How am I Supposed to Fix This?! (Extreme Gun Restoration attempt)
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This wreckage is supposed to be a WW2-era M3 Grease Gun SMG, and is in desperate condition after spending decades buried underground. Is there still something to be saved?
A special thanks goes to Michelangelo Neri Orliani for helping in the making of this project
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I won't.
@@737Garrus And you get fewer upvotes because bots don't touch it.
No thx
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I would but my pc runs like a potato battery 😭
To quote the esteemed gun wizard Mark Novak: "A gun is only new once." That was a loooong time ago for this M3. A museum wall is a dignified ending. Thanks for showing us the process in preserving what was left of this gun.
No amount of magic smoke will bring back this particular gun to be anywhere near safely firing condition. Still turned out better than I expected. Great video as always
@@agistan7764 A new receiver and it'd probably work with the rest of the parts. However I suppose that would defeat the point.
@@mikethemaniac1 Yeah, that starts going into Gun of Theseus territory at that point.
This actually gives a good insight on how much work is needed to recover museums artifacts to viewing conditions. I feel like we have the idea that some brushing and it will be enough to understand a certain found, society or conflict.
Bury it in marine sediment next to a reef, we can have a real gun fossil in a million years
Gun: *Pieces crumbling off*
Backyard Ballistics: "I can fix her."
BB: 'We have the technology... And the knowledge, skills, time, patience, magic liquids 😳, firm-yet-gentle application of force in *exactly* the right places, and possibly some downright-spooky witchcraft 👻🧙♀️👻 too...
-Now hold my beer, and come back in 3 weeks... 😉👍"
Why do you make comments like this?
@@therogers4432what do you mean by “hold my beer and come back in 3 weeks”? Why tf would you be holding my beer and bringing it back to me in 3 weeks?
@@cliff9887 have you watched the video at all....?
me everytime i see a fatherless girl
You are one of the few restoration channels I trust, and love
Same dude i trust him the most
@@dustyak79 thank you!
@@dustyak79 screws and tools often uses overly aggressive techniques.
@@IPostSwords True but he doesn’t appear to have the schooling and resources available like backyard Ballistics appears to have . I mean museums , police , collectors seem give Backyard pieces to work on. Screws shops around on his own dime and probably has a totally unrelated day job. I just appreciate that he’s not buying a Luger and painting on or destroying something that was ok just for content. He also gets pieces other people welded broke or modified into abominations that he brings back to life with the resources he has at hand.
@dustyak79 not really a good excuse tbh. If he wanted information on appropriate conservation methods and ethics, it's available through the vast body of published research articles and books.
Needing to buy them with his own money also doesn't justify doing subpar work. Do you know what the appropriate course of action is if you have an artefact you lack the skills, knowledge or equipment to conserve? either acquire them, or have someone do the work who has them.
My first thought was "This is why people say these videos are fake." and the first thing he did was prove it's real. GG lad.
I don't know how you could look at that thing and think it's fake rust.
@@gringotico1759 people make really good fake things
@@gringotico1759 it doesnt look fake, it just looks easy to fake
he also has a video about fake restorations
@@lambda-m1676 idk where my reply went but I said people make fake things really well these days
I grew up in Luxembourg and I have seen tons of recovered guns. Guns that were dug up, guns found in barns, in drawers, attics, basements, pretty much anywhere you can imagine. We filled museums with them and 2 of my Garands and my Stg were well preserved barn/attic finds. From what I have seen, 99% of all the restoration vids are fake. Never seen guns that look like their stuff. The guns you show us however are spot on. I thoroughly enjoy all your work, fantastic channel, keep up the good work!
oh daat ass cool! :) vun wou basst du?
@@biglaughhahalëtzebuerg mengen ech?
sadly im from a city where i cant find this sort of cool stuff
@danijelovskikanal7017 try fishing for one with a strong magnet off a bridge over a river in or near a city.
do you still have the STG? i think they sell for like 50k if they are in good condition
Sometimes things are beyond full repair. What you did is very commendable and admirable. Firearms are, after all, pieces of human history. Even as a museum piece what you did is extremely important.
how is this important for what kind of museum in which kind of reality?
it's history@@Drannelang
@@Drannelang we have a war memorial here in South Korea that recovers artifacts, including uniforms, helmets, soldiers' gear, and guns for display. War is an important part of history, and the memorial serves as a way to immortlize the sacrifices of the UN forces and the south korean soldiers to defend our country.
