Browning BAR Full Auto 

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I just love how Hickok giggles after shooting almost every weapon, you can tell he just loves what he does.

"Does it look like Texas?" Well, regardless of landscape, I see an old man with a fully auto weapon so yeah it does.

My dad was in call of duty world at war. He said he once got 50 kills on patrol one night. He was unable to finish his tour of duty because his online subscription expired. It was insane what he went through.

I’m a Marine combat vet of Vietnam. My first specialized assignment in the infantry was “BAR-Man.” I later became an 0331 Machinegunner but always had a soft spot for the BAR. It was an awesome weapon when properly deployed. It’s a highly capable weapon in the hands of someone trained to use it. It’s a crew-served weapon. You have an “Assistant-BAR-Man.” The BAR is usually fired using the bipod. I never heard of “walking fire.” Sounds like a term made up by a gun-store commando with a vivid imagination. The BAR’s specialty was sustained accurate fire on point targets like machinegun bunker firing ports. This was done in support of a frontal assault. It was also deployed with machineguns and rifles for the Final Protective Line of Fire; a tactic used to repel mass frontal assaults favored by the Japanese in WW2 and Chinese in Korea. It was highly effective. The reason that the charging handle is in the left side is because the way it’s used is on the bipod, usually in a prone position, with the hinged butt-plate on your shoulder. Your assistant is handing you loaded magazines, you are using your right hand to insert them and your left hand to operate the charging handle. A really good, well trained assistant can actually insert the loaded magazine for you. As you can see, trying to load and fire by yourself while moving is awkward, not an ideal deployment. Not that it was never done. This is also true of the light machinegun. While you may see this done in movies, and may have been done on rare occasions in combat, I assure you that it was a very rare situation and not an ideal application. I’m 6’2” 220lb and although I have fired an M-60 standing up and moving (it’s designed for this) I never did this with my Browning Light .30. It was not designed for this use, although there have been attempts to fit it with a shoulder stock. Personally, I can’t imagine that it was very effective. Anyway, that’s the inside line on the BAR. Great weapon. Hope this was helpful.

My uncle was the BAR man in one of Patton's divisions in Germany. Unfortunately BAR men were targets for snipers. He was killed 3 weeks before Germany surrendered. R.I.P. Gene.

Am I the only one who loves the sound of the slow setting on a B.A.R

I find it fascinating that with a simple little switch you can go from full auto to fuller auto, idk what kind of magic Mr. Browning did to make that happen but it's really cool.

What a devastating weapon. That's rock and roll, personified. 30 caliber. Dad's brother was BAR-man just after D-day. What a hero. John Browning will never be replaced.

*destroys cinderblock wall in seconds* “heh heh heh .. that’s pretty neat”

I’ve always said the BAR stands for the big ass rifle

I knew two WWII BAR men. Both were 6’4” and strong as an ox. I’m not sure whether they started that way or they got that way from lugging around that big hunk of iron.

My neighbor (More like Another Great Grandfather), was a Paratrooper in the 11th airborne in 1944 and 1945. He fought in Manila and Luzon Island, and he said he was proud and glad he got to use a BAR. He just turned 96.

My Dad used the BAR during WW2 and said God and the BAR got him back home.!!! He was a Two Purple Hearts two Bronze Stars with Valor recipient.!!!

Dad was a paratrooper with the 101st during WW2. He jumped on D-Day and fought across Europe and in Bastogne with his BAR. He was 19. What he did still amazes me.

Just ran across this video. My dad was a BAR man in the 82nd 504th PIR in WWII. He was only 5' 5", 125 lbs and had to jump out of planes and tote that weapon all over Europe. Nice to see the weapon in action.

A friend of mine from high school was point man in 'Nam. He carried a BAR. He said the sound of the bolt dropping on that thing on a quiet night was pretty intimidating.

When my dad joined the marines in 55 he was the squad B.A.R. man. He said that he loved that weapon. He carried one occasionally when he was in Vietnam but usually had his M1D sniper rifle. Rest in peace dad.

My father’s closest friend was the BAR gunner in his platoon. I have a photograph of him posing with it. Killed about 50 feet from my father. Sept 1951 Korean War. He was Marvin Setter from Wichita Kansas. My father passed away five years years ago at age 85. We kept up with the Setter family all those years from Saint Louis. My father lived 60 more years and led a full life. Tragedy that his friend’s life was cut short in those forsaken hills in North Korea at age 22..

What an absolute monster. Full-auto 30-06 makes such a beautiful sound.

