M41A Pulse Rifle live fire with working ammo counter

This is a short video showing the functioning ammo counter on my live fire M41A Pulse Rifle. I got the counter from Dan Vincent over at (1.) I have read a lot of the comments on this video and it seems that a lot of people are confused so I will try to clear up some things. First off, this is a live firing, semi-automatic reproduction rifle based on the most badass sci-fi movie of all time, Aliens. If you have never seen this movie, I suggest you do so. Here’s a short clip from the film I made this gun because as a kid, I fell in love with this movie and thought the props and special effects were far ahead of its time. Especially the Pulse Rifle and when I got older, I realized I could not buy one so I went through the proper channels, filled the necessary ATF tax stamps and put it together myself. (2.) Now let me explain, this gun is not from Call Of Duty, it is NOT from Halo, and no, it doesn’t shoot lasers or plasma or whatever else I’ve stumbled across in the comments. Remember, this is a live firing gun (shoots real bullets) based on a movie. In said movie, the FICTIONAL “Pulse Rifle“ fires 10mm explosive tipped caseless rounds. The rounds are propelled using an “electronic pulse action“, hence the name “Pulse Rifle“. It never shot lasers both in the movie and in real life. In fact, the real screen used Pulse Rifles on the set of the film were made from a Thompson M1 submachine gun, Remington 870 Wingmaster and parts from a SPAS 12 shotgun. The real life gun shot .45ACP and 12 gauge, the same as this gun in the video. (3.) A bunch of people seem to be overly concerned about the placement and visibility of the LED ammunition counter on the right side of the receiver. I have read comments ranging from “the red light will give your position away to enemy snipers“ to “is this gun only designed for left handed shooters because the ammo counter is on the right side of the gun“. The reason for the placement of the ammo counter is because that’s where it was in the F****** movie! It was designed to look cool on film, that simple. I am not taking this prop into combat lol. However, I do have a small toggle switch near the right side of the trigger guard that allows the user to turn the ammo counter/light completely off if necessary. (4.) A lot of you guys are giving the dude who is shooting a lot of flak. Let me elaborate on this. This was the 1st time this guy has ever handled or fired this weapon. This gun is not your typical AR15 that weighs 7 pounds. This Pulse Rifle prop weighs almost exactly as much as a fully loaded M249 SAW with a 200 round box (approximately 22 pounds for all you commenting kids who have only shot guns through a PS4 controller). Another thing I’d like to mention, due to both my job and my hobby, I have fired a plethora of weapons throughout my day, ranging from belt fed machineguns, to integrated suppressed SMG’s to even 40mm grenade launchers and I can honestly say that the gun in this video has one of the heaviest charging handles to operate that I have ever encountered. This is because it is a closed bolt version of an M1 (that’s naturally open bolt) and needs a lot of spring tension to cycle and operate properly. This is the reason the guy in the video struggles to operate it in the beginning. Congratulations if you read all of this as I hope it cleared some things up. If you have anymore question, feel free to ask me.