Here's an interesting design feature of the AUG that is never mentioned. The operation of the rifle can be done wearing mittens (i.e. no trigger finger exposed). That includes removing the barrel, cocking the charging lever, changing mags, and even adjusting the gas settings. Ever wondered why the trigger guard was so huge, why they chose a push safety catch, and (in the military version) a two stage trigger between semi and full auto? Now you know why. Makes sense when you consider that Steyr designed the AUG to be able to be used by Austrian alpine/mountain troops wearing bulky winter clothing.
@@floridasoldat haha okay well, when you’re not in a panic state; everything in your body works fine. When you ARE in a panic state, things work worse. Like minor motor skills eg using fingers to reload or grip to change gas settings or pick up rounds or alter scopes etc. so, you want to use your fists or palm, like a gorilla. This is due to fight or flight and blood loss moving from things not important to things that are. So the mechanics of the weapon work beat in combat because most things can be done with your palm and fists instead of intricacies of a more delicate weapon requiring minor motor skills
Wow, you're right - no one has ever been able to manipulate a rifle, pistol or shotgun in combat until the AUG was designed. Thanks for being so much smarter than anyone else - you must be the most experienced Navy Seal Delta Operator Commando ever.
Being a former austrian instructor on this platform i have to say this might be the best STG77 review available . Though you are missing a few vital points about this system . Lets take the magazines , the original steyr magazines are almost indestructible under normal use . You can step on an empty mag with full battle load on you and it wont break . We drove cars over loaded magazines and they never had an issue afterwards . You also have to take the austrian doctrin of the seventies into mind when talking about the design features. This platform was designed to be used by 18 year old conscripts and passed down to another one for hundred or even thousands of times . During my time i had a rifle made in 79 meaning it had already 20 years of service in the forces and i barely had any hick ups ever . A very good and mostly overlooked and therefore usualy very criticised point are the mag changes. There is no reason to bring your weapons into the workspace as it is called on youtube because all you need is already where it should be as you kinda pointed out. The pull down handle never had been any issue i had heard of , you use the handle to pull the weapon backwards and not downwards . Unfortunately something you didnt expirience yet is how controlable the weapon is in full auto and snappy reciol is no issue because if you hold the rifle correctly you are straight back at your target . 0 issue really .... If you are an 18 year old austrian conscript there almost 0 chance you ever fired a different assault rifle so you have nothing to compare to . Yes it needs some modernisations and the aussies did an awesome job with the F90 athrax . The case deflector is surely a good thing but pure luxury , back in the 70s switching shoulder wasnt really in use anywhere on the planet as far as iam aware and this was not thought of but this also never had been a big issue because even if the cases hit you during extraction you barely feel it . Its not like you get punched in the face ... man up a little lol What i would probably see as a trade off compared to an AR, AK or Famas all i have used in actual combat including the stg77 is that the STG is alot more training intensive then the other platforms . The biggest trade off in my opinion is the price tag but you also get what you pay for . But i really like that unbiased review wich just made me subscribe . Keep em coming
One of the 18 year old conscripts here, the STG i got was around 30-35 years old. So around 60 people had it before me and it worked absolutly fine. But sadly only fired 100 to 200 rounds in my service.
I just watched this with my 69 year old father. He served 20+ years in the Australian defence force. This was one of but a few interactions between me and my dad around the topic of firearms. He does not like "guntubers". We sat through your video (that I've watched a bunch that he has never seen) and I watched in absolute amazement at his appreciation for your review on the AUG. He has a lot of time spent with this weapon, and didn't pick one fault with any of your comments. So Mr thumb. I want you to realise that this was an epic bonding moment for me and my dad. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for just being you. Thanks dude I owe you a beer.
so true words so true, It's funny to think about how popular vague things are. Songs, Art ect. It's like if it's open to interpretation people make up their own shit which makes it better in their own mind which makes the work more popular. Meaning the more work you put into something the less likely people will like it and the more they have to hate. There is a happy middle or some shit, just enough but not too much.
Anyone who desires more from an AUG trigger: 20/20 Precision Trigger Sear. Single metal piece, can install it in about 5 minutes, and takes out a majority of the slack, crisp break, and short reset. Absolutely worth looking into.
Do you perhaps know if the trigger so terrible only on the civilian semi auto version? I hear a lot of criticism from american gun channels on the trigger. I've only shot the progressive Trigger during my time in the Austrian army and now reserve, and it wasn't so bad in my opinion. I never expected a Geissele, I think the word "meh" would sum my opinion of the trigger up pretty well. So is only the civilian trigger so terrible, or was I using a horrible trigger in my service gun too without even noticing too much? To be fair there is not a lot I can personally compare the trigger to since the only long arms I have experience behind are the AUG, my AR, my Kar98k and my main service gun an Austrian MG42 clone (MG74) - I know I know, only 4 long guns - those are rookie numbers for you americans :)
@@Oberkommando The civilian AUG has a particularly rough trigger due to the trigger sear that is that same as the progressive triggers, and isn't optimized for a semi-auto gun resulting in a lot of travel. That's why the 20/20 TSM is such a fantastic choice, and for what it is, the metal on plastic movement is smoother than plastic on plastic on the normal trigger pack.
As former conscript in the Austrian army and now police office using the AUG A3, I have to note, that we drill the unlock and fire procedure a bit different - and in my opinion a bit smoother - than shown in the video. When we are in "finger long position" (weapon locked, extended index finger on the right side of the housing body, directly over the safety button), to unlock and fire the AUG swiftly we are sliding the extended index finger down over the safety button (most likely near the knuckles of your index finger), push the safety into fire-position on the way down, until we arrive with the index finger at the trigger to fire the weapon. So we are not forced to move the rest of our hand at all. The index finger is doing all the work in one smooth movement, while the shooter is able to aim at the target all the time without the weapon moving. And yeah, the trigger is - mildly said - something to get used to. Greeting from Austria. Sorry for the crappy English.
Check safe physically/visually, check for magazine, working parts to the rear, remove the barrel, inspect barrel for obstruction, inspect body front/centre/face of bolt through ejection port, replace barrel, working parts forward, weapon to the shoulder, safety set to fire, fire the action, weapon set to safe (WITH NON MASTER HAND), weapon to the standing load. ;)
entweder kennst du nichts anderes oder machst billige PR. ich bin auf der ur version STG 77 ausgebildet (jägerkompanie und danach jahre als ausbildner.) neben vielen anderen schwächen (ladehemmungen) ist die fummelige zerlegbarkeit und die gasdruckeinstellung wohl der größte mist aller zeiten, vor allem in der nacht im gefechtsmodus.
@@axt_messer_survivalFummelige Zerlegbarkeit? Ich war selbst jahrelang im Bundesheer und da wird das Auseinandernehmen und Zusammensetzen mit Handschuhen ausgebildet, was absolut kein Problem darstellt. Im Vergleich zu einem AR System seh ich da kaum einen Nachteil in der Einfachheit des Systems. Was allerdings ein Problem darstellt, ist die unsachgemäße Pflege der Soldaten über Jahre hinweg. Ansonsten hat die Waffe an sich quasi nie Hemmungen (außer mit K-Mun vielleicht). Beim A1 ist die Optik halt relativ sinnbefreit
@@axt_messer_survival Ich war nur Grundwehrdiener in den 90ern (Kommandobattaillon) aber die Probleme mit Ladehemmungen konnte ich nur mit K-Munition feststellen. Mit scharfer Munition hat sie tadellos funktioniert.
@@elflordyt6830 i depends on what state you live in up north no but in the lower states you will need a permit to hunt them but don't forget that are 41 million kangaroos in Australia and they have no natural predators and the female roos can hold spem up to two years
Just an FYI , for those looking at new AUGs. The current AUGs from steyr US no longer have CLB . Steyr US quite using FN made bbls but couldn’t get the chrome plating right on the in house blanks they are using now so they decided to nitride them. This only applies the US recent made AUGs, the military and european versions use Austrian made CHF CL BBLs. For some it doesn’t matter but some it does..
If you got an AUG you got to go to the Steyr school... Worth every penny! They will show you what the rifle is really capable of. When I was in the Marines my Aussie friends were armed with AUGs and did quite well with them. I looked at my M-16 and thought they probably got a better rifle there. I always liked the bulpup idea.
It’s definitely a cool gun not better than a quality AR, really just taking into account speed reload on any bullpup and the mushy trigger. A fun gun to shoot for sure
@@RobertBrown-yh3bt speed reload? Bullpups you can reload (amongst more other operations) without taking your eyes off target.....hell you can even do it without breaking the cheek weld if you're trained up on it through Singleton school of infantry 😁
Oy vey, first Garand Thumb attacks Ron Jeremy, a legend of the jws, and then you attack Hollywood? How can you get away with being so anti semitic? It should be illegal.
I really, really, want to make the Hunt for Ron Jeremy into a Fallout 4 mod. I have a lot of other stuff going on right now, a lot of other projects, but if you agreed to voice act for it I'd totally do it.
@@danielboatright8887 tbh I don't have that much experience with FNV modding. Most of my experience is with making Skyrim mods, which translates to Fallout 4 a lot better. I could *try* New Vegas if a lot of people want that, but I literally already have a Garand Thumb preset in FO4 -that I use for my character-
I own a civilian AUG a1. Absolute head Turner at any range you go to. Truly one of the smoothest, most comfortable easy shooting rifles I’ve ever handled. Truly the king of bullpups
The AUG A1 is the also the main weapon of the Tunisian Armed Forces, AUG was produced in 1978, Tunisia got its hands on it the same year and it's still going strong here!
@@Truthbomb918 The donut was designed for human targets, great for getting on target. at 300m a man should fit head to toe (fig 11) in the donut and the round should hit in the chest if zeroed right. at100m a man from head to stomach (aka fig 12 target) should fit,a and it should hit about 2/3 up from bottom, above centre poa, as its zeroed to 300
It stars in one of the most underrated gun movies ever, "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man", 1991. Don Johnson and Mickey Rourke packing a desert eagle and ruger single action converted to .454 Casull respectively, fighting a bunch of Baldwin looking douches with slicked back hair, "Kevlar" trenchcoats, and AUGs. That movie consumed untold hours of my childhood.
