AK-47 Pros and Cons | History of the gun | Tactical Rifleman
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- Sid takes us through a great introduction of the famous AK-47 Assault Rifle. He talks through it's history, uses and functionality. Everyone seems to love to at least shoot it a few times. If you haven’t tried an AK47, come down to T1G and we’ll let you try one of our full-auto versions (ours are all full-auto). Sid, and the other Weapons & Tactics instructors down at T1G, teach a lot of classes involving the AK-47. He knows what he is talking about. If you have any questions about the AK-47, you can comment below or reach out to Sid directly at T1G.com
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while in the army from 80s thru 90s I cross trained with African troops who shot AKs. My impression of shooting the ak47 is its very rough & crude compared to a lot of modern rifles. It felt raggedy when shooting, but if I was in a war zone this is the gun I want - it shoots dirty, wet, whatever you throw at it and still functions. If im in a regular city home protection environment ill take other modern rifles but if I was on a battlefield give me an AK.
Hit them with the chopper
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some of this guys homes look like dumpsters... so they need an AK!
Both ak and a.r are great guns .... Comparing both is like asking someone if they like ford or chevy it just the preference in the person
Agreed with comment below. By failures and recalls, Chevy has less than ford. So a ar15 is a ford?
no its more like honda and toyota both reliable
THREETEN MIKE Don’t know what they’re talking about. But you’re exactly right. It’s all preference. AKs are good at firing dirty. ARs are good at keeping dirt from getting in. Of course everything has its hiccups, but they’re made by humans and were not perfect.
Both ford and Chevy are shite ... the ISIS uses AK and Toyota pickups trucks
@@vertimane yeah it is what are you talking about.. irons are all I run on my ak and its shoots where I point.
First firearm I ever bought is my AK. Love it and still have it to this very day.
I’m new to guns (yes I’m American, I’m late to the party) but I was under the impression that a legit AK-47 is illegal to possess because it isn’t a American weapon, is yours semi auto? I really want an AK but I may reconsider if it’s semi auto!
Love the video. One thing that will help prevent running dry on your magazine is to load two tracers into the mag first
when you fire the first tracer, know that the last round is chambered; so you can perform a mag change.
Im not a gun guy but thats a pretty good idea! I mean duh right??
Good thing to do unless you’re worried about giving up your position
@@ek_family once rounds are fired your pos is known!
@@erikmckaygunsmithing6470 and this is why we use suppressors and flash hiders.
Don't forget the maintenance on an AK47 is much lower than what you would need with an AR
Haha you can go thousands of rounds before having a malfunction on an ar.
JR Lopez AK is a baseball bat AR is a retractable baton
@@bobbyraejohnson yeah that's a load of bullshit dude
@@footba11fan41ife have you ever used either of them long enough to find out?
@@thisguy1868 yes sir for years I've seen ARs malfunction countless time. Not saying they suck because they're good guns but lets not act like they're more reliable than AKs
you kiss babies while you hold an AK? What a badass!
Calm down fan boy lol
He's referring to activities in combat zones. You meet people when you're there... not always enemies... and you're supposed to try and "win the hearts and minds" of the natives... so kissing babies...
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Best comment my laugh for the day
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The reason for right-hand controls for the AK is actually pretty simple. It was designed to be operated in any possible firing position, and I mean ANY, even im-proper, non-textbook position. So they kept all moving parts to the right side to make it possible to operate when the rifle's left side is pressed against your chest for example, when you are lying down on your back or left side, under enemy fire, in a trench, or in a puddle, you name it.
0:26 *_"It was adopted by the Russian military in 1947"_*
- That's actually incorrect. The year 1947 is the start of the development of the AK-47 prototype. There was also another AK prototype before that - the AK-46 which development started in 1946.
- The AK-47 prototype was adopted in late 1949 as *_7.62mm Avtomat Kalashnikova_* - or shortly - *_AK_*
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Being left handed and left handed shooter, the AK is way more natural for me than ARs. One of the many reasons why I only own AKs
Get an AK-74 its the best of both worlds
Steven Swingler I need one.missed last opportunity to pick up one som e time ago. Let me know if you know of one. Thanks
Ammo.......
Expensive ammo
Nah 556 and 545 are pee shooters.
