The M249 - The US Military's Squad Automatic Weapon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Today we’re taking a look at the M249 SAW, a very well know LMG used by the US military and made popular by movies and video games. So let’s see what it’s all about!
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Thanks for watching guys! What are your thoughts about the M249? And what other guns would you like to see on the channel? Let me know in the comments!
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Nice
Every civilian should be able to own one of these.
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Sometimes I miss having one of those. And then I remember carrying it and I suddenly become less nostalgic about it.
I feel that. Lugging this around all days a bitch.
For real, shit sucks when you carried it around and you have a 20 some lbs smacking the shit out of you
My back arthritis reminds me daily. 😆
I remember having an ammo can with an armory metal seal on it.
I bet you miss cleaning it the most, lol
I was an automatic rifleman in the Corps. I loved my SAW. We had longer barrels if my memory serves me. Each weapon came with two barrels and a heat shielded carrier for the extra barrel.
The key was getting a good saw. I worked ITB and MCT ranges as an armorer and I wanted a 240 shoot, not a 249.
Long barrel & short barrel with a collapsible stock in theory for 'airborne' but the Army was getting them issued to 'normal' grunts as well, at least when I was active & Cav.
I begged each unit i was in to carry it. I could break it down. Rebuild, 5 point check it blindfolded in a minute and a half. Best time of my life.
@@sabiti5428 Samey same here. I loved a good SAW when we had one. A crappy SAW made for a crappy day at the range. I absolutely loved slinging lead with the 240 tho'. 🤙
@@greggkemp5985 I identify as a 249, and a 240b.
During weapons qualifications, i found left over belts in the fox hole from previous soldier. I connected them to mine and had a blast with the extra ammo.
20$ right there
@@sergiyrr5153 As a tanker, we used to discretely toss any leftover coax ammo at the end of our run onto the turret of the next tank headed downrange so we didn't have to deal with turning in unused ammo.
Often the last tank in the company had so much their gunner would saw targets in half (to the joy of the German rangemeister) and possibly burn out a barrel.
The 80's were a blast ;)
The best part of weapons qual is finding rounds on the ground and stuffing them in your magazine before the targets pop up
Always leave unused rounds for the next guy, where you're proficient, they might need a little boost
You're not trying if you're not cheating. 🤣🤣
As a former gunner, I respect the buttstock choice. M249 was my baby. Her name was Sheila. Named after the Prince song.
What cost this gun usually in the US?
@@venoim. We can't buy them here without a specific license that isn't cheap. Even then, there are rules that have to be followed. The average person can't just go buy one at a gun store. They're military only, and cost around $4100.
@@venoim. Brandon can have it because he's a licensed gun manufacturer, or something like that I forget how it works exactly. Not the average citizen can just go and buy something like that
My girls name was Big Bertha 😂 idk why, I jokingly called her that one day and it stuck.
Sucked carrying it, but when the squad opened up with 3 of them talking it was magical.
Holy shit you joined TH-cam 16 years ago?
@@EvelasticHoly shit you joined TH-cam 2 months ago?
Shiiiet. 1 year longer than me
nothing like a squad mag dump to take the stress away
Yeah, jumping with them sucks almost as much as the 240b. It doesn't fit in the weapons case and your already overloaded Alice pack has a couple ammo cans worth of belts in it. You don't jump out the door as much as waddle like a penguin and fall out of the plane.
There’s supposed to be two pins on the block at the end of the recoil spring assembly that keeps it in place when the buttstock is removed. It is common for those to get broken, but it should be an easy fix with the capabilities you have available.
ngl i was gonna comment that until i saw this
During my c9 test I shot the spring directly into my forehead. Had a giant red mark, Sgt had a blast yelling "sniper!"
Yep
Could i in theory shove a metal mechanical pencil in there to do the same thing as the pins or no
@@rangerthememe1305 no, they are small roll pins.
249 is an amazing piece of equipment. Never shove a magazine in it if you can avoid it. The weapon fills with brass shavings in magazine mode. I had a SAW once with a gas system issue which turned it into an open-bolt bolt-action while in the middle of qualification. I had a perfect score and most of my ammo left at the end of it.
I had a triple feed in mine (blanks). My CPT, 1SG and a grizzled warrant officer were screaming at me for ceasing fire until I opened it up. Do not ever put a goddamn mag in this.
