The American 180 - The Scariest .22lr Ever Made

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2022
  • Ever since ‪@ForgottenWeapons‬ did his video on the “Swarm of Angry Bees” known as the AM-180, I’ve wanted to get one. And now, here it is! And as a bonus, we have ‪@DonutOperator‬ helping out!
    Thanks to Zenith Firearms for sponsoring and helping make this a reality!
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  • @BrandonHerrera
    @BrandonHerrera  Год назад +2119

    Thanks for watching guys! And thanks to Donut Operator for helping with this one! So what do you think of the AM-180? Useful or range toy? Let me know down in the comments!
    Thanks again to Zenith Firearms for helping to make this video a reality!

  • @bobdrooples
    @bobdrooples Год назад +6793

    The increase in value of these since Ian did a video is insane.

    • @chadmann2724
      @chadmann2724 Год назад +555

      I bet the ATF ate a few

    • @VexChoccyMilk
      @VexChoccyMilk Год назад +695

      Every time Ian makes a video the gun it is about raises in price by 5-10%

    • @alexxu3004
      @alexxu3004 Год назад +595

      @@VexChoccyMilk that's his job though he hired by those auction company for exactly that

    • @OfKingsXI
      @OfKingsXI Год назад +202

      @@alexxu3004 I fully believe that

    • @akaegotist
      @akaegotist Год назад +72

      Also inflation

  • @joshuagraham2762
    @joshuagraham2762 Год назад +5355

    Finally covering a calibre that won’t blow the lungs out of the body! Love the work Brandon.

    • @danielharel5223
      @danielharel5223 Год назад +143

      Don't give them more ideas

    • @scarletking2598
      @scarletking2598 Год назад +89

      What do they think about 45?

    • @matthewhall7976
      @matthewhall7976 Год назад +144

      Unless you have a 275 round drum mag.. Then you can blow out whatever you want.. Hahah

    • @scarletking2598
      @scarletking2598 Год назад +35

      Matthew, you can’t forget the 1,200 rpm

    • @joshuagraham2762
      @joshuagraham2762 Год назад +57

      @@matthewhall7976 Hah! I suppose. But hey, get a shotgun, that should be totally less lethal!

  • @Kanivalos80
    @Kanivalos80 4 месяца назад +251

    -He was killed by a .22 weapon
    -How many times he got shot?
    -Yes...

  • @christopher5148
    @christopher5148 10 месяцев назад +373

    Imagine what a nightmare it would have been for a surgeon to try to save a patient with such a crazy number of wounds inflicted by this lead dispensing hosepipe.

    • @FroggyBoii2123
      @FroggyBoii2123 5 месяцев назад +5

      imagine tho

    • @MrSam2497
      @MrSam2497 3 месяца назад +1

      Probably the reason it was ised in Rhodesia.
      The resources enemy has to use to treat wounded is gonna become a big problem when everyone has 10 small bullets in them

    • @Idiot72
      @Idiot72 Месяц назад

      overpenetration

    • @rattlestormrepublic4874
      @rattlestormrepublic4874 25 дней назад

      You think they can be saved, you poor simple fool.

  • @nemoexnuqual3643
    @nemoexnuqual3643 Год назад +2040

    Many of us: “I shoot .22LR to save on ammo costs”
    AM-180: “hold my beer.”

    • @kwhp1507
      @kwhp1507 Год назад +74

      Still the cheapest full auto ammo I know of.

    • @detectivepenegrande
      @detectivepenegrande Год назад +19

      I actually was thinking to changing to 22. since I am getting old for the recoil of the ones I have since a teen, never heard of this one. Gotta look into it.

    • @LilWatercup
      @LilWatercup Год назад +49

      Not only that but .22 is just so much fucking fun. Even if you've just got a single shot bolt-action. You can just fire for hours and fuck around

    • @detectivepenegrande
      @detectivepenegrande Год назад +9

      @@LilWatercup Exactly my guy.

    • @witp7928
      @witp7928 Год назад +2

      Their is a select fire so you can shoot is semi-auto as well

  • @DOITWITHDAN
    @DOITWITHDAN Год назад +1866

    This thing reminds me of that BB gun you shoot at the state fair, where you shoot the star out of the paper

    • @roo99710
      @roo99710 Год назад +22

      I live near you! I love that game

    • @captainmaim
      @captainmaim Год назад +11

      I love that game too! I totally thought that was the sound...

    • @joerosa8378
      @joerosa8378 Год назад +7

      I have fond memories of those

    • @TheBraxtMan
      @TheBraxtMan Год назад +4

      I love you Dan lmao

    • @jorgey4
      @jorgey4 Год назад +3

      man i need to remember to check on that dually build.

  • @sadplay6790
    @sadplay6790 Год назад +106

    4:01 "I found a baby grasshopper!"
    "thats super cool!"
    you guys are so wholesome 🤣

    • @Benjamin-li2tg
      @Benjamin-li2tg 3 месяца назад +8

      and yet he yelled "THATS A HANDYCAP SPOT" and then proceeded to fire the rest of the mag

  • @ericfredrickson5517
    @ericfredrickson5517 Год назад +32

    I remember reading about it in either Guns & Ammo, or American Rifleman in the 70's. When prison guards were issued them, The prisoners were given a demonstration: They fired them at a brick or concrete wall, and they witnessed the wall disintegrate.

    • @robertthomas5906
      @robertthomas5906 7 месяцев назад +9

      The follow up to that was later they rioted. The guns were fitted with a laser sight that would put a dot on what it was going to hit. They turned on the sight, everyone went back to their cell. What the prisoners didn't know is that while the gun had the drum on top, it was empty. Big bluff that worked.

