The Freezing Shotgun Test; What Shotgun Is Best When Frozen?

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[@ImpalaZac]

I think the biggest lesson we’ve all learned from the frozen series is to not use the safety’s in this weather 😂

[@Yan_Rasso]

I can’t wait for the belt fed freezing test. Prob PKM would win

[@Ken_Koonz]

Obligatory "This is my safety Sir" comment.

[@hon.mr.ronburgundyiiiesq.2096]

Glock taught me the safety is only for when others are watching.

[@DragunovJ]

You use your safety..?

[@jamiemccarthy7937]

Or just cover your weapon.

[@mewkatlol]

Safety can't freeze if you never use it, brother

[@Kremit_the_Forg]

"This, is my safety sir. 👆🏻"

[@BlakeJoy]

@@Kremit_the_Forg was just going to comment that lol

[@mattmarzula]

And oil based lube can't make a gun run sluggishly in the cold if you don't apply it. Graphite.

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

​@@mattmarzulaor just a lighter oil

[@grumpydoggie6389]

@@Kremit_the_Forg This is your safety? Well, this is my boot, son! 😅

[@evanna578]

I busted out laughing when the 870 was froze up and he said "Let me stand in front of it and pull." lmao

[@recoiler4545]

Charlie is awesome.

[@nickjfv6304]

That shit was hilarioua

[@AutoPilotStudios-rj1ht]

Charlie is the type of person that writes his own answers on a multiple choice test

[@josiahdiacogiannis4774]

I’m so glad Charlie is back 😂😂 “which presidents son am I” had me rolling 😅😂

[@wardengage4173]

"Slava Mnava"

[@WepimpChimpin59]

Who's president's son is he?

[@johnalexander2349]

Huge flex covering the entire mountain with Charlie.

[@MarylandMarshmallow]

@@WepimpChimpin59Honorable Joe

[@DarnThatDragon]

Nuts to butts on the sled😂

[@stvnbryan5542]

Mike using the bayonet to try and fix all his problems is the closest to be a Marine has has ever been.

[@kriskodisko]

I was cringing the whole time as the blade was close to his head. I know he considers this, but still

[@BeltFedSelfDefense]

​@@kriskodisko YUT

[@patrickhenry8425]

He's eaten crayons before, so this is second most marine thing

[@AbolishTheATF]

Just smacking guns with the blade 4 inches from his carotid 😂

[@mrboggs96]

R. Lee Ermey would be proud

[@DeimosPC]

Footage at the end of Charlie cussing a dude out was incredible lol

[@Leopard_8119]

I love the energy Charlie is displaying at the end of the video/in the clip. "I'm this fu***ng close" :)

[@michael127118]

Is no one gonna talk about how many times he had to tell him to put it up though?? Like he’s crazy to even had to have been told more than once cause Charlie looked like he really was finna put the hurt on him😅

[@flying_houseboat8668]

Ironic that even when testing shotguns, it all boils down to AR vs AK

[@wier2920]

And the double barrel

[@denishardt13]

Да, есть такое)

[@MR-backup]

@@wier2920So you get 1 shot, and then man reload; a fail IMO.

[@eduardoarredondo6777]

better than no shot

[@tylerhunter60]

Angry Charles= scary Charles

[@ZDF1208]

9:05 "Let me stand in front of it and pull" Charles never fails to make me laugh at any given time 🤣

[@AllNighterHeider]

I'm not sure if that was a safety, sexual or both reference 😂

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

The military does not have combat shotguns. They are only used for base security type roles.

[@WhatIsSanity]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 Out of context, in the wrong thread, probably completely unprompted and dead wrong but oh so confident. There are always a few like you in every video, extra entertainment. 🤣

[@chrisoffutt8968]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 and breaching doors. sometimes those doors have beards and are wearing flip flops.

[@Coconutscott]

That's what she said.

[@codyryan1027]

Charlie seems like the kind of guy who is goofy and jovial 99.9% of the time, and then you make him mad and is scary

[@danb6133]

Dont ever lose Charlie, he is awesome! SDI should be so lucky to have such an amazing spokesperson.

[@richardfoshee3244]

Manufacturers are afraid of the Frozen series of tests. Incredible content.

[@K.H0P]

0:48 I love how Garand thumb just casually but instinctively swats Charlie’s poor attempt at making a snow ball 😂😂😂

[@Mygg_Jeager]

It's because his joke was bad and he should feel bad lol.

[@kti5682]

A snowball swatted now can't hit you later.

[@johnsanko4136]

Dad energy right there

[@davidlynch1958]

I was gonna say big brother energy

[@borrago]

How is it you know the side characters name but still call Mike "Garand Thumb"?

