@@Moondog66602 i'm only watching him for the last 2 years so no. and for a long time, i stopped my obsession with firearms so i never rlly cared much about this channel until now
For anyone else that wants to put a little lock tite on a small screw or bolt, here's a hot tip if the locktite comes in a container like the one shown. Take a toothpick, dip it into the locktite. A small drop will collect on the end of the toothpick due to surface tension. Then just dab that on the screw. Have fun, be safe.
My thought was tip the container before opening and using the cap as a point to dab the screw in. but your way would probably be even better at controlling amount.
My favorite part of this is that if you've seen enough of Ian's videos you can see just how far the industry has come in terms of the refinement of parts functionality (single parts performing multiple roles) as well as the genius of modular design and modern manufacturing techniques. Some people like to think the old designs were better in every way, but try and assemble any old design from a collection of unmatched parts and see how well it runs.
But but but...MIM parts!!!!! Wish Ian would do a video on MIM parts and how long they have been used in firearms. I hate seeing people talking about how they are inferior. No, they're not, you just don't understand the technology and science behind it. And this video makes me miss my M18...out of town for work and I decided to bring my Beretta APX A1...lol
@vincent g Yes, granted. However I said non-matched parts. Take a bunch of parts from say two different manufacturers that have not been fit into finished guns previously I doubt they would work well. I'm not saying it wont work, but likely would not run well. Tolerances and stacking tolerances being what they are.
The brushed nickel is looking sharp. This is the only firearm channel I still subscribe to, because it is mostly Ian geeking out, no other BS or fake machismo.
I'll add Royal Armories, 9-Hole Reviews, Polenar Tactical, InRangeTV, GarandThumb, Administrative Results, AK Operators Union Local 47-74, Legacy Collectibles, Bloke on the Range, and TFB TV to the list of recommended channels. But yeah, there's a wide range of quality content being published on TH-cam in the firearms community, just got to go find it.
Was / am a big fan of the SIG P250 Concept... and therefore the P320 works for me as well... truly enjoy the "build a gun you want" flexibility, just not the expense..
If the market was less divided, parts would be much cheaper, like with ARs. If someone made a modular pistol receiver that wasn't proprietary to a single company, it would become the AR-15 of handguns before long.
@@Bacteriophagebs the only reason the AR-15 became so popular was trifold. 1. Military service use. 2. Machined parts so any shop could make em. 3. The copyright and patents expired, so anyone can crank em out. Given enough time, the 250 and 320 ideas will be the base of modern firearms layouts.
Yeah I'm no engineer but a lot of those parts seem to have, unnecessarily tight tolerances in places just because of silly design choices, the seer return springs and their mounting points i think being a great example, just so tiny for very little reason it seems, a lot of other pistols out there seem to just have less finicky parts thus the price?
Random trivia... The 320 X-5 legion has a loose recoil spring from the factory. It comes with 2 springs in the box, and takes 1911 style springs to allow tuning to a specific load. Great tool to teach new shooters with very low power handloads that won't have any muzzle flip, and you can get a soft enough spring to allow it to still run. Any spring you choose, change it every 5000 rounds. The last broken Sig frame I had they recommended it (28000 rounds) and the new frame lasted me 3x the round count before I retired that pistol for the x-5 legion.
Well we know YT hates us ( people who like guns) and hates guns. I know this is going to be trouble for us all and Ian in particular. And yet we know Ian must already know this so can we assume its ok by YT ? god i'm confused now
One of the few videos (if not the only one) where Ian starts with a table covered in gun parts and ends with an assembled gun. Usually it's the opposite! Today I learned a lot about modern guns. Thank you!
I really like that he clearly states that he is being given the gun at no cost in exchange for talking about the company and doing the video. Just being upfront and honest is refreshing to see on TH-cam.
The great thing about the Agency slides, is the AOS optic cut. You can use almost any red dot sight using their plate system, and you can run irons rear or forward of the optic. Very modular system.
When Ian starts listing guns : short barrel, long barrel, red dot... immediately in my mind is scene from movie Forest Gump when Bubba starts listing how shrimp can be done in many ways. :D
I thought TH-cam didn't allow this type of content. I remember when Ian and Karl did an excellent series about building Cetme rifles from parts kits that you can no longer see on this site.
I’ve liked the P250 when it first came out, and I absolutely appreciated the modularity of it, even more so when it evolved to become the P320. thank you so much for covering this evolutionary design.
I feel like this suppressed with a light on the bottom would make a very good bump in the night gun as it’s easily stored (responsibility) in something like a nightstand due to its size along with it being in a pistol cartridge making overpenetration less of a issue all while being stocked so controllability is vastly improved
Okay, that was WAY more interesting than I thought it would be! Thanks for showing that process, love the ability of ModGuns to make it as easy as it looked to create your own pistol/USW!
Wow, that was a super intresting and useful video, thanks!! I love the Sig P320 and its modularity, it's absolutely an amazing modern gun. That B&T package it's a badass, i like it :)
Great video. Interesting to watch you build this firearm, along with the narration of what's what. And you didn't shoot any springs across the room like I would have.
Clearly you are a genius. Unboxing or unbagging the parts would have sent me into fits of swearing. I would have lost at least one part before locating a gunsmith. Good for you.
If you ever plan on taking the muzzle device off again, locktite the barrel threads rather than the set screw threads. That way you can just wrench it off when it comes time to remove it. Alternatively, toss the red loctite in the trash and use rockset instead, the same stuff Surefire uses on their supressor ready muzzle devices. Rockset can withstand up to 3000 degrees but is water soluable, meaning a few minutes in warm to hot water and you can spin it right off again.
