Take a shot for each time I say fun. I can't stop saying it. This gun makes me smile. It's just such a pleasure to shoot. Did I mention that it's fun? You can buy windchimes based on this project, https://maf-arms.com/product/hitchhiker-build-kit/ (you can use code 'ratman' and evidently it does something) You can find great reading material for you and your robot plastic squirter on The Gatalog -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/IvanPrintsGuns You can support me directly on Playeur - https://playeur.com/c/ivanthetroll You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Finally, we get to the true start of the Naughto-5s - the Winchester 1911 Self Loading Shotgun. With Remington's Model 11 dominating the market, Winchester needed to respond - and had to evade Browning's patents to do so. While often maligned, the Winchester 1911 did offer several novel features - but did also fell short in many important ways. For a spreadsheet comparing details of the various shotguns covered in this series: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rA-tUvvLu2nCZ89qfEqkCCvP8THGt7tyAAg7oxKdF7I/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/IvanPrintsGuns You can support me directly on Playeur - https://playeur.com/c/ivanthetroll You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

This is the Remington Autoloading Shotgun - later known as the Remington Model 11. The Model 11 may "just" be an Auto 5 clone, but it played a very important role in the popularization of autoloading shotguns in general. For a spreadsheet comparing details of the various shotguns covered in this series: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rA-tUvvLu2nCZ89qfEqkCCvP8THGt7tyAAg7oxKdF7I/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/IvanPrintsGuns You can support me directly on Playeur - https://playeur.com/c/ivanthetroll You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Welcome to the first installment in my series on the long recoil shotguns inspired by the Browning Auto 5. In this video, we'll touch on what this series of videos will entail, cover the basics of the Auto 5 itself, and bust some clays with a Superlightweight 12 gauge. For a spreadsheet comparing details of the various shotguns covered in this series: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rA-tUvvLu2nCZ89qfEqkCCvP8THGt7tyAAg7oxKdF7I/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/IvanPrintsGuns You can support me directly on Playeur - https://playeur.com/c/ivanthetroll You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Tim had some trouble with his shotgun - but what exactly was the issue? It might be not be what you think... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/IvanPrintsGuns You can support me directly on Playeur - https://playeur.com/c/ivanthetroll You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Before I dive into more shotgun videos, I wanted to make a few touching on some basic terminology. In this video, we'll go over shotgun chokes. There are lots videos discussing how shotguns chokes work - but few of them give a technical demonstration (which I think is important). So, with much yapping, let's look at how shotgun chokes work, using a polychoked Auto 5 as our guinea pig. As discussed, more modern screw-in choke systems work in the same basic way - but the way the polychoke constricts makes it easy to visualize how chokes actually work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/IvanPrintsGuns You can support me directly on Playeur - https://playeur.com/c/ivanthetroll You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

The forward assist on the AR15 has good reasons for existing, and I'm tired of pretending it doesn't. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/IvanPrintsGuns You can support me directly on Playeur - https://playeur.com/c/ivanthetroll You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Since people are talking about Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI) again, I went and put all my thoughts on SDI, getting into gunsmithing, etc in once place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/IvanPrintsGuns You can support me directly on Playeur - https://playeur.com/c/ivanthetroll You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I put together my response to Wendigoon's AR15 history video, which I believe gets a lot wrong - including it's central thesis. TLDW, the Army did stall and obstruct the AR15's adoption, but they had good reasons to do so. DOD rushed the adoption of the rifle, and the had good reasons to do so. The rifle did have problems early on as all rifles do. However, these happenings do not support a narrative of "sabotage", and really don't even paint a cohesive picture of negligence. I use the M16 Review Panel's report and The Black Rifle to break down the thesis, and show why the evidence Wendigoon presents for this thesis falls into one of two buckets: either misunderstanding the details to the point of being wrong, or being outright wrong. Links to these documents: https://odysee.com/THE_BLACK_RIFLE_M16_RETROSPECTIVE:c https://thecoltar15resource.com/report-of-the-m16-rifle-review-panel-1-jun-1968/ Long story short, I felt compelled to make this response because I've spent enough time researching this stuff that I feel obliged to fight the spread of this sort of fuddlore misunderstanding of the AR15's history as much as possible. Hopefully, the video strikes you as going beyond simply nitpicking small details (I made that video too, it was four hours long,, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/Q2NjB-vcv3E), and instead feels like an address of the core misunderstanding found in Wendigoon's presentation. A little more context/thoughts that didn't make it into the video are listed here: https://x.com/NaviGoBoom/status/1808966660969410702

