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  • Experience the lethal journey of the combat shotgun, a weapon synonymous with close-quarters combat. From the historic Winchester Model 1897 to the cutting-edge Benelli M4, explore how shotguns revolutionized warfare. Join former Army Ranger Wil Willis and experts as they delve into the firepower, versatility, and impact of these iconic firearms.
    00:00 Intro
    02:10 Benelli M4
    03:30 Winchester Model 1897
    09:20 Mossberg 590
    14:30 Blunderbuss
    17:15 Double Barrelled Shotgun
    21:45 Winchester Model 1887
    24:50 Pump Action Shotgun
    31:55 Auto 5
    34:30 Saiga-12
    37:20 M26 MASS
    42:55 Combat Simulation
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 123

  • @garyharrall4002
    @garyharrall4002 Місяць тому +28

    The look on the guy who brought the double barrel shotgun after seeing the damage that it can inflict was priceless 😂😂

    • @454FatJack
      @454FatJack Місяць тому +3

      Double B not good for HD.
      Ask any ” expert”😂

  • @WessexBladesHandMadeKnives
    @WessexBladesHandMadeKnives Місяць тому +10

    30:16 you can see Will grimace, knowing, "no way dude, you're gonna smoke me in this!"

  • @7slovenia
    @7slovenia Місяць тому +58

    Will willis is a soldier forged in fire. Get it?

  • @NAMELESSINTERNETADDICT
    @NAMELESSINTERNETADDICT Місяць тому +5

    Such high quality content for free! thnx,guys.

  • @itamiyouji4057
    @itamiyouji4057 Місяць тому +12

    One of my favorites is the Remington 870.

  • @ethankaryadi37
    @ethankaryadi37 Місяць тому +10

    “Pistols put holes in people. Rifles put holes through people. Shotguns, with the right load and right range, will physically remove a chunk of flesh off of people and splatter them all over the floor and walls.”

  • @podsmpsg1
    @podsmpsg1 Місяць тому +3

    The Winchester 1897 was used in WW2 as well, mostly by the Marine Corps in the pacfic theater. A Pump gun was preferred because of the humid, tropical climate. Some versions of the Benelli M4 also have a 14 inch barrel.

  • @altones1952
    @altones1952 Місяць тому +15

    Will has one of the best jobs on the planet 👍

  • @Williameagleblanket
    @Williameagleblanket Місяць тому +7

    10th Mountain Division. My platoon had a small shotgun that attached to our M-4 carbine in Afghanistan 2003. It fit under the 5.56 barrel and was a 12 gauge, magazine fed, held five rounds, semi automatic, you had to use the charging handle to load the weapon and pull the trigger to fire it. Every time we wanted to use it to breech a door, we had to call our command and ask for permission to fire the shotgun. We were always denied by our command. It was frustrating and a waste of time to not even fire the shotgun in a combat zone. We finally got to take the small shotgun off our M-4, as it was the dumbest thing we ever had to carry in combat and never used.

    • @Lavabird827
      @Lavabird827 Місяць тому +2

      Hol up,
      So far so good, there are only maybe 2 shotguns used in the military that can be attached under a rifle, the KAC Masterkey and M26 MASS, both of which aren't semi-auto. The KAC Masterkey is a pump action shotgun, while the M26 MASS is a straight pull bolt action shotgun. None of these are semi-automatic.
      There is a high chance that this guy is lying, although to give the benefit of the doubt, they were never allowed to fire the shotgun they were issued with. Still, not very reliable.

  • @Bippitybobbity
    @Bippitybobbity Місяць тому +8

    Honestly I think this channel should have way more subs

  • @tommyspann8852
    @tommyspann8852 Місяць тому +13

    I don't really think shotguns have evolved all that much in the last 100 years. The mechanisms have changed SOME, but the result is identical. Many small pellets flying at the target at relatively high speeds and creating mayhem on arrival. The speed of the cycling is faster and the number of shells has increased since the 1800's, but thats kinda it.

    • @vegamineral207
      @vegamineral207 Місяць тому +2

      You basically just described the technological advancements of ALL guns

  • @massmike11
    @massmike11 Місяць тому +8

    Should have had the Ithica model 37.

  • @WilliamSanderson-zh9dq
    @WilliamSanderson-zh9dq Місяць тому +7

    That flinch at 23:04!

