People who are armed are generally pleasant with each other. There's nothing about this possible transaction that looks in anyway illegal. As far as I know, he's not a felon is he? We don't know that the guns are stolen in fact I doubt they are.
@@matt59fire , I’d imagine there’s a high correlation between people who handle/deal with firearms and vets. It wouldn’t be too far out there to assume both men in this scene are vets.
Very considerate. Dude went; “I didn’t buy anything from you, but you spent gas money and a hotel room to come sell to me. Here’s $300 for your expenses and a bit for your time”
@@rad_lad_2715Closer to $2000-$3000 cheaper from what I’ve seen. I’ve heard people complain about the gun being over gassed, but for the price I’d go LMT any day. People love them.
yeah.. this gun dealer also earns more on a single deal than your mcdonalds employee will earn in 2 to 4 weeks, so... go figure, why his service is better.
Now I'm just imagining this scene but it's you at the McDonald's counter and the 17 year old serving you is the arms dealer showing you different items by unwrapping them. 😂😂
@@silverknight8088 He's wrong, it's just .50 bmg magazines don't come very high capacity. 5,10,15 are the most common sizes (with 15 being the extended version of the 10 for the Barrett).
@Unregistered hypercam 2 he brings up "the jungle" and seems to be reminiscing in the process. Snipers in vietnam used the m40. Vietnam vets notoriously don't talk about their past. It's too perfect lol.
@@vincentlaw1415He does change his attitude a but when he pick it up (the only one he does pickup) which could be interpreted as if he’s either familiar with the gun, or familiar with a variation or a model.
@@Skidward420 you don't think there's vets out there who illegally sell arms to other people? And when they come across another vet, they reminisce about the old times?
@@rotor.ribbit Tbf it aint illegal, at the time the show was made and when it takes place there still wasnt background checks or anything for private sales of firearms.
@@SnowMexicann in the show, the .50 BMGs he was selling all had their serial numbers scratched off. Plus he had a method of hiding it from acid tests/xray methods. I'm pretty sure that's illegal
@@caniblmolstr4503 Mike and J Banks are both old, but I doubt they’re THAT old Let’s be generous and say he was 18 in Korea That’s still a birth year of 1933, which would make him late 60s, early-mid 70s at best
@@davidchoe2847 that's actually a great joke. Care to retext that CCR classic? "Some folks are born game pad in hand. Oh lord, how they play themselves..."
Mike stating the AR-10 being prone to jam tells you what you need to know about him, even though the actual problem rifle was the AR-15/M16 and that issue was solved in the 70s, he still stuck to what he had lived through
Great example of “show don’t tell.” This scene was awesome because it heavily implied that Mike was a marine sniper in the vietnam war without ever actually saying so. And the “yeah” from the salesman could imply that he was there as well.
@@kzs831 they shot like that back then. Not as much in vietnam but the men that trained those boys for nam were ww2 veterans who definitely shot with their strong elbow sticking out. Especially snipers while utilizing their sling for support.
@@neilaldrin7779it’s not really just a tv thing. I think it correlates back to the return of vets in the 70s when they were basically spit on by their own fellow citizens a lot of them turned to crime either bc places wouldn’t hire them, they got into drugs & alcohol or they simply just wanted to stick it to the man. Same thing happened after ww11 ended. The mob had crazy numbers after that.
We need a Mike prequel set in Vietnam, where Mike is played by a 95 year old Jonathan Banks and the other soldiers are young guys and no one comments on it
I know Vince has said he doesn't want to make any more stuff in this universe and I very much respect that. But if this were to happen they should just.... cast a talented actor who can do a great impression of a young Jonathan Banks. I mean, look at how great of a job Ewan McGregor did with his rendition of a younger Alec Guinness!
"be really wary of an old woman in a profession where men die young." is the second half of the quote often left out. the even lesser known third part is "they don't think it be like it is, but it do."
Being a respectable as well as respectful person gets you a lot farther. Mike knew someone in the Arms industry willing to sell a firearm under the table. He acted calmly and even when he realized he wasn’t really in the market, he still showed his gratitude. And the seller, he was a proper sales man, gave Mike a few options. Didn’t argue with the customer, and didn’t show any paranoia or didn’t plan to rip Mike off or anything. Men who truly understand having a civil deal.
When the law isn't on your side and you can't rely on the "system" to fight for you, all of a sudden you're word, actions and honour become your armour and we get interactions like this. Now if only we can get law abiding citizens to start behaving like psychopathic murderers and the world would be a much better place 🤣🤣
That's when the quote "respect to get respect " "you give what u want to get, and you get what you give" it's very rare to meet people like dis nowadays with all the influence from brainwash people submit to, instead of learning from life experiences themselves
Well the original M40's were literally bought off of sporting goods store racks. If i remember correctly they were winchester model 70's with a fixed power unertl or redfield scope. The book mariine sniper about carlos hathcock goes in detail about how they literally just went to a sporting goods store and cleared them out. Similar to what the green berets and other SOCOM forces did in the months before task force dagger was inserted with thw northern alliance. I worked at home depot during thw time putting myself through college from 2001-2003 we had GI's rolling theough with government cards placing HUGE orders. They must have bought atleast a 1000 rolling tool chests from us prior to 2003's iraq invasion asked them wtf they were doing with all the tool chests they were using them as foot lockers for the soldiers. One guy told ne qhen he rotated back home all of them were thrown in a pile behind the barracks.