Airsoft Airsoft Airsoft Airsoft Paintball Trigger In beta testing as of the release of this video! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

You can go do the thing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Getting some binary action in -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I call it the commie colt because it's funny -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A Saiga AK103 kit in a v4 receiver. Pretty nice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Ak good Ak fun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

11.25mm is like 10mm for men!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Regular MP5 stuff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I carry an 11.25mm because they don't make a 12mm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A video from some cold weather shooting with the Plastikov. was -10F-ish during my shooting, did a couple hundred rounds and the gun did great. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

inb4 "that doesn't sound very quiet to me huhuhuh", it's running 115s here and they are still supersonic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

For whatever reason, these 22lr uppers don't come with BHO's. I had to create a new BHO and machine a little on the bolt, but the end result is really nice - for guns that are awkward to charge, having a BHO is great. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

For the record, this is Underwood's full power 10mm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Blue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Messing around with a UBAR3 prototype -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Today we have a documentary about the history of guns, this is educational thank you for understanding. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Just a new 4x4 review as usual, very well and good -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Which one was your favorite? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Shooting some bulk Winchester through the Verde for groups. It does alright considering the ammo and sight setup. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

This is the Amigo Verde - a 3D printable CETME L build. I've been working on it slowly over the past couple years. I think it's pretty great. You can beta test it, if you'd like. Message Ivan on the rocketchat. I'll post more videos and details over the next week or so. Kits will be available on MAF, and are pretty cost effective compared to what kits and barrels cost separate! I've been excited to share this one with you all for a while. One cool thing here is how much better the roller delay action deals with heat compared to printed AR uppers - not having a gas tube jet heat back into the upper helps a lot! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Two odd builds made possible with 3D printing, very cool. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

In this video I shoot the gun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Well, it's working. Sort of. Ish? To be continued, I guess. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

An overview of the Plastikov v4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

v4 in 223 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

youtube didn't believe me when I said these were airsoft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Shooting five of my SF5 builds and talking about some details on them. This build is in beta currently over on the rocketchat. Audio is a little rough, today decided to have 20mph sustained winds with gusts over 50mph. Goofy weather. Anyway, here's some of what I've been working on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Doing a little 10mm magdumping. Also, the SF5 is in beta now. You can message Ivan on rocketchat to get in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

ich habe eine MP5! du hast eine MP5! wir alle haben eine MP5! The KF5 3D printable MP5 is released on The Gatalog today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Moved the Draco kit over to a v4 receiver. A couple tweaks have been made since the initial v4 prototype. Still have a few more tweaks to experiment with as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little look at the Plastikov v4 - the next generation of 3D printed AKM receiver. The design now sports a monolithic upper, standalone fire control unit, a safety, and much more. I'll do a detailed breakdown video at some point in the future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Some shooting with the flangeless Amigo Grande. Detailed video coming soon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A lil update. Youtube hates me. MP5 10 is coming along well. Stop asking me when things will be released. We get there when we get there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Today we review these gloves. I like them. They do pretty good. We do a variety of simple tasks to test these gloves out to ensure they are up to the job! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

On today's weather review we have the hard hitting questions such as why is the 45mm 1911 better than the glock 9mm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

