@@QualityPen 45 caliber musket ball "sign a 1 year plan and it will reach you next year... except it doesn't because it missed and nailed the neighbors dog"
Still would like to see a collab video or series of them between Matt and Shad. Modern firearms vs REAL medieval armor Who's got better accuracy/rate of fire: WWI bolt action rifle vs Welsh Longbowman? Crossbowman? How does modern armor perform against Welsh Longbow with bodkin points? How about vs swords? Crossbows? Let's make #Demoveristy happen!
I’ve got no skin in the game but I think everyone should get a shirt, not the main prize. Maybe a special edition “my homemade armor was destroyed by Demo”. Those guys spend money to provide free targets for theses videos. Keep up the good work.
I have been preaching 6.5 grendel to my friends for years now. No one believed me and thought I was wrong. I’m glad to see Matt joining the Grendel Gang
@@RSpracticalshooting I’ve stretched my 20” Grendel out to 800 yds consistently with Hornady eld. I won’t run steel case stuff but I agree 1.50 is high. If you look around you can find it locally for as low as 1$
@@RSpracticalshooting Wolf is still out there for $13-$18 a box and its fairly good performing for being Russian steel-case. There's other manufacturers like PPU who make brass-cased for roughly the same price albeit they, like many others, are struggling to keep the supply.
@@RSpracticalshooting Considering 5.56 is the same price now, that’s not too bad. Thanks Joe Biden. My brother bought 1200 rounds for under $250 2 years ago. Even bird shot has doubled in price
Depends on the armor. A few years ago, a piece of one of the last remaining half-proof armor sets was used for an experiment to test modern guns against it. Since half-proof and full-proof armor were designed to counter matchlocks back when guns were first popularized (and are the origin of “bullet proof”). Half-proof was designed to protect against pistols. To the scientists’ shock, the armor was outright *invulnerable* to anything less than a .44 (or was it.45? Meh you get the point) and even then required several shots to the same point on the armor. It was noted that the test did not use all the layers of material the soldier would have worn and would have stopped the bullet completely due to how little energy it had left. There are no full-proof sets around, so they can’t be tested. But, it is thought they’re immune to all small arms weaker than an anti-material rifle and might be capable of ensuring the wearer survives even that. As a result of the experiment, historians renewed their interest in finding out why armor stopped being used. Since it clearly was not due to the rise of guns. And the armor was cheap, common, and quick to produce, so it wasn’t any of the associate problems either. Personally, I think the historians overlooked the obvious: cannons. Not that removing literally bullet proof armor is justified by cannons, but the need for metal and manpower to make cannons and the huge numbers of cannonballs probably competed with the armor. Ultimately, cannons matter far more in battle than body armor.
To jump from "half-proof can stop pistol rounds" to "therefore we conclude that full-proof can stop any small arms except for anti materiel rifles" is about as smart as claiming "The record for weight lifting without straps is 900 Pounds, therefore the record for lifting with straps must be 4500 pounds". Why would anybody assume that people during medieval times could create a suit of body armor that could stop things which they had trouble stopping during WW1, for example? WW1 trench armor could be pierced by normal rifle rounds of the time, at over 200m distance, right through the thickest part of the plate. Are you claiming that medieval blacksmiths could create plates that could stop those rounds easily, and make those plates cheap and quick? Or did i missinterpret your comment?
@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 If we are talking about modern - or at least WW1 level - rifle calibers, then no, they could not. Something like a 8mm mauser, with a military powder load, will not be stopped by a medieval armor plate (even something that is as heavy as jousting armor would either fail to stop it, or simply have so much inner spalling that the wearer still dies, regardless of penetration. And jousting armor is impractically heavy for the battlefield.). Again, if armor like that could be made reliably at the time, it would have been used in conflicts like ww1. At least officers would have gotten a working set of armor, to make sure they are not picked off by snipers as easily. And yet, it didnt happen. What does that tell you? Also, medieval armor is in fact very badly shaped to avoid bullet penetration. Medival armor uses round shapes to make sword/melee weapon attacks more likey to glance off. Round shapes however almost ensure that a good portion of bullets hit the target almost dead on (imagine trying to draw a line that goes through the middle of a circle: the line will almost be gurantied to hit the circle 90°, which is the best angle for bullets.). Good shapes for deflecting bullets are angled, not rounded. And medieval armor has very few angled shapes, because its supposed to fit your properly, and humans arent angular.
@@random.3665 For first, it tell me nothing, why do you think about modern officers not always waring 5+ armor vest? Also rounded shape better, cause it deflect bullet, not stop it
Thanks!! It was a lot of work but what else are you supposed to do after finishing the trilogy? Play Andromeda?? Would've liked to see it go up against smaller, faster projectiles all the same - .72 caliber is quite a bit of mass, and it did have an effect 😔 I'll be sure to charge up the shields on the mark II version before testing!
@@antonytheocharidis9576 heck yeaaah or when him and Lunkers shot the dry ice with the 50 not thinking it would be anywhere near as awesome as it was!!!!
@@antonytheocharidis9576 I would love a whole episode dedicated to shooting dry ice with other crazy calibers lol I'm gonna go and rewatch it too now hahaha
Didn’t even know this video existed until 4 days afterward…. But I just won my first auction on gunbroker and it’s a PSA 6.5 Grendel. Now that I’ve seen this video I’m SUPER excited to shoot it! Can’t wait! Great content as always Matt! GG
I’m honestly impressed with how effective the curved armor is. Though, to the initiated, it should come as almost no surprise, seeing how similar concepts are used on tanks. I’ll mention, another YTer also made use of that concept, and 1/4 inch thick steel managed to deflect just about all but .50 BMG. Save for some hotter loads, I think angled/curved armor/plating may yield some actually interesting testing.
