The Star Z-63 Submachine Gun: Better Than You Think

The Star Z-63 is a 9x19mm version of the Star Z-62, which was made in both 9x19 and 9x23. Together, these represent the company’s effort to produce a more modern submachine gun than their Z-45, which was basically a copy of the German MP-40. The Z-63 is, contrary to its external appearance, a well built gun with several clever internal safety mechanisms. It uses a spring loaded firing pin which only protrudes when the bolt is fully closed, and also has a lock on the bolt that prevent it from moving rearward unless either fired or cycled using the charging handle. This prevents potential accidental discharge if the gun is dropped.
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[@ignacioflorezechavarria3523]

My father used the Z-63 during the obligatory military service, in the 80's. He say that is a amazing gun, now he still love it.

[@KnowledgeBoutique]

It's a beautiful weapon.

[@ply159]

Still in use in some units of military and police.... 🙈

[@daikikomandir2075]

Mine is still blaming the Rey Emerito for stealing him 1 week of permission. When he was returning from the Adriatic sea they took his ship (Santa Maria frigate) to protect the king's yate in it's way to Lisboa. Te lo dejo en inglés para los guiris

[@daikikomandir2075]

Also he remembers having it in his hands, he says that he likes it more than the CETME

[@pericodelospalotes5738]

En el 88 yo ya tenía el Z70

[@rhneg]

I live in Arizona I have a collection of Spanish star Firearms I love them all

[@rubenjj5948]

En España se nos ha dado muy bien el arte de la guerra, desde la falcata Ibérica terror de los romanos pasando por las espadas roperas del siglo xvii con los tercios viejos de infantería españoles terror de Europa hasta el mauser español 1893 y las pistolas Astra 400 muy cotizadas por los oficiales alemanes en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la División Azul

[@tonibadajoz4754]

La armería española, concretamente la Armería Vasca de los siglos XVII y XVIII de las mejores eel mundo.

[@tonibadajoz4754]

Con la "Transición", al entrar en la UE muchas de las fábricas con solera se reciclaron a la fabricación de tornillería y herramientas.

[@Nekaelia]

@@rubenjj5948 tendras que hablarle en ingles

[@ply159]

Probably you know or maybe you have it, i recommend a revolver astra or a beauty 9mm short, really beauty firearms. Hi from spain!!

[@tafino]

My first toy gun when I was a kid 34 yrs ago was a copy of this. It had batteries and lit up when fired, and the dual triggers even worked. If I'm not mistaken, it was made in Spain. I've wanted the real thing since !

[@sarahnikas1344]

that's actually really cool

[@miguelencanarias]

I had that one too! With the orange barrel tip, right?

[@Innomen]

Forgotten toy weapons channel, when?

[@daviddickson412]

Im pretty sure I had this as a toy as a kid too.

[@drakepirate]

I had that toy too...

[@alexbastida96]

Esta misma arma la tuvo mi abuelo en los 70 cuando estaba en la guardia civil. Buen video Ian, instructivo y entretenido como siempre.

[@pablobastidaalbaladejo751]

Alejandro Bastida Ruiz y yo creyendo que era el ultimo español por cierto no seras tu mi primo😹😹😹

[@patolucaspato163]

@@pablobastidaalbaladejo751 no serás tu primo 3º mío? (Atajo)

[@anotherkenlon]

That's a seriously well thought out design, I have to say.

[@A.Martinez152]

The "S" from "safe" must be from "seguro" and the "f" of "fire","fuego"

[@DinnerForkTongue]

That's very likely.

[@Alex-ul3eu]

It most definitely is. F for fuego, and S for Seguro.

[@gonzalolarrubia]

To be true the “F” means “fuego” and the “S” also means “fuego”😂

[@hashteraksgage3281]

Viva Epaña coño

[@Yermizx]

SF. Super Franco

[@SgtKOnyx]

Is there anything *not* at RIA this auction?

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

An RSC. I looked. I need another one.

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

Give us time. We got you.

[@SgtKOnyx]

Stephen Keeler oh hush, we got one of them

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

Howdy. Happy Friday!

[@Vaasref]

G11

[@koryaiine7393]

This is actually a pretty cool gun.

[@Hispanicpanick0]

Wow, no look at the trigger group?? I'm surprised that Ian overlooked the opportunity to examine not only a trigger housing but a unique dual hinging and sliding trigger like this! TRIGGERED.

