WHen he said that the lower reciever of the civilan AR-15 "doesn't have room for the auto sear", is this really true? I thought the civilian AR-15 lower receiver was the same size as the lower recievers of M16/M4 rifles. Only that the auto sear is abscent, and the recesses needed to keep an auto sear in place hasn't been milled into the lower reciever body?
Seven Proxies It’s not so much that there “isn’t room”. It’s that in an M4/M16 the auto sear has a pin that goes straight through the receiver, and that hole isn’t present in an AR15. Basically, you would need to do some drilling and replace and add a lot of parts.
@@Grabbagar670 So my initial impression was correct then? I can see why illegal full-auto conversions occur, because it's not that hard to drill a space for the pin and modifying or fabricate the other necessary components if you've got access to a mill. The fire-selector of the M16/M4 also seem virtually identical to the civ AR-15, where the only difference being that it has a few extra slots or grooves to accomodate the full auto sear. Not being a U.S citizen I haven't had the opportunity to get a more hands on inspection of either rifle, but I've tried reading up on it as much as I can. Gunsmithing is a topic I have a soft spot for, but in my country there isn't much market for it, sadly.
Seven Proxies I believe that you would need to mill out the fire control pocket a bit more. But to make it work, you need to actually get new parts. The selector switch is only one concern. Legality aside of course.
@@sevenproxies4255 Yes and no, some do and some don't have the room as some manufacturers don't mill it for precaution/legal reasons( even though they don't have to).. This is just how many of them are sold because manufactures want to play it safe, but you can legally get what they call "high shelf" or "low shelf" civilian ar15 lowers that already has the extra bit milled away needed that can accept an auto-sear/pin or RDIAS(drop in auto sear).. But that doesn't matter -buying a low shelf receiver that CAN ACCEPT a third pin sear or RDIAS isn't illegal, but HAVING the third pin hole in the receiver or rdias IS (unless you have the legal paper work to own a receiver with third pin hole or an RDIAS).. Now, you can have a registered low shelf receiver with the third pin hole or you can have a registered drop in auto sear(RDIAS) that can drop into any low shelf ar15 lower.. (another way is having a lighting link, but that's a different story and requires different parts).. Even if you have a low shelf receiver with a third pin or an RDIAS, civilian ar15s would also need the notched hammer/fcg and full auto carrier group to work with the auto-sear/rdias as well, which most manufacturers of ar15s try to keep as many of these parts out as possible to keep it far away from being easy to make full-auto.
As someone who struggles with Math, the fact people can visualize how to make the intricate parts of a gun are brilliant. Engineering is amazing. Thanks Eugene Stoner
Not really. They've pretty simple pieces of engineering, all things considered. The reason that the US Army chose the M-16 as its battle rifle is that it's so simple even the most mentally handicapped farmhand from Bumfuck, Iowa can take it apart, clean it, and put it back together with no tools needed.
@@rylian21 And yet here you are watching a video trying to figure out how it works. Eugene Stoner, the inventor of the M16 and holder of over 100 patents was that “Mentally handicapped farm hand” but he was from Bumfuck Indiana. What will people remember you for?
@@toddmintz4269 Didn't it wasn't interesting, just not complicated. The trigger mechanism is the most complex and it's not part of a grunt's regular maintenance, but still simple enough for the specialists to be able to diagnose and turnaround quickly. That's why I'm somewhat wary of the new rifle designs the military is considering. They're way, way more complicated. The M-16s simplicity is it's greatest asset.
@@rylian21 The AR platform is a wonderful design, that was ahead of its time when it was introduced. The military was looking for an intermediate cartridge rifle at the time and the “Closed” system was ideal. What you need to understand is that it’s not a rifle for “Dummies” or “Mentally handicapped” as you put it. It is a rifle with a great design, that was suppose to require less cleaning and fires an intermediate cartridge. They didn’t want it because they thought their infantry was a bunch of morons. I am curious as to which “New Rifles” have got you so concerned. Please give examples and express your concerns in great detail
@@toddmintz4269 You misunderstand. I'm not saying it's a rifle for dummies. It's a wonderful design, but one of the reasons the DOD chose it was because a dummy CAN maintain it with very little training. As for the newer designs, I'm particularly wary of the Textron design. That's a lot of moving parts- a lot of room for something to go wrong. Having the firing chamber lower down to eject, pick up the next round, lift back up, and then seal with the barrel- I don't know about that. The General Dynamics rifle is a bullpup. Neat idea in theory, but apparently switching mags can be an awkward and slow process. More, I'm not sure how safe it is having your face right next to the firing chamber.
@@chownful Having some experience in 3D programming (Maya in particular), I can attest to the complexity of constructing this kind of animation. If you think anyone can do this, then you are most assuredly unaware of the skill and patience required to make such an intricate animation. The animation itself is roughly ten minutes. The amount of work that goes into those ten minutes can mean, depending on your skill, construction can take some two weeks (and a few days for experts). The more detail you add to the animation, the longer it will take and the more work it will require. If you were making an animated film, you could expect those ten minutes to take between six months and a year for a small team to construct. You absolutely underestimate the difficulty of 3D animation.
@@hassi44 I still feel that the original comment is an overstatement. What exactly in the process for this specific video do you think took the longest? I'm not saying the video is bad, but it's definitely not the best I've seen.
It's one thing to understand how a gun works - but it blows my mind thinking about some point, some time in the past, designers and engineers actually built these things from scratch!
The creator of the M-16 and the AK-47 have met each other in the past and done an interview together. They both liked each other's weapon and complimented each other
When it comes to making animations, there is very little on this platform that takes more effort. Just being honest. Shits not easy. Ever tried using Blender or Maya? I honestly don't know how people have that level of patience XD
The quality of explanations is extremely high. The quality of section cuts is extremely high. The dynamics of the machines is completely detailed. The physics of the mechanism is completely described. Your talent can generalize to motors, mechanisms, complex processes on any sort of robotics dynamics. The talent and the clarity on these videos made incomprehensible processes transparent. This is what technology and pedagogy can do for education. Can anyone imagine how this could generalize to Kepler motion, astronomy and sun geometry? You found business. 100/100
I'd take off ten or so for perpetuating the direct impingement nonsense. Another five for not mentioning that the carbon dusting the bolt is meant to act as a dry lubricant.
@@Blackstone9x19 Half-joke about the fact that the AR-10/AR-15 gas system uses the bolt as a stationary piston instead of just puffing on the carrier like vanilla DI or putting the piston out on a stick like everything that copies the AK. It's useless pedantry, but Stoner really gave us something more interesting and effective than just DI.
Because its too much information to grasp in a few minutes, if you would want to learn it you have to study it. Its the same if someone would explain to you how a car works. You cant remember it all at once
@@Damster587 you might be able to get a forced reset trigger tho which essentially is the same as full auto but instead of the bolt releasing the auto sear, it forces the trigger to reset
@Damster587 It's not hard if you have basic gunsmithing experience, machining tools, expertise, and general knowledge. To make the components yourself would take precision measurements, for the components, which can be bought or fabricated, plus a third precision press drilled hole. You'll also need a full auto bolt carrier, but most modern civilian ARs already come with that. Alternately, you can buy readily available full auto trigger packs and use a stencil to drill the third hole. Those packs are legal to own if YOU DO NOT OWN, NOR PLAN TO OWN an AR; they're meant for owners of transferable machine guns or holders of one of several types of FFL or SOT for personal dealer samples. If you do buy one and are not one of the above, then you're committing a serious felony and are facing 10yrs+ prison. The average idiot can't do it. The average average person can't, either. I can. It'd probably take me a few hours to tool up the selector, sear, mill out the selector catch, and drill the hole. I won't do it. I never have and never will, but I could and I know how. I have binary triggers in a few of my ARs for "shoot fast" purposes. As already stated, forced reset triggers are the hot trend for shooty fasty, but binary is better. Pretty much every fudd says "don't ask", or "don't think about it", or "you can't". I'm here to call them out; knowledge is not illegal- acting on it is.
