When M14 Meets M16: The Fort Ellis XR-86 Frankenrifle

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This rifle is the home shop creation of one Wilfred Ellis, a talented gunsmith form Pennsylvania. It is basically a combination of an M14 gas system with an AR15 bolt and locking system, plus an in-line tubular receiver, M60 flash hider, and side-mounted magazine. Not exactly the sort of thing that will replace the M4 in military service, but an example of the sort of fun gunsmithing projects that you can put together just because it seems interesting to try. Neat!
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@Tobascodagama 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, Frankenrifle was the name of the gunsmith, you're thinking of Frankenrifle's monster.

@kaizoebara 5 жыл бұрын

I see you are a man of culture as well.

@randymagnum6680 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Mason

@haroldellis9721 5 жыл бұрын

Well played, Sir, well played.

@michaelwright8978 5 жыл бұрын

The Rifle's name is Adam

@dak4465 5 жыл бұрын

I aplaud you my good man

@steveanderson9290 5 жыл бұрын

With that tour, Ian just doubled the value of that gun.

@johnmitchell923 5 жыл бұрын

Touched by gun Jesus

@Arthurzeiro 5 жыл бұрын

@@johnmitchell923 *Blessed by

@charliejoker79 5 жыл бұрын

"With that tour, Ian just doubled the value of that gun." 2 times $0 is still $0. Can't for the life of me understand why someone would buy this. I get why it is cool, but why it's worth actual money today eludes me. Maybe as inspiration for your own project as Ian said.

@steveanderson9290 5 жыл бұрын

"Cool" is clearly worth big money to many. Myself, every gun I have must fulfill a purpose, and "cool" isn't enough. I often despair that I am that way, but it does save me a ton of money. I predict that someone will pay north of $3k for that rifle, but it won't be me (or you, who apparently suffers from the same malady I do :-) .)

@jackandersen1262 5 жыл бұрын

Candice Juliano Shooting quite possibly for the parts.

@Hybris51129 5 жыл бұрын

This is probably the cleanest looking improvised firearm ever.

@garywheeler7039 4 жыл бұрын

The side mounted magazine keeps itself out of the dirt a little better also. Easier to fire over the side of a trench or parapet. Could use extra long magazines as well. I like the simplicity. Although the but stock is a bit lame.

@isaacnewston4667 4 жыл бұрын

@@garywheeler7039 also easier to shoot when you prone.

@Fireclaws10 4 жыл бұрын

Isaac Newston not so much. It’s nice to monopod when prone by resting on the magazine

@garywheeler7039 4 жыл бұрын

@@Fireclaws10 Did not know that.

@anderoo9260 4 жыл бұрын

@@Fireclaws10 What about malfunctions?

@ArchieKeen1 5 жыл бұрын

This rifle deserves to be used on the range

@Dirtbag-Hyena 5 жыл бұрын

@@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966 Good play on words👏👏 Its not THAT ugly....Is it🙂

@coleoshtamebaghe3606 5 жыл бұрын

It's a really clever design. I'm surprised this didn't influence the design of more guns.

@facelesscovers763 5 жыл бұрын

@@coleoshtamebaghe3606 Actually the FG-42 is a German machine gun that certainly inspired this.

@Killer553 5 жыл бұрын

@@facelesscovers763 Not necessarily FG42. There were also other weapons of similar design like Johnson LMG which interestingly looks very similar to FG42,was made a bit earlier i think,but the reason for similar design was that both guns were created in an attempt to solve similar problems. Also MG13 was a thing before FG42.

@jackykwan3241 5 жыл бұрын

@@coleoshtamebaghe3606 I was thinking of L2A3

@Ikarias1 5 жыл бұрын

Don't show this to Bethesda...

@Kargush 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine the result if Bethesda got into gun manufacturing. The Rogak P18 would look like a Holland & Holland product in comparison.

@Ikarias1 5 жыл бұрын

Well, now it all makes sence... Bethesda is Brazil of gaming!

