Underappreciated historical weapons: THE GUN SWORD!

[@IOwnSocks]

“I need to sharpen my gun and reload my sword”

[@royodelsvanck9117]

XD lol 🤣

[@ChristianGonzalez-qu6fs]

Gunlance

[@procrastinator3408]

@@ChristianGonzalez-qu6fs a gun blade in monster hunter will be nice too

[@saifulbrine2391]

And reload my sword with molten steel

[@DanielFernandes-nn8fn]

me every five seconds with my Gunlance in Monster Hunter

[@Zoditron]

There's only one thing better than a Gun-Sword, a Shotgun-Axe.

[@jxtan8659]

Timely AoS reference especially with that sick premiere last weekend

[@nathanielinc.7898]

JX Tan AoS?

[@edwardyoung3188]

Abraham Lincoln vampire Hunter there's a shotgun axe

[@THEOrize2000]

Trim Tim Agents of Shield. It was a character’s weapon of choice for a time.

[@x.p.3574]

I got the reference, I feel special.

[@CaptainSkinnySK]

Australian police: “what’s that” Shadiversity holding a gun sword: “a sword”

[@darkbobblackpants9747]

Caleb Bunch Australia: What’cha got there? Shadiversity with a gun: a Pb and J sandwich

[@nugget4296]

I hate to be that guy but you can stil get arrested for holding a sword out in public in australia

[@jadenforester3561]

nugget 429 you really are THAT guy

[@ianbell9041]

@@nugget4296 thanks for that nugget of information.

[@richardwestfall6050]

@@nugget4296 I had to learn that the hard way XD

[@Cidhighwind83]

1800: Gunblade. 2000: Assault Rifle with grenade launcher attachment.

[@AesthesianOfficial]

2020: Knife that is also a missle.

[@sirragno1923]

@KruzSTUDIO Knife with rockets attached to it.

[@spacetexan8695]

2200 grenade launcher with laser attachment etc etc 😂

[@AkunoKen]

Knife with a scope

[@itsyaboiblackdragon4958]

A knife with lasersight

[@JasonB808]

“Gunswords are hard to aim” Squall: You are supposed to press R1 as soon as you slash someone.

[@firstconsul7286]

AC 4: Force your foe to kneel, and place the sword on his neck.

[@jclindsay007]

fun fact, Squall's gunblade is designed to fire blanks, hence why there's very few scenes of him actually firing the gun like a gun

[@synthemagician4686]

@@jclindsay007 In the original game the gunblade didn't even fire blanks. The trigger was supposed to make the blade vibrate so it gets a deeper cut. There isn't a single scene in the original game when the thing shoots at all, not sure about other games Squall shows up in though so I assume in later games the shooting blanks things was a thing.

[@Viper4ever05]

@@synthemagician4686 I dont think it has anything to do with cutting deeper. The bullet provided a mini-explosion at the trigger pull for extra damage.

[@user-mega638]

Laughs in pc

[@ablueraichu6466]

"You just brought a knife to a gun fight" Person with knifegun: Or, did I?

[@Spiceodog]

Person walks up with a uzi svihander, it seems I have the upper hand

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

@@Spiceodog I have the high ground

[@brummi9869]

*Vsauce music starts playing*

[@epauletshark3793]

Or is it a gun at a knife fight?

[@blinkachu05]

@@epauletshark3793 yes

[@bananaspice1967]

"911 what's your emergency?" "Yeah uuuhm, there's a buglar in my house and uuhm he just shot me with a knife"

[@グレイシーハートカストロカイエンヌカルテ]

911,Could you please repeat what you said(!

[@HylianKirbo]

@Kurogane -sensei I laughed at that xD

[@projectjavelin5948]

Berd?

[@bananaspice1967]

@@projectjavelin5948 *perhaps*

[@projectjavelin5948]

F33d M11 Tell me or else I’ll call the mega police!

[@reeeonidus8665]

"Dont worry, this is a fake gun." Says they guy sitting in front of a literal PILE of deadly weapons! 😆👍

[@jay1724]

@animefurriesweebs arepieces ofshit wow youre username and comment makes you seem real cool sir, do you not know how other countries work differently than yours?

[@JustinBA007]

@animefurriesweebs arepieces ofshit every law abiding citizen should be ALLOWED to have one (assuming they aren't a convicted violent criminal, or mentally unsound), but I don't think everyone should have one. It should be their choice.

[@jay1724]

@animefurriesweebs arepieces ofshit ....no not actually. The only anime I have ever watched was Pokemon, and beyond playing the games competitively now, I have never had anything else to do with anime.

[@jay1724]

@animefurriesweebs arepieces ofshit Okay bud.

[@dude9410]

@Foster Deming tf happened here?

[@TheNewsDepot]

So basically they evolved from "Lets put a gun on this sword." to "Let's put a sword on the end of this gun." And gave birth to bayonets.

[@coreywilson3493]

It's simply the most efficient way to have a blade attached to a gun. Anything more and you start getting into "more dangerous to the user than the enemy" territory. This is because, outside of combat, it's simply not efficient or practical to hold the gun in any ready position. Instead, you have it shoulder-slung (in the case of rifles or shotguns) or holstered (in the case of handguns). When you take that into account, it's easy to see why it simply doesn't work. The bayonet works because it can easily be kept from accidentally hitting the bearer's body anywhere, and it can easily be removed.

[@chefboyardee2223]

Rifles with a bayonet are just shooty spears

[@owenwhitman6616]

My rifle always needs attention every 30 squeezes... I've never run out of bayonet ammo.

[@wyattguilliams2621]

I get what you're saying but the bayonet was created with inspiration from a spear

[@gopipo123]

@@wyattguilliams2621 seems likely, especially since the fighting style is very much that of a spear as well

[@MoltenMouseMetal]

"Oh yeah? Well my bayonette has a GUN!" Technically the extra weight on the front of the gun would help even out recoil, kinda like how the weight of a Desert Eagle .50 AE helps mitigate the amount of recoil it would have otherwise. If all else fails, stab it into them, and then start shooting. No recoil when it's braced in their right kidney.

[@cervod2529]

I see where you are coming from if you measured out the perfect length blade so that it is balanced better than it would be otherwise would be amazing, however most modern guns are balanced as best as possible and the blade would be so small that it would be a gun knife at that point, because remember you can have too little weight on the front to make recoil worse, but you can also have too much

[@BigPuddin]

If you're close enough to stab them, why not just shoot them in the gut? And why not buy a better gun than a Deagle?

[@cervod2529]

@@BigPuddin I mean that is what the swords for if they get that close. (Also it looks cool and badass so why tf not)

[@BigPuddin]

@@cervod2529 Because it's impractical. If they're that close than squeezing the trigger in their gut is going to be far more effective. Or why not just draw you actual sword? Trying to go at someone in a melee with a terribly balanced sword gun Frankenstein when they have a properly balanced sword is...kinda bad. Gun swords like the sabres above are hilt heavy and nowhere near as nimble as a normal sword. That means you're at a severe disadvantage in terms of parrying.

[@BigPuddin]

@@cervod2529 Not to mention the anemic cartridges used back in the day. You have nowhere near the stopping power as a standalone pistol, as you can't fit too much of a chamber and barrel onto the knife/sword without making the thing so unwieldy that there's no point in even bothering with the bladed end. There's a reason people in this period generally stuck with a saber and pistol. If the shot doesn't stop him or there's a malfunction, you can't fight him off with your sword.

[@sfm199]

when you cant have guns in Australia so you gotta stock up on that medieval warfare.

[@CPOK1980]

@Sterling Cross Sorry, you can't have that here eather :(

[@rabbidninja79]

Cant have any means of self defence. Even martial arts can get you into alot of trouble if you use "unnecessary force" Australia and New Zealand are places where "the weak are meat and the strong do eat." Smh

[@littlescruby]

@@rabbidninja79 Absolutely right mate, the 'weak' are always suffering at the hands of the 'strong' here, unlike your country. That's why your average homicide rate this decade is close to 5 per 100,000 while ours is close to 1 per 100,000!!! Ignorant dickhead. Read the facts and weep dataunodc.un.org/crime/intentional-homicide-victims

[@littlescruby]

@Sterling Cross That's fine, but it doesn't change the fact. It is shocking though. I have to admit; I didn't believe your claim at first, but after looking myself, you are correct www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf That's crazy. I hope people don't interpret those stats to reach racist conclusions like 'black people are inherently violent'. Violent conditions have a tendency to breed violence, and poverty can breed desperation; a deadly combo. Growing up, you generally become what you're surrounded by, regardless of race. Anyway, even though I rubbed it in that other guy's face in salty retaliation, I do hope things get better for you guys...

