Hickok45 - Wikipedia

Firearms YouTuber

Hickok45
Kinman (left) and his son John (rear) in 2016
Born	Greg Kinman1950 or 1951 (age 74–75)
YouTube information
Channel	Hickok45
Years active	2007–present
Genre	Firearms/Weaponry
Subscribers	8.08 million
Views	2.38 billion
Last updated: October 23, 2025[needs update]

Greg Kinman (born 1950 or 1951),[1] known online as Hickok45, is an American YouTuber who films videos about firearms.[2][3]

Videos

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Hickok45's videos demonstrate a wide variety of firearms, both historic[4] 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 firearms, while emphasizing safety. He tends to prefer Glock pistols over those of other manufacturers.[5] While most videos feature Greg, with his son John filming, John has occasionally appeared in videos as well.[6]

Hickok45 became famous for his early videos in which he used pumpkins, watermelons, two-liter soda bottles, and flowerpots for target practice, and cut down saplings and Christmas trees using various guns.[7] These videos have appeared in media in Vietnam, France, India, and Germany.[8][9][10][11]

In 2010, Jay Leno showed a Hickok45 pumpkin carving video on The Tonight Show.[8]

Personal life

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Kinman is a 1968 graduate of Boone County High School in Florence, Kentucky, and initially attended Brevard College in North Carolina on a basketball scholarship.[12] He subsequently transferred to Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he played center position on the college basketball team for two seasons, 1970–71 and 1971–72.[13] He decided to forgo his senior season as he felt that basketball would not become his profession;[14] he also noted that he was unable to gain weight.[15] College sports records indicate his height as 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m).[13] He gave his height as 6 feet 8 inches in a video by Demolition Ranch.[16]

Kinman is a retired English teacher.[1] In 2015, he was featured in a webinar by the Sonoran Desert Institute, a for-profit distance learning organization.[17]

Kinman is a former member of the National Rifle Association. He left due to objections with how they were using donor money.[18]

See also

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• FPSRussia
• Forgotten Weapons
• List of YouTube personalities

References

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1. ^ a b Gold, Adam (January 30, 2014). "Hickok45, Megan and Liz, CinemaSins and More: Greatest Hits from This Week's Scene Cover Story". Nashville Scene. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2016. Hickok45: A 63-year-old retired middle school teacher...
2. ^ Thompson, Ashley (October 23, 2015). "The Proper way to Carve Your Pumpkins!". County Girl Style. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
3. ^ Terrill, Daniel (January 6, 2016). "Update: Hickok45's YouTube channel shutdown, restored". Guns.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
4. ^ Owens, Bob (November 5, 2014). "hickok45: 1903 A3". Bearing Arms. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
5. ^ "Glock Top Models". YouTube. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
6. ^ Xu, Daniel (January 8, 2016). "Hickok45 Explains Why He Was Banned from YouTube". OutdoorHub. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
7. ^ "Watch this man carve a pumpkin with his rifle, because 'Murica". Aol News. October 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
8. ^ a b Sieben, Christian (October 13, 2012). "Der Kürbis-Cowboy und das fremde Amerika". RP Online. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
9. ^ "Meet the man who carves pumpkin by shooting them!". India.com. October 22, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
10. ^ "VIDEO. Halloween: Un Américain zigouille des citrouilles à tour de bras". 20minutes.fr. October 28, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
11. ^ "Chặt cây bằng súng hoa cải kiểu Mỹ". Soha News. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
12. ^ "Signs Grant-in-Aid". The Boone County Recorder. Burlington, Kentucky. August 8, 1968. p. 8. Retrieved July 9, 2025. Greg Kinman, a 6-8, 195 lb. center and 1968 graduate of Boone County High School, has signed a basketball grant-in-aid with Brevard (N.C.) College.
13. ^ a b "Greg Kinman College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
14. ^ "Austin Peay's Kinman Quits". The Lexington Herald-Leader. Associated Press. November 9, 1972. p. 18. Retrieved July 9, 2025. Coach Lake Kelly quotes Kinman, a 6-foot-9, 225-pound center, as saying basketball didn't mean as much to him as it once did.
15. ^ Washer, Gene (November 7, 1972). "Greg Kinman Quits APSI Cage Program". The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee. p. 9. Retrieved July 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
16. ^ "YouTube: Forcing Hickok to review Guns he's uncomfortable with... (6:25)". YouTube. April 18, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
17. ^ Stakes, Justin (July 27, 2015). "New SDI Webinar Features YouTube Shooting Sensation Hickok45". Ammoland Shooting Sports News. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
18. ^ "Hickok45 Talks About Leaving The NRA". YouTube. Retrieved February 11, 2025.

External links

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• Hickok45's channel on YouTube
• Hickok45's channel on Full30