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

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  • @GarandThumb
    @GarandThumb  Рік тому +11144

    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 +293

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

    • @mrducklumps6371
      @mrducklumps6371 Рік тому +159

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

    • @SoccerVJ2011
      @SoccerVJ2011 Рік тому +38

      I thought it was 6 gauge by American standards

    • @j.r.g3548
      @j.r.g3548 Рік тому +134

      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 +39

      Russia is winning 😎

  • @BrandonHerrera
    @BrandonHerrera Рік тому +20194

    That intro gave me Factory PTSD 😟

  • @miliket4tom
    @miliket4tom Рік тому +4775

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

    • @LipColt
      @LipColt Рік тому +1502

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

    • @killinfantsons3193
      @killinfantsons3193 Рік тому +605

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

    • @quik478
      @quik478 Рік тому +209

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

    • @FungusPotatoe
      @FungusPotatoe Рік тому +225

      Not a riot without rioters

    • @41tl
      @41tl Рік тому +331

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

  • @vitaliyred622
    @vitaliyred622 Рік тому +2900

    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 +241

      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 +17

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

    • @GmodFilmsTR
      @GmodFilmsTR Рік тому +87

      @@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 +16

      Inkunzi Strike 20mm Grenade MG

    • @scowler7200
      @scowler7200 Рік тому +18

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

  • @Kia044
    @Kia044 4 місяці тому +432

    According to Russian government standards since this gun has more than 20 mm in diameter it cannot be classified as a firearm. Instead it's classified as a low caliber artillery.

    • @killman369547
      @killman369547 3 місяці тому +63

      Makes sense. We have a similar rule, anything above 20mm is considered a cannon.

    • @pierrelam4822
      @pierrelam4822 2 місяці тому +35

      Fun fact the barrel of the KS23 are anti-aircraft gun barrels that were discarded due to manufacturing Oopsie

    • @lerbronk
      @lerbronk 2 місяці тому +13

      accurate, 20mm classified as artillery

    • @carterh794
      @carterh794 17 днів тому +3

      12g is also bigger than 20mm

    • @BGSenTineL
      @BGSenTineL 11 днів тому +4

      ​@@carterh794it is 18.5 mm mostly with some cases goin to 20mm, but yeah it is close :)

  • @POTUSJimmyCarter
    @POTUSJimmyCarter Рік тому +3544

    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 +12

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

    • @POTUSJimmyCarter
      @POTUSJimmyCarter Рік тому +96

      @@FEURVERM its the Escape from Tarkov post raid music

    • @Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer
      @Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer Рік тому +75

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

    • @delsinhays6421
      @delsinhays6421 Рік тому +22

      two OUNCES of fucking lead.

    • @jimbothegymbro7086
      @jimbothegymbro7086 Рік тому +12

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

  • @sanok1311
    @sanok1311 Рік тому +1168

    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.

    • @Michigander_of_the_West
      @Michigander_of_the_West 6 місяців тому +264

      “Laughed like a two-meter seagull” is fucking hilarious 😂

    • @daddoesthings9461
      @daddoesthings9461 4 місяці тому +71

      Jesus christ this is comedy gold.
      A two meter seagull 💀

    • @theangeryy
      @theangeryy 4 місяці тому +46

      my buddy laughed like a three meter seagull

    • @Valkyrie-OD1115
      @Valkyrie-OD1115 4 місяці тому +41

      This comment is more Russian than vodka! 😂

    • @Luizguilherme-iz9yl
      @Luizguilherme-iz9yl 3 місяці тому +39

      -apologizes for bad english
      -proceeds to write in near perfect english with no clear flaws in writing whatsoever

  • @user-pro100rogov
    @user-pro100rogov 6 місяців тому +405

    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 6 місяців тому +75

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

    • @ProXimikos
      @ProXimikos 5 місяців тому +101

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

    • @averageenjoyer6535
      @averageenjoyer6535 5 місяців тому +42

      @@ProXimikos Да.