@@popinmoSR25 is a damn good weapons system but anytime you have a semi automatic action jamming is going to be a concern if you only have one chance to get your target you should probablly atick to a bolt action. Fighting a war in an urban cwnter like bhagdad......sr25 all the way. But even the seals supplemented their SR25's with .300 win mag bolt actions.
I knew a guy from my neighborhood where I grew up who was a legit killer. He was connected to some guys in Boston. We all knew who he was, and what he was, but nobody ever talked about it. And he was one of the most respectful, courteous guys I ever met. Luckily I was just some young working kid from the neighborhood so I only ever knew him over the occasional beer. But he was a definite gentleman.
You would be surprised of just how Bad the U.S weapons performed in Vietnam, hell to this day the M16 and the AR family of rifles have a Bad name because of just how Bad the first models performed.
He handled that rifle like it was an old friend Edit: the only rifle he picked up, the comments he made. And as a veteran myself, I can tell you that every time I pick up my AR-15, it just feels familiar. Just doesn’t have that three round option. If you know you know, if you don’t you don’t.
@@kobalt9948 I thought I was the only one who noticed that, ooh looks like you know this one... no it's just every bolt action operates almost the same lol
The amount of silent communication between the two the moment the M40 was brought out could be used to write lessons on scene and nonverbal storytelling, damn that was good
Mike is the manliest man I’ve ever seen on any movie, tv show, met in person… anywhere. The hardest dude to slay bodies, respectful, yet loves his family. Man is an absolute unit.
Still a murderer for hire that ends up getting killed by a chemistry teacher. If Mike really loved his family, he wouldnt have gotten involved with being a dirty cop, that led to his son being killed and him having to abandon his grand daughter at a park. He could have went legit. Instead he picked his adrenaline over his own blood.
@@buddyfett1341 no he needed fast cash for his family, he had to accept the dirty money in order for the corrupt cops not to kill him for distrust just like his son, he stayed in the business because Gus was a like-minded professional who was safe so the money was safe. until Walter came that is
@@austinmartinez2312 He doesn't wipe his prints because he doesn't trust him, he wipes his prints because he leaves no loose ends, it takes one mistake to get caught, Mike is a professional, probably the best in his game.
@@JohnTheJunker let's be 100 - the only reason that Mike got outplayed by Gus is because he has an entire crew to outmaneuver him. But yes, I agree that Mike is the best there is.
@@austinmartinez2312 what if he sells it to another person who uses it to commit a crime? It isn’t about him not being comfortable. It’s about being extra secure.
This is glorious so much information and history about a character conved in a smart way. That feels natural and not forced through a boring exposition dump.
@@idcwatyouthink2847 it does but what are the only parts of your body the cops get prints of ? The finger tips. Not the whole palm. So it wont matter if they get your palm print
That arms dealer is probably the best person in this show lol Sure, he knows he's selling guns to hardened criminals for the purposes of murder and other heinous acts, but he's just so warm about it.
Mike is a human with ethics and life experience. He knows when to be polite, and were politeness is wasted time. From the book we can learn, he's actually a very pleasant person. He offered help and advice multiple times. Yet he did not do so unless it was asked for.
Mike isn't a psycho he has a code he lives by. He is very straight forward in his dealings. If you follow the rules he will treat you with dignity. If you don't well then things can go the other way. He isn't a good guy by any stretch of the imagination, but he doesn't take any joy in hurting other people.
They cut out the part in the middle where he said they changed the stock from wood to (I believe) carbon fiber (edit: it was most likely a different polymer). Wood warps when it gets moisture in it, and that's what Mike means with "they probably should have figured that out before they sent it into the jungle".
Also, they're fucking heavy. No way a marine could carry those things in jungle terrain and not exhausted by it. It all changed later in Vietnam war when they switched to polymer.
I know that to be basically true for jesse, that he was supposed to die at the end of season one but they wrote him in the rest of the show because they liked him so much. However I don't buy it with mike. Mainly because for aaron paul that was his breakout discovery role...Jonathan banks has been at this a LONG time. he was one of the bad guys in Beverly hills cop. I very much doubt they didn't know who they were hiring. they may have expanded his role because of how well he was doing but I am certain it wasn't improvised.
