Canadian here: You want three layers. First layer, is something thin and light. This will help regulate the temperature at your skin which can prevent excessive sweating and will wick sweat away and let it easily evaporate. This is a serious issue if you're doing heavy physical labor, because in the intense cold you CAN NOT remove your layers. Second layer is your heavy thermal layer, ideally it's made of a modern composite fiber that is breathable. If not then any thick fabric attire will do like sweaters. Wool/fleece is preferable over normal polyester. Ideally the top will include a hood. This layer you can double up for extreme cold. Third layer is your weather layer, and it needs two important features: it must be waterproof and windproof, with an integrated hood and a length that goes below the waist. If it's made of modern composite materials like Goretex then that's even better as this will help keep all the layers from getting soaked with the water your skin naturally loses even when you're not sweating. I did a winter night hike in Algonquin Park in Ontario, it hit -40C without wind. I had modern cold weather attire with these three layers, with the addition of a wool balaclava and -40C rated boots and gloves. Other than feeling the cold start to seep into my toes and fingers if I stopped moving, I was perfectly comfortable. It was an incredible experience, the sky was so clear when it's that cold and still and the stars were so bright. EDIT: recommended cotton when I meant wool/fleece.
@@Synthmilk breathable hmm, yeah probably more breathable than gore tex xD if you plan on doing nothin physicaly demanding yea, you could go with cotton, but polyester is what you need to survive if you are climbing od skiing
Obviously cotton is not a good choice. It gets wet and stays wet. Wool or fleece for mid layer. Wool or technical underwear for base layer. Breathable Shell clothing (wind and rain resistent) for outer layer. Greetings from norway
My Great Uncle carried a BAR with the 17th Airborne in WW2. Makes my feel fortunate for how much the M4 weighs. Couldn't imagine carrying that all over Europe.
I am an RN, and one of my favorite Patients is a gentleman who also served with the 17th. SCIONS Right? Did your uncles CO die in a paraglider crash? Was he like 6'5? I heard many stories about the 17th. Their unit patch was circular, black with an eagles claw in gold in the center correct? If your uncle is still alive, I am sure Mr Herrera would love to talk to him.
@@jeremynicholson2138 Unfortunately, he passed a couple years ago. He wasn't the biggest fan of talking about to war experience, so I don't know all of the details.
I remember when they started making this... they were getting a buncha feedback off the guys on the older forums. It was really cool to see the project come together. The prototypes were wild.
My stepdad was a USMC BAR Gunner 45-48 drafted near the end of the war. Standing 5'7 150lbs he said it was all he could do to let the thing not knock him over.
@@OUTDOOR_SCALE_MODELS - Did your stepdad ever mention firing the BAR from the hip? Even slung at hip height? I'm asking because that's how John Browning originally designed the weapon to be used, slung at waist height. They called it "walking fire" in those days late in WWI, and the BAR was designed to clear trenches and break the deadlock of stalemated trench warfare. Of course, the experience of most combat soldiers is if there is a lot of lead in the air the last thing you want to do is stand up. That's when the bipod comes into play...
My 2nd rifle I bought was a 30.06 Bolt action Remington WW2 era cut down and sporterized, which made it lighter and with a snap. Had a 303 too the same way. Much more than the original.
Hey so I’m stuck between the 16 and 20 inch barrels, would you say theres a terrible loss in velocity and energy with the 16 inch compared to the 20? As I’ve just been told that it’s pointless to run .30-06 in a 16 inch barrel.
@@runtheshow6445 I wouldn't say it's pointless. The 16 " a stellar out to about 500 yards. The 20" is good for easily 1000 yards. If I had to pick one over the other I would probably go with the 20".
They say 30-06 is the best rifle to have in your closet because of how accessible the ammo is and because of how great the round is. I’m glad they finally make a modernized 30-06. Would love to see this in an AR-10 platform. Let’s not forget that the 30-06 caliber is what won WW2
Maybe. The US hasn't used .30-06 in 60+ years. Most of the US surplus .30-06 is long gone. There is some Korean made stuff kicking around that is corrosive. Every once in a great while, you come across some Greek surplus, but by-and-large, you're buying new commercial ammo. I'd say .308 has taken over that spot just because its still in common use and is relatively cheap for target ammo. And .30-06 won WW2? Odd, because the Russians used 7.62x54R
@@phoenix4ever367 .30-06 is just too long for a modern weapon system. It sits in kind of this awkward spot where it's not really any more powerful than it's contemporaries. It can be more powerful (so can 7.62x54R and 8mm Mauser) but you have to load it to higher pressure with heavier bullets. But then, if you're going to have such a long cartridge who's sole benefit is long range power, you might as well just use one of the many magnum cartridges out there.