It's called Subjected Civil Retardation...thanks to the U. S government and the "NWO", you, along with your children will grow up without learning critical details of Physics at an early age, which is why you feel stupid all the time today.
@@raff257 "lmao they fixed it" I guess guns are like software now. "Nah bro don't worry they patched it out" ak's don't choke on mud because of their exposed as fuck bolt ig
I'm no gunsmith by any means but I'm comfortable in saying that I know 90% of what there is to know about AR platform rifles and I've always wondered how burst fire worked and now I finally learned!
Just because it may become fully automatic doesn't make it accurate. You are extremely likely to have less accuracy with a fully automatic rifle due to various effects such as repeated recoil, barrel movement, unequal gas dissipation at the muzzle, and much more.
To all the people who dont understand the constitution It is the right of the people to keep and bear arms A right that cannot be infringed And governments job is to ensure rights not regulate them Only acting when an individual has violated another individual's inalienable rights Im an absolute libertarian when it comes to guns
Def debatable if semi is really "safer" than auto. the intentions of the person in question have to be bad and that's really it. It's not about how many people or the gun it's just if someone does it. Dosnt matter if the weapon has to be semi automatic because the finger always has full auto
Samuel Randall any citizen who is mentally stable, law abiding, and responsible enough to correctly own and operate a fully automatic firearm should be able to do so. Laws that prohibit this are an infringement upon our rights as American citizens. Gun laws need to be revised to prevent those who cannot from owning them and those who can from not being able to. In the event that we need to revolt against the government we would need full auto firearms and military equipment to be able to stand a chance. And it seems that may be happening soon.
I must say, I am impressed with the level of clear detail and explanation shown in this video. As a Gunsmith of 38 years as well as a retired Senior Service School Instructor, U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland I have taught this theory in the 8-step in the cycle of function of the AR/M-16 series for many years. With exception of a few minor areas not covered like the gas port/gas block and function of the buffer itself, the animation and your lesson on the cycle of function was fantastic. Bravo sir, bravo. edit: Posted 07/2020, about one year after introduction of this video. It does appear as though the author has gone back and re-edited this video to address some short coming's of the first release, but hasn't as of this re-post explained how the gas coming back through the gas tube and carrier key interacts with the high pressure chamber formed between the carriers bolt seat and bolt rings and tail that causes the carrier to move to the rear, turning the cam pin in its carrier groove. Nor how the excess gas is vented over board through the two gas exhaust ports on the carriers right side. The action of the rotating the bolt faces extractor jaw holding the rim of the cartridge casing, aids in breaking the seal of the cartridge casing from the chamber wall before the rotating luging lugs reach the unlock position. The remaining rearward inertial force continues to propel the carrier/bolt and casing rearward against the buffer spring and buffer assembly guided by the buffer tube. Near the end of the rearward travel the cartridge case clears the chamber face and the plunger type ejector pushing against the case s base under spring pressure pushes forward opposite the grip of the extractor jaw gripping the cases rim. Thus causing the empty to pivot on it's base and spin clear of the ejection port to the right and against the built in brass deflector project of the receiver on late model AR's. However should a round of high-pressure round of ammunition "over-gasses" the system. The buffers tail (a polymer insert ) will strike the back of the buffer tube to cushion the blow and halt movement resulting in heavy recoil force. Once all rearward inertial force is expended, the buffer spring will drive all parts forward to feed and chamber the next round. (wow, that was a mouth full)
I could see how the piston on the bolt tail is acted upon by gas pressure, although the narration does not explain this, and the buffer is passed over entirely. Me pointing this out would be just a complaint, but with your qualifications it's critique.
Yeah alright ditzydoo. Answer me this if someone breaks into your house and you shoot them with an illegal fully automatic weapon then what? If you are as old as you say you are then you probably have legal full auto on hand but what about your kids or grand kids, or their friends. I know someone has illegal fully automatic weapons on hand and I want to know what happens if you shoot home intruders with that?
@@jhowardsupporter hmmm, lets see now. 1). if one unloads an automatic weapon (legal, or illegal) into someone, they die. 2). if you know of any illegal weapon, you are now an accessory after the fact in any criminal acts with said weapon if you are found to have prior knowledge. 3). all weapons in my home are locked in fire proof gun-safes only I have access to. 4). after 25 years in the Army, automatic anything besides a coffee maker is old. so I don't own any fully automatic weapons. 5). an intruder onto my fenced property would first need to negotiate said entry with my three Kelpie/Red Healers, and boy do they hate late night visitors.
Subjects of engineering required to design a gun 1. Theory of Machines ( Mechanisms, Cams & Followers, Springs, Vibration) 2. Machine design & Manufacturing (Design and manufacturing of parts, Metallurgical selection, ergonomics, anthropometric, Measurements) 3. Thermal engineering ( Energy Transfer/ dissipation like Flash hiding, suppression, Heat Transfer and dissipation) 4. Fluid mechanics (Gas movement, flow through nozzle, diffuser for gas operated ones, compressible flow) 5. Optics (Magnification and all about light/ lasers) 6. Mechanics (Uniform Weight, low Centerline CG, muzzle velocity, projectile range (bullet range)) 7. CFD ( Modelling and Simulation) Well that's entire Mechanical Engineering 😲
To make a simple gun, all you need is a pipe, a flexible piece of sheet metal, a nail and a block of wood for the handle. And some way to fasten them all together securely. It won't be good or accurate, but it will fire a bullet.
Everything about this oozes high quality. So much information conveyed perfectly through concise wording synced with animations. And those animations are high quality from a 3D perspective, animation perspective, and I'm sure pretty accurate from a design perspective. Incredible work.
@@VIPK9 Wiki isn't a great source of information dude... The Stoner system uses a international gas cylinder and piston, it isn't a direct impingement system which just dumps gas into the reciever.
The 3D animation in this is a work of art. The technical detail is wonderful. I never understood how burst fire was supposed to work before this video.
This is world class animation and 3D graphic modelling. The details are so minute that it makes me wonder how much effort has gone into making a 10 minute video. A big thank you to your entire production team.
I've always HATED guns... Until I watched this video. I've never understood the appeal of them, never thought of how they're made and now I understand and appreciate the beauty of them... this was actually super interesting to watch, not to mention the excellent presentation, thank you! It's just a shame when they end up in the wrong hands!
It's nothing more than an object that pushes stuff out the other end. Like of like a nuclear power plant. Tour one, and there is so much going on it's ridiculous. So much piping, controls, people, stuff and nonsense....just to spin a little cylinder at the top of another building. Now, fire a gun, and you really appreciate just how difficult it actually is to operate one properly. There are also junk ones, and good ones, just like every other item in existence.
You didn't hate them you simply had no real world experience or understanding of them and defaulted to the MSM and Hollywood pop cultures prescribed opinion. Most people aren't even anti-gun. They are pro-gun in certains hands but think certain groups of people shouldn't have them. Which to me is bigoted and authoritarian. I don't like abortion but I don't believe it's mine nor the governments place to ban that choice for woman. Personally I LOOOOOVVVE mechanical engineering and firearms, motor vehicles, and heavy equipment are the most fascinating to me.
BTW before anyone says it yes people who are a verifiable threat to society shouldn't possess firearms, but if you are a danger with firearms you're still adanger without them and shouldn't be free. If you have committed a crime and payed your debt to society and reformed into a honest productive member of society then all your constitutional rights should be restored.
Years ahead of his time and still to this day not one battle rifle out that can do anything the ar platform can’t do. And to boot it’s not true D.I. gas system it’s actually an in line piston design for recoil control. Check out military arms channel for a video on that topic I thought that idea was crazy until I watched it. Stoner gave us a modular platform before we knew we needed it, RIP stoner!
