Thats exactly how all guns should be treated regardless of collector value. Even a $250,000 rifle deserves to be fired.

@oldblackdot

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, 250k to sit in a safe. No way

@NuclearGrizzly

4 жыл бұрын

I have one of the very first Glock's ever made. When some people find out that I regularly shoot it they become not just angry but furious. Same with my Heinie 1911's.

@dELTA13579111315

4 жыл бұрын

@@NuclearGrizzly a gun isn't worth much if it's in shooting condition but never shot. I recently inherited my grandfather's Beretta 950B from 1968 and I've put a box of 50 rounds through it, possibly the first in decades, and it ran flawlessly

@bodyno3158

4 жыл бұрын

Like old automobiles, the more you drive it, the better it preserves. Machines decay faster when being kept in a safe.

@dELTA13579111315

4 жыл бұрын

@@bodyno3158 my grandmother, who moved down to New Zealand over 30 years ago, still has her 1930 Ford model A and drives it every week

I love the authenticity of the 1942 sound quality to match the gun..

@ToreDL87

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed about the mic, but I'm happy they were able to bring out an FG-42 at all.

@yaboidayron1833

4 жыл бұрын

They even colorized it!

@Steel_Scholar

4 жыл бұрын

Ya Boi Dayron that made me laugh way, way harder then it should have xD

Is the microphone IN the water?

@brkbtjunkie

4 жыл бұрын

Tritech someone’s taking a leak after drinking beer all night

@dirtpile

4 жыл бұрын

not sure but I have to pee now

@Andrew-dm8mk

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that they are in a canyon hence the mediocre sound & here I was beginning to think that the lightning cable/headphone I got for my iPhone 7+ off Amazon was a dudd PHEW 😅

@samfrench6847

4 жыл бұрын

I personally kept thinking that dudes goatee was a boom-mic.

@killiandawson4674

4 жыл бұрын

KZread says the video was posted five hours ago but it sounds like it was recorded five years ago.

Budget for FG: $250k. Budget for audio: $0

@almostontimehero5415

4 жыл бұрын

Gun owner problems.😉

@maxximus2012

4 жыл бұрын

you're so cool

@xeronicus

4 жыл бұрын

The priorities are in the correct order

As a German viewer I'm very thankful that you are so respectful with our old guns and it is very good to see that you guys keep them working. Thanks for sharing . 308

@ganndeber1621

2 ай бұрын

What has being a German got to do with anything?

Always loved Glenn in Sons of Guns, glad to see him again.

@chiefro7

4 жыл бұрын

Garrett Murphy hell yeah, him and the aklys defense guy were the only good thing about that show!

@SonOfPatriots

4 жыл бұрын

I though that was him

@davidmathay7117

4 жыл бұрын

@@chiefro7 Joe Meaux.

@chiefro7

4 жыл бұрын

David Mathay There ya go! Idk why I can never seem to remember his name. I think that Charlie Watson guy is with Joe at Aklys defense also if memory serves me correctly.

@marzcapone9939

4 жыл бұрын

@@chiefro7 Don't forget about Vincent Buckles, he's making AK's at Mesa Kinetic Research.

Fire rate is high, but the first version of these had an even higher one. The designers were told to tone it down because the guns were going through their mags way too quickly.

@cdawson198600

4 жыл бұрын

TheGoldenCaulk I would’ve told them to design a larger magazine.

@NotoriousMastaG

4 жыл бұрын

@M Via wow you think?

@tomschweikert9537

4 жыл бұрын

you d need a lotta mags

@Kyle-xt8ip

4 жыл бұрын

That's an amazingly badass problem to have. 😂

@kabobl-brewster1612

4 жыл бұрын

Some Mac10 shit.

