Ian Finally Takes a Full Auto FAMAS F1 to the Range
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Huzzah! I finally have a chance to take a proper full-auto FAMAS F1 out to the range. My conclusions? It's very nice, just like the semiauto civilian model. It has a limited 3-round-burst option for those who need it, but also unrestricted automatic for those with enough practice to use it. The gun really doesn't try to climb at all; the in-line design (like an AR) pushes recoil straight back into the shoulder. The rate of fire is higher than most 5.56mm shoulder rifles, measuring right about 950 rpm on this example. Automatic is of limited practical use from the shoulder, but given the FAMAS' free floated barrel and integral bipod, it is certainly capable of limited supporting type fire from the prone position.
I may be a bit prejudiced, mais il est un magnifique fusil.
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This was the whole reason Ian started with Forgotten Weapons. So he could one day shoot a full auto famas.
Not to be a heretic but the FAMAS is just a lever delayed FAL.
I wonder if that amount of work would equal to just joining the FFL and getting one issued instead.
Completely worth it
@@cgdg7075 Not to be an heretic but you are on Gun Jesus channel explaining him what type of weapon is trying
It's called playing the long game. ;)
Most people trying to be super French: berét and cigarette
Ian: Kepi and FAMAS
Ian version of the French is infinity more bad a$$.
Can't wait for episode 2: Saucisson et Hecate II
He didnt sing "Non Regrette Rien" tho :(
Surely you mean beret and baguette.
What about a MAT-49 and safari hat?
En tant que français, ca fait plaisir de voir cette arme (dont l'esprit précurseur et l'ergonomie ont été moulte fois copié par la suite) mise à l'honneur dans cette vidéo.
Pour l'avoie utilisé en 2017, j'en étais pas satisfait .. Mais pour ça date de fabrication il était très très bien
@@Asssa-lv4gj Qu'est ce que tu n'aimais pas ?
@@Heimrik01 Je n'aimai pas la prise en main, l'œilleton bougeais énormément, la visé était correct mais jamais au delà de 300m, le tir automatique rencontrait très très souvent des problèmes (mauvaise éjection de la douille etc) L'arme faisait mal en bandoulière lors de nos grosses marche et ça à cause du bipied en métal qui appuyait et frottait. Il était aussi très merdique à nettoyer. Une arme sympa et correct mais qui a fini son temps depuis bien longtemps
@@Asssa-lv4gj Et encore vous n'avez pas essayé de tirer une grenade avec, manipulation dans laquelle on peut risquer un doigt. Tirer en rafale fait bleuir le canon au bout de 2 chargeurs et le canon commence a s'affaisser, etc.... bref il n'a jamais été une bonne arme.
@@Didier88600 Je n'ai jamais vue le canon qui bleuit et qui s'affaisse même en tir automatique. Quand au lance grenade je n'ai pas eu de problème non plus, malgré la visé merdique en mode lance grenade, mais ce n'était pas dangereux avec la bonne formation (mettre le famas en latéral et rentrer la crosse dans le sol et surtout le maintenir à 2 mains car beaucoup de recul)
"Aha, I've counted! 8 times a 3 round burst, you're out of bullets!"
"Nooo, I am ze cheekie frenchmaan, I 'ave ze 25th bullet."
All part of the design.
Actually, the trick is : if your 3 rounds burst is actually 1 round, you know your magazine is empty and it's time to reload. This offsets (partially) the lack of open bolt.
Why does your french impression sound german..?
Ok, chill out Jeremy Clarkson.
@@user-qv7rw7dq1d 💀
What is the timespot
The world is whole now.
more like halfway there. The world will truly be whole once he get his hands on the G2 which is only in use by the French Navy.
@@macrossMX Brooo the F1 is the sexiest doe
Oui oui
World became whole when he disassembled the g11. The final horseman of the apocalypse will be when he shoots it.
He fired controlled bursts most of the video, not a single 25 round dump. Still better than Larry Vickers' though
Instructeur: "Ze settings are trois, et zero."
Pupil: "Ah, so it fires three, or nothing?"
Instructeur: "Mais non. En zero eet fires everything."
it's 25/3 or 25/0 :)
It is 0 because your magazine rapidly holds 0. If Ian wants to take some time off I'll gladly step in. 😁
I saw it as the number meaning what the limit is. 3 for 3 round limit, 0 for no round limit
Fantastic lol
So, INFINITY MAGS!!, Game on
"It's the best bullpup, fight me"
ALLONS ENFANTS DE LA PATRIII-III-IIEUH, LE JOUR DE GLOIRE EEEEST ARRIVÉÉÉÉÉ
:)
LMAOOOO
I know every word here but "patriii-iii-iieuh", and i couldn't find a similar word in my dictionary.
@@neyoid "Patrie", the fatherland. I mangled up the spelling because the sung pronunciation is quite emphasized and dramatic.
@@neyoid its phonetic . the guy sing . the word is " patrie "
Ian: I like full auto
Also Ian once he selected full auto: *Proceeds to fire in bursts*
I think it's called, "training".
When you have a beautiful new friend you start in easy.
He explained it: he wants to have control on the burst length. No one can aim at anything after 5-6 bullets.
