The Star Z-63 Submachine Gun: Better Than You Think

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7 жыл бұрын

The Star Z-63 is a 9x19mm version of the Star Z-62, which was made in both 9x19 and 9x23. Together, these represent the company’s effort to produce a more modern submachine gun than their Z-45, which was basically a copy of the German MP-40. The Z-63 is, contrary to its external appearance, a well built gun with several clever internal safety mechanisms. It uses a spring loaded firing pin which only protrudes when the bolt is fully closed, and also has a lock on the bolt that prevent it from moving rearward unless either fired or cycled using the charging handle. This prevents potential accidental discharge if the gun is dropped.
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@rhneg 5 жыл бұрын

I live in Arizona I have a collection of Spanish star Firearms I love them all

@rubenjj5948 5 жыл бұрын

En España se nos ha dado muy bien el arte de la guerra, desde la falcata Ibérica terror de los romanos pasando por las espadas roperas del siglo xvii con los tercios viejos de infantería españoles terror de Europa hasta el mauser español 1893 y las pistolas Astra 400 muy cotizadas por los oficiales alemanes en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la División Azul

@tonibadajoz4754 4 жыл бұрын

La armería española, concretamente la Armería Vasca de los siglos XVII y XVIII de las mejores eel mundo.

@tonibadajoz4754 4 жыл бұрын

Con la "Transición", al entrar en la UE muchas de las fábricas con solera se reciclaron a la fabricación de tornillería y herramientas.

@Nekaelia 4 жыл бұрын

@@rubenjj5948 tendras que hablarle en ingles

@ply159 4 жыл бұрын

Probably you know or maybe you have it, i recommend a revolver astra or a beauty 9mm short, really beauty firearms. Hi from spain!!

@ignacioflorezechavarria3523 7 жыл бұрын

My father used the Z-63 during the obligatory military service, in the 80's. He say that is a amazing gun, now he still love it.

@KnowledgeBoutique 4 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful weapon.

@ply159 4 жыл бұрын

Still in use in some units of military and police.... 🙈

@daikikomandir2075 3 жыл бұрын

Mine is still blaming the Rey Emerito for stealing him 1 week of permission. When he was returning from the Adriatic sea they took his ship (Santa Maria frigate) to protect the king's yate in it's way to Lisboa. Te lo dejo en inglés para los guiris

@daikikomandir2075 3 жыл бұрын

Also he remembers having it in his hands, he says that he likes it more than the CETME

@pericodelospalotes5738 2 жыл бұрын

En el 88 yo ya tenía el Z70

@tafino 7 жыл бұрын

My first toy gun when I was a kid 34 yrs ago was a copy of this. It had batteries and lit up when fired, and the dual triggers even worked. If I'm not mistaken, it was made in Spain. I've wanted the real thing since !

@sarahnikas1344 5 жыл бұрын

that's actually really cool

@miguelencanarias 5 жыл бұрын

I had that one too! With the orange barrel tip, right?

@Innomen 5 жыл бұрын

Forgotten toy weapons channel, when?

@daviddickson412 5 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure I had this as a toy as a kid too.

@drakepirate 4 жыл бұрын

I had that toy too...

@anotherkenlon 7 жыл бұрын

That's a seriously well thought out design, I have to say.

@A.Martinez152 7 жыл бұрын

The "S" from "safe" must be from "seguro" and the "f" of "fire","fuego"

@DinnerForkTongue 4 жыл бұрын

That's very likely.

@Alex-ul3eu 4 жыл бұрын

It most definitely is. F for fuego, and S for Seguro.

@gonzalolarrubia 4 жыл бұрын

To be true the “F” means “fuego” and the “S” also means “fuego”😂

@hashteraksgage3281 4 жыл бұрын

Viva Epaña coño

@Yermizx 4 жыл бұрын

SF. Super Franco

@alexbastida96 7 жыл бұрын

Esta misma arma la tuvo mi abuelo en los 70 cuando estaba en la guardia civil. Buen video Ian, instructivo y entretenido como siempre.