Eric; this thing is so light and handy! **falls over backwards shooting it**

@anayman7

4 жыл бұрын

firing a full power round with that high rate of fire, it was very good he almost felt backward

@mcdowellbri

4 жыл бұрын

You should see a .458 SOCOM M4, you'll feel like you got hit with a baseball bat and whatever the target is or above it are gone

@tomschweikert9537

4 жыл бұрын

@@anayman7 yup 195 grain 323 cal 8mm would do it

@pkxpanz3r241

4 жыл бұрын

if you compare them firing this to Ian on Forgotten Weapons, their firing is atrocious. little ol Ian fired this rifle like it was nothing more than a .22 while Eric is falling over backwards.

FG = Fallschirmjägergewehr = "Paratrooper's rifle" in German. Fallschirmjäger just means "Paratrooper" in German.

@Hercules1-v9m

4 жыл бұрын

Falling hunter lol

@HPSmugscraft

4 жыл бұрын

This is a Fallschirmjager It Jagers Fallschirms

@wayfaerer320

4 жыл бұрын

Every time he refers to the FG-42 as "the Fallshirmjager" I cringe...Just call it what it is - the FG-42.

@dangerousfreedom4965

4 жыл бұрын

Falling screen hunter literal translation

@sionsoschwalts2762

4 жыл бұрын

Parachute Hunter. FALLSHIRM = Parachute JÄGER = Hunter

Possibly the best fully automatic weapon that you have ever shown on your channel. Awesome.

*puts on scuba gear* Now I can truly appreciate this video.

@andreahighsides7756

4 жыл бұрын

Connor Invictus Imagine firing a $250k antique for its first time and your microphone shits the bed

Beto just had a nervous breakdown

@roeng1368

4 жыл бұрын

good, i hope he pooped his trousers too.

@NuclearGrizzly

4 жыл бұрын

@@roeng1368 If he did Beta would post it on Instagram.

@nobodyimportant290

4 жыл бұрын

You misspelled “is.” Beto IS a nervous breakdown

@tomschweikert9537

4 жыл бұрын

good

@CAPTQYOUELL

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yes he wants that gun also

I am so god damn jealous right now. That is one of my bucket list guns.

@mizzoupatriot8814

2 жыл бұрын

Same here...German engineering at it's finest.

Im getting that return to the castle wolfenstein nostalgia for sure. love that game and this dam gun..this was a beast for sure.

@simonbannow3905

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah my fav gun in that game, especially using it at that level at the airfield

Designed as a light support weapon / machinegun for paratroopers, but when you look at it in hindsight with modern sensibilities the FG-42 was really a Cold War era battle rifle except in the 1940s, maybe even late / post Cold War because of that scope mount. The StG-44 was more revolutionary but the FG-42 was probably the most advanced small arm of WW2.

Thats Glen from the old Sons of Guns TV show. Always liked him so glad to see he’s still doing well and still in the gun world!

Nice video. I had one in my hand in the Dutch national military museum a few months ago. The design is of high quality and the building quality is remarkebly high. But then again, also the fighting spirit of the German Fallschirmjaeger was. I'm currently reading the excellent book of Volker Griesser - Lions of Cartentan - Fallschirmjaeger Regiment 6. This regiment was considered by the Germans as one of their strongest fighting formations.

Fallschirmjägergewehr 42

@ogzombieblunt4626

4 жыл бұрын

Too bad your country wants to forget your history

@kothaelser3282

4 жыл бұрын

@@ogzombieblunt4626 It doesn't want to forget it's history. Hitler's on German television every day! Sometimes in relation to the Holocaust, sometimes he appears together with topics like submarine warfare in the Pacific or some crazy weapon development program.

@ogzombieblunt4626

4 жыл бұрын

@@kothaelser3282 Aren't swastikas banned??

@kothaelser3282

4 жыл бұрын

@@ogzombieblunt4626 Simply put, you can't show it publically in any way that could be interpreted as support for Nazi idiology. So showing it in historical documentaries is ok in most cases.

@ogzombieblunt4626

4 жыл бұрын

@@kothaelser3282 You should be able to support any ideology in public areas.