It's great if you can predict where the shots will be coming from. Any shot that's not directly head-on will reduce the armor's effectiveness. 45 degrees off and the curvature will have no effect. For tanks you can rotate that armor 90 degrees and any shot parallel to the ground will be deflected either into the ground or the sky. For humans, though, that would just deflect it into your chin or your groin (because you can't feasibly get full coverage with that geometry). Late medieval/renaissance armor was rounded to somewhat increase chances of deflection regardless of where it was coming from, though the armor was thicker in the front and especially vital areas. It also had geometry in place to guide arrows away from the neck region, to keep them from being deflected upwards into the helmet.
There have been lots of tests for the military with that type of system. The problem is that it will deflect into the people standing beside you. It is good for one person with no one standing on either side of them.
To be honest the armor wasnt angled properly if it was angled like tank's it would be more effective as angling armor can effectively increase its thickness twice
What a great video! I love Gordon Ramsay because he's not afraid to tell it like it is. He's also really good at microwaving things. Mighty 😯 Travels 🤘🏼 Premium has been such a blessing for my travel plans.
Wait.. whats that i’m feeling? Oooh i know that feeling all to well. That is a shadiversity video coming in hot! Love all your content you are making here as well on the off the ranch channel Matt. Much love from The Netherlands!
Netherlands! Much love and support to all of you guys with the farmers protest from a Canadian AG&Const equipment mechanic ✌🤙So im kinda related and its coming here quick too! Our national 🤡 Trudumb is talking about it..... Stay strong guys we can't let them rich bastards win 💪💪💪
Honestly I came here just because he had medieval armor in the name of the video and I knew he was going to show a shitty replica instead. He exceeded my expectations in that regard.
That's a sweet 6.5 Grendel! I was highly hesitant to put a LuthAR stock on my Grendel but now I love it. Mine has the carbine stock so it collapses to fit into the safe but they are excellent stocks and very affordable compared to other brands.
A, I had to give you a like to get you to 69. B. Think of Peter Griffin on Family Guy diving into the coins. That but more spiky. I figure you know this already, I was just feeling a bit evil and wanted to try and put that picture in your head. Have an excellent day:)
HELL YES Matt thank you for finally uploading a video of the 6.5 Grendel. There are really no videos or reviews on this round and it's actually a really great round.
"We couldn't find any 6.5 Grendel ammo locally" ... Welcome to my world Matt. After months of scrounging I scored enough components to load 100 rounds, maybe a few more if I'm lucky. Maybe not as popular as 5.56 or 300BO but EXTREMELY popular for hunting and long range target use.
Lol I've been looking for 6.5 as well but the one round i haven't seen since this holy stuff started is 300 WB. My main hunting rifle is down due to no ammo lol.
Matt, the gentleman who sent you that "deflection" armor...he put in a control side for a reason. You should have shot both sides with each type of round to see if his spring loading and added layers actually helped or not.
I've got agree with you on the Luth-AR stock. I bought a MBA-3 Carbine stock & Atlas mono-pod for an AR-308 build and shelved it in favor of an A2 fixed stock. The MBA is a good alternative to the PRS Gen 3 at half the cost but there isn't anything it can do that other stocks can't and it isn't the most aesthetically pleasing in my view.
@@whatever-hd5vp Stab vests stop a knife stab(almost like its in the name), and most likely a direct sword hit or a long distance arrow. But uhm, there are a lot of gaps in modern armour where you could stab/hit and be lethal, or hit the arms that are mostly unprotected and do a lot of damage. So medieval weapons could easily kill a soldier, if that soldier wouldnt use modern weapons. As soon as there are guns, you would need a whole lot of medieval soldiers to kill a modern one(amount depending on the distance and the weapon used, example: browning M1 with unlimited ammo on a hill 500m away would kill a lot)
@@tomjongman4797 stab proof vests are designed to stop knifes, if you put them against a halbeard/warpick/poleaxe. Or any other anti-armor weaponry of medieval times any stab proof vests are gonna be destroyed, because it's essentially a modernized gambeson (no need of looking for gaps). Now the bullet proof ones are gonna be an interesting test. He should also get someone that can get the edge alignment right for the test. Ofc a single soldier with a M1 would delete a medieval army, there is a reason guns eventually outclassed any other weapon.
@@jordicl4325 In this case i was talking about the most "common" weapon people associate with the middle ages which is the sword. The sword would probably have trouble going through a stab vest and wouldnt go trough any higher rated armour as well, but as you said most anti-armour weapons would likely go through a stab vest. As for higher rated armour, it would depend on the material its made from. Steel plates would be thick enough to stop any(?) medieval weapon, however its only on the front and back(most of the time) meaning a stab/cut in any non-protected area will pretty much be fatal(losing an arm,/getting stabbed in your throat will probably kill you). medieval weapons would work better on ceramics since its brittle, it wont go trough the first time but repeated strikes should weaken it enough for a warpick or halberd to go through. same thing regarding weakspots applies tho. For referance a 170Ib longbow could generate about 150J of energy point blanck, generic 9mm FMJ should be around 500J.
Matt, You should do a video of all the different kinds of walls. Like drywall, stone, brick, and even wood. I would love to see what kinds of walls could stop bullets. Just a suggestion 😁
Last time Shadiversity did a video responding to Matt, someone said the Alternate title was “Shad telling us he actually really likes Matt from demo ranch.”
I think some of the hema youtubers already criticized him for his other video using essentially costume armor. I'm not too surprised but still a little disappointed
The "unrealistic" armor has a bit of history. Germans wore an armor that had a (kind of) shape like that. I imagine the dudes to the right and left of him weren't to happy with it though.
