The Luty 9mm - MadLad SMG 

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Here's a challenge Brandon: Design your own Luty. Using parts available from a hardware store, design an imporved version. Maybe fires from a closed bolt, give it a stock, give it sights. I think we'd all like to see your take on a more modern and more effective Luty

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If you have to build a Luty, you got bigger problems than a heavy trigger to worry about.

Luty's story can be summed as 'British man adopts American values; gets jail and labeled a menace to society'

In Summary: Cons of this gun: -short range -inaccurate -unreliable -will cut you open -awful trigger -difficult to build -no stock Pros of this gun: -is a gun

I like to think of the concept of this gun as a "liberator that would actually kill a soldier", not meant to be kept, but more of a throwaway once you cap a better equipped enemy and yoink his shit. With the plus side of not having to rely on a single .45 acp that may or may not miss

As a British citizen, this is the first I’m hearing of this gun and Mr. Luty. I can’t imagine why the government would not want us to know about his creative ingenuity... 😁

UK citizen here... agree 100% Now, only criminals can acquire firearms that aren't double barrel toobs. Grew up on a farm with a cheap Bikal double barrel. Was so sad when we moved off the farm and into town. Not only was I saying goodbye to the childhood home, but we had to give up the shotgun as well. Tried to find it a new owner, but honestly; it was such a cheap thing (decent engravings though...) that no one wanted it, and it ended up scrapped. That thing put food on my plate most months when I was home. I also slept easier in the harder to police; rural English countryside where response times are very poor. Just knowing this was in the house. Side tangent; a local farmer once called the police that there was an intruder in his home. The police said they could be there in an hour. The farmer called back 5 min later, saying he had shot the intruder, and their services were no longer required.... 15min later, the police arrived in force, only to find the burglar alive and arrested him. They angrily confronted the farmer about why he had lied to the police. The farmer calmly asked why they had said it would take an hour to reach his farm if they could get there in 15 minutes... Don't know if this is just a rural legend. But it certainly fits what most of the locals will tell you, considering how criminal gangs often fund it easier to steal from rural targets in the UK. Often making off with large pieces of farming equipment. Wish our political masters would treat us like adults and allow us the right to self-preservation.

Imagine if Luty had a 3d printer back in the day

There was a Polish sub-gun in WWII that they made in makeshift workshops behind enemy lines. The Błyskawica. Only sub-gun produced by Allied forces in occupied Europe. If you can find the specs for it, that'd be cool to see if you could replicate it.

If it was made in WWII during the Battle of Britan and submitted to the MOD as a civilian armorment, Mr. Luty would have received a medal and they would have passed out the notebook and encouraged people to build it

Things the Luty needs: Stock (adjustable or fixed) Comfortable handle Better trigger Rifled barrel Better magazine lock/release As a gunsmith, I’m sure Brandon can make the Luty much better and dare I say, a superior DIY firearm

I am fairly certain that the 'Expedient' part was more a comparison between the time it takes to build one of these versus the time it takes to legally own an actual firearm in the UK

the story behind P.A. Luty and how/why he designed this SMG is pretty interesting, and how he eventually got busted was kinda sad

Achievement unlocked - Fallout 4 Assemble a pipe weapon using scrap parts

This represents the fact that, inside of every British person, is an American waiting to get out.

It's not ugly- the "why" it exists makes it gorgeous. Plus, you could paint it in tons of ways to make it road warrior ready.

honestly homemade machine guns are way more interesting than mass produced ones. They are examples of fantastic innovation even in the face of severe restrictions and lack of resources

Some advice if you (for some reason) make a Luty: -if possible weld on a homage stock to the back -when firing, grasp the mag and mag-well with your other hand to prevent the mag from falling out - do not be afraid to do some carving on the bolts on the top to make some “sights” - don’t be stupid

If I built one of these here in Britain I'd be getting a minimum of a 5 year all-inclusive state paid for holiday! It's even bloody illegal now to carry a pocket knife that has a locking blade.

In defense of the luty, i think it's design philosophy was to function just well enough to provide means to acquire a better gun.

"You can build this gun with a bunch of everyday materials" *AFT frantically trying to ban hardwear stores*

12:58 is such an epic speech, freedom shall prevail!

As a kid we built pipe (zip) guns. These were 22, 38 and one time a 410. It was nothing like this still we would hit things inside of 30 feet. We also made our own guns using powder and things like marbles and nails, yes we should have all died, still it worked. We are hundreds of years into firearms and we think that we can make them go away. Well I guess that worked for weed :).