He didn't say it but I'm betting he's just thrilled to use an automatic the ejects on the left.
On the famas you can change the ejection side. It has two configuration if i am not mistaken
@@nerolostshor2794I'm not particularly certain myself. I do recall it, uh, called a "true ambidextrous rifle" but I'll have to look that up. But I also think Ian would have mentioned it and jumped for joy.
It's swappable
@@timtheskeptic1147 would have to be....at 5:43 he's got his cheek naturally right against where the cases would be ejecting into his face if he was right handed. Not a gun expert but can't see how you could fire it safely as a righty if you couldn't change the ejection side.
@@kevinskipp2762 it would probably behoove me to watch the video twice and also sober before commenting. Oh well, Dr pepper and vodka, no regrets. I call it a Dr Zivagho. Or a Freud. Not decided yet.
Hearing Ian speaking French when you are actually French is quite pleasant.
Really? How's his pronunciation?
Yeah lol it’s heartwarming
@@PeterDavid7KQ201 not that bad tbh
@@PeterDavid7KQ201 It's actually rather good, especially the fact that by now he fully masters the very complex french "on" sound (like in "bonjour"); still a tiny bit more work required on sharpening the Rs (like in "chargeur") but what is says is all totally understandable anyway at this point, and at times he doesn't even have any accent at all anymore.
@@PeterDavid7KQ201 You could say it is pretty good for an english speaker. But knowing sentences is not knowing how to speak a language.
This video really makes it clear how much inspiration Bungie drew from the FAMAS when designing the Battle Rifle for Halo 2. Aesthetic similarities aside, the fire rate sounds damn near identical.
Non il s'est inspiré du FN 2000, qui est beaucoup plus ressemblant au fusil d'assaut de Spartan S117...'
@@TansJahman Je parlais du fusil de combat de Halo 2, pas du fusil d'assaut de Halo CE. Le fusil de combat est doté d'un rail de visée/poignée de transport presque identique à celui du FAMAS, et il tire en rafale de trois coups avec une cadence de tir presque identique à celle du FAMAS illustré ici.
Ah....Le Clairon !
I also used the F1 during my stint in the Legion Etrangere. Being ex Britsh military too, prior to the FAMAS my only experience with a bullpup design had been the "not very good" L85A1. The FAMAS was superior in everyway, and weighs under 4Kg. The built in bipod gave it some seriously accurate 'reach'. I too am a 'lefty' and I appreciated the fact that the ejection port can be on either side of the weapon.
Nice to here it's distinctive sound once again..in the 'rock & roll' position..you had better have a stack of mags ;-)
Slopes off....singing Le Boudin...and marching at 88 ppm ;-)
Salut camarade. Je suis 194.310.
Salutations légionnaires
Merci de ton retour d'expérience sur L85A1 et FAMAS F1... Oui le Clairon est une superbe arme, ma préférée bien que je sois aussi fan des plateformes AR15...'
"Hey Ian, want to borrow my full auto FAMAS?"
Ian: **happy french noises**
*happy french noises*--- Is that something "Adult" in it's meaning?????
@@pebo8306 I dunno, have to wait until he starts an Only Fans
@@Baranoth he has one! Only, it's called Patreon x)
Americans speaking French : "omelette du fromage, croissant, escargot"
Ian speaking French: "il y a un autre chargeur"
with a very good accent and prononciation
@@DC2022 en effet !
Um.....
@@DC2022 Alors oui mais non.
In Turkey we call it chargeur too. Written as Şarjör.
Your french is pretty good! I'm so pissed the french military is switching weapons, the FAMAS was a iconic homemade weapon...
c'est une tres bonne arme mais un poil trop fragile malheureusement et comme beaucoup d'arme française pas suffisament rentable pour les décideurs politique car chere a produire, comme le rafale que l'on vend mais dont la France ne s'équipe pas (meme si il commence a etre surclassé)
@@benoitgriette2253la France est en train de passer en full Rafale pour remplacer ses Mirage...
D'ailleurs le Rafale ne commence pas à être dépassé. Avec les standards F4 et F5 il rattrape même son retard et prend de l'avance sur certains technologies de 6e génération.
@@aimgorge bonne nouvelle ça, faut que je me remette à la page
@@benoitgriette2253Bonjour , La France ne s'équipe pas du Rafale? plus de 190 exemplaires commandés par l'armée de l'air , après la mise en retraite progressive du Mirage ce sera notre unique avion de chasse à moins que j'ai raté quelque chose? Une fierté quand même comparé à tous les autres pays européens qui partent sur le F35.
@@ReZaReKtA340 j était resté sur les premiers modèles qui ont 20 ans et qui sont dépassés mais ont m a confirmé des améliorations
Bonne progression en français, merci pour cette vidéo, je n'avais jamais vu un FAMAS en action ;)
Voilà ce que c'est quand on n'a soit pas été soldat soit pas fait son service (du moins à une certaine époque...) !
@@laurentdevaux5617 Tout le monde ne veut / peut pas être soldat.
Et le service bah... faut bien naître et ca fait déjà un moment qu'il n'est plus là...