@TheRealMinotaur667 5 жыл бұрын

@@sternencolonel7328 76 is actually quite enjoyable both solo and with friends. No, it's not the same as the other games, but it was never intended to be the same. It was always supposed to be different. People really need to get over their petty issues with it and learn to just enjoy it for what it is. And what is it? It's an incredibly enjoyable gaming experience that very much so feels like Fallout.

@danielfarr1971 5 жыл бұрын

Honestly this would be a better assault rifle then the one they chose for Fallout 4. Because you know, it's NOT a chunky .308 Machine gun. Although they would place the Magazine well, ejection port and charging handle all on the left side of the gun just for annoyance.

@duachim 5 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly what he needs to do

@StevieB8363 5 жыл бұрын

This is the master gunsmith version of me cooking dinner from whatever I have leftover in the fridge. The fact that it actually worked is testament to his skill.

@greycatturtle7132 5 ай бұрын

Yea

@carlrasmussen3267 4 жыл бұрын

Will Ellis was my mentor of sorts. I was much younger, getting into shooting and hunting. A father figure who mad my reloads for my 30-06 and .223. I was, as well as many others including my father-in-law, mesmerized by the stories of his time as an Abington, PA policeman. Captivating man. A man who had tragedy strike his family with the death of one daughter rehabbing from her car accident injuries. Threw a clot, I believe. Another daughter, Jeanie, died from complications from diabetes. I was in "Fort Ellis" a few times where he kept his vast collection of firearms, etc. More relics in his house basement where he did his reloading. To the best of my knowledge, he died from a fall from the roof of his Fort installing a vent for a bathroom he was putting in. I reload my own ammo and think of him often. His wife, Phyllis, who is now remarried, is as sweet a lady as you'll ever meet. Ate wild game dinners at their house in Abington with friends and family. I keep his hand-written loads recipes and have a priceless picture of him. RIP Will. You were a genius.

@1DEADBEEF1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this lovely story!!

@robertborgeson1821 Ай бұрын

Very cool. I see your post is many years old but I'm just seeing this video for the first time. Do you have any knowledge of this specific firearm? I posted elsewhere in the thread my question but I'll ask you directly; any idea why he went with the side mount magazine? To me, the point of this Frankenstein is to get the (arguably)superior gas system of the m14 onto an AR-15. He could have left the receiver in its original orientation and just had the charging handle run out the top like a famas. With his skill I'm sure he had many options and the magwell on the side just seems odd to me. Thought?

@alexion2001 5 жыл бұрын

most popular weapons of the Vietnam era smashed together.

@iamstewpit6740 5 жыл бұрын

*cough cough* AK47

@alexion2001 5 жыл бұрын

@@iamstewpit6740 most popular US weapons of the Vietnam era*

@iamstewpit6740 5 жыл бұрын

The M60 and M1911 would still probably replace the M14.

@alexion2001 5 жыл бұрын

@@iamstewpit6740 excuse me, for the better part of the war the M14 was the primary battle rifle of the marines due to budget cuts and it was also the weapon of choice for most marksmen in all branches and it was the navy service rifle, I reckon its more popular than the M60 which is a machine gun and the 1911 even tho its used to this day I don't even count as famous simply because its been the favourite sidearm since WW1 so its more of a standard than a famous weapon.

@iamstewpit6740 5 жыл бұрын

@@alexion2001 I meant the M60 and M1911 would replace the M14 in terms of popularity.

@lindsleycravensii2985 5 жыл бұрын

I laughed my ass off when he said “the spring lives in here.” Loved it

@netpackrat 5 жыл бұрын

One real mark of the builder's craftsmanship is in how easily it disassembled for Ian. We've all seen "legit" arsenal built prototypes on this channel that did not come apart nearly as smoothly, or that he was afraid to attempt to take apart.

@leszekkadelski9569 5 жыл бұрын

So a "what if" scenario in which the Khyber Pass is located in Pennsylvania ;)

@andrewsuryali8540 5 жыл бұрын

American mystery rifle.

