Armed in 2007

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  • Taking a look at three firearms a person might have chosen in the year 2007: Mossberg 590, M&P 40, and Colt AR15 6920.
    Original video with this Mossberg 590: • Mossberg 590
    Original video with Colt AR 15 6920: • Colt AR-15 6920
    Original Video with M&P .40: • M&P 40
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  • @tnoutdoors9
    @tnoutdoors9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1807

    I sure could go for some 2007 ammo availability and prices right about now.......

    • @Loveduhmusic
      @Loveduhmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Walmart was cheap ASF.

    • @HonduDan
      @HonduDan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I sure could go for some 2015 tnoutdoors9 video output!

    • @jonjoe7472
      @jonjoe7472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I felt this message

    • @SirJoseph99
      @SirJoseph99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      A Wasr-10 was $340+ OTD.

    • @gregobrien7972
      @gregobrien7972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What did 5.56 go for back then?

  • @aaron4820
    @aaron4820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2668

    2007: can only imagine what type of advanced weaponry we'd get in 2020
    2020: same AR but my handguard has rectangular holes in them.

    • @aaron4820
      @aaron4820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Booge Nautilus S&B short dots' been around early - mid 2000s... they just didn't have a TACTC00L ACR0NYM like LPVO lol

    • @pinar6ad
      @pinar6ad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Sig brace has probably been one of the bigger game changers.

    • @dogboy0912
      @dogboy0912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      And we all have plates now

    • @aaron4820
      @aaron4820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @divinekamikazee Since those days, the biggest innovation is probably metal 3D printing in the world of suppressors, and I guess CNC more affordable than ever so you have a lot of garage workshop churning out custom jobs, oh and going ham on plastic frames with soldering iron, that's definitely an "innovation" we've had since lol

    • @danh8302
      @danh8302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      My first deer rifle is a 1894... 2007 was yesterday in firearms tech. Weird, Hickok said “it was yesterday” as i was finishing that text.

  • @patricioperegrino3796
    @patricioperegrino3796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1018

    Imagine robbing a house then you hear:
    "Hold on lemme put my ears on"

    • @vangoghaway626
      @vangoghaway626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If it were nick irving, it'd be "sending it"

    • @Courtesyflush52
      @Courtesyflush52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      "Are those kids smokin my pot again?"

    • @zulu0489
      @zulu0489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Same feeling, as if you are inside a stranger's home home at night and you hear "here we go" *beeeep*

    • @inforism.
      @inforism. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      imagine hearing “let’s see if I can hit the gong” from the back bedroom

    • @tuanthoj5969
      @tuanthoj5969 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Con ko vay

  • @123Bosniak
    @123Bosniak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +709

    Notice how the birds keep singing even though he's shooting a supersonic rifle. Maybe they're used to it after the years.

    • @CR3W1SH03S
      @CR3W1SH03S 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      They're all deaf now.

    • @montydurand467
      @montydurand467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@CR3W1SH03S thats what I was thinking lmao

    • @xxdkj4261
      @xxdkj4261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Nah its just american birds 😂

    • @chinchilla641
      @chinchilla641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't know rifles could move faster than the speed of sound! Those rounds he's firing are probably hella jelly

    • @thenorthernedge
      @thenorthernedge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      damn dude! nice observation lol.
      so true - probably used to it

  • @mr.blister4856
    @mr.blister4856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    Accuracy: 10
    Smarts: 10
    Arsenal: 10
    Liters: 2

  • @kingofwishfulthinking2490
    @kingofwishfulthinking2490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +383

    That awkward moment when the guns you still want are considered dated

    • @aaron5222
      @aaron5222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      And cost more than msrp

    • @rhedinrage1601
      @rhedinrage1601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I would love that brand new M92FS.

    • @anamusingidiot2565
      @anamusingidiot2565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well if your into AR’s, they’re pretty timeless. If you got an M16 A2, it’s still very similar to a modern M4.

    • @gangweedernigga4012
      @gangweedernigga4012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anamusingidiot2565 interchangability baby

    • @Badrecon33
      @Badrecon33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most guns from 2007 are going to perform around the same as guns now. Guns have been evolving less since the 1960s.

  • @KittycatKye
    @KittycatKye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Armed in 2184: Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.

    • @stare4539
      @stare4539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kaylum Scheelar terminator

    • @AdrenaLukeYT
      @AdrenaLukeYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Hey just what you see, pal

    • @zacharyfloydjohnson
      @zacharyfloydjohnson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The 45 long slide with laser sighting
      We just got that one in, Put the red dot where you want the bullet to go.. you can't miss.. there's a 15 day wait on the hand gun but the rifles you can take right now.. hey buddy you can't do that.
      WRONG

    • @andrewmartin4387
      @andrewmartin4387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or another kind of ar 15

    • @JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn
      @JeremiahWatkins-zv8bn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Let’s be honest, it’ll still be AR-15’s 😂

  • @roryhiggins1146
    @roryhiggins1146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    6:58 for a second I thought he was playing twinkle twinkle little star

    • @bertg.6056
      @bertg.6056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good catch, Rory. I went back and listened to the symphony of the gongs.