I had a dude who’s 249 suddenly stopped firing. The bolt was seized to the rear. Went down in the middle of a laser tag fire fight with blanks. It’s called MILES gear, kinda neat. So he was told to clear the ammo out of it and leave it alone. Being a high speed E4 this individual naturally tried to fuck with it. He opened the butt stock to find a blank had worked it’s way all the way as far back as it could get in the receiver, wrapped around and on top of the recoil spring and was pinned there by the bolt carrier.
What the fuck
Ah yes, the E4 Mafia strikes again
How in sam hell
What happened next?
they dont always fail, but when they do. they are done for the day. or permanently
My SAW was the only one in my unit that didn’t jam during training and in combat. That being said I kept mine as clean as possible so I loved mine.
That’s amazing as it was the most notably jammed weapon we had lol. I prefer 249 Even tho it’s harder to shoulder fire.
You may have been one of the lucky ones. Many SAWs were refurbished guns possibly older than its user. If you got a brand new or less old one, you’d have a better time. I’ve heard anecdotes from Delta Force or some other Tier One operative who prefers he MK46/48 to his rifles and knowing where he’s from, he’d easily get a less used weapon.
Belt-feds are rad. Especially belt-feds that are full-auto as God and Hiram Maxim intended. #AKGNotificationSquad
The only good feds are belt feds
Yes, but feds are not
Hiram maxim, the man who made guns so ahead of his time that said guns are still being used over a century after they were created.
Especially belt feds that take down Feds…
@@InsertJack He and Saint John Browning are some of the greatest gun designers to ever live.
I had the pleasure of carrying a SAW with drums in 1990/91. Never had a problem. The most badass weapon I ever fired. Behind the 50. I liked it better than the 60. Thank You for the video. Brought back a lot of memories. All good.
Mine seemed to always malfunction. Armorer had to hate that SAW more than I did lol
@@XxH3ADcaseXx That sucks. I never had a problem.
Brandon’s always blessing us with the finest content on Earth.
Which Brandon?
@@ThereIsNoSpoon4 The Brandon that doesn't shake hands with the air and get lost walking into the front door of his house. The good Brandon.
@@bwofficial1776 Sorry sir, but what you're describing is top quality content.
@@ThereIsNoSpoon4 It's hilarious that we installed a man with dementia into the most powerful office in the world. Unfortunately he's intent on using his power to destroy his enemies, meaning anyone who disagrees with him and his handlers. But hey, no more mean but honest Tweets.
Mr. Potato still doesn't know he's just a vegetable. Let's go Brandon!
It's been 18 years, but we didn't do too much room clearing with them. We had the long barrels. Not exactly maneuverable in tight spaces.
Clear the room from outside of the house. Modern problems require modern solutions
@@tropicaloasis8203 big brain time
@tropicaloasis8203 that was what the 240 was for
@@Mr_Zimm How bout we jdam the house instead of giving lead poisoning?😂
@@tropicaloasis8203 Depends what the building is made of and who’s in it 😂.
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"Anything is legal if you pay the Government their extorsion money". Truer words have never been said.
"anything is legal if you pay the government their extortion!" Hell yeah ak Jesus is always preaching
Al Capone learned that the hard way.
I loved this video. As a former Enlisted Marine during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. The M249 was the go-to LMG for my squad. I was the radio operator and my fox hole partner was the SAW gunner. Best times during a "wartime" event was when we were told to open fire. I called in raptor strikes and he let the SAW sing.
Thank you for your service
Bro same i was srt 0128 they where the best just really heavy
Thank you for your service dude did the Army have one of those
how can a weapon be a "go to" light machine gun if its the only one that was even available you clown
@@michaelcoulter1725yeah they do too
A M249 after you shot a MG3? You know what they are saying: "Once you go BRRRRRRRT, you never go back!"
True happiness comes from a belt-fed weapon.
Man this video hit me in the nostalgia feels. I loved being a SAW gunner. When we got to Iraq they upgraded us to the para-saw. It was bad ass
In wech year you come to Iraq I'm from Baghdad
Brandon: "I'm watching to much Fat electrician."
Me (drunk with the boys): "So yeah, a submarine sunk a train and hers's how..."
They did in WW2 Japan. Look it up.
I read the book by the captain of the submarine.
The idea that actually made possible naval long range warfare what it is today., Missile systems that you yeet when you want to delete with style
I served during the transition era from the M-60 to the FN minimi and anything lighter than the "Pig" was welcome. Yet after we started using them we found the M-60 was more reliable and had more "ass".
