The Power Of The 20mm Lahti L-39 Rifle

[@theapedcrusader6964]

The Lahti L-39 has got to be one of the best looking Anti-tank rifles.

[@VS-ff4ez]

She is a beauty!

[@petrimakela5978]

And some of them were converted to full auto 😅

[@SgtAwesome97]

@@petrimakela5978 That......... That is one of the most beautiful sentences I have ever read lol

[@petrimakela5978]

@@SgtAwesome97 Full Auto and frag grenades 💕

[@petrimakela5978]

@@SgtAwesome97 Some Il-2 Pilots got surprised when a APHE sailed through their armored cabin 😂

[@ReprobiCrucesignati]

Fun fact: When the tank armor became too thicc for the Lahti during our fights against the soviets, it found a new purpose as a AA gun...But also a long range sniper rifle. Imagine being a young soviet sitting in a foxhole with your comrade and hearing a blast from a distance and your friend turning into red mist next to you

[@EMES365]

@@ReprobiCrucesignati I think it would be your friend turning into red dust and then a blast from the distance. Tomato tomahto though right...

[@themanhimself3]

@@EMES365 We gotta apply A10 protocol to this. If you hear the bang, it wasn't meant for you.

[@redmist6131]

Aa gun long range sniper and anti armor all in one what's not to love

[@deathskrieg5525]

Pretty sure they would also use tracers or incendiaries in hopes of starting wildfires in Russian occupied territory

[@Marlboro-man]

​@@themanhimself3 yep oops I was aiming for that truck but I missed sorry your a pink mist now buddy.

[@johnwillis4706]

I bought one of these anti-tank rifles about 20 years ago. I've also bought a bunch of different ammo for it, including your practice rounds, AP rounds, and loaded a of API/Incendiary rounds. The L-39 is still not a rifle you would want to face. Hiding from this gun can be a problem. Save your empty cases, you can get reloading die for this round, they ain't cheap but they can be had. Reloading brings the price per round down significantly. And you can buy 20MM Rofus rounds to load, now those are fun.

[@danielescobar7618]

Lol you RELOAD THIS!? what press fits this? 10 ton hydraulic!?!?

[@DangerousBobB]

Pretty sure there are no 20mm raufoss. Maybe you are talking about HE but those are DD themselves

[@delmaneboshoff5610]

@@danielescobar7618😂😂😂😂😂 well, considering the length of that case… it’s not far off the mark on the 50BMG case. If you can get a loading press for the .50BMG you shouldn’t be too far off on the 20mm

[@danielescobar7618]

@@delmaneboshoff5610 oh cool didn't know that! Very cool hobby then if you had one of those crazy uncles with 100 dollars too many back in the day

[@hansvonmannschaft9062]

Well John... erm... yeah I mean, if you got a grandfathered one, then sure. Other than that, got some bad news m'brother... If these went out with the Clinton ban, then it was probably 30 years or so ago... may be more... I KNOW, I know buddy, I feel it too... but hey... you got a 20mm rifle... who cares 'bout time anyway...

[@markkuhexen-sonderauftrag7760]

The L-39 WAS originally created 1939 here in Finland by Mr. Aimo Lahti (who also designed the famous Suomi-KP or Finnish Submachine gun) to be used against armoured vehicles or to distract tanks + it was modified to be used against airplanes during the WW2. Though its effective range was about 500 yards - theoretically the round could fly through the air up to four miles so it was used as a sniper also.

[@waynemattson9143]

Kentucky Ballistics needs to do a video with this

[@garypeyman932]

My thoughts exactly

[@princeofdeath7696]

@@garypeyman932 I mean he's shot everything else so why not this? The Anzio is less than $10k for the single shot rifle, minus all the fee's and cost of ammo.

[@vhwft]

Yeah nah, that guy has no place being near any firearms. He does not have the concentration or aptitude to be safe on the range.

[@waynemattson9143]

@@vhwft tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me you don't know what you're talking about.

