The only reason I knew that wasn't the case was because there are people in Afghanistan way up in the mountains that wouldn't have access to gas in a very long time if at all
Really shows you how much power is behind those bullets. Just that tiny hole and a ton of pressure is pushing that spring back to reload that rifle. Simply Amazing
Wow, this video was great! I knew the basics, I knew what gas operated meant and basically how it worked. But to see the guns taken apart and shown the inner workings of the different style systems really makes it easy to understand! Esp the M16 not having a separate piston and the gas pressure pushing directly on the bolt. Makes so much sense when you explain it!
Excellent video!!! I'm a recent AR15 owner, and I've only recently discovered how gas systems work (DI / piston). Seeing the takedown of the M1 and the AK was really informative. Thank you once again for sharing info and the joys of pistol and rifle shooting.
I always loved guns, tryied to learn more about them, since I started to watch your channel, I have learned a lot about many guns I like and some I didn't even know about. Thank you for sharing all this!
i always sort of knew how this worked, but you took the gun appart and explained it in easy to understand terms. Thank you for explaining this, you would make a #1 teacher. Please keep your educational and interesting videos coming (and of course the "just for fun" ones). Watching your videos taught me more than any gun licensing course ever would. I hope you know your videos are appreciated.
Nice video hickok45. I've known the principles of the system but never actually saw the actual mechanics behind it. Live instructional videos like this are always nice to watch if you're not an experienced shooter.
As a novice gun owner, sometimes it gets very confusing and overwhelming with all of the different types of weapons and ammunition. I appreciate the time that you take to educate others like myself. Thank you
Its Great to see you talk about the M1A. I just purchased one recently with a national match barrel. I understood the concept of a Gas Operated system before the video but now I fully understand it as it applies to my new gun. Love your channel Hickok45!!!
It helps to have a responsible shooter who also is a teacher at times like this. It really helped illustrate two weapons I have since a Garand and Bushmaster have the history involved in this video too. The first time I took a pistol apart looking at a manual I had the spring fly off and land in a box of springs. It took minutes to find the second part of a dual spring system on my Ruger LCP and get it back to working again. Murphy's Law is like gravity, not a recommendation, but a law.
Good video. I've seen cg models of guns and animations but few people on youtube took the time to actually pick them up and show you. This will be a big help for newer shooters.
Hickok. It's been a while since i've watched your videos, but it's great to be back. I LOVE your videos that give insight into the operations of different types of firearms. Although I have a bit of knowledge on them, I ALWAYS watch these kinds of videos to reaffirm that knowledge, and to learn MORE about them. You rock, please keep it up.
Thanks for the great gas operation systems video hickok, I learned something new today. Been shooting for 10 years, mainly recoil systems (benelli and .22's) and I knew about gas operated systems, but this was a great video for showing the different systems without being condecending to the new/inexperienced shooter.
Excellent video hickok. Oh boy, you are a real guns expert, no doubt about it. I was looking for such a video for a long time. Now I know more about how guns really work. Thanks a lot Hickok45.
Even for us guys who already were aware of this information still find this video informal. You just have a way about you Hickok that we LOVE good vid man. Really looking forward to seeing more of the CCW series!!
Good video. It's great that you put out these videos so new shooters can educate themselves. We're having tons of new people join the firearms community every day and these videos help them a lot. Good stuff right here. Keep it up Ike
hickok, thank you so much for explaining this to me. I've been looking into guns for about a year and a half now, and i had no idea how all this stuff worked.
Thank you so much for all of your lessons. I am a 58 year old man who just shot for the first time 1 year ago. I watched your videos and rented guns at indoor firing ranges and got my concealed carry license. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. Do a lesson on sights and how to set them, wind-age, etc. and optics.Rifles and pistols. You are my best source. I've read a little but I need your common sense how to lessons to pull it together.
A good tutorial for me. I did not understand how "gas operated" rifles work. Watched them being worked on during certain TV shows and had no clue... and now I do. Thank You!
Continues: Is pretty much like in most pistols, in where the barrel recoils to delay the apperture of the slide. We can say that gas operated rifles can be also called: gas rod delayed blowback or somethin like that, but they don't as the gas system not only delays the apperture of the bolt but also aids for the extraction to some extent, and the excess of the pressured gases is vented out of the piston by the driled holes in gas piston and in the tube that surrounds it.
