My father told me the first thing the G.I.s did was through away the bipod. Then they stripped them down and ran fine Emory cloth over the edges. Boil metal parts in water to remove packing grease. Give it to a guy strong enough to carry it around. My fathers squad carried a bazooka and a vest full of rockets instead of a BAR.
@@evanfussell9821 logically you’re flawed, but hey I was just tryna help I have foreign friends that genuinely don’t know the difference in some words spelling, never once was I rude or offensive
My dad went active duty in I believe 62 or 63. He told me he might have been the last person to qualify as an expert with the bar in the USArmy. He said he loved shooting the BAR. He also won the army service rifle match in 1963 with an M1.
@jackson_craft_gamingscates9324 the .308/7.62 NATO cartridge is what resulted from work during the 40s on a lighter/shorter but ballistically similar to the .30-06, and was finalized in the 50s.
I know a vietnam vet who says this was his favorite weapon in nam. It was coveted by people in the know. It looks and sounds awkward on paper but a full powered battle rifle that has a short burst of mg teeth without the weight(I know it still weighs a ton by todays standard I'm saying compared to mg's of the time) is actually incredibly useful in mobile warfare. Obviously there are better options now but the concept was ahead of its time.
Sgt Eddie Ray was under 6' he preferred the BAR. Had the honor of working for him .RIP, Sir. He treated me like a son. Best advice he gave me was "Roll with the punches."
@@Naltddesha The fast mode is mostly to cut several people down at close range before they can take cover. The slow mode can be semi auto since its so slow you can easily let off the trigger to fire single shots. Maybe a little less precise but lets remember this is an open bolt weapon so it's probably not going to be super accurate anyways.
They don't do it because proper hot-blueing is expensive and slow, and nowhere as durable as phosphating or cerakote etc. If you want a nice blued finish you can get it (if your gun is steel not alu) but you'll have to pay extra for it.
Unfortunately blueing will just never be as practical as more modern methods. Cerakote, DLC, and nitride will just always be better at corrosion resistance. Bluing does look nice though
I had an older friend, That did 2 tours in Korea. Army, he carried the B.A.R. both tours. And was in some of the Main battles. Frontline He would often Bragg about his B.A.R. He told me many WILD Stories...He never had PTSD or anything like that...Wally slept like a baby, his ENTIRE life...RIP he was 84...
Made when the US loved the 30-06! I’ve shot one of the reproductions and there was very little recoil, sure wouldn’t want to be the guy lugging one of these around on patrol! Great post!
I mean, let’s be honest, the BAR sucked. It was too heavy to be a proper LMG, its ammo capacity was too small to provide effective suppressing fire, and it was too heavy to be an effective semi-auto rifle. It was an interesting idea executed poorly.
Probably because the full auto was really meant for a "OH SHIT" kind of situation or where you needed to put a lot of powerful in theory accurately at farther range? Just seems like full auto on the .30-06 might not be accurate (firing from shoulder) however these were large heavy rifles.
@@Naltddesha Could have been either but the slow mode can basically be semi its really easy to let off before more than one shot fires I've personally shot one
@@redtra236 the BAR puts you in the dirt while the MG-42 shreads you to pieces. Sure getting shot at is terrifying, but in a combat scenario the MG-42 drastically decreases your survivability to stay in the fight.
@@Youthsoldiers1992 Yeah but the BAR is way lighter and more portable so it depends on the situation. Most post war MG42 variants have slowed down the fire rate for a reason. I do think I'd rather have an MG42 on my side than a BAR though.
@kevinbelden9065 kind of, too many compromises made, and too many people on the ordinance board with what would become false ideas for what the best weapons to have in warfare would be. Dumb ideas like guys running out of auditing because you gave them a semi auto instead of a bolt gun for instance
My Dad enlisted in the Illinois National Guard, Field Artillery out of Chicago in 1939. The Depression was still on. He was assigned as a Truck Driver, and issued a BAR to protect the prime mover. They pulled a Caisson and an M1887 Scheneider Howitzer 75mm [French Seventy-Five.]. He said when they went on Summer manoevers, he never got real bullets. The magazines were wood blocks.
