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The unscheduled removal of the barrel isn’t a malfunction, it’s a feature. One in ten shots will have a critical hit by increasing the projectile mass.
The Gyrojets were built like a well-made cap gun at best. They used a single cylinder of nitrocellulose. If the rounds were ever dropped, that big grain of powder can crack and cause a more rapid burn rate. Your accuracy was definitely better than what we saw.
The barrel thing is genius. When a gyrojet malfunctions and gets stuck in the barrel what you want is for it to leave anyway, with the barrel. What you don't want is it staying there and spewing its entire rocket load in your face.
@@austinestep8461 True but that is also what the person being shot at would say. It is a Gyrojet, that barrel is going to add a lot of mass to that bullet.
idk if it is on purpose, but that's what i was thinking. If the rocket is going to get stuck in the barrel, i would for sure prefer that it ejects the whole barrel with it and gets the fuck out of my hand
I personally am so glad you were there for this episode. Great job guys! On a sidenote, how's the healing coming along? No more bandages (90s attire) is a good sign.
Most of the flaws, other than obviously the fact that the projectile doesn't reach max velocity until after it's already left the barrel, are a product of the design not being fully perfected or the ammo being either improperly manufactured, or just degraded due to time. I'd argue that if you were to make this with modern tools, you could fix a solid chunk of the issues. Hell, you could probably add deployable fins so that you don't need the angled exhausts, which would massively simplify manufacturing for the ammo.
@@102ndsmirnov7 it would be an unwieldy rifle, the rounds reach top velocity a solid five to ten metres from the barrel. Plus, the advantage of a weapon like this, is that it can be extremely small and lightweight without compromising on recoil, velocity or stopping power. The main advantage a rifle-like platform would bring to this, would either be moving the hammer, firing pin and magazine further up the weapon, thus keeping it further from your face, or giving you a better grip and stance for aiming. Although you'd realistically have to do both if you wanted to mount an optic on it.
The poor hammer podcast the main host an actual physics engineer scientist was literally arguing about in two weeks ago saying bolters wouldn't work and I've also recently seen firearms experts saying its useless, prop experts saying its useless, armorers saying its useless and scientist saying its useless. This video literary disproves all known common knowledge of its usefulness and might start a new market and Poduction of similar firearms.
Not only did you get new footage of a rare prototype in action, you also managed to get footage of failures of said prototype which is a historical feat in and of itself. Bravo, Rocket Man.
Perfect timing following the previous comment. As a balding man, who had dread locks past his shoulders, Brandon's hair is epic. 🤣😂 P.S. Some of us don't miss our hair. It was good while it lasted. I was bald in high-school. Then had dreads for 20 years. Now my hairline looks like the McDonald's golden arches. I don't miss the shampoo, conditioner, hair product, and hours of twisting my locks.
Brings to mind one of the old school gunsmiths (P.O. Ackley?) strength testing military bolt actions for strength. The Japanese Arisaka action did not fail. The barrel stripped its threads. I always had visions of that barrel shooting down range.
"You're in a survival situation and the only thing you've got to defend yourself is a prototype rocket pistol" sounds like the setup for an old side-scrolling arcade shooter.
Brandon, in regards to the picture of Miller holding a Gyrojet. It’s thought to have also been the gyrojet carried by SOG’s first MoH recipient 1st Lt Sisler, recovered and then later carried by Miller. So that gyrojet in the picture very well might have been used by TWO Medal of Honor recipients.
The terrifying fact is. Even without going super sonic. It’s continuous acceleration and stablization. Means you could potentially kill multiple enemies in one shot. And it’s so quiet it’s like a stealth weapon. No ear protection required to fire Most Vietcong were likely suffering from hearing damage and so were US soldiers. So most folks during the war would have never had a chance to hear this weapon go off even if it was fired over their heads. It’s odd non standard and experimental. But the gyro jet had (and still has tbh). Crazy combate potential. I think its design would actually help simplify construction and manufacturing of the actual firearm itself as well. Though the ammo is a special case of the opposite. Lol. Crazy awesome gun
Actually, not necessarily. Taofledermaus has a comment saying that the propellant is just a cylinder of nitrocellulose which is a super easy thing to make even in your kitchen. If the propellant is simple, then the entire rest of the projectile is a metal toob with a dome on top and a plate with 4 holes drilled in it at a slight angle. (and a spot for a primer) In a lot of ways it'd actually be simpler than basically any modern firearm. The action is literally just the projectile forcing the hammer back down and another round being pushed into place, (no ejection, no chamber loading, no gas-harvesting, etc.) the rounds themselves wouldn't need to be made of any high grade materials, need to be crimped, etc. and overall virtually every component of the weapon is just completely trivial. It's a weapon that *_seems_* like it should be complicated, but in reality it's actually quite a bit simpler than virtually any of it's contemporaries.
@@maniacalcoyote6087Its ammo was expensive because it required VERY precise drilling of nozzles. Or else bullet would not stabilise and go sideways, which required specialized equipment in its time. But nowadays...i guess you can 3D print it out of metal or some heat-resistant plastics/epoxy. Or just make it bigger so margins are bigger too.
TBF the bolter appears to be a hybrid of the gyro jet and traditional rounds. If you notice most media that depicts them will have spent casing drop on the ground. It makes me think that the bolt uses an initial powder charge to get the projectile up to speed and the jet to flatten the trajectory. Would explain why they are effective in close range
@@Benjamin_Bischoff the first one. you know, the one that literally put him in hopsital and made him who he is today? y'know, the "my 50 cal exploded" one?
Awesome footage to see. Not something I would want as a primary but badass collector's piece. Side note: Tinnitus sucks. I've resorted to sleeping with headphones most nights. GF is a light sleeper so fan on high doesn't work and it barely silences the weeeeeeeeeeee 24/7. We were driving the other day in my old Jeep and i heard a vacuum leak that I thought was stopping when i accelerated. She turns the radio up and asks "How doesn't that high pitched sound doesn't bother me?" I responded "it goes away when I'm on the gas and I'll fix it when we get home" She looks at me and said" Oh you really can't hear that constant sound that lessens when you hit the gas??" I legitimately could only hear the lower tone, higher pitch she's hearing is gone. When she started shooting I made sure hearing protection was top priority after teaching her safety. When we shoot indoors she will wear foamy and amplifier muffs. I made those mistakes younger and in trainings shooting blanks without ear pro.
17:52 When you unlock the Super Bullet upgrade. _"Sure, you can only use it once, but it's gonna be the biggest bullet this little guy sends down range."_ -Upgradesmith
The weak barrel retention makes me think it was a fail safe component. If you get a squib or misfire in one of those you are literally going to be holding your hand in the jet's exhaust to maintain safe control. Maybe the thought was "it is better to launch the barrel down range than burn off fingers." Not a good design, but could have been a design feature of the flaw.
I was wondering that. It would make a lot of sense. I really hope that, when they fix the Gyrojet, they don’t change that feature. Just make a bunch of barrels tbh, that seems like a better idea
I have wanted to see one of these fire for 52 years since I saw James Curtis Earls machine gun catalog when I was 16 yo old. Thanks for not only firing this gun but documenting the entire sequence multiple times. A real gun pro..
I am soon 75 years old and remember when this launcher came out. I was in High School. It was supposed to be our Space Gun for our Space Troops. You were supposed to be able to set the muzzle velocity by adjusting the tension of the hammer spring. You could set it for max velocity right out of the muzzle or to get max speed at 50 yards. They claimed it was as powerful as a 45 ACP. As you found out, the problem was the ammo. Unreliable, inaccurate and very expensive. Great Video!
