Insane Russian 4 GUAGE Shotgun, the KS-23 (way bigger than a 12 guage)

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  • Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
  • The KS-23 is well known to video game players but may be more of a mystery to the general firearm community. It's a insane concept born from a blem anti aircraft barrel. In today's video we review one of the few examples in the United States using hand loaded 4 GUAGE shells.
    00:00 KS-23 shotgun
    7:24 ballistic test with KS-23
    12:54 talking about the KS-23
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 11 тис.

  • @GarandThumb
    @GarandThumb  Рік тому +10764

    Before you scroll past we have to thank Empyre Fitness in Boise, Idaho for allowing their free range bodybuilders to graze our land. Our grass problem is now under control.

    • @dakiler2028
      @dakiler2028 Рік тому +283

      They should be careful not to graze on 4 Guage slugs in the ground..

    • @mrducklumps6371
      @mrducklumps6371 Рік тому +149

      They looked parched looked like they needed some raw milky milk 🥛

    • @SoccerVJ2011
      @SoccerVJ2011 Рік тому +37

      I thought it was 6 gauge by American standards

    • @j.r.g3548
      @j.r.g3548 Рік тому +127

      legitimately can't tell if you knew that was happening or not, you looked like you were about to show them what 4Ga worth of freedom looks like.

    • @undeadwarrior88
      @undeadwarrior88 Рік тому +38

      Russia is winning 😎

  • @BrandonHerrera
    @BrandonHerrera Рік тому +18531

    That intro gave me Factory PTSD 😟

  • @miliket4tom
    @miliket4tom Рік тому +3530

    Fun fact: The "less-lethal" rubber ammo from this gun meant for crow control is fatal in 40m range

    • @LipColt
      @LipColt Рік тому +1184

      "Non-lethal" in russian standards is pretty much relative.

    • @killinfantsons3193
      @killinfantsons3193 Рік тому +523

      @@LipColt less-lethal isnt the same as not-lethal

    • @quik478
      @quik478 Рік тому +157

      @@LipColt the same way RGD-5 is used as a less lethal

    • @FungusPotatoe
      @FungusPotatoe Рік тому +163

      Not a riot without rioters

    • @41tl
      @41tl Рік тому +262

      Seems like overkill for shooting a crow. Those things are pretty small.

  • @sanok1311
    @sanok1311 Рік тому +445

    Hello! I apologize for bad English, I write through Google translator. My colleague, he is responsible for security, served in the special forces for a long time, he laughed like a two-meter seagull when he watched this video, he says that they used such only with gas and rubber bullets (or rather, they trained, in practice he did not use this weapon). But from a bullet weighing 1000 grains, he really yelled, especially at the way one of the authors of the channel cursed after the shot)) He sends you a big hello and says that he is now your fan.

  • @garrickr5084
    @garrickr5084 5 місяців тому +367

    "free range bodybuilders." LOL. Absolutely hilarious!!! "GOD DAMN RANGE BODYBUILDERS, GOD DAMN!!!!" And then Mike yelling at them to scare them off in the background. This one is Charlie level random. Priceless! Loved that shotgun btw.

    • @SavageGerbil
      @SavageGerbil 4 місяці тому +6

      I was really expecting a buckshot test followed by a look of dismay, a wide camera shot of a field of face-down gym bros in the Wile-E Coyote off a cliff pose

  • @vitaliyred622
    @vitaliyred622 Рік тому +2182

    That headshot was like something straight out of doom. It literally did the anime bullet explosion in a circle. Those Russians are insane, I am still waiting for them to make a real life bolter from 40K.

    • @jacklawson3769
      @jacklawson3769 Рік тому +187

      My first thought was "that's a space marine round". May God Emperor Putin bless us with Спяс маринс.
      'Ate commies
      'Ate fudds
      Luv my country.

    • @anondeilvers91
      @anondeilvers91 Рік тому +10

      I'm sorry, anime bullet explosion in a circle? What's that?

    • @GmodFilmsTR
      @GmodFilmsTR Рік тому +77

      @@anondeilvers91 watch and see that theres a circle forming after the impact. in some animes explosions are like that. just dont budge if u have no idea.

    • @luthernolte129
      @luthernolte129 Рік тому +15

      Inkunzi Strike 20mm Grenade MG

    • @scowler7200
      @scowler7200 Рік тому +14

      Gen-12 sized to 8 gauge or 4 gauge. There's your Bolter.

  • @FlashHawk4
    @FlashHawk4 Рік тому +2915

    Fun fact- if you have a KS-23 in your arsenal you can classify most of your other weapons as "less-lethal", because technically they ARE less lethal compared to a thousand grains at a thousand fps.

    • @FEURVERM
      @FEURVERM Рік тому +8

      What song was it at the intro?
      Why I can't identify it?
      Is it Homemade?

    • @FlashHawk4
      @FlashHawk4 Рік тому +75

      @@FEURVERM its the Escape from Tarkov post raid music

    • @Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer
      @Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer Рік тому +52

      “See, this 500 pound (227 kg) bomb is less lethal than a nuclear warhead, so what are your complaining about?”

    • @delsinhays6421
      @delsinhays6421 Рік тому +18

      two OUNCES of fucking lead.

    • @jimbothegymbro7086
      @jimbothegymbro7086 Рік тому +10

      damn I need to track down a nuclear warhead and then I can class a tank as less than lethal

  • @user-dz7bq4vx3q
    @user-dz7bq4vx3q 27 днів тому +26

    Для стрельбы из карабина были разработаны следующие 23-мм патроны:
    «Волна» - патрон с инертным контейнером (предназначен для учебно-тренировочной стрельбы).
    «Волна-Р» - патрон с круглой резиновой пулей «Привет» травматического действия. Дальность применения до 70 метров.
    «Стрела-3» - патрон с пластиковой пулей травматического действия
    «Сирень-7» - патрон с контейнером, содержащим ирритант CS. Через 1 секунду после попадания контейнера в преграду образуется облако в 50 м³ с непереносимой концентрацией CS. Дальность применения до 100 метров.
    «Черёмуха-7» - патрон с контейнером, содержащим ирритант CN. Через 1 секунду после попадания контейнера в преграду образуется облако в 30 м³ с непереносимой концентрацией CN. Дальность применения до 150 метров. В настоящее время не выпускается.
    «Черёмуха-7М» - патрон с контейнером, содержащим раздражающее вещество CN. Через 1 секунду после попадания контейнера в преграду образуется облако в 50 м³ с непереносимой концентрацией CN. Дальность применения до 150 метров.
    «Баррикада» - патрон со стальной остроконечной пулей. Применяется для принудительной остановки автотранспорта путём его повреждения. Дальность применения до 100 метров.
    «Шрапнель-10» - патрон с зарядом картечи. Дальность применения до 10 метров.
    «Шрапнель-25» - патрон с зарядом картечи. Дальность применения до 25 метров.
    «Звезда» - свето-звуковой патрон. Предназначен для психологического воздействия на преступника.
    холостой патрон ПВ-23 (применяется для отстрела газовых гранат)
    На дульную часть ствола карабина КС-23 предусмотрена возможность установки нескольких вариантов ствольных насадок:
    «Насадка-6» (калибр 36 мм) - для отстрела газовых гранат «Черёмуха-6» на дальность до 200 метров (масса ирританта - 70 грамм; объём газового облака - 60 м³);
    «Насадка-12» (калибр 82 мм) - для отстрела газовых гранат «Черёмуха-12» на дальность до 120 метров (объем газового облака - 100 м³);
    ОЦ-06 «Кошка» - для отстрела веревки с крюком-кошкой на дальность 35 метров и высоту 20 метров (7-этажный дом).

