Videos tagged with BFG-50

Mark Serbu details the design and construction of his Q2 Pistol, a single-day prototype built in 2011. The pistol utilizes a BFG-50 trigger group and features a unique removable falling block action. Serbu discusses material choices like 4142 pre-hard steel for the breech block and 1018 steel for the frame, along with aesthetic design elements and legal compliance through a rifled barrel liner.

This video provides an in-depth look at various Serbu Firearms, including the compact Super Shorty 12-gauge shotgun and several .50 BMG platforms like the BFG-50, RN-50, and BFG-50A. It highlights the Super Shorty's media popularity, 2+1 capacity, and folding foregrip. The .50 BMG rifles showcase different actions (bolt, break, semi-auto) and price points, with the RN-50 being the most affordable. A unique .22 LR prototype pistol with an internal slide design is also featured.

This video demonstrates the extreme danger of storing oxygen tanks in a refrigerator. When shot with a .45-70 rifle, a fire extinguisher ruptured violently. A subsequent .50 BMG round hitting an oxygen tank inside the fridge caused a massive explosion, destroying the appliance and igniting a fire, highlighting severe home safety risks.

This video showcases modifications and updates to a 22-year-old BFG-50 rifle, originally shipped in 2000. The presenter, who designed the rifle, shares insights into the evolution of their first design by detailing the changes made to a double-digit serial number BFG-50. The rifle is undergoing these modifications before being test-fired and returned. This content offers a look at the development and refinement of a specific firearm model over time.

This video is a continuation of a previous topic on welding bolts, implying a focus on firearm maintenance or customization. The title and description explicitly mention a "BFG-50" and that these welded bolts will be in this specific firearm, indicating a technical or gunsmithing application related to this rifle. The presence of a Patreon link suggests the creator shares more in-depth or behind-the-scenes content with supporters, common in the gunsmithing and modification community.

This video demonstrates the destructive power of firearms on propane tanks, featuring an AK-47 and a .50 BMG rifle. The test highlights the immediate and explosive results of puncturing pressurized tanks, creating large fireballs. Expert collaboration with Mark Serbu of Serbu Firearms ensures a professional and informative demonstration of ballistics and firearm capabilities.

This video showcases an early prototype of the BFG-50A rifle, filmed in 2008 with no post-production. The description highlights unique design features, including a handguard latch mechanism and a modified trigger housing that shortened the firearm but presented engineering challenges. The footage also captures a failure to eject, attributed to potential undergassing in this pre-production model. It offers a glimpse into the development process of a specific large-caliber rifle.

This video explores the Raufoss Mk 211 .50 BMG round, one of the most expensive bullets available, detailing its construction with a tungsten core and explosive incendiary tip. It showcases its performance through experimental tests using Serbu Firearms' BFG-50 and BFG-50A rifles, demonstrating the round's armor-piercing and destructive capabilities by successfully recovering the intact tungsten core after it penetrated multiple paper stacks and a cinder block.

The Serbu BFG-50 is a single-shot bolt-action rifle chambered in .50 BMG or .50 DTC, available in multiple barrel lengths (22" to 36"). It features an AR-15 style trigger and safety, a 'Shark' muzzle brake, and offers impressive accuracy, with a sub-1-inch group at 100 yards demonstrated using 750-grain Hornady A-MAX ammunition. The rifle is Parkerized and can be equipped with optics like the Sig Sauer Tango4 and a custom bipod.

This video showcases the impressive speed and effectiveness of a super-expensive tungsten carbide, through-coolant drill bit being used to create firing pin holes in BFG-50 bolt heads. The description highlights the difficulty of drilling high-strength alloy steel and uses a humorous analogy of being accused of witchcraft if this technology were shown centuries ago. The drill's performance is presented as almost unbelievable due to its speed and capability on tough materials.