  • @nikolashumphrey-howell2478
    @nikolashumphrey-howell2478 Год назад +1250

    "THATS A HANDICAP SPOT" thanks Donut for protecting and serving.

  • @herknorth8691
    @herknorth8691 Год назад +829

    I saw one of these at Knob Creek almost exactly 10 years ago. The owner was shooting it at night, loaded with 100% green tracers. It was funny because everyone on the line would stop shooting their louder, more powerful guns to watch that green bullet rope sail magnificently off into the night sky.

    • @BloodxSoulZ
      @BloodxSoulZ Год назад +46

      that sounds dope

    • @AdamOwenBrowning
      @AdamOwenBrowning Год назад +17

      God bless Knob Creek. I sorely, sorely miss it and it's such a shame the people running it haven't the time any more. - you saw some wild equipment from dedicated collectors. I live in England, we don't get much for fun guns-wise...

    • @Royalwaffles
      @Royalwaffles Год назад +11

      I didn't even know they had tracer for .22

    • @BloodxSoulZ
      @BloodxSoulZ Год назад +5

      @@Royalwaffles same

    • @ben2741
      @ben2741 Год назад +5

      Sounds glorious. Wish I could have seen it.

  • @SnellSr
    @SnellSr 4 месяца назад +16

    Back in the day, when I ran our PD swat team, we had one of those beasts. It came equipped with an early lazar sight that mounted under the barrel. The sight was about 12" long, 4" wide and stood 6" high. Heavy as hell but state of the art at the time. We soon got rid of the 180 because it had to be kept meticulously clean or it would often fail to chamber and the open bolt slamming down occasionally set off a rimfire out of battery. But when it worked..... gawd it was fun!

  • @billdoodson4232
    @billdoodson4232 Год назад +75

    I seem to recall that when these came out, there was an optional laser sight. There was more of a fuss about how the laser sight might cause eye damage than the fact it could put over a pound of lead down range in seconds.

    • @KaijuBiologist
      @KaijuBiologist 4 месяца назад +2

      And the sight weighed more than the gun.

    • @kedabro1957
      @kedabro1957 21 день назад

      Your comment has 69 likes.

  • @RenoMay
    @RenoMay Год назад +407

    When people recommend 22lr for self defense I assume this is what they mean

    • @josiahfugal5407
      @josiahfugal5407 Год назад +4

      underrated comment

    • @PromptCriticalJello
      @PromptCriticalJello Год назад +33

      Stopping power rated by blood loss.

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 Год назад +18

      I mean it is quite the perfect option with a silencer

    • @blackjak4185
      @blackjak4185 Год назад +15

      It would be nearly impossible to patch up someone once they got shot with a burst from this. Any target essentially becomes Swiss cheese

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 Год назад +5

      @@blackjak4185 Swiss cheese actually don't have holes it's French cheese that do

  • @Kraakesolv
    @Kraakesolv Год назад +1769

    To see this towards a ballistic dummy would be fantastic

    • @cardboardcapeii4286
      @cardboardcapeii4286 Год назад +9

      Ikr

    • @tommyc48
      @tommyc48 Год назад +32

      i was gonna like this comment, but it was at 69 likes. i couldnt bring myself to do it. i apologize.

    • @dronin5937
      @dronin5937 Год назад +8

      @@tommyc48it was at 168 I had to like

    • @MagnumLoadedTractor
      @MagnumLoadedTractor Год назад

      Perfect hitman weapon...assuming you got a big enough duffel bag and have loaded the bullets in while wearing gloves

    • @camdt456
      @camdt456 Год назад +43

      @@tommyc48 aghhashahahahhahaha funny number 69!!!! xDDDDDDDD brooooooo 69!!!! thats a sex number!! loooooooolllllll!!!!!

  • @KikoBean
    @KikoBean 10 месяцев назад +28

    truly a light machine gun

  • @bruschettamilanese
    @bruschettamilanese 4 месяца назад +12

    "You see, when a Lewis and a Thompson m1928 love each other very much.."

  • @anangryranger
    @anangryranger Год назад +266

    In the early '70's I worked as a peace officer in a very rural county in central Texas. Our old sheriff bought one of those weapons. He carried it in the shotgun rack in his unit. Word got out he was armed with "a buzzsaw" and no one ever messed with him. It was really something.

    • @robertsears8323
      @robertsears8323 Год назад +14

      That was why it was made. It was never made or used for riot control ever.

    • @mistermurtad2831
      @mistermurtad2831 Год назад +16

      Rumor had it that my elementary school principal had "an electric paddle with a nail in it". I never learned if the electric part was because it was motorized or the nail electrified. Nonetheless, it sent terror into our tiny ruffians.

    • @n8zog584
      @n8zog584 23 дня назад

      ​@@robertsears8323 I read somewhere that it was supposed to be shot at pavement. The soft led bullets would deform, break and ricochet or kick asphalt up at high (but non-lethal) velocities.
      If shot at the pavement, the non-lethal fragments were said to feel like bee stings hence the name "swarm of angry bees"

  • @ethanames8239
    @ethanames8239 Год назад +317

    “THATS A HANDICAPPED SPOT” such an underrated line.😂😂

    • @fredwupkensoppel8949
      @fredwupkensoppel8949 Год назад +10

      Valid reason to shoot someone if you think about it. Ensuring the spot is occupied only by someone with a physical disability.

