FP- 45 Liberator

Hope you enjoy this interesting little piece of history from WWII, designed as a cheap, single shot arm to be air-dropped into enemy-occupied countries.
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[@mrh112]

$600 for a reproduction, cost less than $5 when it was originally made.

[@yungsavage4152]

Lol

[@wewd]

$2.10 as a matter of fact, and that price included the box and instruction sheet.

[@KingofGermanic]

It wasn't made to serve more than five seconds in the field. Resistance members were instructed to shoot one soldier and discard the weapon. In fact it was made to be useless so that if the German captured a weapon drop they get like 1 Sten and 6 Useless Liberators.

[@cassie9381]

back then 5 dollars was like 5,000, this is nothing

[@afranca1825]

+Caleb Shomakr2.0 about $60 bucks ;)

[@cannon_penn7618]

This should be a McDonald's happy meal toy

[@user-uq3um5nq7d]

Yeah *A family is killed by Youngster Joe in Paris, live on news* That would be a dangerous world P.s. after a year, should I really say that it's just a joke? C'mon guys, is it not funny? :(

[@smingjr]

@@user-uq3um5nq7d it's a joke

[@Kaputnik11]

@@smingjr it's a joke, but I also want it to be real :D

[@xgps2713]

only in the USA

[@nick3718]

Y’all I don’t think Drew Senna got whoooshed.

[@doc.awkward4457]

Gun falls from sky "Oh, cool"

[@Cat-fp7jw]

The beauty of America

[@Cat-fp7jw]

Isaac Boomsaad :)

[@thanoscube8573]

Only getting common loot from Loot drop irl

[@AnalogWolf]

I love that, well played sir.

[@medicolkie3606]

"The owner of the company who made this says not to fire it," *"But we're gonna fire it"*

[@troy2286]

i mean if I have to pay 599 for it ima fire it haha

[@cobbomusic]

r/madlads

[@stevenbobbybills]

@@troy2286 $599? You could get a mid-range striker fired 9×19mm or a GI spec modern production 1911 for that.

[@emeralddragongaming2930]

Maybe the owner thought it was not safe to shoot ,especially extensively

[@geraltofrivia323]

@@stevenbobbybills its a collectors reproduction of an extremely rare firearm, of course its expensive.

[@arkan5000]

"only pictures, no words, so the people in KY could understand them" doesn't get old

[@Cat-fp7jw]

lol I’m in ky lmao

[@manguy9431]

me from ky: :|

[@JosefDrake]

That’s actually a modded nerf jolt.

[@samtinkle9076]

The Liberator was the OG Jolt reskin.

[@daryladams6476]

True

[@SlickTwigDotWAVfile]

Sam Tinkle nono, the Jolt was a Liberator reskin, because everything is a jolt reskin, everything is ACTUALLY a reskin of a reskin of the liberator.

[@yesanameirequested1682]

@@SlickTwigDotWAVfile you are not wrong here

[@uzairchaudhary1202]

@@samtinkle9076 u just took his joke🤦‍♂️

[@wales2k4747]

Now you just need to add extended mags, foregrip, laser sights and a bayonet.

[@LouSassoleSledgecock]

No, a drum magazine. Because then you might get at least one shot off.

[@Aptezo]

and a shell ejection then make it semi automatic

[@spacecore2972]

when you keep the first weapon and upgrade it

[@mathysoberholzer9189]

Only if it was possible

[@rrockstar1584]

What about a flashlight?

[@ottokis308]

I see the new California compliant pistols are being made now.

[@dave_riots]

Carries too many rounds still.

[@LouSassoleSledgecock]

It shoots once in awhile, so it’s too dangerous for them.

[@karvast5726]

No it has a high capacity 10 round magazine in the grip

[@bjorn1443]

Shitting me bro? With 10 rounds hi cap ammo handle and probably fully semi automatic 😂

[@stevenbobbybills]

@@bjorn1443 to be fair, "fully manual operation" probably sounds scary to those that would be trying to get these outlawed.

[@jackmehov5788]

IKEA made a firearm in WW2?!