@@xyzpdq1122 Yeah, i made that mistake, you actually need very little amount because it will spread itself around thread very easily, and if you have blind threaded hole you can just put little drop in it and when you screw screw in it will hydraulically push loctite up around the threads, still it's better to put it on the screw itself but when you have to screw a lot of screws it is useful to use tricks like that.
2022 Arms designers: "We will build a USW. Basically a pistol with a shoulder stock." Arms designers in the 1890's: "Are we a joke to the modern future??"
Thanks! It's enlightening to see how everything goes together. Even though I have an M18 clone, with thumb safety, this was still a good watch. I do wonder, though, how many springs got launched during the building of this gun. 🤔😜
Side note, if you have an old P250 FCU, it can pretty easily be converted to a more modern P320 FCU with a drill jig and some carbide dremel bits. The stampings are almost exactly the same parts, with a few different holes/reliefs.
@@stoptrackingourdata8158 100% can confirm- they're a little wobbly/rattly in my 320 grip module but my 250 mags are admittedly quite old. Also, fitment is subject to grip module length etc, some of the 250 mags are too short for the longer magwell on the bigger 320 grip modules, but common sense applies here and it seems like a fairly limited problem (10rd mags in full size grips, etc.)
I recommend shrink wrap for the trigger stop pin, esp if you have one that's loose and wants to fall out. If you don't overheat it, it'll have a nice snug fit that will keep the pin in place, but won't be hard to take off or reinstall. It also works like the spring to reduce over-travel of the trigger. Just need different thicknesses of shrink wrap if you want to really tune the trigger. Regular generic shrink wrap seems to work just fine though. Just can't forget to insert an empty magazine to test the trigger, so the sear doesn't pull the slide down with it (from the up/down play/slop in the slide movement).
Okay, less than a minute into the video and I'm chuckling at that pistol farthest to the right. Like all the OTHER pistols are chilling in fairly typical configuration, and that one's off to the side like "Hey guys! Hey! Hey! Hey look what I can do! You guys! C'mon you're not looking!"
@@thecommissaruk Firearms normally cannot be 'stood up' that way. I mean, revolvers and older pistols tend to be all metal so sure maybe a slide can be stood up like that but with the metal frame sticking off the side at the top? Nah, impossible, it'd tip over! I guess, due to the flat front of the frame, possibly with the aid of a specific angle, and the fact the frame is polymer and has little-to-no metal on it, the majority of the weight in the slide is sufficient to keep it upright without tipping over. Honestly I don't think I've ever seen that before in my life, a pistol that can stand up on its muzzle without some sort of stand probably with a plastic or wooden stick to go into the barrel itself to make it do so. That pistol just naturally can stand on it muzzle, and that's wild to me. It's hilarious to see, it's something you almost NEVER get to observe, almost like someone randomly standing on their hands for no reason, seemingly to grab attention. Like... why are you doing that? That's not normal. It's comical and amusing, but not normal, the only reason someone would do it is for attention. So that's kinda the funny vibe I got from that pistol doing something I basically have never done before. Edit: Oops, wrong word used, I meant 'never seen before' and not 'never done before,' the very last sentence.
I’m reminded of that scene from “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, when that bandit (the Ugly) walks out of the desert and walking into a gun shop, assembles a new revolver out of various parts of other revolvers. This obviously wouldn’t work, as what looks like a Smith and Wesson cylinder would never work in the frame of a Colt Navy percussion. But that scene was utterly cool. 🙂😮
Really good video, It was a great watch. Just for future reference Ian, you put the Loctite on the screw only if the threaded hole is a trough hole. When a hole is closed on one end, you actually put the Loctite in the hole itself to prevent the air bubble from pushing the glue out.
In this one, more thn ever, I was "Oh God, Ian, please, please do not lose or drop anything!" The finished article looks amazing, like something out of a sci-fi action movie. Lucky Ian.
I have. Never assembled a trigger mechanism .but I am surprised you don't put a little grease where fine springs are hooking onto steel pins or holes... I used to assemble teleprinters and we had to put grease on those parts to avoid premature failures...
I am not a gun expert but for something that will do 1000 or 2000 cycles the factory oily film seams enough to me. But I would put some on long way parts (specially the slide).
@@petittoto7433 hmm I didn't think of it that way ... These springs were flexing 10 times a second max but 20 or more hours a day... No grease they would fail in months..... With grease 10 or 20 years.
@@helltanner3722 I agree for 10*3600*24*365... I did something different but in the same category... A switch cleaned with acetone worked about 10 times, cleaned with alcohol about 100 times and with a very small drop of oil more than 1'000'000.
A little trick on putting the slide on. Sometimes their are 2 parts of the searer group that pop up if the trigger is slightly moved or if the tail of the slide cap hits them when putting the slide back on. Use you finger to push them down and reset them. This will keep you from moving the slide to the rear if you don't notice it happening and easy to miss if you don't watch for it.
Great video. I love the amount of customization which this system affords. The best part is that say 20 years ago you usually had to buy a fully functioning gun and they buy the custom parts you wanted and then you’d be left with perfectly good parts that you had no use for, but had to pay for. With this you can buy exactly what you want with minimal if any left overs. When I get one I will definitely go with the stock Sig guide rod/captive spring even if it means tossing the ones which come with whichever slide I choose. I’m always thinking worst case scenario, call me paranoid. The area of the chassis which the slide travels above during recoil got me thinking. If something landed in those recesses vertically, such as an ejected case it may stop the slide cold or worse get mangled under the slide and jam things up. I realize there is probably a better chance of me being struck by lightening while cashing my lottery check. What are your thoughts?