Hickok, thanks very much for making this video. I think it's easy to forget that at one point we all had no clue about firearms, and tend to think these are things that everyone knows. Great job!
Thank you for this video. I learned something new today. As a Navy Veteran of the 70s I now gave a better understanding of how the M16 worked. Excellent presentation.
The G3 is delayed-blowback operated. It does not have a gas tube or piston like the AR or the AK. The fired cartridge cycles the bolt. On firing, two roller pins 'delay' the bolt from moving. This prevents the bolt from moving too early while the pressure in the chamber is still very high. Other examples of the system include the SIG 510, HK33, MSG90, PSG1 and MP5.
Well I sure knew this, but thank you hickock for taking apart a all the rifles and explaining it. I never knew thats how an AR style rifle gas system works.
I could listen to Hickok read the phone book. I was well aware of how the Gas Systems work but was fascinated though out the video. Keep up the good work Hickok.
Hello Mr. Hickok, Thanks for all the great videos. You mentioned the Benelli inertia system works from the rearward force of the shell however, I thought you might be interested to know that it actually uses a spring to throw the bolt back. There is a great video here on UA-cam that explains but funny enough UA-cam won't let me post a link to their own website. Anyway, thanks again.
Lovely videos. I knew how this works but not in detail. Thanks for clearing this up. It still amazes me how easy this system is and yet its so effective.
Hickok, you are one hell of a good teacher!! Allways to the point and explaining things right!! And also making jokes !! Thanks for teaching us a lot!! Wish you all the best!!, Jack
I already knew all of this. But I'm a bit of a gun enthusiast myself so I learned about it. And I salute you for showing those who don't, or didn't know how some of these rifles operate.
A fantastic explanation. I knew that the ak was piston and that the ar was direct impingment but I wasn't really clear on how it all worked. Thanks for another great video.
@hickok45 Dear Hickok, You should do more videos on how small arms (pistols and rifles) operate so we can have a better idea of how guns really work. Your videos are very educating. I don't think there are many people who know as many things as you know about firearms. Unfortunately, despite the search I've done there are no books dedicated to firearms operation or ballistics in my Country. I would like to learn more about this kind of stuff. Keep up the good work :)
@hickok45 thanks for the little learning info I didnt know that about the AR platform but I did know about the M1a and the AK I like the fact you are teaching little lessions thank you very much
@Twisted4000 there is a spring for the mag to raise the next round, and there is another spring that helps to cycle the bolt, but the gas from the barrel pushes the bolt back
ive always thought it was pretty cool that piston systems are reliable enough to actually throw / bump the mechanism back far enough to cycle rather than pushing it for the entire length of the cycle.
awesome video thanks a lot for the demonstration! I had a rough idea of what both systems were but had never seen it broken down and clearly explained like you always do!
This was really neat because not owning an M1A or AK, I wasn't sure what they looked like internally. Watching this made me curious about how those two piston guns remain locked from the point of ignition up until the operating rod pushes the bolt open.
Gas operated (direct or piston driven) the gas tube's job is to unlock the bolt, so the action of "Blowback" or "recoil operated principle" "Gas Operated" is also known as "Delayed Blowback" the job of the gas tube is only to trigger the unlock after the bullet pass through the muzzle purpose of Delayed Blowback/ Gas operation is reducing the need of a heavy receiver/ recoil spring.. tough on hand charging the gas tube and recoil spring automates a bolt action rifle in principle
Good video. I bought a new M1-A and replaced the stock with a Vietnam era wood stock too. Really fun shooter. Seems like it's basically a Garand with an external Mag and in .308. Keep up the great series of teaching videos. I have two young sons who have learned a lot from you-- well, I have too. Thanks again.