In theory, because it shoots 30-06 instead of .308, you can get a lot more powder in those cartridges and Fire way hotter rounds. Really is a great candidate as a Body Armor Piercing Battle Rifle.
I am not so sure about that. Pressure is a function of the chamber and other rifle hardware. .30-06 became .308 because they did away with “empty headspace”
@@orac22 the old 30-06 fired at reduced pressure in the m1 garands, but the HCAR can do full power hunting loads... same pressure as 308, more powder, more internal case space, more gas produced in combustion. Have no doubt, 30-06 in notably more powerful than 308/7.62x51.
@@fakecubed depending on the loading, it's virtually identical, but there's some spicing hunting and AP rounds that definitely improve on the 308. The trouble here is it's a 16" bbl, so most of that benefit is just blasted away as fireball.
Finally a upgraded version of the famous classic automatic rifle, for the 30 caliber rifle round, and for someone who have a trigger time with the vintage BAR, I sure would love to have a trigger time with this rifle.
These things are so awesome. Every since they came out with them I have lusted after one. Fortunately / unfortunately they are at a price point where I would rather spend the money on 2-3 different firearms that are on my "must have" list - but eventually that list will be filled and perhaps I can swing purchasing an HCAR. What a fantastic weapon. 30-06 is still more than relevant than people think these days due to it's flexibility and availability. You can load everything from 110gn bullets at 3400fps to 225gn at 2500fps. I even still have some "Accelerator" ammo which was .22 caliber bullets with a sabot loaded into a 30-06 case. Not very accurate, but interesting.
This video is one hell of an awesome Christmas present. I've been dying to know Michael's thought of the H.C.A.R. ever since I picked up my 20" version. Thank you sir, this video made my day, very well done. Merry Christmas, gents.
I'm late to the party ❤ but as a sub for 3 months I'm catching up on all your videos! Your videos from 6 years and recent ones are like not even the same person! Your intros go Hard much love from Georgia 🇬🇪!!
It does look sick. Too bad the criminal atf is guilty of mass human rights violations infringing on our human rights to allow this weapon to reach its maximum capabilities while they allow rich people to ignore all their illegal human rights violating rules
I haven’t actually seen a promotional video in a long time for weapons other than knives, interesting & was wondering when it would come back but the bar had more capabilities than what you show
The BAR Match was the most popular semi auto rifle in Sweden until 2023 since it was basically the only battle-worthy semi-auto rifle available. Now ARs are legal so everyone is running for those, meaning you can get a *really* nice BAR for less than $1000.
I can barely afford to shoot 7.62x39 out of a bolt gun. HCAR is WAAAAY out there for me and to be honest, if I wanted a BAR, I'd get a Browning MK3 BAR.
I love it! I want one. I currently own a Browning BAR in .30-06 and its amazing. To all those haters who say the .30-06 is dead. Look again. This cartridge isn't going anywhere. Why? Because it simply works.
I like the idea of having a large caliber semiautomatic for militia use. That could serves as sniper/dm and squad automatic rifle (with a binary trigger). Depending on the caliber it could serve as a light anti material rifle. Chambered in 30.06 or some type of magnum caliber gives it double duty as a hunting rifle. Increasing the overall investment. Noreen firearms has a AR magnum in 30.06, 7mm and 300 win for under $4k. The 30.06 is under $3k.
they have this already. It's called an M240. Fabrique National, or FN was licensed to build the BAR after WW2. Buyers loved it but wanted a belt fed version. So FN turned it upside down, made it belt fed and sold it. The US after the M60 debacle was in the market for something more reliable and decided they really liked the FN version of the BAR even though it was heavier than the M60. Service members liked it too, because it was so reliable. The M240 serves in the military all over the place. The US Army modern BAR rifle.
I've got it, the real reason the 417 mags are bigger is because they knew one day someone would want to run a BAR, so they made their mags larger so that the mag pouches would fit BAR mags. Those clever Germans always thinking ahead
@@personalgoogleaccount9694 Also "I can't believe it's not Mauser" aka "legally distinct to avoid getting seized by allied or "allied" powers" aka Heckler and Koch, would have reverse engineered a lot of BARs. They probably kept the schematics with them, along with every other blueprint they managed to copy, all the way to Spain, and back to Germany. Even if they didn't commercialize it, focusing as they did on roller delayed blowback, they certainly kept a good understanding of the technologies involved.