Only one 'user installed malfunction' out of all the little teeny tiny sproings that could have rained down over the shop- pretty good! (I'm kidding, not your fault. I would have worn at least one in my eye and lost 2-3)
Personally I appreciate that he kept in the loctite mishap, as we are only human. I’d love to know what the MSRP for this was, itemized would be best including the legal fee for the short barrel rifle tag.
I was definitely thinking at about 17:30 "well that's one way to put loctite on a screw, I hope that doesn't fall off the end of the allen key." Glad to see Ian makes the same kind of mistakes as the rest of us.
The fact that Ian usually uses his index finger to release the mag on most pistols makes me feel smart for doing that independently (I know it's really the only practical solution but still it's nice to have one of the more trusted guntubers do the same.)
I do this with my H&K USP, its mag release is located in a perfect spot for that, even as a righty. I also use my left hand to release the slide, it just seems to make so much more sense.
My dad (who is a righty) would swap all the mag releases that he could so he could do the same, it has caused me a bit of confusion as to what is the standard way anymore since it is a 50/50 on the guns I've handled over the years of if it had a left or right side mag release
@@pctotty It's just really easy to do on the P320 and that gun is the only one where I've actually had an issue with the Right Hand mag release because I'd accidentally hit it while shooting.
@@joshuaradick5679 The USP has an ambidextrous mag release. It's a down press, rather than in and I just find it perfect for me to use with my trigger finger, without having to rotate the grip in my hand to drop the mag. I can see a similar idea with a button release.
I fired the Flux Defense Raider that used the SIG P320 at an indoor range. It's fun but you get smoke, debris and concussion in your face because you're literally firing a handgun at the end of your nose. It may work as a PDW but it isn't one. This may be more of an issue at indoor ranges. I fired the original Flux at SHOT Show at the outdoor range and it wasn't as obvious compared to firing indoors. Well designed dedicated PDWs shouldn't have those issues.
@@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz I'm aware that the Flux wasn't meant to be a real PDW. I thought I communicated that in my post. I gave my experience with it and my explanation why it had the issues I experienced. I apologize if that message wasn't clear.
@@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz No problem. This is a cool project gun to build but costly. I'd definitely have to find reasons to use it a lot. I host a pro 2A range event/educational workshop, this would be a cool edition. I may be the only one that mentioned the smoke after firing the FLUX.
The Raider is intended to be a micro PDW, a step up from this B&T pistol with a stock, but as much capability in the smallest package possible. I think there are a lot of variables with the smoke, debris and concussion, I wonder if you shot it with a comp, or even a suppressor. Certain comps are absolutely terrible on the Raider, such as the HA version one with side rear projecting ports, and certain suppressors create a ton of blowback. I can and do fire multiple strings of 42 rounds (21+21) from my chopped optic mount (for concealing under a button up shirt) Raider indoors with no issues whatsoever, very quickly, very accurately, and have done so without eye protection for testing. I don't even notice gas or blowback of any sort. The Raider has beat out every other PDW in every eval, including evals done by tier one units. As I design my own operating system for the Flux PDW, reducing the gas and concussion is absolutely going to be minimized as much as possible. Cheers, and let me know how else I can improve the system.
@@BenfromFlux Thank you for your clarification. One of our 2A4E volunteers brought his Flux Raider for attendees to shoot. He has a muzzle device attached, I don't know the brand, it looks like it directs the blast down range. I just uploaded a TH-cam Short featuring the Flux. Can you watch it and give me your opinion? **2A4E (the 2nd is For Everyone: Diversity Shoot is 2nd Amendment advocacy workshop that introduces people to 2A advocacy groups, firearms owners, new firearms and the history of gun control. We shoot guns, eat pizza, have fun and grow the firearms community. )
I know your prolly never gunna see this, but you should totally use your connections with HK to give us a peek at a P11. Outside of a 10 second demo video theres basically nothing on it!!!! Pretty nifty underwater 7.62 pistol
... Not really? Those are some bends and cuts that are really critical with pretty tight tolerance. Maybe with a very specific set of custom dies and jigs and maybe a laser cut flat to start out with as an incomplete lower. But I'm pretty sure the AFT wouldn't be willing to allow a *plain metal sheet* to be sold as an incomplete lower right now.
@@alltat there's nothing to explode, it's only a bracket that holds trigger assembly together. Meanwhile pressure-bearing parts like the chamber and bolt are sold freely.
@@jonp8015 AR lowers are literally cast in sand, only thing left is to drill holes and file sharp edges. Building a jig to bend a single piece of metal isn't as complicated as people think, it's doing it repeatedly for thousands of units that's hard
i know charging handles aren't popular anymore (now we have slide mounted optics instead of frame mount) but a big silver charging handle would look pretty sweet on there, and work well with the stock. i've always been a fan of the big charging handle because it is so insanely comfortable to work with
Honestly, great video. Some might complain about sponsors on occasion and I get that, but this is clearly one of those where it's a no-brainer and everyone benefits from this. Good stuff, thank you
And here in Britain we cannot even order a spare airgun barrel to our home, it has to be sent to a Registered Firearms Dealer who will charge you for the privilege, or you have to order it through them and pay their price.
Just saw Graham Hancock mention that law enforcement is looking to move marijuana from class B to A( I assume A is equivalent of Schedule 1 in USA). I can’t imagine knives will be legal much longer either. What do they think you’re gonna do with an air gun or airsoft that doesn’t have ridiculous colors?
20:56 that open top of the slide looks like would be prone for falling brass to fall into and causing a malfunction. Sure, the ejection pattern is supposed to go to the right side, but I have seen brass doing some crazy trajectories. One time a ejected case made all the way back to the chamber primer pocket first (it was the last round obviously). This failure was so rare that an old timer watching me shooting asked to take a picture of it.
