Thanks for watching guys! So what do you think of the AK-50 new look? And what do you want to see us do with it? Let me know in the comments! Thanks to TacPack for helping make this video happen! Check them out and use code “AKGUY” to get your free bonus box! www.tacpack.com Thanks to SDI! Again, it’s SDI.edu for more info! T-Shirts/Merch: www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/ak-guy
We're super happy to have been able to help you with your AK-50 engineering! This is exactly why we got in to high-speed in the first place, beautiful imagery and solving problems.
It's amazing how weaponsmiths managed to make such reliable firearms before the age of high-speed cameras. That "barrel wiggle" is something that may have never been discovered if not for you guys
According to Nicolas ewrving. Or how ever you spell that Arthur’s name. He didn’t even have to hit a man with the fifty. He just had to come close. Also says he doesn’t miss under 800 lmao
Not only into another dimension and into next week, but it's molecular structure gets changed on a subatomic level with the energy transfer sublimating electrons and imparting protons, thus causing a mini black hole...
I think it's more like when a dog is so happy to see you that they piss themselves. This is why true human best buds don't exist, and if they are so happy to see you that they need adult diapers, get a restraining order.
I cannot even begin to fathom the amount of satisfaction that comes from sitting behind a gun you basically designed and built from the ground up, and shooting an entire mag without a single issue. Bravo Brandon, bravo ❤
My brother has me trim his neckline every now and then he’s a marine that is in college now and it’s easy but doesn’t work when I pretend to fuck it up
2 things. 1. This is the most professionally aggressive video Brandon has ever done. 2. I wanna see Brandon make a AK brand tier list. A definitive, "this is shit, this is quality" tier list.
7 glorious years in the making. Loved watching every step of the way. The end of the "Where AK-50" era. And the beginning of "Where publicly available AK-50"
Im glad ya fixed the barrel whip. People say it has no negative effect but i believe it does, metal bending under heat only reduces its lifespan. Also if we thermo'd the barrel during whipe we would see the hinge points of the whip be way hotter than the rest.
Racks AK-50 “Oh I know what the ladies like”- a quote from Sergeant Herrera defending Earth from the covenant invasion year 2525 (16 Purple Hearts total, most decorated African American soldier in UNSC history)
I have never really been a gun person, but I have to say I have learned so much from watching and listening to you explain different aspects to the guns. Haven’t gotten the lingo down yet, so it’s still doohickey and thingy when trying to explain how guns work. lol. I have only been watching a few weeks. But I feel more at ease the more I learn. But still have a health dose of respect and, um, fear I guess for what it can do. So thanks for doing what you do. I really appreciate you.
I’ve been in the Army for 16 years and have heard the ‘just get close’ with a .50cal since I was a cadet, from Vets and senior NCOs. Thanks for puttin that to bed and educating me. Now I need to see it tested with a 120mm sabot.
Demolition ranch tested it years ago with a house of cards and it didn’t even generate enough wind to knock that down. Bullets are aerodynamic. The whole goal is disturb the air as little as possible so the air disturbs its path as little as possible. If you had a parachute (somehow) moving that fast, you could probably generate enough concussion to injure somebody. -an engineer that happens to love guns
I doubt anything will happen, a penetrator is basically a big, supersonic toothpick, the point of having a sabot is that it'll fit a 120mm barrel but you can shoot out a smaller, faster projectile that disturbs less air and fly out further than a full caliber round. It's like pushing the water in a pool with the side of your hand instead of the palm or the back of it. You push less water but you can move your hand through it much faster. That's a part of why modern tanks can fight at a greater distance than their WW2 counterparts.
@@an2939 That's true, but it's also worth noting the mass and velocity of that supersonic toothpick. While it might be narrow, something that heavy moving at supersonic speeds is going to cause quite the shockwave. Just how bad that would be, I don't know, but it would definitely be significant
Since I saw nobody mentioning this: I am amazed by how big of a difference the old muzzle made plus the fact that you noticed and explained it for us to understand. Amazing work! Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸
First I read that ”The Finish AK-50”. I was like “hmm when someone in my country Finland made that weapon“? Then I realised that it’s you who had made that precious weapon. Dam that is a Beast!