I would love to shoot the 6.5 Grendel one day in my life, I know there are other similar or better firearms to shoot but this one I really like. Also I love these kind of videos because they're interesting to watch, you never know someone could miraculously make a solid armour build made out of plywood and sheeted metal or whatever they can get their hands on, plus Matt's funny humour makes the video 10x better to watch!
I was saying last year, I thought the 6.5 Grendel would be the best round for weight and performance in the AR system. i hope you cover some of it seriously.
Yes! Love to see the 6.5 grendel getting some love! My favorite AR-15 cartridge. Ammo has been tougher to find lately, so I've been reloading for it more.
@@Joespmama., its not super common on the shelves, but its pretty easy to find online. Interestingly, the last two times when all of the common stuff disappeared (.223, .308, etc.) the oddball calibers like 6.5 Grendel were still in stock for quite a while.
I'm up to 3 Grendels now a 12.5", a 20", and a 20" bolt gun with a heavy barrel. As much as I love the Grendel the 6mm ARC is quickly becoming my new favorite. Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!
@@RSpracticalshooting where are you finding 5.56 for 20 cents a round? Cuz where I'm at, a box of 20rds of 6.5 Grendel is $12, $250 for a case of 500. And I could still find it during the ammo shortage
@@technewb8241 cheapest I could find Grendel for anywhere, including online was $1.40 to $1.80 per round. I can get .556 for .80 per round. That is why I got rid of my Grendel from Aero Precision. It is a cool round though
O joy. The sword and armor community can have yet another video to talk about Matt. Lol. I am sure shad and scal will love to continue to tell you to stop buying wish armor. 😂
What's worse, nerds that drool over swords or armor? I think it's the ones who pull on their trunk over European swords, and then cry about how their junky swords are better than the Japanese swords.
the angled armor performing makes a lot of sense seeing as you're increaseing you're effective thickness and decreasing the bullets penetration and inducing a chance of a ricochet
6.5 Grendel could have been the new round replacing the 5.56 for the US Army and all you need to change (mostly) would be the uppers of their already existing rifles.
yeah but you know the mil, let's go with something not already on the market and proven. Instead let's come up with unrealistic specs and then be disappointed when all the boxes aren't checked but say "Well, it's still pretty good so we'll run it."
There's actually a video on a channel called Ryan & David where they explain the physics of the slanted armor and test it out themselves but with thin flat steel sheets rather than curved.
I’ve been going through quite a rough patch, today especially was really hard I just decided to open TH-cam and look for something to watch and saw a new demo ranch upload, really made me feel better. Thanks Matt!!
If it makes you feel better my life has been real shit for a long time and miraculously it has turned around quick and it has gotten much better than I could have ever imagined. Keep your head up. God answers when your ready.
@@mr.randomperson9900 Who are you to tell anyone else that "it does get better"? How do you know it'll get better for them? Maybe it won't. I've been mentally ill for 25-26 years and it hasn't gotten better one bit.
hey idk if anyone else has suggested this but i think getting some scope cams would be a really cool idea I don't know their proce range but you probably have enough so this is just a suggestion that I thought would be cool keep up the good work
As a guy who also owns a Faxon 6.5 Grendel... I LOVE THAT ROUND! I'm glad I chose that over the Creedmoor, cause this round SCREAMS! Love this content though, for real. I hope to see more stuff get shot with the 6.5 Grendel
Matt, I read in a survival book that you can fill just your exterior wall or all four walls in your home four feet up with something like pea gravel, sand or form your area caliche to make it bulletproof. I would like to see you build like two or three walls the size of a sheet of sheetrock 4"x8" on one side and a 4"x8" sheet of plywood on the outer side simulating a wall in a house. "What do you thank about that"
I love my 6.5 Grendel I've built this past year. Same style setupwise, heavy 20" barrel. The Amend2 mags are awesome. Grendel is hard to find up here in Ky too...
I’m not sure why we are just seeing melee weapons. It’s hilarious watching Matt’s confidence disappear where the star goes 7 feet about the dummies head 😂
I love it how people dont refer to it as 'ammo' or 'bullets' - they specifically say they are running out of Grendel!.🦆 You never hear people shooting then saying 'im running out of NATO' or 'im down to my last ten Colt'.....
I had an experience with 6.5 Grendel before, so a casing was in my pocket of my sweater once because I had forgotten about it and it fell out while I was at school so the weekend comes and apparently someone decided to report about it because the cops where at my door but I showed them it was a casing and not a useable round as they were told and left and that is my experience with 6.5 Grendel.
Had a similar experience I usually would shoot a bit before school in 6th grade I think, forgot I had a few .22 rounds in my coat pocket one fell out while I was sitting down. Got called to the office sheriffs deputy’s were waiting explained the situation they searched my bag and locker and stuff I had gave them the ammo and that was that pretty rural school so that probably saved me. Lmao always checked my pockets before going though from that point on 🤣
Those DMRs are really fun to use with a red dot sight while doing the Mozambique method. Always my go to when playing a shooter game. Dmr and a M1911. M110 DMR is probably one of my favorites. Also, that curved body armor is really interesting. As long as you don't have a partner standing next to you 🤣
Man,you should of been a comedian.Good stuff.Would like to see a video of different 22lr weapon shooting,as everyone loves these.Keep making these homemade body armor videos as they are entertaining.
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6.5 Grendel> creedmore
Hello
Have a good rest of your day
I wish I could shoot a gun :(
Not gonna lie, that Texas star bit was some pretty impressive shooting.
Matt is a shooter for sure
Scam
Yup
not really bro
@@jesterpoker it is a scam
I love how the .45 takes 3-5 business days to hit the target.
You should see .45 Long Colt. “Next month. Maybe.”
@@QualityPen 45 caliber musket ball "sign a 1 year plan and it will reach you next year... except it doesn't because it missed and nailed the neighbors dog"
There is something ridiculously satisfying about doing that in real life. Bang - Wait - CLANG!