[@JasonBostick]

I bought my KUSA Komrad when they first dropped for $750. Before i took it out, i polished the internals and it ate anything over 1200ft/sec. Eventually added a CSS reliability kit and it consistently eats anything except the lightest Winchester White Box light loads. It's been a fantastic gun. Glad to see it have a good showing.

[@bigschlongdaddio277]

White box Winchester is fucking ass too so that’s saying something too cuz idk any gun that consistently runs white box winchesters

[@ryangi5]

Charlie is hilarious! “Which President’s son am I?” 🤣😂 “I’ll stand in front and pull.” 😂🤣

[@aking-plums6985]

Not forgetting "The type of female, if she was in the Bible she wouldn't make it."

[@ryanconran7940]

Mike: “could you imagine a charging…” Charlie: “Japanese” Mike: “Russian?” 😂😂😂😂

[@friendofthepeople]

Was looking for this comment lol had me rolling 🤣

[@Godisinkontrol]

That part stuck out to me too😂😂

[@Palach624]

Charlie seems to have an almost personal beef with the Japanese

[@blondeeFPS]

“Which presidents son am I?” Love it

[@kfw9257]

*Whuch...ftfy

[@D.v1dL33]

Never forget Gonzalo Lira. Understand what's going on.

[@erikcrouch7881]

​@@D.v1dL33Gonzalo Lira? Are.. are you serious? PLEASE tell me you're joking.

[@BritishTeaLover]

@@D.v1dL33 Never forget the guy who was an active traitor to his country, and was taking pictures of Ukrainian defences to send to the Russians? Why exactly would he be relevant here?

[@D.v1dL33]

@@TheTedberg Hunter in a scarf an fruit of the looms is kinduv presidential.

[@ungroundable4847]

Hahaha Charlie trying not to laugh as he tried to hold Garand thumb on the snowmobile had me laughing the whole rest of the video dude. 😂

[@Darkstar5811]

Charlie gives this channel something other channels do not have, glad he is back. I also love how thrashing the shotgun on a table with shotguns actually sounds like a shotgun aswell :D Great video!

[@Mygg_Jeager]

What? Conspiracy theorists are a dime a dozen dude lol.

[@matthewherr1588]

@@Mygg_Jeagertheorists? Charlie is a conspiracy reporter. Get with the times

[@Mygg_Jeager]

@@matthewherr1588 That's a you problem, mate.

[@matthewherr1588]

@@Mygg_Jeager real question: are you a bot?

[@Mygg_Jeager]

@@matthewherr1588 obviously not lmfao.

[@MopSpadowski]

Charlie yelling at neighbor was the clear winner in the ice challenge. Dude in truck clearly froze with fear. 🥶

[@m1garandMUSIC]

Nah that didn’t sit well with me.

[@rondyreeves4772]

Charlie’s great and all, but when you’ve got to go you’ve got to go. A little pee isn’t going to hurt his driveway, and there didn’t seem to be any kiddos around that could have seen the one-eyed trouser snake spitting into the wind.

[@dallasallad335]

@@rondyreeves4772I mean he disrespected the man’s home I think scaring the guy was an appropriate response

[@Nos2113]

Peeing outside keeps the coyotes away

[@rondyreeves4772]

@@dallasallad335 I don’t necessarily disagree with you, and I don’t suddenly dislike Charlie for his response; I just think that there’s some things worth fighting for and some things worth letting go. I wouldn’t curse at someone peeing on my property; heck, I’ve peed outside on my property before back when my dog was alive and I’ll take her out to potty when I got home for work in the morning. Some times I’d need to go and I’d pee while she was doing her business.

[@Pouk3D]

Out of the respect for the commitment and the scale of the test itself, I did one thing I've never done before, liked the video right at the beginning before watching most of it.

[@GarandThumb]

king!

[@strider5474]

Absolute savage

[@pmiller7886]

I have not a 2nd thought about GT and other fine tubers, his vids are liked before I get anywhere near the play button. Quality is always assured. Oh, and i always seek to feed the algorithm gods with an offering of word salad in the comments. Thanks for the infotainment good sirs.

[@joshmajor8662]

I instantly thumbs down it and then change my mind 13 times…. Where’s he land today Johnny??? Who knows 🤷‍♂️😂

[@farmerjoe1801]

@@GarandThumbI loved the test and was laughing really hard when you were whining about the 5°F temperatures, while it’s -50 here…

[@VikingShelters]

Hahahahhaa 17:55 he said it's like trying to make a baby work ! The banter on this video is greatest thing in KZbin history hahahahaha

[@mrkeogh]

I wouldn't go as far as trying to mortar a baby, though. A British nanny in the US got in serious trouble for that a few years back...