That's why the 240 was added for extra "ass".
You just gotta keep them clean.
I served in the same transition. I preferred the pig for shooting and the saw for carrying. We had the 240c in our bradley and always wanted that platform a squad weapon. Guess someone finally listened and the 240b was born.
Same here. The less weight was still everything to me. Less "ass," but your actual ass is still functional after a patrol.
@csxt143 yeah gotta keep that "ass" clean
4 seconds to become demonetized; I think that is a personal record. I absolutely LOVE the nod to Nic and no metric on the moon. not to mention you're wearing his shirt. Should have been the accuracy by volume shirt, you know; for funsies
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!
"Remember anything is Legal if you pay the goverment there extorsion money". 1:50
Moral of the story…but a cannon. Good thing too, my grapeshot was collecting dust
Tallyho lads.
I've only ever had the chance to fire two automatics in my life, a transferable Norinco AK, it was pretty fun, and an MP5, I bet a belt fed is a blast!
Ide say join the infantry but it's pretty gay
I recommend the pkm
@@niceMange or an MG42
@@ionutandanuta7607 going from mp5 level recoil to mg42 levels of recoil might be a bit much
@Garviel Loken its a joke, don't take it seriously
In USMC infantry school, my platoon got a bunch of brand new 249’s. After the first range trip, almost half of them were not functional and had to be fixed at the armory level.
That’s normal.
These are Belgian FN patented MiniMi LMG's, the US calls them SAW, i am an instructor on it. If used correctly, this shit is amazing and doesnt just break. The 7.62 versions do have some issues sometimes, but in general, the 5,56 dont. Unless the US makes them slightly different, but they look the same to me.
The loudest sound a saw makes is "click"
A friend of mine carried one in the Marines during two tours in Albania. Fun fact he used one when we did Milsim airsoft which helped prove that in fact a M203 grenade launcher does fit on the bottom rail of the M249 saw. 👍🏼🇺🇸
U.S. army, THE M249 is my favorite weapon to use. Solo or crew cert. loved the room clearing with this because it’s just accuracy by volume
"At S&S munitions, you don't need to be a better shot! You just need, MORE BULLETS!!"
Ahhh the Old "throw enough shit at the wall and some of it will stick" method lol
@@Lankygit01 well anyone that gets hit will be sticking to the walls so ye :D
Tell me you watch fat electrician without telling me u watch him
@@zachshaw9564 ummm who?
Love the M249 SAW. Keep having fun with guns
I've always wanted to see these run reliably with Magpul D60s
Now I want to see this.
Can confirm. They can run D60s very well. First round is sometimes finnicky due to the extreme amount of tension on it from the cylindrical mag assembly, but after that first round, the SAW fed the other 59 rounds flawlessly.
I'm extremely disappointed we didn't get to see him try to run it off ANY box mags, but now I want to see a video of him feeding it different kinds to see what happens.
I was a SAW gunner for about a year as a Marine Grunt. I loved that thing, despite its weight. I never bitched and moaned about having to pack it round because of the confidence I had in it. I just knew in my balls that anyone and everyone I drew down on with my SAW was going to have a bad day. I prided myself immensely in my proficiency with it, and considered myself to be amongst the best SAW gunners in 1/5. I was one of the lucky ones to have a brandnew weapon, and I can tell you, it is possible to lay down some deadly accurate automatic fire with that thing. A good rule of thumb with the SAW is that if you're engaging multiple targets in the open, you don't draw a bead right on them. You aim for their foreground. The muzzle will climb to hit the target and the richochets on the ground in front of them will often also score hits; especially at extended ranges. An ideal engagement range was about 500 meters spitting 10 round bursts. The weapon loses accuracy when the barrel gets too hot, so you want your A-Gunner to be Johnny-On-The-Spot with those barrel changes putting some water on the off barrel to get it ready to go. We carried a special tray out in the field and over in Afghanistan and Iraq we used specifically for that purpose. In a nasty firefight, we could lay down accurate and effective fire a lot faster and for longer than other SAWs could. My A-Gunner and I, were as mechanically familiar with the SAW as it was possible to be, and when I became FT Leader, he became my new SAW gunner. I was always convinced that people who complained about the SAW never learned to handle and manage it correctly. They didn't drill enough with its particulars and were not competent to wield it. Used properly and competently, it was the heart and soul of a Marine Corps Fire Team, and all the moving parts around it were best used in its support. A SAW gunner who doesn't know as much as his armorer about the weapon he carries isn't competent. When something was fucked up on my weapon, I knew what it was and could tell the guys in the armory to fucking fix it. Not coincidentally, this is also why you report damaged or unserviceable equippement up your chain of command. You don't whisper it to the fucking armorer as he's checking your weapon back into the armory.
yes, brother! huah
I miss my SAW..... I called it Daikyu.... it was my longbow.