@@then00brathalos That must be the round police use
@@Dingbobber standard atf issue as well
“Was that a ricochet?” Cut to Matt hiding behind a golf cart 😂 that got me good
You high or something?
Only on life mate.
I like how the carbon fiber one is modeled after the N7 armor in Mass Effect!
Mr. Ghoulie ikr? It’s cool af, I want it, It kinda hurt when he damaged it but that demo ranch for ya😂
Now I want to see Shepard get dropped by an air rifle in the game.
My name is Commander Shepherd, and this is my favorite video on TH-cam.
Im glad I wasnt the only one to notice that :D
I'm a tad bummed that Matt didn't mention it. X3
Every time Matt calls this junk "medieval armor" I can feel the cries of pain of Shad & co.
Definitely. Metatron is probably gonna be on this too
Agreed. Musculata was most commonly used during the 4th & 5th centuries BCE.
True but authentic medieval armor is probably hella expensive so it's understandable
Still would like to see a collab video or series of them between Matt and Shad.
Modern firearms vs REAL medieval armor
Who's got better accuracy/rate of fire: WWI bolt action rifle vs Welsh Longbowman? Crossbowman?
How does modern armor perform against Welsh Longbow with bodkin points? How about vs swords? Crossbows?
Let's make #Demoveristy happen!
@@antaine1916 I think Modern History TV already did that
Whoever made the ramp armor was a mad genius🤣 I'm amazed that it stopped the 6.5
Bro got a scam comment as his only one, so I’ll do the deed for him… Congratul- just kidding. I absolutely agree. The man was mad smart.
I’ve got no skin in the game but I think everyone should get a shirt, not the main prize. Maybe a special edition “my homemade armor was destroyed by Demo”. Those guys spend money to provide free targets for theses videos. Keep up the good work.
Received homemade armor, send back a shirt
Now that's something that I think would definetly get more people to send him more stuff and also it's a great idea, but hey, don't tell Mere!
Also get paid multi millions in doing so, don't pretend they've got it hard!
@@stabilis8895 receive and give
I have been preaching 6.5 grendel to my friends for years now. No one believed me and thought I was wrong. I’m glad to see Matt joining the Grendel Gang
Ngl, its got me curious now!!
$1.50/rd for brass cased 6.5 is the best price you can find. That's asinine.
@@RSpracticalshooting I’ve stretched my 20” Grendel out to 800 yds consistently with Hornady eld. I won’t run steel case stuff but I agree 1.50 is high. If you look around you can find it locally for as low as 1$
@@RSpracticalshooting Wolf is still out there for $13-$18 a box and its fairly good performing for being Russian steel-case. There's other manufacturers like PPU who make brass-cased for roughly the same price albeit they, like many others, are struggling to keep the supply.
@@RSpracticalshooting Considering 5.56 is the same price now, that’s not too bad. Thanks Joe Biden. My brother bought 1200 rounds for under $250 2 years ago. Even bird shot has doubled in price
Depends on the armor. A few years ago, a piece of one of the last remaining half-proof armor sets was used for an experiment to test modern guns against it. Since half-proof and full-proof armor were designed to counter matchlocks back when guns were first popularized (and are the origin of “bullet proof”). Half-proof was designed to protect against pistols.
To the scientists’ shock, the armor was outright *invulnerable* to anything less than a .44 (or was it.45? Meh you get the point) and even then required several shots to the same point on the armor. It was noted that the test did not use all the layers of material the soldier would have worn and would have stopped the bullet completely due to how little energy it had left.
There are no full-proof sets around, so they can’t be tested. But, it is thought they’re immune to all small arms weaker than an anti-material rifle and might be capable of ensuring the wearer survives even that.
As a result of the experiment, historians renewed their interest in finding out why armor stopped being used. Since it clearly was not due to the rise of guns. And the armor was cheap, common, and quick to produce, so it wasn’t any of the associate problems either.
Personally, I think the historians overlooked the obvious: cannons. Not that removing literally bullet proof armor is justified by cannons, but the need for metal and manpower to make cannons and the huge numbers of cannonballs probably competed with the armor. Ultimately, cannons matter far more in battle than body armor.
imagine shooting a guy in medieval armor and you hear the fuckin cod painkiller effect
To jump from "half-proof can stop pistol rounds" to "therefore we conclude that full-proof can stop any small arms except for anti materiel rifles" is about as smart as claiming "The record for weight lifting without straps is 900 Pounds, therefore the record for lifting with straps must be 4500 pounds".
Why would anybody assume that people during medieval times could create a suit of body armor that could stop things which they had trouble stopping during WW1, for example?
WW1 trench armor could be pierced by normal rifle rounds of the time, at over 200m distance, right through the thickest part of the plate. Are you claiming that medieval blacksmiths could create plates that could stop those rounds easily, and make those plates cheap and quick? Or did i missinterpret your comment?
@@random.3665 They could, due to a better shape of medieval armor, but not cheap at all
@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 If we are talking about modern - or at least WW1 level - rifle calibers, then no, they could not. Something like a 8mm mauser, with a military powder load, will not be stopped by a medieval armor plate (even something that is as heavy as jousting armor would either fail to stop it, or simply have so much inner spalling that the wearer still dies, regardless of penetration. And jousting armor is impractically heavy for the battlefield.).
Again, if armor like that could be made reliably at the time, it would have been used in conflicts like ww1. At least officers would have gotten a working set of armor, to make sure they are not picked off by snipers as easily. And yet, it didnt happen.
What does that tell you?