[@SirKittyGamblin]

Scott can shoulder fire 💯

[@acceler9]

I was at a machine gun meeting (at an undisclosed location 800m range) and a guy had a 20mm Lahti there. He had a bunch of non-training rounds, and was selling shots (something like $100 or $200 per round). This was about 15 years ago (or more). One dude bought 3 or 4 rounds, and I watched him shoot the first one. The recoil pushed him physically back (while prone) like a full foot. He got up, dusted himself off, and said "That's all I need of that!". I think he kept the unfired rounds as souvenirs.

[@Scott_Buchanan]

Hearing about gun prices in the 80’s makes me wanna cry lol

[@AtomicBreadCannon]

Fr

[@seanfoltz7645]

Yeah - I remember growing up in the 80s and literally seeing buckets and barrels of WWII rifles for $50 at Kmart and Sears - if I was just 5-10 years older, I'd have several of them sitting in my gun closet. I was at least old enough to score myself a mint condition 1942 Mosin Nagant, Romanian AK and a pair of CZ52 pistols during the huge Soviet firearm dump of the 90s for a song, so half a pie at least.

[@duffysgunsmithing2585]

look at the price of the esp hearing protection and you will feel better... lol

[@seanfoltz7645]

@@duffysgunsmithing2585 🤣🤣🤣

[@RedVRCC]

​@@seanfoltz7645lucky... mosins just started getting more expensive when I got old enough to actually buy guns.

[@robertmidcalf2420]

I could just tell by the smiles on your faces that this was going to be a GREAT episode 😂

[@drrocketman7794]

11:14 glass smoke. Try not to breathe that

[@comfortablynumb9342]

*do not breath that

[@brickbuilderx2316]

Pretty sure I saw a gunbroker listing that had the ad in a classified from 1964 that included the box, tools, spare parts, and the gun, for $99, the paperwork for who bought it, a high schooler.

[@454FatJack]

Interarms Virginia Sam Cumming’s bought 🇫🇮 surplus. Majority of -39’s too.

[@marks1638]

One of my first bosses in the Air Force used to buy stuff off the catalogs (late 50's, early 60's) due to his part time job rebuilding old cars (great wages for a 16-year-old). It gave him the money to buy stuff ranging from a Siamese Mauser (he bought converted to 45-70) to a 20mm Lathi semi-auto rifle. He owned about 30 guns (all rifles) before he joined the Air Force. All were kept in storage and years later he sold the Lathi with ammo (it cost him about $110 bucks in 1962) for over $30,000 almost thirty years later to help finance his house when he retired. He's still got many of the rifles he bought back in the heyday of surplus guns. I've got several catalogs from that time frame and from the late 80's during the surplus gun rush after the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act opened up the foreign gun market again (closed in 1968).

[@Gibsonsghost]

When the rating of the vest is irrelevant

[@adrielburned6924]

You now have a level 3L comment. (3 likes) ❤

[@MrJay_White]

when the vest is rated for fragmentation, but not how you think.

[@pete_lind]

It stopped T26, T28, and T38 tanks , T34 had already armor that stopped 20mm ammo . It was used in bunker busting with HE ammo , you get it a shot in when enemy start shooting, you knew you hit the enemy and most likely damaged the machine gun , also it was used against snipers.

[@Sableagle]

Looking up loading data, this seems to be about 30 g at 800 m/s. NIJ max backface deformation is 44 mm. Assume plate thickness 10 mm, which would be very heavy in steel. That gives 54 mm in which to get 48 kJ out of that bullet. Six eights, a decimal point and a lot of eights newtons. Ninety tonnes. Yikes. 200,000 lb over a 162 in² plate, 84 atmospheres of pressure. Again, yikes. There are reasons the NIJ don't certify level "III+" or "IV" helmets.

[@Scott_Buchanan]

@@Gibsonsghost if someone was wearing armor that would stop it (humor me) their whole torso would probably explode

[@johsor1984]

You know it's going to be great when the rifle has RUNNERS.