    • @markking8787
      @markking8787 5 місяців тому +5

      @@ProXimikos если сломаные рёбра для тебя не летальны то да

    • @НикитаТрошкин-б3р
      @НикитаТрошкин-б3р 4 місяці тому +42

      Угаранул с "Привета"

  • @CircleWilliams
    @CircleWilliams Рік тому +1668

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

    • @vladcrow4225
      @vladcrow4225 Рік тому +45

      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 +20

      @@vladcrow4225 adn still cant clean Ukrainian trenches

    • @jackjohnson291
      @jackjohnson291 Рік тому +2

      @@notoriousbig3k Or anything really…

    • @ferrisbueller9991
      @ferrisbueller9991 Рік тому +22

      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 +11

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

  • @andrewrobinson4019
    @andrewrobinson4019 Рік тому +1981

    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.

  • @2v02
    @2v02 Рік тому +2791

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

    • @chriswhite3692
      @chriswhite3692 Рік тому +128

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

    • @server1ok
      @server1ok Рік тому +58

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

    • @fitnesschannel1111
      @fitnesschannel1111 Рік тому +109

      @@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 +146

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

  • @garrickr5084
    @garrickr5084 10 місяців тому +622

    "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 9 місяців тому +16

      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

  • @AlexPeace246
    @AlexPeace246 Рік тому +718

    “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 +1

      😂

    • @vaulthunterfromterra4053
      @vaulthunterfromterra4053 Рік тому +13

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

    • @vaulthunterfromterra4053
      @vaulthunterfromterra4053 Рік тому +1

      The United States 🇺🇸

    • @vaulthunterfromterra4053
      @vaulthunterfromterra4053 Рік тому

      You literally asked where I was from. And just because the f*ckin admin projects a weak mindset, doesn’t make the entire country weak. Maybe try getting your info from somewhere other than the news.

    • @minhducnguyen9276
      @minhducnguyen9276 Рік тому

      ​@@vaulthunterfromterra4053 If you think about it, Vladof guns have the most unexplainable property despite their simple apparent. Explosive bullets exist, incendiary bullets exist even prototypes of mechanical stabilizers for rifles exist. But how can a gun has a chance to magically not consume ammo as you shoot it?

  • @АртемРожков-р5т
    @АртемРожков-р5т Рік тому +2401

    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 +124

      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 +37

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

    • @enlg3750
      @enlg3750 Рік тому +126

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

    • @nikolaymichaelsson9542
      @nikolaymichaelsson9542 Рік тому +217

      @@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 +63

      @@tomgilida4276 legally only shotguns and carbines

  • @Rainfolly
    @Rainfolly Рік тому +970

    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 +71

      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 +36

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

    • @DPAKOH_65
      @DPAKOH_65 Рік тому +52

      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 +4

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

    • @headshothunt3r414
      @headshothunt3r414 Рік тому +24

      so its basically a anti material shotgun?

  • @DG-ss1gc
    @DG-ss1gc Рік тому +365

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

  • @AstolfoCh
    @AstolfoCh Рік тому +836

    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 +4

      @@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

  • @r0b3rt_959
    @r0b3rt_959 Рік тому +2559

    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 +163

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

    • @SamuraiAkechi
      @SamuraiAkechi Рік тому +88

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

    • @metalilama1
      @metalilama1 Рік тому +259

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

    • @DutchTraveler
      @DutchTraveler Рік тому +177

      @@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.

  • @sarhat252
    @sarhat252 Рік тому +1452

    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 +61

      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 +86

      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 +151

      ​@@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 +65

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

  • @chrisrambo8307
    @chrisrambo8307 8 місяців тому +33

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

    • @royalripoff
      @royalripoff 17 днів тому

      its engi's shotgun from Team Fortress 2

  • @GarandThumb
    @GarandThumb  Рік тому +2310

    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.

  • @Nephermoore
    @Nephermoore Рік тому +1094

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

    • @robashley8216
      @robashley8216 Рік тому +87

      Its just your average heretic eraser

    • @Malloc1961
      @Malloc1961 Рік тому +68

      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 +71

      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 +15

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

  • @md_payne
    @md_payne Рік тому +392

    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 +45

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

    • @installshieldwizard3017
      @installshieldwizard3017 Рік тому +5

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

    • @mostneuter
      @mostneuter Рік тому +3

      @@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 +12

      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.