@@zakofrx Someone would have to try, and would have to make both more modern, better ammo and certainly a better designed gun to fire it. That barrel thing is just bad design man.
I can't see why modern gyrojet ammo couldn't be made. The rounds would need to be created using CNC processes and some novel blend of propellants, and as such would not be cheap, but that's the nature of R&D.
Wow what a saftey feature! When you had a bore obstruction, the gun fails and still delivers a metal projectile downrange and prevents you from firing another round unsafely!
That legitimately has to be some of the most gruesome injuries. Not only do you get shot, you more than likely get burned INSIDE the wound. God, that's horrifying to think about.
@@daviddiggens8841It is literally not even a gun anymore. This is like taking a handgun, removing the slide and barrel and then crying about flagging. It's literally just parts at that point lmao
there's shooting an older preserved gun that basically functions like any other guns, and then there's shit like this which functions completely differently and perhaps merits more respect
That first shot of Brandon firing the gyrojet literally looks like something from a cheesy action movie where they didn't even try to make the guns realistic, but the fact it's real makes it so much cooler. Ballistic High Speed was such a good choice of collab for this video, this is likely the only high quality, high speed footage of one of these firing that exists so definitely one for the history books.
17:50 So that's how the perk to make the last round in the mag do more damage works? Neat! From shooting 65% more bullet, per round, to extra damage for the last round before you switch to your next weapon on hand. This gun truly can do it all!
"Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you! Check it out! Independently targeting particle beam phalanx. Whoa! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase-plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got pistols that will shoot barrels at you, we got knives, sharp sticks..." - modified slightly
So y'all were in the studio warming up & then did a rally cry of "GYROJET!" before hitting the red button, right?! It does sound like a vote for gyrojet soundtrack is a vote for Brandon Herrera 😉
@theshortfallmusic you should totally get approval for a photo of the barrel leaving this gun or Brandon holding it (as albumart) if you release a physical EP. include a QR code for this video on the back of the album You could also include this as a single albumart too. Super cool video for sure. Awesome your music made it. This vid landed on 2 playlists Happy 2024
I am not too surprised that the barrel took off, the Gyrojet pistols are built VERY cheap, the body of the gun is two pieces of pressed zinc alloy, and the barrel is a smooth steel tube, the thing feels like a toy in your hand. The expectation is that the gun won't have to withstand any real pressure, and maybe that was more realistic when the ammo was fresh, but this is now 60 year old solid rocket fuel, and the ammunition was noted even at the time for having poor consistency.
As the barrel left the gun on the last shot, I was hearing in my head the following song: 🎵Come with meeee and you'll seeee a worlllld of priceless devastation...🎶
Hmmm engine block. Make the bullet out of magnesium and ensure the remaining fuel is hot enough to ignite the magnesium. It would have to be a sizable amount of magnesium to burn for a while. This is an interesting concept for the 1960’s.
On a sidenote: how about finding and testing an honest to God Russkie underwater assault rifle? That would be epic! Do the high-speed camera guys have scuba gear?
Ballistic Highspeed was such a good choice for this colab. I'm glad to see them popping up more in the gun-tuber space. The footage they manage to capture is more jaw dropping than high budget CGI.
One thing to consider is that most rounds hit a target and lose a lot of their momentum. This is a ROCKET. You can see it on one of the slo-mo's the rocket correcting itself and getting ready to go some more. These don't lose "focus"!!!! "I have been launched, I most go until fuel is depleted" -- There is just a course correction.
This is one of the coolest fucking videos Brandon will probably ever make. Literally documenting history. As unreal as it is that he got one AND shot it, deciding to high-speed this will make this such a timeless video for this weapons history.
Brandon you missed the PERFECT opportunity to say that the barrel flew out because the designer didn’t know to get his start in gunsmithing or weapons technology with SDI I was WAITING for the setup
But clearly the weapons designer knew exactly what they were doing, Brandon just accidentally activated the "Extreme Prejudice" firing mode, for when you really want to destroy whatever you're pointing the barrel at.
This channel might be the first one that has gyrojet squib load and the first one with unique barrel malfunction, *RECORDED* , which in a way is fricking amazing, Brandon and the boys become the first one in history to record them.
I knew something was missing. Now I know what. Though, now I need to rewatch because I think he was wearing a SDI T-shirt for at least part of the range footage
Tony interns next post - BRANDON HERRERA MAKES AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. The past few weeks on X especially yesterday have been painfully pathetic and hilarious.. The poor intern will need therapy forever 🤣🤣
We got every aspect of _Far Cry 2_ covered already: * Normal firing sequence. * "Jamming" by destroying a rocket before it leaves the weapon. * Catastrophic (and totally survivable) malfunction with _the entire barrel_ flying out of the gun. Glad that we saw the Gyrojet in action, nevertheless.
watching Brandon's arm hair on the slomo camera ripple in the blast wave of the rocket firing like it was a grassy plain in a gentle breeze is one of the most unexpectedly strangely satisfying things I've seen in a long time.
Ya know I don’t know what’s more impressive the firearm functioning properly or malfunctioning and firing a barrel as a projectile in itself at someone like a flying cookie cutter from hell.
I remember firing the parachute flare pen gyrojet. I remember the instructor saying something like "these weren't that regulated until someone decided to make a handgun thing that fires the same round, so now it's considered a firearm since the rounds can be fired in an actual gun." or something like that. The only other thing I remember is that the falling flare started a small fire, off base. I always thought this supposed handgun fired the same flare rounds as the pen launcher. I never expected it to be a rocket FMJ kind of thing.
Miller, the soldier mentioned, was indeed special forces. He was with SOG, and saw service in Cambodia and Laos, as well as Vietnam itself. He also did carry his Gyrojet into the field, though I am not aware of any stories surrounding its use. There's a book called SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam, written by John L. Plaster, that I would highly recommend to anybody interested in this group, and what they did during the war. Also... hey, the barrel may not stabilize the projectiles, but the projectiles can damn sure stabilize the barrel! Good stuff!
The only thing you hear from veterans is how much Gucci gimmick gear they don't even use just to save weight. Nods and red dots need batteries you could easily lose at night or in the water and nobody wants to fall behind while you're trying to find those tiny batteries in the grass
@@francislutz8027 I think that he is partially correct. I think every type of new technology has 3 phases. Phase 1: Is somewhat usable but unreliable. Phase 2: Is usable but unreliable in some situations. Phase 3: Is usable and reliable. A few examples are the history of guns, cars, aircraft, radio, night vision. The examples you mentioned are at least in phase 2. Fuel Injection and Pacemakers are in Phase 3 and electric cars Phase 2.
"Gun shaped object" pretty much covers it. My dad had several of these when I was growing up and some aluminum or pot metal part was always breaking. I noticed you were briefed on not dry firing it. Making new hammers that snapped off was the most common repair I had to do. If you want real unobtanium, try to find the rounds that are formulated to turn any unburned propellant into explosive when the solid target is hit. Regular rocket rounds would go through an old mechanical bathroom scale. The explosive rounds would turn it into a Bouncing Betty. The rounds you got were pretty good, overall. The scary ones are the ones that hiss for a bit before fully igniting. You're sure it's gonna explode in your face.
The bodies of the guns were made of zinc alloy pressings forming the left and right halves, so these things REALLY weren't durable at all. They're very fascinating as a concept, but a lot about them could have been done better. I wonder if it would be easier and cheaper to design rockets which employ fins as they exit the muzzle?
@@mcarrowtime7095the round doesn't have to be same diameter all the way. A short length in the back could be thinner and hold deployable fins kinda like a smaw rocket.