[@hayatofury8580]

It was designned for winter conditions (winter war 1939-1940 between Finland and sovietunion) thats why it has those skiis

[@johsor1984]

@@hayatofury8580 I'm totally imagining this thing zipping off into the distance if fired on ice. LMAO

[@eriklarson9137]

Plus a man bun. In 2024.

[@ishnifusmeadle]

Makes me wanna rig it up to my sled

[@bmstylee]

I think it goes without saying but SHE BE KICKIN!

[@Craigs_Veritas_Bullet1n]

Let me guess; you watch Kentucky Ballistics too..... 😊

[@GoingBallistic]

Kind of strange but it felt no worse than a 12 gauge shotgun with buck shot.

[@beatnik6806]

​@@GoingBallistic yeah I guess it's so heavy

[@CrazyTruckinS10]

The Fins putting skis on everything 😂. Fire a shot and you slide back 😂

[@infernalstormrider]

We have four seasons here and sometimes we might have some snow😂😂😂🇫🇮

[@HebuTheLoneWolf]

well it was made during the winter war so ofc it has skis :D

[@beatnik6806]

Wheels won't work in 10 feet of snow 😂

[@HoseTheBeast]

It’s the only kind of bipod that works for a gun that heavy in the snow🤷🏼‍♂️

[@zyabazya]

Нужно для бойца сани, чтобы он откатывался вместе с ружьём, инаже джинцы ему натрут

[@tendraftsdeep]

Butterfly had a wild flight through the bucket water explosion! Great video guys

[@alantangis]

That sucker was fast as hell lol

[@NotchFox]

Little butterfly going.....WTF!!!

[@HeIsAnAli]

Caliber-wise, this is technically a _cannon._ Somewhere, a certain well-endowed policewoman turned vampire is getting pretty excited.

[@ChrisHarding-lk3jj]

I purchased my Lahti around 10 years ago and it was one of my bucket list rifles.

[@n.vdhooven7437]

Butterfly at 9:16 was like Yo wtf is this rain!

[@alanwatts8239]

for her it felt like a tsunami lol

[@BorderGuardJaegerFinlandia]

OK, my grandfather and my uncles neighbour was a Winter War veteran and continues war veteran aswell. I met that man several times during the 1970:s and all the way to the late 1980:s. It was two brothers that fought in the Finnish Lapland, during the Winter War and later on down at the Karelian Isthmus aswell. But he was actually armed with this Lahti L-39. He told me about one specific occasion that he actually was a bit shamed of doing. We was having a Saune evening together with my uncle and these two brothers. They never talked about the War if they wasn't drinking alcohol or beer. He said that he was lying down in his. position and he was guarding their trenches and the Soviets where only some 200 meters away in their own trenches. But on this occasion he saw that one of these Soviets all of a sudden just stands up, and came up from that trench only to calmly walk away a bit and then just as of nothing was worrying him at all, because he pulled his pants down and started pooping. He was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do, because that was not something that happened on a daily basis. But he said that he loaded his Lahti and gave him enough time to release himself a kit, but not all of it. He just took and aimed right on his but cheeks, because he was turned so he had all of his hairy ass in front of him. I feel sorry for that Soviet soldier, because he shot that 20 mm anti tank bullet right on spot, and he said that he could see that he was basically shot in 1/2 because his legs butt and lower parts kind of exploded away and his upper body just collapsed down on that warm load of manure, that he just had dropped... He said that this was something that he could not let go, because in some way was that scenery something that stuck in his head forever. He said that it was the only time that he felt anything for killing an enemy soldier. He told me about the time when it got really personal and close, and it was when he had to take down an enemy guard, that was patrolling alongside the Murmansk Railroad. They was to blow up the railroad with some kind of satchel charges, with timers attached onto them. This was when it got very personal and very intimate. He had to use his own Finnish Puukko to cut his..... yeah, you know 😢...They took out some guards that way.

