What's your take on Paul and his work on guns?

>>63804095 (OP)
I like him and miss him

>>63804095 (OP)
He brought a lot of practicality to the world of guntubers in an entertaining way.

>>63804095 (OP)
He was my #1 for firearms information before he passed.
As >>63804114 said, he was practical in his videos and what he demonstrated was more affordable compared to a lot of gun content.

>>63804095 (OP)
He was exonerated, now exalted.

>>63804095 (OP)
He was the GOAT of gun tubers. He was unimpeachable. Zero ego zero attitude. Never tried to say his opinions were grounded in greatness. You guys see that some fat old boomer faggot made a youtube channel called paul harrels nephew? If I could kick this old fag in the balls it would be the greatest day on earth. Paul will be missed

>>63804095 (OP)
Stupid dead faggot.

completely normal and well known unsurprising opinions and knowledge presented with an hyper-autismal edge that made him irresistiable to terminally online faggots like Ulillillia and yourself so please kindly kill yourself at the earliest opportune chance to happen

>>63804121
He’s still one of my main go tos for practical info. His rolodex of videos is invaluable. Whenever I have a question there’s usually something he’s filmed to answer it.

>>63804436
I didn't know ulililia alogs still existed this is like witnessing a white rhino

>>63804456
fuck you and fuck your frozen pizza grease in particular

>>63804095 (OP)
Paul made me like 5.7 and M16s

>>63804095 (OP)
I started watching Paul's videos for the camping and survival content, then pivoted to the gun videos later. he covered decidedly non-tacticool topics, which was pretty refreshing. ultimately I got the impression that his team wanted to help while having a bit of fun, instead of building a brand; there will be no worthy successor for a long time.

I enjoy his videos (with a few caveats and yeahbuts). I like the sort of insane real life self defense scenarios he tests out, like sheeting from bed, testing the stopping power of a bag of flour or sugar, etc.

I do not care about your e-celeb

>>63804095 (OP)
He was the most qualified guntuber on the site.
>He was military so he understood what it was like to get training and have to be armed for a job.
>He was a competitive shooter so he had to shoot well.
>He was a hunter so he had insight into terminal ballistics that the people who only shoot paper and steel never will.
>Was in multiple self-defense altercations so he understood the civilian side of shootings.
Most of the other guntubers can only check one of these boxes.

>>63804095 (OP)
I very much appreciated his practicality. He didn't try to make you go out and buy guns you don't need, and he didn't try to force his opinions on you.

>>63804095 (OP)
He never shilled, so he was based

>>63804328
>>63804114
>>63804112
Anybody still watch the channel? He wanted his brother to keep it going, is he any good?

>>63804932
Roy is still super awkward in front of the camera and lacks Paul's charisma. The info is still good, but he sounds and acts like he's reading cue cards.

>>63804095 (OP)
On the subject of practical gun usage, he was one of the few real motherfuckers in a sea of bullshitters, idiots, and charlatans.

>>63804932
Roy is trying his best, but it's simply different, he's not the same man. He's slowly getting better at what he's doing though, I'll say that.

>>63804932
the most recent video had them shooting 12ga slugs at the meat target wearing soft body armor, pretty cool imo. Roy is awkward on camera but he's getting better.

>>63806333
Yeah, he's definitely getting more and more used to it over time, making better presentations and all.

>>63806333
Did like that. Good info also. Broken ribs and that shock monitor thing kept getting popped from the impacts.

>>63806333
Like the new intro, respectable and heartfelt.

>>63804095 (OP)
After he died mall ninjas have been running rampant unchallenged and even reinforced by guntoober faggots

>>63804932
Roy isn't Paul, but I think he's getting better at being in front of the camera and finding what works for him.

>>63808393
I hope in time people will be able to look at Roys content and appreciate it as well. He has some good fundamentals as well

>>63808451
I feel that he's heading in that direction.

>>63804131
I never realized Paul's 20" AR was "The Rock" pilled. M16A1 with A2 handguard.

>>63808529
That was in The Rock because it was kind of just a common thing in general. You can see such rifles in many movies, including with the soldiers near the end of Ghostbusters.