This video has no point and is satire. If you're curious about 10mm's story, this guy has a great first-hand account of how things went down: https://gundigest.com/article/10mm-handguns-and-the-fbi TLDR: 10mm wasn't nerfed because of weak wrists or whatever, the FBI only ever were interested in the weak load, and 40SW was designed to allow that same performance in less overall length - because the gun the FBI settled on for 10mm was bulky and heavy. Anyway - to illustrate some of this story, I review a soda pop in 40 and 10, comparing performance and musing about things. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I did a poll on twitter to decide what 4x4 accessories I should use. They picked some... choices. Very cool. Might have to do this again, was sort of fun! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Welcome to the best 4x4 review channel ever this time we go over the best 4x4 review ever the Polaris sportsman 4x4 350 4x4 over x4 4x4x4x! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Epic wholesome good vibes minecraft home improvement video -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

do not attempt at home guns are bad and icky and dangerous (gross!) and only trained professionals like cops and politicians should be able to have them also youtube staff if they want to become they have very big brains and are extremely attractive! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

This is how ww2 was won, fun fact -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Keep rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling, what? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Plastikov good gun control bad! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Got the 10/40 working with the flangless upper. Still need to square away the bolt hold open, but getting closer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

One of my favorite builds: a factory Colt A2 7.62x39 upper with a retro 4x on it. It's weirdly accurate with steel case ammo, kicks like an overgassed AK, but is perfectly reliable (provided you use the good 10 round mags). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

After the last test (which was a joke, effectively), Boostwillis came up with this great idea - threaded rods and reinforcing plates throughout the slide to give it a chance of holding up. Will it work? Let's find out! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Got the MP5-10/40 feeding reliably. Next up: adding a bolt hold open and building one in 10mm so that I too can pretend that 10mm isn't just 40SW but longer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

It's a question that's been asked a million times - can you 3D print a Glock slide? Makarov's men think yes. I think no. Let's find out who is right, and who is a video game developer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Truly a kleiner freund moment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little peek at a new project - KF5 that supports 10mm and 40SW (based on the barrel you use), as well as 357SIG and 9Dillon (again, based on barrels). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Testing out a couple experimental changes to the KF5 - one being the paddle mag release, the other being the flangleless upper. The paddle release will likely be included with the initial release of the KF5, but the flangleless upper will take a lot of testing - if the idea doesn't hold up it won't be released. The flanges offer important stiffness to the parts, and it remains to be seen how they perform without them. But I figured I'd share this experimental version to show you guys some of the behind the scenes testing that goes into these things. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Doing a little testing with the CZAR V3 - an update to the CZAR V2 by FMDA1776. The update builds on the V2 improvements with better ergonomics, a little easier to print design, and a tweak to the hammer location to eliminate the binding between the hammer and bolt some users ran into. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A video on how the Glock striker action works. And how a switch changes that. Also useful for if you've got a slide stuck on a gun and the trigger pull won't release the striker. Also maybe just interesting since not a lot of people seem to understand the Glock striker action. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

More 3D printed MP5. This build is past 3000 rounds at this point - and still running strong! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I'm a serious guy I do serious stuff 4 real -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Doing a little shooting with the RPK. It's weight plus the muzzle brake makes it shoot very flat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

3011 Popping Some Cans. 22TCM is great. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

It does the thing very good, 10/10 improvement to the original -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little fun with the UBAR2, running some steel at 50 yards. 20" ARs are magical. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Testing the latest version of my 3D printed MP5 build. Have a couple thousand rounds on the upper and lower receivers shown here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Doing some more testing of CTRLPEW's TacDaddy - it's a great build and a lot of fun to shoot. Better than the Macs if you ask me, but I like how the round upper looks and think the Tac shoots softer than the Mac. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Doing a little shooting with one of my Hi-Powers. I like this thing a lot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Running a couple mags through the T91 on a UBAR2 printed lower The T91 is an AR-15ish design, very interesting system. My upper took some work to get it running reliably, but it's worked great since. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A long form video on the 3011. I think this build is pretty underrated (perhaps due to its looks and the aura that surrounds the 1911 in general), and I try to lay out some of what makes the 3011 so great in this video. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Some more doublestack 3011 testing - this time around, in 22TCM and running the 17 round mags. The lighter TCM slide gets this package well under 4lbs! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