@pablobastidaalbaladejo751 7 жыл бұрын

Alejandro Bastida Ruiz y yo creyendo que era el ultimo español por cierto no seras tu mi primo😹😹😹

@patolucaspato163 2 жыл бұрын

@@pablobastidaalbaladejo751 no serás tu primo 3º mío? (Atajo)

@koryaiine7393 6 жыл бұрын

This is actually a pretty cool gun.

@Innomen 5 жыл бұрын

"Universal dissasembly tool." You know I'm something of a gun enthusiast myself, I have a whole cup of those. /smug face Kinda reminds me of that time the ATF concluded a string was a machinegun.

@SgtKOnyx 7 жыл бұрын

Is there anything *not* at RIA this auction?

@thegoldencaulk2742 7 жыл бұрын

An RSC. I looked. I need another one.

@RockIslandAuctionCompany 7 жыл бұрын

Give us time. We got you.

@SgtKOnyx 7 жыл бұрын

Stephen Keeler oh hush, we got one of them

@RockIslandAuctionCompany 7 жыл бұрын

Howdy. Happy Friday!

@Vaasref 7 жыл бұрын

G11

@christianmolina5696 7 жыл бұрын

lol looks like the Stormtrooper blaster when the stocks folded up

@CL-nm6ps 7 жыл бұрын

looks like an enlarged tec-9

@AshyGr33n 7 жыл бұрын

Well...anything with that gangsta hand guard looks like an enlarged Tec-9....

@shoopusdawhoopus 7 жыл бұрын

i'm sure the barrel has something to do with it

@ThePandoraGuy 7 жыл бұрын

Looks more like a straight Sterling ^^.

@calihernandez3105 6 жыл бұрын

But tec 9 is a pistol and this is a smg. But both are sisters.

@BL-wh2ux 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a bullet hose to me.

@Shakaleesh 7 жыл бұрын

that selector setup just absolutely blew my mind that is so cool

@MrMotorz 4 жыл бұрын

The surface treatment is named in spanish "fosfatado", something like "phosphated", and is the same in the Cetme C. Thank yo for the channel

@CPalanysamy 7 жыл бұрын

I for one love spanish weapons and knives.

@adrianfirewalker4183 5 жыл бұрын

Toledo blades have been acknowledged as some of the best in the world for centuries

@DCM88 5 жыл бұрын

@@adrianfirewalker4183 since the Roma Empire

@listerrojo 5 жыл бұрын

Un arma de fascistas españoles

@josesilesgarcia9859 4 жыл бұрын

Peiper y arriba España

@listerrojo 4 жыл бұрын

@@josesilesgarcia9859 Eso con Goma2!!!

@spinafire 7 жыл бұрын

Why do I love submachine guns so much? If I ever get into gun collecting, I feel like that's the route I'd go.

@ilaril 7 жыл бұрын

Even though an older video, I love the way you tell about the guns. I've never heard about this gun before, but now really want one! Nice to see some manufacturers going the other route than to oversimplify the gun.

@daveh777 Жыл бұрын

That bolt mechanism is inspirational. What a clever and practical design. Thanks for sharing.

@peraire 7 жыл бұрын

Should try the STAR Z-70B, it was even better.

@fransizcocuk 7 жыл бұрын

Am i the only one here who laughs when he says universal disassembly tool while using the pen? He does that in every video it makes me laugh lol :D

@TheRealBoroNut 4 жыл бұрын

Obviously a fan of Doctor Who.

@spef7396 7 жыл бұрын

loving the videos recently Ian!

@Raygun222 7 жыл бұрын

spef Nice pic.

@spef7396 7 жыл бұрын

Alex that is a very scary picture!

@LoneWolf051 7 жыл бұрын

not as scary as your's, spef :P

@martinberzerker7032 7 жыл бұрын

Hello handsome.

@Raygun222 7 жыл бұрын

spef if you didn't find me scary, I will find you.

4 жыл бұрын

Even with the bad reputation they could have in the US, spanish guns and knifes are actually quite good. But of course there was german help involved.

@chevyvet69 3 жыл бұрын

That was key in the whole part there was Germans involved lol Who make some of the best guns on the planet

@InfernosReaper 3 жыл бұрын

@@chevyvet69 Italians?