    • @LanzerotWhite
      @LanzerotWhite 26 днів тому +3

      Когда видео не переводится с добавлением справок, справки приходят в комментарии😂

    • @ProXimikos
      @ProXimikos День тому

      Я так понимаю, травматический боеприпас подразумевает мучительную, травматическую смерть?)

  • @DG-ss1gc
    @DG-ss1gc Рік тому +256

    Would love to see you get someone to build the 12.7mm version of the AS VAL

  • @CircleWilliams
    @CircleWilliams Рік тому +1212

    The kind of home defense shotgun you'd want against Velociraptors when they open the door someone left unlocked.

    • @vladcrow4225
      @vladcrow4225 Рік тому +34

      Can't say anything about dinosaurs - they are already dead and unlikely to be revived, but I can say from the experience, that KS-23 can literally pulverize a half of the stray dog pack with a single shot.

    • @notoriousbig3k
      @notoriousbig3k Рік тому +17

      @@vladcrow4225 adn still cant clean Ukrainian trenches

    • @jackjohnson291
      @jackjohnson291 Рік тому +2

      @@notoriousbig3k Or anything really…

    • @ferrisbueller9991
      @ferrisbueller9991 Рік тому +18

      Idk, velociraptors really aren’t that big and if there is a multitude you are probably better off with a 12 gauge. Jurassic Park lied to us about raptor size. Like they a 3 feet tall or so, I wouldn’t wanna kill one.

    • @EncrypticMethods
      @EncrypticMethods Рік тому +10

      @@ferrisbueller9991 Yeah, but they're clever...

  • @idkausername059
    @idkausername059 Рік тому +71

    Step 1 : Secure the keys
    Step 2 : Ascend from darkness
    Step 3 : Rain fire
    Step 4 : Unleash the horde
    Step 5 : Skewer the winged beast
    Step 6 : Weld the fist of iron
    Step 7 : Raise hell
    Step 8 : Freedom ( for you mason, not for me )

    • @alecks6064
      @alecks6064 Рік тому +1

      What're you waffling on about bro

    • @user-sk1lh4yy1m
      @user-sk1lh4yy1m 18 днів тому +3

      Bo1

    • @Birtheater4545
      @Birtheater4545 17 днів тому +3

      @@alecks6064 it is a dark day any day someone misses a black ops 1 reference

    • @kiwi_san2092
      @kiwi_san2092 7 днів тому +1

      I used this shotgun a lot during this phase of freedom, reznov is simply a remarkable character in BO1

  • @williamtell1477
    @williamtell1477 Рік тому +21

    "A vibe"... love it. You guys had entirely too much fun.

  • @2v02
    @2v02 Рік тому +2568

    Fun fact: there is also KS23K.
    A magazine fed 23mm pump action beast made for specifically riot control

    • @chriswhite3692
      @chriswhite3692 Рік тому +117

      23mm...that's a caliber of almost an inch.😎

    • @server1ok
      @server1ok Рік тому +51

      @@chriswhite3692 And it's 6 gauge. Not 4 like the video says

    • @fitnesschannel1111
      @fitnesschannel1111 Рік тому +92

      @@server1ok New European standard since 1993 has the diameter of 4 bore at 23 mm. They accounted for heavier possible weights of modern cylindrical projectiles. If a modern 26.72 mm projectile was certified it would likely be certified as 3 gauge.

    • @server1ok
      @server1ok Рік тому +10

      @@fitnesschannel1111 This isn't Europe

    • @CharcharoExplorer
      @CharcharoExplorer Рік тому +129

      @@server1ok Russia is in Europe (a part of it and most of its population).

  • @andrewrobinson4019
    @andrewrobinson4019 Рік тому +1887

    I’m really proud of GT and Crew for taking in those Free Range Body Builders-a noble and selfless endeavor to give a home to such an endangered group.

  • @1j22
    @1j22 6 місяців тому +10

    Such a damn good video, definatly in my top 10 Garand Thumbs of all time

  • @efrainlopez63
    @efrainlopez63 6 місяців тому +3

    This is one of my favourite videos. You guys are AWESOME!!!

  • @benjaminjarrells622
    @benjaminjarrells622 Рік тому +3742

    This gun doesn't just unalive you, it sends you to the shadow realm.

    • @Osmo-7777
      @Osmo-7777 Рік тому +159

      U mean Tampa, Florida?

    • @ARCHERonaBIKE
      @ARCHERonaBIKE Рік тому +18

      So this is how I start the quest to get my Shadow Realm Owlbear?

    • @vxgamer8505
      @vxgamer8505 Рік тому +18

      I didn't even know 4 guage was a thing!

    • @jayklink851
      @jayklink851 Рік тому +25

      My buddy had an 8 gauge, and boy, at the time (15 yo/little experience), I thought that was one gnarly gun. I couldn't pitch for several games lol. Honestly, at this age, I, or rather my shoulder, have no interest in even entertaining the idea of shooting that gun lol.

    • @BrahmaDBA
      @BrahmaDBA Рік тому +97

      12 gauge is for the body, but 4 gauge is for the soul.

  • @yonakatsu4878
    @yonakatsu4878 Рік тому +944

    Whoever said it's like a warhammer 40k gun is a man with immaculate taste

    • @robashley8216
      @robashley8216 Рік тому +75

      Its just your average heretic eraser

    • @Malloc1961
      @Malloc1961 Рік тому +63

      Not only ist 40k-as-f**k, painting it yellow with b\w checker decals would make it a perfect ork shoota!

    • @Archivist001
      @Archivist001 Рік тому +63

      It’s just the standard issue Arbites shotgun, guys. Now, stand aside. Somebody in this Hab-Block’s been hoarding rations. Again.

    • @jimbothegymbro7086
      @jimbothegymbro7086 Рік тому +16

      @@Malloc1961 mechanicus styling would be epic too and this is one machine spirit you don't want to upset

    • @muhammadmujahid686
      @muhammadmujahid686 Рік тому +14

      As an average DKOK enjoyer, this is for the usual trench clearing

  • @nebojsas526
    @nebojsas526 Рік тому +10

    You guys are totally professionals in making videos about guns 🎉

  • @Mousyy
    @Mousyy 5 місяців тому +3

    I'm just sitting here chilling after a Tarkov run, and that intro really sums up the entire game in about 3 seconds.