@uraniumrock8381 5 жыл бұрын

Western PA is already basically white Afghanistan

@ronaldcolman6211 5 жыл бұрын

@@uraniumrock8381 Not Western Pa, this is about 5 minutes outside Philadelphia. I kind of want to track down the builder for an interview.

@uraniumrock8381 5 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldcolman6211 I live in North Philly, I pray to God we don't start making our own workshop assault weapons. But yeah, id love to see an interview with the builder, the weapon is really cool.

@mr.anderson9938 5 жыл бұрын

Stanley Jedrzejczyk 😭 they are so mean 😢 wahh!

@SinisterGerbils 5 жыл бұрын

"Hold my beer." - Wilfred Ellis, 1986

@bobthebuilder1360 4 жыл бұрын

@@texasrox2010 um wtf

@RamadaArtist 5 жыл бұрын

So, more or less a twisted AR15 with short-stroke instead of direct impingement. I can actually see why someone would want that. This thing is genuinely pretty cool.

@neutronalchemist3241 5 жыл бұрын

The project is neat for being something made for fun, but, since he was at it, it's weird that he simply didn't rotate the M14 gas system 180° so to have the gas piston at hour 12. That way he could have mantained the entire AR15 lower as it was.

@jic1 5 жыл бұрын

@@neutronalchemist3241 I don't think he had a complete AR15 lower when he started that.

@joshualance6005 5 жыл бұрын

It was long stroke not short stroke

@neutronalchemist3241 5 жыл бұрын

@@joshualance6005 the M14 gas system is short stroke.

@neutronalchemist3241 5 жыл бұрын

@@jic1 It seems he had at least an handle and a trigger group.

@Mongo63a 5 жыл бұрын

When gunsmiths are bored, this is what you get.

@smallerfreeze 4 жыл бұрын

Its fashion, look it up

@derekhenschel3191 5 жыл бұрын

When 1940's Germany gets an m4 from the future

@derekhenschel3191 5 жыл бұрын

@@taimermega6447 lol

@borismuller86 5 жыл бұрын

Wolfenstein?

@mamadazadmard2429 4 жыл бұрын

IT awfully looks like the fg42. Imagine a paratrooper gun for 1940s America.

@jonbrown7868 4 жыл бұрын

But it doesnt fire open bolt on full auto...

@jonbrown7868 4 жыл бұрын

Could larger caliber uppers run .308 if you rotate it 90° and dump brass out of the mag well on a standard ar?

@TheSuburban15 5 жыл бұрын

In 1986 nobody knew what a Picatinny rail was. That's probably a Weaver rail.

@jimhans1 5 жыл бұрын

Weaver produced rails have rounded bottoms in the cross slots, so while this isn’t a weaver produced rail itself, it also isn’t a pic rail obviously due to the vintage, but it looks like pic mounts would work if they only have one cross bar.

@danielguenel9192 5 жыл бұрын

_Suburban_ how old its picatinny btw?

@jimhans1 5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Guenel design was started in 1992 and standardized on 03Feb95 as Mil-STD-1913.

@danielguenel9192 5 жыл бұрын

jimhans1 thks

@theonlymann1485 5 жыл бұрын

Weaver rail only came in 2nd because it came 2fast2quick and nobody saw the need for customization for optics till the 90s. Amd they remade that into Pikatinny rail. Also for compatibility reasons the Weaber and the Pikatinny do have simillar structure thus accessories are compatible exepect for some modifications.

@jerrykendall2426 5 жыл бұрын

Mechanicly it's genius, For practical reasons it's basicly licking windows.

@criffermaclennan 5 жыл бұрын

And gun jesus did look upon the platypus gun and did wonder wtf...but gun jesus looked closer and saw that, whilst weird, it was indeed good.... Praise be

@LeCharles07 5 жыл бұрын

Praise be!

@joshuabrookmyer4119 5 жыл бұрын

And lo, there was praise!

@markzosemsuello4016 5 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAMMMMEEEENNN!!!!

