Shooting the Stechkin: How Does It Measure Up?

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I have been curious to try shooting a Stechkin machine pistol for a while, and now thanks to Movie Armaments Group in Toronto, I have a chance to!
I hate to be a downer, but my takeaway from this experience is that the Stechkin is little more than a range toy, at least in fully automatic. With the sights reciprocating back and forth on the slide, I found it impossible to maintain any sort of sight picture while firing. In semiauto it was fine, and nicely accurate as one would expect form a stocked pistol. But the automatic mode is really something for experts only - exactly the opposite of the men who were issued the Stechkin.
That said...it is still pretty fun.
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[@Logovanni]

Dual-wielding stechkins in full-auto: when the 20-degree cone in front of you needs to be suppressed twice as hard.

[@leksanders8908]

It's katuscha MRLS mode, when you need stechkin to supress areas, not particular targets

[@PrototypeSpaceMonkey]

@WrathMachine * flashback to dual-wielding Calicos in Code Veronica *

[@Finwolven]

It's the 'oh no a baddie go away now aaaaaaaaa!' version of firearm utilization. I guess it could work as the 'keep their heads down while you go back to get another tank'-weapon in a pinch.

[@user-dt4sr8yl2r]

@I need more constructive outlets "the police girl needs a new gun" "but oi already have a gun?" "get that bitch a cannon, bitches love cannons"

[@bigkuntry2153]

yessir

[@vncube1]

"Real men don't hit anything." - Gun Jesus. So inspirational 😭🙌🏿

[@littlegrabbiZZ9PZA]

But my wife insists that I hit her. Also ropes.

[@junkiealex4187]

Preach!🙏

[@mrsem6670]

You can't miss anything if you hit everything -Robbaz

[@TheSquidPro]

When god said "Thou shalt not murder" he meant to say "Thou shalt dual wield at all times"

[@machintelligence]

As long as there is lead in the air, the there is hope.

[@thakorian]

"full auto is the fun way" Truer words have never been spoken.

[@Briselance]

@Shoudday Cha Well then, Fudds have no grasp of what a machine-gun is. :-)

[@cocopud]

Duel wielding full auto stechkins - for when you absolutely have to miss every mofo in the room 🙂

[@truebornsonofliberty554]

cocopud or hit everyone in the room including hostages and your own guys 😂😂. The last man standing wins

[@devincook2736]

Hold it sideways and it's a street sweeper.

[@hakeemzahardi9207]

Storm troopers' weapon

[@Journey_Awaits]

When you need to hit the old people two walls behind you

[@napoleonwilson6499]

Accept no substitute

[@LaForja25]

We need a GIF of Ian shooting the two Stechkin

[@nvtblDK]

Infinite magazine version: freegifmaker.me/images/2e2K2/ :D

[@MarvinCZ]

And here is more of a loop: freegifmaker.me/images/2e2LH/

[@J40JesusIsLord]

Awesome!

[@ArtyTheta]

But is it Gif or Jif?

[@mattjohnson7775]

Worrrd

[@oldocsimms7411]

The two Stechkin in full auto had to add a new meaning for giggle switch. Awesome!

[@gunnarkvinlaug7226]

Well, he did not hit the camera!

[@TheWolfsnack]

Kind of like a pistol with a Bubba switch...

[@asherhockersmith8271]

Pretty sure the giggle switch can be found about an inch under the ribcage on most folks.

[@user-zf7fx6ih4m]

Una pistola Muy efectiva

[@TcS_deathdealer]

Akimbo 80 round drum mags with 5MW Lasers. I can't wait to get pelted meanwhile I miss every shot.

[@mungo7136]

Judging from that double-fullauto shooting: The main purpose of the stock is to allow the shooter to release the trigger before magazine is dry.

[@danilonakazone386]

This is so cool! The dual wielding at the end of the video was the cherry on the top of the cake and it shows how ridiculous video games are with "akimbo attachments".... you look like a fool and you hit everything but the target. Lovely video as always Ian! I realle hope I can meet you in the lifetime

[@willisaw135]

@@TugaAvenger hello, Tuga. Didn't expect you to see here.

[@brianventura6209]

DOUBLE THE GUN DOUBLE THE FUN

[@benkeane365]

Some people can pull it off like Alexander Solonik

[@niceshirt7633]

I think it's rly about the point and shoot instinctive shooting. you could hit something with your dominant right hand

[@hakari5014]

Well, the idea of shooting two handguns at the same time was never about accuracy, but more about sending a ton of lead down range as fast as possible. Computer games made it a bit more effective than it should be in real life, but in movies it's still a "spray and pray" type of combat. Watch some John Woo movies and you will get the idea. When your targets are less than 10 meters away (like in any action movie with akimbo blasting), then it can be quite "effective" I guess. Also with enough training you can be proficient in every shooting method, even hip firing (watch Bob Munden's fast draw videos). Jerry Miculek did a "V-drill" with two AR-15s strapped to his arms and scored pretty much every single hit while still making an impressive time, so an avid shooter can do something like that. Finally: using a two laser aiming modules on your guns should make it much easier.