Only in America I think. In Europe / the Netherlands I'm required to have a firearm licence for individual (modern) firearm parts and ammunition. P.S. let's hope TH-cam does not pull this video because it shows information on how to make a firearm.
Also with the 320s, you physically have to lock the slide to the rear in order to rotate the takedown lever all the way. This is a safety feature that forces the user to chamber check the weapon before disassembly. At least that's how it is on the M17 or M18.
Not much better in Canada. I don't know if they've already passed the legislation, but Trudeau had pursued and possibly succeeded in a 'pistol freeze' in which it is illegal or may become illegal to ever buy/sell/trade pistols. I have both bought and sold pistols before, as a Canadian civilian, in fact I became a gun owner at 18 years old just as soon as I possibly could.
Carry-length factory slide works just fine on the USW grip module, for anyone wondering. The front length is exactly the same as Sig's Carry grips (and the WCP 320 Carry).
Voice of experience. If you want a custom gun, order it from the manufacturer. It's not any more expensive than ordering parts yourself and there's less work on your part.
This is so satisfying!! My favorite part of showing anything with parts is how they are assembled! Usually Ian disassembles a firearm, finishes the video, then (I assume) shouts " *I'm a celebrity!* " as he walks out the door, leaving the gun to others to put back together.😁 (I'm so joking, but it would be funny to see!)😉
Just venting my jealousy of Ian's rightly deserved ability to be invited to the coolest places. Dude was literally in the the Lego shop for guns. Lol
The country of France once asked him to visit so he could see their guns lol
Don't forget H&K's grey room.
Thanks for not using black latex gloves!
Not to mention getting paid with the same Lego for doing it.
watching ian assembling a firearm for 25 mins is now my favorite thing to do
You shoulda seen the old series when he and Karl built cetme-L rifles before it got removed.
Makes a change from disassembly?
@@Moondog66602 i'm only watching him for the last 2 years so no.
and for a long time, i stopped my obsession with firearms so i never rlly cared much about this channel until now
So relaxing.....
Just like it used to be before the overturds choked down
Didn’t know we needed gunsmithing with Ian in our lives, but…and I think I speak for everyone…we do. More please.
putting together prefabricated parts isn't gunsmithing, though. but we still need it and want it, you're right there.
He used to have a full gunsmithing channel but nothing has been posted in a long time.
@@762x54rr no kidding? What’s it called?
So say we all.
I’d love him to take some old bubba Mauser 98 and restore it, or make it into a nice sporterized Mauser 98
For anyone else that wants to put a little lock tite on a small screw or bolt, here's a hot tip if the locktite comes in a container like the one shown.
Take a toothpick, dip it into the locktite. A small drop will collect on the end of the toothpick due to surface tension. Then just dab that on the screw.
Have fun, be safe.
Unless, like Ian, you NEVER want it to get out again 😋
My thought was tip the container before opening and using the cap as a point to dab the screw in. but your way would probably be even better at controlling amount.
Thanks for bringing that up. I had forgotten that little trick.
Another pro tip if you have no tooth picks, spray it everywhere and get it all over your hands and parts. Enjoy! Lol
Be sure to use plastic safe Loctite also-John in Texas
Must. Resist. Buying. More. Guns.
I must admit, ModGuns run an interesting business. I wish we had something like that in Europe
Sounds like a business opportunity to me.
Mr. .50 BMG (must resist buying 50 more guns)
My favorite part of this is that if you've seen enough of Ian's videos you can see just how far the industry has come in terms of the refinement of parts functionality (single parts performing multiple roles) as well as the genius of modular design and modern manufacturing techniques. Some people like to think the old designs were better in every way, but try and assemble any old design from a collection of unmatched parts and see how well it runs.
But but but...MIM parts!!!!!
Wish Ian would do a video on MIM parts and how long they have been used in firearms. I hate seeing people talking about how they are inferior. No, they're not, you just don't understand the technology and science behind it.
And this video makes me miss my M18...out of town for work and I decided to bring my Beretta APX A1...lol
@vincent g Yes, granted. However I said non-matched parts. Take a bunch of parts from say two different manufacturers that have not been fit into finished guns previously I doubt they would work well. I'm not saying it wont work, but likely would not run well. Tolerances and stacking tolerances being what they are.
The brushed nickel is looking sharp.
This is the only firearm channel I still subscribe to, because it is mostly Ian geeking out, no other BS or fake machismo.
I'd recommend Paul Harrell and Backyard Ballistics
Ian, Mark Novak, and C&Rsenal, my personal holy trinity of guntube. Though I might be biased since the latter two are local.
There are plenty of other non-machismo gun channels. It isn't 2014 anymore
C&Rsenal is also machismo free. Frankly it's even nerdier than Ian's. Cap and ball and British muzzleloaders are also great.
I'll add Royal Armories, 9-Hole Reviews, Polenar Tactical, InRangeTV, GarandThumb, Administrative Results, AK Operators Union Local 47-74, Legacy Collectibles, Bloke on the Range, and TFB TV to the list of recommended channels.
But yeah, there's a wide range of quality content being published on TH-cam in the firearms community, just got to go find it.
Was / am a big fan of the SIG P250 Concept... and therefore the P320 works for me as well... truly enjoy the "build a gun you want" flexibility, just not the expense..
If the market was less divided, parts would be much cheaper, like with ARs. If someone made a modular pistol receiver that wasn't proprietary to a single company, it would become the AR-15 of handguns before long.
@@Bacteriophagebs the only reason the AR-15 became so popular was trifold. 1. Military service use. 2. Machined parts so any shop could make em. 3. The copyright and patents expired, so anyone can crank em out. Given enough time, the 250 and 320 ideas will be the base of modern firearms layouts.