[@Innomen]

"Universal dissasembly tool." You know I'm something of a gun enthusiast myself, I have a whole cup of those. /smug face Kinda reminds me of that time the ATF concluded a string was a machinegun.

[@christianmolina5696]

lol looks like the Stormtrooper blaster when the stocks folded up

[@ilaril]

Even though an older video, I love the way you tell about the guns. I've never heard about this gun before, but now really want one! Nice to see some manufacturers going the other route than to oversimplify the gun.

[@cemcelebipaul]

Am i the only one here who laughs when he says universal disassembly tool while using the pen? He does that in every video it makes me laugh lol :D

[@TheRealBoroNut]

Obviously a fan of Doctor Who.

[@spef7396]

loving the videos recently Ian!

[@Raygun222]

spef Nice pic.

[@spef7396]

Alex that is a very scary picture!

[@LoneWolf051]

not as scary as your's, spef :P

[@martinberzerker7032]

Hello handsome.

[@Raygun222]

spef if you didn't find me scary, I will find you.

[@MrMotorz]

The surface treatment is named in spanish "fosfatado", something like "phosphated", and is the same in the Cetme C. Thank yo for the channel

[@daveh777]

That bolt mechanism is inspirational. What a clever and practical design. Thanks for sharing.

[@Shakaleesh]

that selector setup just absolutely blew my mind that is so cool

[@CPalanysamy]

I for one love spanish weapons and knives.

[@adrianfirewalker4183]

Toledo blades have been acknowledged as some of the best in the world for centuries

[@listerrojo]

Un arma de fascistas españoles

[@josesilesgarcia9859]

Peiper y arriba España

[@listerrojo]

@@josesilesgarcia9859 Eso con Goma2!!!

[@listerrojo]

@themailman43 jajaja como te jode...

[@spinafire]

Why do I love submachine guns so much? If I ever get into gun collecting, I feel like that's the route I'd go.

Even with the bad reputation they could have in the US, spanish guns and knifes are actually quite good. But of course there was german help involved.

[@chevyvet69]

That was key in the whole part there was Germans involved lol Who make some of the best guns on the planet

[@InfernosReaper]

@@chevyvet69 Italians?

[@julianusvictor327]

@@InfernosReaper Thats a good one lmao

[@flip849]

@@InfernosReaper nah we don't, belgians maybe

[@marneus]

@@chevyvet69 For a fucking ONE gun they helped manufacture, now they get the props for the world famous Spanish knifes and all firearms???

[@jackmcslay]

The one occasion where giving the middle finger means you're going light on people instead of discrarging full-auto.

[@CL-nm6ps]

looks like an enlarged tec-9

[@AshyGr33n]

Well...anything with that gangsta hand guard looks like an enlarged Tec-9....

[@shoopusdawhoopus]

i'm sure the barrel has something to do with it

[@ThePandoraGuy]

Looks more like a straight Sterling ^^.

[@calihernandez3105]

But tec 9 is a pistol and this is a smg. But both are sisters.

[@BL-wh2ux]

Looks like a bullet hose to me.

[@briarus1000]

that was a cool bolt design! thanks for the video

[@krovek]

cool gun! oddly the double trigger reminds me of a paintball gun. Competition guns aren't allowed to be full auto. So they use incredibly light electronic double triggers to achieve a high rate of fire.

[@gregoriozarza7162]

Yo la he probado y es un buen arma. Gracias por el vídeo saludos desde España

[@Osprey78]

I know I would never see or know anything about a lot of firearms out in the world if it wasn't for this channel. Thanks for what you do. I enjoy watching every video.

[@davidcampos1463]

I'm a big fan of simplicity. I like it.

[@chemsenESP]

This Star weapon was the gun I used in my spanish military service during guards. But it had a sealed trigger and we werent able to use it, so nobody died accidentally.

[@juliuspeperwood1128]

So they were show guns? How could you guard with an unusable weapon

[@joaquinandreu8530]

@@juliuspeperwood1128 Because only the guard knew it was unusable!

[@chevyvet69]

Lol They gave you a on usable gun to guard with I thought it was just the US military that made us do stupid things

[@mayorgeneralramirez1997]

@@chevyvet69 May I ask why they give you unusable weapons to guard a position? Even a pistol would be better than that

[@marneus]

@@mayorgeneralramirez1997 Because they were 12 months militia kids. It was for preventing them to kill themselves or someone else by accident.

