The Real Inglourious Basterds Punch Pistol

[@BrandonHerrera]

Thanks for watching guys! Did you know this thing existed in real life before this video? And what other guns would you like to see on the channel? Let me know below! Thanks to SDI! Again, it’s SDI.edu for more info!

[@FDBD777]

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[@Augenda]

@@M1A2_AbramsSEPv3toaster bath

[@cthedetective4303]

Hello

[@VL125]

Nice, thank you for this video

[@JaxinP]

Bruh you gotta get that ak50 done😂

[@zackfool8931]

Senator Brandon Herrera is truly an inspiring individual, Guntuber, Memer, undefeated boxing champion, an unhonorary vet of Red Horse, and now the OSS, as well as a Purple Heart recipient. a man who can and will do anything except finish the AK50

[@minecraftpro2074]

He kinda sounds like Teddy Roosevelt

[@ch4osaeternum74]

Hey now you be quiet about the AK50. It will be a thing.... Hopefully 😂

[@frogdude21XXX]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@shushyshushy6762]

@@ch4osaeternum74 Hey now, it is a "thing".. Just an unfinished thing.

[@ashersdad1755]

Damn man...he sounds impressive And had I not also watched the vet episode....you would sound a bit like a stocker

[@titanary68]

I love the fact that you are demonstrating the use of an extremely sketchy punch pistol in flip flops. That alone earns you my vote.

[@danielboatright8887]

Its a historicsl relic.

[@GunsNRoosendael]

His boxing game might be strong. His flipflop game is stronger.

[@citizen4278]

Hopefully, the flip flops are unrelated to the representative run.

[@sepianights6707]

We found the idiot

[@nathanthews8528]

And no safety glasses😅

[@grabbin_]

Ian from Forgotten Weapons was probably out there somewhere feeling a disturbance in the force when you shot this priceless gun.

[@flameguy3416]

Covering it in fake sticky blood

[@gabekeeling8121]

Lol 😂

[@nickvanachthoven7252]

My Forgotten weapons sense is tingling, that can only mean one thing. Brendon Herrera bought a antique gun and is ruining it with fake blood.

[@ct7567CaptRex]

​@@nickvanachthoven7252i understood that reference

[@RipRLeeErmey]

Y'all acting like Brandon isn't religiously cleaning this thing as we speak 😭

[@peptheyoad]

It’s crazy the blood stain pattern on his glove practically matches the one in the museum

[@nonideal]

It says a lot 😂🤣

[@AkihikoTakeba]

Probably self inflicted. "Hey doood! Do The Thinker pose!" *pop* "Got em!"

[@Daedricsoulslayer]

Came here to say this. 😅

[@stalinbeballin9711]

What Brandon should've used in his boxing match

[@wealthybone2990]

It wouldn't be a boxing match now would it lol but wait he boxed?

[@oxide9679]

The good old 'Tism Touch hits harder

[@rafaelsaraiva9171]

Nah he won, no reason to use it

[@BackTheBlue.]

I don’t think he wants a felony yet let’s leave that to the atf

[@Bandog23]

Lmao

[@AevisPrime]

Ok, I need to add in a very important note, the OSS didn't really get to play with the SGG (Sedgley Glove Gun), but engineers on the Normandy beaches actually got their hands on, or were issued, a large number of SGGs during the DDay landings as a close in self defense gun while clearing trenches, bunkers and other random fortifications, where they actually saw limited, albeit noted, use when fighting got close up, and I know this because my Exes grandfather earned the Silver Star, Purple Heart and his CIB on Utah beach, and I saw numerous pictures of him with a very distinctive glove on, with a gun on the back that were taken shortly before and after the landings took place. According to his son, my exes dad, he actually did get to fire off a grand total of 4 shots with his SGG against enemy troops when him and his unit took a small gauge rail complex that supplied coastal artillery sites with ammunition. Clearing rooms, him with his SGG and something like 30lb of satchel charges and another man with a Thompson, had numerous run ins with emplaced infantry within the complex where he earned his purple heart after losing an ear, finger and getting shot through the collar bone.

[@PenwithAk]

The oss played with your mom

[@g3neration216]

Cool story bro

[@marvindebot3264]

Now that was an epic D Day!

[@IxodesPersulcatus]

Now that makes a good deal of sense: You don't want to be unarmed but you're expected to have your hands full, and this is a nice compromise.

[@scottmacgregor3444]

Sounds like one tough mofo.

[@smilysht238]

What I think is awesome is the splash pattern matches the museum piece. So this is proof positive 100% that the piece was used as intended

[@tfl2226]

This

[@NoahGreene-pp5wm]

Came to the comments after he hit the dummy to say this. The patterns are so similar. Was 100% used

[@iowasucks9494]

I wonder if they ever did dna tests on the blood

[@simonnachreiner8380]

@iowasucks9494 To confirm what? That the blood is presumably from a male of east Asian decent? DNA testing isn't magic it's a science of comparisons. They're not going to be able to magically find the guys descendants and tell them "hey did you know your great grandfather got skull fisted by an experimental weapon."

[@darrylsh]

One of the prizes my grandfather attempted to bring home from ww2 was a matching set of palm size German automatic pistols. It shot very small 25 calibre bullets and held 5 rounds. On the boat ride home he threw them overboard before they could search him for such contraband. If he wasn't having them, then nobody else was either.

