👨🔬 GREATEST contemporary 🔫 designer you've NEVER HEARD OF Wilhelm Bubits, the Kimber R7 Mako & MORE
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- The untold story of visionary Austrian firearms designer (Glock, Steyr, Caracal etc.)/100 + firearms patents holder Wilhelm Bubits and the Kimber R7 Mako. Special thanks to @fernandochaves.
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I also have an R7 mako. It is unfortunate the issues that you have had with your version. Mine has functioned flawlessly and was not part of the recall. I currently own various versions of the p365, hellcat, shield plus, Glock 43x,etc. Mako is by far my favorite. I love the ambidextrous controls, trigger, grip texture, capacity, and recoil impulse. I feel it is the most well rounded option available. Many will discount it because of the recall, but they are missing out.
I think so too, I’m the video I’m shooting it weak handed one handed, it’s such a sweet shooter. Appreciate you watching and the good feedback👍🏽
Hi- I actually provided the video to 2A Edu on the BB6, with Wilhelm's permission to share it. I am glad to see you sharing the reputation of Wilhelm Bubits. It is well deserved. He is now in retirement but still having fun with pistols and pistol design. It looks like his son may be picking up the torch so we may see more from the Bubits name. Bubits did not work for Glock as an employee, he was an independent consultant/designer, same with Steyer and the others. He has been an independent consultant and designer all along and not an employee. He has about 100 patents as you say, many of which have been licensed and or sold, so you will see many of his features in various modern pistols from various major manufacturers. I am glad to see you make a fair assessment of some of the design features while admitting there might be more you don't know about. Very fair and honest. The take-down and magazine catch are the same as the BB6 as well by the way. If we ever meet, I would be happy to let you examine and compare my BB6 with the Mako. I think if you shoot it, you will be impressed. The last BB6 I saw on Gunbroker was listed for $1,200.00 IIRC, so they have apparently rapidly become collectible. Right now, there are only spare magazines listed and they are not inexpensive. I bought spare magazines, and a spare recoil rod/spring and for anybody that has a BB6, they are crazy if they don't grab some spares even at stiff prices. I shoot my BB6 and occasionally carry it, it is not a range toy. I spoke to the man that imported those magazines and he is a Bubits fan. Again, thank you for spreading Bubits' reputation and making fair observations of his design points.
I am very humbly doing the best I can, I know that it isn't the best assessment of his work but I feel that he deserves much more recognition than he has received.
Glad to see you credited with your info, saw many of your posts on the mako
@@gw4081 I get excited by the topic.
Can you guys tell me which gun Bubits made first, Taurus TS9 or BB6?
I bought a Mako for my wife and she loves it, super accurate and carries so much nicer than her Glock 26 and she seems to shoot 50% tighter groups with the R7. I have to try carrying this pistol sometime. I have shot it and it gives me groups as good as my 45 trophy match at the same distances, that is impressive to me
It is very accurate and coupled with the best of class trigger it's a lights out shooter. No doubt about it. Appreciate you watching and weighing in
Hello. Which ammo is working best? I'm a new owner and it doesn't like 124gr fmj much by pulling hard left. 115gr fmj by Norma works better for me. Loves the Norma 108gr MHP! Thanks.
BUBITS GANG! Thanks for giving credit to the underrated genius. The Steyr M9, Caracal F and the BB6 are amazing guns, especially the Steyr. I'm inclined at this point to think Bubits was the real genius behind the Glock 17. Cheers!
I've wondered the same thing, appreciate you watching
Great review - I've watched most of the reviews out there for this pistol but yours taught me things no one else's did. I appreciate that. I waited quite a while to prder mine, but my Mako is finally purchased and on its way to me. Can't wait!
Wow every video you do on this pistol, I am more and more impressed. I had no idea about these design changes. I’d go as far to say that this is revolutionary to be put into a mainstream gun maker.
It's such a neat little pistol, I'd love to know more about the behind the scenes decisions by Kimber to go with these design features. So interesting!
Bubbits has his design all over the Taurus tx22 and Ts9. Check out the ts9 by taurus, it’s not in the US as of yet.
nice profile pic.
Really?! What specific design elements are his? I have a Tx22, I'd be very very interested to learn more
@Jeff VERY interesting, is there a time frame for the TS9 release? I just looked it up, it looks really good and I do see Bubits design features just from a cursory glance. If you have any more info I'd love to hear it for a video...lwroadak@gmail.com
@@jeffreystarits2783 thanks! I like yours also.
@@LWRoad I don’t know of any time frame, but 2A edu does a good video on him and graham bates on TH-cam did a review on his bb6. The way the slide comes off i think is a bubits design and the TS9 and TX22, Arex delta all come off like the BB6 does. The flat top slide is a bubits thing also. Bubits has his inspiration in these pistols for sure, but I don’t know that to be fact though.
You overlooked two key features. One, the advantage of the low tilt barrel is smoother more reliable feeding with the nose of the round pointing at the chamber mouth rather than climbing up a feed ramp. Two, the ultra tall extractor claw for smooth controlled feeding, extraction, and ejection. I own a Bubits designed Taurus TS9 which passed a grueling 20,000 round torture test and has been adopted by multiple international police, military, and special ops forces. I highly recommend it. It’s compatible with TH9 17rd mags.