M16A1 handguards were a bit on the fragile side, and they were also separate left and right halves. Apparently the left ones liked to break more often than the right ones, meaning armorers typically always had spares for one side but never the other.
Thus, as the M16A2 rolls out, existing M16A1 rifles would then have their handguards swapped out with the new A2 ones if they broke theirs. Some also preferred them for ergonomical reasons.

Further, Colt were known to kinda just 'use up' parts they still had in inventory for commercial sporters, hence those can occasionally have varying parts. You can legit find some Colt SP1s out there which came from the factory with an M16A1 upper receiver, an earlier slabside or partially fenced lower, and M16A2 handguards.

>>63804648
good point

>>63806333
Now I feel bad for not supporting the channel

>>63804845
He indirectly shilled for his sidegig as a dental assistant by telling people to eat pop tarts.
The whole guntuber thing was just put on to funnel clients to the dental jew.

>>63804095 (OP)
He was a cool guy, still had some disproven fuddlore but most of what he preached was valid and more useful to the average gun owner than some gay c clamp bullshit

>>63809181
As a slightly interested in science kinda guy, I recommend everyone look into xylitol and nano hydroxyapatite
Just keep the xylitol away from animals because it insta kills them

>>63804932
roy isn't paul
But he's cool, people give him a hard time for being retired law enforcement, fat and a bit awkward. But he's getting in better shape, he has some super interesting info, he's into fuck huge handguns and even his old fat ass got out and did a practical 3 day camping challenge in the woods
he deserves more credit

>>63809181
he did say to floss every day

>>63804410
Shut up you gutless fuck

>>63804095 (OP)
entertaining meat target tests, more fun than ballistic gel blocks

>>63808570
Makes sense given most people are right handed and that side is going to be constantly being rubbed or banged against a soldiers body.

>>63804095 (OP)
I am alive and well. Thank you for your interest, /k/

>>63804648
>multiple
I only know of the campsite incident, what else happened?

>>63809181
He also told people to floss and brush their teeth, and he gave the advice to rinse your mouth with water after you're done drinking soda.

>>63804410
But I'm still alive and well, I might just make a new youtube channel with my nephew

>>63808570
I have a Colt carbine that's a weird mix. The lower is a slab side big front pin/screw. The upper is A1 and it has the original style thin CAR handguard, a polymer 2 position CAR buttstock and an A2 pistol grip. All parts are to my knowledge factory.

>>63810424
just some of the things he mentioned
>shooting someone who broke into his home with a 1912 shotgun
>at least 2 different stories about him pulling a gun on someone because he couldn't hear them because he was deaf

>>63811316
It's kind of neat in a way to have one of those factory 'mixmaster' builds. Pics?

>>63804456
I didn't even know there were ulililia a-logs, that sounds like a fucking stupidass thing to be.

>>63804932
>>63806333
Roy is currently making good gun content; the only reason why people are complaining is that he doesn't yet have Paul's sense of humor/dry wit.

Will always love when Paul compared gun serial numbers to a car's VIN number, and when he compared being shot with a .22 LR with being shot by nothing.

Paul's contributions to guntubing are:
>Meat target which is pretty good for showing hollowpoint expansion
>Esoteric 80s/90s law enforcement and military training/shooting lore

>>63812476
Dishonest and reductive.

>>63812473
Paul was an excellent speaker/presenter, Roy simply is not.
Paul told anecdotes and made it seem like they were absolutely necessary to fully understand the point he was making. When I watch Roy I can't help but find myself thinking "damn dude, get to the point already".
I think he tries to do everything by memory rather than reading a script because that's what Paul did, but he probably should be reading from a script. He meanders around from point to point, and he either doesn't know the content particularly well or he isn't comfortable enough in front of a camera to present it very well.

>>63812476
>Teaching GWOT fanboys not to obsess over superfluous gear.
>Helping get rid of the myth that handguns are useless past 7 yards and encouraging more varied forms of practice rather than just shooting paper at 5 yards.
>Constantly showing how shotguns are still effective and a good choice in certain areas.
>being one of the few people making honest cartridge comparison videos.
>Encouraging basic preparedness in a time where preppers are considered to be a joke.
and more.