[@farklek]

Charlie is out of control, and it's the best thing ever! 😂

[@Thisisoscar_]

9:06 "let me stand in front of it and pull" lol

[@justinpennington7682]

Lmao best part

[@artistandcamera3245]

Me in Louisiana: “interesting “

[@TimberDCS]

Me in Washington State: 😭

[@MadJustin7]

Me in Arizona: I hope my shotgun does well.

[@musicman1eanda]

You need a video like, "Which shotgun can best survive falling off and a boat and being eaten by a gator?"

[@justjozua1827]

Now that you have mentioned it I'm 100% certain it is going to snow in Louisiana in the near future

[@dtegg91]

lmao

[@anecdotalpreacher3047]

I’m so glad the double barrel made it in the top 3, such a timeless design for anywhere and everywhere.

[@jimjones516]

I have the KUSA Komrad and an older Mossberg 500. After doing a little bit of work on the internals of the Komrad, just to make it run low brass reliably, I love that mag fed shotgun. So glad to see it reign supreme in the frozen world of GT.

[@SUPER_HELPFUL]

Regardless of the results, the sound of you guys smashing those shotguns on the table created some award-winning sound effects. I feel like I've heard those exact sound effects with people breaking stone structures in rust.

[@johnniewalker3134]

I though the same things, good stuff.

[@oldspicey6001]

I put my phone down but had the ear buds in and I was very confused why they were upset about the gun shooting.

[@TwoMilky]

Charlie is an invaluable comedic boon to this channel lmao

[@slimehermit]

We are happy Charlie survived leaving the Commie state

[@broja4387]

The pissing story and "if she was in the bible she wouldn't have made it" had me roling. Great way to send off the vid

[@michaelpratt3142]

Absolutely

[@MR-backup]

" Here, let me stand in front of it, and pull. " I Died!

[@kellylynch5113]

We had freezing rain here in Missouri today, I actually really appreciate these tests

[@TransistorBased]

My car got stuck in the street because I couldn't get it back up the hill I was sooo wishing I could have taken my AK out to the range

[@bigk4026]

Yeah it was rough. I was one of the only ones that showed up to the office.

[@TheDoorspook11c]

"The frost, somtimes it makes the blade stick." Yes it does.

[@LouisianaAstroRambler]

15:44 "You had one job!!" "That I did correct 9 times before" Charlie made a good point lmao

[@AwkwardYet]

i dont know why but that was the funniest part of the whole video

[@BarFlyChef]

He usually only does make good points.

[@BarFlyChef]

Charlie for president! 💯🎉 To restore common sense, and unity in truth!

[@BarFlyChef]

Last statement and scene needs memed. 💯

[@alankordzikowski7670]

Had a supervisor in the Air Force that said you could do 9 things right, and people will only ever remember the 1 thing you did wrong

[@TomiVuori]

9:06 "let me stand in front of it and pull" -Charlie

[@MR-backup]

I was rolling on that one.

[@bobbybyrne4415]

The backfire into the chamber on the Turkish shotgun was caused from not all of the powder being expelled because of ice in the chamber, and when fired on the second shell the powder that was embedded in the ice from running the first shell through it ignited making the shotgun look like it was going 88 MPH like the DMC Delorian time machine did in the Back to The Future movies.

[@user-uh9hj9zo2o]

i think this tells us . too take care of any fire arm in incerment weather. gear can fail. loved the tests. look forward for pistal and rifle tests in sub freezing. love ya charlie. ya a snow mobile. ran a trapline. lever action tube fail from in the cabin to outside. left outside degreased wraped always worked.. and iron sights. they do not fog up. keep up the great work.

[@semtech5852]

Just a note for people who don't have a ton of experience in the field (hunting) with shotguns. If you ever get your barrel clogged up with mud, ice or other debris, the front end will burst when you fire it. I have destroyed a shotgun in this manner because I didn't have anyone to tell me better. If you ever drop a shotgun stop and check to make sure the bore is clear before you do anything else. Hope this helps!

[@danielmckraken5160]

that is true for any gun any time you drop it.

[@MisterNi]

You might want to specify to also at least empty the chamber first if you're going to do anything more involved than a quick flashlight inspection.

[@PilgrimPrepper]

Yeah the barrel opens up like a banana.

[@johnqpublic2718]

You felt the need to warn subscribers of a Firearms channel that bore obstructions are bad?

[@semtech5852]

@@johnqpublic2718 yes 👽

[@Jasper3478]

It warms my heart knowing that the old coach gun is still able to contend with the big boys in terms of reliability.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

one barrel firing is only 50% reliable

[@jesseterrell2109]

You better make those 2 shots count

[@takingbacktoxic7898]

@@TheRoadhammer379 Think of it another way, you on all the other weapons, if the trigger froze the weapon was useless. On the coach gun, BOTH triggers have to freeze to make it completely useless.