@@youngcashregisterakalilbro3261 Yeah, if you sat there & watched all of it like a dumbdumb. There's a mouse & a sliding bar for a reason. Skip the nonsense & move to 2:40 :D
I’ve always wanted to try to make a gun just to see if I could and if I had went with my original plans I might have accidentally made a fully automatic firearm lmao, if my plans would even work anyways
Outstanding video!!! This was also the first clear explanation I've been shown for the mechanical differences between 3 round burst and fully automatic fire. As an LE patrol rifle instructor, I'd love to incorporate this video into our basic rifle classes.
For what reason, you Leo's don't get anything burst or full auto unless your s.w.a.t. Leos get the same semi auto as all the boring citizens do. So to show your class is a mute point unless your planning to corrupt them to modify their standard issues
Semi auto is best anyhow, spray and pray tactics go along with heaven and a prayer, slow accurate shots is far superior to spray and pray unless your pinned down in combat.
An Leo instructor who does not know what I knew at age 17, the year of civilian sales. Suggest you try single round while looking down the barrel for a squib. Cops = idiots, rover again.
As a ground work for the understanding between the two yes. An in depth no. I do give it an 8 out of 10 which is a very high grade in regard to the misconceptions as of present that deligate a 3.
@@beezyj3227 it's fascinating as hell that cavemen who could barely make fire evolved to the point where they could make something this complex. Just took a couple thousands of years
I was waiting for the part where they explain how to use your finger in full semi automatic like they talked about on CNN. I guess that information requires special clearance.
@@chownful I dont think so I imagine his comment refers to the fact that alot of politicians claim to know what they are talking about then often reveal themselves to be clueless
@@trevor894 Those politicians could care less about how the AR-15 platform operates. If anything, they would twist it and use it to show how no private citizen needs such a "weapon that belongs on the battlefield". At least now they are honest about wanting semi-autos banned instead of the usual assault weapons ban bullshit.
The quality is amazing and it is also bored enough and I am pleased to see that you made a distinction between the Civilian AR15 and military/police M4/M16. A minor nit pick is that the mag release is something pressed once to release the mag and is let go after that, even when inserting a new mag, but that is a speck of dust in the beautiful masterpiece of education.
That's due to the idiosyncrasies of 3D modeling and simulation - if you watch closely you can see a few details like that in other places too. In software like this you have to translate one part and then translate another etc. There's no gravity or spring forces or anything.
This channel is absolutely amazing. I don't even know if I can even describe how well detailed and perfect this channel is for the knowledge and support needed for someone getting into the mechanics and the sciences accompanied in it
This was/is History Channel or Discovery Channel Quality and explanation....Kudos to you and thank you for the in depth information....Subbed and waiting for the next video!!.... God bless!!
Way better than the crap those guys put out. And we don't have to endure a bunch of unrelated drama. I can just picture it "Eugene Stoner ... a man on the verge of a breakthrough that would change mankind's place on the planet forever ... but could he weather the storm of chaos that was about to drop on him ... and later ... could he keep the love of a woman he was never meant to have? Join us tonite as History Channel goes deep into the secret life of the world's most hated gun."
At least it was accurate at 90%. However it was still misleading on some points. Yes the lower of an ar15 of most modern variants can not support the room required by the m16 but also ar15 bolt carrier groups are also slightly different to prevent automatic fire.
Damn. I haven't taken an M16A2 apart since 1999 and this REALLY took me down memory lane. I can't believe how accurate this is. Amazing. Great work. Absolutely amazed.
Quite a few pathetic propaganda Injections render the video Rubbish and nearly unwatchable First and foremost, it’s Not and has never been an “Assault Rifle” as improperly stated by the narrator/clown.. Just repeated propaganda.
@@nope638 lol whut? #1 m16/ar15 is 100% an assault rifle. #2, this is extremely informative visually even if you have it on mute, regardless of your political stance. i happily and legally custom built my ar15 from parts i bought online, it's definitely an assault rifle. but im not here to argue semantics, assault rifle or not, whatever you wanna call it this video is cool and informative. mute it and watch it and tell me it isnt amazing visual description of the operation of this specific rifle platform.
I was searching for a video in order to understand how the tube ejection works in the AR-15 because I saw no ejection peak inside the upper receiver. And I found you animation. I have seen many so far but this is one is the absolute top of the top, also the audio explanations! SUPERBE!!! Thank you so much for your work!
I was in the middle of my first build thinking that I knew everything. Then I watched this and learned like 4 things I totally didn't know. Probably the best explainer video on the topic I've ever seen. Well done.
Well done, and thank you for getting descriptive enough to note that the M16 and AR15 are two totally different trigger mechanisms. I was nervous initially as most videos do not discern the difference, which leads to mis-information even among gun guys about how this platform works.
It was Colt's Mfg. that did not discern the difference as the original AR-15 was capable of automatic fire and the earliest M16 models have AR-15 in their roll marks: i.imgur.com/MAkOoGW.jpg
@@cottonballs185 That is the first I heard of that but I can see that if the AR-15 you reference were the early pre-M16 designated test units. Those were not designated for civilian use correct? Or am I off base?
@@EK-oy1te It was my understanding that the Air Force fielded the AR-15 independently under the designation M16 and the Army later procured the XM16E1 on a trial basis leading up to the finalization of the M16A1, which would be the model adopted by all branches by the end of the conflict in Vietnam
@@cottonballs185 Wasn't it the Air Forces cold weather accuracy test that made the millitary adopt a 1:12 twist versus the original 1:14 twist that was trialed by special forces in Vietnam? So the AR-15 for the Air Force was never released as a model to civilians but probably later modified to be compliant to the M16A1 later released as you mentioned.
This is great it shows how the bolt acts as the gas piston. Proving that the ar15/m16 isnt technically a gas impingement system (it looks like one but isn't). So many people dont realize this and I've tried to explain it but they call me a liar or dont understand. Now I can just relay this video to them. It shows perfectly that the gas pushes on the back of the bolt (using it as the gas piston) causing the bolt to push forward and unlock using its cam and thus forcing the bolt carrier rearward (which extracts, ejects and recocks the firearm). Lol great video. Best I've ever seen anyone who wants to see how the m16/ar15 platform functions should be told to watch this. Thank you so much for this.
Most DI guns have a gas piston. Having a gas piston by itself does not prevent a gun from being a DI gun. Just look at the MAS49 or AG42, both of those have a gas piston and expansion chamber just like the AR-15. The MAS49 even has the expansion chamber recessed inside the bolt carrier, somewhat like an AR-15. DI, as its name implies, has the gasses impinge directly on the bolt carrier and or bolt, which the AR-15 does. The AR-15 piston is still a part of the bolt carrier. Compared to a piston gun, where the impingement occurs in a remote location and the forces are transferred by piston rod or op rod or other solid energy transfer component. That's the difference between DI and a piston gun.
@@deanc91 that's were your wrong direct gas impingement does not have a traditional piston. Gas impingement has a combustion chamber (which is the female end) that the bolt carrier itself fits into (Male end/nonemoving piston) Gas therefore goes back to the male end on the carrier and pushes the bolt carrier rearward. There is no moving piston. Were as on the ar15 the gas goes back into the bolt carriers chamber and then pushes the bolt forward unlocking and pushing the whole carrier rearrward. This makes the bolt its self a moving gas piston. Even Ian from the show Forgotten Weapons has said that its Not a gas impingement system.
@@roberttrester4030 Ian is not always correct. He has to be corrected from time to time. Your description yet again still fits the AG42, where the piston is a moving part that goes into the expansion chamber of the enlarged gas tube. Thus the AG42 has a moving piston as part of the bolt carrier. Yet, the AG42 is undisputedly a DI gun. And yes, DI guns have a piston. Even the AG42 specifically labels out the piston in diagrams. By definition, any disc or cylinder moving in a cylindrical chamber to harness energy from a gas is a piston. Thus most DI guns actually do have piston components. Also who made this definition up where there must not be a piston or the piston must or mustn't move? What is the official authority of this definition? Direct impingement, taken literally, is gasses directly impinging on the gas carrier in order to cycle the gun. This is exactly how the AR-15 system works.