[@AM-rq1no]

so when an inevitable war happens and a country invades Australia her people will not be able to defend themselves............or if a tyrannical dictator ever seizes power, Australia's people cannot rise up and defend herself.......

[@ManaMouseYT]

In Star Wars rebels, there was a guy who had a lightsaber with a blaster built into it, in the configuration that Shadiversity suggests. Interesting.

[@sir_genericname4781]

Ezra

[@rc59191]

Lol that thing looked so ridiculous was a pretty cool concept though.

[@lukazzmatizz4378]

Ezra bridger

[@elderleon1844]

that's will be very impratical and non safe for usse

[@vespidix1187]

“Never bring a knife to a gun fight” Oh the irony

[@howardxu8050]

What If gun is strapped to knife?

[@holydiver3129]

Mobile Legends yikes

[@vespidix1187]

i got called weird so now im WeirdChamp Yikes, Toxic

[@holydiver3129]

@@vespidix1187 what do you mean toxic? Is it "toxic" when i call a game trash?

[@holydiver3129]

@@vespidix1187 Mobile gamers oh no no no

[@grunch346]

This can only lead to one thing..... The G U N S W O R D G U A N T L E T

[@arky8515]

WhiteMaskGuy Yes! Yes! YEEEESSSS!!!

[@nathanmccrory2743]

No the ........ Gun sword infinity Gantlet

[@jyshot]

They probably tried that in India

[@punchyboi6915]

Hell yeah

[@K1ndaSane]

You mean the hidden blade?

[@fours4ker381]

"the real life gun sword" *sad bayonet noises*

[@fours4ker381]

@@andrewcampbell2242 "huh...thats a good question🤔"

[@geraltofrivia1091]

*stab*

[@rawrthedinosawr9659]

no thats a sword gun

[@carlagordon31]

Shob

[@manhavai]

More like gun knife

[@PhantomSavage]

Biggest reason there's not more "gunblades": Recoil. Recoil on firearms, particularly large bore or caliber pistols or rifles from earlier periods of time, is tremendous. Normally recoil isn't such a big deal, and at most can lead to bad bruises or broken wrists with improper handling of the gun... but if you suddenly add a sharp blade almost as big or bigger than the gun itself, recoil suddenly becomes a much more dangerous thing. Probably one of the reasons a gun "sword" was never designed at the hilt like Shad displayed is because the recoil from the shot would send the blade right back into your shoulder... or face.

[@Shammoria]

Same reason vertical sward is a bad idea, gun kicks, sword ends up in shooters head. Having the sword in the lateral of the gun barrel could have actually prevented kick as it would have to lift the blade not just the gun

[@Paveway-chan]

Wouldn't you have to strap a six-pounder to the sword for recoil to be that bad? If the recoil of a firearm was so bad that it risked smacking you in the face with the weapon, I doubt pistols would have become famous either. And having a sword attached to the firearm adds to its weight, which will reduce the recoil. So why would a gunsword be made unusable because the recoil can supposedly cut your nose off or whatever?

[@Delvien]

Recoil on these things wouldn't be that bad. Most of them are black powder, black powder burns much slower then modern gunpowder therefore don't generate as much force back into the shooter. I doubt the calibers of these weapons would be very large since they still have to operate like a regular sword and couldn't have an excessively long barrel to house and burn enough powder to get a large ball moving at a reasonable velocity. Most of these weapons also seem to have a very unique advantage over standard pistols, the barrel/chamber of the pistols are almost directly in line with the hilt meaning that much of the recoil would simply travel backwards and not pivot downwards like on modern firearms where the barrel/chamber is typically situated above the shooters hands. Weight out on the front of the weapon from the blade would have also helped keep the muzzle down but I only see that being useful on the gun knives shown in the video. If I had to argue reasons why few of them existed it would be cost and practicality. These things would mostly be for personal protection but they would be prohibitively expensive, if you could afford one of these swords you could hire a couple of bodyguards. As a weapon of war they would also be useless.

[@Anomalocaria]

"if you suddenly add a sharp blade almost as big or bigger than the gun itself, recoil suddenly becomes a much more dangerous thing." the opposite would be true. the more mass you have on a firearm, the less apparent recoil you're going to experience. the heavier a firearm is, more energy is required to put it in motion. more mass, more inertia. so if you think about how you would calculate the amount of force required to move a stationary floating object in a vacuum (just so we can ignore things like static friction and air resistance), you'd use Newton's second law, F = ma, and you'd find that the amount of force required is proportional to the object's mass. if you throw a huge steel blade onto a black powder gun with a six (or less) inch barrel like most of the examples shown, i doubt you'd feel much recoil at all. it's not just mass, though. the closer the center of balance is to the muzzle, the less muzzle rise you're going to experience. the reason muzzle flip occurs in the first place is because the barrel of the firearm is generally always situated _above_ your arm - it's why they always flip up and they never flip down. there are a few kinds of firearms, the Chiappa Rhino comes to mind, that sort of take advantage of this. they lowered the bore axis as much as they could - the barrel is much closer to the center radial/ulnar axis of your arm, which makes the whole system less inclined to flip up and more inclined to travel straight back into your arm (and you can actually see that a lot of these gunblades have a similar design). this means more apparent recoil - but again, these weapons have much more mass than a regular pistol of the time. there are a couple of other ways to manage muzzle flip though - one of them is to simply make the firearm heavier towards the muzzle. in other words - even if the recoil was pretty nasty for whatever reason - these gunblade designs aren't going to flip out of your hand and wind up in your throat or whatever. having a gun perpendicular to the blade - yeah, that shit's probably going to come right back into your face. i think the only reason we don't see any evidence of that design is because that's just not how firearms were made and held at the time. the handles were still angled down, but they were still much more in-line with the barrel than a lot of modern handguns - like the way we still make a lot of rifles and shotguns. if i had to guess why gunblades weren't more popular, i'd guess it's probably just a colossal pain in the ass to repair/replace. swords break a lot, man. guns can take a lot of internal abuse, but they're generally not designed to smack things with. these things would've been wildly expensive novelty items that their owners would likely have been reluctant to swing around. now they not only have to worry about damaging the blade, but all of the little moving parts in the gun as well.

[@Crusader6590]

Actually making a heavier gun would have less recoil, it would only be increased if you made the gun lighter or added more powder. So no, your entire premise is wrong.

[@DamonNomad82]

I realize this is an old video, and the odds of my comment being read by Shad are low, but I just wanted to say that I have encountered one example of a sword/gun combo that has a blade aligned perpendicularly to the gun barrel. I own a book on historical firearms that shows a World War 2 era Japanese katana that has the traditional hilt replaced by a Nambu semi-automatic pistol. The description in the book notes that this weapon was a one-off, possibly done by some traditionally-minded officer in the Japanese Army.

[@bananaslug6097]

Isshin has entered the chat

[@PouncingAnt]

"by some traditionally-minded officer in the Japanese Army" So traditionally-minded that he wanted to modernize an ancient weapon :D Sorry. I felt compelled. Your comment was actually awesome :)

[@tim3130.]

in my citys castle theres a museum where you can see a gunsword and i think you can see a nearly same smodel in the video

[@thealchemistking4063]

Imagine the surprise of people when someone breaks the law and this man just took out a fucking katana *and then you hear the cocking of a gun*

[@karrde5566]

i think in star wars rebels someone has a lightsaber blaster that's mounted that way too. hope he sees your comment.

[@wynnscrivener4089]

7:05 *(shoots gun, sword recoils into the shoulder)*

[@rocketchips2164]

yea i was thinking exactly this too

[@doctorshark2929]

High risk high reward

[@Ligierthegreensun]

Doesn’t seem like it would be a huge risk unless you had a .357 sword gun lol.

[@rocketchips2164]

​@@Ligierthegreensun i dont know, it might not take all that much recoil to be a hazard considering how much more top heavy it would be. Granted flintlockes had less impulse so the recoil is kinda hard to compare

[@Ligierthegreensun]

@@rocketchips2164 I mean you're definitely completely correct that it would be massively top-heavy. It just wouldn't produce enough for for you to stab yourself, or at least not do any appreciable damage. It would require ridiculous amounts of force coming out of the firearm. If you look at the recoil of even modern firearms which have a ton of power compared to older breach loading firearms, the recoil is fairly negligible until you start getting to firearm calibers higher than a certain range. Even those I think you might nick yourself but you wouldn't be pulling the weapon out of your body because it imparted so much recoil that you skewered yourself. For reference, here's a video of formerly famous gun youtube channel guy shooting a S&W .500 magnum. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKfRoYimgsp3btU That's an extremely powerful handgun. @1:45 is around where he shoots it. Notice the recoil is pretty substantial, yet the gun barrel only really rises a few inches. Granted, having a sword near the grip would probably make the gun a lot more imbalanced, but to the extent that the sword or knife would bounce back and stab you.

