A man with a pipe, lathe, and a shed is unstoppable

@user-ej4eq5im4r

3 ай бұрын

And with more men it's a recipe for an internationally recognized firearms company

@ronan8881

3 ай бұрын

it's always the shed

@lairdcummings9092

3 ай бұрын

The shed is the key. You can build a decent lathe from scrap; you need the shed to store the lathe.

@rey5rona507

3 ай бұрын

@@user-ej4eq5im4r

@thekraken1173

3 ай бұрын

@@user-ej4eq5im4r 2 more men to be exact

That's the ultimate form of the angry tube

@paleoph6168

3 ай бұрын

From dragon-like kaiju to anti-materiel rifle, Manda will always be the angry toob.

@aregularperson7573

3 ай бұрын

TOOOB

@Ulfrich_Stormcock

3 ай бұрын

The lead pipe rifle

@Tank_lover

3 ай бұрын

​@@paleoph6168 FELLOW KAIJU ENJOYER

@Huskycomicowner

3 ай бұрын

Angry tube number 69. 😊

The designer naming it after his sister is some great sibling rivalry. "This rifle is loud and simple, so I named it after you"

@davidgoodnow269

3 ай бұрын

Oh! _BURN._

@ljubo409

3 ай бұрын

MANDA IS MOST OFTEN NAME OFF CROAT CATHOLICS FROM BOSNIA..😂😂🎉

@teskasrbija4094

3 ай бұрын

@@davidgoodnow269 apply cold water to the burning area

@GodricThe

2 ай бұрын

We love our siblings in Croatia.

@slenderman27490

2 ай бұрын

That was my grandmother's name 🎉😂

The minimum range was 300m, because any closer and you'd risk hitting the target with the barrel.

@j_k_rz

3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@grantcox4764

3 ай бұрын

Made me giggle...

@djdrack4681

3 ай бұрын

Gunsmith: "How long should I make the barrel?" Gov: "Yes"

@mrkeogh

3 ай бұрын

Genius 😂

@B.K.E.N-EX

3 ай бұрын

hahaha...

This isn't just minimalist, this is bordering on abstract by this point

@DjDolHaus86

3 ай бұрын

The Vector is a cubist take on the Thompson

@lairdcummings9092

3 ай бұрын

Picasso, gunsmith?

@miket2120

3 ай бұрын

Imagine how it would look with some brass parts....

@lairdcummings9092

3 ай бұрын

@@miket2120 ooh, sexy! 😁

@mrkeogh

3 ай бұрын

"If you squint hard enough, you can kinda imagine there's a cheekweld that won't break your teeth when you fire."

That's a bolt-action Sten in .50 BMG :D

@NareshSinghOctagon

3 ай бұрын

Rifle #69 of a gun named after the designers' sister and this comment currently has 69 likes. Nice all around.

@lairdcummings9092

3 ай бұрын

Apt description.

@thetalesofdaneandco

3 ай бұрын

So not a Sten?

@michaelmay5453

3 ай бұрын

I'd say it's extremely reliable. Simple, tried and true stuff all around. That's certainly not true for the Sten though (which sometimes just decided to blast off a few rounds all by itself and due to poorly designed mags would sometimes only fire on release of the mag).

@michaelmay5453

3 ай бұрын

@@thetalesofdaneandco I think they're going by the looks alone.

A weapon like this perfectly illustrated the fundamentals of firearms: strong enough, simple enough and a barrel long enough.

@Arbiter099

3 ай бұрын

I'd love to hear Ahoy narrate that line.

@jacaredosvudu1638

3 ай бұрын

Who knows? Maybe he also goes out there reading random comments about random guns

@_ArsNova

3 ай бұрын

Forgot "muzzle brake big enough".

@mtnbound2764

3 ай бұрын

i'd re word that as: " The fundamentals of firearms design are perfectly illustrated in this rifle". it has exactly what is necessary to safely fire, and nothing else.