Awesome video! The only thing I would have added is why the gas piston/tube is necessary due to the higher pressure cartridges, and the fact that the bolt is actually locked in place and the operating rod and bolt carrier cams/tilts open the bolt. Before I was into guns I never realized that the bolt was locked securely in place in semi-auto guns. I thought that the gas system just "helped" the action.
blowback on 9mm pistol is easy, but on a 7.62x51mm on rifle it could mean the casing is ejected before the round even left the barrel pressure drop and possible chamber explosion with round stuck in barrel when a cartridge case is pulled out of the gas-loaded barrel/ chamber the pressure would rip through the cartridge case thus most rifles operates with a locking lug/ rotating bolt that is unlocked by "pulling" (piston/ gas tube typically extend beyond locking lug's face)
The AR gas port is not at the front portion of the sight nearest the muzzle. It's in the top rear of the sight post (gas block) closest to the handguard. Have a great day Hickok45.
Roller-Delayed Blowback, characteristic being 2 sets of rollers which deliberately increase the force required for blowback to take place much later into the firing process (lower pressure) it does not require any gas tube which means a free-floating barrel is possible which in turn enhances accuracy the gas tube which disturb the free-floating of a barrel is what though to have caused most inaccuracy in semi-auto rifles the MG-42, MG-3, G3 Series (PSG-1,MP5 and subsequent variants)
Great video, maybe next you can make a video explaining the operation of other repeating arms. Like explaining Blowback operation, recoil operation, etc.
Hey Hickok, I was in ROTC in high school and got a chance to shoot this rifle! I aways wondered how a gas operated rifle worked and now I do and life is good! lol Thanks for explanation! :)
I wish I had a video like this to watch several years ago. I had to find out the old fashion way, reading about it on the internet.....LOL. I am sure you have now informed thousands of viewers that were confused about gas operation. Not to mention the difference between piston and direct impingement systems .
All 3 systems work very well, which is why they're still used today. Some of the new AR's are even piston driven like the M1 - if you like that style better. Also, one of the keys to Glock's ridiculous reliability is it's 4 point rail system, which allows debris to work itself out of the gun while shooting.
Great video sir. It's amazing how many people think that "Gas" operated means actual gas. Had one guy ask me if you use 87 or 89 octane! Always, you have done another amazing job, thank you.
Half the reason I got a gun in the first place was just to figure out how it all worked (as an engineer, it's pretty much my job description anyways). Excellent video!
Great videos im 24 and havent had to much experience with fireatms until i was 18 and your videos are just awesome. I appreciate the detail and puttin in the time to do these videos thanks.#Hickok
Very educational. Now I know why M16 system needs more cleaning than the older type of rifles. I would like to see more mechanical side of firearm. Thank you.
I had always heard the term "gas operated" but had never fully understood how it worked. I always thought most guns used recoil to eject the shell. You should do videos like this more often. Faved!
@markanthony404, Yeah, just shoot it. I've never noticed any break-in issues with Glocks. It's one gun I'd almost be willing to carry on duty home from the shop where I bought it new. I've never known one to have problems right out of the box. Just keep it clean and lube it in the right places. Even a Glock likes to be cleaned and lubed a little.
Thanks a lot! I was watching Suns of Guns and kept hearing "The gas system" but I never could find out what that was. Your video helped explain it, so again, thanks!
@chrisloUSA He did at the beginning. The inertial recoil operated ones move the bolt (or slide in the case of pistols) back with the force of the fired case. :)
I've always heard that cycling in a gas operated gun actually achieved by the case pushing the bolt back and all the gas piston part of it does is turn the bolt to unlock it, not actually push the bolt all the way back.
+Kanglar That would be dangerous. If it worked like that I could imagine cook offs blowing up in your face because the cartridge pushed the bolt back before it had fully done it's job.
In this day-and-age of everything computerized, it's nice to see some simple but highly effective, plain, old machinery that anyone can comprehend as especially explained by the host.
Thank you. I did not know. I was wondering if gas powered was like paint ball guns. Which stopped me from looking at them at all. All I know, is that I don't know anything about firearms. While considering what firearm could be best for me, your videos have been great. I love your shotgun videos, your damn good at shooting slugs down range. My hats off to you Sir...
I'd always been confused how a bottom gas system worked.... Now I see that it uses an arm off to the side... That explains some things I've wondered for a decade when it comes to the garand, M14, and BAR.