@@gregoryfilin8040 That's...that's exactly what I said.
Yeah I'm no engineer but a lot of those parts seem to have, unnecessarily tight tolerances in places just because of silly design choices, the seer return springs and their mounting points i think being a great example, just so tiny for very little reason it seems, a lot of other pistols out there seem to just have less finicky parts thus the price?
@@gregoryfilin8040 ...and they're popular just for being popular. (like Glocks).
Random trivia...
The 320 X-5 legion has a loose recoil spring from the factory. It comes with 2 springs in the box, and takes 1911 style springs to allow tuning to a specific load. Great tool to teach new shooters with very low power handloads that won't have any muzzle flip, and you can get a soft enough spring to allow it to still run.
Any spring you choose, change it every 5000 rounds. The last broken Sig frame I had they recommended it (28000 rounds) and the new frame lasted me 3x the round count before I retired that pistol for the x-5 legion.
Watching people assemble things is always satisfying. Hopefully TH-cam doesn't take this down because I want to see a whole series
Commenting before TH-cam finds a way to demonetize or take down this video. Excellent work as always Ian!
This. It's bound to get the Google Gestapo's attention.
Well we know YT hates us ( people who like guns) and hates guns. I know this is going to be trouble for us all and Ian in particular. And yet we know Ian must already know this so can we assume its ok by YT ? god i'm confused now
@@mikepette4422 I don’t think he showed everything required to take the video down, must have read the TOS very carefully
@@PhilJLF I agree, but TH-cam has a history of being overzealous with takedowns when a video falls into any kind of TOS grey area.
Glock store TH-cam shows a bunch of assembly for years. No problems
One of the few videos (if not the only one) where Ian starts with a table covered in gun parts and ends with an assembled gun. Usually it's the opposite!
Today I learned a lot about modern guns. Thank you!
Thank you for showing the FCU assembly. It struck me as difficult but after watching you do it I feel comfortable doing it myself.
Now imagine this handy little PDW with a fun switch and an extended mag. That would be epic.
That gun looks so slick, you really nailed it with the nickel components, that slide and compensator.
I really like that he clearly states that he is being given the gun at no cost in exchange for talking about the company and doing the video.
Just being upfront and honest is refreshing to see on TH-cam.
I would like to see this in a two Gun match as both the primary and backup. Nice video,thank you.
Stick around until Saturday ;)
@@ForgottenWeapons excellent. /Mr. Burns voice
The great thing about the Agency slides, is the AOS optic cut. You can use almost any red dot sight using their plate system, and you can run irons rear or forward of the optic. Very modular system.
I felt the ASMR tingles as Ian was talking his way through the jammed up recoil spring. lol Thanks Ian.
This might be:
the most Lego thing for gun enthusiasts
or
the most gun thing for Lego enthusiasts
Did I just watch Ian at Christmas, opening his gifts and then playing with them? Awesome!
Sure feels that way!
When Ian starts listing guns : short barrel, long barrel, red dot... immediately in my mind is scene from movie Forest Gump when Bubba starts listing how shrimp can be done in many ways. :D
This was cool to watch. I've been working for Sig for roughly a year now and I've never seen this before. Interesting video, friend.
I thought TH-cam didn't allow this type of content. I remember when Ian and Karl did an excellent series about building Cetme rifles from parts kits that you can no longer see on this site.
This might be,after watching this channel for eight years,my favorite episode ever.
The Lahti on the range video was my favorite footage before this.
Flashbacks to REALLY early videos from Forgotten Weapons, just sans all the heavy tooling you used. I love it.
I’ve liked the P250 when it first came out, and I absolutely appreciated the modularity of it, even more so when it evolved to become the P320. thank you so much for covering this evolutionary design.
Ian owes himself a good Scotch after this video. Balvenie? Lagavulin? Oban? Talisker? All of them? Great gun video Ian! Thank you
I feel like this suppressed with a light on the bottom would make a very good bump in the night gun as it’s easily stored (responsibility) in something like a nightstand due to its size along with it being in a pistol cartridge making overpenetration less of a issue all while being stocked so controllability is vastly improved
Yeah. Fuck the NFA and all gun control.
Okay, that was WAY more interesting than I thought it would be! Thanks for showing that process, love the ability of ModGuns to make it as easy as it looked to create your own pistol/USW!
Wow, that was a super intresting and useful video, thanks!! I love the Sig P320 and its modularity, it's absolutely an amazing modern gun. That B&T package it's a badass, i like it :)
Like a kid in a sweet shop! Certainly seem to be plenty of options. A shrewd move by Sig to register the trigger group carrier as the "frame".
Great video. Interesting to watch you build this firearm, along with the narration of what's what. And you didn't shoot any springs across the room like I would have.
Clearly you are a genius. Unboxing or unbagging the parts would have sent me into fits of swearing. I would have lost at least one part before locating a gunsmith. Good for you.
This is a much appreciated video. Interesting and relaxing to watch. Not going to lie more of these types of videos would be awesome.
If you ever plan on taking the muzzle device off again, locktite the barrel threads rather than the set screw threads. That way you can just wrench it off when it comes time to remove it.
Alternatively, toss the red loctite in the trash and use rockset instead, the same stuff Surefire uses on their supressor ready muzzle devices. Rockset can withstand up to 3000 degrees but is water soluable, meaning a few minutes in warm to hot water and you can spin it right off again.
Man, that was a lot of fun. Really cool that Modguns offered you that deal.
I'd love this to be a more regular thing: Ian builds guns.
"Just a little bit of loctite", proceeds to marinate whole set screw in loctite. Don't worry Ian this still looks proffesional when you do it.
