someone just got arrested for believing Hoffman's lies about this being 100% legal. he is fucked. Y'all are such edgelords your literally going to end up dying or being locked up for it.
The craziest part about this video is actually the thought that had to go into it, knowing the ATF will be reviewing it in court. We are here for you man! Well explained.
@@Geek1599 You mean as they didn't even have to prove a metal card was easily convertable and a machine gun, they just had to prove that Matt Hoover was guilty, right?
He really has. Even if he goes to jail this man is incredible. There's no word for him other than a genius. I'm saying this as a person who builds artificial intelligence for a living. My entire job is creating intelligence, and I think he is smarter than me.
And for the obvious application of higher twist rates and its effect on terminal energy transfer, you have to add to that list "the creator of the Honey Badger, Kevin Brittingham of Q, about the new Q Boombox. The Boombox is, more or less, the "big brother" of the Honey Badger. While the Honey Badger uses a 5.56mm sized frame to accommodate .300 Blackout rounds, the Boombox uses the new 8.6mm Blackout, which works in the same size frame as 7.62mm guns like .308 and 6.5 Creedmoor." (quote from TFB TV video) *I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL OTHER CALIBERS TO HAVE FASTER TWIST RATE BARRELS!!! Somebody start making them!*
@@user-qh5nm7di2r While I love those guns and the mechanics behind them, I don't find them revolutionary to firearms design. Hoffman is unique because he's developed a parallel function to automatic fire. His next step is to develop caseless ammunition to take advantage of it.
⚠️ Wait, did I just randomly spot a feral Zhiga (I'm thinking I may have butchered the spelling of your/his name lol) out in the wild, in its natural habitat of the RU-vid comments section?!? 😂😂
Gun companies are stagnant because of the nfa and they're too cowardly to try to work around them. Hoffman understands what is important, he would make the founding fathers proud.
@@1810jeff You have to understand that large gun companies employ lots of people and are under a microscope at all times by the ATF and other regulators. Its easy to poke the bear when your company consists of 5 people. Try doing it when its 500 or 5000 and those employees show up to work one day and the entire building is roped off and you can't get in b/c the ATF has shut the business down. I work for a large AR-15 manufacturer. Trust me, there's nothing more we would love than to sell you all machine guns and suppressors without the ATF breathing down our neck. We have to follow the law because we are responsible for 500 people's livelihoods and getting our FFL revoked would leave a huge hole in the AR-15 market.
@@oldscratch3535 The fact that almost none of them adopt Barretts policy of refusing to sell to government agencies if they can't sell to civilians says a lot.
Finally a safety that can make my gun safe immediately after I've pulled the trigger. This may be the best safety modification for any AR platform I've seen and should become standard for the industry.
@@russr You can't technically make much of anything for free, but with enough talent and hand tools, the cost of most things can be reduced to a manageable level.
Time = Money, but not having a Purchase record can be a blessing of it’s own. The AFT boys are already going door to door to try and recover Forced Reset Triggers. Build your own stuff, as much as you can, and don’t play the Registration game. Because Registration leads to Confiscation.
I am incredibly impressed at the increased level of safety this adds to the AR. I would also like to see how much safer this would make a Fight Lite MCR upper. At a stretch…I wonder if it would be possible to engineer something similar specifically to improve how safe the FN M249S is. I know these are super expensive and hardly anyone owns them as anything more than curiosities. But I think that maybe those are just excuses because the factory safety is sub par.
You influencer idiots are going to put Hoffman tactical on the fed radar just like you did the FRT trigger and unlike those guys this kid doesn't have a ton of money to pay for a legal defense and also he's probably not an SOT. This kid will end up in federal prison for this if you popularize it. But hey anything for a buck right?
If you think about it, if RareBreed never stopped his FRT design, this may have never came out. Not only did Rarebreed go and strongarm him with legal stuff, they also indirectly caused him to make a superior project, which ends up being cheaper, simpler, and more reliable in my "experience".