@hickok45 , Nice lesson! HKP7 has a gas operated delayed blowback action. Would be interesting to see a similar video on different semi-auto pistol designs. Thanks!
I remember before I knew squat about guns, I thought "gas operated" meant you had to have some speical type of gas put in the gun to make it work.
I clicked on this video thinking exactly that
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I think airsoft gun works like this.
The only reason I knew that wasn't the case was because there are people in Afghanistan way up in the mountains that wouldn't have access to gas in a very long time if at all
Regular unleaded.
You can definitely tell you were an educator. Thanks again for getting hands on for us all! -Robbie
@Gaunter robbert newman
Really shows you how much power is behind those bullets. Just that tiny hole and a ton of pressure is pushing that spring back to reload that rifle. Simply Amazing
@ptmccain, Thanks. That's where they are. I created a "Basics" playlist when I did the first one. They are all there, and we'll do more.
Very informative. :) I never did quite understand how all of that worked
Wow, this video was great! I knew the basics, I knew what gas operated meant and basically how it worked. But to see the guns taken apart and shown the inner workings of the different style systems really makes it easy to understand! Esp the M16 not having a separate piston and the gas pressure pushing directly on the bolt. Makes so much sense when you explain it!
Excellent video!!! I'm a recent AR15 owner, and I've only recently discovered how gas systems work (DI / piston). Seeing the takedown of the M1 and the AK was really informative. Thank you once again for sharing info and the joys of pistol and rifle shooting.
I always loved guns, tryied to learn more about them, since I started to watch your channel, I have learned a lot about many guns I like and some I didn't even know about.
Thank you for sharing all this!
i always sort of knew how this worked, but you took the gun appart and explained it in easy to understand terms.
Thank you for explaining this, you would make a #1 teacher. Please keep your educational and interesting videos coming (and of course the "just for fun" ones).
Watching your videos taught me more than any gun licensing course ever would. I hope you know your videos are appreciated.
Nice video hickok45. I've known the principles of the system but never actually saw the actual mechanics behind it. Live instructional videos like this are always nice to watch if you're not an experienced shooter.
Thanks a lot hickok45 for taking the time out of your day to explain like that so thoroughly and understandably!
As a novice gun owner, sometimes it gets very confusing and overwhelming with all of the different types of weapons and ammunition. I appreciate the time that you take to educate others like myself. Thank you
Its Great to see you talk about the M1A. I just purchased one recently with a national match barrel. I understood the concept of a Gas Operated system before the video but now I fully understand it as it applies to my new gun. Love your channel Hickok45!!!
It helps to have a responsible shooter who also is a teacher at times like this. It really helped illustrate two weapons I have since a Garand and Bushmaster have the history involved in this video too. The first time I took a pistol apart looking at a manual I had the spring fly off and land in a box of springs. It took minutes to find the second part of a dual spring system on my Ruger LCP and get it back to working again. Murphy's Law is like gravity, not a recommendation, but a law.
Good video. I've seen cg models of guns and animations but few people on youtube took the time to actually pick them up and show you. This will be a big help for newer shooters.
I was stupid before and thought that gas guns had an actually tank in them
Sky Lee I thought you had to insert gas into it lol.
Heisenbooger haha I thought you used bottled pressured oxygen
Hickok. It's been a while since i've watched your videos, but it's great to be back. I LOVE your videos that give insight into the operations of different types of firearms. Although I have a bit of knowledge on them, I ALWAYS watch these kinds of videos to reaffirm that knowledge, and to learn MORE about them. You rock, please keep it up.
On of the best demonstrations and camera work I have ever seen on this subject. Great job John to you and the old man!
Thanks for the great gas operation systems video hickok, I learned something new today.
Been shooting for 10 years, mainly recoil systems (benelli and .22's) and I knew about gas operated systems, but this was a great video for showing the different systems without being condecending to the new/inexperienced shooter.
Excellent video hickok. Oh boy, you are a real guns expert, no doubt about it. I was looking for such a video for a long time. Now I know more about how guns really work. Thanks a lot Hickok45.
Even for us guys who already were aware of this information still find this video informal. You just have a way about you Hickok that we LOVE good vid man. Really looking forward to seeing more of the CCW series!!