[@NullStaticVoid]

The thing I love about this channel is that Ian doesn't pull the king gun nerd attitude that he so easily could. Which so many other people who have no idea what they are talking about invoke too easily. He is down to earth, doesn't take himself too seriously, and knows wtf he is talking about.

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

Dweebo comment

[@Deadvalley200]

Warzone Operator Wiping a Squad During the Sykov Scourge (2021 Colorized)

[@evilclown019]

IM SO GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS XD

[@bagasangga]

What the fuck

[@franciscofranco5739]

Lest we forget....a moment of silence for all those slaughtered by Roze skin operators with dual wield, damascus Sykov with drum magazines.

[@somebrains5431]

100% thought of the dual Sykovs.

[@user-mj6xr9yu6t]

@@evilclown019 я тоже ни хера не понял о чём он... :-)

[@stevenwhite774]

Bravo, It is clear to me that the two full auto handgun firing event should now be a required standard event on every US citizenship application.

[@DeHerg]

That might convince me to move there and apply for one.

[@kenhelmers2603]

You occasionally have TOO much fun! Wish I was there :) Thanks MAG and FW for my daily laugh

[@LLlaxmep]

"i didn't hit nothing - i hit everything". this was awsm, ian, thank you.

[@tomcavasino]

The smile on Ian's face before shooting the 2 guns full auto is priceless! It's a mix of "this will be fun" and "there is too much cameras out for this"

[@Andrei9thouzen]

Ian dual welding full auto stockless Stetchkin's, what a time to be alive.

[@tsartomato]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpCsqHRmlrdmppo

[@robashton8606]

According to today's video, I'm in the future. According to the description on _this_ video, it's still 2018. These temporal shift event thingies on Ian's channel are starting to give me the Fear.

[@waynehindes3396]

You need a Fez!

[@Brigand231]

If you look at the upload info it says "uploaded" not "published". The video is still unlisted. I would wager that it will be published "tomorrow" and the date will be updated. I'm guessing you already know, but just in case... These videos can be uploaded months or years in advance and hiding in plain sight until they are "published" and visible to the public. You're seeing this one simply because there was a "hard" link to it in "today's" video.

[@dgtldead]

When i saw the preview at the end of the video, I was like "hold the fuck up", then I saw the date.

[@betaich]

Don't fear the time stuff gun jesus will protect you.

[@Hysteria98]

He did a short video back in september which was him dual-wielding 2 of these on full-auto. These videos were shot at the same time. Don't know why he posted them so far apart, though XD

[@j.yossarian6852]

I wonder when Ian is going to get a chance to take a look at a full auto Tec-9?

[@AgentDanielCross]

Filmed on a Caddilac with gang colours. Soo woop!

[@techno_tuna]

Considering tec-9s aren't full auto, never Edit: they technically were designed to originally be sub machine guns but that never took off and they were only sold commercially as semi-auto. Also edit because people are dumb? Full auto mods also exist, my point was they're illegal, so he'll probably never fire one on camera.

[@AgentDanielCross]

@@bigdiccmarty9335 its relatively a piece of cake, considering a lotta gangbangers do it

[@felixliang6877]

catch-22 is a great book

[@j.yossarian6852]

@@techno_tuna Ian got his hands on a G11, I believe he can get to an open bolt, FA, OG Tec-9

[@lakiza55]

I'm actually surprised how stable it is in full auto with the stock. That rate reducer really does let the inertia of the slide bring the muzzle back to where it was during the first shot. Just compare it to the HK VP70M, even at 10 yards you really need to aim for the balls to get a hit to the chest with that gun. I can totally understand why guys in special forces, like Specnaz, would like this, especially when suppressed.