[@genegarren833]

Very interesting and has what became very obvious to me was it's finish being like as you said like the British Sterling SMG. We fired the Sterling and trained on it in Special Forces Weapons Training and everyone loved it. Looks like a very compact and very interesting SMG. Great knowledge on weapons Ian. You should be invited to come to Fort Bragg and lecture to the SF Troops going through Weapons training and to the A-Teams. Great job as always Ian.

[@JgM-ie5jy]

Great job of examining the design. In particular, the bolt safety which locks the bolt to prevent accidental firing if the gun is dropped.

[@peraire]

Should try the STAR Z-70B, it was even better.

[@jeromevuarand3768]

You've shown how the manual loading handle pushes the small button on the bolt, but how does it get pushed when cycling in auto?

[@kerreckt]

This is a great subgun!

[@Waleram1]

This machine-gun is a great weapon. Used for decades by spanish Green Berets COEs-GOEs (colloquially "Guerrilleros"). Powerful, reliable, dynamic & easy SMG to maintan. Nice vídeo 👍👍👍

[@p.s.9658]

Guardia Civil too I think. Guerrilleros de montaña lo forman unos chavales... ♪

[@kenhawk1235]

That is one really awesome weapon! The only thing missing is a vertical forward grip.

[@thomascorbett6627]

Ian you are the best! you know your stuff and you were born to do this no one could be as informative as you faciating what ever I can do to support your channel .let me know thanks Thomas Corbett Los Angeles CA

[@samuelmendoza9356]

the firing pin safety is ingenious!

[@luggilu7864]

Tec-9 and sterling had a baby. This is what came out.

[@edwardcarrington3531]

Ian, you make really entertaining videos. You are definitely gun-jesus, much love from Costa Rica!

[@garetz2011]

A lot of people trying to guess how the locking lever gets out of way when firing. I found an exploded drawing of this gin on the web. As far as I can presume, if the locking lever is pushed by its axis (when the bolt is pushed back by the exploding forces), its locking tip will retract because the heavier portion of the locking lever is on the oposite side of the lever's pivot; but, if all parts are driven by inertia (if the butt hits the floor), this heavier part will push the locking tip against the recess machined inside the the tubular body. I knew a weapons designer who used this same concept, but on the oposite manner (the locking lever was mounted on the body and its intercepting tip was raised behind the bolt by inertia). It was incorporated on a series of guns named BERGON and LAPA.

[@garetz2011]

The solution employed on the URU seems to be much simpler. The Star lacks some type of safety to prevent the gun from firing if the charging handle escapes while cocking, like the latest UZIs and the Walther MPL, but if you use handloads, that Thompson moving firing pin makes a big difference. I saw one of these weapons, I am not sure if it was at Sevilla or Valência military museum, maybe both, I visited these museums in 2011.

[@garetz2011]

Good to know it's there! Of course I can't get it just looking for that drawing (the same found on Military Small Arms Of the 20th Century, 7th Edition). It has many tension springs, I dislike these springs, they may get broken in one second or two hundred years... nobody knows when. Does the 70 have the same moving firing pin? (May I call this firing pin "seesaw type firing pin"?)

[@garetz2011]

Forgotten Weapons has a video on URU. I suspect it has no other safety measure than an inertia operated blocking sear, and this device is very easy to understand on the video. I still can't understand how that trigger works. I am trying to solve it using a raster image on CAD (trigger, sear and disconnector on the same piece? no axis hole? URU deserves to be studied, I can't recall such a simple trigger on any other SMG).

[@klausbrinck2137]

The brazilian URU-solution is surely ten times cheaper... But this charging-handle/rod is also ten times cheaper than the Owen 2-chamber-upper-assembly for avoiding open throughholes on the upper assembly (for the charging-handle), thus keeping the space behind the bolt free of dirt...

[@tjbarke6086]

Kinda looks like it's made from a cast iron skillet.

[@aserta]

It's all in the coating. If you've ever been around old projectors or generally old equipment, kinda the same feel to it. It's that "sharpei" paint, as i like to call it.

[@ZGryphon]

I've also seen it described as a "crackle finish".