Ditch the A2 forearm and the Bakelite stock for the original wood furniture or repro if anyone makes them. Absolutely gorgeous otherwise. One of my all time favorites firearms.
I used to work with a veteran, he was the platoon BAR man, the infantry tactics of that time were that when the rifleman had emptied their M-14 clips, that was when he would cut loose while the riflemen reloaded!
*whatever you say glowie.* I do believe we need to bring back being able to manufacture and register machine guns for sale and transfer (or better yet get rid of the registry entirely), and being able to purchase them at licensed gun stores with a background check. Same with NFA items without the tax stamp. Repeal the NFA, abolish the ATF.
I worked on a History Channel movie. Set a couple weird back. Me and a buddy which owned shooting range Couldn't believe when we found an original BAR amongst other original rifles and bannettes in with the movie props. Crazy
Ok man I love the show and have seen nearly every if not every episode but the way he handles it in the show is a joke he only uses the bipod in a few episodes and rarely if ever uses the sights
Marlin also made a BMR THAT was pretty rare to find it was fully automatic with the weird slow and fast switch he was referring to. Still a great gun and worth more than 50 k these days
That is and probably will always be my favorite rifle ever made. Drop dead gorgeous sledgehammer that sounds like a sewing machine from hell... if i ever win the lottery....
Back in the days of world at war my buddy and I used to jokingly call it the barely automatic rifle. Never knew it had a “fast” button until a year ago.
@Rumblestrip I know, guess someone will have to check auction houses. I know it's a semi-auto, just trying to help. Anyone with common sense knows you can't buy a brand new full auto.
Clyde Barrow's weapon of choice struck fear into the hearts of local LE Agencies. Local cops were freaked out when bank robbers rolled up with actual military weaponry. It was pretty much unprecedented at the time, in the area. One reason why Bonnie amd Clyde seemed way more bad ass than they actually were ❤
My grandpa would always tell me that he hated carrying the BAR while he served because of how insanely heavy they are. But honestly all of the standard issue guns at the time were all pretty damn heavy
YOU’RE SEEING PORTER IN INDY??? I’ll be seeing him for my first time ever there on my birthday and I’ve been such a big fan of him since spitfire. I’m so unbelievably excited. Would love to see you there! :)
A veteran whose father fought in World War 2 once let me shoot one of these along with A M1 garand. It was the anniversary of his dad's passing and to cope, he went shooting. He let me and my friend fire em. And let me tell you they were phenomenal.
The BAR my favorite military rifle ever made 30-06 auto talk about overkill for people you did not want to be in a sand bunker and think you were safe from one of these bad boys
My great grandpa owed an M1918A2 and i had the privilege of firing an original M1918 when i was in the army and a few buddies and i went to this range where you could fire full auto weapons... and from my experience with both of them id take the M1918A2 any day of the week over the original. The A2 is slightly more comfortable, the bipod is a few twists away from coming off, most guys DID take them off during WW2 so its literally not an issue at all, and the rear sight being a crown sight i actually found much easier to maintain a sense of my target while aiming and letting her eat. I could care less about select fire on a B.A.R, the purpose of the automatic rifle is to put down as much firepower as possible, the equivalent of today's SAW, which is what i operated during my stint. I will admit though, if you don't have much practice with recoil you'll get a nice surprise firing the M1918, thing kicks like a mule, funny considering its a 20 pound weapon system. But yeah, disagree with this guy quite a bit on his preferences of the original over the A2, but to each their own.
I've fired an M1918A2 before the slow fire mode makes it pretty accurate in short bursts on the bipod and if you want single shots is slow enough to easily shoot one shot.
A German, an Italian, and a Japanese soldier walk into a BAR.
...and that was ALL she wrote!
Lest we forget the Vichy Frenchman.
I got one better.
An Irishman walks past a bar😂😂😂 as if they never pass
😂
And carried out in a vacuum cleaner
My father told me the first thing the G.I.s did was through away the bipod. Then they stripped them down and ran fine Emory cloth over the edges. Boil metal parts in water to remove packing grease. Give it to a guy strong enough to carry it around. My fathers squad carried a bazooka and a vest full of rockets instead of a BAR.
