Hamas Claims to Make Sniper Rifles in Gaza - Are They Really?

[@abcdef-l2c8t]

Keep in mind that Ian is a fervent supporter of famas.

[@TheCouchCommando]

Bruh

[@paleoph6168]

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@dillonc7955]

However this hasn't reached top comment yet is beyond me.

[@gilgamecha]

😂😂😂

[@scrumpmonkey]

🐸

[@xml7sxGaming]

I'm a lathe operator and Ian is spot on except for the smoke, it's normal to get some smoke if you are using cutting oil.

[@davidcarr7436]

Are you sure that this isn't just an example of Elbonian technical aid?

[@erggml1887]

Shhhh, we don't want them to catch on...

[@psikogeek]

We all fear Elbonian Airlines.

[@opperbuil]

@@psikogeek No, I fear that land-locked country's deep water navy.

[@HarryPrimate]

I don’t think that this was Elbonian aid, none of the firearms that were shown had a ventilated barrel shroud.

[@christopherconard2831]

Not enough mud.

[@pickle7499]

smh why doesnt hamas simply buy their rifles with U.S tax payer money like Israel smh

[@merouane8616]

maybe Russia?

[@SirRichard94]

lol

[@Mutantcy1992]

Unironically tho The US has given so much fucking money to Palestine.

[@SlaveofGod7777]

Underrated comment

[@LapisRadzuli]

To be fair the Khyber Pass has taught us anyone can "build a sniper rifle" but it's another matter entirely building a sniper rifle that actually functions.

[@rickbrasche8781]

thing is some of those supposed locally manufactured rifles came with EDM and other high tech operation parts, but were stripped and assembled so deniability could be maintained. Basically what Iran is doing here. Surprised they weren't "3d printing" parts too

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

​@@rickbrasche8781 That's only a matter of time, unfortunately.. crazy developments in frontline doctrine in Ukraine the last 6-8 months re 3d printing and drones

[@1980Baldeagle]

Dude, their brass was all pick-ups. Every piece different, no trimming.... They were measuring the powder with a measuring scoop!!! "Snipers"😅

[@suspectboOOm]

But not impossible

[@GlobalAnalysis101]

Maybe you should ask the Israeli soldiers if the rifles work!

[@electricbayonet2]

This isn’t even Elbonian gunsmithing. For all the actual work being done to produce actual things, this is _Fisher_ _Price_ gunsmithing.

[@KR-hg8be]

Kneebonian engineering.

[@jailbird1133]

More like Chinese quality of manufacturing

[@jurisjancevskis9076]

​@@jailbird1133nah, the Chinese can make something decent if you pay them to do it

[@pan2aja]

The pointy haired manager is disagree

[@bhagasasi425]

​@@jailbird1133Quality depend on ur pocket

[@bobmcbob8732]

Been a machinist for a few decades now, its what you don't see as much as you do. Vernier caliper is only accurate to ±.03mm, no bore mics, no gun drills, how are they rifling the barrel? No Dial test indicator set up to check radial run out of barrel. You could manufacture a working gun on such a set up but it would be as accurate as a Luty. Love the vids gun jesus, keep them coming.

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

What they actually manufacture there is reminiscent of the Luty

[@male3399]

Perhaps the video does not match how the rifle was made and seems to contain only some actors, but it is known to resistance engineers that they were able to manufacture Qassam rockets and Ghoul sniper rifles locally.

[@thejackal5099]

Could you make a Sten with this setup?

[@williamperry01]

​@@male3399, how many copy and paste jobs of this comment you gonna do son??!?!?!

[@Sacrifice117]

@@Srfs777 so why would they attempt to fool anybody into thinking they're making these? it's weird how easy arabs fall for propaganda, they just really dont know any better and they have a weird thirst for watching these videos.

[@nizdeniz]

As a cnc service tech i can tell you that a lot of things can be made on a classic lathe if its geometry is impeccable.

[@richriver5336]

Even a precision high caliber rifle that won’t fail after a few shots?

[@zahrans]

@@richriver5336 Yes

[@nizdeniz]

@@richriver5336 its my guess that they flex their production capabilities maybe a bit unrealistically, however for making weapons of that type i think they even have cncs, just dont want to show.

[@coka7770]

Sen türk müsün ?

[@HairyKnuckles222]

@@nizdenizyeah exactly they are probably behind the curtains 😂

[@PJHamann1]

"They say he carved it himself, from a larger spoon." springs to mind.

[@kiwi_comanche]

🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Furzkampfbomber]

And we all know, there is no spoon.

[@TheDarthMarko]

AL Jazeera will say that is an elevator shaft

[@sakomanlee]

"Let 21st Century Humanity go, Ralph. It knows what it is doing."

[@pedrowhack-a-mole6786]

Definitely staged and acted out. The most telling things for me are the cleanliness of their costumes, the machines and how they are used, and that nobody who knows how to use a lathe would ever have on long sleeves or gloves.

[@ggez2020]

probably filmed in a studio in Qatar.

[@florentleider222]

no DRO, worn out lathtes, and they claim high precision rifles ? ah ah...

[@binbashbuddy]

Totally agree that those are not skilled lathe workers.

[@fnhuggybear]

the sleeves and gloves for sure tell me they are acting and not actually machinists. Will they release the video of them being sucked into the lathes?

[@keithmalmberg8395]

As a manual machinists I can verify that what is in the video complete fake. You do not wear long sleeve clothes when running manual machines. You do not stay nearly that clean when running manual machines. And as a side note US Pro 2nd channels are under constant attack for being pulled down, but Hamas posts anti Semitic videos and they stay up. Just saying.

[@arabiccola]

I'm an Arab speaker and a maker. I watched the video in Arabic and it didn't seem to be that they were claiming that they made rifles. What they claimed is that they had to put labor into the equipment they're using to fight their enemy. My understanding was that they were able to repair or modify equipment.

[@PremiumUserUltra]

What does it say on the gun or guns case?

[@misterputin8898]

You may say destroying those poor guns. Also, Hamas Is always claiming that they "build" their own weapons but they only ensamble the parts brought from Iran.

[@omar011002]

@@PremiumUserUltra 9:27 Alghoul's ( Qassams Brigade ) Sniper rifle Caliber / 12.7 x 99 mm

[@bluelionking5285]

​@@PremiumUserUltra The wordings say, "We're sending Americans and Israel soldiers to HELL!" 😂😂😂

[@bluelionking5285]

​@@misterputin8898 Mr. Putin, you should know better! Your country are the one who supplied those RPGs, Sniper and AK 47 to Hamas right???😂😂😂

[@NiyogiJi]

If you ever watched videos of Pakistani guys making pom pom you would never question anyone what they can build only with their hands

[@Remi_TL]

These guys have garbage equipment so there making garbage parts … in America we can be probably be around 5 to 10 times more precise

[@spencerkleiman5035]

Exactlty. Im a machinist, with two guys and two lathes these guys will be lucky to build 4 guns a month. They dont even have any presses or inspecting equipment just 2 fucking lathes haha😅 this is absolutely hilarious TBH. Anyone who knows machining would laugh at this setup

[@hughmungus6911]

Surely there are real gunsmiths in that part of the world, but these guys aren't that. This is clearly propaganda to try and explain away why there are Iranian weapons in their arsenal.

[@hughmungus6911]

@@TyphoonS.S. Whatever you say lmfao.

[@hughmungus6911]

@@TyphoonS.S. Ah yes, they just look and operate exactly the same as the Iranian version with the same markings, just a coincidence. Whatever you say lmfao.