    • @AIC_onyt
      @AIC_onyt 2 месяца назад +2

      @@fredwupkensoppel8949i think magdumping someone with 270 rounds would also make them disabled xD

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 2 месяца назад

      PTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 😂

  • @butterdawg420
    @butterdawg420 Год назад +13

    9:10 that setup is unironically what I would use in an apocalypse. might sound silly using a 22 but imagine 275 rounds coming from out of nowhere and you can't even tell where you're getting shot from because 22 suppressed is stupid quiet, plus whoever you're shooting is probably gonna think it's more than one person after the hundredth round.

    • @kriticalwatermelon5850
      @kriticalwatermelon5850 6 месяцев назад +1

      You know the suppressed SMG in Fallout: New Vegas is absolutely a AM-180.

    • @HEXO_HANK69
      @HEXO_HANK69 6 месяцев назад

      This weapon in the game is why im obsessed with .22lr guns@@kriticalwatermelon5850

    • @sr.favopossodeixarvaziosim4595
      @sr.favopossodeixarvaziosim4595 23 дня назад +2

      It does sound like a good post-apoc fire support weapon. Its like a man-portable machinegun, you could absolutely suppress the hell out of people with it.

  • @Livefreeordie907
    @Livefreeordie907 Год назад +2

    I freaking love you bro, every new video I just get so much more jealous, the grease gun and the ppsh are two of my favorites. You are living the life sirr!! Thank you for doing what you do.

  • @nicomeier8098
    @nicomeier8098 Год назад +985

    22 Rimfire?
    In a high capacity drum round?
    Fully automatic?
    And it only rarely jams?
    AMAZING!

    • @Fishygaming12
      @Fishygaming12 Год назад +31

      it jams quite often

    • @arowhead9
      @arowhead9 Год назад +9

      i am crying got one for 18 dream gun but rip bank acc

    • @Jay_in_Japan
      @Jay_in_Japan Год назад +19

      At this time of year?
      Localized entirely within your kitchen?

    • @ItsBroTato
      @ItsBroTato Год назад +6

      THEY SAID IT COULD NOT BE DONE!! BUT AUSTRIA FOUND A WAY!!

    • @Fishygaming12
      @Fishygaming12 Год назад

      he says it does on the second channel

  • @mattA5335
    @mattA5335 Год назад +631

    “Back in my day, we used our less than lethal .22’s. Hell of a crowd control system!” ~some old prison guard maybe

    • @radium4194
      @radium4194 Год назад +5

      Hahah, I hope that’s true

    • @mattA5335
      @mattA5335 Год назад +4

      @@radium4194 It probably is 😂

    • @RoastedToastedPoops
      @RoastedToastedPoops Год назад +8

      That's the most American way possible of reducing prison population. Other than starving people to death in concentr- sorry I mean "prisons" using sensory-deprivation tort- damn it! I mean "solitary confinement". Very based.

    • @robertsears8323
      @robertsears8323 Год назад

      No-one as said or done that before.
      This gun was in no way made or used as riot control.
      That was a massive and outright lie.

    • @alexm566
      @alexm566 Год назад +2

      the zip22 legit called 22lr "less lethal" in their owner's manual 😳

  • @curtmartinson5441
    @curtmartinson5441 Год назад +1

    That was so much fun to watch . I live in Utah had no idea the prison used them but cool that they did . I love your attitude .

  • @Twinspinner
    @Twinspinner 19 дней назад +2

    Cody yelling "THAT'S A HANDICAP SPOT" before mag dumping while holding the gun a foot from his body directly after going "WE GOT A JAMMIEDOODLE" is probably the best 10 seconds of RUclips history I've ever watched

  • @SnackPack913
    @SnackPack913 Год назад +414

    I can’t believe that drum feeds as well as it does. That’s pretty impressive actually

    • @smorrow
      @smorrow Год назад +28

      It's a pan. A drum holds rounds all facing the direction of fire.

    • @marcogenovesi8570
      @marcogenovesi8570 Год назад +9

      gravity helps

    • @goldenhate6649
      @goldenhate6649 Год назад +29

      I'm just shocked that the 22lr didn't jam more simply because its well...22lr, jamming is what it does best.

    • @dovahkiin3526
      @dovahkiin3526 Год назад +4

      @@smorrow 🤓

    • @NachozMan
      @NachozMan Год назад +26

      @@goldenhate6649 I swear there are just a LOT of shitty .22LR guns these days, My dad's .22 M4 replica jams on everything but the most expensive of .22LR ammo, but my little shit stick hand me down from my grandfather tube fed will chew through the dirtiest cheapest ammo with no issues lol

  • @randomplayer6716
    @randomplayer6716 Год назад +385

    I’m impressed by the designers making it not jam every 10 rounds

    • @Volvith
      @Volvith Год назад +54

      Honestly, it's an open bolt, _there ain't that much you can fuck up._
      Pretty much all you have to do is get the weight of the bolt right to make it not jam, and when your load is a .22, you can't really get much powder load deviation to overload the default setting on a rifle like this.
      It's estimated guesswork supported by trial and error, and when you're yeeting a Jesus volume of shit downrange at approximately Christ bullets per second, you can test extensively quite quickly.
      ... Also survivor bias, but let's not talk about that because the ATF is the leading cause of my depression.
      Still, i'm quite impressed the drum mag works that well, usually those things are finnicky bastards.

    • @All_I_can_say_is_Wow
      @All_I_can_say_is_Wow Год назад +5

      They don't make em like they used to.

    • @clothar23
      @clothar23 Год назад +4

      Except the thing does jam every 10 rounds . It clearly showed it in the video.
      It's one of the reasons why the thing was dropped by police and correction forces. That and the drums were a pain to load. And even a slight deviation in tensioning could ruin your day and or end your life.