@@darkowl5795 easy there sensitits... Remember him running for CONGRESS!? You think a soldiers little peashooter makes that kind of difference in the world?
"This ring on the muzzle break." You put a ring on it? Congrats dude, and hope you and your new Raifu have a beautiful future together. Just be sure to post a video of the wedding.
The AK-50 with the exploding round at the old school garbage AK-47 was awesome. I was not expecting that much of an explosion. 😂😂❤😊 loved the video Brandon Herrera. Keep them coming, I truly love your content.
13:05 *The deadpan "I Love You" while taking the glasses off, then carrying on like nothing happened while putting the glasses back on **_was gold._* 🤣🤣🤣
A neighbor of mine who also got me into shooting as a kid worked a Picatinny Arsenal, Fort Benning, and later Quantico, where his job was evaluating and accurizing various weapons systems. He was as you might imagine a pretty damn good shot. One of his hobbies was buying clapped out old surplus Mauser’s and turn them into tack drivers. Anyhow after he finished the initial build he would tinker with the rifle to achieve its best accuracy and then he would start installing various different muzzle brake designs that he had “dreamed up” and made in his basement workshop. He was a firm believer that a good rifle should be accurate without a muzzle brake/flash suppressor and that the addition of these items to a rife should not negatively impact (change) the rifle’s accuracy but improve it by making the rife more controllable and comfortable to shoot for the shooter. My reason for posting this is in the hopes Brandon might see it and do a video of his AK50 in a lead-sled or similar rifle shooting rest and shoot the AK50 without a muzzle device installed to demonstrate the rifle’s accuracy and shooting characteristics and then repeat the test with various muzzle devices installed from everything from a simple AK style Slant-brake to various other styles of AK muzzle brakes and then onto other styles of muzzle brakes including a scaled up version of a Cutts Compensator, as well as drilling porting holes in the barrel past the gas block, Magna porting of the barrel as well as a combination of porting the barrel and installing a muzzle brake / flash hider.
Congratulations, Brandon. I am a retired engineer and I know the satisfaction that comes from seeing the project that has owned your life for a few years come to fruition. Now... Do it again. Cheaper.
Indeed! I think most of the parts could be readily mass produced as they are. From what we've seen, that hand guard is the prohibitive part; Titans of CNC went through an excruciating process just to make that one example. Not sure how that could be simplified... perhaps injection molded polymer with aluminum strips for reinforcement and MLOK slots?
My question is does it pass to durability test.... You know like the AK-47 is known for being able to fire no matter what. putting dirt in a barrel putting mud in the barrel and all that?
@@haykmeghavoryan5717 Why should it return to its so-called "roots" when it is a perfectly modern derivative? All modern AK variants from the motherland have stocks and handguards that are predominately made with polymers. Brandon's is in milled aluminum, which is far and away more premium than either option. It's in fact TOO premium for production. Hell, the buttplate is the polar opposite; it's 3D fuckin' printed. Yes, wood would look ICONIC, but the AK"M" is no longer "modern", even from (especially from) its homeland's perspective. Perhaps a production run could be done with carefully sculpted, fit, and finished wood features, but it would be an ultra-premium option with no real benefit aside from pleasing AKM autists. Injection molded polymer with aluminum reinforcement is the most modern and economical solution for the handguard, and the reinforcement would be unnecessary for a simply molded buttplate/stock. Your view of an "AK" is skewed by the traditional image, of which the platform has long since evolved away from, so why should the AK-50 adhere to that? Because you want it to have that iconic '50s look? Oh fuckin' please. Miss me with that shit.
You really did a great job with this project. At the beginning i didn't think it would be as AK as it is. I hope you guys sell them. There's definitely a future for the AK-50.
Hello Brandon. I am from russia and i've been following your content here and there for a while. Today i've turned 16, and went to the gun range for the first time. I fired the ak, mosin, beretta and a AR(i couldn't aim those ironsights, im an AK enjoyer). and i must say this: you have had a very big influence on me as a person, for which i'm very thankful. I'm actually planning on becoming a gun designer, because im planning to get into the miltech uni in St. Petersburg.