I fired this thing last year. Only .50 cal i fired so far. The range staff said it was a "one off custom build from the yugoslav wars". Now it turns out it is actually a serial rifle with a name. Very cool to find out. God i love forgottenweapons!

@budwyzer77

3 ай бұрын

How was the recoil?

@Soff1859

3 ай бұрын

@@budwyzer77 very mild. But i fired it kneeling off the bipod (way to heavy to lift up anyway, at least for me).

@budwyzer77

3 ай бұрын

@@Soff1859 Ah, so it *looks* minimalist but it's made out of nice thick steel?

@Soff1859

3 ай бұрын

@@budwyzer77 yes totally. As i said i never fired another 50 cal. So i am not sure how the weight compares to a barret for example. But i was very surprised how heavy this big ol hunk of metal was.

@actionjksn

3 ай бұрын

​@@budwyzer77Minimalist does not refer to how thick or heavy something is, it refers to a very simple design. You could make something thick and robust or thin and light and still have something that is minimalist in design. There is a small number of parts and the parts themselves are very simple in design. That's what makes this rifle a minimalist design. You have to use very thick metal to make a 50 BMG that doesn't blow up. Also not machining anything off of the parts that wasn't necessary gives the rifle a minimalist look. That will also add some weight.

Never fight a man with his back against a shed full of metal working tools.

@peterstadlmaier3107

3 ай бұрын

*A-Team music playing in the background*

Mark Serbu is somewhere drooling over this

@TheOz91

3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. I bet more people thought about Mark Serbu seeing this because this gun definitely is up his alley.

@ActualHumanPerson

3 ай бұрын

And somewhere in Kentucky a man has an itchy neck while watching this😮

@948320z

3 ай бұрын

"I'll need, like, 3 more thumbs before I test fire this."

@THESLlCK

3 ай бұрын

@@ActualHumanPerson perhaps he shouldn't have taken a risk with one of the most powerful rifle calibers of all time

@actionjksn

3 ай бұрын

​@@THESLlCK What was risky about gun he shot?

“Number 69 and named after the designers sister” Nice

@Em-Jayyy

3 ай бұрын

Nice

@cerealata9035

3 ай бұрын

Nice.

@5anjuro

3 ай бұрын

Manda is also slang for female genitalia in some Slavic languages

@OutsideTheTargetDemographic

3 ай бұрын

Nice.

@AirplaneDoctor_

3 ай бұрын

Croatia, the Alabama of eastern europe.

Kentucky Ballistics’ PTSD entered the chat

@Projectdarke

3 ай бұрын

I was writing the same 😂

@TheBudgetOutdoorsman

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha TOP comment.

@davidbowman2716

3 ай бұрын

I was about to post a comment about KB. 😅

@TheGrimFoot

3 ай бұрын

This gins built way better than a threaded plug turd rn 50

@paulcoffey1837

3 ай бұрын

PTSD? More like PTRD.

Goes to show you how important it is to have skilled machinists around.

@sinisatrlin840

3 ай бұрын

Croatia is small country but had large machining and stamping capability. About dozen types of lathes where produced and about dozen types of milling machines where in production in 1990s. Country that produces metalworking machines. ships and trains should be able to produce guns.

@doop00

3 ай бұрын

The weaponsmiths today is the blacksmiths of the past.

This reminds me of the Preved anti-material rifle from Metro Last Light and I think that is really cool.

@Saint_Wolf_

3 ай бұрын

There was an anti material rifle in Metro:LL? I don't remember that. Given it's been a few years since I played the Metro Franchise in whole.

@inductivegrunt94

3 ай бұрын

@@Saint_Wolf_ Yeah, it's incredibly rare but can be spawned in the Developer Pack DLC shooting gallery to try out with all the attachments for that weapon.

@Nikolai1939

3 ай бұрын

​@@Saint_Wolf_ yes, it's a modified ptrs 41

@alexandermorozov8593

3 ай бұрын

Preved medved!