First test of the 3011 frame - 14 rounds of 45ACP in a flush-fitting magazine is pretty slick. Whole package weighs under 4lbs loaded and configured as seen (with brace and red dot)! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Super long video, but here's my test of the Biden's Bane. TLDW, when printed in PLA and running a midlength, 16", M4 profile barrel: for 30-60 rounds it holds up great, between 60 and 90 rounds it experiences point of impact shift due to overheating the upper receiver, it can be pushed to 180 rounds (and beyond) but will have lost any semblance of accuracy by that point. Video of the shooting starts at: 12:31 Lots of caveats with a test like this - I explain most of them at the beginning, but in general there's many factors that go into a test like that that can skew things one way or the other - by no means is this test meant to be authoritative on what 3D printed AR15 uppers are capable of, just a single data point for reference. Printed in a better material (PLA is really the worst possible material for this), using a lighter weight barrel, brass case ammo (steel case doesn't take as much heat with it when it leaves), environmental temps, even the amount of gun cleaning oil on the barrel before the test starts (I cleaned all oil off of this barrel with degreaser to ensure it wouldn't get all smoky and make it hard to see the gun) - all these factors can have a big impact on how long a printed upper will hold up, so take this video (and any video that presents itself as being authoritative on this subject) with a grain of salt. Now, for those of you still reading this, bear in mind the Biden's Bane is very nearly 100% printed - it has a cheap stainless steel bushing to isolate gas tube heat from the upper receiver itself, and is otherwise printed. There's certainly room to improve things further, and I touch on some of these at the end of the video. Much more testing and fun to come, but for a PLA AR15 upper (a feat most dismissed as impossible for even a couple shots), 30-60 rounds of accurate fire is nothing to scoff at. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Some 100yd shooting with the KF5. Soft shooting, lightweight, accurate - it makes for a great range gun from the 10 yard line to the 100 and beyond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Simple build, a PSA Dagger upper on a DD19.2 frame. Shoots great, very pleased with the quality of the PSA Glock-style line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Dumping my 29 round drum mag with very good editing to make it look like it has 50 rounds because I would never break the youtube TOS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Testing out the TacDaddy from the CTRLPew beta. I like this thing so far, better than the Mac-based builds (round gun looks cool), and I think it's a bit better shooting too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Magdumping the tiny Amigo Grande. It had been raining all week, so I broke out the tracers to have a little fun. My last round disloged one of the prior rounds from the ground, and you can hear it burn as it flies up through the air. As usual with tracers, I stuck around for 30 minutes after shooting to make sure nothing wanted to catch fire - while everything was wet and muddy, it never hurts to be sure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Entering testing now, the BUBAR is a reinforced 3D printable lower like the UBAR, but big. So, BUBAR! Capable of running LR308/DPMS uppers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Nothing too fancy, just a 3D printed 308 or whatever -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I get comments a lot about why I place my finger the way I do on certain guns with certain triggers - here's the long story long. Sometimes people are pretty rooted in some idea that despite vast variation in hands, grip, and triggers, there's only one correct way to put a finger on a trigger - and while that might hold true for them and their limited experience with various setups, a look at many different shooters reveals this "myth" isn't quite all it's cracked up to be. Join me for a long-winded explanation of why trigger finger placement does matter from a mechanical standpoint, an explanation of what that means for me, and some musings on this topic in general. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Ripping through a mag with the KF5. Adding the GSL tri-lug flash hider and the scout light to the end of the gun helps keep muzzle rise down. The tri-lug helps demonstrate that even with a suppressor, the barrel is mounted rigidly enough that the extra weight isn't a big issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Swinging some steel at 100 yards with the BUBAR. It's a PSA upper, and with steel case ammo I've been able to shoot MOA groups, which is pretty amazing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Testing out Fuddbuster's 3D Printable P99 race gun frame. It shoots really nice, at 20 yards I could rip through mags of 40SW and stay on target thanks to the gas pedal on the frame. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

