Building Han Solo's Blaster! (IT WORKS)

Using a standard flaregun as a base, on this episode of Make it Real, we make Han Solo's iconic heavy blaster complete with scope, known as a DL-44 blaster. It's Han Solo's Blaster! We show the engineering process behind making it and of course, test it out by shooting a deathstar! Make sure you're subscribed to see the big test!

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SOCIAL

SOFTWARE:
Video Editing ► Adobe Premiere
CAD ► Solidworks

CAMERA GEAR:
Main Tripods - old second hand Manfrotto tripods no longer sold.

TOOLS / MACHINES:

Music:
Star Wars End Suite by TIF MUSIC

"Quicker" by Ian Lefkowitz

WARNING: THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. PERSONAL USE OF VIDEO CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE HACKSMITH IS A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL WHO KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING. EXCEPT WHEN HE DOESN'T.

[commissarp]

5:19

No one's gonna talk about how satisfyingly synced this is?

[timwatson]

My body: i need to sleep
My brain: BUILDING HAN SOLOS BLASTER

[StaxRail]

First a lightsaber.
Then Han Solo's pistol
Next: MILLENNIUM FALCON!

[princesscadance]

“Bro, nice cosplay prop! It looks just like his blaster!”

“What do you mean prop?”

[baldrius]

Fun fact, Han's pistol is actually just a mauser C96 broomhandle with stuff to make it look futurisic

Great work and amazing video by the way!

[oakleyhasafoot]

Imagine if Elon musk and the Hacksmith, work together to create the Ironman suit.

[a_sol]

Stranger: *Takes out Mauser*
Stranger: Give me yo money
You: *Takes out Han Solo’s Blaster*
Give me YOUR money
Stranger: *Runs*

[abet]

I find it amusing that he "watched Solo for inspiration" and the theater he went to was called the Galaxy theater.

[andrewharvey]

Honestly, taking a flare gun and turning it into a unique Star Wars Blaster doesn’t seem like that bad of an idea for the movies

[vanilla]

Handguns are prohibited


“Proceeds to make a handgun”

[akhileshkumbhar]

Dude where do you get your supplies from? And you are seriously underrated...only 3.2M subs for the hardwork you put in..doesn't do justice....you deserve more buddy! All the best!

[mohammedfakhruddin]

Anybody else wishes that they could make what he can?

[decommissionedunitnanotech]

In the future. When we all got old so on, when the legends fade away, when our work becomes artifacts, when a war breaks out that our way of life is forgotten.
"Hey Captain, look what I found"
"Haah, just a mere modified flare gun"
"But Captain"
"What"
"It is the Foundation to our blasters. Without these, we wouldn't have these weapons of war"
Captain: ...

[mrgaffreyproductions]

MY GOD WHAT CANT YOU BUILD

You should build another and send it to Harrison Ford no joke

[drekex]

Hell yeah ! The plasma cutter is helping you guys alot and the quality of the project improved alot

[Toolness]

I have a surplus Polish flare gun and we can buy inserts down here to shoot real ammo through them. I have one for .410 shotgun shells and 45 Long Colt pistol rounds, it's a lot of fun. They also make 22LR inserts and a few others.
I also have a 12 Gauge insert for 12 gauge flares, BUT if a person were brave enough, they could try the Aguila mini shotgun shells. It's machined so a 2.5 or 3" 12 gauge shell won't fit.
I personally think it could *possibly* handle the pressure of at least a few minishells, but it's not a question I need answered.

I'm a hobbyist gunsmith down here in the USA and your shop makes me super jelly. The guns I would I need to win the lottery.

Great job on this build, first one I've seen that actually fires something!

[BearMePlease]

“Han Solo just came out”
*Looks at title*
Two years ago
*Starts feeling old*

[varoll_theone]

Next time the Hacksmith might make hologram technology.

[FtRookie]

Anybody notice how the clicks and him pulling the trigger was perfectly timed

[adriandittmann]

You are ridiculously good at doing what you are doing. Good quality content!