“Russian don’t creatively name their gun, so the number represent the year it’s made”
Ak103,Ak203,AkM: am I a joke to you
Ak-74: *y’all are snakes*
Dont forget AK-12
AK-308 and AK-400: *You forgot me*
That's a lot of Ak
Zastava Mags (yugoslavian) will lock the bolt to the rear when the last round is fired.
I should have probably Yugoslavian mags, because my mags on my Chinese AK they do the same.
thunderandr This is correct, I was using Zastava M70AB2 while in military and after last round the bolt stays locked to the rear position.
Croatian-made mags do the same BTW.
dradamov True.
thunderandr also iraqi tabuk will do the same cose they are yugo license produced
Just want to say this is one of the best fundamental reviews of the basic controls on a Kalashnikov I have seen. I guess most firearms sites think everyone already knows all this, but actually seeing or handling select-fire AK's isn't something most people do everyday. And seeing you demonstrate the safety/fire control switch on this one confirmed something I had learned in my childhood--- namely that the first position off of safe on one of these is the full-auto position. What I saw as a kid further stated that since the first position off safe is the one that a weapon is intended to be used on mostly, that Kalashnikov's were therefor intended to be used to spray bullets on full-auto. Now where did I read all this as a kid? On the back of an action figure package! And it wasn't even G.I. Joe, it was a cheaper knock off brand, but it had accurate info about the little enemy dudes weapon, so it couldn't have been all bad. Just something I had always remembered; but then, things like that are what can get someone interested in firearms for life, so I'm glad I had such interests way back then.
Thanks for watching, TR
Now that’s my kind of fun switch!
The ability to just swap out parts is one of the AK's "pros"? I'm thinking there are thousands of armorers who would disagree when it comes to the notion of randomly swapping out AK bolt carrier groups. This info isn't just wrong, it's potentially dangerous. I'm an AK guy, but AR's have it all over AK's when it comes to modularity and BCG interchangeability.
makman1962 I bet you he doesn't even know what a no-go gauge is let alone maybe even headspacing
Still gotta headspace a different AR bolt even though it's got about a 95% chance of working
1) It was developed in the LATE 40s, not early 40s.
2) It was adopted in 1949, not in 1947.
3) Parts interchangeability on AKs is not as good as on AR15 - fact.
Other than that - great video and very nice Hungarian AK.
One more thing he was wrong on, the loose tolerances are bad for reliability. If you get mud/dirt/dust in an Ak, you have to clear the gun before it will reliably function again. Yes, they are very rugged and can survive just about anything, and hardly ever flat out break. And they tend to require less maintenance than an ar15. But they will jam up hard if any debris, whether snow, dust, or mud, gets near the bolt. Unlike an ar15 where they run flawlessly as the bolt is completely sealed.
Adopted in 52
Also officialy it's just AK, not AK-47
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@@mav.- bro you can jam a ham sandwich under the guide rod of an AK and it will cycle. As someone who as used the M4 extensively in training and during deployment, it is also not the flawless system you're making it out to be when it comes to reliability. There's plenty to be said about what a mil spec ar has over a mil spec AK, but reliability is not one of them.
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AK Pros: Everything
AK Cons: None
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Cons:
Weight, accuracy, range, customization, ammo weight, less penetration through armor, the horrible variation of ak’s ( meaning you can’t always get parts to fit without filing, ) horrible for silencers, sights are less accurate by default, the safety sucks, no bolt hold open, you can’t swap calibers like on an ar,
Pros:
It doesn’t stop working, but are you planning on dropping your rifle that much
DerSchar I wasn’t talking about it as a war rifle, and I would rather be carrying a 6 or 7 pound rifle than a 10 pound rifle, the problem I have with the safety is the location, not the functionality, but you did bring up some good points
Yea for when you need to arm a ton of conscripts or you don't know how to shoot
@@justapineapple6243 bingo this guy gets it.
Now, in all fairness.... If your using AR type weapons, your using add on's to increase their functionality. You could certainly give your ak's a fair shake, and modify the safety/fire selector with a trigger finger tab, and a red dot mount too.... why only give one weapon a 21st century advantage?... just sayin. ;)
Why make it a trigger finger tab? If you're going to change the safety/selector at all, it would be smoother to use an ambidextrous thumb safety.