[@creativename9384]

The saying “don’t bring a knife to a gun fight” has a whole new meaning now

[@epauletshark3793]

Or a gun to a knife fight.

[@ericascott9323]

or a fight to a knife gun

[@Marinealver]

Gun knife, hadn't seen one of those since Metal Gear Solid 2.

[@JesseP.Watson]

My old man used to say to me: "Son, gun to bring fight to a don't."

[@masroorahmadbani1712]

Hold a knife in one hand and have a gun in other hand cod style

[@onikisusalt3665]

"You'd pick a bullet" But... I can't throw that hard.

[@keithbetton1337]

😂

[@killerjoke2945]

Gun swords are super effective, you just need to press R1 at the exact right time.

[@terrenceryker8541]

i like that reference

[@Quadrolithium]

Then rekt a fool with a bone ashed cannon

[@Wookie_oo7]

Not to mention that the sword didnt actually fire projectials, they were blanks to make the blade vibrate

[@hamzakoso6866]

too bad my life is on auto mode so the gun trigger dont activate for me

[@overlorddante]

@@Wookie_oo7 it's a bloodborne reference, not final fantasy

[@danielholmes7658]

“Do you want the gun or the sword my lord?”...... Lord :“YES!”

[@Sapphire_Dicson_Official]

Oh you know about the "yes please" rule too? For those unaware of this glorious rule if someone gives you the choice of two or more options and you want them all you say "yes please". Example your mom asks if you want chocolate cake or lemon cake, you want both so you say "yes please"

[@monochromatic9601]

Sapphire Dicson uh what? I don’t know if you know this but saying yes when given two option was a meme for a while I am just saying this Incase you are not joking about not knowing about this (which I merely inferred from the way you wrote your reply) however I am almost certain this has had at least some influence in the creation in this meme

[@Sapphire_Dicson_Official]

@@monochromatic9601 actually I knew about the meme, but what I refer to as the "yes please rule" is something I got from my dad who doesn't keep up with internet memes or social media at all. I just thought someone would get a kick out of my reply if I wrote it or find it mildly interesting. How'd I do?

[@monochromatic9601]

Sapphire Dicson it was good but you probably should have stayed it was joke or made it more obvious that it was a joke

[@Sapphire_Dicson_Official]

@@monochromatic9601 eh... yeah but sarcasm or any sort of tone is interchangeable when it's all words and no reading aloud by the writer. Such is the down fall of written words, they sound different in everyone's head unless made specific which is annoying to write and allow the reader to hear the tone you imagine exactly as it is. The way I imagine me saying it is like matter if factly or cheeky.

[@jaredhammond6761]

This brings a whole new meaning to “don’t bring a knife to a gun fight”

[@jasonsnowder6734]

Bruh

[@improbablepebble8549]

Uh oh stinky

[@Rahnonymous]

Can't...understand...how analogy...works...hnnnnnnn! Brain.exe has stopped working

[@avibenhaim3905]

“AH BUT WHAT IF I BRING BOTH A KNIFE AND A GUN??”

[@JuggerBlitz]

*Laugh in Madness Combat*

[@unknownuser1087]

shad finally realizes that guns and swords can come together and live together in harmony

[@Myomer104]

From what I've discovered, historical gun-swords had the following problems: 1) Bad balance, as you noted. 2) Cleanliness; the blood and viscera the blade got caked in would end up clogging up the gun barrel, and the weapon would be either dangerous or completely unable to fire. 3) Accuracy; the short barrels and non-existent sights ensured that you pretty much couldn't aim properly with them, and you certainly couldn't hit a target that was much further away than the tip of the sword (Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag illustrates this quite nicely, as the main character has to actually stab his target before he fires in order to hit them.) Mounting the gun as one of the quill-ens would not solve this problem, as you would have to bring the sword guard up to your eye level to aim, even if the blade is thin enough to not obstruct the actual sights. Using modern, magazine-fed firearms for a gun sword would be utterly inadvisable because the mechanisms that allow for a magazine feed are surprisingly delicate. It's the reason that using a pistol as a club like the old flint-locks and their contemporaries were is discouraged in the military and police forces. Amusingly, Henry VIII (if I remember correctly) carried a related weapon integrating three gun barrels into the shaft of a mace.

[@someedgysnipermain5318]

*Owns countless real swords* Australia: Alright, alright *Owns fake gun* Australia: YOU WOT MATE?

[@cheetah1171]

@Ufasdfgewaf The problem is that the gun is fake so it's stupid to say that you can't own an imitation firearm though I think the thing that should be said is that

[@cheetah1171]

Also the reason that Australia is saying that is that they don't want you to get shot since it's clear that his gun has a black tip saying "THAT'S A REAL GUN SHOOT HIM!" however I'm american so Idk if an orange tip is what will clarify that it's not a real firearm or if there rules are stricter since I only know American and British gun laws.

[@bobbystrong6849]

@Ufasdfgewaf tell that to the ~20 brit cops that got in a standoff with a dude that had a kitchen knife.

[@indoorkite651]

@Ufasdfgewaf as a general rule most people have good intentions, and understand the concept of consequences. There always will be people who don't fall under the general rule, but it is what it is. There are two schools of thought, and this is the reason of the controversy here in the US. It's also pretty wild to me that having a fake handgun is regulated like so. Because rather than use leathal force they could easily beanbag your ass to the ground if you get stupid. I also understand the cops point of veiw where you're looking down the barrel of a gun you don't know if it's real. Been there, done that. Beat him with his own very real weapon. A military M4 carbine. (guns are for civilians, weapons can be guns, guns are not always weapons. Squares are rectangles, rectangles are not always squares concept) Personally I'd rather be armed and ready to take out a threat to people around me, my nation, and myself. I do also have some amount of rifle training thanks to the Army. I'm no combat veteran yet, but I'm also more experienced than many other people. Frankly I believe you should have to take a course to own a firearm, unless you have a military or police background. I believe it is part of responsible gun ownership to try and be there best you can.

[@knifedance2402]

Ufasdfgewaf No, getting stabbed is definitely worse than being shot.

[@thenoobinator3508]

Smh all these kids with their gun swords Real men use sword swords

[@thrashes6208]

Double ended swords?

[@thenoobinator3508]

Thrashes swords on top of swirds! (A sword sword bayonet)

[@shawn6860]

Double bladed Sword Nuke, Sword Hydrogen Bomb!!!

[@shawn6860]

Have to admit that would be a hot commodity.

[@ToryuMau]

... These "Tacticool" crowd has vanity hemorrhaging out their wazoo. >):^/ All ya need is a mass of steel to bash things until they brake in half. [^:(< The simpler a weapon is, the more reliable it is when push comes to shove.

[@emilygoodman6853]

7:25 Swings at enemy, shoots self in foot

[@gulzaarbains7908]

I'm pretty sure the main character in star wars rebels had a lightsaber with a small laser pistol in the hilt

[@elementalist1984]

He did and it was oriented the way he suggested at 7:20 ish

[@goatymcgoatface3575]

Yeah, that dude had the high ground

[@nathanielwalker6195]

ezra bridger did have one like that until he got the basic green one

[@Fizz-Q]

@@nathanielwalker6195 like a fucking casual And he even used a Common fighting style Everyone knows or you play defensive o you use 2 lightsabers

[@myrealusername9998]

Literally looked through the comments to find this.

[@ottopike737]

*ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS* with regards to your question about gun swords being tiring, since you couldn't grab the blade without having your hand in line with the muzzle flash, it probably would be. especially when you consider that you would have to aim for a longer period of time due to the lack of sights. also the configuration of the gun sword functioning as a quillon would cause any misfire to go horizontally where it might hit someone. finally (and shad, if you read this far you're awesome), the reason why we don't use a larger blade for a bayonet is that we use them for stabbing, and anything over 6 inches is over penetration. plus we greatly value a low weight rifle since it allows you to turn it more quickly in response to a threat (and we already carry a lot of equipment).