@keaganhicks5467 5 жыл бұрын

Daus vault

@bunberrier 5 жыл бұрын

Gun Jesus... where are you from? Korea, Canada or maybe Tiawan?

@cheesyweedhead4020 5 жыл бұрын

it looks like an m16 and fg42 had a baby

@michaelagustinsantos3015 5 жыл бұрын

IVF baby gone wrong.

@usergreg1498 5 жыл бұрын

that was first thing that came to **my** mind...

@benoorehek8475 4 жыл бұрын

One cromosome too much

@hellpimp 5 жыл бұрын

"Your gunsmiths were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." Naw.... I love all shooty things.

@merten0083 5 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of gun you would make in MGSV after finding the Master Gunsmith

@bomric1788 5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

@alexlemus2559 2 жыл бұрын

To bad peace walker had real gun and parts like 357 had a 4x lol

@k-anon1945 5 жыл бұрын

m14's gas block + FAL's handguard & charging handle + M16's Receiver + unidentified carrying handle(with sights) = what you seeing now. holy...

@TheRealMinotaur667 5 жыл бұрын

Carrying handle looks very similar to the Russian A-91 or the Ash-12.7

@Nathan-jh1ho 5 жыл бұрын

and m60 flash hider

@lucianene7741 5 жыл бұрын

= sort of an FG-42

@MrDmitriRavenoff 5 жыл бұрын

I just wonder why his optics rail is 3" above the barrel....

@nikolairuskanov787 5 жыл бұрын

@Lassi Kinnunen Reminds me of that ljeutic (sp?) space gun

@Owlpunk 5 жыл бұрын

This is actually a really cool rifle, imo. Looks like a modernized FG42 :D

@shawnr771 5 жыл бұрын

Would be cool to modify to belt feed.

@vacomments 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@poika22 5 жыл бұрын

Modern in the 80s

@DFXedra2122 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought when I saw it

@dayshon124 2 жыл бұрын

It's like Stoner Let stoners into the boardroom lmao, this thing is hideous but I bet it's efficient.

@PsychoDad89 5 жыл бұрын

1986 in Pennsylvania: Mayor: You can't go through with this, this is madness. Ellis: Yeah, what ever 2 days later Ellis: IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIIIVE *pop pop pop*

@LOUDcarBOMB 5 жыл бұрын

Ian, please show more guns like this that are made/designed by amateur/competant people. Its odd and/or interesting guns like this is where others can see very experimental designs tried out very interesting.

@I_like_turtles_67 4 жыл бұрын

He did the Barret 50 cal a while ago. That's a good one if you haven't watched it yet.

@AllAhabNoMoby 5 жыл бұрын

"It is of course a semi-auto..." Yeah but it's a full semi-auto.

@jic1 5 жыл бұрын

With the bit that goes up.

@ThetaReactor 5 жыл бұрын

You say "of course", but if I were home-building a rifle in early 1986 I'd be all over that last-minute NFA registration.

@AllAhabNoMoby 5 жыл бұрын

I was quoting Ian but you make a good point.

@brudibrudi992 5 жыл бұрын

And it has this flash hiding flashhider thingy that makes the shooter invisible and it can has big bullet box and one deathbullet per trigger pull and itsn ASSAULT RIFLE omffffffffg

@smallerfreeze 4 жыл бұрын

Anything is anything. -metal file and elbow grease

@wilhufftarkin8543 5 жыл бұрын

I bet the guy who made this spends hours on Pimp My Gun every day

@idontwanttoputmyname403 5 жыл бұрын

That's a blast from the past.

@owainrichards4372 5 жыл бұрын

I used to spend ages on that game haha

@thatguy1080 5 жыл бұрын

Has there ever been another game like it since? As in, something that's had active support?

@DylanMcCubbin123 5 жыл бұрын

@@thatguy1080 sadly no.

@FairlyUnknown 5 жыл бұрын

@@thatguy1080 Sadly not, and even if someone did make one, I bet Apple would take it down within hours and not even allow something like that on the app store.