[@joshuagrigartis4610]

Not a whole lot of pieces that can go wrong. Simplicity is often hard to break. With the coach, as long as the trigger pulls and the hammer drops, you get a bang. The rest of the guns had to contend with tube loading or magazines, actions that could jam, and shells that may not eject.

[@Turgz]

​@@TheRoadhammer379 And that barrel is 100% reliable.

[@tech-mediasvc]

Absolutely the best quality and entertaining videos anywhere. Bravo from an OG Army Vet!

[@phillipdewitt4454]

The lesson I learned was to stay in the warm in freezing weather . In about 1935 my father bought a Harrington Richardson single barrel 12 gauge shotgun. While hunting in Winter he had too much to drink and misplaced his shotgun. He found his shotgun the next Spring in a corn shock. No issues at all and works like it was intended to this day. I only use low brass shells today due to guns age.

[@LaTravvv]

When Charlie used his vape smoke to try & unthaw it 😂😭 I lost a chromosome laughing so hard

[@OmegaMale38]

I only saw two intervals of "unthaw"

[@Jeff.78]

Unthaw means to freeze.

[@broja4387]

glad to hear you're back to 23!

[@robsorgdrager8477]

Thank God I'm not the only CDO/tistic person here ( CDO is OCD but in order 😏)

[@LaTravvv]

@@Jeff.78 show me the definition

[@Crangaso]

Blowing into the chamber - the old NES trick never fails

[@fooanonymous]

Which is also the *perfect* way of getting ice absolutely everywhere into the action.

[@Crangaso]

@@fooanonymous I pity tha foo!

[@JamesMunroe1973]

I have a Beretta Xtrema2 shotgun. I live in Atlantic Canada. I have been duck hunting in late Dec in -14 C weather. I've had my gun exposed to extended periods of snow and water and the Beretta has always delivered. Awesome video enjoyed watching those guns perform at extremes.

[@eriklorentzen6510]

Absolutely love the real world results from this kind of testing. I too thought the pump actions would be the most reliable. I’d be really interested to see how Remingtons 1100 and V3 would perform in these tests. I’d been debating a Komrad 12ga vs a gen12, both performed well still hard to decide.

[@vlaricshard2]

I would've figured something like the mossy 940 which is a direct competitor to the a300 or the 1100 or 11-87 due to greater availability than something like the spas 12 would've made sense to include

[@konstantin88181]

Seeing you die inside, when comrade Saiga fulfilled it's duty is priceless. Somewhere one Brandon said: "I knew it"

[@xSintex]

Except its pretty awful at everything else outside of this test. But you do you.@@roaringsteelmedia

[@shawnsanders9450]

I knew the Komrade would do well if it was a well running Komrade to begin with as I have seen some really unreliable Komrades. The surprise is the AR frozen. It would be like a AK doing well in a mud test which would also be a total surprise.

[@austinhuber3131]

Until it didn't.

[@howardwoods342]

Charlie got me laughing so hard im crying. These guys are gold when they are all together

[@oblockobama2682]

the neighbor slander cracked me tf up

[@warrenharrison9490]

I had to rewind, I was missing so much from laughing.

[@gurumagoo]

I've duck and goose hunted in some absolutely apocalyptic winter weather with my Browning Auto 5, and I've never encountered a problem with it. On a particular goose hunt in Kansas a number of years ago, the hunt started at 36° and raining as a front was coming through, and within 3 hours the temp dropped to 16° and went from raining, to sleeting, to snowing. We were all covered in ice. I think it was the first time I ever had my beard freeze. In a party of 8, the only weapons which worked every time were mine and an old timers Auto 5s. Even the pumps didnt work well. The guys with the fancy Benellis couldn't even disengage their safeties half the time. The Browning Auto 5 is the king of shotguns.

[@djdrack4681]

The SPAS12 is so iconic...but such a POS. = is over-engineered, but not by germans. THANKS for including a Mossberg in the test: Its the 'ford explorer' to Benelli's 'Escalade'...Even among LEOs a lot have Moss 500s/590s (or REM 870s).

[@fadedjate7230]

I think PCCs and PDWs should be explored. From the low end Hi-point carbines and Kel-Tec S2Ks. Too the upper echelon Sig MPX and H&K MP5 platforms. I would like to see how these perform in the ice tests.

[@edmorris4103]

Agreed. Just for shits and grins, throw in the Meta Tactical Apex conversion. It's just a pistol on the inside, but with the protection around it, who knows. It might work.

[@fadedjate7230]

@@edmorris4103 Yes.