Exactly, like there is modern AK-74s that have 5.45 rounds that have all of the advantages of 5.56 and there are ways to mount optics on AKs like a side rail or a Ultimak railed gas tube
The one thing that they need to do with an ak is make it more ambi. Also, the location of the charging handle is annoying for fast reloads.
SkyOfStorms you just don't know how to run one.
With a little know how you can run an ak fast as shit, and it's already more ambi than an ar. Controls in center of gun instead of right hand only a la m16
Bro, the charging handle and the fire selector switch are on the right side meaning if I was left handed I would have a pain using it. I've run an ak before and the reload times for those who are proficient with an ak are still slower than those of an ar. The only advantages I give to those with ak's are reliability and a deadlier round.
Its a great gun. We use RK-95 in Finish Army and its kind of updated of AK. I love it.(of course)
AK-47 Works well in bad weather or when its really dirt of frozen, like RK-95. I mean really muddy and super dirt..wet and frozen
I love shooting 5,56 but 7,62 is bit...well you choose you gear and weapons depending what is your mission and purpose for using then. Thank you for these videos. I really like to follow them.
The "lack" of a bolt hold open can actually be seen as a feature. It's a gun for war, not for looking fancy on the range.
The hold open device on M4s is a window of opportunity for dust to get into the chamber, and actually that's one of the most common causes of malfunctions in the field (other than crappy old abused mags). If an AK held open, it would have the very same problem. Dust in the chamber is pretty much the only dust that will stop an AK, an M4, or any other gun for that matter.
Speed reloads look cool, but if you run out of bullets in the field, you're either:
a) purposely shooting to the last round, as you know you have enough cover
b) you did some stupid decision, after some stupid decision, after some stupid decision. Like getting out of cover without making a proactive reload and finding yourself in the middle of an open field, shooting in an attempt to get your enemy's head down instead of relying on your mates.
Really, a hold open device shaves miliseconds off a speed reload, but the chances of actually needing such reload are minuscule compared to the risk of getting dust in your chamber in scenarios like a windy, sandy environmet.
Russians had experimental AKs with hold open devices back in the '70s, and they didn't field it precisely for that reason. Some Saigas and VEPRs specifically designed for range and competition sport such devices, but I'm pretty sure you will not see them in issued rifles ever, Even the newest AK-12 got scrapped for that issue, and is now replaced by a more conservative approach that's pretty much an AK-74 with pic rails, free floated barrel, short stroke gas system and some improved ergonomics, but again, intentionally lacks a hold open device.
Facundo Corradini Dust wont do shit to a gun, its actual dirt and mud that fucks everything up
Your talking tough but in case you havent noticed all of these videos are being delivered by former Spec Op guys. Id shut the fuck up and listen!
There is a video out showing a soldier having to strip his AK *under fire* to clear a stuck case. Some sort of hold-open would be helpful in such situations.
Spoken like someone who has never seen combat. The last round hold open on the AR platform is absolutely a very usable future. Once you become very acquainted with the rifle, you can definitely feel the difference between a normal cycle, and running empty. At least this was my experience on the streets of Fallujah. Good training means you won't entirely rely on that future, but it is definitely a very useful indicator. In addition, when doing any kind of malfunction clearing, the ability to lock the bolt back is absolutely a godsend. On the AK you either have to take the top cover off or grow a third hand to hold that bolt to the rear. It wasn't omitted on purpose, it was omitted because the AK is a generation earlier than the AR, and was designed to be dead not simple and used by conscript peasant Farmers. They probably would have broken the hold open
This problem has workaround, russian soldiers are loading last 3 rounds in magazine tracer rounds to avoid "dead mans click" situation. Not the best solution, but it certainly helps.
Dont you think comparing old AK with modern rifles (ARs) isn't it unfair? There are better and even more accurate AKs out there. The very fact that even the older varient are still widely used across the globe speaks volumes about its versatility
The Ak47 was invented in 1947
The ar15 was invented in 1958
Hardly old modern
No bolt hold open?... load tracers as your first two rounds (last to be fired before the mag is dry). The first time you see smoke or red/green you know the last round is now in the chamber.
Right side selector?... Oh so many good after-market selector options that make this a non-issue.
Heavy? Yeah, gotta give you that one. Walking patrol I’ll gravitate towards an M4 and leave the AK. The gun is heavy, the mags are heavy and the ammo is heavy. Still, if I could only have one gun, it’d be an AK-47...