heh unburnt powder goes FLASH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little video with my thoughts on the Plastikov v3 Draco build, some shooting footage, and final thoughts. A bit of a different video format, let me know what you guys think about it in the comments. More long format videos? Stick to magdumps? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Magdumping the new Magpul 29 round MP5 Drum in one of my KF5s - it had an interesting failure in this video: I did three full drums and each time it had what I guess is technically a failure to feed but not a jam. Rounds just didn't feed up in time, and the bolt closed. So like with pretty much any drum mag, it's a lot of fun, looks cool, but is less reliable than standard column magazines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little fooling around with the KF5. It's probably the easiest 3D printed gun to shoot that isn't a 22 - light and controllable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Something simple for today - a slowmo shot through the Amigo 51. I still need to change a couple things on it, but this should make a fun meme gun. It shoots 3ft fireballs with a side effect of a really slow 308 projectile in there somewhere. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little more testing with the KF5 - this time, trying out the Aves MP5 ejector with a variety of magazines. The Aves ejector functioned perfectly and took no hand fitting to install - it's pretty awesome! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Half of this video is me shooting the KF5 (3D printed MP5) Anyway, I've been busy these past couple months. Here's the highlights! Some footage is old, but most has been filmed since the last superreel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

More testing video of the KF5. It's pretty dang fantastic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Running an ETS mag through the KF5. These mags fit very tight, but feed pretty well - I'd say they are the most reliable magazines that aren't the HK or KCI mags. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Running a mag through the KF5. Still using the same 3D printed ejector, it's got 350 rounds on it as of this video. Still working great! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

This is the Kleiner Freund (KF5) - a 3D printable MP5 build that uses AR15 fire control parts. This build is much cheaper than an MP5 (or even the knockoffs/clones), since it only uses the core parts of an MP5 and substitutes better, more reliable (and cheaper) parts for the rest. The scope used is a course far too large for an MP5, but all my red dots are tied up on other builds. Anyway, in this initial testing, I'm using a 3D printed ejector - while it does work with OEM ones, OEM ejectors are very expensive and hard to find - I'm working to get steel ones made, but in the mean time, a 3D printed one does the trick. Obviously, development is still ongoing - the magazine well needs tweaked, and the ejection port is massively oversized so that it can act as an inspection port (so that I can see the inner workings without taking the gun apart). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Well folks, the Amigo Grande is released to the wild. What started as a silly project between Fuddbusters and I has grown into a remarkable, well-documented, awesome build - thanks in no small part to the awesome beta testing team. Don't think you've seen the end of the Amigo, however - it's got little brothers and awesome cousins that are sure to show off soon... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Did a little bit of shooting this week, and had a pile of empty mags on one workbench. Decided to load them back up, but at the suggestion of one viewer, record it ASMR style. So it's about 30 minutes of me loading mags with no talking or musing, just stuffing some rounds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ Just a little announcement and heads up - as Biden increases pressure on homemade guns and YouTube continues to tighten rules, it's only become more apparent that I need a good backup - and I've decided that Utreon is the best solution. I'll continue to post short testing videos on Youtube as long as I can, but certain "more interesting" videos will have to go on Utreon, and the ability to ask specific questions and get specific answers will have to remain there as well. I'm planning on doing Q&As where subscribers can ask questions, focused feedback on troubleshooting, and some other perks for those willing to support me on Utreon - more to come on that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You can support me directly on Utreon - https://utreon.com/c/ivanthetroll/ You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Something simple this time - ringing steel at 25 yards with a 3D printed Glock 19 build. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Banging a little steel with the Plastikov 103. This is one of the most accurate builds I've have the pleasure of shooting - I imagine I just got lucky with a really good kit, but I'm consistently able to shoot 1MOA groups with steel case x39. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