  • @Simon_ADA_SUS
    @Simon_ADA_SUS 29 днів тому +5

    0:16 about manual artillery, I explain that in order to reduce production costs, a shortened barrel was used 23 mm trunks from Remember, the KS 23 is not just called manual artillery in Russia.

  • @ladamyre1
    @ladamyre1 Рік тому +908

    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.

    • @nberedim
      @nberedim Рік тому +142

      with cheese?

    • @jinquai87
      @jinquai87 Рік тому +39

      Except a 23mm bore is 6.278 gauge, not 4, so its not shooting spherical quarter pounders.

    • @FearsomeTiger12
      @FearsomeTiger12 Рік тому +4

      @@nberedim beat me to it king

    • @Flesh_Wizard
      @Flesh_Wizard Рік тому +18

      McDeath

    • @SidneyBroadshead
      @SidneyBroadshead Рік тому +30

      The barrel is made from a rejected 23mm autocannon barrel. That's the basis for it.

  • @scallop933
    @scallop933 Рік тому +2873

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

    • @tropicaloasis8203
      @tropicaloasis8203 Рік тому +163

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

    • @Profile__1
      @Profile__1 Рік тому +130

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

    • @BoondockRoberts
      @BoondockRoberts Рік тому +13

      Come on, man!

    • @ИванИванов-р6ъ4и
      @ИванИванов-р6ъ4и Рік тому +10

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

    • @kenetmendoza2157
      @kenetmendoza2157 Рік тому +20

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

  • @TheArcticFoxxo
    @TheArcticFoxxo Рік тому +634

    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 +38

      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

    • @АлакПатрова
      @АлакПатрова Рік тому

      @@Another-Address for sure.

    • @mrtim9667
      @mrtim9667 Рік тому +30

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

  • @1j22
    @1j22 11 місяців тому +18

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

  • @VFfighter
    @VFfighter Рік тому +662

    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 11 місяців тому +16

      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 11 місяців тому +12

      ​@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 11 місяців тому

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

    • @INFJ-ThaneTr
      @INFJ-ThaneTr 10 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

  • @Bjacks90.
    @Bjacks90. Рік тому +573

    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.

  • @codywilliams1506
    @codywilliams1506 Рік тому +298

    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.

  • @idkausername059
    @idkausername059 Рік тому +154

    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

    • @EmilyR-y3y
      @EmilyR-y3y 6 місяців тому +6

      Bo1

    • @SuicideSeason4545
      @SuicideSeason4545 6 місяців тому +18

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

    • @kiwi_san2092
      @kiwi_san2092 5 місяців тому +5

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

    • @serdiuk2774
      @serdiuk2774 5 місяців тому

      @@SuicideSeason4545 isn't it bo2 origins?

  • @cerberous5509
    @cerberous5509 Рік тому +592

    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.

  • @spencerlofthouse1332
    @spencerlofthouse1332 Рік тому +544

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

    • @kenstewart7700
      @kenstewart7700 Рік тому +1

      What

    • @z0ro_62
      @z0ro_62 Рік тому +23

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

    • @termitreter6545
      @termitreter6545 Рік тому +11

      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 +16

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

    • @SuperBootyBay
      @SuperBootyBay Рік тому +2

      @@termitreter6545 yep and tarkov makes the 20 gu-age rounds look like they are bigger too lol

  • @user-kg2ez1eg2y
    @user-kg2ez1eg2y Рік тому +442

    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 +45

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

    • @user-kg2ez1eg2y
      @user-kg2ez1eg2y Рік тому +33

      @@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!

  • @CA-Pirate
    @CA-Pirate 10 місяців тому +26

    Безумно интересно, продолжайте продолжать. Спасибо за видео!

  • @ф_стрелец
    @ф_стрелец Рік тому +711

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

    • @YaderniyNadal
      @YaderniyNadal Рік тому +80

      Вголосину!