[@kalashnicarolina220]

This is not hamas but is Brandon Herrera and his crew attempting to manufacture an AK50.

[@Nukle0n]

Wouldn't surprise me if Brandon had joined Hamas considering the shit he says.

[@davidreynolds731]

@@Nukle0nsuch as?

[@Nukle0n]

@@davidreynolds731all the white supremacist dogwhistles.

[@Knight_141]

@@davidreynolds731 hating bullpup lol?

[@Däl-user]

​@@Knight_141bruh bullpups sucks

[@gilgamecha]

Unusual for Ian to foray into current events, but this was as informative as ever.

[@Voyajer.]

He's talked about Ukraine before iirc

[@gilgamecha]

@@Voyajer. Yeah once in a while he dips his toe in the present day. 😁

[@brucewelty7684]

Well, to give credit, these weapons are easy to forget.

[@dominuslogik484]

Im sure he was just so infuriated by the inept show of gunsmithing that he couldn't let it stand regardless of politics or current events.

[@DesertRat.45]

There's a lot of deception especially in the US media. As if you didn't know.

[@formertanker3206]

Maybe it's just me, but the shot of the ammo tray with the supposedly finished ammo looks odd. To me it looks like there is a mixture of either inconsistently seated bullets and case lengths, or we are looking at a mixture of x99 and x108 ammo.

[@kevincornell1439]

where not crimped either.

[@lairdcummings9092]

Not just you. Case lengths seem extremely inconsistent.

[@drapedup76]

I noticed this too some looked too tall

[@SergeantSquared]

That's cause those are incendiary bullets............. So, like Ian said, lower quality controls. Lol

[@boba9253]

Case lengths and especially seating depths were all over the road.

[@moedem]

Whether it’s fake or not Hamas are using and look like they are getting kills with sniper rifles ,however their most capable weapon is the RPG launcher paired with the 105 Yasin tandem

[@JoshStoobs]

Whether it's fake or not, Hamas are getting absolutely dumpstered. Stop stroking their ego.

[@samy7013]

Yup, exactly.

[@omershilian7392]

They never showed us any destroyed tank Sometimes they record themselves miss or not show the hit at all

[@DiSPiPE]

@@omershilian7392Israelis show the destroyed tanks plus all the injuries and deaths

[@abhmd4481]

​@@omershilian7392 You're delusional.

[@DaIssimo]

I work in a production machine shop so I'm going to comment on that part of their video. 1) Professional manual machinists would not be wearing coats with long sleeves. They wear aprons. Long sleeves run the risk of being caught in the rotating parts of machines and can severely damage your arms 2) Scope mounts - Finished parts (the black ones) would never be located on the same table as in-process parts.

[@murmaider2]

So this is fake because people manufacturing underground aren't following OSHA and ISO?

[@jamesgravel7755]

Yea I don’t think those guys have osha and most of them wear sandles while doing litterly every toe crushing job imaginable

[@WilfChadwick]

when your safety manual consists of one short sentence, ALLAH HUAKBAR, anything that happens was the will of god and therefore good and had to occur.

[@lairdcummings9092]

@disistheway2679 if true, *THIS* facility isn't that place, and theses guys aren't the actual gunsmiths.

[@lairdcummings9092]

@disistheway2679 yeah, yeah, not arguing that point. *THIS* video, though, is a fake - that *is* the point here.

[@SavageShooter93]

Ive never seen a "factory new" gun that has so many marks from wear/handling/use. And the variety of different case lengths and seating depths on that ammo in the tray is pretty um.... interesting

[@act.13.41]

And that was supposed to be sniper quality. I wouldn't trust it for weekend at the range testing.

[@SavageShooter93]

@@act.13.41 Yeah It makes me wonder how many Hamas fighters are going to be running around with a thumb in their neck trying to stop arterial spurting from blown up rifles.

[@Locutus494]

Never mind the different cases and bullet seatings in that tray; you can SEE dents in the cases! 🤣

[@geradkavanagh8240]

Very short-sighted snipers.....

[@Rokomarn]

​@@SavageShooter93not enough unfortunately

[@thatguyoverthere9634]

Notice the ammo pulled out of the crate at the range is very uniform and new looking, very much unlike the ammo they were putting into the crates.

[@lesvosloo5797]

missed that..

[@Angel9932]

I saw that. It looked very clean like factory new ammunition would appear.

[@dj1NM3]

I did notice that the range ammo looked very nice and uniform, the cartridges all having the same blackish colour, rather than the hodgepodge of lacquer and bare steel from inside the "factory".

[@bennettrogers7921]

And the primers were staked etc etc

[@elkitaba.2023]

dont be stupid . do you want them to show all the details !

[@mr.d6296]

I'd like to see the headband making factory video.

[@Mutantcy1992]

For that you'd need to see child slave labor

[@evilwelshman]

If reassembling a firearm that you had just disassembled counts as manufacturing, that would probably make Ian the greatest firearm manufacturer of all time, given the sheer variety of firearms he's "manufactured". 😁😁

[@greycatturtle7132]

XD

[@themanwithoutaplan72]

LMAO

[@SW0000A]

Don't give the ATF any ideas.

[@riftvallance2087]

​@@SW0000Aworking on it I'm sure

[@allangibson8494]

@@SW0000ADealing with an ATF “raid” is easier than an IDF one…

[@jasongcrow5313]

There is perhaps no one better suited to criticize this video than Ian. He knows machining, he knows guns and ammo, and he knows video production.

[@lemansawi3249]

Brandon maybe..?😅

[@mohdesigne4446]

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[@dogoodo007]

so others cldn't do it right, well dream on, world are catching up

[@je2338]

And he knows Hamas are no smarter than a kindergarten class.

[@starstencahl8985]

@@dogoodo007wtf is wrong with people being sad and pathetic like this

[@aceroadholder2185]

By the early 1700s barrel making was already a specialized trade. Gunsmiths bought barrels, they didn't waste time trying to make them. Look at some of the videos of the barrel making process. It takes specialized machines and tools to drill a hole that is between 5mm and 13mm in diameter and up to 900mm deep and have it absolutely straight and to size end to end.

[@jw-hy5nq]

Difficult but not impossible. I know a machinist that made several rifles of various sizes. He said the most labor intensive part of a rifle was the trigger mechanism. He would normally just tear apart a junked rifle for those parts.

[@astainlessnoyb1038]

It does not. Outside of a really long barrel you can rifle pistol to rifle sized barrels with a 20 ton harbor freight press and a $28 dollar Ali-express bullet button. If you want 1000 yard accuracy it requires a few thousand dollars in tooling that maybe you can not afford but a gov sponsored terror org like hamas can.

[@andersjjensen]

@@jw-hy5nq Those weren't 1 MOA rifles for sure. Most companies that make precision rifles cold forge the rifling by inserting a tungsten carbide rod with the correct profile into the bore and then crimp-hammer the blank around it so it has to be screwed out. Drilling and reaming a barrel blank to within a few micons is outside the capabilities of most shops that don't have ambient temperature control. Long-boring a rifling pattern into it afterwards, without screwing it up to the point it becomes essentially just a somewhat poor hunting rifle, is even harder. So that you knew a machinist who made ghetto rifles really doesn't tell anyone much until we see a 1000m grouping shot from a gun rest, as Hamas is claiming to be making sniper rifles. Not bullet hoses.