    • @strizzy7512
      @strizzy7512 Місяць тому +1

      Lol he kinda threw himself forward huh😅

  • @graysoncolvin3180
    @graysoncolvin3180 Місяць тому +10

    I thought it was called a trench sweeper

    • @rickcs7050
      @rickcs7050 Місяць тому +2

      I thought it was called the warcrime boomstick

    • @earlshaner4441
      @earlshaner4441 Місяць тому +2

      It's what we call it my friend

  • @zillsburyy1
    @zillsburyy1 Місяць тому +10

    germans said shotguns were a crime but they use poisoned gas

    • @jeremykwanhongkok4221
      @jeremykwanhongkok4221 Місяць тому +2

      War aggressors will never admit their own wickedness towards others.

    • @454FatJack
      @454FatJack Місяць тому +1

      FMJ was accepted by international Law. Lead no.
      Winner’s right to bend corner’s😂

    • @podsmpsg1
      @podsmpsg1 Місяць тому +1

      Exactly.

    • @DarkJak2050
      @DarkJak2050 Місяць тому +3

      Which, if you ask me, are *far worse & inhumane* than shotguns. So, they're in no position to talk.

    • @podsmpsg1
      @podsmpsg1 Місяць тому +1

      @@DarkJak2050 Definitely

  • @Adam-vl7pm
    @Adam-vl7pm Місяць тому +5

    i love this dude bro

  • @mohamaddanielshaffiquebroh2995
    @mohamaddanielshaffiquebroh2995 Місяць тому +5

    Thank you. 👍

  • @brittakriep2938
    @brittakriep2938 Місяць тому +2

    Why is the wooden club not noted? It is in use for close quarters combat since stone age.

  • @chloehennessey6813
    @chloehennessey6813 Місяць тому +3

    I have a lot of shotguns.
    Most of them lost in a boating accident tho.
    I have the Benelli M2- it gets the most use.
    Benelli M4; I won it at a three gun comp.
    Benelli Patrol.
    Mossberg 590, 590 Pro, an old 590 from the 80s with heat shield.
    My favorite is my SOB13.

  • @brickmasterey4446
    @brickmasterey4446 Місяць тому +4

    I like shotguns

  • @marciofelipejustino2563
    @marciofelipejustino2563 Місяць тому +4

    Escopeta ou espingarda é sonho de consumo,armas robustas que causam um terror psicológico no agressor ou criminosos

  • @robinshull6510
    @robinshull6510 25 днів тому

    Love my Mossy 500, and my 870.

  • @Will-cr9sl
    @Will-cr9sl Місяць тому +7

    I miss the AA12 though

  • @atompunk5575
    @atompunk5575 19 днів тому

    Gotta love that Auto 5
    33:45

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Місяць тому +3

    It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage documentary about shotgun ( bunch of firepower) in closed range...

  • @matthewjay660
    @matthewjay660 Місяць тому

    This is a SPECTACULAR documentary. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 BTW, in WW1, the Germans protested our use of the shotgun. I THINK* it was the Hague (?) that ruled that the trench gun was not a tool against the rules of warfare. The Germans fussed because they argued that it maimed soldiers and it didn't cleanly kill, ergo they claimed that it was a weapon that caused suffering. 🇺🇸

  • @thomaswiekens9909
    @thomaswiekens9909 Місяць тому +3

    Isnt the Benelli M3 both semi auto, and pump action (switchable)?

    • @generalmcterror2718
      @generalmcterror2718 Місяць тому

      No that was the Franchi Spas 12 that did that

    • @thomaswiekens9909
      @thomaswiekens9909 Місяць тому

      @generalmcterror2718 so does the M3, look it up :)

    • @generalmcterror2718
      @generalmcterror2718 Місяць тому +1

      @@thomaswiekens9909 it does?! I guess I forgot about some of the M3’s features

  • @BURP39R
    @BURP39R Місяць тому

    Real pity this video keeps getting in the way of all the adverts.

  • @davidcorriveau8615
    @davidcorriveau8615 Місяць тому

    Trench Broom for the win!

  • @ryanmcwilliams8784
    @ryanmcwilliams8784 Місяць тому +2

    Love my Remington 870

  • @badkneesone
    @badkneesone Місяць тому +1

    In WW 2 who was assigned the shotgun in a squad or platoon?

  • @jhernandez3107
    @jhernandez3107 12 днів тому

    Plus if pump action hand is injured its problem

  • @primepanda56
    @primepanda56 Місяць тому +3

    I rather have a mossberg 500

  • @normanpotts3169
    @normanpotts3169 27 днів тому

    Nice episode, but red plastic shotgun shells weren't used in WWI nor WWII.