[@scottlesage386]

The horizontal waterfall of glass in the second slow mo is amazing 😮

[@tterryshenanigans1820]

Nice shout-out to Ian. Y'all got a good channel going.

[@mhh7544]

It came bit late to be an viable AT weapon, but it was used very successfully against hardpoints, MG nests, bunker openings. Also during the summer Finns shot icendiary rounds using the weapon with indirected fire, to cause forest fires on Russian backs. It was after all an AA gun, it had serious range.

[@luke144]

Damn!! 20mm. I might have to give these guys a call.

[@MercutioUK2006]

35k ft/lbs......so....nearly 3x a .50 BMG? That sort of fun doesn't come cheap :)

[@lyntoncollins2758]

The entire point is the Hex - training rounds won't show much :)

[@NuffMan_]

@@lyntoncollins2758 didnt even cycle the gun

[@spannaspinna]

You can’t put a price on that sort of fun 😂

[@Ryan_honest]

That thing is badass! Can't wait to see different rounds for that bad boy!

[@thesandtiger]

after high speed ballistics i never want to shoot an rpg

[@GoingBallistic]

We just bought 4 rounds. I'm a little nervious now

[@jacklinks6097]

Was thinking the same thing.

[@ethansmith9065]

​@GoingBallistic the rpg that popped on dude, wasn't it modified?

[@Whitedeath24]

​@@ethansmith9065depends on what you mean by modified

[@_Admin_01.]

​@@ethansmith9065 It was re-militarized, the welds weren't strong enough.

[@KaeYoss]

"Why are there little missiles on the OH MY GOD THOSE ARE THE BULLETS"

[@daimonien]

Greetings from Lahti, Finland

[@Einwetok]

Those solid training rounds probably do better than the original ammo! Bet they gave some Orc tankers headaches when they were in use.

[@TonyDelcampo]

that is one sick long distance hole punch

[@JimHugg-gl9bs]

With training rounds just sick!

[@StallionStudios1234]

That was super sweet. I had previously saw the Forgotton Weapons episode on this so it was cool to see it on this channel shooting all kinds of stuff. That is a powerful beast!

[@PerttiJuhani]

Greetings from Finland, this AT-rifle was effective until Soviet tanks got thicker armor infront. Then also tiny cannons, the 37mm AT-cannon had to be replaced with 45mm AT-cannon.

[@Adam-nv9zo]

Awesome video, guys. That 20mm is something serious.

[@MusicHavenSG]

My guess is that the barrett M82/107 got some inspiration from this. Hi-Cal, Anti-Material, Semi-Auto, long range, plenty accurate. If the training round can do this well, I can imagine how well the actually Armor Piercing Rounds would fare.

[@B4Ctom1]

9:17 big grasshopper decides to fly the heck out if there!

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

Nymphalis antiopa?

[@B4Ctom1]

@@OriginalThisAndThat Dissosteira carolina Linnaeus which it mimics.

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

@@B4Ctom1 I have zero knowledge about insects in N/A

[@anticom6099]

@@OriginalThisAndThatwe have only the best bugs, fantastic bugs, believe me

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

@@anticom6099 Im all ears..

[@MrT13]

Guys out there like my vest is level 5 20mm rated. I’m like, great it’ll technically catch the projectile, as it sucks the entire vest right through you… lol

[@anaphylastiks]

That moved you back a decent amount Justin.

[@haardo]

And it was just a training round.. :)

[@andyasdf2078]

Not that long ago, we had the equivalent of a Cessna 172 with two of these in each wing all firing AT THE SAME TIME

[@vicbittertoo]

wow, where was that at ??:)

[@delmaneboshoff5610]

Would have liked to have seen that lot in action.

[@peabase]

The brutal recoil of the Lahtis would've torn the wings off a Cessna 172. You must be alluding to Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, who'd strap bazookas -- recoilless anti-tank rocket launchers -- to his Piper Cub in WW2.