Here's a very simple trick in gas piston rifle the gas should not make it past the first 1/3 of the rifle if gas makes it into the upper receiver its not a piston gun,no need to micro manage a technicality, the whole reason gas piston is even invented is to keep heat and carbon out of the chamber and upper receiver which an AR-15 does not
Great animations... These gun are more technical than what I expected,, this has to be one of the best illustrations of the break down of this weapon system..
It is amazing how far computer solid modeling has come. I was a chassis designer at Chrysler when they first started using computers for design, Textronics it was called. Wasn't long though and CATIA was the preferred system, wire frame and basic surfacing then. Went to GM and learned Unigraphics, was then introduced to solid modeling and kinematics as a suspension designer. Left the industry in the early 2000's, making a model like this video back when I did it would have taken forever and a computer big enough to fill a room.
@@maydonkyovoy968 Hopefully you will be able to discern between a humerus and a humorous quip fairly soon. Your bedside manner could use some work also or you could just stick to insult standup comedy.
Well thank god for this, I'm surprised it took someone this long to make a detailed, accurate, and easy-to-follow infographic on how this rifle works. Finally have something simple and easy to use as a teaching aid.
Back in '84 I was told to not worry about the trigger assembly and that the Armorer would take care of it. PFC US Army Artillery 4th BN 4th FA FT. Sill, OK '84-'86
That was an awesome video. I’ve never been able to wrap my head around how a 3 round burst trigger group worked as I’ve never had the opportunity to see one. Thank you for making the time to showcase this brilliant engineering.
EXCELLENT animation video! I just happened on your site and gave it a look and it allows the inexperienced an opportunity to learn how these great firearms actually work. Thanks for your efforts.
7:25 In case anyone was wondering - this means that A) you cannot legally buy a fully automatic rifle in the United States as a civilian (without a crazy license and regulations), and B) you also cannot modify a civilian rifle to fully automatic without buying parts that are equally as illegal to buy/sell (and manufacture at home) as an automatic rifle is. The black rifles are scary looking but are no more deadly than your standard humble semi-auto wood hunting rifle - you can buy larger magazines for those wood rifles as well and they can fire some pretty big fn rounds.
You are an artist. I've cleaned one of these many times and had a general idea of how things worked, but the explanation of the seer was highly instructive. THanks
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Even if you hate guns, you cannot deny that they are a marvel of engineering.
I like guns, but when I didn’t like guns, I still agreed to this.
Totally agree
How do you hate guns? You hate the nut-jobs who kill innocent people with it.
Brian Lingden Media propaganda, that’s how.
They definitely are
I’m small arms repair in the army. This has to be one of the best illustrations of the breakdown of this weapon system I’ve seen.
WHen he said that the lower reciever of the civilan AR-15 "doesn't have room for the auto sear", is this really true?
I thought the civilian AR-15 lower receiver was the same size as the lower recievers of M16/M4 rifles. Only that the auto sear is abscent, and the recesses needed to keep an auto sear in place hasn't been milled into the lower reciever body?
Seven Proxies
It’s not so much that there “isn’t room”. It’s that in an M4/M16 the auto sear has a pin that goes straight through the receiver, and that hole isn’t present in an AR15.
Basically, you would need to do some drilling and replace and add a lot of parts.
@@Grabbagar670 So my initial impression was correct then?
I can see why illegal full-auto conversions occur, because it's not that hard to drill a space for the pin and modifying or fabricate the other necessary components if you've got access to a mill.
The fire-selector of the M16/M4 also seem virtually identical to the civ AR-15, where the only difference being that it has a few extra slots or grooves to accomodate the full auto sear.
Not being a U.S citizen I haven't had the opportunity to get a more hands on inspection of either rifle, but I've tried reading up on it as much as I can. Gunsmithing is a topic I have a soft spot for, but in my country there isn't much market for it, sadly.
Seven Proxies
I believe that you would need to mill out the fire control pocket a bit more. But to make it work, you need to actually get new parts. The selector switch is only one concern.
Legality aside of course.
@@sevenproxies4255 Yes and no, some do and some don't have the room as some manufacturers don't mill it for precaution/legal reasons( even though they don't have to).. This is just how many of them are sold because manufactures want to play it safe, but you can legally get what they call "high shelf" or "low shelf" civilian ar15 lowers that already has the extra bit milled away needed that can accept an auto-sear/pin or RDIAS(drop in auto sear).. But that doesn't matter -buying a low shelf receiver that CAN ACCEPT a third pin sear or RDIAS isn't illegal, but HAVING the third pin hole in the receiver or rdias IS (unless you have the legal paper work to own a receiver with third pin hole or an RDIAS).. Now, you can have a registered low shelf receiver with the third pin hole or you can have a registered drop in auto sear(RDIAS) that can drop into any low shelf ar15 lower.. (another way is having a lighting link, but that's a different story and requires different parts).. Even if you have a low shelf receiver with a third pin or an RDIAS, civilian ar15s would also need the notched hammer/fcg and full auto carrier group to work with the auto-sear/rdias as well, which most manufacturers of ar15s try to keep as many of these parts out as possible to keep it far away from being easy to make full-auto.
As someone who struggles with Math, the fact people can visualize how to make the intricate parts of a gun are brilliant. Engineering is amazing. Thanks Eugene Stoner
I'm very good at Math but even I have to agree, how they come up with these mechanisms is quite amazing, lol.
music???
@@silviodonnarumma4300rr5😅😅8th w-9 ot
They’re developed more than they’re made
I mean we're entering an age now where laser weapons are becoming a thing. Engineers are so underappreciated I feel like
These guns are more technical than what I expected.
Not really. They've pretty simple pieces of engineering, all things considered.
The reason that the US Army chose the M-16 as its battle rifle is that it's so simple even the most mentally handicapped farmhand from Bumfuck, Iowa can take it apart, clean it, and put it back together with no tools needed.
@@rylian21 And yet here you are watching a video trying to figure out how it works. Eugene Stoner, the inventor of the M16 and holder of over 100 patents was that “Mentally handicapped farm hand” but he was from Bumfuck Indiana. What will people remember you for?
@@toddmintz4269 Didn't it wasn't interesting, just not complicated. The trigger mechanism is the most complex and it's not part of a grunt's regular maintenance, but still simple enough for the specialists to be able to diagnose and turnaround quickly.
That's why I'm somewhat wary of the new rifle designs the military is considering. They're way, way more complicated.
The M-16s simplicity is it's greatest asset.
@@rylian21 The AR platform is a wonderful design, that was ahead of its time when it was introduced. The military was looking for an intermediate cartridge rifle at the time and the “Closed” system was ideal. What you need to understand is that it’s not a rifle for “Dummies” or “Mentally handicapped” as you put it. It is a rifle with a great design, that was suppose to require less cleaning and fires an intermediate cartridge. They didn’t want it because they thought their infantry was a bunch of morons.
I am curious as to which “New Rifles” have got you so concerned. Please give examples and express your concerns in great detail
@@toddmintz4269 You misunderstand. I'm not saying it's a rifle for dummies. It's a wonderful design, but one of the reasons the DOD chose it was because a dummy CAN maintain it with very little training.
As for the newer designs, I'm particularly wary of the Textron design. That's a lot of moving parts- a lot of room for something to go wrong. Having the firing chamber lower down to eject, pick up the next round, lift back up, and then seal with the barrel- I don't know about that.
The General Dynamics rifle is a bullpup. Neat idea in theory, but apparently switching mags can be an awkward and slow process. More, I'm not sure how safe it is having your face right next to the firing chamber.
