Shooting the Monstrously Powerful Quad M134 Minigun

The extremely powerful quadruple M134 Minigun in action on a shooting range during the Big Sandy Shoot event held annually near Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
The Big Sandy is the largest machine gun shoot in the US.
The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire. It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an electric motor.
A big thanks to Rob762x51 for the provided footage. For more information and videos check out the following links below:
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[@naturalnature9196]

Shoots ammo faster than it comes out of the factory

[@burnerjack01]

That's why wars are intermittent but the line never stops.

[@user-iy2qk6yo8y]

Всему впк сша надо полгода вкалывать теперь😅

[@user-iy2qk6yo8y]

​@@burnerjack01😅😂

[@luiul1]

makes me appreciate my ruger 10/22.

[@A__d0lph_Mus0lineeeee]

Note: they were all hand loads done by an RCBS press

[@MISTERLeSkid]

This is simply a must for any homeowner who cares about self defense and varmint control.

[@rosstee]

I believe this is colloquially known as the varmint vaporizer.

[@PlacingRed]

Your trying to destroy the varmint. Not your entire neighborhood!

[@maxirice3554]

😂...if the theif that was trying to break in had to stand trial in front of a judge ,they'd be just interviewing a bag of minced meat .

[@mralmnthwyfemnin5783]

Does there need to be a reason for having one of these ?!?!

[@angercatalyst]

I know you're joking but I'm being completely genuine when I say that every American should own one of these.

[@jessehazard6241]

Supplier: “How much ammo you need?” Gunner: “Yes!”

[@GregoryE.Bolton]

Best answer!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@europana7]

All of it

[@bjrneirikstrkersen1021]

The stocks for the ammo companies rises 10% every time this goes to the range

[@mwelwashad7570]

I know where I want to be when the Zombie apocalypse happens

[@danielr.8345]

All the noise will only attract more zombies 😂

[@namaspetelo2144]

Do they exist?

[@Alguien644]

If it gets airborne like in pz youre fucked

[@johnmcdaid7975]

I was thinking the same thing dude!! 🤣🤣

[@user-gr6mv1dj6j]

👍👍👍👌😎🤠🥱🤭🙃🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@BuschCamper51]

Sergeant: "The enemy is in that direction." Me: "Roger that. Removing that direction..."

[@gnarlyandy1]

That direction has been neutralized.

[@Redacted-mi4rm]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@kevinclark1565]

I'm not young, top 10 replies ever. I chuckled for way too long on this one!

[@BuschCamper51]

@@kevinclark1565 Lol.

[@salehfarman9054]

what do u mean by that direction...eh...be more precise, mother fuker!

[@Morangatang365]

Thats insane the shooter sits in between, 2 mini guns on each shoulder. WHAT A RUSH!

[@jamescaneda9515]

Water World inspired. You know this could be useful defending against Somali Pirates.

[@Bugholeexcalibur]

A sensible weapon for sensible times.

[@siuanalyst]

That shot more ammo in one session than I have in 50 years.

[@kullenberg83]

Then why are you here posting instead of improving thouse numbers rookie?:P

[@mrrustygray]

LMAO. Funny. @@kullenberg83

[@gameboy228]

I'd rephrase that...I'd say "That shot more ammo in one SECOND than I have in 50 years."

[@kellypatterson8506]

Same, but in 1 second 😅

[@bosatsu76]

I think $800 in ammo every ten seconds might be a reason... @@kullenberg83

[@JohnJones-ce5ri]

You knows it's been a good day at the range when you clean up your empties with a Bobcat.

[@jamesshank7918]

For those who didn't notice, there WAS a target in the NIGHT segment, a neon lighted radio controlled aircraft and he was engaging it. At the end of the clip, he took it out, You hear the cheering when he does!

[@ppipowerclass]

Forget home defense, i need this for home offense.

[@pieeater108]

Imagine the ammo cost 💀💀 I think it would have been worth placing a target in the range to show the firepower. Tracers look beautiful tho

[@MattMerica76]

The owner and creator if this runs a reloading company.