[@FLAPJAXZ]

nah it came put together.

[@grugg3108]

Jeremy Wright from GM

[@paulvelez6824]

Jack Mehov probably the best comment so far 😂

[@brokentilebench]

IKEA Firearms

[@balazsdusek]

A true IKEA firearm would be shipped in sheets with a bad plastic screwdriver

[@Elrond_Hubbard1]

I think I'll start making replica caveman throwing stones, and charge 600 bucks.

[@punchdrunkatheist]

+Hugh Janus For cavemen throwing stones? That's at least 1500 bucks, lol.

[@angelwashere8864]

What a bargen

[@easilyentertained1975]

Ill take your entire stock

[@alldud13]

AwaitingTheMeteorOfDoom 600% more than what it’s worth

[@noahhughes2501]

That ain't hard... now make me a replica of the world's first bow - 60000 USD per item

[@a.-.f_k]

Its basicly a Nerf gun that shoots .45 ACP

[@128ajb_02_Music]

Bot Bot fun fact! Nerf elite darts are .50 caliber.

[@lucasRJ11]

Nyes

[@kevintherobloxian5304]

Nerf gun shoot a kid FP-45 shoot Naz1 officer

[@victorjohnson6380]

I had seen one of these at a gun show back in 1972 (maybe?). The man there had EVERYTHING. He wanted a couple of hundred dollars for it. Cartoon paper, wooden dowel, pasteboard box the whole deal. He said that a friend of his said they "dumped" them out of a C-47 all over Europe. His wording, NOT mine. He also had 4 or 5 Singer 1911s. They were in a wooden crate like box. There was one pistol missing from the box. It even had the serial numbers printed on the end of the box. Everything he had was priced out of my range. Thanks for sharing this with us hichok45

[@LJVolkov21]

hickok45 is so creative... I laughed so much when the box dropped right behind him... XD

[@bikingmnviking3801]

+LJVolkov21 I love the foreshadowing when the camera shook so the cameraman could throw the noise distraction so he could pretend it was dropped when it was really hidden just out of view behind the shooting bench.

[@matsgranqvist9928]

+BikingMNViking it did drop

[@ZIGMAN775]

+BikingMNViking It shook because he threw it man

[@bikingmnviking3801]

yeah, I realized that aftyer I posted that. Mea Culpa.

[@gamingSUPERB]

I don't think thats called foreshadowing

[@kirkboswell2575]

Had an uncle in the OSS. Generally a VERY quiet man. (secrecy laws). Was preparing to drop into Poland when the European war ended (info from my aunt - not him). He said that the FP 45 program was a GOOD program, that never saw its proper conclusion. He said that there were "some of them" dropped, but " nowhere near" what SHOULD have been dropped. He also said that the ones that WERE dropped, functioned as intended. Never got anything more out of him before he died. And, since my aunt has now also passed, I'll never learn anything more "from the horse's mouth". Still, I'll take whatever they told me as gospel because they 'were there'.........

[@tostie3110]

There are a few in museums out here, so they definately were dropped. But if they were designed to rust away it's hard to tell how many

[@karvast5726]

I've seen one in Bastogne war museum so they definitly didn't melt all of them and they may have been dropped at some point

[@DG-kr8pt]

@@tostie3110 Some in Greece but never in France or much of Europe. About half were shipped to the UK which sat there due to the amount of planes it would have required for a drop (think it was 600 a plane they could have dropped), and the other half sat in the US. Most of the use out of these were in the Philippines and China. The police in the Philippines actually used these as their issued sidearm for some time after WWII.

[@steamboatmodel]

@@tostie3110 The reason more were not dropped in France was the "Patriot" Gangs were using weapons' they were given against each other rather than against the enemy. It would have been like giving all the street gangs guns in a current day city. That was also why it was chambered in 45 a very hard to find caliber in occupied Europe, they learned that when they dropped stens .