    • @bigkoi1015
      @bigkoi1015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He was actually

    • @Eddythebandkid
      @Eddythebandkid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hahaha yo it totally does sound like it

    • @Local_Laydee
      @Local_Laydee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahahahahah

    • @julien.s2002
      @julien.s2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Aaaah yes, my favorite instrument : *gun.*

  • @matteograssi5898
    @matteograssi5898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +793

    Armed in 2021: stones and slingshot

    • @PenguinCinema
      @PenguinCinema 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      hickrock xlv here
      thank you brock's rock shop for the sling ammo

    • @matteograssi5898
      @matteograssi5898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@PenguinCinema We really appreciate it

    • @swaggytoast5242
      @swaggytoast5242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      what country are you talking about?

    • @matteograssi5898
      @matteograssi5898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@swaggytoast5242 All of them

    • @TheAndre8900
      @TheAndre8900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tactical slingshot with scope and silencer.

  • @Pigeon__Man
    @Pigeon__Man 4 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    "No collapsible stocks, no bayonet lug, you may remember that."
    In NJ I'm still living it.

    • @CR3W1SH03S
      @CR3W1SH03S 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same here. Getting a cap pinned and welded for my threaded barrel Monday. Cut off my bayonet lug last week. Now I can finish my build. It's so stupid.

    • @loumencken9644
      @loumencken9644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@CR3W1SH03S Ain't that the truth. The bayonet lug ban is quite possibly the stupidest gun regulation ever, and that covers a lot of territory. Has anyone been stabbed by someone wielding a bayonet attached to an AR? Ever? You could probably count the number of times that's happened on the fingers of one hand, or no hands.

    • @Doggio_
      @Doggio_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@loumencken9644 Lmfao yeah, if you're gonna hurt someone with your AR might as well blast them or hit them with the stock

    • @ChristianAllen-bo9lj
      @ChristianAllen-bo9lj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's tuff

    • @robertgaudet7407
      @robertgaudet7407 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get you a SU-16 I'd say and feel fine about it. Those other things are just for fun / convenience anyway...

  • @inertia14
    @inertia14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    I think the only difference is everyone holds their ARs with a C clamp grip now

    • @gabrielhorowitz8517
      @gabrielhorowitz8517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      So much cringe

    • @bertobarto
      @bertobarto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah...they're called Millenials.

    • @loganhuntervagle
      @loganhuntervagle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Evocati when you argue against literal SF proven techniques 🤦‍♂️

    • @toxicdeathgaming3613
      @toxicdeathgaming3613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      inertia14 all because of modern warfare 2019 😂

    • @poolee77
      @poolee77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Evocati tell that to Block 2 users lol.

  • @GovtWatchdog
    @GovtWatchdog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Hickok’s trying to make us all feel old and it’s working.

    • @joshuakhaos4451
      @joshuakhaos4451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was a freshman for the first half of 07. It honestly doesn't feel like it was that long ago, it only feels like it was a couple years ago

    • @john4K47
      @john4K47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In 2007 I was 9 lol

    • @pfw4568
      @pfw4568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@joshuakhaos4451 2030 is closer to us then 2007

    • @4skintim962
      @4skintim962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      John Wesley I was 2 lmao

    • @B93R
      @B93R 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was in pre school and i just started college now lmao

  • @DecentRecruit
    @DecentRecruit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    2020: Anything in stock and tactical.

    • @tedschmitt178
      @tedschmitt178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      DecentRecruit One correction from my recent shopping trips: “Anything in stock.” (The stores I’ve shopped are cleaned out)

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      2021: Hardware stores running out of plumbing supplies because people can't find normal weapons and are making their own.

    • @passonthestar3689
      @passonthestar3689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@manictiger Philip A. Luty time

    • @anamusingidiot2565
      @anamusingidiot2565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For my first pistol, I don’t want anything overly tactical or whatever, just a matte black 1911 with wooden grip. Nothing fancy.

    • @passonthestar3689
      @passonthestar3689 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @NOT YO AVERAGE FIGHTER Maybe some day his books will be actually in stock somewhere

  • @cjr4286
    @cjr4286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    2007: When "blinding" weapon lights were 120 lumens, concealed carry was still a new thing in many places (with a stigma against it), and the threat of terrorist attacks was much, much closer to home for most people than it is now.

    • @joost1120
      @joost1120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Depressingly enough the threat of a terrorist attack is much higher these years. Back in 2007 the US felt threatened by terrorist groups from the Middle-East who had very little chance to actually carry out a successful attack. Domestic terrorists are much more of a threat these days. Domestic terrorism is much less prevalent in the media, but I'd say it hits a lot closer to home.