    • @daftwulli6145
      @daftwulli6145 Рік тому +172

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

    • @Gold-ox7fi
      @Gold-ox7fi Рік тому +14

      Хороший факт)))

    • @DragnarDaBreaker
      @DragnarDaBreaker Рік тому +40

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

    • @pepl6726
      @pepl6726 Рік тому +4

      @@daftwulli6145 😂😂😂

  • @Ballistics_Computer
    @Ballistics_Computer Рік тому +177

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

    • @GarandThumb
      @GarandThumb  Рік тому +141

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

    • @jaydawg7
      @jaydawg7 Рік тому +31

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

    • @TheEclipse420
      @TheEclipse420 2 місяці тому

      ​@@GarandThumb Wait, I've lived in Idaho my whole life, from Burley to Pocatello to Bonner's Ferry! What part of Idaho was this filmed in?

  • @lebitelexie9350
    @lebitelexie9350 Рік тому +490

    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 +40

      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 +17

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

    • @GestrobenKatze
      @GestrobenKatze Рік тому +9

      You forgot about the grappling hook!

  • @Mousyy
    @Mousyy 10 місяців тому +11

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

  • @phil4986
    @phil4986 Рік тому +520

    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 +45

      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 +6

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

    • @Swamp_Lad
      @Swamp_Lad 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

      @@Swamp_Lad 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

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

  • @benjaminjarrells622
    @benjaminjarrells622 Рік тому +3827

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

    • @Osmo-7777
      @Osmo-7777 Рік тому +166

      U mean Tampa, Florida?

    • @ARCHERonaBIKE
      @ARCHERonaBIKE Рік тому +19

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

    • @MR.BONES007
      @MR.BONES007 Рік тому +18

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

    • @jayklink851
      @jayklink851 Рік тому +24

      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.

  • @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?

    • @TheEclipse420
      @TheEclipse420 2 місяці тому

      ​@@worldoftancraftSure, but also, remember back when his videos were viral? He was at the top of the world when nobody knew he was a straight up criminal. Had the access to the coolest uncommon weapon systems of that time.

  • @efrainlopez63
    @efrainlopez63 Рік тому +9

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

  • @Vesspix
    @Vesspix Рік тому +854

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

  • @pug-aloentertainment3801
    @pug-aloentertainment3801 Рік тому +268

    Well, it's not quite easy to get factory ammo for it even in Russia. Reading through gun forums I found out that the owners of TOZ-123, for the most part, have to resort to refitting and reloading GSh-23 brass for that matter, and I think, if I remember it correctly, flare pistol casings of appropriate diameter.
    Also, KS-23 slug ammo is supposed to be used against vehicles, to be shot at engine area

    • @ardour1587
      @ardour1587 Рік тому +18

      Makes scence. Because even against a man in a armor that gun is overkill :) so, since antimaterial sniper rifles are a thing, why not add a shottie to the list 😁 tight urban conditions and all that...

    • @Sven_Dongle
      @Sven_Dongle Рік тому +4

      Zu-23 should work too

    • @christiancherniss8063
      @christiancherniss8063 Рік тому

      @@Sven_Dongle LOL

    • @captain_headhunter8413
      @captain_headhunter8413 Рік тому +2

      Imagine catching that ricochet from the engine block as a driver... Car will stop, even when engine still fine, so mission accomplished - kinda...

    • @UltraDedok
      @UltraDedok Рік тому +6

      It is almost impossible to get ammo for it in Russia, because it was produced in small quantities (several hundred copies for domestic consumers and 500 copies for export to the USA). And the most interesting thing is, according to the classification, this caliber is considered not small arms, but small-caliber artillery)

  • @D00000T
    @D00000T Рік тому +348

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

    • @Flesh_Wizard
      @Flesh_Wizard Рік тому +44

      PRAISE THE BLESSED SHOTGUN OF THE IMPERIAL GUARDSMEN

    • @darthhatespeech5329
      @darthhatespeech5329 Рік тому

      SHOT FOR THE SHOT GOD!!

    • @jonh101
      @jonh101 Рік тому +5

      @@Flesh_Wizard you mean astartes

    • @stalinsoulz7872
      @stalinsoulz7872 Рік тому +6

      @@jonh101 700. Trex is for the Speeesh Muhreens

    • @jonh101
      @jonh101 Рік тому

      @@stalinsoulz7872 *clasutrophobic fish

  • @Darth_Factorum
    @Darth_Factorum 8 місяців тому +5

    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!