[@spartan9458]

Based on the current cost of 308, at about $0.739 a round, having four of those that shoot 6,000 rounds a minute each, that's 24,000 rounds in 1 minute, which is $17,736 roughly

[@brianrokita253]

and some folks with money to burn would do it in a heartbeat @@spartan9458

[@LegitPrepperGuruNodoubt]

Or they could replace it with pencil rounds.

[@martyyoung3611]

If you can afford the guns you can afford the ammo.

[@D6251110H]

“How much does it cost to fire a burst?” “Yes”

[@burnerjack01]

If you have to ask, you're clearly not with the DoD.

[@cwg9238]

@@burnerjack01 that thing is privately owned.

[@copyprint-fz2hb]

5 dollars a single round

[@ChapsShrugged]

"How much it does cost indeed! Glad you noticed.😏👍"

[@edheldude]

"Yes. Taxpayer money."

[@KuruGDI]

*me:* I'm a little bit trigger happy. Is there something you can recommend? *Gunshop owner:* Say no more!

[@ZJIGGA]

Forget fireworks on the 4th of July, I want one of those things!

[@comradealex85]

I'd hate to be asked to reload that

[@philipstaite4775]

I'd hate to have to clean the barrels and actions...

[@hansheinz4799]

@@philipstaite4775or to sweep up the shells

[@jamieteal2107]

All of the above 🇦🇺

[@f1reguy587]

Doesnt it have a team of people continuously reloading the mags?

[@jamieteal2107]

@@f1reguy587 I think you’re right 👍🇦🇺

[@roffolo5491]

the definition of "it costs 12.000 dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds."

[@M4xXxIkInG]

i dont know how much .308 cost in the US, but one could take that x400 and you have your cost per second ^^

[@qwerty49424]

@@M4xXxIkInG $2.40 in Aus. $960 a sec

[@Niever]

@M4xXxIkInG 0.97¢ is the low end of .308 in the U.S also the original commenter smokes crack and says this in any video like this.

[@ChaosInFlux]

Someone watched Heavy Weapons Guy from Meet The Team. LMFAO

[@andriesdansen752]

War cost always milions of dollars 1 more or less doesnt matther aint?

[@Tremendous-one]

When folding chairs becomes public enemy number one. This is how they destroy folding chairs😂

[@BuckScrotumn]

Attach a pair of robotic legs to that thing and we have real-life mechs. War is gonna resemble a Star Wars movie within the next 25 years.

[@Sukhoi_Su-25]

I own a Quad M134 for home defense, since that's what the Founding Fathers intended.

[@BigIronTexas]

please do tell us how you afford the ammunition.

[@Sukhoi_Su-25]

@@BigIronTexas Warlord.

[@mshatters28]

Lol that's the ultimate 'get off my land' or else.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

@@mshatters28It’s more flash than substance, though.

[@burnerjack01]

Yep, they saw them pesky Democrats a century off but knew they'd keepa comin'.

[@Sidewayz455]

It's Big, Cumbersome, Impractical, Over-engineered and wastes resources like crazy. I love it.

[@svartmetall]

"It's Big, Cumbersome, Impractical, Over-engineered and wastes resources like crazy." MURICA!!!

[@kwak1k]

For use on Naval vessels I'm guessing

[@Shoelessjoe78]

It would have to be. That thing screams priority target and points the way to itself with tracers and sound.

[@Redditor6079]

Perfect for the government​@@svartmetall

[@MBT_EE-T1_Osorio]

U.S Department of Defense be like:

[@saber26ful]

Most American video on the internet.

[@polla2256]

Overkill, grotesque and probably against some form of international law, i love it.

[@BackToYa]

Try to imagine those tracers you DO see have 4 bullets in between them you cannot see. Most belts I ever saw were configured with 1 in 5 tracers. "Spraying lead".

[@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine]

Imagine ALL tracers.