@@Yes-kf2mm Bob Odenkirks interviews, in which Bob claims that after Jane’s death it was Saul who was supposed to come over and clean it up, but the actor was unavailable, so they created Mike, and that’s how they got the ball to roll
The problem with that is, they killed him in the show, and the actor who plays the character, continues to age. I suppose they can make it like he survived, and faked his death, but that’s a big risk messing with some thing that ended so well
this is the most respectful arms dealer I have seen in media how'd I get 3.5k for commenting on his etiquette? also very interesting show ideas, thanks & I'll watch them eventually
Mike didn't want Bobby (that's his name, no matter who he's playing) to feel like his time had been wasted, because he'd never burn a good contact like this one. Respect both ways here.
For those of you wondering why they changed the stock, it used to be wooden, which isn't a problem if ur fighting in dry terrain. But because of the wet jungle terrain in Vietnam, the wooden frame would warp, which ended up shifting the barrel off-sync of the sights, making the weapons accuracy garbagio.
Love how not only is it particularly evident that Mike was in the Corps during 'Nam, but he clearly was a sniper. Not many people would know about that wooden stock complaint of the cuff like that. Seems like that "yeah" from the salesman means he too had dealings with that rifle in that jungle. Nice moment between two guys who clearly have quite a bit of history in common. Also, one hell of a salesman; no bullshit, to the point, no pressure, just options and information. Most assuredly not an amateur.
What a gentlemanly pleasant illegal arms deal
90% of all of them I bet
You kind of want them to be pleasant
@@raygun26can neither confirm nor deny
People who are armed are generally pleasant with each other. There's nothing about this possible transaction that looks in anyway illegal. As far as I know, he's not a felon is he? We don't know that the guns are stolen in fact I doubt they are.
@@That70sChannelHe removed the serial numbers so yes in fact it is very illegal to sell or buy these
Two vets had a moment of understanding without saying much.
Was the arms dealer revealed to be a veteran? I don’t recall the scene…
@Styx Rakash it saying that Mike was a Vietnam Veteran
@@thegerman662 Yes mike was but when was the arms dealer?
@@styxrakash4639People are stupid and think guns equal vet. So hes assuming the seller is a vet
@@matt59fire , I’d imagine there’s a high correlation between people who handle/deal with firearms and vets. It wouldn’t be too far out there to assume both men in this scene are vets.
Mike is a G for giving him money for his trouble
It's not too much for Nick to offer. The untraceable arms dealer likely has a limited amount of customers. Which includes Heisenberg.
I guess he turned it down as he knew he'd have a sale coming in the future
considerate, as he had to make the travel and rent a model room
He knows the man is an invaluable resource...
Very considerate.
Dude went;
“I didn’t buy anything from you, but you spent gas money and a hotel room to come sell to me. Here’s $300 for your expenses and a bit for your time”
If a mf busts out a SR-25 im buying the whole stock
Why not just build AR-10s of better quality for cheaper yourself while not committing multiple felonies?
@@paulwalkersseatbelt2539it would be very hard to beat the quality of a sr25 especially for “cheaper” as you say.
@@CBG2295LMTs MARS-H has all the quality of a KAC SR-25 while being about $1k less
@@paulwalkersseatbelt2539 SR-25 is of higher quality, but its price is ridiculous
@@rad_lad_2715Closer to $2000-$3000 cheaper from what I’ve seen. I’ve heard people complain about the gun being over gassed, but for the price I’d go LMT any day. People love them.
This gun dealer really has better customer service than my local mcdonalds
At least in this scene, he has better customers, too.
He gets paid a bit more
Excuse me sir. That's too much gun,
and this is a Wendy's!
yeah.. this gun dealer also earns more on a single deal than your mcdonalds employee will earn in 2 to 4 weeks, so... go figure, why his service is better.
Now I'm just imagining this scene but it's you at the McDonald's counter and the 17 year old serving you is the arms dealer showing you different items by unwrapping them. 😂😂
"too much gun"
Mike was the realest guy in both shows
50 BMG rifles shouldn't have a mag... considering they're so powerful but so heavy you either kill the target or you're dead
@@KellyMorris596 what? No. It depends on the application. Also, handloading rounds is usually not a good move if you can avoid it.
@@KellyMorris596 what if you have to take a second shot?
@@ironstarofmordian7098 hand loading rounds is perfectly safe as long as you follow factory specs.
@@silverknight8088 He's wrong, it's just .50 bmg magazines don't come very high capacity. 5,10,15 are the most common sizes (with 15 being the extended version of the 10 for the Barrett).
that sr-25 is pretty damn reliable
I’ve heard they’re prone to jam
@@t.b.cont.It's been known to happen in the field
@@thunderblade95 If that's a concern, you ought to stick to bolts
Then Mike broke bad
Yeah, KAC doesn't make anything that's unreliable. Mike is on the blue stuff lmao
The most civil conversation in the show
I love how they never fully explain his past but from these little scenes we basically know Mike was a sniper in the marines and a Vietnam war vet.
Or had a son that was a sniper and died, he could've been a sniper in a swat team or other special team
@@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.We know his son was a cop, so it's likely Mike got drafted, started sniping, came home, and became a street cop.
And a beat cop, probably undercover at some point.
@@Unregistered.Hypercam.2. ?