[@GmGTrials]

I want to see for the CX4 does

[@2centsbear638]

I think that hipoint carbine in 45acp might crush the test. It's a bulldozer, and sounds like a canon

[@fadedjate7230]

@@2centsbear638 Ruger just released a 45. Carbine. It's like the 5.7 LC but scaled up

[@anothernewaccount1657]

I love how Garand went shooting with Admin in Phoenix and was all "Oh God why is it so hot?!?", and now he's in 5 degree ice trying to get shotguns to fire while Charlie makes snowballs in the background. And I'm watching this in Scottsdale with our freezing 60 degree weather.

[@vwtdi1579]

The heat makes you weak!!!

[@Mike750200]

The heck is with our rain today? Shits weird :\

[@anacunit9619]

I mean as a Washington resident we take the cold way better up here than the heat lol.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

I find weather funny, people claim Arizona is too hot and Idaho is too cold, where I live the winters are nearly as cold as Idaho and the summer are nearly as hot as Arizona. I remeber when we set a record low (-31 and a wind chill of -47) and a record string of days above 100 (101 days), i was living in a house without heat or A/C. Both records in the same year.

[@dakotareid1566]

😂 its -20c here in Canada where I am

[@chadreinert1428]

Love you Charlie! Good to see you there!

[@irafowlerjr.7492]

Great info, really enjoyed , thanks 😊

[@Mr69abody]

That look back at Charlie during the SDI..... PRICELESS

[@peterbernstein2369]

the 3-400 year old solution to this problem is the Cows knee an oil skin flap that covers the action , it was how you kept the powder , flint and frizen clear and dry. could be something as expedient as the leg of a pair of pants cut off oiled down and slid over the action. when the Cree would hunt in the deep winter they kept their rifles and shotguns in cloth sleeves it takes less time to yank a sleeve off than mess with a frozen safety , hammer or action.

[@TexasSpectre]

An easier solution: Just use a Saiga 12. :P

[@TheDoorspook11c]

Based!

[@33gles]

Spare gaitor with some handwarmers tossed in it wrapped around the action.

[@danielschmidt123]

I ain't saying you ain't right. But I carried a flintlock in a snowstorm using all the tricks in the book and got a hella delay when I cleared it that night. The next day in the rain storm I clacked it twice trying to get it to go.... (then my ramrod swelled and got stuck in the thimbles requiring significant effort to remedy). I'm certainly a flintlock newbie. But I do have 80-90 miles in the mountains with one. 4 whitetails, 1 mulie, and popped 2 javelinas last weekend. I love it.

[@thomascondon9447]

@@danielschmidt123 What are you using for prime? 4fg isn't he best choice for hunting. Prime with the same powder as you are shooting helps a lot. Don't be stingy, dump and put new priming powder morning and lunch. There's not much you can do if the flint and frizzen gets wet other than dry it off.

[@ViperDriver22]

Love you guys..this trio rocks KZbin. Spreading the word. Cheers.

[@ryanlick4790]

gotta love the benelli's rotating bolt

[@SirIsaacNewtonOfficial]

Love it when the thrupple is together... Such natural chemistry and hilarious shit. Reminds me of just hangin with the boys.

[@ChuckThree]

The TriPerd

[@strongcontendervideo8906]

That sequence at 7:15 is so unnecessarily, beautifully cinematic and I’m appreciative of that.

[@tommydavidson4608]

That was the dude that was pissing outside Charlie's place lol

[@milspecfpv]

Thank you for always saying what we're thinking.

[@hl8070]

Never been a fan of horror movies. These frozen videos are truly terrifying. I can’t get enough.

[@retro.mp4558]

Timestamps for anyone interested (Results in Replies): 0:00 Intro 1:49 TEST 1 (FUNCTION TEST TO VERIFY WEAPONS’ OPERATIONAL STATUS) 2:26 Franchi SPAS 12 2:39 Remington 870 (Vang Comp Custom) 3:01 Mossberg 590A1 3:15 Beretta A300 3:30 Genesis Arms Gen 12 3:48 Beretta 1301 3:56 Remington Double Barrel (Probably a Spartan) 4:13 Benelli M4 (M1014) 4:38 Benelli M4 (Taran Tactical Custom) 4:53 Turknelli (Turkish Benelli Clone) 5:15 Kalashnikov USA Saiga 12 5:35 Benelli M2 (Taran Tactical Custom) 6:05 AMMO CHANGE DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE. RESHOOT OF GUNS WITH POOR PERFORMANCE TO FOLLOW 6:24 Remington 870 reshoot 6:27 Benelli M4 reshoot 6:29 Turknelli Reshoot 6:45 TEST 2 (FREEZING RAIN) COMMENCES 8:04 SPAS 12 8:36 Remington 870 (Vang Comp) 10:52 Mossberg 590A1 12:05 Beretta A300 13:30 Beretta 1301 13:50 Genesis Gen 12 14:21 Remington Double Barrel 15:16 Benelli M4 (Scrapped on account of SOMEONE forgetting to load a round into the chamber during the water 15:50 XIDAX SPONSOR 16:17 Benelli M4 Reshoot (after loading and respraying) 17:28 Taran Tactical M4 18:37 Turknelli 19:20 KUSA Saiga 19:53 Benelli M2 (Taran Tactical) 21:09 TEST 3 (STRAIGHT UP DOUSING IN WATER) 21:23 SPAS 12 22:36 Beretta 1301 24:07 Genesis Gen 12 25:32 Remington Double Barrel 26:49 Turknelli 28:26 KUSA Saiga 29:25 Benelli M2 31:05 BEGINNING OF THE END 32:00 Garand Thumb’s thoughts 32:20 Charlie’s thoughts 32:31 Micah’s thoughts 33:08 Closing Remarks 33:40 Average Tacoma, Washington Interaction (guy pisses outside charlie’s house for some reason) 34:20 Charlie almost calls his neighbor a slut