  • @asdfgh9985
    @asdfgh9985 Рік тому +1086

    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 +83

      Halo shotgun is 8 gauge. This thing is bigger

    • @n_nakamouri
      @n_nakamouri Рік тому

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

    • @n_nakamouri
      @n_nakamouri 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.

  • @FattyTumTum
    @FattyTumTum Рік тому +197

    As a fellow tarkov player that intro was to real lol great job guys!

    • @R3kkr
      @R3kkr Рік тому +1

      Straight up traumatic experience from the game seeing that intro 😅

    • @Scumbagfred
      @Scumbagfred Рік тому

      It never worked for me unless it got a buff

    • @seandesvarro588
      @seandesvarro588 Рік тому +1

      @@Scumbagfred shoot leg

  • @croom332
    @croom332 Рік тому +309

    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 +11

      So it’s James Bond’s shotgun?

    • @andreisouzabento7506
      @andreisouzabento7506 Рік тому +6

      ​@@DSToNe19and83pretty much

    • @croom332
      @croom332 Рік тому +6

      @@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

  • @doc_oz
    @doc_oz Рік тому +3

    That opening line killed me! "Remember that girl from high school? Well, this is her now!" 😂😂😂

  • @ayrnovem9028
    @ayrnovem9028 Рік тому +257

    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 +44

      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 +11

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

    • @lolstalgic9602
      @lolstalgic9602 Рік тому +7

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

  • @nuclearoutdoorscampingtips5850
    @nuclearoutdoorscampingtips5850 Рік тому +406

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

  • @kobetaylor5994
    @kobetaylor5994 Рік тому +357

    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

    • @xeronicus
      @xeronicus Рік тому +6

      Give me time

  • @xigosu
    @xigosu 8 місяців тому +2

    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

  • @XanderDraft
    @XanderDraft Рік тому +850

    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...

    • @mcspiffington
      @mcspiffington Рік тому +13

      @El Cactuar /whoosh

  • @artiomvv569
    @artiomvv569 Рік тому +329

    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 +31

      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 +17

      @@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.

  • @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.

  • @AlexKelly-r5x
    @AlexKelly-r5x 8 місяців тому +4

    This gun in sandstorm with the deagle is sick

  • @Phearsum
    @Phearsum Рік тому +469

    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

  • @mrmotivated8667
    @mrmotivated8667 Рік тому +354

    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 +49

      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 +39

      Using reject 40mm barrels

    • @romaliop
      @romaliop Рік тому +42

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

    • @PokèMyBalls
      @PokèMyBalls Рік тому +2

      Do you mean Gauge?

    • @sabretoothkissa8726
      @sabretoothkissa8726 Рік тому +26

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

  • @StephenLightstudy
    @StephenLightstudy Рік тому +81

    Haha this was hilarious. The interactions with the freerange bodybuilders, the intro. Awesome guys!

  • @ShinjukuGryphon
    @ShinjukuGryphon Місяць тому +1

    Every time you guys make a Tarkov reference the world gets a little better

  • @joewhitfield5561
    @joewhitfield5561 Рік тому +454

    The jokes, the editing, the music, this is such a phenomenal video and such an entertaining channel.

    • @kriztlumburt714
      @kriztlumburt714 Рік тому +7

      Especially those free range bodybuilders. I’m dying from that 😂😂😂😂

    • @zloidooraque0
      @zloidooraque0 Рік тому +4

      i like their jokes are mostly just organic and not like dest.ranch guy jumping like a fool to entertain you

    • @MrTheKrich
      @MrTheKrich Рік тому

      Anyone know wgat is the music name?

  • @AnatoliiRUSSIA
    @AnatoliiRUSSIA Рік тому +26

    Hello! Sorry, I'm using a translator. I like watching your videos. Used KS-23 when he served in the police. The carbine is good, but very capricious. The most relish, when the cartridge with gas in the barrel rises with a stake, and tears of joy begin to flow like a waterfall))). Also, the name of the rubber bullet for the cartridge 23 * 81 "Volna-R" "Hi" was amused. Thank you for your hard work.