    • @All_I_can_say_is_Wow
      @All_I_can_say_is_Wow Год назад

      @@clothar23 Yes after I finished watching the video I was rolling laughing. They had just done a good job of making it seem like it worked reliably :P

    • @weavercs4014
      @weavercs4014 Год назад +2

      @@clothar23 1 jam that lasted 10 seconds in 300-500 rounds is fine no?

  • @Dan-sh4yx
    @Dan-sh4yx 2 месяца назад +3

    No misfire in that many rounds, is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Never mind got to the end, I was gonna ask where you got that 22lr from lol.

    • @melindamullen6335
      @melindamullen6335 Месяц назад

      With 22lr quality costs and if you're looking for accuracy it costs more.

  • @noahhiebner1850
    @noahhiebner1850 4 месяца назад +2

    One of my dad's first machine guns was an American 180. He also at one time had one of the prototypes transferred through his shop, unfortunately I can't remember if that one was his or belonged to his friend who was also an AM180 nut. But the prototype was very neat, had an almost blue anodized finish on the receiver, couple other very unique things

  • @jonathanspafford7181
    @jonathanspafford7181 Год назад +283

    it’s super cool that you can see the layers of bullets leaving the magazine

    • @skeven0
      @skeven0 Год назад +15

      wait until you have seen it wait tracer rounds, seen it years ago on youtube and it was a firework display!

    • @moodchanger3470
      @moodchanger3470 Год назад +3

      @@skeven0 that sounds awesome!

    • @Bacteriophagebs
      @Bacteriophagebs Год назад

      It's so nice that someone went to the trouble to make polymer mags for them. The OEM metal ones were opaque, of course.

  • @Omikias
    @Omikias Год назад +489

    Love how Cody comes running like a little kid when he realizes its an AM-180

    • @ellysiakyoki5587
      @ellysiakyoki5587 Год назад +7

      The grand ole Naruto run

    • @philrab
      @philrab Год назад +11

      I mean....I think most of us would.

    • @jonathanshumpert9549
      @jonathanshumpert9549 Год назад +7

      His inner 5 year old child came out.

    • @schiz0phren1c
      @schiz0phren1c Год назад +8

      @Omikias , and then proceeds to "Airplane" his way out of there at the end going "Nyerrrrrrrrrrr" in his head,
      gawbless em our boys!

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 Год назад +10

      He's a homeless man who wanders the hills of San Antonio, that's his natural habitat.

  • @Joe3pops
    @Joe3pops Год назад +1

    Voere has brought modern society many very fine firearm innovations: this 22 full auto, caseless ammo, S16 bolt rifle, 2185 semi auto rifle. A company that never stops.

  • @ewertos11
    @ewertos11 Год назад +27

    Ahh yes... the -silenced- 22. SMG from Fallout New Vegas

    • @420-V.T.L-Machinist
      @420-V.T.L-Machinist 7 месяцев назад +2

      Ive never really had an opportunity to use it. I find it very rare to find. Unless i dont know where to look

    • @lotty.
      @lotty. 5 месяцев назад +5

      with a sneak skill of 50, mr holdout will sell them
      all you have to do is activate a stealth boy and speak to him and your sneak will be at 100 and you will unlock his extended arsenal

    • @WolfHeathen
      @WolfHeathen 4 месяца назад +2

      Make that explosive .45 rounds and you've pretty much got the Spray n' Pray from Fallout 4.

    • @kanaric
      @kanaric 3 месяца назад +1

      I knew I found this in a game once and this was for sure the game. It might have been in FO2 as well

  • @brianstabile165
    @brianstabile165 Год назад +329

    Brandon is the only person I can think of to use a MP5 to defend his home and still be like”yeah I need 60 rounds subsonic so I don’t go deaf”while owning a AM180 and otheristol caliber weapons which are as if not more overkill

    • @danieljob3184
      @danieljob3184 Год назад +31

      Actually, he said Deaf (as in loss of hearing) coz even a .22 short can kill if you use it right.

    • @hawkevick9184
      @hawkevick9184 Год назад +2

      Hearing is important

    • @brianstabile165
      @brianstabile165 Год назад

      @@danieljob3184 how did I not know it was spelled Deaf

  • @phoenixrich861
    @phoenixrich861 Год назад +398

    We need more of this in America not for crowd control but for fun

    • @animuslite8809
      @animuslite8809 Год назад +45

      Idk we could've used it in 2020

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 Год назад +21

      Quoting Ian with "Massive giggle factor"

    • @TheAnnoyingBoss
      @TheAnnoyingBoss Год назад +3

      I would like a 5.56 like this. Or 50 bmg

    • @underscore_4231
      @underscore_4231 Год назад +17

      @@TheAnnoyingBoss 50bmg drum mag, just for shits and giggles huh

    • @IamOutOfNames
      @IamOutOfNames Год назад +3

      @E Van Good reason to hit the gym.

  • @craigthescott5074
    @craigthescott5074 Год назад +4

    This is one gun I regret not buying when I had a chance when I was collecting class three weapons in the 1980’s.

  • @BrokenShoelaceMSN
    @BrokenShoelaceMSN 4 месяца назад

    The entertainment value of being able to have this! I so wish I could!