One day on the range, our lieutenant gave us a vague order: "full auto". Without more precision we all looked at each other, to the right, to the left, everyone had a huge smile on their faces.
So we did it. A full magazine in a single playful burst with our FAMAS.
The lieutenant was furious, we were all laughing, then he instantly calmed down with a serious face: "ok it was my fault, my order, I hope you enjoyed it, it's not about to start again."
I'm glad I did it once in my life.
Happened a handful of times in the British Army too, last mag of the day, entire line of us switched to full auto, and on the command of 'Get Some!' from the range officer we all let 30 rds fly. Awesome fun. Of course not as fun as mag dumping an enemy position during the final stages of an assault during live firing attacks, but still awesome.
I'm confused. What else could full auto mean?
@@MrtinVarela maybe he expected short controlled bursts. I assume they had only shot in semi auto and maybe 2 mags a day. That mustve been awesome
We didn't get to use full auto much when I was stationed in Germany, but as a designated automatic rifleman in my team I was able to get regular full auto range training. This was right before the A3 started making it's way into inventory and as an Aviation unit we weren't high on the list to get the new rifle. By the time I PCSd to the 101st that was all they had. A shame really.
@@MrtinVarela in a large ammount of europe the names of the stages are automatic and repetition instead of semi automatic and full auto likely what was said was Automatic and not full auto but thats were it gets vague
Its only taken years. Gathering 2.13 million subs. Writing two books. Starting a publishing company. To publish said books as well as a third book for the keeper of firearms and artillery in the UK. As well as meeting nearly seeming never ending swaths of collectors and museums(and some government arsenals to). But ian finally found that one guy who could match him up with his f1. Talk about a journey and one hell of a long game.
He can finally accomplish his dream of wearing a Képi and firing a Famas F1 after all this time !
Now all he needs is a G2. Nobody needs a Felin, unless are robocop wanabees.
@@JohnHughesChampigny which feline model, I quite like the training model.
@@JohnHughesChampigny idk the picatinny rail is useful for mounting a sight.
All I did to get mine was showed up to aubagne and handed them my passport….
Metal Gear Solid 1 introduced me to this gun as a child. I always thought the huge carry handle was unusual but cool. And I think it was the first bullpup I remember seeing.
Me too. I always thought it was unusual that there was a famas on an American base.
I thought it looked so weird in MGS that I was surprised to learn it was real many years later.
its a pretty good gun
Apparently it was easier to model the more square design than the rounder M16 on PS1 graphics, I'm sure it also helped that at the time the Tokyo Marui FAMAS would have been widely available to use for reference @@malekofthegreen738
Despise big carry handles myself.
The M-16s' too.
Always loved the aesthetic of the Famas. It's such an odd mix of sci-fi and "wow this looks like it came out of a 70's James Bond movie".
Ian: “I like three round burst but I want to shoot full auto”
Also Ian: *puts it in full auto but only shoots 2 or 3 round bursts anyway*
@Joshua Tree you burn out the barrel real quick with MGs. A subgun or intermediate caliber weapon mag dump isn’t as much of a problem.
They’re supposed to be shot in short bursts. The reason 3rb sucks is because if you let your finger off the trigger before the burst is complete, your next trigger press will only fire the one or two rounds remaining for the previous trigger press. A full auto gun will let you shoot singles ,if your finger is quick enough or the rate of fire slow enough, without mechanically hiccuping like that.
Also, in some 3rb triggers like the M16A2/A4 and M4 (not the new A1), the cam for the burst is always actuating, so each trigger pull in semiauto breaks slightly different from the one before and after it. This is a poor design for semiauto precision.
@@509Gman The burst ratchet resets itself, no matter if you fired one or two rounds, you will always get a 3 round burst. The only gun i know that doesn't do this is the Breda PG, which was an italian prototype in WW2.
Mag dumping is for call of duty, not real life 🤷♂️
bruh i hate this shit its like very full auto vid they dont even shoot full auto just burst
"Can we have the FAMAS back now please Ian?"
"What FAMAS?"
FAMAS means: Fusil d'Assaut Manufacture Armes Saint-etienne ( Saint Etienne is a little town who produced a lot of different weapons in the 60's to 90's)
@@riggsberr5213 wouldn't call it a little town there's like 400k people
Fuck that city tho
@@riggsberr5213 OP was making a joke about Ian stealing the FAMAS from the video... he wasn't asking what FAMAS stood for
@@riggsberr5213 depuis le moyen-âge jusqu'en 1995. On a eu beaucoup de fusil mas avant les années 60
@Steve Wolcott *Wacco moments intensifies*
Wow, thank you for this video, it reminds me a lot of memories, i was a conscript (like of other young french men ) in 1987, i never use a gun, and after a short instruction with the old MAS 49/56, we trained with the FAMAS! As a beginner i've really enjoyed using this gun at the stand! I was in a AA regiment (Hawk anti aircraft missiles), so our infantry training was very basic and not intense, and the instructors focused on semi-auto and 3 shots automatic. Full auto was strictly forbidden (they considered it a waste of ammo and they weren't confident in the conscripts). I've only tried once when i became sergent (Maréchal des Logis in artillery), and it was so cool! . Merci beaucoup Ian!! From Marc (South of France)
Was myself a conscript at the 150RI. Great weapon but a pain in the neck to clean. I will always remember the "tête de Mickey"...