We're not talking about some rare piece here. It's about as big a piece of history as an opened ham and cheese can from a GI's rations pack.
Some museums can't afford a fully functional one (cost, licensing, insurance)and then also don't want to display say an airsoft/replica. So to represent the firearms used by certain military forces, this is a good display piece.
you scared me so much dry-firing it, not because "hur durr bad" but rather because the metal is so weak, i almost expected the bolt to just come flying out the front because it broke off the entire barrel assembly lmao
That honestly worried me a bit, but then I realized it would have been good footage either way🤣
@@Backyard.Ballistics it'd be a poetic send-off. breaking while doing what it was designed to do, slamming bolts forward
@@JustaGuy1250”I’M FREEEEEEEEEE!!”
I've heard something about these, the unusual spring in the back was used by soldiers to increase the rate of fire and was almost always added by the user.
A similar thing was done with sten guns.
Thanks for the info. Do you also know if there was a reason for getting rid of the plates, or was that just an accident?
@@Backyard.Ballistics the plates are a accident
same goes with the carl gustav m/45, a spring and a battery doubled the fire rate
lightening springs in a blowback gun would only marginally increase the cyclic rate before the bolt beats the weapon to pieces. polishing/lightening the bolt is really the only effective way to simply increase the rate of fire without causing excess wear or adding moving parts.
@@stevenunyabidness tell that to united states' finest of 1943
It's very possible you have a field modified M3 right there, a significant amount of them of M3s (before the introduction of the M3A1) were field modified to different extents. Most notably a cutaway in the upper receiver and the installation a more traditional charging handle. it is also possible that the plates were lost during disassembly and replaced with the spring.
Pretty sure I've seen a video where they put a D battery behind the bolt and it increased the fire rate. It could be a STEN tho that I've seen that with
@@derekofalltrades5494 You're thinking of Swedish K/Carl Gustaf M/45 with the D battery. Dunno if it works on a M3 or STEN.
@@frantisekhajek8 I see. I remember Brandon Herrera doing something with
@@derekofalltrades5494 I saw it in a Admistrative Results's video on a Swedish K with Garand Thumb.
@@frantisekhajek8 that may be what I was thinking of! Thanks bruv
I’m amazed this was salvageable for ANY purpose. Turned out to be a pretty visually interesting piece in the end. Bravo!
Thank you very much!
The extra spring in the rear was added in the armory to increase the rate of fire. This just limited how far back the bolt could recoil which helped a little with felt recoil impulse, but increased the rate of fire quite a bit. Some people added rubber pads, and some used a 1.5 inch diameter spring cuttoff :)
And what about the missing plates? Was there a reason to remove them, or is it more likely that it happened by accident?
@@Backyard.Ballistics I do not see a reason to remove the guide plate at all. The two plate pins act as anti rotation pins for the bolt face as it rides on the guide rods, so I imagine that it would just cause a lot of feeding issues, and ejection issues as the bolt torques to the side during recoil.
Everything I know about historical weapons comes from reenacting as a British commando, and as a Fallschirmjager, as well as my time serving in the Marine corps (2,2, 0481 FSSG, Lejeune). So I am not a definite historical expert, but instead I just know what some of the infantry troops did back in the day through stories and using the weapon platforms. :)
@@Backyard.Ballistics My best guess after doing some more research is that the front plate snap ring most likely popped off during firing, and the plate was lost during reassembly. (Apparently this is common, but it has never happened to me)
I see this is really common on museum pieces, so it may be seen as a critical component, and may need to be removed to fully "deactivate" the firearm for display, but I am unsure.
As for the rear plate, I am sure that it was just not reinstalled for some accidental reason.