@slice1208 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm that would be cooler if it was 9mm with a suppressor . Then you could call it a frankensten .

@SuperPerry1000 5 жыл бұрын

*ba dum tish*

@esper6119 5 жыл бұрын

hehehehehe, okay, ya got me

@roempoetliar7995 5 жыл бұрын

Perry Martin *ba dum phsss*

@therugburnz 5 жыл бұрын

Grrrroooooan

@joshglover2370 5 жыл бұрын

😂

@davebrunero5529 5 жыл бұрын

If it we're $500 at a show I would pull out the cash... Between an estimated $3750-$5000 it is too rich for my blood... However, I would love a copy of the design to try and build my own...

@cg8212 5 жыл бұрын

It's like someone wanted an FG42, but couldn't get one.

@PercivalBlakeney 3 жыл бұрын

Sort of reminds me of the scene in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, when Tuco (Eli Wallach) goes into the gun shop and starts putting a revolver together.

@ianmacfarlane1241 5 жыл бұрын

That's nothing......you should see my Kalashnizooka.

@michaelagustinsantos3015 5 жыл бұрын

Ian Macfarlane Kalashniluger.

@kt38138 5 жыл бұрын

KalashniColt

@AbyssWatcher745 5 жыл бұрын

Kalashenfield

@grahamlopez6202 5 жыл бұрын

Milkalashnikov/ Kalashnikor- mgl

@willtipton100 5 жыл бұрын

Krag-Bazørjkanson

@NoTimeForThatNow 5 жыл бұрын

That gun is genius, definitely a point of pride for the maker.

@publicservice08to10 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the weird and wonderful creations of firearm designs like this. makes me wonder what other strange home-brew weapons designs are lurking out in the world.

@jonathanstancil8544 5 жыл бұрын

And just how many fingers and eyes were sacrificed during development.

@publicservice08to10 5 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanstancil8544 Evidently enough to appease the powers that be to gift him one functional rifle that didn't immediately detonate upon firing the first round.

@moelll 5 жыл бұрын

You see when an AR-15 and M-14 love each other very much....

@TheSuburban15 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe important to explain to younger viewers that in 1986 there were maybe 20 or 30 something cable channels, definitely no internet, and video games were really just in the early stages of infancy. To buy an AR-15 meant buying a Colt for what in today's dollar would probably be something like $1200+ for a plain vanilla model. Imported AKs were cheap, and we still had Chinese ammo for them which was cheap as dirt, but few people wanted anything to do with those.

@shawnr771 5 жыл бұрын

Adjust for inflation $400 dollars in 1986 is $900 dollars today.

@joshualance6005 5 жыл бұрын

Yes so 1200$ then wild be like 2700$ in 1986

@Ideo7Z 5 жыл бұрын

FALs and HK rifles had been in the country for quite some time and were reasonably priced. But hardly anybody outside of the hardcore gun nuts were buying them.

@TheSuburban15 5 жыл бұрын

@@shawnr771 Where are you getting that a Colt AR was $400 in 1986?

@shawnr771 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSuburban15 I could have bought one in 1989 for 400 dollars plus a 50 dollar assembly near Ft Polk LA. I did not buy one then.

@jacob9229 5 жыл бұрын

Why wasn't this in Star Wars?

@LadyAnuB 5 жыл бұрын

1986. Jedi was 1983 so it wasn't around in time.

@SuperAWaC 5 жыл бұрын

also there was only one of them made, the prop guns in star wars were all common guns

@Spystreak 5 жыл бұрын

Because metal guns are too menacing for mouse eared millennials

@Spystreak 5 жыл бұрын

@dar'man beskar Ordo To me it died with the old EU I'll take the Yuuzhan Vong invasion over Darth Danzig and Supreme cancer patient Snoke anyday

@MicTheOni 5 жыл бұрын

It does look like a gun straight from Star Wars

@kevinoconnor9009 4 жыл бұрын

I actually worked on the PD with Will. Fort Ellis was a cool firearms collection, some of which Will had made himself, like tanker garands. I actually still have 2 PPC guns he rebarreled and tuned for me.