I just found this channel, HOLY SHIT! Most badass realistic gun channel Ive ever seen.
Thanks, we put out a new video every Friday so subscribe and keep coming back. Strength and Honor, TR.
Love the fact that Legend isn’t sitting in a safe collecting dust. Just recently bought a Spiker, and it hadn’t been fed since the day it was bought new. I’ve given it a pretty steady diet since I picked it up.
Other then the fact that quite a few things on this are AK-47 like, there are some things that make this not a true AK-47. On the original AK-47's the Automatic setting was the lower position, this was changed with the AKM to stop soldiers from using all their ammo when they tried to set it to semi quickly. Also on the true milled receivers, there were no braces (it is nice that this one does not have any) those were added on with the stamped receiver to improve the structural support.
dafuq? AKs always had the regular safe - full - semi pattern.
The original (prototype) was different. Yes I kind of was a little wrong. In fact I am not even sure about the prototype, just I have heard it somewhere...
The prototype (AK-1 or AK-46) had a totally different selector. It was a thumb safety on the left side.
It also had a non-reciprocating charging handle on the left side, a 2 part receiver, short stroke gas piston. and tighter fitting FCF.
Ironically enough, I'm sure most western shooters would have found them far better than the issued gun. The Soviet military prioritised simplicity and reliability above everything else, and that's why they changed so many aspects of the original design.
But anyway, ever since the AKs got their typical right side selector lever, it's been in the normal safe-full-semi order.
Not the AK-46, the AK-47 just the first version, the one that Stalin held.
Look how far the AK platform has come in 4 years!
No any gun can compare with AK47 . It's the best.
ok, this has got to be the best ak review i`ve ever seen. respect.
Thanks for watching, TR
You manage the recoil very well!
I like the reloading
3:30 "I can still keep a free hand to open doors, hold a flashlight, shake hand and Kiss Babies!" :D
I don't know why, but I just like it.
It has a rustic and girzzled feeling to it, like something a berserker would use of they knew how to use guns.
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Hey guys I think the bolt hold open feature may vary. On my ZPAPM70 it is a matter of magazine or mag follower. The steel one that it came with does hold the bolt open but it does drop when you remove the empty mag. Not true for the magpul ones - these dont hold it open at all. Not sure how far back it stops - I will check next time I take it out - but it might line up with the catch on the safety which would allow you to lock it back while switching magazines and drop it when letting the safety down. I doubt it though, the safety doesnt hold the bolt very securely - I'm sure it wouldnt be much work to modify this though.
Another plus that i dont know if he mentioned or not, this thing just keeps fucking chuggin along where alot of other guns would break
except mud
Love the video straight to the point no BS, and yes i like the AK platform, keep up the good work guys 💪💪👍👍
My guess is that the AK used in this video is Hungarian looking at the pistol grip and stock...
Modern day commercial 7.62x39 ammo is not corrosive and can be purchased anywhere, you'd have a harder time finding corrosive ammo...
On an A/R you don't know the bolt is locked back unless you're looking at the bolt, the trigger won't pull when the bolt locks back, but unlike the AK it does lock back. Also, on an AK if you don't completely empty the mag you can drop the mag and insert a new one without having to charge/rack the slide and continue to fire, I'm surprised you didn't bring that up being an instructor...
If you practice enough with an AK you can certainly operate the safety in an efficient manner, the AK is actually more natural for lefties to operate the safety selector...
Oscar Delta or buy the Arsenal Sam 7SFf and have an AR style safety or the traditional AK way
Durhamite77 that's what I have and I love it
ive used ars and aks, the ak feels much better for me as right handed person. i just like the feel of the ak. it fits my hand better - PH
handled that full auto like a champ!
I love the Zastava 5.56 AKs because lots of people in the US run M4/AR-15 platform. Ammo and mags are readily available, still get AK reliability. You adjust the gas properly on a the M90 and it has no recoil. I've seen new shooters love mine with the windowed PMAGs but I personally prefer the mec gar mags.
I'm not a fan of the factory stock but FAB Defense makes some of the best AK stocks available (also their KPOS G2 pistol to carbine conversion kit is fantastic). Still, the AK comes with everything you need. I'm not one of those "Nyet! Rifle is fine!" people but I am working class so it's nice to have a gun that comes with everything you need. I am not opposed to an AR-15 but to me, that's not a gun. It's a project. I'd get a parts kit and build it out vs the AK which I'd buy the a factory gun.