@julianusvictor327 3 жыл бұрын

@@InfernosReaper Thats a good one lmao

@danemon8423 3 жыл бұрын

@@InfernosReaper no, italians make good shotguns and maybe pistol but that's it.

@flip849 3 жыл бұрын

@@InfernosReaper nah we don't, belgians maybe

@gregoriozarza7162 4 жыл бұрын

Yo la he probado y es un buen arma. Gracias por el vídeo saludos desde España

@Osprey78 7 жыл бұрын

I know I would never see or know anything about a lot of firearms out in the world if it wasn't for this channel. Thanks for what you do. I enjoy watching every video.

@krovek 7 жыл бұрын

cool gun! oddly the double trigger reminds me of a paintball gun. Competition guns aren't allowed to be full auto. So they use incredibly light electronic double triggers to achieve a high rate of fire.

@jackmcslay 7 жыл бұрын

The one occasion where giving the middle finger means you're going light on people instead of discrarging full-auto.

@JgM-ie5jy 7 жыл бұрын

Great job of examining the design. In particular, the bolt safety which locks the bolt to prevent accidental firing if the gun is dropped.

@davidcampos1463 7 жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan of simplicity. I like it.

@briarus1000 7 жыл бұрын

that was a cool bolt design! thanks for the video

@kerreckt 5 жыл бұрын

This is a great subgun!

@Hispanicpanick0 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, no look at the trigger group?? I'm surprised that Ian overlooked the opportunity to examine not only a trigger housing but a unique dual hinging and sliding trigger like this! TRIGGERED.

@samuelmendoza9356 4 жыл бұрын

the firing pin safety is ingenious!

@chemsenESP 5 жыл бұрын

This Star weapon was the gun I used in my spanish military service during guards. But it had a sealed trigger and we werent able to use it, so nobody died accidentally.

@juliuspeperwood1128 4 жыл бұрын

So they were show guns? How could you guard with an unusable weapon

@joaquinandreu8530 3 жыл бұрын

@@juliuspeperwood1128 Because only the guard knew it was unusable!

@chevyvet69 3 жыл бұрын

Lol They gave you a on usable gun to guard with I thought it was just the US military that made us do stupid things

@mayorgeneralramirez1997 3 жыл бұрын

@@chevyvet69 May I ask why they give you unusable weapons to guard a position? Even a pistol would be better than that

@marneus 3 жыл бұрын

@@mayorgeneralramirez1997 Because they were 12 months militia kids. It was for preventing them to kill themselves or someone else by accident.

@medinachete73 4 жыл бұрын

these was long ago reserved for military police only, army uses CETME 5,56

@thomascorbett6627 7 жыл бұрын

Ian you are the best! you know your stuff and you were born to do this no one could be as informative as you faciating what ever I can do to support your channel .let me know thanks Thomas Corbett Los Angeles CA

@edwardcarrington3531 7 жыл бұрын

Ian, you make really entertaining videos. You are definitely gun-jesus, much love from Costa Rica!

@Waleram1 5 жыл бұрын

This machine-gun is a great weapon. Used for decades by spanish Green Berets COEs-GOEs (colloquially "Guerrilleros"). Powerful, reliable, dynamic & easy SMG to maintan. Nice vídeo 👍👍👍

@p.s.9658 5 жыл бұрын

Guardia Civil too I think. Guerrilleros de montaña lo forman unos chavales... ♪

@kenhawk1235 5 жыл бұрын

That is one really awesome weapon! The only thing missing is a vertical forward grip.

@genegarren833 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and has what became very obvious to me was it's finish being like as you said like the British Sterling SMG. We fired the Sterling and trained on it in Special Forces Weapons Training and everyone loved it. Looks like a very compact and very interesting SMG. Great knowledge on weapons Ian. You should be invited to come to Fort Bragg and lecture to the SF Troops going through Weapons training and to the A-Teams. Great job as always Ian.

@tjbarke6086 7 жыл бұрын

Kinda looks like it's made from a cast iron skillet.

@aserta 7 жыл бұрын

It's all in the coating. If you've ever been around old projectors or generally old equipment, kinda the same feel to it. It's that "sharpei" paint, as i like to call it.