[@FreebirthBoccara]

doubting that they can learn the skill is insane and frankly borders on racist. do you really think these people aren't capable of using the tools they just showed you they have? no. the actor on the screen didn't know what the fuck they where doing.. but they aren't going o show the actual people who do the work on video.. their enemy actively hunts any specialist down. so any skilled worker woudl be highly protected.

[@andersjjensen]

@@KuK137 Except Ian has done extensive videos on Polish resistance fire arms production. And they made sub machine guns. Not sniper rifles. Because making a simple blowback sub machine gun that will reasonably reliably hit at ranges a 9mm Parabellum can realistically do is a far cry from making a sniper rifle that can hit something so far away you need a scope the size of a roll of biscuits to see it. The Poles weren't idiots. They knew the limitation of their production means and produced firearms accordingly. They knew you can't produce to micrometer precision with determination alone, so they simply didn't bother.

[@Ghost_Pepperoni]

I used to work in a shop making receivevers for Remington 700s. We used modern CNC lathes for the bore and threads but for the OD we used a manual lathe with no coolant. Some smoking and chip pattern like you see here was normal. Of course, that was for about a 7" receiver, not the entire length. There were also jobs where a part was in the lathe just so we could smooth the surface finish out with scotch brite.

[@kevinc8217]

I've worked in shops making barrels as well, but everything was done with coolant. Depends on the inserts you're using (ceramics you don't want coolant) but usually turning without a coolant or cutting oil, you risk deformation or work hardening. With the short section you said you were turning it may not have been an issue. But yeah, it certainly wouldn't be down the entire barrel. It would warp the bore. And Scotch Brite is definitely a staple in machine shops for polishing lol

[@maxjoechl5663]

In the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (yes, there's a literal terrorist group called 'MILF') has been mass-producing bolt-action anti-materiel rifles for years. While they looked impressive on propaganda shots, many of these _Barits_ had one glaring flaw: They weren't really 'rifles' because they lacked an actual rifled barrel (others were made from recycled M2 barrels, providing atleast some basic accuracy). I suppose the intended use for improvised anti-materiel rifles is less about precision sniping, and more about disabling trucks and lightly armored vehicles like the M113 at close ranges during an ambush.

[@telelkhajiit7910]

In some South American cou tries there've been some craft made .50 big 'rifles'. They usually look like they've been made from rusty scrap. In most cases they've been used to bust open armored truck doors and similar obstacles curjng robberies. Much like the cut down lotte anti tank rifles that inspired the movies thunderbolt and lightfoot.

[@oz_jones]

@@telelkhajiit7910 Literal orks from 40k universe, because they work mostly on make-belief and willpower. Needs more dakka, though.

[@MrBollocks10]

It's a shame, isn't it? Paradise with Abu Sayef ruining tourism and the money it brings.🥴

[@MrBollocks10]

The Islamic Liberation Front don't sound too friendly.😮 Just their name strikes terror in me.😱

[@Getpojke]

So you're saying that the "MILF" has been sloppily reemed? 😆

[@Casual_Cthulhu]

Im a machinist for a company who manufactures precision bolt and gas rifles. This was a very entertaining video.

[@bennichols1113]

I got envy

[@MavisRecon]

Is it LaRue? lol idk why but they were the first company to pop in my head. I've always wanted to take a tour of their building or something. Maybe work there idk 😅

[@Casual_Cthulhu]

@@MavisRecon Falkor Defense

[@phant0]

What I immediately noticed in the first image is how the barrels appear to be magically blueing themselves after they are taken off of the lathe and put on the table.

[@mdog111]

There are now many videos online of these rifles in lethal use. Whether they were made in Gaza or assembled from Iranian parts is irrelevant. They are being used very effectively.

[@LiorIPSC]

One thing that impresses me with Ian is his honest attempt to be apolitical and unbiased. Kudos to him for his consistency in that!

[@robertkalinic335]

It may be honest but certainly not apolitical, right from the start he uses word terrorist which no violent group would choose to describe itself. Its more kind of broad cultural thing than Ian doing smthng wrong, nobody is immune to ideology.

[@dizsamonolith6220]

@@robertkalinic335 You have a brain dysfunction or something? You are accusing him saying Terrorist? Literally, He didnt say it.

[@DouglasLambert]

I was going to say just that. It is super rare to see something like this on the internet: just someone commenting ONLY on the field of expertise they know. Kudos to him, for sure.

[@bigsmoke8816]

He may try but the concept of "apoliticism" does not exist. If you take no stands on an issue, you only reaffirms the status quo.

[@DouglasLambert]

@@bigsmoke8816 not saying that he is apolitical, just that he only talked about his expertise. that's all.

[@Berm_Blaster]

Ian's wealth of firearms knowledge never ceases to amaze me.

[@wlfmn6778]

Machining weapon parts is not rocket science dude. Try to manufacture parts for drivelines, a lot of precise manufactured gears and shafts.

[@tilled6695]

except for this time hes wildly incorrect and failed to do any real research.

[@callum1465]

@@wlfmn6778no one asked

[@GigaGoose123]

​@@tilled6695ok then, explain your superior research

[@mUrKiNyourmom]

@@tilled6695care to explain how? I know for a fact Ian knew more about firearms in 2nd grade then you do currently

[@Klint_Izwudd]

To give them the absolute maximum benefit of doubt, my workplace also does theatrical shots for recruitment where they show people miming work in front of actual equipment but it's usually some guy from marketing just fondling the tools not knowing what he's doing.

[@JJFX-]

I might believe that if it was just awkward running of the equipment but everything else indicates they aren't really making these

[@jel1951]

@@JJFX- "everything else"? Like what, because running of the equipment is the only thing we're being shown here

[@gladehartdreamer5620]

@@jel1951 the bullet manufacturing scene was full of indications that those were pre bought bullets and not manufactured at all

[@ukpkmkk_2]

Which is everything they need for the few shots, they're obviously not gonna film a full tutorial at their actual manufacturing facility.

[@islamisthetruewaytogod6812]

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[@wolffanderson7629]

They show them in their combat videos and they work very well.

[@rolsen1304]

It is possible this video is disinfo by Hamas to cover up some very active and successful smuggling route supplying weapons from Iran, probably via one of the neighboring countries, Lebanon, Syria or Egypt. It's like "look these are domestically made!" When in fact, they are not.

[@gilgamecha]

That actually makes sense yes. It's (im)plausible deniability.

[@Matt0ize]

Yasin 105 RPG ammo is manufactured in GAZA

[@axelrose9383]

​@@Matt0izesay nobody ever.

[@fluffles9591]

Probably CIA

[@williampratt1066]

I suggest this was neither filmed or released by Hamas, but by another interested party………

[@james_t_kirk]

*Whether Hamas made the .50 caliber sniper rifles or not the fact is they DO have them. And that is all that matters.*

[@colinsbane]

They also use them to lethal effect.

[@Arnechk]

​@@colinsbaneAnd nobody was surprised, not even the the "US Army at home", known as IDF.

[@oliver4693]

They are like children the way they lie all the time and it's not even convicing like a child arguing with a parent about something pathetic animals

[@TheKingsOfWinter]

Implying that that wasn't well known. What's funny is that Hamas wants people to believe they have the ability to produce them when they so clearly do not.