  • @sarhat252
    @sarhat252 Рік тому +1350

    As far as I remember correctly, there is a slug shell for this called "Barricada", which is used for, quote, "stop vehicles by damaging it's engine"

    • @alexrehak5564
      @alexrehak5564 Рік тому +56

      That has got to have same or at least comparable power to 12.5mm anti material cartriges. That is absolutely crazy.

    • @mattislindehag3065
      @mattislindehag3065 Рік тому +72

      That slug was probably invented for the soldiers who were manning roadblocks in Syria back when ISIS was still strong.
      They would sometimes attack those with suicide bomber cars that were armored just enough to stop normal rifle rounds.

    • @angrygoose5025
      @angrygoose5025 Рік тому +133

      ​@@mattislindehag3065 this projectile was invented in USSR, much earlier isis. But then its produse was stopped, because it is too dangerous for "non-lethal" gun.

    • @toaster9922
      @toaster9922 Рік тому +2

      @@angrygoose5025 Mujahideen, then?

    • @angrygoose5025
      @angrygoose5025 Рік тому +58

      @@toaster9922 Maybe, but here in Russia KS-23 is a "special police carabine".

  • @AstolfoCh
    @AstolfoCh Рік тому +781

    That reenactment at the start was right on the money
    KS-23 definitely puts the fear in you when you play Tarkov

    • @slerpn
      @slerpn Рік тому +12

      Shrap 10 is no joke

    • @commiesnzombies
      @commiesnzombies Рік тому +3

      should just make it a 4 gauge he grenade launcher

    • @yastyman
      @yastyman Рік тому +3

      @@commiesnzombies
      On the muzzle of the barrel of the carbine KS-23, it is possible to install several options for stem attachments:
      OTs-06 "Cat" - for shooting a rope with a hook-cat at a distance of 35 meters and a height of 20 meters (7-storey building).
      "Nozzle-6" (36 mm caliber) - for shooting Cheryomukha-6 gas grenades at a distance of up to 200 meters (irritant weight - 70 grams; gas cloud volume - 60 m³);
      "Nozzle-12" (82 mm caliber) - for shooting Cheryomukha-12 gas grenades at a distance of up to 120 meters (gas cloud volume - 100 m³);
      auto-translate

  • @CA-Pirate
    @CA-Pirate 4 місяці тому +15

    Безумно интересно, продолжайте продолжать. Спасибо за видео!

  • @MachinaBahamut
    @MachinaBahamut 10 місяців тому +12

    Idk why, but this is like watching a masterpiece being made, I couldn't look away and it is beautiful!

  • @r0b3rt_959
    @r0b3rt_959 Рік тому +2347

    This thing not only fires buckshot and lead slugs, also fires flashbang rounds, tear gas, steel slugs and less-lethal ammo for riot control.

    • @scottcantdance804
      @scottcantdance804 Рік тому +155

      I'm guessing the kick from firing a slug from this is pretty unpleasant.

    • @SamuraiAkechi
      @SamuraiAkechi Рік тому +81

      @@scottcantdance804 It's a heavy gun so it might not be as bad.

    • @metalilama1
      @metalilama1 Рік тому +236

      less lethal prob means that it does the same damage as a 12 gauge slug

    • @DutchTraveler
      @DutchTraveler Рік тому +165

      @@metalilama1 Russian less-lethal is the same as 1960s American less-lethal: not as lethal as the standard service rifle. 23mm projectiles.

    • @tastethecock5203
      @tastethecock5203 Рік тому +2

      there's a round designed to stop cars, as in, to be shot into the engine and destroy it.

  • @scallop933
    @scallop933 Рік тому +2829

    Holy crap! It almost matches the 9mm's lung removal capabilities

    • @tropicaloasis8203
      @tropicaloasis8203 Рік тому +160

      Not quite there, bukaroo. Dont you test ole uncle joes 9mm.

    • @Profile__1
      @Profile__1 Рік тому +126

      Nothing compares to the lung removing capabilities of the 9mm. It was specifically designed to do that

    • @BoondockRoberts
      @BoondockRoberts Рік тому +12

      Come on, man!

    • @user-qr6of4fn1p
      @user-qr6of4fn1p Рік тому +10

      cost lesser, than lung removal operation in US )))))))

    • @kenetmendoza2157
      @kenetmendoza2157 Рік тому +19

      Oh shit, it's those rounds that explode when they enter your body, right? God have mercy on our souls.

  • @JamesFromTexas
    @JamesFromTexas 6 місяців тому +1

    I just spent the last 6 months trying to get one of these and now I'm on a watchlist.

  • @xigosu
    @xigosu 3 місяці тому +1

    This is my new favourite sounding gun, everything about it the 40mm thwoomp when you load a round, the deep thud of the shot and the ping from chambering a shell it’s perfect

  • @Bjacks90.
    @Bjacks90. Рік тому +558

    The "first full kit run of the day" had me so deep in my feels.

    • @nooblangpoo
      @nooblangpoo Рік тому +10

      Enjoy my Barrikada

    • @ASMCourtney
      @ASMCourtney Рік тому +1

      Im loading loot for the first full kit run of the day.

  • @spencerlofthouse1332
    @spencerlofthouse1332 Рік тому +480

    Imagine being Mr. Thumb and thinking that 4 is bigger than 12, that's at least 3 times as small.

    • @Gyrfalcon312
      @Gyrfalcon312 Рік тому +10

      🤣 Very good, sir!

    • @kenstewart7700
      @kenstewart7700 Рік тому +1

      What

    • @z0ro_62
      @z0ro_62 Рік тому +17

      I mean with how some people think here they thought 1/4 was better then 1/3

    • @termitreter6545
      @termitreter6545 Рік тому +10

      In Tarkov, I actually thought 20 Gauge was bigger than 12 Gauge, so at least the toz had that going for itself. I was shocked to learn even thats not true xD

    • @cheesetheoriginalmres7727
      @cheesetheoriginalmres7727 Рік тому +11

      @@z0ro_62 the ole quarter pounder vs 3rd pounder debacle, gets me everytime i remember that it happened 🤣

  • @TheOriginalFlowerdough
    @TheOriginalFlowerdough Рік тому +5

    this, a VSS, a MK18, a .50 cal rifle of some sort, a deagle, an automatic tricked out SAIGA 12 guage and a PPSH are each dream guns of mine

  • @Rainfolly
    @Rainfolly Рік тому +861

    I'm no gun expert, but from my understanding the "barrikada" projectile was meant to penetrate light armored vehicles and completely destroy the engine block from up to 100m. So this gun is just a giant middle finger to anything down the barrel. Tarkov definitely did this gun justice (so did phantom forces which is a Roblox game lmao).