Conscript as well 98/08 at 1er RHP airborne regiment in Tarbes, without any previous experience with a firearm. They had us find our directing eye (mine is the left so despite being right handed, I had to set the rifle as a leftie) shoot at the range at a 50m distance first to tune the aiming device, then 100m and finally 200m. With only that basic aiming I was able to put my 3 bullets in a 10cm circle without being a marksman, I was really impressed with how accurate the rifle was.
A pain in the ass to clean, except when we had access to the dedicated cleaning room with compressed air tubes. Also, one had to be super careful when disassembling it, there was this tiny spring that could pop and it would take ages to find it, especially on a dark evening in the woods.... memories 🙂
I’m sad we stopped the production :( such a legendary riffle ! Cool to hear you speaking in French :) I only tried one in semi auto once ! The French law doesn’t allow us to shoot in full auto !
Great video guy !!! I wish I could shoot in the desert like u !
Does the law prohibit shooting of full auto by civillians or just the ownership of full-auto firearms by private persons? Because I reckon it's the second, so you'd "just" have to find a range that is in posession of an original F1.
I’m surprised y’all totally stopped production because I feel like even if you don’t use this anymore you could still sell it to other military’s
Yeah, there’s no way a civilian can shoot any sort of gun in full auto. So of course there is no way in hell you could own one. That doesn’t stop our local criminals from having AKs though…
the production was stop in 1992, and start in 1979 (design in 1969) - by Wikepedia, the production is 400 000 Famas F1.
my uncle was serving in the french military during the war of 1991 in iraq, one of the things he told me most about was how much he loved his FAMAS. even tho real ones are illegal here, i did manage to get a demilitarized version for his 50th birthday, this was the only time i saw him cry
Im so haply for your uncle, even if its an Demilitarized FAMAS, its still a gift nonetheless. Never fired one, but definetlly one of my favourite weapons.
@@mantoshka715 they are very fine weapons, especially compared to the M16A2s that were in service around the same time
@@petitponeydu7727 Oh yes, I agree, its one of the best Bullpups out there with the heights of AUG. Its a shame they might become rare at this point.
Actually, there was a little serial of semi-automatic FAMAS that were produced. It costed an arm and a leg, but this was the only instance where a french civilian with a weapon license cat.B could have it.
@@rix1602 i did look up how to get one, sadly they have been outlawed in 2018
“It’s the best bullpup, fite me.” - Francophile Gun Jesus, and we love him for that,
Steyr aug fanboys: REEEEEEEEE
@@skeltonslay8er781 Nein nein nein!!!!
Sa80 fans : 😔 we know
@@whitehound4997 L85A3 tho. Love that thing.
its funny that one of trail rifles that were going to replace Famas was VHS 2 (famas inspired bullpup from Croatia) at the end HK 416 won, shame that france did not want same modernized famas for the future.
I don't know if it's because I'm french or because I've seen it in the hands of french soldiers, but I've always felt that the Famas had that genuine french look, it's bizarre but so elegant.
France has always had their own way of doing things, and their own domestic arms industry. I can appreciate that. Not every European military wants to be America lite.
@@1337penguinman true and it's a shame that they've traded the famas for the german's HK4xxs and the pamas G1 (beretta m92 manufactured in France) for a glock17, the latter being actually a good idea.
Now, if we ever get issues with Germany, we're in deep trouble...
@@marcalbert674we never had issues with gemran in the past ^^
What I also like about the FAMAS is that you can transform any infantry soldier as an apprentice Artillery man using special muzzle mounted grenades that would just fly off with the kinetic energy of the bullet. The rings on the end of the cannon were used to calculate the distance it would land
"Gun Jesus united with the holiest of all artefacts."
Gunna pray for you, Internet Explorer
Now on to the HK CAWS !
@@imadrifter Save your prayers. They're lost on me 😂
Where Moses had his Staff, Gun Jesus has his FAMAS.
Ok, well then Artifacts*
Ian: "Its the best bullpup, fight me"
Me looking at my AUG: "Dont listen to the mean man"
*Caresses my X95 and hisses*
*Looks over to my MDRx*
XD this comment section XD
Me still trying to find where Ian said that
2:55
I must admit (as a French) that your accent is really good, except for the word "Chargeur", but it's still really good
In France we call the FAMAS "le Clairon" that is to say "the bugle" because of its shape. Many of us are sad that it has now been replaced by a German AR15. Thanks for this great review.
I spent 20 years in the French army and I never heard anyone call it a bugle (le clairon), it's a journalist's or civilian thing taken from Wikipedia 😂😂😂😂😂
"Le Clairon " not in the Army.
I spend only 12 month, but never "Clairon" only Famas.
Very interesting weapon, kind of weird first compare to an AR or AK system but you get used to it and it become really comfortable. I used this F1 version during the basic "soldier training" when I was in the French Navy (the G2 version is quite rare in fact). The system is very surprising, both very rustic but also modern despite its age. The only two flaws I can see are the low modularity of the weapons (the FELIN project was an engineering delirium totally unfit for the field) and the simple sights which is not very readable and open .