[@junicohen7918]

Should filled out the paperwork

[@Sniperboy5551]

Should’ve used his prison pocket

[@LucianVenzie]

@@Sniperboy5551only thing to say there is no and ow

[@cowmeatius7151]

The only gun I can think of that matches the 25cal and palm size description would be a Model 9 Walther, basically the Nazi version of the Baby Browning.

[@garland336]

When I was a kid i had an atlas of WWII era firearms with all their inner workings, this gun was in it. It fascinated me my entire life and finally I get to see it fired, how awesome!

[@srdjansavuljeskovic4079]

That sounds awesome, remember the name of it, wanna look it up

[@uthredragnarson8576]

I think I read that same book.

[@afroghair6793]

You found internet gold.

[@athelwulfgalland]

When I was a child most everything about the OSS was still kept secret. They still haven't revealed everything they did...

[@oz_jones]

​@@athelwulfgallandit's likely some things will never be revealed

[@BernhardEhm]

as an Austrian myself, the famous austrian Painter had me rolling. But we always say: In Austria, he was an unemployed postcard painter, in Germany he was the party leader

[@AllanFolm]

He knew how to have a party, that's for sure.

[@JayTX.]

Also wrote a nifty book in his free time

[@fatoni698]

To be fair, he was the leader of Austria as well.

[@SilenceCanMock]

​@@JayTX. the book is fire 🔥

[@BernhardEhm]

@@fatoni698 sorry, i can´t hear you 😉😅

[@pragmaticparadox5981]

Crazy how similar the blood spatter on your glove was to the Japanese glove. Great video!

[@charlesrodden4019]

I noticed that after the first shot too. As crazy as it is, that fucking thing saw some action jaxson

[@brrrayday]

Yep

[@bliss6417]

That is somehow cool and also terrifying at the same time.

[@jg2072]

Whether this was used by OSS others can figure that out. But Brandon's words about OSS operators using this and getting bloody made me think of actor Christopher Lee's description of knife work as an operative.

[@Chirishman6]

Yeah Christopher Lee and the author of James Bond were friends, they both did clandestine shit during the war.

[@Ron-d2s]

@@Chirishman6Another interesting WWII celebrity fact is that Jon Pertwee was one of 6 sailors of the HMS Hood to survive it's sinking, 3 in the water, Jon and 2 others were on land doing training. And the OSS figured if the bad guys got a foot hold one of the first groups they would look for were professors preachers peaceniks. So they were recruited as guerrilla fighters, given provisions for a week or two and enough "FUN" stuff to use during that time, it would have been interesting.

[@blackice8043]

​@@Chirishman6 I think they were related, actually.

[@Sniperboy5551]

I know us Americans don’t respect the monarchy, but Sir Christopher Lee sounds even more badass. RIP legend.

[@Ron-d2s]

@@Sniperboy5551 Interesting thing about the monarchy, the title sir is removed upon death.

[@alexryherd9810]

The fact this thing is a "covert" spy weapon and it shoots a round as formidable as .38 special and not some small rimfire cartridge is actually kind of insane

[@Sube-Tube]

Yup. A .22 could more than likely still kill, and you might even be able to get 2 or 3 in something that size

[@alexryherd9810]

@@Sube-Tube it's just crazy because even today, this kind of weapon is almost always in some form of .22, .22 mag would have been effective enough and cleaner for the shooter though idr .22mag was actually developed

[@FishFind3000]

@@alexryherd9810maybe the center fire cartridge was deemed more reliable than rim fire with the inconsistency of the punch force?

[@alexryherd9810]

@@FishFind3000 eh, they were using a similar "gun" to kill horses with .22 in WW1, I mean .38 is obviously gonna fuck your world up but it makes too much of a mess to be inconspicuous about it. Also I looked it up, .22 mag was made in 1959

[@chaimafaghet7343]

It's kind of retarded, that is to say fully retarded. A captive piston would be a hell of a lot more covert.

[@t3k7]

I love Brandon's subtle nod to the camera when he is about to give the SDI sponsership reminder - the cheeky look and smile is priceless

[@reanukeevesau]

He looks so Cute when he does that! Can't help but get a Man Hard when it happens! Every damn time! I keep coming back to check to see if it happens in every new video he puts out and I get Hard everytime he does it!

[@CareForEmAll]

​@reanukeevesau no you dont

[@ANonymous-mo6xp]

Brandon smooth segue Herrera...

[@Thethorschariot]

I first saw this decades ago, where it was described as being a last-ditch weapon for the SEABEES in the Pacific. That's why you always see it mounted to a work glove. It was for equipment operators who might face single Japanese soldiers committing Banzai charges from the jungle.

[@CheekyMenace]

This...☝️ I myself have heard the same thing that these were meant for the Seabees in WW2. The original guns are stamped with "US NAVY" and the Seabees are their Construction Battalion.

[@perrywaaz3660]

Interesting

[@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526]

That makes more sense as to why that one Brandon showed the picture of is in a Japanese museum

[@colingould]

My grandfather was a SEABEE thats SICK

[@benforde3579]

LETS GO BRANDON

[@GetFitNick]

"Last time being a guest on Unsubscribe"..... You almost had us Brandon, you're the new Co Host!

[@brunothehumble]

Surprisingly Tarantino actually made it’s effectiveness actually pretty accurate in the movie. That is wild to see that thing actually being a real unit.