- Mom, can we have PTRD? - We have PTRD at home. PTRD at home:

@jmackmcneill

3 ай бұрын

came to the comments to say just this

I've gotta say the pun, I just do. Thanks for the Manda lore, Ian. Unironically though, this looks like a gun that would be right at home in the hands of a Star Wars bounty hunter

@DABrock-author

3 ай бұрын

This is the way…

@giulianoforti542

2 ай бұрын

Creative

BFG-50: who are you? MANDA: im your father.

@edwardphillips8460

3 ай бұрын

Well nice, ya kinda little off. BFG: who are you? Manda: “Don’t you know me? It’s just me your little girl Manda.”

@christianremandaban1499

3 ай бұрын

PTRD: I'm your GRANDfather!

@AlASokolov

2 ай бұрын

In Russian, "Manda" is a vagina in obscene slang. So most likely the "Manda" is the mother of the BFG-50. And we also have a proverb: " whatever you name the boat, it will sail." If you called a rifle a vagina, then it will shoot the same way.

@Guido-Fawkes

Ай бұрын

@@edwardphillips8460 copium old man

This gun is super impressive for what it is, a functional and effective piece of equipment designed and executed quickly to provide fighting men with something they need. I also recognize that this is what a bubba’d PTRD would look like and I *love* it

@ivan5604

3 ай бұрын

This is reverse bubba’d, bubba’s put useless crap on perfectly fine guns

@lairdcummings9092

3 ай бұрын

@@ivan5604 as opposed to, say, turning useless crap *into* perfectly fine guns?

@jeremiahvires7864

3 ай бұрын

​@@lairdcummings9092bubba response Did you buy an SKS or mosin and drill into it to put a scope on? You look the type

@lairdcummings9092

3 ай бұрын

@@jeremiahvires7864 That would be my cousin. I don't bubba perfectly good milsurp rifles - He, on the other hand, would go absolutely nutz.

Ian - great review! I managed to get one of the few Mandas to get into the US when Sarco brought in a small batch; although without the scope and mount, just the milled-in Picitinny rail. If you're ever in Northern Virginia, you're welcome to fire my Manda at a relatively nearby 500 yard range.

Kroatian weapons are one of the most interesting, and there's plenty of them.

When you’re being bullied and your Croatian friend shouts “don’t worry I’ll get Manda!!” you know it’s about to get real

@ShapezPuller64

3 ай бұрын

What in the wish fulfilment is this

"How bad is the recoil?" "Yes"

@DjDolHaus86

3 ай бұрын

Have you ever been kicked by a horse? No Well today will be full of new experiences

@speelangs7161

3 ай бұрын

During a war were you don't have weapons to fight recoil is the less of your concerns.

@actionjksn

3 ай бұрын

It's very heavy and that weight will mitigate recoil. Some guy who shot one said that it was so heavy he couldn't shoulder it and had to rest it on the bipod to shoot it. He said the recoil wasn't that bad but he also probably did not fire many shots.

@ChaNnArD-mD

3 ай бұрын

The recoil was so bad they made less then 100 of them.

@lairdcummings9092

3 ай бұрын

Reportedly, recoil is quite manageable.

manda must have been one hell of a firecracker to get a .50bmg amr named after her!

My favourite firearms are always the ones that are function over form like this one. I always love the look of such examples, even though they weren't designed to be elegant in any way, they're just plain cool.

@dinkoz1

2 ай бұрын

He he, if you want absurd and dangerous for the user, watch Ian's video about the hand grenade launcher from that period of war

The Croatian Toothpick, looks wild but functional,. Must have been a beast to fire. Thanks Ian

I love the utter simplicity of this

Love me when Ian makes a vid about my nation's guns.

Very tubular

@keith1291

3 ай бұрын

Totally

I feckin love that minimalist BDC cam.