[@midoevil7]

The markings say قناصة الغول القسامية Which can means Al-Qassam's Al-ghoul sniper rifle The words on the bag are بندقية الشهيد عدنان الغول Martyr Adnan El-ghoul's rifle Adnan El-ghoul was Mohammed dief -al qassam top general - assistant who was killed in air strikes. So, the rifle is named on one of their late leaders, who's family name was Al-Ghoul, giving a double meaning for the rifle's name.

[@Nukle0n]

Is it a normal last name in that region? I know translations of last names don't mean a lot, like someone named "Cooper" probably doesn't make barrels, but it's odd to me when looking up what Ghoul means as it means "to take" or "greed".

[@fenneco9963]

​@Nukle0n Ghoul has a lot of meanings, but the most important is just Monster, and that's what most people know Ghoul to mean. It's not a common Name where i live, but i don't know if it's common in Palestine, also it could be that it's not his real name just a nickname.

[@-Zakhiel-]

@@Nukle0n Maybe he was a fan Batman comic books.

[@sohaibalaichouni]

​ لا تكن غبيا، قصص الغول موجودة قبل باتمان بآلاف السنوات.

[@sohaibalaichouni]

لا تكن غبيا، قصص الغول موجودة قبل باتمان بآلاف السنوات.

[@jamesstrain5361]

I love this channel. I forgot it was one of those channels where I can make it all the way through. Ian just keeps the interesting information coming at ya like a Vulcan Autocannon. Keep up the good work.

[@timedwards9964]

Its probably fair to say they aren't making these rifles in Gaza, and there are a number of issues here, but as a gunsmithing educated machinist of 12 years, I can see a plausible reason for a lot of these shots. As a disclaimer, I haven't done any gunsmithing since I finished school. 1) At 1:50 there is discussion about OD turning the "barrels" This may not be final contouring. Depending the material condition and follow on processes a cleaning cut of raw bar stock may be necessary. Secondly, these clips are showing the work at different stages of completion. They may not be contiguous machining, we cant know, and based on that equipment, likely took several hours to complete. Also, based on that equipment, smoking is normal. Its probably the lubricant flashing off. 2) Polishing with that cloth on a spinning lathe. I've done it a lot. Especially on a long bar in a old manual lathe without a steady rest. Tolerance is tough to hold, chatter is a real concern. Polish for looks or for final sizing. Not great for making money, but it works. 3) At 3:10 regarding this drilling. Based on the position of the bar in both shots, they are not contiguous. You may be seeing two different things. One is drilling. The other is using the drill bit to catch the cutoff and prevent it from falling into the chip tray. Its crude but effective and would explain the imagery. More interestingly, it looks like they have contoured 2-3 of these "Bolt heads" before drilling and cutoff. On a manual lathe, I would avoid that at all costs. I have since had the opportunity to work with a film crew on a machining project and we staged everything for filming. Even as a machinist of 12 years with real machine tools on the day of filming we faked everything. Great content as always!

[@RiyadhElalami]

He is just being very biased.

[@DEEPENFRIENDSHIP]

If he was he might have brought up average Palestinian IQ which is very low ​@RiyadhElalami

[@Ryknfjor]

Disagree. The smoke coming off the barrel is a no-no. Thermal expansion *will* warp the inner barrel. Temps must be controlled throughout the cut ESPECIALLY on a "sniper rifle" barrel. Sanding the OD near the chuck is dumb, because chatter is least likely to happen there.

[@randy1469]

​@Ryknfjor that's not true. When I've turned down barrel tendons, I've had smoke come off when I use cutting oil. Have you ever machined a barrel?

[@nathanfranks1476]

Why would you receive a gunsmithing education, but then never smith a gun after your schooling?

[@shlomomarkman6374]

The most probable scenario is they are getting not the rifle but a kit, possibly an incomplete kit and they need to assemble the rifle themselves or even make some parts that are missing in the kit. Shipment of complete sniper rifles is very conspicuous and has higher chance of getting caught on the way through Egypt.

[@crackthefoundation_]

This, thank you

[@SwedishDrunkard5963]

tunnels under the border mabye?

[@moplus6430]

I think this is just a fake propaganda clip shoot.

[@truffleshuffl]

They launch millions of dollars worth of missiles every year, they have no issues getting weapons in.

[@islambale747]

Where they filmed this suggest they're supposed to make the snipers in the tunnels.

[@3az3oz]

Your analysis might be correct but you have to remember that their goal isn't to make record breaking high precision gun or ammo. They don't have the luxury to access everything, so they use and reuse whatever they have. Also, They might be using in a lot closer range than a typical sniper. The goal is to try and be self sufficient and be able stand a chance in a fight.

[@JIMBO_UKNO]

After 5 minutes into the video, this would be the same kind of guy that would say I can't kill you with the butterknife because it's not sharp like a steak knife, Exactly, these people are making guns out of whatever they can. The objective is the kill. It's not supposed to be precision and you know that shit

[@InternetGravedigger]

The problem is the ONLY thing they showed any ACTUAL production for was the scope mounts... everything else was pretty obviously just reassembly of already-existing rifles or smoke and mirrors.

[@مهندس-ج7خ]

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[@Beam_Teamer]

​@@InternetGravedigger You missed the point of the video, the point was that they are putting labor into using any means possible to build/modify their equipment and reuse everything they got to fight the enemy, that's it, they're not claiming to manufacture every part, but they reuse everything they have/find

[@Ramxie35]

maybe they are not showing u everything@@InternetGravedigger

[@ALJZAZZI_j0]

Whatever you say, they made their weapons with their own hands. What about rockets and RPGs? They made it from scratch. They won't be able to get a gun؟!!. There is an Arabic proverb that says necessity leads to invention.

[@ojiugo]

This is based on how westerners understand engineering. Visit any country in the "global South" and all you see around you is people using, repurposing, and reengineering things without the tools that westerners use. He's just saying "it's not done the way I do it so it's not possible that they did it".

[@ALJZAZZI_j0]

@@ojiugo He wonders what they did, and doubts their work. He has no idea of ​​the tragic conditions they lived and continue to live in. They do not know the impossible, but rather they make the impossible easier than we can imagine. These people have the right to defend themselves, their future, their lives, and even their simplest dreams. Let's be human.

[@shadad.masalmeh]

Anyone who knows little about this war recognizes that media has very strong effect and this video served its purpose.

[@JJFX-]

The editing style and polish is also very suspicious to say the least.

[@SlaveofGod7777]

Lying just like IDF

[@HayaAlMousa-cn1ye]

How do you know it did ?

[@shadad.masalmeh]

@@HayaAlMousa-cn1ye i live in this war and i see

[@HayaAlMousa-cn1ye]

@shadad.masalmeh5236 BS

[@oldesertguy9616]

I remember Sons of Guns. I was so excited when it came out. I think I watched maybe 3 episodes and realized they were a "reality show" and were not serious about anything. It was basically a wannabe American Chopper for guns, but even less believable in their "this has to be done by Saturday!" I was so glad it went off the air.

[@riccochet704]

A couple of the people on the show are legit firearm manufacturers. Vince makes some nice AK's, and I think Joe does a lot with suppressors.

[@Thenarratorofsecrets]

god, it gets worse. the lead dude there, went to jail for sexually assaulting two women, think he's got life sentences.

[@Totemparadox]

​@@ThenarratorofsecretsWomen? FYI they were kids and one... was his daughter.

[@jailbird1133]

​@@Thenarratorofsecretsone was his own daughter.

[@Mescherje]

@@Totemparadox rly? How old were they?

[@messmeister92]

I’ve never worked in a rifle factory, but I’ve been inside plenty of machine and metalworking shops. Those overcoats are wayyyy too clean for any meaningful work to be happening.

