Egyptian guns are my favorite aesthetics of firearms, idk why but seeing western made, or Soviet made weapons in the hands of the Egyptians with their markings is so cool. Maybe cause they are the most southern Islamic state with some serious history, idk why, I just really appreciate it.
I love how no matter which firearm I’m researching are trying to find more information on I always find myself making my way back to Ian and forgotten weapons. And I really appreciate how when you’re being informed about the background on the rifle,machine gun,pistol what have you and he’s going over the components the platform is right in front of you so when he’s talking about it to his hands are on what he is describing and I find it so much easier to retain that information without physically having the platform in front of myself personally. Amazing channel.
FN49s are really fun to shoot. Vigorous ejection of the empty, a nice "push" from the recoil. A HUGE report that scares people at the range line. I miss mine.
Hello Ian As always, Thanks for the great video. I would like to correct and add a few things. 1-The serial number is (٣٤٥٧٧) (34577) which is written in the Indian numerals which are the numerals used by most Arabic countries. so it is called Indian numerals or Indo-Arabic numerals NOT Egyptian numerals. 2-There is a word written in Arabic on the gas valve( غاز), and that word is, you guessed it, GAS! 3-There are also words written on the stock brass disk (الجيش المصري); which translates to The Egybtian Army. 4-The number on the scope mount is (٨١٥), and this number is (815). As an additional info, Here are the Indo-Arabic numerals from 10 to 0: ٠-١-٢-٣-٤-٥-٦-٧-٨-٩-١٠ 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0 And yes, the numerals used all over the world nowadays are Arabic Numerals while we Arabs reverted to using the Indo-Arabic ones. Strange how this world works. I hope that I helped in someway :)
This is Indian numerals not Arabic. The whole world adopted the Arabic numerals except Arabs they're using Indian numerals. Now they began to change that.
The serial number is actually 34577 not 34588. I understand the confusion due to the similarity between the Hindi 7 (٧) and 8 (٨) they’re the same numeral but flipped basically, just thought it might be important to point that out.
@Brady Block okay I understand now but from what you have said I don't agree with you there is special treatment for the heritage sites in Egypt also the police are doing there best to catch the criminals who sell the countries Archaeology But last year they have found a huge statute buried under the sand and the stupid workers has broken its head so I tell if anyone in this world that don't how much their Archaeology worth its the Egyptians
The Egyptians adopted 8mm because they had a (formerly British) massive Depot of captured German weapons from ww2 they also had the British armory from Cairo to manufacture the 7.92 Mauser that the British manufactured for the British middle East command and a considerable amount of said ammo .by the way the reason the British used it for the besa tank machine gun .
Thanks! I have a buddy that had a standard issue Egyptian FN 49. It was a beast. As long as you had a truck or jeep to haul it, you could shoot it anywhere. Will you and Karl be doing a mud test on one of these?
What identifies an authentic Egyptian Sniper rifle? See these drop marks on the stock? That is indicative of Egypt's hasty surrender on June 10th 1967.
I own 2 century arms import models ( non sniper) imported in the 1990's.One has a dovetailed receiver ,the other does not.Around the same time ,I got a great deal on new in cosmoline barrels caliber 7.92 Mauser for FN 49 for $19.87 each when bought in a group of ten.That coupled with about 8000 rounds ammo purchased for around 15 cents each,I think I made a good investment.The rifles are very accurate and reliable.
Thank you! Gun Jesus 🙌🙏 we love you! Greetings from sLOVEnia ( Slovenia 🇸🇮 is next to Italy Austria Hungary and Croatia right in the middle of so now you know hahah)
*looks at the video* Oooooooh that sounds like a neat gun to shoot with. *Thinks of Alex C's TFB TV run and gun where his FN49 SAFN got a crazy jam* Oh boy Ian good luck with that.
I'm just guessing, but the Egyptians might have tested the batches of shipments to decide which rifles can be turned to the sniper version? That would explain all the mess with the serial numbers...