That's badass
@@onyxacolyte2600really? You felt that strongly you had to correct ol’boy you knew what was being said.
@@evanfussell9821 logically you’re flawed, but hey I was just tryna help I have foreign friends that genuinely don’t know the difference in some words spelling, never once was I rude or offensive
@@onyxacolyte2600go write your short story elsewhere and touch some grass.
Must have been a unit by unit thing. I've heard of guys who wanted to toss it but were not allowed to.
WWI: MG trying to be a rifle
WWII: rifle trying to be an MG
Was it meant to be AUTO RIFLE,
Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) 🤦🏻♂️
Exactly @@nocturnalrecluse1216
Absolute best way to put it, but hits meats in the 20s if you had one….
Not ww1 sorry the war was 1914 the weapon made 1918 do the math
My dad went active duty in I believe 62 or 63. He told me he might have been the last person to qualify as an expert with the bar in the USArmy. He said he loved shooting the BAR. He also won the army service rifle match in 1963 with an M1.
That’s history there my man salute to your father my brother 🫡
That’s awesome !
I know a guy who qualified on a Thompson in the late 60's
Imagine a tanker qualifying with the grease gun in the 90s
I wanted textron to win NGSW because their SAW does the same kinda slow chug thing that made the BAR really popular with some guys
30.06 is still a helluva round over a hundred years later.
Yeah, and it will be 100 years from now!!
It's my #1
It is, although I'm not sure if it's safe to shoot modern loads through these old guns or not.
The NATO 7.62 mm round has almost the same kinematic performance, while being a bit lighter.
@@ericandrews1661it's being done in Ukraine every day among other conflicts
One wicked firearm 30/06 stopping power
i always thought the BAR was .308
@jackson_craft_gamingscates9324 the .308/7.62 NATO cartridge is what resulted from work during the 40s on a lighter/shorter but ballistically similar to the .30-06, and was finalized in the 50s.
Weren't they 30-30 cal.?
Yes. It stopped Bonny & Clyde.
Ah yes, the mythical "stopping power".
The finish on the steel is incredible
That was my thought, it looks better than brand new, it looks like a weatherby.
Yes those old guns just have a different quality of fit and finish.
It's amazing what people can do when they care
@cantsneedgaming4591 I mean they where made to survive a world war. It better hold up
I know a vietnam vet who says this was his favorite weapon in nam. It was coveted by people in the know. It looks and sounds awkward on paper but a full powered battle rifle that has a short burst of mg teeth without the weight(I know it still weighs a ton by todays standard I'm saying compared to mg's of the time) is actually incredibly useful in mobile warfare. Obviously there are better options now but the concept was ahead of its time.
Every American Rifleman who wants one should be able to own a BAR.
The real reparations we deserve
I want one
I'd want 2. 2 is always better than one
There is a new modernized version called HCAR ( Heavy Counter Assault Rifle).
@@gregmanahan1312dual wield them if you don't value your arms. It might be fun for a few seconds
My dad was artillery and his crew carried 1 bar and several Garands in North Korea!
my grandpa was in korean war too
Mine to, he carried an M1 Carbine.
@@kfiscal01Had the opportunity to shoot the M1 around 20 something times, really great rifle!!!
My grandpa enlisted in the US Navy once the war broke out and he was homeless because he beat the crap out of his mother’s new boyfriend. He was 15.
My grandfather, who passed away last year, was also in the Korean War as a Marine. He had an M1, which is still in pristine condition.
John Moses Browning was a genius!
I remember seeing one on display at a gun store as a kid. I don't think I've ever been as in awe of a gun as that one.
Sgt Eddie Ray was under 6' he preferred the BAR. Had the honor of working for him .RIP, Sir. He treated me like a son. Best advice he gave me was "Roll with the punches."
My dad used one in Vietnam. He was security forces in the Airforce. No idea where he found it, but I've seen the pictures.
Beautiful. Perfect. Just as St. John M. B. intended it.
PBUH
John Browning was a genius!
@@509Gman
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misread that as john st. john M. B. and got excited for a second
This is my dream possession. If I "make it," I don't care about the normal luxury stuff. All I want is an original bar.