[@CarrotConsumer]

I doubt they wear green head bands and masks while working too. They are dressed up to look good whether they are real machinists or not.

[@thedarkone5049]

​@@CarrotConsumer They wear the masks and headbands while fighting the Zionists. So it shouldn't be hard to realise that they would wear these masks and headbands during a staged promotional video.

[@tz8785]

@@CarrotConsumer They are also dressed up to be unrecongnisable, which is probably a more acute concern than the risk of accidents from sleeves and gloves.

[@wembleyford]

My employers put a video up on KZbin promoting some computery thing we do. The video has shots of attractive looking people who I've never seen other than in this video in our offices typing into laptops. laptops which are clearly switched off. This is a propaganda video from a terrorist organisation. It's also a totally authentic bit of corporate BS.

[@deezeed2817]

This is a video produced by Hamas' propaganda department. Of course they're not going to show you anything other than what they want you to see. I think the reason for it is plausible deniability. If Iran is seen as the one arming Hamas then the west will use it as an excuse to sanction or even attack Iran. Iranians at this point despite the tense situation is not wanting to escalate this. It wants to keep good relations with Gulf States.

[@myboysd5772]

Why are people claiming this video is propaganda, and not the video he is talking about?

[@NotiBoii-c6l]

in the world where one can make a plastic gun from a 3d printer, this yapper is crying because someone in a wartorn country didnt used lathe with details

[@myboysd5772]

@@NotiBoii-c6l Well, you could think that using a lathe properly makes actual equipment instead of looking like you are doing something. Pretty basic stuff in my opinion.

[@benargee]

​@@NotiBoii-c6l you can't make an entire gun 3D printed. The barrel and much of the action needs to be tough material like metal.

[@WingMaster562]

​@@NotiBoii-c6lmate, Filipinos in Sulu making blowback pistols in their shed are more believable than whatever this propaganda video of making rifles.

[@Free_Palestine_and_Fukk_israel]

Because it is!! This bullshit is claiming that these are just iranian steyr 50, even tho this is as long as 200 cm and the styer 50 is 137 cm long and the ghoul sniper also uses 14.5x114mm rounds in some version so this is just propaganda

[@T30-z5w]

I’ve made lots of parts on my lathe and mill. There’s nothing in this video that shows much with any specificity. The reality is that this level of manual machining even if real as depicted will not yield the level of production necessary to support a war effort. You make tools to mass produce this way. You don’t mass produce this way at all.

[@azgardener79]

WW2 has entered the chat

[@mohammadelhayek9155]

They cannot mass produce, no one said they are mass producing. They do not have the resources to mass produce.

[@monotech20.14]

I'm a watchmaker and have done the same. I wouldn't even call these guys hacks. They are simply pretending.

[@Ryknfjor]

@@azgardener79 during WW2, 1 company would have 400 mills/lathes, 100 to roughing out, 100 to special processes and the rest for finishing. Hummus shown here would be at the most a repair/specialty job shop.

[@AppleCinnamonPie]

I don't think they need to mass produce because this isn't conventional warfare. I'm no expert, but it seems to me that guerilla warfare and hit and run tactics does not expend nearly as much equipment as conventional warfare does.

[@mcbonkytron8411]

There’s 4 ways to look at this: 1: Hamas isn’t making AM-50s and they’re just trying to make people think they are. (Most likely true) 2: Hamas are making AM-50s but they’re absolutely garbage at it. 3: Hamas are making high quality AM-50s and they’re trying to make us believe they’re not with bad footage (tinfoil hat moment). 4: Hamas put a video out there on how they make AM-50s and wanted constructive criticism/feedback (tinfoil hat moment).

[@HE-162]

5th way: Hamas is making am-50 rifles and decided to make a propaganda film using a production company and paid actors on a set, rather than giving them access to the actual production facility.

[@Tokyo_Tru]

Yea I think they're doing this to take away any rumoring that Iran and neighboring countries are supplying these rifles so that U.S. and Allied heat doesn't spread to them as well, which explains why everything looks like just plain kit assembled rifles Besides the markings on the receivers.

[@Grubnar]

Hamas reacting to Ian's video, reacting to their video: "Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!"

[@shenzhong2942]

@@HE-162Man it’s so shocking how most of these armchair experts, including Ian himself, failed to consider this

[@Domspun]

​@@Grubnar Is Hamas in the room right now?

[@nothingbutchappy]

If you could import the steel for the barrels... Import barrels... Their lighter...

[@xgford94]

There you go again… using logic to make a good point… you will never make it as a modern journalist 😂

[@nothingbutchappy]

@@xgford94 done some journalism stuff... It's the rich owners who mess with the editors...

[@hellbent650]

Mr. Spock agrees that it is indeed, Logical.

[@cstgraphpads2091]

@@nothingbutchappy Nah, it's the editors.

[@joemama.556]

​@FrostOrZeph iran doesnt do any of that

[@Dee-Quran]

Haters are going to claim it's fake 🤣🤣. Why do they even bother pretending and having those machines at all? They don't need you to believe them. They've been fighting for 8 months, and the IDF, which boasts about being the strongest army in the Middle East, still can't retrieve their hostages.

[@mxolisiclement1767]

True😂

[@SlaveofGod7777]

Even when they show their talent they deny it of them without no EVIDENCE

[@garyneilson1833]

Surely the ammo would be made in a seperate building purely for a safety purposes in case something goes wrong

[@levirockstube]

Shirley agrees.

[@oz_jones]

Given that they are an paramilitary group acting underground, i dont think that they have the luxury of separating ammo and gun production facilities.

[@sasharudyy3587]

I mean, do we know if it's the same building? And if it's even a building at all? Could be underground

[@KT-pv3kl]

@@oz_jones They absolutely have that luxury. What they lack is experience and intelligence.

[@rushyahr7423]

As a professional machinist i appreciate your understanding of manufacturing processes

[@dominic6634]

as a former professional machinist, i appreciate your appreciation

[@markdougherty9917]

as someone who knows nothing about machining but finds it very fascinating, I appreciate what you both do!

[@SlaveofGod7777]

Somehow we all agree with Ian not Hamas on this Sniper Rifle. Someone is lying

[@jmorrison5206]

I appreciate the appreciation of appreciators.

[@SludgeMan90]

As a professional KZbin comment sect critic, I appreciate your appreciation of Ian's understanding of the manufacturing process.

[@MCBosmans]

Plot twist: Hamas did this to bait Ian into telling them how to actually do it.

[@tylerboosterb7810]

I've seen some impressive holes in some Israelis that prove it is very much an accurate rifle lol

[@avus-kw2f213]

The point of the video isn’t they don’t have guns

[@lady_draguliana784]

Iraq War Linguist here! Having seen dozens of hand-made guns from the region, I can say that it's entirely possible that they can make a "thing" that *looks* like a sniper rifle, and can semi-reliably 'make a bullet go' but would absolutely be a FAR cry from a viable, sniper-class weapon. think of your gun enthusiast cousin, with no training, building his first crappy (and questionably legal) gun on half-broken, uncalibrated, second-hand machines. back in my day, OIF/OEF, most of these were AK variants, as they could refurbish junkers, or get stamped parts for cheap then jury rig the rest with literal garbage. I saw AK's for as little as $7 USD. If I were to guess, I'd say they're repairing damaged units, Frankenstein-ing them together, and/or assembling kits provided by Iran/Russia. Your translation of the weapon markings is pretty accurate, the patch reads "Bandaqiya Al Shaheed 'Adnaan Al Gol" or "The Rifle of Martyr Adnan's Ghost" (the connotation being one of vengeance or retribution) or more appropriately "The Ghost Of Adnan Rifle" بندقية = Bandaqiya = Rifle الشهيد= Shaheed = martyr عدنان = Adnan = name الغول = Al Gol = the ghost (same as the star)

[@abadran8174]

AL GHOUL is just his last name, but al ghoul would also mean "the boogie man" in Arabic rather than the ghost. But anyway, yeah, it's just Adnan's last name.