OMG...the barrel flying out like a mini-missile is the best thing I have seen in firearms in a looooong time!!! Thanks Brandon!!! You made the subscription worth it!
Two things, having Ballistic High Speed on needs to be a more common occurrence, and the Rocket Man bit was pure gold! Well done guys!!!! Also, the barrels had an expiration date on them, once they shot enough rounds, rockets, projectiles, the barrel itself would eject. That how you know it was time to replace them, it's a feature....probably.
The gun is so good even when it malfunctions it not only ejects the whole barrel so you know it time for maintenence but it also sends the whole barrel with the whole bullet to kill the enemy extra dead, it's not only a brilliant feature but an excellent one, with 65% more bullet per bullet! GENIUS DESIGN
You all have done a great job of showing the functions of the jyro jet. It's awesome to see. I doubt there is any other near as much. Thank you so much for satisfying my curiosity about this launcher or firearm im not sure how to categorize it. Thanks Brandon for showing your friends what a proper backstop is. The one I've seen them use is terribly inadequate to the point that I won't watch their show.
One of the reasons that it failed was the difficulty of manufacturing the ammo. Specifically, drilling the four angled venturi at the base of the rocket. But with the advances in manufacturing techniques, it could be done much easier and cheaper today. Someone needs to bring back the Gyrojet! Are you listening Brandon???
Oh no… no no no. We’re not going through this again. We’re going to have GTA 6 before we have an AK-50, and you already want him to make a fucking rocket pistol too? No.
These things basically use a solid rocket fuel. That stuff does not age well, and is extremely susceptible to cracking, especially when dropped or even jostling during shipping. If those are 60 year old rockets, I’m very surprised that even one out of 5 works. That said, it would be pretty easy, with today’s technology, to make more. I definitely wouldn’t want to get hit with one, especially at close range, as the hot gasses, will cause air bolus! Awfully nice of the rocket to cauterize the wound for you, on its way through!
I believe the RUclips channel Backyard Ballistics is/was working on that exact thing. He's even posted some videos of him testing propellant formulations and casing variants for a modern take on the gyrojet!
Legitimately the coolest gun video I've seen in years. I've been waiting a long long time to see a gyrojet shooting video in slow-mo and wow... yall did not disappoint! Too good!
I honestly didn't expect it to be so...photogenic, for lack of a better word? That was one hell of a treat to watch. Hoping you do rebuild her! Maybe even see about adding a few more to the world, if possible... Thanks again Brandon, to you, your whole crew, and the folks from BHS who filmed it with you!
Dude, that first “head” shot was insane! That’s one badass round!! I was impressed by the fact that the round through the gel block actually straightened itself out after going through the back side!! 🤟
This is hands down, your best vido Brandon, and a fantastic colab with the HSB guys .... always wantedto see one of those being fired, now I have. Thanks again
Holy crow! I did not expect that at all... at all. The scary thing about that is that it gets ballistic in the target. And when it comes out the other side, it has fuel to burn, and you have no way of knowing which way it's gonna go! It could go left, it could go right, you just don't know
Its so interesting how post WWII we thought firearms technology would advance at the same speed as WWI-WWII By then though we started to really get what works down, and from there it was more optimizing than innovating Stuff like this should always be encouraged and appreciated
I mean, it did for a while. 25 ish years between wars, and it took about that time to go from the m1 garand being ahead of its time to plastic and aluminum taking the scene. a couple of decades later we're all looking through magic portals with aiming reticles inside, invisible light beams let us aim in the night etc.
@@ravener96 ww2 had tritium, night vision sights, and reticle sites they was all just brand new stuff at the time, nothing now a days is new its just stuff from then optimized and perfected just like the OP said
Yeah, modern firearms haven’t advanced much. Frankly, the fact that the 1911 is still relevant 110+ years later and not laughably obsolete is a testament to that. Hell, take the 1911, slap on some modern features like double stack mags, rails to mount lights, updated sights, optics cuts, etc. and it’s still a practical modern pistol. 2011s are becoming the new hotness right now.
I remember when that came out and immediately was a commercial failure. What was needed was a bunch of these flying at once so small inaccuracies were not a problem. Now, we have some actual evidence that these were accurate enough and probably should have been developed further. Thanks so much.
For what advantage? It doesn't do anything significantly better and in most ways is worse. Why would you develop it? Just working doesn't make something worth investing in. And we already knew the device worked, that was never in question. People used them back then they came out. People have used them periodically since then as ammo dries up. What is it you think this "proved" or we "learned" from this? We found out what it looks like with high speed footage, that's it.
They were accurate if everything worked right. The problem was the tolerances for the jets to fire out right was a massive pain, and anything wrong would cause a inaccuracies or worse. Regular ammo is simple, a tube of powder with a projectile on top, the barrel does all the spinning for you. The effort required just to get a pistol with a minimum range and slightly better distance performance is really not something anyone is looking for in a sidearm. A sniper's weapon, maybe? But the low initial muzzle velocity is likely to cause issues at predicting very long range shots if there's any wind present. You'd really need fins or a guidance system, but at that point you've made a tiny ATGM, not a personal firearm. Short ranged unguided rockets invariably have an explosive charge, because trying to get direct hits is a waste of resources.
Accurate unguided rocket systems were developed just about a decade after this pistol. Imagine if the RPG came first, then this pistol. Imagine just a mini RPG7 in pistol form. I need someone to create a weapon mod like that for Arma 3 or something. I _need_ it.
@@justforever96 Because if we'd had bullet rockets for 60 years now, we might have bullet guided missiles by now. Even if unguided, imagine a sniper rifle that fired things like these from kilometers away. The precision and stealth of a sniper with such increased range would be unbelievably deadly.
@@jeremy5602 I still doubt unguided rockets are accurate enough to be used meaningfully for sniper weapons. By design the physics of low muzzle velocity, combined with the low mass compared to a shoulder fired rocket, means they are way more affected by wind than bullets are. Add fins and the manufacturing costs are way higher. There's a reason people tried out even guided missiles in tanks and realized that they sucked. Within line of sight ranges, cannons are just as accurate, and the time to target is way faster. From far enough away, the flames from a rocket motor can be enough to dodge out of the way. Missiles only become an option where guns or cannons are no longer capable of being utilized by the "platform" carrying them. Infantry can't haul around a 75mm cannon vs planes or tanks, so they shoot MANPADs or ATGMs. AFVs don't have the space for a full-sized anti-tank cannon, so they have ATGMs. Fighter Jets' radar can see further than 20mm cannons can hit, so they fire ATA missiles.
The solid fuel rocket design used by the Gyrojet was later adapted to power high speed core drill heads that could cut through 5.5 yards of solid rock, or 100+ yards of soil per minute. IIRC Gene Simmons (KISS) played the bad guy in the Tom Selleck movie Runaway, and Simmons used a Gyrojet as his weapon.
I love how in the first few shots, Brandon really wondered why all information and opinions on it regarded it so poorly... and then it fell apart like that merchant's vase at the beginning of Robin Williams' Disney's Aladdin, lmao "It will not break, it will not break- _SPROING_ ...it broke..."
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The barrel becoming the gyroget is the funniest shit ever.
I laughed really hard at that slow-mo footage 😂
It was like a 'real' rocket in a sense haha. Awesome
Bonus points if the next barrel says space x on the side. Nasa would also be acceptable.
Very true, probably the funniest part of the video
@@danonsgard4616spacex is overrated imo
The unscheduled removal of the barrel isn’t a malfunction, it’s a feature. One in ten shots will have a critical hit by increasing the projectile mass.
