Testing The Biggest AK Ever Produced

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @BrandonHerrera
    @BrandonHerrera  Год назад +1650

    Thanks for watching guys! Which gun would you like to see featured next? Also…don’t tell Matt…
    Thanks to SDI! Again, it’s SDI.edu for more info!

  • @argent_moon1
    @argent_moon1 Год назад +10349

    You had me fooled Brandon! How dare you make a video titled “Biggest AK” and not expect us to think that you somehow finished the AK-50 😂

  • @nbn461
    @nbn461 Год назад +1243

    You know you watch too many gun youtubers when you immediately know that he was in Matt's range just by *looking at some trees* .

    • @user-mn8lz7gf6d
      @user-mn8lz7gf6d Год назад +42

      it's been 5+ years since I've watched one of matts vids and I still recognized it.

    • @Sman7290
      @Sman7290 Год назад +55

      ​@@user-mn8lz7gf6d I'm calling bullsh*t. This is the NEW Demolition Ranch range. It didn't exist 5 years ago.

    • @rashiro
      @rashiro Год назад +8

      You’d have to watch two. Two of the most, if not THE most, popular gun channels on RUclips.
      So uhh no.

    • @hunterkeller7921
      @hunterkeller7921 Год назад +3

      I was the same way. First thing that caught my attention.

    • @hunterkeller7921
      @hunterkeller7921 Год назад +4

      ​@@Sman7290Have to agree with you there. I still watch his videos often, hense why I recognized it.

  • @danielmoger7308
    @danielmoger7308 Год назад +3695

    Imagine not an AK50... But an AK20. A 20mm AK rifle.

    • @Thigamabob
      @Thigamabob Год назад +203

      Or a selective fire version.

    • @chrissmalley83
      @chrissmalley83 Год назад +340

      Having come here from Kentucky Ballistics' latest, I'm now thinking AK4. A 4 bore AK. Sure, anything over .50 without a sporting exemption is legally a "destructive device", but Brandon is an SOT, so it should be fine.

    • @danielmoger7308
      @danielmoger7308 Год назад +178

      @@Thigamabob FULL AUTO 20MM ROFLMAO

    • @djdrack4681
      @djdrack4681 Год назад +66

      So basically the Neopup w/ soviet aesthetics?
      [throws money at it]

    • @parkerwebb3470
      @parkerwebb3470 Год назад +65

      no what about a 950 jdj AK.

  • @vampire847
    @vampire847 7 месяцев назад +97

    This is officially the second biggest AK ever produced now. Good Job Brandon

    • @RT-qd8yl
      @RT-qd8yl 4 месяца назад +3

      Beat me to it... by 2 months 😄

    • @karal_the_crazy
      @karal_the_crazy 4 месяца назад

      @@RT-qd8ylbeat me to it by 1 day

  • @DK-421
    @DK-421 Год назад +674

    Imagine if Brandon and Ian gave a history lesson together. I'd attend every class.

    • @craftyukraine
      @craftyukraine Год назад +3

      *Anyways, 🏳️‍🌈=🇷🇺*

    • @galaxybrain97
      @galaxybrain97 Год назад +43

      @@craftyukraineplease. I just want to watch gun videos. I just want to escape the crippling politics of the world

    • @Mercury_cougar_lover223
      @Mercury_cougar_lover223 Год назад +1

      @@craftyukraine in Russia being gay is illegal, and seeing as Ukraine kidnaps kids off the street and forces them to fight…
      🇺🇦=🏳️‍🌈

    • @thebigpurplefloof
      @thebigpurplefloof Год назад +1

      Would that elevate Ian 🤔 and pass his monica to the younger long haired Brandon making ian G G and Brandon G J?

    • @masondean73
      @masondean73 Год назад +3

      better yet a drunk history lesson🙏

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Год назад +783

    2:06 "its ok baby" the way Brandon treats guns like humans is heartwarming, absolute mad lad

    • @arthurschatelowitzjr3728
      @arthurschatelowitzjr3728 Год назад +12

      wait if they are not human how do the guns kill so many people every year? >: O

    • @Casadebox
      @Casadebox Год назад +1

      "treats guns better* than humans" fixt that for you

    • @P1MPST1K
      @P1MPST1K Год назад

      Didn’t mean to dislike

    • @Tommuli_Haudankaivaja
      @Tommuli_Haudankaivaja Год назад +1

      ​@@Casadeboxfixed*

    • @ambiguousdrink4067
      @ambiguousdrink4067 Год назад

      I know I would be treating my AK-50 the same way if I had one 🥲

  • @OutlandStation
    @OutlandStation Год назад +700

    "Never hurts to be safe..." As a professional construction safety man, Marine, and shooting enthusiast, let me reiterate this. Being safe might take more time, but it never hurts! NOT being safe ALWAYS ends up hurting.

    • @Seb-Storm
      @Seb-Storm Год назад +20

      Not being safe can get you a darwin award so yeah I rather take 1 more minute of my life than end it

    • @peytondewey1859
      @peytondewey1859 Год назад +14

      also not being safe can get a girl pregnant 🤰

    • @ThatOneSniper
      @ThatOneSniper Год назад +1

      Ah the safety man
      the bane of my retarded existance

    • @CallsignWulf
      @CallsignWulf Год назад +5

      It doesn't always end up hurting. But WHEN it hurts, it hurts real good.

    • @Dh4v0c
      @Dh4v0c Год назад +9

      "professional construction safety man"... So, you go around interrupting people working just to justify your job. Good for you!