@Unregistered hypercam 2 he brings up "the jungle" and seems to be reminiscing in the process. Snipers in vietnam used the m40. Vietnam vets notoriously don't talk about their past. It's too perfect lol.
The fact he offered to give the guy money after wasting his time is truly awesome.
In the full scene the seller goes on to say "I'm here on other business anyway."
@@sadturtlesoup8832 I think he also said something along the lines of "I make my money on repeat customers"
It never hurts to be civil and polite 2 a man who sells u military grade weapons 👌
It helps. It means you don't feel guilty for calling the person out and not using their service.
@@TheArrowedKnee long story short. He's a gentleman and a model salesman. Treat your customers right, and they'll always come back.
Opens and closes the bolt.
"You seem to know this one".
Mike having literal Vietnam flashbacks and deciding against taking a hitman job in this scene
Two of the most professional guys in their respective fields. This interaction couldn’t have been more civil
How should it go down? Nobody buys a gun ina disrespectful way ahahaha
@@dominicviner6619 u seen the Salamanca twins?
👍
Professionals have standards
They could’ve had the gun dealer spraying “scent of cookies” around and laying out a little platter of cucumber sandwiches..
They only showed a respectable guy because Mike doesn’t deal with amateurs or morons
Exactly. Love Mike he was a great...great character as a lot where in BB
Except Jessy and waltuh
He sold Walt his gun too
@@stay_hi yea but he didn’t want to. It was setup through Saul
@@RackEmRack and Walt used it beautifully.
Damn,Bobby got out of monster hunting and got into arms dealing
Actuates the bolt. "You seem to know this one."
🤨
"You could say that"
as if you would need to be familiar with this specific model to do that 😂
He did it without barely looking
@@RonWolfHowl so? it's still a simple pull and push movement until you feel resistance
@@vincentlaw1415He does change his attitude a but when he pick it up (the only one he does pickup) which could be interpreted as if he’s either familiar with the gun, or familiar with a variation or a model.
Man, that moment between vets was so sincere and relateable for both men.
It’s a tv show
@@Skidward420 a TV show that made their characters feel like real people. So real that it makes you wonder how many people in our world are like them
@@Skidward420 you don't think there's vets out there who illegally sell arms to other people? And when they come across another vet, they reminisce about the old times?
@@rotor.ribbit Tbf it aint illegal, at the time the show was made and when it takes place there still wasnt background checks or anything for private sales of firearms.
@@SnowMexicann in the show, the .50 BMGs he was selling all had their serial numbers scratched off. Plus he had a method of hiding it from acid tests/xray methods. I'm pretty sure that's illegal
I love how they didn't say it outright, but hinted at him being a Vietnam vet.
He could be a Korean war vet too
He's about 60 in the show, this particular scene is 2002, so he could've served in Nam and Korea
@@caniblmolstr4503 Mike and J Banks are both old, but I doubt they’re THAT old
Let’s be generous and say he was 18 in Korea
That’s still a birth year of 1933, which would make him late 60s, early-mid 70s at best
@@thatguy8777 Math says it would not have been Korea
@@dodgeplow I don't actually know when the korean war happened
Bobby talking to Mike is something I never knew I needed
Lmao
Knights Armaments jamming lmao
waltuh, I'm going gun shopping waltuh .
YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING WALTUH
I'm gonna need your credit card waltuh
@@officer_friendly_ YOUR CREDIT CARD DECLINED WALTUHH
@@uk4490 now i need to start cooking meth waltuh
@@officer_friendly_ I need hair gel waltuh
“You seem to know this one” “oh yea, you can say that” *Fortunate son starts playing*
🤣🤣🤣 I thought it said fortnite song 😭😭
fortnite son
Bless you
And Huey helicopter noises. lol 🤣
@@davidchoe2847 that's actually a great joke. Care to retext that CCR classic?
"Some folks are born game pad in hand. Oh lord, how they play themselves..."
There’s something really satisfying about the dialogue throughout this whole scene.
Mike stating the AR-10 being prone to jam tells you what you need to know about him, even though the actual problem rifle was the AR-15/M16 and that issue was solved in the 70s, he still stuck to what he had lived through
A nice detail that seems to be overlooked in this scene is that Mike wipes his fingerprints off of the rifle. Truly a professional.
Yah but hes actively adding more prints as he wipes them off.
@@ACE_VIPER ye also jsut wiping it with cloth does nothing you would need alcohol to really wipe the prints off
@@welshman7410 Bro said you need alcohol to wipe off fingerprints 💀
y’all are annoying af so i’m changing what this says so i stop getting the same replies by different people
@@VeteranQueue if you gonna smear it with a cloth, it won't be recognizeable, so it won't lead to match... but I don't really know about the DNA part.
Bobby Singer being the arms dealer is extremely fitting.
He needs the guns for both monsters and men
That not him
Ya idjit!