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

They were cancelled because the airforce calculated they could take maybe a thousand at a time and would need to do a thousand sorties to drop a million guns. A thousand sorties by bombers would achieve much more objectives if they just dropped bombs onto high value targets. Also a bomber would just fly to just one target and drop their payload and fly back home. With these gun drops they'd have to fly all over the place dropping guns by the handful to spread them out. They can't just drop them all in one go as the nazis would find them and use it for scrap and ammo

[@MrFart-fk1zx]

8:52 i was wearing headphones, and this scared the crap out of me

[@jammyweegit1144]

I'm from Houston, so hearing one mosquito means you're probably getting actively bitten by two others

[@Platano_macho]

I tried to buy one in California...and it's illegal....so I'll just buy one in a kid's meal in Chicago

[@LouSassoleSledgecock]

Fermin Valdivia I found hundreds of them in a dumpster over on the west side

[@LouSassoleSledgecock]

Englewood has them in exchange for .01g of pot

[@jco5254]

Underated comments of hilariously bad racism haha

[@ThePhrog714]

Joshua Collier how is this racist? Is this a joke I don’t get

[@stevedodds1826]

Joshua Collier There is always one invalid like yourself that has to bring race into every single topic, find another hobby you pathetic little scab.

[@TonyMontana-zk6ib]

Hey look some lost WW2 pilot still flying around up there LMAO.

[@larry8381]

Wouldn't have his fuel run out 71 years ago?

[@jdmr1c3ing]

Trevor M reproduction fuel

[@dmitrishostakovich9559]

Trevor M the plane is powered by *P A T R I O T I S M* alone

[@user-dd9qq1ru7s]

@@larry8381 yeah but you forgot that we had unlimited gas in our gas tanks back then

[@nolan3915]

Trevor M nah man solar power!

[@ф_стрелец]

Love that channel! 70% of guns 20% of guns talking 10% of "Haha, hice!"

[@valityme1708]

Yes *hice*

[@itisyourboi2501]

Hice

[@marcowulliampopirers2216]

Hice

[@itisyourboi2501]

@@marcowulliampopirers2216 hice

[@nomey07]

Hice

[@ragingpepe7027]

And the Oscar for best actor goes to: Hickhock 45!

[@DiggitySlice]

"Everybody's armed in Tennessee" Note to self: move to Tennessee

[@manny7289]

3 dudes 1 accordion?

[@Cat-fp7jw]

Texas too

[@nutball3756]

Note to self: do not mug anyone in Tennessee

[@TheLiam14141]

Haha, better than a stick but ya still need one to operate it.

[@ThisNewHandleSystemSucks]

Mr. Very Kool haha

[@TheLiam14141]

I like the way you think my man

[@MsZsc]

Only reloads

[@user-dd9qq1ru7s]

If you miss so don't miss no stick 1 shot is all they needed to get a gun from a German

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

Lol

[@ArtisanTony]

I know you could have hit the gong with it :)

[@WAQWBrentwood]

Oh, Yeah! a try for the Gong!!!

[@ArtisanTony]

+WAQWBrentwood It's not that far.

[@breebw]

+ArtisanTony Yeah, Lean the mauser by the gong. Take its weapon!

[@breebw]

+ArtisanTony Yeah, Lean the mauser by the gong. Take its weapon!

[@WAQWBrentwood]

Breen Whitman LOL!

[@hateislove3947]

6:32 When you try to get the first or last Tic-Tac from the container.

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

Admit it. The Hi-Point looks pretty good now ?

[@DevinBoynton]

I think id still rather have this. Atleast this has some history behind it

[@LongCaster_]

Nah it still sucks

[@cobbomusic]

Rather carry this than a.. A..... a Hi-Po-🤮🤮🤮

[@maziu27]

Nah

[@shane7051]

Why is this in question format?

[@pleasantlakepirate1832]

pretty cheeky, I totally accepted that the gun is rare and he didn't have one on hand to shoot.. then the "air drop".. classy haha

[@hickok45]

It's all going to The Wounded Warrior Project on this one.

[@fossilwriter1252]

I love how the gun dropped from the sky hilarious 😂

[@MrMastablasta117]

Only Hickok45 can make an 18 minute video about a gun, only fire it once and it's still entertaining enough to watch the entire video.