    • @starplatinum2414
      @starplatinum2414 Рік тому +60

      Insurgency Sandstorm also does just it justice cuz you can one tap body pretty much anyone within 100m, or within 200m to maybe 300m if you're running slug rounds. Weeeeell that's also provided that your aim and reaction times don't suck some off like mine do.

    • @Kniazz
      @Kniazz Рік тому +32

      *unarmored civillian vehicles, if you are going for engine destruction.

    • @aleksandroreshkin2665
      @aleksandroreshkin2665 Рік тому +41

      Это полицейское оружие, предназначеное прежде всего стрелять не летальными пулями, и отстреливать гранаты со слезоточивым газом. Но справедливости ради, надо сказать, что боевые патроны тоже есть. И по классификации СССР, это пушка, потому что калибр 23 мм., я вляется пушечным калибром.

    • @Real_Mick3y6
      @Real_Mick3y6 Рік тому +3

      ​@@starplatinum2414Pretty much all shotguns do though. I actually think it's underpowered.

    • @headshothunt3r414
      @headshothunt3r414 Рік тому +19

      so its basically a anti material shotgun?

  • @AlexPeace246
    @AlexPeace246 Рік тому +559

    “So you want a shotgun?”
    “Nah, I want a handheld AA cannon.”
    “I think I’ve got one around here somewhere.”

    • @joby9790
      @joby9790 Рік тому

      😂

    • @vaulthunterfromterra4053
      @vaulthunterfromterra4053 Рік тому +9

      I wanted Torgue Flakker, but KS-23 will do.

    • @TRY.BE.BETTER
      @TRY.BE.BETTER Рік тому +3

      Wow that was a classic bud where in Russia you from

    • @vaulthunterfromterra4053
      @vaulthunterfromterra4053 Рік тому +1

      The United States 🇺🇸

    • @TRY.BE.BETTER
      @TRY.BE.BETTER Рік тому

      @@vaulthunterfromterra4053 no one asked you but why even admit that when the whole world have seen how weak america is china has already started building learning camps for us to learn their new lingo when will america learn thinking your warriors doesn't make you one mogadishu showed everyone america will run when the fight gets real

  • @bryantmoravek4491
    @bryantmoravek4491 Рік тому +1

    Another exceptional review.

  • @baronhouba1
    @baronhouba1 Рік тому +1

    Dude that intro is an absolute gold

  • @D00000T
    @D00000T Рік тому +326

    you know it’s powerful if it’s looks like it’s straight out of 40k

    • @FleshWizard69420
      @FleshWizard69420 Рік тому +41

      PRAISE THE BLESSED SHOTGUN OF THE IMPERIAL GUARDSMEN

    • @darthhatespeech5329
      @darthhatespeech5329 Рік тому

      SHOT FOR THE SHOT GOD!!

    • @jonh101
      @jonh101 Рік тому +5

      @@FleshWizard69420 you mean astartes

    • @stalinsoulz7872
      @stalinsoulz7872 Рік тому +6

      @@jonh101 700. Trex is for the Speeesh Muhreens

    • @jonh101
      @jonh101 Рік тому

      @@stalinsoulz7872 *clasutrophobic fish

  • @asdfgh9985
    @asdfgh9985 Рік тому +1063

    As each day passes, we get 1 day closer to the production of the Halo shotgun

    • @ricodee3188
      @ricodee3188 Рік тому +37

      Haha came here after watching Jerome-092’s M90 Shotgun shot lifting a 1-Ton brute of its feet, in Halo wars 2.

    • @armorhide406
      @armorhide406 Рік тому +81

      Halo shotgun is 8 gauge. This thing is bigger

    • @monkeygaming3069
      @monkeygaming3069 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/qPUIXaORLSg/v-deo.html

    • @monkeygaming3069
      @monkeygaming3069 Рік тому +2

      halo shotgun

    • @bringer-of-change
      @bringer-of-change Рік тому +12

      ​@@armorhide406 I was about to say that I'm pretty sure the shotgun from halo is an 8 guage.

  • @Darth_Factorum
    @Darth_Factorum 3 місяці тому +3

    Just found this video. I made the brass for this shotgun at RCC before they went bankrupt. One of my favorite projects to design, program, and machine!

  • @user-nl9vk4pc9l
    @user-nl9vk4pc9l 3 місяці тому +3

    This gun in sandstorm with the deagle is sick

  • @VFfighter
    @VFfighter Рік тому +644

    KS-23 is in the category of small-caliber artillery. This is due to the current GOST 28653-90, which says that a caliber of more than 20 mm is already considered small-caliber artillery.

    • @marcusflutist1230
      @marcusflutist1230 Рік тому +8

      Check the 2018 version

    • @justforever96
      @justforever96 5 місяців тому +15

      That's 20mm or more. Not over 20mm. And it's a completely arbitrary designation, that's just what NATO uses. Also, a shotgun is a shotgun. Shotguns also well exceed the maximum bore diameter of .50 in the US but are allowed, because they are shotguns. It isn't a cannon just because it has a 23mm bore.

    • @TheWill383
      @TheWill383 5 місяців тому +11

      ​@justforever96 arbitrary or not, it's the designation right ? That's what the guy pointed out so why don't you just let us call it a Cannon and have fun.

    • @chasetingley1172
      @chasetingley1172 5 місяців тому

      ​@@justforever96 isn't that why the street sweeper is a DD?

    • @INFJ-ThaneTr
      @INFJ-ThaneTr 5 місяців тому

      Who TF cares. It's a rule that is in place to protect US government from its citizens and nothing more, been extended throughout NATO as part of Americas Grand plot for NWO. Suggest you pray American citizens stand up and protect their 2nd amendment right that the country was founded on before it's too late and Nazi Germany 2.0 takes over

  • @ph_pork0
    @ph_pork0 Рік тому +693

    Fun fact: less lethal cartrige for KS-23 "Волна-Р" (Volna-R) used rubber ball projectile named "Привет" (Privet/hello)

    • @YaderniyNadal
      @YaderniyNadal Рік тому +77

      Вголосину!

    • @daftwulli6145
      @daftwulli6145 Рік тому +163

      less lethal for the 3 rd man behind the one you are shooting at you mean ?

    • @Gold-ox7fi
      @Gold-ox7fi Рік тому +13

      Хороший факт)))

    • @DragnarDaBreaker
      @DragnarDaBreaker Рік тому +36

      @@daftwulli6145 It means you can't deal the Strike shooting once at 10 people, only 8-9 will go down.