Ironically the British made the prototypes for this rifle and tested it shortly after the war was over,but decided to go with the EM-2 And then to the L1A1 ie a non metric FAL!
Deciding which one to turn into snippers was probably not random. soot them all in the bach pick the best ones to turn into snippers, send the rest to the armory GI stacks
Yeah, having one of the standard Egyptian models, that's pretty much what it is. Realistically, the FAL is one of these reconfigured to a more 'Sturmgewehr' style layout (and originally in an intermediate cartridge). Very nice rifles, provided you can find one where the bore wasn't corroded away by failure to properly clean the corrosive primer residue out.
Please review some Ghost pistol (M1911 Colt) Which is handmade, And it looks like 1-1 image of M1911 complete with fake serial number and logos (Which looks like the same) These were handmade and was handcrafted with aids of simple tool. That took months to made... That really looks like an actual factory made 1911 pistol. also it was made in the mountains. inside a shack and the testing is.. Well just fire anywhere.
If i could pick any sniper rifle ever made hhmm it would be the m21 (US Vietnam era ) now if given one of those fn-49s don't get me wrong I'd take it. What would you pick and would you take this if given ? ( asking everyone)
They're quite different if you put them side by side but a lot of these WW2 and immediately post WW2 era semi-automatic battle rifles have very similar silhouettes. The MAS-49 has a detachable box magazine whereas the FN-49 is a fixed magazine meant to be loaded with stripper clips. Internally I think the only similarities the two have in common is that they're both hammer fired, falling block actions, but that's true for a lot of these types of rifles like the SVT-40, SKS, Hakim, and probably a few others that I'm missing.
People here miss the fact that ٢ is 2 not ٣ which is 3, people usually neglect to write the correct number of, let's call them"horns", which makes them hard to differentiate. But this one is flat so it's either that whoever wrote it was illiterate in arabic numerals or that's it's a fake 24577
The serial number is actually 34577. The symbol for 8 is actually the upsidedown symbol for 7
Wouldn't it be 77543, since Arabic is read from right to left?
@@AJ-tn3uu the numbers in Arabic are written left to right just like English
Egyptian guns are my favorite aesthetics of firearms, idk why but seeing western made, or Soviet made weapons in the hands of the Egyptians with their markings is so cool. Maybe cause they are the most southern Islamic state with some serious history, idk why, I just really appreciate it.
nice
Thx
Not an Islamic State at all...
Whoever machined those scopes did a pretty nice job, certainly no hack job
I love how no matter which firearm I’m researching are trying to find more information on I always find myself making my way back to Ian and forgotten weapons. And I really appreciate how when you’re being informed about the background on the rifle,machine gun,pistol what have you and he’s going over the components the platform is right in front of you so when he’s talking about it to his hands are on what he is describing and I find it so much easier to retain that information without physically having the platform in front of myself personally. Amazing channel.
Those aren't numbers, those are the secret password to unlock the stargate.
Daniel Jackson, is that you?
Nice
It is the adress to abyd- oh wait, anubis destroyed that planet
A symbol to short. Gate won’t dial
FN49s are really fun to shoot. Vigorous ejection of the empty, a nice "push" from the recoil. A HUGE report that scares people at the range line. I miss mine.
Hello Ian
As always, Thanks for the great video. I would like to correct and add a few things.
1-The serial number is (٣٤٥٧٧) (34577) which is written in the Indian numerals which are the numerals used by most Arabic countries. so it is called Indian numerals or Indo-Arabic numerals NOT Egyptian numerals.
2-There is a word written in Arabic on the gas valve( غاز), and that word is, you guessed it, GAS!
3-There are also words written on the stock brass disk (الجيش المصري); which translates to The Egybtian Army.
4-The number on the scope mount is (٨١٥), and this number is (815).