    • @matthewpadgett9526
      @matthewpadgett9526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      joost1120
      You got that right, and those “protesters” are joined together with a lot of “homegrown” enemies to bring about America’s destruction.

    • @model7374
      @model7374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Still a stigma against concealed carry in my leftist state. My concealed carry permit is very, very restricted. I take my chances when I’m not traveling to and from the range or to hunting. .

    • @anamusingidiot2565
      @anamusingidiot2565 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well people who didn’t know what they were talking about disliked the Glock because of it’s ammo capacity, despite the fact that high capacity pistols were becoming more normal.

    • @willcresson8776
      @willcresson8776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So glad I live in the South - where constitutional carry is becoming a norm.

  • @hotdesertroks889
    @hotdesertroks889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "You may not have even been born then"
    Hickok understands that his videos are classics that will be enjoyed fro eons!!.

  • @bobwhite4671
    @bobwhite4671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    2007 Wish I would have bought even more ammo!

    • @TechedCannon
      @TechedCannon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Luckily, back then wish didn’t freakin exist and start to scam people, my friend ordered airpods on wish and he got two white showerheads in the package

    • @Aptezo
      @Aptezo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TechedCannon wtf

    • @Noone-ci2nm
      @Noone-ci2nm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jansen Bates hhahahaha two showerheads😂

    • @revelioustoney8674
      @revelioustoney8674 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jansen Bates yooo you crazy bro 🤣🤣

  • @itskidkelly
    @itskidkelly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    It’s craaaazy to think how much the gun industry has changed since 2010

    • @ethanmcfarland8240
      @ethanmcfarland8240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah...it’s bankrupt

    • @keraatkins7833
      @keraatkins7833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The United States Of America you sure? Everybody packing in my town.

    • @full-timepog6844
      @full-timepog6844 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keraatkins7833 but do they have cash flow

    • @keraatkins7833
      @keraatkins7833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Full-time POG umm quite likely I don’t really find a use in asking another man’ about his paycheck if I don’t have another way to help him make money quicker.

    • @ElijahDecker
      @ElijahDecker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ethanmcfarland8240 Only Colt and Remington are bankrupt. Ruger, S&W, and Vista Outdoors (ammo consortium, i.e. Federal, Blazer, etc.) are making mad revenue and most/all private gun manufacturers are doing well too.

  • @charleschristianson2730
    @charleschristianson2730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    In 2007 I was armed with a Mossberg 500, an SKS, and a 1911. Everybody's AR had quad rails, though.

    • @jbdoingjbstuff
      @jbdoingjbstuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah. Had the colt 6940 then. Never touch the gun now (hate quad rails).

    • @lovemym16
      @lovemym16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My ARs that I built recently have quad rails lol. nothing wrong with the good old cheese grater. I can stand the skinny little Mlok rails. Too much heat transfer.

    • @robertgaudet7407
      @robertgaudet7407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Which 1911?

    • @charleschristianson2730
      @charleschristianson2730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertgaudet7407 Just a standard Springfield 1911A1 my folks got me for my 21st birthday.

    • @robertgaudet7407
      @robertgaudet7407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@charleschristianson2730 Pretty sweet. Was rocking the Rock Island one for a while recently and liked it a lot.

  • @player4life11111
    @player4life11111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    The AR that was available once the Assault Weapons Ban had expired in 2004. I hope that when people see this video a few years from now, AR Rifles are still plentiful and legal! :)

    • @Pacmanghost
      @Pacmanghost 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Plentiful is a lot more certain than legal...

    • @zulu0489
      @zulu0489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Pacmanghost You guys will have to decide about that this november, i guess.

    • @zachdunn7714
      @zachdunn7714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@zulu0489 It was already decided in 1791. We just might have to defend that right post November 3rd...

    • @felsinferguson1125
      @felsinferguson1125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have little doubt they'll be plentiful. Being legal will never be an issue, since any law that hits the books purporting to regulate them in any way, shape, or form is unconstitutional, and therefore void before it arrives, thanks to this little thing called the 2nd amendment. The question is, will there be enough folks with the stones to pick 'em up and enforce that fact on the overreaching government?

    • @ifronnin
      @ifronnin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope, unfortunately

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Original video with this Mossberg 590: th-cam.com/video/TxmXi2oI1qA/w-d-xo.html
    Original video with Colt AR 15 6920: th-cam.com/video/DpMx2qM9jm0/w-d-xo.html
    Original Video with M&P .40: th-cam.com/video/hrFkXCUwGDM/w-d-xo.html
    Playlist for the ARMED IN videos: th-cam.com/play/PLThWr6EloFzkN2Kc_HmKw_k2Po_GgyYSG.html

  • @naturesymphony564
    @naturesymphony564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I got a feeling that this good man is living his dream, am I wrong?

    • @Yeshayahu.
      @Yeshayahu. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe, that type of people (gun fan, car fan, truck fan, or warever) people that have this rarely get sad.