@@TonyDAnnunzio it is, Bobby singer from Supernatural
@@coreyzerphey4517 never seen that shit show
“Too much gun” engineer: _angry wrench noises_
His other clients are the Winchester brothers😂
Great example of “show don’t tell.” This scene was awesome because it heavily implied that Mike was a marine sniper in the vietnam war without ever actually saying so. And the “yeah” from the salesman could imply that he was there as well.
@@kzs831 maybe he always shot it while prone so he just did the position he always did back in the war?
That’s pretty much telling. Couldn’t get much more straight forward aside from them saying “we were both military snipers.”
@@kzs831 whatever is a comfortable position for him, and he was only testing it not actually getting ready to murk someone 😂💀
@@kzs831 they shot like that back then. Not as much in vietnam but the men that trained those boys for nam were ww2 veterans who definitely shot with their strong elbow sticking out. Especially snipers while utilizing their sling for support.
@@kzs831 he was mimicking prone body scoping position.
Mike being a marine makes a lot of sense
An he was a cop to
Right age for it, too.
Mike was a Tier-1 green beret and vietnam vet
@@3llo0Hwhy in movies and tv do Vietnam vets always become criminals
@@neilaldrin7779it’s not really just a tv thing. I think it correlates back to the return of vets in the 70s when they were basically spit on by their own fellow citizens a lot of them turned to crime either bc places wouldn’t hire them, they got into drugs & alcohol or they simply just wanted to stick it to the man. Same thing happened after ww11 ended. The mob had crazy numbers after that.
Mike was the grand dad we all deserved....
The single mom in the next hotel room listening to this
We need a Mike prequel set in Vietnam, where Mike is played by a 95 year old Jonathan Banks and the other soldiers are young guys and no one comments on it
They could do a deep fake de-aged Mike. I'd watch it.
I know Vince has said he doesn't want to make any more stuff in this universe and I very much respect that. But if this were to happen they should just.... cast a talented actor who can do a great impression of a young Jonathan Banks. I mean, look at how great of a job Ewan McGregor did with his rendition of a younger Alec Guinness!
@@Wells13555 perfect comparison
Yes. Never mention it, just have a young actor portray him every now and then so the audience can see how the other characters see him. Brilliant
We all love Mike because of Jonathan banks , I feel the character wouldn't have been liked as much if another actor portrayed him.
"Too much gun"
Engineer crying himself to sleep:
"Sometimes you just need a little less gun"
@@dbelow_1556 "There's nothing more American than making a gun have more gun. Gunnier? Gun. Gunniest."
- Habitual Linecrosser
@@logicplague2077 “Would you intercept me??😩”
😂
@@logicplague2077 like the M50 Ontos which used a 50 cal machine gun as a spotting rifle to fire a Recoiless rifle
😂😂😂
I remember watching this and being so happy to see bobby singer back alive again
Bobby upgraded from credit card scams
“Be wary of an old man in a profession where men die young”
Damn
"be really wary of an old woman in a profession where men die young."
is the second half of the quote often left out.
the even lesser known third part is
"they don't think it be like it is, but it do."
Which professions would that be do you think
@@danielvandam Infantry, any form of infantry. Ur basically sent in as cannon fodder so if someone is old and still infantry then... yikes
Well said! Never heard that before. But rings true.
Being a respectable as well as respectful person gets you a lot farther. Mike knew someone in the Arms industry willing to sell a firearm under the table. He acted calmly and even when he realized he wasn’t really in the market, he still showed his gratitude. And the seller, he was a proper sales man, gave Mike a few options. Didn’t argue with the customer, and didn’t show any paranoia or didn’t plan to rip Mike off or anything. Men who truly understand having a civil deal.
When the law isn't on your side and you can't rely on the "system" to fight for you, all of a sudden you're word, actions and honour become your armour and we get interactions like this. Now if only we can get law abiding citizens to start behaving like psychopathic murderers and the world would be a much better place 🤣🤣
That's when the quote "respect to get respect " "you give what u want to get, and you get what you give" it's very rare to meet people like dis nowadays with all the influence from brainwash people submit to, instead of learning from life experiences themselves
The crazy part is the dealer knows full well what Mike intends to do with that rifle lmao
😂😂😂😂 it’s a fucking script !!!! 😂😂😂😂
@@-ShootTheGlass- 🤣
You seem to know that one.
Every bolt action gun.
Love the arms dealer. He's such a no-crap professional. Just trying to supply you with what you need, no drama, no intimidation, no politics.
@I :V that show pretty much invented the word C**kSucker
Dude. Check him out in deadwood. 10/10.
Makes sense: gun dealers don't want to get shot by the merchandise
He was also in Justified as well as Supernatural and this.
Such a GREAT actor.
As opposed to the coked-up, illicit, traveling department store in 'Taxi Driver'.
The two most professional criminals in the Breaking Bad Universe.
The veterinarian was pretty good too😊
don't write-off the hoover max vacuum guy like that
@@teedotteebeat me to it. Those three are the old vets
Badger and Skinny?
They're not criminals. They're just working
This is America. You can never have “too much gun.”