Wow Erik. Thank you for including us in this and especially thanks to drive tanks for making this possible. If I ever have the opportunity to be out in that part of the world I will come and visit them. Great video thank you.

Very rare pick up in the old Call of Duty games, as well as the StG-44. Probably a top firearm to get if I ever win the lottery.

Looks brand new! What a treat that must have been. Im all jelly.

Awesome video, guys! This is my all-time favorite small arm and being able to see an original period piece fire was just amazing!

5:55 The look on Eric’s face “ dude your wrong, but let’s not make you look dumb in front of the camera”

@blackbird_actual

4 жыл бұрын

Well, I guess you could argue that the Federov Avtomat was technically the first select-fire battle rifle, as it was chambered in 6.5 Arisaka. It's really only that, the early variants of the BAR, and the Russian AVS-36 which come pretty close, but the FG-42 is definitely a very early, no-question select-fire battle rifle. Edit: Cei-Rigotti was first select-fire, 6.5x52 Carcano in the late 1890s

@HarrisonCountyStudio

4 жыл бұрын

That is called diplomacy

@chudrustler

4 жыл бұрын

Lol I was like uhh not sure about that one g

@yaboidayron1833

4 жыл бұрын

Well, he said "one of the first". Kinda wrong but still rightish.

@ZombieWilfred

4 жыл бұрын

Well Glen said "I could be wrong..."

Wow FG-42 Is The Awesome Assault Rifle

I’ve always thought they were nice looking with wood but the rest of it looks badass

My great uncle was a Fallschirmjager. He used one of these.

@guitaristshawn

3 жыл бұрын

That is amazing.

Great video Eric, and good to see Glen again. I love WWll history and consider my self somewhat knowledgeable about period weapons, you definitely gave me a history lesson today, thanks for the information on a super rare weapon.

"A nest of enemy melons!". Reminds me of the show Mail Call back in the day.

@dukeofmecklenburg-strelitz8030

4 жыл бұрын

I loved mail call as a kid

Wow, what an amazing gun and piece of history. Thanks for the video.

It was super, super rare even back then when it was in production.

SWEET! Honey, instead of that new house.....

@BuckarooBeatdown

4 жыл бұрын

Instead of that wife......

@germaxicus6670

4 жыл бұрын

@@BuckarooBeatdown you can always get a new wife! You might only have one chance at a a FG-42😎

Why am I exciting watching this. Im not even there shooting it🤣

@DanielR0828

4 жыл бұрын

Vicariously dude

You can buy almost 2000 hi-points for that.

Thanks to the owner for letting us experience this piece of history! Awesome video!

Awesome, thanks for shooting it, like they're made to do!

Great video,awesome footage and explanation of how this piece of history functioned and performed. Great job, thanks for posting, and thank you to the German people for producing such an awesome piece of weaponry.

Agree, that is an awesome weapon! Thank you for sharing your experience with this rare beauty.

How does this not have Millions of views???!!!!

Good to see flem is still making machine guns go pew pew pew

Amazing firearm, we appricate the owner sharing this prize piece of history!

Very cool piece of history. Thanks for sharing

just recognised glenn from the tv show sons of guns

@actionrobinson

4 жыл бұрын

I legit came to the comments just to see if I was correct or not.

@Blazerghost

4 жыл бұрын

You mean Molester Tactical

@eoghandalton934

4 жыл бұрын

@@Blazerghost what are you talking about?

@eoghandalton934

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterparkups2217 yea but no-one mentioned his name or the name of his company, I said the name of the show

@eoghandalton934

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterparkups2217 also I know what happened, didn't believe it then, still don't really believe it now

Great firearm. Good to see Glen back on camera. Talented knowledgeable man, gunners vault was a good channel and platform for his talents.

Thanks so much for a video for the history of the FG-42. Nicely done, gents.