The amount of 3D modeling software skills is unbelievable
thats exacly what i though dude
bro anyone can do this shit
root try it bro.
@@chownful Having some experience in 3D programming (Maya in particular), I can attest to the complexity of constructing this kind of animation. If you think anyone can do this, then you are most assuredly unaware of the skill and patience required to make such an intricate animation. The animation itself is roughly ten minutes. The amount of work that goes into those ten minutes can mean, depending on your skill, construction can take some two weeks (and a few days for experts). The more detail you add to the animation, the longer it will take and the more work it will require. If you were making an animated film, you could expect those ten minutes to take between six months and a year for a small team to construct.
You absolutely underestimate the difficulty of 3D animation.
@@hassi44 I still feel that the original comment is an overstatement. What exactly in the process for this specific video do you think took the longest? I'm not saying the video is bad, but it's definitely not the best I've seen.
It's one thing to understand how a gun works - but it blows my mind thinking about some point, some time in the past, designers and engineers actually built these things from scratch!
"If you want to make a pie from scratch you have to create the universe first"
-Carl Sagan
ay creator, make a new universe i have to make a pie
creator or whatever: i gotchu homie
Ya like “oh well how about we explode crap in something that you hold in your hand” nobody believed it would work I bet
@@ayushsharma8804 Thats deep, like an ocean inside of another ocean...
In which way does it blow your mind?
This video has more effort than my university's learning materials
Shit, if every subject I learned in school could've been done with these types of animations, I'd have graduated high school at 12.
The creator of the M-16 and the AK-47 have met each other in the past and done an interview together. They both liked each other's weapon and complimented each other
but privately they talked a lot of trash on each others design and life choices
@@stevew278 You know Kalashnikov won. Mattel, your gun is a toy.
@@robertsmith2956 Have fun controlling recoil after your second shot.
There's a great pic of them hoding each other's firearm.
@@robertsmith2956 last time I checked toys dont kill people
This has more effort put into this than youtube rewind
I've put more effort into some shits than RUclips rewind
K-POP!!!!
Not really a compliment.
When it comes to making animations, there is very little on this platform that takes more effort. Just being honest. Shits not easy. Ever tried using Blender or Maya? I honestly don't know how people have that level of patience XD
@@cameronbartlett856 called autism
The quality of explanations is extremely high.
The quality of section cuts is extremely high.
The dynamics of the machines is completely detailed.
The physics of the mechanism is completely described.
Your talent can generalize to motors, mechanisms, complex processes on any sort of robotics dynamics. The talent and the clarity on these videos made incomprehensible processes transparent. This is what technology and pedagogy can do for education. Can anyone imagine how this could generalize to Kepler motion, astronomy and sun geometry? You found business.
100/100
More like 101/100
I'd take off ten or so for perpetuating the direct impingement nonsense. Another five for not mentioning that the carbon dusting the bolt is meant to act as a dry lubricant.
@@bBlaF What's nonsense about direct impingement?
@@Blackstone9x19 Half-joke about the fact that the AR-10/AR-15 gas system uses the bolt as a stationary piston instead of just puffing on the carrier like vanilla DI or putting the piston out on a stick like everything that copies the AK. It's useless pedantry, but Stoner really gave us something more interesting and effective than just DI.
110/100
I feel like ive learned something and forgot it at the same time
Exactly how im feeling
drugs...
Because its too much information to grasp in a few minutes, if you would want to learn it you have to study it. Its the same if someone would explain to you how a car works. You cant remember it all at once
Build one. You deserve it.
Just rewatch it a lot
As an AR-15 owner, I'm impressed that all this happens at the pull of a trigger.
If We have to and it's looking more like we might need to one day, how difficult would it be to make it full auto?
@@Damster587 don't even think about it
@@RobertSmith-fd7ke ok
@@Damster587 you might be able to get a forced reset trigger tho which essentially is the same as full auto but instead of the bolt releasing the auto sear, it forces the trigger to reset
@Damster587 It's not hard if you have basic gunsmithing experience, machining tools, expertise, and general knowledge.
To make the components yourself would take precision measurements, for the components, which can be bought or fabricated, plus a third precision press drilled hole. You'll also need a full auto bolt carrier, but most modern civilian ARs already come with that.
Alternately, you can buy readily available full auto trigger packs and use a stencil to drill the third hole. Those packs are legal to own if YOU DO NOT OWN, NOR PLAN TO OWN an AR; they're meant for owners of transferable machine guns or holders of one of several types of FFL or SOT for personal dealer samples. If you do buy one and are not one of the above, then you're committing a serious felony and are facing 10yrs+ prison.
The average idiot can't do it. The average average person can't, either. I can. It'd probably take me a few hours to tool up the selector, sear, mill out the selector catch, and drill the hole.
I won't do it. I never have and never will, but I could and I know how. I have binary triggers in a few of my ARs for "shoot fast" purposes. As already stated, forced reset triggers are the hot trend for shooty fasty, but binary is better.
Pretty much every fudd says "don't ask", or "don't think about it", or "you can't". I'm here to call them out; knowledge is not illegal- acting on it is.
Thomas, I am a firearms Author, and a 3D digital modeler. I want you to know you did an absolutely OUTSTANDING job of this!!!!
He called it an assault rifle tho 💀
Holy I've taken apart, cleaned, and put together this weapon so many times and yet I still learned something...a nice, well detailed video 👍
same its really good knowledge to know
Agree
It's called Subjected Civil Retardation...thanks to the U. S government and the "NWO", you, along with your children will grow up without learning critical details of Physics at an early age, which is why
you feel stupid all the time today.
Its an amazing feat of engineering. All those moving parts, reliably shuttling back and forth, dozens to hundreds of times per second.
@@saiyendemon5437 ಠಿ_ಠ
AR-15: Needs a little spring loaded mechanism to eject the casing
AK: Ejects the casing with a little steel notch
Also Ak: *chokes on mud*
*I must revert to Mosin*
@@john.t645 they fixed it
@@raff257 "lmao they fixed it" I guess guns are like software now. "Nah bro don't worry they patched it out" ak's don't choke on mud because of their exposed as fuck bolt ig
@@john.t645 i don't Say guns are like software.... but the latest ak variant don't choke on mud like the previous one
I'm no gunsmith by any means but I'm comfortable in saying that I know 90% of what there is to know about AR platform rifles and I've always wondered how burst fire worked and now I finally learned!
Yea burst is way more difficult to create than semi auto or full auto.
another key part is the mathmatics such as how heavy the bolt has to be to blown back correctly
Holy shit this is good.
Except for the metric measurements.
this is not just good - this is PERFECT
you can say that again!
I don’t think you can explain it better
Amerifag
One of the best animations that I ever saw. Thank you!
"Have ever seen"
People talking about hiw the video looks so good, when im over here thinking about hiw they made a couple peices of metal in your gun a felony
@@samuelrandall6213 I'm sure there are a number of people, myself included, that would debate you fiercely on that point.
Just because it may become fully automatic doesn't make it accurate. You are extremely likely to have less accuracy with a fully automatic rifle due to various effects such as repeated recoil, barrel movement, unequal gas dissipation at the muzzle, and much more.
To all the people who dont understand the constitution
It is the right of the people to keep and bear arms
A right that cannot be infringed
And governments job is to ensure rights not regulate them
Only acting when an individual has violated another individual's inalienable rights
Im an absolute libertarian when it comes to guns
Def debatable if semi is really "safer" than auto. the intentions of the person in question have to be bad and that's really it. It's not about how many people or the gun it's just if someone does it. Dosnt matter if the weapon has to be semi automatic because the finger always has full auto
Samuel Randall any citizen who is mentally stable, law abiding, and responsible enough to correctly own and operate a fully automatic firearm should be able to do so. Laws that prohibit this are an infringement upon our rights as American citizens. Gun laws need to be revised to prevent those who cannot from owning them and those who can from not being able to. In the event that we need to revolt against the government we would need full auto firearms and military equipment to be able to stand a chance. And it seems that may be happening soon.
