Trejo Model 1 Machine Pistol: Shooting and History

This video explores the Beistigui Hermanos MM31, highlighting its position as a leader in machine pistols. The description also includes links to firearms reference books, a Patreon page, a Floatplane channel, and merchandise, suggesting a focus on collectible and historical firearms, likely with in-depth analysis and historical context provided by the "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

This review explores the rare Mexican Trejo machine pistol, a .22 LR select-fire handgun with historical significance due to pre-1971 Mexican gun laws. While showcasing its high cyclic rate and unique design, the review highlights practical issues like a shallow magazine catch causing feeding failures and reliability concerns with rimfire ammunition. The high market value for transferable machine guns is also discussed.

This review delves into the Vz61 Skorpion, a compact Czechoslovakian PDW developed in the late 1950s. It highlights the Skorpion's unique rate-reducing mechanism for controllable full-auto fire and its historical use by various state and non-state actors. The review also covers its pop culture appearances and the challenges of adapting it for the US market.

The Osorio Selectiva is a unique, handmade Nicaraguan .22 Rimfire machine pistol, registered under the NFA. It features a clever telescoping bolt, dual triggers for selective fire (full-auto via sliding motion, semi-auto via pivoting), and a VZ61-style folding stock. Despite its handmade nature, it exhibits sophisticated engineering, including a fixed firing pin with a double-strike ridge for reliable ignition.

The Stechkin APS machine pistol, while historically significant, proves difficult to control in full-auto fire due to significant muzzle climb, making it less effective than contemporaries like the M2 Carbine for personal defense. It is far more practical and accurate in semi-auto mode. Despite its unique features like a detachable stock and rate reducer, its controllability issues led to its limited adoption and phase-out by the Soviet Union.

The Astra 902 is a Spanish select-fire machine pistol, evolving from the Astra 900's Mauser C96 design. It features a 20-round fixed magazine and was produced in limited numbers, with rare semi-auto variants. The design incorporates a separate barrel threaded into an extension and a removable side plate for access to finely jeweled internal components.

This video details the unique 'French Finger Trap' issue with the MAS-36 rifle's bayonet, where two rifles can become unintentionally locked together. A 1951 French arsenal memorandum identified this problem, proposing a simple modification to the bayonet handle. Drilling a small hole allows a tool, like a firing pin, to depress the internal spring, enabling the separation of locked rifles.

The M134 Minigun is a scaled-down 7.62 NATO rotary cannon, requiring 24V DC power and consuming 1.5 kW. Its high rate of fire (3,000+ RPM) is essential for aircraft engagement windows. The complex delinker mechanism is critical for feeding ammunition, and practical hand-held use is impossible due to weight and recoil. Live fire demonstrates rapid ammunition consumption and the need for indirect aiming.

The H&K G11 is a revolutionary prototype assault rifle designed in the late 20th century, notable for its caseless ammunition and unique rotating drum bolt mechanism. Despite advanced features like a 2000 RPM burst fire rate and integrated optics, its development was ultimately halted by geopolitical shifts and cost concerns.

This video demonstrates the assembly and live-fire of the German 1936 pattern light mortar (L.Gr.W.36). It highlights the mortar's leveling mechanism for accuracy and the difficulty in visually tracking its 50mm projectiles after firing. The content showcases historical military hardware and its operational use.