Dude, I love that movie. I forgot that the bad guys used AUG's though. Must have been 10 to 12 years since I've seen it. I damn near wore out the VHS lol. Fucking cool movie. Thanks for reminding me exists xD. Going to watch it with my son.
@@bmassey- glad I reminded you! It's been a long time since I watched it too. My uncle had that and "my cousin vinnie" on vhs, so whenever I was there I usually watched that movie a couple times.
Broke: Wanting an AUG for barrel length/velocity/lethality in small package. Woke: Wanting an AUG 'cause Karl in Die Hard mag dumped it one handed all the time.
It's like this for many and their service rifle. I'm same way with M16A4, my Korean buddy with the K2 and M16A1, my French buddies with FAMAS, my German buddies with G36E/K, my Canadian friends are the same way with C7 and the short lived SA20, and so on. Well, the good ones anyways xD It's genuinely really cool to watch people gravitate towards the rifles they used in the service. I just love service rifles because of it. AUG is definitely one of the good ones. Few 5.56 rifles are as good as the M16 and really justify their existence as designs, but the AUG definitely is.
No joke, I’ve only handled a few bullpups, but the AUG is easily the most comfortable to me. I didn’t want to like it. But I can’t deny that it just feels so right
I can't agree with you more, I've also had the opportunity to train using the F88(Australian AUG) and its easily one of the best rifles I've ever laid my hands on. I wish it was possble to keep one. Accurate, rugged and dependable in all types of enviroments I've gone through.
@Kekistani Mememan It's heavier than an M4 but not needlessly, no. Its length is simply obsolete, the M4 get almost the same ballistic performance when both are using M855A1. The KAC rail is the source of the weight. This is worth it because it allows use of the PEQ-15/16s, and thus, night fighting. Not all weight is worth it but that is. Nowadays, use Block 2 M4s, maybe with R3s if you want a near greatest service rifle.
Regarding the foregrip folding when you dont want it to... the 9mm & 14 barrel have non folding grips because the grip when folded would go past the muzzle. So Steyr does make grips that do not fold and you can just get one of those and swap it out. That is what I did and it solves the issue nicely.
I remember back when I was a kid seeing the Aug for the first time in the movie Die Hard and wanted one ever since. I was blown away with how different and futuristic it looked compared to other rifles at the time.Even by today’s standards it still holds up to any other modern rifle on the market and that really says something for a rifle that was designed over 40+ years ago.
As an Aussie, I can tell you that the reason that it ‘won’ in trials against the M16 is that colt wouldn’t allow production outside of the USA, but steyr was fine with domestic production in Australia under license. That being said, it beat out the famas, the g3, the fal, and the L85 in Aussie trials
@Jaomir Courtar The official report states that the AUG outperformed the m16 in trials, however that is speculated to be misinformation to justify adoption of the AUG. What I can tell you, however, is that Australian SAS still use the m4 over the F90, proving in my mind that the AR platform could not have possible performed as poorly as the report suggested. On that note, I have personally used the F90; it is an absolute beast and truly is the AUG perfected.
Sasr uses the 416 & 417 more than the m4 which they only use when they have to.... quote "the m4 feels so small and insignificant in my hands compared to a 416"
@@philmurray765 SAS aren't using military issue AR15s bro, they're using the good shit like Daniel Defense. No way we could afford to have DDM4s as general issue. I've seen a few SAS using the F88, in any case.
The AUG A1 is a gun made for the regular infantry, becouse the gun is relativly easy to use and get good target hits becouse of the pullpup design. Even the Austrian Jagdkomando uses high end modificatet versions and not the AUG A1
Hey Doc. An Aussie bloke here and was fortunate enough to here my eldest male cousin who was in east timor amongst other comflicts in the RAAC and was issued an AUG and told us many stories about the AUG and tank shells😮. We grew up on a big property and had the pleasure to fire so many amazing weapons before the restrictions in Australia. Full to love of 7.62 semi auto SKS & SKK and right back to the 6 shooter black powder pistol and everything in between including old war rifles and more, we enjoyed so much fun back then but getting to use an AUG was and still is one of my wishlist I still haven't operated but would love to legally do. Love the channel and keep putting out the content. Cheers bloke from a big ally down under 🇦🇺🍻
Garand Thumb: “We need killer intro” Editting team: “Say less” Garand Thumb: “Also can someone get that 500 magnum out the bathroom? I bout shit my self when I saw it…thanks”
@@georgefloydsinhellwbreonna5330 if only it was a story....kinda like the NYT story that they refuse to prove it was all bllsht lies yet they are completely silent about it...kinda like how the current presidential adminstation treats things...just don't mention/talk/acknowledge it exists lol
As an Austrian, having served with that rifle (not in combat though), I really enjoyed that video! Edit: and I can confirm the hassle with the trigger. When I shot it, I accidentally shot a doublet, because it's quite easy to pull too hard (no pun intended) and then you directly switch over to auto fire or a burst. If you're in training and inexperienced that's quite scary, but if you are really skilled you can easily shoot single shots, doublets and autofire without having to touch anything except the trigger.
because he only was a conscript, doublefire is a concripts fail, i hav been using the aug a2 commando since 2012......no doublefire ever......aug a1 from 2003 - 2012, also no doublefire...it depends on training
Carried it for 16 odd years. Australian Infantry. Ugly as sin in my opinion, but reliable as F***, sufficiently accurate with the 1.5x scope, light. Good bit of gear.
I was actually surprised with the look of it the way he has it set up. Didn't realize how much of the uglyness came from that standard AUG optic. If the hand guard wasn't built into the body and you could lose it or swap it I think it would look really sick. But then again... It would also basically just look like a Tavor which in that case just... Get a Tavor... But yeah. The way he has it I don't think it looks all that bad.
@@f308gtb1977 you’re cool with teaching them about military history and guns in general, yet you’re scared they’ll hear a few curse words? That they’ve already heard at school and on tv without a doubt numerous times? Being afraid of basic curse words is so dumb lol
@@hellogoodbye1748 thinking I’m “afraid” of “basic curse words” is so dumb. And my kids don’t go to school. And them incidentally hearing something is different than me presenting it to them. And you either know nothing about decency and respect and courtesy, or nothing about children, or nothing about both. And no one’s forcing you to stop cursing, so it isn’t something to to get bent out of shape over, is it?
@@f308gtb1977 who’s bent out of shape here? Again, you’re very clearly afraid of words that will become commonplace for them to hear and use in just a few short years. The more you act like they’re a bad thing the more likely they are to improperly use and abuse them as teens and adults. They’re words bud. Words that have very little bad meaning.
@@hellogoodbye1748 who’s afraid here? Do you feel like you’re doing a good job of convincing me you’re right? Do you feel like you can point to our society today and say it’s more virtuous than it used to be now that these words are “commonplace?” Do you feel like it’s more healthy to cuss around kids, or more healthy to use proper grammar and an intellectual vocabulary around them? Do you think cussing makes people sound more or less intelligent, all else equal? (It’s like chewing gum with your mouth open. You can do it, and you might actually be smart, but you’re probably not, and you’re definitely telling the world you aren’t.) You can tell yourself I’m just dumb and “scared of bad words,” but we both know who actually has the moral and rational high ground on this one, especially as far kids are concerned. And yes, you’re bent out of shape enough to feel compelled to correct me on how I raise my kids. You’ll pardon me if I don’t take your sage wisdom to heart.
Mike, excellent advice at the end - There's not enough of that mindset going around. Awesome. Love it or hate it, as an Australian who's had some experience with the F88, your comment about training is spot on. The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed in war. The trigger takes a bit of getting used to, but once you overcome the shortcomings with a little training, you can shoot out as far as any AR rifle and do it just as accurately. Two small things you didn't cover off on - The Kiwis had a three-way safety catch, SAFE/SEMI/AUTO. These were clearly identified by being a solid black block instead of colour-matched to the stock. Secondly, the trigger on the AUG/F88 is two-stage pressure-actuated, a short depression is a single shot, while pulling all the way to the rear fires the weapon in cyclic. It also has a single-shot lockout stud that can be dropped down to prevent the rifle from going fully-automatic. Cheers for a great video. Love from Australia.
👍 Finally a youtuber that is able to reload in the shoulder and takes moving around with it into consideration for the verdict! Have seen a number of reviews, and my countrymen regularly write in the comments that we learn to reload in the shoulder. About the "HK-Slap" at 19:40. Don't know who told you so, but >20 years ago, we learned that this is the normal way to release the locked back chargin handle. -> Use one finger to snap it out of the lockback position. They taught that to everyone in basic training, as this makes sure nobody "slowly" rides the bolt forward and thus doesn't close it fully. Would not be the biggest problem if people could master the little knob on the back of the original charginghandle...but only few do. (and that is way slower) Remember, for most recruits in austria this is the first firearm in their life to have in their hands. (was the same for me) This also is the reason you won't hear many complaints about the trigger by them. If this is the only trigger you know, then this for you is how a trigger feels, and you get used to it. -> someone who has never eaten steak doesn't miss it. Although i have to say, we got trained on our MGs and the Glock too, and still didn't think the AUG trigger was as atrocious as the internet thinks it is.😁 (Maybe the semi auto version is worse?)
It's possible they simply don't care as much about the trigger feel as much as hobbyists. They go through training with it and accept it for what it is, rather than worrying about the smaller details they might not have control over.
Of the two ways to chamber a round (HK Slap or to actually pull the cocking handle back and releasing it) we were trained to pull the cocking handle but in practice everyone used the slap. When the bolt locks back after the last round the early models didn't have a bolt release button and you can't slap it (since it's not the cocking handle holding the bolt open) so the only option was to pull the cocking handle to chamber a round from the new mag.