Well they skipped the first line where Mike said "Looks like a hernia with a scope on it." He's an old man lol let him carry the lighter gun lol
“You seem to know this one” all he did was pull the bolt bro
It’s the only one he picked up and seemed fond of.
That Arms dealer is such a great character. Honest, competent, generous and unobtrusive. I like his scenes.
Knows how to deal with his clientele. Knows his product inside and out. Excellent customer service. No pressure. Discreet. Professional.
pretty sure the salamanca twins gonna like this guy more than the arms dealer they met...too chatty for their likings
@@asmerX100 Although that guy is a legend too. His scene is hilarious. That guy had one Moment and damn he made it count :D
@@asmerX100lol he was a alright guy they still paid basically just told him to shut up lol and they were testing the product
He was great as Bobby in Supernatural.
They even added the part about how older model rifles wood stocks swelled up in humid climates. This show gets an a for actually knowing about guns.
not meny get them right
It's a nod to Mike's past of being a Vietnam vet.
Except for the sr25 part
Well the original M40's were literally bought off of sporting goods store racks. If i remember correctly they were winchester model 70's with a fixed power unertl or redfield scope. The book mariine sniper about carlos hathcock goes in detail about how they literally just went to a sporting goods store and cleared them out. Similar to what the green berets and other SOCOM forces did in the months before task force dagger was inserted with thw northern alliance. I worked at home depot during thw time putting myself through college from 2001-2003 we had GI's rolling theough with government cards placing HUGE orders. They must have bought atleast a 1000 rolling tool chests from us prior to 2003's iraq invasion asked them wtf they were doing with all the tool chests they were using them as foot lockers for the soldiers. One guy told ne qhen he rotated back home all of them were thrown in a pile behind the barracks.
@@popinmoSR25 is a damn good weapons system but anytime you have a semi automatic action jamming is going to be a concern if you only have one chance to get your target you should probablly atick to a bolt action. Fighting a war in an urban cwnter like bhagdad......sr25 all the way. But even the seals supplemented their SR25's with .300 win mag bolt actions.
Wish we saw more of him
Me when bro shows off his airsoft collection:
I luv how both of them are trained killers yet they conduct themselves like gentleman. Real shit💯
I knew a guy from my neighborhood where I grew up who was a legit killer. He was connected to some guys in Boston. We all knew who he was, and what he was, but nobody ever talked about it. And he was one of the most respectful, courteous guys I ever met. Luckily I was just some young working kid from the neighborhood so I only ever knew him over the occasional beer. But he was a definite gentleman.
How is the seller a killer? Doesnt he just sell guns?
@@p-mac8413 He was a killer 😈
He was a killer 😚😇
Because that’s how trained killers act
In fact that’s how most people act in a situation like this
@@p-mac8413 I called the cops on that guy once
“Somebody should’ve figured that out before they sent it to a goddamn jungle” I have a feeling his rifle let him down in that jungle once.
Well the stock warps in the humid conditions and it can go off for no reason.
@@hannesromhild8532 Yeah, in the middle of intense combat I can definitely see that kind of issue being a pain in the ass
@Sir Diamond worse when all is quiet then suddenly there's a gunshot.
Does that mean that he accidentally killed someone and was dishonourably discharged? Or maybe the gunshot alerted enemies and his squad was killed
You would be surprised of just how Bad the U.S weapons performed in Vietnam, hell to this day the M16 and the AR family of rifles have a Bad name because of just how Bad the first models performed.
Me in class chring to sell different macanical pencils
This character could have a spin off and I'd watch the shit out of it.
He handled that rifle like it was an old friend
Edit: the only rifle he picked up, the comments he made. And as a veteran myself, I can tell you that every time I pick up my AR-15, it just feels familiar. Just doesn’t have that three round option. If you know you know, if you don’t you don’t.
He handled it like anyone familiar with firearms would handle it, calm down
" This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for shooting*, and this is for fun."
*fighting (thanks for the corrections)
Nah he’s chicken winging that Rifle
@@kobalt9948 I thought I was the only one who noticed that, ooh looks like you know this one... no it's just every bolt action operates almost the same lol
@@janetracer this is for fighting, this is for fun *
The amount of silent communication between the two the moment the M40 was brought out could be used to write lessons on scene and nonverbal storytelling, damn that was good
M40 is the good gun. Worth money
M40A1 is essentially a Remington 700, alongside the Winchester Model 70 those two are the most reliable Bolt Action Rifles you can get.
@@EyePatchGuy88 The 700 action is basically the standard for bolt rifles these days. There's a reason for that.
Breaking bad wrote the book on non verbal story telling the whole show
They bought fought in Vietnam.
That wipe down was trained memory of keeping the stock dry
Removing his prints
@@hansdavis9081with his hand on the barrel?
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooookay....
😂
mike has been playing polybattle without us knowing
Mike is the manliest man I’ve ever seen on any movie, tv show, met in person… anywhere. The hardest dude to slay bodies, respectful, yet loves his family. Man is an absolute unit.