Imagine u live thru
It and have to tell the hospital u got shot with the barrel of a rocket gun
@@davidplants1039they’ll ask how David Bowie came back
Makes for a nice Easter egg reload animation
Rolled a 6 on the Wound Roll.
300% more bullet per bullet.
The Gyrojets were built like a well-made cap gun at best.
They used a single cylinder of nitrocellulose. If the rounds were ever dropped, that big grain of powder can crack and cause a more rapid burn rate. Your accuracy was definitely better than what we saw.
I was reminded of your vid when I saw this pop up, love the wacky shotgun slug series btw
Just wanna let you know i saw your video on it when it was brand new.
@@zacharyirizarry8589 thanks Zach!
@@jackmehoff2363 Hard to believe it has been 5 years!
@@taofledermaus yours w
The barrel thing is genius. When a gyrojet malfunctions and gets stuck in the barrel what you want is for it to leave anyway, with the barrel. What you don't want is it staying there and spewing its entire rocket load in your face.
So, it's actually a safety feature.
@@Folker46590 I mean honestly if something is going to fail I’d rather it be in a way that won’t kill me
@@austinestep8461 True but that is also what the person being shot at would say. It is a Gyrojet, that barrel is going to add a lot of mass to that bullet.
idk if it is on purpose, but that's what i was thinking. If the rocket is going to get stuck in the barrel, i would for sure prefer that it ejects the whole barrel with it and gets the fuck out of my hand
@@aaabbb8377 yup the way I see it any failing rockets are perfectly free to leave my vicinity, and the vicinity of the other loaded rounds.
Thanks for having us out for some high-speed capture! Super glad the next collab video didn’t have a failure 😉
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Your camera is amazing
I personally am so glad you were there for this episode. Great job guys!
On a sidenote, how's the healing coming along? No more bandages (90s attire) is a good sign.
🤔 hmm, which video might that be?
where AK50 slow-mo and update
but seriously, this was a cool video
This is genuinely historical footage. It both shows the validity of the principals of the gyrojet concept, and it's flaws.
Awesome work everyone.
Most of the flaws, other than obviously the fact that the projectile doesn't reach max velocity until after it's already left the barrel, are a product of the design not being fully perfected or the ammo being either improperly manufactured, or just degraded due to time.
I'd argue that if you were to make this with modern tools, you could fix a solid chunk of the issues. Hell, you could probably add deployable fins so that you don't need the angled exhausts, which would massively simplify manufacturing for the ammo.
@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178 tbh you could always make this into something closer to a rifle so the rockets have more time in the barrel.
@@102ndsmirnov7 it would be an unwieldy rifle, the rounds reach top velocity a solid five to ten metres from the barrel. Plus, the advantage of a weapon like this, is that it can be extremely small and lightweight without compromising on recoil, velocity or stopping power. The main advantage a rifle-like platform would bring to this, would either be moving the hammer, firing pin and magazine further up the weapon, thus keeping it further from your face, or giving you a better grip and stance for aiming. Although you'd realistically have to do both if you wanted to mount an optic on it.
@@102ndsmirnov7 make it capable of full auto and add some explosive filler into it and you basically have a bolter.
The poor hammer podcast the main host an actual physics engineer scientist was literally arguing about in two weeks ago saying bolters wouldn't work and I've also recently seen firearms experts saying its useless, prop experts saying its useless, armorers saying its useless and scientist saying its useless. This video literary disproves all known common knowledge of its usefulness and might start a new market and Poduction of similar firearms.
Omg my congressman posted (im not even from Texas)
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I aint even American but i claim him
Herrera for everyone!@@skullyboi1215
Did he win the erection??
I want to move to TX just for him, lol!
4:26 the fact that it just readjusted itself immediately is amazing.
By far the coolest gun ever
Not only did you get new footage of a rare prototype in action, you also managed to get footage of failures of said prototype which is a historical feat in and of itself.
Bravo, Rocket Man.
Totally historical.
@StevieNockmanshut up your parents didn't say that
@StevieNockman i call bullshit.
@StevieNockman You got parents? Didn't your dad leave for the milk and your mom run off with her boy friend?
@StevieNockman My parents said if I gave you a thumbs up they'd shove an ice pick into my ear.
A gun that cinematically blows your hair back in slo-mo has to be the perfect weapon for a RUclipsr.
Just wait till he builds the GYRO50
@@CalebGurbano ak50jyro
Give this to someone you don't like who has a receding hairline
Perfect timing following the previous comment. As a balding man, who had dread locks past his shoulders, Brandon's hair is epic. 🤣😂
P.S. Some of us don't miss our hair. It was good while it lasted. I was bald in high-school. Then had dreads for 20 years. Now my hairline looks like the McDonald's golden arches. I don't miss the shampoo, conditioner, hair product, and hours of twisting my locks.
Mini back blast is good for a chuckle until you get turned into a flaming stunt man with something bigger
The high speed footage of the barrel flying out, while tragic for the gun, was awesome to see.
I started dying as soon as I saw it leaving the barrel
Brings new meaning to shooting the barrel out lol
When you run out of ammo, so you gotta shoot your barrel at the bad guys:
The barrel flying out at 17:51 was strangely hilarious.
We have started shooting the entire barrel with our bullet thats 450% more bullet per bullet
Came here because I'm laughing hysterically at that major malfunction LMFAO
17:52 There is something profoundly hilarious about watching a gun shoot out it’s own barrel!!
I KNOW RIGHT!!
Brings to mind one of the old school gunsmiths (P.O. Ackley?) strength testing military bolt actions for strength. The Japanese Arisaka action did not fail. The barrel stripped its threads. I always had visions of that barrel shooting down range.
Just like professional weight lifter…. ONE GOOD PUSH!!! And boom goes the O ring
Cave Johnson wasn’t going to stop at firing just 100% of the round.
OMG that was sooooo funny!!!
"You're in a survival situation and the only thing you've got to defend yourself is a prototype rocket pistol" sounds like the setup for an old side-scrolling arcade shooter.
In the next Tarkov update...
@@Kriss_L Not too loud. They're gonna hear ya.
Wait until this is the plot of the next Fallout game.
@@johnathon007 Shhhhh. Lolz
D.R.U.M. T.I.T.T.I.E.S.
Brandon, in regards to the picture of Miller holding a Gyrojet. It’s thought to have also been the gyrojet carried by SOG’s first MoH recipient 1st Lt Sisler, recovered and then later carried by Miller. So that gyrojet in the picture very well might have been used by TWO Medal of Honor recipients.
Three MoH recipients. Brandon is hiding the fact that he used this gun in Vietnam to get him his 2nd ever MoH.
Not to mention it’s appearance in the James Bond film ‘you only live twice’
The terrifying fact is. Even without going super sonic. It’s continuous acceleration and stablization. Means you could potentially kill multiple enemies in one shot. And it’s so quiet it’s like a stealth weapon. No ear protection required to fire Most Vietcong were likely suffering from hearing damage and so were US soldiers. So most folks during the war would have never had a chance to hear this weapon go off even if it was fired over their heads. It’s odd non standard and experimental. But the gyro jet had (and still has tbh). Crazy combate potential. I think its design would actually help simplify construction and manufacturing of the actual firearm itself as well. Though the ammo is a special case of the opposite. Lol. Crazy awesome gun
Actually, not necessarily. Taofledermaus has a comment saying that the propellant is just a cylinder of nitrocellulose which is a super easy thing to make even in your kitchen. If the propellant is simple, then the entire rest of the projectile is a metal toob with a dome on top and a plate with 4 holes drilled in it at a slight angle. (and a spot for a primer) In a lot of ways it'd actually be simpler than basically any modern firearm. The action is literally just the projectile forcing the hammer back down and another round being pushed into place, (no ejection, no chamber loading, no gas-harvesting, etc.) the rounds themselves wouldn't need to be made of any high grade materials, need to be crimped, etc. and overall virtually every component of the weapon is just completely trivial.