[@leoa4c]

It probably was one at some point.

[@speckledjim5402]

What a well thought out drop safety.

[@cornkobmansanto17]

Benjamin Etxaburu What keeps the ratchet from engaging during normal firing. He says the charging handle depresses button thus dropping the ratchet. But what about when it’s firing?

[@cosminxxx5287]

normaly someone would say what's with all that safety..well, units that use light machineguns like this move fast and on all kind of closed enviroment, houses, small streets etc, and its very easy to bomb into something or you may plunge down on enemy fire and things like that ,and you may indeed shoot your weapon just by a hit on a wall or debris .. so yea, for a gun made in the early 60's, this is VERY nice :) .glad you show us some things like this to apreciate more what hidden gems people made even so far in the past.that firing pin safety is smart .

[@troy9477]

Looks like a nice design. Good safety features, plenty of barrel ventilation. Looks pretty rugged, and the sights are stout. If the buttplate could swing 90 degrees when tbe stock is folded, it would make a decent vertical foregrip. Spanish stuff is a little different, but it can be good. Never heard anything bad about the Destroyer carbine, their Mauser carbines, etc. The Firestar from the 90's was a nice pistol. Always meant to get one and never did.

[@danner253]

I like this gun, very simple but very functional and complete. Easy to understand just by looking at it too which all good guns should be.

[@toxicmatrix1337]

Does the gun have more recoil from the bolt reciprocating, rather than the recoil from the round being fired?

[@cavtroopermunoz]

This looks great to use as a semi-auto only home build template. I would modify it to fire 7.62X25 Tok so I could use my PPS-43 magazines.

[@Jixijenga]

_"The Star Z-63 Submachine Gun: Better Than You..."_ THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF MY CHILDHOOD, IAN.

[@CthulhuInc]

let's get that z-63 on a tray - nice!

[@medinachete73]

these was long ago reserved for military police only, army uses CETME 5,56

[@DeanmC261993]

Ian in all honesty I've never really heard of Spain having a terrible reputation with firearms quality. The only example I can really think of is the whole ruby pistol involvement in the first world war in which it was still great and even the problems it did have were understandable knowing the situation. Am I missing something here?

[@UnclePutte]

Long fascist dictatorial regime, in a post-WW2 world that was loathe to do business with anything reminiscent of the axis. It wasn't just Spanish guns with a bad reputation, but Spanish everything, people included.

[@DeanmC261993]

so then Ian was talking in the context of how people felt during the cold war because of a political bias towards their weapons . Hmmmmmm most of the time but not all the time people tend to applaud weapons of the enemy usually for being effective in combat at least after war but then again Spain was a US ally during the cold war soooo........... yeah I cant think of a similar example to this at all :P

[@aserta]

Europe or US, because as Europe goes, (and as UnclePutte said) there were some long standing connotations to Spain, many, unfortunately untrue. Like this gun, they have a lot to offer, but few people willing to pass the fence for them, so to speak. Which, frankly, is stupid, in the end, today, it didn't serve anyone any good. Mah, we'd get in to politics and nobody likes those.

[@vguyver2]

DeanmC261993 The varied manufacturers of Spain at one point or another simply copied other nations designs and sold their own versions in varied quality. Since they were imitations, some were sold cheap with lower quality, thus making them look inferior to the original manufacturer. This is despite them having had some very good quality guns and even some improvements of some models. I suppose the problem is that the reputation similar to China's quality control has persisted for decades after because of consumer word of mouth and angry competitors.

[@josemorenoporras7506]

Politics are one thing but people is another very different. Spain is the 3th world army supply in the world,but not in small arms I think. Here you can´t get any weapons of any type (I like weapons but I´m very happy seeing it here not in real life) police and army takes whatever weapon,if cheaper the better. Now some police officer are in the G36 carbine,but It´s rare to see,we have not crazy shootings everyday.

[@frankzappa5914]

"Jennings man, it's a Jennings." Is where I totally lost it and woke up the wife laughing. Thank you.

[@polduseri909]

I was 8 years old when my mom bought me my first carbine; to my surprise was made in Spain but not sure what brand was; all that I remember is that I was the most happy kid in my neighborhood.

[@marcosdiaz3773]

Probably Gamo or Norica one 😉

[@polduseri909]

Marcos Diaz It was about 50 years ago

[@marcosdiaz3773]

Gamo is 60 years old

[@incognitoanonymous3739]

That lovely little thing could easily sneak into Star Wars as a blaster.

