He is continuing the gun channel. A bunch gun tubers are stepping up and helping him out the gun community is really coming together and helping him out.
When it comes to the 2nd amendment you gotta protect and help your fellow gun owners. Government intervention is a huge problem and hopefully soon it'll be stopped. Even if it means civil war we must protect our rights and freedoms as Americans through life and death
Thank you to the editor! I, too, suffer from depression, and am so grateful you're there to help my favorite Estonian to continue! You're not just helping him, you're helping people around the world who follow him, and spreading the knowledge of this horrible disease.
God bless you man may you depression may be changed in the name of Jesus amen. If you have a virus may it be healed in the name of Jesus amen. God bless you all
Yeah... MDD sucks donkey balls. I'm lucky to have developed some coping mechanisms to work through it, but it's always tough to see other people who haven't gotten there yet.
@duxdawg that first article is the stupidest article I've seen, depression is a serious mental illness and a huge problem, it is not a survival instinct. Even if it was, it's a terrible one, depression has cause millions of suicides around the world. I think it's horrible of you to even say that it's not as serious as it is. Shame on you. Depression is just a series of events? Really? What about people like me who will suffer from depression for the rest of my life because its chronic? What about those who never make it out alive? I appreciate the support links, but that first one is absolutely nothing but disrespect to those who are suffering.
He’s unlucky that this thing blown up he’s sorta lucky in the sense he’s alive but he isn’t lucky that it happened but it’s a good way to learn the importance of respecting these weapons
@@scottkeppler9151 well it’s a learning experience for everyone watching ! So others won’t do the same, unfortunate incident but it’s good the community seen it !
Not really tho. Tbh U.S healthcare system is kinda trash when it comes to hospital stays. They kick women out less than 24 hrs after giving birth to a child in a lot of cases smh
@@theworldsbroken you think this is poor? man shoots expensive guns for a living drives custom vehicles and gets things that are rare for the highest price with no problem, he has the money
It's not about SLAP rounds-it's about too hot rounds.To be more precise it's about incompatibility of an exact gun design with any loadings that include HE components like PETN which for me is apparent here simply because I load the majority of my ammunition with this type of propellant and know how it looks like when it is fired!The guns that I have though are all either rated for this kind of pressure that is generally 50-60% higher than that of a regular gunpowder or I modify them to safely fire them!For instance I even load the rounds for my PTRS-41 with this stuff and nevertheless it is modified to accept that much more energy than it was originally rated for-and besides the muzzle energy in it gets from 35 kilojoules to 56 which is about 3 times more than .50 BMG does!Now as for the barrel on this exploded gun in this video it is actually not produced by Serbu firearms:it is a barrel from M2HB and the gun itself is nothing more than a bunch of bad and cheap shrubbery that is supposed to make a firearm out of a barrel that it is attached to!But when SHTF happens you don't see the actual barrel being damaged at all by any means because it is rated for this kind of pressure:you may notice that it has zero issues with it:even the threadings on the barrel itself are intact and the failed part of the locking system here is obviously the cap that lost all it's threadings because it is just a cheap POS!So the real message here should be the following:if you want to have a large caliber rifle-you will inevitably either pay by your significant amount of money which means 7-8k dollars minimum or you will eventually pay with your health and quite highly likely with your life as well!There are no cheap large caliber rifles that are safe:this POS costs under 2k dollars with barrel included-it's like buying a car for 20k dollars,taking it to the F1 racing competition and then being surprised that you didn't win against professionals on multi-million dollar bolides!My PTRS-41 costs about 30 thousand dollars without modifications and close to 40 with them!And you don't get a gun that is capable of 56 kilojoules for any cheaper than that!As simple as that!
@@johnsheppard1476 it's even worse than that, he had an engineer take a look at the design, and that cap and those threads were rated for 161,000 PSI...normal round is 55,000... to shear those threads off is... incredibly powerful, that round must have been filled with pistol powder.
@@colinmoore7460 I am by no means an expert but I had heard that even if the rounds were legit that the powder used degrades and becomes more like Nitro Glycerine as it gets older. So it might not be anyone’s fault at all. And to answer the first guy. Mark Serbu specifically made the heavy barrel for Scott’s RN-50 to handle SLAP rounds. The tolerances for the barrel aren’t as tight as a standard RN-50 barrel. Scott mentions this in one of his earlier videos but I’m not sure which one.
its more of a dont buy ammo that has been handed down to how ever many people. if it was genuine 100% army surplus ammo and you knew its only been in the hands of the army, then eh it should be ok. unlike the ammo he bought which the person he bought it from prob bought it from another person etc which was under the label of "surplus ammo" which in all seriousness it could have been but in all the pass downs it got tampered with and no one except the tamperer knew.
Scott is one tough SOB.. And so is his dad. Country folk are not to be messed with. So happy that he's alright.. He's a good dude. Guy probably eats a bowl full of rusty nails for breakfast every morning.
A moment of appreciation to Artur & Sami, and of course Kentucky Ballistics. Hope he makes a quick, full recovery; and hope you, Artur, will manage your depression as best you can. Both of you have an army of fans supporting you. Love from Finland. 👍🏻
Keep reviewing any and all material You want Artur. It's your channel my dude. Your guntuber videos are some of my favorites from you. Your reactions are Priceless m8. I hope all is well and have a great week Artur.
the manufacturer of the gun did reconstruct the accident, and came to the conclusion that the SLAP Round was most probably filled with pistolpowder which caused the huge overpressure.. you will find the video at his channel
@@cristobalalvarez5491 no it’s not dummy it didn’t misfire he pulled the trigger but the round was to hot meaning it had more gun powder then it should so when the primer hit the round it blow up
Have you ever noticed that people like us with depression like tend to smile a lot? I love what you’re doing, and this channel, and send my best wishes.
I dont have depression and this isnt the case of everyone who has depression but sometimes when someone who is very depressed who goes exetremly happy wierdly is a good sign that they are about to kill themselves of course this aint the case for everyone but still
@@randomclipsmilitary9056 Most people who are depressed smile like everyone else, for some they just try to hide their depressions for whatever reason, but for some it is part placebo and partly making use of fake laughter to boost your mood, because even fake laughter has that effect. The hope is that the laughter will eventually become real, it does work to an extent.