@ZGryphon 7 жыл бұрын

I've also seen it described as a "crackle finish".

@leoarc1061 Ай бұрын

It probably was one at some point.

@mmclaurin8035 7 жыл бұрын

That and the Beretta you just covered are freakin' beautiful. God I want one.

@CthulhuInc 7 жыл бұрын

let's get that z-63 on a tray - nice!

@jvanasselberg 6 жыл бұрын

Since I'm not sure which came out first, I want say that the dbl trigger reminds me of paint ball makers, like the old 98's. Fun lil stamped steel guy that has some neat features, Ian. Thanks for presenting this!

@SuperOops89 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Awesome selection of guns recently.

@danner253 5 жыл бұрын

I like this gun, very simple but very functional and complete. Easy to understand just by looking at it too which all good guns should be.

@bucky5206 7 жыл бұрын

Ian keep up the good work I have seen every episode

@troy9477 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like a nice design. Good safety features, plenty of barrel ventilation. Looks pretty rugged, and the sights are stout. If the buttplate could swing 90 degrees when tbe stock is folded, it would make a decent vertical foregrip. Spanish stuff is a little different, but it can be good. Never heard anything bad about the Destroyer carbine, their Mauser carbines, etc. The Firestar from the 90's was a nice pistol. Always meant to get one and never did.

@jeromevuarand3768 7 жыл бұрын

You've shown how the manual loading handle pushes the small button on the bolt, but how does it get pushed when cycling in auto?

@angrymetalhead 7 жыл бұрын

Loving the SMG Videos lately mate!

@meansartin 7 жыл бұрын

It looks like a Sterling and an MAT-49 had a baby.

@cavtroopermunoz 7 жыл бұрын

This looks great to use as a semi-auto only home build template. I would modify it to fire 7.62X25 Tok so I could use my PPS-43 magazines.

@supremelegionjr7768 5 жыл бұрын

I am amaze of this sub machinegun feature's.

@speckledjim5402 7 жыл бұрын

What a well thought out drop safety.

@cornkobmansanto17 5 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Etxaburu What keeps the ratchet from engaging during normal firing. He says the charging handle depresses button thus dropping the ratchet. But what about when it’s firing?

@garetz2011 7 жыл бұрын

A lot of people trying to guess how the locking lever gets out of way when firing. I found an exploded drawing of this gin on the web. As far as I can presume, if the locking lever is pushed by its axis (when the bolt is pushed back by the exploding forces), its locking tip will retract because the heavier portion of the locking lever is on the oposite side of the lever's pivot; but, if all parts are driven by inertia (if the butt hits the floor), this heavier part will push the locking tip against the recess machined inside the the tubular body. I knew a weapons designer who used this same concept, but on the oposite manner (the locking lever was mounted on the body and its intercepting tip was raised behind the bolt by inertia). It was incorporated on a series of guns named BERGON and LAPA.

@garetz2011 7 жыл бұрын

The solution employed on the URU seems to be much simpler. The Star lacks some type of safety to prevent the gun from firing if the charging handle escapes while cocking, like the latest UZIs and the Walther MPL, but if you use handloads, that Thompson moving firing pin makes a big difference. I saw one of these weapons, I am not sure if it was at Sevilla or Valência military museum, maybe both, I visited these museums in 2011.

@garetz2011 7 жыл бұрын

Good to know it's there! Of course I can't get it just looking for that drawing (the same found on Military Small Arms Of the 20th Century, 7th Edition). It has many tension springs, I dislike these springs, they may get broken in one second or two hundred years... nobody knows when. Does the 70 have the same moving firing pin? (May I call this firing pin "seesaw type firing pin"?)

@garetz2011 7 жыл бұрын

Forgotten Weapons has a video on URU. I suspect it has no other safety measure than an inertia operated blocking sear, and this device is very easy to understand on the video. I still can't understand how that trigger works. I am trying to solve it using a raster image on CAD (trigger, sear and disconnector on the same piece? no axis hole? URU deserves to be studied, I can't recall such a simple trigger on any other SMG).

