GYROJET Rocket Guns - A Fascinating Failure

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Published 2018-06-10

In this video we talk about the mysterious MBA Gyrojet rocket guns. These are mostly museum pieces and are quite rare --- it's extraordinarily rare to see them actually shot. We had the pleasure of shooting not only the Gyrojet pistol, but also the carbine which is even more rare.
The Gyrojets gained fame by appearing in James Bond "You Only Live Twice".

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Music:
• 'You Only Live Twice' Version 2.
• You Only Live Twice - Theme - Piano

All Comments (21)

@taofledermaus 6 years ago

Why you pronounce "carbine" the way you do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV5zwug89C4
@novashnova1232 4 years ago

Dude that guy was so obscenely nice to not only come out with weapons beyond rare, AND ammo, but letting yall shoot the majority of them too!
@CrowMaann 5 years ago

I remember when I was a kid hearing my grandpa talk about a rifle that shot 50 caliber rockets with no kick. I thought he was messing with me but look what I found today crazy shit I thought he was full of it
@rawhidelamp 3 years ago

here at Apeture science labs, we shoot the whole bullet, thats 65% more bullet, per bullet
@angryman3317 2 years ago

Mad props to danny going and finding that round, like a literal needle in a haystack. this is why we love him. RIP mate.
@IamBlackToast 5 years ago

My engineer grandfather had a saying: “You can always tell how hard a project is by how many DPMs you hear,” DPM meaning “Damnits per minute”. I imagine the machinists that had to hand drill those little holes were operating at around 16-24 DPMs.
@gargol9902 4 years ago

We still have 28000 years to improve this.
@sleepingbag2424 3 years ago

"TORGUE WEAPONS ARE AWESOME! THE VAULT HUNTER USES THEM, AND THE VAULT HUNTER IS PHYSICALLY ATTRACTIVE!"
@colt10mmsecurity68 1 year ago

As a kid growing up in the 70’s, my dad got to shoot one of these guns and came home one day all excited and told us kids all about it. I’ve always remembered the story of this gun.
@Powertuber1000 5 years ago

I spent the entire video trying to get over the $49.85, German Lugers.
@30AndHatingIt 4 years ago

Imagine being the only guy in history to ever be shot and killed with a gyrojet.
@javierguardiola7122 2 years ago

28000 years in the future: we made it into a pistol, an actual rifle, a machine gun version, a minigun version and a gigantic 800mm version
@mattymattmatt7640 3 years ago

I came to the comments hoping to see WH40k references. I was not disappointed, the Emperor Protects
@baileykleinbard7633 4 years ago

It's like those game trailers that show the whole cartridge being fired
@joemo1033 6 years ago

This is a historically important video. Pretty rare footage of an interesting firearm. Great work Jeff. Someone archive this shit.
@twistedgamer238 1 year ago

I recently watched You Only Live Twice again. The Gyro Jet is one of those things you might never realize actually existed if it wasn't for pop culture. It's great too see someone finally shoot one.
@YerluvinunclePete 3 years ago

This is an awesome record of how the Gyrojet really operates.
@jamnorge 5 years ago

Gun owner is massively generous. Kudos to him, great video.
@SheepHunter9780 5 years ago

The owner of these guns and their ammo, is an absolute legend for allowing this to happen!! Thank you guys, great video and info!! I am a gun fanatic and just love the history of any and all fire arms thru the ages!! Thank you guys!!
@StefsEngineering 1 year ago

Now a couple years later, I can only imagine how cool it would look on the newest high speed cameras (like the ones "Slow mo Guys" and "Smartereveryday" are using)