    • @gunningdownadream1987
      @gunningdownadream1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well for @HICKOK45 He smokes a lot of POT to that helps tremendously 🇺🇲

    • @jonathanlee5314
      @jonathanlee5314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gunningdownadream1987 True, he is a notorious pot-smoker.

    • @De_clan
      @De_clan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your right hes living all our dreams

    • @gunningdownadream1987
      @gunningdownadream1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@De_clan Living our dreams and smoking MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF POT🇺🇲🇺🇲

  • @calebcooper522
    @calebcooper522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Armed in 2027: Stone axe

    • @jovaniperez1443
      @jovaniperez1443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If You Where In California.

    • @J_Braz_
      @J_Braz_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me and my trusty pitchfork.

    • @Bradzerker-ed2dj
      @Bradzerker-ed2dj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Must be playing 7Days to Die

    • @Ocelopilli
      @Ocelopilli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shit good thing I know how to flintknap and make arrow heads

    • @ermannov.7654
      @ermannov.7654 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Disintegrator beam

  • @joevoit4884
    @joevoit4884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Liberals be like: Omgggg! Is that a fully semi automatic ak 15?! Not acceptable!

  • @CRDude2024
    @CRDude2024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    2007....... the year I joined the Army.
    7 to go and I’m done son!!!!

    • @JReed7560
      @JReed7560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you Andy and Daniel for your service.

    • @milesbarnes3276
      @milesbarnes3276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you both for your service. God Bless.

    • @MJA5
      @MJA5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I retired from the USAF in 2006. That rifle Hickok is shooting looks a lot like a couple of my rifles. It even has a forward assist.

    • @dakotashireman6404
      @dakotashireman6404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for your service

    • @alanc745
      @alanc745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      US Army Vietnam 1970 a btry 5/42 arty..been awhile ..

  • @alleystang2000
    @alleystang2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Colt LE6920
    Mossberg 500
    G19
    Then, and now.

    • @77Infidel
      @77Infidel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ageless.
      My now
      LE6920
      JM 930
      G19
      Stay safe brother!

    • @magaman3048
      @magaman3048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same. only then it was Gen 3 Glock, in 2020 I upgraded to Gen 5.

    • @magaman3048
      @magaman3048 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      and better optics

  • @rhedinrage1601
    @rhedinrage1601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Meanwhile in Britain, people who bought guns in 2007 are still being very quiet about it, unless they're criminals.

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The criminals would usually be quiet about it too, wouldn't want your gang's one pistol to get confiscated.

  • @sam.fridayyy
    @sam.fridayyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    thanks hickok glad to be a patreon member

    • @hickok45
      @hickok45  4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Thanks and welcome to the Gong Club!

    • @juansecamu5368
      @juansecamu5368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hickok45 gracias por ser como eres sigue así saludos desde colombia

    • @trolleybike63
      @trolleybike63 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *G O N G*

    • @FishTheJim
      @FishTheJim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hickok45 Gong club? do you have Gene Gene the dancing machine?

    • @Michael-tm1ej
      @Michael-tm1ej 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bulletz IM ALSO FAN IF HUNTER HUNYER

  • @luciensanchez6451
    @luciensanchez6451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    In 2007 you could go to the store without a diaper on your face.

    • @hickok45
      @hickok45  4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Yeah, my days of a "diaper on my face" are coming to an end pretty soon. Enough is enough. In a few weeks or months, just avoid me if you see me, because I'll be going back to normal and taking my chances with life. :-)

    • @zachanderson9775
      @zachanderson9775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      hickok45 hell yeah

    • @johnmulk2403
      @johnmulk2403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      hickok45 I don’t even remember what it was like walking into a store without a mask on I’m done with this whole fake virus stuff

    • @ggreloaded5269
      @ggreloaded5269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hickok45 Its all B.S anyway, plus you’re bulletproof Hickok

    • @luciensanchez6451
      @luciensanchez6451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hickok45 If hickok says it im with him all the way. A men brother.

  • @KevinMcMullen.
    @KevinMcMullen. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    2007 I turned 18 and bought my first gun an AR15 it was a bushmaster. Still have it. Pretty cool you randomly picked that year to talk about.

    • @KevinMcMullen.
      @KevinMcMullen. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Frank Bear
      Mine has the removable handle they are fun I haven't shot it in years since I mainly use PSA ar15s now. I'll hang onto it since it was my first one. It is a shame you have to be 21 years old now to buy a rifle.

    • @moro1112
      @moro1112 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kevin McMullen what state do you live in ? In Texas I believe it’s still 18.

    • @KevinMcMullen.
      @KevinMcMullen. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@moro1112 Florida it changed to 21 a couple years ago.

    • @KevinMcMullen.
      @KevinMcMullen. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Frank Bear
      Yeah idk about you but I am tired of the governments control over us.