@britjohnson1990

3 ай бұрын

Me too but that has to be machined right on the money to be right

There is a modification of this rifle, Le Taignon 001. Another stock, a fore-end added, and apparently a different sight, perhaps some other changes. In general, this gun was recently found near Chasov Yar. And now this weapon can be seen in the possession of one famous blogger.

Love the magnificent simplicity of this rifle.

Ok, I'm an adult, but as a Russian I can't help but giggle at the name of this gun.

@user-ej4eq5im4r

3 ай бұрын

true

@pe.bo.5038

3 ай бұрын

❓Why?-What does it mean in your language?🤔

@RedHairAleks

3 ай бұрын

@@pe.bo.5038 In Russian swear slang its one of the less rude terms for c*nt.

@TheCaptNoname

3 ай бұрын

​@@pe.bo.5038Charlie - Uniform - November - Tango

@dashingdave2665

3 ай бұрын

Oh it's a bad word in Ruski, about like the c-word. I sniggered too lol. They had to know 😂 especially the anecdote about it named after his sister

What is simple is useful, what is not simple is not useful. Beautiful, simple, effective design. Thank you Ian.

Looking at this thing makes my neck itch for some reason

@higherground9888

3 ай бұрын

Scott is that you?!

They made only 84,this is pure gold!

"This is #69 out of 84 made" Nice.

@ironpirate8

3 ай бұрын

Nice

@voiceofreason1829

2 ай бұрын

Noice

I would nickname it as "Son of the PTRD".

@user-ej4eq5im4r

3 ай бұрын

It really is a PTRD scaled down

@user-uz2hu2hg1q

3 ай бұрын

Considering what "manda" means in russian - it's daughter of PTRD.

@jacaredosvudu1638

3 ай бұрын

PTRD Post Traumatic Russian Disorder

@trooperdgb9722

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Amazing to think someone SIMPLIFIED that. (Although the PTRD needed more recoil absorption I suppose with that monster 14.5 cartridge!)

Minimalist is a good word for this.

@SOMeDoOD1992

3 ай бұрын

Probably the least offensive way to describe it, honestly.

Next time in Zagreb I need to see that museum. So much unique history.

I bet Scotts neck is gonna tingle if he watches this vid!

Looks like the sniper out of day of the jackal

What a beautiful specimen The gun is pretty cool too

This looks like someone was in the middle of repairing the kitchen sink when the war started and just borrowed some of the plumbing, attached a scope, and got stuck in. I like it!

I really want to visit Croatia, and it is funny how I learned about the nation more than just a name via their firearms. Funny how that goes. As it is, very cool barebones straight to the point rifle and honestly it points to how most things happen in war, you just focus on making it do what it needs to do and not fuss about bells and whistles.

@veltruski

3 ай бұрын

Yugoslavia had the third largest army in Europe at the time of its breakup. It was controlled by the Serbs because the capital of YU was Belgrade. Can you imagine being in war against the third largest army in Europe and having only the police force to defend yourself!? People were going into trenches with hunting rifles. It took courage on another level, but we were defending our homes and were as one. Something similar can still be seen in Croatian sports.

@exeticm4k

2 ай бұрын

​​@@veltruskiit wasn't so simple, the Yugos did not directly enter a war with Croatia, they just supplied the Serbian rebels with their war machine (obviously not their entire war machine)

@veltruski

2 ай бұрын

@@exeticm4k Look man, I know what I'm talking about. I'm Croatian. Serbs were controlling the army after the breakup of YU. They were controlling it before. All those war criminals that ended up in Hague are Serbs. The ethnic mass murders of civilians in Croatia and Bosnia were done by Serbian generals and the army. If you're not from here, and haven't been through that war, you cannot know.

@exeticm4k

2 ай бұрын

@@veltruski I AM a Croat myself, and I know, but I'm just saying that my ancestors, obviously, did not face off the ENTIRE Yugo army

@exeticm4k

2 ай бұрын

Right?