Point of order, Luty never intended it to be accurate, pretty, or user friendly. He simply built it and designed it to prove you can't stop the signal... Once someone knows how things work, you can't stop it, no matter how much you make it "illegal". In other words, LITERAL knowledge is power .. God bless P. Luty

You've got to remember this is a guy who'd never built a firearm in his life before and he comes up with a blowback open bolt 9 mm machine gun out of hardware store parts

Brandon, really enjoyed your subtle hints of how you feel about this gun. You have a knack for educating in a rather fun way! Keep it up.

I'd love to listen to that phone call. Brandon: can I get the following list of plate steel, screws, spring steel and strange gauge of tubing? McMasters representative: you're building a Luty aren't you? Brandon: .... no.

Gun laws aren’t a deterrent, it’s just a checklist

I would absolutely love to see this thing Gucci’d out: I’m talking add a stock, better pistol grip, better forward support, maybe rifling?

I'm kinda surprised that donut has never seen any criminals with a luty

Electro rifling is now a thing, and you can do it in a bucket. Give it a try...

I get the feeling this whole guide isn't about making an effective smg, it was more a massive middle finger to the government by producing a proof of concept that no matter the item, be it guns, knives, hammers, screw drivers etc people will always find a way to cause damage to others so blaming the item isn't the solution

One of the first things a friend of mine in Arizona did when he heard about the Luty, was, well, build one(kinda worked). The very next thing he did was start modifying said design, the trigger being the first thing he fixed, then he rifled the barrel(actually the last Luty he built had a barrel he drilled from solid stock on a lathe, so kind of cheating), which required better springs, heavier bolt, and a whole bunch of other things, and designed a better Mag Catch/release system. In the end, he built four guns, the last one of which worked surprisingly well, abandoned the project, and built a semi-auto pistol of his own design, which worked great. He said he applied all the lessons he learned from improving the Luty and decided to enroll in gunsmith school. Great video. Later Edits: My friend saw this comment. He asked that I add the following: his first mod was to create a disconnector to make the gun semi-auto for legal reasons, so technically, he never made a "genuine Luty." While the 2nd Amendment allows him to build any gun he can legally own and Arizona(most firearm-friendly state in the Union) has no other restrictions, it is still illegal to build a machine gun in the US. Hey Brandon, how about doing builds on all the stuff in Professor Parabellum's Practical Scrap Metal Arms series, being as you're one of the few who can do it legally?

Thanks for showing us this "masterpiece"! Too bad I'm from Austria and we are not even allowed to have any full auto gun. But starting and loosing two world wars took it's toll. Keep up the good work and keep up fighting for your right to own and carry!

I think this would be a good collab video with some of the bigger gun channels. Brandon, Kentucky, demo ranch, all get 6 months to design and assemble their own take on the luty, then do a series of tests on it to see who’s wins. Accuracy, torture test, range/velocity, etc..

The infamous plumbers revenge. The hardware store special. The Aisle 9 SMG. The Watchlist weapon.

“At least it works better than the L85” Never have I been so offended by something I completely agree with. Keep up the awesome work Brandon!

I love this gun. It would be super easy to add a carved 2x4 stock to this and the mag retention could be improved by drilling out the bolt head and adding a small stack of neodymium magnets inside. Sights are kind of pointless on a smooth bore but even muskets typically had a front post. Using a screw on the front and another eyebolt in the back would just suit this gun so well!

I made a full auto 410 shotgun in my parents garage in high-school, it was supposed to be a gas op semi auto but since I didn't use hardened steel it became direct blowback full auto after 4 shots, then it stopped working after 3 boxes. Even had a stripper clip. Also when I was a little older I made a 36mm blackpowder cannon using a rotating bolt but never made a magazine for it, it worked till I got tired of buying pyrodex, copper bbs and bore butter. So much goddamn bore butter. Had about 3 foot of "barrel" left over from making the cannon with a 6 foot barrel and decided to make a snubnose punt gun, single shot, used half the charge of the cannon and still was scary to shoot

Fun fact: A lot of European countries have made it quite literally ILLEGAL to READ, let alone POSSESS, P.A. Luty’s book.

When the ATF sees this video: Angry When the ATF realizes Brandon can do this legally: A N G E R Y

Luty proved his point! It's an incredible achievement. One can always smooth out its edges. It was amazing to see one in action. Thanks for this important contribution to firearms history ❤

Your spot on about the Uk. A friend gave up his firearms license after the escalating conditions got ridiculous

"It's very crudely and shittily made" "It has a terrible trigger" - the guy who made it and hand fitted the trigger parts

Yep, I'm a licensed gunowner in Canada. We had our mandatory safety courses, background checks, and 1 month cooling off period (for some people right now it's a few months). Yet we have a government that has put a ban on most of our semiautomatic rifles. Yesterday the Police Chief Union confirmed that it illegally purchased firearms were used in crime and not the firearms owned by legal certified gunowners.