Ah, just as John Mosses Browning intended.
I liked the slow auto feature, especially with only a 20rd magazine
It still seems like slow auto and semi auto both would have been a better combination
@@Naltddesha The fast mode is mostly to cut several people down at close range before they can take cover. The slow mode can be semi auto since its so slow you can easily let off the trigger to fire single shots. Maybe a little less precise but lets remember this is an open bolt weapon so it's probably not going to be super accurate anyways.
Man the finish on guns back then is so beautiful. Weird that modern makers dont really do them like that.
It used extremely toxic chemicals that the EPA has regulated into economic inviability.
They don't do it because proper hot-blueing is expensive and slow, and nowhere as durable as phosphating or cerakote etc. If you want a nice blued finish you can get it (if your gun is steel not alu) but you'll have to pay extra for it.
@@alun7006you could do it yourself if your reslly dedicated
The materald arnt that expensive
Just not durable enough, more for custom guns at this point
Unfortunately blueing will just never be as practical as more modern methods. Cerakote, DLC, and nitride will just always be better at corrosion resistance. Bluing does look nice though
One sexy chunk of steel, the quality of the bluing speaks volumes if it still looks that good
I had an older friend, That did 2 tours in Korea. Army, he carried the B.A.R. both tours. And was in some of the Main battles. Frontline He would often Bragg about his B.A.R. He told me many WILD Stories...He never had PTSD or anything like that...Wally slept like a baby, his ENTIRE life...RIP he was 84...
Made when the US loved the 30-06! I’ve shot one of the reproductions and there was very little recoil, sure wouldn’t want to be the guy lugging one of these around on patrol!
Great post!
The gun that spits gods caliber 30-06❤
Perfect case of dont trying to fix what not broken.
I mean, let’s be honest, the BAR sucked. It was too heavy to be a proper LMG, its ammo capacity was too small to provide effective suppressing fire, and it was too heavy to be an effective semi-auto rifle. It was an interesting idea executed poorly.
@@a_channel2545 That's why it was a semi auto gun that could do full auto, rather than the other way around.
Never fired a BAR, but loved the bipod on the M14E2. Gave incredible stability.
My uncle used the BAR in Vietnam. He hardly used it in full auto tho bc the magazine capacity wasn’t great. He stayed in semi.
Your uncle was fighting against communists like Karl...ironic.
Probably because the full auto was really meant for a "OH SHIT" kind of situation or where you needed to put a lot of powerful in theory accurately at farther range?
Just seems like full auto on the .30-06 might not be accurate (firing from shoulder) however these were large heavy rifles.
@@RepublicFREEman true that!
I thought by this time it’s was either full auto-fast or full auto-slow?
@@Naltddesha Could have been either but the slow mode can basically be semi its really easy to let off before more than one shot fires I've personally shot one
Who else ducked their head trying to look through the peep site when he first held it up.
Hahaha, you are absolutely correct! 😊😂
I've never shot or held such a rifle and was also curious on how the sighting those iron sights works...
Ordinance Core were the original Fudd Bubbas
Corps
I can only imagine the terror the BAR laid down during WW II.
👍🏻
But the MG-42 exists
I'd be scared if either was shooting at me
@@redtra236 the BAR puts you in the dirt while the MG-42 shreads you to pieces. Sure getting shot at is terrifying, but in a combat scenario the MG-42 drastically decreases your survivability to stay in the fight.
@@Youthsoldiers1992 Yeah but the BAR is way lighter and more portable so it depends on the situation. Most post war MG42 variants have slowed down the fire rate for a reason. I do think I'd rather have an MG42 on my side than a BAR though.
Wow you have a A treasure to cherish right there sir .. would like to see more ..
John Moses Browning was a genius
What a beauty, love it!!!
Why did us army ordnance ruin so many guns?
Pencil pushers doing a marines job from behind a desk does not translate well into usable material
@kevinbelden9065 kind of, too many compromises made, and too many people on the ordinance board with what would become false ideas for what the best weapons to have in warfare would be. Dumb ideas like guys running out of auditing because you gave them a semi auto instead of a bolt gun for instance
Have you seen The Pentagon Wars? I highly recommend it.