    • @misterm5011
      @misterm5011 Рік тому

      Hi (sorry for my bed ingleesh)

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Рік тому

      I fired this in gun kizlyar in 2005, it is very stiff to shoot with slugs and buckshot! A real monster

  • @romangaraev5277
    @romangaraev5277 Рік тому +86

    Developed for the police. To reduce the cost of production, it was decided to use 23-millimeter barrels from aircraft guns.
    The KS-23 is a special police carbine.
    KS-23 has 13 types of ammunition. The range of destruction with various ammunition is from 10 to 200 meters.
    There are 4 types of this gun: KS-23 (classic version), KS-23M (short version), KS-23K (automatic bullpup system) and civilian version - "Drake" ("Селезень").

  • @someone-ie9lp
    @someone-ie9lp 7 місяців тому +2

    that thing was designed for crowd control, it has a wide range of ammo ranging from traumatic rubber bullets and CS or CN gas to a steel bullet intended to stop motor vehicles by damaging the engine. it's overall overkill but damn those were the times. it's a total bitch to shoot, and is not intented as a regular hunting/sporting shotgun. was pretty cool seeing you get your hands on one, they're rare af
    привет из России!

  • @KentuckyBallistics
    @KentuckyBallistics Рік тому +211

    Kentucky Ballistics has entered the chat 💬

    • @mike7652
      @mike7652 Рік тому +10

      I'm entering your entrance!
      Wait...

    • @pacificcoastpiper3949
      @pacificcoastpiper3949 Рік тому +2

      I think you are the one person beefy enough to shoot that

    • @mike142356
      @mike142356 Рік тому +4

      so... you are gonna fire 2 of em at the same time? :D

    • @brandonrupp5880
      @brandonrupp5880 Рік тому +3

      Mike needs to borrow the TREX so he can have a true appreciation for recoil.

    • @Crankwank
      @Crankwank Рік тому +4

      One hand it, our Kentucky Honor demands it.

  • @officalJalgara
    @officalJalgara Рік тому +101

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

  • @GrendelChannel
    @GrendelChannel Рік тому +116

    That headshot at 8:40 was freaking gnarly

  • @atrocious_pr0xy
    @atrocious_pr0xy Рік 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

  • @NetVoyagerOne
    @NetVoyagerOne Рік тому +97

    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.

  • @brandongramlin8615
    @brandongramlin8615 Рік тому +200

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

  • @jeckol3200
    @jeckol3200 Рік тому +69

    How is this content better than any thing I can find on tv or streaming. This is so good.

  • @MachinaBahamut
    @MachinaBahamut Рік тому +13

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

  • @ultimis_nikolai_belinski_ussr
    @ultimis_nikolai_belinski_ussr Рік тому +297

    This Soviet shotgun have a lot of different ammo.
    For example
    explosive, flash stun, rounds with gas, rubber bullets, very big shot, bullet, buckshot.
    This gun also have rifled barrel.
    And standard model have longer barrel and stock

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Рік тому +7

      It's spelled Sovêt or Sovjet, mister English abuse.

    • @megafotal
      @megafotal Рік тому +7

      i want to see rubber bullets, seems not much difference with a regular one

    • @ThatsPrettyFunnyMan
      @ThatsPrettyFunnyMan Рік тому +3

      whats a "very big shot"

    • @BurbSK-bi2wh
      @BurbSK-bi2wh Рік тому +24

      @@worldoftancraft "Soviet" is the proper spelling , дорогой товарищ

    • @dennismetzger9287
      @dennismetzger9287 Рік тому +3

      And standard model have long barrel and stock very advanced unga boonga

  • @Tucher97
    @Tucher97 Рік тому +303

    This shotgun a truly fascinating piece of equipment as in the barrel was originally gonna be part of AA flak guns, to much pressure but took lower caliber rounds very well, or sometimes low small yield grenades.

  • @SiegeFritz
    @SiegeFritz Рік тому +268

    The best thing about the KS 23 is that it's generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes.

    • @thezerb
      @thezerb Рік тому +22

      Russian bears. Nuf said? :P

    • @John_Smith_
      @John_Smith_ Рік тому +19

      def more useful for sporting than in a conflict

    • @frankkrunk
      @frankkrunk Рік тому +52

      @@thezerb Well, Russian bears do need these guns to protect themselves against drunk Russian grandpas.