30-06 is all I have used for hunting since I was 10 years old: 2 years after I started hunting. The 30-06 cartridge really is the best, all around cartridge. The BAR is such a great piece of history. I understand why the rifle had to be made heavy. Shooting rapid fire in 30-06 is no joke. How lucky and fortunate to be able to shoot this historical piece of history

My Dad carried one from France, Belgium to Germany. He was the BAR man in the squad. He was the first one the Germans tried to knock out in firefights. Not fun, he said.

4:55 rapid 5:27 slow 6:10 rapid burst 7:54 junior's rapid 8:19 2nd mag 8:47 3rd mag 9:23 old man's walking fire 10:02 finale

I had a friend I worked with 40 years ago that was a BAR man in 101st. He told me that the US troops really feared the sound of a MG42 but the German troops had the same fear of the BAR. The sound it made, the slow rap, meant a big round was coming down range and he could definitely slow their advance quickly with a 20 rnd burst.

My dad 5'7" 140 lbs in the Marine Corp. This was his assigned weapon. He said it was heavy as hell. But he loved it.

"the stock is a bit short on me" says the 7ft goliath of a grandpappy

"I'll save that pot for you dad", What a great son.

My nextdoor neighbor Erv Solo served with Edson's Raiders in WW II. He was only 5' 8" and about 130 lbs. Of course the Marines made him a BAR man! Once the the raider battalions we're dissolved, they were integrated into the 3rd Marine Division. Erv served right up into the battle of Okinawa. Salute! A real hero.

My grandpa carried one of these during WWII, he was in the Americal division. There's a story my dad told me of my grandpa shooting a Japanese sniper out of a tree. My grandfather's unit had just captured a small village in the Philippines, all the guys we're sitting around smoking talking etc. A little Filipino boy walked over carrying a jug of water for all the guys. When he got in front of my grandpa a Japanese sniper shot the boy in the head...as quick as he could my grandfather picked up his BAR and unloaded a full clip on the tree until he saw the son of a bitch fall out of it. That story has always stuck in my mind. My grandfather passed away in 2000 I was 6 years old and my dad's been gone for almost 10 years now, but it's because of these men I developed a huge interest in WWII. It's my dream to fire a BAR some day...

What have we learned today? That cinderblock is not cover.

"I don't always miss, but when I do, I like to miss fast."

My Uncle carried a BAR ashore at Bougainville. He told me prior to the landing before shipping out they were practicing tigger control at targets between 500 and 1000 yards. Some of the Marines were consistently scoring two and three rounds burst at the 1000 yard target.

The BAR full auto was a strange weapon, like a stop gap weapon, for sure, big, chunk of steel and wood. lol The 30-06 round was brilliant, though, and still is. Can't deny it puts out some terrorizing force. Really needed larger mag.

To offset the 20 round magazine, the BAR could also be used as a hammer because it's 20 pounds.

My dad use this gun during the invasion of Okinawa in 1944. He made it 2 weeks before being wounding in the leg.He said 2 week is a long time for a person shooting a BAR automatic rifle.

Dad landed in Normandy and fought through the Hedge row country and all the way to Bastogne. He always had compassion for any guy carrying the BAR. In many of the battles he was engaged in he saw many guys get hit or die. Dad said as soon as the BAR was opening up it drue fire ,and even being close to it was deadly. He was put in charge of a gun squad to pierce enemy lines to relieve the 101st. He was given a Thompson and refused due to the bad accuracy ,jamming and drawing fire. He said the BAR was reliable, but there were no autos in his squad. They took out two SS squads and dad said they could tell who they were by the rate of fire and the firearms they used. Dad said they would draw them in by taking random shots and yell for rounds while being shouldered up against trees spread out. Dad would say " So they thought they were Hitler's best " ❓He did fear the 88 . He said " I was on the receiving end of that 88 too many times "

“The BAR, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age”

A few years ago I invited my ww2 vet neighbor hunting... He declined telling me " I landed in Normandy on D +2 carrying a BAR and walked all the way to Czechoslovakia... not a single truck ride on the entire deployment... I'm never carrying a gun again."... He meant every word!

My great uncle Bruce Croas was 5'7 and was the BAR man in his unit in WWII, in the invasion of Italy. He was tough as nails.

Hickocks chuckle after every shot he takes gets me through the day

It’s official 100 years old 🇺🇸

This the most badass grandpa ever.

Thank you so much, really well done. When I was in France for the D-Day celebration back about 20 years ago, I saw a bunch of French reenactors with a deuce and a half truck and one of them was carrying a BAR. They had done a good job of looking just like American G.I.s from World War II. I went over there and asked the guy if I could hold the BAR and he let me and that’s when I found out how heavy the damn thing is. I was glad I got to at least hold John Browning’s invention, I felt blessed.

hickok45 you are the man when it comes to gun video's every time I see one I stop and watch !