@TheMagicalTouch, Yes, it is. It's quite different from any other pistol I'm aware of, too. I'll do that sometime.
Good video. It's great that you put out these videos so new shooters can educate themselves. We're having tons of new people join the firearms community every day and these videos help them a lot. Good stuff right here. Keep it up
Ike
Great video!
I can mark this off the "learn something new everyday"
Thanks Hickok and Jon!
hickok, thank you so much for explaining this to me. I've been looking into guns for about a year and a half now, and i had no idea how all this stuff worked.
Thank you so much for all of your lessons. I am a 58 year old man who just shot for the first time 1 year ago. I watched your videos and rented guns at indoor firing ranges and got my concealed carry license. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. Do a lesson on sights and how to set them, wind-age, etc. and optics.Rifles and pistols. You are my best source. I've read a little but I need your common sense how to lessons to pull it together.
A good tutorial for me. I did not understand how "gas operated" rifles work. Watched them being worked on during certain TV shows and had no clue... and now I do. Thank You!
Continues: Is pretty much like in most pistols, in where the barrel recoils to delay the apperture of the slide. We can say that gas operated rifles can be also called: gas rod delayed blowback or somethin like that, but they don't as the gas system not only delays the apperture of the bolt but also aids for the extraction to some extent, and the excess of the pressured gases is vented out of the piston by the driled holes in gas piston and in the tube that surrounds it.
Hickok, thanks very much for making this video. I think it's easy to forget that at one point we all had no clue about firearms, and tend to think these are things that everyone knows. Great job!
I was watching "great war" channel when I got curious about gas-operated gun -- great explanation, Thank you :)
Thank you for this video. I learned something new today. As a Navy Veteran of the 70s I now gave a better understanding of how the M16 worked. Excellent presentation.
The G3 is delayed-blowback operated. It does not have a gas tube or piston like the AR or the AK. The fired cartridge cycles the bolt. On firing, two roller pins 'delay' the bolt from moving. This prevents the bolt from moving too early while the pressure in the chamber is still very high. Other examples of the system include the SIG 510, HK33, MSG90, PSG1 and MP5.
Well I sure knew this, but thank you hickock for taking apart a all the rifles and explaining it. I never knew thats how an AR style rifle gas system works.
I could listen to Hickok read the phone book. I was well aware of how the Gas Systems work but was fascinated though out the video. Keep up the good work Hickok.
Hello Mr. Hickok, Thanks for all the great videos. You mentioned the Benelli inertia system works from the rearward force of the shell however, I thought you might be interested to know that it actually uses a spring to throw the bolt back. There is a great video here on UA-cam that explains but funny enough UA-cam won't let me post a link to their own website. Anyway, thanks again.
Thanks for this great and informative video. It´s always different to have somebody explain and show it rather than reading it in a book.
A great video Hickok. I know the generalities, but it was great to have the specifics shown as you explained them.
@futuresolider96, Yes, it's a surplus M14 stock. The military version, the M14, has full-auto capability.
Thank you for this analysis video, Hickok! You entertain and inform!
Lovely videos. I knew how this works but not in detail. Thanks for clearing this up. It still amazes me how easy this system is and yet its so effective.
Hickok, you are one hell of a good teacher!! Allways to the point and explaining things right!! And also making jokes !! Thanks for teaching us a lot!! Wish you all the best!!, Jack
I already knew all of this. But I'm a bit of a gun enthusiast myself so I learned about it. And I salute you for showing those who don't, or didn't know how some of these rifles operate.
Thank you very much hickok! I had a basic idea of how a gas system worked but you helped me understand it a lot better.
I have been shooting all my life and worked at two gun stores, and I never knew this about rifles. You learn something new everyday!
Thank you for continuing to educate me in a fun and interesting manner.
A fantastic explanation. I knew that the ak was piston and that the ar was direct impingment but I wasn't really clear on how it all worked. Thanks for another great video.
@hickok45 Dear Hickok, You should do more videos on how small arms (pistols and rifles) operate so we can have a better idea of how guns really work. Your videos are very educating. I don't think there are many people who know as many things as you know about firearms. Unfortunately, despite the search I've done there are no books dedicated to firearms operation or ballistics in my Country. I would like to learn more about this kind of stuff. Keep up the good work :)
Thanks Hickok. I own an AK but i have never fired an AK or an M1, so it was nice to learn how those weapons operate.