[@metalwolf112002]

​@@Letyourcolorsblendwithmineit only looks like a lazer but it cuts through anything you point it at.

[@raylopez99]

I still say you have to focus on what you're aiming at. Well, maybe not.

[@MR-backup]

@@raylopez99Warthog enters Chat.

[@jimmyhenderson2860]

When we were shooting in the air force it was 1to 9 for tracers. Then nvgs made it 1 to 18 and it still looks like a laser

[@Rod_I._Rigo]

I would Love to see this attached to a walking mech suit!

[@Einwetok]

With a trailer for the ammo🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gconol]

and install AI with a quantum computer in it........

[@nightshade4873]

ever seen that japanese Murata (or whatever it was called) Mech? i'd say if that could not handle the recoil of the original 4x .50cal M45 Quadmount, then it definitely won't survive this Quad M134

[@wesleybullock814]

Stop smoking dope

[@MPTX-be8qq]

That'll probably be what they are working on next.

[@DK-421]

Now we need a quad GAU-8 setup.

[@jefferydebbink282]

I’ve dreamt about that! Only problem is how to build one. It’d be nice for home defense!

[@GregoryE.Bolton]

I'll raise a salute to that !!! My ALLTIME FAVE GUN 4 EVER LOYAL TO THE DEATH !!! ONLY ONE GUN,AND THEY DECIDED TO BUILD A ROBUST AND TOUGH BADASS GROUND TROOP SUPPORT AIRCRAFT AROUND IT !!! THEEEEEE AVENGER!!!!!!🥰😍🥰😁😁😁🥰🥰🥰

[@johnsardonius5711]

"How many bullets per second do you want?" "Yes."

[@freedomis4all]

To think that this beast fire between 200 to 400 bullets per second, closer to what most automatic rifles fire in a minute.

[@PresidentElectA-Abrams]

thats impossible

[@PresidentElectA-Abrams]

Unless it's like 100 barrels at a time

[@freedomis4all]

@@PresidentElectA-Abrams variable firerate of a minigun: 3000 to 6000 per minute (so 50 to 100 rounds per seconds) x 4

[@PresidentElectA-Abrams]

@@freedomis4all yeah I had no idea, pretty cool :)

[@PresidentElectA-Abrams]

yeah holy shit I just look it up in WIKI, gotta learn more, this is awesome, you seen the 100 barrel shotgun? that shit is nuts@@freedomis4all

[@jamesryan5865]

"Jenkins" "Sir?" "See that division over there?" "yes sir?" "I don't want to" "Yes sir!"

[@Syrnian]

A-10 go brrr. Quad M134 Minigun: hold my beer.

[@micahmendez6891]

😂

[@lowlevelcodingch]

"PRIVATE THE ENEMY IS IN THAT DIRECTION!" "understood, destroying that direction"

[@J.TiberiusKirk]

"You can never have too much firepower." ~Det. Rosewood

[@LarryCurley]

Calssic reference!

[@burnerjack01]

Sounds like a guy that never dragged an M60 around.

[@paolobnova]

-Nuclear weapon enter in the chat -Rosewood left the chat

[@mikorsky_s.92]

​@@paolobnovai don't think firepower is the same as detonations are

[@Flash-Strike]

Check => АК630 М2 Russian

[@rattussapiens2854]

And that, right there, is why there’s an ammo shortage.

[@Twargan]

SO THAT'S WHERE ALL MY 308 AMMO WENT.

[@wesleybullock814]

Why broadcast your ignorance on social media

[@professorobvious.5957]

Tourist: Oh nice how much ammo does it need? Me: Yes.

[@hightidelowtide6380]

Old painless never gets old!

[@Military_Archive]

If you liked the video, don't forget to hit the like button👍 Means a lot these days

[@PresidentElectA-Abrams]

Is this going to be a Disney or Six Flags venue? it should be right?

[@colin-qp4zr]

Don't like it cos it didn't show you shredding a car

[@horizonblack]

Is that 4 Vulcans?