Brandon.. you know you could have swapped that barrel a hell of a lot easier. Dont open the cover hit the lever pull forward with the handle. Then to put back... just slam the barrel straight back and it will lock.
Lastly... you can use the barrel to tap the pin to get it out of the stock. It helps if you dont have man hands.
@txtme-4728YOU ARE NOT BRANDON
Shutup weeb
@@SchmidleMcDingle So sayeth the lord?
why does it habe to be man hands
@@noone-uh2rs Only hands that I know of.
20+ years ago I was a brand new military policeman, and this was one of my primary weapon systems. The M249, M2, and Mk19 will all hold a special place in my heart forever.
military policeman with an M249
most american shit ever
US MP's carry LMG's?
@@rubke2Yup. I sometimes pull the 249 if im posted as a certain unit.
I've heard the biggest issue with the mag feed is that the belt feed mechanism slows the rate of fire down, but when you has no belts the gun goes full tweaker speed and the AR mags can't really keep up.
No idea if that's true, but that's kind of a cool problem to have...unless you REALLY need it to go bang and you get a limp wristed click in Belgian.
Can confirm - 30 round M4 mags barely last a couple seconds.
the problem isn't the feed almost always its the mags. It fucking hates anything that's not a stanag and every stanag you have is clapped almost guarantee. IF YOU ARE A COMBAT MOS AND ARE DOING MORE THEN YOUR THREE AND LEAVE GO BUY A SET OF POLIMER MAGS OF YOUR CHOICE.
That''s true, but that's not the issue. The issue is that it just hates some types of mags and some countries use those kinds of mags.
that's exactly the issue: that's why the Israeli Negev has a gas regulator specifically made with a position for magazine feeding, where it reduces the amount of gas tapped from the barrel to slow down the action enough to reliably feed from a magazine. In the end, the rate of fire is the same with both the belt and the magazine. The M249, instead, taps the same amount of gas from the barrel and since there is no drag in the action with a magazine (it doesn't have to pull the belt through the receiver, which seems easy but actually takes quite a bit of energy in a gun) the bolt moves too fast for the magazine spring to extend and position the next round at the right height: the first few rounds feed ok since the spring is fully compressed and can realease lots of energy, but as it decompress the speed at which it lifts the rounds up decrease and the bolt of the SAW override the round and te gun goes click... not the sound you want to hear from a gun when you are in a firefight
@@ziike8184 If the gun doesn't jam first! Goes so fast that the mags can't keep up most times.
Actually, it's the US and the Afghan/Taliban's squad automatic weapon. The other Brandon gave them 65,000 M249s and M240s.
I carried that abomination at my first duty station: Camp Liberty Bell, Korea (back when 2nd Infantry Division still patrolled a section of the DMZ circa 1989).
The one I was issued had the knob on the gas block so that you could set it for slow or fast cyclic rate. That thing jammed so many times when using
magazines that I was relieved when they made me M60 gunner. I'm sure they have made improvements but the M249 really left a foul memory in my skullcase.
Be well each of you!
Nope, the M249 is every bit as bad as you remember. We all wish it wasn’t bad, but it is.
Yea it was the bastard of the squad no doubt. Def not as reliable. Seen many jam or what not. Using mag u def were fd’ ha jam city.
They took my M60 and gave me The M249 which triple jammed and the gunpowder cooked off in my face. 👎👎
It still sucked ass from 2004 to 2009.
Those pistol grips will fit an AK as well. Way more surface area to hold than the original tiny AK grips.
Thanks, good info! My norinco has chinese-hand sized grips, looks i'll be surfing Numrich shortly.
@@giarcsavage The FAL rifle pistol grip is the same as the SAW grip.
Always make sure your SAW is de cocked before disassembling. That thing can kill you if the spring has a lot of tension when you open the stock. Spring go boing hard
Edit: this is for SAW newbies… not our lord and savior AK Jesus
idk about kill but it definitely hurts like a SOB (I carried one in the Army and have done that by accident)
@@tylerholloway7100 the spring literally murdered my wife and son with a meat cleaver..