@hickok45 thanks for the little learning info I didnt know that about the AR platform but I did know about the M1a and the AK I like the fact you are teaching little lessions thank you very much
@Twisted4000 there is a spring for the mag to raise the next round, and there is another spring that helps to cycle the bolt, but the gas from the barrel pushes the bolt back
ive always thought it was pretty cool that piston systems are reliable enough to actually throw / bump the mechanism back far enough to cycle rather than pushing it for the entire length of the cycle.
awesome video thanks a lot for the demonstration! I had a rough idea of what both systems were but had never seen it broken down and clearly explained like you always do!
And its amazing how the gun shoots and racks itself in a split second cool video hickok45 i never knew this.
This was really neat because not owning an M1A or AK, I wasn't sure what they looked like internally. Watching this made me curious about how those two piston guns remain locked from the point of ignition up until the operating rod pushes the bolt open.
Thank you for this review. I really don't have much knowledge of Guns and am very thankful you take the time to share this! Have a great day!
Great video as always Hickok! Clear, concise, and well thought out.
Gas operated (direct or piston driven)
the gas tube's job is to unlock the bolt, so the action of "Blowback" or
"recoil operated principle"
"Gas Operated" is also known as "Delayed Blowback"
the job of the gas tube is only to trigger the unlock after the bullet pass through the
muzzle
purpose of Delayed Blowback/ Gas operation is reducing the need of a heavy
receiver/ recoil spring.. tough on hand charging
the gas tube and recoil spring automates a bolt action rifle in principle
Good video. I bought a new M1-A and replaced the stock with a Vietnam era wood stock too. Really fun shooter. Seems like it's basically a Garand with an external Mag and in .308. Keep up the great series of teaching videos. I have two young sons who have learned a lot from you-- well, I have too. Thanks again.
Awesome video! The only thing I would have added is why the gas piston/tube is necessary due to the higher pressure cartridges, and the fact that the bolt is actually locked in place and the operating rod and bolt carrier cams/tilts open the bolt. Before I was into guns I never realized that the bolt was locked securely in place in semi-auto guns. I thought that the gas system just "helped" the action.
blowback on 9mm pistol is easy, but on a 7.62x51mm on rifle
it could mean the casing is ejected before the round even left the barrel
pressure drop and possible chamber explosion with round stuck in barrel
when a cartridge case is pulled out of the gas-loaded barrel/ chamber
the pressure would rip through the cartridge case
thus most rifles operates with a locking lug/ rotating bolt
that is unlocked by "pulling"
(piston/ gas tube typically extend beyond locking lug's face)
Good idea using a M1-A for the beginning of the demonstration. Such a beautiful design.
Awesome Hickok! Just the information I have been curious about. Great explanation!
Thank you!
@duo02, Yeah, I had it ready to take down if I wanted.
The AR gas port is not at the front portion of the sight nearest the muzzle.
It's in the top rear of the sight post (gas block) closest to the handguard.
Have a great day Hickok45.
Just purchased an AR-15 yesterday. Really enjoyed this video. I learned important things. Thank you.
Roller-Delayed Blowback, characteristic being 2 sets of rollers which
deliberately increase the force required for blowback to take place
much later into the firing process (lower pressure)
it does not require any gas tube which means a free-floating barrel is possible
which in turn enhances accuracy
the gas tube which disturb the free-floating of a barrel is what though
to have caused most inaccuracy in semi-auto rifles
the MG-42, MG-3, G3 Series (PSG-1,MP5 and subsequent variants)
Excellent lesson. Life is good especially when you have a great teacher.
Great video, maybe next you can make a video explaining the operation of other repeating arms. Like explaining Blowback operation, recoil operation, etc.
Huh. And to think all this time I had been pouring 93 octane into my AK!
Cool video. Most of us already know all this, but still glad you uploaded the video to educate those new to guns.