Also, medieval armor is in fact very badly shaped to avoid bullet penetration. Medival armor uses round shapes to make sword/melee weapon attacks more likey to glance off. Round shapes however almost ensure that a good portion of bullets hit the target almost dead on (imagine trying to draw a line that goes through the middle of a circle: the line will almost be gurantied to hit the circle 90°, which is the best angle for bullets.). Good shapes for deflecting bullets are angled, not rounded. And medieval armor has very few angled shapes, because its supposed to fit your properly, and humans arent angular.
@@random.3665 For first, it tell me nothing, why do you think about modern officers not always waring 5+ armor vest?
Also rounded shape better, cause it deflect bullet, not stop it
I love the N7 Representation I love mass effect great game and series its great to see Matt get to shoot the armor
Same i had a big smile when i saw that N7 logo on that plate, nice one whoever made that!
The shield should’ve stopped the projectiles before it hit the armor
Why so low????
Thanks!! It was a lot of work but what else are you supposed to do after finishing the trilogy? Play Andromeda??
Would've liked to see it go up against smaller, faster projectiles all the same - .72 caliber is quite a bit of mass, and it did have an effect 😔 I'll be sure to charge up the shields on the mark II version before testing!
@@MattWinkler1 Good job on the armor, looked really good! Andromeda is still worth it imo 🤷♂️
I still remember watching this man since he would microwave stuff, still love the channel till this day nothing but bangers
Yooo Microwave Mondays and .50 cal Fridays were awesome!!!!
Remember when he shot the block of Magnesium? I still go back and watch that video. The intro is also a reason.
@@antonytheocharidis9576 heck yeaaah or when him and Lunkers shot the dry ice with the 50 not thinking it would be anywhere near as awesome as it was!!!!
@@scatcrew oh I had absolutely forgotten about that one! Gonna go rewatch it now. Thanks man!
@@antonytheocharidis9576 I would love a whole episode dedicated to shooting dry ice with other crazy calibers lol I'm gonna go and rewatch it too now hahaha
For anyone that’s curious: The ox firearm Orn sniper is $4100, no scope. It’s a beast of a rifle!
"you can hit long targets very hard." Yes Matt with 20 magnificent inches all things are possible.
yes, that gun has very deep penetration 😉
that’s what she said
@@chrisheern2886 You beat me to it! Lol
Way to make a guy feel emasculated
@@keith5711 this manages to make no sense, and be tragically sad at the same time....
This homemade armor idea is absolutely amazing, I'm loving every single one of these
Didn’t even know this video existed until 4 days afterward…. But I just won my first auction on gunbroker and it’s a PSA 6.5 Grendel. Now that I’ve seen this video I’m SUPER excited to shoot it! Can’t wait! Great content as always Matt! GG
"let's go over the quirks and features of this gun"
That threw me off, I was like Doug started gun reviews?! Hell yeah! 😆
For real, same thought came to my head
So happy to see some 6.5 Grendel love, let’s see how it goes against some normal body armor.
Grendel is my favorite in my AR15s
Matt’s very serious and grim looking assessment that “no worky” made me chuckle
I love the homemade armor experiments. probably some of my favorite episodes! The thoughts and ingenuity that go behind them are awesome!
I’m honestly impressed with how effective the curved armor is. Though, to the initiated, it should come as almost no surprise, seeing how similar concepts are used on tanks. I’ll mention, another YTer also made use of that concept, and 1/4 inch thick steel managed to deflect just about all but .50 BMG. Save for some hotter loads, I think angled/curved armor/plating may yield some actually interesting testing.
It's great if you can predict where the shots will be coming from. Any shot that's not directly head-on will reduce the armor's effectiveness. 45 degrees off and the curvature will have no effect. For tanks you can rotate that armor 90 degrees and any shot parallel to the ground will be deflected either into the ground or the sky. For humans, though, that would just deflect it into your chin or your groin (because you can't feasibly get full coverage with that geometry).
Late medieval/renaissance armor was rounded to somewhat increase chances of deflection regardless of where it was coming from, though the armor was thicker in the front and especially vital areas. It also had geometry in place to guide arrows away from the neck region, to keep them from being deflected upwards into the helmet.
There have been lots of tests for the military with that type of system. The problem is that it will deflect into the people standing beside you. It is good for one person with no one standing on either side of them.
the only application i see 4 that is on a shield
To be honest the armor wasnt angled properly if it was angled like tank's it would be more effective as angling armor can effectively increase its thickness twice
which youtube was it?
What a great video! I love Gordon Ramsay because he's not afraid to tell it like it is. He's also really good at microwaving things. Mighty 😯 Travels 🤘🏼 Premium has been such a blessing for my travel plans.
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@@chubbyjubjub3593 you heard the man, man.
Wrong video brother...
Im glad we're seeing the full cast of the demolition ranch universe more
Chick in beginning is hot.
Wait.. whats that i’m feeling?
Oooh i know that feeling all to well.
That is a shadiversity video coming in hot!
Love all your content you are making here as well on the off the ranch channel Matt.
Much love from The Netherlands!
Netherlands! Much love and support to all of you guys with the farmers protest from a Canadian AG&Const equipment mechanic ✌🤙So im kinda related and its coming here quick too! Our national 🤡 Trudumb is talking about it..... Stay strong guys we can't let them rich bastards win 💪💪💪
Honestly I came here just because he had medieval armor in the name of the video and I knew he was going to show a shitty replica instead. He exceeded my expectations in that regard.
6.5 grendel is an amazing caliber honestly. My uncle has one and I had the pleasure of shooting it and instantly fell in love
That's a sweet 6.5 Grendel! I was highly hesitant to put a LuthAR stock on my Grendel but now I love it. Mine has the carbine stock so it collapses to fit into the safe but they are excellent stocks and very affordable compared to other brands.
I love the way the camera zooms in on the targets when he first shoots the DMR. It's so satisfying to watch. Keep up the great work!
For some reason this feels like such an old school vid from over 6 years ago. I checked a few times honestly. Love it.