UGH, I had so many problems with the thing jamming after a lockback when I first got this rifle! I didn't even pick up on the fact that I was riding the charging handle forward. Just trying to unlock it without slicing my finger on the picatinny rail probably kept too much of my attention. Guess I need load her up with some snap caps and do some more administration drills.
@@SgtRudySmith31bRet Hear you loud and clear, brother. Anyway, try going to the manufacturer's site. You can get 'em direct at MSRP. Also talked about a certain auction site that I guess gets flagged.
The "space grip" and handling in general was optimized for deep winter conditions (=gloves+mittens). Probably more important in Austria than Australia ;)
One thing to mention about improving the trigger: take a look at the Neu-trigger product. I was able to test an AUG that had the trigger pull down to 3 lbs, and all it takes is a small piece of spring steel covering the sear. Very nice product. Love the AUG! NATO stock NEEDS a bolt release integrated into it!
Another note, the trigger itself is a great design. If the trigger return spring fails, you can physically push the trigger forward to continue firing. There were compromises in making a bullpup, but it's still an outstanding design.
@@BourbonInhibitions It's a military issue bullpup with a progressive trigger. Yes, it is not as good as a crisp AR trigger. But that does not make it a bad design for its intended purpose, there are several redundancies that make it very good at what it does, and where it's meant to be used. Trigger shoe can be physically pushed forward if it fails to reset, it has two trigger bars, and the entire layout, including the controls, are designed for use while wearing heavy mittens. Hence the progressive trigger rather than a selector. Unfortunately, those benefits don't transfer over to the semi-only version, particularly those who don't live in an alpine or arctic climate, and thus don't have to worry about their rifle being frozen solid, nor having to use it in sub-zero temperatures while dressed like the michelin man.
In hindsight, this is such a good rifle that I under appreciated during my service. Trigger sucks, no doubt, but it’s just a case of getting used to it; definitely agree that it’s the weak part of the package. Shoots accurately, even with the old 1.5x optical we went out to 700 and 800m hitting targets happily. I can still strip that thing with my eyes shut!
Yeah trigger sucks but they nearly had to it like that because the our austrian alpine troops have to shoot them with big gloves and a fire arm switch would have been to hard and to small for it to hit the switch thats why the trigger is like this
Australia fixed the trigger problem by making it easier to pull on their slightly new EF88 (AUG). They also are now using a different scope (Elcan Specter) and have made the EF88 way more customizable compared to the F88 (Aug).
Very new to this channel after seeing on Kentucky ballistics. After the intro and the counter strike reference I am hooked. The man hasn't said another word I paused it right after the counterstrike reference and I don't care what else he does for the next 25 mins of the video. I'm all in. I have a 3 digit steam ID and have been playing so ce 1.4 beta. Haven't played in maybe 10 years but I might turn the old HP on today and one deag some nubs.
I remember watching this gun for first time in 1980, in Argentina. Wow, it looked so good, so impressive. It was a parade, and the crews of SK-105 Kürassier vehicles had the AUGs.
ME and my whole family are austrians. And, every male in our family was in the military. And from what we can say, comparing it to our older service rifle (STG 58) it is awesome. It has good handling, literally always works and so much more. Not quite as ''modifiable'' as an M4 but still pretty good. And after me, my add and my grandpa all used it, we almost never had any problems with it! Same with the Glock Pistols ! btw, nice video, keep it up!
I’m an Australian Army Reservist, thank you for reviewing a version of our rifle!! We don’t get to see it being reviewed much, so it was good to see it broken down and explained like this. Also the intro was absolute gold. 💯
As someone who works in austrian law enforcement, i work with both the AUG (in a special configuration) and the Glock (mainly G17). And I have to say, they are both just perfect for what they are made to be. Yes the trigger on the Glock may be considered "bad" but there's a good reason for it. It is kind of intentional, if you look at the genius Glock Safe Action System, which is designed, so there is no way a shot can be triggered, without intentionally pulling the trigger AND all that without having a safety switch! This makes it perfect for carrying, since it is always safe to carry but at the same time always ready to fire when you draw it. It's similar with the AUG. Yes things like the trigger might be "bad" for someone who gets a gun just to shoot for fun at the range (which by the way is not remotely as common in Austria as it might be in the US), BUT when you carry the thing in a military or law enforcement situation, those things are just not that important, compared to the positives it brings with it. By the way, I don't know about all the other versions, but the police configuration of the AUG (A3 currently) runs a two stage safety for semi/fully auto instead of the two stage Trigger which I personally used on my A1 in the Austrian Military. Sorry for the long comment, but as an active officer as well as instructor I'm kinda into this 😜
Wow! What a great video! Ive used an AUG for over 21 years in military service. Those three Steyr Engineers got it right first time, in the 70's no less!!
As an Aussie who's used the AUG, I completely agree, the trigger is absolutely god awful. This might be more personal preference, but the stock built-in scope it comes with is total shit as well.
Yeah, but being able to do a snap barrel change is pretty damn cool. I agree, everyone despises the trigger and the grouping (plastic) which should be aluminum. If a standard trigger setup were in there I'd love to see it re-designed.
As an Austrian, I have to agree: I love the AUG as a weapon system, but man, the trigger sucks. I do have to say though: using an A1 from '77 having been used for 20year or so, the trigger does get better :-)
The built in scope are useless but they havnt been used in bloody years. The F90 is pretty good, I feel like the trigger can be learned but it's 100% dependant riffe to riffe
The look of disgust on Mike's face when pulling the trigger is hilarious... the metal sear upgrade from rat worx makes a world of difference... still not the best, but definitely more consistent and crisp.. i have a strange obsession with bullpups... love the aug.. the x95 tavor is great, especially the ar type controls... of my 3, the tav-7 is my favorite... the fs2000 is still on my list, but it's become a collectable and I'm still acquiring shooters before I start getting dedicated collector firearms... What about the desert tech mdrx you ask? Well it's a overpriced toy.... keltec has better options
@@GasGunsGod the aug can be held to 1 moa by really skilled shooter and great ammo consistently.... although rare... on a bench I've been able to get 1.7moa at 100... the tavor not so much... of course their are people who say it's a 1 moa rifle but I've never seen it... 2 to 3 moa is average... 2 moa on a bench with m193 is possible for me... the tavor 7, well it's really ammo dependent... germen men, austrian sa58, aussie f4, can all get around 2 moa off a bench... but magtech, lake city, fhm, pmc, ect I've seen 3-4 moa normally... but with my tav 7 I'm changing the 16in barrel to a 20in barrel. So I'll see how it will do after the change
@@cristyanandresceleminmurci3059 it’s a nazi code word thing for hitlers birthday and you can be sure that this commenter is a nazi who’s got the pfp to match best to ignore him
Imagine seeing this rifle on the battlefield after it came out and no one knew about it yet. I’ve always thought the aug was one of the most Star Wars looking guns out there
It was at that time (as far as i know) the only standard rifle to be issued with an optic too. Only 1.5x, but by Swarovski. (And for conscripts who have never handled a gun before, explaining how to use these optics and getting them to use them correct is less time consuming and easier than with iron sights)
The first time I held an AUG at a gun show, I fell in love with bullpups. The balance was perfect, and it just felt great to hold. I ended up getting a different bullpup (one with a substantially better trigger), but the AUG started my love affair with the design format. If you can find a bullpup with a decent trigger, I personally find bullpup tradeoffs to be a lot more manageable than conventional tradeoffs. For example, I can deal with bad split times, but I really don't want to deal with my gun getting caught on a doorframe during a home invasion. For military/police shooters, who have ready access to SBRs without much hassle, bullpups have some advantages, but they're less compelling. For a regular guy who likes to shoot for fun every now and then, wants their gun to double as a home defense gun, and doesn't want a legal headache, I think bullpups make a ton of sense.
@@alephkasai9384 No, I haven't, though I've wanted to. It looks pretty innovative and well thought out, and gets closer to normal rifle prices than almost anything else comparable. I ended up getting an M17S from K&M Arms, because I had the money to spend, and it ticked more boxes of what I wanted in a rifle than anything else. Good trigger, extremely simple operation, and easy to maintain long-term, since it uses a lot of AR15 parts. It has some tradeoffs (I.E. not well suited to left-handed shooting, and a little on the heavy side), but it seemed like the best option for me.
I have shot M1A’s, AK’s, AR’s, several bolt actions, a Galil or two and several other weapons in between. However, this weapon is easily in my top 3 favorite firearms ever shot. Smooth, easy to control and comfortable. Love it.
I just bought a AUG yesterday and I have to say, I’ve been a big fan of Bullpups, because they have a unique design, and I’m stoked to test it out soon.
@schnurbzzz8087: Hey was thinking of getting one because I liked the feel and the side rail on right side. How much u pay? Ones i see are 2k new and 1600 used.
@@letsgobrandon7297 for a new that’s what I spent. Now the magazines were pretty expensive for them. I just stuck with the mags designed for the firearm. They were $47 a piece
i love how every video starts of a demo of the gun and your skills with a gun and then you go on to explain how the weapon is designed Keep up the awesome work
Used the AUG in the Irish Defence Forces. Excellent weapon in general, during my service the rifle was the standard configuration without rails, had the factory 1.5 optical sight with emergency battle sight built in to the optics frame on top of it in the form of a simple notch which was used if the organic sight was damaged. We also had an Irish modification below the trigger called an ALO or 'Automatic Lock Out', a steel button that when extended prevented the trigger being fully depressed into full auto fire. If full auto was desired the button was pushed into the trigger allowing full Automatic. The downside was switching back to semi-auto required a knife to pop the button back into extension.
Aussie F88 had this too. Pretty hilarious when recruits discover this for the first time and we were all told to pull that out, somebody didn't. Then after the accidental 8 round burst they put their hand on top of the barrel to push it down (freak out), gave some pretty good burns on the fingers!