Empire building.
The military input comes from guys who were a field officer ~25-30 years ago at least
Such a badass gun
My Dad enlisted in the Illinois National Guard, Field Artillery out of Chicago in 1939. The Depression was still on. He was assigned as a Truck Driver, and issued a BAR to protect the prime mover. They pulled a Caisson and an M1887 Scheneider Howitzer 75mm [French Seventy-Five.]. He said when they went on Summer manoevers, he never got real bullets. The magazines were wood blocks.
JMB was truly of of the best craftsman and inventors that the lord ever graced America with 🇺🇸 🦅
That's right folks, no more full auto fire. FU RUclips
Would love to get my hands on one of these.
Just for plinking.
Lol
I bought a Browning BAR MK3 DBM in 308.
Awesome performance out of a 20" barrel.
The magazines are ridiculously expensive though.
Not the same gun
@@FoghornLeghorn-fn4gd Obviously.
Ahh yes the bar thats how clyde barrow was able to shoot himself out of any situation
They sawed the stock down and put a sling on that allowed it to be carried under Bonnies arm.
👍
Came here to make that Bonnie and Clyde comment. He broke into a state armory, stole it with a few crates of ammo.
Lol the safty has a safty
Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful. They say that Bonnie Parker, all 100 lbs of her, could handle one one those just fine due to it's balance.
@lu77xiaojun37: Hers was cut down to make it more manageable, lengthwise anyway.
@@dpeasehead A sawed-off 30.06!!!! That's back when men were men and women were badass's.
You use to be able to purchase these in the hardware store
Ditch the A2 forearm and the Bakelite stock for the original wood furniture or repro if anyone makes them. Absolutely gorgeous otherwise. One of my all time favorites firearms.
The only "automatic rifle" that feels true to the name imo. This thing fires big ass bullets I'd expect to see in a hunting rifle but it's automatic.
Omg she is so pretty I know just the era specific dress to wear to shoot it too omg #girlwithadreamgun 😍
The ordnance department was responsible for so many unnecessarily deaths
I would love to have one.
Very cool gun !
i honestly love the browning A2 but we would never have had it without the og 1918
Man, so glad I've never been in a situation where switching to full-auto is actually significantly safer than switching to Safe.
I used to work with a veteran, he was the platoon BAR man, the infantry tactics of that time were that when the rifleman had emptied their M-14 clips, that was when he would cut loose while the riflemen reloaded!
I love historical weaponry
Americans should be able to pick one of these up at a hardware store without a background check.
That's a horrible idea, we should not be giving out machine guns to the mentally ill.
*whatever you say glowie.* I do believe we need to bring back being able to manufacture and register machine guns for sale and transfer (or better yet get rid of the registry entirely), and being able to purchase them at licensed gun stores with a background check. Same with NFA items without the tax stamp.
Repeal the NFA, abolish the ATF.
@@gagekieffer772 shut up fed.
@@terrorbilly8177 wanting to get rid of the nfa is not fed talk.
@@terrorbilly8177idk sounds like a fairly(?) reasonable position to me
You must be a giant. That is a massive longgun and it looks tiny in your hands
I worked on a History Channel movie. Set a couple weird back.
Me and a buddy which owned shooting range Couldn't believe when we found an original BAR amongst other original rifles and bannettes in with the movie props. Crazy
Clyde Barrow loved it 😍😊😮
I watched this in action every week on Combat! In the early 1960s. Kirby carried that thing and handled it like a veteran. I wanted one ever since.
Ok man I love the show and have seen nearly every if not every episode but the way he handles it in the show is a joke he only uses the bipod in a few episodes and rarely if ever uses the sights
Not that weird slow and fast,,, that was cool man👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
beautiful weapon. definitely a handful
Marlin also made a BMR THAT was pretty rare to find it was fully automatic with the weird slow and fast switch he was referring to. Still a great gun and worth more than 50 k these days
I remember the original Call of Duty used the 1918 model, looked way more sleek that the newer ones.
"So four germans walk into a BAR. " -Nano 2023
That is and probably will always be my favorite rifle ever made. Drop dead gorgeous sledgehammer that sounds like a sewing machine from hell... if i ever win the lottery....