We also had a RT20 or hand cannon 20 mm , single shot like this

This guy kills me. "If you ever find yourself in Zagreb with nothing to do..." Croatia is just about the most beautiful country in Southeast Europe. If you're there, you'll have A LOT to do. Of course museums are always fantastic. Ian has got to be the most relaxed and natural presenter on this platform. Bravo Ian for all your work.

Vucetic was the last name of the first guy who start using finger prints to identify criminals. He was Argentinean (born in Croatia while it was still part of Austrian Empire). The Federal Police Academy here in Argentina is named after him

@bueniterkinder8257

3 ай бұрын

Uuhh ya saltó un eyaculador precoz para reivindicar la falsa pertenencia de Iván Vučetić como argentino en algo q además nada q ver con lo q se habla, acá se lo nombra a Petar Vučetić, y si bien Iván Vučetić llegó a los 24 años a la Argentina y se nacionalizó arg para entrar a la PFA, ya vino de Europa con toda una ídea fromada y preconcebida de la dactiloscopía, de hecho prestó servicio militar allá y se formó en criminalística. Me recuerda a los ridículos q le atribuyen el invento de la birome a la Argentina por un húngaro q vivió acá y se apellidaba Biró. Dejá q los extranjeros sólos investiguen si les interesa flaco, no hace falta andar gritando x el mundo "yo yo yo, Argentina Argentina" y levantando la mano como un alumno de primaria, se nos cagan de risa x patéticos y mediocres. Además te informo q Vučetić fue totalmente ninguneado y abndonado por el gbno y la policía arg, murió en el ostracismo sin reconocimiento alguno y prácticamente en la pobreza, ahora todos quieren chapear, monigotes. Si queremos salir de la mediocridad como país tenemos q dejar de mirar al pasado y a los europeos q en su momento si hicieron algo decente por la Arg, pero nosotros ya no somos ese país conformado por europeos lamentablemente, hay q mirarse padentro y con más autocrítica si queremos evolucionar, cito a José Ingenieros *(UN ITALIANO Q VIVÍA EN ARG)* "los hombres y pueblos en decadencia viven acordandose de dónde vienen, los hombres geniales y pueblos fuertes sólo necesitan saber a dónde van".

@FrancoPijalech

3 ай бұрын

Uuhh ya saltó un eyaculador precoz para reivindicar la falsa pertenencia de Iván Vučetić como argentino en algo q además nada q ver con lo q se habla, acá se lo nombra a Petar Vučetić, y si bien Iván Vučetić llegó a los 24 años a la Argentina y se nacionalizó arg para entrar a la PFA, ya vino de Europa con toda una ídea fromada y preconcebida de la dactiloscopía, de hecho prestó servicio militar allá y se formó en criminalística. Me recuerda a los ridículos q le atribuyen el invento de la birome a la Argentina por un húngaro q vivió acá y se apellidaba Biró. Dejá q los extranjeros sólos investiguen si les interesa flaco, no hace falta andar gritando x el mundo "yo yo yo, Argentina Argentina" y levantando la mano como un alumno de primaria, se nos cagan de risa x patéticos y mediocres. Además te informo q Vučetić fue totalmente ninguneado y abandonado por el gbno y la policía arg, murió en el ostracismo sin reconocimiento alguno y prácticamente en la pobreza, ahora todos quieren chapear, monigotes. Si queremos salir de la mediocridad como país tenemos q dejar de mirar al pasado y a los europeos q en su momento si hicieron algo decente por la Arg, pero nosotros ya no somos ese país conformado por europeos lamentablemente, hay q bajar el copete, tmb mirarnos padentro y con más autocrítica si queremos evolucionar realmente, cito a José Ingenieros *(UN ITALIANO Q VIVÍA EN ARG)* "los hombres y pueblos en decadencia viven acordandose de dónde vienen, los hombres geniales y pueblos fuertes sólo necesitan saber a dónde van".