  • @stevebowman8843
    @stevebowman8843 Год назад +381

    In the 1970’s my neighbor across the street was a New Mexico State Police officer. I remember the day my father and myself were shone this little 22. He had it in the trunk of his patrol car and called us over to show it to us. He had the rifle and sales literature for it while he was doing an evaluation for the NMSP. I have always remembered that while firing there was a 22 round going down range in a stream every foot. While that was 50 years ago I have never forgotten about it. Thank Brandon

    • @paulgeorge7557
      @paulgeorge7557 Год назад +6

      The Good old days

    • @timberwolfmountaineer873
      @timberwolfmountaineer873 Год назад +7

      @@paulgeorge7557 It still goes a bullet per foot, Paul. wtf

    • @jlong16
      @jlong16 Год назад +13

      I was with the NMSP and was stationed in Vaughn in the early 80's and a local rancher had 2 of these rifles. The one that we fired had an integral suppressor and was a blast to shoot. I literally wrote my name in the snow.

    • @paulgeorge7557
      @paulgeorge7557 Год назад +4

      @@timberwolfmountaineer873 well how big is your foot 🦶

    • @donkEEpunch85
      @donkEEpunch85 Год назад +5

      @@timberwolfmountaineer873 Not sure why your comment made me laugh so hard but thank you for that, kind sir.

  • @fireman305
    @fireman305 Год назад +190

    I love the fact that Donut’s happy place is the berm right behind Brandon’s range.

  • @tonyv8925
    @tonyv8925 4 месяца назад

    That was amazingly refreshing and pleasing. Thanks for sharing.

  • @FOUR22
    @FOUR22 Год назад +15

    The recoil on this thing is what people in DC think a 556 rifle shoots like 😂

  • @Pondo1221
    @Pondo1221 Год назад +316

    My face hurts from smiling so much through this video. That rifle is a manifestation of pure joy.

    • @tophatminion.7558
      @tophatminion.7558 Год назад +6

      I love how even when they slow the video down its still sounds fast.

    • @MagodosFrames
      @MagodosFrames Год назад +1

      Isn't it a machine pistol?

    • @angrypixelhunter
      @angrypixelhunter Год назад +1

      22 is considered a rifle cartridge I think

    • @nmspy
      @nmspy Год назад +2

      @@angrypixelhunter 22 "long rifle"

    • @MagodosFrames
      @MagodosFrames Год назад +1

      @@angrypixelhunter Nah, we have 40-70 pistols out there. Cartdrige doesnt determine the gun classification in some cases.

  • @Berm_Blaster
    @Berm_Blaster Год назад +296

    The fact that it flawlessly fires 275 rounds off 22lr rapidly is quite impressive especially if using bulk .22 ammo.

    • @CommoMike
      @CommoMike 7 месяцев назад +3

      And doesnt Federal sell 22LR in 275 round boxes? Or is that 375? Would be convenient!

    • @NiSE_Rafter
      @NiSE_Rafter 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@CommoMike They do have 325rd boxes alongside big ol' 800rd boxes. I've run into a couple issues with them though. Not sure if it was gun or ammo related (or both).

  • @darianthescorpion1132
    @darianthescorpion1132 Год назад

    The slo-mo on the suppressed 180 sounds like an old tractor with open headers. Mildly satisfying.

  • @eeayquetting5963
    @eeayquetting5963 7 месяцев назад

    Always great information with top notch humor

  • @pegzounet
    @pegzounet Год назад +243

    I love how that thing universally generates happy grins even faster than it spits out bullets

    • @azpapa9347
      @azpapa9347 Год назад +13

      That's why it's called a giggle switch!
      I got my grandchildren a full auto Uzi BB gun. Even the adults can't help but smile when shooting it.

    • @ScottKenny1978
      @ScottKenny1978 Год назад

      Ian broke out into giggles on his video...

    • @ScottKenny1978
      @ScottKenny1978 Год назад

      Ian broke out into giggles on his video...

    • @clintkees6158
      @clintkees6158 Год назад

      and they say money cant buy happiness lol

  • @frmphxaz84
    @frmphxaz84 Год назад +265

    Holy shit dude this was a standard Brandon, Forgotten Weapons, Donut, and cursed gun video all rolled into one. What a time to be alive!

  • @PrivatChannel-ir4mz
    @PrivatChannel-ir4mz 4 месяца назад +1

    The single fire gag is worth a like from me, made me chuckle :)

  • @hunterfabio
    @hunterfabio Год назад +254

    "That's a handicap spot" is gonna be my favorite phrase now lol, want to see Donut more often over here! A lot of shooty breakdowns but not so much shooty.

    • @mk6315
      @mk6315 Год назад +2

      Definitely using that as my opening line when the ATF stack turns their GoPros on

    • @AmazingPillowZ
      @AmazingPillowZ Год назад

      é isso mesmo, chefe!

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67
    @ihavetowait90daystochangem67 Год назад +280

    Having this gun in semi auto is like being great at a guitar but both of your hands are tied to your back

    • @Surepeacooler
      @Surepeacooler Год назад +20

      *plays feel good inc with guitar pick held in mouth*

    • @Zubes240
      @Zubes240 Год назад +8

      Or owning a semi auto M240B or M249

    • @aleisterlavey9716
      @aleisterlavey9716 Год назад

      In that case you have to improvise.
      ruclips.net/video/KszkyS7hqAY/видео.html

  • @KathrynLiz1
    @KathrynLiz1 Год назад

    Brilliant! and a lot o fun.... quite easy to make, although the magazine would be the hardest bit....

  • @mtkoslowski
    @mtkoslowski 3 месяца назад

    When I was living in Rhodesia in the late 70’s there was a farmer in the eastern district, Chipinga, that had one of these. He was the man in vehicle self defense.