[@Traido]

Hi Ian! Just wanted to point out something on the pronuntiation of Bonifacio Echeverria. I am from the Basque Country, born less than 20km away from Eibar. I am both a basque and spanish speaker. The correct way to pronouce it would be something like "Boh-nee-fah-cee-oh Eh-che-beh-rree-ah", with the rolling R of course. I picked you did the "ch" somewhat similar to german pronuntiation. In any case, this is just information you may find usefull, as I am more than aware that you try to pronouce everything as close to the original lenguaje as you can, which is very appreciated. Cheers from the Basque Country!

[@Traido]

just realised this video is really old hahaha.

[@jvanasselberg]

Since I'm not sure which came out first, I want say that the dbl trigger reminds me of paint ball makers, like the old 98's. Fun lil stamped steel guy that has some neat features, Ian. Thanks for presenting this!

[@StrikeHoldBlog]

My father in law carried one of those in Angola as a truck driver in the Portuguese Army in 1968.

[@piratapan]

Swede here: Just a little curious about these dealer-machine guns. Do dealers buy them and let customers(rent) shoot them down gun ranges, is that "the plan" or..? Fill me in!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

They can, yes. The original intent of the distinction was that dealers who could sell to military and police organizations needed to be able to possess guns in order to market them.

[@piratapan]

Thanks, great answer!

[@bucky5206]

Ian keep up the good work I have seen every episode

[@toxicmatrix1337]

Well now I know where the design for the automag paintball gun comes from. lol

[@mmclaurin8035]

That and the Beretta you just covered are freakin' beautiful. God I want one.

[@meansartin]

It looks like a Sterling and an MAT-49 had a baby.

[@voyer1999]

I have an old star compact 45. It is solid&great design.

[@johnclemens5720]

Fired these sub machine guns back in the 1970s, always used two fingers to fire, recoil was light, worked well, just weird using two fingers to fire the weapon, one finger was too hard to pull the trigger in FA

[@BuggaBoy69]

This reminds me of a tippman paintball gun for some reason, though the t98 doesn’t really look like this

[@Externikov]

My experience with the star z-70 was that it is a good gun if you want to shoot high. I was expecting some recoil the first time, but instead the gun went up in full auto far beyond the shooting field. That happens when you only can shoot 30 bullets every three or six months. But anyway, it is simple, good enough and cheap as an sten. Oh, and if you don´t like your front teeth, some conscripts use to break their face when cleaning the gun, the strong spring helps a lot.

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

Great bolt design on this one

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

I'm trying to get my head clear on this weapon. The catch that locks the bolt forward to prevent an AD is released by pulling back on the charging handle, ok. Got that. What keeps the catch released when firing the weapon? The charging handle doesn't reciprocate so it's not imparting force on that release. Why doesn't the gun go into lockup when fired? It surely isn't a speed issue or there would be an area of finish where inside the tube behind the catch indentation. I know this is an older video but this has me a bit puzzled. If I had access to one of these, I could easily figure that out but I don't. Thank You!

[@supremelegionjr7768]

I am amaze of this sub machinegun feature's.

[@311pique]

my uncle used to carry this when he was an escort for high ranking military officers; safety off and an unarmored car. Not the best job, little pay.

[@TheExaminedLifeofGaming]

Star is the best ever! Fire, Ultra, Mega... they're all good!

[@RetroVikingr89]

Very cool! Awesome selection of guns recently.

[@sammoon2906]

I don't have any experience with Spanish firearms, but I know the G3 was second to the Cetme, and I've always heard good things about Cetme/G3/HK91. What firearms gave Spain a bad reputation for gun quality? A fine video, as always. I really appreciate your presentation, I never, *ever* get tired of the way you show the weapon, give the history, and generally teach me how to disassemble firearms I likely will never see, let alone take down. That isnt sarcasm, I'm a warfare history fan, a mechanics nerd, and old gun fan. This channel is almost drug like....