The Steyr M40A1 pistol is another interesting design of Bubits.
Yes indeed!
Great video. Thank you for sharing this information. I am seriously considering the Mako.
Love the educational vid! New Mako owner and a steel case US made 124gr fmj squib almost ruined my life days ago. But I digress. The Mako is my first micro edc vs a Ruger American Pistol PD for the last 3yrs. Huge learning curve in performance manipulation on grip. That 3.44 inch barrel is quite snappy. That's right, 3.44 not 3.37. I've confirmed with Kimber via email that the manual provided is correct, on page 18, and the website is wrong. So far this Mako shoots tight groups with Norma 108gr MHP ammo. Dislikes NATO 124gr fmj but I'll work on that since I've trained mostly with 124gr. What defensive rounds are working best for other Mako owners? Stay safe y'all!
If the Calif. handgun roster is ever canned, the Mako is one that I’m very interested in. Thanks for this video.
Hey bro. It's great to watch your video again. I saw you fired the R7 Mako with one hand, that's amazing. Stay safe and healthy. By the way, Thank god I didn't move to Texas. I saw the news today. Some people are crazy in there now.
Nice thanks @JasonLou, it’s important to practice one hand and weak hand shooting as well
Very interesting, thanks for the information. Have a great day.
You too @KeithTate, sorry for the late reply. Hope you're having a great weekend
I knew the Mako was based on the Bubits design. Last I heard, the BB was picked up by Taurus. Guess that never materialized.
Looking forward to the new Rangeview!
Love the kimber maco I need to get one
Pretty neat little pistol
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Kimber R7 Mako is, like Taurus TS9, part of gun history.
Does the R7 Mako have a tiling breech? Haven't seen any videos on how it works, but it looks like the breech can be separated from the slide when field stripping. Wish I could find more videos on it and how it works.
scrubbing the video feed, I don't see mention of it, but if you look around Bubit's company Bubix has announced a new gun this year, the Bubix Bro, which from what I can tell is a 12 round micro compact which has some rather novel design decisions, most notably a grip safety on the FRONT strap, and the same locking system found in the Mako and and the BB6.
Actually, looking at the Bubix Bro again it might actually be that the Mako and Bro were developed from the exact same prototype.
As you have a Mako (and I still haven't found a range with one for rent yet) have you experienced any concerns over blocking the ejection port when firing it lefty? I really liked how it felt in my hand, but I have concerns that as a left handed guy i could end up inducing a FTE pretty easily.
I have seen the Bro, I have it on the list to do a video on. Interesting, I have shot it left handed and have not induced a malfunction. I'll try it next time intentionally to test it out
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Thanks buddy, this one's been percolating far far too long. Needed to get it onto video and out of my system, thanks for watching my friend🙌
@@LWRoad good looking pistol, design, and asthetics. Just needs to be corrected and perfected. Glad your got fixed no matter how many time you sent it in. ♠🎱🎯🏁
Hope Kimber makes an extended mag or I will trade it soon.
Surprised they haven't yet.
Much of what your saying has sound logic. But, it looks pretty snappy in your hands when your shooting it, and the pistol had to go back to the manufacturer for debris in the action. I'm aware the debris could have already been there, but one negative thing about tighter tolerances in a firearm is that the smallest spec of dirt can sometimes foul the action. And unless I misunderstood, you had to send it back 2 additional times, in addition to there now being a recall. I think I'll stay with my Glocks, at least until Kimber gets the kinks worked out, and they've had a couple of years to prove themselves dependable enough to trust my life with.
Just once and the recall. But yeah good point about tolerances that’s very true. However out of the two Glocks I own I had to send my G34 in for service too as the receiver was too wide and wouldn’t seat a magazine correctly. So it happens to all companies. Good strategy to wait a while, appreciate you watching👍🏽
Just ordered mine. Do you know what other compact sites will directly mount on the gun?
Sorry for the late reply, it is cut for Glock sites so super wide aftermarket support. Enjoy!
@@LWRoad thank you, also what footprint does the red dot match?
How many times did you have to send the Glock back to get it working. That being said, I'd love to get one of those Makos👍!
None for the G19, once for my G34
@@LWRoad no manufacturer is immune!
it looks good ,but does it take glock mags?
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Hi, i got an BB6 Pistol, works great.
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Damm good video.
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Thanks @CW!
Why did you buy that particular gun? Those tight tolerances can be a bad thing. The AK 47 is a great reliable gun cuz it was designed on purpose to have large tolerances particularly in comparison to the early M16's. Great video my friend 😁
@BillShadrick Except the mud test by @GarandThumb showed the M4 running through mud better than the AK🤷♂️
@LUNGSlikeKlRBY you weren't in 'nam with me. We would grab every AK we could get our hands on. What is your real world experience with either of these guns? I wish you had been there. It did get a lil better in '69 when they chromed the barrel and put a forward assist on it. Go back to those days and circumstances. Also, all the fancy bolt ons were worthless in the jungle terrain.