@korisosuke2154 5 жыл бұрын

“Get that rod at full extension”

@CrysResan 5 жыл бұрын

It's a "Because I can/ To see if I can" gun. I once saw a, albeit grainy video of a guy who made an auto ejecting 9 mm Ruger vaquero I think it was. It was still single action but as soon as you fired a round the last case got ejected out of the cylinder. It had a mechanism that would Rube Goldberg blush.

@nfsfanAndrew 5 жыл бұрын

Kinda looks like someone challenged him and said "bet you can't make a functioning gun from the junk in this parts bin" And sir ellis responded "hold my beer watch this."

@ToxMace 5 жыл бұрын

When a master gunsmith tells you to, "Hold my beer and watch this!" you need to death grip that can with both hands and try not to cry at what you're about to witness.

@brnrubber303 5 жыл бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Good to see an Ellis gun!

@homegunsmithunger598 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting rifle, thanks for showing it! I am currently working on a .22lr with an AKM wood stock and an M16 grip, I need to save time for rather unimportant parts, because my free time is very limited. Maybe that was also his reason to build it with so many existing parts, beside his normal job.

@michealunrau5613 5 жыл бұрын

I now know what project I'm doing 2019...

@williamschoenfeld1773 5 жыл бұрын

It's things like this rifle and the story that excite and inspire me. Thanks for sharing Ian, appreciate all the effort. At this point i've seen enough watermelons blow up or "what if we shoot this thing with a random gun" videos.

@invictusprima4437 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like an alternate history FG-42

@thegoldencaulk2742 5 жыл бұрын

Oh I remember this. I saw it at Poulin Auctions a few months back. I have a feeling that it's back for sale so soon because it doesn't work all that well...

@olliesmith8174 5 жыл бұрын

....m15?

@derekhenschel3191 5 жыл бұрын

There is an m15

@derekhenschel3191 5 жыл бұрын

The m 15 is the general officers varient of the m1911A1

@olliesmith8174 5 жыл бұрын

Was just a joke bud

@DerangedManiac12 5 жыл бұрын

@@derekhenschel3191 US Army numbering system is seperated for each category of weapon. Just because there is a pistol designated M15 doesn't exclude a rifle being designated M15. eg. M1 tank ("Abrams"), M1 smg ("Thompson"), M1 rifle ("Garand") M1 carbine, M1 flamethrower, etc

@exohead1 5 жыл бұрын

calypsis there was an m15 rifle, though. The M15 was the automatic rifle/support weapon variant of the M14. But it was even more trash than the M14, so they never fielded it in significant numbers

@nickfletcher9955 5 жыл бұрын

It was definitely made by a stoner Like Eugene stoner. If you needed me to specify

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Owlpunk 5 жыл бұрын

*extremely Hickok45 voice* LET'S SMOKE SOME POT!

@ap1s2k78 5 жыл бұрын

Lol this is forgotten weapons. Nobody needed you to specify. :) Gun geeks abound.....

@charlesadams1721 5 жыл бұрын

nick fletcher; the guy was a veteran police officer in addition to being a master gunsmith.

@markhusseymh1 5 жыл бұрын

I have both M62 &m63 stoner weapons systems real nice guns they are kept on military base

@VegasCyclingFreak 5 жыл бұрын

Very creative mix of ideas on this one

@NG-VQ37VHR 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos on home made or craft made firearms are always my favorite.

@ConnorTrail 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what a modernized version of this gun would look like, name it something like XR-86A1 or something.

@greggv8 2 жыл бұрын

There's a ton of holes and exposed operating bits that would need filled in and covered to make it a practical everyday use rifle.

@StevenBeshears420 5 жыл бұрын

JESUS I want that sooo freaking bad.