  • @pacikvanya7565
    @pacikvanya7565 Год назад +78

    Brandon. There is an even simpler way to raise the lever of the gas tube. There is a special groove in the pencil case, which will allow you to insert a lever there and turn it very conveniently. By the way pencil case for ak has a lot of functions. Cool theme for the video. When I got into the army (In Russia it is mandatory for 1 year), I showed the whole company cool life hacks with a pencil case.
    I apologize for the crooked translation, if there is one. I wrote with the help of a translator

    • @donut_man360noscope7
      @donut_man360noscope7 9 месяцев назад +1

      Pencil case? For writing or wrong translation

    • @pacikvanya7565
      @pacikvanya7565 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@donut_man360noscope7 It is given for cleaning and repairing the ak complete with weapons. We call it a gun case, but I agree that the translation may not be accurate. Sorry for bad translation

    • @sethwagner6292
      @sethwagner6292 8 месяцев назад

      @@pacikvanya7565 very cool info!

  • @williamromine5715
    @williamromine5715 Год назад +413

    I had no idea of the similarity of the M1 and AK. So, even at the age of 81, it's good to learn something new.

    • @aviewer9668
      @aviewer9668 Год назад +60

      Hope we all still have your desire to learn at 81, take care :)

    • @MrTPoops
      @MrTPoops Год назад

      81 year old sexy RUclips mother-lover, based.

    • @ippegasus
      @ippegasus Год назад +14

      Восхищаюсь Вами.
      В таком возрасте у Вас есть тяга к знаниям...
      Сейчас это уникально.
      Браво!

    • @CrackerJack-uv1nx
      @CrackerJack-uv1nx Год назад +11

      81?! Wow man you’ve led a long life and still seem so gracious, I hope I’m still as chipper as you when I’m 81 if I make that long

    • @williamromine5715
      @williamromine5715 Год назад +15

      @@CrackerJack-uv1nx Thank you for your kind words. You may be surprised about how fast the years will go by. One day I was forty, the next day I was 81.

  • @notsosilentmajority1
    @notsosilentmajority1 Год назад +423

    Brandon gives the most in-depth information on the firearms he covers in his videos. If a person was just getting started with firearms, this channel would be one of the best to actually "learn" about how things work.

  • @Kujo_Outdoors
    @Kujo_Outdoors Год назад +134

    I love how Brandon is at Matt’s range just absolutely disrespecting his steel targets with 30-06

    • @RemedyTalon
      @RemedyTalon Год назад

      It's only a 30-06.. slightly more powerful than a 308

    • @austinperez7640
      @austinperez7640 Год назад +4

      @@RemedyTalonshoot some steel and see what .308 does 😂 good lil craters

    • @Mills141
      @Mills141 Год назад +1

      Those targets stand up for the 2A more than Matt ever has.

  • @jacobowudtke3679
    @jacobowudtke3679 Год назад +12

    It’s funny you mentioned the stg 44 in this video. I was out shooting with my Colombian girlfriend and we found a Mosin Nagant in that shop and right above it was an updated stg 44. I explained to her that these two were used by opposing powers in the Second World War and it was cool to see them united once again.

  • @danielw.2308
    @danielw.2308 Год назад +281

    Always puts a smile on my face to see Brandon holding an AK i never knew existed

    • @budget.88
      @budget.88 Год назад +1

      Never forget the USS Libërty and the men who died on that day

    • @benjaminconroy8775
      @benjaminconroy8775 Год назад

      It's basically just a dragonov variant that shoots 30.06.

  • @nikopikkarainen409
    @nikopikkarainen409 Год назад +180

    In Finland we have also AK based Valmet Petra hunting rifles. They were chambered in .308win and 30-06sprg. The 30-06 variant is really rare these days.

    • @LilPistachiofr
      @LilPistachiofr Год назад +11

      Sit vaan toivoon et Brandon tekee videon sen valmetista niin saa suomi vähän näkyvyyttä kerrankin :D

    • @bassman6211
      @bassman6211 Год назад +6

      Is it some or all of the valmet AK variant that utilize a machined instead of a stamped receiver. Adding a bit of weight in my opinion making them less affected by recoil and ultimately better shooters. Not cheap or easy to come by but HIGHLY worth the search if you want something nice.

    • @virtualwastrel
      @virtualwastrel Год назад +6

      Finnish guns are really cool, even if they are 9 times out of 10 based on western or eastern platforms.

    • @davidgroskopf7898
      @davidgroskopf7898 Год назад +3

      I kept waiting for Mat to make a intro 😂

    • @LunarLocust
      @LunarLocust Год назад +2

      Spurdo enjoyers always go for 30-06 sprg, cause sperg.

  • @thefiresworddragon927
    @thefiresworddragon927 Год назад +146

    To be fair, even if Matt didn't know you were filming there, he'd allow it; you guntubers are all brothers and sisters who look out for each other.

    • @robertlewis6915
      @robertlewis6915 Год назад +7

      As they say, an armed friend group is a polite friend group. Therefore a group of people who average more than a hundred guns a person is so polite they loop right around to rude.

    • @KarlPHorse
      @KarlPHorse Год назад +17

      THIS GUY TOLD MATT, TAKE HIM OUT!!!

    • @thefiresworddragon927
      @thefiresworddragon927 Год назад

      @@KarlPHorse I actually didn't. I was stating the obvious.
      Actually haven't watched a demo ranch vid since his MP7 vid

    • @KarlPHorse
      @KarlPHorse Год назад

      @@thefiresworddragon927 Take it easy man, It was just a joke.