@@randomclipsmilitary9056 I agree with that assessment, and I’ve add a few good friends that were always smiling, and killed themselves unexpectedly. I never saw it coming from the nicest people, and I’m still wondering if I could’ve done something to help?
@@Russellsperry Dont blame yourself my dad died from PTSD i didnt know anything was wrong with him best thing you can do is honor what they have done in there lifetime and never forget them
So cool to see Kentucky Ballistics on an Estonian's UA-cam channel. You, Mr. Estonian Soldier, have gained another fan and subscription. Take care, God bless the USA and God bless Estonia.
Bruh, you gotta catch up brother. This is like 2 weeks old! Anyway, seasons greetings from Florida, my friend! I'd say ciao in Estonian, but I don't know how.
Listen I absolutely love your channel, I am a combat veteran. From personal experience with having my chest split open, I didn't receive oxygen for 12-15 minutes as they repaired my heart and my lung. Trust me it's not seconds, it's minutes. I did go into a coma but ultimately survived. He was lucky to be home so fast I was in the hospital for months.
Wow, your empathy is good to see. Too often people lose empathy when they have to go to war. Artur, is clear to see you have a good heart, as well as a good head for logistics and ballistics.
Hey thank you to you and you editor!! I’ve been going throw a lot recently and watching your video takes my mind off of it all!! Plzzz both of you keep it up!! Ur the best! And remember when things get hard “put a thumb in it” much respect sir!!!
I would like to extend a thank you to Mr Rehi for reacting to/talking about this video. Besides giving us a reaction to be entertained by, he is also highlighting a very important episode in firearm safety and, as it is looking to be more and more likely, the dangers of using counterfeit ammunition and the importance of first aid training. Yes, these things were certainly highlighted by Kentucky Ballistics and also by Mark Serbu, but so far, most channels that are discussing it fall into the GunTuber space. While Artur's audience certainly has overlap with that space, he himself is not a GunTuber and reaches a different audience. It is important that people are made aware of what happened even if they never go near a rifle, because they aren't the only things that can explode. Accidents happen, and can happen to anyone at anytime. Everyone should be trained in first aid, and Artur is helping to show people why this is such an important skill to have. Onto another topic, I would like to echo a sentiment and would like to see Artur react to "The Star Spangled Banner as you've never heard it."
I didn't have a rifle explode in my face like that, but there was this one time my brother, trying to scare me, put a .45 cal Glock 36 near my head and fired it (away from me, obviously) while I was loading some magazines. He didn't notice that I had pulled that side of my ear covers off of my ear until after he did it. It felt like I got kicked in the side of the head, and I instantly lost hearing in that ear. Not even ringing. It took about a day for my hearing to come back in that ear.
I remember my grandpa having a heart attack in the hospital. He was shocked a total of 12 times and died 3 times (body shut down). Thankfully he is alive, and even fought off covid. Luckiest man alive, and happy to call him papa. After that I remember me, him, and my brother had done a ad for the hospital. I will share it if people want.
@@soemotional8265 He was hit by shrapnel in Vietnam, has a couple of illness, mostly Parkinson's, and Diabetes Yeah, i feel he has another thousand years to go.
I was hoping you’d do a video about this. 👍 Scott is a beast! His accident totally makes me reconsider being so lax about eye protection when I’m shooting.
I have the same scars for orbital bone surgery as he does, including the one in the mouth. I had my orbital bone shattered in to 7 pieces when I was 16. I was doing salvage diving on the weekends as a side job. 90 feet (30m) under water I got hit with a 5lb picking hook swinging off our salvage at 35mph (underwater). I remember getting about 10ft (3m) from the surface, waking up in the boat in a pool of my own blood at the dock, then waking up in the hospital 3 days later. I only found out later my captain saw me pass out just under the water and noticed all the blood around me and he pulled me up in the boat and rushed me to the dock calling EMS as we came in. He, the surgeons, and the nurses are literally the only reason I lived to see my 33rd birthday, much less my 17th.
Watching so many old videos on your channel, you have me laughing everytime. Shocked I haven’t discovered you earlier. Keep up the good work Estonian man!
I have never had a 50 Caliber blow up in my face. If it did, I'd probably be dead. Scott was very fortunate and lucky to have walked away from that accident. And he still makes videos! Also it was great to see the love shown to him from UA-cam and UA-cam's gun enthusiast community.
Demolition ranch matt dropped a video for him today. Funny stuff. So amazing to see gun tubers helping a brother in need. Looks like donut is up next. I highly recommend watching all of these as they drop!
We are all here for you kick that depressions butt!!! I went through alot of depression when I lost my uncle that I was very close to after heart surgery and my grandpa after along battle with Alzheimers and Parkinsons 2 years after! It was extremely hard to just do simple tasks and going through thoughts that I wish it would have been me instead! It still hurts but has gotton better over the years through watching your videos as well as other youtubers! It has helped alot keep fighting and we are here for you!
I'm so glad I finally watched this. I've been super busy in my life, but really wanted to make a point of watching your videos again Artur. Glad he's well, and I'm glad you're back.
@Zoomer Waffen - Barrett's are not rated for SLAP-T rounds like Scott was shooting. Scott also owns a Barrett as well and had made multiple videos with it.
@Zoomer Waffen - You said a Barrett wouldn't have blown up. A Barrett would have blown up if it was using a SLAP round which is why they tell you not to use them.
Yeah, I watched that video, and what can you say? The man is fortunate to be alive, but his attitude and sense of humor are truly special. Yeah, the details were tough to hear - but you are right, it's a motivational video.
Very glad Scott is healing up well, but something great is Mark Serbus' reaction and how he's handling it, He is doing an investigation on it when it wasn't even his rifles fault and still apologized on his part
This is how tweaks to designs happen. If someone is using a terrible ammunition, your gun can always improve the way it works (venting to the side, more solid in one direction or less solid, etc.) even if it's because of customers using the gun wrongly, or ammunition not working right.