@klausbrinck2137 3 жыл бұрын

The brazilian URU-solution is surely ten times cheaper... But this charging-handle/rod is also ten times cheaper than the Owen 2-chamber-upper-assembly for avoiding open throughholes on the upper assembly (for the charging-handle), thus keeping the space behind the bolt free of dirt...

@davidingham2216 3 жыл бұрын

A neat looking gun. Thanks for the video (and all the others!)

@incognitoanonymous3739 7 жыл бұрын

That lovely little thing could easily sneak into Star Wars as a blaster.

@cosminxxx5287 6 жыл бұрын

normaly someone would say what's with all that safety..well, units that use light machineguns like this move fast and on all kind of closed enviroment, houses, small streets etc, and its very easy to bomb into something or you may plunge down on enemy fire and things like that ,and you may indeed shoot your weapon just by a hit on a wall or debris .. so yea, for a gun made in the early 60's, this is VERY nice :) .glad you show us some things like this to apreciate more what hidden gems people made even so far in the past.that firing pin safety is smart .

@salokin3087 7 жыл бұрын

I love these vids, but i'm really hoping for one about the FAR and G3 in this style

@bend1483 7 жыл бұрын

Really cool little gun I had no idea about!

@touloncozzetti-stopfensmat5479 4 жыл бұрын

Basque industry excellent quality!

@heyyyyyynow 7 жыл бұрын

Ian can you make follow up videos where you ask the people who bought the guns to let you make a video of them firing? Thanks for making this happen.

@311pique 7 жыл бұрын

my uncle used to carry this when he was an escort for high ranking military officers; safety off and an unarmored car. Not the best job, little pay.

@toxicmatrix1337 7 жыл бұрын

Well now I know where the design for the automag paintball gun comes from. lol

@johnfrancis2215 5 жыл бұрын

I like the look of this, good design features

@Theenemy38 7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind owing this gun. Really nice and simple.

@ukriroutalempi5124 2 жыл бұрын

One of The best looking submachine gun I have seen!

@Arctic_Arms 6 жыл бұрын

Another great video Ian. One thing that would have been nice is to go into the barrel and it's removal.

@polduseri909 4 жыл бұрын

I was 8 years old when my mom bought me my first carbine; to my surprise was made in Spain but not sure what brand was; all that I remember is that I was the most happy kid in my neighborhood.

@marcosdiaz3773 4 жыл бұрын

Probably Gamo or Norica one 😉

@polduseri909 4 жыл бұрын

Marcos Diaz It was about 50 years ago

@marcosdiaz3773 4 жыл бұрын

Gamo is 60 years old

@luggilu7864 2 жыл бұрын

Tec-9 and sterling had a baby. This is what came out.

@voyer1999 Жыл бұрын

I have an old star compact 45. It is solid&great design.

@hku99 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice , I like the bolt safety

@user-ns3vs3bp3e 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like a weird mix of the Uru and the beretta PM-12s

@VegasCyclingFreak 7 жыл бұрын

Great bolt design on this one

@crazyfvck 7 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty cool looking SMG :)

@Auracanal 4 жыл бұрын

I did my service in the Spanish military police with one of those.... so long ago :(

@Externikov 6 жыл бұрын

My experience with the star z-70 was that it is a good gun if you want to shoot high. I was expecting some recoil the first time, but instead the gun went up in full auto far beyond the shooting field. That happens when you only can shoot 30 bullets every three or six months. But anyway, it is simple, good enough and cheap as an sten. Oh, and if you don´t like your front teeth, some conscripts use to break their face when cleaning the gun, the strong spring helps a lot.

@Jixijenga 7 жыл бұрын

_"The Star Z-63 Submachine Gun: Better Than You..."_ THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF MY CHILDHOOD, IAN.

@toxicmatrix1337 7 жыл бұрын

Does the gun have more recoil from the bolt reciprocating, rather than the recoil from the round being fired?

@Insanabiliter_In_Linea 7 жыл бұрын

You should do a video on the Star Z-45 if you ever get the chance. I've been interested in those ever since parts kits started showing up a few years back.

@NoodleCranium 7 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="315">5:15</a> That whoosh sound!