[@VulcanRedux]

You bet!! Would love to shoot with you guys and film some videos!! 💯✨

[@dystopian..]

Done! Don’t shoot! 😊

[@pangeransempakii37]

Suitable for home defense❤

[@DrownedInExile]

Phased Plasma Rifle, 40-watt range.

[@raylopez99]

Given that you can legally buy a tank or a fighter jet in some parts of the USA, probably so.

[@pangeransempakii37]

@@raylopez99 😂

[@33482]

"I swear officer, before i pulled the trigger, there was an intruder right here."

[@raylopez99]

@@33482 Likely the intruder would be vaporized, yeah.

[@martinhenrybezer8516]

Mate ... you got to love the way America has a weapons party...

[@LarsonPetty]

My good man, you sound like the type that would be very welcome at such an event. Come on over, we make plenty of ammo.

[@user-pr9hy4jl6k]

Now that is simply awesome!!!

[@mwallace2922]

Send this to that friend that always saying " the Pen is mighty than the sword" 👌👌

[@Biker118347]

Yes, and then that pen deletes the ammo budget for the next year.

[@TamaSquad]

“Boy, the enemy is on that hill over there.” “Roger, sir. Removing the hill.”

[@popeyeandy959]

But can you mount it in a 1/2 ton pickup or do I need to go with a 3/4 ton?

[@wlh3640]

The answer to the Cali Ariz & Texas boarder problem.

[@Charlie_Prinz]

Yep. Overlapping fields of fire.........................👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@92kosta]

I've never seen a bullet-firing weapon so powerful and so majestic.

[@FoBoss_V]

Это вы еще не видели как стреляет русский АК630 М2 Дуэт

[@michaelgrogan8760]

​@@FoBoss_V Ak630 M2 4000M range Air targets 5000M range Surface targets 10,000 Rounds a minute...

[@Flash-Strike]

@@FoBoss_V Indeed they haven't seen how the Russian AK 630M2 Duet shoots

[@darkcorruption]

Check out C-RAM

[@mycowboyways915]

We had a CRAM outside our hooch in Iraq. That thing can really pump out the rounds. They did a test fire every week but it defeated incoming motors and rockets almost daily.

[@tristanmisja]

Holy moly that must be so expensive!

[@Alguien644]

"It costs 40k to shoot this weapon for 2 seconds"

[@chadsmith9218]

@@Alguien644 at 6000 rounds a minute a 3.5 second burst would be about 1,500 rounds. When did a case of 308 go up to $40,000? Or a case and a half I should say

[@anderseckstrand7033]

Our military has no qualms about spending all of our tax dollars on military boondoggles like this.

[@Alguien644]

@@chadsmith9218 it was a joke

[@chadsmith9218]

@@Alguien644 lol

[@JuJuCoQP]

Machine : hey... Where are zombies, i'm waiting ? Man : wouhouuuuu

[@platzgo933]

I’m glad that thing is on our team.

[@cecilchance5843]

Imagine the adrenaline rush that comes with firing this monstrosity 🤯

[@Bootyhunter70]

I came in my pants just watching it on YT

[@produKtNZ]

or just by being near it PHWOAAAR 🥵

[@travispower2683]

I have been to that shoot in the past and stood about ten feet behind a single m134 firing at night. It’s bonkers.

[@tonywood3660]

Be even better if you stood in front of it. I think you'd shite ya daks...

[@siv.vel.q.7454]

Así es 😃😈🔥🔥

[@doomrevolver8387]

TF2 Heavy: "It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon for twelve seconds" Quad minigun:

[@richardschipper5989]

where do you come up with that bs? 12sec = 4800 rounds no one pays $83 per round

[@behemoth775]

​@@richardschipper5989😂😂😂 dude maybe try searching that line? it's a reference to Team Fortress 2

[@arch3146]

@@richardschipper5989 It's a line from a character in Team Fortress 2 you genious

[@svetlovska]

Genius

[@war_fish]

@@richardschipper5989 dumbass

[@williamblaine4709]

God bless American ingenuity!!! 2A Baby!!!