[@nathanarrington4397]

Actually

[@NotanAtfAgent96]

I never knew that thing even existed lol I remember seeing the movie when I was a kid

[@PsychoticLeprachaun]

I don't see this weapon being effective or making any sense really in any situation other than the one portrayed in the movie. And still then a small handgun probably would've been just fine

[@tomasacevedo3932]

@@PsychoticLeprachaunProbably could’ve been used while using an overcoat and taking out an unsuspecting target. But you are right makes more sense carrying a pocket pistol which could’ve held more rounds if your trying to eliminate a target(s). I see why this was produced in limited numbers but it’s still a cool little gun.

[@Top2BottomGaming]

⁠@@tomasacevedo3932Also if I recall either a similar gun, (also a glove gun) or this gun was also potentially designed for Engineers. Who don’t have a gun in their hands or wouldn’t be able to pull one out too fast (Pistols are rare in the military).

[@gregruess6900]

My understanding is OSS aside, these were evaluated and limited issue to Engineers and Navy Seabees... the idea was that they could "punch" an attacker while working on an airfield or operating heavy equipment... I believe that I read that it was used exactly once by a Seabee.

[@Seabee203]

Lmao, of course it was the Seabees. Under-rated badasses of the war

[@gunfighterzero]

I came here to say the same thing, I remember reading that same thing in an old American rifleman magazine years ago that featured these

[@lesbeckman2156]

Yep- Seabees we’re issued this. Mainly for those working heavy machinery- like dozers.

[@tenchraven]

A reference to that was where I fist came across them. The theory that a Seabee driving a bulldozer could repel boarders.

[@TheWirksworthGunroom]

This was the description I heard of these in a magazine article nearly forty years ago. It would have been "Handgunner" magazine in the UK. The idea being that stay behind Japanese troops were jumping out on airfield construction crews who couldn't practically carry carbines or deploy pistols from holsters fast enough to respond before being stabbed. So few were made because they weren't found to be all that practical and the war was very nearly over. For a bit of silent death, OSS were more likely to "borrow" a WELROD from their cousins in SOE as this is hardly a concealed weapon nor subtle in use. Interesting demonstration though.

[@pieterveenders9793]

Closely watching the ultra slow-mo footage I noticed it actually had a dual effect. When Brandon punched the test dummy in the head and set off the .38 special, it blew about a 7-8 cm hole in the skull with quite a messy blowback. However I then noticed that the pistol sticking out from the Sedgley (the trigger) then entered the hole in the skull and stirred a bit around inside it. So not only does it produce a massive point blank .38 special bullet hole in the skull, but directly after that the piston entered the bullet hole and scrambled the brain just like one of those captive bolt guns they use to humanely kill cattle with. Like they thought; "the chance of surviving a .38 special point blank straight to the forehead is already low, but we want to make sure it's ZERO"...

[@Njazmo]

Doesn't matter if it stirrs afterwards, CPU is gone, computer doesn't fight back anymore.

[@kirill2525]

exept there is nothing humane about killing cows with thoes things as they dont alwayys work the first time and its just fucked up to kill intelegent beings with emotions and feelings just for your taste plesure.

[@goiliath9s496]

@@kirill2525 you keep talking like that me and my boltgun might grow a taste for longpig

[@mr.k4918]

@@kirill2525 They are not part of the apposable thumbs camp so that's there own fault. also if we didn't raise cattle the different breeds would go extinct.

[@bjchit]

@@kirill2525 ...Was that even English, or just a random scrabble of letters that sort of resembles the language?

[@twilightzone39]

I saw this gun in a book in the 3rd grade, 16 years later I finally get to see it in action. Thanks Brandon

[@g7_829]

I find it fascinanting that the stains on the museum piece concide almost perfectly with ones on the glove right after brandon did the lobotomy on that dummy

[@mousesunset]

@@ProjectTaker "bloody hell" -the japanese spy said.

[@cypher104]

Was about to comment the same thing, super interesting

[@variousnumber891]

Tell you what Brandon, the Sedgley really takes "A Bullet of a Right Hook" to a whole new level

[@Icecream-edible]

Womp womp 👎

[@F_lippy]

“Built like a gun.”

[@rezuankhalid5407]

Mike Tyson is giving a smile on that punching power. Both of his gloves were deadly enough. 😂

[@Shaun_Jones]

I’ve also heard a rumor/theory that this was also intended for Seabees (US Navy combat engineers for the uninitiated); the idea being that if a Japanese commando tried to climb into your bulldozer and run you through with a Katana (which was a legitimate possibility, the Pacific theater got ugly), you just had to punch him in the face and then get back to building your airfield.

[@robertellis6853]

​@MrTsiolkovskywhat on earth are you on about?

[@ManDuderGuy]

I still dont see how this makes more sense than carrying a knife or small handgun. If you work with this glove on it's gonna get in the way of whatever you're doing with your hands and maybe go off accidentally. /shrug

[@clonescope2433]

​@@ManDuderGuynot really it's on the top of your hand and it's meant for heavy machine operators so it actually does make sense

[@ThatWelshGuy.]

​​@@ManDuderGuythats what the safteys for

[@Yeeren]

That sounds like a recipe for either: A. A bunch of skewered Seabeess with Sedgleys on Safe or B. A bunch of Seabees with fresh holes in their chairs from trying to scratch their asses with their "ready for anything Sedgleys not on safe.