I prefer the switch saftey over the button saftey of this, but I really like the 3 positions. I wish the FRT had that.. but as far as reliability goes the FRT runs fine. Mine has several hundred suppressed rounds through it without a hiccup, but with this having a nylon cam surely that wouldn't last very long with it rotating on every shot. So technically less reliable right? And if you factor in the cost of a 3d printer then I'd say they also cost more unless you already have one.
@@AutitsicDysexlia Depends on cyclic rate of your firearm, but yeah it makes it so you trigger pulls are less conscious but still there without the funky flow of binary
You've knocked it out of the park on this. The fact it actively puts the weapon on safe between shots and you STILL need to pull the trigger to drop the hammer again is exceptional. Great job.
@@printingwithpeek4897 it’s actively acting on the pin, which is in turn acting on the standard trigger. So they can ban the frt if they win in the end. however this wouldn’t fall under the same language and would be a different case entirely as they can’t make a blank statement saying absolutely nothing can act on the trigger.
@davidreynolds731 No, that's absolutely 100% incorrect. If that was the case, then drop in auto Sears and lightning links wouldn't fall under the category of a machine gun since they aren't a full auto trigger group. While none of the these items are a machine gun, the same scenario would apply in that this selector is a conversion device in and of itself to convert a standard FCG that is semi-automatic to a forced reset mode of fire. They said the same thing about drop in auto Sears in 1981 which is where people still think that there's such thing as "pre-81" DIAS', which is a whole other in and of itself. The bottom line here is that what the DIAS and LL are to machine guns, the Hoffman Super Safety is to FRT trigger packs.
Indeed. However, it's basically an equivalent of a forced reset trigger -- let's call it a "forced reset system" -- which, as you said yesterday, the ATF did declare a machine gun.
@@ArcChain Tell that to (1) those who got their FRTs confiscated, (2) keycard creator, and (3) Matt from CRS Firearms. The latter two were convicted and are awaiting sentencing -- best case, they get about 2 years each. Worst case is decades.
@@Twinnem706 I laughed out loud. Then I started praying for the guy. He's a genuinely decent human being and a tremendous example for all of us, even if he is a mad scientist.
This is great. The safety just turns on and off. Let the ATF add safeties to their list of machine guns, maybe they'll finally look stupid enough to convince normies that the ATF needs disbanding
Its not about "the ATF isn't stupid enough", its a communication problem. We don't communicate well enough, or at least as well as the legacy media/establishment, therefore normal people don't understand guns.
@@orppranator5230more like, it's impossible for our side to get out message out when the mainstream media is pushing certain agendas against our side.
Regardless of how you feel regarding legality or controversy of this, this is an incredibly intricate and impressive piece of engineering. Building around an existing system for a completely new function with minimal adjustment, beyond what can be argued as something like a regular "trigger job". Really interesting work, man.
where i live, in the UK, we don't have the range of firearms or accessibility for ownership (it can be done and i intend to go through the relevant processes at some point, but living near a shooting club and owning your own house makes it easier to install the requisite safes) but i do find the engineering interesting, so i'm glad the subject is more academically accessible than the old days of needing access to fairly niche books and/or working in the industry to see the internals.
What's mind-boggling to me is that we're casually witnessing on a youtube video an inventor of our generation, create a very clever design. Dude looks very young, too
As an engineer, and it designer, you are very talented. I have been watching your show since you first aired, and I can honestly say that over the years you have truly become very talented individual. I am beyond impressed.
Same here. I always knew he was going to make something that was going to be a game changer and a great success. Very talented. It sucks he has to "tread lightly" when he's absolutely doing nothing wrong! Mr.Hoffman for the people, and the people love him
Rapid fire has a role in self defense, fudds will disagree but they don't understand the reality of armored militant threats. These will likely become more common as society/the economy collapses.