@FrancoPijalech

3 ай бұрын

Uuhh ya saltó uno para reivindicar la falsa pertenencia de Iván Vučetić como argentino en algo q además nada q ver con lo q se habla, acá se lo nombra a Petar Vučetić, y si bien Iván Vučetić llegó a los 24 años a la Argentina y se nacionalizó arg para entrar a la PFA, ya vino de Europa con toda una ídea formada y preconcebida de la dactiloscopía, de hecho prestó servicio militar allá y se formó en criminalística. Me recuerda a los ridículos q le atribuyen el invento de la birome a la Argentina por un húngaro q vivió acá y se apellidaba Biró. Dejá q los extranjeros investiguen sólos si les interesa flaco, no hace falta andar gritando x el mundo "yo yo yo, Argentina Argentina" y levantando la mano como un alumno de primaria, se nos cagan de risa x patéticos y mediocres. Además te informo q Vučetić fue totalmente ninguneado y abandonado por el gbno y la policía arg, murió en el ostracismo sin reconocimiento alguno y prácticamente en la pobreza, ahora todos quieren chapear, monigotes. Si queremos salir de la mediocridad como país tenemos q dejar de mirar al pasado y a los europeos q en su momento si hicieron algo decente por la Arg, pero nosotros ya no somos ese país conformado por europeos lamentablemente, hay q bajar el copete, tmb mirarnos padentro y con más autocrítica si queremos evolucionar realmente, cito a José Ingenieros *(UN ITALIANO Q VIVÍA EN ARG)* "los hombres y pueblos en decadencia viven acordandose de dónde vienen, los hombres geniales y pueblos fuertes sólo necesitan saber a dónde van".

@FrancoPijalech

3 ай бұрын

Uuhh ya saltó un eyaculador precoz para reivindicar la falsa pertenencia de Iván Vučetić como argentino en algo q además nada q ver con lo q se habla, acá se lo nombra a Petar Vučetić, y si bien Iván Vučetić llegó a los 24 años a la Argentina y se nacionalizó arg para entrar a la PFA ya vino de Europa con toda una ídea formada y preconcebida de la dactiloscopía, de hecho prestó servicio militar allá y se formó en criminalística. Me recuerda a los q le atribuyen el invento de la birome a la Argentina por un húngaro q vivió acá y se apellidaba Biró 😆 Dejá q los extranjeros sólos investiguen si les interesa flaco, no hace falta andar gritando x el mundo "yo yo yo, Argentina Argentina" y levantando la mano como un alumno de primaria, se nos cagan de risa x mediocres y ridículos. Además te informo q Vučetić fue totalmente ninguneado y abandonado por el gbno y la policía arg, murió en el ostracismo sin reconocimiento alguno y prácticamente en la pobreza, ahora todos quieren chapear, típico argento promedio, JaJaa..... Si queremos salir de la mediocridad como país tenemos q dejar de mirar al pasado y a los europeos q en su momento es innegable hicieron lo poco decente de la Arg de entonces, pero nosotros ya no somos ese país conformado por europeos lamentablemente, hay q bajar el copete, tmb mirarnos padentro y con más autocrítica si queremos evolucionar realmente, cito a José Ingenieros *(UN ITALIANO Q VIVÍA EN ARG)* "los hombres y pueblos en decadencia viven acordandose de dónde vienen, los hombres geniales y pueblos fuertes sólo necesitan saber a dónde van".