[@Beanie-Sandals]

Seeing those things bounce around in your hands is the coolest thing ever

[@robertpepperwolfe7256]

3:14 full auto fun time

[@GlFeras]

Last time I was this early Ian was talking about the shooting video tomorrow

[@andreaslaroi8956]

@Matheus Falango KZbin didn't fuck up. It's just an unlisted video to be released tomorrow. Apparently Ian uploads them a few weeks in advance and just keeps them unlisted, so they don't appear on his channel. Unlisted videos can still be accessed by direkt link, which some of his patrons probably receive. Sometimes those links are also at the end of his Videos with related content. As this is only relevant for about a day, he probably just doesn't mind a few people getting early access. The alternative would be much more of a hassle (Not linking related content or changing the links after release)

[@babafrog1877]

Same

[@ditzydoo4378]

I remember this gun from the 203rd Military Intelligence's Foreign Weapons class at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, I attended in the Army back in 1991. We got to fire it in Semi-Auto which was quit comfortable, but when the instructor fired it in full-auto it climbed to the moon and then some. As they say, it was what it was being used by Tankers when a rifle would be to cramped.

[@Armageddon2077]

Wanted to see this for a long time! Thanks for finally getting it done!

[@gonnegottkehaskamp1667]

The akimbo magdump had me crack up laughing. Something about that just looked so funny XD

[@Arthurzeiro]

3:13 So anyway, I started blasting.

[@ghostfactory5305]

You just made my day, brother Ian! Fun piece of weaponry. Thanks for what you do.

[@nchunter8918]

Great work Ian, and I'm sure I can speak for us all when I say I get jealous of your experiences nearly every video, but I thank you for sharing it with us as much as you can.

[@hipwave]

3:13 could watch this in a loop all day long

[@Arthurzeiro]

What a way to end up 2018, shooting two of those in full auto, too bad the video was delivered by carrier pidgeon and only arrived a few weeks into 2019.

[@dragonsword7370]

It must've been a us army ww1 surplus bird. Got stuck by one of the dual wielding shot rounds on the way to the download port/roost on the roof of KZbin's building in California. It deserves a medal like marie.

[@MrJenssen]

I had hoped you would try shooting stockless, but you outdid yourself! Fantastic!

[@budoka34]

So many great videos, but this is my favorite so far. Nicely done.

[@WraithChornobyl]

I always loved the look of the APS. I really wish a company would make a semi auto only clone minus the holsterstock for collectors. Its a beautiful firearm for sure.

[@chardtomp]

I could see the full auto being useful in a trench or house clearing scenario where you're shooting at very close range and aiming isn't so much an issue.

[@maxmouse3]

Nice gun and video. BTW: your videos are getting better and better! Great quality and exposure on this one, really fun to watch. Keep it up! :D

[@thespankdmonkey]

Nice shooting video and nice info in previous video. Man that looks like a lot of fun being able to shoot something like that!

[@Zajuts149]

I literally laughed out loud at the shooting of the dual Stechkins in Full auto:)

[@brucerobert227]

HOT TIP: go to 3:12 and pause, then slow speed to .25, & it sounds like the start of a heavy metal song...cue Ozzy Ozbourne!!! SO neat, but there was no "Ian Chuckle" so I can tell not a fave.

[@gaslight5]

I highly recommend this as Ian and everyone else present sound truly piss drunk.

[@MicMcCabe]

Awesome finale. Another great video.

[@Maxtcc]

Wonderful , really fun to watch a double Stechkin firing video. Thank you.

[@worldtraveler930]

The last time I was visiting my Spetsnaz friend in the Ukraine this pistol came up in the discussion of Afghanistan to which he stated " the oversized Makarov automatic was completely useless without its stock and it's only real solid use was for dispatching dogs on the outsides of villages".

[@Diver6106]

I have the opposite problem... A Stechkin stock, but no pistol.

[@Diver6106]

@@arya31ful Actually, I took off the Stechkin attachment and bought a Browning Hi Power one. So it will make a nice stock and holster for my Hi Power... just need to get ATF approval, $200 for SBR? Also taking out animals with a suppressor is a CRITICAL task for Spec Ops. Animals always find you when out to 'sneak and peek.'

[@romzwint4121]

Nazi from UA army your friend? You have bad friends.

[@romzwint4121]

@free wifi UA = Ukraine

[@romzwint4121]

@Alfred Pemberton I know everybody in UA every minute is under tuff pressure of nazi propaganda. If today a nice ukrainian guy is adequate person, tomorrow probably he won't be. I saw such situations much time. I can't believe them all. They become narrowminded, full of hateness, brainwashed people.

[@ECcR0]

2:50 even gun jesus going with the meta akimbo

[@DistiIIer]

I've shot there before. I live just up the road from Base Borden ! Love the channel Ian. Keep up the good work.

[@TomKeown]

Okay, that two-handed, full-auto display may have been the funniest and most awesome thing I've ever seen. Thanks for doing that!

[@akaron5498]

3:12 - 3:17 *team wiped*

[@GuyGallium]

Did you take high-speed footage of the full-auto dual wield? That seems like it would be fun to watch slowed down!