Im always amazed with how big and heavy the BAR was that the Marines looked at my Grandfather who was all of 5'8" maybe 130 pounds and thought, make this 17 yo kid a BAR gunner.
That's how it is though even these days. Am 5'1" and 120 pounds and they made me a M249 gunner for the squad. They just always make the little people carry the big guns
Just a thought I had, being reminded of the ice performance of the HCAR. There really should be a video on winter warfare on how to avoid the worry of ice. Having served as a Canuck we had our winter SOPs. Going over those for a "How to survive" episode would be useful.
Current procedure from what I remember from Basic Winter warfare is every day, move the working parts (Cock the action, dry fire etc), especially the safety and magazine release, as those are prone to freezing. In really extreme temperatures, avoid using CLP in favour of graphite. My course was in -25 degree Celcius blizzards in CFB Petawawa, and I found our issued CLP made the parts far less likely to freeze up entirely, even after being outdoors for 2 weeks straight.
I am the person that actually assembles HCARs at OOW and I have a theory about why it froze up. We grease the internals of the firing mechanism and that grease is probably not rated for that low of temp.
I am so obsessed with the HCAR. Look at those stunning dimensions, the reinforcements on the upper. The furniture and cooling. It's so timeless and yet equally modern.
I don’t have any problem whatsoever with the HCAR running 30.06! In fact it has amazed me that we haven’t gone back to it! It is hard hitting and reliable! Great job!
Why would we go back? The only reason it stuck around as long as it did was because we had so much leftover in the interwar period and all our machine guns already used it. Whether it was a good move or not, the cartridge that would become 7.62 NATO was essentially a shortened version of the M2 Ball ammo used in the M1 Garand. The 7.62 NATO (both M59 and M80) operates at a higher pressure than the M2 Ball ammo but delivers a similar weight bullet at about the same 2800fps velocity. One of the big complaints with the .30-06 is that it is a heavy recoiling powerful round, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to go to so much effort creating a shorter case and cartridge, only to have it recoil just as hard. About the only thing they gained was a weight savings from the cases being 12mm shorter, and the rifles and machine guns are easier to make and work with because they don't have to deal with such a long case. It's not a surprise that less than 10 years later, the .223 took its place as the standard infantry round.
Too much for an individual issue rifle, weight being the problem. But even this would make more sense than the 6.8×51mm craziness they came up with now.
@@DriveCarToBar "it doesn't make a lot of sense to go to so much effort creating a shorter case and cartridge, only to have it recoil just as hard." They did it again with .277 so
Right? I mean who would wanna feed it 308 caliber 150 grain bullets for 70 cents a round when you can feed it marginally faster 308 caliber 150 grain bullets for $1.20 a round?
I keep running into environment cult left wingers that hate oil so much they want to chop the trees down to try to save the environment. I have to keep breaking it to them that chopping trees down to fight big oil doesn't work nor save the environment.
Despite the powerful recoil of 30-06 bullets, the muzzle moves less. It's a very controllable gun. That's great. It seems to have more control than the M14 and G3.
my first moose hunting rifle was a semi auto rem 742 in 30-06 and recoil is light enough that i could shoot it when i was 11 and it weighs 1/3 of the weight of that thing, its not always about weight but also about bolt/piston mass and excess gas used to operate it.🙃
@@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251 In this context he's referring to how much the recoil will affect the ability to deliver rapid and accurate follow up shots at ranges out to 300 yards or more. Such as what may be encountered in a combat situation. Not that the recoil is painful or unmanageable.
The BAR was and still is an iconic and super cool rifle. Not going to lie the HCAR looks pretty sweet in its own right, would love to be able to try one out and see how it feels and shoots!
It seems the BAR in non US service was more likely to be seen for what it is, a light mchine gun. The Swedish BAR's, Belgian, etc. are very interesting. America for some reason stuck with the WWI theoriesof its use.
I wonder if it could double as a sniper rifle too. If it's accurate enough (and I don't see why it wouldn't be), it should be able to do it no problem.
Been following this rifle for a few years now, such a nice rig, I just can't get past the $7k price tag and $100 mags to run $0.80/rd range days on a proprietary platform. Would love to run the 20in version of this thing, but the costs are unfortunately just untenable. It is extremely impressive how well they managed the recoil of the 30/06 though.