    • @moro1112
      @moro1112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Kevin McMullen it was the governments fault for not doing anything with all the laws they have available to stop mass shootings. Not to mention the fbi, police and sheriff all fell asleep at the wheel when it came to stone man Douglas. Yet instead of trying to better themselves at enforcing the laws they already have, they rather pass more bull shit laws.

  • @RickNethery
    @RickNethery 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I would say a person would still be very well armed with those three firearms in 2020. Good video Mr. Hickok. 🇺🇸

  • @notchase5973
    @notchase5973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I remember the ads for the M&P when they first came out. I had to have one. Still don’t regret buying it. Wish I bought it in 9mm instead of .40 but I still love the pistol. First handgun I bought when I turned 21.

    • @davycrockett4406
      @davycrockett4406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Regret too! Bought my first Beretta handgun in .40 calibre. When I traded it in (NBF) for a S&W Combat 66 and a Jericho (baby Desert Eagle), the fella at “Accuracy Plus,” Peterboro, ON, said: “too bad it wasn’t a 9mm, I coulda given you more money for it! Nonetheless, I wished I’d bought a non-restricted AR-15 (5.56 Nato/.223), cuz our goofy PM-Trudeau has banned all ARs. My son now has my cool M&P 9 Pro Series C.O.R.E. 9mm!

    • @JReed7560
      @JReed7560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My friend has an M&P 9mm, it looks nice and feels good in the hand. There's an M&P 40 at my local gun store that I'd love to have.

    • @johndaugherty4127
      @johndaugherty4127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except you can get .40 and not nine.

    • @brendanmarriott661
      @brendanmarriott661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Does 40 not shoot anymore? Is being shot by 40 cal comfortable?

    • @notchase5973
      @notchase5973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don’t think anyone said anything bout being shot by it. But good try sounding cool.

  • @kylevidetto1115
    @kylevidetto1115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This video should have an extended title called "Armed in 2020". The impulsive choices of civilian firearms are still identical & present since 2007. I know I made the right choices.

  • @rosfell00
    @rosfell00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All I can remember is that in 2007 I learned about the existence of the desert eagle, that same year mexico turned into a warzone and I learned we civilians can't own firearms to defend ourselves...

  • @johnpugh327
    @johnpugh327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love the armed in series. A good shotgun, a good rifle, and a decent caliber handgun is timeless. I never feel under gunned with these three things in place. It's all a person needs to fit any bill. Thanks Hickock.

  • @DevildogDevildog-ko1ej
    @DevildogDevildog-ko1ej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Looks like im still living in 2007

  • @davidsvoboda2913
    @davidsvoboda2913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    2:40 I can’t do the math, I am from Kentucky looool

    • @johndaugherty4127
      @johndaugherty4127 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hold on, Calipari says its 13 years!

    • @danielalmeida9332
      @danielalmeida9332 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @UKSportsFan
      @UKSportsFan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johndaugherty4127 ... somebody told him. 😉

    • @johndaugherty4127
      @johndaugherty4127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@UKSportsFan well he bein a yankee, im purt shore he can read!

    • @77tomt
      @77tomt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The only state with 31 days in February...

  • @AdamGoldswain
    @AdamGoldswain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The more I watch Hickok45 vids the more I wanna make the across the pond! I’ve been looking at the housing market a lot recently and it’s much more promising than over here in England! Awesome vid Hickok , as always 👍🇬🇧

  • @ventel5212
    @ventel5212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Armed in 2007: Simple, just a black gun, looks nice.
    Armed in 2020: Where is my Eotech 500 on my IGS EVIKE FN Scar H with my anime uwu furry i dont even fucking know skin, who also has a bipod for a reason and a grip aswell with a sniper scope below it and with an iron sight on its right with a gigantic suppressor on it, and with a slim stock and a pink belt on my neon glock 18, oh wait they are on my winter camouflage anime skin neon uniform!

  • @diamondproductions2
    @diamondproductions2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Lol I remember my step dad showing me his brand new colt AR-15 in 2007

  • @edwoll
    @edwoll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I'm praying that it doesn't come to a point where we are going to have to fight for our lives to keep our arms.

    • @gblargg
      @gblargg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @No Neck the Wonder Dummy. Given that the second was enshrined a couple hundred years ago, it was a threat even then. They understood that it's always been a threat.

    • @fisher1997hb
      @fisher1997hb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants~ Thomas Jefferson

    • @anamusingidiot2565
      @anamusingidiot2565 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn’t there a thing that says we have a right to bear arms? (It’s 10:40 I’m tired)

    • @anamusingidiot2565
      @anamusingidiot2565 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andrew Cummings No he’s saying we can’t go to a range to shoot because corona,. (He’s considered high risk so that’s a fair decision.) And our backyard is not like hicocks. We have very limited space,

    • @robertgaudet7407
      @robertgaudet7407 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably just the same slow creep of more and more of us being forced to choose either to give up our freedom on principle and still lose our guns or give them up willingly and keep our noses clean. Not great.