This should be included in basic training!
I'm pretty sure this is above the 8th grade level, but a far more basic version is included in basic 😉
Or at least it was in 04
I must say, I am impressed with the level of clear detail and explanation shown in this video. As a Gunsmith of 38 years as well as a retired Senior Service School Instructor, U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland I have taught this theory in the 8-step in the cycle of function of the AR/M-16 series for many years. With exception of a few minor areas not covered like the gas port/gas block and function of the buffer itself, the animation and your lesson on the cycle of function was fantastic. Bravo sir, bravo.
edit: Posted 07/2020, about one year after introduction of this video. It does appear as though the author has gone back and re-edited this video to address some short coming's of the first release, but hasn't as of this re-post explained how the gas coming back through the gas tube and carrier key interacts with the high pressure chamber formed between the carriers bolt seat and bolt rings and tail that causes the carrier to move to the rear, turning the cam pin in its carrier groove. Nor how the excess gas is vented over board through the two gas exhaust ports on the carriers right side.
The action of the rotating the bolt faces extractor jaw holding the rim of the cartridge casing, aids in breaking the seal of the cartridge casing from the chamber wall before the rotating luging lugs reach the unlock position.
The remaining rearward inertial force continues to propel the carrier/bolt and casing rearward against the buffer spring and buffer assembly guided by the buffer tube. Near the end of the rearward travel the cartridge case clears the chamber face and the plunger type ejector pushing against the case s base under spring pressure pushes forward opposite the grip of the extractor jaw gripping the cases rim.
Thus causing the empty to pivot on it's base and spin clear of the ejection port to the right and against the built in brass deflector project of the receiver on late model AR's.
However should a round of high-pressure round of ammunition "over-gasses" the system. The buffers tail (a polymer insert ) will strike the back of the buffer tube to cushion the blow and halt movement resulting in heavy recoil force. Once all rearward inertial force is expended, the buffer spring will drive all parts forward to feed and chamber the next round.
(wow, that was a mouth full)
I could see how the piston on the bolt tail is acted upon by gas pressure, although the narration does not explain this, and the buffer is passed over entirely. Me pointing this out would be just a complaint, but with your qualifications it's critique.
No way i live right down the street
I didn't know gunsmith is an actual occupation
I assumed guns would just be manufactured by automated labor...
Yeah alright ditzydoo. Answer me this if someone breaks into your house and you shoot them with an illegal fully automatic weapon then what? If you are as old as you say you are then you probably have legal full auto on hand but what about your kids or grand kids, or their friends. I know someone has illegal fully automatic weapons on hand and I want to know what happens if you shoot home intruders with that?
@@jhowardsupporter hmmm, lets see now.
1). if one unloads an automatic weapon (legal, or illegal) into someone, they die.
2). if you know of any illegal weapon, you are now an accessory after the fact in any criminal acts with said weapon if you are found to have prior knowledge.
3). all weapons in my home are locked in fire proof gun-safes only I have access to.
4). after 25 years in the Army, automatic anything besides a coffee maker is old. so I don't own any fully automatic weapons.
5). an intruder onto my fenced property would first need to negotiate said entry with my three Kelpie/Red Healers, and boy do they hate late night visitors.
The metal even has scratches holy shit
The Brown Knight the designers definitely appreciate this comments. I noticed this small detail as well.
This is the easiest part ! Haha nice touch though, right?
The casings has fingerprint smudges on them too
@@billtree52 Can you identify whose they are?
@@ChristmasEve777 me personally no. Haha
Subjects of engineering required to design a gun
1. Theory of Machines ( Mechanisms, Cams & Followers, Springs, Vibration)
2. Machine design & Manufacturing (Design and manufacturing of parts, Metallurgical selection, ergonomics, anthropometric, Measurements)
3. Thermal engineering ( Energy Transfer/ dissipation like Flash hiding, suppression, Heat Transfer and dissipation)
4. Fluid mechanics (Gas movement, flow through nozzle, diffuser for gas operated ones, compressible flow)
5. Optics (Magnification and all about light/ lasers)
6. Mechanics (Uniform Weight, low Centerline CG, muzzle velocity, projectile range (bullet range))
7. CFD ( Modelling and Simulation)
Well that's entire Mechanical Engineering 😲
Imagine humans spent their time developing something which doesn't kill other humans. Unbelievable.
And still aka 47 is better. because we had a better engineer
Michael Manukyan imagine.
To make a simple gun, all you need is a pipe, a flexible piece of sheet metal, a nail and a block of wood for the handle. And some way to fasten them all together securely. It won't be good or accurate, but it will fire a bullet.
The only reason why I chose mechanical engineering is because I'm fascinated by this types of things like guns, and cars.
Everything about this oozes high quality. So much information conveyed perfectly through concise wording synced with animations. And those animations are high quality from a 3D perspective, animation perspective, and I'm sure pretty accurate from a design perspective. Incredible work.
You sound like a payed actor
Eugene Stoner would be proud of this video.
He would probably have preferred if the gas system was described correctly, but it is a fairly good video
@@ricomock2 the video was right its direct impingement en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle
@@VIPK9 yeah but its not true direct impingement.
@@VIPK9
Wiki isn't a great source of information dude...
The Stoner system uses a international gas cylinder and piston, it isn't a direct impingement system which just dumps gas into the reciever.
I can keep posting links if you want LOL
The 3D animation in this is a work of art. The technical detail is wonderful.
I never understood how burst fire was supposed to work before this video.
This is world class animation and 3D graphic modelling. The details are so minute that it makes me wonder how much effort has gone into making a 10 minute video. A big thank you to your entire production team.
I've always HATED guns... Until I watched this video. I've never understood the appeal of them, never thought of how they're made and now I understand and appreciate the beauty of them... this was actually super interesting to watch, not to mention the excellent presentation, thank you!
It's just a shame when they end up in the wrong hands!
It's nothing more than an object that pushes stuff out the other end.
Like of like a nuclear power plant. Tour one, and there is so much going on it's ridiculous. So much piping, controls, people, stuff and nonsense....just to spin a little cylinder at the top of another building.
Now, fire a gun, and you really appreciate just how difficult it actually is to operate one properly. There are also junk ones, and good ones, just like every other item in existence.
You didn't hate them you simply had no real world experience or understanding of them and defaulted to the MSM and Hollywood pop cultures prescribed opinion. Most people aren't even anti-gun. They are pro-gun in certains hands but think certain groups of people shouldn't have them. Which to me is bigoted and authoritarian. I don't like abortion but I don't believe it's mine nor the governments place to ban that choice for woman. Personally I LOOOOOVVVE mechanical engineering and firearms, motor vehicles, and heavy equipment are the most fascinating to me.
BTW before anyone says it yes people who are a verifiable threat to society shouldn't possess firearms, but if you are a danger with firearms you're still adanger without them and shouldn't be free. If you have committed a crime and payed your debt to society and reformed into a honest productive member of society then all your constitutional rights should be restored.
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Stoner was a genius! Best animation ever! Well done.
With a few simple parts Sig-Sauers M15 keeps the dirts from fouling the bolt area.
@@1324HELMUT yeah well the Swiss are Swiss...
Хули ваш Стонер! Калашников- вот гений!
Well AK has the same mechanism, but far more simple in use and maintenance. Still bouth of systems r pretty good to nowdays.
Years ahead of his time and still to this day not one battle rifle out that can do anything the ar platform can’t do. And to boot it’s not true D.I. gas system it’s actually an in line piston design for recoil control. Check out military arms channel for a video on that topic I thought that idea was crazy until I watched it. Stoner gave us a modular platform before we knew we needed it, RIP stoner!
This five minutes video is equal to one year verbal class..
And alot less pushups..