If the fecal matter hits the rotary air circulation device, a militia unit with one or two craftsmen who could make copies of this weapon, and they had a source for ammo, these could spell the difference between victory and defeat.

Love these videos dude.

Fun fact we've had more mass shootings post Dunblane (the shooting in the 90's Brandon refers to) than pre. Also the history of gun control can be traced back to 1920 where gun licencing was introduced as the government was afraid of armed rebellion post WW1, later in 1937 self defence was no longer considered a "good reason" to own a gun. the slippery slope is very real.

So you're telling me this British man is more American than most of us?

Very entertaining, thanks!

Thing of beauty.

The Luty 9mm is a work of art, depicting rebellion and a refusal to go quietly, it expresses the spirit of innovation under pressure and the indomitable spirit of man.

Kudos to Brandon for still including full auto guns in his videos. Some other guntubers who shall remain nameless bent to RU-vid’s ridiculous rules and their videos have declined pretty rapidly ever since.

Great video ! wanted to see one of thse in action for a long time. Whilst building an impro firearm is no small undertaking , the real challenge is ammunition.

this is a beautiful video. not just in the construction, but in the understanding of why it exists in the first place. one of the strongest examples of freedom of speech and freedom of expression.

The Luty isn't ugly. It's a thing of beauty.

Luty was making a point - the government was trying to define what a "gun" was so they could ban it, Luty pointed out you could make a gun out of common tools and sheet metal and when they didn't listen he designed and published his book

There is an "upgrade" called the BSP that uses "British Standard Plumbing" parts instead of as much square tubing. But for shits and grind, even if it makes for a lighter projectile, shooting lead round ball would increase the accuracy quite a bit.

seems like a neat gun, and you could probably modify it a fair bit, maybe leave extra metal in some places on the frame where you can put on a stock. the big point of this is not that you get to have a gun that is as good as a professionally made one, its that you get to defend yourself in some way. pray and spray works better than pray and pray

As a Brit, I’m very proud that there were people like Luty who fought for the right to bear arms

There's something strangely elegant about the Grease Gun-esque aesthetics of this gun. I'd love to see a modern redesign of this that possibly takes Glock stick mags and Glock parts.

The guns seems to work better than some "professionally" made ak Variants supplied by some governments you reviewed that alone is impressive

i've always had a design theory with the Luty, just looking at it, you could totally add a front grip with enough barrel and a stock on the back bolted to the bottom trunnion to basically make a Rust Thompson

When a chemist, an engineer and a welder-fabricator team up ANYTHING can be turned into a firearm. The TRUE "expedient homemade firearm" is the simple slam-fire 12ga: couple tubes, an end cap and a nail and you're basically good to go.

You should do his revised luty next. The bsp (British standard pipe) smg seems easier to manufacture, has an improved mag catch, should be even FASTER to produce and has a few other interesting alterations. Never had so many like before, thanks guys!!!! AK50 will be cool and all but I've waited forever to see someone do a luty like this. The bsp subby though, that thing is a work of spartan art. Pretty sure the borz is based off of it so if you know it's reliable enough for actual wartime combat (unlike the luty) it might be worth a closer look if we wanna get into the whole expedient firearm genre. Just my two cents.

Real gun,...mo betta!.love from the PNW!

I love the serenity quote

I really do admire Luty for taking a stand on the issue and proving his point: The harder you make it to acquire registered firearms, the more likely people are just going to make their own, whereby you lose the advantage of at least knowing who has the firearms. I hear in Australia now the police are often caught blindsided by homemade guns during raids when they thought the person had no guns.

Thank you Brandon...P A Luty's legacy left more than a flame in a few peoples minds (FGC 9 anyone ?)...His legacy continues on in the 3d printed world...Fantastic to see a 'Luty' in the flesh and spitting middle fingers to government 1 round at a time...Best wishes from the UK

That Luty... I really like it! I'm not kidding, it looks truly homemade.

Stephan balliet did not like the luty

This is one of the best videos 1) its got an eyebolt for a charging handle 2) its ugly...but not *that* ugly it kind of works 3) "I wonder if he watched Dankula..." and you did 4) Luty was super based for this 5) its smoothbore so you can miss your man entirely and nail the neighbors dog 6) the mag falls out like Jack Black in Mars Attacks lol

Luty v2 next, please. Picatiny rail, stock, bigger mag, rifled barrel, improved trigger. Make P.A. proud you absolute mad lad Chad!