[@retro.mp4558]

Results by shotgun: *SPAS 12* Test 1: Ran fine Test 2: Ran alright Test 3: Hammer half dropped. Gun become a time bomb of when the thing's gonna go off. *DISQUALIFIED* *Vang Comp 870* Test 1: Choked a little on the shitty turkish slugs, ran fine after ammo change Test 2: Stiff safety, pump action was tough to cycle, frozen mag tube *DISQUALIFIED* *Mossberg 590A1* Test 1: Ran fine "I think this one will win because of the safety" - GT Test 2: Safety became stuck and the action became extremely stiff, *DISQUALIFIED* *Beretta A300* Test 1: Ran fine Test 2: Ice kept stopping the bolt from fully seating therfore the out of battery safety kept the gun from firing *DISQUALIFIED* *Beretta 1301* Test 1: Ran fine Test 2: Ran fine Test 3: Failure to eject followed by a failure to feed (lifter and mag tube frozen) *DISQUALIFIED* *Genesis Gen 12* Test 1: Ran fine Test 2: Ran fine Test 3: Safety took a little mechanical persuasion and the gun fail to eject the first 2 rounds, ejected the third. Further shells were added in excitement, where it failed to eject twice then loaded the third *Remington Double Barrel* Test 1: Ran fine Test 2: Safety took some mechanical persuasion, but ran fine Test 3: Safety needed more persuation, and the left barrel refused to fire, but the right barrel worked just fine. *Benelli M4* Test 1: Choked a little on the bad ammo, ran fine on the good ammo Test 2: Charlie forgot to load the shell into the chamber therefore they added a shell and repoured the water Test 2.1: Safety needed some persuasion and the bolt wouldn't seat due to ice. Gun ran fine once the ice broke *DISQUALIFIED* (I have some problems with this ruling) *Taran Tactical M4* Test 1: Ran Fine Test 2: Safety took work, Out of battery safety due to unseated bolt *DISQUALIFIED* *Turknelli* Test 1: Choked on bad ammo, ran on good ammo Test 2: Ran fine, although the bolt started to get sluggish and a wierd time on the last shell Test 3: Safety needed work, Frozen trigger *DISQUALIFIED* *KUSA Saiga* Test 1: Ran fine Test 2: Ran fine (had to smack the safety twice though) Test 3: Safety took a couple smacks, first round had a failure to eject/cycle, second round refused to fire at all, ran fine afterwords *Taran Tactical Benelli M2* Test 1: Ran fine Test 2: Ran fine Test 3: Safety took mechanical persuasion, Frozen trigger and bolt. *DISQUALIFIED* *OVERALL WINNER:* KUSA Saiga 12 *RUNNER UP:* Genisis Gen 12

[@WPTheRabbitHole]

last timestamp is best timestamp lol

[@fabianweber6937]

Bro what

[@warrenharrison9490]

You forgot Charlie's classic SDI intro.

[@rafael502]

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar

[@xXs3renityXx]

The ending is legit :D

[@tomdillon363]

I cringed every time GT struck the safety with the bayonet. Welcome back, Charles! You're a lot of fun and you've been missed.

[@williamnguyen8350]

Charlie is the friend everyone needs in their life.

[@henrikchristensen6314]

Yup, he'd make even me look intelligent

[@Spetsnazty]

@@henrikchristensen6314ehhh let’s calm down buddy.

[@silver4drrx828]

I want a Charlie in my life! I could be laughing all the time

[@ColonelEagle]

After listening to that story about how he catfished one of his friends... Ehhhh, maybe not everyone.

[@SilverTreasures]

9:06 “let me stand in front of it and pull.” 🤣💀

[@odrs]

😭

[@hmelj2736]

Comedy gold, right there

[@Boneyard1]

Almost as funny as the "It's like trying to make a baby work, Dude..." at 17:50

[@tjhupp7519]

It would be interesting to see how the old recoil autos like the a5 and 11-48 would do here.