Wow, forcibly putting the safety on with the energy of the bolt carrier, then turning it off when the bolt is pretty much seated. Very impressive. Funny thing is you can actually demonstrate the same thing with a mil spec trigger group by forcibly turning the safety on while keeping trigger pressed after a dry shot. You just figured out how to incorporate the bolt. This is pretty cool
@@HoffmanTactical would it be possible to 3d print a stainless trigger with the cuts already made to engage with the super safety 3 cam version .and could we see one in the future?
@@leanbean8962 Yes its possible to print a trigger. I use entirely printed FCGs. But then again, I can also print metal. I've not tried to print one in plastic yet. The only thing needed is the STL file and a 3D printer capable of printing metal (over $20K for the kind I have). But if you have access to one like me, these STL files are very fun :) I also asked him to include a trigger also. Maybe he didnt think people would ask for it, idk. It might also be the way he's going to try to monetize it. That would kinda suck but I guess he has to pay for all those rounds somehow :P
@@riley9999999999 Easier said than done. Have you ever actually tried to use Solidworks? It's not like it's MS paint where you can just whip out the eraser and start hacking away. It doesnt work like that. It would take weeks just to learn how to do the task. And thats if you ALREADY have the trigger model, of which I have seen none. There are lots of STLs floating around that I have seen though. However I dont know of any apps that can modify an STL. I wouldnt doubt that Solidworks could probably import one.... but again, take eons just to learn how to do it probably. It's not what I would call an "intuitive" app. Its far to complicated and tasks which should be simple and quick are complicated and take 10x longer to learn than they should. I HATE solidworks. It's utter trash. I've already tried printing some of the triggers I did find, but none of them work with my metal disconnectors. They seem to fit, but when you put them in with a pin, the disconnector doesnt rock (even with no spring in it). So the trigger files I have found are obviously out of spec. If I can find one that actually functions properly, THEN I'll begin to try to modify the file :)
One thing I think is *especially* ingenious is that you used the energy of the bolt **OPENING** to force-reset the trigger instead of the energy from the bolt closing to force-reset the trigger. That by itself is going to make this a far more reliable FRT than every other design we have seen so far because the recoil spring 1) has way less energy and 2) has to overcome the magazine spring. Bravo to you, sir. Bravo!
Not to mention the added leverage from the rotation of the cam. This seem to be far more efficient than a FRT, and this system would seem to work with any aftermarket trigger.
The design is imparting force on components in areas that were not originally designed for it, hence the softer materials only lasting a few hundred rounds, there's also an amount of hand fitting to get to the point it's timed and functional. Durability and reliability would matter if it was going to be relied upon in life or death service. Definitely an amazing amount of engineering and creativity. The door has been opened with this outside the box thinking. 👍
This is some Oppenheimer level genius work. Beyond impressive. I'd tell you to go take your seat in the hall of legends but it looks like you've already brought your own chair.
The fact that you make your files public really shows that you work for the betterment of the gun community and not financial gain, and that is extremely commendable. The future of firearms is being carried by people like you, keep up the good work sir.
The moment we've all been waiting for, the man, the myth, the legend himself, has done it again, god bless this man, and all he does for us. Hoffman the GOAT Also, to get a 17-4 SS cam, it would cost yall about 238$ for 1 unit did the research for you, pretty steep, also ordering 2 cuts the price pretty good 176 each, 353 total.
Outstanding work! I absolutely love it. Still... probably should get that donation page set up for legal defense. The AFT is overreaching all over the place right now, so I'd be shocked if they didn't jump all over this. I'm sure you're aware of this, so I hope you're a few steps ahead of their obvious moves. Go get em.
You should have gone to patent for this one pal... Ion 2 patents . I see good thing when I see it. Even if the you know who goes after you there's still long forcement deals you could have made
I follow your channel.. I'd love to see a review from you... but I'd feel remised if I didn't warn you and everyone else that this is gonna attract some alphabet boys attention. I dont wanna see a vid of them at your doorstep but... I'd love to have your thoughts on this.. if you think I'm right and its too great a risk I'd like a video on that.. either way this shits worth talking about.