@@LClaypool we still don't know exactly what happened. So far, what I've seen is pointing not to a barrel obstruction, but to a case rupture. The strongest evidence for this is the fact that the breech plug went rocketing backwards. If the sabot gets stuck, it's going to be (as you indicate) in the muzzle brake, but if it does that, the pressure in the barrel will have dropped enough to where it will still cause damage, but that damage will be to the barrel and not the entire receiver. In a case rupture event, however, all of the pressure is contained in the firing chamber, which absolutely _will_ blow up the entire receiver
@@PhycoKrusk all good points. I agree, not sure we will ever know what happened. Either way pressure was so high, it ripped off the threads. There are even theories that round had a charge other than just powder. I didnt get scientific, but I think we all agree it was a bad round. And knowing those rounds spotty history, it definitely should not have been loaded into that design rifle. And as much as I love Scott's channel, he shouldn't have fired that round in the serbu. Would the Barrett have held? Who knows, but may not have hurt Scott so badly. Just glad hes ok. There are lots of really good theories out there.
@@LClaypool Mark Serbu just posted an update on the investigation. He doesn't have the ammo or rifle yet, but he was able to share a side-by-side of the ammo Scott used with what we know is legitimate SLAP ammo: legitimate SLAP ammo has cuts in the plastic sabot (to facilitate removal once it leaves the barrel) and a crimp around the base of the projectile (to hold the whole thing together). Scott's ammo has neither of these. We should still wait until the investigation is concluded, but at this point, I'm willing to say that the ammo was counterfeit and would have exploded in any rifle; it just happened to explode in Scott's.
@@PhycoKrusk agreed. Something was definitely off with the ammo. Also agree that it would have blown an most any 50. I've shot tons of 50 in my Barrett. Honestly, I like Serbu's ingenuity, but my gut never liked the design. Ive seen the Barrett hold up in the roughest conditions. But also on the long range precision side too. Having said that. I've also seen match barrels get toasted when guys fired old tracer rounds from broken up belt ammo surplus. So, who knows. Just an all around FUBAR. Scott's so fking lucky. Just glad hes on the mend. But probably like you, cant wait to see if we can get a solid answer on the malfunction. I agree it started w a bad round, just the gunner in me would like to understand the sequential process of how it all broke down from the round failure forward. But agree, overpressure looks like suspect #1
Sami the work you do is outstanding, keep it up Man! Demo Ranch has done a Video for Scott to Upload, It's very funny if you get a chance to see it. I'm proud of these guy's how they support each other, first rate in my book. Keep up the good work Artur!!
If you are interested, a couple of weeks ago Scott made a video where he went and recreated the accident. I thought it was a very interesting video. Your editor puts things together real slick, I’m glad you found someone to help you. Also congratulations on getting mental help it takes a big person to be willing to ask for help and accept it. After watching my kids go off to college I think we should all get counseling for the help and also to normalize utilizing the resources that are available to most of us. Good luck and I’ll be waiting for your next video.
What he’s talking about with the metal rod into his rib cage was a chest tube. Intubation goes into your throat to put you on a ventilator. Considering everything he was going through, he’s remarkably accurate in his retelling. The chest tube gets out to suction and relieves the internal pressure allowing the lung to inflate. Lungs inflate under negative pressure so when it’s full of air or fluid, it collapses. Hope this helps clarify things. (30 years in ICU care)
omg lol, so i'm watching this and i covered my face with both my hands waiting for it... looks through the crack of my fingers and Artur Rehi is doing the same exact thing lol. cracked me up!
Hey Artur... i hope you're doing okay. I've suffered with severe depression since I was in my mid teens, really my entire adult life has kinda been robbed from me because of it. I saw how your eyes were starting to glisten towards the end of the video. It's okay man, you can talk to us. If you need to cry it out, cry it out. We all love you dude. Your content is awesome, your personality is absolutely great, you're gonna be okay.
6:17 i always used to think people just play it up for the camera when they get “scared” to see something but since ive had a son i feel that 😅 it’s like i can imagine that as either him or myself not coming home to him
It wasn't the stock that broke his finger, it was the hinge of the bottom receiver that came right down on his finger. It's right under the breach cap.
Actually... the military manual for sabot ammo states not to use a muzzle break on the weapon if it isn’t specifically designed for the ammo... other wise you get a build up of residue on the muzzle device and that leads to a barrel obstruction and will blow stuff up.
Since this injury he has fired a few rifles that were big like this but he now rigs it so that he’s not actually shooting it anymore to avoid any further injury
Not a freaking 50 cal, but a 9mm beretta blew up in my hands. It was painful and half my hand was covered in blood. The underside of my right thumb was broken, and only the grip was left intact. The slide hit me on the shoulder, but that was not critical, man that was my dad's gun. We took it to his farmhouse, and as we were shooting it, one bullet got stuck in the barrel and being a rookie, I pulled the trigger once again to blow the gun up. Any ways, after a quick recovery, I am fine!
he isnt gonna stop shooting, even 50 cals. obviously will stop while his body heals physically of course, just he has said himself, "no more slap rounds"
*_Artur, it's a really great design for a regular person who just wants to play with .50 cal's. The cost of my RN-50 was cheaper than twelve .50 cal SLAP rounds {$125 each} plus lots of other .50 cal rounds. I paid $1250 for mine & it is an extremely reliable rifle, according to the experts who made videos on it._*
He's since replicated the accident with a replacement rifle from a friend, secured in a vise and fired by a rather long string. He had 12 additional SLAP rounds, which he fired, with over half requiring a strap wrench to unscrew the breech plug and a lot of effort extracting the fired cartridge. The primer was ejected from a couple of rounds, several more the primer was pushed partially out of the cartridge. He got the rounds from a somewhat dubious source and it appears that the rounds were massively overcharged, I'd estimate twice normal or thereabouts. He finally loaded an insanely overcharged round and replicated the explosion of the rifle reasonably well. The lesson is, buy your ammunition from known trusted sources, not random good price sources, lest you get a bolt in your throat or skull. A fair amount of the surgical techniques used to save his life were pioneered by military surgeons, for fairly obvious reasons. He had hemopneumothorax, lacerated jugular vein, the skull injuries to wire back together, so he was incredibly fortunate to survive the trip to the hospital! I'd hate to see what his copays look like though.