As an additional info, Here are the Indo-Arabic numerals from 10 to 0:
٠-١-٢-٣-٤-٥-٦-٧-٨-٩-١٠
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0
And yes, the numerals used all over the world nowadays are Arabic Numerals while we Arabs reverted to using the Indo-Arabic ones. Strange how this world works.
I hope that I helped in someway :)
Just when you think he’s done, Ian goes and finds another FN49.
Gun Jesus sings, "Snipe like an Egyptian..."
All the guys on the firing line say, "Way-oh, way-oh...."
"Walking fire like an Egyptian..."
@josh lassauniere verse 47.
I've always been fascinated with Egypt's firearm choices pre-AK. This vid got my jollies.
You have to be very careful when dialing in those Egyptian scopes, as you could end up at a different planet.
Lmaooo he doesnt have a DHD either that I know of
It's actually 34577, not 34588, but an 8 is just an upside down 7 in Arabic so foibles are understandable.
Intresting
Dang, was about to write this lol
Interesting, thanks!
@Buro Dackel hese are actually indian numbers we created numbers
gave them to the rest of the world and then used indian numbers
This is Indian numerals not Arabic. The whole world adopted the Arabic numerals except Arabs they're using Indian numerals. Now they began to change that.
sidenote: 1918-1939 & 1945-1992 = czechoslovakia
Well yes, but since he's talking about Meopta manufacture, saying the scopes are 'czech' is not at all wrong.
The serial number is actually 34577 not 34588. I understand the confusion due to the similarity between the Hindi 7 (٧) and 8 (٨) they’re the same numeral but flipped basically, just thought it might be important to point that out.
Arabic speaker here. Can confirm.
Was going to make the same comment ... Thank you
Everyone speaks Arabic these days.
حتى أنا
How interesting to see 'Boise, Idaho' on the scope mount...
You forgot to mention the special anti-mummy round option...
The serial number is 34577 (not 34588) the V figure is actually number 7... 🇪🇬
I treasure my Venezuelan Fn 49, the stock is beautiful and it just makes my heart race every time I release the bolt.
Look good as military weapon for it's time IMO.
Greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬
Yo I am from Egypt and I watch this channel since 100k subs
about those cyphers, are they used outside the army? first time I heard of anybody using that kind of numbers
@Brady Block please explain what do you mean
@@GrandmaterP what cyphers??
@Brady Block okay I understand now but from what you have said I don't agree with you there is special treatment for the heritage sites in Egypt also the police are doing there best to catch the criminals who sell the countries Archaeology
But last year they have found a huge statute buried under the sand and the stupid workers has broken its head so I tell if anyone in this world that don't how much their Archaeology worth its the Egyptians
Here is a video I have made to show how beautiful Egypt is
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Finally an Egyptian FN49 video!
Having my coffee AND watching Gun Jesus blessing us with another holy relic? Man this is what I call a good monday.
The Egyptians adopted 8mm because they had a (formerly British) massive Depot of captured German weapons from ww2 they also had the British armory from Cairo to manufacture the 7.92 Mauser that the British manufactured for the British middle East command and a considerable amount of said ammo .by the way the reason the British used it for the besa tank machine gun .
The serial number is actually 34577 not 34588, but nice try because the 8 is an inverted 7
it's 24577, the 2 and 3 in arabic look pretty similar
@@Claudia-km9lo ٣٤٥٧٧
Hmm I'm quite impressed that the Egyptians have made a neat modification.
Never forget... we built the pyramids in our spare time
I just watched an awesome ad for BRC. Ads like that are great for Forgotten Weapons. I hope you get revenue from it.
He hasn't received revenue from ads for years. Go join Patreon, a buck a month, or now Floatplane.
Great content as always would be great to see some Anzac gear
Love from Egypt
Holding aloft his mighty FN49 Gun Jesus commands "let my people go!!!"
Perhaps they only outfitted particularly accurate rifles as snipers
That's what I'm thinking, yeah. The highest quality ones went on to be snipers.