It's a weapon that *_seems_* like it should be complicated, but in reality it's actually quite a bit simpler than virtually any of it's contemporaries.
It would only be expensive if you designed the rounds with gimballed thrust and some sort of seeking feature.
@@maniacalcoyote6087Its ammo was expensive because it required VERY precise drilling of nozzles. Or else bullet would not stabilise and go sideways, which required specialized equipment in its time. But nowadays...i guess you can 3D print it out of metal or some heat-resistant plastics/epoxy. Or just make it bigger so margins are bigger too.
Now imagine a roughly 20mm Gyrojet being fired at about 300 or more rounds a minute with explosive projectiles and you've got a bolter from 40K.
Lets call it Ak20
That's just the 40 mm
TBF the bolter appears to be a hybrid of the gyro jet and traditional rounds. If you notice most media that depicts them will have spent casing drop on the ground. It makes me think that the bolt uses an initial powder charge to get the projectile up to speed and the jet to flatten the trajectory. Would explain why they are effective in close range
At $200 a round I do hope you can get a volume discount on them...
@@nekrosus7734 WH-40K, It’s already a good name for a gun
Someone making him a gyrojet holster and him open carrying a loaded gyrojet would be exactly what his campaign needs right now.
I have access to the right machines to do that. Whether my school will allow me to make a holster, though...
@@lemagicbaguette1917your school* has the tools
@@Pipes7472 fair enough.
@@Pipes7472he has access to the school owned machines. Access=\=ownership
@@justdrifting4749 he edited his comment, tbf I don’t actually care now I shouldn’t of said anything was a bit rude
Brandon - blows up a toob and a rocket gun. Zero Injuries.
Scott - What the hell man?
Pretty sure he would have died without immediate aid when he blew up that stupid pipe rifle.
Don't forget the JTS-12 grenading from the 50 BMG round
@@AB0BA_69which one
@@Benjamin_Bischoff the first one. you know, the one that literally put him in hopsital and made him who he is today? y'know, the "my 50 cal exploded" one?
@@AB0BA_69 didn't Scott himself said he survived it solely because he took his father with himself? Or i'm confusing him with Kentucky Ballistic?
Awesome footage to see. Not something I would want as a primary but badass collector's piece.
Side note: Tinnitus sucks. I've resorted to sleeping with headphones most nights. GF is a light sleeper so fan on high doesn't work and it barely silences the weeeeeeeeeeee 24/7.
We were driving the other day in my old Jeep and i heard a vacuum leak that I thought was stopping when i accelerated. She turns the radio up and asks "How doesn't that high pitched sound doesn't bother me?" I responded "it goes away when I'm on the gas and I'll fix it when we get home" She looks at me and said" Oh you really can't hear that constant sound that lessens when you hit the gas??" I legitimately could only hear the lower tone, higher pitch she's hearing is gone.
When she started shooting I made sure hearing protection was top priority after teaching her safety. When we shoot indoors she will wear foamy and amplifier muffs. I made those mistakes younger and in trainings shooting blanks without ear pro.
17:52
When you unlock the Super Bullet upgrade.
_"Sure, you can only use it once, but it's gonna be the biggest bullet this little guy sends down range."_ -Upgradesmith
[Special attack]
+Increases Projectile Mass
-Can only use once
"This rocket pistol cost me 40K!"
"yes inquisitor, this man right here."
I see what you did there.
For the Emporer
That's like, at least, one throne gelt.
Wonder what the conversion rate on those is^^
May the Emperor bless your wrath dispenser.
The weak barrel retention makes me think it was a fail safe component. If you get a squib or misfire in one of those you are literally going to be holding your hand in the jet's exhaust to maintain safe control. Maybe the thought was "it is better to launch the barrel down range than burn off fingers." Not a good design, but could have been a design feature of the flaw.
I was wondering that. It would make a lot of sense. I really hope that, when they fix the Gyrojet, they don’t change that feature. Just make a bunch of barrels tbh, that seems like a better idea
Ah, the old "it's not a bug, it's a feature" defense.
Barrel penetration video next.
@@Kneon_Knight LOL, just sayin' maybe they justified the weak point.
@@Kneon_Knight rather have no barrel than no hand
I have wanted to see one of these fire for 52 years since I saw James Curtis Earls machine gun catalog when I was 16 yo old. Thanks for not only firing this gun but documenting the entire sequence multiple times. A real gun pro..
I am soon 75 years old and remember when this launcher came out. I was in High School. It was supposed to be our Space Gun for our Space Troops. You were supposed to be able to set the muzzle velocity by adjusting the tension of the hammer spring. You could set it for max velocity right out of the muzzle or to get max speed at 50 yards. They claimed it was as powerful as a 45 ACP.
As you found out, the problem was the ammo. Unreliable, inaccurate and very expensive.
Great Video!
I don't think the ammo would be so expensive if the weapon that uses it wasn't such a rare novelty
@@deskmat9874 completely agree, but if there were flaws, no reason to produce more
I wonder if with modern tech if you could make a modern one without the negatives..
@@zakofrx Someone would have to try, and would have to make both more modern, better ammo and certainly a better designed gun to fire it. That barrel thing is just bad design man.
I can't see why modern gyrojet ammo couldn't be made. The rounds would need to be created using CNC processes and some novel blend of propellants, and as such would not be cheap, but that's the nature of R&D.
Wow what a saftey feature! When you had a bore obstruction, the gun fails and still delivers a metal projectile downrange and prevents you from firing another round unsafely!
Automatic barrel ejection for the win
Maybe it really is a feature, saves the user from getting the full propellent to the face and hands?
It's not a flaw, it's a feature.
That legitimately has to be some of the most gruesome injuries.
Not only do you get shot, you more than likely get burned INSIDE the wound. God, that's horrifying to think about.
Cauterization might actually be helpful.
@@MR-yo1xj Helpful but more hurtful, lol
@@MR-yo1xj That's not how cauterization works. They're just straight up internal burn wounds bruh lol
If you use it for hunting, the game might be cooked after you shoot it.
@@phlodelFlamethrower hunting ftw
Once it’s functional again, that thing would look insane firing at night
The barrel was held in with a tab of metal, some glue, and a dream.
Most people are afraid to shoot older preserved guns, then there are those who want to test it and document their actual intended function. Props.
and destroy it by accident 😂
And some pointed it directly at their face when it didn't work... Fear is one thing. Ignorance is something else
@@daviddiggens8841if you're talking about this video, the barrel was gone. This gun can no longer function.
@@daviddiggens8841It is literally not even a gun anymore. This is like taking a handgun, removing the slide and barrel and then crying about flagging. It's literally just parts at that point lmao
there's shooting an older preserved gun that basically functions like any other guns, and then there's shit like this which functions completely differently and perhaps merits more respect
The rocket propelled barrel launching itself down range was the funniest shit ever.
"At Aperture we fire the whole bullet and barrel, that's 250% more bullet, per bullet."
Just imagine being hit by that!
RPB!!!!! TAKE COVER!!
@@opticFPV 😂
@@AARONSHEERNit would drill through like an apple corer. Ouch
3:31 he just looks like a warzone loading screen
That first shot of Brandon firing the gyrojet literally looks like something from a cheesy action movie where they didn't even try to make the guns realistic, but the fact it's real makes it so much cooler. Ballistic High Speed was such a good choice of collab for this video, this is likely the only high quality, high speed footage of one of these firing that exists so definitely one for the history books.