Old video, I know but given this channel is fairly international: Vanderbilt is very renowned university hospital. Part of why he is alive today is that he was treated by an absolute next level hospital
I remember when my standard issue AUG exploded in my face. Glad I did survive (with severely deformed nose and some forehead injuries). Since then I never wanted to shoot an AUG again.
@@danielhenderson8316 I do feel averagely good. I do have some scars and nose deformation, but ain't big of a deal. 5/10 won't enlist again. Also thx for asking
I never shoot ammo that was made by a Reloader I don’t know or trust. If I don’t know you sorry I don’t trust you. I also source my ammo from a major manufacturer that I trust. If I was going to shoot a round as powerful as a 50 cal I would make the round myself. It’s the only way to be 100% sure. In addition I inspect all rounds visually. In addition I weigh every round as well. If there is extra powder in the round weighing it will most likely uncover that. For that round to have that much pressure 85,000 PSI it must have a heavy load close to a double charge. Inspecting the seating and crimping is also something that must be done. I think Scott is an amazing guy and has reinforced a lot of things for all of us. I’m glad he is going to be alright.
I watched the original video on his channel and it was hard to watch. I've been in situations where someone was bleeding out and I've seen how hard it is for them to stay awake. The fact that he would have died if he passed out made me sick to my stomach. My sister in law was on dialysis and she had a port in her femeral artery that broke open one night at my house. There was enough blood pouring out of her leg to make a waterfall down my stairs. I crammed my finger into her leg and pinched off the artery while my wife called an ambulance. I watched the fear in her face and saw her turn white and pass out. She lived that time but I can't imagine if her life relied on her keeping herself awake and applying pressure on her own wound. It happened again a couple years later and again we kept her from bleeding to death but sadly she caught a bad infection in the hospital and she died from it 4 days after going into the hospital. He is damn lucky to be alive. God was watching over him.
Not me personally but i have a friend who was deployed in Iraq, he was on one of the big ass mounted mg's. Long story short, his deployment was cut short and he lost his right thumb, left middle finger, and now can only move his left hand at about 25% capacity. Those things are definitely not to be underestimated
There have been several hypotheses, one of which concerns using sabot rounds which have a thin, needle like bullet surrounded by a plastic sabot. When fired, the sabot either comes apart after leaving the barrel or instantly melts and coats the inside of the muzzle brake, causing a restriction. This would amount to a barrel obstruction.
Hey Arthur! i have some reaction ideas: 1. Challenger 3, britains new op tank 2. x-15 plane, the fastest plane in history (yes faster than sr-71) 3. The ww2 Battle of Raseiniai, a single soviet kv tank fights against many germans
He is continuing the gun channel. A bunch gun tubers are stepping up and helping him out the gun community is really coming together and helping him out.
@CapN and very wholesome
very cool
Whoever sold him a double charged round should be doubling the pot.
Helping him with what?
When it comes to the 2nd amendment you gotta protect and help your fellow gun owners. Government intervention is a huge problem and hopefully soon it'll be stopped. Even if it means civil war we must protect our rights and freedoms as Americans through life and death
Thank you to the editor! I, too, suffer from depression, and am so grateful you're there to help my favorite Estonian to continue! You're not just helping him, you're helping people around the world who follow him, and spreading the knowledge of this horrible disease.
God bless you man may you depression may be changed in the name of Jesus amen. If you have a virus may it be healed in the name of Jesus amen. God bless you all
Yeah... MDD sucks donkey balls. I'm lucky to have developed some coping mechanisms to work through it, but it's always tough to see other people who haven't gotten there yet.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shouldstorm/202012/we-ve-got-depression-all-wrong-it-s-trying-save-us
www.amazon.com/Lost-Connections-Uncovering-Depression-Unexpected/dp/163286830X
www.ted.com/speakers/johann_hari
@duxdawg that first article is the stupidest article I've seen, depression is a serious mental illness and a huge problem, it is not a survival instinct. Even if it was, it's a terrible one, depression has cause millions of suicides around the world. I think it's horrible of you to even say that it's not as serious as it is. Shame on you.
Depression is just a series of events? Really? What about people like me who will suffer from depression for the rest of my life because its chronic? What about those who never make it out alive?
I appreciate the support links, but that first one is absolutely nothing but disrespect to those who are suffering.
Thank god he's doing good, he and his father did great!
He is so lucky to be alive honestly
Luck, a calm head for both him and his Dad, and apparently the hospital wasn't too far away. 👍
If I remember correctly, every doctor he talked with said he should have died. It's a miracle that he didn't and that thumb probably saved his life.
@@edim108 *definitely saved his life. if not for his thumb, he wouldve bled out before reaching the hospital. hell, before reaching the truck even.
He’s unlucky that this thing blown up he’s sorta lucky in the sense he’s alive but he isn’t lucky that it happened but it’s a good way to learn the importance of respecting these weapons
Scott is buff strong. He can put more pressure on a wound then a normal person. That & his dad helped save his life.
Demolition ranch is helping him and made a video for Kentucky
I can't imagine how many "Put your thumb in it" shirts he's sold already.
I think their gonna get* some more gun tubers to help out 💪 Scott made a Click Bait free vod ooof
@@Stevarooni there's so many that he's running behind lol
Yeah I saw that
@@thewizardofcroagz394 so far I'm pretty sure Brandon Herrera and Donut Operator are gonna help too
To be discharged from the hospital in only a week after that kind of trauma, this guy got lucky for sure.
He's a human TANK!
Give it time the stupid shit he does he will be blowing him self up, Gun owner here I don't do the stupid shit he does .
@@scottkeppler9151 well it’s a learning experience for everyone watching ! So others won’t do the same, unfortunate incident but it’s good the community seen it !
Not really tho. Tbh U.S healthcare system is kinda trash when it comes to hospital stays.
They kick women out less than 24 hrs after giving birth to a child in a lot of cases smh
@@theworldsbroken you think this is poor? man shoots expensive guns for a living drives custom vehicles and gets things that are rare for the highest price with no problem, he has the money
I applaud him for showing the accident. Highlights the dangers of slap rounds. I'm glad he's doing ok.