@@nyl0n733 can't say I agree with you, but I am a cuck for anything military. Pretty amazing looking optic (imo, of course) on something like a m4a1, scar or the AUG, for that matter. Took a bit for me to like it, tho
Great review. You mentioned New Zealand, few years back they switched back to an AR platform...( the exact weapon they specified is available for purchase from the New York based company that got the contract ) The NZ army also developed their owm load for the 5.56 to feed it. Reportedly they wanted a load more focused on anti- personnel effectiveness, not so much on armor peircing. One result of this was the NZ army raising the official practical effective range from 300m to 600m. Would love to hear/see your Assessment on this rifle and ammo choice.
Just to clarify, the MARS-L was designed to fire the Mk262 round which we didn't develop. Being heavier than previous ss109 (77 vs 62 grain), the MARS has a 1:7 twist barrel to stabilise it properly. The 62gn is still used for training because the cost is so much lower and the difference under 300m is pretty negligible.
Austria: "Hey guys check out this new AUG I made, it's a bullpup but it actually has good reliability and barrel length." The rest of NATO: "Cool, I guess, anyway check out this new AR-15 upper-" Australia: _Laughs with malicious intent_ "I'm going to confuse the fuck out of these guys"
Here's an interesting design feature of the AUG that is never mentioned. The operation of the rifle can be done wearing mittens (i.e. no trigger finger exposed). That includes removing the barrel, cocking the charging lever, changing mags, and even adjusting the gas settings. Ever wondered why the trigger guard was so huge, why they chose a push safety catch, and (in the military version) a two stage trigger between semi and full auto? Now you know why. Makes sense when you consider that Steyr designed the AUG to be able to be used by Austrian alpine/mountain troops wearing bulky winter clothing.
Thank you for adding that! It makes a lot more sense now
@@logik1677 I can’t make any sense of what you just said
@@floridasoldat haha okay well, when you’re not in a panic state; everything in your body works fine.
When you ARE in a panic state, things work worse. Like minor motor skills eg using fingers to reload or grip to change gas settings or pick up rounds or alter scopes etc.
so, you want to use your fists or palm, like a gorilla. This is due to fight or flight and blood loss moving from things not important to things that are.
So the mechanics of the weapon work beat in combat because most things can be done with your palm and fists instead of intricacies of a more delicate weapon requiring minor motor skills
The swiss have done similar things with their guns as well
Wow, you're right - no one has ever been able to manipulate a rifle, pistol or shotgun in combat until the AUG was designed. Thanks for being so much smarter than anyone else - you must be the most experienced Navy Seal Delta Operator Commando ever.
Really enjoying the sudden transition between absolutely no crossovers and frequent ones.
Also, damn thats an intro.
@its fine wow, get your trash out of here
Razgriz!
@its fine fatherless behavior
@Dean Gullberry me neither, everyone at brcc are traitor scum
My heart skipped a beat watching that rifle fall right on its optic 😵
L85: “you took everything from me”
AUG: “I don’t even know who you are”
If the L85 was reliable I'm not sure the aug would have been so popular
The SA80/L85 was still in prototype when the AUG was going through adoption trials.
This meme will go unnoticed but I'm here for it I love you and I don't even know who you are 😂😂😂
HK: You played yourself L85
EM2 has entered the chat....damn kids!
*Almost 50 year old design yet still looks FUTURISTIC*
Right? I was about to say lol.
yeah, but why are you screaming like a madman?
Yeah it's sexy. Glad I got to shoot it when I was a conscript.
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Why isn't your name Anthrax Gamma?
Bruh 🤣 this intro went so hard 🤣 didn’t have to go this hard but you did. Thank you
Stay hard!
He did it for us. Thank you
You’re hard?
I was about to say, Mike could make a whole ass movie out of this stuff. Like dude, your skills are on point, props.
It fucks
I genuinely can’t believe this lore deepens even more. An absolute classic.
this reminds me of filthy frank's pink guy vs chin chin saga !!epic!!
I need a lore summary video
They’re gonna have to bring back tiger thumb at this rate for this threat!
Anyone have a playlist of all the lore videos?
@@utkarshchaurasia2233
Was just about to ask.
Being a former austrian instructor on this platform i have to say this might be the best STG77 review available . Though you are missing a few vital points about this system . Lets take the magazines , the original steyr magazines are almost indestructible under normal use . You can step on an empty mag with full battle load on you and it wont break . We drove cars over loaded magazines and they never had an issue afterwards . You also have to take the austrian doctrin of the seventies into mind when talking about the design features. This platform was designed to be used by 18 year old conscripts and passed down to another one for hundred or even thousands of times . During my time i had a rifle made in 79 meaning it had already 20 years of service in the forces and i barely had any hick ups ever . A very good and mostly overlooked and therefore usualy very criticised point are the mag changes. There is no reason to bring your weapons into the workspace as it is called on youtube because all you need is already where it should be as you kinda pointed out. The pull down handle never had been any issue i had heard of , you use the handle to pull the weapon backwards and not downwards . Unfortunately something you didnt expirience yet is how controlable the weapon is in full auto and snappy reciol is no issue because if you hold the rifle correctly you are straight back at your target . 0 issue really ....
If you are an 18 year old austrian conscript there almost 0 chance you ever fired a different assault rifle so you have nothing to compare to . Yes it needs some modernisations and the aussies did an awesome job with the F90 athrax . The case deflector is surely a good thing but pure luxury , back in the 70s switching shoulder wasnt really in use anywhere on the planet as far as iam aware and this was not thought of but this also never had been a big issue because even if the cases hit you during extraction you barely feel it . Its not like you get punched in the face ... man up a little lol
What i would probably see as a trade off compared to an AR, AK or Famas all i have used in actual combat including the stg77 is that the STG is alot more training intensive then the other platforms . The biggest trade off in my opinion is the price tag but you also get what you pay for .
But i really like that unbiased review wich just made me subscribe .
Keep em coming
Thank you for sharing your experience.
My pleasure
One of the 18 year old conscripts here, the STG i got was around 30-35 years old. So around 60 people had it before me and it worked absolutly fine. But sadly only fired 100 to 200 rounds in my service.
@@silasdarkbreaker9074 You have an awesome name sir.
@@silasdarkbreaker9074 100? 20 in whole 8 months of shit
I just watched this with my 69 year old father. He served 20+ years in the Australian defence force. This was one of but a few interactions between me and my dad around the topic of firearms. He does not like "guntubers". We sat through your video (that I've watched a bunch that he has never seen) and I watched in absolute amazement at his appreciation for your review on the AUG. He has a lot of time spent with this weapon, and didn't pick one fault with any of your comments. So Mr thumb. I want you to realise that this was an epic bonding moment for me and my dad. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for just being you. Thanks dude I owe you a beer.
F88. Introduced in 1988 to ADF.
The intros are reaching Dark Souls level lore depth.
so true words so true, It's funny to think about how popular vague things are. Songs, Art ect. It's like if it's open to interpretation people make up their own shit which makes it better in their own mind which makes the work more popular. Meaning the more work you put into something the less likely people will like it and the more they have to hate. There is a happy middle or some shit, just enough but not too much.
Hopefully Elden Ring takes note of Garand Daddy’s in depth lore.
"How does it feeeeeeeel Ron? To be a bitCH?"
Oh shit. I didn’t know there was an overlap between Soulsborne and GT. Don’t you dare go hollow, friends.
@@awesomedude222 foul tarnished
Anyone who desires more from an AUG trigger: 20/20 Precision Trigger Sear. Single metal piece, can install it in about 5 minutes, and takes out a majority of the slack, crisp break, and short reset. Absolutely worth looking into.
Rat worx makes a good one too
Do you perhaps know if the trigger so terrible only on the civilian semi auto version? I hear a lot of criticism from american gun channels on the trigger.
I've only shot the progressive Trigger during my time in the Austrian army and now reserve, and it wasn't so bad in my opinion. I never expected a Geissele, I think the word "meh" would sum my opinion of the trigger up pretty well.
So is only the civilian trigger so terrible, or was I using a horrible trigger in my service gun too without even noticing too much?
To be fair there is not a lot I can personally compare the trigger to since the only long arms I have experience behind are the AUG, my AR, my Kar98k and my main service gun an Austrian MG42 clone (MG74)
- I know I know, only 4 long guns - those are rookie numbers for you americans :)
@@Oberkommando Better to have rookie numbers that you do shoot than a hodge-podge and no ammunition ;)
@@Oberkommando The civilian AUG has a particularly rough trigger due to the trigger sear that is that same as the progressive triggers, and isn't optimized for a semi-auto gun resulting in a lot of travel. That's why the 20/20 TSM is such a fantastic choice, and for what it is, the metal on plastic movement is smoother than plastic on plastic on the normal trigger pack.
100% Agree. I've had a 2020 sear in mine since they first came out a few years ago. It makes a world of difference.
His intros always go so hard, his reviews are always so thorough… and the flannels. Don’t even get me started
His flannels are soooo Kool 😎 aye aye
Almost choked on my crayon
Let’s just say I have a stiff flannel sock next to my bed 🛌 🧦
@@user_name_redacted Gay.
@@BurnTheNuance You must be new here.
As former conscript in the Austrian army and now police office using the AUG A3, I have to note, that we drill the unlock and fire procedure a bit different - and in my opinion a bit smoother - than shown in the video.
When we are in "finger long position" (weapon locked, extended index finger on the right side of the housing body, directly over the safety button), to unlock and fire the AUG swiftly we are sliding the extended index finger down over the safety button (most likely near the knuckles of your index finger), push the safety into fire-position on the way down, until we arrive with the index finger at the trigger to fire the weapon.
So we are not forced to move the rest of our hand at all. The index finger is doing all the work in one smooth movement, while the shooter is able to aim at the target all the time without the weapon moving.
And yeah, the trigger is - mildly said - something to get used to.
Greeting from Austria. Sorry for the crappy English.