Not only does this gun naturally shoot 100% more bullet per bullet, you managed to get it to shoot 500% more!
Aperture science will be suing Brandon shortly
more like hiring.
He got a random crit
The barrel flying away at 17:56 was the funniest thing I've seen all year. I am in literal pain from laughing.
Can't you just see Brandon running after it, yelling "Wait! Don't go!"
My wife in the other room is yelling, 'What the heck are you laughing at so hard?'
That slomo of the barrel leaving the gun with the rocket flame made my piss myself laughing...
Okay it was far funnier than I expected it to be lmao
This has to be one of the coolest gun videos I have seen. The Ballistic High Speed guys made this incredible.
17:50 So that's how the perk to make the last round in the mag do more damage works? Neat!
From shooting 65% more bullet, per round, to extra damage for the last round before you switch to your next weapon on hand. This gun truly can do it all!
"Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you! Check it out! Independently targeting particle beam phalanx. Whoa! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase-plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got pistols that will shoot barrels at you, we got knives, sharp sticks..." - modified slightly
It’s like a Garand. Spits a chunk out when it’s empty.
"Plus we fire the whole barrel! That's 65% more....wait what?"
Hey Brandon! Thanks heaps for using our Rocketman cover!!!!!!
its really great!
@@oersza Thanks!
So y'all were in the studio warming up & then did a rally cry of "GYROJET!" before hitting the red button, right?! It does sound like a vote for gyrojet soundtrack is a vote for Brandon Herrera 😉
@theshortfallmusic you should totally get approval for a photo of the barrel leaving this gun or Brandon holding it (as albumart) if you release a physical EP. include a QR code for this video on the back of the album
You could also include this as a single albumart too. Super cool video for sure. Awesome your music made it. This vid landed on 2 playlists
Happy 2024
I am not too surprised that the barrel took off, the Gyrojet pistols are built VERY cheap, the body of the gun is two pieces of pressed zinc alloy, and the barrel is a smooth steel tube, the thing feels like a toy in your hand.
The expectation is that the gun won't have to withstand any real pressure, and maybe that was more realistic when the ammo was fresh, but this is now 60 year old solid rocket fuel, and the ammunition was noted even at the time for having poor consistency.
So a gun made outta cheap ass materials but has ammo costing the same as my grocery list, makes sense.
@@lonestarlopez713must've been cheaper when first made, current price so high more due to rarity.
@@BoraHorzaGobuchul Exactly, stupid guys just dont understand the mening of supply and demand🤷🏼♂️
Wish someone would try to make a new, more serious and expensive version of the gyrojet then
@@lonestarlopez713how many people are you feeding 😂 (not to be rude)
The only bullet that can pass through something and regain it's speed. That's kinda dope.
As the barrel left the gun on the last shot, I was hearing in my head the following song:
🎵Come with meeee and you'll seeee a worlllld of priceless devastation...🎶
So this basically proves that the whole "nonlethal at 10 yards" thing is fuddlore
The 2nd gel block shot may have not been lethal, misfire in the rocket caused it to have little momentum.
now add winter coat and bushes at 10y
Imagine being the poor guy smoked by a Gyrojet misfire and getting the whole damn gun barrel lodged in your sternum.
@@Sabwones people have lived with rpg missfires
@@Sabwones I think there's a pretty good chance you won't survive the impact.
2:04 "At Aperture we fire the whole bullet, that’s 65% more bullet, per bullet." - Cave Johnson
Are we sure Aperture Science *didn't* develop this?
At Herrera Inc. we fire the whole barrel!
I'm quite sure they did. [srsl though Aperture is kinda based on those coked up companies of 70s xD)
@@Taabituubi THIS!
We do what we must because we can.
Thanks for the reminder. GOLD!
Knowles is pretty chill about all the Rocket jokes
Even though a whoul RPG EXPLODET IN HIS FACE!
But not gonna lie the "Wlittle rocket" got me😂
That’s a little scary because the RICOCHET could theoretically re-stabilize and accelerate. But it would cauterize the wound so it’s all good.
Why if you're wearing body armor and the bullet gets suck in your plates and keeps firing?
@@isveryniceyes "ROCKET POKE!"
Didn’t think about body armor, but if the bullet struck something… remaining fuel would continue to propel the bullet. Rocket. Whatever….
Now I'm considering the effect on a car, in the engine bay melting hoses and wires...
Hmmm engine block. Make the bullet out of magnesium and ensure the remaining fuel is hot enough to ignite the magnesium. It would have to be a sizable amount of magnesium to burn for a while. This is an interesting concept for the 1960’s.
What surprised me about the gyro jet is that there’s a Carbine version and an underwater version called the Lancejet. They look amazing.
I had to look those up, very very cool looking, wonder if anyone could get one as I only seen a picture of them in the national firearms museum 🤔
On a sidenote: how about finding and testing an honest to God Russkie underwater assault rifle? That would be epic! Do the high-speed camera guys have scuba gear?
Ballistic Highspeed was such a good choice for this colab. I'm glad to see them popping up more in the gun-tuber space. The footage they manage to capture is more jaw dropping than high budget CGI.
That’s because the cameras they use are extremely high-budget.
Makes my heart happy to see he went from being in the hospital to T posing in a Herrera video.
God bless the high speed ballistics boys
Who would have thought years after Vietnam, another Medal of Honor recipient would be holding a gyrojet.
Thank you Brandon, for your service
@Grastiars1 still can't believe the way he got his purple heart. Forty-six landmines is impressive
@@just_that_crazy517920 to 1 is long odds, even if they were orphans.
Debatably especially if they were orphans, they don't have anything to lose
@@MSgt4246 Everyone knows it was sixty-nine.
@@liverworm9917nice
One thing to consider is that most rounds hit a target and lose a lot of their momentum. This is a ROCKET. You can see it on one of the slo-mo's the rocket correcting itself and getting ready to go some more. These don't lose "focus"!!!!
"I have been launched, I most go until fuel is depleted" -- There is just a course correction.
I kind of want to see what happens when they impact body armor now.
The rocket knows where it is, and it knows where it wants to be.
I love that yeeting the entire barrel still reset the trigger/hammer properly
Mission Failed Successfully.
This was the coolest ballistic high speed footage EVER. Talk about squeezing every drop of production value out of a $200 projectile 👏👏👏👏👏🙌
17:53 made this for me. Never, not once, have I seen a barrel-missile shoot down range in slow motion. So glad you weren’t hurt!!!
This is one of the coolest fucking videos Brandon will probably ever make. Literally documenting history. As unreal as it is that he got one AND shot it, deciding to high-speed this will make this such a timeless video for this weapons history.
I agree! I have known about the Gyrojet for many, many years but have never seen a video like this that shows exactly how it worked.
I nearly died laughing at how goofy the slow motion was for the barrel ejection
Back in the day they could of only dreamed of having the slo-mo video reviews of their product for R and D too.
Brandon you missed the PERFECT opportunity to say that the barrel flew out because the designer didn’t know to get his start in gunsmithing or weapons technology with SDI I was WAITING for the setup
But clearly the weapons designer knew exactly what they were doing, Brandon just accidentally activated the "Extreme Prejudice" firing mode, for when you really want to destroy whatever you're pointing the barrel at.
@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178 "whatever you're pointing the barrel at." doubleplusgoodsay
A missed opportunity indeed, still a great vid
"Here's some PDF's... that'll be $10,000."
Nolan from Tacticon Armament at 3:13! Hey broski!
Love y'all's products. (Yes, that's genuine southern slang.)