[@MargotDobbie]

Russians did it better

[@mickvanquish]

stunning piece of engineering........Great video.........

[@christoph8333]

Rumor has it he has been reloading for this minutes since he was 12 on a Lee single stage press every night. He is 62 now and achieved his goal in life.

[@knightartorias3201]

"The enemy is in that direction" "Copy that, removing that direction"

[@TeslasSkeptiker]

Now I know what I want for next Christmas🤣🤣🤣

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

Cousin Chuck needs this upgrade. Also, I wonder how long this thing could sustain fire before completely melting down.

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

just have 5 of these and you can feel safe from an xenomorph army charging at you

[@romit0072]

Love the red glow of the barrels at the end 💪

[@SergeyPRKL]

yeah noticed that too. no touchy! owie!

[@sloaneisenbart9347]

gundam: *draws big robotic gunner* Mericans: "wait, i have an idea"

[@Cpt_John_Price]

PERFECT FOR CLOSE RANGE HOME DEFENSE!!!

[@ericanderson2987]

Um, WOW what an INCREDIBLE Display of Firepower...the Sprays of spent Shells was amazing- as was the Night Shots!

[@cjcantrell80]

That’s the most fun I’ve ever had not being somewhere.

[@UKVampy]

This is the gun the Star Trek replicator will be invented for.

[@Hollyclown]

What people be using in those Hog Hunting Vids:

[@markgiles7660]

Can't lie, I watch this entire video with a smile on my face. LOL

[@Ryaquaza]

Having a B-17 with those be hard to beat scaring the German pilots of WW 2

[@clearcreek69]

It would be perfect for anti aircraft guns during WW 2 also

[@anderseckstrand7033]

Haven’t you been paying attention!? We work WITH the N@zis now. 😂

[@genericnamehere7602]

​@@clearcreek69Mount them onto PT boats.

[@tasjan9190]

Awesome display of firepower.

[@AlanSmitheeman]

The muzzle flash is so continuous you could read a book by it at night.

[@UncleFester84]

Somewhere out there, an Ork is shedding a tear. "So much Dakka!"

[@phillipmendiola2100]

Outstanding performance !!

[@aguila512b]

Ese sonido debería de estar en las películas 😎👍

[@GeeEmJay]

This contraption is the real reason aliens haven't invaded earth

[@karlk6860]

The GAU 134 is impressive all by itself to put it mildly, at 77 rds per second x 4 thats 400.00 per second to fire this setup! A few years ago a transferable 134 came onto the market I believe its final selling price was around 400K! Now we see 4 of them in one setup, 1.6 million just for the guns and 400.00 per second to fire it, and that old ammo pricing!

[@davidleatham296]

Probably didnt cost George that much since his uncle runs the company that makes the M134s for the military

[@Blake4625kHz]

Friend prices

[@SeizureNoodles]

77x4 is 308rps fyi, which whould be about 225$ a second at bulk pricing today. The 134 GAU-17 can fire up to 100 rounds per second (2000-6000rpm)

[@SergeantDizzle00]

It's called an M134, the air force name is the GAU-17. There is no GAU-134

[@Louzahsol]

Pretty sure the m134 is transferable anyways because it’s technically not a machine gun

[@skootr924]

Carefully walking on a carpet of brass on the dismount 😂

[@Mr.bombastic229]

Me trying to shoot one bullet out of my minigun:

[@bens11kleij44]

This is what you need the moment your mother-in-law rings at the door.

[@KTo288]

if someone can come up with a pair of legs for this thing, we will have the first operational mechs in the world.

[@alienvseditor]

an Armored Core with 4 miniguns can be considered a nuclear weapon

[@compman34]

Hmm, i wonder what you'd name that mech

[@vannlo355]

​@@compman34"Shredder"

[@mbuser781]

The Quad .50 bmg is impressive. This is insane

[@shred1894]

This isn't .50 BMG, it's 7.62x51mm.

[@thetonk2173]

@@shred1894read it again...