Had someone detail strip it during training and didn't let the action go forward.. aand once he took the pin out it nailed him in the jaw and broke a tooth. c9's aren't a joke
The spring in the SAW will not kill you. The one in the M240 will injure you pretty bad.
The one in the .50 cal will kill you. In fact it will imbed itself into dry wall. Dont ask how i know.
the 50 cal is the one that can kill you, the m249 spring will just hurt like a bitch
M249 super good in call of duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), one of the best fps games of all time.
I could have sworn you said something a while back about getting another cannon.
249 is awesome when it works. Mine had the ejector blow up
The M249 I had triple jammed and the gunpowder cooked of in my face. 👎👎
I'm a unit armorer and I've seen more than a few ejector failures on SAWs.
Yeah, if the armorers actually did their jobs and kept weapon tolerances up to spec, then the SAW is an awesome weapon, otherwise experiences may differ.
My friend was a saw operator in the Marines. This weapon was essential for laying down the cover fire and moving troops around during a firefight.
he got most of his kills with his KP/-31doing ambushes and such
Привет. Хочу знать твое мнение о русских пулеметах ПКП и ПКМ. Написал на русском и на английском так как тебя смотрят не только в Соединенных Штатах.
Hello. I want to know your opinion about the Russian PKP and PKM machine guns. Wrote in Russian and English because you are watched not only in the US.
As a M60 gunner, I was not a fan of the M249 when it came out. Jammed with mags and the plastic case for the ammo was loud moving through the woods. I prefer the brute force of the M60, but you had to keep her wet with oil and be man enough to carry and wield her.
I mostly carried a SAW but would sometimes hump the EchoM60. You would notice it at the end of the day...lol.
I loved the M60, liked the M240B more but really wish I could have a MK19! Don’t know if I could afford to feed it but hey, I wish for that too!
"man enough to carry and wield her" tell me your back is screwed without telling me
@@jackdanielsization Neither M60 nor 240 is heavy enough to hurt your back. With the firepower both out down I was always happy to tote it. Not just “suppression” but tear through wood, brick and some concrete to Devastate the enemy!
You got to take an mre box and cut it to fit in front of the rounds. Slip that in your ammo box and it's quiet as a mouse.
Know a lot of you young Dudes have complaints about the SAW, but back in my Air CAV days, around 1981, I would have loved to have carried one. Not that the Sixty was bad, in fact I loved it! Its simply a matter of having some extra firepower for my Blues squad.
You need to look at the current generation of 60’s. Barrel doesn’t melt as quickly and doesn’t need to be swapped out as frequently.
Just look for the M60 torture test on TH-cam. 900+ rounds cycled in one trigger pull with no barrel failure. Rock on
You need to look at the current generation of 60’s. Barrel doesn’t melt as quickly and doesn’t need to be swapped out as frequently.
Just look for the M60 torture test on TH-cam. 900+ rounds cycled in one trigger pull with no barrel failure. Rock on
1985 At Fort Benning the Rangers let us young recruits play with their new SAWs. Oh my god that was so much fun. We were still using the original M16s and M60s. The SAW was the first of the new block of weapons we got to see. It was two years before my infantry battalion got to change over to all the new stuff so I got to experience, thank god only in training, the feeling of attacking a position only to hear the M60 jam while you were in the open and exposed.
I think my old First Sergeant Jeff York was there at that time. That's who I learned the SAW from. Learned it inside and out and rocked mine for damn near ten years during my time in.
@2:58 LOL This was my SAW in Korea, but I still loved her ❤️
The SAW! Always giving the enemies of the US our warmest regards. Keep up the great work Brandon.
Our enemies have nore m249s than we do now.
can we take a moment to appreciate Brandon's BUILT arms?
He has a license to build arms, so why wouldn't he?
@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 i want ak daddy to manufacture my arms anyday
Something for the ladies.
Chads ripped af
Only if you're gay....
#MeToo
I was put on range detail the first time I qualified with this. It was summer and dry so they had us take all the tracers off the belts. At the end of the day, they didn't want to bring back extra ammo so they told us to connect all of the leftover tracers into belts to fire off. It's pretty cool firing only tracers, but we kept having to stop to put out fires.
My brother fondly talked about putting out his fires with the next couple non tracers, but that doesn't quite work with only tracers.