    • @pepl6726
      @pepl6726 Рік тому +3

      @@daftwulli6145 😂😂😂

  • @atrocious_pr0xy
    @atrocious_pr0xy 7 місяців тому +4

    The clear ballistic test says a lot. That slug held its ass. Would like to see multiple test dummies lined up or see a clear test with a longer mold. The KS 23 is amazing

  • @scrappydoo7887
    @scrappydoo7887 11 місяців тому +13

    The permanent wound cavity in the gel from the 4 is impressive

  • @TheArcticFoxxo
    @TheArcticFoxxo Рік тому +614

    Reminder, this was designed specifically as a riot shotgun (entire built off of the NS-23, a 23x115mm anti-aircraft gun famous in the 1940s), and was made to take out engine blocks of any car you can find from about 250m.
    Sometimes the 4 guage seems like too much, but when you have a guy in a car and want to send a shrapnel spray of engine through his firewall, you know the gun to do it.

    • @waynebimmel6784
      @waynebimmel6784 Рік тому +37

      I don't think anyone can hit a car from 250 m with this

    • @Arkasha-Z
      @Arkasha-Z Рік тому +5

      Well it was specifically made to suppress prison riots. At least from what I know which is not much

    • @jerk4628
      @jerk4628 Рік тому +5

      Yea I don’t care if you make a 1 gauge you’re not fuxxin with an engine block of a car with a shotgun

    • @user-qo3yy9nv1u
      @user-qo3yy9nv1u Рік тому

      @@Another-Address for sure.

    • @mrtim9667
      @mrtim9667 Рік тому +27

      ​@@jerk4628 you might wanna look up shotgun vs engine block, it does kill it pretty quickly

  • @user-kb5si3ne3y
    @user-kb5si3ne3y Рік тому +2271

    In Russia, for some time, a hunting version of the Ks-23 called TOZ-123 was produced. Now the owners of the TOZ-123 cannot purchase factory cartridges for this gun and they have to equip the cartridges on their own using shells from a flare gun, which has the same caliber . P.S: Greetings from Russia

    • @project86xero
      @project86xero Рік тому +115

      That's the gun he built this example from. You can find them for sale in the US for around $1,500-$1,700.

    • @tomgilida4276
      @tomgilida4276 Рік тому +36

      Can you legally own guns in Russia? Handguns? rifles? shotguns?

    • @enlg3750
      @enlg3750 Рік тому +116

      @@tomgilida4276 That I would suggest Ian's interview video with a Russian Gun expert on his channel Forgotten Weapons

    • @nikolaymichaelsson9542
      @nikolaymichaelsson9542 Рік тому +194

      @@tomgilida4276 yes, we can. Almost any semi-auto shotguns and rifles (up to .50 bmg). We can buy a handgun, but handguns must be storaging only in shooting range

    • @TheOneandOnlyRussian
      @TheOneandOnlyRussian Рік тому +55

      @@tomgilida4276 legally only shotguns and carbines

  • @ketamu5946
    @ketamu5946 Місяць тому +2

    It was made for destroying motor blocks of fleeing trucks or trucks trying to break through a blockade. So this makes a little more sense.

  • @ratgobbler
    @ratgobbler Рік тому +2

    For anyone wondering, the song in the intro is “Runestone” by Audiomachine.

    • @robbie84
      @robbie84 7 місяців тому

      what about the song at 3:53?

  • @md_payne
    @md_payne Рік тому +365

    Fun stuff about this gun. It's designation is KS this stands for Karabin Spetsialniy or Special carbine. Yes, carbine.
    It has a russian round that is called Barrikada. This slug is intended to kill the engine blocks of cars at up to 100 meters.
    Also, for anybody not using freedom units. The slugs in a 6/4 gauge shotgun are around 23mm in diameter.

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Рік тому +11

      Its 6 gauge, but for some reasons russians called it 4 gauge.. Maybe they have an old prerevolution gauge system they dusted off as english gauge is not the only system for shotguns

    • @mostneuter
      @mostneuter Рік тому +37

      @@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 no, 6.27 gauge using british/american standards while 4 gauge using the current european standards

    • @installshieldwizard3017
      @installshieldwizard3017 Рік тому +4

      How tf is british unit system the "freedom" one?

    • @mostneuter
      @mostneuter Рік тому +1

      @@installshieldwizard3017 it's one of those case where they officialy use metric but imperial is the most common used, it's just a mess really

    • @kj3n569
      @kj3n569 Рік тому +9

      Gauge is a unit of measurement derived by how many lead balls of the bores size it takes to make 1 lb.
      4 23mm lead balls = 1 lb.

  • @cerberous5509
    @cerberous5509 Рік тому +586

    Here to rep kjaskaar, who likely had to much anxiety to say anything in the video. Hes a tallented gun builder and put an insane amount of work into this. You guys should check out his channel, he has 2 videos about how he put his together from a civilian kit, making the furniture himself, and putting together the ammunition. A lot of crazy stuff went into this, for example the wads in his shells are plastic drink sample cups.

    • @KingAnarchist
      @KingAnarchist Рік тому +16

      I can’t believe he pulled this off. It seemed to work flawlessly. Very impressive, I’ll check out the channel.

    • @KingAnarchist
      @KingAnarchist Рік тому +5

      Follow up, I checked out his channel. New favorite. Even had the LWC sticker on his bench. Now excuse me while I spend the next (hopefully) few days binge watching that shit.

    • @aaronsmith4940
      @aaronsmith4940 Рік тому

      @Aimbot 427 gotta work on that reloading tho, really wish we could have seen proper buckshot.

    • @Kjaskaar
      @Kjaskaar Рік тому +8

      >who likely had to much anxiety to say anything in the video
      (:

    • @TheFirstSword
      @TheFirstSword Рік тому

      I remember watching the videos way back and marveling at all the stuff he MacGyvered to get it to work. The irritating thing for me is that I found the video from people shitting on him because none of them could grasp that the intro of part 2, that they watched as a clip, was a joke and not how he was actually making slugs.

  • @DankasorusRex
    @DankasorusRex Рік тому

    The number of times that I have gone back to this video just for the first few seconds is astonishing.

  • @SubwayJack919
    @SubwayJack919 10 місяців тому +9

    3:49 What is that song??? It's so good.

  • @Ballistics_Computer
    @Ballistics_Computer Рік тому +172

    I loved the bodybuilders part, really felt like my two favorite UA-cam communities came together for a minute

    • @GarandThumb
      @GarandThumb  Рік тому +136

      we try and help these poor bodybuilders and get them the natural idaho grass that they need

    • @jaydawg7
      @jaydawg7 Рік тому +30

      @@GarandThumb it's brings me relief to know they don't have to go to a shelter

  • @codywilliams1506
    @codywilliams1506 Рік тому +288

    I first heard of the KS-23 when I played the “Vorkuta” level in Call Of Duty: Black Ops. That was the moment i said “now this is a shotgun”. Besides that, UA-cam Videos for the KS-23 we’re basically nonexistent. Thanks Garand Thumb for FINALLY giving us a UA-cam Review of the KS-23.

  • @GrooveStorm15
    @GrooveStorm15 Рік тому +2

    I straight up found this channel from a meme in my discord server, but I didn't realize how truly informational [and funny] this channel is! Honestly, I like channels like this! Thanks for randomly appearing thanks to my friend's stupid humor!

