(automatic machine gun fire)
- [Voiceover] Alright so now that we had a little
bit of fun at the beginning of the video,
this is Alex C with TFBTV and today's
run and gun is going to feature a MP40.
Now this one's gonna be pretty tricky
because the MP40 does not have a semi-automatic setting,
these are open bolt, full auto only.
They're simple but they have some cool features
like a Bakelite resting bar under the barrel.
They also are very safe for an open bolt fire arm.
You can actually lock the bolt forward
by pressing the charging handle inwards
or you can lock it to the rear by
pulling the bolt back and pushing it up under the
safety slot and there's no way
that that bolt is going forward.
So on the run and gun course we're
gonna fire 30 shots in our typical fashion
using two magazine changes starting at about 75 yards
and this one is gonna be tricky
because as I said there is no semi-automatic setting.
So let's see how I can do in,
also I'd to remind you the folding
stocks on these are pretty dang wobbly as well.
I think it's just kinda the nature of the design,
but let's see what happens when
we take this gun to the run and gun course.
- Alright so he we go with the German MP40.
What actually inspired me to do this with an open
bolt weapon was European sub-machine gun competitions.
Where guys with Swedish Ks shoot them
at 100 meters and more basically.
Even though they're full auto only like this gun.
So this is gonna require a lot of trigger control
to basically get semi-automatic fire out of
since it doesn't have a semi-automatic setting.
Let's see if I can pull that off.
(bullets firing and hitting metal)
Not too bad, let's go talk about it.
Alright so that was pretty dang tricky.
Those guys in Europe doing the sub-machine gun
competitions really have it down.
I did have enough trigger control
to pull off semi-automatic shots and it went okay.
I'll put the total hits vs misses right here.
But I'd really like to try that on full auto just
for giggles basically and see how
it goes under those circumstances.
Alright, here we go again, this time with
a little less trigger control.
I think the gun's gonna leak some brass.
(fully automatic gun fire hitting metal)
Not too bad, but not too good.
Anyways, let's go back to the room and finish this one up.
- [Voiceover] So I think at this point
I'm going conclusively say that the Thompson
is a much more accurate sub-machine gun.
The sights are better and that's really
what comes into play in something like this.
With a pistol caliber long gun
at 75 yards, it's pretty tricky to make shots
when your sight radius is like 8 inches long
and you've got your sight mounted
on the receiver tube forward.
Whereas the Thompson's rear aperture sighted.
So, that helps a lot.
But, if you're gonna give me one and say
well you have to march 500 miles with one
obviously I would not pick the
12 pound Thompson sub-machine gun for that.
So the MP40 was what it was.
It was a cheap, easy to make, stamped sub-machine gun
that served it's purpose without a whole lot
of pizzazz or style to it, but some people might think
it kinda has that cool, retro, futuristic look.
I guess I can see that as well,
but the Thompson, in my opinion,
is a sexier looking firearm.
That being said, this is Alex C with TFBTV.
Big thanks to Ventura Munitions for helping us out
with our videos and we hope to see you guys next time.
(fully automatic gun fire)