a catastrophic failure are pretty slim if you inspect your weapons and are carefull if it comes to ammo.

@@CJisDJ as has now been confirmed by @yakivpopavich's later comment.

Why would you be getting shot at in a controlled setting? Seems that safety isn't really /THAT/ big of a concern

@@My_Name_Is_Mud. we have to shoot on a non-regulated public area. Honey badger video we made has multiple rounds fly past us on camera from other shooters. We don’t all get the luxury of private ranges when we start out!

@DeskPop Not trying to be a huge jerk or anything, but you are CHOOSING to use that range. No one is forcing you. First of all, on an active range, NO ONE should be past the shooting line when other people are present, and ESPECIALLY so when people are ACTIVELY SHOOTING. You are just asking to be shot. Your priority is obviously NOT your main concern. Getting views are. You really should reconsider your choices and look for some private property that you can use with permission, find another range. If you MUST use the range you are currently using and actively being shot at, you really need to consider talking to the owner of the range and see if you could get some reserved time set aside, or get there at a better time. As a responsible gun owner, it is COMPLETELY irresponsible to put yourself in that position. I say this out of genuine concern for you and your safety. Your life is not worth the few thousand views on KZfaq. If you DID get shot, THAT would be your biggest video, and, more than likely, what you'll be remembered for. Do you really want to be remembered as the idiot KZfaqr who got shot for BEING DOWN RANGE AT AN ACTIVE RANGE? You would be remembered as a massive idiot, who, many will more than likely believe, deserved it. Think about your family, friends, and your future man. It just isn't worth it. Besides, if you DID get shot, how would you be able to make more videos? I'm sorry for the attitude that probably came across in my comment, but it's more of, "Dude are you freaking kidding me?" Than actual anger. I'm not angry, just disappointed 😂 Stay safe, man. Be better. You owe it to yourself.

@@My_Name_Is_Mud. after over a year of doing this we’ve attempted many other options and every other range/private property has fallen through. Getting a bigger following has opened the door to conversations about using private land/private ranges but not enough to get us in yet. Trust me, I’ve exhausted myself searching for an area to shoot that’s safer, you just can control who shows up on any given day to public land and unfortunately for us that means having rounds fly at or past us from idiots who show up and don’t understand how guns work (or just don’t care) It’s not an “active range” it’s public land that people shoot on. There’s no RO, there’s not a “time slot” it’s straight up roll the dice and hope no one rolls in after you that’s drunk/irresponsible. I can assure you we’re not desperate to be there when rounds fly over our heads; but we don’t have the luxury of “coming back” or multiple days to film with many of our videos. It’s film that day or don’t get any content- and yes, the views are worth the risk considering this is the only thing that will get us OUT of this state and to our own safer training environment.

To be honest, after seeing the delay in the Carl g it made me nervous

Another silver lining, and this may sound a tad bit sociopathic but supposedly, they would have some, if not the highest quality, slow-mo footage of the effects of a catastrophically malfunctioning rpg7 on a real human body. Although with a weapon as "old" as the rpg7 I doubt there is much left to learn about the failure points of the weapon itself. I feel as if this comment will come off as some unit 731 type sht, but obviously that is not my intention. I'm just trying to think of what kind of knowledge we may gleam from such a horrible and seemingly rare accident.

Having such footage of an event could very much be vital for preventing another accident like this. I’d just hope it doesn’t end up in the wrong hands. I do think Scott from Kentucky Ballistics should make a video on this. ❤

@@ZincmentomintDUDE I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT. The footage must be insane

i have a feeling the 'prototype' munitions provided could have had more to do with it than the RPG launcher itself. @@Zincmentomint

@@cuse123456 Just like Scott. Gotta be careful about your loads.

That was my first thought after watching. Not to be insensitive. But humor is a coping strategy. I had to edit my thoughts so much in my comments. Because all of Scott's (KB) humor about it came to mind. I bet KB sends him a shirt...

Just put a thumb in it.

If anyone earned a free "thumb" T-shirt it's Adam. Thank God he's still alive to accept it.

gud one@@DroolingMoose

I hope he heals well, as for the "put a thumb in it", he did only joke about that in the last episode with the exploding .38... Never thought he would be on the receiving end with how diligent he is with his saftey. Very lucky to have survived.

definitely, Scott's been through a lot after that RN-50 mishap of his.

as Scott says now, he "got Scotted", now we have "getting Adamed"

I bet KB send him a shirt... 😬

@@CanadianDerwood a little bit of humor as the lowest someones ever been is almost never a bad thing, if KB didn't I'm sure someone else did

@calebb5106 I had to edit my comments. Cause I remember a few Scott has said. Maybe it's the Ballistics in the name of the channels 🤔 lol

Yeah, I actually started the videoba few days ago, didn't finish it, then came back when I saw the first community post. Decided to subscribe just as a show of support, since I can't do much else right now. Getting blown up sucks, been far to close for comfort myself, I'm glad Adam is ok in the end...

Who’s Murpy?

@brotherkhrayn3525 Murphys' Law. If it can happen, it will. Good, bad, or otherwise.

​@@brotherkhrayn3525Look it up Murphys Law. It's something to think about all the time. At work, driving, having fun target shooting. All the time!

@brotherkhrayn3525 Murphy's general laws Nothing is as easy as it looks. Everything takes longer than you think. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then. If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway. If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. Nature always sides with the hidden flaw. Mother nature is a bitch. It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first. The Light at the end of the tunnel is only the light of an oncoming train.