    • @Z38_US
      @Z38_US Рік тому +3

      @@John_Smith_ unless the conflict involves polar bears that is

    • @FEURVERM
      @FEURVERM Рік тому

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

  • @roppi
    @roppi Місяць тому

    This pops up in my mind every now and then and I come back to watch this video. This time it's because I started listening to the Horus Heresy audiobooks -> bolter guns -> 4 gauge shotgun -> Garand thumb's video

  • @G94Nick
    @G94Nick Рік тому +261

    "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"

    • @Flesh_Wizard
      @Flesh_Wizard 6 місяців тому

      skull issue

    • @AndRei-yc3ti
      @AndRei-yc3ti 5 місяців тому

      ​@@Flesh_Wizard git gud

  • @jonathanrivera8938
    @jonathanrivera8938 Рік тому +192

    It’s insane to see Garand Thumb actually spooked by a gun.

    • @FEURVERM
      @FEURVERM Рік тому

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

    • @Head-Tr1ck
      @Head-Tr1ck Рік тому

      4 "guage" is pretty big and scary, but have you ever heard of the .950 jdj? I'll give you a link to the video.
      ua-cam.com/video/xohy9gWz7kk/v-deo.html

  • @coolbreezetg6
    @coolbreezetg6 Рік тому +185

    the image quality of these videos is getting so good they look like actual movies

  • @alanwestmoreland6152
    @alanwestmoreland6152 Рік тому +96

    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

  • @MiNefOol804
    @MiNefOol804 Рік тому +299

    Soon as i saw this thing i knew it had to be my boy Kjaskaar. Absolute legend, i was worried he had died in some sort of exotic testing incident

  • @koriwest
    @koriwest Рік тому +136

    I remember taking hunter safety in the 80’s when I was about 12 and one of the instructors showed us a 4 gauge shell. It was insane.

  • @JamesFromTexas
    @JamesFromTexas 11 місяців тому +1

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

  • @lukenault4828
    @lukenault4828 Рік тому +288

    It made me really sad when he said, "I made the shotgun. It's a piece of shit"
    This is literally the sickest gun I've ever seen

    • @distalradius8146
      @distalradius8146 Рік тому +3

      But he isn't joking, it really is a piece of shit and he knows it. Being large doesn't make it good.
      Does look fun though.

    • @lukenault4828
      @lukenault4828 Рік тому

      @@distalradius8146 shut up POG

    • @weallbrothersandsisters
      @weallbrothersandsisters Рік тому

      @@distalradius8146 Most people say to everything from Russia or China that it's a piece of sht. No matter if it's actually good and high quality or even better than anything from western countries. If it's from there people will always say it's sht. If this was a US made gun all of those morons would say oMg It'S aWeSoMe. Guaranteed 100%

    • @distalradius8146
      @distalradius8146 Рік тому +1

      @@weallbrothersandsisters Yeah but Russia is also known for producing some EXCELLENT weapons systems which are employed all over the world and I have a huge amount of respect for the ones that weren't made from junkyard trash rejected parts in order to keep some mid-level manager (or whoever was responsible for those barrels) out of the gulag. As for China and the US, it seems to me like the Chinese firearms made for export are generally poorly made shit (I feel this has been fairly well verified) but the firearms for their own military are fairly decent, if indeed produced at a much lower price point than in the west (which all makes sense). The United States actually makes a HUGE amount of COMPLETE shit guns, but those are just for us trigger happy gun-bunnies to play with, professionals (LE/Mil) don't use that crap (just like China). Hope this helps!

  • @DrSpoon-iu4hs
    @DrSpoon-iu4hs Рік тому +199

    If you’ve ever screamed “fucking rats!” While getting shot by the ks23 in factory, go ahead and hit that subscribe button

  • @Weaponized_Autism9
    @Weaponized_Autism9 Рік тому +159

    Reminder that the M90 shotgun used to obliterate Sangheili energy shields was only an 8 gauge magnum. Given recent events.. we need a mass production 4 gauge weapon system.