It's not about SLAP rounds-it's about too hot rounds.To be more precise it's about incompatibility of an exact gun design with any loadings that include HE components like PETN which for me is apparent here simply because I load the majority of my ammunition with this type of propellant and know how it looks like when it is fired!The guns that I have though are all either rated for this kind of pressure that is generally 50-60% higher than that of a regular gunpowder or I modify them to safely fire them!For instance I even load the rounds for my PTRS-41 with this stuff and nevertheless it is modified to accept that much more energy than it was originally rated for-and besides the muzzle energy in it gets from 35 kilojoules to 56 which is about 3 times more than .50 BMG does!Now as for the barrel on this exploded gun in this video it is actually not produced by Serbu firearms:it is a barrel from M2HB and the gun itself is nothing more than a bunch of bad and cheap shrubbery that is supposed to make a firearm out of a barrel that it is attached to!But when SHTF happens you don't see the actual barrel being damaged at all by any means because it is rated for this kind of pressure:you may notice that it has zero issues with it:even the threadings on the barrel itself are intact and the failed part of the locking system here is obviously the cap that lost all it's threadings because it is just a cheap POS!So the real message here should be the following:if you want to have a large caliber rifle-you will inevitably either pay by your significant amount of money which means 7-8k dollars minimum or you will eventually pay with your health and quite highly likely with your life as well!There are no cheap large caliber rifles that are safe:this POS costs under 2k dollars with barrel included-it's like buying a car for 20k dollars,taking it to the F1 racing competition and then being surprised that you didn't win against professionals on multi-million dollar bolides!My PTRS-41 costs about 30 thousand dollars without modifications and close to 40 with them!And you don't get a gun that is capable of 56 kilojoules for any cheaper than that!As simple as that!
@@johnsheppard1476 it's even worse than that, he had an engineer take a look at the design, and that cap and those threads were rated for 161,000 PSI...normal round is 55,000... to shear those threads off is... incredibly powerful, that round must have been filled with pistol powder.
@@johnsheppard1476 There is a possibility that they were counterfeit rounds ( at $100 each, there is a market) overcharged or wrong powder.
@@colinmoore7460 I am by no means an expert but I had heard that even if the rounds were legit that the powder used degrades and becomes more like Nitro Glycerine as it gets older. So it might not be anyone’s fault at all.
And to answer the first guy. Mark Serbu specifically made the heavy barrel for Scott’s RN-50 to handle SLAP rounds. The tolerances for the barrel aren’t as tight as a standard RN-50 barrel. Scott mentions this in one of his earlier videos but I’m not sure which one.
Thanks for covering this. It's a huge deal in the GunTuber community, so it's nice to see here as well. 😊
Lesson of the day: Don't buy old surplus ammo.
Unless you keep it for decoration and never fire it
@@SpartanD10 or eat it
its more of a dont buy ammo that has been handed down to how ever many people. if it was genuine 100% army surplus ammo and you knew its only been in the hands of the army, then eh it should be ok. unlike the ammo he bought which the person he bought it from prob bought it from another person etc which was under the label of "surplus ammo" which in all seriousness it could have been but in all the pass downs it got tampered with and no one except the tamperer knew.
yeah it was definitely counterfeit. the case was not crimped like it shoudlve been and the sabot was the wrong color
It's looking more and more like it wasn't surplus ammo it was fake surplus. Mark Serbu put out a new video looking at the ammo.
Don't have anything to say regarding the video but greetings from lithuania, brother 🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪
Baltic states. More like patatoe states
Hey viper. I thought you were dead
Scott is one tough SOB.. And so is his dad. Country folk are not to be messed with. So happy that he's alright.. He's a good dude. Guy probably eats a bowl full of rusty nails for breakfast every morning.
With his injuries and where he was when it happened, he is extremely lucky to be alive
A moment of appreciation to Artur & Sami, and of course Kentucky Ballistics. Hope he makes a quick, full recovery; and hope you, Artur, will manage your depression as best you can. Both of you have an army of fans supporting you. Love from Finland. 👍🏻
Keep reviewing any and all material You want Artur. It's your channel my dude. Your guntuber videos are some of my favorites from you. Your reactions are Priceless m8.
I hope all is well and have a great week Artur.
the manufacturer of the gun did reconstruct the accident, and came to the conclusion that the SLAP Round was most probably filled with pistolpowder which caused the huge overpressure.. you will find the video at his channel
He is healing really fast so he’s all good now 😊
While it was his fault that the misfire happened
@@cristobalalvarez5491 no it’s not dummy it didn’t misfire he pulled the trigger but the round was to hot meaning it had more gun powder then it should so when the primer hit the round it blow up
And boom goes the entire rifle. Its trash now, but parts can be salvaged. I am surprised though it should have killed him
Must be a miracle by a God
@@Mark3nd yes thank god
That cap was like a trailer hitch being fired out of a cannon in his face.
Safety glasses likely saved his eye. If he had taken that plug in the eye without protection he would absolutely have lost the eye at bare minimum
@@Knightfang1 I'm surprised the eye didn't fall out, since it hit the part just underneath his eye which apparently is supposed to just eject your eye
@@Knightfang1 ... and the RIGHT one! So lucky!
Have you ever noticed that people like us with depression like tend to smile a lot? I love what you’re doing, and this channel, and send my best wishes.
I dont have depression and this isnt the case of everyone who has depression but sometimes when someone who is very depressed who goes exetremly happy wierdly is a good sign that they are about to kill themselves of course this aint the case for everyone but still
@@randomclipsmilitary9056 Most people who are depressed smile like everyone else, for some they just try to hide their depressions for whatever reason, but for some it is part placebo and partly making use of fake laughter to boost your mood, because even fake laughter has that effect. The hope is that the laughter will eventually become real, it does work to an extent.
@@randomclipsmilitary9056 I agree with that assessment, and I’ve add a few good friends that were always smiling, and killed themselves unexpectedly. I never saw it coming from the nicest people, and I’m still wondering if I could’ve done something to help?
@@Russellsperry Dont blame yourself my dad died from PTSD i didnt know anything was wrong with him best thing you can do is honor what they have done in there lifetime and never forget them
@@randomclipsmilitary9056 that’s good advice.