[@jonhawkins2270]

0:49 GIFTS FROM THE GUN-GODS... GOTTA LOVE 'EM.!!

[@valtteri1520]

Hickok is a gun-god!

[@duanemcleod9443]

Vale Yup

[@DrumCoversFromHell]

at 0:46 you hear john back stepping for a throw and then 2 seconds later it dropped. haha

[@freshjoos3368]

Lmao the sudden shake of the camera man just before the "unexpected delivery" of the firearm is classic!!!

[@12jazion]

General Motors Corporation produced a million of them in 11 weeks at a cost of $2.10 per pistol so a $600 reproduction is outrageous.

[@kellymccarthy7109]

$2.10 back then is $168.36 now. Still, I'd expect a slight increase of cost. But nearly $400 is a bit steep..

[@WAQWBrentwood]

Hmm, If Psychological Warfare against an oppressor includes the insertion of single shot pistols among the populace, Doesn't that ALONE prove the value of the Second Amendment?

[@blarghinatelazer9394]

Indeed.

[@punchdrunkatheist]

Samuel Wang I think you've misunderstood what we're saying. If they made a big enough deal to exist, then the need of a populace having regular small arms is clear.

[@pseudonym50]

it actually proves that the 2nd amendment shouldn't be absolute in all situations. the entire reason they didn't drop them is because criminals and otherwise unsavory individuals would be able to get them quite easily after the war. it wasn't a room full of liberals making that decision either, these were experts in their field. i support the ownership of firearms to a reasonable extent, but when you start mass airdropping disposable weapons to untrained irregular forces, all you can hope to create is instability.

[@pseudonym50]

Samuel Wang when you think about it, libertarians are just as idealist as the socialists that they hate so much.

[@pseudonym50]

Moe MGTOW the right to own firearms does not translate to airdropping massive quantities of badly made handguns to foreign countries who will only suffer because of them. that is the extent to where i stop following the 2nd amendment as an absolute. this plan would have caused a massive influx of unregistered military weapons, including captured german ones, which we know only benefits criminals and terrorist forces.

[@jr52990]

8:52 sounded like a mosquito buzzed by the mic. Slapped my ear when I heard it with my headphones in. haha

[@bradleydenison4305]

Joshua Walters same

[@flamingtrashcans9502]

Joshua Walters same

[@Raccski]

Lmao

[@deeplycon638]

Dang my ear is ringing from me smacking it with my headphones on terrible terrible

[@Foxtrot0ficial]

Lol me too

[@kookie4nookie]

“Your gun looks better than mines, I want yours man!” Haha kind of feels like that’s not the first time hickock has said that. 😂

[@traningday]

I’m dying: “ The manufacture doesn’t recommend to fire the Gun”... lets fire it! 😂

[@nazarderkach9320]

Aaaaaand that's how I lost my fingers.

[@nomey07]

@@nazarderkach9320 ✊

[@JMJackMcNally]

so that people in Kentucky can read them

[@knight_lautrec_of_carim]

JM Jack McNally Gotta love his sense of humour

[@anthonyyoung4978]

JM Jack McNally yeah I died

[@theguy6245]

JM Jack McNally hell yeah that's how we live in the land of the 12 gage and home of the moonshine

[@tim7325]

@@theguy6245 *gauge :) lmao

[@aliabbani2974]

I bet that people who disliked the vid are from Kentucky

[@Tyrian3k]

What a dangerous high capacity assault weapon!

[@YCbrawlstars]

-CNN

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

@@YCbrawlstars i almost reply the same lol

[@aunusuallylargecat1779]

_the media_

[@Cat-fp7jw]

YC -BuzzFeed

[@fasuto8656]

Fully semi automatic

[@mochawatte]

I love it when youtube recommends something 6 years ago

[@hickok45]

Most firearms are timeless.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

@@hickok45 exactly

[@ryanterwilliger4755]

This man is such a convincing showman that I swear I could’ve believed that he actually received that gun via some sort of supply drop, initially X)

[@peterthinks]

Am I the only one disappointed he didn't take a shot at the Gong? It would be a one in a hundred shot but I would have loved to see it.