In WWII, my Dad was a company armorer in the 104th Division. He told me that the weapon he kept by his side from Normandy until the end of the war was a BAR. He said it saved his life on a few occasions.

Wish my dad was still around. He carried a BAR in Korea, I know he would have gotten a kick of seeing one fired again.

I was eighteen and was a BAR man on a landing party from the USS Isherwood DD520 in 1951 .🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Shot skeet for years with Sheriff Bill Weismann and his wife Cecil at Elmfork in Dallas. Two of the sweetest people I ever met. Sheriff Bill carried a BAR all through Korea. Went into a valley with what was probably a company, only him and a handful walked out, likely saved by his BAR. One of the best times of my life shooting with Sheriff Bill, Cecil, Big Al, Scott and Buddy. Reminds me, “It’s not what you do, it’s who you do it with.”

My Father-in-law, carried one, during his service in the WWII action in the South Pacific...R.I.P. , PFC, Joseph Kudla, U.S.M.C.

I carried a BAR for more hours than I like to remember. It was heavy, but it never let me down.

In the Philippines we did a lot of improvisation; a 30/40 rounds mag or a 60 rounds plate-fed magazine which I carried (minus my M16). We also detached the carrying handle as well as the bipod to lighten the overall weight. It is really an effective gun than our previous issued Vietnam era M16. A retired army man.

Love Hickok45. That BAR wore him out. I read somewhere that we didn't issue the BAR in WW1 because when it was finished with evaluations the war was almost over . And we didn't want the Germans to get the new Tech. Also the gangsters had them during 20s and 30s. Love that gun. The sound is awesome.

20 rounds in the magazine is not enough for this type of rifle

So two japanese walk into a bar...

Great little gun. What most people don't get is just how heavy those are. They were made in the day where you started with a 50 pound lump of steel and carved it into the receiver. Still more portable than the A6 version of the 1919 machine gun.

Its absolutely astounding that Bonnie and Clyde, two tiny individuals by every report were able to handle this monster like an army soldier.

Such a small magazine for the intended use of this firearm.

I'm wondering, is it heavy? Capt. Miller to Pvt. Reiben" on Omaha Beach "Where's your BAR?" "It's on the bottom of the channel sir. The bitch tried to drown me!"

One of my uncles was a staff sergeant and led a rifle platoon in the Phillipines. He said in the beginning of the campaign they used to fight over who had to carry the BAR but as time went on they started to fight over who got to carry the BAR.

Firing a Browning without using the bipod is...interesting. I'd imagine the accuracy drops significantly due to how heavy it is. Love to see an updated video on this gun!

My Father was also a B.A.R. Man with the 101st Airborne in WWII. Rest in peace Dad. Miss you everyday.

Man those 20-round magazines run out fast!

Thankful for your Dads service to this country!

I love the sound and the echo the bar makes. It’s an iconic weapon, so too are all the brave men that sloughed this beast around in the battlefield arenas.

Was a great rifle until they nerfed it in the last update

In Eugene Sledge’s book “With The Old Breed” etc etc, he tells of a time he was on patrol and came upon a Japanese patrol. He wrote that his patrol was way outmanned so they took off back to their lines screaming that the Japanese were right behind and to open fire. The guy on guard duty had a BAR but didn’t fire until Sledge’s patrol were in the fox hole. Sledge asked the guy why didn’t he open fire, the guy replied I wanted them to get closer so I could cut them in half with the BAR.

what a sweet firearm ! My dads brother uncle Art was in the army and fought in korea, he used to shoot it with dad at milk jugs making them vanish and thru solid oak trees, I knew then I needed to get a 30-06 someday, I thought it was awesome he could shoot his guns n have fun after being in war because he normally looked very serious and had that thousand yard stare, yet he was great with us kids teaching us all he knew about different things, Sadly the the stress from Combat took its toll on his health and he fell over dead one day walking across his living room floor with a cup of coffee before work, the widow maker n hardening of his artery's from his tough hard life they grew up in, plus the toll from the korean war he never talked about, RIP Uncle Art gone since 1975 you are not forgotten ever!

Hickok is a legend god bless him and Machine Gun Mike.

My father in law was 18 in 1945 when he carried the ammo for a BAR squad in Belgium. He was injured, lost an eye, and part of his skull. After 4 years in hospitals he went to college on the GI Bill then on to medical school. He overcame a debilitating injury to become a productive citizen.