I never thought I could enjoy the history of Guns more...until i found this video. So dopeeeeeee

Great material

Gotta love countdankula’s episode on the legend behind the luty sub gun👌🏽

The luty is a folk legend. One of my favorite stories about firearms ever. Too bad how the story ended however. Government should never have that tight of control over the people, it should be the other way around.

I have been waiting for someone to post a video of lutys work

I would love to see a follow-up video where you improve on the Luty design with your knowledge of firearms manufacturing

The Luty, does exactly what it was designed to do. Enable a citizen to create a crude, but functional firearm in a location where they may be prohibited from owning defensive devices. Also, the usual purpose of a weapon like this.. is to.... enable it's user.... to..acquire a better weapon. Know what I'm sayin'?

I’m actually pretty impressed with Brandon’s build quality; this is probably the best-built Luty I’ve ever seen, and it (appears to) run perfectly. Good job, fun video.

love the vids

Nice video Homie!

Would love to see a "tactical" version of it, just for the giggles. Optic, Buttstock, Foregrip, Rubbergrip Flashlight, PEQ, all that noise And maybe send it off to GarandThumb :D

Never underestimate a man trying to prove a point

I was stationed in England (RAF Alconbury) for several years in the 1980's when gun control began to rear its ugly head and every UK gun owner began to sense where things were going in the future. Philip Luty was the right man at the right time. Not only did he prove conclusively that gun control did not and could not work he also proved with several other publications that controlling ammunition was also an impossibility. He demonstrated conclusively that ammunition could be also easily manufactured from ingredients found at Tesco, your friendly DIY shop or just about anywhere else. Ingredients so common that controlling access to all of them would be virtually impossible. While the results might be crude they worked... In time with only a few shots from these crude armaments from dedicated insurgents would in the end result in ever greater quantities of infinitely higher quality seized arms from the corpses of the minions representing the powers in control. Statists should tremble... The genie is forever out of the lamp, the means are forever available for a free thinking people people to secure their freedom should they find it necessary.

Pretty inspirational video

“It’s not about the gun, it’s about sending a message”

I always thought of the Luty as being something akin to a "cadillac" version of the Liberator pistol of WWII. By comparison it's an absolute beast and it has more features and capacity, but It's still not really intended to be a gun for someone to fight with, it's a gun to get a better gun with.

Luty is a true pimp and player! Respect mr. Luty

beautifully handmade

As a young teen when the Dunblane shooting happened, the resulting knee jerk reaction from the government killed a potential future career/winning hobby for me. My grandad had a pistol collection and every Sunday we'd go down the range and blat some targets. In his pistol collection he had a Weobley 22 service revolver, .22 Llama, 22 derringers, .38/357 S&W k frame 9", Beretta 92F, Colt Navy 44 Black powder (which he bought deactivated but reactivated it as he was a civil engineer by trade, with a fully loaded workshop with myford lathes, drill presses, reloading gear, and, it was child's play to him to do such a basic re-do). I showed a very promising hand at becoming a successful pistol target shooter. I had a nice 1½“ grouping at 25m with 9mm and 357 magnum/38 special. Not only did he have a couple of nice pistols that we shot on MOD ranges but we'd go rifle target shooting too. He had a beautiful Sauer, semi-floating barrel 270 win mag with a 4-12x56 Swarovski crystal, red/green illuminated mil-dot reticle. We'd shoot this at 500m at the Middlewick range at the Colchester glasshouse barracks. After a couple of weeks I could put 2 rounds in the 10 ring and 1 10/9 ring clip on a standard ten ring A4 target. The Dunblane shooting also destroyed an entire industry here, it sunk businesses into bankruptcy, made thousands of people unemployed and killed a healthy hobby for thousands also. Pistols were melted down after handing them over to the police, some 23,000 estimated and 700,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibres.

Big thanks to P.A. Luty and J, Stark for keeping the signal alive. Big thanks to B. Herrera for reminding us all that GC is bullshit, if for no other reason that no matter the gun laws people can and will get their hands on firearms, even full auto, even if they have to build them from scratch. EDIT: I also fully endorse the idea that B. Herrera make a refined version of this using more available materials and most importantly follow the Luty example and publish the how to. Knowledge is power.

Nice vid bro

Good vid! 👍

Do the COD cursed gun treatment. It needs a bayonet, a shorter barrel with a flash hider, and M203 under barrel grenade launcher, and a giant hunting rifle scope.

Its not ugly, it's one of the most beautiful things ive ever seen.

I went from only knowing who you were from the unsub podcast to now being subscribed and getting enjoyment out of seeing how you brutally merc those vicious white claws