General GunTuber thread

[SinistralRifleman]

It's nice seeing the recreated props and guns.

Actually, Russel, I know where that Smartgun is from, I've seen that exact one demonstrated before, but what's Pulse Rifle actually built on? Actually a Thompson or clone, or something more common, like that one-off which Lage built on an SWD M11/9? Transferable or post-sample?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XT90YzPIhVE

It’s actually a Thompson and 870 inside a shell. As you can imagine it’s heavy as fuck and doesn’t really move when you shoot it.

Kinda silly but shooting the extra flash 12 gauge loads for the “grenade launcher” was actually pretty fun.

There’s another video coming out where we talk with the store staff about how they build these.

They have several other movie gun packages available. 90% of their business is foreign tourists. The Wookie bow caster built on an MAC-11 is pretty funny.

 

[DocAwe]

His smile and optimism: gone.
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That is his optimistic smile.

 

[DocAwe]

870

It’s actually a Thompson and 870 inside a shell. As you can imagine it’s heavy as fuck and doesn’t really move when you shoot it.

Kinda silly but shooting the extra flash 12 gauge loads for the “grenade launcher” was actually pretty fun.

There’s another video coming out where we talk with the store staff about how they build these.

They have several other movie gun packages available. 90% of their business is foreign tourists. The Wookie bow caster built on an MAC-11 is pretty funny.

870 is an interesting choice.
The original props used a SPAS-12.
Probably way cheaper this way.
Is the upcoming video going to demonstrate how the round counter works?

 

[WhoBusTank69]

That is his optimistic smile.

 

[UVB-76]

Claims this kerfuffle is over the black powder recipe (lol, that's like getting banned for telling someone how to sharpen a stick... If the inventor of something is lost to history, you're not stuffing the genie back in the bottle) and that he lost $20k over the suspension.

There's black powder tutorials on youtube. It's used in fireworks and amateur rocketry so they can fly under the radar.
Shoving that shit in a metal pipe is what got him in trouble.

 

[SinistralRifleman]

870

870 is an interesting choice.
The original props used a SPAS-12.
Probably way cheaper this way.
Is the upcoming video going to demonstrate how the round counter works?

The original was an 870 inside a SPAS-12 cage with a backwards shortened SPAS-12 pump

They did not sacrifice a SPAS-12 to make this one. They replicated the cage.

The round counter on this one has a toggle that gets hit when the bolt moves forward. I don’t think we went into that in detail.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

It's used in fireworks and amateur rocketry so they can fly under the radar.

Funnily enough, Estes Energetics(model rocket company) bought GOEX not long after Hodgdon shuttered it.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

So Karl and his friends decided to do...this thing.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5RPpfYhrOCg

That M41 build is really cool, I always like when movie prop guns are built IRL and both look and function faithfully to the originals.
Can't say I'm a fan of the Smart Gun build since it's far too clearly just an MG42 with bits put on it.
The Motion tracker is a pretty cool prop.
The range is also a pretty cool build.

With that said the presentation was pretty hard to sit through.

 

[SinistralRifleman]

The MG42 is a transferable, thus no permanent modifications done.

It’s chambered in 7.62x39mm so it’s controllable. 8mm or 7.62nato is too much on that rig for most people. The muzzle device is a booster so it will run.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

The MG42 is a transferable, thus no permanent modifications done.

It’s chambered in 7.62x39mm so it’s controllable. 8mm or 7.62nato is too much on that rig for most people. The muzzle device is a booster so it will run.

It isn't the fact that they modified an MG42 that bothers me, nothing is sacred chop them all, I will admit that's actually super cool that they modified it to operate on x39.

The reason it doesn't impress me the same way that the M41 build impresses me is because I can take a very brief glance at it and clock it for what it really is, an MG42.

 

[SinistralRifleman]

It isn't the fact that they modified an MG42 that bothers me, nothing is sacred chop them all, I will admit that's actually super cool that they modified it to operate on x39.

The reason it doesn't impress me the same way that the M41 build impresses me is because I can take a very brief glance at it and clock it for what it really is, an MG42.

I understand. Just explaining why they didn’t go further with the conversion to make it more film accurate. The gun is too valuable as a transferable to go further. A purpose built post sample would be the route to do that.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

I understand. Just explaining why they didn’t go further with the conversion to make it more film accurate. They gun is too valuable as a transferable to go further. A purpose built post sample would be the route to do that.

Makes a lot of sense and I really can't fault them for that.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

Is the whole Vortex ordeal just him being a autist and blowing it out of proportion or is there some validity to it? I planned on getting the Razor HD LHT 4.5-22x50mm later this year, so I can't help but be curious if there's some truth to it or if it's just gayfabe. I'v always heard nothing but good things about Vortex.

