Videos tagged with Firearms Engineering

This video provides an expert-level review of seven highly accurate revolvers, detailing their design, engineering, and performance. The instructor emphasizes how specific features like barrel construction, locking systems, and trigger characteristics contribute to exceptional grouping sizes and shootability at 25 yards and beyond. The review covers a range of models from practical workhorses to premium precision instruments, offering insights into their value and intended applications.

This video provides a comparative overview of three influential FN-produced rifles: the FN49, FAL, and SCAR 17. It details their historical development, operational mechanisms (short-stroke gas piston), and design evolution, highlighting the FN49 as the precursor to the FAL, which in turn influenced the SCAR. The discussion covers their respective calibers, magazine capacities, accuracy expectations, and roles in military and tactical applications, emphasizing the continuous improvement in firearms engineering over approximately 75 years.

This video from RECOILtv provides an in-depth look at the Staccato HD, an evolution of the 2011 platform featuring Glock magazine compatibility. Experts Iain Harrison and Paul from Staccato detail the extensive re-engineering required to integrate Glock magazines, focusing on improved reliability, duty readiness, and enhanced ergonomics. The discussion covers new features like the HOST optic system, a revised safety system, and proprietary internal components designed for extreme environments.

This discussion explores the surprising versatility of single-action revolvers, highlighting their ability to chamber and fire cartridges that headspace on the case mouth, unlike most double-action revolvers. The conversation delves into specific examples like 9mm and .45 ACP in single-action platforms, emphasizing the engineering considerations for such conversions and the potential for creative ammunition use, particularly for reloaders.

This video explores the Ladislav Findorak PDW prototype, a late 1990s Czech design featuring a unique lever-delayed blowback system. Despite innovative engineering, the prototype failed military tender testing due to reliability issues and potentially political factors. The review highlights its compact design, ergonomic features, and the mechanism's complexity, ultimately explaining why it never reached production in favor of the CZ Scorpion Evo 3.

This guide details the disassembly and quick-detach barrel system of the Sullivan .22 Prototype Rifle, as demonstrated by engineer Jim Sullivan. The process involves using a penny for specific bolts and highlights the rifle's robust design, including military-style sights and a unique safety feature. The information is presented with expert authority, drawing from the designer's direct involvement.

This video provides an in-depth look at the AK-50 Prototype V2, detailing its development from the V1, the transition to a stamped receiver, and the engineering challenges of chambering .50 BMG. Lead designer Brandon Herrera transparently discusses the technical risks and testing goals for this ambitious project.

This episode of the GUNS Magazine Podcast features an interview with Mark Gurney, Director of Product Management at Ruger. Gurney, an engineer by trade, discusses his transition to the marketing side of Ruger and the success of their new product development process. The conversation touches on his personal preferences for blued steel and walnut firearms, his initial shooting range experiences, and his favorite Ruger firearm. He also recounts a memorable hunting trip in Alaska where he successfully took both a moose and a grizzly bear with his Ruger Hawkeye rifle.

This video explores Swedish firearms, highlighting the innovative Capra Sporting over-under shotgun with its low-profile action and unique in-line hammer system, and the Flodman Guns which continues this legacy. It also features Viggo Olsson's exquisite custom bolt-action rifles and the historical significance of Husqvarna's shotguns and rifle actions. The content emphasizes Swedish engineering prowess in both civilian and military arms.

This entry details the disassembly and safety inspection of Ross Rudd's unique AR-180 prototype, which features a custom delayed blowback system. The guide, presented by firearms expert Ian McCollum, covers the removal of the bolt and carrier, inspection of key components like the locking recess plate and the firing pin safety mechanism. It highlights the innovative engineering behind Rudd's design, emphasizing safety checks crucial for experimental firearms.

This video introduces Gunwerks' "Skunkwerks" program, highlighting their engineering team's innovative projects that exist outside the standard product line. These unique ideas are born from the engineers' creative and sometimes "odd" concepts, with the potential to become products offered to customers. The description also encourages viewers to subscribe for content related to long shots, tough shots, shooting tips, DIY, and ballistics.