[@MrMonkeybat]

Most sword belts hang the sword at about a 45 degree angle. So a quillon barrel should be pointing at the ground just as much as the blade barrel gun swords. The symmetrical double barrel design would of course have the other barrel pointed at your armpit and the sky. So if you want double barrel gun quillons maybe better to have them both pointing the same direction with triggers in the same place like a more typical double barrel pistol, and bull puped with the midpoint of the barrel over the blade for better balance.

[@murphsmodels8853]

One downside I see to a quillion mounted gun is recoil. Guns tend to recoil in an upwards direction, which would be aggravated by the weight of the blade above it. The gun/sword recoiling upwards would translate to the blade swinging down towards your own head.

[@MrMonkeybat]

That is why prefer the asymmetrical design with a single edged blade. Can also be more comfortably half sworded to help manage recoil. So the best grip might be a handlebar grip kinda gangsta style.

[@boxfoxreyes9950]

Aaron Murphy well the weight of the sword would counteract the recoil of the pistol so safety of shooting would be good

[@littlegreenhelmetboi4148]

boxfox reyes swords aren't that heavy and with a high cal pistol like a 45 would cause a bit more recoil which u might stab your face

[@vaerthelmn5287]

Ah! A Gun that shoots pommels! Ingenious!

[@richardauthement3105]

Vaerthelmn 52 now we can end our enemies rightly from range!

[@airistal]

And yet you can find it in fiction (Cervantes form Soul Caliber).

[@antcommander1367]

it would be better, if it shoot spinning saw blades. rather than pommels

[@the_names_rob]

Vaerthelmn 52 what would someone do with an imitation firearm?

[@the_names_rob]

its easier to aim a weighted pistol. some people even put counterbalances on there pistols

[@wwshd5393]

Several nights at 4 am I have asked myself if a gun and a sword has ever been combined. Then I’m reminded, Bayonets

[@MGlBlaze]

More of a gun spear than a gun sword, in that case, but yeah.

[@HoovyMain]

They would be a lot better on rifles than pistols and that’s why knives were more common on pistols

[@rogerlawrencewhite1475]

The Socket Bayonette started in the mid 1600’s, before that daggers were made whose handles fit into the muskets bore, it gave the musketeers the ability to still have a spear but until the socket Bayonette appeared reloading was a problem, not to mention a successful thrust could result in your Bayonette getting lodged in your foe .

[@Sparten459]

@@MGlBlaze You'd be surprised by how long some Bayonets get: I've seen Winchester "Muskets" (lever actions with 30" barrels, full length hand guards, and bayonet mounts) that have a saber attached to the front, and based on proportions, I'd say the saber's entire length is around 25", so you're practically holding a polearm of sorts that also happens to have 17 rounds of 44-40 (44 WCF).

[@GiverOfFlammenwerfers]

That's just a knife on the end of a gun

[@cy-one]

That intro was just awesome :D I so cracked up, have a like!

[@Ilovepoopin]

His face when he had the gun and sword. I lost it! It was so perfect! It's like Fear, Happiness, and Excitement all at once.

[@tommysevert7101]

Personally I think a pistol is already difficult to aim. Without a knife the “standard” would be shooting a man size target maybe 2 foot by 2 foot at 21 feet. That’s really not that far. Look I’m fairly experienced with fire arms and at 21 feet I average about a 10 inch shot group. Hang a bulky knife on it and I really think it would hinder performance greatly. Now add a knife to a rifle isn’t a big deal your supporting a rifle with 2 hands and a shoulder and the sights a greater distance apart improving accuracy significantly. In short a knife on a pistol imho is a novelty and not practical. A bayonet on a rifle is much more practical.

[@steyn1775]

Tommy Severt and that is why you use it in close combat.....

[@someone-iv2nt]

Okay, I am gonna say just one thing: *Machine Gun with Electric Saw*

[@kaiservb]

MG42 is both a Machine Gun AND a Buzz Saw.

[@TauGeneration]

I feel like my testosterone levels are rising

[@Gree27]

I have a feeling you would enjoy Warhammer 40k

[@someone-iv2nt]

@@Gree27 I've heard about this game, but what is it exactly (apart from expensive)?

[@Gree27]

@@someone-iv2nt the setting/lore or acctual gameplay

[@ndz1541]

“A gun always beats a sword.” -That guy from Stardust Crusaders

[@leonweihing7896]

Ah i See a man of Culture yare yare daze

[@andrewraslan5348]

But not an unarmed high schooler with temper issues

[@vd6070]

*Laughs in Confused Confusion is Confused*

[@fenorlex1126]

Polnareff.

[@blobfish_plays6548]

Half a horse

[@artbythecoco]

Lol at the start... I'm a Yank who lived in Australia for a bit many years ago... And I don't know if most Aussies are/were like this, but in Queensland in the 90s, many were quite WTF on the idea of PB&J and when I'd convince them to actually try it, it was always exactly like this intro. :D

[@constantinediomedes6277]

Is it me or does shad's wall get progressively more well armed? Think about it, he starts with a shield and two swords or and wooden replicas he made, then we move onto some shields and what maybe a couple of wall hangers, then we get a huge armory enough to provide a small army with weapons (And the weapons keep getting more diverse ranging from axes, katanas, Chinese Dao, excalibur, rapiers and a whole bunch of longswords!) and now he is flaunting a (replica) pistol?!! I assume next he is going to show up with a bloody canon!

[@constantinediomedes6277]

That makes a lot of sense since he is Australian

[@canisarcani]

Yes shad, please, please do an intro with a cannon.

[@usuilucifer8922]

Canis Arcani he already got something more destructive. The pommel of annihilation ( *｀ω´)

[@zecoregamer5288]

Well the question comes down to whether or not canons are allowed under Australian firearm laws

[@drizztiley8740]

There's actually a reason. Soon he shall create the Kingdom of Shad, and he will need knights and men-at-arms

[@kijinseija0]

Me: "It's that a sword" Shad: "It's also a customizable high impact revolver" Me: "What?" Shad: "It's also a gun"

[@Tindog42656]

Rwby reference.

[@kijinseija0]

@@Tindog42656 Yep!

[@Tindog42656]

Ah i see a man of culture as well

[@kijinseija0]

@@Tindog42656 Indeed! :3

[@kijinseija0]

UwU

[@SoməøneXD]

first thing when i heard "gun sword" was "a gun sword? how does that work?" and then the second thing i thought was a bayonet.

[@graniteamerican3547]

shad: the gun is fake, shad's mostly American audience: is this some joke i'm too free to understand?

[@keodiozubu8670]

* angry bald eagle noises intensifies

[@kacimbec2528]

Australians can quite easily acquire a gun. Out of ten people that I work with about 4 are gun owners. We just don’t appreciate having to hear about school massacres every second week.

[@graniteamerican3547]

@@kacimbec2528 Indeed, I don't hear about school massacres either. School shootings basically stopped being a thing once a bigger issue was around. guns can be misused. Most freedoms we have can be misused. I'm not going to advocate for my libertys to be taken away because some stupid kid abused it.

[@Theclaidheamhmor]

But can you has AKs and ARs ?

[@graniteamerican3547]

@@Theclaidheamhmor yeah

[@xyon9090]

*How about a **_Gun-scythe?_* A Gun-Gauntlet? A Gun-chuks A Gun-Spear & Sword? A Gun-Gun? _(Looking at you RWBY)_

[@Javid_74]

yeah rwby has done pretty much all of this

[@mendez256]

Gun-chuks. Oh god. Who knows where your bullet is going when you fire? How to make everyone around you very nervous and want to be somewhere else, allies included.

[@StarshadowMelody]

Yeah "who knows where" is about 90% of Sun's fighting style- his gunchucks(which are also A STAFF) are very unpredictable but he usually manages to not collateral. I'm pretty sure he's practiced with them _a lot_ so he knows how to really use them well.

[@watchinglearner]

Gun-chucks?!

[@ribbit6845]

YES ! Tie two guns together and spin 'em around ! I promise it can't go badly !

[@Almighty_Mage]

Uses a melee weapon. "RELOADING"

[@herpydepth1204]

The brother your bayonet never told you he had

[@kekero540]

Herpy Depth Because he knew you would cheat on him.

[@emilianorios4761]

It's like your long lost body builder brother who's mr world-wide

[@skylordwiki4643]

Introducing: the Redeemer from Warframe, a sawed off shotgun with twin blades around the barrel

[@davidkimber4896]

Strictly speaking I think you'd be better off with a long barreled shotgun. Sawed Offs have such a wide spread that I feel the blades around the barrel would either be a hindrance or be themselves damaged every time you emptied the barrel

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Yessss

[@anotherjhon8193]

God... tenno are everyFUCKINGwhere these days...