What was your duty station? Up in New York my company started a small forest fire shooting 40mm 😂
@@n1njachikin Ft. Wainwright
Biden: 0:56
farmers in the 17 hundreds: hahahahhahahahahah
Half-Life: Opposing Force was my first video game exposure to the M249!
I remember watching speedruns of that game a few years ago. The M249 was integral to the run, because its recoil could be used to boost to absurd speeds.
For me it was Counter Strike 1.6
Hello, a fellow half life fan here, I too loved this weapon in opposing force. Too bad it had low capacity and ammo but still very powerful and enjoyable.
@@G_Flash84625 ah yes
Best gun in Op force for sure!
NEVER pull the buttstock with the bolt locked to the rear. I used to set up a target to demonstrate why.
It's like brownings curse lives on at FN
Edit: I'm talking about the 1919 recoil spring & guide rod that will fly out and literally stab you through the heart (or in the eye if you're looking into the receiver). Also the M2HB to a lessor extent if you try to cock it with the rear plate off.
stupid is as stupid does
@@PortHolio408 Who designed and who produced the Hi-Power?
Browning and FN.
M2 has entered the chat.
When I got into firearms the community was largely people with the FUDD mentality. For as BS as this timeline currently is, I am glad to see the next gen after me is based af about these things.
That is true.. At least the pro gun people have gotten way more based
It the BS timeline that caused the shift.
The more fubar the situation, the less bologna people will swallow.
I completely understand the FUDD mentality because as I've gotten older I've grown to trust people less and less, and I've began to resent them more and more.
I'm at the point where I don't even think people should be easily able to own a car because i cant even trust them to be responsible with those. And I'm convinced the DMV isn't gatekeeping hard enough, just today I saw a guy who managed to flip, on his roof, In a 2010 impala, In a 25mph zone. How he managed to achieve that, I'll never know.
@@BigWheel. Probably by doing more than 25 mph...
This is the best home defense gun ever, for example the tacky lines, you like my saw? say hello to my little friend or the best one RAMBO MUTHAFU-
OIF2 OEF vet here. I can say from experience that your love or hate of the SAW is directly dependent on how well you clean the gas tube. It tends to become partially blocked by that purple wax stuff on blanks. If not properly cleaned it acts like a partially clogged shower drain, the water only goes down when it wants to. As for me, I love the SAW. Once the NFA gets abolished I'm going to make it my first purchase.
Brandon, I would actually really appreciate a video explaining the licensing needed for weapons like these and the application process/cost. It wouldn't be a fun gun video but who else could do it?
Me too
gununiversity has an article that covers that. It's called "how to get a class 3 firearms license" it's a freaking text wall.
It’s like $50k for this gun, after all the licensing loopholes you have to go through to get it.
It's $200 in taxes for a full auto made before 1986. Any full auto made after 1986 is a dealer or manufacturer only item.
And because there's a limited number of pre-86 full autos, they're _also_ stupid expensive. New car expensive.
Once you find one that you want, you have to apply for the tax stamp(s). This requires getting fingerprinted by the police and getting a letter from your local Chief Law Enforcement Officer saying you're a good person. You pay the new car money and _then_ have to wait for however long it takes ATF to process your application. 18 months seems to be the current wait time.
Only once you have the tax stamp in hand can you take delivery of your full auto.
Once you get the tax stamp back via USPS certified mail, you're supposed to keep it or a copy with the weapon. Get a photocopy of it reduced to about business card size and laminate it, then stuff into the cleaning kit compartment. Keep a second photocopy in your wallet, and keep the original in a safety deposit box in the bank with the rest of your critical paperwork.
ATF agents _will_ attempt to destroy your tax stamp, invalidating it, so they can arrest you. Don't give them the chance.
I always love hearing the technical breakdowns!
The recoil spring guide rod /rear plug assembly doesn't need to be physically held in place when closing the stock because it has small dowl pins on either side that lock into grooves cut into the rear trunnion. The idea is to push in and then down to lock the assembly into the back of the receiver. 😊
2:04 I can't subscribe any more than I already did two something years ago. Keep the good content coming. I always get a good laugh and a stupid ass smile on my face when I see your videos. Much love from good 'ol Germany :D
The first time I took that recoil spring out I broke my nose.
Had a close call myself once. I never forgot to send the bold home first after that.