Probably grabbed at random
That is what most countries did, went through their stock, found some that were better, refitted it as a sniper.
Thanks! I have a buddy that had a standard issue Egyptian FN 49. It was a beast. As long as you had a truck or jeep to haul it, you could shoot it anywhere. Will you and Karl be doing a mud test on one of these?
Close, but not quite. the V in those numerals is a 7, not an 8. (8 is an upside down V)
What identifies an authentic Egyptian Sniper rifle? See these drop marks on the stock? That is indicative of Egypt's hasty surrender on June 10th 1967.
dont forget 1973 jew boy
Word of the day: “desniperized”
Please more egyptian firearms, PLEASE!!!
I wonder if the selection of 8mm Mauser had anything to do with their military being retrained by Otto Skorzeny and co.
I own 2 century arms import models ( non sniper) imported in the 1990's.One has a dovetailed receiver ,the other does not.Around the same time ,I got a great deal on new in cosmoline barrels caliber 7.92 Mauser for FN 49 for $19.87 each when bought in a group of ten.That coupled with about 8000 rounds ammo purchased for around 15 cents each,I think I made a good investment.The rifles are very accurate and reliable.
Thank you! Gun Jesus 🙌🙏 we love you! Greetings from sLOVEnia ( Slovenia 🇸🇮 is next to Italy Austria Hungary and Croatia right in the middle of so now you know hahah)
@That sorta irish guy Yes Slovenian army uses fn 2000
Maybe the had the big batch, test-fired them and picked the best ones?
Have I time traveled? I liked the video before it even loaded.
Has Egypt had any original gun designs come out
If you wanna count the Hakim as different enough to be original
Most innovative was the Hakim and that's not saying much.
Next up...A full video devoted only to the might Hakim?
i'm loving that sling, it's kinda like a canvas M1907
My personal favorite. Great balance of power and tamed recoil with a serious amount of whoop ass. Beats 30-06 in down range delivery.
Damn...that is a pretty gun!
Its 34577 not 34588 The V means 7
Those are nice looking and interesting guns. I would love to have one, however, I am afraid they are out of my gun budget. Thanks !
Got to get a Venezuela contract rifle to show
I like those old large knob scope mounts.
Beautiful
Very interesting FN Sniper rifle Sir. Thanks for showing it Gun Jesus.
*looks at the video*
Oooooooh that sounds like a neat gun to shoot with.
*Thinks of Alex C's TFB TV run and gun where his FN49 SAFN got a crazy jam*
Oh boy Ian good luck with that.
I'm just guessing, but the Egyptians might have tested the batches of shipments to decide which rifles can be turned to the sniper version? That would explain all the mess with the serial numbers...
The camera and the cameraman is getting a lot better x)
Ironically the British made the prototypes for this rifle and tested it shortly after the war was over,but decided to go with the EM-2
And then to the L1A1 ie a non metric FAL!
Thank you , Ian .
2:20 so you are saying making that weapon a sniper rifle was a czechmate move.
Ana reporting for duty
Deciding which one to turn into snippers was probably not random. soot them all in the bach pick the best ones to turn into snippers, send the rest to the armory GI stacks
With theses sniper rifles, I always wonder who's the most significant person it's taken out.
I like it, great work as usual ian!
When things like this with non-typical script used for serials are imported, do they have to add a more "normal" serial number?
Awesome!
Just started the vid but hot damn that is a sleek rifle. Never fired a gun I my life but I feel like this would be fun and satisfying to shoot.
I got my poster very happy.
In other words it is a semeato BAR from Browning.
When will the guns from "fireplace guy" end? Whoever he is, he really has EXTENSIVE collection.
How do you load from a stripper clip with the scope over the receiver?
After seeing this rifle I’m going to start walking like an Egyptian.
And then followed by the Hakim which can also be a thumb smasher like the Garand. Don't ask me how I know. :-)
It's not hard to imagine how after seeing Ian's video on the Hakim. The M1 Garand at least has a big usable charging handle.
