hey guys thanks for tuning in to another
video on Forgotten weapons calm I'm Ian
McCallum and I am here today with the HK
g-41 not to be confused with the HK 41
which is a semi-auto version of the g3
this is well if you watch the video
about it yesterday you know exactly what
it is if you didn't you should go back
and watch that video but the short
version is this is HK s attempt to take
the roller locking system and adapt it
to basically all of the ergonomics of
the m16 using the m16 pattern magazine
dust cover forward assist bolt bolt
release bolt hold-open carry handle
which doesn't really work with the optic
but you get the idea this is perhaps one
of HKS less successful commercial
designs because it turns out people
wanted either the hk33 or the m16 they
didn't want this kind of hybrid gun in
the middle so we're going to go ahead
and do a little bit of shooting with it
today and see how it runs
perhaps the most notable thing that you
recognize when you pick this up is that
it's a really pretty heavy gun this
takes the roller system gun like the
hk33 which is already a kind of heavy
gun to begin with they've added some
stuff on to it and made it even heavier
and of course having the optics mount
makes this one heavier still but it does
as a result of the weight it does shoot
very nice and smooth go ahead and put it
on three round bursts give that a try
oh here we kind of see why this isn't
HKS most successful design ever a few
rounds left in there
I hope they're now watching this so the
issue we're having there are a couple of
cartridges that chambered fired
extracted but didn't quite eject and
then got stuffed they're really quite
hot then got stuffed back into the
chamber and got the necks all mangled up
and then caused failures to feed
so the g-41 really is the rifle that HK
had one of the few actually rifles at HK
had reliability problems with not huge
problems this is a little bit unusual
for them but you can clearly get an idea
why why this wasn't picked up in the way
that most of HKS other rifle platforms
have been
we got one kind of lodged up in there
there's a neat and unusual hotel
function I should have locked the
charging handle open first and then
dumped the magazine but instead I dumped
the magazine then opened the charging
handle which got that case kind of
jammed between the bolt carrier and the
charging handle extension itself
you
alright guys I think we'll leave it
there for today I do want to give a big
thank you to HK for giving me a chance
to come out here with this g41 hopefully
they don't take offense at the fact that
it didn't run perfectly I will it's nice
to see that even even the best of
companies don't always don't always make
it quite perfect every time so also a
big thanks to Tricia Khan for giving us
access to their fantastic range facility
here to do some filming for you guys
hopefully you enjoyed the video and
thanks for watching