In any case, the French army has finally adopted the AR platform with its HK416 (a nice weapon). But its really a shame to see the end of production and the design of small arms in Saint-Etienne. Always enjoyed your video since years !
Un épisode sur les manufactures d’armes légères en France d’ici peu?
Better than the SA80.
@@SA-xf1eb not a challenge...
@@SA-xf1eb oh yes...the FAMAS was the best bullpup at the time with the austrian AUG. Nowadays the Israeli IWI Tavor is also really interesting
@@TerraBellum The X95 is significantly better than the Famas in usability and modularity.
The R stands for Rafale not repetition. The 3 round burst or rafale 3 coups actually works very well due to the fact the firing rate is so high, you get a descent group in those bursts.
I'm ex legionnaire of 1 REC 1988-1993
Glorious 'Royal Étrangère"!
Did you fight in the Gulf War?
Legio Patria Nostra
How can I join the legionnaire as a foreigner can u help me
@@testovirone that's the whole point of it no? You have to go to the recruiting center in Southern France and sign up IIRC
@@perkman-tq6pw I think there’s a recruiting station in Paris.
This was my second weapon in the army, shot with 99% accuracy, wonderful tool. The burst mode was amazing. My first weapon was a 155mm artillery canon mounted on a AMX 30 AUF1.
Ian, the fact that you got two 3 round bursts by pure trigger control is testament to your experience with firearms. *raises glass*
Gun Jesus welcomes a lost little lamb into the flock.
Praise be.
LOL
Four 3-round bursts in, Ian notices that it's set on full auto. That man knows how long to hold the trigger for 3 rounds, instinctively.
R is for "rafale" not "repetiotion" (that is used on bolt action rifles like the FRF2 for example).
Not sure because rafale means “burst”, repetition is clearer
@@samyabdelkrim280 In France we call that "rafale" (burst). "Un fusil à répétition" is more used for semi-automatic riles. It makes more sense that the "R" means "rafale" than "répétition"
@@alexandrearbel8069 j'suis Français hein, mais en tout cas tu m'apprends quelque chose, merci !
that 3-round burst sounds terrifying
3:53 Google's auto generated CC say that Ian's laughter is "[Music]"
seems about right
Music to my ears
How hilariously apropos!
As a frenchman, I really feel honored that a weapon system that our country made is as popular overseas as it is. But on the other hand I'm really saddened by the fact that we don't produce it anymore. At least we still have the PGM rifles. Very good accent BTW Ian
You know, I think MAT-49 had a nicer history than the FAMAS. (and saw more horrific shit) :)
@@manupainkiller well the mat 49 is definitely not something from my generation but yeah seeing the wars it served in, i think it has an even worse track record than the FAMAS 😅
Shame the French are changing it for the hk416
@@kh7736 I know right, well not that the 416 is a bad system but the FAMAS was still a very capable rifle
@@FallenPhoenix France went for a German rifle this time but understandable yh the hk416 is a great rifle even the USMC use it.
En régiment il était interdit de tirer plus de trois chargeurs de suite en full auto car le canon devenait bleu et fumait de chaleur. Un chargeur de 25 coups était tiré en 1,5 secondes en automatique.
Possibilité d'éjection des douilles à droite ou à gauche selon le désir du tireur.
La petite tige devant le levier d'armement bascule et sert de viseur (alidade) pour les grenades à fusil. La poignée comporte un logement pour de l'huile et des chiffons, etc. Arme très précise grâce à son bipied.
Merci! As ol'fremch soldier I use to sleep,.eat, etc.with... And shoot with it for training every week. I miss this rifle. Really well designed, very precise, etc. Merci pour cette présentation and few mots en français !
Ran into some French guys in Africa. I let them play with my rifle, I played with theirs. Didn’t speak each others language, but managed to understand how the rear selector works with the full auto, and how their rifle grenades worked. I thought the Famas was cool as shit, they thought the M4 was cool as shit.
That's so cool
No one, especially a European soldier would think the m4 is cool, they were being nice
@@Riimaachan With all due respect that's absolutely not true - there's a reason the french opted to use what is in effect an M4 derivative as their new service rifle, and I'm pretty sure all of the British Army guys I know would ditch the L85 in a heartbeat for a half decent M4.
@@Olliemon are you perhaps referring to the hk416 when you say derivative of the m4? The only similarity the two guns have is appearance, their functionality is completely difrent, m4 is a faulty weapon that was design specifically to be that way, the hk416 is borderline perfection not to difrent in functionality from things like galil and and older hk battle rifles
@@Riimaachan wow so you can read minds
Oh jesus, i did not expect the burst/full auto to be THAT rapid, i knew it was fast, but that was ungodly
aint no videogame son
@@jjfav2231 LOL yeah! I'm always suprised (but shouldn't be) that there are so many individuals who think they know about these rifles when the closest they have come to them is a video game or television. LOL I'm a gunsmith and I get alot of people believing SO CALLED FACTS AND OUTRIGHT MYTHS alongside what a game or movie has portrayed. Not all movies and games are as bad as another. But they all have some sort of problem if you look for it.