    • @thefiresworddragon927
      @thefiresworddragon927 Год назад

      @@KarlPHorseMy response was too

  • @rikkic7000
    @rikkic7000 Год назад +27

    Thank you, while getting my hands on an AK in the UK is about as likely as finding an honest politician
    I am over the moon to have found your channel, I appreciate the technical descriptions and was surprised at the links between the Garand and the AK
    As you gun design is cool

    • @scotwilson4169
      @scotwilson4169 7 месяцев назад +2

      As a fellow Brit, all you have is these channels and video games😂 Just be sure to go to a shooting range if you're ever in the US on holiday or whatever, I did last month while in Orlando and it was awesome. AK and AR full auto, Colt .45, 1911 and a Desert Eagle .50 😂

  • @justinmcwilliams6759
    @justinmcwilliams6759 Год назад +119

    I grew up with a grandfather who was an avid (and accomplished) hunter. he had a couple 30-06, 7mm Mauser, 7mm magnum, .243 Winchester, 30-30. Later in life he went to blackpowder because deer season started earlier (he wasn't able to be out in the cold so much during regular rifle season). He also had a large knife collection including the ones he was issued in the USMC.

  • @johnaylesworth6873
    @johnaylesworth6873 Год назад +145

    The historical connections between the various weapons is closer than most people think. The history is very fascinating.

    • @JaSon-wc4pn
      @JaSon-wc4pn Год назад

      The AK minigun- Six AK's ducktaped together for anti drone is pretty ingenious

  • @SuperUnnamedplayer
    @SuperUnnamedplayer Год назад +831

    Brandon really takes every opportunity he gets to take apart an M1 Garand and tell us the story of how it was the inspiration for the AK and not the Sturmgewehr.

    • @sovietred7371
      @sovietred7371 Год назад +65

      Yes, because everybody and their mom thinks that Kalashnikov stole the Sturmgewhr idea for his gun, all they have in common are the looks, nothing else what so ever, if anything the M4/AR platform was stolen from the sturmgewhr

    • @liammeech3702
      @liammeech3702 Год назад +12

      Also RSC and federov
      Edit: M1 was Based on the RSC-17/18. AF-15 has some relationships somewhere (doctrinal precedence iirc)

    • @JohnSmith-fq3rg
      @JohnSmith-fq3rg Год назад

      The idea the ak was based on the garand is fucking retarded when the Russians already had more similar firearms in production to the ak than the garand. When you look at the design targets of the ak, service rifle, medium caliber, lightweight, controllable lower rpm select fire, 100-400m range conflicts, only intended to combat infantry with light armor and minimal cover, no need to share ammo with a squad automatic weapon, comparing the ak to the garand as inspiration is just fucking retarded.

    • @Austin-5098
      @Austin-5098 Год назад +4

      ​@oddmurloc eeehhh, I wouldn't go too far in to that considering Simoniv and Kalashnikov were directly competing with each other for army contracts.
      Although if you do want an SKS AK there is the Type 81 from China

    • @johnnybeegood7890
      @johnnybeegood7890 Год назад +1

      ​​​@@oddmurlocWho is Alexander and how did he help some Mikhail so much? And what does the SCS have to dо with it?

  • @kevinb7098
    @kevinb7098 Месяц назад +1

    I genuinely love how in depth you go when explaining how the firearm operates. Love the full breakdowns/disassembly. Ive learned a lot watching your channel and I thank you for you commitment and dedication to firearm history and knowledge. I love firearm history almost as much as I love ADD breaks

  • @BasicMacik
    @BasicMacik Год назад +354

    Brandon is the only dude that can somehow pull off jeans with flip flops honestly

    • @JDMDC2
      @JDMDC2 Год назад +16

      I don’t know about pull it but he somehow gets away with it lol

    • @BasicMacik
      @BasicMacik Год назад +2

      @@JDMDC2 Exactly hahaha

    • @olic7266
      @olic7266 Год назад +7

      As long as you don't wear socks with jandels. In public.

    • @RADMAN-bt5ve
      @RADMAN-bt5ve Год назад +3

      It's Australia's pub look

    • @Silver_Prussian
      @Silver_Prussian Год назад +2

      He should just do sandals with socks next

  • @MasterFatness
    @MasterFatness Год назад +105

    Regarding the "biggest" cartridge debate... the 30-06 has a case capacity of 68 grains vs 64 grains for the 7,62x54R and 63 grains for the 8x57 Mauser.
    The .308 can hold "only" 56 grains. So yeah, in theory, the 30-06 can spit out those .30 caliber bullets with a bit more zip. But in essence, they all have very similar capabilities.

    • @TacPhoenix
      @TacPhoenix Год назад +9

      Personally I prefer .308 but that's only because it's more common.

    • @danielescobar7618
      @danielescobar7618 Год назад +4

      Oh wow look at me being wrong. Didn't know 3006 was more powder than 8m

    • @richardrobinson9534
      @richardrobinson9534 Год назад +4

      A fellow reloader I see.

    • @frigglebiscuit7484
      @frigglebiscuit7484 Год назад +5

      i like 8mm mauser. .32 cal 198gr bullet go brrr

    • @411DL
      @411DL Год назад +3

      @@danielescobar7618 ikr... all this time I thought the yugp M76 was the largest caliber production AK.

  • @Crestfallen_Fawkes
    @Crestfallen_Fawkes Год назад +142

    Looks pretty small. And besides, the 74u has a really good personality and is bigger at certain angles.

    • @BasketBaller-h6d
      @BasketBaller-h6d Год назад +7

      It's average.

    • @FishFind3000
      @FishFind3000 Год назад +24

      It’s from Russia, it’s cold over there.

    • @fiction402
      @fiction402 Год назад +17

      Dont worry babe I love your 74u, the 74Ms and SVDs hurt

    • @budget.88
      @budget.88 Год назад +4

      Never forget the USS Libërty and the men who died on that day

    • @edgelord3801
      @edgelord3801 Год назад

      ​@@budget.88trotsky is part of the tribe!!!

  • @tacticaljermu
    @tacticaljermu Год назад +8

    Not the only big AK platform produced in 30-06. Valmet produced the Petra ( M-88 hunter) rifle also in 30-06 as well as 308, and couple of other smaller calibers too.

