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Watch Dude Turn His Gun Into Chainsaw

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The internet can often give us slop and make us feel dumber than when we are logged on, but it also can showcase some pretty cool firearms that deserve a forever home in a warm, secure gun safe and plenty of days at the range.

Freedom Ordnance announced that they are taking pre-orders for the FM-9D pistol and rifle, which appears to look like an AR-15 chambered in 9x19mm NATO, but the looks are a little deceiving. The FM-9D is actually a whole lot cooler, even if it’s probably not going to make it as a CCW gun, based on a YouTube video posted by “Top Shot” season 3 champion Dustin Ellermann, who used the firearm as a makeshift chainsaw on some trees.

In the YouTube video, Ellermann first uses the belt-fed upper receiver of the FM-9D pistol with a four-inch barrel to knock down a tree with a 100-round belt fed from a bag, then a standard magazine without needing to alter the firearm, until all it took was a push to bring the tree down. Freedom Ordnance CEO David Winge told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the FM-9D had multiple patents pending or granted.

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“The FM-9D [f]eatures a unique lower receiver assembly that can seamlessly transition from belt fed to mag fed without any mechanical changes, belt to mag fed transitions happen in under 3 seconds with an experienced operator,” Winge said.

Ellerman used an eight-inch barrel upper later in the video to take down a second tree, this time using 147-grain subsonic rounds and a suppressor, rapidly putting the tree on the ground with plenty of ammo to spare.

“That’s just too much fun and really way too easy. We thought that tree was going to be a little bit harder,” Ellerman said as he finished taking down a second tree near the end of the video. He also posted clips of the gun in action on Instagram, X and Facebook.

Yeah, this gun has the cool factor, all right, but it’s also probably one of the more… impractical options for things like CCW. That being said, while there are serious reasons behind the Second Amendment, there’s also plenty of fun to be had when exercising one’s right to keep and bear arms.

“We value the Second Amendment as a fundamental God given right,” Winge told the DCNF. “Without it all other rights become simple privileges.”

For some, it’s the thrill of competitive shooting, whether with rifles, shotguns or pistols. For others, it may be just sending loads of rounds downrange or getting the chance to use something nifty like a belt-fed firearm.

Most belt-fed firearms are used as the base of fire for an infantry fire team – traditionally, this is something like the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, which is chambered for the 5.56x45mm NATO round. So why have it for the 9x19mm NATO instead?

“The original motivation 10 years ago, was to build a reliable short range to mid-range belt fed operating system, with a low-cost ammunition for our customer base,” Winge told the DCNF. “If you are an avid firearm user, the cost of ammo is always inhibitive especially when dealing with high volume systems like belt feds.”

“For advanced users owning a belt fed firearm has always been a desire in our community, but a lot of the time they are out of reach financially or they are unreliable,” Winge continued. “Many users once they have a belt fed purchased of any make, have a hard time actually training with them due to ammo cost, they become more of a safe queen then a frequently used training tool.”

The pistol ammo cost about 28 cents a round for a full-metal jacket of 9x19mm NATO, according to Cabela’s, while 5.56mm or .223 Remington run about 55 cents a round for full-metal jacket at the outdoor retailer.

In addition to the belt-fed method, the FM-9D can also use a standard Glock magazine according to the company’s website, which at least gives you an option if you don’t want to spend time linking the ammo – or the money on the links and the tool.