I built a 6.5g with a Criterion barrel, consistent hits out to 900. Absolutely love 6.5g
Do you reload or buy?
I feel like Matt probably has a vault of ammo that he can dive in like Scrooge McDuck
Which would make him wealthier than Scrooge lol
or like the giant vault of krabby patties
A, I had to give you a like to get you to 69.
B. Think of Peter Griffin on Family Guy diving into the coins. That but more spiky. I figure you know this already, I was just feeling a bit evil and wanted to try and put that picture in your head. Have an excellent day:)
Similar results to Peter griffin when he dived into his vault of gold
It's not a liquid!
HELL YES Matt thank you for finally uploading a video of the 6.5 Grendel. There are really no videos or reviews on this round and it's actually a really great round.
"We couldn't find any 6.5 Grendel ammo locally" ... Welcome to my world Matt. After months of scrounging I scored enough components to load 100 rounds, maybe a few more if I'm lucky.
Maybe not as popular as 5.56 or 300BO but EXTREMELY popular for hunting and long range target use.
Lol I've been looking for 6.5 as well but the one round i haven't seen since this holy stuff started is 300 WB. My main hunting rifle is down due to no ammo lol.
My local store caries 50 round boxes app day in michigan
Not sure I'd say it's "EXTREMELY" popular in any aspect.
Matt, the gentleman who sent you that "deflection" armor...he put in a control side for a reason. You should have shot both sides with each type of round to see if his spring loading and added layers actually helped or not.
I was thinking the same thing. Glad he did it on the 6.5 Grendel though
Agreed.
well we can see that it was doing better on the right side
@Nathaniel Shrock fair.
I've got agree with you on the Luth-AR stock. I bought a MBA-3 Carbine stock & Atlas mono-pod for an AR-308 build and shelved it in favor of an A2 fixed stock.
The MBA is a good alternative to the PRS Gen 3 at half the cost but there isn't anything it can do that other stocks can't and it isn't the most aesthetically pleasing in my view.
That .45 was jumping after each shot and Matt timed the follow up shots perfect with the hops. Last shot missed but still impressive timing.
Was it jumping or hopping? Make up your mind. It's called recoil and muzzle climb, by the way, not jumping or hopping.
@@looksirdroids9134 woooow
@@looksirdroids9134 Cool story.
Suggestion.
You should do a modern armour vs mediaeval weapon.
Yeah let's see how hard it would be to take down a modern soldier in mediaeval times
I think even a hundred modern Soldiers can overthrow any mediaeval state.
@@whatever-hd5vp Stab vests stop a knife stab(almost like its in the name), and most likely a direct sword hit or a long distance arrow. But uhm, there are a lot of gaps in modern armour where you could stab/hit and be lethal, or hit the arms that are mostly unprotected and do a lot of damage.
So medieval weapons could easily kill a soldier, if that soldier wouldnt use modern weapons. As soon as there are guns, you would need a whole lot of medieval soldiers to kill a modern one(amount depending on the distance and the weapon used, example: browning M1 with unlimited ammo on a hill 500m away would kill a lot)
@@tomjongman4797 stab proof vests are designed to stop knifes, if you put them against a halbeard/warpick/poleaxe. Or any other anti-armor weaponry of medieval times any stab proof vests are gonna be destroyed, because it's essentially a modernized gambeson (no need of looking for gaps). Now the bullet proof ones are gonna be an interesting test. He should also get someone that can get the edge alignment right for the test.
Ofc a single soldier with a M1 would delete a medieval army, there is a reason guns eventually outclassed any other weapon.
@@jordicl4325 In this case i was talking about the most "common" weapon people associate with the middle ages which is the sword. The sword would probably have trouble going through a stab vest and wouldnt go trough any higher rated armour as well, but as you said most anti-armour weapons would likely go through a stab vest. As for higher rated armour, it would depend on the material its made from. Steel plates would be thick enough to stop any(?) medieval weapon, however its only on the front and back(most of the time) meaning a stab/cut in any non-protected area will pretty much be fatal(losing an arm,/getting stabbed in your throat will probably kill you). medieval weapons would work better on ceramics since its brittle, it wont go trough the first time but repeated strikes should weaken it enough for a warpick or halberd to go through. same thing regarding weakspots applies tho.
For referance a 170Ib longbow could generate about 150J of energy point blanck, generic 9mm FMJ should be around 500J.
That Doug Demuro reference made me happy. Imagine Doug reviewing guns lmao
I'm loving the Mass Effect armor...hope it does something. Happy early N7 day!
Don't fuckin comment unless you've watched the entire video. That armour was totally useless, btw, and complete shit.
I’ve shot Grendel for years now. It’s a fantastic little hunting round I’ve been very successful. Glad to see it getting some love
Matt, You should do a video of all the different kinds of walls. Like drywall, stone, brick, and even wood. I would love to see what kinds of walls could stop bullets. Just a suggestion 😁
6.5 Grendel is a nasty little round. Great balance between stopping power and long range trajectory.
@Yata Vanima I hate youtube
True
If only it was popular enough to be found in numbers. Nice little unicorn round.
Awesome caliber but expensive. Hard to come by and decent brass, you are looking at over $2.25 per round.
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
The historical channels should really like Matt for giving them materials to react to.
Last time Shadiversity did a video responding to Matt, someone said the Alternate title was “Shad telling us he actually really likes Matt from demo ranch.”
Shad is gonna make a 30 minute video explaining how this isn’t accurate armor to soak up views
@@thatoneguy3590 well the only mediveal thing here is the maille coif
Lindy Beige will have a small fit :D
Absolutely Love the Grendel
I have changed all my standard 5.56 to Grendel
Never regretted it
Keep sending out all the great videos
Matt: it’s medieval armor
The armor: street signs, ceramic, and carbon fiber.