    • @jjjr.1186
      @jjjr.1186 9 месяцев назад

      The Petra was not mad in 3006. Only 308

    • @tacticaljermu
      @tacticaljermu 9 месяцев назад

      @@jjjr.1186 actually they were made in 30-06 and you can still find them on used market.

    • @tosijjaan
      @tosijjaan 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@jjjr.1186
      Kuulephas poka
      Khylä valamethi on teheny petroja kolokytänollakutosena
      Oli justtiisa olokkosella ja jahthiaitasa myynnissä semmoset

  • @MozgPt
    @MozgPt Год назад +70

    Small addition, there is now an AK in caliber bigger than 30-06. It is the 9,6/53 Lancaster, which is designed for internal Russian market (it counted as smooth bore caliber, which was easier to buy legally. Unfortunately since 2020 Lancaster barrels become rifled in terms of weapons law in Russia). So, there is for instance gun ВПО-221 from Molot in that caliber.

  • @ihmehiitaja
    @ihmehiitaja Год назад +74

    Another neat AK chambered in .30-06 is the Valmet M/88 Petra (Hunter). A Russian design based on a American rifle designed by a Canadian redesigned in Finland and chambered in the same cartridge as the original inspiration.

    • @waaaaaaaaghhhhh5809
      @waaaaaaaaghhhhh5809 Год назад +2

      M1 Garand based on French RSC 17 rifle and ideas from Mexican Mandragon rifle, you can also add this :-)

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn Год назад

      Also Yugo AK in 8 mm mauser

    • @justa.american8303
      @justa.american8303 7 месяцев назад

      Now my head is spinning! 🤯

  • @Stasilianin
    @Stasilianin Год назад +88

    There was also such an option: SVDK 9.3 × 64
    The "large-caliber" SVDK sniper rifle was developed and adopted by the Russian army as part of the "Cracker" program. The main task of the rifle is considered to be the defeat of enemy personnel protected by personal protective equipment (heavy body armor) or behind light obstacles.
    But the thing is so rare and little known that even professional military snipers have not seen them.
    Probably released in a small batch for a specific customer.

    • @WaltherFrevert
      @WaltherFrevert Год назад +5

      In Germany you could germany you could get a civilian version by Izmash called Tigr 9.

    • @SamuraiAkechi
      @SamuraiAkechi Год назад +8

      I gotta nitpick that it's Dragunov-based and not AK-based design.
      However, it's kinda sad that they eventually have shut down the production of 9,3 mm rifles, at least for civilan market there are no new production line guns. I'm pretty sure servicemen don't get those anymore either. Also I've read some complaints about quality of russian-made 9,3x64 factory ammo. Right now large game hunters in Russia either stick to smoothbores (since every hunter in Russia has a smoothbore in his shed, for legal reasons), or pick 9,3/54 Lancaster, .338LM or .375 H&H. Or, obviously, heavy bullet .30 cals and .300 magnums

    • @dark2023-1lovesoni
      @dark2023-1lovesoni Год назад

      ​@@SamuraiAkechiwhile the OP did say SVDK, which is just a modernized SVD rifle, I'm pretty sure he meant the KSVK, which is a massive bolt-action anti-material rifle.

    • @SamuraiAkechi
      @SamuraiAkechi Год назад +9

      @@dark2023-1lovesoni KSVK comes chambered in 12,7 mm soviet round, not in 9,3 Brenneke, and it's a bolt action that has nothing in common with SVD or AK platform.

    • @dark2023-1lovesoni
      @dark2023-1lovesoni Год назад +4

      @@SamuraiAkechi my mistake, I definitely messed up. I confused it with the SVDS. That's "my bad" as the kids often say.

  • @biglefty08
    @biglefty08 Год назад +17

    Would be awesome to see Brandon's collection displayed in a museum one day!

    • @Mr.Business-sv8uc
      @Mr.Business-sv8uc Год назад

      In 400 years they’re gonna dig up his gun collection think that he was some kind of war lord and ruled the United States

    • @alexdarcydestsimon3767
      @alexdarcydestsimon3767 Год назад +4

      Better to see it on the range...

    • @biglefty08
      @biglefty08 Год назад +2

      @@alexdarcydestsimon3767 I'm saying like way farther down the line, but yea I agree he has way more guns than time....

    • @Ariz0na_AGU
      @Ariz0na_AGU 9 месяцев назад +1

      The national museum of based guns

  • @AmentiVZ
    @AmentiVZ Год назад +133

    "Me. It punished me." - I felt that in my soul, Brandon. I was looking forward to getting a VEPR one day, and the gumbint dashed those dreams against the sharp rocks of reality.

  • @nextcaesargaming5469
    @nextcaesargaming5469 Год назад +73

    There's something beautiful about the AK bolt system returning to it's grandfather cartridge

    • @jarink1
      @jarink1 Год назад +5

      It'd be really interesting to see one in .276 Pedersen.

    • @gratefulguy4130
      @gratefulguy4130 Год назад +2

      Now let's have the rest of the rifle return to *it's* grandfather's cartridge. 😉

  • @johnnyblue07
    @johnnyblue07 Год назад +41

    That wood furniture is so beautiful. Thanks for teaching us about other AK variants and firearm history.

    • @malakaichanel3321
      @malakaichanel3321 Год назад +1

      Brandon’s Vepr furniture looks exactly like mine. Hence it was made by the late great Matt Schuster of Iron Wood Designs. There’s another company that made SVD wood stocks for the Vepr, but they didn’t appear as accurate as IWD’s. M

    • @nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526
      @nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526 Год назад

      Yeah, huge glow up from the original furniture

  • @jman414999
    @jman414999 Год назад +1

    Love that sound, anyone who doesn't? every time you fire an M1 you look forward to that. Thanks for showing how they are so similar.