  • @pinkiewerewolf
    @pinkiewerewolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That is close to what I started assembling around that time.
    Mossy 590, yep.
    Sig 556 SWAT Patrol as my first ARish rifle which I chose over the Colt 6920.
    XD sub compact was my semi auto pistol at that time. I've since come around and Glockified. Your videos were very instrumental in refining my selections over the years. Of course, I'm always hampered by California's draconian firearm restrictions.

  • @Jack-mu6ev
    @Jack-mu6ev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Such a cool guy, love the content

  • @ricashbringer9866
    @ricashbringer9866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I built an M4 style AR, like you have, on an Anderson lower with PSA Upper in 2020. If it worked in 2007 it still works today. If it doesn't, I have my M1 Garand.

  • @MrSniperdude01
    @MrSniperdude01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I read Colt is putting the 6920 back into production for civilian sale.
    I guess they finally broke the bank choosing to not sell "military style" rifles on the commercial market/Contracts Only

    • @Savannag2
      @Savannag2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is it coming back

    • @outspokengenius
      @outspokengenius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I really don't understand how they thought it would work in the first place considering all the military guns are built by FN

    • @fuzzball7972
      @fuzzball7972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, they stopped selling ARs on the civilian market because they didn't sell well. Most people have learned that Colt isn't all that. FN makes a better civilian AR.

    • @patrickgriffitt6551
      @patrickgriffitt6551 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fuzzball7972 I'm curious, what is your opinion/experience with the FN15s
      They seem to be pretty good quality wise but never hear much about them. Been looking them over for 1st AR purchase.

  • @Bear-gl4sf
    @Bear-gl4sf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Before I buy any firearm I check to see what hickok45's got to say about it. 🤔

  • @masterdoge7219
    @masterdoge7219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm not a gun owner, far from it, but, something that I always notice in Hickok's videos is how his safety measures are incredibly commendable. It's so natural for him to always double/triple check if a chamber is empty that it even becomes satisfying.

  • @Lucifer-oe2tb
    @Lucifer-oe2tb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This was released on my birthday and he’s talking about the year I was born

  • @One_of_the_boys
    @One_of_the_boys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank for that great vids stay well and greets from the bavarian outback (germany)

  • @Texas-Goodspeed
    @Texas-Goodspeed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Appreciate y’all from Texas

  • @modnednl7344
    @modnednl7344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    “What do you do ?”
    “I’m a COVID Marshall”

  • @funkyprepper
    @funkyprepper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Awesome job brother, love from across the pond

  • @thefiveguy5258
    @thefiveguy5258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You should review some assault weapons ban era guns

    • @robertgaudet7407
      @robertgaudet7407 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does have that video too, I think. Somewhere in the backlog.

  • @Mr_Santo5
    @Mr_Santo5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I was buying revolvers in 2007. Before Obama got into office I was able to find 686's and GP100's for around $300-400 used.

    • @HG-jy3bl
      @HG-jy3bl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dang, just bought a gp100 for $650

  • @luhbot
    @luhbot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Deadshot: I never miss a shot
    Hickok45: Hold my beer

  • @twjonckheere
    @twjonckheere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brings back memories. Around then I bought my first AR in celebration of my divorce... Another cool moment was a few years ago when I bought my IWI X95 in celebration of it being a Tuesday. :D

    • @xb360t
      @xb360t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      5 years later: I bought an AK because I saw a pebble

  • @wk3818
    @wk3818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Uncle Hickock45 the amount of joy you show when shooting is heartwarming 😁👍 you're doing good work. Raises my spirit these days after dealing with the mask police

  • @vannlo355
    @vannlo355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My best friend in the Marines rn bought a Mosin for his first back in 2010. 2014 he got a Mossberg Mav 88 and a DPMS AR-15

  • @prixenthedude
    @prixenthedude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    i love guns. and this makes me happy to know that people like 12 year old guns too. 😊

    • @vellinghem2187
      @vellinghem2187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your selling yourself too short friend.
      I love guns that were built 100 years + earlier
      The M1918 B.A.R remains my single #1 favorite Rifle. And I will own one even if it takes me 5 more years
      (cuz that relics almost 4 grand right now)

    • @mistervanwyk7405
      @mistervanwyk7405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vellinghem2187 And even older....

    • @RichyN25
      @RichyN25 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      my mosin from 1943 works perfectly fine lol

    • @jamesscott9081
      @jamesscott9081 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gotcha! got an 1891 30-40 Krag.. Its my BOOM stick!

    • @peternorton5648
      @peternorton5648 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Scott I’ve got one too. Don’t shoot it much but I sure love that old gun. It just feels solid in your hands.

  • @RussellFulmer
    @RussellFulmer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I bought one in 2007, just before the election.

  • @thegobblerproject2363
    @thegobblerproject2363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I spent some time thinking that whining noise in the back ground was coming from my dog.