@@Backyard.Ballistics good please to start try getting in contact with figurson of UK arms
Said it the last time I watched one of your videos, and I’m saying it again. “I used to watch all of these restoration videos, and be enamored with just how talented some those people were at erasing years of neglect. Then I happened on your video where you detailed exactly what to look for in those that proved the persons posting restoration vids were completely fictitious. I was so disappointed, but extraordinarily grateful as well. I still am. Yours is the only restoration channel I still watch”
You got a little gun in your rust mate
This grease gun reminds me of a Lewis Gun a local dealer had displayed in his shop decades ago. It had been lost during a training exercise along the US coast in WWII. Years later someone spotted the remains in the sand. Only the front half of the gun was left and it was a complete mess. It eventually ended up in his shop as a ghostly reminder of WWII.
Got a little poetic there at the end
The US Marine Corps used the M3A1 well into the 1980's for armor crews. Excellent channel and video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
We still had a few in our armory in Germany 1986. Army 19K We had WW2 era 1911s as well until late 87.
Jeez. These are the youtube channels that need to be preserved. My man here isn't asking for subscribers or trying to entertain 9 year olds, he's educating us and doing a damn fine job of it. He's warning us of other channels that simply attempt to entertain, and he puts love into his work. Keep it up man!
I appreciate you actually explaining what you are doing and why you are doing it, even some legit restoration videos leave me scratching my head as to wtf is actually going on
Impressive work! The fact that it even moves again is quite an achievement, let alone the trigger mechanism functioning.
Absolutely amazing work. How you even got the bolt out let alone made it operate is quite frankly a miracle. Great work.
Glad you liked it!
A friend of mine likes to watch restoration videos and asked me the other day, “Didn’t you say most of these videos are fake?” I told him, “Yep, but if you want to watch the best restoration videos that are 100% real and explain how to do it, watch Backyard Ballistics! He’s awesome!”
Thank you man for never doing fake crap and for explaining everything you do in these!!! You’re amazing!!!
I have found that the slowest, messiest, and definitely the smelliest method of removing rust is the most effective ! I use a solution of approximately 1 to 20 molasses in water. It may take repeated applications for a month or so, but I have found the results to be amazing. Great video, as always !
I am very impressed. In the beggining I was sure the whole thing will just fall to pieces if cleaned and in the end you have a working trigger and bolt assembly. Just incredible, thank you very much for the video
The way this looks, you'd think this is evidence they had automatic firearms back in the bronze age.
I love that you not only say we can trust you're really working on a rusted piece but show us how you test to prove it was really rusted and not just faked.
This rusty piece of junk could still land you in prison in Hungary. My friend once dug up a WW2 PPSh submachine gun in an even worse state. He was reported to the police by some "good citizen", and he was paid a visit by SWAT. The court case dragged on for years, as the prosecutor did everything to convince the court that it was a fully operational automatic weapon, and the police brought in a so-called "forensic expert" who claimed the same. It took my friend a lot of money to find another gun expert to say the opposite, and call the court's attention to the fact that 80% of the "gun" was completely missing. For this reason he wasn't convicted for illegal possession of a firearm, but only a part of a firearm.
Its almost humorous how frightened tyrants are
fuck the government
See how evil people who support gun control are?
Fk that snitch
Ong bro is prob sitting alone with 0 friends
Sorry ur friend had to go thru that
This is stupid XD even in canada i have a old ww2 pistole but the hammer is just completly cut so cant be use and this is legal XD
That extra spring is a field added element. I can never remember where exactly the GI's sourced the spring, or how they figured it out, but it had the effect of boosting fire rate. Edit: I cannot believe how much progress you made on that. Once it became clear how damaged the receivers were I thought that bolt mechanism was done for, not for a wizard like you!
I actually thought this was another fake channel and wanted to see how obvious it was, I’m surprised and more entertained that this isn’t faked
I can't even imagine how long it would take to fake that🤣
“Something is missing.” About 70% of the metal that should make up the gun. 😂
Was that found at the bottom of the ocean?