  • @sixxfreak58
    @sixxfreak58 Місяць тому +1

    No mention of combat shotguns in Vietnam?

  • @kathrynclark1585
    @kathrynclark1585 10 днів тому

    Not man enough for a trident

  • @dsuperhawk
    @dsuperhawk Місяць тому

    How did they fail to mention M26 MASS is primarily designed to breach doors and nothing else.

  • @jackdoherty6146
    @jackdoherty6146 28 днів тому

    0:20-0:53 if all that is true then why is the assault weapon the weapon of choice in games movies and pretty much everything close quarters combat related?

  • @NhlxJoeJoe45
    @NhlxJoeJoe45 Місяць тому +1

    Love my Winchester 1897 (aka the war crime stick!)

  • @tklube308
    @tklube308 Місяць тому +3

    I ha e the grandfather, the Benelli M1 super 90. I was shooting 3" groups using sabot slugs at 100 yards. Not trying to brag, just saying that it can reach out farther, accurately than what he said.

  • @user-vm5lb8ke3i
    @user-vm5lb8ke3i Місяць тому +2

    Hells yah Bubba

  • @juicyj3819
    @juicyj3819 23 дні тому

    I would've eaten those pickles

  • @Crazycoyote-we7ey
    @Crazycoyote-we7ey Місяць тому +1

    Had a dream one night back in 2008
    I dreamed i was on ww1 armed with a shotgun with Bayonet
    It really shook me the entire day
    Wasn't until i looked at the calender
    November 11th 2008

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear Місяць тому +1

    🇺🇸

  • @454FatJack
    @454FatJack Місяць тому

    Coach❤

  • @strizzy7512
    @strizzy7512 Місяць тому +2

    36:09 - that's what she said 😅

  • @diddlethepoodle4812
    @diddlethepoodle4812 Місяць тому +1

    The germans- that is wrong to use in combat! Then Proceed to use mustard gas. 😂

  • @ayoubjobspatience2410
    @ayoubjobspatience2410 Місяць тому

    🌹🌹

  • @paulwalker387
    @paulwalker387 Місяць тому

    aa 12?

  • @diddlethepoodle4812
    @diddlethepoodle4812 Місяць тому

    The air Force has snipers?? 😬 😂

  • @ultrajd
    @ultrajd Місяць тому +1

    You’re slipping Wil. You NEVER refer to a shoulder fired weapon as a “Gun”

    • @NorthernNorthdude91749
      @NorthernNorthdude91749 Місяць тому

      It's a gun. Nobody cares about your military stormtrooper instilled semantics.

  • @BhongIvanCapsa
    @BhongIvanCapsa Місяць тому

    look let it See it

  • @derrickdinwiddie8759
    @derrickdinwiddie8759 Місяць тому

    Ahhhhh... the good ol days of slam fire shotguns. Wish we could still do that 😁

  • @abntemplar82
    @abntemplar82 Місяць тому +1

    THE TRENCH GUN WAS AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT WAS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE A TRIGGER DISCONNECT. THUS ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS HOLD THE TRIGGER DOWN AND MANIPULATE THE PUMP, THEN WEAPON FIRES WITHOUT PULLING THE TRIGGER AGAIN.

    • @Lavabird827
      @Lavabird827 27 днів тому +1

      That’s only partially the reason, the other part is that this was one of the most commercially available shotguns at the time

  • @mathiashansen9108
    @mathiashansen9108 Місяць тому +2

    Soo.... Why didn't they use an actual Winchester Model 1897?

    • @FunhausRyan
      @FunhausRyan Місяць тому +1

      Maybe they couldn't find one.

    • @454FatJack
      @454FatJack Місяць тому

      1912 Winchester came after WW1🙊right ??

    • @chris.3711
      @chris.3711 Місяць тому

      ​@@454FatJackNot even close...

  • @alexanderkidonakis9185
    @alexanderkidonakis9185 Місяць тому

    It’s good to know I’m a better skeet shooter then Will Willis

  • @paul1780
    @paul1780 Місяць тому

    Comment for the algorithm.

  • @georgesakellaropoulos8162
    @georgesakellaropoulos8162 Місяць тому

    If you want to get good at wingshoting hunt doves.