@@TGMisKillingTheMiddleClass Well maybe if a "Machinegun" was properly defined we wouldn't wonder whether this is or isn't. When something like a stock can convert a firearm into a "machinegun" then how long until they define it as being able to just shoot quickly with a light trigger. Please stop going to bat for tyrants, you sound like a fed.
The RB FRT has advantages over the super safety. It’s biggest detractor is no 3-way selector coming standard (and mod kits are vaporware now). Also, RB has their faults but they are still taking the fight to the ATF/DOJ more than anyone in regards to FRT technology so I don’t think we should demonize them
@nwaites01 Calm down there, Elmer, he's not your kid. He made a semiautomatic rifle that shoots really fast. Whether you or the government agrees or approves does not change that emprical fact. He's a pretty smart guy. I'm sure he is fully aware that the ATF watches all these videos and that he is risking his freedom on their moronic interpretation of the law. The struggle for freedom always involves risk, but it's not YOUR freedom at risk. So how about we just say "thank you"? "No, no, boys. Don't go to Lexington and Concord. It's dangerous."
@@will9357 Won't matter. Rare Breed was an SOT and the owner of that company might end up in prison. The old owner of Stag Arms went to prison for machine guns. Its not gonna help him here because hes distributing them.
@@armorers_wrenchrare breed got caught on some technical fraud thing which moved them into a district that refused to give a fair trial. IDK where Hoffman is, but I hope he will have better luck if they come after him.
While obvious to many of us that this is not a machine gun by lawful definition, some people are so frightened by guns that they're unwilling to gain the understanding of how the firearm works, in order to apply the lawful definition. The risk lies in the judges and jurors that this applies to.
Luckily we have Mr.Hoffman who has the patience and the smarts to sit there and break it down to the average person and i think that's probably what's going to end up happening
@@fieldy-8008 Bro he's going to end up breaking it down for a jury in federal court and that's bad fucking news because the average juror was too fucking stupid to get out of jury duty. This is going to ruin his life and he isn't even making money off the moment. You have no idea how fucked this guy is gonna end up. You can argue all day long this isn't a machine gun because the trigger moves every time but the feds aren't going to give a fuck just like they didn't give a fuck for the FRT.
@fieldy-8008 Exactly what happened to CRS. They had an excellent explanation and testimony from the ATFs own armorer backing up their explanation. Still guilty. The system is rigged, arguing your points is worthless in front of the federal govt, they will do what they want.
If they defined a machine gun as firing faster than a certain rpm, it’d be odd to see a colt single action army listed as a machine gun while an m3 grease gun wouldn’t be considered a machine gun lol
By that logic any semi auto with a reasonably fast action speed would be considered a machine gun. Which might be where they're going because they don't want us having anything. After they lost to the Taliban they seem to know that an armed population is a massive threat to them.
they are basically saying a continuous pull is a continuous pull it doesn't mater if the trigger is moving fwd. This is a super clever design not unlike the FRT-15 but they do essentially the same thing. They create the timed effect of an auto sear but instead of the BCG activating the sear it activates your depressed finger. I firmly believe the NFA should be repelled and machineguns should be legal. But under current framework and jurisprudence I doubt this will stand up.
For any wondering, it will not work with the FGC-9 Mk1. The attachment point for the upper and lower will not allow the lever to go back far enough to reset the trigger or let the bolt to slide all the way back.
Man you are a GENIUS. I messaged you on your site. This is incredible man. I hope my sons turn out to be the kind of men who support our freedoms like you do. God bless.
One of the only tubers that I don’t need to modify playback speed to 1.5 or more. You’re already running at 1.5 speed naturally. By the way, great content. I prefer to build over buy to minimize any docs the TLA ( three letter acronym) types can get their dirty little hands on. And will definitely look at your design with great interest.