[@immortallegacy100]

I know ballistic dummies have blood, but I still wasn't expecting the spray or the cartoonish hole as the dummy fell, or Brandon laughing just like myself. Laughing at ridiculous gun stuff is the most guy thing ever.

[@Mister_Clean]

Incredible. I totally get why that Japanese museum glove was covered in blood now. This might be one of your coolest videos to date. And definitely one of the coolest guns.

[@Y.H.W.H]

Another fun fact: An MRE spoon has a higher kill count than the gun-glove in terms of it being used in actual war-related combat. Considering that it had 0 recorded uses/kills

[@FluffBear01]

That's hilarious to know even I knew that.

[@jsquared1013]

The condition of the one in the Japanese museum suggests that the use/kill number is greater than zero.

[@Y.H.W.H]

@@jsquared1013 Thank you for the correction

[@dragknucklesnothoses]

​@@jsquared1013The magic word is "recorded "😅

[@eyecanon1ywin5]

That you know of Some super secret clandestine operator agent James Bond type of guy definitely used one.

[@alanhembra2565]

Remember kids, treat every glove as if it’s loaded.

[@themagiccookie2614]

These hands are rated E and definietly not ATF approved!

[@glarynth]

Keep your fingers out of the glove until you're ready to fire

[@gordonl7455]

I love that someone like you is running for office

[@TylerSnyder305]

I've been waiting 20 years to see one of these things fire. I first learned about it from the Eyewitnes books our school library had when I was in the 3rd grade. We had WEAPONS, ARMS & ARMOR, WW1,WW2, Spy's, and a few others that are probably not in any school libraries today. I don't know the title of the book that featured it, but it featured this and things like the OSS / SOE operator kits with the lapel daggers tire slashing rings, and the shoe with a dagger in a hidden compartment in the leather sole.

[@chadnelson2937]

I remember those books. Those were so sick

[@scrimshaw7470]

A fellow man of culture I see

[@TylerSnyder305]

@@chadnelson2937 absolutely, they were full of great pictures and information that wasn't boring. Those and the Eye spy books were the best, other books I liked were eventually unable to me because out library was sectioned by grade / reading level. The Eyewitness books were not subject to this thankfully, because I just wasn't into Harry Potter and other stupid ass books in my reading level.

[@jesseraiden4505]

Oh my God you just unlocked a fuckin memory for me, I learned about a shit ton of guns from those books lmao

[@geecee12]

How old are you?

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

The one in the Japanese museum looked like it had blood caked on it. That’s awesome. I’d want to check that out.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

And the stains their glove got on its first firing were pretty similar in pattern

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@RipOffProductionsLLC I noticed that too, it’s crazy.

[@thEannoyingE]

I couldn’t help but notice this.

[@AgentWashington28]

9:46 that smirk before the plug because we all know where he’s going with it is beautiful

[@Raskkyy]

This has got to be the coolest video I’ve ever seen Like he said “there is no known footage on the internet” That’s f’n bad ass

[@nukablecherries]

If you wanna get technical, there is a pseudo version made by Allen Pan that he made a video about, but going for actual weapon, yes.

[@boredenigma2760]

As blue collar worker who’s a single father of 3 little boys who can’t afford much. I vicariously live through you guys 😅

[@WhuDhat]

As an unemployed lifeless lover, I too experience secondhand life from these videos

[@matthewbesson2770]

Old guy here: I was super chuffed to see the fist gun in Inglorious Basterds. I saw a picture of it in the spy edition in my Dad's set of Time Life Series WWII books.

[@bradleyborrowman2115]

It’s fantastic that the splatter on the glove actually confirmed what Brandon said about the one in that Japanese museum, it’s definitely been used the splatter pattern is damn near identical 😂😂😂😂

[@nicholasholloway8743]

Some other comments saying that Seabees were issued these because the Japanese kept bayonet charging the engineers , since it's in a Japanese museum I'ma say that it was one of those situations that it was recovered by IJA. Guy took one with him for sure

[@Rick-rs2mj]

I think these were designed for asymmetrical operations, like the single use shotguns. They were small enough that you could air drop a whole lot into enemy territory, and then they would use these to incapacitate an enemy soldier and loot their weapons.

[@tybkc]

I think ian over on forgotten weapons said they were issued to boat captains so you could fake surrender and kill the first soldier that comes near you after your boat gets captured.

[@collincaperton6718]

​@tybkc oh so they were specifically designed to commit war crimes

[@dingleberryliespewer3177]

Apparently the best way to avoid being killed in a war crime is a preemptive war crime

[@collincaperton6718]

@@dingleberryliespewer3177 well yeah seeing as neither the Japanese nor the nazis recognized the Geneva convention why should we?

[@simonnachreiner8380]

@collincaperton6718 The Germans actually were a signatory and did actually respect the Geneva convention as far as military operations went. Once the fighting was over however that was when the political officers went around and started singling out the "undesirables" who didn't go to PoW camps and instead went to the other kind of camp. The Japanese on the other hand were not a signatory at all and didn't give a damn. You can actually see the difference just from the presence or lack there of, of the red cross. Germans respected it so medics wore it openly and carried out their duties with the bare minimum of fear the situation warented. German medics were in turn afforded the same consideration. In the Pacific on the other hand the Japanese treated the red cross as a metaphorical target on medics, and a literal target painted on medical ships for their aircraft. So many people treat the Geneva convention as some end all be all and don't realize that war time conventions are the result of treaties that must be signed by both nations and aren't binding for people who didn't sign.