So don't get me wrong they are not all equal and some of the problems I will admit go to the point of nitpicking!
I also want to say that I do enjoy playing games and watching movies. I just had to say my piece.
Proof that the french can make a solid weapon
BALD
He literally said the gun is rated for 900 rounds per minute and his camera showed 947 rounds per minute...M4/M16s shoot around 850 rounds per minute unless they are dirty/had buffers changed. Turn your xstation and playbox and go outside or something hahaha
The selection switches are a GREAT idea. 👍 Every military rifle should have that option.
I use ( and clean a lot) it during my army service in France, very nice 3 bullets shoot and sounding good.
"It's the best bullpup. Fight me." -Ian
The pure giddiness is amazing.
It's easily one of the most attractive service rifles ever fielded, both brutal and sleek at the same time.
@@july1730 it will be one if the best bullpups and sexiest to be in service and especially for a long time, saddens me that the french will transition to the 416 and the manufacturing company is bankrupt so no more Famas being produced
Not gonna fight him because he's very right. I mean we all know the atrocity the British developed, right ?
I like the Aug better
@@juandemarko8348 I havent shot a Famas but based on what I see the AUG is simpler and almost smaller profile. I love my AUG more than my ARs
I have been in the french infantry since 1997 and I served everywhere France sent me. In Afghanistan in 2007, I shot with an us army company and was able to compare famas to m4. At that time, I much prefered my "famas infanterie" to the m4 as it was definitly more stable and more precise. Afterwards they made the famas felin with huge crazy things on the top of it. With a famas infanterie and a schrome scope, all my infantrymen were able to hit targets un to 700 meters. The question at that distance was the effectiveness of 5,56 cartridge. In kapissa, we quicly realized that this ammution is no good in mountain warfare for long distance shooting. Nevertheless the famas was a good and reliable weapon. Just a pain to clean
"just a pain to clean" i feel that xD
I will have nightmares of the gunpowder under the chamber now ty.
One of the big issues in design was mountain warfare ... and yes it’s an absolute pain cleaning and if it’s not cleaned “she” tends to not work properly. Also needs to be protected when we need to hit the deck fast ... depending on the mission, I still prefer the FAMAS on a large spectrum of missions... short space taker, light weight, grenade launcher (anti-personal and anti-tank) can shoot very accurate mortar ballistic style anti-personal Grenades, once one manages to go around all the parameters and within 250m it’s very effective anti-tank grenade rocket style... never ever forget this parameter for anti-tank ammunition fire solution or you will be market for life like me ;) in the nose ..
La portée du famas est 300m.. et le 5.56 format otan n'est pas adapté au tir longue distance... ils vont changer pour un autre calibre
@@jeromebiscarat4260 le portée pratique est 300m, sans optiques ...
Jamais vu un F1 en aussi bonne qualité
Of all Ian's videos, I think this is my favourite, purely because of how happy he is. His face in the thumbnail is 😀 in human form.
As a Frenchman, hearing the French was heart warming.
Pour sûr !
@@SilverSF2 quoi😂
What else ?
Moi aussi!
le Forgotten Weapons
Le képi donne 10% de précision en plus !
Plus 20% si le képi est blanc.
@@filipeamaral216 20% de charisme, pas de précision!
Blue béret , up 30%. Casque lourd, 10% less ;)
@@ommsterlitz1805
Le képi blanc is for the enlisted men. Officers and NCOs wear a slightly more ornate version than the one Ian is wearing.
@卐Suj卐 its the old basic kepi from french army :)
Thanks for this video, from France...😊🇨🇵
Former F.F.A (French Force in Germany), I used a lot of weapons, including the FAMAS, it was a good bulp-up, well balanced, practical, but with some flaws like all weapons.
The FAMAS should have been improved slightly, instead of overloading it with heavy and stupid electronic stuff, to finally abandon it in favor of a weapon... Soulless.
The three round burst also has another great bénéfit its that since the famas are quite old, using it in full auto is sometime really hard on the mechanism, whi three round burst usualy dont hurt it as much ,source I was an armory man in the french army til not à long ago and saw many of them old famas get miss treated (funny enough the older the famas version is the stronger it is)
“It’s the best bull pup, fight me”
It's the simpliest
I would say the Aug series would compete with this
It's my favorite. LOL out of all the bullpups I been behind the famas blows all of them out of the water! The AUG isn't bad but I still perfer the latter.
When you hear "fight me" from a gun guy, don't! It's a trap! He's trying to establish a self defense situation.
Someone needs to send this to Brandon Herrera.
LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE!
It's such a shame that this was never widely available on the civilian market. I would like to own a semi-auto FAMAS that doesn't cost as much as some brand new cars.
3D print one
@Joshua Tree not intentionally anyway
@@GewelReal That’s not how that works.
An awesome rifle for an awesome channel ! And nice kepi too bro
I love the 3 rounds burst, most efficient not to waste your magazine. We were usually issued our fathers MAT49 and AA52 but sometimes they would let us shoot a FAMAS. A real pleasure!