  • @HillbillyNitroUSA
    @HillbillyNitroUSA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I really like these videos, Hickok. I find it very interesting to look back on a little of the history at the time and what firearms folks could have been carrying. 👍🏻💪🏻👊🏻

  • @CrazyDog651
    @CrazyDog651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Honestly it’s the little things that make the guns of today so much better, even the fact the optics on a rifle are now standard practice and that those optics are so much cheaper now such as a Thermal optic.

  • @Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr
    @Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I bought a psl, and a gen 3 glock 19, i was fresh off the pond and amazed at what you could get for half the price of an airgun in the uk😀.

  • @buhboni7324
    @buhboni7324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lost me at "can't do the math". Crazy how far education has come

  • @yellowplate4539
    @yellowplate4539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Armed in 149 BC when?

    • @ermannov.7654
      @ermannov.7654 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Flint ax and cludgel... 😁

    • @yellowplate4539
      @yellowplate4539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ermannov.7654 dont forget the pilum.

    • @yellowplate4539
      @yellowplate4539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ermannov.7654 son i think you mean 3000 bce. we talkin about 149 bce.

    • @ermannov.7654
      @ermannov.7654 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yellowplate4539 yeah, it was my oversight... 🤔😄

    • @yellowplate4539
      @yellowplate4539 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ermannov.7654 hmm alr

  • @davidmeyer6908
    @davidmeyer6908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember my 2007 purchases when funds were tight: a matching serial # 91/30 for 80$, and a NEF single shot 20ga for $100.

  • @HillbillyNitroUSA
    @HillbillyNitroUSA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Yep 2007... I got to experience my first kidney stone in June of 2007. I’ve had a few since then, but never like that first one...💥🤷🏻✌🏻 (knock on wood)

    • @per_petual1453
      @per_petual1453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      look out boys he's armed with a kidney stone

    • @kenycharles8600
      @kenycharles8600 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@navyvet84 bullshit. You and everyone who reads your comment knows you are full of it. There are millions of vegetarians and vegans (not me) on the planet who have never had a kidney stone and probably never will.

    • @Kings.English1990
      @Kings.English1990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you eat to much Calcium it will cause kidney stones

    • @kenycharles8600
      @kenycharles8600 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@navyvet84 ok. I'll give you my best shot. "Found My Fitness" is a TH-cam channel featuring articles by Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.. She has been on The Joe Rogan Experience several times. She is a doctor who gives lectures to other doctors who want to learn something new about real health. I'm am pretty sure all of the video presentations she makes have links to the research papers she discusses in her presentations. She also has interviews with other research doctors who are at the top of their field. Like Dr. Valter Longo, Dr. David Sinclair, Dr. Peter Attia, Wim Hoff and others whom you may have heard of. If you care to learn more about healthy living and proper diet and nutrition she can give you more information than I ever could. I'm not really that smart. Though sometimes I think I am. Her work on sulfurofane (I may have misspelled that) derived from broccoli sprouts is very thorough, with links to her research. If you care to take the time to watch a few of her videos and are not convinced that some vegetables can be beneficial to your health then I don't know what to say. By the way, I do understand the principles of a ketogenic diet and a carnivore diet and a paleo diet. I went from 265 pounds to 205 pounds in a 6 to 8 month time period by modifying my diet and exercise routines. Cruciferous vegetables and berries are the most beneficial plant foods that I consume. Next in line is nuts, primarily for their magnesium content and fiber, though they are high in oxalates. That should be enough for now. If you care to point me in the right direction to improve my health please, go ahead. I'm open to good advice.

  • @roadhouse6999
    @roadhouse6999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's like those historical "How a Man Shall be Armed" videos but for the 2000s.
    Someone should do more of them.

  • @Bearclaw_Jake
    @Bearclaw_Jake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    07, the year I graduated HS.

    • @angeloc1340
      @angeloc1340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just started HS.

    • @dontknow6465
      @dontknow6465 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I graduated in 1918

    • @suntzu6468
      @suntzu6468 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @METAL4 LIFE Mine graduated 5 years ago and I got 2 more years.

  • @solidslicc707
    @solidslicc707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I was old enough to possess firearms back in 2007, I would have picked a Remington 870, a WASR-10/63, and an HK USP 40. I’m not a big fan of the pistol choice, but the Mossberg 500 and an AR-15 are solid choices

  • @campodedemolicion
    @campodedemolicion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    👍🙏🔫

  • @33legion
    @33legion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How dare a civilian hold a military grade assault high capacity fully semiautomatic clip navy seal rifle

  • @redemptionowl3425
    @redemptionowl3425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hickok started youtube when i was 4, now im 16 goin on 17, damn....

    • @BlueRockEye
      @BlueRockEye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was only 2 back then, weird to think about

  • @NCBotany
    @NCBotany 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who else can't wait to see Hickok45 shoot the new 7.5FK brno pistol?
    I like that gun. It's pretty cool.