>>63812604
I watched Roy's "pistol calibers in long guns" video, and he's improved a lot compared to when he started.

>>63804095 (OP)
Great down to earth dude. Sad to see him gone.

>>63813088
>I watched Roy's "pistol calibers in long guns" video, and he's improved a lot compared to when he started.

Agreed, with time Roy will get even better. Maybe not on the same level as Paul but still good, let's face it the quality of good firearms channels on YouTube, hell EVERYTHING worth watching regarding any hobby is buried alive under a sea of Soi-face thumbnails and algorithm click bait, as someone who watches a lot of videos on model making and miniature painting it's hell trying to sort through the chaff.

>>63814759
>as someone who watches a lot of videos on model making and miniature painting it's hell trying to sort through the chaff.
>MFW I see those faggots Midwinterminis and Ninjon in my feed

Like everyone else have said, he had this beautiful mix of annoyed, autistic, fatherly dry firmness and still he was funny when it was appropriate. And even a bit unhinged at times. He could explain the why's and how's so well, that he could keep you listening for hour's. And he was a humble man. Never before have I heard a man to apologise his own death. He could have fit well in with Finns.

God bless Paul and his devotion to truth, science, and the Beretta M9/92FS.

He is one of the greatest of the greats.

>>63817312
>>63817312
>>63816421
>>63813199
based and truthpilled

I don't think people give him nearly the credit he deserves for the methodology of his testing. it certainly wasn't the space program but it was leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else on gun youtube.

>>63817623

>>63804095 (OP)
Roy is in a bad spot that isn't his fault.
>If he's not very personable and informative, then he sucks
If he is informative but not personable then only the true autists who need to know how well Swiss GP11 spitzer ammunition penetrates a meat target in the pacific northwest in a foggy moist field will watch it
>If he is personable but not informative then he will get accused of dumbing down the channel
If he is trying to follow the formula his brother did but not as good, then he is just chasing his brother's legacy.
If you hated Paul, you would never watch him anyways.

The only way for Roy to ever "win" is to somehow be a better Paul than Paul and that will never happen. Paul was Paul, Roy was Roy. He has his own way of presenting information, his own real life biases and experiences that formed his opinions, and he may come to similar or different conclusions. He is already far better than he started and let's be real, Paul's charisma was something that had to grow on all of us too. Grading him as a random boomer guntuber, he is already a 9/10. The worst thing about him is that he is Paul Harrel's brother because it rigs the game against him no matter what.
>I like Roy, admittedly not as much as Paul, but that's just how it is. But him doing this in part to honor his brother and sticking with it is something that I have nothing but admiration for.

>>63804095 (OP)
>Paul

>>63804932
Roy has the same strain of autism like Paul but he is new to the thing.
As others said his info is good and gets the Seal of Paul's Quality but he feels quite distant even disconnected to the community he inherited.

>>63811976
This is the last time I gave it a good cleaning. Its a nice shooter and a lot more interesting than the glock mag slop everyone has these days.

>>63819910
It takes time, but I think he may be able to build himself up enough.

>>63819910
I'm sure he's been involved with the channel for a long time, but clearly still doesn't quite understand what the fans want - you can see this when he tried to sell paul related merch and faced some significant backlash. but he's making the stuff people want, developing his own style, and getting more comfy on camera. he probably doesn't have the background in leadership and presentations that paul did so this is all brand new territory for him.
I plan on continuing to watch the channel for as long as they make content I care about

>>63804095 (OP)
I have never watched a single one of his videos, but from what I've seen of him on /k/ I must press F to pay my respects regardless.

>>63823138
If you like guns and shooting, his content was incredibly interesting because it was very well reasoned and thought out, and often well tested. He'd look at stuff from both personal defense angles and hunting angles.

>>63804095 (OP)
My opinion is that if you miss the PHWP today, you're not white.
>>63826689

>>63804095 (OP)
He kept guntoobing in check by being grounded and not swept up by fashion trends, now that hes gone the faggots can trample around unchallenged

I would take Paul Harrell over pretty much every other guntuber in a fight, yes even over most of those retired spec ops cool guys with their roids and sleeve tats.

>>63823138
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noCMX66USL4