  • @Death_Blossom17
    @Death_Blossom17 Год назад +194

    The fact that Brandon made a reference to JoergSprave is just downright wholesome 😄

    • @ttrees8097
      @ttrees8097 Год назад +11

      I'm so glad someone else noticed

    • @MrLabbertoast
      @MrLabbertoast Год назад +16

      Jörg isn't austrian though, he's german. Just fyi.

    • @Death_Blossom17
      @Death_Blossom17 Год назад +3

      @@MrLabbertoast i think you're missing the point, its not about his nationality, its just the reference nothing more

    • @MrLabbertoast
      @MrLabbertoast Год назад +8

      @@Death_Blossom17 I'm not critizising you, just wanted to mention it. I'm sorry if you felt attacked. Brandon said "Speaking of austrians, let me show you its features" which to me implies he's austrian.

    • @EthanMcKee.
      @EthanMcKee. Год назад +3

      Let me show you its features

  • @SheyD78
    @SheyD78 3 месяца назад

    I am truly impressed that the entire first drum shot without a jam. Stoked to see Pestily on the ranch.
    On a side note, I haven't enjoyed a gun test this much since FPS Russia went down.

  • @zeromech1450
    @zeromech1450 8 месяцев назад

    Honestly there could be a market for something like this. If machine guns weren't so heavily regulated and ridiculous fire rate like this in a cartridge that most of the time isn't lethal would be a really cool option. This is by far one of the coolest guns I have ever seen and I think I'm in love.

  • @johnharmon1498
    @johnharmon1498 Год назад +216

    I love how the suppressor makes it cycle even faster

  • @noahfuster8417
    @noahfuster8417 Год назад +239

    “Let me show you it’s features” Immediately imagined a big German man with a big ass slingshot 😭😂

    • @OMDolton84
      @OMDolton84 Год назад +6

      Imagine if he sees this and tries to make a slingshot version. XD

    • @boratsagdiyev5679
      @boratsagdiyev5679 Год назад

      Right, Jörg is german not Austrian, americans dont seem to know the difference, thats like calling an American mexican. It's not the same country, first you give us the Bad austrian and now you even actively take away the good germans, what a shame

    • @Lucas_Jeffrey
      @Lucas_Jeffrey Год назад +12

      he insinuated he was Austrian :P Joerg is not, he is properly German

    • @loganrose803
      @loganrose803 Год назад +1

      @@Lucas_Jeffrey German, Austrian, eh what's the difference? *Reich noises in background*

    • @bigred592256
      @bigred592256 Год назад +2

      Shoutout to Joerg

  • @FredrickTesla
    @FredrickTesla Год назад +8

    Wow, the first .22LR weapon I've ever seen that actually has enough rounds to endanger more than one person.

    • @robertthomas5906
      @robertthomas5906 7 месяцев назад

      Keep thinking that. 22LR kills more people each year than any other caliber.

  • @PabloGarcia-sf7bn
    @PabloGarcia-sf7bn 8 месяцев назад

    It's 7:00 a.m. and this video has already made my day! White Claw DELETED! Happy Black Friday. Greetings from New Mexico!

  • @sg2521x
    @sg2521x Год назад +292

    the fact it still looked fast in slow motion is insane

    • @y0h0p38
      @y0h0p38 Год назад +2

      We need slower motion

    • @GeekyGarden
      @GeekyGarden Год назад +1

      Sound like an antique tractor idling. 😂😂

    • @Iianator
      @Iianator Год назад +6

      What the hell kinda riots are they trying to quell with the AM-180, supervillain attacks?😭

    • @k4rn31ro8
      @k4rn31ro8 Год назад +1

      Even in slow mo it's faster than a Chauchat 😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @taterprintsgats
      @taterprintsgats Год назад

      Welcome to full auto?

  • @larrygilbert7273
    @larrygilbert7273 Год назад +205

    I remember when this thing hit the market. It's real selling point was the laser sight it came with. The ideas was the laser helped the operator hold it on target, which sent all those rounds to the same spot, one after another, punching a hole through almost anything without a lot of recoil and with a low cost to operate.

    • @jedironin380
      @jedironin380 Год назад +37

      I heard that once word got out in the prisons what this gun was, that little red dot on on someone's chest stopped more prison riots than tear gas ever did- without a shot being fired. Because prisoners don't want to be cut in half by .22's!

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Год назад +24

      With enough rounds you can grind a hole in a tank, even .22, but I think that needs more than 275

    • @mk6315
      @mk6315 Год назад +11

      @@HappyBeezerStudios 2,750 😊

    • @imgladnotu9527
      @imgladnotu9527 Год назад

      @Andrew Edmonds that's also if the barrel and internals last 3000 rounds

    • @The_DC_Kid
      @The_DC_Kid Год назад

      The barrel not rising as bullets are flowing out like a water hose definitely is a plus.

  • @a.t.hustle1583
    @a.t.hustle1583 8 месяцев назад

    Its always a good time when Donut makes a cameo!

  • @maxminivr8723
    @maxminivr8723 5 месяцев назад

    I love how child like joy donut has here, just wholesome but scary

  • @cuffzter
    @cuffzter Год назад +158

    Hey Brandon. I remember an old article back in the 80's where it stated that with a laser sight you could mark up a spot on a wall and due to the low recoil all the bullets would hit that spot. It would "eat" through a brick wall basically. WOuld love to see a follow up video with some mythbusting to see if it would indeed do that.