@@Mazorzarch close. "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

Same here, that was awful. Went from cool to sad real fast.

That was bigger plot twist than 99% of movies nowadays have

I felt the same way 😢

When I saw that text saying he had an accident my blood went cold man. I wish Adam gets better dude.

Same here never seen this before I was like this is cool the wow. That just shocked me thank god he will recover.

Well this guys turkey got roasted a few days early.

​@@neglectfulsausage7689yeah nah mate

oi m8 enjoy ur daughter being a plaything for islamic gangs m8 @@lukeslayer

@@neglectfulsausage7689 not funny

Todd is narcissistoid psychopath but stupid one

Idiots used a re activated rpg7 launcher... writting was on the wall

@@limoduhLmO at least spell correctly....

​@@limoduhLmOhow ironic

@@limoduhLmO also those garage made rockets were stupid idea

@@limoduhLmOcare to explain whats wrong with reactivated RPGs?

the muzzle blast on the Carl Gustaf looks like my 2.5" .357 model 66 on any given Saturday night in the bar parking lot. Get off My lawn. I saw raw footage I don't know what camera you're looking at. It was dramatic. He's lucky as fck!

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!!

@@TheFokonia well, they knew exactly what they were doing. The weapon just went kablooey.

@@TheFokonia A rare weapon failure isn't stupidity. You, however, are stupidity's strongest example.

@@TheFokoniait was a freak accident they didn’t do anything to incite this

Well scotts case could have been prevented by whoever loaded that hot round. But yeah this seems eerily familiar to scotts case. I think that round was over loaded.

This one was preventable as well. You can see the likely failure point in the first launch. This was over loaded, over pressured and given the gas coming out of the trigger housing (it’s not supposed to) it appears this was a demilled unit that had been reactivated on a form one that was rewelded. Glad he’s gonna make a full recovery the helmet and eye pro definitely helped.@@Ojthemighty

I dont think they were firing extra spicy rounds in this one. Kentucky ballistics were i believe .

A freakin machine

I imagine they are keeping it private until Adam recovers and either gives consent to release it or not. Hopefully he does agree to release it but it doesn't seem right releasing it now knowing he's currently recovering in the hospital

@@jacobkudrowich Oh You misunderstood my meaning. I absolutely DO NOT want that footage leaked unless it is with permission of adam. The only people who currently deserve too see that footage are the ones who manufactured the rounds. To get a better understanding of just what happened with that round. And hopefully prevent it from happening again,

I was under the impression that the rounds were modified/not made by a reputable company.

@@honeyforce996 Whoever made the RPG Rounds is not their fault that weapon is just FLIPPING DANGEROUS you have a giant pipe bomb sitting on your shoulder ... As for the video i hope BHS never shows it You are not going to learn anything from it other than watching Adam getting badly injured

I think "pipe bomb" refers to a completely enclosed container. I assume a rocket failure suffers from something like uncontrolled burning (a rapid ignition of a large quantity of fuel, which causes an over-pressure explosion). I assume that's most likely to happen with improperly made fuel, or maybe next most likely improper storage/handling/age. Or simply mistakes when making it. BPS Space has some videos which cover solid fuel vulnerabilities - but idk if that's what was used in this incident - some random comment mentioned gunpowder, another mentioned it may have been made by some third party or modified or something. Probably not worth speculating about in the low quality of the comments section. I think there's a lot for a layman to learn from the uncensored footage. I made another comment explaining why I thought that way. I hope they make some videos covering the post-incident analysis, both regarding the equipment failure, and the human response. It seems like the most responsible thing to do.

I agree especially with the last part. It's very nice, that the titel and the image are not clickbait.

Well said i like to know what the failure rate on a RPG

What is the problem with them? I know nothing about these, but to me this seemed like the rocket failed to exit and blasted on his face. Luckily they weren't shooting explosives. Would have been potentially fatal for all of them.

you can't tourniquet a neck this could've gone so wrong he's so lucky

Moral of the story: Don't use some homemade prototype rockets ffs.

@@Aaron-zu3xn Right, tourniquets are only part of a multi-faceted solution to the complex problem of keeping an injured person alive - with flesh wounds anywhere on the body though, having ample reserves of gauze of various shapes and sizes is always useful and often life-saving.

@@BloPsy__ Okay, and? I fail to see how choosing to expend a prototype rocket precludes adequate medical gear for said event. Should I not go out to see fireworks in case one crank-launches and flies into my family? Should I not go to hill climbs and rally races because of how small and convoluted the tracks are? Should I not tinker with computers for the one in a billion chance I get an internal discharge strong enough to kill me? The BHS crew likely work with firearms and explosives on the daily. While I can't directly speak for them, I can't imagine they wouldnt brief catastrophic failures of one or all of their components before shoots (camera and otherwise) and be ready to respond to each of them when they occur, and coming from an hobbiest rocketry background - they always occur.

@@roaminronin173 I am not disapproving of your comment, I am just adding to it. The fact that they were using some guy's sketchy, homemade prototype rockets and not having suitable protection is just staggering. If those rockets were made by the BHS themselves, they would know exactly how they were constructed, how much propellant there is, how much pressure they can generate, where is the weak point, etc. But that wasn't the case and they have found out that playing with some sketchy ammo from some guy is probably not the best idea. I mean, this couldn't be more ironic - they are fans of Scott from KB and this is basically the same exact thing that happened to Scott - using sketchy ammo resulting in catastrophic failure

Same here ❤

As morbid as it is, I’d like to see it as well. I just think it’s important to see how a launcher like that fails.