    • @williamkuzio5162
      @williamkuzio5162 Рік тому +7

      Was gonna comment this, the M90 is a two shot kill at close range…so would the 4 gauge KS23 be an instakill🤔🤔

    • @issstari954
      @issstari954 Рік тому +5

      A company is also planning to mass produce full working replicas of the m90s

    • @phillipkrassenstein
      @phillipkrassenstein Рік тому +5

      @@williamkuzio5162 if halos true to life only from 10 feet away

    • @neempata3274
      @neempata3274 Рік тому +4

      you need 4 gauge shells to shoot chinese balloons...?

    • @rickybuhl3176
      @rickybuhl3176 Рік тому

      Given recent events - perhaps we'll be buying them from the local Farmers, once they've used them to knock down a tree or two. The things that slug would do to an engine block - surprised it hasn't taken off in the "Cash in Transit" field.

  • @RyanTomScott
    @RyanTomScott 10 місяців тому +2

    11:26 amazing editing

  • @sorryociffer
    @sorryociffer Рік тому +281

    8 gauge is still made and commercially available. Actually used in steel factories.

  • @kriss3401
    @kriss3401 Рік тому +67

    I absolutely LOVE the sound brass makes when going out of the chamber
    like a smol garand ping

  • @icy3-1
    @icy3-1 Рік тому +69

    "Don't worry. It's just a 23mm riot gun."
    The riot gun:

    • @ВинниПух-у5п
      @ВинниПух-у5п 18 днів тому

      Well, you don’t want to start a riot when you see that weapon, do you? So it works.

  • @ketamu5946
    @ketamu5946 6 місяців тому +3

    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.

  • @the_machine966
    @the_machine966 Рік тому +45

    From what I know, there is a limited civilian version of ks-23 called TOZ-123 "Selezen' 4" (ТОЗ-123 "Селезень 4"), and it has no rifling in the barrel. Therefore, barrel has 26mm diameter (compare to 23mm rifled service barrel). I read from owners that it's pain in a** to handload because you need to find used AA shells and cut it. If we are talking about service cartridges, I believe they are made of cardboard, and it's kinda ironic because not that many selezens were produced and therefore a few people own it, and even fewer ever tried original factory ammo.

    • @gundude82
      @gundude82 Рік тому +6

      This one was converted from a TOZ by kjaskaar

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Рік тому

      Sêlêzênj.

    • @the_machine966
      @the_machine966 Рік тому

      @@gundude82 I wonder where "4 guage" rifled barrel came from because I don't think it was produced in russia.

    • @gundude82
      @gundude82 Рік тому

      @@the_machine966 They're rejected AA gun barrels made in russia

  • @scaleworksRC
    @scaleworksRC Рік тому +135

    It kind of looks like a scaled up Lego gun, and that just adds to it's awesomeness. 1000gr slug is insane.

    • @TheCaptNoname
      @TheCaptNoname Рік тому

      Now imagine this monster lobbing dummy 40mm rifle grenades, because it was intended to have a thread-on can for extended riot control capabilities.

    • @cosmicbilly
      @cosmicbilly Рік тому +1

      Yeah lol the 1000gr slug is basically a 700 nitro elephant rifle😅
      Except the elephant rifle is going much faster.

  • @lcomandante1197
    @lcomandante1197 Рік тому +719

    One little fact - this shotgun was actually really considered to be used as a sniper rifle.

    • @Wolvenworks
      @Wolvenworks Рік тому +172

      with a round that big? it's basically a modernized musket

    • @alvianfrolov3444
      @alvianfrolov3444 Рік тому +75

      It's a semi complicated toob

    • @Eduardo_Espinoza
      @Eduardo_Espinoza Рік тому +39

      Granade launcher

    • @TheWarriors1515
      @TheWarriors1515 Рік тому

      It’s not a shot gun it’s considered a rifle by the Russian government

    • @JesusGonzalez-tm3xp
      @JesusGonzalez-tm3xp Рік тому +13

      So technically it could fire a .50 BMG bullet with no problem right?

  • @valentinmagnenat3159
    @valentinmagnenat3159 2 місяці тому

    "There's not a head in there anymore". Autopsy Gold ! Great vid and fun

  • @BloodSlay3r
    @BloodSlay3r Рік тому +83

    4 Gauge are way above average AND have a nice personality they always greet people nicely and send sooo much love towards them🥰