It was probably found in Omaha
It's appropriate that this is called a grease gun cause it looks like it was fried in it
One of the best restoration channels. I hate those ones where it’s just some lame elevator music in the background while the restoration process is happening at 10x speed. I like that you give commentary and show the process in real time instead of sped up.
Modest AF about that weld lol it was pretty damn slick mate lol. This gun got the treatment it deserved for comforting some soldier somewhere at some shitty time.
Poor thing looked like it had been stored in a well. Good job making anything useful from the bones. Your usual thoughtful, well executed work.
Idk, I feel like bein submerged in a well woulda been kinder than this hahah
Love the videos man. I've seen so many absolutely obviously fake restoration channels and the viewers and algorithm eat them up. Its nice to see that people like you care about delivering real restoration content.
"daddy what happened to that old M3 receiver"
"well, we took it out far into a special place on an Italian farm where old M3 receivers live in happiness"
*Meanwhile, at the M3 taxidermy lab...*
That's dark, even by MY standards.
It's truly remarkable that you were able to restore ANY mobility to that gun, let alone restore the full movement of the action. Well done.
Thank you for making this content. I know you must have gone "Why am I even doing this?!?" on this lump of mostly-just-iron-oxide while struggling to get even simple things done. I still enjoy watching though, and hearing your train of though on the different challenges is a big part of the overall entertainment. Hope you wont shy away from having a go at "gonners" in the future.
I have to say I have gone through the "Why am I even doing this?!?" multiple times. Overall it took me over 2 weeks to get it back in "shape".
I imagine the history that came with that gun. What stories would it tell. I just found your channel today with this video and I’m already a fan.
7:15 "This is one of the few instances where barrel removal is required to take a gun apart, so needed to pull out the light saber from the shop to help me get this thing off"
I think it has some rust on it. I’m not sure though. You’re the expert here so I’ll let you decide
This was supposed be a cheap short term “throwaway” solution from almost 80 years ago in terrible condition. You did your best, well done nonetheless.
The fact you got it abstractly functional is the miracle here. Phenomenal!
I imagine this project burned a lot of "patience oil"
EDTA is very good for this application. I use it on antique swords to good effect. You can also form a hydrogel with it for applications where submersion isnt an option - I gel mine with Agar.
With very bulk corrosion like seen here, its appropriate to begin with mechanical methods - microblading, micro air abrasion, etc.
Xanthan gum is also dirt cheap and has an absolutely absurd swelling capacity. The down side is that it is rather slow to swell in old liquids, but if it is something you use fairly often just making a jug of the stuff and leave it for 72 hours, to get full thickness, is not really a problem.
@andersjjensen doesn't really stick, set and peel quite like agar, xanthum gum forms more of a poultice than a gel in my experience
I love the fact that you decided to stabilize the gun so it can be put in a museum.
AT first glance I thought this was just another fake "restoration" video.
Then I watched it. Faith restored.
Appreciate your mention of fake rust. So many channels "aging" their "restorations" these days for clicks
i think the missing part is the safety/ejection port cover
Yes, it's the dust cover. Now that the receiver is full of holes its absence won't really matter🤣
I'm amazed you got to restore it to a point where parts were actually moving again!
Thank you, world of tanks, for creating a chemical solution that could help refurbish this gun
its fitting that the gun is able to rest in a museum now. insane that you were even able to save any of it
These were manufactured in my hometown of Anderson, Indiana by Guide Lamp. My grandmother worked there during WWII
Awesome restoration. Always enjoy watching these to relax at the end of the day. Keep it up.
Honestly after the conditions of the gun. My jaw dropped that you could even cycle it. Well done!
There are other channels out there that would have knocked off the “years” of “rust” and have gotten this working. Why can’t you do similar miracles.😉
One of my first thoughts just was: "is this real?" But then i saw that it's your channel, and i saw the pieces of the grip just crumbling away. Geez....
The fact that this could even be somewhat restored is insane! Great job!❤
Your so right, so many channels fake these restoration videos. i just found ur channel. Much respect to ur work. i like how you go into detail with the products & process used. This was ridiculous
Your Restoration Videos are the Best. Your Narration is informativie and to the point.