The AK and M4 platforms mostly come down to personal preference, and there's nothing wrong with that. Always go with what you're comfortable with.
muh 5.45 though... lol I'm glad I've found cheap(ish) mags for it. Polish v, legion usa has some plum surplus for $25, magpuls 74 mags will eventually come in stock enough. I don't personally care for the stanag mags in the ak but to each their own, right?
Yeah, I like AKs and pump shotguns. The ballistics behind them are devastating yes, but more than that they're simple. That's invaluable in a high stress scenario. I see people with stupidly tricked out AR-15s and I have to wonder: If someone kicks in your door will you really be able to check everything on that? (Might not be the case for military, but a soldier is fundamentally different from a criminal.) For me, not optic, no swiss army knife gun, just basic folding stock and those tritium Blitzkrieg Chevron sights. Only thing is I need to practice my reloads on shotguns, goal right now is to be able to top the gun off in less than 3 seconds.
Jonathan Anatrella but where would you find a 5.56 bolt carrier group for your ak??? your an idiot !! like your idea but you should of got 7.62×39 or 5.45×39.. then you could back up your opinion
Zastava has been making their 5.56 AKs for a while and thanks to Century Arms helping Zastava gain traction in America there are a multitude of 5.56 bcg's available. Literally a google search on Zastava is all you had to do in order to find this out. The only idiot here is you.
big jim if you have a ak103 clone Aresnal Sgl21 you cant get bolts for that either.
The AK just sounds so awesome!
Good video, info still good today
You can get followers that hold the bolt to the rear on empty, some safety levers have cut-outs that lock the bolt to the rear as well as an extended flair that allows you to easily use your index finger to take it off safe without moving your firing hand.
TacoTraplord Check out Krebs Customs, I run one of their safety selectors on my converted Russian Saiga.
very informative! Thank you
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Love my Milled Receiver Mak90
Impressive hold during the fun switch sequence. One more negative, no attachment points for scopes, lights, etc.
True, if a true furniture lover... however, a picatinny style replacement is easy enough to install, and dissipates barrel heat better on extended firing sessions. Add all the bells & whistles you are able to carry ! Lol
Ak47 as some other history weapons as MG 42 , BAR and few more have sound you can tell from miles what gun it is
I love it...
I love the AK-47 and I even like it more than the AR-15. To me it is just a much more simpler gun to shoot and it is very smooth.
I cant wait to get mines it's on layaway it seems really reliable i already had a AR 15 never had a AK
I like the look of the ak47 more but the performance of an ar15 more, I own an ar15 but I wanna get an ak47... unfortunately you cant get one in canada for it is a restricted fire arm
With the safety, you should use your index finger. It's the fastest way to select your fire modes.
Doesn’t work on older AKs
I just slap it with my hand unless I need to be quiet.
the name is avtomat kalashnikov 1947. and realy is a great tool. and the most known in the world and reliable and packs some punch. not very acurate but a great weapon over all
I love this channel
I shot an AK on full auto in Vietnam,it was fun but the M60 was even better😄
Agreed. I love the ole M-60 “Pig.”
I have fired a slect fire AK-47 and is controlable and never had a jam,the system is good, accracy is so so, at close range 100 yds is ok, beyond that it give or take.
nice controllable shooting by the way
Good weapon. Served with it, but had version with folded stock which was the con of it itself.
Curious as to why considered... a con... makes it lighter, the fold makes it shorter to fit in smaller spaces when traveling, more difficult to damage a metal vs. wooden stock.... anyone have con ideas ?
Best of the best, I used it back in the 80's, this vertion is the AK-M (modified) the original AK-47 is way to heavy but better gan
the Pros AND Cons!!
If you have an underfolder, it trumps all the cons. So badass I don't care about all the other shit. Fits in my "tennis racquet" bag.