Check safe physically/visually, check for magazine, working parts to the rear, remove the barrel, inspect barrel for obstruction, inspect body front/centre/face of bolt through ejection port, replace barrel, working parts forward, weapon to the shoulder, safety set to fire, fire the action, weapon set to safe (WITH NON MASTER HAND), weapon to the standing load. ;)
Your English is perfect
entweder kennst du nichts anderes oder machst billige PR. ich bin auf der ur version STG 77 ausgebildet (jägerkompanie und danach jahre als ausbildner.) neben vielen anderen schwächen (ladehemmungen) ist die fummelige zerlegbarkeit und die gasdruckeinstellung wohl der größte mist aller zeiten, vor allem in der nacht im gefechtsmodus.
@@axt_messer_survivalFummelige Zerlegbarkeit? Ich war selbst jahrelang im Bundesheer und da wird das Auseinandernehmen und Zusammensetzen mit Handschuhen ausgebildet, was absolut kein Problem darstellt. Im Vergleich zu einem AR System seh ich da kaum einen Nachteil in der Einfachheit des Systems.
Was allerdings ein Problem darstellt, ist die unsachgemäße Pflege der Soldaten über Jahre hinweg. Ansonsten hat die Waffe an sich quasi nie Hemmungen (außer mit K-Mun vielleicht). Beim A1 ist die Optik halt relativ sinnbefreit
@@axt_messer_survival Ich war nur Grundwehrdiener in den 90ern (Kommandobattaillon) aber die Probleme mit Ladehemmungen konnte ich nur mit K-Munition feststellen. Mit scharfer Munition hat sie tadellos funktioniert.
“They sent us 3,000 rounds” *me sitting here with a just a box*
Where did you get a box?
@@WiliamShattner you should come to Australia you can still buy it in 20l drums its what the roo hunters use
@@reddogsaws roo hunters? You're telling me, it's legal to hunt kangaroos?
@@elflordyt6830 i depends on what state you live in up north no but in the lower states you will need a permit to hunt them but don't forget that are 41 million kangaroos in Australia and they have no natural predators and the female roos can hold spem up to two years
@@reddogsaws well damn. I didn't know the situation was that bad
We desperately need a video of all the Task Force 69 intros sequentially. I want to sit back and watch this whole masterpiece again…
it is out there, under ron jeremy.
Just an FYI , for those looking at new AUGs. The current AUGs from steyr US no longer have CLB . Steyr US quite using FN made bbls but couldn’t get the chrome plating right on the in house blanks they are using now so they decided to nitride them. This only applies the US recent made AUGs, the military and european versions use Austrian made CHF CL BBLs. For some it doesn’t matter but some it does..
Garand Thumb always using all the attachment slots
Also yaaay Administrative Results
Seems like he runs fuckin sleight of hand every time
Light, optic, IR that's all anyone needs where's the issue
That's exactly how the Aus ADF run theirs....
@@snaggalfrash9013 what
If by Administration Results you mean Travis Haley then yes
If you got an AUG you got to go to the Steyr school... Worth every penny! They will show you what the rifle is really capable of. When I was in the Marines my Aussie friends were armed with AUGs and did quite well with them. I looked at my M-16 and thought they probably got a better rifle there. I always liked the bulpup idea.
Aw you’ll make us Aussie’s blush!
Interestingly, my parents were both in NZ defence force in the mid 80s....ish, they both much preferred their M16a1 over the replacement F88 Austeyr
It’s definitely a cool gun not better than a quality AR, really just taking into account speed reload on any bullpup and the mushy trigger. A fun gun to shoot for sure
@@RobertBrown-yh3bt blahblah reload.
If u never used anything else youll be fast.
@@RobertBrown-yh3bt speed reload? Bullpups you can reload (amongst more other operations) without taking your eyes off target.....hell you can even do it without breaking the cheek weld if you're trained up on it through Singleton school of infantry 😁
God, this makes Hollywood movies look like a joke. Garand production quality!!
And definitely more creative
Most of them are a complete joke. They got nothin left.
Oy vey, first Garand Thumb attacks Ron Jeremy, a legend of the jws, and then you attack Hollywood?
How can you get away with being so anti semitic? It should be illegal.
@@VACatholic ron Jeremy is a porn icon 🤣 pretty sure him being jewish has nothing to do with it. Stop being a snowflake
@@Slodsworth he was joking
I really, really, want to make the Hunt for Ron Jeremy into a Fallout 4 mod. I have a lot of other stuff going on right now, a lot of other projects, but if you agreed to voice act for it I'd totally do it.
mr. thumb, talking neck gaiter: please make this a reality
Naw, make it for New Vegas so we can have amo types.
@@danielboatright8887 tbh I don't have that much experience with FNV modding. Most of my experience is with making Skyrim mods, which translates to Fallout 4 a lot better.
I could *try* New Vegas if a lot of people want that, but I literally already have a Garand Thumb preset in FO4 -that I use for my character-
He'll be in cell block "C" soon enough.
We need to get this noticed, I'd love to see it get made!
I own a civilian AUG a1. Absolute head Turner at any range you go to. Truly one of the smoothest, most comfortable easy shooting rifles I’ve ever handled. Truly the king of bullpups
Never like the optical sight with the donut. But could still hit moving targets at 300 . never once had a stoppage with it, even with blanks
The Aug is the European assault rifle most people think of due to die hard. I've always wanted to shoot one.
The AUG A1 is the also the main weapon of the Tunisian Armed Forces, AUG was produced in 1978, Tunisia got its hands on it the same year and it's still going strong here!
As a Brit, if or when I ever move to the US, this is the rifle I'm getting
@@Truthbomb918 The donut was designed for human targets, great for getting on target. at 300m a man should fit head to toe (fig 11) in the donut and the round should hit in the chest if zeroed right. at100m a man from head to stomach (aka fig 12 target) should fit,a and it should hit about 2/3 up from bottom, above centre poa, as its zeroed to 300
Straight up dropped that AUG on it's Optic, like it wasn't his Dad, it was a Cell Phone.
MY DAD’S NOT A PHONE
My Dad's not a phone!
Duhhh
So Steyr said here's an AUG man, have one for free, and I said maan I'm not a charity case - and I THREW IT ON THE GROUND
IM NOT PART OF YOUR SYSTEM
It stars in one of the most underrated gun movies ever, "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man", 1991. Don Johnson and Mickey Rourke packing a desert eagle and ruger single action converted to .454 Casull respectively, fighting a bunch of Baldwin looking douches with slicked back hair, "Kevlar" trenchcoats, and AUGs. That movie consumed untold hours of my childhood.
Ditto
Dude, I love that movie. I forgot that the bad guys used AUG's though. Must have been 10 to 12 years since I've seen it. I damn near wore out the VHS lol. Fucking cool movie. Thanks for reminding me exists xD. Going to watch it with my son.
@@bmassey- glad I reminded you! It's been a long time since I watched it too. My uncle had that and "my cousin vinnie" on vhs, so whenever I was there I usually watched that movie a couple times.
I HATE YOU HARLEY OH SHIT!
I’m an usher at a wedding today, but this is more important.
It's 7 o'clock on the dot.
Better be packin. Only the best Ushers gotta glock in da sock.
At least you weren't a pallbearer today.
Then again, weddings aren't much different.
They gonna get divorced anyway.
I think the AUG is the coolest looking rifle ever.
Seconded!
Same here
When i was in military i hated my STG77 but now i think its the best rifle ever
Same
SURE AFTER AK, AK IS AN INDISPUTABLE LEGEND FAR ABOVE OTHERS
The lore is becoming on par with Filthy Frank. It’s art
I wonder if Garand Daddy also enjoys eating ravioli from his shirt pocket?
I was thinking the same thing watching his intros. Perhaps Garand Thumb is part of the Frank Multiverse.
@@jammose ravioli ravioli what’s in the poketoli
Damn, I was just thinking the same thing....
I need a timeline at this point.
I really hope that once this whole saga ends there's a full edit.
HEAR! HEAR!
I think someone already did an edit of a couple of them but it’s A bit outdated
@Antoine Brosseau I would visit the cinema for that hahaha
Never go double knee when Ron is standing in front of you.
Yeah, I noticed that but thought maybe that was the joke.
He didn’t want to go tip to butt so he squared off and went double knee instead. His bull pup dropped and everything...
As an Aussie thats served with both the Styer AUG SA1, SA2 and now the AUSTYER EF88, it’s come a long way! Would love to see you review an EF88
EF88 is a massive step up.
@@Pinpadprompts f88 is way better
@@Pinpadprompts Except the new issue magazines for the EF88, they make me want to head-butt a fork...... repeatedly
who did you serve with?
Trigger mech still sucks balls but. It was the one thing they never upgraded 😂
I love how the talking balaclava wrote himself into the lore
They know not of Admin Results
My heart is filled with joy
I knew it was bound to happen at some point. I'm still glad it has
So it is written, so shall it be done.
The og’s know him as EO
Broke: Wanting an AUG for barrel length/velocity/lethality in small package.
Woke: Wanting an AUG 'cause Karl in Die Hard mag dumped it one handed all the time.
This guy gets it
It is so well balanced for one handed shenanigans! Wish I had a STG77...
The Governor in AMCs The Walking Dead carried an AUG,its why it my favorite
No one Kills him but me!
That’s all it takes. One movie makes the market go crazy for a gun. Hollywood knows what works lol
That thing comes out almost 50 years ago and still look futuristic
I trained on this in Aus Army reserves. Now I have my own firearms as a civilian and nothing feels right. The AUG is the perfect rifle for comfort.
It's like this for many and their service rifle. I'm same way with M16A4, my Korean buddy with the K2 and M16A1, my French buddies with FAMAS, my German buddies with G36E/K, my Canadian friends are the same way with C7 and the short lived SA20, and so on. Well, the good ones anyways xD
It's genuinely really cool to watch people gravitate towards the rifles they used in the service. I just love service rifles because of it.
AUG is definitely one of the good ones. Few 5.56 rifles are as good as the M16 and really justify their existence as designs, but the AUG definitely is.
No joke, I’ve only handled a few bullpups, but the AUG is easily the most comfortable to me. I didn’t want to like it. But I can’t deny that it just feels so right
I can't agree with you more, I've also had the opportunity to train using the F88(Australian AUG) and its easily one of the best rifles I've ever laid my hands on. I wish it was possble to keep one. Accurate, rugged and dependable in all types of enviroments I've gone through.