I enjoy restoration videos, but only ones like yours - not the ones with only "scrubbing" sounds.
I am so looking forward to your video of home made rust removal recipes on your second channel!
For the curious, that second channel is called Beyond Ballistics.
You mentioned your second channel, and I was able to finally find it on your Channels main page, but you might think about linking it in the description of your videos! Other than that, though, another fascinating restoration!
love watching these, especially knowing they're genuine
Dude, I know it wasn't the prettiest but holy crap you actually restored some function to it! It doesn't even break when the bolt slams against the back of the barrel either! That's actually so cool! You did amazing! Whatever this restoration cost the client, they definitely got their moneys worth!
Is it a very very VERY bad idea? Yes
Do I also want to see it fire off a single 9mm FMJ? Also yes
How you firing 9mm in a 45
@@Scrap_Goblin VERY carefully
@@nono-jj9rr😳😜🤣
Considering where you started from. Good Job.
Really liked the video. It is amazing to see work done on a completlly lost cause. Would love to see more in future.
Sadly I'm quite used to lost causes 🤣
As a restorer of 30 years....mostly Georgian and Victorian boxes....I would not have looked at that twice....if it was a box....and it would end up being butchered for spares.....but well done for having a go.......Us restorers can sometimes perform miracles.....but we can`t raise the dead............ONE OF THE FEW GENUINE RESTORATION CHANNELS ON HERE
Wow, love your skills and determination. That rust removal is incredible 👏
Dude that thing looks like it came out from the earth's formation, its so rusted there's almost no gun left, thats wild!!
You are a young man with knowledge and skills far beyond your years and the painstaking effort you put into every video - especially this one - astonishes me. Please keep producing content. Your channel is awesome! Thank you for sharing what you do.
Yup... ^EXACTLY THIS^ 😁👍
Please keep on doing what you do so well Carlo 😊
Hey, I use EDTA as well. Got that tip from my wife who is an art conservator. They fix old metal objects sometimes, I mean reeeeaallly old metal objects.
You are a miracle worker Carlo! Such a pleasure to watch you figure out how to make this thing into something more than just trash. Watching you take it apart to really reminded me why they called it a grease gun. It looks exactly like one, especially with a stock off.
Heartbreaking to see an old gun left like that. Glad you could at least stop the process and get its parts moving again.
When I first went in the US ARMY M-60 Tank crews and combat engineers still used them in 84. I was on the new M-1 and we had 1911s and 1 M-16 in the turret.
Seeing a new backyard ballistics video, it’s the always kept promise of having a great evening!
Another channel that does “restorations” would somehow have this running flawlessly by the end. How dare you not make fake content >:(
First time viewer, subscribed. Excellent video, I especially liked how you explained the rust removal process and the comparison of different rust removers. Other highlights include the Drill Press / Lathe combo, gas welding, coiling your own spring, your excellent enunciation and intriguing accent, and the bonus facts about dish soap. Your range and depth of knowledge in different topics is admirable, what sort of professional background do you have? I'm not sure if you're a chemist, firearms instructor, welder, engineer, or all of the above, but you seem to have learned a lot.
I have a mechanical engineering degree, and I work in firearms related forensics. I've been a firearms instructor but I rarely have the time to do it nowadays. I'm definitely not a welder 🤣(apparently studying welding at university doesn't automatically turn you into a welder 😜)
One of the few times it may have been easier to reproduce the gun than restore it.
Exactly
The spring is likely from a mattress believe it or not. I remember hearing stories about it awhile back. Apparently, if your M3 broke in that way and you couldn't find a replacement, it wasn't unheard of for soldiers to simply rip the springs from a mattress and stuff it into the gun.
That was amazing! So much good stuff in this video. Can’t wait to learn about your parkerizing process. As for evaporust, I couldn’t live without it!
Great job. Thanks for getting this wonderful piece of history back to at least display quality. I hope the museum that gets it appreciates the effort you put into it.
Love your videos. Cant believe you make things look so good
Unfortunately I know nothing about it...