    • @marvindebot3264
      @marvindebot3264 Год назад +5

      Engine blocks as well

    • @showton8333
      @showton8333 Год назад +3

      Yes indeed it had a laser sight, which was AWESOME to shoot!
      Write your name with bullet! Chop down power pole size posts!
      I REALLY enjoyed shooting the AM-180 back in the 70s!
      At the time, I was told, that it fired 35 rounds per second. (You got about 1 drum of reliable fire, before it started jamming. It had to be kept VERY CLEAN, or it jammed.)

    • @chancecurtiss9885
      @chancecurtiss9885 Год назад +1

      This

    • @kriegdeathrider7805
      @kriegdeathrider7805 Год назад +3

      That was the idea behind it, fuck body amor it's hard to design a light reliable rifle that punches through body armor and the recoil from rifle rounds makes it difficult to put the necessary follow up rounds on target, so why not just delete the recoil? It's a point and click adventure just a continuous stream of bullets that overwhelms a target with volume of fire

  • @TheBigToe1
    @TheBigToe1 Год назад +162

    That was the greatest whiteclaw penetration test with a pressure washer I’ve ever seen.

    • @bromdymimsky7902
      @bromdymimsky7902 Год назад +3

      Now that I think about it this would be a great pressure washer

    • @Skooozle
      @Skooozle Год назад +9

      @@bromdymimsky7902cordless lead bead blaster

    • @Random_gamer713
      @Random_gamer713 Год назад +1

      Portable sand blaster

  • @brandbienedell7971
    @brandbienedell7971 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you Brandon

  • @runem5429
    @runem5429 7 месяцев назад +2

    After 211 shots in a single burst, Brandon realizes why it doesnt matter that the drum blocks, the sights...

  • @shallnotcomply6479
    @shallnotcomply6479 Год назад +60

    He is the only man I can think of that can make shooting 22lr expensive.

    • @georgesakellaropoulos8162
      @georgesakellaropoulos8162 Год назад

      Obama and the other Brandon did a pretty good job. I've seen it going for as much as $.30/round because of these clowns.

  • @grimreminder5038
    @grimreminder5038 Год назад +135

    The enthusiastic "We had a jammy doodle!?" followed by the audible gasp is the same reaction to finding more of your favorite candy at the bottom of the bag, glorious 😂

    • @evanalden2117
      @evanalden2117 Год назад +3

      Or the extra fries that fall to the bottom of the McDonald's bag.

  • @BlazingOwnager
    @BlazingOwnager 5 месяцев назад

    I think the only time I've ever seen Ian at Forgotten Weapons make an error about a gun was when testing how less-lethal it was, not realizing he had to bounce the effectively frangible ammunition shots off the ground (which is it's own kind of insane). Of course he totally published a correction and redux, which is why that channel is great too.

  • @kwkstar
    @kwkstar 8 месяцев назад

    In case anybody wants a similar toy, A semi-automatic only variant called the American SAR 180/275 is still produced on a custom basis by E&L Manufacturing for around $1250 they even sell a drum loader and cool accessories

  • @Quinn_J
    @Quinn_J Год назад +112

    This rifle takes the concept of '.22 Plinking' to a whole other level.

  • @lil__shmeat
    @lil__shmeat Год назад +81

    Brandon: "So riot control is a hell of a thing"
    Iranian police: "Man, you're not kidding"

  • @65Slipkid
    @65Slipkid 11 месяцев назад +1

    My neighbor years ago was a Class 3, and among the 30 or so MGs he had, was an American 180. It was probably my favorite one to shoot, when it actually worked. Thanks for these awesome vids! Really brings back memories!

  • @mela726
    @mela726 12 дней назад

    " lets make sure no survivor can sue the department" Words to live by lmao

  • @mr.potato7075
    @mr.potato7075 Год назад +49

    New nightmare unlocked. The sound of grass rustling and branches snapping as hundreds of .22 bullets whizz by in almost complete silence as you run.

  • @emmanuelmorales3208
    @emmanuelmorales3208 Год назад +204

    "Let's make sure no survivors can sue the department." Ahhh, the motto of the LAPD

    • @georgewhitworth9742
      @georgewhitworth9742 Год назад +14

      And with that being LA, there is at least a ninety percent chance they deserve it. The other ten, probably gonna do it anyway.

    • @kjpierson1152
      @kjpierson1152 Год назад +7

      @@georgewhitworth9742 The other 10 percent, probably deserve it as well...but in blue.

    • @danteshadowfang8455
      @danteshadowfang8455 Год назад +1

      9:59 "Remember, No Whiteclaw."

  • @anthonythompson590
    @anthonythompson590 Год назад

    Absolutely amazing

  • @asher114
    @asher114 Год назад

    You can’t tell how utterly disappointed I was when you were firing semi auto. I was like damn is that it. Then the biggest smile popped on my face when I heard that flick and you said “I’m just fucking with you”

  • @josephwetzel3734
    @josephwetzel3734 Год назад +64

    "Make sure none of the survivors can sue the dept." SENT ME 😂😂😂

    • @captainmaim
      @captainmaim Год назад +1

      How are they going back to their homes after you shot all of their kneecaps with .22 hollow point? (or as the hillbillies call 'em- holler point.)

  • @dantestevens6574
    @dantestevens6574 Год назад +519

    I swear, a pressure washer has more recoil than a 22LR
    Edit: like imagine dieing to a gun that has the same amount of kinetic energy as six year old kid with a stockenbopper

  • @user-zx7dp3qp6u
    @user-zx7dp3qp6u Год назад

    A friend of mines father Worked for American Arms back when this was in production he had one with the old Lazer pointer under the forearm it was fun to shoot but Hell to reload the magazine.