  • @BrokdaRock
    @BrokdaRock 8 місяців тому

    Great video!

  • @lebitelexie9350
    @lebitelexie9350 Рік тому +486

    This shotgun is for all damn purposes. Soo many different shells. From buckshots to the barrikada which is a solid steel slug to be used on the engine block of cars. Tear gas, rubber bullets, flash bang.
    And that wasn't enough! They designed the 36 mm Nasadka-6 and 82 mm Nasadka-12 muzzle mortar attachments so it can function as a handheld mini mortar, firing grenades...

    • @AdaptiveApeHybrid
      @AdaptiveApeHybrid Рік тому +39

      That sounds so fucking cool

    • @WAXTER_XIII
      @WAXTER_XIII Рік тому

      Hope to see the rubber shell from that on a ballistic dummy, I'm doubting the surviving of human from that shot

    • @vidard9863
      @vidard9863 Рік тому +19

      their 8ga. was a small grenade launcher. this... this is really just a grenade launcher with a buckshot and slug option.

    • @jcdenton4534
      @jcdenton4534 Рік тому +16

      This thing was the can launcher's cracked out inspiration basically.

    • @GestrobenKatze
      @GestrobenKatze Рік тому +9

      You forgot about the grappling hook!

  • @ladamyre1
    @ladamyre1 Рік тому +897

    FYI, the "gauge" is determined by how many round lead balls of a given diameter will it take to make a pound of weight (excluding the 410). For a 12 gauge it takes 12 round lead balls of the diameter of the bore to make a pound.
    For this gun it only takes four round balls to make a pound. That is to say it can shoot 1/4 pounders at you.

  • @chrisrambo8307
    @chrisrambo8307 3 місяці тому +3

    This is definitely the shotgun the Arbites use in Warhammer 40k

  • @sierraecho884
    @sierraecho884 11 місяців тому +4

    You should really make APFSDS rounds for this thing or HEAT rounds. This is basically like a mini tank barrel smooth bore.

  • @user-kg2ez1eg2y
    @user-kg2ez1eg2y Рік тому +436

    The KS-23 was designed in the 1970s for suppressing prison riots. It was created by TsNIITochMash, a key Soviet weapons developer, for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The barrel for the KS-23 were made from 23 mm aircraft gun barrels that were rejected due to manufacturing flaws. These rejected barrels were deemed to be acceptable for the lower stress of firing slugs and less-lethal rounds, and thus were cut down in length for use as shotgun barrels. The KS-23 began to see use during the mid-1980s by several MVD forces. During the 1990s, research was made into improving the original design to make it usable in confined indoor areas. Two prototypes were proposed, the KS-23M and KS-23K, although only the M version saw use.

    • @ravenman7876
      @ravenman7876 Рік тому +46

      So the KS-23 is practically like a handheld aircraft gun...

    • @user-kg2ez1eg2y
      @user-kg2ez1eg2y Рік тому +34

      @@ravenman7876 "Snatch" Sol:
      What the f*** is that?
      Vinny:
      Heh heh. This, is a shotgun Sol.
      Sol:
      It's a f***ing anti-aircraft gun Vincent.
      Vinny:
      So, I wanna raise some pulses don't I?
      Sol:
      You'll raise Hell. Never mind pulses.

    • @somedud1140
      @somedud1140 Рік тому +15

      When you read wikipedia, pay attention to numbers in brackets like this [3]. Well, that claim doesn't have that bracketed number as it is unsourced. The claim itself travels from blog to blog and nobody bothers to reveal their sources.
      There are also a different version of that claim floating around. The other claim is, they are using same tools as for aircraft guns. The aircraft gun barrel has much thicker wall, and those walls are thinner to the end. Turning down and hand fitting every barrel to the specs would take a lot of time and effort.
      It's like, what if instead of going through hassle of repurposing failed Mosin barrels for TT-33, we used same tools to produce pistol barrels from the start? I know, mind blown!
      Then of course there are smooth bore versions that would be utterly non-sensical to produce from aircraft gun barrels.

    • @bassinidiot168
      @bassinidiot168 Рік тому +2

      I was looking for a comment that addressed the whole aircraft thing, thanks

    • @flonkplonk1649
      @flonkplonk1649 Рік тому +5

      That Valhalla-pattern Bolter was created by the Adeptus Mechanicus!

  • @NotAHumanYT
    @NotAHumanYT Рік тому +746

    I love this guy, I don't understand how his videos manage to be 10x better and more entertaining than over 99% of my subscriptions

    • @Hadouken5150
      @Hadouken5150 Рік тому +3

      He caters to 12 year old boys.

    • @FiglioBastardo
      @FiglioBastardo Рік тому +5

      @@Hadouken5150 ☝ this waste of a flesh suit. Smfh.

    • @Adelaide-audits.
      @Adelaide-audits. Рік тому

      My thoughts exactly 💯, not the obsessed thing about boys 😕. Kicked in the head at birth should have a register....

    • @andrzejkowal2523
      @andrzejkowal2523 Рік тому +28

      My guess would be a mix of having actual experience and not taking himself too seriously

    • @Hadouken5150
      @Hadouken5150 Рік тому +1

      @@FiglioBastardo Larp on buddy, larp on.

  • @cng979
    @cng979 11 місяців тому

    Honestly the music yall use is top notch

  • @wowliker642
    @wowliker642 Рік тому +34

    Atomic Heart sent me here and holy shit P3 has to be an absolute beast to be able to handle this badboy. Also imagine what kind of damage this thing could do to the robots if it was using the slug round instead of buckshot?

  • @Vesspix
    @Vesspix Рік тому +843

    Make a double barrel break action 4 guage and do a doom episode with ballistic dummy labs or some shit idk. Love the videos

  • @666Kudos
    @666Kudos Рік тому +100

    That 4 guage ammo looks like a damn civil war artillery shells.

  • @kissingersange1812
    @kissingersange1812 12 днів тому

    Already knew this would be good, but was still caught off guard by the sudden Dicky Needles surprise.

  • @tallahassZ
    @tallahassZ 11 місяців тому +1

    The opening skit was hilarious. I love this channel.

  • @WineOnTheDime
    @WineOnTheDime Рік тому +9

    The energy for the 4ga slug is 2220 foot pounds. That's comparable to a 1 oz. (437.5 grain) 2 3/4-inch Foster 12 gauge shotgun slug at 1,560 fps.

    • @Doobie603
      @Doobie603 7 місяців тому

      Checks out on my bullet energy calculator, A+

    • @j.d.604
      @j.d.604 4 місяці тому +1

      The Seismic Ammo 2.5 oz slug weighs 1,137-grain, travels at 1,050 fps with an energy of 2,779 ft-lbs. And it's just a 12 gauge.