@@Backyard.Ballistics reply to wrong person?
Бог мой... Да, вот разница между профессионалом и всякими придурками, что только играются и делают вид, что они восстанавливают оружие. В их роликах каждая вторая пушка в таком состоянии, как здесь в начале видео. И ничего - спокойно "восстанавливают" до стреляющего состояния, используя кучу разной агрессивной химии или даже пескоструйный аппарат. Прямо по затвору и стволу. Тут же несчастный пистолет-пулемёт превращён безжалостным временем в действительно убитый экземпляр. Я рад, что у тебя получилось сделать хороший музейный экспонат, у которого даже затвор движется, а не просто кусок железа, отдалённо похожий по форме на М3. Это лучшее, что можно было с ним сделать, не производя нового оружия и не кривляясь, подсовывая в конце видео свой второй, работоспособный экземпляр этого ПП.
This video is EXCEEDINGLY SATISFYING. I am not a restorer of firearms but I am a restorer of motorcycles and rusted sheet metal, stamped metal, and metal tubing can be difficult to overcome. ELEMENTAL MAKER has created the best DIY SOLUTION, as you have discovered. Minor correction, in that Tetrasodium EDTA was used in his video BUT your use of Disodiium EDTA is also FANTASTIC. Something that restorers MUST UNDERSTAND is that all common acids will REMOVE GOOD METAL -- and that is supremely bad in restoration projects. EDTA and its commercial variant Evapo-Rust are a type of chemicals called CHELATORS that I have little understanding of. Thank you for bringing Chelation to the forefront of restoration work and helping bring these chemicals to light as accessible and affordable to RESTORATION ENTHUSIASTS!
Source: ua-cam.com/video/f9kBdJQMPPI/v-deo.htmlsi=-I1GsxmZecHchBsF
Sehr gut gefällt Mir nicht nur die technische Meisterleistung, sondern auch die Vernunft, deutlich zu machen, das dieser Gegenstand nicht mehr zu benutzen ist.
Wer so was täte, wäre völlig irre.
a super cheap but very slow way to remove rust is to use molasses mixed with water. it will damage cast iron if left too long, but is total benign for any kind of steel and works amazing
Santi numi, che blocco di ruggine! Complimenti per il lavoro, vederlo muovere alla fine è impressionante.
Turning a KFC drum stick into a grilled peice of chicken
... piece*
From "what even is this thing underneath?" to "click - it´s working".
Awesome work !
is this for once not a fully fake restoration channel?
EDTA disodium salt.
Basically it will help you remove all the oxides. It even dissolves black magnetite oxide.
However, in the correct concentration it will not dissolve the metal.
But if there is no metal left in your weapon, this is the main problem.
he literally has a stencil of a gun hows he restore that
Please make a coherent sentence
@@Neeb-tt9hn coherent sentence your mother
@@doorknob7420 resorting to insults now
@@Neeb-tt9hn
yes
bye
Evaporust is fantastic, but you HAVE to remove the thick crusty stuff first. Once you get down to NEAR bare metal, you can soak in evaporust to clean the last few layers off very nicely. This is a bad use case for the product.\
Bro that's the 9mm SMG from new Vegas
you need to stop talking 🛑
@@MarksmanDynamics nope
I wouldn't call you a restorer, as much as a magician. This is amazing!
all these videos are fake.. the rust is colored on LOL
Source: trust me bro
prove it brev
I have never clicked a WOT link although I must have seen 100s of ad reads for it. Just did. Great channel, great work.
Installed the game as well and will play a bit, I guess they measure turnover-rate.
I'm gonna do that now, just to (hopefully...) make sure they continue to support Carlo and his amazing work 😊👍
The fact you were able to get it back into at least MOVING function, is amazing in and of itself!!! And Parkerizing it too! Dude, awesome!
Fascinating video. Just amazing that you were able to do anything with this pile of rust. Thanks for explaining the steps you used.
Even though it’s ugly and completely useless I love it and honestly kinda want it lmao.
Great video and great job!
Love it. The only gun restorations channel worth its name!