More snow footage (yay!) - this time, running one of my 3011 builds with a slightly modified version of the Daikon Defense extendable brace. It's a pretty slick design, if a bit heavy and bulky - but rock steady against the fearsome power of 45ACP! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Put some rounds through the Amigo today - temps are hanging around zero, but the gun ran great. Targets were a 2ftx3ft steel plate (the louder ringing target) and a 1ftxft plate (doesn't ring as loud) at 75 yards - the Amigo has no trouble smacking them, and with the 3D printed Spuhr-style stock and a honking muzzle brake, the in-line recoil is very manageable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Apparently shooting guns in the cold is hot right now? Anyway, here's a little montage of some shooting I snuck in between waves of a blizzard. The UBAR2 with the T91 upper ran perfectly through 240 rounds before I got too cold. The scope and lower ended up accumulating ice, things got really chilly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Running the Extendez v2 magazine in the DD17.2 frame. Pretty cool how much you can get away with, even with just PLA+.

A little DD19.2 action with the TLR-9 strobe light. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little bit of testing on the Plastikov V3 - it's a small update to the Plastikov package that will make some parts a little stronger, increase compatibility to 100-series and RPK kits, and tweak a few other specs for increased reliability and ease of assembly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

As part of my very serious and not at all self-indulgent testing for the Plastikov v3, I decided to try out how the AK does at clearing snow off the range. I didn't do a good job of clearing snow, but at least I had fun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Long story short, a fella on Twitter decided that there was simply *no way* the Amigo Grande could withstand 60 rounds without a cooling break - surely, it would melt into a pool of goo, crack, and maim the shooter! Well, turns out he was very wrong - as prior tests have shown, the Amigo holds zero even as it gets piping hot, a testament to the solid barrel mount and benefit of a free-floated barrel. Luckily, the fella from Twitter was a good sport and donated 100 bucks to FPC for being proven wrong. It's a win-win-win all around in the end! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Ten minutes of a variety of printed guns, tested by a variety of cool people, in a variety of locations. All videos are mine or were submitted to me for this compilation. Pretty amazing how far along things have come! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Picked up one of those cheap 1911 drum mags to see how it does in the 3011. It ran into two feeding issues in this video, but it did two mags without hanging up afterwards. It's not the most reliable thing, but it is a lot of fun. For 40 bucks, I'm pleased. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Pretty awesome little project from one of the beta testers for the Amigo Grande - a 3D printable Sphur-style stock! It looks great, is very comfortable, and held up to 100 rounds of fire today without picking up any wobble, stayed locked up tight and didn't collapse under recoil! This stock will be included in the Amigo Grande release, which is coming closer every day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I couldn't find any information on how to do this, so I figured I'd throw together a video. If your CETME C buffer is worn out (can be compressed by hand, rattles, sticks rearward), it is a good idea to replace it. I replaced this buffer with a BlackjackBuffer CETME C buffer, which is working great so far. Basically, you just need to remove your stock, then unscrew the cap on the buffer assembly - it will be very tight because the cap was staked in place. You can undo the staking by kissing it with a drill bit, then try unscrewing the cap using some long barstock - I had to mill out the slot on my cap to 0.250" wide because the standard slot was too narrow and my bar stock kept bending. Hopefully you don't have to do this, but if you do the slot could be widened with a metal file or dremel tool if you don't have a mill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

After a really enjoyable development cycle, the 3011 is released! It launches with a couple remixes (that include top-covers for people who are into that sort of thing), and is a surprisingly great build - depending on how you configure it, you can have a locked breech 45ACP carbine that weighs less than a 10/22. It's a great hiking/woods walking gun, and is sure to catch the eye of anyone who isn't blinded by it's brilliance! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

The UBAR is here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Shooting some 308 tracer through the Amigo Grande at 100 yards. Watermelon color scheme for no particular reason. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Big girl's gotta eat. Banned Russian ammo, in this case. The Amigo Grande is a 3D printed CEMTE C receiver. It's a challenging build, since the kits parts require some actual gunsmithing, but once it's together you can hurl some 308. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