PSA for everyone not just you: don't be a poor when buying optics.

 

[HumptiDouji]

(lol, that's like getting banned for telling someone how to sharpen a stick... If the inventor of something is lost to history, you're not stuffing the genie back in the bottle)

YouTube are really fucking anal about the whole "constructing a firearm" thing, and that's what Hererra showed as far as they're concerned. If you saw that video series School Of The American Rifle did on a PSA AR15 which was damaged in a fire, he hasn't uploaded the part where he puts the thing together, because YouTube would give him a strike for making a video where he assembles an AR15 from parts.
(Annoyingly, he then put that video behind a paywall)

It’s actually a Thompson and 870 inside a shell. As you can imagine it’s heavy as fuck and doesn’t really move when you shoot it.

I actually noticed that the thing looked basically static, so that makes sense. Is it a later West Hurley, or a modern converted Kahr/Auto Ordnance one as a post-sample?

The Wookie bow caster built on an MAC-11 is pretty funny.

That's a sentence I didn't think I'd read.

They did not sacrifice a SPAS-12 to make this one. They replicated the cage.

Probably a lot cheaper. 3D printed the pump slide?

That M41 build is really cool, I always like when movie prop guns are built IRL and both look and function faithfully to the originals.

Yeah, movie guns like those are always real fun. If they weren't so incredibly rare, I'd love to get an AN/M5 pyrotechnic discharger and try to have the grenade launcher from Predator built.

The muzzle device is a booster so it will run.

I figured, gives it a pretty unique appearance distinct from the film. I understand that the guy didn't have the exact same Steadicam setup like they did for the movie, and that it's actually incredibly hard to find, but I'd say he's close enough. Anyone who mounts an actual machinegun to any Steadicam rig deserves credit.

 

[Dvsilverwing]

YouTube are really fucking anal about the whole "constructing a firearm" thing, and that's what Hererra showed as far as they're concerned.

Huh. Didn't know they were strict on that one, I suppose that's why Royal Nonesuch got canned and never came back.

 

[Lupo Akane]

Brandon back online.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dEWoARiEofYClaims this kerfuffle is over the black powder recipe (lol, that's like getting banned for telling someone how to sharpen a stick... If the inventor of something is lost to history, you're not stuffing the genie back in the bottle) and that he lost $20k over the suspension. I'm going to take issue with that since he doesn't post very often, so he likely only lost the video that got him suspended.
Not saying he didn't lose that, but the video that caused the issue itself not making any money isn't the same thing as it losing you $20k.
Edit: Video suggestion for any meme-y guntubers reading this. Try to outdo the clickbait title and make a pipe shotgun that costs over 20k.

If he is really making that kind of money I don't think one week is going to kill his dumb ass, but on the other hand the dumb ass has been buying a shit ton of guns so maybe it did.
But all I can say is that he was a dumb ass for even making that video since he knows how YouTube is and yes I know some will say he was making a point that banning shit wont stop peeps from getting a gun but he knew that he was going to take a week off YouTube lol.

 

[HumptiDouji]

Perhaps it's an attempt at a publicity stunt?

 

[Corn Flakes]

Perhaps it's an attempt at a publicity stunt?

No, I think he just miscalculated. It's a fine line between "edgy boy" and "video goes yeet", and he's crossed it before with the Rittenhouse Special.

As for the amount he's claiming he lost: he said it himself. It's not just adsense for that video. He probably had at least one sponsored piece that had to be pushed back or canceled, and his backlog of videos (particularly Gun Meme Review) has a long tail for views and therefore ads. Going without earning anything for a week when your entire company relies on a single source of income (his merch and his guns are not selling that well) will result in that kind of loss. No wonder he said he'll be working with his youtube rep in the future instead of going out swinging defiantly: if he loses his channels chances are his whole workshop goes under and he'll have to go find a job somewhere.

 

[White Devil]

No, I think he just miscalculated. It's a fine line between "edgy boy" and "video goes yeet", and he's crossed it before with the Rittenhouse Special.

As for the amount he's claiming he lost: he said it himself. It's not just adsense for that video. He probably had at least one sponsored piece that had to be pushed back or canceled, and his backlog of videos (particularly Gun Meme Review) has a long tail for views and therefore ads. Going without earning anything for a week when your entire company relies on a single source of income (his merch and his guns are not selling that well) will result in that kind of loss. No wonder he said he'll be working with his youtube rep in the future instead of going out swinging defiantly: if he loses his channels chances are his whole workshop goes under and he'll have to go find a job somewhere.

Is he still selling those Lee Armory AKs with his obnoxious logo on them?

 

[Archie_Kimkicker]

I'm more of a mindless NPC than I think I am. Now I want a fucking tactical levergat!