Excellent video! Amazing piece of history, thanks for posting!

This is awesome. I've seen Vickers shooting one, really enjoyed this. The brake seems very effective with a good strong shoulder and cheek weld. Cheers!

this is a beauty and the muzzle flash is gigantic !!

Thanks again, gents. Nice work as usual. I was a new private in the Army's 2nd RGR Bn in 1988. Our team leaders had M14's. The Crew served weapon was the M60. Ask a team leader or 60 gunner ..'if you could have any weapon....' they would answer : The German FG 42 and M3, respectively. A team leader could effectively direct or concentrate the fire of his riflemen and grenadiers with that M14 in low light or dense terrain without any yelling or comms; not to mention, put some firepower and accuracy down range, fast. There was never any mistaking the sound and tracers of that M14. I would love to have seen what we could have done with that FG in Panama. Peace. Keep up the great edu and vids.

The BAR was select fire though

Great video gentlemen, I want one! Awesome scenery & great creek water sounds !! Amazing machinery

Cheers for the special vid, Eric. Keep up the good work.

Great vid, you guys have excelled with this one!

Thank you I love this

I really feel I needed to see Eric review and demo this gun. Good job Eric.

This gun just melts people in “call of duty ww2” great video!

I could be a happy man the rest of my life if I had such an amazingly badass piece of weaponry like that... I guess I just have to live vicariously through you eric, you are truly a blessed individual. But I'm happy for ya brother!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Just pure awesomeness 😍. 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸🏴‍☠️

Eric, you’re riding the reset man. You gotta reset the trigger all the way, then aim, start to squeeze, and wait for the bang

Thank you so much. Absolutely fantastic informative show.

Wow! How cool is that!! To have the opportunity to shoot a piece of history like that is a once in a lifetime dream gun!! It would sure be cool if it could tell us what all it seen over it’s lifetime!! Awesome 👍🏻👍🏻

That is totally awesome and you are such a lucky guy ,WOW

Glad to see 'Flem', and happy he got past that 'sons of guns' nightmare. God Bless.

This the most relaxing full auto shooting video I've come across.

Hi, can you make a comparison between fg42 and battle rifles such as G3 and FAL? I want to hear about the using experience between each other, thanks!

That's definitely my favorite WW2 weapon other than M1 carbine and Browning Hi Power. Sweet ! Not sure if I'd be standing in the middle of a river with another person's $250,000 weapon that is nearly irreplaceable. But that's just me.

Hell yeah! It's a shooting iron, not a collect-dust iron. I mean, I get it - don't break anything, 'cause you don't want to mess up the matching numbers and spare parts would have to be custom fitted, decreasing the gun's value etc. But if it's just stored away somewhere, without even knowing if it's functional, then it's nothing more than a worthless paperweight anyway, in my opinion. Fell in love with that thing when I first saw Ian shoot a replica of it on Forgotten Weapons some time ago. It's on my unicorn list ever since...and I fear it'll stay there for a long time.

Pretty area! Glad there are folks reproducing these. Can't wait for the HMG STG44 if it ever gets released.

@Patriotusa44

4 жыл бұрын

Don't think that'll ever come to fruition anymore. I was looking forward to one too.

So cool! Awesome to watch!

"This is a real deal Fallschirmjäger" "Right. Where is he? Did you find an old German veteran paratrooper? Oh. You mean the gun. Well, it isn't a person."

My favourite German Rifle, flip up sight were a great futuristic concept

Are we gonna ignore the fact that's Glenn from sons of guns!? Wats up Glenn glad to see you doing good man you were always the coolest to me on the show!

Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love the FG42!

"I think this might be the first, the worlds first full auto battle rifle" AVT-38: Am i a joke to you Federov: Hold my Borscht

Thank the Owner for all the goosebumbs!!

What a beautiful rifle and so controllable too!

Amazing design and AMAZING individual example. Serious Unicorn status. Thanks for bringing this to us IV8888.