James Madison as president literally told an owner of a privateer that he could privately own cannons and warships to protect from pirates at the time, when the owner sent him a letter basically asking if the second amendment allowed for cannons
My SAW is a McCulloch I dont really like it it takes forever to start even using Ether . Would love for you to demmo a WWII Rocket gun 🙂 Thanks for a very cool video
Did my time as a SAW gunner right after they were first issued. Loved it! Never had problems with it, but they were new then. Could dump a lot of lead and much easier to jump than a 60. Easier to maintain than a 60 as well. We were warned not to waste time firing from magazines as they’d just jam.
I only ever fired blanks from the mag. It was a miserable failure and the directive staff also informed me of the error of my ways in their own special way.😬. Surely, no one has mags as part of the official doctrine.
@@bendgeddes those who did have the use of mags as part of their doctrine didn’t survive the idea! 😂
I can tell you, once they get worn out, it gets to the point where the armorers are shaking their heads at how to stop them from jamming. I guess that could be true of any weapon though.
The weapon cycled too fast for the magazines. After two or three rounds, the open bolt just moved too quickly to always have a round in place to be stripped and properly fed.
Brings back very fond memories. Loved shooting/qualifying with this sweet Thang. Watching it get issued to someone else to lug around down range....loved that even more!
Me in Farcry 5 when I see a Cultist chasing a innocent civilian in a shitty ass white pickup truck: 0:01
“Now joe Biden, for reasons unknown to everyone and quite possibly himself” 😂😂😂😂. hahahaha
never had a prob with the C9 (same thing - FN Mini/249 just the Canadian designation). Belts always worked well, and mags fed and fit no prob. Never had a jam or anything like that.
Bro you never had a jam? those saws are malfunction magnets at least mine was and yes that mf was cleaned VERY well lol.
@@Munive556 not one. Maybe the Canadian contract was made better.
it's weird, I've heard that over the years, something about Canadian firearms they just... make 'em better.
From my time in the states (USMC reserves, 2012-2018) you'd occasionally get a bad round or a misfire from that, but when the ammo was good the gun ran through belts like a fat kid in a candy store.
Magazines, though... I never found a damn one that worked. Regular GI-issue STANAG magazines, Gen 1 and 2 Magpul P-MAGS, and even Brownell's aftermarket STANAG mags it'd just... not like 'em. Get about 2-5 rounds in and it'd double feed. Every damn time.
@@TheCyanDragon same as Canadian fast food, it's a little better because we have higher food standards. We have higher standards and different requirements for our weapons. Just minor improvements really, but they have to function in desert to arctic and everything in between. Our guys running our military contracts were pretty on point.
A vet friend of mine hates the 249. Said it constantly jammed, both belt and mag.
He got a 240 eventually and said it was the best platform he ever used.
I loved my SAW. It was accurate, very little kick, could be shoulder-fired easily, fairly lightweight, and relatively compact. If you had enough of a feather touch, you could even fire single shots. Blanks did sometimes get stuck, if using the magazine feed.
When I was a kid, I had a book about military armaments from the '80s and based on the stats in that I was like "why do we even use the M16?" On paper, the M249 weighed only a half-pound more unloaded, could use the same mags, but could also use belts and boxes. It seemed like a super-gun!
That was before I learned how accuracy works, let alone about manufacturing costs, maintenance...and stupid people mixing up pounds and kilograms when writing books about military hardware.
I never “saw” this coming, great content Brandon
Well, unfortunately that's where your wrong. Anyone can own a M249 SAW. They are now made semi auto by FN. just needs a binary trigger and your g2g.
10:39 I was expecting you to say "and as always, have a nice day"
I miss FPSRussia
If you need to cut something in half, use a saw.
Specifically the one that uses a stream of metal instead of the one that uses a circle of metal.
I am sooo making that into a meme, I'll credit you with a watermark, if you like.
Horizontal Saw
As a belgian i am so proud of the engineering from F.N. Herstal.
@@giarcsavage No need my man, just go ahead and make it. Where will you be posting it?
Rememebr,anything is legal,including theft,just pay your taxes and youll be fine
Carried one in Iraq. I don’t have much to compare it to (machine gun wise), but I loved it. Fun as hell to shoot.
Carrying 800 rounds for it got heavy as hell after a while, and with the shorter barrel on it the bipod gouged the hell out of my leg. Other than that, pretty cool weapon.
Teacher in woodworking class: Everybody go get a saw!