  • @wishuhadmyname
    @wishuhadmyname Год назад +41

    Cool to note the extra locking lug to compensate for the increased chamber pressure. I recently shot a bolt action Barrett M99 (chambered in .416 Barrett). The bolt had 8 locking lugs that I could see because if its massive chamber pressure

    • @amorphoussolid8512
      @amorphoussolid8512 Год назад +3

      Holy crap! That's my dream rifle and chambering! How was it? Did you get to stretch it's legs?

    • @wishuhadmyname
      @wishuhadmyname Год назад

      @@amorphoussolid8512 I fired 5 or 6 shots (at ~$8 each) and it felt...authoritative. If you think .308 makes a satisfying *DING* on steel targets, .416 Barrett is even more so. My shoulder didnt want me to fire more, but it was an experience that may lead to me eventually getting something in that caliber or bigger

  • @Maddog3060
    @Maddog3060 Год назад +39

    Weapons design is always neat; they're all fascinating IMHO. Swords, pikes, pistols, rifles, tank guns, naval guns, missiles, mines, bombs... So many ways we've invented to do another dirty. Very morbid of me, but weapons were basically devices for the application and focusing of energy before humans even knew what energy was. And now today have reached some truly amazing and frightening heights.

    • @B.W.Broom-xc6gs
      @B.W.Broom-xc6gs Год назад +1

      All the truly unique ways we humans have come up with to maime, dismember, disembowel and generally fuck each other up IS very interesting. I'm right there with ya on that.

  • @letsdothis9063
    @letsdothis9063 Год назад +31

    I just want to say, I think that Brandon was great in "The Mummy Returns".
    His portrayal as the head of a secret, desert dwelling, warrior sect was an inspiration.

  • @jonathanlichtenberg1900
    @jonathanlichtenberg1900 Год назад

    I absolutely love how it pans from a boom boom to him sitting in a chair with a rifle on his lap facing up looking like one those extremies videos.
    I love how its filmed by hand rather than tripod.

  • @MrPrimitiveman
    @MrPrimitiveman Год назад +35

    This was awesome! I've been asking about an AK-06 for awhile now not realizing that it had already been done! Just proving how educational this channel really is!
    So thanks for putting out this video I really appreciate it!

  • @Starcraftgamer97
    @Starcraftgamer97 Год назад +26

    Ladies and Gentlemen: find yourselves a special someone who speaks to you the way Brandon speaks to his AK50

  • @adamtwelve
    @adamtwelve Год назад +20

    I loved all the detailed explanations and your pure unbridled enthusiasm for gun development! The genuine smiles as you nerd out about it all made me happy to watch, and I learned some new things today also! The only really bad thing is now I want one but will never be able to have one unless I move out of Washington state and then get lucky enough to actually find one for sale at a decent price, very sad haha.

  • @MiddleAR
    @MiddleAR Год назад

    Nature is beautiful, the sunrise, rivers and creeks, Brandon handling anything AK platform, a babys laughter...I could go on

  • @FlashBang33
    @FlashBang33 Год назад +131

    Its always a good day when Brandon uploads

  • @UncleWermus
    @UncleWermus Год назад +22

    So basically Kalashnikov walked into a board room with a picture of a Garand, turned it upside down and proceeded to make one of the greatest rifles in the world

  • @troywogu2034
    @troywogu2034 Год назад +6

    I like that rebranding: “No honey it’s not an arsenal it’s my arms library! All the scholars got ‘em.” 😂😂😂 8:30

  • @youngman1644
    @youngman1644 Год назад +1

    8:32 Brandon on any gun mechanics do you like
    “WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!”

  • @pro100tolst
    @pro100tolst Год назад +11

    Seems like Molot no longer produces this exact model, but the current production 30-06 Vepr platform rifles have full length wooden stock, which makes them look even more like M1. They are called "ВПО-102М" if you want to google the images.

  • @bimbolaggins3575
    @bimbolaggins3575 Год назад +13

    Brandon has that super passionate teacher vibe that makes learning fun

    • @alexs5814
      @alexs5814 Год назад

      I wonder if SDI ever invited him to talk in front of students?

  • @deslth
    @deslth Год назад +6

    4:52 "RUclips gonna let me get money today" immediately an ad gets plays. Cool Brandon is getting paid today 🎉

  • @danieldeak9141
    @danieldeak9141 Год назад +4

    Such a beautiful gun.
    Love the furniture on it. It looks so sleek and elegant

  • @loveerbot11
    @loveerbot11 Год назад +14

    I love that Brandon finds a way to make the the super informative videos just as entertaining as his videos where he's just goofing around. He makes learning fun, like that one cool teacher you added on Facebook.

  • @GR1MRACER
    @GR1MRACER Год назад +20

    I like how the moment that Brandon testified against the ATF now he is on the run.

    • @KyleRassweiler
      @KyleRassweiler Год назад +2

      Was he using the black rifle range before? What happened?

    • @exquisitearangement
      @exquisitearangement Год назад

      ​@@KyleRassweilerThe probably tried to touch hims peepee

    • @samgillispie3915
      @samgillispie3915 Год назад

      @@KyleRassweileronut has a video on his vlog channel, I remember vaguely him saying that the people that black rifle was renting from or something decided to sell the whole property. It’s something along those lines.

    • @KyleRassweiler
      @KyleRassweiler Год назад

      @@samgillispie3915 Damn that's a shame, hopefully they all buy their own place together.

    • @samgillispie3915
      @samgillispie3915 Год назад

      @@KyleRassweiler yeah it does suck, heard they’re gonna build a bunch of houses and stuff there now. I don’t think it would be hard for them to find a range but hopefully they find one soon.