  • @ryanjofre
    @ryanjofre 7 месяцев назад

    I haven’t thought about the American 180 since before my son was born in 2006.
    Thanks dude.😂🙏

  • @ODST_Parker
    @ODST_Parker Год назад +164

    I only know of this thing's existence because of its appearance in Fallout: New Vegas with an integrated suppressor and not nearly enough rate of fire. You can even upgrade it with the bigger drum too, it's awesome. It's fascinating to me just how much this little guy looks like the Thompson's baby brother.

    • @pyorre2441
      @pyorre2441 Год назад +12

      Same here, longest time I thought that was some invention of the developers but nope it's real gun. It's kinda neat how many real life rare guns they had in that game. Like the Survivalist Rifle that was .50 Beowulf AR-15.

    • @jaydub6928
      @jaydub6928 Год назад +4

      When i was a kid i learned about it because they sold the airsoft version of it at dicks sporting goods. I also was surprised to see it on new vegas i only ever used it after u kill any of the charimen guards near benny they have one usually

    • @styx7027
      @styx7027 Год назад +3

      First time i saw that thing, i was like ”wha? Looks like a thompson, DP-28 and a suppressed .22 ruger banged, and this is the result” until i learn years later it is a real thing

    • @silverjohn6037
      @silverjohn6037 Год назад +2

      They had it listed in the Guns Illustrated annual anthology/catalogs back in the 1970's. My old 1979 edition has the list price as $350 with $100 for an extra magazine. 1 dollar in 1979 would be $4.09 in modern money so $1431.50 in 2022 dollars.

    • @kellyalger2394
      @kellyalger2394 Год назад

      Wiggle Wiggle

  • @jippo91
    @jippo91 Год назад +155

    It's nice to see that brandon has started to edit out the part where cody picks up the gun, squeeze's the trigger and brandon reminds him that the safety is on😂

  • @user-ol2qo2lx5k
    @user-ol2qo2lx5k 7 месяцев назад

    There is an Instructional Video where they fire it at a wall and Besser Blocks ...ouch ... and Happy New year !!!

  • @antiglobaljoel532
    @antiglobaljoel532 10 месяцев назад

    That looks like a lot more fun than a Ruger 10/22 ! Imagine that being employed today by your local PD.

  • @monkeysflingpooatyou
    @monkeysflingpooatyou Год назад +47

    I'm more impressed by the number of .22 that fired before one jammed than anything else

    • @user-dc6pm3mc4b
      @user-dc6pm3mc4b Год назад

      lol with that amount of mass hitting the primer and the size of that firing pin the 22lr becomes much more reliable

  • @BillythePastor
    @BillythePastor Год назад +60

    i like how he locked the bolt open at the end of the video like he was making the firearm safe, but he just made it ready....

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 Год назад +5

      I think it's just a case of being able to see into the chamber and see there's nothing in there,
      But uhhh... yeah, also that.

  • @kylapimp7443
    @kylapimp7443 Год назад +1

    That thing is awesome.

  • @CarlosMartinez-hl7ko
    @CarlosMartinez-hl7ko 6 месяцев назад

    My 10-22 with a binary trigger and 110 round drum mag is fun, but this firearm takes it to another level. Sweet!😃

  • @AggroOgre
    @AggroOgre Год назад +388

    The combination of almoust non-existent recoil and absurd firerate is one of my favourite in video games, this gun must be a headshot machine.

    • @teodor4ik183
      @teodor4ik183 Год назад +18

      Head multishot

    • @decymusperaza4767
      @decymusperaza4767 Год назад +5

      thinking about getting headshots irl is super cringe btw

    • @mr.dynomite8890
      @mr.dynomite8890 Год назад +22

      @@decymusperaza4767 You ever heard of a failure drill?

    • @caseyschryber1255
      @caseyschryber1255 Год назад +19

      @@decymusperaza4767with some calibers like 22 it’s your only option.

    • @e33d90
      @e33d90 Год назад +24

      @@decymusperaza4767you reveal your own inner cringe, headshots obviously happen irl

  • @ARCEUS_MASTER
    @ARCEUS_MASTER Год назад +21

    the body of a M1A1, the "pizza" drum of a lewis and the brrt of an M134
    simply beautiful

  • @juango47
    @juango47 10 месяцев назад

    I saw this machine gun in one chapter of the old serie "The Professionals" and liked very much!

  • @richtravis9562
    @richtravis9562 4 месяца назад

    I have a big grin on my face whenever I hear that thing...

  • @Headbanger203
    @Headbanger203 Год назад +209

    I can feel the happiness coming off of Brandon while destroying the white claws.

  • @brandonwalkden-cn6nt
    @brandonwalkden-cn6nt Год назад

    I know I'm commenting late but I love donuts appearance😂 love the content Brandon!

  • @xCHUBBYxFOBx
    @xCHUBBYxFOBx 9 месяцев назад

    2:03 “let me show you it’s features” nice reference 😂

  • @wesleyahrendt9988
    @wesleyahrendt9988 4 месяца назад

    That is crazy cool, great content!!

  • @KeggerMisadventure
    @KeggerMisadventure Год назад +85

    Can we take a moment to appreciate how @ 4:00 A wild Donut operator just appears....i don't know why but the childisy happy run and the elation over finding a baby grasshopper warms my soul.

    • @KeggerMisadventure
      @KeggerMisadventure Год назад +14

      Oh and the " THATS A HANDYCAP SPOT!!!!" with a subtle nod to the Fat Electrician with the accuracy by volume comment....just smiles all around.