Talk about some motornaya pushka or Motorkanone model machine gun, and how it works.
Awesome
How well does the rifle perform?
Zastava M77 battle rifle review please!!
looks a bit like an FN-FAL in wood.
Mechanically, they're very similar.
Yeah, having one of the standard Egyptian models, that's pretty much what it is. Realistically, the FAL is one of these reconfigured to a more 'Sturmgewehr' style layout (and originally in an intermediate cartridge). Very nice rifles, provided you can find one where the bore wasn't corroded away by failure to properly clean the corrosive primer residue out.
I really want to get to know "Fireplace Man"
I think that's actually just Ian's fireplace and he's just borrowing different guns.
@@dalem04 well, in either case, we'd all like to meet them! :)
Not that it really matters but it's actually 34577.
I love full stock rifles
Beauty
Just note, "Meopta" is not pronounced like you'd have first part as word "Me", but like for example word "Mega".
Mey opta
The FN49 was also known as the FNFA.
Please review some Ghost pistol (M1911 Colt) Which is handmade, And it looks like 1-1 image of M1911 complete with fake serial number and logos (Which looks like the same) These were handmade and was handcrafted with aids of simple tool. That took months to made... That really looks like an actual factory made 1911 pistol.
also it was made in the mountains. inside a shack and the testing is.. Well just fire anywhere.
Did these serve alongside the Hakim and the Rasheed?
I had one 30.06
I'm from Israel and Ian has posted a video about our neighbors to the south? Very nice Ian, keep it up 👍.
You mean the west ?
@@MohammedR-fk2ju No, Wgypt is our neighbor, not the west.
The USA is a continent of its own and Europe is far far away
@@Some_Jihadi_Warrior-me1rz Egypt is west of Israel not South
@@MohammedR-fk2ju hhh he cant speak english
that's not "egyptian script" it is actual arabic numerals (which the Arabs call Hindi numerals)
The serial number is not 34588 it is 34577
So do Egyptian numerals read from left to right? They speak a type of Arabic there, right?
@@robashton8606 yes
they look nice
Video shooting??
How does a shooting sling work? I have never heard of that.
There's a way of employing it to steady your aim, kind of wrapping it around your forearm. (Bad explanation)
If i could pick any sniper rifle ever made hhmm it would be the m21 (US Vietnam era ) now if given one of those fn-49s don't get me wrong I'd take it. What would you pick and would you take this if given ? ( asking everyone)
I'd gladly take this, but if I had my pick I'd probably want a 1919a4 semi with optics mount, lol. Is that cheating?
The sight, gas tube, and upper handguard kind of look like the front end of an SMLE.
Professor Utonium and i can’t unsee that now
Is it my imagination or does this look exactly like the MAS49?
They're quite different if you put them side by side but a lot of these WW2 and immediately post WW2 era semi-automatic battle rifles have very similar silhouettes. The MAS-49 has a detachable box magazine whereas the FN-49 is a fixed magazine meant to be loaded with stripper clips. Internally I think the only similarities the two have in common is that they're both hammer fired, falling block actions, but that's true for a lot of these types of rifles like the SVT-40, SKS, Hakim, and probably a few others that I'm missing.
People here miss the fact that ٢ is 2 not ٣ which is 3, people usually neglect to write the correct number of, let's call them"horns", which makes them hard to differentiate. But this one is flat so it's either that whoever wrote it was illiterate in arabic numerals or that's it's a fake 24577
Its not "Egyptian script" its Arabic.
No, this is Arabic, 0123456789, those are East Arabic.
wow why didnt you show the action , charge, reload?
Did these influence or lead to, the Rashid, and Hakim rifles ?
The Hakim is a Ljungman based rifle.
Likely not. The Hakim is an Egyptian variant of the Ljüngmann AG-42B, a worse rifle design in every way. They should have built FN's instead
Those are called Eastern Arabic numerals: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals
It’s actually 34577 not 88.