[@THENOOBLEGACYTEAM]

The sound is just amazing.

[@robertrobert7924]

The 2 pistols on full auto looked really good and had to be fun. Way to go Ian.

[@LojakZeRo]

John Woo would be proud. Also, I want one,maybe 2.

[@TheAKgunner]

I want 14! That way, I don't have to duel wield two twice in the same week!

[@williampeterson333]

Hey Ian, love your work HUGE fan since earlier days! I talked to a former Soviet soldier who fought in Afghanistan in the 80's. He said that they were shy'ed away from the stechkin for that reason but some thought they were kinda used for kinda cool points or status symbol at first. But they were told within really close range to aim for waist and and by the time the 3rd shot you would probably be off target so you would get off the trigger.

[@scottdoran3112]

Nicely done Ian!

[@aerofd]

I would be interested in seeing one of your targets. After the first burst it look like you were keeping in pretty well under control. even the dual wheeled. Very cool video keep up the good work.

[@darykeng]

Welcome to Verdansk, make yourself comfortable by surrounding yourself with mines, AUGs and FFAR1

[@thedude7134]

Akimbo full auto 80 round mag.. I see Raven took some inspiration from this video

[@scottwinfrey8250]

Ive always heard those drums were absolute shit.

[@GreenBastardmint]

Hello Ian. I really enjoyed your akimbo action in the end, it put a smile on my face :)

[@FilthyAmerican]

Havin a rough day see FW's has a new video i feel better now

[@firstnamelastname.7749]

3:12 pov: you've been warzon'd

[@moretrenmoremen2771]

You ran around a corner and the invisible roze:

[@petesheppard1709]

"I didn't hit nothin'--I hit EVERYTHING!" Your best line yet! If this is why you missed T.I.G.E.R., then you made the right call. ;)

[@Rikigoya]

this video was freaking awesome! i love your show man

[@jonathandalton2921]

hahahah thanks ian , genuinely made me chuckle out a loud. nice day out on the range!

[@willkriegforkartoffeln4878]

Hello People of Tomorrow, we are the Guardians of the Hall of Records of the great Gun Jesus's works. We open Saturday.

[@silvadossantos6803]

KristophShmit "we accept donations, keep the cause alive"

[@Terabit3]

Are you accepting applications for curators?

[@matthayward7889]

Dual Stechkin? Ian’s expression was everything I thought it would be 😂

[@bryanwyatt9829]

Epic Video Ian

[@duanetrivett750]

Ian , that double gun unload looked amazing !

[@craigharness3156]

I heard a Russian pilot used one in Syria when he got shot down

[@QuantumW]

Stechkin is still in service with the VVS. It's part of their survival kit (NAZ)

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

@Weedus oh wow, he's pretty lucky. Sure, I'm not for that conflict, but congrats to him for surviving something like that.

[@cernotakumi4436]

i see that some spetsnaz still train with the aps

[@user-fw6gi5on3p]

He didn't survive. He blew hinself up while screaming "This is for the boys/friends/comrades" with a grenade when the fuckers came up to him

[@joost1120]

@@user-fw6gi5on3p I thought he called in an airstrike on his location? Or was this a different guy?

[@ardaketenoglu5109]

Akimbo sykovs go Brrrrr

[@hafthohlladung1208]

When you wield two hands its so cool and funny. Just love it.

[@industrialdelavega8270]

Favorite video so far. I love it! The double fisted full auto shooting is hilarious.

[@jaykingsun7093]

Ian, could it be that the intention was for spraying bulk rounds at a mass of people to get them to find cover so that the user could escape?

[@chemech]

That makes more sense than any other possible explanation - but, I really doubt that it is in any way officially approved...

[@bwxmoto]

3:13 - NOW

[@dudeguy8287]

Dude Ian, that dual mag dump was hilarious! Those things bark.

[@zeevkosher1871]

I had such a gun when I served in intelligence. for me it's like a 1911 Colt, old, not as light and comfortable as modern pistols, not so tactical, but it warms your soul, makes you smile, it attracts the attention of people, especially if you go to a store or a bank with it)

[@8man_01]

Hahaha Jesus, the dual wield part. The guns where going everywhere!

[@NAzTRAdamUS]

your two rounds bursts after your first initial volley was beautifully handled, good technique

[@dualsportrider3221]

Love it Ian!! Full auto right off the side of paved road

[@sc7956]

what a fitting recommendation, i guess the Sykovs do have high recoil

[@kennooo535]

Not even sykov, sykov is based off the makarov

[@a_stone]

@@kennooo535 Which gun do you think the APS is based off? That's right, the Makarov. Technically the Sykov is a mix of both.