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 isn’t the A4 just like needlessly heavy?
@Kekistani Mememan It's heavier than an M4 but not needlessly, no. Its length is simply obsolete, the M4 get almost the same ballistic performance when both are using M855A1.
The KAC rail is the source of the weight. This is worth it because it allows use of the PEQ-15/16s, and thus, night fighting.
Not all weight is worth it but that is.
Nowadays, use Block 2 M4s, maybe with R3s if you want a near greatest service rifle.
"If you've ever been sent through space and time to kill an undead horde of Ron Jeremys, go ahead and hit the subscribe button"
How doesn't this have all the likes
"Armed with an Austrian Death Machine..."
Nice little reference there...
I was wondering if I was the only one who caught that...
Not the only one brohammer
I AM A WAR MACHIIIIINE !!!!!
GET TO DA CHOPPA 😤
"Steyr Univehsahl Ahmee Rifahl, 5.56"
"Hey, just what you see here, pal."
"Glock 17 9 milimedah."
Regarding the foregrip folding when you dont want it to... the 9mm & 14 barrel have non folding grips because the grip when folded would go past the muzzle. So Steyr does make grips that do not fold and you can just get one of those and swap it out. That is what I did and it solves the issue nicely.
I remember back when I was a kid seeing the Aug for the first time in the movie Die Hard and wanted one ever since. I was blown away with how different and futuristic it looked compared to other rifles at the time.Even by today’s standards it still holds up to any other modern rifle on the market and that really says something for a rifle that was designed over 40+ years ago.
As an Aussie, I can tell you that the reason that it ‘won’ in trials against the M16 is that colt wouldn’t allow production outside of the USA, but steyr was fine with domestic production in Australia under license. That being said, it beat out the famas, the g3, the fal, and the L85 in Aussie trials
@Jaomir Courtar The official report states that the AUG outperformed the m16 in trials, however that is speculated to be misinformation to justify adoption of the AUG. What I can tell you, however, is that Australian SAS still use the m4 over the F90, proving in my mind that the AR platform could not have possible performed as poorly as the report suggested. On that note, I have personally used the F90; it is an absolute beast and truly is the AUG perfected.
Bullshit...
Sasr uses the 416 & 417 more than the m4 which they only use when they have to.... quote "the m4 feels so small and insignificant in my hands compared to a 416"
@@philmurray765 SAS aren't using military issue AR15s bro, they're using the good shit like Daniel Defense. No way we could afford to have DDM4s as general issue.
I've seen a few SAS using the F88, in any case.
The AUG A1 is a gun made for the regular infantry, becouse the gun is relativly easy to use and get good target hits becouse of the pullpup design. Even the Austrian Jagdkomando uses high end modificatet versions and not the AUG A1
The intros are getting better and better
fun fact: all these intros are a prequel to Warhammer 40K
Hey Doc. An Aussie bloke here and was fortunate enough to here my eldest male cousin who was in east timor amongst other comflicts in the RAAC and was issued an AUG and told us many stories about the AUG and tank shells😮. We grew up on a big property and had the pleasure to fire so many amazing weapons before the restrictions in Australia. Full to love of 7.62 semi auto SKS & SKK and right back to the 6 shooter black powder pistol and everything in between including old war rifles and more, we enjoyed so much fun back then but getting to use an AUG was and still is one of my wishlist I still haven't operated but would love to legally do. Love the channel and keep putting out the content. Cheers bloke from a big ally down under 🇦🇺🍻
Bois, we need to make a wiki site so we can keep track of all this lore.
👍
I’ve also been suggesting to get it made as a series by VetTV.
Seriously. I just found myself lost. Came to the comments to find out which way is up.
There we go chaps! Dive in!
Agreed. Some of us are late comers and have no clue what's going on 😮
Everyone drooling over the AUG.....Me drooling over the MAWL and Spectre.
I have a dbal bc I am a poor
you beat me to it.
@@flaccidoctopus5646 I have a tlr-vir2 cuz I'm extra poor. Maybe I'll get a perst one day
@@ChevTecGroup I'm just a poor running KAC SR-15 URX2 and URX3.1 variants with PERST lasers. You'll do well Padowan... 🙏🙏🙏
I’m not greedy…I’ll just take the MAWL! 😎
Garand Thumb: “We need killer intro”
Editting team: “Say less”
Garand Thumb: “Also can someone get that 500 magnum out the bathroom? I bout shit my self when I saw it…thanks”
He said once that he edits his own videos
This dude is the most wholesome gun nut on the planet. His enthusiasm and knowledge is so infectious. I've learnt a lot from watching Garand Thumb.
he’s the one i come to if im interested in buying a firearm. love his older videos
Yes..but he's also a little heavy on the ar15 m4 platforms..always goes back to AR style reference...he does seem a little bias sometimes
@@karlfritz47 Well i mean it's the best.
@@Ren-lx8wv exactly
Garand: *“Punch it, Admin!”*
Administrative Results: *“RAWRRrR!”*
Administrative Results just became canon? I love it
RAWRXD
Big chimp style.
It hurt my soul when you dropped that AUG on its sight and suppressor. 😩
Excellent intro.
Same I cried
1+ for your name
this poor AUG and this poor Elcan🤕😭
@@moax8878 Nah you could probably chuck an elcan off a building and have it hold zero
$$$
NEVER STOP making intros like this!
he just needs to not put in any brcc pos that likes shitting on vets and using their pog vet status for money
@@caseydman4651 cool story bro
@@georgefloydsinhellwbreonna5330 if only it was a story....kinda like the NYT story that they refuse to prove it was all bllsht lies yet they are completely silent about it...kinda like how the current presidential adminstation treats things...just don't mention/talk/acknowledge it exists lol
@@caseydman4651 I just don’t care
@@georgefloydsinhellwbreonna5330 it's obvious, room temp IQs are hard to impress, especially when they like taking it up their a zz
I used the AUG in the Military! Mine was a 1984 production extremly worn but still very precise shooting!
Man you just missed out on posting this in AUGust
I hate you.
(Only because I wished I had said it first. Darn you!)
Oof.
As an Austrian, having served with that rifle (not in combat though), I really enjoyed that video!
Edit: and I can confirm the hassle with the trigger. When I shot it, I accidentally shot a doublet, because it's quite easy to pull too hard (no pun intended) and then you directly switch over to auto fire or a burst. If you're in training and inexperienced that's quite scary, but if you are really skilled you can easily shoot single shots, doublets and autofire without having to touch anything except the trigger.
interesting!
because he only was a conscript, doublefire is a concripts fail, i hav been using the aug a2 commando since 2012......no doublefire ever......aug a1 from 2003 - 2012, also no doublefire...it depends on training
@@1975riggs you're absolutely correct!
We’re you told to load the full 30 rounds ?.
I was taught to not completely fill the mag for some reason I can’t remember properly
Waffe in die einzelnen Haupteile auseinander nehmen!
Talking Balaclava getting the recognition he deserves
Senpi noticed him.
Was gonna like your comment but out of respect for Task Force 69 I will honor them with this comment instead.
I'm pretty sure that intro had more story than all the Marvel movies put together.
I was actually disappointed when the review started lol
Carried it for 16 odd years. Australian Infantry. Ugly as sin in my opinion, but reliable as F***, sufficiently accurate with the 1.5x scope, light. Good bit of gear.
It's pronounced "nice bit of kit"
I carried one for 10 years. It’s definitely uglier than a dropped meat pie! Never had any problems with it either.
Still preferred my slr.
I was actually surprised with the look of it the way he has it set up. Didn't realize how much of the uglyness came from that standard AUG optic. If the hand guard wasn't built into the body and you could lose it or swap it I think it would look really sick. But then again... It would also basically just look like a Tavor which in that case just... Get a Tavor... But yeah. The way he has it I don't think it looks all that bad.
Wait, does most people think it’s ugly? Because I always thought it looked pretty sick, and thought most others would say the same
@@happycentury4288 same, just a matter of opinion
Flannel Daddy knows how to use curse words non-excessively yet very very effectively it's amazing!
I used to watch his videos with my kids though.
@@f308gtb1977 you’re cool with teaching them about military history and guns in general, yet you’re scared they’ll hear a few curse words? That they’ve already heard at school and on tv without a doubt numerous times? Being afraid of basic curse words is so dumb lol
@@hellogoodbye1748 thinking I’m “afraid” of “basic curse words” is so dumb. And my kids don’t go to school. And them incidentally hearing something is different than me presenting it to them. And you either know nothing about decency and respect and courtesy, or nothing about children, or nothing about both. And no one’s forcing you to stop cursing, so it isn’t something to to get bent out of shape over, is it?
@@f308gtb1977 who’s bent out of shape here? Again, you’re very clearly afraid of words that will become commonplace for them to hear and use in just a few short years. The more you act like they’re a bad thing the more likely they are to improperly use and abuse them as teens and adults. They’re words bud. Words that have very little bad meaning.
@@hellogoodbye1748 who’s afraid here?
Do you feel like you’re doing a good job of convincing me you’re right?
Do you feel like you can point to our society today and say it’s more virtuous than it used to be now that these words are “commonplace?”
Do you feel like it’s more healthy to cuss around kids, or more healthy to use proper grammar and an intellectual vocabulary around them?
Do you think cussing makes people sound more or less intelligent, all else equal? (It’s like chewing gum with your mouth open. You can do it, and you might actually be smart, but you’re probably not, and you’re definitely telling the world you aren’t.)
You can tell yourself I’m just dumb and “scared of bad words,” but we both know who actually has the moral and rational high ground on this one, especially as far kids are concerned.
And yes, you’re bent out of shape enough to feel compelled to correct me on how I raise my kids. You’ll pardon me if I don’t take your sage wisdom to heart.
Imagine picking this video as the introduction to GarandThumb’s channel.
“I have no idea what’s happening, but I like it. I like it a lot.”
Mike, excellent advice at the end - There's not enough of that mindset going around. Awesome.