  • @Wild_Bill57
    @Wild_Bill57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Have the 590A1, absolutely love it. I’ve been here since 2007, where has the time go?

  • @jonathans44
    @jonathans44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    IMO that AR configuration is still one of the best. Something about an eotech reticle right in the middle of A2 sight protectors gives me the fizz.

  • @joshuamedina8920
    @joshuamedina8920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    2007 was the best year of my life I was 15 at the time

    • @dylandailey7337
      @dylandailey7337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was only 4 I dont even remember anything from that year lol

    • @Aptezo
      @Aptezo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i was born in 2007

    • @captainoblivious_yt
      @captainoblivious_yt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was 6. The years 2007-2010 were the days man.

    • @bojanmilankovic
      @bojanmilankovic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same age as me. By that time, I had just learned to shoot with my Dad on an M1 Carbine and an SKS. Was hooked and bought my first gun (Vz. 58) at 18.

    • @joshuamedina8920
      @joshuamedina8920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bojanmilankovic that's sick dude my dad's first Gun he gave me was single shot hunting rifle ... We go deer and hog hunting alot in South Texas.

  • @follkiej
    @follkiej 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had no clue the M&P was out then!! Thank you sir!!

  • @conorkehoe589
    @conorkehoe589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is leading up to "Armed in 2020"

  • @Is308enough
    @Is308enough 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hickok, did you look in my closet? Rem 870 Magnum, same Colt, and Glock 21 Gen4. Pretty close! And I did it in 08!

  • @ClumsyMercenary
    @ClumsyMercenary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i'd like to see 'armed in 2077' for the next episode

  • @chainsawplayin
    @chainsawplayin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's something whistling in the background all the time, really distracting.

  • @simmonphoenix3206
    @simmonphoenix3206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice to see you kept the AR stock and didn’t put all the “furniture” on it. running steel mags as well. Keep it simple.

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was what you'd usually see in 2007.

  • @ricjaredpalandiano1807
    @ricjaredpalandiano1807 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Armed in the year I was born and the greatest year for gaming. What a year.

  • @paullee8519
    @paullee8519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    that ar looks like a smg in his hands

  • @mariodesmo
    @mariodesmo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I bought two of those on the table. I do remember being very surprised by the removable handle on the 6920.
    I'm a 1911 kind of guy so I've never warmed up to the M&P's.
    But I do like S&W wheel guns.

  • @leventemontana1755
    @leventemontana1755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wish I was armed at age of 6... in Russia.
    Now that I think about it - not the best idea

  • @jasontruman1215
    @jasontruman1215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s funny, 2007-8 is when I bought my first AR, mossberg 500 and g-19.

  • @tonyg4438
    @tonyg4438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    That’s me 2020 🙂

    • @sir1179
      @sir1179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Booge Nautilus not at all! beautiful firearms

  • @TSGEnt
    @TSGEnt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:39 you may not do math. but windage is in your blood. 😜

    • @Aksbug90
      @Aksbug90 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right. He's really good with irons it seems.

  • @markperacullo7541
    @markperacullo7541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Armed in 2007
    The year i play COD 4 MW

  • @mexi_q_bbq430
    @mexi_q_bbq430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BIG 5 sporting goods had sales on mossberg on a weekly basis back than now PSH! you cant find them anywhere if you do they are almost double or triple the price

  • @frodo_banggin
    @frodo_banggin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Armed in 2021 after Joe got elected: bows and arrows

  • @orlandomiramontes4410
    @orlandomiramontes4410 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2007, the year I started at my job !!!

  • @reapz3919
    @reapz3919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Joined the corps in 07 good times, Semper Fi.

    • @scottbryan803
      @scottbryan803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome! Crazy to think my son was 7 then. Just joined the Marines last year.

    • @reapz3919
      @reapz3919 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottbryan803 thats really cool brother what is his mos?

    • @scottbryan803
      @scottbryan803 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reapz3919 it was 0369 / Infantry Unit Leader. But, sadly, he injured his knee at SOI and was medically discharged.

  • @quickscopeoneeighty9158
    @quickscopeoneeighty9158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was armed with Halo 3 in 2007

  • @carletonmoto3059
    @carletonmoto3059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love the content

  • @jackdee1380
    @jackdee1380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You have helped me maintain my sanity and added to my handgun knowledge during this extended covid lockdown here in the Philippines thanks!

  • @curtypoodarrin2523
    @curtypoodarrin2523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm not first, I'm not last, but when I get the notification I sure click it fast.

  • @alanhigh8125
    @alanhigh8125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My ARs used to have quad rails with lights, foregrips (and lasers). Now, they just have polymer handguards and no accessories. Some are topped with removable carry handles, some with Aimpoints. Nothing else. The weapons are much lighter that way. I have a knockoff of an AR15A4 too. It's bone stock, nothing added. I prefer things as simple and straightforward as possible now.