  • @BattleChemist
    @BattleChemist Год назад +26

    Awesome... I have almost the exact same rifle (with even same upgraded furniture and flash hider), but in 7.62x54R with a 27" barrel... it was the best way I could get an SVD without taking out a second mortgage.

    • @jjjr.1186
      @jjjr.1186 9 месяцев назад

      3006 stacks better in a double stack magazine than 7.62x54r

    • @Big_G-999
      @Big_G-999 8 месяцев назад

      Not an svd tho SVDs have different internal mechanics

    • @jjjr.1186
      @jjjr.1186 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Big_G-999 yes exactly he is saying getting svd performance for cheaper. Svd is overpriced in America. As they are rare. My uncle has a svd. The yugo m76 is much more accurate.

  • @shanerino
    @shanerino Год назад

    I literally heard AC in my head screaming "TRUNIONNNNN" when Brandon said it and then he referenced it !!! Love you guys like family.

  • @longbow6416
    @longbow6416 Год назад +11

    Was able to get a Vepr 54r, 21" barrel from Atlantic Firearms years ago, topped it with a 6x PSO scope (civilian, 1.5m marks) and it had Manticore furniture already installed. Carrying it to a gun show is like pulling up in a Ferrari. I love it like a favorite child.
    Molot doesn't mess around on making beautiful, tough, well fitted rifles. I also have a 12 gauge Vepr, folding tube stock, and I don't think I could break it if I tried. I've ran it hard and put it away wet many 'a times

    • @dr.nigsopmcchortlefag9544
      @dr.nigsopmcchortlefag9544 Год назад

      I picked up one of those as well, back in 2014. Also with the scope. Very pretty. I was just looking at prices on gunbroker. Let's just say, they have appreciated, lol.

    • @dark2023-1lovesoni
      @dark2023-1lovesoni Год назад +1

      I had a VEPR in 308 for a while. Saddley I traded it for a Glock 34 and a few 100 bucks about a month before the ban was announced.

  • @alexs5814
    @alexs5814 Год назад +4

    The way you are excited about your work and the history behind it is what really makes me come back again and again to this channel.
    Wonderful Video and i'm thrilled to see some more historical breakdowns from you.

  • @William_Bryant
    @William_Bryant Год назад +6

    1:30
    “Keep in mind, I’m holding the .30-06 AK and you’re not.”

  • @1HippieGypsy
    @1HippieGypsy 11 месяцев назад +1

    1:46 it doesn't make all of us unhappy because that sounds delightful and needs a cold beer 😅

  • @Polish_Pierogi516
    @Polish_Pierogi516 Год назад +280

    This is truly one of the AK’s ever produced of all time

    • @ElPikante503
      @ElPikante503 Год назад +1

      Where can you get one?

    • @freedomscale2957
      @freedomscale2957 Год назад +1

      @@ElPikante503 they don't make them anymore.

    • @borkwoof696
      @borkwoof696 Год назад +2

      That’s not how you form the plural of an acronym

    • @kugelblitz1557
      @kugelblitz1557 Год назад +8

      ​@@borkwoof696found the English teacher.

    • @budget.88
      @budget.88 Год назад +5

      Never forget the USS Libërty and the men who died on that day

  • @LukaNewton-h8u
    @LukaNewton-h8u Год назад +68

    Brandon has that super passionate teacher vibe that makes learning fun. Imagine not an AK50... But an AK20. A 20mm AK rifle..

    • @BigfootShaggy
      @BigfootShaggy Год назад +4

      Y not an ak30? 30mm >:D

    • @mattA5335
      @mattA5335 Год назад +4

      ⁠​⁠@@BigfootShaggyAk35, 35mm :D

    • @caliberthecow3727
      @caliberthecow3727 Год назад +6

      @@mattA5335 Ak105B, 105mm (aggressive tank cannon noises)

    • @khardian2823
      @khardian2823 Год назад +4

      @@caliberthecow3727 That's capitalist ammo, comrade. We need an ak122, 122mm

    • @alterego5411
      @alterego5411 Год назад +1

      ​@@khardian2823that's the poor man's size peasant
      We need AK188

  • @Fool408
    @Fool408 Год назад +19

    I share a love for both .30-06 and AK's, so this is truly magnificent

  • @Klovaneer
    @Klovaneer 11 месяцев назад +2

    I guess not everyone knows this but Veprs are made on RPK tooling because the plant who make them were slated for making RPKs only while AK was mostly IzhMash which make civilian AKs under Saiga trademark. So Veprs are inherently thiccer, softer shooting and generally nicer weapons in calibers over x39 than Saigas.

  • @sameullam
    @sameullam Год назад +18

    I would love for Brandon to really one day work on a project (after the AK-50 of course) to really design and manufacture an AK for the modern day shooter. Not just furniture but features, like actual bolt hold open/release features. That would be sick to think about an AK where something as simple as never grabbing a charging handle or a faster way to insert magazines would be pretty dope.
    People might point to the Mutant as the thing but it's like it's just an AR with the old rock and lock magazine rather than an evolution of the AK. Hope this happens someday

    • @iltonnotattico6231
      @iltonnotattico6231 Год назад

      That's basically the Galil Ace

    • @sameullam
      @sameullam Год назад +1

      @@iltonnotattico6231 again, still clunky charging handles, bolt, nothing really "new" or evolutions of the AK, you're still kinda working with a top rail... Maybe a monolithic design or something...

  • @MrJustintyang
    @MrJustintyang Год назад +5

    3:53 Oh my god, Brandon got another Dragunov. He said they are unicorn guns, but he found another one....

  • @dillonmacpherson3350
    @dillonmacpherson3350 Год назад +6

    @ 1:43, we're simple creatures, we like our pew pews, and a chair to sit and drink our brew brews

  • @Leftyotism
    @Leftyotism Год назад

    1:45 Good Sir, may I ask you to tell us which kind of good lawn chair you are resting on there right meow? I need a new one and I am interested in this one!