"Germans feared the BAR" And our boys LOVED that gun. "Having a BAR man in your squad was like having a mini German 88."-WW2 Vet. And I heard some troops welded two 20 round box mags together for a total of 40 huge .30-06 red hot golf balls flying at you.

@frantapia6467

4 жыл бұрын

​ M Via exactly. That's because why paratroopers rejected to use the BAR. Other problem was the poor fire volume of the US squads compared to Germans ones.

@Stabsnipers

4 жыл бұрын

@M Via I'm sure opinions varied between the troops. If I had to lug one around I would hate the weight but then when the shooting starts I'd be glad to have one. As for accuracy goes, it all depends on how skilled the gunner is. But the point is moot as the Germans didn't fear the BAR for it's accuracy, they seemed to fear just the sound of it's booming report. Such a loud gun being fired at you is enough to demoralize you even if you're not being hit.

@Stabsnipers

4 жыл бұрын

@Tom Sanders Regardless, the US military still saw the need for an automatic weapon that just one infantryman could carry and the Garand wasn't fully automatic. The BAR was an automatic rifle being used in a light machine gun role, and it seemed to work just fine, after all we won the war and the BAR helped our side achieve that victory.

@tomschweikert9537

4 жыл бұрын

probably 180 grains

@tomschweikert9537

4 жыл бұрын

@M Via my dad was on Tinian building airstrip for big boy to be launched from, carried a BAR admitted to exacting casualties with it, though he didnt like to talk about it

I really enjoyed that video, but did I enjoy it more than you?? I would think not!!! That must have been a blast, good for you. I really appreciate you sharing it with us. Be well my friend.

I love this. Wow, that's some fire power.

These were produced in *Extremely* limited numbers... >7000 The Type 100 wants to know your location

@RezaQin

4 жыл бұрын

Compared to other guns, 7k is barely there.

@scottthompson5855

4 жыл бұрын

Capitán Rastrero Think you want to flip that sign around...

@ZombieWilfred

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottthompson5855 Beat me to it... Haha!

@joseignaciohileradorna5122

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottthompson5855 its a green text 4chan thing not a greater or lesser than symbol,

What a special opportunity man. That is amazing

Thank you wind for the commentary.

Best gun video in a long time. Owsome rifle. I need one!!!!!

Fn incredible find I'm impressed 👍👍

Little-known fact: Just like the M14, the FG-42 can be charged by standard 5-round stripper clips. In this case, from the right side, pushed into the magazine. In a break in combat, you don't have to fiddle with mag spoons or individual rounds.

@luisgimenez8660

3 жыл бұрын

that`s right, but only in the first pattern milled receiver variant

Full Auto 8mm Mauser from the shoulder. Nice.

Very cool. So rare . Thanks

Very cool! Thanks guys :)

Heading to knob creek right now hope I get to see one there

Is this one of the rifles that the German ambassador was trying to stop from being exported in 2017? Just a AWESOME rifle to se in action! Thank you

The Italian Cei rigotti designed around 1890 and the Russian Fedorov Avtomat designed in 1915 was earlier select fire battle rifles

Wow! Sweet! That gun ages really well! Looks like a repro!

I bet Tim at military arms channel is so jealous right now. Thanks for sharing this awesome piece of history with us. And thank you to the owner also. I really enjoy learning about military guns. Am I mistaken or was that Glen from the sons of guns tv show?

I had the plastic Star wars one!! In 1977

Really great video of the FG42. It's one of my favorite WWII firearms. Only issue was with the sound of this video.

That is so cool!! I'm so jealous!!!

Great vid guys! Thanks. Btw, you can use a windscreen for dealing with wind noise. It’s like 5 bucks on Amazon.

What an amazing piece of historical engineering weaponry.

Bad Ass rifle! Thanks for bringing it to us!

I had to stop a couple minutes in and go take a piss. All I heard was running water 😂