Genre Firearms/weapons Presented by Greg Kinman Running time 1-45 minutes | Created by Greg and John Kinman Original language(s) English | |
Location(s) Tennessee, United States | ||
Hickok45 is a YouTube channel, also appearing on Full 30, featuring videos about firearms. The videos are hosted by Greg Kinman, a retired middle-school English teacher and former police officer with a tour of ten years from Tennessee. Hickok45, LLC is also a registered trademark owned by Kinman.
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Videos
Hickok45's videos demonstrate a wide variety of firearms, both historic and modern, and typically present an in-depth discussion of the history and functionality of each firearm. His early videos often showed him shooting Old West weaponry and wearing cowboy outfits. Over time, he expanded his presentations to include a greater variety of weapons, while emphasizing safety. While most videos feature Greg, with his son John filming, John has occasionally appeared in videos as well.
Hickok45 has become famous for videos in which he carves pumpkins, destroys watermelons, or cuts down saplings using various guns. These videos have appeared in media in Vietnam France, India, and Germany.
In 2010, Jay Leno showed a Hickok45 pumpkin carving video on The Tonight Show.
In 2016, Hickok45's Youtube channel was shut down twice, allegedly for violating YouTube's terms of service, however it was ultimately reinstated.
Education
Kinman is a retired English teacher. In 2015, he was featured in a Webinar by distance learning organization the Sonoran Desert Institute.