With the help of my awesome beta testers, the 3011 frame spec is coming along wonderfully - with a few more tweaks, some documentation, and an assembly video things should be ready for release some time next month! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Testing the U-Bolt V2 lower. Functions reliably, and is really strong - using the tried and true U-Bolt method to reinforce the buffer tower and the new method of rod end eyebolts for reinforcing the front takedown lug makes the U-Bolt V2 really hard to break. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Some super slowmo testing on the Amigo Grande. Frame rate is high enough it caught the bullet in flight! A couple things can be learned here - most importantly, that the barrel is rigidly affixed to the receiver, and that harmonic wiggle is dampened quickly. You can also see that the receiver itself doesn't twist or wiggle (the handguard does have a little flex, but that's ok). Having no wiggle in the receiver ensures a long fatigue life for the receiver - which keeps things safe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Slapping some steel with the Amigo Grande. Targets were 12" plates at 50 yards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A simple heat deflection test with the 3D printed CETME receiver. This test aims to demonstrate two things - that the gun is capable of shooting decent groups, even when hot, as well as that the point of impact shift is minimal as the gun heats up. My scope was sighted about 2" low (I had zeroed using lightweight tracer ammo and switching to heavier steel case stuff is to blame), but the groups were very consistent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Here's a little magdump through the Amigo Grande! This build is a collaborative effort that Matt L. (the host of Fuddbusters, a cool channel on youtube that demystifies 2A myths) and I started. It's a CETME C 308 parts kit inside a 3D printed receiver. That's right, full fuckin nato yeeted from a chunk of printed PLA. It is, of course, very bulky to be able to handle the recoil and keep the bolt guided straight - but it is a really cool build. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

That's a fun way to eat up some 7.62x39. My 3D Printed RPK build is pretty unique - it's based on the Plastikov, but modified to take RPK parts. I printed the receiver, dust cover, and stock in PLA, then stained the receiver and dust cover to give it a a "fakelite" effect, and stained the stock to give it a wood effect. The stock is very interesting - it mounts to an A2 tube, looks like an RPK stock, but takes M14 folding buttplates (because the shoulder thing that goes up is wonderful for shooting prone). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Happy 4th, you hooligans ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A side chapter in my 3011 antics - a cheap Llama MiniMax45 (1911 knockoff) kit that I picked up running on one of the 3011 test frames. Is it ugly? Yes, it's a test frame. Does it run? You betcha she runs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Some older test footage from the Menendez Mag v2 development. Mag fed perfect, but held open one round early - a fairly common problem caused by differences in magazine spring pressures. I'll probably do a v3 on the magazines to try and mend that issue as much as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Testing out a compact slide on the 3D printed Hi-Power slide. The transfer bar in the slide needs a little work (trigger is gritty), but it runs really well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

After more testing, tweaking, and the CAD equivalent of feed ramp polishing, the 3011 is officially released to beta over on the rocketchat. Here's a little shooting footage showing how it's running. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

An extremely unusual 3D printed gun - a WW2-era Walther PPK parts kit, built out on a 3D printed frame. New frames for these guns don't exist, so I took advantage of some of the parts kits that are available to make these guns work again. I put this project on hold because the frames tend to break around 250 rounds - I think I can design some metal reinforcements later on. So, here it is set up with a brace and red dot sight - this build was really fun to shoot at 100 yards, because 32ACP is such a slow bullet and the PPK barrel is so short - bullets take a long time to hit their target. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A short little test of a 3D printed Glock 26 frame. This is the DD26.2, a recently released 3D printable Glock frame. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Well that's a quick 20 rounds. What's the price of 32ACP at? CZAR Vz61 3D printed in PLA+. Runs real nice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little pew pew with the DD17.2 3D printed Glock frame. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A little artsy magdump with the Plastikov 100. It's basically just a Plastikov v2, alterted to take 100-series parts kits. You can't really find 100-series kits, I just managed to luck out and find one - but it's not really any better than a run of the mill AKM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I put together this MKII last night and couldn't wait to give it a run, so I ran out in the rain and dumped a mag. Runs pretty well! This is using the weldless bolt and ECM v2.0 barrel. A G19 magazine was the first loaded Glock mag I had found, so only 15 rounds of fun and joy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Running a mag through one of my printed Hi-Power frames. This frame is blue. It's using a MKIII parts kit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