I wish I could be a gun designer. This great weapon but I could make it the best!
then become one
@@thedude9873 Under the Brady law I'm denied the Right to self defense.
it is pretty hard
American Vets in Vietnam have said that they hated the M16 and would much rather the M14 because u could actually hit something with it and also at the beginning the M16 was shit. Got troops killed by jamming. Almost got a whole company killed.
yes and no. First off the first M16 were said to be self cleaning guns so they were not issued with cleaning kits Shoji eyes we're just shooting them full of carbon fouling and when they were issued cleaning kits they had a lot less problems obviously overtime the system has been refined to the point that today to pretty much run when you need them to run especially with the Advent of piston systems
That was due to a problem with the type of powder that the Army insisted on DESPITE the warnings from Armalite & the ammunition manufacturer. I know more Vietnam vets who own AR type rifles than those who don't today.
Props on actually having an Ak47
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I've got a century c39 tactical milled bullet ak47 and a saiga 12 shotgun both are super reliable. But the ak shotgun is my favorite I've disintegrated wood pallets with it.
A Saiga that is reliable? Never heard of that. I have NEVER seen a Saiga make it through a whole 3-gun match without jamming at least once.
@@TacticalRifleman not the rifle, its a 12ga shotgun. Ive polished the action and added a bolt hold open button for lack of a better name. It runs like an ak
It didn't like low brass when I first got it but after working on it its really slick now. Now I've not had any experience with the saiga rifles.
@@TacticalRifleman how many rds do you go through in a normal 3 gun event
On each firearm?
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0:19 The AK47 wasn't designed in the "early 1940s". It began development around 1945\46 (hard to tell, even though the first prototypes by Kalashnikov were presented in '46 and came to be known as AK46). The rifle was only adopted by the Red Army in 1949: 1947 was the year of end of main development (they kept fine-tuning it at least until the early 1950s).
0:50 "There's a lot of metal, there's a lot of wood, unlike our M4 platform". Yeah, because polymers were incredibly common in firearms in the late-40s! Somebody here forgot that the "M4 platform" didn't really exist until the mid-80s (that's when the XM4 prototype was first introduced) and even its grand-daddy, the original AR15, only came to be in the late 1950s (a good 10 years after the AK) and didn't enter service until 1964. By that time, Kalashnikov's rifle was almost 20 years old. If the AK47 has to be compared to some American rifles, those should be either the M1 or the M14: two guns that were made with a lot of metal and a lot of wood (much more wood than the AK, in fact).
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Love this channel but the comment about being able to throw random AK parts together into a functioning gun simply isn't the truth; more of a GI war myth. I own 4x AKs (Russian Saiga, Bulgi Arsenal, American DDI with Bulgi parts kit, and a Chinese MAK) and the main parts are far from being interchangeable. There's no such thing as a MILSPEC AK. Any builds or mods I've done on mine have always required hand fitting. Finally, I'm surprised he didn't mention the short sight radius and requirement for a tool has being the biggest draw back on the gun.
I think what he's basing his comment off of with tossing some broken ones together and making a working one, is that if your on a battlefield, your 99% likely to run into all ak's being from one source. Of course different countries use different specs, but the odds are in your favor all weapons came from one factory, or many factories manufacturing to same specs. Similar to how the M-1 carbine was made around the U.S. but all the "old ones" could interchange parts no problem.
Do you really believe that?
The modern battlefield is fought mostly by insurgents with no logistics supporting their supply. Do you think there's going to be a land-war with NATO infantry Vs. Russian, N. Korean, Syrian, Infantry where NATO troops scavenge parts from a few broken AKs to make 1 working rifle?..
Stop playing so much Fallout.
If you listen to what the man was saying,he was talking about being out on a Battlefield not in any Random U.S. city!!! Id Guess that if you were in Europe on a Battlefield and their were a Bunch of AKs laying around,and a Soldiers Battle rifle was Damaged??? Yes he or she could mishmash parts from any AK he or she finds to make their weapon function!!!
The biggest problem is the bolt is matched the Barrel so if you use a Bolt that isn't headspace correctly your shit blows up
Problem with the AK-47 is that you have to headspace the bolt If you change it. The barrel has to be moved back or forward which is a pain in the ass. You can not just drop a bolt In like an AR-15. I just recently found this out to my disappointment.
You could've dumped one more mag on the fun switch. Just saying..... Lol
YES
What do you think is the round count life expectancy of the AK-47 WASR.
Can you give me the life expectancy of:
Barrel
Bolt carrier
Bolt and its parts
Trigger group and its parts
Recoil Spring
Anything else worth mentioning.
Barrel should last about 15k-60k rounds, depending on the barrel and ammo. No idea about the rest, the only breakage I've seen thus far on any AK in the army is a broken firing pin.