[@skylordwiki4643]

@@anotherjhon8193 not meaning to be rude, but do you have a problem with warframe?

[@sakuseihuoshen]

I still think shotguns with a blade is pointless, I mean shotguns are usually used in close combat...

[@mexa_t6534]

RWBY took this concept to the extreme tho “See that scythe? Well that’s a high impact sniper rifle too! See that sword? Yup, it’s also a gun. That axe is a gun too. Oh, that sledgehammer? No that’s not a gun too but it is a GRENADE LAUNCHER”

[@talkingcontroller9396]

galaxy hitchhiker72 I don't watch RWBY, but if I created my own franchise you would see way crazier things.

[@derickgv]

galaxy hitchhiker72 hahaha

[@TheMhalpern]

Talking Contoller no you wouldn't there's a sword thats also a sythe AND a gun, there's shotgun gauntlets, there is a thermos that is a staff/bat and a flamethrower, and so many more, there is even an arm that's also a gun... There was a spear, that was also a short sword, and a rifle, there is a baseball bat/ swarm rocket launcher, and a dog that when employed in conjunction with one of the previous weapons is a cute flaming ball of death and is perfectly fine thereafter...

[@crossbones5428]

Michael Halpern I’ve seen the series. Why does all this exist? Because Rooster Teeth.

[@dandanthedandan7558]

Talking Controller I challenge you

[@macfay6130]

meanwhile in the old times: how about a gunkite shield? me lord shad: I can finally die in peace

[@theduchyofmilanball3157]

*I am henry the 8th i am...*

[@AbsoluteMongoloid]

Pretty sure that's an actual thing, not that it's practical.

[@rogerlawrencewhite1475]

@@theduchyofmilanball3157 Henry’s we’re round but more interesting is the fact the gunsmith who engineered them for him made them breach loader pistols in an era where muzzle loaders were still the state of the art firearms. TY for beating me to the punch on the Henry the 8th comment as I feel a lot better that I’m not the only history buff who knew that particular piece of info.

[@Thanatos9516]

when you have something that's really really cool and you combine it with something else which is really really cool you end up with a scythe which is also a customizable high impact sniper rifle

[@Plankensen]

Ruby Rose to the challenge

[@BNuts]

A _giant_ sniper-scythe. To be fair to this 15-year-old (from a fantasy setting), she often does a blade-plant to help aim, and she uses the recoil from her shots to enhance her swings. And _Crescent Rose_ isn't even the most fantastical weapon in the series. On Team RWBY alone both _Myrtenaster_ and _Gambol Shroud_ are more implausible. Especially since _Myrtenaster_ basically shoots magic bullets instead of more realistic ones. But _Gambol Shroud_ 's blade folds up around the barrel, and Blake can somehow fire it while slinging it around on its ribbon to use the recoil and slice-and-dice. And then there's Nora's grenade hammer.

[@Demyte58]

... "It's also a gun."

[@Demyte58]

@@BNuts yeah, it's epic when ruby uses the recoil to decapitate the nevermore

[@wickederebus]

@@BNuts To paraphrase the late great Oum, "Dust is basically Materia" Weiss is using Dust, not Bullets. Ruby uses Dust Bullets. Weiss just uses Dust. Blake uses Dust Bullets Yang uses Dust shotgun shells. The difference is that Weiss's weapon, upon further examination is using the powdered form of Dust, and is using what appears to be an air pressure based release form, like Spray paint or aerosol cans. Also, in terms of building their weapons IRL and using them, Ren and Weiss win. I have a (partly, Dust is still fake, so can't use that) Myrtenaster in real life, it functions perfectly well as a rapier, and even has a little spinning piece like the chamber in the show. Ren's weapons are actually buildable, you just have to make the blades be 3 smaller pieces that would extend out into 1 blade. There is a +1 hour video where a REAL rocket scientist who actually understands the ballistics and engineering behind how to build these weapons covers it.

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

The bayonet affects the accuracy of the rifle by interfering with the air stream and by Toba degree, pulling on the front of the rifle. Along with getting caught on stuff when trying to maneuver around a building or vehicle. No so much a issue with musket line fighting. But when you want to take aim at a target a thousand yards away, that becomes an issue. A secondary note, it could also interfere with a suppressor.

[@krzysztofbroda5376]

you never hit past 500 meters, with an ordinary rifle and the accuracy is limited by the shooter way before it is by the gun

[@justsomeguywithabeard7528]

Imagine having one of those situation in a swordfight where one person is pinning the other one and one is struggling not to get stabbed Except you're the pinner and you have this sword

[@catfromreddit7148]

Found yo- wait

[@medallion2836]

Deception

[@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879]

*Laugh in Cervantes*

[@theace8502]

Hey hey hey hey!!! Don't play me like that! I thought I found him again darn it

[@theschnoozler465]

Wait haven't I seen you somewhere before-

[@BananaMike780]

the main issue they had with gun swords, or combining a gun with any melee weapon, is that guns were (and still are) finely tuned precision instruments, lotta little moving parts riveted together, and frequently striking objects with a gun isn't good for it. could end up jamming things or knocking things loose, you could end up with just a sword with a broken gun attached to it.

[@TrueVartoc]

In the later part of your video (around 7:45) when you mention that you haven't seen a gunsword with the blade perpendicular to the gun barrel, look up "nambu sword pistol", it has the exact configuration you were talking about and was around during World War 2. While it seems that there was only one example, it did exist.

[@CheeseTaterson]

I came to the comments hoping someone would mention those.

[@2DollarGargoyle]

Knowing Shad's taste for Soul Calibur, It's interesting that Crevantes from the games wasn't brought up when talking about the quillon aligned style of gun sword as he uses one just like that.

[@DarkPillWarrior]

I love the look he gets, after putting the peanut butter and jelly sandwich together, when he holds the sword and the gun. You could have no name of the video and many people would understand what he is getting at right away.

[@KnightlyNerd]

Gun axes were quite popular and are even more underrated. Seriously, look up "flintlock axe" or "wheellock axe" and you'll find an impressive number of them from the 16th and 17th centuries.

[@JuxtaposedStars]

Mace heads and halberds as well it seems! Thanks for pointing that out.

[@solanumtinkr8280]

Powerful guns kick back a fair bit, so an upward facing blade on a gun may have the blade kicked back towards your head. Never use a weapon that is a dangerous to yourself as your enemy.

[@Sharkopath2]

Solanumtinkr that's probably why the shotgun-axe combination has the blade on the bottom of the barrel.

[@skypeon4555]

+Solanumtinkr True, but some of that recoil is lost trying to push that blade back in the first place. If the pistol barrel is at the...Stick of metal that protects thine hands (Sword lovers now want my head), the it may not be THAT bad. Plus, you can put your hand on the blade to steady it. You are not going to slice through your entire hand just from that, especially if you have decent gloves on.

[@spartan4576]

Solanumtinkr but if it is a singke edged blade it wouldnt pose a risk

[@chriwehl7173]

another thing : a gun is way heavier then the grip of a normal sword, so it would end up with a horribly unbalanced sword.

[@bento9641]

Whel, not neseserly. Adding a blade to a fire arm is alsow adding weigth, And sins The weigth is plased om front of The gun this would actuly reduse The recoil And spesialy The upwards recoil you are talki g about

[@johnvillanueva7486]

i remember in a certain old anime, probably gai rei zero, the gun katana. the gun was use not to shoot but to help add more power to swings, cutting anything where the blade will suppose to stuck

[@balazsszucs7055]

So it works the same way as the Final Fantasy gunblade.

[@theendersmirk5851]

But, even dumber (and therefore cooler) gun Katana: Jetstream Sam's, where the gun literally launches the blade for what absolutely must be the most devastating single strike iajutsu technique of all time within his universe.

[@dioarya6275]

John Villanueva I think the Ga Rei one was like how Pulverizer work in Killing Floor 2 (adding shotgun blast to boost up the attack and damage)

[@Awesomeflame16]

​@@theendersmirk5851 It's Jetstream Sam, so.

[@Isolder74]

There was always Blackbeard's solution. Carrying a huge number of loaded pistols. fire toss fire toss.

[@GallowglassAxe]

There's a ridiculous kung fu movie called Return of the Chinese Boxer where there is a samurai who does that.

[@agihammerthief8953]

That's fine when you're a rich captain and can afford to replace all the pistols you will inevitably lose and not recover. For arming a significant number of soldiers, though...

[@Myzelfa]

Also known as the Meryl Strife method.

[@steelwarrior105]

New York reload

[@benthomason3307]

Is that really how blackbeard operated?Did he found Tediore?