  • @NetVoyagerOne
    @NetVoyagerOne Рік тому +95

    This shotgun basically does everything shotguns in 80s action movies could do, the things that you then spent your adult life learning were just movie myths.

  • @phil4986
    @phil4986 Рік тому +507

    The power of that 4 gauge slug round is amazing. Even with the oval barrel, the rifling appears to really be improving the track and performance of that slug round. That head shot damage was incredible. What a cannon.

    • @Ghelasin
      @Ghelasin Рік тому +44

      The barrel isn't oval, the bore is just not centered, so one side has very thin walls, which would be a major problem with a high-power 23mm AA shell, but is fine with a low pressure shotgun shell.

    • @thaknobodi
      @thaknobodi Рік тому +5

      The hole is round, but the external material diameter is off center only.

    • @Gearwhoreactual
      @Gearwhoreactual Рік тому +7

      @@thaknobodi makes you wonder how they ever produce straight barrels… I mean seriously a AA barrel is rather long and seems for that kind of visible defect they must really have old machine tools and druk workers

    • @thaknobodi
      @thaknobodi Рік тому +1

      @@Gearwhoreactual it seems these barrels are blems from the earlier side of last century so maybe the QC is very variable

    • @marcogenovesi8570
      @marcogenovesi8570 Рік тому +21

      @@Gearwhoreactual old machine tools and drunk workers sounds like a normal Tuesday in Russia

  • @rockjaw11
    @rockjaw11 6 місяців тому +1

    The slug on steel action was insane

  • @XanderDraft
    @XanderDraft Рік тому +849

    I own a 4 guage for home defense, just as the founding fathers intended.
    On a serious note this might be the shotgun that gets me into learning how to make my own ammo.

    • @dbio305
      @dbio305 Рік тому +82

      @El Cactuar bro it is a deliberate joke

    • @dbio305
      @dbio305 Рік тому +55

      @El Cactuar Seriously bro it’s in the beginning of the video, that very typo is on the gun itself

    • @dbio305
      @dbio305 Рік тому +31

      @El Cactuar Probably won’t kill ya, though. My policy on grammar is everyone should learn it, but the time for that was in school. They probably won’t change from a UA-cam comment.

    • @oguzhanbilgin1966
      @oguzhanbilgin1966 Рік тому +34

      @El Cactuar You must be fun at parties...

    • @JimmothyGibbons
      @JimmothyGibbons Рік тому +13

      @El Cactuar /whoosh

  • @GarandThumb
    @GarandThumb  Рік тому +2288

    a huge shoutout to Kjaskaar for letting us review his shotgun! youtube.com/@Kjaskaar?si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

    • @noHugForMe
      @noHugForMe Рік тому +19

      What a legend, glad he got it tuned and working...better than it was previously!

    • @kamiskub7409
      @kamiskub7409 Рік тому +5

      Please pin this ( your) comment so people see it first.

    • @dredlord47
      @dredlord47 Рік тому +21

      Based shitposter finally made it.
      Also: Hooray! He's not dead!

    • @hunternash4686
      @hunternash4686 Рік тому +1

      Im super interested in the 12g shorty, what is that and how do I get/make one?

    • @TheLadderman
      @TheLadderman Рік тому +5

      I'm so glad it's finally working flawlessly. He has spent years trying to get that thing working.

  • @gren1977
    @gren1977 Рік тому

    Been watching this channel for ages, this is the first time I got traumatised. That gun is something else.

  • @cej3940
    @cej3940 2 місяці тому

    The "shiing" that casing makes when it gets sent out is perfection
    Almost distracts me from the terror I feel at firing a gun like that with basically a slightly padded wire coat hangar

  • @nagoogle8542
    @nagoogle8542 Рік тому +304

    These recent years I've seen a lot of guns that I never thought I'd find videos for. Guntoobers really have stepped it up. Mainly Herrera but others too, for a time since the loss of fpsrussia there wasn't a lot of crazy stuff

    • @FiglioBastardo
      @FiglioBastardo Рік тому +4

      Yeah let's just disregard the recent gunpocalypse with this yt overlords yeeting all kinds of freedom seed dispensing channels and their revisions of idiotic rules that are genuinely interpreted however said overlords feel like.

    • @FiglioBastardo
      @FiglioBastardo Рік тому +3

      Odysee is where it's at for uncensored freedom seed dispensing content creators.

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Рік тому

      And where all that praise to FPSRussia's lame Hollywood-grade "Russian" Akcent? Or Englishmen can exist without such noble type humour for longer than a day?

  • @Phearsum
    @Phearsum Рік тому +470

    That headshot was something else. I pity whoever ends up on the other end of one of these things.

    • @mtm_777
      @mtm_777 Рік тому +14

      I observed the same thing in the review of one air rifle in caliber 7.62mm. There, in slow motion, an expansive bullet simply tears off the pigeon's head and neck to the torso ... that is, literally the carcass remains motionless on the tree, and the massive neck with the head anti-materialize 🙃

    • @rokpepeshogun
      @rokpepeshogun Рік тому

      @@mtm_777 your brain holds you upright, once it's gone you gonna spasm on the ground and probably instant.

    • @deeltus3584
      @deeltus3584 Рік тому +3

      I pitty who ever has to shoot it too poor guys shoulder

    • @crusadergrel4343
      @crusadergrel4343 Рік тому

      i know right dude i thought 12 gauge said hey guys i guess thats it but its nothing compared to what we saw in the video

    • @StarOperator_
      @StarOperator_ Рік тому

      There is a vid and it’s fucking brutal, don’t look it up

  • @draxthimsklounst6173
    @draxthimsklounst6173 10 місяців тому +2

    11:23 had me weak in the knees 😂😂

  • @Lord_Viscerate
    @Lord_Viscerate Місяць тому

    omg the way that slug went through the ballistic block xD

  • @mrmotivated8667
    @mrmotivated8667 Рік тому +345

    Every time I see a shotgun video in a lower Guage the thought that someday someone is going to make a shotgun that uses 1 Guage puntgun shells always enters my mind

    • @Jason-rn4jk
      @Jason-rn4jk Рік тому +48

      Beyond 1 gauge will be -1 and so on, a caliber so large it will need its own powder cartridge separately.

    • @stephengalindo6340
      @stephengalindo6340 Рік тому +38

      Using reject 40mm barrels

    • @romaliop
      @romaliop Рік тому +41

      @@Jason-rn4jk Gauge can't go negative, but you can do fractions. Zero gauge would be infinitely large.

    • @PokeMyBalls
      @PokeMyBalls Рік тому +2

      Do you mean Gauge?