Back in the days of world at war my buddy and I used to jokingly call it the barely automatic rifle. Never knew it had a “fast” button until a year ago.
Would have liked to hear the full auto on this model.🤔
Ultimate battlefield rifle ❤
Heres hoping we can get this arm reproduced for the civilian market in that configuration soon... That'd be cool
Ohio ordinance make one
@@thralldumehammer not a full auto capable one thats available to the civilian market. That ended in 1986
@Rumblestrip I know, guess someone will have to check auction houses. I know it's a semi-auto, just trying to help. Anyone with common sense knows you can't buy a brand new full auto.
@@Rumblestripto hell with regan
@@Rumblestrip well with the rulings on FRTs recently something close may become available
ITS BEAUTIFUL
One of my favorite guns in Big Red One.
Clyde Barrow's weapon of choice struck fear into the hearts of local LE Agencies. Local cops were freaked out when bank robbers rolled up with actual military weaponry. It was pretty much unprecedented at the time, in the area. One reason why Bonnie amd Clyde seemed way more bad ass than they actually were ❤
Neato!
That thing is a beast.
Bruh that 3006 recoil is fierce
Beautiful machine
Checkered fore stock is a lend lease
My grandpa would always tell me that he hated carrying the BAR while he served because of how insanely heavy they are. But honestly all of the standard issue guns at the time were all pretty damn heavy
At this point it was trying to be a rifle before trying to be a squad light machine gun.
I love how he's telling us the differences as if we all have experience with this rifle lol
I think, without question, the 30 ought 6 round was a major winner in WW2
Take my money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU’RE SEEING PORTER IN INDY??? I’ll be seeing him for my first time ever there on my birthday and I’ve been such a big fan of him since spitfire. I’m so unbelievably excited. Would love to see you there! :)
Smart safety device with the button. You definitely don't want to accidentally put the safety on in a firefight.
A veteran whose father fought in World War 2 once let me shoot one of these along with A M1 garand. It was the anniversary of his dad's passing and to cope, he went shooting. He let me and my friend fire em. And let me tell you they were phenomenal.
love it! didn't know. thank you
That is a beauty!!
Mouthwatering.
My favorite COD Zombie starter gun
That's one of my favourite guns of all time
Love This Firearm Browning is alegendary
The BAR my favorite military rifle ever made 30-06 auto talk about overkill for people you did not want to be in a sand bunker and think you were safe from one of these bad boys
Also, the BAR has two cycle rates of fire.
My fave gun! 🤗
That's only present on the A2 model. This one was the original M1918
My great grandpa owed an M1918A2 and i had the privilege of firing an original M1918 when i was in the army and a few buddies and i went to this range where you could fire full auto weapons... and from my experience with both of them id take the M1918A2 any day of the week over the original. The A2 is slightly more comfortable, the bipod is a few twists away from coming off, most guys DID take them off during WW2 so its literally not an issue at all, and the rear sight being a crown sight i actually found much easier to maintain a sense of my target while aiming and letting her eat. I could care less about select fire on a B.A.R, the purpose of the automatic rifle is to put down as much firepower as possible, the equivalent of today's SAW, which is what i operated during my stint. I will admit though, if you don't have much practice with recoil you'll get a nice surprise firing the M1918, thing kicks like a mule, funny considering its a 20 pound weapon system. But yeah, disagree with this guy quite a bit on his preferences of the original over the A2, but to each their own.
I've fired an M1918A2 before the slow fire mode makes it pretty accurate in short bursts on the bipod and if you want single shots is slow enough to easily shoot one shot.
Good Lord! That's a beast of firepower! Is that the same gun some of the gangsters in 1930s bought from military surplus?
This thing slaps in Battlefield 1
Absolutely glorious! Love the BAR! the legendary John Browning! 😎🥹👍🏻🫡
“You don’t accidentally wanna switch into semi” 😂😂😂
That rifle is a beast!!
Gorgeous rifle!!
My grandad fought for England in WW2 and this was his gun. He told me stories of men peeing on the barrel to cool off the rifle.