[@andyasdf2078]

@@peabase The point I was making was that most WW2 fighters are basically our equivalent of a fast Cessna - ok maybe not a 172 but maybe a turboprop like a C208

[@peabase]

@@andyasdf2078 The Cessna 208 is a whole different beast than a 172. Besides, a P-51 Mustang had more than twice the hp of the former.

[@Heinrich_STG44]

It going through everything!.....Ok I I'll admit it when I'm wrong but with the right round it will go through everything.

[@MetsanAsukas]

Awesome! Through some lead through the ballistic dummies for sure!! 🇨🇦

[@marcdowell6658]

It would be cool to see an engine block test, like you did the with 50 bmg.

[@GoingBallistic]

I agree

[@zachyurkus]

I’m sure you already know this, but Edwin and Mark Serbu seem to have ready access to a variety of 20mm rounds… might be worth getting in contact with them.

[@Chris_Garman]

That's a different 20mm but the projectiles may be the same.

[@radiozelaza]

yeah, but are they Long Solothurn rounds for Lahti, or the shorter ones for Oerlikon/HS404?

[@zachyurkus]

@@radiozelaza to be honest I’m not completely sure about those intricacies, but I know they regularly use the Serbu Typhon 20. I was assuming that’s the same they would need with their L-39…?

[@radiozelaza]

@@zachyurkus Lahti uses the long 20mm of 138mm in length, while M61 Vulcan uses the short 102mm in length round. Well, shooting the shorter round from a Lahti would probably be possible, but not the other way round ;)

[@zachyurkus]

@@radiozelaza I edited my comment, I originally said Vulcan when I meant to say Typhon. Would results still be similar?

[@pwrplnt1975]

Ask Mark Serbu he owns a 20mm.

[@radiozelaza]

he does, but do his cannons shoot Long Solothurn like the Lahti?

[@alexeitass9023]

Mark Serbu 40mm gans

[@sheadjohn]

I think his are 20x102mm m61 Vulcan tounds

[@sheadjohn]

There are also very popular 20x110 and 20x128 oerlikon in us service. This rifle not so common.

[@alexeitass9023]

@@sheadjohn Russian rifle PTRS-41 and PTRD calibre 14,5x114. Best antitancks gans.

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

the tungsten AP is still available they're about $400 a round though here

[@GoingBallistic]

WOW

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

@@GoingBallistic check out cdvs

[@ericbergfield6451]

Wow, what a behemoth, imagine buying one of these surplus back in the 1980's for $99

[@stevenmerlock9971]

@ericbergfield6451 Everything was better in the 80’s. Ammo prices, Firearms selection, militaristic hardware and real survival equipment.

[@michaelmacek9433]

Those prices are from the 1960s. Sales ended with the1968 GCA. Look in the classified ads in a mid 1960s American Rifleman magazine if you doubt it.

[@noskillant6168]

That poor butterfly 9:17 got its world rocked.

[@Leopardipzg]

The sound itself of these rifles was so distinct from rest of the gunfire,, that it caused panic in soviet troops.

[@thanos9846]

Man bun, jorts, and freedom boots. Murica.

[@StirlingLighthouse]

Dang! That baby kicks! Thank you Gents 🙏

[@kennys9644]

Great video and the accurate shooting made it even better!

[@aidanacebo9529]

I love the L39, it's one of my favorite firearms. the Gauss Rifle in Fallout 3 and NV is modeled after it.

[@GoingBallistic]

Oh cool

[@aidanacebo9529]

@@GoingBallistic I saw one recently in person, it was in a local surplus store/museum. part of the owner's collection. it was surprising how big they are in person. I also got banned on facebook for 30 days for posting a picture of that particular L39.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

You got Zombies round your place?

[@neilfoss8406]

His whole body moves back many inches from the recoil. Incredible!

[@WilliamHudgins-n7q]

They were available from Ye Old Hunter in Alexandria, Virginia in the early 1960's. I know bwcause my brother and some of his friends bought one, returning it after a few shots. It was just too powerful for them. The guy at Ye Old Hunter said he wondered how long it would take for them to bring it back.