[@lady_draguliana784]

@@abadran8174 interesting, it's not following the naming conventions I'm familiar with, I had assumed it was a nickname/code name or 'warrior moniker', which some in Al-Qaeda were fond of, but you're quite right, it seems to be his given name... very odd... Thanks! that would definitely change the context of it, and therefore the translation. "the Adnan Algol Rifle" 'ghost' was how we were expected to translate it, as a known euphemism, but, if I were to pick a mythical creature westerners are familiar with that most closely resembles a Ghoul, it'd be a 'zombie', except it's got agency and sentience like a vampire... (and "Adnan's Zombie Rifle" surely has a nice ring to it!) But that would've upset the sensibilities of my Arabic teachers, I think! 🤣 I learned the hard way not to liken or compare mythologies with several of them, especially our elderly Egyptian teacher! 🤣 but we're diverging into mythology which, while an other favorite topic, is off topic😅

[@AyoubusMagnus]

You learned Arabic well I can say

[@animalntelligence3170]

@@abadran8174Correct.

[@AleV69692]

Weird, where you in an mos that was put into a terp role or where you a part of an ngo?

[@A-Negative]

As a producer -Hamas is doing the same thing reality tv shows do so it’s funny you mention that. That’s exactly what they are doing, it was not meant to show actual machining. It was all a show. Also Hamas for the most part buys already milled and manufactured components as they can easily be brought in with construction materials and assembled.

[@klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563]

Pallywood strikes again!

[@asharthesecond1355]

At the very least, they created a home-made firearm against a technologically advanced army that enjoys unlimited external support. By the way, the Ghoul rifle was tested on an Israeli soldier and he was eliminated. If this indicates anything, it indicates that it works.

[@klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563]

@@asharthesecond1355 - The Liberator ‘worked’, too. 😉

[@ajdo1991]

It’s propaganda, plain and simple. Hamas knows they can’t win a military victory against Israel, so they’re trying to win the war of public opinion.

[@GruntyGame]

I visited Lithgow, NSW last year and they'd recently opened a building with a collection of machines used to make the SMLE and SLR rifles. Made me really how much work and time it takes to make just the barrel of a rifle.

[@Tomyironmane]

Sounds like an absolutely cool museum.

[@johnmurcott1273]

I gotta get myself down there there then. Damn.

[@GruntyGame]

@@johnmurcott1273 Yeah, if you're at all interested in manufacturing or Australian domestic production I'd highly recommend. The day I went there weren't may people and that building I mentioned I was talked through pretty well every machine by one of the gentlemen there for well over an hour. It's been 11 months since I visited so they may have done more with that building. And they also have an example of every firearm the factory produced except the F-90, and a heap of other historic or collectable firearms. If you're an Australian who watches Forgotten Weapons I cannot recommend this museum enough.

[@mpetersen6]

And not just regular machines. Specialized machines and tooling to do specific jobs.

[@Daniel-vl8mx]

The original equipment and tooling was purchased from Pratt & Whitney just before WWI. At the time it was the most advanced available in the world. Pratt & Whitney saw this as an opportunity to showcase their wares internationally. There were over 2250 operations to produce an SMLE, and Pratt & Whitney's setup reduced the man-hours required from 48 or more to 23.5 hours per rifle. Another fun fact: the LSAF Museum also has the first off SMLE rifle made on the P&W equipment, by P&W, to prove their tooling and tolerancing.

[@ImadYaici]

After 5+ months and dozens of videos of the Ghoul sniper, do you still think it's fake?

[@calmdownnow20]

he is not saying it was fake..he is saying they have no way to produce these snipers...they already got them from iran

[@TheBigOne0305]

I don't think they necessarily took apart complete rifles to fake the manufacturing. I think it's more likely that they receive rifles from Iran, but smuggled as individual parts. And they simply put them together on site from those. It's much easier to smuggle a rifle completely broken down into parts, since you can hide most of the stuff easily in a shipment of regular hardware and spare parts. Even if you are looking for gun parts, except for the barrel, receiver and bolt head, most of the stuff can easily look like regular machine parts.

[@stibbbs]

This could be one of your best videos ever! I've handled 50 of the AM-50 rifles from a 2021 maritime interdiction, and they are cheaply manufactured. The Dot-Peen serial numbers are consistent with DIO markings as seen on 56-1 rifles, AM-50, 107mm rockets, PG-7 launchers, PK machine guns, and other items. Some of the scopes sent with these rifles should be Belarussian (sic) or Chinese copies of RG-004A1 Scopes. The ammo re-loading information is great!

[@manuelrodriguez3166]

You really should write about that! I had an interest for a long time about Iranian weapons in middle eastern militants. Always wondered about the reliability of those PKMs and folding stock ak.

[@buzzkillington1602]

What is maritime interdiction? How that happens, who gives the legality to that? Really curious. Thx

[@buzzkillington1602]

@KuK137 I was thinking exactly that unless there was United Nations resolution to give legality to enforce it.

[@nathancummins8728]

@@buzzkillington1602stopping the flow of illegal firearms from Iran with intel that was obviously credible? You guys just like to talk.

[@mnxs]

​@@buzzkillington1602Interdiction means "the action of prohibiting or forbidding something." In this context, it means that a coastal patrol boat stopped/boarded/searched a fishing boat or something, presumably off Gaza, and found a bunch of things that fishermen shouldn't have.

[@alimanski7941]

Patches on the rifle carry bags just say "Martyr Adnan al Ghoul rifle". By the way, all of this can be dismissed by simply noting that for a group that can smuggle whole Iranian rockets, it's just much simpler to smuggle whole rifles. This video was also of course shot before the war.

[@maxo.9928]

I'd certainly like to know where in the strip they found an open field not being watched by idf drones...

[@alimanski7941]

@@maxo.9928 thats why I said it was shot before the war. Plenty of open spaces, and the IDF didn't just bomb every training exercise they held between wars. Nowadays, they wouldn't even have the chance to set up the targets.

[@alimanski7941]

@@michaelw2288 Haha, yeah

[@alimanski7941]

​@@manofwar2354 Are you aware of just how demolished Hamas is at the moment?

[@berkaneanis3912]

​@@alimanski7941are you aware about the heavy casualties of the IDF and the wounded compared to those of Hamas fighters ?