This channel might be the first one that has gyrojet squib load and the first one with unique barrel malfunction, *RECORDED* , which in a way is fricking amazing, Brandon and the boys become the first one in history to record them.
They did indeed.
Demos video?
The super slow mo of the barrel exiting is the coolest and funniest thing I’ve ever seen on a gun video. Thank you for your service Brandon!
Really missed an opportunity for an SDI ad when he said "we can rebuild her, we have the technology"
Yeah, usually he NEVER misses an opportunity to smoothly segue into an ad. They must not be “on” this week.
I knew something was missing. Now I know what. Though, now I need to rewatch because I think he was wearing a SDI T-shirt for at least part of the range footage
@@spudgamer6049he was right at the end, likely throughout all range time
This footage is incredible ! Thank you for the video, Brandon. I hope you enjoy the holidays.
i love how even after a traumatic event they're still able to make jokes, i love the post traumatic growth
Demmo ranch must be watching with shaky hands…
yeah, that bit was probably his idea as well
I think you need to talk to your wife...
For a politician, a year to complete a promise is actually insanely fast. To come through at all is a huge defeat in itself.
*Feat. Lol.
@@theglitchcounter264 Typical politicians always lie, so if they incidentally don't lie, they becoming less politicians and therefore defeated.
@@theglitchcounter264I think he meant to say “da feat”? As in “yo dawg, that was da feat!”
@@scottydu81 lmfao
Tony interns next post - BRANDON HERRERA MAKES AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. The past few weeks on X especially yesterday have been painfully pathetic and hilarious.. The poor intern will need therapy forever 🤣🤣
Part 2
ruclips.net/video/XBwwTsS2FF0/видео.html
I already made this post and said the b word instead of "explosive device" yt nuked it in seconds 🤣🤣
Just wait till he finds out about the toob
It's called Twitter
The post they made was even worse than i could have imagined 🤣🤣
That was insane w/ the barrel coming out.
I can safely say I have NEVER seen that happen on a firearm before.
Awesome footage 👍
We got every aspect of _Far Cry 2_ covered already:
* Normal firing sequence.
* "Jamming" by destroying a rocket before it leaves the weapon.
* Catastrophic (and totally survivable) malfunction with _the entire barrel_ flying out of the gun.
Glad that we saw the Gyrojet in action, nevertheless.
Another gamer cringetard
watching Brandon's arm hair on the slomo camera ripple in the blast wave of the rocket firing like it was a grassy plain in a gentle breeze is one of the most unexpectedly strangely satisfying things I've seen in a long time.
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
@@StacheOperator You're too kind, thank you lmao
Lol, I thought the same! :D
I don't think there are any congressmen out there shooting gyrojets. The memes with the hair flowing in the rocket breeze are going to be awesome.
And that epic slo-mo sound effect of firing small rockets.
1:12 The way bryce was starting to wave but the remembered "wait, that's not what i am supposed to do" and just started t-posing with adam
Ya know I don’t know what’s more impressive the firearm functioning properly or malfunctioning and firing a barrel as a projectile in itself at someone like a flying cookie cutter from hell.
Early prototype feature for extra stopping power
😂😂. You just made me spit take. Thanks for the laugh
I remember firing the parachute flare pen gyrojet. I remember the instructor saying something like "these weren't that regulated until someone decided to make a handgun thing that fires the same round, so now it's considered a firearm since the rounds can be fired in an actual gun." or something like that. The only other thing I remember is that the falling flare started a small fire, off base. I always thought this supposed handgun fired the same flare rounds as the pen launcher. I never expected it to be a rocket FMJ kind of thing.
The continued spinning of the rocket through the white claw was an awesome mix of cool and beautiful
15:45 😂😂😂 glad he’s here to joke about it
Miller, the soldier mentioned, was indeed special forces. He was with SOG, and saw service in Cambodia and Laos, as well as Vietnam itself. He also did carry his Gyrojet into the field, though I am not aware of any stories surrounding its use. There's a book called SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam, written by John L. Plaster, that I would highly recommend to anybody interested in this group, and what they did during the war.
Also... hey, the barrel may not stabilize the projectiles, but the projectiles can damn sure stabilize the barrel! Good stuff!
The only thing you hear from veterans is how much Gucci gimmick gear they don't even use just to save weight. Nods and red dots need batteries you could easily lose at night or in the water and nobody wants to fall behind while you're trying to find those tiny batteries in the grass
Electronic BS will always fail you when you need it the most
How about that firing pin retainer clip? How retarded do you have to be to lose it in the field? Guns don't need to be cleaned with milspec ammo
Funny they said that same thing about car fuel injection ECUs , pacemakers and electric cars.
@@francislutz8027 I think that he is partially correct.
I think every type of new technology has 3 phases.
Phase 1: Is somewhat usable but unreliable.
Phase 2: Is usable but unreliable in some situations.
Phase 3: Is usable and reliable.
A few examples are the history of guns, cars, aircraft, radio, night vision.
The examples you mentioned are at least in phase 2.
Fuel Injection and Pacemakers are in Phase 3 and electric cars Phase 2.
"Gun shaped object" pretty much covers it. My dad had several of these when I was growing up and some aluminum or pot metal part was always breaking. I noticed you were briefed on not dry firing it. Making new hammers that snapped off was the most common repair I had to do.
If you want real unobtanium, try to find the rounds that are formulated to turn any unburned propellant into explosive when the solid target is hit. Regular rocket rounds would go through an old mechanical bathroom scale. The explosive rounds would turn it into a Bouncing Betty.
The rounds you got were pretty good, overall. The scary ones are the ones that hiss for a bit before fully igniting. You're sure it's gonna explode in your face.
The bodies of the guns were made of zinc alloy pressings forming the left and right halves, so these things REALLY weren't durable at all. They're very fascinating as a concept, but a lot about them could have been done better. I wonder if it would be easier and cheaper to design rockets which employ fins as they exit the muzzle?
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Where would the fins be stored before firing? It’d essentially require making a sabot to protect the fins.
@@mcarrowtime7095 A discarding sabot is one approach, optionally make the jets force the fins to deploy when they fire.
@@mcarrowtime7095the round doesn't have to be same diameter all the way. A short length in the back could be thinner and hold deployable fins kinda like a smaw rocket.
@@BoraHorzaGobuchul then where would it sit in relation to the primer?
"Plus, we fire the WHOLE bullet. That's 65% more bullet, per bullet!" -Cave Johnson
OMG...the barrel flying out like a mini-missile is the best thing I have seen in firearms in a looooong time!!! Thanks Brandon!!! You made the subscription worth it!
Yep. This thing just decided "Screw it, I'll shoot the ultralong rocket now!"
Upgrading the caliber on the fly.
Tinnitus, is the gift that keeps on giving. Tinnitus, your friend for life.
Two things, having Ballistic High Speed on needs to be a more common occurrence, and the Rocket Man bit was pure gold! Well done guys!!!! Also, the barrels had an expiration date on them, once they shot enough rounds, rockets, projectiles, the barrel itself would eject. That how you know it was time to replace them, it's a feature....probably.
The gun is so good even when it malfunctions it not only ejects the whole barrel so you know it time for maintenence but it also sends the whole barrel with the whole bullet to kill the enemy extra dead, it's not only a brilliant feature but an excellent one, with 65% more bullet per bullet! GENIUS DESIGN
@@projectdeveloper9311 I heard you *really* love stopping power so I made the whole fucking barrel a bullet
You all have done a great job of showing the functions of the jyro jet. It's awesome to see. I doubt there is any other near as much. Thank you so much for satisfying my curiosity about this launcher or firearm im not sure how to categorize it. Thanks Brandon for showing your friends what a proper backstop is. The one I've seen them use is terribly inadequate to the point that I won't watch their show.
