Planetside 2 has a class that lets you hipfire with no accuracy loss, and that class can basically fly around the battlefield non-stop, and let me tell ya, it never gets old.
I like to think that Ian doesn't have tape measures in his house, just various guns. Like he needs to install a chain-link fence so he goes to the hardware store and asks for 35 M1 Garand’s worth of fence.
@@dominicksmith4784 At a guess, I'd say that they designed the slide without the flare at the back and found the the plastic was smooth enough that the hand would slip off the slide grip, so they put added the flared section to improve the grip, and then didn't want to lengthen the gun to stop the slide overlapping the trigger guard. Of course, now my namby-pamby liberal British brain is wondering why they wouldn't just add some texture ribs to the slide instead, like on just about every other pump action ever, but what do I know. Alternatively, maybe users in South Africa keep their fingers inside the trigger guard, so it isn't a problem in the primary market?
"This is the worst shotgun ever." I still think that title belongs to the Street-Sweeper. I mean, just think of it like this. While the MAG-7 is chambered for ammo you don't have, and the fore grip over-shadows the trigger guard, at least it's magazine fed, (no bullshit ejection rod system that should've died with old revolvers. Don't even get me started on the wind-up cylinder system.) the gun isn't actively spraying you with hot gasses with each shot, and the stock isn't actively trying to chop your face off. To me, the Street Sweeper seems like it wants to PUNISH the user for firing it, while the MAG-7 seems like it WANTS to work but the shells you are using are way to small and the foregrip could take a little trimming (So it doesn't smack your trigger finger on the back stroke). When compared, I think the MAG-7 easily blows the Street Sweeper out of the water.
Both are supplanted by the Cobray Terminator. It's a single fire shotgun yet it's "open bolt" where the entire barrel slams the shell into the firing pin. It also is too light, has a retractable stock and looks like a sten gun.
@Mad Man I think you missed the part about how the Terminator is a single-shot gun. It looks super tactical, but it's a worse weapon than an H&R break-action single barrel.
Just got an answer to query I made of a guy I know. He's a South African ex-pat now living in Texas who's a veteran of the SA bush war of the 90s. His comment, "Yes, I used one in its original configuration. In that form, it was very light, handy and maneuverable. In its US form, with the longer barrel and buttstock . . . not so much."
+Jim Hambleton I'd believe it. I'm sure it was reliable with the proper ammo as well (Though what shotgun isn't?), and the problems Ian has with it come from not being familiar with it and a lefty, which is a double whammy as is. Though the grip is atrocious and the safety is FUBAR.
@@ianjackson6744 i've seen it a few times in tv reports about south africa (myself being in europe), it was used by police and security personnel guarding politicians and public building doors. There seems to have been a high level crime rate in the early post-apartheid era, society was split in a relatively rich white minority and a poor black majority. Long ago and i was too young to care about politics. So this is the shotgun uzi, there also was a shotgun mp5 to be seen with the same customer type.
@@kevinkalal5213 Reloading should be pretty practical. You could easily cut down standard plastic shells to the right length. You could crimp them with a regular 12 gauge press by putting a spacer under it. The spacer could be just a piece of wooden dowel or a stack of coins or washers wrapped in duck tape.
My friends grandfather has one of these and stock pile of its actual shells, Its the regular version without the stock and the long barrel and it fires really well
I wasn't familiar with this gun at all, saw it in the thumbnail, and immediately though: "That's from South Africa." I was right. Gotta love those crazy South African gunsmiths
You know, coming from South Africa, it might've been considered a bit more ergonomic there. The Vektor R4, a copy of the Galil, was actually made bigger to make it more comfortable for the average soldier of those parts.
My best friend had one, and I loved it. Use the right ommo and it works smoothly. We bought new shells, cut them down on a jig and reloaded to factory specs. NEVER had any feeding issues. Actually a great gun
Honestly, something like this specifically designed for the Aguila mini-shells would be pretty awesome. Put a folding stock and a short barrel on it and you could have a really nice home defense weapon / range toy. Hell, make it semiautomatic and I'd drop $999 on one lol.
I wouldn't quite say "forgotten weapon", even for the time this video was released. It had already been in CS:GO for about four years and that alone gave it well deserved notoriety.