Its 11 minutes
@@youngcashregisterakalilbro3261 Yeah, if you sat there & watched all of it like a dumbdumb. There's a mouse & a sliding bar for a reason. Skip the nonsense & move to 2:40 :D
SilentiDominus that’s still 9 mins smh
@@qu0b3n66 you didnt get it
As someone who is relatively new to guns, this helped out a LOT when trying to understand them better.
IRON SIGHTS
NATURAL POINT OF AIM
BREATHING
"THE BOLT GOES FORWARD..."
nfac sent me here to learn about the bullpup XD
LMAO!!!!!
"THE WEAPON HAS FIRED"
👏💥🤣
when did you become an expert in firearms ??????
me: last night
LoL same!
Sparked Tiger if u know a lot u are a expert
I understood that reference
That man is playing Galaga!
Didn't think we would notice.....but we did.
I’ve always wanted to try to make a gun just to see if I could and if I had went with my original plans I might have accidentally made a fully automatic firearm lmao, if my plans would even work anyways
the amount of work for make this animation is astounding
I am genuinely impressed. The team who made this is awesome!
I worked for several years in a USAF armory, and taken apart more M16’s than I can remember. This video is top notch.
Outstanding video!!! This was also the first clear explanation I've been shown for the mechanical differences between 3 round burst and fully automatic fire. As an LE patrol rifle instructor, I'd love to incorporate this video into our basic rifle classes.
Thank you for what you do with LEO’s
For what reason, you Leo's don't get anything burst or full auto unless your s.w.a.t.
Leos get the same semi auto as all the boring citizens do. So to show your class is a mute point unless your planning to corrupt them to modify their standard issues
Semi auto is best anyhow, spray and pray tactics go along with heaven and a prayer, slow accurate shots is far superior to spray and pray unless your pinned down in combat.
An Leo instructor who does not know what I knew at age 17, the year of civilian sales. Suggest you try single round while looking down the barrel for a squib. Cops = idiots, rover again.
no
This is just ridiculously well-done. Excellent job, sir.
As a ground work for the understanding between the two yes. An in depth no.
I do give it an 8 out of 10 which is a very high grade in regard to the misconceptions as of present that deligate a 3.
I never realized how much goes on for just one shot to be fired. Very cool
All within the amount of time your TV takes to switch between 2 frames.
@@beezyj3227 it's fascinating as hell that cavemen who could barely make fire evolved to the point where they could make something this complex. Just took a couple thousands of years
@@ricksanchez3695 a couple?
@@HenrikSherwood ye
@@ricksanchez3695 I was just saying that it was longer than a couple thousand years for humans to evolve and learn how to create things like the AR-15
I love these videos man. Not just for the guns but the way everything is broken down and visually put together. Amazing. Hats off 👏👏👏👏
Some politicians would do well to watch this video.
I was waiting for the part where they explain how to use your finger in full semi automatic like they talked about on CNN. I guess that information requires special clearance.
And the clueless media
r u threatening them
@@chownful I dont think so I imagine his comment refers to the fact that alot of politicians claim to know what they are talking about then often reveal themselves to be clueless
@@trevor894 Those politicians could care less about how the AR-15 platform operates. If anything, they would twist it and use it to show how no private citizen needs such a "weapon that belongs on the battlefield". At least now they are honest about wanting semi-autos banned instead of the usual assault weapons ban bullshit.
The quality is amazing and it is also bored enough and I am pleased to see that you made a distinction between the Civilian AR15 and military/police M4/M16. A minor nit pick is that the mag release is something pressed once to release the mag and is let go after that, even when inserting a new mag, but that is a speck of dust in the beautiful masterpiece of education.
technically holding down is less wear afaik
That's due to the idiosyncrasies of 3D modeling and simulation - if you watch closely you can see a few details like that in other places too. In software like this you have to translate one part and then translate another etc. There's no gravity or spring forces or anything.
This channel is absolutely amazing. I don't even know if I can even describe how well detailed and perfect this channel is for the knowledge and support needed for someone getting into the mechanics and the sciences accompanied in it
This is the best animation and explaination I have ever seen about the subject.
Subbing in gratitude.
This was/is History Channel or Discovery Channel Quality and explanation....Kudos to you and thank you for the in depth information....Subbed and waiting for the next video!!.... God bless!!
This is better
Way better than the crap those guys put out. And we don't have to endure a bunch of unrelated drama. I can just picture it "Eugene Stoner ... a man on the verge of a breakthrough that would change mankind's place on the planet forever ... but could he weather the storm of chaos that was about to drop on him ... and later ... could he keep the love of a woman he was never meant to have? Join us tonite as History Channel goes deep into the secret life of the world's most hated gun."
At least it was accurate at 90%. However it was still misleading on some points.
Yes the lower of an ar15 of most modern variants can not support the room required by the m16 but also ar15 bolt carrier groups are also slightly different to prevent automatic fire.
Damn. I haven't taken an M16A2 apart since 1999 and this REALLY took me down memory lane. I can't believe how accurate this is. Amazing. Great work. Absolutely amazed.
As an instructor, I not only find this graphic simulation useful, I believe that it is the best I've seen. Well done!
the engineering alone is incredible, to think someone actually invented all of this is pretty impressive.
Why am I crying during the trigger? The music is so epic I can't handl-
I AM LITERALLY BLOWN AWAY by this quality.
I understand everything now. Just from one video instead of watching 20.
Much respect.
The production and quality of this video is about as amazing as the engineering it is explaining. Really well done!
Quite a few pathetic propaganda Injections render the video Rubbish and nearly unwatchable
First and foremost, it’s Not and has never been an “Assault Rifle” as improperly stated by the narrator/clown.. Just repeated propaganda.
@@nope638 lol whut? #1 m16/ar15 is 100% an assault rifle. #2, this is extremely informative visually even if you have it on mute, regardless of your political stance. i happily and legally custom built my ar15 from parts i bought online, it's definitely an assault rifle. but im not here to argue semantics, assault rifle or not, whatever you wanna call it this video is cool and informative. mute it and watch it and tell me it isnt amazing visual description of the operation of this specific rifle platform.
I was searching for a video in order to understand how the tube ejection works in the AR-15 because I saw no ejection peak inside the upper receiver. And I found you animation. I have seen many so far but this is one is the absolute top of the top, also the audio explanations! SUPERBE!!! Thank you so much for your work!
This is truly excellent. Most other animations are too fast, or don't show enough. This is definitely the best I've seen! Thanks!
I was in the middle of my first build thinking that I knew everything. Then I watched this and learned like 4 things I totally didn't know. Probably the best explainer video on the topic I've ever seen. Well done.
Very informative. A clear and detailed explanation of the process that goes on with the operation of this platform.
Totally blown away my mind...what an animation, details and music...gave a goosebumps....
Well done, and thank you for getting descriptive enough to note that the M16 and AR15 are two totally different trigger mechanisms. I was nervous initially as most videos do not discern the difference, which leads to mis-information even among gun guys about how this platform works.
It was Colt's Mfg. that did not discern the difference as the original AR-15 was capable of automatic fire and the earliest M16 models have AR-15 in their roll marks: i.imgur.com/MAkOoGW.jpg
@@cottonballs185 That is the first I heard of that but I can see that if the AR-15 you reference were the early pre-M16 designated test units. Those were not designated for civilian use correct? Or am I off base?
@@EK-oy1te It was my understanding that the Air Force fielded the AR-15 independently under the designation M16 and the Army later procured the XM16E1 on a trial basis leading up to the finalization of the M16A1, which would be the model adopted by all branches by the end of the conflict in Vietnam
@@cottonballs185 Wasn't it the Air Forces cold weather accuracy test that made the millitary adopt a 1:12 twist versus the original 1:14 twist that was trialed by special forces in Vietnam? So the AR-15 for the Air Force was never released as a model to civilians but probably later modified to be compliant to the M16A1 later released as you mentioned.