  • @B.W.Broom-xc6gs
    @B.W.Broom-xc6gs Год назад +153

    Thanks, Brandon, I love your firearms history lessons. If only school were this fun and they had steel targets out back, that'd be real american shit right there. 🇺🇸

    • @anniesamuel4787
      @anniesamuel4787 Год назад +6

      I have a friend who went to a High School that had a range underground below the seating of the oval

    • @Awminn
      @Awminn Год назад +3

      Even public schools in NYC used to have indoor firing ranges. Too many unhinged people now-a-days.

    • @kino_61
      @kino_61 Год назад +9

      Us schools tend to have shooting ranges. They even use cheap flesh target instead of steel, they don't need a dedicated room as the whole building is used for that purpose

    • @SimplyThatSleepyGuy
      @SimplyThatSleepyGuy Год назад

      @@kino_61gahdam

    • @MrRedeyedJedi
      @MrRedeyedJedi Год назад

      ​@@SimplyThatSleepyGuysaw this one coming from a mile off, lol

  • @spencerdoyle8387
    @spencerdoyle8387 Год назад +7

    I always love hearing DeLance’s commentary. It’s fun with the banter!

  • @phil4986
    @phil4986 Год назад +233

    The review of the historical footprint of the AK was appreciated. I always thought the Soviets just copied the German rifle, but I see where the Garand mechanisms come into play. To me, that just makes the Garand that much more of the Mack Daddy of all military rifles. Massive respect to all American servicemen who carried and used them in battle.

    • @oxide9679
      @oxide9679 Год назад +12

      AK is still just copied from an American weapon and a German weapon, IMO.
      The Russians have a two habits.
      1) copy other people
      or
      2) Make it absolutely, ridiculously huge

    • @jasskeeper8152
      @jasskeeper8152 Год назад +6

      ​@@oxide9679in your opinion not the fact that have been provided and studied by brandon \'-'/

    • @oxide9679
      @oxide9679 Год назад +5

      @@jasskeeper8152 Well, it's fact that the gas and operating system are scaled down clones of the M1 Garand. I don't think that part is in dispute at all. And it's pretty apparent that the overall form and shape of the AK is closely based on the STG-44.
      You tell anyone to scale down the Garand operating system into an intermediate cartridge, full auto capable rifle, and you'll get the AK every time.

    • @redwood518
      @redwood518 Год назад +1

      @@oxide9679 The AK is very VERY loosely based on the STG-44. It was more so based after the AS-44

    • @roberttanguay8532
      @roberttanguay8532 Год назад +4

      Just 1 little thing. The M1 was originally created by John C. Garand a Canadian firearms engineer. The rifle was adopted for use by the USA

  • @LUR1FAX
    @LUR1FAX Год назад +1

    The Zastava M76 is basically an AK chambered in 8mm Mauser. Pretty much equal to or even more powerful than .30-06, depending on what kinds of loads you're comparing.

  • @Atomic_Aegis45
    @Atomic_Aegis45 Год назад +4

    At 0:49 seconds it kinda looks like the casing does has a conniption wanting to stay and go because it sits there just kinda spinning before the bolt closes.

  • @shookwave85
    @shookwave85 Год назад +5

    SDI is great. Have learned more so far during my time in their course than I have in the past 37 years

  • @tunzjockey
    @tunzjockey Год назад +5

    8:11 a name for that section of the wall. behold the kollectionakov

  • @banaantjexx164
    @banaantjexx164 Год назад +13

    Can I just say that that Dragunov looks absolutely stunning?
    Possibly the best I've ever seen it looking to date.

    • @Big_G-999
      @Big_G-999 8 месяцев назад +1

      That is not a dragunov that's an actual AK dragunovs have different internal mechanics

  • @HHRaiden
    @HHRaiden Год назад +7

    3:11 should be new merch. Put that quote on everything lmao

  • @Kcthetransgirl
    @Kcthetransgirl Год назад +97

    We need to end all the destruction parts of gun buybacks. If people wanna get rid of their guns, give them to responsible owners. Not people who are gonna just destroy these pieces of art!

    • @carlod5818
      @carlod5818 Год назад +3

      so resell them at an auction, use profit to enforce more effective personal checks

    • @cymond
      @cymond Год назад

      Well that sounds like selling them but with extra steps.

    • @Kcthetransgirl
      @Kcthetransgirl Год назад

      @cymond in the long run, yes. But not for the people who just want to get rid of guns they don't want ASAP. Personally, I would prefer selling over scrapping, so historic pieces can survive longer (until some asshole sporterizes them).

    • @cymond
      @cymond Год назад

      @@Kcthetransgirl If you want rid of a gun ASAP and don't care how much you get, then walk into any gun store, say "I don't want this, make me an offer" and accept whatever they offer you.
      Odds are that they'll do much better than a $50 Walmart gift card, too.

    • @Kcthetransgirl
      @Kcthetransgirl Год назад

      @@cymond I understand that, but most people who just want to get rid of guns have never stepped foot in a gun store.

  • @starfruitscuba5338
    @starfruitscuba5338 Год назад +15

    Thought this would be the Ak 50, but this is just as good!

  • @Joseph69er
    @Joseph69er Год назад

    I knew there was more to my love of the Garand design. Cool vid, noticed right off the bat you were at that other guy's range. I hope you left some surprises for him.

  • @codymonsue4181
    @codymonsue4181 Год назад +5

    Did not know an AK in 30-06 existed til now. You learn something new everyday. Keep up the good work Brandon.
    Also for anyone or Brandon. At about 8:37 the rifle above Brandon's head. Looks like an AK and a Galil had a love child. Can someone tell me what rifle that is? I'm curious.