I think some of the hema youtubers already criticized him for his other video using essentially costume armor. I'm not too surprised but still a little disappointed
Love the addition of air guns as a starter rather than just .22lr 👍
I also thought the throwing stars were a nice addition
The "unrealistic" armor has a bit of history. Germans wore an armor that had a (kind of) shape like that. I imagine the dudes to the right and left of him weren't to happy with it though.
I liked the body armor that won. Great design and performed amazing, and great job to the builder of the armor.
Unfortunately it deflects into your comrades. But great inertia absorption.
@@WontSeeReplies Better them than you!
Love my 6.5mm Grendel, and love that Matt decided to use a caliber he usually doesn't.
I would love to shoot the 6.5 Grendel one day in my life, I know there are other similar or better firearms to shoot but this one I really like. Also I love these kind of videos because they're interesting to watch, you never know someone could miraculously make a solid armour build made out of plywood and sheeted metal or whatever they can get their hands on, plus Matt's funny humour makes the video 10x better to watch!
Intros are the best 😂 keep up the amazing work Matt!
6.5 Grendel is my favorite AR caliber. Glad to see it getting some Demolition Ranch love.
What mags do you use, I haven't found any that hold a decent number of rounds
@@jake_ruhl Alexander arms I believe makes a 20 round, but you can use 7.62x39 mags as well
@@jake_ruhl I have several ASC mags, 10, 15 and 25 round for my 6.5G, they all work fine.
@@jake_ruhl
C-products and Ammunition Storage are two good ones. 28rd mags.
@@jake_ruhl E-Lander makes a 24 round mag, can be found branded as Alexander Arms as well. Probably the highest quality Grendel mags out there.
I was saying last year, I thought the 6.5 Grendel would be the best round for weight and performance in the AR system. i hope you cover some of it seriously.
Yes! Love to see the 6.5 grendel getting some love! My favorite AR-15 cartridge. Ammo has been tougher to find lately, so I've been reloading for it more.
Uh oh, here we go again... *walks outside and yells:* SHAAAADDDDDDD!!!!!
I think they just need to collaborate at this point
But what about dragons?
I Love the "Home Made Armor" series, hopefully it will continue for a Long time
I've been on the 6.5 Grendel wagon since 2008. Absolutely love the caliber!
Is it hard to find ammo for it?
@@Joespmama., its not super common on the shelves, but its pretty easy to find online. Interestingly, the last two times when all of the common stuff disappeared (.223, .308, etc.) the oddball calibers like 6.5 Grendel were still in stock for quite a while.
13:00 to 13:11 has got to be the best sequence of events I have seen in a while.
lol legit everything just said no ima fall
I'm up to 3 Grendels now a 12.5", a 20", and a 20" bolt gun with a heavy barrel. As much as I love the Grendel the 6mm ARC is quickly becoming my new favorite. Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!
This is an interesting way to introduce 6.5 Grendel to the channel. I use it as a better alternative to 5.56
For 3x the price lmfao
@@RSpracticalshooting where are you finding 5.56 for 20 cents a round? Cuz where I'm at, a box of 20rds of 6.5 Grendel is $12, $250 for a case of 500. And I could still find it during the ammo shortage
@@technewb8241 cheapest I could find Grendel for anywhere, including online was $1.40 to $1.80 per round. I can get .556 for .80 per round. That is why I got rid of my Grendel from Aero Precision. It is a cool round though
@@nickamalfitano3613 Ammoseek has Wolf 6.5 for .71 cents a round.
@@MrCooper89 steel cased and dirty, right?
"So Matt, what firearm would you most like to own?"
Matt: "Yes."
Lol
Matt, you are my favorite t-shirt salesman on TH-cam. Keep up the good work.
O joy. The sword and armor community can have yet another video to talk about Matt. Lol. I am sure shad and scal will love to continue to tell you to stop buying wish armor. 😂
Glad I'm not the only one who loves to watch both gun and sword communities
What's worse, nerds that drool over swords or armor? I think it's the ones who pull on their trunk over European swords, and then cry about how their junky swords are better than the Japanese swords.
@@randomsketchystuff5572 ofc, we're all probably "military stuff" guys!
Guns✔
Swords✔
Tanks occasionally??
Bro!!! You finally gave the 6.5 Grendel some love💪🏻 Hooaaaa! I lay down hate with that round and I don’t even need the .308 most the time
the angled armor performing makes a lot of sense seeing as you're increaseing you're effective thickness and decreasing the bullets penetration and inducing a chance of a ricochet
I just finished my 12" 6.5 Grendel build the other day. I haven't shot it yet but am anticipating a great time with it.
i bet that thing throws some nasty fireballs😂
6.5 Grendel could have been the new round replacing the 5.56 for the US Army and all you need to change (mostly) would be the uppers of their already existing rifles.
yeah but you know the mil, let's go with something not already on the market and proven. Instead let's come up with unrealistic specs and then be disappointed when all the boxes aren't checked but say "Well, it's still pretty good so we'll run it."
@@oif3vetk9 what boxes weren't checked?
Politicians can’t make enough money off it so they passed
@@oif3vetk9 new specs, new custom. it keeps the gears of war turning.
I swear, the sponsor segments in his videos are still entertaining despite not even being about the video. Like... I don't even have to skip it, lol
There's actually a video on a channel called Ryan & David where they explain the physics of the slanted armor and test it out themselves but with thin flat steel sheets rather than curved.
I’ve been going through quite a rough patch, today especially was really hard I just decided to open TH-cam and look for something to watch and saw a new demo ranch upload, really made me feel better. Thanks Matt!!
Hey man just wanted to say that it does get better and to keep on fighting :)
If it makes you feel better my life has been real shit for a long time and miraculously it has turned around quick and it has gotten much better than I could have ever imagined. Keep your head up. God answers when your ready.