@FrancoPijalech

3 ай бұрын

Uuhh...... nunca falta uno para reivindicar la falsa pertenencia de Iván Vučetić como argentino en algo q además nada q ver con lo q se habla, acá se lo nombra a Petar Vučetić, y si bien Iván Vučetić llegó a los 24 años a la Argentina y se nacionalizó arg para entrar a la PFA ya vino de Europa con toda una ídea formada y preconcebida de la dactiloscopía, de hecho prestó servicio militar allá y se formó en criminalística. Me recuerda a los q le atribuyen el invento de la birome a la Argentina por un húngaro q vivió acá y se apellidaba Biró 😆 Dejá q los extranjeros sólos investiguen si les interesa flaco, no hace falta andar gritando x el mundo "yo yo yo, Argentina Argentina" y levantando la mano como un alumno de primaria, se nos cagan de risa x mediocres y ridículos. Además te informo q Vučetić fue totalmente ninguneado y abandonado por el gbno y la policía arg, murió en el ostracismo sin reconocimiento alguno y prácticamente en la pobreza, ahora todos quieren chapear, típico argento promedio, JaJaa..... Si queremos salir de la mediocridad como país tenemos q dejar de mirar al pasado y a los europeos q en su momento es innegable hicieron lo poco decente de la Arg de entonces, pero nosotros ya no somos ese país conformado por europeos lamentablemente, hay q bajar el copete, tmb mirarnos padentro y con más autocrítica si queremos evolucionar realmente, cito a José Ingenieros *(UN ITALIANO Q VIVÍA EN ARG)* "los hombres y pueblos en decadencia viven acordandose de dónde vienen, los hombres geniales y pueblos fuertes sólo necesitan saber a dónde van".

This simple brutalist design looks incredible.

If the original "day of the jackal" gun was in 50bmg

That's quite a unique sniper rifle you got there Ian, i love the story behind such firearms with you telling us everything in detail. Cheers🎉.

Keep it simple. Cheers Ian.

That has pain written all over it when the trigger's pulled. Definitely be a candidate for a hydraulic buffer.

@pe.bo.5038

3 ай бұрын

In Croatia only the Dummys went to fight in the war for independence---So they did not care!

@TheGreegles

3 ай бұрын

Yeah it'll hurt, but you should see the other guy.

@pe.bo.5038

3 ай бұрын

@@TheGreegles 👍

Love your content, Ian, and these short little videos are just the thing sometimes. I have a tight schedule in the morning. Workout, get ready for work, eat breakfast. I have about 10 minutes for watching something. Netflix has very little that short, but a video like this on a topic I enjoy is very welcome into that time slot. You always do a great job with your content and placing the weapon in its historical context.

I assume that Kentucky Ballistics does not want to test that rifle.

Top shelf content !!! What a cool bit of history !

It looks like a few of metal pipes fit together to make a sniper rifle😮

I think what the designer had suffered from his sis that caused him to put her name on a 0.50 cal single shot 😁

@pe.bo.5038

3 ай бұрын

🤣😂🤣LOL!

Any chance of RT-20 review?

Your pronounciation of names is great, good job

So much of a forgotten weapon, that I literally can't find any info about this gun online (probably have to google in Croation) I just wish you listed its weight though, because this might be the most skeletal anti-materiel rifle I've ever seen.

If you find yourself in Zagreb, eat burek and drink rakija!

So check in tomorrow as we take this to the range for the two gun match with.....

Pulling back twisting the striker is more likely from the mosin nagant that uses that kind of safety also.

@blahorgaslisk7763

3 ай бұрын

Mauser used both methods in different versions of their rifles, both the cock on open and the cock on close, and there has been a lot of others. So there are a lot of possibilities here. The Mosin Nagant is one possibility but without talking to the designer it's hard to know where he found the inspiration.

@hornmonk3zit

3 ай бұрын

When Ian makes a reference like that it's almost always way out there referring to something nobody's ever heard of. It being patterned after the Mosin makes sense since the Croats definitely had a pile of Mosins laying around.

Of course they kept number 69 to put in a museum.

I'm kicking myself that it took me a month to watch this video even though it's short. This is a beautiful rifle and I think it looks awesome in the steel. For someone who's not technically, I love the mechanical side of it because you explain things so well. What I love most are the weapons that have a story behind them.