I use loctite infrequently enough that I -always- forget that it isn’t as viscous as things like gorilla glue. And proceed to make a mess.
@@xyzpdq1122 Yeah, i made that mistake, you actually need very little amount because it will spread itself around thread very easily, and if you have blind threaded hole you can just put little drop in it and when you screw screw in it will hydraulically push loctite up around the threads, still it's better to put it on the screw itself but when you have to screw a lot of screws it is useful to use tricks like that.
2022 Arms designers:
"We will build a USW. Basically a pistol with a shoulder stock."
Arms designers in the 1890's:
"Are we a joke to the modern future??"
*shoulder twig
‘Twas NFA killed the stocked pistol
Arms designers in the 1980's
2020s arms designers to the 1890s ones: "no, but you guys failed to get stocked pistols excluded from the NFA in 1934."
Thanks! It's enlightening to see how everything goes together. Even though I have an M18 clone, with thumb safety, this was still a good watch.
I do wonder, though, how many springs got launched during the building of this gun. 🤔😜
My goodness - this was just fun to watch. It's like making a model kit, but with gun parts!
Now I want a 6in barrel sig 320 with that stock, adjustable sights, and a flash hider. It shall be dubbed, the artillery sig
That looked like an amazing few hours of fun! I hope the great almighty TH-cam gods don’t strike this down. I wish you all the very best!
Just like legos as a kid, assembling guns is real deal zen stuff.
*Opens box*
Me: _"Lets get this out on a tray..."_
Nice
@@rollastudent Nice hiss!
That Agency slide is something straight out of a Cyberpunk fanfic and I'm here for it
Side note, if you have an old P250 FCU, it can pretty easily be converted to a more modern P320 FCU with a drill jig and some carbide dremel bits. The stampings are almost exactly the same parts, with a few different holes/reliefs.
I'm pretty sure the P250 and P320 magazines are interchangeable too.
@@stoptrackingourdata8158 100% can confirm- they're a little wobbly/rattly in my 320 grip module but my 250 mags are admittedly quite old. Also, fitment is subject to grip module length etc, some of the 250 mags are too short for the longer magwell on the bigger 320 grip modules, but common sense applies here and it seems like a fairly limited problem (10rd mags in full size grips, etc.)
That's a nice change of pace- instead of tearing a gun down, Ian is building one up. Enjoy your gun!
It's funny how we went away from the stocked pistol concept to fully embrace it as a pdw.
I recommend shrink wrap for the trigger stop pin, esp if you have one that's loose and wants to fall out. If you don't overheat it, it'll have a nice snug fit that will keep the pin in place, but won't be hard to take off or reinstall. It also works like the spring to reduce over-travel of the trigger. Just need different thicknesses of shrink wrap if you want to really tune the trigger. Regular generic shrink wrap seems to work just fine though. Just can't forget to insert an empty magazine to test the trigger, so the sear doesn't pull the slide down with it (from the up/down play/slop in the slide movement).
Okay, less than a minute into the video and I'm chuckling at that pistol farthest to the right. Like all the OTHER pistols are chilling in fairly typical configuration, and that one's off to the side like "Hey guys! Hey! Hey! Hey look what I can do! You guys! C'mon you're not looking!"
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Firearms normally cannot be 'stood up' that way. I mean, revolvers and older pistols tend to be all metal so sure maybe a slide can be stood up like that but with the metal frame sticking off the side at the top? Nah, impossible, it'd tip over!
I guess, due to the flat front of the frame, possibly with the aid of a specific angle, and the fact the frame is polymer and has little-to-no metal on it, the majority of the weight in the slide is sufficient to keep it upright without tipping over.
Honestly I don't think I've ever seen that before in my life, a pistol that can stand up on its muzzle without some sort of stand probably with a plastic or wooden stick to go into the barrel itself to make it do so. That pistol just naturally can stand on it muzzle, and that's wild to me. It's hilarious to see, it's something you almost NEVER get to observe, almost like someone randomly standing on their hands for no reason, seemingly to grab attention. Like... why are you doing that? That's not normal. It's comical and amusing, but not normal, the only reason someone would do it is for attention. So that's kinda the funny vibe I got from that pistol doing something I basically have never done before.
Edit: Oops, wrong word used, I meant 'never seen before' and not 'never done before,' the very last sentence.
25 min infomercial and I'm not even mad. Very cool build gun Jesus.
"The right to Build-a-Bear-Arms."
You win the comments. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
nicely done Ian, and props to Mod Guns for making it possible
Becoming more and more interested in this concept. Cool stuff
I’m reminded of that scene from “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, when that bandit (the Ugly) walks out of the desert and walking into a gun shop, assembles a new revolver out of various parts of other revolvers. This obviously wouldn’t work, as what looks like a Smith and Wesson cylinder would never work in the frame of a Colt Navy percussion. But that scene was utterly cool. 🙂😮
More assembles from scratch!
This video is terapeutic!
Gun Store Clerk: "Which one of our SIG pistols do you want?"
Ian: "Yes."
I LOVE that pistol! It looks AMAZING!
Thanks for sharing the video of your trip to the Chocolate Factory! 😋
Really good video, It was a great watch.
Just for future reference Ian, you put the Loctite on the screw only if the threaded hole is a trough hole. When a hole is closed on one end, you actually put the Loctite in the hole itself to prevent the air bubble from pushing the glue out.
So
I guess we’ve come full circle since the early 1900’s with the stocked pistols…..
In this one, more thn ever, I was "Oh God, Ian, please, please do not lose or drop anything!" The finished article looks amazing, like something out of a sci-fi action movie. Lucky Ian.