Love it or hate it, as an Australian who's had some experience with the F88, your comment about training is spot on. The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed in war. The trigger takes a bit of getting used to, but once you overcome the shortcomings with a little training, you can shoot out as far as any AR rifle and do it just as accurately.
Two small things you didn't cover off on - The Kiwis had a three-way safety catch, SAFE/SEMI/AUTO. These were clearly identified by being a solid black block instead of colour-matched to the stock. Secondly, the trigger on the AUG/F88 is two-stage pressure-actuated, a short depression is a single shot, while pulling all the way to the rear fires the weapon in cyclic. It also has a single-shot lockout stud that can be dropped down to prevent the rifle from going fully-automatic.
Cheers for a great video. Love from Australia.
One of the many reasons I watch Garand Thumb is the positive messages he has. Training. Be nicer people. Just a great guy who knows his stuff.
👍 Finally a youtuber that is able to reload in the shoulder and takes moving around with it into consideration for the verdict!
Have seen a number of reviews, and my countrymen regularly write in the comments that we learn to reload in the shoulder.
About the "HK-Slap" at 19:40. Don't know who told you so, but >20 years ago, we learned that this is the normal way to release the locked back chargin handle. -> Use one finger to snap it out of the lockback position.
They taught that to everyone in basic training, as this makes sure nobody "slowly" rides the bolt forward and thus doesn't close it fully. Would not be the biggest problem if people could master the little knob on the back of the original charginghandle...but only few do. (and that is way slower)
Remember, for most recruits in austria this is the first firearm in their life to have in their hands. (was the same for me)
This also is the reason you won't hear many complaints about the trigger by them. If this is the only trigger you know, then this for you is how a trigger feels, and you get used to it. -> someone who has never eaten steak doesn't miss it. Although i have to say, we got trained on our MGs and the Glock too, and still didn't think the AUG trigger was as atrocious as the internet thinks it is.😁 (Maybe the semi auto version is worse?)
It's possible they simply don't care as much about the trigger feel as much as hobbyists. They go through training with it and accept it for what it is, rather than worrying about the smaller details they might not have control over.
Of the two ways to chamber a round (HK Slap or to actually pull the cocking handle back and releasing it) we were trained to pull the cocking handle but in practice everyone used the slap. When the bolt locks back after the last round the early models didn't have a bolt release button and you can't slap it (since it's not the cocking handle holding the bolt open) so the only option was to pull the cocking handle to chamber a round from the new mag.
UGH, I had so many problems with the thing jamming after a lockback when I first got this rifle! I didn't even pick up on the fact that I was riding the charging handle forward. Just trying to unlock it without slicing my finger on the picatinny rail probably kept too much of my attention. Guess I need load her up with some snap caps and do some more administration drills.
I love how when daddy reviews a gun positively, it will be positively sold out in every gun store the next day
Haha, no. The AUG (and its replacement parts) being out of stock is nothing new. They're always in limited supply so you just grab them when you can.
I've been looking for one for 4 years now and the only ones I can find are about 2- 500$ over MSRP.
@@SgtRudySmith31bRet I keep trying to respond, but my comments keep getting deleted by the communists :(
@@FuzedBox "they" get me all the time especially when I talk about the
J A B
@@SgtRudySmith31bRet Hear you loud and clear, brother. Anyway, try going to the manufacturer's site. You can get 'em direct at MSRP. Also talked about a certain auction site that I guess gets flagged.
The "space grip" and handling in general was optimized for deep winter conditions (=gloves+mittens). Probably more important in Austria than Australia ;)
"Austrian Death Machine"
"oh you mean the Glock?"
_"THE AUG"_
Ron's glock finally got him into trouble
Australian?
Austrian death machine....Adolf?
The Arnold Schwarzenegger parody band?
@@biohazard724 GET TO DA CHOPPAH
One thing to mention about improving the trigger: take a look at the Neu-trigger product. I was able to test an AUG that had the trigger pull down to 3 lbs, and all it takes is a small piece of spring steel covering the sear. Very nice product. Love the AUG! NATO stock NEEDS a bolt release integrated into it!
Once this saga is complete, we need a supercut of the whole series.
Need a 4k blu ray
Another note, the trigger itself is a great design. If the trigger return spring fails, you can physically push the trigger forward to continue firing. There were compromises in making a bullpup, but it's still an outstanding design.
It’s a shifting plastic trigger based on pressure for fire select. It’s awful. It really is. It’s absolute rubbish
It really isn't lol. It is by far the worst part about the gun, which is otherwise very good for what it is intended for.
@@BourbonInhibitions It's a military issue bullpup with a progressive trigger. Yes, it is not as good as a crisp AR trigger. But that does not make it a bad design for its intended purpose, there are several redundancies that make it very good at what it does, and where it's meant to be used. Trigger shoe can be physically pushed forward if it fails to reset, it has two trigger bars, and the entire layout, including the controls, are designed for use while wearing heavy mittens. Hence the progressive trigger rather than a selector.
Unfortunately, those benefits don't transfer over to the semi-only version, particularly those who don't live in an alpine or arctic climate, and thus don't have to worry about their rifle being frozen solid, nor having to use it in sub-zero temperatures while dressed like the michelin man.
In hindsight, this is such a good rifle that I under appreciated during my service. Trigger sucks, no doubt, but it’s just a case of getting used to it; definitely agree that it’s the weak part of the package. Shoots accurately, even with the old 1.5x optical we went out to 700 and 800m hitting targets happily. I can still strip that thing with my eyes shut!
that damn single shot lock out button....used to get em all the time at Singo
Yeah trigger sucks but they nearly had to it like that because the our austrian alpine troops have to shoot them with big gloves and a fire arm switch would have been to hard and to small for it to hit the switch thats why the trigger is like this
@@herbertmayer5272 super interesting fact thank you
Australia fixed the trigger problem by making it easier to pull on their slightly new EF88 (AUG). They also are now using a different scope (Elcan Specter) and have made the EF88 way more customizable compared to the F88 (Aug).
@@nodont5035 Supposedly some of the issue with Bullpup crappy triggers can be alleviated by replacing plastic parts with metal.
The only 3 minute intro I’ve ever liked and wanted more of. Amazing quality, good shit Thumb and friends.
Very new to this channel after seeing on Kentucky ballistics. After the intro and the counter strike reference I am hooked. The man hasn't said another word I paused it right after the counterstrike reference and I don't care what else he does for the next 25 mins of the video. I'm all in. I have a 3 digit steam ID and have been playing so ce 1.4 beta. Haven't played in maybe 10 years but I might turn the old HP on today and one deag some nubs.
you haven't run your f*ckin computer in 10 years? lol
@@berettaguy923 I should have said. I haven't run valves steam software in at least a decade. Last time I played they had just released CS GO.
Deag is shit now homie don't do it.
I remember watching this gun for first time in 1980, in Argentina. Wow, it looked so good, so impressive. It was a parade, and the crews of SK-105 Kürassier vehicles had the AUGs.
If you ever yanked the trigger fully back while trying to shoot fast and accidentally went full auto, hit the subscribe button
I mean.. you WILL shoot faster 😅
@@TheHaiko117 Well yes, but actually no.
How is that, is there a second trigger break for the full auto?
I've always wondered.
@@OfficialFedHater I think he's saying he bump fired it.
@@StockedShelves The military AUGs have a “progressive” trigger meaning a short pull of the trigger is semi and a full/long pull is full auto
What an absolute masterpiece
The video and rifle itself are good too 👌
ME and my whole family are austrians. And, every male in our family was in the military. And from what we can say, comparing it to our older service rifle (STG 58) it is awesome. It has good handling, literally always works and so much more. Not quite as ''modifiable'' as an M4 but still pretty good. And after me, my add and my grandpa all used it, we almost never had any problems with it! Same with the Glock Pistols !
btw, nice video, keep it up!
Our military is not really a military. Not for a long time now. And we don't really want one I have the feeling.
@@Jartran72 Perpetual neutrality will do that to a nation.
@@Jartran72Wer ist wir? Da Bundesheer ist aktuell so wichtig wie schon lange nicht mehr
I picked up an aug once. Instantly loved its ergos and balance.
The long barrel in the short overall package , is a winner.
Someone needs to put all these intros in sequence so we can watch this great film uninterrupted.
@TheArmedNovelist the real mvp right there
I’m an Australian Army Reservist, thank you for reviewing a version of our rifle!! We don’t get to see it being reviewed much, so it was good to see it broken down and explained like this. Also the intro was absolute gold. 💯
Having fun subjugating the population down there?
@@CleanTheWookie Having fun banning abortions up there?
@@harrisonpierce751 lmao
@@harrisonpierce751 not as much fun as beating anti-lockdown protesters lmao
@@harrisonpierce751 cope
From using the AUG under stress in the army I can tell you, when you NEED to shoot it, that thing will right away blast at full auto with no warning
💀💀💀
the military doesnt shoot rifles at full auto...
@@Nick-oo5lh there is no fire selector on it, pull the trigger back hard and you jsut go full auto
@@MutsuKazuma 28 shot wounds...
Nice! Also, I dropped the 69th like
As someone who works in austrian law enforcement, i work with both the AUG (in a special configuration) and the Glock (mainly G17). And I have to say, they are both just perfect for what they are made to be. Yes the trigger on the Glock may be considered "bad" but there's a good reason for it. It is kind of intentional, if you look at the genius Glock Safe Action System, which is designed, so there is no way a shot can be triggered, without intentionally pulling the trigger AND all that without having a safety switch! This makes it perfect for carrying, since it is always safe to carry but at the same time always ready to fire when you draw it. It's similar with the AUG. Yes things like the trigger might be "bad" for someone who gets a gun just to shoot for fun at the range (which by the way is not remotely as common in Austria as it might be in the US), BUT when you carry the thing in a military or law enforcement situation, those things are just not that important, compared to the positives it brings with it. By the way, I don't know about all the other versions, but the police configuration of the AUG (A3 currently) runs a two stage safety for semi/fully auto instead of the two stage Trigger which I personally used on my A1 in the Austrian Military. Sorry for the long comment, but as an active officer as well as instructor I'm kinda into this 😜
Cobra?