[@voidwalker5784]

I found out about this gun years ago but I could never find any footage of it anywhere and buying one was always out of the question. I just want you to know that you gave me a dream I always wished for. Thanks Brandon.

[@lordbatman4194]

Another great episode Brandon. Thanks for keeping up on the great episodes we all love

[@zackzimmer7167]

“Ban assault gloves immediately.” Thanks, Brandon…

[@RedHeadKevin]

"The 2nd Amendment doesn't say anything about gloves!!"

[@generaldecay8163]

If I’m not mistaken, this little gun was made for Navy SeaBees and construction workers in high risk war zones. Originally it was mounted on a gauntleted leather work glove.

[@MichaelSteinmetzSUP]

You are absolutely correct. The intended usage was for seabees, the glove gun was created after an officer watched a seabea killed because he was unable to defend himself inside the bulldozer in a close quarters fight.

[@randomidiot8142]

​@@MichaelSteinmetzSUP isn't that what a handgun in a chest rig is for?

[@AngPur]

​@randomidiot8142 ambushed while using both hands on machinery seems like it's just as likely the attacker will get it. What I don't get it, is like wouldn't this be risk of setting off while driving?

[@joshtiscareno1312]

Well, that's what they SAY it's for. Because they don't want to admit it was really an OSS assassination weapon. It's way too clumsy and dangerous for a Seebee weapon (those guys have WORK to do when they hit the shore). I'm pretty sure the idea is that you walk around some European country (cold so you can have it concealed in your coat), and then body-punch your target. Their clothing will help muffle the sound of the shot and the gasses will be channeled into the wound where they will make it exponentially worse. Brandon used this for head-punching (as they did in Inglorious Basterds), but it was noisy because they head is bony and round, and there's nothing to muffle the sound of the shot. But a clothed body would be something else entirely (you're basically using the body as a silencer).

[@Sniperboy5551]

@joshtiscareno1312 You would think those documents would be declassified by now, but I guess it’s the OSS/CIA. Even FOIA doesn’t mean anything to them. I respect it, but it pisses me off. As a taxpaying citizen, I have the right to know what happened 80 years ago, especially if it’s totally badass. It’s a shame they burned all of them.

[@darkySp]

For something that's practically a shady miniature barrel with a live round ready to spew a bullet and hot gasses right next to your hand, you were extremely chill about firing it.

[@randomidiot8142]

He did almost blow himself up with an improvised black powder handheld cannon not long ago.

[@Sniperboy5551]

It’s okay, there’s a whole glove protecting it 😂

[@Corsair092]

Once again, the Seabees get forgotten.. This was deigned for heavy equipment operators who were working on islands still often in contest between the US and the Imperial Japanese Army. If some dozer operator was expanding a fire zone, or working on an airfield, and was attacked by the enemy, they had at least one punch before going for the carbine. It was designed to be on a work glove, because it was a last-ditch defence for a working man.

[@wellfuckyoumr]

According to the other 10000 comments saying the same thing, they were in fact, not forgotten.

[@SnappingturtleMcGee]

*Punches SS officer* “Oh shit, forgot to reload my gluve.” *reload, punch* “Oh shit, forgot the safety.”

[@FokkerBoombass]

I'm honestly surprised that you actually wore it yourself. When you first teased it I fully expected some fake-fist-on-a-stick setup with MAYBE a single real hand punch as a meme if it seemed safe enough. Absolute mad lad.

[@jkschulte3448]

This dude needs to be in office. This country needs it.

[@retiredbeard]

Love seeing rare weapons fired. Glad to see history preserved on video potentially forever

[@nanolies]

The fact that the blood splatter on the old one in the museum and the one he’s using is almost exactly the same is kinda terrifying

[@chancehaight7233]

This is my great grandfathers original patent!! So greatfull to finally see a video on it!!! Thank you @BrandonHerrera for making this happen!!!

[@CheekyMenace]

The originals are stamped with "HAIGHT" as the manufacturer and I see that in your name. Seems plausible.

[@sharpe227]

Just crazy he invented .he invent any other crazy stuff?

[@that1doggo320]

based great grandfather

[@colejosephalexanderkashay683]

So cool

[@janwitts2688]

Back in the 70s I remember seeing a diagram of this in a comic book... even as a kid I could easily have constructed one... a lot better than a liberator pistol..

[@chrissewell1608]

Ah yes! Was that a 50's, 60's or 70's comic book? Probably during the Cold War era. Good stuff! I am NOT surprised. You probably could have bought one pre-made for $0.45 back then! Opps! Don't forget AND the 7 box tops!

[@janwitts2688]

@chrissewell1608 Cold war was 50s to 90s.. British comic costing 7p... back in the day you could have slrs and handguns in the UK... second hand firearms were expensive back then maybe 80 or more gbp but ammo was cheap .. just a few pennies per round... exchange rate would slew that upwards in cents but not as bad as the 80s when you could get 3 plus usd for 1 gbp ... but given the limited munition requirement and simplicity of design you could just make the lot from common materials using normal toolshop with identical results..

[@AlexOnABoat]

The fact that this is a Sedgley Mk2 means that somewhere there is a Sedgley Mk1. Brandon, you know what you've got to do.

