Videos tagged with Modern Gun School

This video delves into the history and characteristics of the M14 rifle, contrasting it with the M16 and AR10. While acknowledging the M14's status as America's shortest-lived primary infantry rifle, the presenter highlights its enduring popularity among civilian shooters for its aesthetics and shootability. The discussion covers its design evolution from the M1 Garand, its performance issues in Vietnam, and its modern-day use in competitions and collections. The presenter also touches on the AR10's lineage and the importance of gunsmithing as a career path.

This video reviews the Troy Alpha Carbine, a discontinued AR-15 variant designed for compactness, particularly for law enforcement vehicle operations. It highlights the proprietary short-stroke bolt carrier group and collapsible stock system that significantly reduces the rifle's overall length. The review contrasts this with conventional AR-15 systems and discusses potential trade-offs in reliability and suppressor compatibility.

This review of the Springfield Kuna 9mm PCC covers its features, pros, and cons, including a detailed look at its roller-delayed blowback system, which shares similarities with the Stribog. The video provides a step-by-step guide for field stripping and reassembly, highlighting differences in the bolt carrier group and recoil impulse compared to other PCCs like the HK SP5 and Colt 9mm. It also addresses common teething issues and aftermarket solutions.

This video reviews the CMMG Descent as an alternative to the AR-15, highlighting its short-stroke gas piston system, forward charging handle, and significant parts commonality with the AR-15. The presenter demonstrates its reliability, soft shooting characteristics, and ease of field stripping, noting that while the bolt, cam pin, and firing pin are AR-15 standard, the bolt carrier and recoil system are proprietary. The video also touches on the importance of gunsmithing and recommends Modern Gun School.

This entry details the potential application of advanced railgun technology, specifically the 32 Mj Railgun, for future naval vessels like the conceptual 'Trump Class' battleship. It highlights the significant advantages in projectile velocity, cost per shot, and logistical simplicity compared to traditional missile systems, while also touching upon the future potential for miniaturized electromagnetic weaponry. The information is presented with an analytical and enthusiastic tone regarding emerging military technology.

This video showcases a Colt 607 carbine clone, a precursor to the M4. The presenter highlights its historical significance as an early attempt by Colt to shorten the AR-15 for special operations, noting that only about 50 units were handmade. The video details the unique collapsible stock mechanism and compares it to later Colt designs, emphasizing the appeal of retro firearms and clone builds.

This review of the Daniel Defense DD4 V7 highlights its new ambidextrous controls, including the bolt release and magazine release, making it more user-friendly for left-handed shooters. The rifle features a durable, free-floating handguard, a cold hammer-forged barrel, and a smooth-shooting mid-length gas system. The video also provides a basic field stripping guide for the AR-15 platform.

This video details the AKB23 kit, a conversion that allows users to build an L85-style rifle using a BRN180 upper receiver. The guide covers the assembly process, highlighting the components and their installation. It emphasizes that this is a clone build for fun, not a combat or competition rifle, and discusses historical context and potential functional quirks like the reciprocating charging handle.

This review of the PSA 9mm JAKL highlights its blowback operation, compatibility with CZ Scorpion magazines, and AR-15-like lower receiver. The firearm features a non-reciprocating ambidextrous charging handle, a monolithic 1913 rail, and a 6.5-inch nitrided barrel with a 1/2x28 thread. While priced around $1000, it's positioned as a more affordable alternative to high-end 9mm PCCs, offering good quality and shootability for its class.

This video explores the evolution of the AR-15 platform, detailing how it transitioned from a lightweight rifle to heavier configurations with added accessories and alternative operating systems like gas pistons, before returning to its lightweight DI roots. It highlights criticisms of the original design, the development of alternative cartridges like the 68 SPC, and the rise and fall of piston conversion kits, ultimately concluding that the Direct Impingement system remains a superior and cost-effective design.

This video recaps two training courses attended by the speaker: a radio communications course and a shotgun fundamentals course, both taught by Mike Fior of Zero Point in Pennsylvania. The radio course covered programming, spectrum differences, FCC rules, encryption, and environmental considerations, culminating in a town-wide search exercise. The shotgun course focused on essential fighting techniques, emphasizing getting the firearm to work, put rounds on target, and be a usable tool, using lower-recoil ammunition for a less intimidating experience.

This video details how to use a standard firearm cleaning kit to clear various types of stuck case malfunctions in an AR-15 platform rifle. It covers techniques for cases with intact rims, separated heads, and ripped-off rims, emphasizing the importance of the cleaning rod and chamber brush. The instructor also introduces the Lev AR device as an alternative for clearing cases with intact rims.