[@urmo345]

That's kinda gun they make in prison cell out of fork and spoon...

[@austinslaughter319]

Nope. They make shotguns from a battery, lightbulb, and some wires.

[@JM-bb8xi]

I'm genuinely curious, please go on

[@liamh9064]

Austin Slaughter yes please elaborate

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

In the 1950s, urban kid gangs made "zip guns" similar to this, using rubber bands and metal tubing from a car antenna. You'd put a .22 in the tube and pull back on a metal cap at the rear, then let the rubber band snap it against the firing pin. The bullets kind of tumbled out and made ugly wounds.

[@matthewweisenburger2095]

I didn't know hi point was around back then

[@ajendrisak]

10/10

[@boxingexpert9065]

Hi point is the best gun out there. Much cheaper than the glock and works the same if not better

[@landon_8264]

@@boxingexpert9065 your joking right?

[@slitherinsnake5101]

@@landon_8264 most people hate hi point because other gun nuts told them to but most people have never shot one. But for 200$ you can't get a better gun. Unless you want a little derringer but for the capacity and price you would be able to defend yourself. Plenty of better guns but hi point doesn't suck.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Just when you pray for deliverance, a gun falls from the sky..

[@Theakker3B]

You should review the Welrod MkII pistol from WWII.

[@robertupson5274]

it's a good idea, but welrods are super rare

[@deathtrap979]

only around 123,000 were ever made

[@slipknotmfkr3]

And most of them were destroyed

[@MrIliveinyourshed]

Robert Upson Could get a replica.

[@SergeiMosin]

harley davidson From where? I'm seriously asking, I've never heard of any Welrod replicas, but if there are any I'll buy one in a heartbeat.

[@richardalexander5758]

Guess they'd be too expensive to drop into occupied CA, NY, NJ, MD, MA.

[@WAQWBrentwood]

LOL!

[@richardalexander5758]

:-)

[@TheNinjaGumball]

And dont forget the city of austin. A liberal cesspool in the middle of conservative heaven

[@ericbiscuit2248]

+CheddarBacon Florida is conservative heaven. Few taxes, good gun laws, Disney World, Cuban food, few regulations etc.

[@TheNinjaGumball]

Eric Biscuit Florida is humid as hell. Half the air is water

[@TheCancerousLoli]

0:47 The spirits have brought a package. _may the pilots have great fortune_

[@StratosF]

So basically this was an opportunity to fire yet again with a Mauser. Great video. I love how many things you know about firearms and guns. Keep it up.

[@indalcecio]

i have one of these with a slide fire stock and a polymer foregrip

[@bigcrookeddick5688]

Peter R is it a high capacity assault pistol?

[@samsamson9696]

i think it's a nerf jolt

[@rachelann23]

Fully auto assault rifle

[@captainfluffy151]

@@rachelann23 fully semi auto

[@Daniraldo01]

OH, GOD, NO! NOT ZOMBIE STEVE! HE WAS JUST TWO DAYS AWAY FROM RETIREMENT! HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU THE RIFLE IF YOU HAVE JUST ASKED, HICKOK45!

[@chrissantiago3241]

Shut up

[@musicman_1008]

Hahahaha,funny

[@musicalcards9173]

@@chrissantiago3241 u to

[@onlyrushb6428]

Just imagine If he hit the rifle

[@Fubar343]

I've been obsessed with this gun since I first learn of it in high school. I don't know why. but great video.

[@GypsyHunter232UK]

I still have my old mums p45 Liberator here in the qeer old corrupt UK 🇬🇧. She was a SOE wireless operator in France in WW2 .she never spoke about it until well in to her 80s and only said she used it once to dispatch a nazi soldier who stopped her while returning from doing a radio transmission to the UK. She was a markswoman who was known as a good all rounder. My son has her Webley service revolver but due to the ridiculous UK law had to have it decommisioned so he could keep it..She served 6 months in France in 1943 before returning back to the 🇬🇧 UK..