@StevenBeshears420 5 жыл бұрын

@@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966 .223 Is my fav size.. Always has been, not just since its been trendy.. i had a mini 14 in the 80s lol

@jimseiler4651 4 жыл бұрын

Clever...Very ingenious. Thanks for posting this one!

@jamesranger6283 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice. Glad you showed this. Mabe show us a few more examples of this sort of thing in the future. Thanks again.

@Arthurzeiro 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder what's the weight of that, it sure looks lighter than a regular AR-15.

@erickwon8528 5 жыл бұрын

So it's just a plasticky cheap version of an FG-42.

@LazyLifeIFreak 5 жыл бұрын

Nah, its been corrupted by cthulhu.

@tmseh 5 жыл бұрын

@@LazyLifeIFreak Do not speak of the Old Ones in jest lest you are willing to sacrifice your putrid flesh.😨 Hey, happy Thanksgiving!

@jamesmckenna1179 5 жыл бұрын

It has the same obnoxious butt stock😂

@masondyer1625 5 жыл бұрын

It’s not a copy but I’d say he might have got the idea of a side magazine from the FG42 or another historic gun with the same set up. Or it was just a “hey I like ARs and M14s so why don’t I combine the two, better yet I’ll do something different and make it feed from the side and eject down

@provo452 5 жыл бұрын

It looks like the 80s yay cocaine version of an FG42

@aries_9130 5 жыл бұрын

This is so freaking cool. I love the way he handled the trigger situation.

@MrOlgrumpy 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing,interesting mix of various rifles,

@ratagris21 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and looks like an AR Sten Gun. Just needs a Beta Mag and you're ready to rock and roll!

@AlexChovBricks 5 жыл бұрын

It looks like Star Wars rifle ))))

@MicMcCabe 5 жыл бұрын

It's crazy finds like this why I love this channel

@jarink1 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like something out of a 70's-80's sci-fi movie.

@r5cpt 5 жыл бұрын

This design does make quite a lot of sense, actually. It might be actually an excellent gun.

@neutronalchemist3241 5 жыл бұрын

The project is neat for being something made for fun, but, to have sense, he should have simply rotated the M14 gas system 180° so to have the gas piston at hour 12. That way he could have mantained the entire AR15 lower as it was.

@ronaldcolman6211 5 жыл бұрын

@@neutronalchemist3241 I'm thinking this was meant for long range shooting from a prone position. Long barrel, good flash hider, no iron sights, and bottom ejection. Looks like a fun project.

@jeffphillips1832 5 жыл бұрын

"Property of Mandelor"

@somebody3143 5 жыл бұрын

Ian is awesome and this is an excellent channel for all of your firearm entertainment and knowledge requirements!

@fetishartist137 5 жыл бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving guys! Thank you kindly for all the great work!

@higorguedes4413 5 жыл бұрын

Basically a american Fallschirmjägergewehr 42

@Ranstone 5 жыл бұрын

I still can't believe "Fallschirmjägergewehr" is a real word. :\

@skeemnave4882 5 жыл бұрын

its kinda' giving me Johnson vibes, ya know? with the ar style bolt and the right angle feed.

@bigdaddysherwood 5 жыл бұрын

looks like a teaching moment for his apprentice, take a bunch of parts you've got laying around and make them work together.

@adamak47miller90 5 жыл бұрын

I love seeing people's creativity that's awesome

@leifvejby8023 5 жыл бұрын

That is something you make because you can, and it looks kind of cool! Like some of my chainsaws.

@gavtriggs664 4 жыл бұрын

Leif Vejby you make chainsaws-duuuude

@jonathandalton2921 5 жыл бұрын

i'd buy that. looks like a south african made it.

@ThetaReactor 5 жыл бұрын

@@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966 But this one works...

@jic1 5 жыл бұрын

@@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966 You mean the same Cobray who based two of its best-known guns on the South African Armsel Striker?

@RvEijndhoven 5 жыл бұрын

@@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966 Nah, nah, if this was made by Cobray, it would be fully automatic and chambered for 12 gauge... Somehow.