    • @jarink1
      @jarink1 Год назад

      Valmet RK62/M76 (M76 being the civilian semi-only version.)

    • @Petskyyy
      @Petskyyy Год назад

      It's a Finnish AK variant called RK 62 M76

  • @leeolmsted4691
    @leeolmsted4691 Год назад +12

    Hey Brandon. I grew up with the Valmet m78 from Finland. It seems like no one knows about this platform. It would be awesome to see a video about their history. This is the best gun I've ever fired in my entire life.
    Thanks,Brandon.

  • @Exerillo
    @Exerillo Год назад +7

    Finally, actual AK content. Thank you, Brandon.

  • @urbanchrismas9523
    @urbanchrismas9523 4 месяца назад +2

    Huge fan. Between you, Matt, and Scott, my ADD can be liberated and my wife gets to learn some proper gun awareness and safety without being annoyed. Just curious..... is Cody your cameraman?

  • @JohnSmith-kg1ho
    @JohnSmith-kg1ho Год назад +9

    I’m real curious if there will ever be a chance Brandon could dissect and shoot a rotary round action rifle. Would be a rare beautiful find to add to his collection for sure.

  • @captainplague4921
    @captainplague4921 Год назад +17

    I think there was more than two of us who thought it was going to be the AK-50 but this is good

    • @ToXicKush420
      @ToXicKush420 Год назад +1

      Not me lol I knew instantly what gun would be showcased by the name of the title cause he said he would do a video on it in a previous video during one of his ak 50 updates 😂 if you were paying attention

  • @samuel_towle
    @samuel_towle Год назад +10

    You could say the M1 was the Garandfather of the AK platform.

  • @larrynason8716
    @larrynason8716 Год назад +1

    My Uncle carried an M1 Garand in WW2. When he returned home to N.H. he always hunted deer with a 30-06. It certainly killed an 80 pound whitetail real dead! My cousins would make fun of my 30-30 , but my deer seemed to be just as dead.

  • @grahamr4916
    @grahamr4916 Год назад +28

    Every time he makes a video, he surprises us with even more expensive and unobtainable stuff that I even thought he could have

  • @J069FIX
    @J069FIX Год назад +5

    8:39 Is that a Valmet on your gun wall? If so, how does it compare to the other AK variants you own? It certainly looks like one, with the position and shape of the iron sights and the three-pronged flash suppressor.

  • @pocketsand4404
    @pocketsand4404 Год назад +10

    Brandon, you just have to have the most fun making these videos don't you?
    It's always cool too see these sweet AK's in action.

  • @hanansleiman9005
    @hanansleiman9005 Год назад +2

    Ma man was wearing jeans and flips flops😂 20:01

  • @762gunr
    @762gunr Год назад +51

    The Yugo M76 in 8MM was an ACTUAL military production AK.

    • @antonioperezchica6902
      @antonioperezchica6902 Год назад +9

      There's Also the SVDK chambered in 9.3x64mm! As someone who has hunted Deer, Bear and Elk with the less powerful 9.3x62, the 9.3x64 would be monster. Basically, The equivalent of the .375 H&H but with bullets with sometimes better SD and BC.

    • @1maxxu
      @1maxxu Год назад +4

      ​@@antonioperezchica6902yea, but SVD is not a variant of AK, while M76 is a scaled up AK

    • @Weeblicker
      @Weeblicker Год назад +1

      ​@@1maxxuwhile not a variant it is very similar

    • @antonioperezchica6902
      @antonioperezchica6902 Год назад +1

      @@1maxxu This is true!

    • @connorburnes7697
      @connorburnes7697 Год назад +2

      @@Weeblicker The SVD and AK have nothing in common. However the M76 is absolutely a giant AK.

  • @lewisholmes5745
    @lewisholmes5745 Год назад +5

    Thank you Brandon for another fantastic video! Of course, like so many others, I was a little disappointed at first, but I got over it very quickly because your videos are the best when it comes to how these firearms actually work!!! I will see you on the next great video because you NEVER disappoint!!!

  • @joedattoli
    @joedattoli Год назад +8

    The biggest ak ever produced. And Brandon Herrera took that personally.

  • @csspecs
    @csspecs Месяц назад

    Not sure if you'll see this. BUT I figured I'd mention according to one of the designers I used to talk with at Molot, that these were supposed to have a larger ejection port with a telescoping dust cover like the Vepr-54r and the 12 gauge had. Which is why the .30-06 has kinda lousy ejection.. We did make a 30 round magazine, we have been out of them for over a year. They are difficult to make because of the length, the center welds are hard to get to, and it required a lot of fixturing to keep them straight during welding.

  • @aussiewater
    @aussiewater Год назад +5

    If Tarkov has taught me a thing or two, it's that the 7.62x51 version is a great scav gun.

  • @eliadamari6530
    @eliadamari6530 Год назад +8

    6:06 are we going going to ignore that stg?

  • @cripsta8ball
    @cripsta8ball Год назад +3

    Hey Brandon, have you thought of adding the PKM and or the Groza to your collection? Both are super sweet and It'd be very cool to see you shoot them.

  • @VohzdinWerewolf
    @VohzdinWerewolf Год назад +9

    2:20 why does everything bad all go back to Harambe?! is nothing sacred anymore!

  • @JaggedJack1
    @JaggedJack1 Год назад +9

    Saw "Biggest AK Ever Produced" in the title and expected an AK50 update. However I was not disappointed with what I actually received.

  • @Captain_Jackass-Jack
    @Captain_Jackass-Jack Год назад +9

    Harambe was a cannon event 2:15

  • @polishgigachad
    @polishgigachad Год назад +1

    6:46 the cans just disintegrated lol