[@TheHanstheprety]

I love when you teach history as well as shoot things.

[@Modxtrooling]

$700 for a replica that you aren't supposed to use

[@toomanyaccounts]

+KZbinUndeground You can use the replica. Its meant to be used on a range. The originals from ww2 if you can get one are from 1500 to 5 grand for one with the original box and comic instruction. Much like a Lemat revolver replica its meant to be used while you kept the original in a display case.

[@RT42069]

@Steven c Gutierrez probably equally deadly to the user

[@jacobstaten2366]

The replicas have rifling so they aren't illegal.

[@jacobstaten2366]

@@RT42069 it really depends on who put it together.

[@alp9173]

Back in the day, we were getting these for 2 bucks!

[@killjazz2337]

I love the sound of you walking through shells

[@notanaftagent8444]

The NRA needs to start dropping liberators in California 😂 jk

[@EmployeeJoe630]

What for?

[@J_Braz_]

The bums in San Fransico literally just defecate on the side walks. And sometimes pull their pants back up. Walk around with syringes protruding from their arms.

[@stevenbobbybills]

@@EmployeeJoe630 ignorance is bliss, right?

[@EmployeeJoe630]

@@stevenbobbybills I just like hearing these y'all queda people admit they want to murder Americans they don't like.

[@stevenbobbybills]

@@EmployeeJoe630 I don't think you get the point.

[@Johnny-jr2lq]

So I wonder how those countries would have liked a hi point 45 dropped in

[@hickok45]

+Johnathen Stommel They would have been perplexed, wondering why during the middle of WWII, somebody was dropping in boat anchors, especially since hardly ANYBODY was able to enjoy boating or fishing during the Nazi occupation. :-)

[@Johnny-jr2lq]

+hickok45 geez you could give the old hi point more credit than you do smh you speak better about a ww2 replica that cost $600 then you do about a real firearm that actually fires and has a mag

[@Johnny-jr2lq]

+hickok45 love the videos I consider you and John the go to KZbin channel for a review on a firearm that I maybe considering buying please keep it up I'm a big fan

[@jasonburton5055]

The high points would have killed more people by falling on them than shooting them..

[@1trillionviews4u]

One of the best Hickok videos to date imo. Love the lesson in history! Never knew these things ever existed. Thanks for the great history lesson. I love to learn about this stuff.

[@ryanl.z.7272]

0:46 Rare footage of Isaac Newton discovering gravity in 1666.

[@yumyumdoritoes12345]

I wonder what he had to do to pull that off, I can imagine a dude dropping it from the tree

[@zorrosish]

Being retired Army Cavalry, I truly appreciate this video. Much better than a stick!.......great weapon!

[@ericbrito8240]

8:53 I thought that this mosquito was here!

[@DieselRamcharger]

650 bucks for one of these! WTF!!!!

[@toomanyaccounts]

+Diesel Ramcharger 1500-5000 for the originals. So yeah a replica you can fire for fun is a bargin.

[@toomanyaccounts]

+toomanyaccounts The originals rarely turn up and people often spend years looking for one. Hence why these replicas are in high demand and often sold out when they make a production run.

[@DieselRamcharger]

toomanyaccounts Spend your money on whatever you want. Plenty of stupid people in the world. They can spend their money on whatever they want. a 600 dollar gun that can be shot a handful of times before it self destructs, what a deal!

[@DieselRamcharger]

toomanyaccounts And they aren't all that rare, there are several real ww2 ones on GB right now.

[@toomanyaccounts]

+Diesel Ramcharger There are a lot of fakes and replicas passed off as the original. They are rare. The number known to exist that are authentic is about 1500 with only 50 having the box and instructions.

[@Akira_781]

Love the respect shown for the firearms, makers, wielders, preservers and historians you show in every video, sir. Cheers!

[@loremipsum2508]

Hickock is like the Bob Ross of firearms channels

[@JamesTorson]

Sounds like something we could use over here in England to save us from the heel of our politicians.