Brandon Herrera:
I always wondered why they called it a light machine gun
then I had to carry the M240b
Ffs .. your making my first sober day in 24 years a joy.. I wish I lived in the USA..I want a SAW.. much love and respect from North Devon, England x
This was my favorite weapon back in the Army. It was 1987 and I got a brand new M249 SAW out of the box from FN. It was the first model. I rocked with the SAW everytime at the range. I even shot down a drone plane during the live fire exercise at NTC. Lightweight and portable 5.56mm firepower. 😁😁❤❤
1:07Wait....so your telling me I can own a weapon that can kill a boat....but I can't own a machine gun?....thats fucking crazy....I mean I don't plan on owning either of those weapons but I'd like the opportunity to have then without interference from the government
He came, he SAW, he destroyed everything within a 50ft radius
He came, he SAW, he destroyed all the white claw?
I do miss my SAW, but my 240 was better....but my all time favorite was my 60 Mortar system on trigger fire.
Don’t say such things😂.
240s are ablast too shoot, im not in the military but i had the honor to mag dump one when i went to texas a few years ago. Very fun gun to shoot, would love to shoot a 249 soon
My service in the dutch army started with the Dymaco, then after training I got the Colt C7, and eventually I ended with the FN Minimi. I loved to shoot it, hated the weight.
you cant just tell us the M249 can take AR-15 mags and NOT show us it firing from one
It's not as great as it sounds, you need some pretty high speed mags for it to work otherwise it's prone to jamming because the rounds don't feed fast enough.
He wants to shoot, not clear jams.
Prolly cause it jammed every 5th round
Hey he's AK Jesus, he shall decide.
It wouldn't work that's why
M240B next. Because the B stands for Bingus
Loved cutting targets in half with it. As to the recoil spring in the reassembly. There is a set of pins on the return rod and transfer mechanism assembly block that should allow it to sit in the receiver assembly with out having to hold it in place to put the stock back on. (There should be some groves for it) Unless this changed at some point.
No, it's the same.
I just had a strange thought, how about a full auto 10mm machine gun /grenade launcher, would that work ?
Every time you dry fired the 249, a thousand armorers cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
Extortion money 💰 🤣🤣 Brandon is awesome! Thank you for such great content
hey man thanks for the Video I will say that system saved my butt a lot. The only issue I saw was I don't know if yours does not have it but when I was using mine while I was in the Recoil spring locked in place so you wouldn't have to fight it or worry about it launching out at you. There and it looked like your spring system had the two pins for that.
Was going to comment the same thing. Push the guide rod endplate over and past the frame's end, then drop it down. Maybe Brandon's lower is too old for this?
And you have to be careful will the roller. Just because it's not supposed to get stuck when you close the cover, doesn't mean it won't.
Also: more Fat Electrician.
It's been years for me but that's what I remember too. There should be a pin protruding on either side of the spring block that fits into an "L" shaped slot in the receiver. I would also like to tell Brandon that the stock has a flip out to rest on the shoulder while shooting when standing.
Does it carry 100 bullets in a nylon baggie like in a Roblox game called Ohio?
Always love to use this hear in the uk it’s called the gpmg and it’s the older model bit heavier than the saw but still a lot of fun
The GPMG (or L7A2) is the UK version of the FN MAG / M240B, the UK Minimi is the L110A2 LMG.
Completely wrong GPMG Is 7.62
Minimi is 5.56
We used to use both
0:41 80"s mode Activated!!!!!
As small arms & artillery guy from the army, it's nice to see Brandon work with the guy that I've had plenty of time working and fixing with, like seeing two of my worlds collide.
Brandon, you should buy a M240 that would make my day and alot of other people's to.
I was an M60 gunner when these first came out. Had the chance to shoot one just once. Despite the tendency to jam, I definitely liked it better overall. Thanks for bringing back good memories.
coincidentally the only time i fired a 60 it jammed.
I personally love the 249. Once you get passed all the jamming it’s super fun to use
I like the 240b over the 249. Better range and well further range.
The only times as an armorer I had to work on 240's was when idiots lost pins, or idiots fired it cyclic and fucked up the barrel. Not the case with the 249.
The Hog is way better than the 240
@IareObviousTroll Armorers actually did armorer things? lmao. I though you all just swapped broken out of tolerance parts with more out of tolerance parts and let the grunts figure it out. Kinda like the M16s and M4s that had bolts that couldn't stand on end because the gas rings were so worn out.
It's also nice being overwatch instead of assault
I preferred the 240b over the 249, don’t miss the weight though
Man, those Hornady 5.56 rounds go for like $50 a box CAD here. When I can I still go full send