@How Copy I don't see a link
This is great it shows how the bolt acts as the gas piston. Proving that the ar15/m16 isnt technically a gas impingement system (it looks like one but isn't). So many people dont realize this and I've tried to explain it but they call me a liar or dont understand. Now I can just relay this video to them. It shows perfectly that the gas pushes on the back of the bolt (using it as the gas piston) causing the bolt to push forward and unlock using its cam and thus forcing the bolt carrier rearward (which extracts, ejects and recocks the firearm). Lol great video. Best I've ever seen anyone who wants to see how the m16/ar15 platform functions should be told to watch this. Thank you so much for this.
Most DI guns have a gas piston. Having a gas piston by itself does not prevent a gun from being a DI gun. Just look at the MAS49 or AG42, both of those have a gas piston and expansion chamber just like the AR-15. The MAS49 even has the expansion chamber recessed inside the bolt carrier, somewhat like an AR-15. DI, as its name implies, has the gasses impinge directly on the bolt carrier and or bolt, which the AR-15 does. The AR-15 piston is still a part of the bolt carrier. Compared to a piston gun, where the impingement occurs in a remote location and the forces are transferred by piston rod or op rod or other solid energy transfer component. That's the difference between DI and a piston gun.
@@deanc91 that's were your wrong direct gas impingement does not have a traditional piston. Gas impingement has a combustion chamber (which is the female end) that the bolt carrier itself fits into (Male end/nonemoving piston) Gas therefore goes back to the male end on the carrier and pushes the bolt carrier rearward. There is no moving piston. Were as on the ar15 the gas goes back into the bolt carriers chamber and then pushes the bolt forward unlocking and pushing the whole carrier rearrward. This makes the bolt its self a moving gas piston. Even Ian from the show Forgotten Weapons has said that its Not a gas impingement system.
@@roberttrester4030 Ian is not always correct. He has to be corrected from time to time. Your description yet again still fits the AG42, where the piston is a moving part that goes into the expansion chamber of the enlarged gas tube. Thus the AG42 has a moving piston as part of the bolt carrier. Yet, the AG42 is undisputedly a DI gun. And yes, DI guns have a piston. Even the AG42 specifically labels out the piston in diagrams. By definition, any disc or cylinder moving in a cylindrical chamber to harness energy from a gas is a piston. Thus most DI guns actually do have piston components.
Also who made this definition up where there must not be a piston or the piston must or mustn't move? What is the official authority of this definition? Direct impingement, taken literally, is gasses directly impinging on the gas carrier in order to cycle the gun. This is exactly how the AR-15 system works.
Here's a very simple trick in gas piston rifle the gas should not make it past the first 1/3 of the rifle if gas makes it into the upper receiver its not a piston gun,no need to micro manage a technicality, the whole reason gas piston is even invented is to keep heat and carbon out of the chamber and upper receiver which an AR-15 does not
Great animations... These gun are more technical than what I expected,, this has to be one of the best illustrations of the break down of this weapon system..
I just learned more about how individual components of the ar15 work than I have in years of shooting them. Good work👍🏻
This was PERFECTLY done! Well done sir!
It is amazing how far computer solid modeling has come. I was a chassis designer at Chrysler when they first started using computers for design, Textronics it was called. Wasn't long though and CATIA was the preferred system, wire frame and basic surfacing then. Went to GM and learned Unigraphics, was then introduced to solid modeling and kinematics as a suspension designer. Left the industry in the early 2000's, making a model like this video back when I did it would have taken forever and a computer big enough to fill a room.
Man the best weapon explanation I have ever watched. So complete so clear
Fantastic video, Thank You for such a beautifully produced, and informative tutorial.
Wow I'm an innocent medical student who has nothing to do with guns but watching this video was very satisfying 👍🏼👍🏼
If you're so innocent why are you around dead bodies so often?
@@jeffstone671 you have a point
Dude I'm a first year medical student lol
@@maydonkyovoy968 You have to start somewhere. The gravediggers union is looking for interns to work the night shift.
@@maydonkyovoy968 Hopefully you will be able to discern between a humerus and a humorous quip fairly soon. Your bedside manner could use some work also or you could just stick to insult standup comedy.
A stunning amount of work has gone into this - well done!
Excellent video. Clearly demonstrates the operation of all the parts. Thanks.
Incredible video and also shows how amazingly designed these weapons are. Stoner was a genius
Very detailed and well explained. Ive always been wanting for someone like this to me in a simple way
By far the most detailed and comprehensive guide I’ve ever seen
Maybe you won’t believe it but when I watched this video for the first time, it made me a proud new gun owner.
This is by far the most interesting vid I have ever seen. Keep up the good work.
Amazing how the inventor came up with this system and a very clear concise explanation. Great job.
This is like the greatest 3D rendering world ever. Props to you man
Really well explained! Excellent animation. Thanks for making this instructive video.
God of animation.
Thank you for this amazing video !
Well thank god for this, I'm surprised it took someone this long to make a detailed, accurate, and easy-to-follow infographic on how this rifle works. Finally have something simple and easy to use as a teaching aid.
WoW, this is the best weapon tutorial i've ever seen.
If only we had this on boot camp
Back in '84 I was told to not worry about the trigger assembly and that the Armorer would take care of it.
PFC US Army Artillery 4th BN 4th FA FT. Sill, OK '84-'86
Idf?
This is the most comprehensive video I’ve ever seen, thanks for this detailed explanation 🤙
Excellent video. Explains virtually every single part and action.
That was an awesome video.
I’ve never been able to wrap my head around how a 3 round burst trigger group worked as I’ve never had the opportunity to see one.
Thank you for making the time to showcase this brilliant engineering.
Perfect animation on how the AR-15 & M-16 operate. This greatly helps in understanding how this platform operates. Stoner is a genius!
This has been the most helpful video about firearms ever, this video was crystal clear as diamond
Best explanation I'v seen regarding the operation of the forward assist. Overall, a great animation of the A4. Definitely worth watching.
EXCELLENT animation video!
I just happened on your site and gave it a look and it allows the inexperienced an opportunity to learn how these great firearms actually work.
Thanks for your efforts.
7:25 In case anyone was wondering - this means that A) you cannot legally buy a fully automatic rifle in the United States as a civilian (without a crazy license and regulations), and B) you also cannot modify a civilian rifle to fully automatic without buying parts that are equally as illegal to buy/sell (and manufacture at home) as an automatic rifle is.
The black rifles are scary looking but are no more deadly than your standard humble semi-auto wood hunting rifle - you can buy larger magazines for those wood rifles as well and they can fire some pretty big fn rounds.
also in my experience. tactical rifles are a lot more comfortable then wooden ones imo
@@DEATHbySpNz I have a dream in which rifles are judged not by the color of their finish but by the content of their character.
@@Leppalimes you mean by the internals in their receiver?
The 1st minute of sight explanation so no one catches wind of the real explanation this producer is absolutely brilliant 🤯
very good one of the best and clearest illustrations on an AR's overall functioning.
This is, by far, the best animation of an M16/ AR-15 style rifle I have seen!.
This was absolutely fantastic and absolutely thorough. Thank you.
There is a whole lot of incredible talent and skill in this video.
This videos are very high quality...great 3D model, great composition,great animation, great narration.
10/10.
You are an artist. I've cleaned one of these many times and had a general idea of how things worked, but the explanation of the seer was highly instructive. THanks
The quality is outstanding!
By far the best, easiest way to understand how all the components work together.
What a GREAT video!!! Please produce more and with more debt. Thank you for your professional and high caliber work.
Really excellent job! There are other such videos on youtube; this one is BY FAR the best, and most complete. Thanks for posting it!
Thank you for this video, really helped me understand the rifle more.
This goes deeper then I thought anyone would ever take it for a rifle. Nicely done and nicely made.
With this amount of attention to detail and dedication, you got yourself a new subscriber