[@anexsanderlourenco7367]

Brazil in The same situation

[@thisfckinguuyyy5211]

Well, the way things are going here in America, our rights to defend ourselves from gorvernment tyrany will be infringed here pretty soon.

[@CertifiedRealism]

Dont they will be at your door for posting that now

[@justanotherredneckwithacom1315]

Make stens in your garage

[@ODA-392]

Sadly, de whole world needs 'em

[@boxtruckbandit3837]

600$ what a rip. They make these things for 15 bucks even today

[@chrisk4228]

+Cody Maranto US Gov't was charged $1 a piece for these things in WW2 haha

[@charlesbarnett4240]

+Chris Cox The government paid $3.00 for them.

[@noel5050]

they cost 3,50$ to make and they definitely don't make them since 1942

[@FortuneZer0]

noel5050 There has been a reproduction series which even fixed the problem with the lugs a couple years back.

[@noel5050]

FortuneZero well yes reproductions but not originals

[@aussieshaunindk]

Here's a story for you. .I had an original ww2 bring back from europe. I was only 8 years old. L remember clearly the first original starwars movie had just been released. One day I was at the local city dump in a small town in Australia. So while dad was unloading the trailer my brother and i were rummaging around other peoples off loads (we did this a lot). i came across an old cardboard box full of old kids toys. There were teddy bears ,old plastic water pistols, leadies, kids school pencil boxes ,old slot cars etc..and in the bottom of this box was one of these funny looking pistols. All strange tarnished silver it looked like it could have come from a starwars film so we took all the good stuff from the box including this starwars pistol home with us. we played with it for years . Everything from starwars reenactments ,cowboys and indians to war play. Anyway as my brother and i got older and girls became more interesting than old starwars pistols the silver "toy" gun was put away.. i never though more of it until i saw one one the tv show Storage wars. I live in Denmark now (20 plus years) but every time i went home to vist my parents in the old house i would look for this FP-45 Liberator , never did find it. well years have come and gone and the old house has been replaced with an office building and the gun is lost to me for ever. i hope it given to some child as a toy gun again or ended up in a museam. my worst fear is that it may have ended up back in the land fill. Now that would be a shame. that's my experance with the FP liberator. cheers Shaun

[@TrolololololololoMan]

Essentially a Grease pistol.

[@DJacKnifeAlpha]

Gosh dangit hickock! That intro has me grinnin' ear to ear!

[@hickok45]

There's an idea; maybe we should all visit phone shops and just crank up good shooting videos ( anybody's, not just ours) on ALL the smart phones before we leave. A new strategy for addicting the population to the joys of shooting!

[@chiliring7082]

I'm in tears over the whole "your gun looks better then mine I want yours man" lmfaoo

[@JS-ed2hg]

Another great video I remember these even being only 36 but a firearm enthusiast, and as always Hickok is the number one shooter on KZbin.

[@AlwaysBeSmart674]

@5:35 599$ for literally the cheapest possible pistol designed..i call bs

[@Hero101010]

Economy of scale!

[@geraltofrivia323]

good luck finding any one for cheaper

[@leemauser1892]

Review the modern 3d printer liberator

[@tim7325]

During the revolutionary war that little pistol would've been a game changer.

[@Funhaus_Ryan]

I love how you see the camera shake from John throwing it in the air.

[@alexanderkolodziej4808]

Hello! Im form Poland and one thing I can add is - I have never seen or heard of any such weapon being used in occupied Poland during WWII and Ive seen most crazy stuff of that time :) We had some drops with Stens, few Thompsons and some Webley revolvers. Other than that lots of past september .39 guns. :)

[@GaiusCaligula234]

They weren't dropped in Europe, mate.

[@alexanderkolodziej4808]

... I sort of watched the whole movie understood it...

[@punchdrunkatheist]

+alexnader kolodziej I think the intention was to drop them in Poland, but that idea got canned, and they ended up being used later in India, China, and some other Asian countries, but not in any large numbers.