@@mr.randomperson9900 Who are you to tell anyone else that "it does get better"? How do you know it'll get better for them? Maybe it won't. I've been mentally ill for 25-26 years and it hasn't gotten better one bit.
@@looksirdroids9134 jeez bro I’m just trying to be positive. Who are you to tell anyone that it won’t get better?
hey idk if anyone else has suggested this but i think getting some scope cams would be a really cool idea I don't know their proce range but you probably have enough so this is just a suggestion that I thought would be cool keep up the good work
As a guy who also owns a Faxon 6.5 Grendel... I LOVE THAT ROUND! I'm glad I chose that over the Creedmoor, cause this round SCREAMS! Love this content though, for real. I hope to see more stuff get shot with the 6.5 Grendel
You were pretty slick with that rifle Matt, would love to see a long range contest with Reaper.
The Reaper would be way to busy scared like a baby hiding behind a wall. The Reaper is or was never a good sniper.
Matt, I read in a survival book that you can fill just your exterior wall or all four walls in your home four feet up with something like pea gravel, sand or form your area caliche to make it bulletproof. I would like to see you build like two or three walls the size of a sheet of sheetrock 4"x8" on one side and a 4"x8" sheet of plywood on the outer side simulating a wall in a house. "What do you thank about that"
2 of my favorite pistols.
I live in Indiana and am a member of a 1000yd range. 6.5's working well.
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite place on the Citadel.
...I should go
lol i died when he threw the star at the ground looked up at the sky and went "she gone!" that was just too good XD
Nice to see you go back to throwing weapons love how you went from creating and using your own throwing weapons to where your at now.
I love my 6.5 Grendel I've built this past year. Same style setupwise, heavy 20" barrel.
The Amend2 mags are awesome.
Grendel is hard to find up here in Ky too...
Why do you need a gun like that?
@@looksirdroids9134 Why do you care?
I built a similar 6.5 grendel AR and I've shot it out to 1250 on a 12 inch plate. Definitely needed a spotter but it will do the job.
I’m not sure why we are just seeing melee weapons. It’s hilarious watching Matt’s confidence disappear where the star goes 7 feet about the dummies head 😂
That funky, impractical armor...I could see that being useful on a crew served weapon. Wouldn't necessarily want to be an A gunner next to it though.
That armour is useful if you don't mind other people being shot instead of you, it's useless otherwise.
No other channel has advertisements this entertaining. Except maybe JonTron, but he only posts once a decade.
6.5G is by far my favorite round. Still super past 1000 y.
Imagine being in combat and running out of Grendel. You'd have a really cool hiking stick.
Lol, yeah imagine buying a rifle with relatively difficult to source ammo without having the ability and products to load said ammo X 1000.... minimum
I love it how people dont refer to it as 'ammo' or 'bullets' - they specifically say they are running out of Grendel!.🦆 You never hear people shooting then saying 'im running out of NATO' or 'im down to my last ten Colt'.....
💀🤣
Can still find it relatively cheap. My .270 or .308 on the other hand........... needless to say I'm seriously considering grendal.
Not any different than running out of 5.56 in combat..
You should check out the slow mo guys i feel like a collab with them would give some epic shots and insight into the way armor breaks in super slow mo
I had an experience with 6.5 Grendel before, so a casing was in my pocket of my sweater once because I had forgotten about it and it fell out while I was at school so the weekend comes and apparently someone decided to report about it because the cops where at my door but I showed them it was a casing and not a useable round as they were told and left and that is my experience with 6.5 Grendel.
Had a similar experience I usually would shoot a bit before school in 6th grade I think, forgot I had a few .22 rounds in my coat pocket one fell out while I was sitting down. Got called to the office sheriffs deputy’s were waiting explained the situation they searched my bag and locker and stuff I had gave them the ammo and that was that pretty rural school so that probably saved me. Lmao always checked my pockets before going though from that point on 🤣
Please don't shoot anyone at your school
@@whlnmchl Oh yeah.. you "forgot". Maybe don't bring guns or anything to do with guns to school.
@@looksirdroids9134 Shut your bag, sir, your malice is showing.
@@looksirdroids9134 mate, its a few .22 round remembering you have them in ur pockets is easier said than done
Nice to see 6.5 grendel in action would like to see more long distance too nice shooting matt
Love the n7 gear
Also the marksmanship in this video is amazing
Can't wait to see Shad cover this.
Matt - so I can officially blame you for 6.5 Grendel shortage now!
It's a scam just so you know
Nice Kentucky Ballistics ending running over all the stuff and destroying the table.... Also the 6.5 Grendel is SICK, I'd love to try it out. 😁
Thank you for these amazing videos and we appreciate all the hard work you put in these videos for us thank you and have an amazing day
6.5 Grendel has been my favorite caliber since I started shooting and using a hera arms stock with a timney trigger you won't be less than impressed
yeah i know these videos are for fun but that shooting with the DMR was nice if we ever got invaded glad your on my side
This is bad ass man your still having fun! Glad to see things haven't changed! Keep it up!
Love my grendel ! Favorite rifle I own !
That’s the best opening skit I’ve seen yet. Bravo .. I’m speechless.
That would be sick on a whole set of mass effect armor
Those DMRs are really fun to use with a red dot sight while doing the Mozambique method. Always my go to when playing a shooter game. Dmr and a M1911. M110 DMR is probably one of my favorites.
Also, that curved body armor is really interesting. As long as you don't have a partner standing next to you 🤣
They just need their own! It’ll eventually fly back toward the enemy.
Man,you should of been a comedian.Good stuff.Would like to see a video of different 22lr weapon shooting,as everyone loves these.Keep making these homemade body armor videos as they are entertaining.