@NoodleCranium 7 жыл бұрын

Well put ol' chap.

@TheExaminedLifeofGaming 7 жыл бұрын

Star is the best ever! Fire, Ultra, Mega... they're all good!

@frankzappa5914 2 жыл бұрын

"Jennings man, it's a Jennings." Is where I totally lost it and woke up the wife laughing. Thank you.

@johnclemens5720 6 жыл бұрын

Fired these sub machine guns back in the 1970s, always used two fingers to fire, recoil was light, worked well, just weird using two fingers to fire the weapon, one finger was too hard to pull the trigger in FA

@costantinoandruzzi2219 7 жыл бұрын

It's really close to the Beretta PM12, and in fact both SMG's entered production in 1962. Same size (more or less), same caliber, same magazine capacity, same rate of fire.

@MGPires 7 жыл бұрын

Machine gun month. I see you already had a bolt bitten finger. Great job man, great channel!

@sammoon2906 7 жыл бұрын

I don't have any experience with Spanish firearms, but I know the G3 was second to the Cetme, and I've always heard good things about Cetme/G3/HK91. What firearms gave Spain a bad reputation for gun quality? A fine video, as always. I really appreciate your presentation, I never, *ever* get tired of the way you show the weapon, give the history, and generally teach me how to disassemble firearms I likely will never see, let alone take down. That isnt sarcasm, I'm a warfare history fan, a mechanics nerd, and old gun fan. This channel is almost drug like....

@marinapino480 6 жыл бұрын

Sam Moon La mala reputación (más artificial que real) viene tanto de la leyenda negra secular, como de la ignorancia. Es cierto que, durante la primer guerra mundial, España vendió mucho de todo a las potencias beligerantes caro y de mala calidad (oportunismo que hemos pagado carísimo) Es posible que venga de ahí también. De todos modos, Alemania nos encargó durante la segunda guerra mundial muchas armas que son de primerísima calidad. Por algo sería. España lleva siglos haciendo armamento y con una historia militar y naval única en el mundo.

@obiwankenobi2749 3 жыл бұрын

I love these simple smg things. When i get my ffl imma build one

@BuggaBoy69 4 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of a tippman paintball gun for some reason, though the t98 doesn’t really look like this

@flyboymike111357 7 жыл бұрын

An Uru with this thing's trigger, mag well, and magazines would be cool.

@rhinovirus2225 7 жыл бұрын

What mechanism bypasses the drop safety lug on the bolt when firing the gun? It seems to me that it would catch every time you fired the gun since the charging rod isn't depressing the button on the bolt.

@33667406 Жыл бұрын

Me encanta esta arma la usé muchos años en la Policía de Uruguay, después H&K MP-5 y al final la fmk-3. Pero la z-63, fue mi sub fusil preferido

@masterPlol 7 жыл бұрын

Now I would like to see a Z-45.

@kushkiller7108 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool...I like it Guns of the 60s are awesome.

@kevinbooth2043 5 жыл бұрын

I love stars and astras because of the prices compared to similar guns I've yet to be let down

@tommyblackwell3760 2 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@randywatson8347 7 жыл бұрын

Cool boltdesign.

@frenchfrey65 5 жыл бұрын

I've been trying to find this gun forever because it makes an appearance as a prop in one of the Austin Powers movies

@lucasvargas383 7 жыл бұрын

definitely should be an Imperial weapon from star wars like the Stirling SMG

@goofynose2520 7 жыл бұрын

So how does the bolt travel back and lock open when firing? The charging handle is not reciprocating so how does that safety pin get pressed to allow the bolt to travel?

@peterwehrmeyer925 Жыл бұрын

This, and the beretta m12 were my favorites.

@staringgasmask 4 жыл бұрын

I am from Spain and the Z-70 (you did a shooting test in other video) is my favourite SMG, I shot only once with a militar friend and it's reliable and easy to use. A compressed air gun may have more knockback than this gun

@hunterwrubel2530 7 жыл бұрын

how does the round firing allow the bolt to move back? it has that lock on the side for a drop safety which without something acting on it when fired would act like a pseudo locking lug.