[@user-re7po]

0:47 I can’t stop watching this

[@raymondsecrest3773]

The Liberator pistol was paradroped in large tubes that would contain hundreds or the tiny pistols. The gun was dropped into France for the French resistance to quickly take out enemy targets and be ditched after firing. The weapons were hard to find by German soldier due to the small size and the weapon in famous for taking out a German captain who was sitting outside a cafe in France when a resistance member pulled out the pistol and shot the captain in broad daylight. The captain died the the resistance member escaped. The weapon was used so that after it was fired the shooter would take the targets weapons.

[@crazy_horse8010]

Great production and story telling. Knew this gun from Battlefield V game. Nice to hear the story behind it!

[@luckygunner3484]

I love his kentucky jabs 😂

[@FearScherer]

Hey, 10+1. Should tickle the anti revolver guys

[@neopup1776]

Hickok is so nice he can’t even make a Joke without making sure he doesn’t hurt anyone’s feelings.

[@judge1806]

*snipes the crap out of a bottle* “That worked out pretty well”....man’s a badass

[@rackal3753]

I watched this last night and had a dream about using it My "experience" with this gun can verify it is not very reliable

[@fathersausage8535]

The original hi-point

[@logancook5261]

This is a very smart way to arm a resestance

[@nicpete492]

I love the sound of the casings jingling around when you walk around. Much Love from Canada!

[@lefr33man]

"no markings on them" yeah, it's not like the caliber wasn't a dead giveaway or anything !

[@punchdrunkatheist]

+lefr33man If I'm not mistaken the US had already been helping Britain out with Thompson's, so it should have already been obvious, you'd think.

[@WJS774]

They were _selling_ weapons to Britain. That's a bit different than dropping them over Europe wholesale. Early on, they pretended to be neutral while in fact favouring Britain. Things like offering to sell materiel to both sides, as long as the buyer paid in gold and shipped the stuff themselves. Britain had huge amounts of gold across the world, Germany had no gold and the Royal Navy controlled the Atlantic. Obviously that gives a _huge_ advantage to Britain, but it's not like it was FDR's fault that Germany couldn't take advantage of the offer, right? Dropping weapons on occupied Europe would kind of blow that claim of neutrality out the water, aye? "Oh, those weapons were for Germans, not our fault the French found them first"?

[@Kermitowski]

0:58 thank you Sponsor Eagle!! ʕ•ﻌ•ʔ

[@colt3125]

Lmao

[@LucasIsHereYT]

This and the Yeet Cannon are the biggest meme firearms in history.

[@CaptainResident]

What about the Kolibri?

[@jasohavents]

Hickok is one of the few people confident enough to leave his own gun in the line of fire when reenacting the intended use of another gun.

[@mhymyk4022]

And I thought that Hi-Point made bad guns...

[@awesomeologyism]

Hi-Point doesn't make bad guns any more than S&W or Colt or (insert manufacturer) does

[@spammy555]

awesomeologyism heh

[@willyhearrell9060]

awesomeologyism ....wrong. wrong. Wrong. They use cheap pot metal. They snap in half. Not only that they dont chamber all the time.

[@awesomeologyism]

willy hearrell It isn't "pot metal," it's a well known alloy known as zamak-3. It is strong enough to do the job it needs to, everything that is required to be steel, is.

[@spammy555]

awesomeologyism I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say that you probably own a Hi-Point.

[@jr52990]

I heard that someone found a huge storehouse of those and they were going to auction. I would love to get one of those for historical value alone. Even if they never saw any action.

[@stephenforsberg4038]

For those who are interested... Check "Forgotten Weapons" KZbin channel for some more information on the gun's history. Something about CIA (before being called CIA) storing what was left because they had space.

[@lamborghinimiurap4005]

That cod reference though

[@schnozberries98]

Never thought I’d hear Hickok say “Nazi Zombie” hahaha

[@snowwhite7677]

Yea, real "discreet", 45 acp is practically short for "Merica!"

[@papermind4010]

"Lost WW2 pilot still flyin' around" XD

[@adrianrichards26]

The ideal pistol. Perfect in all aspects,the most legendary design allows for devastating effectiveness in the field

[@legohero6049]

hickok will be the next cod operator we need it to happen