[@phileas007]

the Mk1 was just the glove. Does require a bit more force to achieve the same results.

[@vienel7992]

5:21 look at that "come and see" impression on his face. Such an actor

[@rainwalker3515]

Seeing these historic and unique guns its incredible. I'll never forget the day where I saw on old lady give up a german luger to a gun buyback program here in Canada. She traded it for some dinky camera for her church, I just couldnt help but think the history being loss there. All the guns in a gun buyback program were destroyed. Damned shame.

[@thatguy1080]

Common civvies just don't get it man...

[@JacobFrazer-ml7cu]

@@thatguy1080 I have to think that someone pocketed a few of those supposedly destroyed firearms.

[@dragonjaj]

@@JacobFrazer-ml7cu yea

[@mikeblair2594]

@@JacobFrazer-ml7cu Since a bunch ended up here in the states, I'm sure you're right.

[@jamesclark6427]

This is covered pretty extensively in gun literature over the years. The story is that it was developed for workers in the Navy so they could immediately transition from everyday manual labor whilst wearing work gloves to hand-to-hand combat should that prove necessary. Really. It's unknown if any were ever issued let alone used. Original caliber was .410 shotshell, later changed to .38 S&W. There's at least one improvised .410 version out there shown in the book Improvised Modified Firearms. Small Arms Review magazine covered it some years ago. You can also find the patent drawings for it. I do believe this is the very first video ever made of one of these extremely rare and obscure weapons being fired. Actually it may have been Man At Arms magazine that did an article on it. But it was one of those.

[@CheekyMenace]

More specifically, I believe it was the Seabees of the US Navy that this gun was meant for.

[@jamesclark6427]

@@CheekyMenace I'm not sure myself. There's different stories about it out there. It's one of the better known pieces of American firearms curiosa. It is incredibly cool that Brandon actually got one and gave it a try. I never knew it was in a movie either. Mechanically it's fairly simple. If I could ever get my hands on one to get dimensions, I'd copy it part for part. I work for a Class 2 Firearms Manufacturer as a gunsmith and machinist. So we can do Any Other Weapon pieces like that there. If you ever see this Mr. Herrera, I guess you know what to do! Assuming you want someone to recreate it...

[@CheekyMenace]

@@jamesclark6427 Yeah, doesn't sound like putting it to use ever really came to fruition so I'm sure it's history is a bit cloudy. Though the original ones are stamped with "US NAVY" of which the Seabees were/are their Construction Battalion so I think that allows for at least some credibility that it was meant for them.

[@jamesclark6427]

@@CheekyMenace It certainly could have been. I recall also seeing somewhere that it had a tendency to tear itself off the glove when fired. Which seems to have been repeated here. Like many other firearms curiosities and clandestine weapons, it seems like a good idea at first. But then falls rather short in actual performance. Still extremely cool. I love bizarre and disguised oddball firearms and firing devices...

[@CheekyMenace]

​@@jamesclark6427 Absolutely. There are certainly some crazy oddball creations that came out of those years when everyone was trying to invent something new.

[@1248dl]

As an historian, I appreciate all you do to keep it real. AB UCDavis, 1976. As an engineer, ditto. BSIE CSUFresno, 1989 As a gun dealer, 1974 to present, you rock!

[@maxwellmortimermontoure7274]

*a historian. Whatcom community college, GED.

[@attackinglizard3429]

Bro, imagine punching someone and their face explodes

[@anthonator8810]

i feel like this is the perfect opportunity to collaborate with a weapons historian to provide more detailed footage they may want to use to preserve information on the sedgley as well as possible

[@daltonbruce2053]

Brandon and pals: let's preserve history! Also Brandon and pals: STOP RESISTING

[@ltdan-newlegs2217]

Imagine Brandon using the sword gun. That would be another cool, unique piece of history. Granted it’s probably the most awkward thing to use but Brandon could make a good content out of it. Hopefully they’re not too rare to find

[@TechnoMinarchist]

Only if Shadiversity ends up taking part

[@anti351]

@@TechnoMinarchistthis is a collab we need now

[@shoelessbandit1581]

Sword gun. The virgin counterpart to the Chad ax gun

[@Banana.69699]

It will be awesome if he does a video on the beretta M1918

[@bullpupgaming708]

So like the bayonet on the Webley Revolver? Lol

[@TheTipTickler27]

6:30 reminds me of that scene from no country for old men

[@ianholdread7077]

I've waited so long to see this thing being used and to have the user say "champagne?". I'm so happy it's Brandon. He really does make dreams come true!

[@angel__king]

6:40 that “this is messy” has the same energy as Ryan Reynolds’s Deadpool

[@shepelkstone]

I can just imagine the OSS guys sitting around right before testing this thing for the first time. I imagine it looked very much like this. Everyone's inner 12 year old boy would be driving the bus trying out a fist gun, right?

[@alexh3974]

Some of their crazy designs they made keltec look sane.

[@highlander31527]

There is a very high chance that Sir Christopher Lee owned and used one more than once.

[@alexh3974]

@@highlander31527 maybe the wel rod. These where very niche tools.

[@generalilbis]

​@@highlander31527Nah...the man was a skilled swordsman, so he would have been edged weapons only.

[@highlander31527]

@@generalilbis I'll give you that he was very good with edged weapons after the blade info discovered during LOTR filming and playing Count Dooku. I still think he may have used one.