"I like to miss fast when i miss" epic

Teaching my wife to shoot. I only have 22 rifles and shotguns with a .243 high-power. Glad you posted this so she could see how powerful some guns are. Awesome!!

I get a warm fuzzy feeling with the old classics like the BAR and M14...love the old stuff!

My father was in the Marine Corps & fought in the Korean War. He brought his Browning Bar back home😉 OOrah !!!!

This is a masterpiece of wood and steel.The 2 materials that real guns for real men are made.This is a timeless gun.

Absolutely awesome. One of my very favorites. Got to shoot one in Las Vegas a few years back. It was on my bucket list and I'll never forget it.

The BAR has been a dream weapon of mine's for years, hickok45 you are so lucky.

Man that thing looks powerful!

I was a gunners mate on an old destroyer in the early 70's and we had BAR's and Thompson Machine guns in the armory . They were a blast to shoot along with the 30 cal .

That slow burst is just so beautiful

Very early day Viet Cong (Viet Ming) were using weapons left from French, Brits, Japan, USSR and US during ww2 and French Vietnam war in the 1950s. Up until early 1960s the non-NVA still use mixed WW2 weapons includes BAR and Garand. In 1966 I was trained to learn and use their weapons for infiltration, BAR, Garand, M-1 carbine, Lee Enfield, Type 38 JIA rifle, Bren, SKS, etc. With the bi-pod standing, press down the shoulder plate at the end of gun butt, BAR can be very accurate and deadly in the ground position. 20 round clips at slow speed can pin down enemy in 400 yards. 😎

My dad was one of Merrill’s Marauders, WWII, Burma. He said this was a “wicked” weapon.

My grandfather operated the bar in the 3rd army during the battle of the bulge. He wrote about his experience in the 80s. They were ordered to capture a dug in german mg42 nest and he remembers his sergeants arm pointing towards the heavily wooded hill yelling at them to move. His squad started walking through the woods for about 20 minutes until they met a large valley and no later than a couple of seconds passing, gunfire opened up from the other side in the treeline where a couple of his friends were killed immediately, it sounds cliche but he wrote down he heard some squad members calling for their moms. He shot the gun pointing it wherever there were flashes in the treeline until he got shot in the arm (fortunately not in the head after bending down to get more ammo). He dropped the gun cause it was too heavy for one arm and everything was quiet. He started slumping, actually carrying his arm, in the opposit direction of where there was gunfire, he then eventually came across a road. He walked on the side trying to keep hidden in case germans were using it until the next day he saw a US jeep driving along it where he was then picked up and brought to a field hospital. Amazingly he was only 19!

Talk about putting a huge smile on one's face! That looks like fun on an EPIC scale!

My father carried a BAR on Okinawa with the 6th div 22nd reg wounded taking the Shuri line, smallest guy in his squad. Picture of him with it in the book History of the 6th Marine Division outside of Naha.

Man what a beautiful gun! It sounds so neat!

That's my everyday carry firearm.

Dad "Handled" one of them on Iwo Jima, Tinian and Saipan. WWII Marines 4th div. 3/25

A hippie with a BAR! Absolutely marvelous! My dad would love it. That was his favorite rifle and the M1 Carbine.

My Father carried one on Okinawa when he was 19. He was quite worried because the Japanese snipers like to go after the BAR man. He told me he removed the bipod because using it exposed him too much. I read that a US soldier with a BAR shot over 30 Japanese soldiers on Kakazu ridge when they were flushed out of a cave when gasoline & oil were poured down the vent shaft.

Who else is disappointed they didn't fire it while resting the bipod on the table?

My uncle carried a BAR during WWII. He was a big burly guy and could handle the weapon. He told me the advantage of the BAR is that if an enemy combatant was behind a big pine tree in the European theater, the BAR would shoot through it easily and take out the combatant.

Oh Yea!!! Love to hear him chuckle every time he fires it.

That's the first time I've gotten a good look at a full-auto BAR being fired. Now I see why WW2 soldiers felt so much safer having a BAR guy in their squad.

One of the best sounding weapon ever made.

Having a BAR in WW2 meant you were a huge target for whatever forces you were going up against. What a rifle, fully automatic, wow! Super nice. P.S. Clyde Barrows favorite weapon.

Looks like loads of fun! Love it!

One hell of a gun. I was our platoon's M-60 gunner. I think I would have loved the BAR.

Pretty nice my dad was a BAR man in the Pacific.

THAT is what all machine guns should sound like. Amazing!

The shooting the cinder blocks literally gave me the only ounce of joy I felt all week