We're finally running really well. Burned through 100 rounds without an issue - at this rate, I'm thinking maybe a couple aesthetic changes and then an open beta. Will need to type up some documentation, but this is a shockingly simple build. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Running a couple magazines through my printed BHP MKIII frame. It shoots really well for how lightweight the gun is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A couple changes to this frame - it now takes AR15 grips, has a working safety, an integral red dot mount, and has a 1913 rail rear end for stocks and braces. I also changed the ejector geometry to make it a little more solidly mounted, and that seems to have resolved ejection issues. I do misspeak and refer to the ejector (obviously a 1911 ejector) as an AR15 ejector - this is an error. Next steps will be getting a printable folding brace/stock, and potentially exploring other magazine options. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

With the aluminum rails, updated feed ramp geometry, updated magazine fitment, and the new stock adapter (with a red dot mount), the 3011 frame is running much better. This frame has had 100 rounds put through it with no signs of wear or damage. Next steps will be updating the frame to take AR15 grips, add a 1913 rail for rear end attachment, add a front rail for foregrips, lights, etc, and figuring out what to do to build a more reliable/stronger ejector. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Part Two of the 3D Printed 1911 Frame testing/development. We're on aluminum rails! Unfortunately, I reverted my changes to the location of the fire control group (from V2 to V1), so we have hammer follow and no hammer reset. Printing a V4 frame now that should correct the hammer follow and accept the aluminum rails. I put about 50 rounds on this (V3) frame today - no signs of wearing or cracking. It does have some feeding issues with the cheap magazine seen in the video - this should be fixed by moving the height of the magazine catch up a little, which frame V4 will feature. Making progress! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Part Two of the 3D Printed 1911 Frame testing/development. This time, I've corrected the height of the fire control group and switched over to the carbine spec (16"+ barrel, shoulder stock). Semiautomatic fire now works! The feeding issues were due to the fact that I'm still using plastic rails - next step is to add in aluminum rails, which will held the slide glide easily. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Initial testing on the 3D printed 1911 frame. I'm happy with the results - this frame lasted 20 rounds on all plastic rails, which is pretty impressive. Semiautomatic fire won't work on this frame because the fire control group sits too low - the hammer never gets reset by the slide. Next version should fix the hammer reset issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Assembly of a 3D printed Menendez Mag v2.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

Assorted videos of running a couple different Plastikov builds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

I like Hi-Powers. I like 3D printing. Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

A factory/OEM Glock frame broke from three wimpy kicks. SAD! Big strong 3D printed frame last many kicks in dance ritual. HAPPY! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**

This video is a high level overview of what Electrochemical Machining (ECM) is, how it works, and how the process can be applied to home gunsmithing in order to make barrels. For the download package/documentation to accompany this video: https://lbry.tv/@Deterrence-Dispensed:2/DIY-ECM-Barrelmaking:d As always, remember to be aware of and observant of your local laws, arbitrary rules, and despotic decrees before making your own gun/gun parts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Ivan - a fella who works to document and record the history and technical background of the development of homemade firearms. You may know me from my work with ARES Research to help author reports about this topic - this channel shows the "behind the scenes" testing that goes into building the body of knowledge requied. Regardless of if you are here for the research, technology, or just to see some funky looking guns tested, I hope you enjoy. **All firearms shown and tested are done so in full compliance will all applicable laws. All test firing and use of firearms is conducted on a properly zoned, legally operated firing range.**