[@aarontitusz8655]

Try the Winchester sx4 and franchi affinity. Target focused life did a similar test and these 2 rise to the top

[@Grodstark]

"Which presidents son am I?" *Snorts the snow* You guys crack me up!

[@Kowalski089]

Heh… “crack” 😂

[@nashzahm]

I loved how he said "Japanese" when a charging enemy was mentioned. Especially since it had a bayonet on the gun they shog.

[@JohnBlaze505]

I've waited 3 whole seasons for one of these videos again. Curious to see how bolt action guns work when frozen

[@WayStedYou]

probably quite well especially with a large safety lever, the push button ones maybe not without hammering and if the firing pin freezes, internal mags would probably work better than box magazines and then the only other issue is firing pins freezing

[@Ntmoffi]

From what I've heard, any of them with a fluted bolt will cycle just fine. I'd be more worried about the triggers freezing up.

[@TheIslandExpat]

Pretty much the same way they work when they're welded closed. Perfectly.

[@DerivativeWorker]

So smacking it against things like Bam Bam would, in your experienced opinion, be unwise?

[@TheIslandExpat]

@@DerivativeWorker You only do that when you're trying to improve accuracy, goof.

[@mrmugatu1look638]

How water freezes within your gun will always vary. It may function fine one time but how the weapon freezes, while being sprinkled with water, may be different the next time. If it functions with some hard love, then that's a plus. @0:06 The Charlie hold lol

[@alfonsobarrado2902]

11:20 "it is cold, it is like 5 degrees" that was a really confused statment until i remembered that in the US the measuring system is farenheit not celcius

[@Fly-B0Y5451]

Charlie killed me with his SDI translation.😂😂😂 I'm still laughing

[@willmorin8126]

How many times was the 590A1 bayonet used on different platforms? Therefore...clear winner was the 590A1! =)

[@chrisnave1769]

20:17 idk why he said “none of the benelis”, the Turkish close did really well

[@Dezelbub]

Great video man

[@wbryan03]

As a waterfowl hunter this is a super realistic test. Also I feel your pain on the cleaning lol

[@SchwarzeskabelGWP]

It’s a royal pain cleaning up after a frozen hunt

[@JohnZ556]

What do you use? I don't hunt much at all, but I love a Benelli ETHOS Cordoba BE.S.T It is very weather and water-resistant.

[@censoredpleb2241]

If you ever missed a duck because your pos 870 jammed and you tomahawked that pos because you were so mad. Hit that like button.

[@SchwarzeskabelGWP]

@@JohnZ556 I shoot a side by side mainly because I shoot them for upland and I like the option for different chokes but I’m probably one of the few to do that

[@JohnZ556]

@@SchwarzeskabelGWP Cool, indeed I don't see many side-by-side these days. I tried an 828 U Upland Performance Shop. It is NICE and featherweight(6.4lb 24"bbl) if you gotta walk a lot.

[@DCunha78]

Charlie holding Mike down by his hip as he tries to get off the snowmobile was classic 😂😂😂😂😂. Charlie's face expression said it all 😂😂😂😂😂

[@effmerunning]

Simply the best channel on YT. Mike and the crew are sooo good.

[@jeffprice6421]

Glad to have Charlie Back! Much Love!

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

When Charlie first arrived on the channel I was skeptical about what he adds. Now that we’ve had a break from him I am sooo glad he’s back!

[@Thisisoscar_]

Bungie sound design used the spas-12 for the shotgun blast in Halo 1,2 and 3

[@urjnlegend]

Didnt know that

[@gameragodzilla]

Funny thing, though, is the “ping” sound that the OG Halo shotgun is famous for is due to the SPAS-12’s bolt cycling in semi-auto (all semi autos will have that sound effect to some degree, but the SPAS-12’s bolt being so chunky makes it very audible), which wouldn’t be there for the Halo shotgun since it’s pump. That being said, the sound is absolutely iconic.

[@PrayingPanda]

Those last 2 minutes are gold.

[@matthewgrogan4312]

Disconcerting yet funny how many times Charlie turns away right before Mike fires (or attempts to fire) the frozen shotguns. Great stuff, gentlemen! I’ll have to stop in Stockpile, it’s less than 10 min down the road. Seem like good people.

[@johnsheppard7175]

It's good to have Charlie back. Love his off the wall humor.