[@DinoPwn]

Hell YES!!! I have been waiting for this day. so cool

[@glencalhoun9544]

Yea, the safest place to be downrange when firing these large caliber rifles is directly behind the straight line of the projectile when shooting water or ballistic jell.... The round will 100% ALWAYS Deviate!!! I've absolutely never seen one go straight through either of those.

[@kiereluurs1243]

Gel. Gelatine.

[@glencalhoun9544]

@@kiereluurs1243 When I'm working I don't have the time to make sure that auto Current isn't charging my words to random shat. Lmao 😂😂😂. Na, I'm just bullspittin. I FOOKED up. Lmao 😂😂😂

[@VaderisOne]

I am so disappointed in myself for turning down a chance to buy a Boys anti tank rifle back in the late 1980’s, $2k seemed too high even w all the equipment to reload the rounds….what I fool I was

[@butdidwedie5664]

crazy enough you can buy one of these for about $3500. just need a destructive device license. RIA has 5 of them for sale right now.

[@choon211]

Amazing video as always!

[@teppouotinen9136]

The full auto variant, L-39/44, has to be the manliest rifle known to man... :)

[@guardianminifarm8005]

That is something. Thank you Curtis.

[@BattleshipSailorBB63]

Mark Serbu might be a source for fun stuff. Give him a call.

[@GimpyBobb]

im glad to see for frequnet videos from you guys! keep up what you're doing. seeing that 20mm on a torso would be cool!

[@PiCCoLLo883]

Great vid guys! Cannot wait to see what you guys do with it next! Would be cool to see the difference in body armour when hit with training round vs AP rounds if you get some. Keep up the great work guys. By far the most underrated channel putting this content out

[@danielvalentin6852]

Either you will need a chiropractor or the rifle is the chiropractor, holy moly

[@niceMange]

I shot a few rounds through one for this tv show I used to work for and they thought I would fly back more than I did (I weigh like 140ish) but I didn't just kind of rode it like a wave wasn't too bad at all, the gun does most of the work for you

[@Coopdeville0624]

I wanna see Scott shoulder this one.

[@danielescobar7618]

Eddie Hall shoots a Lahti

[@CalebP-ou9xn]

Same😎😎

[@TylerMusgrave9]

I swear, I never knew you guys were here in Colorado! That's awesome!

[@sionsoschwalts2762]

The Rounds you have now are 20x102mm Vulcan practice rounds with turned down driving bands, just buy Vulcan AP rounds and use the reloadable steel cases you have to reload them!

[@painmt651]

Now that’s what I call kicking the bucket!

[@topgunne12]

I haven't seen a lahti video in at least a decade. Thanks for doing this.

[@trackpackgt877]

Dude that thing kicked so hard it slid you back 6 inches or so I've never seen one of those guns that was awesome

[@DropB]

Shooting real AP rounds with this would be extremely interesting.

[@Rajonas007]

0:33 Best date idea ever

[@AnssiVIH]

I am pretty sure that you can't buy 20 x 138 mm anywhere. You need to find some special guy for those. I would suggest making a mold of the brass and then you can cast as many as you want. Make a couple of molds and with a little bit of adjustment you can get the shrinkage right. After you get the brass right you can machine any kind of ammo you want to fit it.

[@DavidGomezRgr3_75]

Great video, loved it. Would you know how much energy that 20mm is produced. Those buckets were gone. Once again thank you for the video always looking forward to them

[@chevyinlinesix]

Wow what a beautiful gun and awesome video. My reaction was the same as yours when you shot the buckets of water.