[@Kixer1003]

7:20 Cervantes from Soul Calibur series has a gunsword like that. Its kinda like a flintlock I think

[@LeSpicey]

Kixer 1003 Welp, I was sure someone had mentioned Cervantes. Love his gunsword, and I’ve done every gunsword design that way ever since I played Soul Calibur 2

[@BigTr33]

Glad someone mentioned him. Best character in the series!

[@flamingdragonstudio7452]

it wasn't only swords and knives they did this to, but also one-handed axes and maces, and i think a few pole-arms as well, just an fyi

[@itsapittie]

"Before everyone panics, this gun isn't real." I literally had an M1 rifle in my hands when he said this. Given the subject of the video, I now wish I had a bayonet for it.

[@Chriscraft-ug3sz]

Tape kitchen knife

[@cozmic42069]

@@Chriscraft-ug3sz smithing 100

[@syeungmin6204]

american pride

[@sivvinod3187]

@@Chriscraft-ug3sz improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[@GrubQueenMarisa]

@@Chriscraft-ug3sz then it becomes a kitchen gun

[@georgyorlov6723]

Shad: “a gun for a guard is a better option” Recoil: “...no...”

[@gregresnik1830]

Only someone without knowledge of how a gun works would believe this would work

[@yourpalbryan1442]

@@gregresnik1830 pretty accurate considering shad is in Australia and he's more of a blades expert than a guns expert.

[@mrkiky]

I was thinking about how ridiculous it would be to try to aim that when you're behind cover. You have the whole blade sticking out. Plus if there's something above you, you won't be able to mind it as easily as if it's in front of you where you can see it. But damn the recoil kills it even more.

[@cloudexmachina]

@@mrkiky and thus the gangsterstyle was born. ;)

[@koin799]

Can't you use it to your advantage though?

[@SidheKnight]

I always thought Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's Gunsword was a steampunk made-up addition to the game, turns out it actually existed.. that's amazing!

[@AngelofEresos]

Same.

[@justicebenskin3355]

Do not fire without leather gloves on! Unless you like powder burns on your hands.

[@justnoob8141]

*Prove that Ubisoft really dig history class extremely deep to fantasize Assassin Creed*

[@Keichwoud357]

_"If you had the safety and you weren't worried about a gun pointing in your own direction-"_ This sentense has no meaning to gun owners. There is no such thing as "don't worry, it's on safe" or "don't worry, it's not loaded".

[@mergeads]

Eh not every gun owner

[@Keichwoud357]

@@mergeads Then they shouldn't be gun owners.

[@blakebuttron3886]

@@Keichwoud357 but life is unfortunate sometimes

[@digi7altrauma792]

@@Keichwoud357 Oh, but it's a self correcting issue though.... They "shouldn't" and won't be, after they accidentally demonetize themselves.

[@SamnissArandeen]

Yeah, I was thinking that too. If Shad came to the US and visited a range, that would be the first thing he'd hear.

[@landonlawson2676]

I live in Texas. Back in 2017 they passed a law removing all blade restrictions in the state which means I can legally walk around in public with my rapier. A friend asked me what I'd do with a sword in Texas where everyone has guns. Of course their first mistake was assuming I didn't have one of those too! 😄

[@carsonrush3352]

This comment section is the most fantastic battleground: gun buffs vs history buffs vs fantasy nerds vs couch scientists. It's a battle of 4 armies!

[@ivandelgado6180]

Carson Rush you sr just read my mind!!

[@RavenCloak13]

Do the sword buffs count as the history buffs?

[@lukediehl1210]

Then there are the crazy ones who are all 4 at once

[@Bacteriophagebs]

Hey, some of us are all four of those things!

[@cnverto2404]

XD

[@engine4628]

i jst imagine in this new time just like: random guy:"attacks a personwith a knife" person:"pulls out the gun knife" random guy(aka attacker): *WTF*

[@emanuelecorbellini5110]

I imagine it with the person being attacked using a quarterstaff as his/her walking cane. Random guy: "attacks with knife" Person: "beats the crap out of him with a big stick"

[@MultiMachinegunner]

There are rapier-like swords that are sheathed in canes

[@Criiies]

Bro this comment is cringe bro

[@rey_nemaattori]

@@MultiMachinegunner Would be the absolute winner...just a cane to walk with by day, a stick to defend your self at night and a full blown sword when shit gets tough. Illegal in most countries though...

[@oliverewarthopkins7818]

Weapon smith: "Which weapon would you like a gun or a sword?" God Emperor of Man: "Yes."

[@DarkGreenFire]

He thunder claw tho and fire sword

[@alkazaronyx8599]

Knifle

[@jonathanswavely7259]

Spear bolters

[@ProbablyMako]

As someone who mains Gunbreaker in FF14 I love this video

[@ZoraKurosagi]

My brother, I started as SAM after I was lvl50 but then found gunbreaker to be one of my favorites and I didn’t even want to tank. Now I’m actually decent at leading the party. Started playing a month ago btw

[@Salmonaxe223]

There is a pistol sword that is configured in the way you suggest. It’s a Japanese Nambu pistol with a saber coming out the top. Look up Nambu pistol sword.

[@gabeavila4252]

I actually didn't know that before your comment, it was pretty cool to lool up. Unfortunately from what I could look up, the nambu pistol blade or japanese gun blade was a one-off item that is speculated to be fabricates by one soldier and only one was recorded to have exsisted. And when looking at it, the way the blade was fastened impeded the slide so it wouldn't be able to fire or fire properly. As best I can tell you fired the gun while the enemy was at a distance then put the blade on for close quarters, and at that point you might as well use a regular pistol and sword.

[@oharon25]

It's the type of gun sword that shad mentions, a one where the blade is perpendicular to the gun. Although, it was only a temporary installment and it considered as probably the worst hand gun of all times.

[@stocktongonzalez8271]

I was just thinking of Blake from RWBY

[@mayorgeneralramirez1997]

Thank you!

[@titanium4167]

What about recoil?

[@catavar9921]

11:10 "Wearing full plate armour and carrying around a bug, heavy polearm is very inconvenient (for every day self defense)" Eh, you get used to it. Job interviews aren't always fun, though.

[@helvarstark4282]

This is a heavily underrated comment.

[@chaseviking5096]

Going to the bathroom isnt fun either. You'll need someone to take the armor off and that takes a bit of time.

[@catavar9921]

@@chaseviking5096 Adult diapers are your friend, mate. That way you only need to take it off once a day. Easy peasy.

[@chaseviking5096]

@@catavar9921 I would rather stick to some thick leather. That way I don't have to shit and piss myself.

[@catavar9921]

@@chaseviking5096 Well, you say that now. But wait until some drugged up kid comes at you with a mace in a back alley. You'll be sorry then. Full plate's the way to go.

[@siristheslayer1923]

Has crap ton of swords and stuff Sleep Has a plastic imitation gun *WOKE*

[@darthxerxes5468]

Australian government: *man has hundreds of deadly melee weapons and bows* i sleep Australian government: *has one plastic gun* real shit

[@allthenewsordeath5772]

zombiepixlez gamer In defense of the Australian government, it was way more difficult for me to kill 50 people with a fork, then it would’ve been for me to kill 50 people with a semi automatic rifle.

[@darthxerxes5468]

@@allthenewsordeath5772 define a semi-automatic rifle

[@allthenewsordeath5772]

zombiepixlez gamer A rifle that requires the operator to depress the trigger each time they wish to fire a round. Examples include the M1 and the AR 15.

[@darthxerxes5468]

@@allthenewsordeath5772 you have my permission to talk about guns

[@ej-ej49]

"Question: Does the plan involve gun swords? I watch a lot of animé and, trust me, you're gonna want some gun swords." - Soos 🔧🔨🛠️

[@aidenbaker8376]

Soos was a Chad and will always be a Chad

[@Orinslayer]

That sabre-long rifle combo looks awesone.

[@Omni-kyun]

Orin Anthony Yes, unfortunately it would result in an ineffective gun, and a really shitty sword. Quite cool for fictional settings though. :)

[@jayjonesrgaming]

Cervantes from Soul Calibur has a gun-sword configured like that 7:06! As soon as you held it up I was like “omg, I’ve seen that configuration somewhere” and spent 5minutes searching for the character 😂

[@insertedgynamehere]

Finally, a Cervantes reference.