I’d like to formally request your permission to provide a visual explanation of the mechanism and how it works. I make videos explaining various trigger stuff, mostly 3-round burst kits and stuff I’ve thought of/odd stuff I find interesting. I even have my own take on a 3-position forced reset mechanism inspired by one of your previous forced reset triggers. This super safety is pretty cool work dude 😎
hope you make this out of a softer metal than your receiver. that thing spinning with force over and over again in the safety hole is going to bore it out and eventually itll be loose in there.
Harder and polished would be better. Softer will gall. If the receiver is anodized and lubricated it should be fine for a while. If desired, press oilite bushings in the receiver for the hardened SS to ride in.
I can’t believe I lucked up and stumbled on this pot of gold .. all from looking up different C clamp methods while shooting 😂 …dude you are a LEGEND . The hero America needs… hopefully you can continue being great.. should make a backup channel that we can follow in case … ya know.. or a Reddit page so you keep your base.
ATF ~ "HT's Super Safety is a machine gun because it functions automatically by a "single continuous pull" of the trigger." Daniel O'Kelly ~ "The term "Pull" describes the physical attributes of the shooter, and what he or she does to initiate the "function" of the trigger." (Retired ATF/ Subject matter expert) 5th Circuit Court~ ""The statute does not care what human input is required to activate the trigger-it cares only whether more than one shot is fired each time the trigger acts." (Clarifying the statutory definition of a machine gun. Cargill V Garland decision.)
The ingenuity and ability to push material science and manufacturing technologies is outstanding. Using the rules of the system against the system is the universe finding equilibrium. ;-}>
Hope the ATF doesn't end up banning this by name soon but seeing how they're getting pissy about FRTs I don't see this being unregulated in terms of laws for long. I hope it stays under the radar and you don't get federally screwed over.
Damn, Ive thought about frt triggers before and this is a really smart design. Very simple and it basically uses an almost stock AR 15 design. Only concern might be wallowing out the selector hole overtime, but probably not a big deal if it's even a problem. Fantastic. Even if it's somehow not legal, it's easier to make than an auto sear, and probably more reliable than a lightining link.
I’m not sure about it being easier than an auto sear. Either way at least it’s not a part that is readily installable on a standard AR 15. I think this is a benefit.
This is fucking genius. The creativity that went into this, wow! And then on top of that released for free. You are based beyond comprehension! Based king imo
This is such great work man, thank you for doing this. With so much talk about gun safety, we need more people who are actually redesigning the safety ON the gun, to make it more safe...super safe. Imagine how much safer people will be when the safety resets not just once before shooting, but every single time a bullet goes down range.
This would work amazingly with the juggernaut tactical pins that CA owners have to use. It makes it much easier to disengage the safety compared to standard safety selectors since the juggernaut sticks out so far. It gets in the way of the thumb then trying to disengage the standard safety selector.
LOVE THE CREATION and also love how you introduce the super safety and literally the full functionallity, the transparency is very refreshing :) i hope your dogs don't unalive, and that you have a smooth process in your product and you get the credit you deserve
I work in manufacturing, though I'm not an engineer: casting is a really easy way to make metal parts with incredible tolerances, assuming you're not using sand molds. Die casting is off the table too because of the high cost, but INVESTMENT CASTING can be done with a 3D printed model and a plaster mold. Of course you're limited to non-ferrous metals like brass or aluminum or another alloy, but at least it's not nylon. If done correctly, no machining will be needed besides cutting off the gate/sprue and some polishing. If it were somehow possible to print in UHMWPE or Delrin, it seems like they'd make for highly wear resistant components. Maybe even regular HDPE?
Due to the sheer forces involved in a firearm... you don't want to use a print... the layer adhesion between each layer is a print's weak point and will inevitably cause it to disintegrate sooner rather than later, regardless of what plastic you use.
In my brain, all I could think about was an out of battery, but watching further, it looks like the safety being engaged until the bolt is foreward again would remedy the issue and prevent the hammer from riding the bolt forward. Awesome work 👏