Shooting: *stops
Terrorists: *Looking at each other relieved
Ian: "il y a un autre chargeur"
"Master Chief, defend this station!"
"Yes, sir. I need a weapon."
"Right this way."
I was in the french gendarmerie for some time and I loved this gun.
It was suite tedious to clean it thoroughly. It could literally take up to 90-120 minutes. We did the full cleaning thing each time we took it to field manoeuvres.
Ian .. You are amazing !! As french, I must say that you are the best !! Many thanks, and keep going on !!
"Légion d'honneur" should be given to you ..
Gotta admit the "Forgotten Weapons" arm patch is a nice touch.
There is an entire forgotten weapons mercenary group
@@agooddemoman8603 They're like the Diamond Dogs except instead of Big Boss kidnapping Soviet troops and South African mercs, it's just Ian breaking into national armories and pilfering anything even remotely French.
@@Calvin_Coolage or remotely weird and forgotten.
They probably had to take it from him kicking and screaming after the camera stopped rolling
this is the video we were all waiting for, but didn't want to admit it
Merci Monsieur pour cette démonstration. J'ai beaucoup utilisé cette armée et regrette que ses petits défauts n'aient pas été corrigés.
Many thanks to you sir for the show.
It's funny how the 3 rounds burst sounds like a 2 rounds burst imho.
Vous ici, quelle surprise.
(Non)
@@IroquoisPlissken ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Des hommes de goût
Ça fait bien plaisir 😄
I don’t care what people say about bullpup, the FAMAS the sexiest gun.
My personal fav bullpup is the AUG. But it’s hard not to love a FAMAS myself 🙏🏻
Mine the P90.
What do people say about bullpup? What are the disadvantages?
@@nobbynobbs8182 ergonomically they’re not comfortable for everyone, reloading can be awkward, especially for those more used to conventional rifles, modularity can be limited for some platforms, and length of pull cannot be adjusted. However, just like any firearm, in the words of Flannel Daddy, the gun, gear, none of it matters without training. So, if you’re willing to train with bullpups and work around quirks they may have, chances are you’ll find they’re as good as any other firearm. I mighta missed some points but I just said everything I know lol
@@nobbynobbs8182 The main bullup advantage is that the bolt is pretty close to your shoulder so you have a better control. And you can do more compact gun (barrel lenght) like P90.
Damn, on "forgotten weapons" i remember my father talking a lot about his FAMAS when he did his service, love the video, as much as i love your Képi, nice !
I dont think ive ever seen Ian so happy. and fair enough to.
Seeing Ian shoot and talk about french guns is great because I know he’s trying to hold back his excitement
A true Oui-aboo.
Especially this one, I can't imagine how many years he's been trying to get his hands on a live full auto FAMAS.
"That rifle has more controls than a Citroen!"
-Doug DeMuro probably
😂😂😂, yes, probably...
THIS, Is a FAMAS F1, and today, I'm going to review it and give it a doug score
This is the collaboration I didn’t know we needed until now
I can see you are gentlemen of superb taste.
I don't know if someone else has ever said it, but I know I say that all the time and I did in a review of an FA MAS G1. Those controls are a nightmare, it's counterintuitive for a right hander, you have a tendency to put the thing on FA by mistake.
Thank you so much.
You brought back memories of my military service. These bursts of three, this noise ... I would really like to get a Famas.
Thank you for speaking a little French, it's nice. I used this weapon during my military service and found it to be excellent. I'm glad you like it too. We French are a bit chauvinistic. Friendly greetings from France
This brings back memories (I spent 3 months in the French army circa 2000, and got fully trained on using a FAMAS). My favourite things were shooting long range (300m) and using the anti-tank grenade (that thing almost dismantle your shoulder, the recoil is insane :D ). Always fun to hear Ian speak French. Merci pour la démo !
the APAV kicks like a ram, but deliver a good punch for the ones who receive the package especially compared to the puny 40x46mm grenades
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Good memories from thé service national. I had the opportunité to fire some APAV at mourmelon firing range. I felt it not so bad it kicks just like a 12 gauge shotgun with slugs.
@@tromplamort27 it kicks in but the most important factor is how instructor taught you to handle the FAMAS for this very specific task. There were quite a lot of instructors who liked to see the "bleu-bite" hit the PGMP in the face the first time, you know initiation stuff so a lot of conscripts ended with nosebleeding and sometime broken. "c'est le métier qui rentre!"
Well handled that's a - very- strong kicks but even a small frame soldier can handle this no problem, one of friend was 1.65m for 60kg with lead in the pockets and could withstand the recoil.
@@DC2022 testament to the training, I still remember : left hand holding the back of the stock, right hand holding the pistol grip, weight on the left leg (thus front, for a right handed shooter), then absorb some of the recoil by accompanying the gun and transfer weight to right leg. We were ordered to keep our helmets on and tilt heads to the left slightly, so that if the recoil makes the rifle go up, the handle doesn't go and break your nose, but hits the helmet instead :)
Me as an active french military : Can I have a FAMAS at home ?
Gouvernement : No.