I'm new to guns this year, so I appreciated this. Thank you for the education
Wasn't that much of a fan after the first few videos I watched, but the more I have viewed the greater the appreciation I have for your channel.
Hey Hickok, I was in ROTC in high school and got a chance to shoot this rifle! I aways wondered how a gas operated rifle worked and now I do and life is good! lol Thanks for explanation! :)
Even though I know what gas operated means, it's nice to see it in a bit more detail on a couple different types of rifles. Nicely done as usual
I wish I had a video like this to watch several years ago. I had to find out the old fashion way, reading about it on the internet.....LOL. I am sure you have now informed thousands of viewers that were confused about gas operation. Not to mention the difference between piston and direct impingement systems .
All 3 systems work very well, which is why they're still used today.
Some of the new AR's are even piston driven like the M1 - if you like that style better.
Also, one of the keys to Glock's ridiculous reliability is it's 4 point rail system, which allows debris to work itself out of the gun while shooting.
Great video sir. It's amazing how many people think that "Gas" operated means actual gas. Had one guy ask me if you use 87 or 89 octane! Always, you have done another amazing job, thank you.
Half the reason I got a gun in the first place was just to figure out how it all worked (as an engineer, it's pretty much my job description anyways). Excellent video!
Great videos im 24 and havent had to much experience with fireatms until i was 18 and your videos are just awesome. I appreciate the detail and puttin in the time to do these videos thanks.#Hickok
Hickok! As usual an excellent video. I am somewhat new to firearms. Your channel has greatly steepend (is that even a word?) my learning curve.
What a good video...I wish you would do more like these as a kind of education series...good stuff
Very educational. Now I know why M16 system needs more cleaning than the older type of rifles. I would like to see more mechanical side of firearm. Thank you.
I had always heard the term "gas operated" but had never fully understood how it worked. I always thought most guns used recoil to eject the shell. You should do videos like this more often. Faved!
@prerunner173, I "should" do a lot of things, but I generally do what I'm in the mood to do. :-)
Was just talking about this today, of course you would be the guy to clarify it, thankyou
I knew that most rifles were gas-operated systems. What I didn't know was exactly how they worked. Thank you Hickok!
@areva360, I think the difference would be almost negligible.
@markanthony404, Yeah, just shoot it. I've never noticed any break-in issues with Glocks. It's one gun I'd almost be willing to carry on duty home from the shop where I bought it new. I've never known one to have problems right out of the box. Just keep it clean and lube it in the right places. Even a Glock likes to be cleaned and lubed a little.
Thanks a lot! I was watching Suns of Guns and kept hearing "The gas system" but I never could find out what that was. Your video helped explain it, so again, thanks!
@chrisloUSA He did at the beginning. The inertial recoil operated ones move the bolt (or slide in the case of pistols) back with the force of the fired case. :)
I've always heard that cycling in a gas operated gun actually achieved by the case pushing the bolt back and all the gas piston part of it does is turn the bolt to unlock it, not actually push the bolt all the way back.
+Kanglar That would be dangerous. If it worked like that I could imagine cook offs blowing up in your face because the cartridge pushed the bolt back before it had fully done it's job.
hickok45 never disappoints , thanks !
Brilliant, I had no idea what the "second barrel" was for. Now I know! thanks a ton your videos are awesome :)
In this day-and-age of everything computerized, it's nice to see some simple but highly effective, plain, old machinery that anyone can comprehend as especially explained by the host.
Thank you. I did not know. I was wondering if gas powered was like paint ball guns. Which stopped me from looking at them at all. All I know, is that I don't know anything about firearms. While considering what firearm could be best for me, your videos have been great. I love your shotgun videos, your damn good at shooting slugs down range. My hats off to you Sir...
I actually had been wondering about that. Thanks Hickok!
Man i cant believe its an actual little piston this video just taught me alot thanks hickok.
I'd always been confused how a bottom gas system worked....
Now I see that it uses an arm off to the side... That explains some things I've wondered for a decade when it comes to the garand, M14, and BAR.
I really like how you can talk to old and new shooters alike and not talk down to them.
@hickok45 , Nice lesson! HKP7 has a gas operated delayed blowback action. Would be interesting to see a similar video on different semi-auto pistol designs. Thanks!