[@cffrfgbfbfbf6941]

World’s deadliest fistbump

[@parasitic1344]

I think it woulda been neat to see it compared to a .38 fired from a revolver, especially since you mentioned the gasses escaping into the noggin

[@lonetrader1]

Either would take care of a skull.....

[@spades771]

Thank you Brandon for your services and the story of how you got your purple heart was amazing Thank you

[@anniesamuel4787]

I love the obscure reference. And I get it.

[@kennyschader5805]

The blood splatter pattern is very similar to the one you showed in the museum... I believe it is safe to say that the one in the museum was most definitely used lol

[@kennyschader5805]

@real_BrandonHerrera.-- ???

[@camomurf5182]

I love how in the first slow-mo shot, there's a split second of 'oh look, the slow-mo is here', immediately followed by an almost glowing yellow fist swooping in from offscreen to pop that poor dummy's forehead open. XD

[@marcusmustermann6564]

Inglorious Bastards is the most expensive Fanfiction ever made

[@Ravnican127]

The part at the end with Doughnut saying he was going to punch a steel target was hilarious. Brandon telling him it was a bad idea like he didn't ignore everyone about slugs on steel in Demo's video a while back 😂

[@Njazmo]

Was it point blank?

[@Ravnican127]

@Njazmo basically yeah, and the idea was to shoot the frame of the rack to make multiple plates fall. Everyone was like "prolly shouldn't do that" but Brandon did it anyway and caught a chunk of lead coming back

[@CosmicG777]

IN middle school, I saw pictures of this gun and read about in some old library books that talked about cool spy gadgets and weapons used in WWII. Never thought I'd see one actually being used outside of the movies though.

[@vmax_]

I've seen a drawing of this thing about 20 years ago in an encyclopedia for children. I remember also being puzzled how it even got to spy gear category, or how it is a CQB-only firearm, which kinda eliminates the original purpose. If memory serves me well, that drawing had something like a string to fire this thing by squeezing the fist really hard, allowing user to actually shoot it a couple meters away from target. Even pen-guns seemed more helpful than this. Really nice to see an actual thing actually put in use, thank you!

[@Shaun_Jones]

@@vmax_ The reason why it looks so awkward for a spy weapon is because it’s not a spy weapon. The gun was designed for US Navy combat engineers so that they could have a weapon ready at all times even when operating heavy machinery, which is why the gun is mounted on a big heavy work glove. It turned out to not be a great idea, so not many of them were issued; to my knowledge there’s only one confirmed case of the thing being used in combat.

[@James-cr5mc]

PSA now announcing the new Sedgley MK2. It comes in several different variants including one with Magpul furniture, and a free float handguard ready for all the lights and lasers you can mount, it also has a bayonet lug, AK style cleaning rod under the barrel, and is ideal for suppression.

[@oddshot60]

A bayonet lug 🤣🤣😅😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣

[@generalgrant2003]

@@oddshot60 Great idea!

[@Einwetok]

Shame! You forgot to mention the bipod....

[@generalgrant2003]

What no scope? :(

[@James-cr5mc]

@@Einwetok bipod sold seperatly

[@Verlisify]

4:05 that did look super fun

[@kevinkearney902]

I love Eli and Donut chiming in love when these guys can have fun with Brandon on these.

[@Sturmischer]

So as far as I can tell, the original gloves used for these are actually just US Paratrooper gloves, so it wouldn’t be too hard to find a matching glove.

[@georgeviney9360]

I may have lost my favorite scarf but Brandon is here to keep me warm

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

Just like the FP-45 Liberator, these things were meant as a "last resort" kind of weapon. A cool idea, that would be a bit of a nightmare to NEED using. I think Eli's main issue was throwing a hook instead of a jab.

[@Freeman-Dl70]

The Liberator was what you used to procure a real battle weapon.

[@mrkeogh]

It's more dramatic, though 😉

[@1retiredknight]

In both cases there were better options that were more easily procured, which is why they never went into full production.

[@laughingbuddha5427]

I was gonna comment the same, it looked like the plunger was actually slapping the skull rather than being impacted and triggering the shot

[@Njazmo]

Actually no, the liberator was meant for the rebels to take a better weapon, as unboosted said. Liberator was a really cheap gun to make, this one is not. More like an assasination weapon, to get really close to your target, and if you get frisked, they don't find any weapons where you usually keep'em.

[@rogerborg]

Hearing that the OSS only issued one glove _even though they would have bought them in pairs_ is the most expectedly British thing I've ever heard.

[@Texicus_Reddicus]

What has britain got to do with this ?

[@CheekyMenace]

They were only meant to be on one hand per soldier for emergency hand to hand combat situations where their standard weapon or sidearm wasn't a viable option. Although akimbo glove guns would be pretty sweet.

[@QargZer]

​@@CheekyMenace That makes absolutely no logical sense. In an emergency fumbling to put on a 1 shot glove instead of grabbing a pistol or rifle makes legitimately zero sense. If you're already wearing the glove for either a mission or it's a work glove in case you're ambushed it would make sense to be wearing a glove on your other hand as well. Unless this was specifically for assassin's which could have a hand in a pocket or otherwise hidden so the glove wouldn't be seen.