@brandonrodgers2479 3 жыл бұрын

This thing looks so awesome! Definitely a cool home build

@TheEnrieb 5 жыл бұрын

I can just imagine the gunsmith in a castle somewhere putting it together then having to run lightning bolts through it to get it to work. "Look! It's moving. It's alive.... It's alive!!!"

@normtrooper4392 4 жыл бұрын

Cher-chunk as the bolt slides forward into battery

@leirex_1 5 жыл бұрын

Noah: "What the hell is this?" M16: ... M14: "Oh.. you didn't give any specific guidelines about mating"

@Gunsgodandgovernment 5 жыл бұрын

I would love a sideways AR15 or AR10 like this that was dressed up to look like a real WW2 FG42 (or as close as it could get. It probably wouldn't fool most gun owners but it would still be cool to have and it would be A LOT cheaper to produce than the current reproduction FG42s)

@jmh1189 4 жыл бұрын

There's some beauty to be seen in this madness. I love it.

@kyleblaylock3845 5 жыл бұрын

Im thankful for this.

@notyou1877 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! He actually improved the action by installing a short piston and stopping all that carbon deposits and hot air getting inside the action cooking it.

@kunicross 5 жыл бұрын

When will we see the mud test for this? Actually the whole thing looks really nice and stuff like the trigger/charging handle is fun as well. Does it eject to the bottom?

@inthefade 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a little project to have fun and get fresh inspiration!

@eugenius6519 4 жыл бұрын

I think the guy deserves some praise, this thing is pretty well made.

@salokin3087 5 жыл бұрын

It's horrid and I want it

@bob123728 5 жыл бұрын

"Nothing historic about this" I heartily disagree

@bigdaddygio8466 5 жыл бұрын

This video is a good present for my birthday. Have a good Thanksgiving, Ian!

@maverick9708 3 жыл бұрын

The glorious craftsmanship of the Elbonian small arms industry. Looks like a fun piece

@rlfgarrison 5 жыл бұрын

Ok watched it twice...How does it eject? I don't see an ejection port.

@beavisbutt-headson3223 5 жыл бұрын

The bottom. Since the bolt is rotated 90 degrees clockwise, it'll eject downwards. You can see the ejection port (faintly) at around 0:54

@GuitARPlayr100 5 жыл бұрын

Robin Garrison if you look carefully when he pulls the trigger group/magwell off, as he's rotating it, you can just see an ejection port below the charging handle. Very odd placement, and I missed it the first time myself.

@trentmorrison6074 5 жыл бұрын

I think the ejection port is open when the bolts back in other words. Its a recipication bolt

@George_Doc 5 жыл бұрын

I need this in Fallout New Vegas!

@kaich369 5 жыл бұрын

I am in a country where we can't even own guns, but I just can't stop watching these.

@carnut015 5 жыл бұрын

What a fun range toy. Imagine the looks you would get showing up with that rifle.

@medicalmanport1136 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a fg 42

@Jesses001 5 жыл бұрын

Wilfred Ellis was clearly a very talented gunsmith. He said he made this rifle in 15 days, and it did not have to go back to any revisions and worked on the first try. Any gunsmith will tell you, that is impressive. I really like this design. It is rather easy to field strip as well. Interesting fact. A Google search of "The Fort Ellis rifle" the first result is this video. The second result is this video on Full30. The third result is your article on this rifle on forgottenweapons.com. You have to go to the forth result to find the current auction, ha.

@beelzeboo 5 жыл бұрын

This seems like the type of weapon you’d find after raiding a military base in Fallout.

@chitoryu12 4 жыл бұрын

It's always amazing to see a random home gunsmith one-off and it *actually works*.

@toledo152 5 жыл бұрын

A bit crude but clever. Welding clearly was not one his strongest skills.

@GunnerAsch1 5 жыл бұрын

Actually..the welding is well done. It has no more and no less than what is needed. Very minimalistic and very stout. Not going to do well in the sand test..but all and all..its a rifle you can go prone with...very very low. The builder did quite well.