@@fakecubed I've seen a few ar's chambered in it as well as 7mm. its unfortunate that 7.6254R seems to be incompatible with the platform but c'est la vie
Yeah, amazing gun. The price tag is up there but it's worth it. I was amazingly lucky to shoot this gun when it was just a prototype a number of years ago.
Can't imagine why I've passed this channel so often. It was my loss. I love military rifles, military surplus and anything concerning our awesome military service personnel. Great video. The 30 - 06 is the limit as far as recoil for my personal tastes. I certainly can understand someone copying the iconic BAR and any weapon by the great John Browning. Thanks for sharing. Here's a like and sub.
It's literally just an intro. It's literally cringe AF when you realize it's a grown man kitted up by himself on a range with a cameraman. He literally is playing dress up. You literally don't understand the word literally.
Modernizing the BAR was something that should have been done in the 30s the way other countries modded and improved the platform. I've thought about modernizing my Garand but, nah, hard to improve perfection.
@Satin don't worry grand papi garand still gets to rest, u see the m1a is grandson garand, and the .30-06 m1a is his not yet existent badass younger brother, they're doing the fighting, not grandpa silly. You see grandpa can only eat 8 rounds at a time, but his new grandson is a fat fuck and takes box mags, so there's no tellin how many round he can hold
No. The BAR was heavy and awkward to carry and with a 20 round magazine just didn't work. Add more ammo, it gets even heavier. Plus, it was designed for clearing trenches.
@@willthorson4543 the HCAR cut a lot of the weight by lightening the receiver and dimpling and shortening the barrel, but it's still a fair bit heavier than the m14. It still reportedly very controllable by way if an adjustable gas plug, and an inprived recoil buffer.
The HCAR can multitask and be an amazing option to DMR in select Fire. That's what the M14 was supposed to do before it got blown away by polymer and add ons. You can future any old platform. You can't build a new one without the future looking you dead in the face.
What's funny... the M14 is considered obsolete and the caliber too big and heavy. Yet the FAL G3 used the 308, with full auto and no complaints during the African Rhodesian war. Look how successful they were with the 308.
@@vtrbswarmachine Ya text sometimes doesn't express mind to sentence to read text. Ya I should have said the same, like what you wrote and was adding to the success of the 308 during the time when 556 was being promoted. Plus they say the wood will warp but the M1 Garand was used in four winter seasons and the pacific theater. My family has first hand accounts in the Pacific and I asked about the wood warping and was told a non issue for the major extent.
@@anthonylimjoco5958funny thing is the US now moving back to full powered rounds with .277 Fury/6.8×51mm with the XM7/MCX Spear. Personally I love rifles rounds and with the adoption of a battle rifle as the standard issued rifle, I'm looking forward to these rounds becoming cheaper when they are more wide spread.
Nicely done. I bought one of the first run of 250 on the HCAR. Yes, it was expensive, but the only drawback for me was that, just a few weeks later, Ohio Ordnance Works brought out their prototype of the Colt-licensed, WWI spec 1918 BAR in blued finish, with its magnificent Italian made leather case. I couldn't justify both, and the 1918 was even more expensive. Had I waited just a little longer, I'd have known that the 1918 was coming and bought that instead. But that's life. Other than that, no complaints about the HCAR. It's a magnificent rifle and the folks at OOW are great to work with, from the owner on down. I've done much business with them over the past 15 years or so and look forward to seeing them next month at SHOT.
@@WayStedYou My HCAR order included a custom serial number, something offered only on those first 250 rifles. It was too late at that point to make a change. And I am quite happy with the HCAR. I just really liked the 1918 too, with the classic WWI look.
@@NOTanOPERATOR208 Perhaps, but they were works of art as well as fine craft. I'd have paid the tab had I not already been committed to well over half that amount already.
My wife bought me an HCAR as a retirement present about 7 years ago. I love it. One of the first things I did was attack that front hand guard with a sanding block. Turned it from a flesh grater into a comfortable grippy hand guard. The flat sanding lock lot me really control the sanding and make sure I removed a uniform amount of material.
I figured I'll always be wearing some kind of glove anyway so the grip doesn't bother me much. I just wish OOW would pump out more magazines for the damn thing
@@captaintimcurry1713 100% agree on the magazine issue. I'm sure you know you can use the heritage magazines, but you do lose the last shot hold open feature. I usually only use gloves when shooting heavy recoil handguns so that hand guard was a definite issue for me. I really don't like doing surgery on firearms, so I made sure I was very careful in getting all the texturing at a consistent height.