John wick
One of my favorite characters ever written
You pound your pudd to Mike clips?
Ohhh fuuuuck he's sooo manly!!!
Still a murderer for hire that ends up getting killed by a chemistry teacher. If Mike really loved his family, he wouldnt have gotten involved with being a dirty cop, that led to his son being killed and him having to abandon his grand daughter at a park. He could have went legit. Instead he picked his adrenaline over his own blood.
@@buddyfett1341 no he needed fast cash for his family, he had to accept the dirty money in order for the corrupt cops not to kill him for distrust just like his son, he stayed in the business because Gus was a like-minded professional who was safe so the money was safe. until Walter came that is
You can see the realisation in Mike's eyes when the M40 case is opened. He knows it.
"The Armalight AR 50"
Thats literally like saying "RIP in peace"
I literally just commented the same thing 💀
That's the gun's official name. Is it redundant? Yes. But it's not the arms dealer named it.
Mike "broke bad" long before Walt did. The Mike character should have his own series.
You should watch "Better Call Saul". It explains his story just well enough, I don't think he needs more, they would just over do it anyway.
I'd watch Kid Named Finger
Agreed... Only time i hooked in "bcs" is when it's about mike...
It’s called Better Call Finger
F**k yea!
I like to think the gun dealer is just Bobby Singer from supernatural.
“And this colt right here can send a demon all the way to Timbuktu”
@@jgamez106🤣
Damn right idjits
FRR
@@jgamez106 😂😂😂
That "Thank You" was the most sincere thing Mike ever said.
lots of emotion in that m40 conversation
Mike used that rifle to save Saul’s ass in the desert.
Lol
And try to kill someone but didnt go through with it
A guy you can feel comfortable buying a firearm from
Not comfortable enough to leave his finger prints.. look closely he wipes the barrel and the rest of the gun before giving it back
@@austinmartinez2312 He doesn't wipe his prints because he doesn't trust him, he wipes his prints because he leaves no loose ends, it takes one mistake to get caught, Mike is a professional, probably the best in his game.
@@JohnTheJunker let's be 100 - the only reason that Mike got outplayed by Gus is because he has an entire crew to outmaneuver him. But yes, I agree that Mike is the best there is.
@@austinmartinez2312 what if he sells it to another person who uses it to commit a crime? It isn’t about him not being comfortable. It’s about being extra secure.
This is glorious so much information and history about a character conved in a smart way. That feels natural and not forced through a boring exposition dump.
Answers your questions with legitimate answers that move the plot along, good stuff
Clears prints leaves hand on barrel
Look how he grabs it though. Don’t let your fingertips touch it. Your palm won’t leave a print though
@@idcwatyouthink2847 it does but what are the only parts of your body the cops get prints of ? The finger tips. Not the whole palm. So it wont matter if they get your palm print
Finger on barrel
@@Jorge.D.956. it's not a good point. If they find palm print on it ofc they will match it with suspects palm.
@@Jorge.D.956. cops absolutely scan your entire palm these days
That arms dealer is probably the best person in this show lol Sure, he knows he's selling guns to hardened criminals for the purposes of murder and other heinous acts, but he's just so warm about it.
You could say the same about the other dealer who sold vests to Marco and Leo.
This is one of those "good criminals" Mike told Price about
Bobby Singer man. Legend. (Also known as Jim Beaver;)
@@momurderah Mike is wrong though. He's not as evil as some of the others but, he's still a bad guy. As is this arms dealer.
Does he die in the show? I never watched this show because I could care less about edgy villains.
Wow that ending, loved it, everyone’s respectful.
As someone who shot an armalite ar50 standing, i can also attest that it is too much fkn gun.
I love how kind Mike is, despite how cold and merciless he acts this scene shows that he has a heart
Mike is a human with ethics and life experience. He knows when to be polite, and were politeness is wasted time. From the book we can learn, he's actually a very pleasant person. He offered help and advice multiple times. Yet he did not do so unless it was asked for.
@@sebastiandorendorf4773yes
Mike isn't a psycho he has a code he lives by. He is very straight forward in his dealings. If you follow the rules he will treat you with dignity. If you don't well then things can go the other way. He isn't a good guy by any stretch of the imagination, but he doesn't take any joy in hurting other people.
@@red2977tf2 sniper
They cut out the part in the middle where he said they changed the stock from wood to (I believe) carbon fiber (edit: it was most likely a different polymer). Wood warps when it gets moisture in it, and that's what Mike means with "they probably should have figured that out before they sent it into the jungle".
I was wondering, I thought it was just a really odd cut. Lol thank you for clearing that up.
@@andrewdestefanis8225 Glad it helped you, yw.
Also, they're fucking heavy. No way a marine could carry those things in jungle terrain and not exhausted by it. It all changed later in Vietnam war when they switched to polymer.
fiber reinforced plastic
@@fucksusanwojcicki made by mattel. not a joke. If you took the stock off an M16 there was a mattel stamp on the inside.
A particularly wholesome vet interaction.