  • @BubbaN-JolenesLifeintheOzarks
    @BubbaN-JolenesLifeintheOzarks Місяць тому

    Pistol grip pump on my lap at all times....lol

  • @OpieOG
    @OpieOG Місяць тому +1

    This guy knows nothing about guns. The saga comes with a pistol grip too

    • @Beeve10189
      @Beeve10189 24 дні тому

      It's a tv show . I'm pretty sure any one of these guy could spank you in a competition. All I would them to do is teach

  • @trungbao8452
    @trungbao8452 Місяць тому

    Vepr - 12 ❤❤

    • @prtech7805
      @prtech7805 Місяць тому

      Unsuccessful, Bumping, not easy to control.

  • @AltCtrlSpud
    @AltCtrlSpud Місяць тому

    hello if you guys had one (1) nuclear warhead and the means to deploy it without retaliation, would you target the chinese or the arabs?

    • @tomb6724
      @tomb6724 Місяць тому +1

      Ok 12 year old

  • @jeffpowell6224
    @jeffpowell6224 Місяць тому +3

    No AA-12. I'm disappointed!

  • @JoeyOutlaw
    @JoeyOutlaw Місяць тому +1

    Whats with the California & New Your State compliant Saiga Shotgun 😂 Thats why Will doesn’t like it!!!

  • @jeffrichards1537
    @jeffrichards1537 Місяць тому

    I'm not a trained person on pump shotguns. Just hunted since I was 10 I don't have to take eyes off target to work pump. That's just ingrained at 47yr old.

  • @cosminking8516
    @cosminking8516 Місяць тому

    AA12 shotgun

  • @chadm6981
    @chadm6981 Місяць тому +2

    Only problem with the m4 it doesn’t have a bayonet lug. Come on military do better.

  • @chadm6981
    @chadm6981 Місяць тому

    Your marine expert is wrong on the less than lethal, never designed to hit anything other than center mass. Less than 30 yards can be lethal. I was certified thru two marine corps non lethal weapons courses.

  • @SeanDahle
    @SeanDahle Місяць тому

    Too bad there's now only 1 AA-12 left in the world and it never got a mention here

  • @7slovenia
    @7slovenia Місяць тому

    AAAAWWWW was not first

  • @jasonmiller5369
    @jasonmiller5369 Місяць тому +1

    I didn't even know the shotgun was invented in 1918!

  • @sambowz9077
    @sambowz9077 Місяць тому

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @peterreily1490
    @peterreily1490 Місяць тому

    2:44
    Uhhh, there’s no “red dot up front”
    Of course, will Willis. Top notch chair force. The F outta here and go back to fuddruckers.

  • @bretsubotnik1777
    @bretsubotnik1777 25 днів тому

    Trash, 870,590

  • @Kwaka28
    @Kwaka28 Місяць тому

    Wasn't it invented in 1897?

  • @Evil_Teddy
    @Evil_Teddy Місяць тому

    This is like mid 2000's cringe.

  • @Mustang94c
    @Mustang94c Місяць тому

    Lmao a ranger doesn't know how to leed a moving target with a 12ga😂😂 its okay eventually he got one😂

  • @Trump328
    @Trump328 29 днів тому

    Benelli vs mossberg You can see that it was staged

  • @donise8406
    @donise8406 Місяць тому +1

    I'm 10 minutes in, as the title says Evolution of the Shotgun not how great the Benelli M4 is. they should have been honest and say this program brought to you by Benelli. I agree the M4 is a great weapon but that is not what I started to watch video for.

    • @zuadmd
      @zuadmd Місяць тому

      Keep watching

  • @jimfoard5671
    @jimfoard5671 Місяць тому +2

    Shotguns didn't evolve, they were created and developed by intelligent design by men. If you threw all of the parts to a shotgun into a warm pond and lightning struck that pond repeatedly for a billion years, would a shotgun evolve?

  • @ChristianConservativ
    @ChristianConservativ Місяць тому +1

    One of the reasons American Soldiers were the best is because of the 2nd Amendment. All the way up to WWI most Americans still supplemented by putting wild game on the supper table.

    • @masonmckinnon876
      @masonmckinnon876 Місяць тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @edwardpate6128
      @edwardpate6128 Місяць тому

      Not really, by the last quarter of the 19th century more people in the US lived in cities than in the country and that trend never reversed. In WW1 during basic training the majority of soldiers had to be taught to fire a weapon as they had never done so.

  • @YeahImAnthony
    @YeahImAnthony Місяць тому

    This reminds me of a very scripted show. Nah.

  • @alanmontoya7162
    @alanmontoya7162 Місяць тому

    M26 shoulda been semi auto...