I have. Never assembled a trigger mechanism .but I am surprised you don't put a little grease where fine springs are hooking onto steel pins or holes... I used to assemble teleprinters and we had to put grease on those parts to avoid premature failures...
I am not a gun expert but for something that will do 1000 or 2000 cycles the factory oily film seams enough to me.
But I would put some on long way parts (specially the slide).
@@petittoto7433 hmm I didn't think of it that way ... These springs were flexing 10 times a second max but 20 or more hours a day... No grease they would fail in months..... With grease 10 or 20 years.
@@helltanner3722 I agree for 10*3600*24*365...
I did something different but in the same category... A switch cleaned with acetone worked about 10 times, cleaned with alcohol about 100 times and with a very small drop of oil more than 1'000'000.
@@petittoto7433 yes I can see it now... A month of the design usage of a teleprinter would be 100s of years in most guns.
A little trick on putting the slide on. Sometimes their are 2 parts of the searer group that pop up if the trigger is slightly moved or if the tail of the slide cap hits them when putting the slide back on. Use you finger to push them down and reset them. This will keep you from moving the slide to the rear if you don't notice it happening and easy to miss if you don't watch for it.
Great video. I love the amount of customization which this system affords. The best part is that say 20 years ago you usually had to buy a fully functioning gun and they buy the custom parts you wanted and then you’d be left with perfectly good parts that you had no use for, but had to pay for. With this you can buy exactly what you want with minimal if any left overs. When I get one I will definitely go with the stock Sig guide rod/captive spring even if it means tossing the ones which come with whichever slide I choose.
I’m always thinking worst case scenario, call me paranoid. The area of the chassis which the slide travels above during recoil got me thinking. If something landed in those recesses vertically, such as an ejected case it may stop the slide cold or worse get mangled under the slide and jam things up. I realize there is probably a better chance of me being struck by lightening while cashing my lottery check. What are your thoughts?
Don’t cash lottery tickets during a thunderstorm.
I love the dot like grip areas where serrations go , so awesome
Only one 'user installed malfunction' out of all the little teeny tiny sproings that could have rained down over the shop- pretty good!
(I'm kidding, not your fault. I would have worn at least one in my eye and lost 2-3)
Didn't think i could ever find Ian's videos more interesting than they were already. Very happy to be wrong.
Awesome. Thanks for the great content as usual, Ian.
I really appreciate that Ian didn’t edit out the loctite incident. Good to know he’s mortal!
In this video: Ian builds a modernized PM-63.
I KNEW there was a reason I liked the looks of this gun! :D
Personally I appreciate that he kept in the loctite mishap, as we are only human.
I’d love to know what the MSRP for this was, itemized would be best including the legal fee for the short barrel rifle tag.
I would LOVE to see more videos like this one!
I was definitely thinking at about 17:30 "well that's one way to put loctite on a screw, I hope that doesn't fall off the end of the allen key." Glad to see Ian makes the same kind of mistakes as the rest of us.
As someone who mostly uses a 1911 or revolvers it feels like he's building a space ship
Gramps here has to take his horse down to the gettin' place whenever he wants parts for them thar shootin' irons 😉
@@mrkeogh I tell you what, the general stores these days don't carry colt walker parts like they used to.
I think we can conclude that Ian have been such a good boy this year that Santa visited him early :)
The fact that Ian usually uses his index finger to release the mag on most pistols makes me feel smart for doing that independently (I know it's really the only practical solution but still it's nice to have one of the more trusted guntubers do the same.)
I do this with my H&K USP, its mag release is located in a perfect spot for that, even as a righty. I also use my left hand to release the slide, it just seems to make so much more sense.
My dad (who is a righty) would swap all the mag releases that he could so he could do the same, it has caused me a bit of confusion as to what is the standard way anymore since it is a 50/50 on the guns I've handled over the years of if it had a left or right side mag release
@@pctotty It's just really easy to do on the P320 and that gun is the only one where I've actually had an issue with the Right Hand mag release because I'd accidentally hit it while shooting.
@@joshuaradick5679 The USP has an ambidextrous mag release. It's a down press, rather than in and I just find it perfect for me to use with my trigger finger, without having to rotate the grip in my hand to drop the mag. I can see a similar idea with a button release.
@@pctotty that's right. I had forgotten about that detail.
"Stick around tomorrow, we'll take this out to the range"... I'm still waiting Ian!
There are 3.6, 3.9, 4.7 and 5.0 barrels. For some reason Sig doesn't always make clear what's meant for the 3.6 and 3.9 barrels
Lovely to see about the modularity of the platform and Ian's gunsmithing skills at work!
It's like adult Lego with the added benefit of being deadly
Edit: Lego is already deadly
Looks like something that a stylish Wick-esque villain would carry. Very nice.
I fired the Flux Defense Raider that used the SIG P320 at an indoor range. It's fun but you get smoke, debris and concussion in your face because you're literally firing a handgun at the end of your nose. It may work as a PDW but it isn't one. This may be more of an issue at indoor ranges. I fired the original Flux at SHOT Show at the outdoor range and it wasn't as obvious compared to firing indoors. Well designed dedicated PDWs shouldn't have those issues.
@@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz I'm aware that the Flux wasn't meant to be a real PDW. I thought I communicated that in my post. I gave my experience with it and my explanation why it had the issues I experienced. I apologize if that message wasn't clear.
@@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz No problem. This is a cool project gun to build but costly. I'd definitely have to find reasons to use it a lot. I host a pro 2A range event/educational workshop, this would be a cool edition. I may be the only one that mentioned the smoke after firing the FLUX.