So cool to see Kentucky Ballistics on an Estonian's UA-cam channel. You, Mr. Estonian Soldier, have gained another fan and subscription. Take care, God bless the USA and God bless Estonia.
I'm not gonna lie when I watched this the first time a couple weeks ago I tear'd up thinking about how close he was to death.
I heard you were depressed please please remember you are great and we all love you and your effort is admirable!
Lowkey two of my favorite channels on UA-cam, today is a good day
Bruh, you gotta catch up brother. This is like 2 weeks old! Anyway, seasons greetings from Florida, my friend! I'd say ciao in Estonian, but I don't know how.
But then again... you don't want to be too clickbaity and exploitative. On second thought! Arto, Just stay you my friend
Listen I absolutely love your channel, I am a combat veteran. From personal experience with having my chest split open, I didn't receive oxygen for 12-15 minutes as they repaired my heart and my lung. Trust me it's not seconds, it's minutes. I did go into a coma but ultimately survived. He was lucky to be home so fast I was in the hospital for months.
"you are going to be a vegetable"
That made me chuckle a bit 🤣🤣
The editing's good, man. Very consistent with your own editing style, I think.
Wow, your empathy is good to see. Too often people lose empathy when they have to go to war. Artur, is clear to see you have a good heart, as well as a good head for logistics and ballistics.
Hey thank you to you and you editor!! I’ve been going throw a lot recently and watching your video takes my mind off of it all!! Plzzz both of you keep it up!! Ur the best! And remember when things get hard “put a thumb in it” much respect sir!!!
this guys dad is the FREAKIN MVP of his life, geeze.
One of the craziest stories I've ever heard. Glad he's alive.
I would like to extend a thank you to Mr Rehi for reacting to/talking about this video. Besides giving us a reaction to be entertained by, he is also highlighting a very important episode in firearm safety and, as it is looking to be more and more likely, the dangers of using counterfeit ammunition and the importance of first aid training.
Yes, these things were certainly highlighted by Kentucky Ballistics and also by Mark Serbu, but so far, most channels that are discussing it fall into the GunTuber space. While Artur's audience certainly has overlap with that space, he himself is not a GunTuber and reaches a different audience. It is important that people are made aware of what happened even if they never go near a rifle, because they aren't the only things that can explode. Accidents happen, and can happen to anyone at anytime. Everyone should be trained in first aid, and Artur is helping to show people why this is such an important skill to have.
Onto another topic, I would like to echo a sentiment and would like to see Artur react to "The Star Spangled Banner as you've never heard it."
I didn't have a rifle explode in my face like that, but there was this one time my brother, trying to scare me, put a .45 cal Glock 36 near my head and fired it (away from me, obviously) while I was loading some magazines. He didn't notice that I had pulled that side of my ear covers off of my ear until after he did it. It felt like I got kicked in the side of the head, and I instantly lost hearing in that ear. Not even ringing. It took about a day for my hearing to come back in that ear.
I remember my grandpa having a heart attack in the hospital. He was shocked a total of 12 times and died 3 times (body shut down).
Thankfully he is alive, and even fought off covid. Luckiest man alive, and happy to call him papa.
After that I remember me, him, and my brother had done a ad for the hospital. I will share it if people want.
That reminds me of my grandfather. He was still mobile and very mentally sharp in his 90s after 3 strokes and a heart attack.
Your grandpa is basically immortal
@@soemotional8265 He was hit by shrapnel in Vietnam, has a couple of illness, mostly Parkinson's, and Diabetes
Yeah, i feel he has another thousand years to go.
@@OrigionalCigarette he must be immortal
I was hoping you’d do a video about this. 👍 Scott is a beast! His accident totally makes me reconsider being so lax about eye protection when I’m shooting.
I have the same scars for orbital bone surgery as he does, including the one in the mouth. I had my orbital bone shattered in to 7 pieces when I was 16. I was doing salvage diving on the weekends as a side job. 90 feet (30m) under water I got hit with a 5lb picking hook swinging off our salvage at 35mph (underwater). I remember getting about 10ft (3m) from the surface, waking up in the boat in a pool of my own blood at the dock, then waking up in the hospital 3 days later.
I only found out later my captain saw me pass out just under the water and noticed all the blood around me and he pulled me up in the boat and rushed me to the dock calling EMS as we came in. He, the surgeons, and the nurses are literally the only reason I lived to see my 33rd birthday, much less my 17th.
Stay strong my man love the videos
Watching so many old videos on your channel, you have me laughing everytime. Shocked I haven’t discovered you earlier. Keep up the good work Estonian man!
I have never had a 50 Caliber blow up in my face. If it did, I'd probably be dead.
Scott was very fortunate and lucky to have walked away from that accident. And he still makes videos!
Also it was great to see the love shown to him from UA-cam and UA-cam's gun enthusiast community.
Demolition ranch matt dropped a video for him today. Funny stuff. So amazing to see gun tubers helping a brother in need. Looks like donut is up next. I highly recommend watching all of these as they drop!
keep it up man and thanks editor
We are all here for you kick that depressions butt!!! I went through alot of depression when I lost my uncle that I was very close to after heart surgery and my grandpa after along battle with Alzheimers and Parkinsons 2 years after! It was extremely hard to just do simple tasks and going through thoughts that I wish it would have been me instead! It still hurts but has gotton better over the years through watching your videos as well as other youtubers! It has helped alot keep fighting and we are here for you!
I'm so glad I finally watched this. I've been super busy in my life, but really wanted to make a point of watching your videos again Artur. Glad he's well, and I'm glad you're back.
Arthur: did a 50 cal ever explode in your face?
Me: I'm not American
I'm American but poor
@Zoomer Waffen you mean Serbu Firearms, run by Mark Serbu, based in Tampa Florida?
@Zoomer Waffen so what States do you consider "legitimate"?
@Zoomer Waffen - Barrett's are not rated for SLAP-T rounds like Scott was shooting. Scott also owns a Barrett as well and had made multiple videos with it.
@Zoomer Waffen - You said a Barrett wouldn't have blown up. A Barrett would have blown up if it was using a SLAP round which is why they tell you not to use them.