    • @sabretoothkissa8726
      @sabretoothkissa8726 Рік тому +25

      @@PokeMyBalls You didn't watch the video right? It clearly says GUAGE

  • @alanwestmoreland6152
    @alanwestmoreland6152 Рік тому +94

    7:56 *imagine having a gun with the shell ejection so loud it did a garand ping*

    • @allcapsboy9139
      @allcapsboy9139 Рік тому +5

      the shell didnt eject there. you have to pump it for ejection

    • @prind142
      @prind142 Рік тому +3

      And it pings because its a big ass metal case, the real shells are different

  • @LegFellOffBro
    @LegFellOffBro Рік тому +2

    I'd be really interested to see what kinda damage it'd do to one of those ballistic dummies with an armour plate attached.

  • @jobustify
    @jobustify 13 днів тому +1

    6:30 ohhhh so this is when he started on Tren

  • @nuclearoutdoorscampingtips5850
    @nuclearoutdoorscampingtips5850 Рік тому +404

    The way it went through that ballistic gel and kept going with such velocity was amazing 1000 grains of sex appeal

  • @brandongramlin8615
    @brandongramlin8615 Рік тому +200

    The slug to the cranium shot was the most satisfying ballistics gel dummy shot I've ever seen.

  • @n0bodyc8res
    @n0bodyc8res 5 місяців тому

    I'm literally almost crying with that opening.

  • @BobShenanigans
    @BobShenanigans 7 місяців тому

    oh my god that intro is too perfect. so accurate lol

  • @kobetaylor5994
    @kobetaylor5994 Рік тому +355

    This shotgun needs to be manufactured here in the states asap.

    • @ChaseThePinballWizard
      @ChaseThePinballWizard Рік тому +51

      I wonder and ponder day in and day out of how he managed to get his grubby mits on one because now it's the only gun i ever want.

    • @THESLlCK
      @THESLlCK Рік тому +31

      @@ChaseThePinballWizard get a gun builder to help you make one. Just gotta find the cash to pay them or find someone nice enough to lend you a hand

    • @ChaseThePinballWizard
      @ChaseThePinballWizard Рік тому

      @@THESLlCK if i was that rich id just build a portal and travel to an alternate dimension where the clinton administration never existed.

    • @iceonthesun8880
      @iceonthesun8880 Рік тому +14

      For squirrels and the like

    • @Gyrfalcon312
      @Gyrfalcon312 Рік тому +21

      Aye. These weapon blueprints are in need of some "freedom."

  • @artiomvv569
    @artiomvv569 Рік тому +324

    Even if not an actual KS-23 made entirely in Russia, it's still very impressive that you got one of these in your hands.

    • @dravenmcgee3188
      @dravenmcgee3188 Рік тому +1

      Why you say it's not an actual

    • @d1splaced800
      @d1splaced800 Рік тому +28

      I'm pretty sure he said that it is imported TOZ-123, which is a civilian version of KS-23.

    • @InvidiousIgnoramus
      @InvidiousIgnoramus Рік тому +3

      Nor is it actually 4 gauge as we'd think of it.

    • @DaStosha
      @DaStosha Рік тому +15

      @@killdizzle Well, TOZ-123 is kinda civilian version of KS-23. Basically, they just add stock and change barrel for civilian market as TOZ-123.

    • @skepticalbadger
      @skepticalbadger Рік тому +4

      ​@@InvidiousIgnoramus Yes, it's actually 6 gauge.

  • @catherineharris4746
    @catherineharris4746 3 місяці тому

    Fkng OUTSTANDING intro!💜😂😂😂👏👏👏👍👍👍 The video as well!👍👍

  • @RyanTomScott
    @RyanTomScott 4 місяці тому +1

    11:26 amazing editing

  • @nobody-ye9rx
    @nobody-ye9rx Рік тому +231

    love the freerange body builders, I hope they make another appearance. it's insane that shotgun is so powerful the mic blows out and doesn't do the sound justice

    • @MrShoeler
      @MrShoeler Рік тому +2

      THATS IT! Like I know this thing is a monster, but felt like there was something wrong or underwhelming. Its gotta be the sound cutting.

  • @ayrnovem9028
    @ayrnovem9028 Рік тому +255

    A couple fun facts.
    You can shoot a grappling hook from this thing with a special device attached to the muzzle (there's a range of these devices for different purposes).
    It has a magazine-fed bullpup version.

    • @beardedslavbrew615
      @beardedslavbrew615 Рік тому +43

      Now I have to see that magfed Bullpup version

    • @thealandude9146
      @thealandude9146 Рік тому +9

      I just see BO1 when you wrote grappling hook

    • @haramacre
      @haramacre Рік тому +22

      @@beardedslavbrew615KS23K

    • @beardedslavbrew615
      @beardedslavbrew615 Рік тому +10

      @@haramacre thank you I Googled it. What a wild-looking 80s sci-fi looking ass gun. Storm trooper vibes

    • @lolstalgic9602
      @lolstalgic9602 Рік тому +6

      Could I take down a helicopter with it? Asking for a friend

  • @Sleepy_zzzzz
    @Sleepy_zzzzz Рік тому +1

    Bless your hearts for taking in those free range body builders.

  • @Shimotivater
    @Shimotivater 5 місяців тому

    that intro is a perfect summary of what it's like to play Tarkov

  • @GrendelChannel
    @GrendelChannel Рік тому +112

    That headshot at 8:40 was freaking gnarly

  • @croom332
    @croom332 Рік тому +308

    I did a little research on this shotgun after seeing it for the first time in Insurgency. The really cool thing about it isn't just the massive gauge, but its versatility. They made all sorts of specialized and custom rounds for it for specific situations. My favorite was the grappling hook launcher round and attachment.

    • @FEURVERM
      @FEURVERM Рік тому +3

      What song was it at the intro?
      Why I can't identify it?
      Is it Homemade?

    • @DSToNe19and83
      @DSToNe19and83 Рік тому +10

      So it’s James Bond’s shotgun?

    • @andreisouzabento7506
      @andreisouzabento7506 Рік тому +6

      ​@@DSToNe19and83pretty much

    • @croom332
      @croom332 Рік тому +5

      @@DSToNe19and83 more like Inspector Gadget's lol 😂🤣

    • @olu550
      @olu550 Рік тому +10

      Black Ops was my first time seeing it. You use the grappling hook in the second mission to Skewer the Winged Beast

  • @TACTICALKAOS1
    @TACTICALKAOS1 8 місяців тому +2

    Im taking my ksm to factory right now lol

  • @luki188
    @luki188 Рік тому

    Awesome Gear!

  • @G94Nick
    @G94Nick Рік тому +260

    "Nah nah, your honor. This is only for home defe-"
    "YOU VAPORIZED. THE INTRUDER'S SKULL. BEFORE HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR."
    " it was a sick shot though"

    • @homie814
      @homie814 Рік тому +22

      And the other guy through the next 6 houses

    • @jzzisk
      @jzzisk Рік тому +5

      “Let the records show, it was a pretty sick shot.”

    • @SilverChad
      @SilverChad Рік тому +4

      "Some ruffians tries to ENTER MY HOUSE, your Honor"

    • @FleshWizard69420
      @FleshWizard69420 22 дні тому

      skull issue