The Raider is intended to be a micro PDW, a step up from this B&T pistol with a stock, but as much capability in the smallest package possible. I think there are a lot of variables with the smoke, debris and concussion, I wonder if you shot it with a comp, or even a suppressor. Certain comps are absolutely terrible on the Raider, such as the HA version one with side rear projecting ports, and certain suppressors create a ton of blowback.
I can and do fire multiple strings of 42 rounds (21+21) from my chopped optic mount (for concealing under a button up shirt) Raider indoors with no issues whatsoever, very quickly, very accurately, and have done so without eye protection for testing. I don't even notice gas or blowback of any sort. The Raider has beat out every other PDW in every eval, including evals done by tier one units.
As I design my own operating system for the Flux PDW, reducing the gas and concussion is absolutely going to be minimized as much as possible. Cheers, and let me know how else I can improve the system.
@@BenfromFlux Thank you for your clarification. One of our 2A4E volunteers brought his Flux Raider for attendees to shoot. He has a muzzle device attached, I don't know the brand, it looks like it directs the blast down range. I just uploaded a TH-cam Short featuring the Flux. Can you watch it and give me your opinion? **2A4E (the 2nd is For Everyone: Diversity Shoot is 2nd Amendment advocacy workshop that introduces people to 2A advocacy groups, firearms owners, new firearms and the history of gun control. We shoot guns, eat pizza, have fun and grow the firearms community. )
Ian
I really liked this one, thank you for sharing it looked like a lot of fun assembling a new gun just the way you want.
I know your prolly never gunna see this, but you should totally use your connections with HK to give us a peek at a P11. Outside of a 10 second demo video theres basically nothing on it!!!! Pretty nifty underwater 7.62 pistol
Interesting gun.
I have a Sig P320 Compact and happen to live about 20 mins from B&T. Definitely going to look into this
Man, that legally registered part seems awfully easy to just press in a garage shop
... Not really? Those are some bends and cuts that are really critical with pretty tight tolerance.
Maybe with a very specific set of custom dies and jigs and maybe a laser cut flat to start out with as an incomplete lower.
But I'm pretty sure the AFT wouldn't be willing to allow a *plain metal sheet* to be sold as an incomplete lower right now.
It's one of those things that seem easy, but if you try it at home it explodes.
@@alltat there's nothing to explode, it's only a bracket that holds trigger assembly together. Meanwhile pressure-bearing parts like the chamber and bolt are sold freely.
@@jonp8015 AR lowers are literally cast in sand, only thing left is to drill holes and file sharp edges. Building a jig to bend a single piece of metal isn't as complicated as people think, it's doing it repeatedly for thousands of units that's hard
80 percent/ flats can be done.
i know charging handles aren't popular anymore (now we have slide mounted optics instead of frame mount) but a big silver charging handle would look pretty sweet on there, and work well with the stock. i've always been a fan of the big charging handle because it is so insanely comfortable to work with
It is like Legos, but only for Adults.
Honestly, great video. Some might complain about sponsors on occasion and I get that, but this is clearly one of those where it's a no-brainer and everyone benefits from this. Good stuff, thank you
And here in Britain we cannot even order a spare airgun barrel to our home, it has to be sent to a Registered Firearms Dealer who will charge you for the privilege, or you have to order it through them and pay their price.
Want to double your suicide rate? Because easy access to handguns is how you do that.
Just saw Graham Hancock mention that law enforcement is looking to move marijuana from class B to A( I assume A is equivalent of Schedule 1 in USA). I can’t imagine knives will be legal much longer either. What do they think you’re gonna do with an air gun or airsoft that doesn’t have ridiculous colors?
@@havadatequila We just listen to lying, thieving, hypocritical politicians making false promises, they BORE us to death, we don't need guns
20:56 that open top of the slide looks like would be prone for falling brass to fall into and causing a malfunction.
Sure, the ejection pattern is supposed to go to the right side, but I have seen brass doing some crazy trajectories. One time a ejected case made all the way back to the chamber primer pocket first (it was the last round obviously). This failure was so rare that an old timer watching me shooting asked to take a picture of it.
Only in America I think.
In Europe / the Netherlands I'm required to have a firearm licence for individual (modern) firearm parts and ammunition.
P.S. let's hope TH-cam does not pull this video because it shows information on how to make a firearm.
Also with the 320s, you physically have to lock the slide to the rear in order to rotate the takedown lever all the way. This is a safety feature that forces the user to chamber check the weapon before disassembly. At least that's how it is on the M17 or M18.
i live in england... i am therefore just torturing myself by watching this vid.. :-(
Not much better in Canada. I don't know if they've already passed the legislation, but Trudeau had pursued and possibly succeeded in a 'pistol freeze' in which it is illegal or may become illegal to ever buy/sell/trade pistols. I have both bought and sold pistols before, as a Canadian civilian, in fact I became a gun owner at 18 years old just as soon as I possibly could.
Carry-length factory slide works just fine on the USW grip module, for anyone wondering. The front length is exactly the same as Sig's Carry grips (and the WCP 320 Carry).
Voice of experience. If you want a custom gun, order it from the manufacturer. It's not any more expensive than ordering parts yourself and there's less work on your part.
Where is the fun in that?
@@rollastudent Fun is in the hunt, not the assembly.
The inaudible banter at 17:54 is "If you never want to take it off again."
I mean... if that's the goal, then yes.
YT let Ian show this ?!
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This is so satisfying!! My favorite part of showing anything with parts is how they are assembled! Usually Ian disassembles a firearm, finishes the video, then (I assume) shouts " *I'm a celebrity!* " as he walks out the door, leaving the gun to others to put back together.😁
(I'm so joking, but it would be funny to see!)😉
Lol...I always put the guns back together, but what you describe is painfully accurate after shooting trips at Morphys...