So painful to watch, glad you made it and you were blessed to have your dad save life!
Yeah, I watched that video, and what can you say?
The man is fortunate to be alive, but his attitude and sense of humor are truly special.
Yeah, the details were tough to hear - but you are right, it's a motivational video.
bro is so lucky to be alive and i think we all know that he knows how lucky he is
You should watch more of his content. They are great wholesome fun. Plus his interactions with tactical T-rex are hilarious.
Good job on the editing Sami. Keep up the good work Artur.
thanks for doing this video.
Thank you editor!!
Very glad Scott is healing up well, but something great is Mark Serbus' reaction and how he's handling it, He is doing an investigation on it when it wasn't even his rifles fault and still apologized on his part
This is how tweaks to designs happen. If someone is using a terrible ammunition, your gun can always improve the way it works (venting to the side, more solid in one direction or less solid, etc.) even if it's because of customers using the gun wrongly, or ammunition not working right.
@@LClaypool we still don't know exactly what happened. So far, what I've seen is pointing not to a barrel obstruction, but to a case rupture. The strongest evidence for this is the fact that the breech plug went rocketing backwards. If the sabot gets stuck, it's going to be (as you indicate) in the muzzle brake, but if it does that, the pressure in the barrel will have dropped enough to where it will still cause damage, but that damage will be to the barrel and not the entire receiver.
In a case rupture event, however, all of the pressure is contained in the firing chamber, which absolutely _will_ blow up the entire receiver
@@PhycoKrusk all good points. I agree, not sure we will ever know what happened. Either way pressure was so high, it ripped off the threads. There are even theories that round had a charge other than just powder. I didnt get scientific, but I think we all agree it was a bad round. And knowing those rounds spotty history, it definitely should not have been loaded into that design rifle. And as much as I love Scott's channel, he shouldn't have fired that round in the serbu. Would the Barrett have held? Who knows, but may not have hurt Scott so badly. Just glad hes ok. There are lots of really good theories out there.
@@LClaypool Mark Serbu just posted an update on the investigation. He doesn't have the ammo or rifle yet, but he was able to share a side-by-side of the ammo Scott used with what we know is legitimate SLAP ammo: legitimate SLAP ammo has cuts in the plastic sabot (to facilitate removal once it leaves the barrel) and a crimp around the base of the projectile (to hold the whole thing together). Scott's ammo has neither of these.
We should still wait until the investigation is concluded, but at this point, I'm willing to say that the ammo was counterfeit and would have exploded in any rifle; it just happened to explode in Scott's.
@@PhycoKrusk agreed. Something was definitely off with the ammo. Also agree that it would have blown an most any 50. I've shot tons of 50 in my Barrett. Honestly, I like Serbu's ingenuity, but my gut never liked the design. Ive seen the Barrett hold up in the roughest conditions. But also on the long range precision side too. Having said that. I've also seen match barrels get toasted when guys fired old tracer rounds from broken up belt ammo surplus. So, who knows. Just an all around FUBAR. Scott's so fking lucky. Just glad hes on the mend. But probably like you, cant wait to see if we can get a solid answer on the malfunction. I agree it started w a bad round, just the gunner in me would like to understand the sequential process of how it all broke down from the round failure forward. But agree, overpressure looks like suspect #1
Thanks mr editor guy.
the new editor is great!
I absolutely love your videos!! I hope nothing but the best for you and your loved ones! We're all here to support you until the end!❤🇺🇲🇪🇪
Hello Artur love you Videos 🙃
Respect from poland also F for My Boi Kentucky ballistics
He didn’t die though so we shouldn’t do F’s
Can you guys own guns in the motherland? I love Poland. Wasn’t sure if gun laws were very restrictive there
@@JeremyWashington1489 I’m not American, I’m Norwegian. And yes you can but you need a lisence
Saw Scott's video and now your reaction. Hard to watch stuff but I'm so glad he is OK. Glad you have some editing help Artur. God bless you.
Sami the work you do is outstanding, keep it up Man! Demo Ranch has done a Video for Scott to Upload, It's very funny if you get a chance to see it. I'm proud of these guy's how they support each other, first rate in my book. Keep up the good work Artur!!
I lost it when he said "you have no more oxygen in your brain, your braindead. You will become a vegetable" LMFAO
I love any videos you make buddy!
I like your videos keep up the great work man
i frogot how calming your accent is especially during these... stressful times
Haven't watched you in soooo long, you, and your channel has changed and improved so much!
If you are interested, a couple of weeks ago Scott made a video where he went and recreated the accident. I thought it was a very interesting video. Your editor puts things together real slick, I’m glad you found someone to help you. Also congratulations on getting mental help it takes a big person to be willing to ask for help and accept it. After watching my kids go off to college I think we should all get counseling for the help and also to normalize utilizing the resources that are available to most of us. Good luck and I’ll be waiting for your next video.
Bro I love your videos. thanks for being you!
What he’s talking about with the metal rod into his rib cage was a chest tube. Intubation goes into your throat to put you on a ventilator. Considering everything he was going through, he’s remarkably accurate in his retelling.
The chest tube gets out to suction and relieves the internal pressure allowing the lung to inflate. Lungs inflate under negative pressure so when it’s full of air or fluid, it collapses.
Hope this helps clarify things.
(30 years in ICU care)
Man I love you dude! You had me cracking up through this whole thing haha Thank God Kentucky is doing well. It really was a miracle he’s still with us
My friend told me about this about 2 weeks ago. I watched it and I am very happy that he survived. God was watching out for him.
Well I guess we can all say The Kentucky Ballistics guy is one tough S.O.B. What a crazy story.
great edit man much love.
Hey Artur I'm coming here from new York and I gotta say u make some very entertaining content my friend keep it up
Thank you Sami
Honestly, if you want a perspective on both history and guns, then Forgotten weapons is a great channel.
Update was over 160,000 psi but failure was more complete than predicted at that pressure….
Matt of Demo Ranch was the first one to post for Kentucky Ballistics.
cause there good friends
he has angels watching him thank god hes ok
omg lol, so i'm watching this and i covered my face with both my hands waiting for it... looks through the crack of my fingers and Artur Rehi is doing the same exact thing lol. cracked me up!