This is a nice piece of history, in those times a lot of "homemade" weapons came out mainly SMGs but for this one, I didn't even know that exist until now ...

Still waiting on your review of RT-10! Ask someone in Karlovac for this gem!

Thing looks like something you n your cousin made in the shed to fire shotgun shells.. the bolt reminds me of an old single shot .22 we had as kids.

Scott’s scar is tingling…

I love the simplicity and minimalist look. I think once you got set up, it wouldn't be that expensive to mass produce. You would definitely want to test every single bolt with magnetic particle inspection and use really good steel and heat treatment. There's no margen for error on something chambered in 50 BMG. I wonder how many shots those bolt lugs will safely hold up for.

@sinisatrlin840

3 ай бұрын

Well, those lugs look 30mm deep (1 1/4), that is a lot of meat. Case hardened lugs of that size can hold those pressures withouth problem. It is many times stronger than Serbu rifle that has threaded cap, and that is certified for 80,000psi.

That is a truly cool rifle

Love the international nature of this channel. Ian is always going somewhere interesting.

Да!

I'm not sure I like the sound of minimalist .50 BMG.....

Нет, ну это настоящая манда...

@libramoon9968

3 ай бұрын

doesn't Manda mean P****SSY in Russian ?

Thanks.

Thanks

Look up Croatian RT-20!

California-compliant 50 BMG rifle

My guys knows his history. Respect 😎 one of rare that said every single thing right.

Scott and Brandon are scratching their chins rn 😂

"Now watch me shoot a SLAP round with it"

Looks like an elongated, compensated, serial-numbered version of the 1973 "The Day of The Jackal" assassin's rifle.

I can feel the searing pain from Scott's neck

I would LOVE to hear the story of how this gun, a massive, kinda crude .50 cal rifle, got named after the designer's sister.

“Minimalist” and “.50 BMG” aren’t normally words I want to see in the same sentence.

@josip_gale

3 ай бұрын

Not necessarily. This gun had the bare minimum number of parts needed to work, and those parts had to be simple to produce. Safety was achieved in other ways: check the lugs, they are massive.

Last time I was this early, Manda was a Toho kaiju.

I like how the rifle is specified as an “anti-material” .50cal instead of a .50cal sniper. “Honest, sir! I was just aiming for the helmet! I didn't know his head was in it!”

@spinnirack3645

3 ай бұрын

Material as in the car between the sniper and the helmet

@tomhenry897

3 ай бұрын

That’s how I was taught in the army

@jmackmcneill

3 ай бұрын

Hmmm... should I take out a conscript with five days training or the one and only armoured car in this whole country??? Decisions, decisions....

@richard_from_england333

3 ай бұрын

People are also made out of material

@kuronoch.1441

Ай бұрын

Well I might be wooshed because of this, but I think it was meant for shooting vehicles instead of people like what Hecate II and others are doing.

Wow '' Ian , Another Great Video 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

You know it's good when the scope has more moving parts than the gun

Dobrissimo!!

Love this

When Jackall decides to use .50BMG...

@Sum-kj8jo

3 ай бұрын

Yes ..

@ildart8738

3 ай бұрын

He'd have to use a wheelchair instead of crutches to smuggle it in.

Someone saw the day of the jackal and said Yes

not many guns that you can say have a minimum range, then you find this guy

it served its purpose and is still excellent today

Tacti-cool PTRD 41

@philippbohland2420

3 ай бұрын

True 😂

@user-ej4eq5im4r

3 ай бұрын

In smaller caliber for CQB

I love this!!!!❤

Was a bit surprised to see you do videos about Croatia and the Homeland war and equipment after just moving here February this year. Coincidence? Probably. Cool? Definitely! Especially for an old UN veteran from Nordbat2 from Bosnia... Might have to visit the museum at some point when visiting Zagreb...

Goooood morrrning forgotten weapons!