Shotguns and a turret press share Iraqveteran8888's workbench week

Three uploads span NFA discussion, a barrel-cutting question and the Area 419 Zero Gen II press.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

SMOKE EM IF YOU GOT EM!

"SMOKE EM IF YOU GOT EM!" supplied Iraqveteran8888's biggest new audience, reaching roughly 131,000 views. Its NFA theme also prompted a specific discussion in the comments: viewers distinguish between repealing a law and changing its enforcement. That is an audience debate, not a legal conclusion to take from the title.

The week's other releases brought the focus back to equipment. "Area 419 Zero Gen II Turret Press: THE KING OF SMOOTH!" put precision-reloading hardware on the shelf, while "Before You Cut Down a Shotgun Barrel..." has become the channel's busiest upload for daily viewing. The shotgun video is doing substantially more of that work right now than the week's most-watched release, even though its total audience remains smaller.

Across the channel, daily views are running at more than twice their usual level, while the subscriber total was unchanged over the week. Nearby in the firearms world, Forgotten Weapons and Colion Noir both added subscribers and are also drawing larger-than-usual daily audiences.

There is an older piece of machinery keeping company with the new uploads, too. "1857 Norwegian Kammerlader," posted about three weeks ago, remains among Iraqveteran8888's busiest videos. Modern presses and shotgun questions haven't pushed the antique military rifle entirely off the workbench.

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The videos drawing views on Iraqveteran8888 right now

Before You Cut Down a Shotgun Barrel...111,490 views · 2026-10-14 Area 419 Zero Gen II Turret Press: THE KING OF SMOOTH!20,129 views · 2026-10-12 1857 Norwegian Kammerlader155,433 views

The numbers

Here is how Iraqveteran8888's uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Sellsword Arts

16,540,601

Yarnhub

8,790,439

Forgotten Weapons

8,112,727

Colion Noir

6,844,053

Kings and Generals

4,252,770

Skallagrim

1,168,093

The Armchair Historian

600,332

Iraqveteran8888

597,134

TAOFLEDERMAUS

563,509

subscribers

2,730,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

875,363,470

views per day

159,210

typical day: 64,666

first-day views of each video posted this week

SMOKE EM IF YOU GOT EM!

84,296

Before You Cut Down a Shotgun Barrel...

78,610

Area 419 Zero Gen II Turret Press: THE …

14,949

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Kings and Generals

4,210,000

Colion Noir

3,400,000

Yarnhub

3,360,000

Forgotten Weapons

3,240,000

Iraqveteran8888

2,730,000

Sellsword Arts

2,650,000

The Armchair Historian

2,540,000

TAOFLEDERMAUS

1,660,000

Skallagrim

1,630,000

As of October 17, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.