[@marinapino480]

Sam Moon La mala reputación (más artificial que real) viene tanto de la leyenda negra secular, como de la ignorancia. Es cierto que, durante la primer guerra mundial, España vendió mucho de todo a las potencias beligerantes caro y de mala calidad (oportunismo que hemos pagado carísimo) Es posible que venga de ahí también. De todos modos, Alemania nos encargó durante la segunda guerra mundial muchas armas que son de primerísima calidad. Por algo sería. España lleva siglos haciendo armamento y con una historia militar y naval única en el mundo.

[@donweatherwax9318]

6:26 To quote the old Spanish proverb: _La Herramienta de Desmontaje Universal es mas poderosa que la Espada_ (The Universal Disassembly Tool is mightier than the Sword)

[@costantinoandruzzi2219]

It's really close to the Beretta PM12, and in fact both SMG's entered production in 1962. Same size (more or less), same caliber, same magazine capacity, same rate of fire.

[@ukriroutalempi5124]

One of The best looking submachine gun I have seen!

[@heyyyyyynow]

Ian can you make follow up videos where you ask the people who bought the guns to let you make a video of them firing? Thanks for making this happen.

[@user-ns3vs3bp3e]

Looks like a weird mix of the Uru and the beretta PM-12s

[@rollertoaster812]

That was very nice of Holiday Inn to provide a disassembly tool! 😂

[@frenchfrey65]

I've been trying to find this gun forever because it makes an appearance as a prop in one of the Austin Powers movies

[@kevinbooth2043]

I love stars and astras because of the prices compared to similar guns I've yet to be let down

[@tommyblackwell3760]

Ditto

[@kushkiller7108]

Very cool...I like it Guns of the 60s are awesome.

[@Theenemy38]

I wouldn't mind owing this gun. Really nice and simple.

[@DinglePinky]

nice spanish guns are awesome.

[@jorgearias1387]

not really, i have serve in spanish legion i can tell you that the best weapons we have are german ones HK G36 and MG74

[@larrymccoy5394]

@@jorgearias1387 Jorge Arias is southamerican not Spanish. Attack always Spain

[@obiwankenobi2749]

I love these simple smg things. When i get my ffl imma build one

[@Neilos-sd6ti]

when you make mp-40 but you don't have silly moustache.

[@kawauchi2918]

More like when you make an MP40 but your mustache looks legitimately dashing

[@FSMonster]

SMG's are terrifyingly simple to make yet you get some serious firepower.

[@bend1483]

Really cool little gun I had no idea about!

[@charles_wipman]

Some of this Z-63 still in few number in use in the spanish Armada for the popeyes and Marine Infantry for on board ship guards, those who'd used it speak good on 'em in comparison with the Z-70 that's an unrealiable and fuggly piece of junk, the Guardia Civil still have the bigger number of Z-63s in service, all in 9x19mm but the Guardia Civil still have 9mm Largo (aka 9x23mm) on the inventary even when they almost don't buy any of this ammo aside for the "CSI" guys to do their thing and also ordered by some "nostalgic of the old times" commander. They'd swapped to the Z-70 as the army and Guardia Civil wasn't patrolling the streets regularly any more as in the 60s and after so they'd wanted something more compact and less eye catcher that didn't scare the turists.

[@peterfortress3212]

No tienes ni idea de lo que dices

[@junichiroyamashita]

Do they still produce 9 Largo to this day?

[@davidingham2216]

A neat looking gun. Thanks for the video (and all the others!)

[@rhinovirus2225]

What mechanism bypasses the drop safety lug on the bolt when firing the gun? It seems to me that it would catch every time you fired the gun since the charging rod isn't depressing the button on the bolt.

[@davidlamberson5435]

Owned Star pistols, never knew they made sub guns. Interesting low tech design.

[@peterwehrmeyer925]

This, and the beretta m12 were my favorites.

[@flyboymike111357]

An Uru with this thing's trigger, mag well, and magazines would be cool.

[@hunterwrubel2530]

how does the round firing allow the bolt to move back? it has that lock on the side for a drop safety which without something acting on it when fired would act like a pseudo locking lug.

[@touloncozzetti-stopfensmat5479]

Basque industry excellent quality!

[@angrymetalhead]

Loving the SMG Videos lately mate!

[@donaldasayers]

So how does the bolt cycle in use when the charging handle is locked forward?

[@salokin3087]

I love these vids, but i'm really hoping for one about the FAR and G3 in this style

[@Arctic_Arms]

Another great video Ian. One thing that would have been nice is to go into the barrel and it's removal.