[@sammyjones6730]

I would think weight would be a big issue from the sword perspective. Handguns tend to weight as much as or more than swords do on their own, so combining them gives you a single handed sword that's 2x heavier than it should be. It would lose against someone using a sword, loaded gun, or bayonet. Attaching a smallsword blade wouldn't really fix this, since the blade is too thin to oppose warswords or especially bayonets very well. Adding this to the difficulty aiming the gun, you end up with a weapon that only reliably wins against someone who is using a sword in ranged combat, or an unloaded pistol close combat, but is more convenient to manage than a sword and pistol seperately. There's a place for it certainly, but it's not a clear winner by any means.

[@farmerboy916]

Sammy Jones Everything about this comment except that it is more convenient to manage than just two seperate weapons. It'd seem the opposite to me, both being nimbler individually, both requiring one hand, and the pistol turning into a club/ parrying stick once I shot it. And of course if needed only one would have to be drawn

[@sammyjones6730]

Unless someone can fence or shoot left-handed, they have to spend about a second swapping their pistol out of their dominant hand after shooting. Admittedly, I don't think most soldiers would frequently be in situations where the gunsword's faster swapping would outweigh its other, more universal combat limitations. Faster swapping isn't the only handling advantage though. These others might actually be more useful: -Sailors and dragoons would have a free hand to pull ropes or control a horse without sacrificing melee or ranged capabilities -A soldier wouldn't have to put down their melee weapon while reloading -For soldiers already carrying a musket as their primary weapon, they don't have to pick which secondary weapon to use in their dominant hand after shooting the musket. They could also easily carry both weapons in both hands without having to holster anything, if the situation required it. However, musketeers are better served by pistols and bayonets as secondary weapons in any case.

[@Wizard_Pepsi]

Almost 3 years and this is still one of my favorite intro scenes.

[@grimprime0158]

“It’s also a customizable high-impact sniper rife” What? *click click It’s also a hun

[@SmolDoggo]

Well I prefer a scythe that is also a gun

[@handlesarecringe957]

*pillaging noises*

[@SamanthaLaurier]

Nice reference you got there

[@epauletshark3793]

Your sniper turns into a Hun?

[@gabrieledavidepavan2459]

@@epauletshark3793 Fro high impact long distance pillaging.

[@baylego]

Big thing you don't don't aim with those kind of gunpowder gun/revolvers. You point it in the general direction and pray to your gods,

[@b1laxson]

Thor god of Thunder seems approriate

[@concibar4267]

Lol, I'm now imagining someone pointing their gun in the direction of the opponents and just praying not shooting.

[@AFpaleoCon]

Mmm not really. That’s a pretty big misconception.

[@baylego]

xXxBlackwaterXxX Yeh, you can aim then and get pretty accurate with them, Sakallagrim is pretty good with'em, but still you're not going to shot it at more than 9 meters

[@adambielen8996]

Being accurate with a gun-sword would indeed be difficult. However, smoothbore muskets are reasonably accurate up to 100 ft, after all they were used for hunting. Smoothbore guns lose accuracy at longer ranges do to projectile drift, the addition of rifling would increase combat ranges up to 300 yards.

[@probablynotyou9286]

Imagine when doom guy discovers these

[@onetrucksizedsalmon2962]

Not enough barrels, also needs bigger caliber

[@probablynotyou9286]

@@onetrucksizedsalmon2962 more

[@mozxz]

The super Shotgun of Doom Eternal comes pretty close, although, that is a meat hook, that pulls you to the target, and then you can blast it to pieces.

[@nevermore7285]

“I’ll attach a BFG on top of my chainsaw!”

[@guyfieri148]

@@probablynotyou9286 MORE!

[@davidweikle9921]

Australian: owns a fake gun Police: *"Oi, you got a loicense for that?"* American: owns multiple guns for every person in the household Police: *"Understandable, have a nice day."*

[@AlexVSharp]

If I remember correctly: the flintlock part of the weapon was meant to be used in close range since it was generally not very accurate even when aimed. Using it as an element of surprise you can quickly dispatch of one enemy before getting into a sword fight with the other. I recall hearing the gun-sword was favourite in close-quarters ship combat, mostly by pirates, but don't quote me on that. Edit: Check out the "Forgotten Weapons" channel. Ian covered the Elgin Cutlass pistol.

[@RavenCloak13]

Alex V.Sharp Makes sense and was going to ask that because wouldn’t you use it more as a close range surprise shot since the accuracy was sort of shit and not to mention most people probably wouldn’t think or even see the fucking gun attached to your sword when going into fight or charge someone in what you said, a pirate raid.

[@doubledevelo370]

Shad: has to explain that his gun is a fake. Me: laughs in American.

[@wortz9291]

Laughs in American schools

[@andrewboyer7544]

@@wortz9291 poor delivery. 3/10

[@azraelgorge9203]

@@andrewboyer7544 doesn't mean he's wrong tho xD

[@zameliz]

I find this funny as it's more likely to most of you americans to lose your shit over a fake gun, and not just fake guns but random objects that may vaguely look like a gun. So who's laughing now? :D

[@wortz9291]

@@zameliz definitely not the children

[@arsenal_616]

If I had to guess why blades and firearms aren't more often combined into one weapon has more to do with durability than anything else. You can have a pretty durable knife and a pretty durable pistol, both can put up with a fair amount of hard use and abuse, from a military perspective. But when you combine the two, you now have something a lot more fragile and less reliable. It just doesn't seem like a combat worthy concept.

[@dalekmasterblaster585]

His Honer, Special Council Covfefe Chocker Wasn't the gun axe similar to a blunderbuss? It just carried the axehead?

[@rickregina5053]

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer?

[@marikafragen8953]

I was going to say. The gun-spear came into vogue as the bayoneted musket or rifle. Rifle plus long knife = melee weapon like a spear, with a pretty heavy butt. At any rate, the first bayonets were stuck in the barrel of the single-shot thing you just fired, preventing further firing. Since it took a bit to reload, and you were in melee if you needed the bayonet, this wasn't an issue. Later, the bayonets were added underneath, and we still see them in use. 7" blade or 9" blade, for the M-7 or the M-9. In 1941, some bayonets were quite long. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet#/media/File:The_British_Army_in_Britain,_1941_H10633.jpg

[@absalomdraconis]

Marika Fragen : Seconded. I feel that the real melee-gun combo to be desired was indeed the gun-polearm (due to long-weapons being reliably the most army-practical primary weapons), and since the simple spear was the "best" due to the relative ease of use, the simple optimization of using a metal gun barrel instead of _additionally_ having a wooden pole leaves you with a long-gun with a musket at the end. I suspect that knife-guns were popular more for sailors worried over pirates (they used knives for utility work) and people spending lots of time in the backwoods where you might worry about being attacked by a bear or something. Gun-swords could really only have seemed practical for an officer of a unit, but muskets were so inaccurate that a few paces were enough to make getting hit by one an act of God: one of the biggest reasons duelling ended in America is that pistols became so accurate that hitting was a matter of _skill_ instead of chance, but by my understanding virtually every gun-sword dates to _before_ pistols became that accurate. For all practical purposes, the gun of a gun-sword would only have been practical for shooting at enemies already engaged in hand-to-hand with your own soldiers.

[@Ch4oTiK]

Ethan Orozco i.redd.it/bbuwbhnkw6ly.jpg Swedish Gun Axe. 1703 model.

[@rylenstuffsv2]

The musket and a knife at the end of it is the most iconic to me then an actual sword combined with a gun

[@LuisSilva-vq1ek]

Cervantes from the videogame saga "Soul Calibur" wields a gun sword which boasts the configuration of perpendicular trajectories presented by you in 7:33

[@jordanmatthews1466]

But, he was referring to ACTUAL historic gun swords.

[@woadsamurai3572]

I'd say that the reason you wouldn't want a gunsword with the gun being part of the quillion is quite simple. If you're holding it with one hand, bring it up and aim to get a sight picture...the second you pull the trigger and you're not used to the recoil the blade will come right back and cleave into your face...or rather right down on top of your skull.

[@monarchtherapsidsinostran9125]

Woad Samurai it really won't unless your pistol is shooting over 50 caliber. The weight of the gun is effectively doubled if not more because of the sword. So recoil would be laughable if a 9mm cartridge is used. Which btw already is very controllable. The weight would make it probably not jump up if at all to be honest depending on the round. After all the Japanese had an interesting officer sword, and nambu pistol combo. Id like to see that fire to confirm my theory.

[@erlandjohansen7195]

MonarchTherapsids Inostran you need to remember that the point of balance here will be far above the slide, a bit like having an enormously high bore axis. Controlling the recoil on a gun like that would most likely be very difficult.