@@markuskoivisto thanks for the info!
So I know this isn't related to the video but I got the Organic Fuel protein shake commercial and it was funny af! Save the bros!
AK is what the M16 should have been. The shorter barrel makes it easier to transport in vehicles. The shorter stock makes it easier to shoulder it with body armor on. The larger safety switch allows it to be disengaged even with winter gloves. The magazine and magazine retention system are more rugged than the M16 design.
Damn, it's nice to see someone that appreciates and understands the AK controls. All I see on the internet is how the AK controls are not ergonomic and outdated without people even trying to think about it.
Serbian made AK's have a function of holding the bolt back after last round is fired.
AK-47 is used by Militaries All over the world. It's one of the most popular Rifles on the planet.
I watched a dude shoot a captured Iraqi AK-47 at a range we set up. After four or five magazines it jammed. Granted that AK looked like it had a very neglected life, but the illusion was broken for me.
sweet reload
1911, 1873, 94, etc. dates are common in naming weapons
I love my AK.
M1911 is very creative too XD
Is bullshit agians ak
AK-47s for Everyone!
Command and conquer? 😉
@@BobTh3Bully yep, C&C: Generals
Thanks for the video............................................................. & THUMBS UP : )
AK anyday
There is a reason its so successful. Its cheap,easy to fix, resistant , deadly.
Spetnaz customed AKs are sexy as hell
Real men use Ak.
open doors, use flash light, shake hands, kiss babies
you guys should do more AK videos.
On the way in the near future
AK is the best general purpose gun.
I got several guns already, but I was debating on getting a AK 47 or SKS. The 7.62 x 39 is a decent mid size round and its pretty "common" too, which is good in a SHFT type situation. Thankfully id have no problem running steel rounds with this, making ammo wayyy cheaper. 1000 rounds for like $220. Not bad.
Steel cased .223 is readily available for the same price point, so the 7.62x39 is not only not way cheaper, it isn't cheaper at all.
@@MrPatsDad I dont personally run steal cased ammo in my ARs. All my 5.56 is brass cased.
@*fucking dies* Ended up already making my decision lol. Got the AK-47 simply because of the ammo capacity it has (30 rounds). Just out of curiosity, why do you think 5.45 ammunition is better?
@@MrPatsDad EDIT. Now I have a total of 3 AR-15s (two 16in and and 10.5 in). Might start shooting steal cased since I have a few back ups. Hopefully they run just as well as the brass cased.
Wood is less dense (lighter) than 99% of plastics. FYI.
We have alot of this in Pakistan .
Nice one
"kiss babys" 😂😂
Ak 47 in every FPS games 😂
So the right way to hold a gun like the AK is with your right arm as opposed to your left?
2:05 Pick one out of the dirt? Lmao i just forked out $700 for a Wasr-10 XD
Why did they have the safety switch go from Safe - Full - Semi ?
Excellent question... I'll let some of our FSU viewers chime in with the actual "historic" data, but I'll give you a really great reason that I found when using some of the AK versions with collapsible stocks. If you look at some of the early versions, with the wire stocks that fold up under the gun, they actually block the user from being able to easily reach the Semi position. It easily goes from Safe to Full-Auto and back to Safe. With the stock folded, you are no going to hit shit on Semi. So, with only Full-Auto available, you have a better chance of hitting (stock folded) using the "praying and spraying method (preferred by everyone in Hollywood). Second reason, with a fixed stock, if you quickly sweep the selector lever down, it goes past Full-Auto and stops on Semi. This helps ensure soldiers don't panic nd just spray away all their basic load of ammo. So there are two reasons that I like their design. Are either of them the actual reasons they chose to go that route? Well, food for thought. Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR.
Tactical Rifleman What you said makes perfect sense. Seems like a small design change to accommodate those foldable stocks for maximum compactness. They probably though you can still fire single shots in full-auto mode if you wanted too, but not vice versa. Thanks for the response to my question.
John Nowak because the ak was designed to be semi auto 95% of the time.You have to be conscience to stop at full auto.
It's because if you were holding your rifle say on guard duty and get shot at, you'll panic and slam the safety down, which goes to semi instead of full. This means you have to deliberately pick full auto over semi, so you can control your fire better.
In Russia we always go full before we go semi.