[@oculusangelicus8978]

I know that the M2 was used in the Vietnam war as a sniper rifle of MACVSOG so that gun has a fairly accurate range, I would be interested in how far the Lahti L-39 is accurate to, but that would likely take a long time and lot of rounds to discover. The gun was intended to shoot and light tanks during and before WW2 and from lo further than a 100 Meters if my memory serves, because the shooting teams wanted to preserve as much velocity as possible for penetration purposes, but the Germans soon produced tanks that were far more armored than what the Rifle could penetrate, so it was then relegated to anti-materiel purposes if not dismissed entirely. the barrel is long enough to give the gun some good accuracy and rand to I bet as a sniping platform the Lahti L-39 might be superior to the .50 BMG round. too bad you guy can't get longer access to it for that purpose. As for guns available in the 1980s, I had about seven guns from WW2 that were dirt cheap, and because of anti-gun government in Canada, I was forced to sell all but three to a movie armorer because I refused to give them up to be destroyed. However, If I had the chance to buy a Lahti L-39 for $200 I would have bought it instantly, and even though there would have been NO INDOOR gun range that would let me shoot it there, there were so well run outdoor ranges set in front of the Base of a mountain that I would have been able to go and shoot at. But at that time any guns shooting rounds at or larger than the 0.50 BMG were not legal to be owned by civilians at the time, and the only reason it is allowed today is because the liberal Left are a bunch of imbeciles and screwed up on the wording of the new laws and it is now allowed to own guns shooting large caliber bullets. I have enjoyed guns that shoot large volumes of rounds, but I am a person who take great pride in being able to reach out and accurately hit a target from a significant range, and the L-39 would be a blast to shoot!

[@icuabc1235]

I like that slick ass shooting table y'all have there

[@RedVRCC]

Only 90 bucks back then, oh how I wish time travel existed.

[@peterodushkin8434]

This is one way to water your lawn. 👍

[@UnknownUnknownUnknown3]

Real hand cannon, bigger than most anti-tank rifles.

[@paulboissiere1278]

That things going through EVERYTHING!!

[@Stacey191]

Wow, you guys came back BIG. Awesome video 🤟👏

[@GoingBallistic]

Yes! Thank you!

[@jeffreyhutchins6527]

That is the coolest Snake gun I've ever seen.

[@denikoboroda]

Now that was satisfying and impressive! thanks a lot! Pleasure to watch!

[@GoingBallistic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffl8915]

I'm from south of Englewood. This is awesome. Thank you for the link!

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

According to my little blue Know Your Anti-tank Rifle prior to 1968 you could buy these via mail order for $99. There is a copy of the newspaper, magazine, and catalog ad in that book.

[@Sassina-ws8xf]

Reload even has recoil! Thats crazy.

[@jaydeister9305]

[@primo1331]

If you used square buckets of water (like the tidy cat buckets) it may be less likely to deflect rounds.

[@CFF7327]

I prefer the Solothurn but both rifles are extremely badass

[@gymntonic]

Not sure about the 80s, but prior to 1968, you could buy those out of the classified ads in magazines like Mechanics Illustrated or Popular Mechanics with all the extras, including ammo, VFR direct to your front door.

[@lolonoazoro420]

I'm surprised Scott from Kentucky Ballistics doesn't have one of these

[@danielrush8337]

Kentucky Ballistics needs to do a video with this gun

[@jessicacloutier8524]

Let us know and we'll start saving more windshields for ya again! That was awesome! Thanks for sharing with us!!

[@ChanakyanStudent7971]

Now this is something Dante from DMC would hip fire.

[@Vmaatti]

Quite sure that only ammo you'll be able to find is going to be reloads and those fresh dummies. Majority of that real surplus has been used. Biggest stacks of 20x138mm are still hidden here across the sea.

[@machoman932]

Most impressive. I don't think KB AK DR or GT have had a 20mm video. If you've bested the big 4, well then BRAVO!

[@MikeOswald-zh4zv]

What a cool piece of history why did i not buy one back then

[@Mark-k2z9p]

Get a lathe, some tools and make your own custom rounds, AP and all that good stuff. Hope to see a 30mm 2030 on your chanel. Greetings from Germany, you are awesome!

[@kellydardeen6308]

That SLOW MO on The Water Buckets 🤩