Some american dude : FAMAS go BRRRRRR ! It's the best bullpup !
Gouvernement : Let's replace it by a low quality HK416
I love your french btw
That must hurt
USA should not let civilians have full auto rifles anyway because there are far too many idiots and criminals.
Which is then promptly replaced by the Cz 805 Bren by GIGN.
@@Charok1 ah yes, lets punish the many for the sins of the few, excellent logic.
@@Charok1 wuss.
Encore une super video de Mr Ian ! Merci !
Everyone knows FAMAS from MGS. One reason they picked the weapon was due to how easy it was to render convincingly on PS1
Me: ah he's out...
Ian: IL Y A UN AUTRE CHARGEUR
Merde; an Americun who actually speaks some French with a half decent pronunciation. A very rare beast indeed.
Sacrebleu, un Américain qui arrive à me faire lire son commentaire avec l'accent de ma langue natale si ce n'est que hautement prononcé, je vous salut cher amis. o7
I just read this in a French accent xD just me?
I thought Ian is Canadian
@@scottw2731 I think they speak some French in Canada actually, so ive heard anyways..
Probably some more Americana eques French in Louisiana.
What a Fantastic Peice of Art The cycling System is extremly Well Dicipkined for minimal recoil and barrel rise Great Video Fantastic Demonstration...
the burst selector of 3 is to have better efficiency on an opponent with multiple impacts because the 5.56 does not have much stopping power ... so 3 balls that hit simultaneously it stops better without wasting too much bullets... But it is also for shooting at a moving target ...
I fully expected Ian to smoke a cigarette there at the end…
A gitanes naturally…
The shirt says "casual," the hat says "just came back from the Ardennes."
Ian: "Its the best bullpup, fight me"
AUG fanboys: "When and where?"
Merci pour cette video Ian ! Si seulement on avait un FAMAS 2 au lieu du HK416 ...
He’s like a kid in a candy store. And he just bought it all.
Bonjour Ian, Merci beaucoup pour le video. J'ai utilisé le FAMAS pendant très longtemps, une arme efficace et fiable. Bravo monsieur.
pareil pour moi, mais dans la Marine, donc l'excellent FAMAS G2
@@leneanderthalien c est vrai que c est un bon fusil d assaut armée de l air pour moi
Les autres francophones, C'est juste moi ou ça sonne un peu comme du google translate?
@@livier3970 Si c'est "le video" qui te fait tiquer, ça n'est pas incorrect, "vidéo" étant à l'origine l'abréviation de "vidéogramme", un nom masculin.
@@agroulesupermarinespitfire4209 sauf que personne ne dit "le vidéo"
The french made an actually good looking bullpup, the brits should take note
Before I knew about the FS2000, this was my favorite bullpup. I always liked the AUG too.
_"How good is your French?"_
*Pronounces 'R' flawlessly*
_"Ah, essentially fluent."_
As a french person, I am obligated by law to give Ian the "flawless pronunciation of the letter R for a non French speaker" award. His "R" was *on point*.
@@transfo9985 He said in a video he was taking french lessons so he can go to France and talk directly with curators instead of using a translator.
The R pronunciation depends on where you are. Where I am the "rollling" sound of the R is almost inexistent.
But yeah, I had no issue understanding what he was saying in French.
damn it, i thought really that it was a french video. l'intonation de ta première phrase était parfaite. je suis bluffé. chapeau bas l'artiste. Hello from a french country called new caledonia
@@thezomby5015 C'est vrai que le vrai son rrrrr se perd mais il faut savoir le faire pour bien ne plus l'utiliser^^
BTW his Bonjour is perfect
And Alexander wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer
You win
Well in the army we were strictly taught to not use burst or full auto. Just be precise with semi. And use fast semi shot if needed. But mostly using "doublette" 2 consecutive shot in semi.
The FAMAS is such a cool gun, I love it.
"And Goldilocks found the Three Round Burst was just right."
Except the FAMAS has a 25 round magazine...
@@RaderizDorret
So.... You fire 8 three round bursts, then what? The gun explodes or something?
@@IMelkor42 yeah
@@IMelkor42 It just feels inefficient to have three round burst in a gun that uses a magazine that has a capacity that isn't divisible by three. Practically speaking, this is a non-issue as most firing is done on semi-auto anyways so the last burst is gonna end up short in all likelihood but it just smacks of inefficiency.
As a French guy you can’t imagine how proud I am to watch the Gun Jesus , with some French gear every time … it is always an interesting work … Ian you deserve to be French citizen as a courtesy ! :-)
Legion d'Honneur ou Arts et Lettres pour contribution au rayonement culturel de la France. Serieusement.
Alors je suis pas sûr... Il aurait plus le droit de toucher un FA-MAS XD
@@warhawk_9555 true story comme disent nos cousins outre Atlantique ;-)
How in the Hell did I miss this video two years ago - I feel awful! LOL. Glad I saw it now. This is the ultimate Ian/F.W. fetish video - so cool.
I didn't know you before this video, really nice video with the "képi". My assault rifle in French Army, still here. Nice to see the FAMAS far away from our country. Hello from France 💪🏼🇫🇷🇺🇸