18:10 The barrel's like, "Aight, I'm gonna head out".
"In apeture science. We fire the whole bullet and the barrel, thats 250% more bullet, per bullet!"
i was looking for this comment
Came here for that comment!
One of the reasons that it failed was the difficulty of manufacturing the ammo. Specifically, drilling the four angled venturi at the base of the rocket. But with the advances in manufacturing techniques, it could be done much easier and cheaper today. Someone needs to bring back the Gyrojet! Are you listening Brandon???
AK-GyroJet coming soon
Oh no… no no no. We’re not going through this again. We’re going to have GTA 6 before we have an AK-50, and you already want him to make a fucking rocket pistol too? No.
These things basically use a solid rocket fuel. That stuff does not age well, and is extremely susceptible to cracking, especially when dropped or even jostling during shipping. If those are 60 year old rockets, I’m very surprised that even one out of 5 works. That said, it would be pretty easy, with today’s technology, to make more. I definitely wouldn’t want to get hit with one, especially at close range, as the hot gasses, will cause air bolus! Awfully nice of the rocket to cauterize the wound for you, on its way through!
I believe the RUclips channel Backyard Ballistics is/was working on that exact thing. He's even posted some videos of him testing propellant formulations and casing variants for a modern take on the gyrojet!
@@TheBauwssss That dude must really love failure.
Legitimately the coolest gun video I've seen in years. I've been waiting a long long time to see a gyrojet shooting video in slow-mo and wow... yall did not disappoint! Too good!
The slo-mo footage of the rocket round taking the barrel with it, is probably the best thing ever caught on a high FPS camera. That was wild!
I honestly didn't expect it to be so...photogenic, for lack of a better word? That was one hell of a treat to watch. Hoping you do rebuild her! Maybe even see about adding a few more to the world, if possible... Thanks again Brandon, to you, your whole crew, and the folks from BHS who filmed it with you!
Wait till you see the carbine & underwater versions.
Dude, that first “head” shot was insane! That’s one badass round!! I was impressed by the fact that the round through the gel block actually straightened itself out after going through the back side!! 🤟
17:50 just gave “I’m gonna show you the barrel of my gun” a whole new meaning
Happy to seeing the Ballistic High Speed guys grow after their pistol rounds on a ballistic dummy video all those years ago.
ayyy glad to see an OG in the wild.
@@knowlzy0791 Yeah, I remember being quite amazed at how much cavitation the .45ACP had over the 9mm in that video.
This is hands down, your best vido Brandon, and a fantastic colab with the HSB guys .... always wantedto see one of those being fired, now I have. Thanks again
I can read Brandon's mind at 17:35...he's like..."I know it doesn't have a barrel, but stop flagging me bro 🤣"
“That rocket is small enough I can take it” Bless you Adam
So excited I got to see the first ever instance of a RPB (Rocket-Propelled Barrel) being fired downrange effectively. Thanks Brandon!
Holy crow! I did not expect that at all... at all. The scary thing about that is that it gets ballistic in the target. And when it comes out the other side, it has fuel to burn, and you have no way of knowing which way it's gonna go! It could go left, it could go right, you just don't know
Its so interesting how post WWII we thought firearms technology would advance at the same speed as WWI-WWII
By then though we started to really get what works down, and from there it was more optimizing than innovating
Stuff like this should always be encouraged and appreciated
I mean, it did for a while. 25 ish years between wars, and it took about that time to go from the m1 garand being ahead of its time to plastic and aluminum taking the scene. a couple of decades later we're all looking through magic portals with aiming reticles inside, invisible light beams let us aim in the night etc.
@@ravener96 ww2 had tritium, night vision sights, and reticle sites they was all just brand new stuff at the time, nothing now a days is new its just stuff from then optimized and perfected just like the OP said
In reality, firearm technology during post-WWII and Cold War eras advanced rather fast.
Yeah, modern firearms haven’t advanced much. Frankly, the fact that the 1911 is still relevant 110+ years later and not laughably obsolete is a testament to that.
Hell, take the 1911, slap on some modern features like double stack mags, rails to mount lights, updated sights, optics cuts, etc. and it’s still a practical modern pistol. 2011s are becoming the new hotness right now.
In 100 more years, we’ll have Spartan armor
I remember when that came out and immediately was a commercial failure. What was needed was a bunch of these flying at once so small inaccuracies were not a problem. Now, we have some actual evidence that these were accurate enough and probably should have been developed further. Thanks so much.
For what advantage? It doesn't do anything significantly better and in most ways is worse. Why would you develop it? Just working doesn't make something worth investing in. And we already knew the device worked, that was never in question. People used them back then they came out. People have used them periodically since then as ammo dries up. What is it you think this "proved" or we "learned" from this? We found out what it looks like with high speed footage, that's it.
They were accurate if everything worked right. The problem was the tolerances for the jets to fire out right was a massive pain, and anything wrong would cause a inaccuracies or worse. Regular ammo is simple, a tube of powder with a projectile on top, the barrel does all the spinning for you. The effort required just to get a pistol with a minimum range and slightly better distance performance is really not something anyone is looking for in a sidearm. A sniper's weapon, maybe? But the low initial muzzle velocity is likely to cause issues at predicting very long range shots if there's any wind present.
You'd really need fins or a guidance system, but at that point you've made a tiny ATGM, not a personal firearm.
Short ranged unguided rockets invariably have an explosive charge, because trying to get direct hits is a waste of resources.
Accurate unguided rocket systems were developed just about a decade after this pistol. Imagine if the RPG came first, then this pistol. Imagine just a mini RPG7 in pistol form. I need someone to create a weapon mod like that for Arma 3 or something. I _need_ it.
@@justforever96 Because if we'd had bullet rockets for 60 years now, we might have bullet guided missiles by now. Even if unguided, imagine a sniper rifle that fired things like these from kilometers away. The precision and stealth of a sniper with such increased range would be unbelievably deadly.
@@jeremy5602 I still doubt unguided rockets are accurate enough to be used meaningfully for sniper weapons. By design the physics of low muzzle velocity, combined with the low mass compared to a shoulder fired rocket, means they are way more affected by wind than bullets are. Add fins and the manufacturing costs are way higher.
There's a reason people tried out even guided missiles in tanks and realized that they sucked. Within line of sight ranges, cannons are just as accurate, and the time to target is way faster. From far enough away, the flames from a rocket motor can be enough to dodge out of the way.
Missiles only become an option where guns or cannons are no longer capable of being utilized by the "platform" carrying them. Infantry can't haul around a 75mm cannon vs planes or tanks, so they shoot MANPADs or ATGMs. AFVs don't have the space for a full-sized anti-tank cannon, so they have ATGMs. Fighter Jets' radar can see further than 20mm cannons can hit, so they fire ATA missiles.
The solid fuel rocket design used by the Gyrojet was later adapted to power high speed core drill heads that could cut through 5.5 yards of solid rock, or 100+ yards of soil per minute. IIRC Gene Simmons (KISS) played the bad guy in the Tom Selleck movie Runaway, and Simmons used a Gyrojet as his weapon.
Fugging wild! Thank you for showing this and answering many questions.
We need more funding into these. There's flaws that could definitely be removed.
I love how in the first few shots, Brandon really wondered why all information and opinions on it regarded it so poorly... and then it fell apart like that merchant's vase at the beginning of Robin Williams' Disney's Aladdin, lmao
"It will not break, it will not break- _SPROING_ ...it broke..."