[@domestic_sausage8643]

The flintlocks that would have been traditionally used to make gun swords, have pretty negligible and controllable recoil compared to the more powerful modern firearms.

[@kingheathercapsicumannuum2840]

Woad Samurai also it would make guns hard to use in places with limited head space

[@Jasmobius]

Honestly, after I was done watching the video, I rewatched the intro a couple times. It's definitely my favorite of the intros I've seen thus far, and not only in you videos. It explains exactly how people came to the idea of gunswords by using a humorous modern analogy. It leaves only one question left for the viewer: What about dragons? Can we combine them with swords?!

[@RokuroCarisu]

orig00.deviantart.net/cfb3/f/2017/251/d/e/blue_eyes_blade_dragon_by_alanmac95-dblmwqz.png Totally.

[@JangofettAlex]

Im am extremely surprised noone has brought up the Japanese Nambu-Katana configuration, it has the exact setup Shad talks about at 7:08

[@europademon]

"what seems to be the problem here?" "He got chocolate in my peanut butter." "He got peanut butter on my chocolate."

[@Parker-us4ci]

He got his gun in my sword He got his sword on my gun

[@Cretaal]

You got your trout in my peanutbutter! You got your peanutbutter on my trout! If anyone gets that reference right off the bat, freaking kudos.

[@europademon]

Cretaal I'm triple rocked to the core about your reference. 👽😁

[@Cretaal]

Donald Hudson I'm not. It was hhhhhhhhhorrible, just horrible

[@europademon]

I'm not going to lie. I had to look it up. Lol. I'd remembered it from somewhere, but just couldn't pull it from the ether. :)

[@kjt7971]

6:20 I am a federally licensed gun instructor and expert level shooting coach; at some point I can explain the good, bad and ugly about what you propose here with a slide action semi-auto pistol, hybridized with a sword or knife. For references, pistol bayonets do exist, which gives the pistol a knife, and it does increase the front end. Making it a little more weighty at the front, but one interesting thing is that the extra weight to the front actually counteracts the muzzle jump expected of firearms, by literally holding down the barrel by extra weight. A gun sword would be less likely to do a muzzle-jump.

[@joshuajacobsen2046]

One problem with using the gun barrel as the quillen of the cross guard is that it could damage the gun barrel when blocking sword strikes, which could cause the gun to explode the next time it was fired, which is bad. Unless the barrel was reinforced on the top, which would make it heavier and you would still have the problem of recoil launching the blade into your head, as others have said.

[@jonathanswavely7259]

The extra weight on top of the gun might actually help with recoil

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

Weight reduces recoil and the Center of mass is above the guard but okay

[@scrwd4568]

@@redTanto well, a bullet doesnt need much to completely wreck the gun either. Not a pro here, and pure speculation. iirc, the barrel of a gun must be maintained almost at all times, because even if it's slightly bent or there's something in the way, the bullet will either swerve off course or blow the barrel

[@scrwd4568]

@@redTanto Okay, but there's a difference between made to be curved and made curved by impact. But on another point, when stroke against, won't the barrel be curved in only at one spot? wouldn't that be dangerous? again, i dont have any exp on this, im legit curious

[@scrwd4568]

@@redTanto strike against* What i mean is if a sword hit the middle of the barrel, and since it's a sword fight, the barrel cant be moved out of the way or the sword will hit the user. That means that the barrel will take the full force of strike. Could this make a small bump that will make the barrel unfit for use?

[@prestonlogan3808]

Star wars actually had a sort of fun blade. In star wars rebels, the main character makes his lightsaber with a blaster on the hilt facing his enemies

[@Win94ae]

I have an 8 3/8 inch barreled revolver, and even though it is harder to hold than my short barreled pistols, it is still precise. It would be comparable in handling to those pistol knives. Great video!

[@f38stingray]

I have a long barrel revolver, too, and you're right - the longer barrel might even be more precise because the extra mass damps out smaller movements. But, it also slows down drawing and coarse aiming - maybe that plays a part in it.

[@LUCIAN8016]

The main problem with combined weapons is that the gun added to the sword causes it to be heavier in the direction of the handle and heavier in general. With the same amount of steel, you could do a much larger and more effective sword. Adding a sword or blade to the gun causes it to become heavier towards the barrel, and heavier in general.. This makes it more difficult to aim and shoot effectively. With the same amount of steel, you could do a pistol with a longer barrel of a larger caliber Conclusion is add a very small pistol to sword or add a very small blade to the gun. When swords and blades deal better damage than the primitive pistol, it is better to treat it as a base and possibly add a small amount of shooting in the form of a small gun or pepperbox. Since firearms deal greater damage from the sword it is better to treat it as a base and possibly add a small amount of stabbing and cutting in the form of a bayonet

[@patrickbuckley7259]

Still doesn't explain the lack of Gun Knives. Or Shotgun Axes for that matter...

[@LUCIAN8016]

Combined weapon works well when it comes to surprise the opponent. Nobody expects you to shoot with a knife Try to skin the deer with a knifeguns or chop wood with shotgunaxes. The combination of knife and gun fits when your only job is to kill and fight and do not use knives for anything else. Similar to the combination of shotgun and ax. People prefer to have a good knife to cut and a good gun to shoot instead of a gun that you can do both together but a little worse than separately.

[@harvus796]

Patrick Buckley Shotgun axes explain themselves away. Besides, martial combat with guns needn't be limited to bang bang bayonet. There's lots of safe striking edges on guns today.

[@Huy-G-Le]

hA, you don't just put a knife on a pistol! WW1 Trench fighter: *exist*

[@beardedbjorn5520]

Alex The Awsome what?

[@CloneSeizure]

@@beardedbjorn5520 The video is about a knife or sword on a gun. Not a rifle, plus a bayonet was only good for stabbing and they were flimsy

[@beardedbjorn5520]

@@CloneSeizure no I'm fully aware. Not really sure why you replied to me with that to be honest.

[@MLCloneCODgamer]

The face of realisation when you think of the gunsword XD

[@joesmutz9287]

One of the big reasons why bayonettes are usually removable is because they make it harder to load muzzleloaders Originally, they were just shoved down the barrel which made it impossible, but even when the ring bayonette (goes around the barrel instead of inside) was invented, it still added a few critical seconds on loading

[@dudewithlaptop8663]

Your peanut butter and jelly to bread ratio is way off.. Frankly I'm disappointed.. lol

[@Harrowed2TheMind]

I'm more disapointed in the fact that he used white bread...

[@dudewithlaptop8663]

Harrowed2TheMind Did you unsubscribe to and go and dislike every video he's ever posted? lol jk this is one of my favorite youtube channels in all reality. But seriously we should teach him how to make a proper pb and j

[@FabschOblivion669]

Jacob Timm PB > J

[@NickRoman]

It did seem a little thin with the coatings. And yeah, white bread? That's so 80s. Yuck. Get some seeds and nuts and twigs in there. Ok, not twigs, but still.

[@dudewithlaptop8663]

Galaxis If you can taste the bread your doing it wrong. lol

[@chaoitcdie6444]

RWBY: “Remember! It’s also a gun”.

[@SharowbladyeGaymerPorate]

"now that's a katana!"

[@fenorlex1126]

I'd rather stick to the sidesword (rapier + arming sword) and pistol combo instead.

[@kingsleysh8070]

Yes

[@CrabOnABeach]

Qrow's sword-scythe-shotgun

[@White_Recluse]

Too bad the show went downhill after Season 3

[@monoclesquid9667]

The vertically-oriented gun-sword hybrid was not popular due to it restricting aim and making accidental misfire much easier, I believe. Plus, with recoil... and a long, possibly sharp length of metal being pushed back towards your face... eehhhghh. Not a good idea.

[@nathanji292]

Japanese made such a katana pistol in WWII

[@lordundeadrat]

I think the recoil effect would be more unwieldy than dangerous. The extra mass on top would resist recoil. But it would also make the recoil you did receive harder to manage. I don't imagine guns attached to the cross guard would be all that powerful anyway. Still, aiming would be a bitch. The top mounted mass of the blade would tend to want to list one way or the other. Even in close range hitting your target would be a gamble.

[@Wetcorps]

Also, the barrel would point forward when the sword is sheathed which could be a safety issue.

[@yulusleonard985]

its one shoot gun, recoil is non issue because the weight of the blade. You can design better safety for one shot.

[@kengushinsho4892]

Cervantes from Soul Calibur has a vertically-oriented gun-sword. Seems pretty effective there.

[@mr.mystery9940]

"Sword Gun, mightier than a Pen Gun" - Stan Smith