[@QargZer]

OSS is what the CIA was originally called. I

[@CheekyMenace]

@@QargZer I'm not sure what you're confused by... While working, they wore one work glove without it and one with it in case of an emergency that they are attacked hand to hand which the Japanese would try to do in WW2. Working with two gloves that have firing mechanisms protruding out the front would be even more uncomfortable and a huge risk of misfire. It's a last resort type thing. The original glove gun is stamped with "US Navy" and supposedly they were meant for the Seabees which is their Construction Battalion.

[@caleighhraee]

8:05 “it ain’t got no gas in it” I did not expect a Wild at reference whatsoever in this video. I seem to forget Brandon is almost the same age as me 😂

[@t.r2603]

Brings a whole new meaning to "Here comes the Boom!"

[@natesturm448]

I've known about these since 2006 or so. Got to see one in the "flesh" per say. Of course I wasn't allowed to touch it or anything and I really wanted to see it used but the owner didn't want to possibly damage it. For a while I thought it was a fake prop thing he made up until I seen the movie Inglorious Basterds. After that I did a bit of research and was astounded to learn that I seen one of the rarest things on Earth.

[@AndyDrake-FOOKYT]

*seent

[@Njazmo]

@@AndyDrake-FOOKYT seen

[@eyehategodl]

​@@Njazmosawnt*

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

"Assassinating one of the best known Austrian painters of all time." You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

[@PixelatedPower555]

Sometimes when my parents aren’t home I dig a hole in my backyard and pretend to be a carrot 🥕

[@TrippinBusa]

Can we note how accurate the pattern on Brandons glove was to the one in the museum

[@pat__4]

My dad brought me to see Inglorious Bastards in theaters. I was like 14, great time.

[@rob6850]

Haha I remember seeing Pulp Fiction in theaters when I was 13, with my brother... and my mom. She was appalled. So hilarious in hindsight.

[@Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyxyz100]

14:11 lesson one "dont fuck with brandon" 😂😂😂

[@gabrielh7517]

They had one of these at the ww2 museum in New Orleans. Im pretty sure they implied these were given to the Seabees in the Pacific

[@EchosTackyTiki]

That Fern Gully reference was a throwback to my younger years man.

[@akumaking1]

Look up the axe-gun. It shows up in Total Warhammer for Kislev and the Chaos Dwarfs.

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Chaos Dwarfs sound amazing

[@jamesr792]

I have to say, I love the balance between goofing off and history Please keep doing stuff like this. It’s fucking awesome

[@SuperfluousMoniker]

A boxing match using these would be like playing Goldeneye slappers only with license to kill turned on.

[@jacobkudrowich]

If you watch the Ricardo lopez byork stalker tapes you'll see the .38 caliber revolver he used did the exact same thing. it's actually quite remarkable how accurate those ballistic gel targets are compared to the actual thing..... Quite disturbing

[@Rekon-se6wv]

He was using a hollow point if I m not wrong. His logic was that "the bullet breaking in multiple pieces will destroy the thinking organ more effectively". Sadly it wasnt, and it was nothing but a painful and horrifying death

[@Americanstruggle]

Wasn't a fan early on due to the AK love only. But due to your views on Demo, I watched more of your content. Its awesome to see a younger guy grow up and appreciate the firearm as not only a tool of the trades....but a walk down memory lane, and a lesson in technological breakthroughs. Thank you for sharing these awesome items most of us wish we could afford. But more importantly, thanks for being a positive influence on our youth and a representative world wide, of the 2nd Amendment. (Side note, you were a big influence on my now almost 23 years old divisions 2 football playing, veterinary student son. Yep, he started watching you through Matt as well. Continued well being, moral fortitude, inspirational attitude, and financial growth wished upon you.

[@This_is_a_burner]

Hey if you're in Texas he's running for office so make sure you vote for an American who isn't just one by name but by actions!

[@TheDLVProject]

That's cool, Allen Pan also made a video on this but he had fabricated his own with the Backyard scientist. Glad to see an actual one being used.

[@manny2375]

Was looking for a comment about pans video.

[@addiarmadaryt]

I think we’ve all evolved from adding horseshoes to our boxing gloves now 😂

[@nekobyoneko444]

Need a bigger one in 12ga or 20ga mounted across the back of the hand and forearm. Love seeing the unique guns actually being used. Good shit as always.

[@dragonranger8456]

Ah yes, the New Vegas Ballistic Fist.

[@edvin_hook]

or.... 40mm or 40mm bofors autocannon

[@brendano4196]

Lol Brandon thought Tarantino made it up, I remember being pretty happy to see the glove gun in a movie because I had seen pictures of them in old books. Makes me feel good knowing there was a firearm I knew about that Brandon didn't!

[@416MUTT]

When I first saw the inglourious basterds movie I didn't know this glove actually existed but I didn't doubt that it did exist because of all the crazy weapons that have been made over the years its strange and cool to see and learn about👍🏾

[@joshportal2808]

My grandfather hated that gun for 2 reasons. Post WW2 he was in a gun prototype program that took different guns from WW2 and “upgrade” or create from. He hated that $100,000 in 1947 went to upgrading that glove gun and that so many dogs were killed in the testing of that weapon. Out of the 3 tested upgrades, there was one with a 3 rounds mini revolver. The weirdest upgrade was to many the barrel longer and “trigger knock” longer too. The United States Army thought one day Special Forces could have one of those guns in .45 Caliber and hold at least 3 rounds. Only 1 working prototype was made and it weighed about 5 pounds more than the original.