[@samirhachad643]

To know the truth. We have to ask the iof soldiers, Those who were snipped while looking like fools out of the windows

[@kiwi_comanche]

You know you've messed up when Gun Jesus himself starts ripping on you 😂 Edit: Compared to "Sons of Guns". Ian, you're a savage 🤣

[@SmackheadGaming]

Firearm Muhammad

[@kiwi_comanche]

@@SmackheadGaming 🤣🤣🤣

[@dylanlaunspach2859]

Just wanted to add a few observations to the rifle making. I have spent the last 6 years working in a metalworking factory with lathes and Mills, both manual and cnc. On the polishing with a cloth while on the lathe, I know that we often chamfered some parts with a file while it was still on the lathe, so I would give them the benefit of the doubt on that one. What did also stand out to me is their use of calipers. For the level of accuracy I would imagine would be needed for gun parts, I doubt a caliper would be accurate enough, I would expect them to need micrometers to accurately check their sizing. Additionally, these seem to be fairly light duty machines, and obviously not cnc, severely limiting their potential output. Anything I'd possible, but I really doubt they are making any full rifles, probably just some parts for their current rifles

[@anon_researcher]

we know, for example, that there has been an economic blockade of gaza since 2006/2007. they are capable of domestic production of more primitive RPGs, I wouldn't doubt there are armorers and weapons production happening in Gaza. its a necessity for maintaining armed resistance under complete blockade (ie another form of occupation). Lots of scholars and even pro-Israel anti-terror analysts who have written about this prior. it doesn't suprise me this is a propaganda video though, Al Qassam has been producing an enormous amount of combat and combat prep video content as a counter Israel's ability to idk have the US State Dept. make their case or buy 400m in KZbin ads. Its a weapon, the weapon in this video isn't the gun, its the video itself. Its saying "we will always resists, we are innovative, and you underestimate us."

[@skaervan]

What made me 100% sure they only POSSIBLY made the crude scopemount (in aluminum) was the rubber gloves. I could understand cotton gloves.

[@logitech7989]

You should check gun production in Pakistan, no mil-machinery.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

why would hamas do this, just go on the internet and lie?

[@balthy8139]

@@cagneybillingsley2165 that's basically how propaganda works you see

[@steveclarke6257]

My father was a time served engineer, his particular specialty as drilling blind holes. He was an accuracy nut, his mantra was measue it 20 times and record the ambient temperature....... measure it a bit more. We see vetly little precision here as ian noted, but none of the shots show a micrometer anywhere!

[@Zafor-ium]

They probably do make them but for videos it's always faked in a professional setting by people with decades of experience

[@rahhalps]

Hamas actually manufactures these weapons, and this rifle has been manufacturing it for ten years... The video published by Hamas is not during the industry, but rather just a promotional video commemorating the memory of a leader named Adnan al-Ghoul, who was one of the leaders of industry, nothing more and nothing less.

[@user-wy6wc7oj7l]

Israel itself claims from time to time that it destroyed workshops manufacturing long-range rockets/drones/bombs, mines, etc. So they are making all of this why would they need to lie about a sniper. Also they always say that Iran supports them with manufacturing technology, so it is not strange that some of their weapons looks like Iranian ones.

[@alantheinquirer7658]

If you were constructing weapons 'in the field' while in full pressure conflict, would you bother to put any factory markings on? I mean, the caliber might make sense if they were going out to a mixture of ammo and shooters who don't know what they're using but ... ?

[@kektaro]

It's the same as the reason for the video. To give the impression they're a competent and able military body instead of what they really are

[@RedHuntsman]

I wonder if all or at least the line of Arabic words were added in editing. The video paused too long when they did the close up of the markings.

[@g1y3]

These video are shot before the conflict

[@adrianthornton8288]

Competent enough to hold off and still be inflicting serious damage to one the worlds most sophisticated armies with mainly old AK47's and RPG's in a extremely confined battle zone though, while being totally out gunned in every single way...not to sure how many Western troops would still be coming out to fight at this point...not many I suspect. @@kektaro

[@KT-pv3kl]

@@adrianthornton8288 when your enemy is more concerned with not causing an international incident and you are hiding behind civilians its not as hard as you make it sound.

[@mohameddj3650]

This does not deny that snipers and missiles are made underground.

[@bojimbooth]

As a machinist with over 40 years of experience, yes you do polish on a lathe with the part turning. It works better at a higher rpm. The rest you are accurate. Love your videos.

[@StephenPowers1]

I was thinking it could also be them assembling rifles shipped disassembled for ease of delivery somehow? Given their arms embargo situation that maybe easiest way to get them into their area..who knows.

[@justjonazjameson5559]

I was thinking the same like 80% sniper rifles from Iran assembled in Gaza. It is easier to get it into Gaza if it does not look like a gun or a Part of a gun.

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

the general coalition of Islamic national neighbors with sympathies for the plight are where the guns come from. They then need to insist that their guns don't all come from allies like Iran. Staging factories is one way to deny that you're getting a few handouts. when companies or nations wanted to deny that they were giving handouts to Rhodesians, they clean cut or ground off proof marks and stamps. I suppose faking a factory is smarter in some ways

[@greycatturtle7132]

Yea

[@RyTrapp0]

The problem is that doesn't explain why they clearly don't know WTF they're doing in the video lol. They would have to have SOME sort of clue to even have vaguely functional parts. Nevermind the whole "we're gonna make the barrel from blanks ourselves" parts.

[@RADkate]

those clearly are the patented franklin armory smoothbore barrels !

[@Berm_Blaster]

Designed after the Civil War muskets

[@murphy7801]

​@@Berm_Blasterthere clearly french Napoleonics smoothbore can't you tell (joke)

[@fdsdh1]

He also left the chuck key in the lathe, that is how accidents happen!

[@maddox0110]

Try to explain that at the pearly gates "My buddy started the lathe, am I entiteled to my 72 virgins now?"

[@kmech3rd]

That can lead to a facial piercing that's REALLY not a good look.

[@memeone3043]

Loose longsleeves and gloves on a lathe is a terrifying thought

[@Luftwaffel1944]

Russian Lathe Incident vibes

[@geckoproductions4128]

I'm both a gunsmith and machinist in South Texas. I really enjoyed your video and agree with all your main points. Thank your for calling BS Ian, and keep up the good work.

[@body_wheels]

Who is paying you to say that? Go and check the video with magnifying glass

[@raccoonbender984]

I'm studying machining in college rn. They are wasting material nothing else. Scope mounts with the rudimentary mill seems plausible tho. Idek how well they would work with the tolerances, redneck processes, quality of the machine (if it even is trammed properly) and lack of formal training. Whatever they pit out it probly aint great. @@body_wheels

[@Bergmann.Alaska]

Just like the Israelis claim to have invented the Galil and the Uzi.. thats BS too.. copied and nothing more..

[@dj19770]

@@body_wheelswhat video? if you’re talking about this video this terrorist group posted on twitter it just got debunked by Ian.

[@ghostbansurvivor6229]

​@@body_wheels You must be hurting rn

[@gooshnpupp]

If you knew anything about that part of the world and about that type of population, you'd know that they have a flimsy relationship with reality as a baseline.

[@jamaljamalwaziat1002]

U are wrong i live in that part of world

[@gooshnpupp]

@@jamaljamalwaziat1002 Me too. We know what's up

[@potatomancer9473]

You are right, I also live in that part of the world.

[@oliver4693]

It's ok to lie like all the time 24/7 Allah said it's ok

[@perryborn2777]

​@@jamaljamalwaziat1002He is right, I do not live in that part of the world I simply do not believe you

[@rahbaralhaq]

It's likely they are not using those rifle as presion weapons but as Anti-mereal rifles.

[@richardchandler6969]

Your first clue it's fake is the guy running the lathe isn't wearing *anything* over his eyes. Experienced machinists are kinda anal about eye protection.

[@infinite8001]

Why u don't investigate in what r the kinds of old bombs that U.S provided IDF which are not accurate to just bomb civilians and children ?