LEAVE GET OFF THE VIDEO the CSGO community is shit I do play CSGO and TF2 and own tons of skins and hats and rare items in both games but I also own a lot of guns and when I want to watch a video review of a gun before I buy one for example before I bought a Galil ACE I watched a review on it and noticed like 10-12 comments on their reviews and experience with the Galil ACE but found over 3,000+ CSGO comments stop please stop as a gun owner and a gamer I ask that the community stop ruining gun review videos
I "designed" a gun like this at the age of twelve, back in 1983. Being edgy, I wanted a gun that was 0.666" calibre, and I was delighted later to find out that this is not too far away from 16-gauge. That being said, my "design" was no more than an exterior sketch on a piece of paper, so farewell to my dreams of being the next John Moses Browning. LOL The other idea I came up with was to neck down the .357 Magnum to take a 160gn 6.5mm round-nose rifle bullet, which if I had patented it would have beaten J.D. Jones's "whisper" concept to the punch. Let this be a lesson to would-be starry-eyed inventors. IF YOU CANNOT BUILD IT, AT LEAST PATENT IT.
Also, always listen to everyone's ideas every once in a while, regardless of age, gender, education, background. Sometimes, great things comes from unexpected packages. . And always carry a notebook and archive it!
Hi Ian, Mart from the UK here. Usualy your channel is part of my gun fix as we can't own one here, but today you made me laugh out loud with this ridiculus shotgun! thanks for the lighthearted moment, man!
+Forgotten Weapons What pirate23031968 said. Neat looking gun, sad to see it preform like it did. But thank you for showing this. As I have commented before thank you for doing these.
you need to shoot it with the right ammo before you judge it. a pump action shotgun with quick a change magazine in the pistol grip sounds pretty cool to me.
I laugh so hard every time he runs the hand grip into his finger. i don't know what it is but it gives me a good chuckle consistently. I must have watched it hundreds of times now.
Hey Ian, I've read that Centurion brand 12 gauge 2 1/4-inch would be the best bet for running that considering the shells measure 57mm in length and would probably function the most reliably of shells outside of modifying traditional ones to 60mm.
While I was watching this, my mom walked in and started talking to me but I wasn't listening. Then, when you said "thank you, you know who you are" my mom said, "No problem, love you Skallia"
+Ragnar 33 Did you not watch the video? He goes over in detail the problems with the gun. Also, if there's an ammunition supply problem that's important. This video applies to the gun as of 2016.
+Matthew H LOL I'm wondering why it's even in the game at this point. Seems kind of odd for combat or any use really after watching this video. Also you can save a lot more by using a Nova instead if you're expecting an eco. C:
Huge fan of the channel! The engineering is what I love about guns more than anything else! As a South African, your criticism is totally fair for where you are. But with the right ammo, the gun is an absolute dream to shoot :-)
One could always trim 2 3/4 shells to 2 inches and make wax slugs. By using low profile wadding you might even end up with the same volume of shot. Might kick a bit more but problem solved.
i remember seeing one of these in a gun store like 16 or more years ago. The salesman told me that they didn't even have ammo for it so they couldn't really suggest buying it or that he couldn't sell it to me because they only sell guns they carry ammo for.
12ga. Is super simple to cut cases to proper length and load your own with. It's not like trying to find or make brass cases, you simply trim to correct length then load as normal.
The LCR has shown that polymer grip frames on a revolver are solid and dependable. However, when you started talking about swapping it out with steel or aluminum, my first thought was to get something custom made in brass like an old Colt... that would really bling it up
I was sent here by a friend who is into Counter strike, and told me this gun was fantastic. As soon as I saw the picture and heard it was from South Africa, I knew he was wrong. Thank you for confirming that
I use the Aguila mini shells in my pistol-grip-only shotguns (Mossbergs with the OpSol mini-clip, semi-permanently installed with a roll pin through the plug), they're great! I can't think of a better home defense round than the mini buckshot in a short, handy shotgun. Ventura Munitions also makes mini shells, which are a little longer than Aguilas, making them function in a few more actions than the Aguilas. Excellent video as always, never knew such a thing existed.
I love you, gun Jesus! Does anyone else find it hilarious when Ian REALLY dislikes a gun? You can tell he hates it, but still maintains his respectful manner towards it lol
french maid outfit, dual welding, capoiera.... and then you can do as Fabiola Iglesias in black lagoon... i was not thinking that thing was so huge :) now Ian just need to make a review on the China Lake NATIC