[@PDeRop]

3:08 That's the moment you'll wanna see. Man.. laughed so hard.

[@TrikeRoadPoet]

Hard rocking fun with a two handed blast from the past with Ian feeling like he's caught between a paint mixer on steroids and a small earthquake machine. OUTSTANDING!

[@MrJamesjustin]

Mate that looked like heaps of fun.

[@toolthoughts]

So what is the rate of fire with that reducer mechanism? (what is the framerate in slomo?)

[@toolthoughts]

yeah, and modern firearms says 600. Both seem low, though 750 maybe not much. It would be nice to have an real life measurement, even if it's just from one example.

[@matthewd759]

@@Kalashinator Eh? You have quoted higher rates with longer times to discharge the same mag.

[@simonmunden5046]

Matthew D 750 rounds per minute = 12.5 rounds per second, etc.

[@matthewd759]

@@simonmunden5046 : Ah gotcha. Thanks.

[@venzo-hz3rk]

Who’s here after the addition of the broken sykov’s with 180 bullets akimbo in warzone?

[@usmcgrunt_1944]

It's cool to see how the rate reducer works on the high speed (slow mo) footage, when the slide returns to position and there's a pause before the hammer comes back up to fire again

[@justdustino1371]

Awesome vid!

[@Wetbread88]

"It was intended as a self defense weapon" Try explaining to the police why the mugger is cut in 2 with 1 trigger pull

[@stevehellerud9480]

Inaccurate? Hell, I'd take one anyways! No! I meant I'll take two of them!!! Lol! Too cool!

[@valor992]

That dual wield looked like some major fun.

[@handal0]

Yaay...finally..and thanks for putting the link at the end of the 1st one as it did not list up for me otherwise. You're a very consderate dude ;D

[@AWE_ZIOLIO]

2:54 i want to see the target so much

[@larwa556]

Yeah, about 3:13: Dear Ian, out of over 144 thousand people who watched this video so far, NOBODY gives a damn if you hit your target with the dual wield. What IS important though, is that you have done something many of us have been searching all across the internet for many, many years. That was a short burst for you, Ian, but that was an epic charge forwards for all of us gun nuts out there. YOU FIRED TWO STECHKINS IN FULL AUTO. You trully are THE Gun Jesus. Thank you, Ian and may all the Gods bless you

[@jsmith6599]

Stechkins wasn't "phased out of use", they just was put out of production. Suppressed variant - APB - was produced untill recently (or probably still in production). There is still plenty of APS in use, they became very popular since first war in Chechhya. Pilots in Syria had them as a standart self defence weapon (if they don't have time to pull AKS-74U out their emergency packs). Various Special Forces units use them (mostly APB variant) along with Glock, PM, PYa, SR-1. Holster/buttstock is used rarely though, as APS/APB mostly used in semi-automatic mode only. Moreover, standart issue holster is quite bulky, and APB had detachable steel wire buttstock.

[@Ashfielder]

Glad to see someone stuck with the stocked pistol carbine idea for a while.

[@mauserman2514]

I love how in Canada everyone at the range just stays silent while Ian's making this video, but they probably still apologized for being noisy

[@darthmartinez]

It could use a muzzle brake or some porting on the barrel.

[@PosranaRegistrace]

Or ... good old Mosin bayonet!

[@adrianfirewalker4183]

I've always been fascinated by the Stetchkin

[@cameronjenkins6748]

Back when I was in high school (about 9 years ago), I remember being enamored with the Stechkin, and I actually designed my own machine pistol in a similar vein to it, except with a 3-round burst (similar to the VP-70). I didn't use the 9x18 in my design, but I used my own proprietary .25 caliber round based off of the 5.7x28 cartridge. However, now that I'm older and wiser, I'm glad that this design didn't go anywhere, as I think it would have been completely pointless.

[@EchosTackyTiki]

"Well, I didn't hit nothing, I hit everything!" There's a "Soviet Russia" joke in this somewhere... Give me a few minutes...

[@TheAKgunner]

It's been four months.

[@thebbqbandito2868]

“I don’t think that’s in the Soviet manual” If I remember Russia had a solider practice doing a backflip tomahawk throw. I think he would have put this in the manual.😂😂

[@harryb7912]

As always, you remind me why I have a Patreon sub to your channels. Keep up the great content Ian!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Thanks!

[@stacybrown3714]

Hell yeah! Good clean fun! Thanks.

[@randomfamilyman4876]

This literally landed in my inbox. Why are the other comments a day old?

[@randomfamilyman4876]

XiphiasX10A oh I see!