[@KS-xx5xq]

@@thetonk2173 Technically, you are both right. Both sentences are logically true.

[@angrytigermpc]

@@KS-xx5xq No, the original post was incorrect, unless you mean that they're commenting on how cool a *theoretical* quad-.50 setup (which this is not) is.

[@danieldorn9989]

@@angrytigermpc Do you lack reading comprehension? He commented on how impressive the quad .50cal is, while adding that this quad minigun is insane compared to the quad .50 cal. Impressive < Insane.

[@lordme88]

Beautiful!

[@cykeok3525]

Whoa. Curious, does anyone know the ratio of ball to tracers in the ammo feeds?

[@mrxager18]

If any lizards or scorpions out there survived that blast, they're shell-shocked beyond imagination!

[@Reuldonniedah]

nice ! now we build one with a quad GAU-8

[@Angry.Canuck]

Thats an awesome spitter!

[@keyabrade1861]

Anyone know what model of turret they're mounted on?

[@Locahaskatexu]

Can you imagine that thing hooked up to an autotracking AI? :P and used for home defense? :P Police officer: "Where's the burglar you called about, sir?" Home owner: "Did you see that bucket of red goop on my front porch?" PO: "Yes?" Home Owner: "Well, there you go."

[@genuinetuffguy1854]

Or how about if this gun emplacement was used in the the movie Aliens instead of the auto-guns they had? Hicks would have been happy.

[@Locahaskatexu]

@@genuinetuffguy1854 Yeah, and the xenomorphs would have been mulch :P

[@brianbonney2895]

Oh that is some funny shit man! I was laughing so hard I could barely finish reading your comment!

[@doggobind]

You wouldn't even have a porch anymore with how powerful that thing is 🤣

[@Locahaskatexu]

@@doggobind I think they'd be a puddle of minced meat well before they ever got close to the porch though 🤣

[@ragz22man31]

For those of us who reload the 7.62 x 51 Nato cartridge, we have found the Golden Goose!

[@tommiemarsh9006]

Wonderful wondering what kinda oil it uses?

[@romangolumbevskiy7268]

Мой батя, когда поел перед сном картошки, гороховую кашу с молоком и капустой

[@Darklogic112358]

"How much firepower do you want?" "Yes."

[@thomaslarkin2819]

Dang. An exhaust pipe for the expended shell casings? Impressive

[@cooperjohnamutan2671]

simply amazing.....

[@donaldmckernan6335]

I seem to remember a Tarrant on TV programme showing something similar (pre mini gun era) quad mount gun platform. For the life of me I cannot remember the guns, but by god it was awesome.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Solving that age old problem, having 24,000 rounds of ammo laying around and needed to get rid of them in a minute.

[@OVERKILL_EVERYTHING]

Holy cow bat man..... I want one, as long as someone else is picking up the ammo bill. That's the most badass thing I've seen in a long time

[@bigbadaboomboom]

Why is it so cool. Even the sound is epic

[@someone_c4a9b]

that's some real dakka energy

[@AndrogyneMichinaga]

Jeff didn't live to regret going for a pee behind the bushes, before the show started.

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

Just imagine a similar mount but with four M61 Vulcan 20 mm guns

[@jessediego4096]

Better yet, quad avengers

[@chuckdavinci9044]

The ATF has requested your location

[@jessediego4096]

@F__ktrudeau science and engineering 👍

[@nightshade4873]

@F__ktrudeau you could become part of a Space program if you did such a thing.

[@THX--nn5bu]

Which was my MOS in the Army, as I was titled as a 16-Romeo, there was two types of gun systems, one was a towed vehicle and the other was mounted on a M113 APC, Imagine a quad version of the GAU-35mm rotary cannon system mounted on a M1 Abrams tank chassis? The ultimate Short Range Air Defense vehicle and would turn other armored vehicles into metallic Swiss cheese.

[@marksteiner7915]

Just freaking awesome

[@smartguy1008]

This is the gun that Terminator will use in the new movie!!!