@@ReanuKeevesAus I highly recommend retirement to you also, brother! I would definitely get an HCAR if you are a fan of the BAR, which I have been since childhood. Otherwise, you might want to pass, just given the expense. Sounds like you are a fan and that it has a sentimental aspect for you. Ohio Ordnance Works (OOW) put it in a lot of effort to lighten the rifle including use of non-metallics and the shorter dimpled barrel, but they also did additional machining on the receiver to lighten it where possible. The M1918A2 weighed about 18.5 lbs. and the HCAR weighs about 11.75 lbs. which is quite a bit less but still heavy. I love the rifle. It's super reliable, robust, extremely well made, accurate, and I am a big believer in the 30-06 round. It also has very little kick, compared to a 30-06 deer rifle due to it's weight. I have fired about 1,000 rounds through it with no issues (factory ammo) using OOW and heritage magazines. The picatinny is great and I have used both reflex sights and a scope on it to great effect. I wound up leaving a variable power Leupold scope on it because I don't see using it for close-up work and my eyes need the help. It can still reach out there with the 16" barrel. The adjustable stock is a big plus and you can use any number of aftermarket AR stocks on it. I have not put a light on it just to keep weight off the front end and, as I said, I don't see using it for clearing rooms (maybe shooting through walls to destroy what's in the room). I think a must-have is a good sling and, in spite of Garand Thumb's expert opinion, a good bipod. I put a Magpul MS1 QDM sling and an Atlas PSR bipod (I am a big fan of the Atlas bipods, but a good old Harris would do fine). You can certainly forego an optic and just put some AR-type iron sights on the picatinny which is what I did when I first got it until you decide if you even need or want an optic on it. It is a unique firearm that puts a modern spin on an absolute classic and makes it better in the process. I love just pulling it out of the safe and looking at it, much less having the pleasure of shooting it. You are not likely to see another one at the range and it is a real head-turner. I like having some unique guns in my collection. Another way to commemorate your service and that of your Grandpa's at much less expense, might be with a Model 1903A3, the WWII iteration of the Springfield Model 1903. It is a bolt-action rifle with a Mauser action and an internal 6-round 30-06 magazine. The 30-06 was actually created for the Model 1903 rifle. The A3 has a windage and elevation adjustable rear peep-sight located at the rear of the receiver which was a great improvement over the original tangent sight located at the rear of the barrel. It saw widespread use with the US military in the European and Pacific theatres of WWII and beyond (you probably know all of this). They are widely available in excellent condition, accurate, and a pleasure to shoot. I have a few of them and they are actually my favorite rifles. I wish you all the best and am sure you would be well-pleased with an HCAR.
Gun grabbers have never even heard of this thing. It's doubtful to ever appear by name in any legislation. But they'll try to ban it anyway by "features". Thank God for Bruen. AWBs are going to be start being struck down by federal courts within a month or two. Miller v Bonta will be wrapping up very soon in particular. The dominoes will fall quickly after. Same with mag bans. The big fight that will take a little longer to resolve is these stupid gun permit restrictions, we'll have to see what happens with SCOTUS on the emergency filing on a case out of NY and the 2nd Circuit in the next week or so; but actual gun bans are basically done with as of 2023.
@@X.Y.Z.07 The ATF just got spanked hard by the 5th Circuit en banc. Whether they are tempted or not, their power to do anything is being ripped away from them.
The Colt Monitor is what the Army should’ve had instead of the BAR. The FBI proved its worth during prohibition. If fact the Colt Monitor is essentially the HCAR.✊🏻🇬🇧😊
The Army needed a proper SAW. The Monitor just isn’t a SAW. It’s very good for stopping lightly armored cars like bank robbers and moonshiners were running but it’s just not what the Army needed. The BAR A2 was a crappy SAW. What they needed was the FN Model D, which Colt had the rights to make
@@andyrihn1 You’re right with hindsight. The Colt Monitor was developed in the 1920s, the FN Browning variant was not until after the 2nd world war ( I think). The fact of the matter is they were both better than the BAR in WW2.
@@daz6637 the model D entered production in 1932. The same gun but without the quick detach barrel was produced by Colt since 1926 (Colt would make some with detachable barrels in 1942), FN since 1930, and under license by Poland since 1928