I love your videos artur you seem like a really cool person and i would love to learn your language!!!
Hey Artur... i hope you're doing okay. I've suffered with severe depression since I was in my mid teens, really my entire adult life has kinda been robbed from me because of it. I saw how your eyes were starting to glisten towards the end of the video. It's okay man, you can talk to us. If you need to cry it out, cry it out. We all love you dude. Your content is awesome, your personality is absolutely great, you're gonna be okay.
6:17 i always used to think people just play it up for the camera when they get “scared” to see something but since ive had a son i feel that 😅 it’s like i can imagine that as either him or myself not coming home to him
It wasn't the stock that broke his finger, it was the hinge of the bottom receiver that came right down on his finger. It's right under the breach cap.
Your editor killed it.
I’m glad my homie is reacting to his miracle
My mans really did just slow-mo the moment that almost took his life holy shit.
Actually... the military manual for sabot ammo states not to use a muzzle break on the weapon if it isn’t specifically designed for the ammo... other wise you get a build up of residue on the muzzle device and that leads to a barrel obstruction and will blow stuff up.
Since this injury he has fired a few rifles that were big like this but he now rigs it so that he’s not actually shooting it anymore to avoid any further injury
This was a crazy event, 50 BMG is nothing to joke about. No less a SLAP round.
Not a freaking 50 cal, but a 9mm beretta blew up in my hands. It was painful and half my hand was covered in blood. The underside of my right thumb was broken, and only the grip was left intact. The slide hit me on the shoulder, but that was not critical, man that was my dad's gun. We took it to his farmhouse, and as we were shooting it, one bullet got stuck in the barrel and being a rookie, I pulled the trigger once again to blow the gun up. Any ways, after a quick recovery, I am fine!
he isnt gonna stop shooting, even 50 cals. obviously will stop while his body heals physically of course, just he has said himself, "no more slap rounds"
*_Artur, it's a really great design for a regular person who just wants to play with .50 cal's. The cost of my RN-50 was cheaper than twelve .50 cal SLAP rounds {$125 each} plus lots of other .50 cal rounds. I paid $1250 for mine & it is an extremely reliable rifle, according to the experts who made videos on it._*
He's since replicated the accident with a replacement rifle from a friend, secured in a vise and fired by a rather long string. He had 12 additional SLAP rounds, which he fired, with over half requiring a strap wrench to unscrew the breech plug and a lot of effort extracting the fired cartridge. The primer was ejected from a couple of rounds, several more the primer was pushed partially out of the cartridge.
He got the rounds from a somewhat dubious source and it appears that the rounds were massively overcharged, I'd estimate twice normal or thereabouts. He finally loaded an insanely overcharged round and replicated the explosion of the rifle reasonably well.
The lesson is, buy your ammunition from known trusted sources, not random good price sources, lest you get a bolt in your throat or skull.
A fair amount of the surgical techniques used to save his life were pioneered by military surgeons, for fairly obvious reasons. He had hemopneumothorax, lacerated jugular vein, the skull injuries to wire back together, so he was incredibly fortunate to survive the trip to the hospital!
I'd hate to see what his copays look like though.
Old video, I know but given this channel is fairly international: Vanderbilt is very renowned university hospital. Part of why he is alive today is that he was treated by an absolute next level hospital
I went to highschool with this guy. In Murray Kentucky. He was cool
I remember when my standard issue AUG exploded in my face. Glad I did survive (with severely deformed nose and some forehead injuries). Since then I never wanted to shoot an AUG again.
Was they also an ammo issue?
But I can understand that...a bullpup puts the action _right at_ face level. 😯
And 5.56x45 is a lot more common than a .50 BMG SLAP round. How are you doing now?
@@danielhenderson8316 I do feel averagely good. I do have some scars and nose deformation, but ain't big of a deal. 5/10 won't enlist again. Also thx for asking
I never shoot ammo that was made by a Reloader I don’t know or trust. If I don’t know you sorry I don’t trust you. I also source my ammo from a major manufacturer that I trust. If I was going to shoot a round as powerful as a 50 cal I would make the round myself. It’s the only way to be 100% sure. In addition I inspect all rounds visually. In addition I weigh every round as well. If there is extra powder in the round weighing it will most likely uncover that. For that round to have that much pressure 85,000 PSI it must have a heavy load close to a double charge. Inspecting the seating and crimping is also something that must be done. I think Scott is an amazing guy and has reinforced a lot of things for all of us. I’m glad he is going to be alright.
I watched the original video on his channel and it was hard to watch. I've been in situations where someone was bleeding out and I've seen how hard it is for them to stay awake. The fact that he would have died if he passed out made me sick to my stomach. My sister in law was on dialysis and she had a port in her femeral artery that broke open one night at my house. There was enough blood pouring out of her leg to make a waterfall down my stairs. I crammed my finger into her leg and pinched off the artery while my wife called an ambulance. I watched the fear in her face and saw her turn white and pass out. She lived that time but I can't imagine if her life relied on her keeping herself awake and applying pressure on her own wound. It happened again a couple years later and again we kept her from bleeding to death but sadly she caught a bad infection in the hospital and she died from it 4 days after going into the hospital. He is damn lucky to be alive. God was watching over him.
Not me personally but i have a friend who was deployed in Iraq, he was on one of the big ass mounted mg's. Long story short, his deployment was cut short and he lost his right thumb, left middle finger, and now can only move his left hand at about 25% capacity. Those things are definitely not to be underestimated
I'm glad he's still alive!
There have been several hypotheses, one of which concerns using sabot rounds which have a thin, needle like bullet surrounded by a plastic sabot. When fired, the sabot either comes apart after leaving the barrel or instantly melts and coats the inside of the muzzle brake, causing a restriction. This would amount to a barrel obstruction.
Or the sabot failed after the primer ignited. Who knows when these round were made and if they were still properly sealed.
Artur with the 'I regret this decision already' look lol
Hey Arthur! i have some reaction ideas:
1. Challenger 3, britains new op tank
2. x-15 plane, the fastest plane in history (yes faster than sr-71)
3. The ww2 Battle of Raseiniai, a single soviet kv tank fights against many germans