[@dippadai]

Why would he? This channel is all about guns.

[@andrewwelham8633]

When the team attempting to carry out the Fatwa against Mr. McCollum arrived, they attempted their ambush at a 2 gun shooting competition in the Arizona desert. The competitors dispatched the team with no casualties. Mr McCollum placed fifth, but still felt his World War I French firearms performed well accounting for two of the of the assailants.

[@paulzaborny6741]

😂🤣

[@الصمتالمطلق]

.Bro they're not going to make an hour video on exactly how to make a weapon bro

[@Jad490]

Hamas make their own snipers and have been using it in action with video proof footage of them using it.

[@Berm_Blaster]

Whoever created this video is probably extremely excited that Ian McCollum reviewed his work 😂

[@peterturner2339]

Gun enthusiasts may be divided by religion, ideology, geopolitics, or historical grievances, but we are united in our respect for the Gun Jesus.

[@Redmenace96]

Great comment! Ian brought the "Barbara Streisand Effect" to life. 99% of the world would not know that Hammas is full of shit. Now, the video proves it.

[@conawayjb]

The smoke coming off the barrel isn't an issue , cutting oil smokes when machining but everything else I agree completely.

[@lovelylittlemuur]

Great review. I doubt Hamas intended anything from this video other than to display the fact that they have access to sniper rifles and bad ass video editors

[@redfoxarms4697]

Ok machinist of 14 years here. You’re correct on the lathe parts, they look like just a widget and you’re correct that he was pretending to drill an already parted off part. On the mill I still call bs. They had the same part just in 2 different finishes. And the finished scope mounts were plated, painted, blued, whatever but not drilled and tapped for the upper half of the clamshell. Also normally when you make a bunch of parts you set the machine up for 1 operation at a time, on a manual mill that’s usually one cut at a time. So all your parts will look about the same, with only difference being that operation. Not part color or in varying stages of completion. And as for Hamas doing that engraving, not a chance. IF Hamas is actually making anything, it’s comparable to the last ditch German stuff from the end of WW2. You are correct in calling BS. (I watched on my tv and had to comment on my phone, hence low watched time)

[@madladlabs]

The only thing missing was a voiceover saying “this right here has the ability for the 30 caliber clip to disperse 30 bullets within half a second”

[@avatargaruda]

In Indonesia, because we forbid the use of firearns except for the police and arm force, there were some criminals who made their guns or rifles with just steel barrels etc just like in the video.

[@mw5200]

The large patch on the rifle case reads بندقية الشهيد عدنان الغول -- Rifle of the Martyr Adnan Al-Ghoul.

[@akremsakka]

It was made for video, everything is camouflaged, and they succeeded to not show you any serious information

[@fearthehoneybadger]

That shop looks like it was set up two minutes ago.

[@weebercorey]

I'm shocked and saddened to think we'd be lied to by terrorists.

[@haithamali3228]

Bear in mind they need to keep a high level of secrecy and obfuscation, so it could be that they aren’t showing the real manufacturing line, just a disposable mockup for filming. Whether they have more advanced tools elsewhere they haven’t filmed is another story but this war is highly dependent on not showing your hand. Just a thought

[@donalddicorcia2433]

Their religion also informs them that it’s perfectly fine to lie to an infidel.

[@HelghastGrunt]

@@donalddicorcia2433 If you think that's wild, check out what the Talmud says about gentiles.

[@Maso777]

I don’t even think this is a REAL Hamas video. Seems too well funded and staged to be a bunch of terrorist. Seems like something Israel would do to continue their reign

[@haithamali3228]

@@donalddicorcia2433 in war of course lying and deceit is allowed… that’s in every religion and belief system.

[@elyasdrif8591]

Firstly, this is a military propaganda film, not a documentary on how it was made. For your information, all media are permitted during wars. Secondly, if this is not true, no one can verify this except specialists, and therefore this film is more professional than Israeli propaganda films, the falsity of which was exposed even by young children. Thirdly, we saw the effects of this movie on the ground, where lynxes were being hunted like ducks, while on the other side we saw nothing but the killing of women and children with the latest American weapons.

[@NoName-OG1]

Now one must accept that to the untrained eye - THIS WAS A SUCCESS! Because what they were making was PROPAGANDA - not rifles…

[@Ananonymousguy-nk9oj]

I think that the people they're trying to convince here are the average 21st century journalists and the people that learned everything they know about firearms from Call of Duty. Those who think that by putting a scope on a rifle it turns it into a sniper rifle, those who call every single full sized AK in existence ''AK-47'' and every single short barreled one ''AK-74u'', those who call rounds just by their caliber, etc.

[@SpookyGrim]

Dead on, all they want is the mainstream media to showcase this and make them look competent and scary.

[@Fenvey]

what is wrong with calling rounds just by their caliber? what is there more to say? genuine question, i have no idea

[@Ananonymousguy-nk9oj]

@@Fenvey''.50 cal'', try to guess wich round i'm refering to

[@Ananonymousguy-nk9oj]

@@SpookyGrim Exactly, they know they can't defeat Israel in a conventional war so they're trying to defeat them in a propagandistic war

[@junioraltamontent.7582]

​@@Ananonymousguy-nk9oj.50 BMG as it's the only one ubiquitously just referred to as .50 cal lol

[@HandFromCoffin]

I'm 46.. I took machine shop 2 years in high school. I used lathes and machining tools. It's so obvious this is fake. Beyond what Ian pointed out what about the dirt, the grime, the shavings. The one guy is putting finished parts on top of a cardboard box he had next to him.. What does he get a new cardboard box every day for it to look that good? Even if they cleaned the place up it's just missing the little things.. Why are those random parts all together on 1 table in the same room they are making parts? It's comically bad.. why can't these idiots ever make a good video? I guess the target audience is the idiots who follow them.. so.. I guess it's fit for purpose.

[@EventH0riz0n]

@@Srfs777 While correct in theory.... they have never made a good video. So its always only that one case.

[@mcs914]

This aged badly

[@jaydevaux28]

No it didn’t

[@diegoveloso3rd]

No it didnt. Ian's points still stand

[@namielkhazen3619]

For those wandering, the patch Ian mention at 11:18 translate rifle of the martyr Adwan al Ghoul. I guess that's were the name of this rifle comes from.

[@charliejones5430]

They call it “Pallywood”. They are good at making propaganda.

[@ahmedgouhar4885]

"Adnan" not "Adwan"

[@greycatturtle7132]

Reminds me the guns allegedly made on Donetsk that are basically soviet heavy machine guns in a double mount

[@greycatturtle7132]

To bad i forgot the name but they also have a anti material rifle that is basically a russian made one

[@shoelessbandit1581]

Are you talking about the tank machine guns they were converting to infantry use? Because they weren't claiming to be making new guns

[@greycatturtle7132]

@@shoelessbandit1581 i remember seeing like their new weapon

[@dwaneanderson8039]

If you pause at 9:11 you see three rifles side by side, but oddly, they each look a little different. If you were making precision rifles, wouldn't they all look identical? If you pause at 17:19 you can see that the bullet at the range has a black tip, but all the bullets that were put in the box had plain copper tips. I'm guessing the black tip indicates incendiary rounds.

[@bigpapi6688]

Typically black tips are armor piercing. At least in nato countries.

[@sofianemoon6655]

Lol you're yalking as if they are a great manifacturing country...its just a video ...remember they are under embargo since 1987 they dont have all the professional tools they need..final result they used it and its effective