@@christophluger793 Basis, EE und ET
I just wanna say I genuinely appreciate the hard work put into these videos. We seriously don’t deserve a channel this consistently good.
How does a gun RUclips channel do a better “task force of operators joining across time” story than fuckin Warzone has
Train, train, train, then train some more. That’s what I miss most from the Military, Uncle Sam’s endless supply of ammo. Thanks for the video!
That’s…..actually starting to be not true anymore.
And endless supply of wars too
“If you ever used the aug in CS…” that gave me a big grin lol
Wow! What a great video! Ive used an AUG for over 21 years in military service. Those three Steyr Engineers got it right first time, in the 70's no less!!
As an Aussie who's used the AUG, I completely agree, the trigger is absolutely god awful.
This might be more personal preference, but the stock built-in scope it comes with is total shit as well.
Yeah, but being able to do a snap barrel change is pretty damn cool. I agree, everyone despises the trigger and the grouping (plastic) which should be aluminum. If a standard trigger setup were in there I'd love to see it re-designed.
on the F88 yeah the donut is pretty bad. We use that same spectre he has as standard on the EF88's now tho
As an Austrian, I have to agree: I love the AUG as a weapon system, but man, the trigger sucks.
I do have to say though: using an A1 from '77 having been used for 20year or so, the trigger does get better :-)
The built in scope are useless but they havnt been used in bloody years. The F90 is pretty good, I feel like the trigger can be learned but it's 100% dependant riffe to riffe
Yes i agree the 1.5x with its donut of death ( the radical ) is absolutely amazing
The look of disgust on Mike's face when pulling the trigger is hilarious... the metal sear upgrade from rat worx makes a world of difference... still not the best, but definitely more consistent and crisp.. i have a strange obsession with bullpups... love the aug.. the x95 tavor is great, especially the ar type controls... of my 3, the tav-7 is my favorite... the fs2000 is still on my list, but it's become a collectable and I'm still acquiring shooters before I start getting dedicated collector firearms...
What about the desert tech mdrx you ask? Well it's a overpriced toy.... keltec has better options
The hero of my sick obsession
Whats more accurate tavor or aug?
@@GasGunsGod the aug can be held to 1 moa by really skilled shooter and great ammo consistently.... although rare... on a bench I've been able to get 1.7moa at 100... the tavor not so much... of course their are people who say it's a 1 moa rifle but I've never seen it... 2 to 3 moa is average... 2 moa on a bench with m193 is possible for me... the tavor 7, well it's really ammo dependent... germen men, austrian sa58, aussie f4, can all get around 2 moa off a bench... but magtech, lake city, fhm, pmc, ect I've seen 3-4 moa normally... but with my tav 7 I'm changing the 16in barrel to a 20in barrel. So I'll see how it will do after the change
How did you put Kel Tec and AUG in the same sentence without being struck by lightning ?
Have you shot the m17s? Guy has a copyright on his trigger system
I'm watching this as I just bought an Aug A3 today. I'm excited to start practicing with it. Very cool rifle
"Taskforce 420", Austrian rifle... I see what you did there, Mike. Bravo.
Explain pls?
Oh god. I just got it. It's hitler's birthday.
@@cristyanandresceleminmurci3059 it’s a nazi code word thing for hitlers birthday and you can be sure that this commenter is a nazi who’s got the pfp to match best to ignore him
@@ch1gga22 o/
I thought it was a pot reference.
I love the evolution of this channel.
You’re not the hero we asked for but you’re the one we deserve.
Imagine seeing this rifle on the battlefield after it came out and no one knew about it yet. I’ve always thought the aug was one of the most Star Wars looking guns out there
More Halo probably 🤔
or Stargate
@@digivagrant either or really, it’s just sci fi looking haha
It was at that time (as far as i know) the only standard rifle to be issued with an optic too. Only 1.5x, but by Swarovski. (And for conscripts who have never handled a gun before, explaining how to use these optics and getting them to use them correct is less time consuming and easier than with iron sights)
I really love how much all my favorite guntubers appear in each other's videos. The collaboration is awesome!
"Spartans! What is your profession?" "AUG AUG AUG!" XD
The first time I held an AUG at a gun show, I fell in love with bullpups. The balance was perfect, and it just felt great to hold. I ended up getting a different bullpup (one with a substantially better trigger), but the AUG started my love affair with the design format.
If you can find a bullpup with a decent trigger, I personally find bullpup tradeoffs to be a lot more manageable than conventional tradeoffs. For example, I can deal with bad split times, but I really don't want to deal with my gun getting caught on a doorframe during a home invasion.
For military/police shooters, who have ready access to SBRs without much hassle, bullpups have some advantages, but they're less compelling. For a regular guy who likes to shoot for fun every now and then, wants their gun to double as a home defense gun, and doesn't want a legal headache, I think bullpups make a ton of sense.
Hey, have you ever gotten your hands on an RDB? If so what'd you think of it?
@@alephkasai9384 No, I haven't, though I've wanted to. It looks pretty innovative and well thought out, and gets closer to normal rifle prices than almost anything else comparable.
I ended up getting an M17S from K&M Arms, because I had the money to spend, and it ticked more boxes of what I wanted in a rifle than anything else. Good trigger, extremely simple operation, and easy to maintain long-term, since it uses a lot of AR15 parts. It has some tradeoffs (I.E. not well suited to left-handed shooting, and a little on the heavy side), but it seemed like the best option for me.
I used to own an RDB and it was trash, do yourself a favor and buy an AUG or an MDR
“During a home invasion”
😂😂😂 I’m dead
You never know when ATF officers are going to break into your home to shoot your dog. Better safe than dogless
I have shot M1A’s, AK’s, AR’s, several bolt actions, a Galil or two and several other weapons in between. However, this weapon is easily in my top 3 favorite firearms ever shot. Smooth, easy to control and comfortable. Love it.
I just bought a AUG yesterday and I have to say, I’ve been a big fan of Bullpups, because they have a unique design, and I’m stoked to test it out soon.
I like the AUG, cuz, its was made back in the 1969, now the military ally is still using AUG, but that gun need a upgrate.
Update: 10/10 super smooth and extremely happy with the purchase! Just received my 5x scope yesterday for it too.
@schnurbzzz8087: Hey was thinking of getting one because I liked the feel and the side rail on right side. How much u pay? Ones i see are 2k new and 1600 used.
@@letsgobrandon7297 for a new that’s what I spent. Now the magazines were pretty expensive for them. I just stuck with the mags designed for the firearm. They were $47 a piece
@schnurbzzz8087: damn $47. Do they only take certain mags? So my 60rd drum wouldn’t fit it?
i love how every video starts of a demo of the gun and your skills with a gun and then you go on to explain how the weapon is designed
Keep up the awesome work
Used the AUG in the Irish Defence Forces. Excellent weapon in general, during my service the rifle was the standard configuration without rails, had the factory 1.5 optical sight with emergency battle sight built in to the optics frame on top of it in the form of a simple notch which was used if the organic sight was damaged. We also had an Irish modification below the trigger called an ALO or 'Automatic Lock Out', a steel button that when extended prevented the trigger being fully depressed into full auto fire. If full auto was desired the button was pushed into the trigger allowing full Automatic. The downside was switching back to semi-auto required a knife to pop the button back into extension.
Aussie F88 had this too. Pretty hilarious when recruits discover this for the first time and we were all told to pull that out, somebody didn't. Then after the accidental 8 round burst they put their hand on top of the barrel to push it down (freak out), gave some pretty good burns on the fingers!
@@jarrad888 Our ones in NZ had a three position sliding safety. Third click was automatic.
@@nzKnut Like the Austrian's
@@jarrad888 rough
I have been waiting years for this moment.
GT: "The AUG is probably the only gun that the Elcan Specter looks good on."
FN SCAR: "Am I a joke to you?"
I personally don't like the look of the specter on literally anything.
FAL OSW- "Do you even know who I am?"
God this meme format is so tiring
@@floridasoldat forgive me of my sins
@@nyl0n733 can't say I agree with you, but I am a cuck for anything military. Pretty amazing looking optic (imo, of course) on something like a m4a1, scar or the AUG, for that matter. Took a bit for me to like it, tho
Great review.
You mentioned New Zealand, few years back they switched back to an AR platform...( the exact weapon they specified is available for purchase from the New York based company that got the contract )
The NZ army also developed their owm load for the 5.56 to feed it.
Reportedly they wanted a load more focused on anti- personnel effectiveness, not so much on armor peircing.
One result of this was the NZ army raising the official practical effective range from 300m to 600m.
Would love to hear/see your Assessment on this rifle and ammo choice.
Just to clarify, the MARS-L was designed to fire the Mk262 round which we didn't develop. Being heavier than previous ss109 (77 vs 62 grain), the MARS has a 1:7 twist barrel to stabilise it properly. The 62gn is still used for training because the cost is so much lower and the difference under 300m is pretty negligible.
Forget Godzilla, the true enemy or humanity is Ron Jeremey! Garand Thumb to the rescue!
This channel is evolving into a Netflix series before our very eyes!!
Austria: "Hey guys check out this new AUG I made, it's a bullpup but it actually has good reliability and barrel length."
The rest of NATO: "Cool, I guess, anyway check out this new AR-15 upper-"
Australia: _Laughs with malicious intent_ "I'm going to confuse the fuck out of these guys"
rest of nato? USA, Canada, and NL use a ART platform... the rest is a mixed bag
@@sillytorque UK uses a bastardized version of the AR-18, Bull-pupped in Nottingham and London by fricking complete idiots.
I guess if steyr was an american company the us and most of nato would use the AUG
@@sillytorque France uses the 416 now
@@invictus.9469 replace American with German and you’d be correct
This is one of the most star-riddled, epic openers that has ever graced the RUclipss. Thank you, Mike, and everybody, involved. 🤙🏾