[@jedperalta5280]

the infamous benelli 'click' happens due to the bolt design allowing water the get inside the valley of the firing pin and rotating cam pin for the bolt head in the m2-m4 variations as well as the super black eagle line and Turkish copies except for very few like retay. gas driven shotguns like the 1301, a300 etc. are more reliable in the cold, wet or muddy conditions

[@gregglaze2337]

I’ve run Benelli’s, Franchi’s or Remington shotguns most of my life, in the last 2 years I’ve swapped to a Retay Masai Mara and been very impressed

[@dbuckner902010]

The dreaded benelli click can be fixed with a spring kit but it pisses me off that my $1400 m2 I had to add a $35 spring kit and I am just a turkey hunter I picked up a Retay couple years ago and they fixed that damn issue

[@lmh20315]

You can induce this malfunction on just about any rotating bolt shotgun by bumping the charging handle, taking the bolt slightly out of battery. I’ve done it on my A400 Extreme a couple times hunting and have seen it with browning gas and inertia guns as well.

[@jedperalta5280]

@@dbuckner902010 yup for the money it should run flawlessly

[@matrixlockdown2975]

This was a very interesting video. I love testing and data like this.

[@jjseibert]

Awesome, thanks

[@MajorMiscreant]

These videos have taught me the importance of proper firearm maintenance and storage. If you're going to be in weather conditions like this wrap a trash bag around your gun at a minimum, but if you're out in this kind of weather you probably need to seek shelter so you don't die.

[@nightowl9519]

Lol where I live this is normal weather for a couple months every year lol

[@It-b-Blair]

If you can’t build a fire and stay awake to keep it fueled in the bare elements, then definitely seek shelter. You can make one, but realize knots are hard with gloves or numb fingers. Snow is more insulated than anything below 25 Fahrenheit, but it is still 32 or colder, which is lethal. Good equipment isn’t always cheap. Your home is better than trying to hoof it in a shtf scenario unless you are in direct threat.

[@insaneclown158]

My man Charlie. the true hero / main character of every grandthum video

[@Manco65]

He was at top form for this video.🤣

[@tommyelliott32]

thanks I use my shotgun everyday were I live, in norther Canada this test was very helpful I've had to use my at -38c

[@Watchdog_UFOtestpilot]

Felt like I was on the loading screen for the Tsaritsyn map the whole video. Excited to pick up my 1301 Mod2 and happy it won’t be subjected to freezing water torture testing. Thanks for your extremely scientific data collection.

[@Marin3r101]

Love Charlie's unfiltered commentary. Especially during ad reads.

[@Hazmattdown]

Big takeaway: Bayonets are a must. Great video as always guys! Ya know, combat aside, as a hunter, I find this quite interesting. I have had guns freeze up while hiking in. Good info.

[@Jordan_Combree]

Damn I wish you had the Mossy 940 pro in this test 😭 Great video as always🤘 Idaho has been cold as balls this month!

[@angryroostercreations5194]

i think ice freezing on the action bars, which are exposed is what choked the pump guns. as far as the tubes freezing. it be faster to single load, rather than try to un freeze the tubes. if you where expecting these kind of conditions though, cut the toe out of a boot sock, and slip it over your action to keep the freezing rain out of the action. even if the sock freezes it'll be fairly easy remove compared to busting ice from the action.

[@WayStedYou]

20:16 Turknelli: you what mate?

[@Hunting-jr1mp]

As a hunter the biggest surprise was the ks-12 vs the beneli M2, would've loved to see a Super Black Eagle and an Auto 5. The double barrel having only one barrel working is actually a pretty common reason backcountry hunters choose them

[@GunSperg]

Yea, I’m disappointed the Auto 5 wasn’t included

[@thomascondon9447]

@@GunSperg I am disappointed too, and I mean the real auto 5. Not the wood stocked Benelli. The Auto 5 is arguably the best semi auto shotgun ever made.

[@GunSperg]

@@thomascondon9447 yea an old school real Belgian made Auto 5 or a Remington Model 11 should’ve definitely been included

[@jmebig3044]

If you get a good sbe, you can put it through hell and it will still fire. I’ve had mine get splashed in 0 degree weather, insta freeze and still fire all three rounds. Hell of a gun.

[@nate.hanlon]

would’ve liked to seen a tri star middle ground hunting semi. atleast their was no stoeger 😅😂

[@MrNovichok82]

2852 canonic ak system troubleshoot fix :). Best shotgun for a froze warfare is saiga, best carbine - sks :).

[@ThereIsNoSpoon4]

Good night, I missed Charlie so much. Love you guys, great video!

[@rabidbeaver8442]

All the snow shotguns are on back order in Texas

[@professorz3036]

We don’t get that cold

[@ChrisReparationslul]

​@@professorz3036bruh they shut down Austin because it was 25°F no ice no snow 😂

[@mikethompson2650]

@@ChrisReparationslul Yeah but it is Austin after all. Basically it is Portland or LA.

[@mikethompson2650]

@@professorz3036 Wel maybe for a day or two then the sun returns.