Bobby leveled up 😂😂
Mike was a total improv character, and yet ended up being one of the best parts of both BB and BCS.
source on that?
I know that to be basically true for jesse, that he was supposed to die at the end of season one but they wrote him in the rest of the show because they liked him so much.
However I don't buy it with mike. Mainly because for aaron paul that was his breakout discovery role...Jonathan banks has been at this a LONG time. he was one of the bad guys in Beverly hills cop. I very much doubt they didn't know who they were hiring.
they may have expanded his role because of how well he was doing but I am certain it wasn't improvised.
@@Yes-kf2mm Bob Odenkirks interviews, in which Bob claims that after Jane’s death it was Saul who was supposed to come over and clean it up, but the actor was unavailable, so they created Mike, and that’s how they got the ball to roll
The problem with that is, they killed him in the show, and the actor who plays the character, continues to age.
I suppose they can make it like he survived, and faked his death, but that’s a big risk messing with some thing that ended so well
This is probably the second most civil arms transaction I've ever seen.
Right behind, "Would you like a tasting, Mr. Wick?"
I mean, I bought a gun out of a truck once. Was pretty civil lol.
I got multiple guns at a store it was civil fr
Saying the SR-25 is prone to jam is absolutely wild. Along with the various other inaccuracies about the other firearms.
Scenes like this are what make Mike such a great character.
*does the most basic fucking thing known man*
"You seem to know this one"
chinese mode: on
But then he shoulders it with his elbows out
@@jacksonbaldwin12 maybe because hes used to laying down with it, good eye though
And then it has no recoil in the show 😭
@@jacksonbaldwin12 Mike's a boomer, of course he would shoot with a chicken wing
Isn't SR-25 a solid rifle though? Semi is usually more convenient than bolt too, no?
It’s rare to see mike have that kind of mutual respect with someone
They’re both vets
I love this scene because it does something most of Hollywood doesn’t do, explaining the weapons
Watching Mike and Bobby interact was amazing
this is the most respectful arms dealer I have seen in media
how'd I get 3.5k for commenting on his etiquette? also very interesting show ideas, thanks & I'll watch them eventually
That's a pro
@Klemheist it’s a tribute, or “homage”
when everyone is walking around with guns it’s usually a good idea to be polite
John wicks arms dealer takes the cake sorry
@@RRICKYSPANISH and for dessert?
Bobby is always doing side quests when he’s not helping those Winchester boys
That would be a sweet crossover.
@@UberTheRandom Walter made meth monsters or methed out monster hunters. One would definitely be cooler than the other
This is the comment I was looking for. I love Bobby
Trying to hunt down the elusive meth gremlin 😂😂
Came looking for this comment lol
The respect they have for each other. 🤩
Men of class, what a polite interaction. Truly a dying breed. I strive to be this kind of man
So Bobby Singer didn't die, Chuck just sent him to be an understanding gun seller.
Fr
I thought that was him! Lol
Ooohhhhh... yea.. you might want to watch the rest of Supernatural. Lol
@@Broodwar-yb6rv Don't worry, i did.
Mikes a true gentalman, he tried to pay the gun dealer for showing him his KAC
Only gun guys will get this, bravo.
Prone to jam made me laugh
Mike didn't want Bobby (that's his name, no matter who he's playing) to feel like his time had been wasted, because he'd never burn a good contact like this one. Respect both ways here.
@@TheMonk72 its obvy the right thing to do when someone shows you their KAC
I love his KAC. Prone to jams.. lmao 🤦🏼♂️
"Auto loaders jam under any amount of real use" -the fudds in hollyweeds.
These guys KILLED it
mike holding on to that camo sniper is like saul holding on to his crappy car for like 5 seasons
But that there M40 is a reliable piece of machinery, indeed.
Mike: *simply cycles the bolt mechanism*
Dealer: You seem to know this one
If you trade enough with any weapon you pretty much. Have it as an extension of your body. Especially in the case of a sniper.
They need to make a spin off show about this arms dealer.
"Too much gun"-🗿
For those of you wondering why they changed the stock, it used to be wooden, which isn't a problem if ur fighting in dry terrain. But because of the wet jungle terrain in Vietnam, the wooden frame would warp, which ended up shifting the barrel off-sync of the sights, making the weapons accuracy garbagio.
Was looking for this comment - thank you.
I like to think the dealer didn’t take mikes money because he’s obviously a Vietnam vet and just respected him for it
I think he respected Mike in general tbh
Love how not only is it particularly evident that Mike was in the Corps during 'Nam, but he clearly was a sniper.
Not many people would know about that wooden stock complaint of the cuff like that. Seems like that "yeah" from the salesman means he too had dealings with that rifle in that jungle. Nice moment between two guys who clearly have quite a bit of history in common.
Also, one hell of a salesman; no bullshit, to the point, no pressure, just options and information. Most assuredly not an amateur.
The bit of understanding how the the stock would warp and the silence. This scene was memorable.
The gun dealer was the most pleasant person in thr series