Brandon, you are not just making gun videos, your showing young men around the world what it takes to be a man. Make and follow up on your goals, face adversity, find a solution to said adversity. Your not greedy, rather generous just wanting to share your passions with us and do so in a very entertaining way. You havent tried to screw over your audience for any sort of political or finanancial gains. Just a real dude doing real things, and that is really important to showcase in todays fake online world! Running for office was honestly a HUGE win, you showed both politicians and your constituents that personal responsibility doesnt just stop with the end of a video, and the politicians that real men are not afraid of their games or politial slander. Keep going man, wherever this journey takes you I wouldnt be shocked to see you behind the presidential podium one day, got my vote, in fact i hope we do get that chance to vote for you and others like you. Thanks for being a hero to my nephew, making you a hero to me as well! Godspeed and Lets go brandon!
i remember firing the old .50 caliber machine gun mounted on an apc and a tripod. the barrel was oversized and the kick on that thing was something else. on the apc, the whole vehicle would bounce. on a tripod, you had to put sand bags on the feet to hold the tripod down. it had a trigger that you fired with two hands. you couldn't really aim. you just pointed it down range and fired adjusting your aim by following your bullets. that would heat up a barrel red hot. we had to carry extra barrels, because they would melt if you did not change them. the over sized barrel caused the bullet to tumble coming out and tumbling bullets are vicious
Thank you for keeping your promise on finishing the Ak50. Alot of RUclipsrs get people on their channel with a project and kinda string them along and never really finish it. Awesome to see it come to life!
Yesterday while on break at work, I was watching this video with headphones on, in the employee lounge. And apparently, someone was looking over my shoulder, because not 20 minutes after I clocked back in, someone from HR and a dude from security came over to my work area, and said that they needed to speak to me. Someone reported that I was watching something, "Violent and dangerous.". I was flabbergasted. People are crazy, man.
@@gregm6652guns are politically incorrect, just like hating the lgtv community, and hating the blue and white flag people... what else are you supposed to expect out of your average employee when theyve been inundated with political correctness for years at this point.........
I can't explain how impressed I am. That is legit the most sick 50bmg platform there is in existence. It's so clean, it's so cool. The OAL, the fluted barrel, I love it all. The one weird thing is how slow it appears to cycle, I wonder how it compares to the Barrett. But that doesn't detract from it at all, it's just something I noticed. The coolest thing you can do with the AK50 is start producing them and put it on the market. I'd need someone to stop me from selling my car to buy one
That is one sexy rifle, bro. 5 seconds in, I already love it. AK design is iconic for reliability, and with your custom parts and all the work you did, I'm sure that accuracy and precision are world-class.
It's honestly really cool to see how using a different muzzle break can have such a drastic change in the recoil pattern of the gun and the physics of it explained.
These videos bring a tear in my eye, gone is the era of "where AK-50" long live a fun meme. Now we're in the era of "what ak-50 do?" And "When sell ak-50 " they just don't have the same ring to it.
@@johnwallace7694 tell that to the military where I had a heated debate in our cof on why it was fuddlore but the retort was “bro bro did you not see that dear video? The grim reaper sniper said it would.”
Re: the passage of the .50BMG close by one's head causing "massive damage"...in Sep/Oct 1979 during Op Miracle in Mozambique while operating our Eland 90 we were pinned down on a bare rock hilltop by ZANLA forces close by using a Yugo multi-barreled 20mm cannon. The Selous Scout section that was providing close vehicle security for us sprawled prone on the bare rock ground beside our vehicle in an extended line. I watched through my gunners side periscope as the 20mm rounds (some of which were API and some of which were equipped with tracer) passed inches over the Selous Scout soldiers' heads...none of which were lost due to the "deadly shockwave" possessed by the projectiles. 😮
Brandon , as a young man like yourself I tried many interesting theories / myths etc just to see for myself ' what if I '.....and one fun thing I noticed was when firing a solid .22 bullet into a decent block of beeswax , i could make the projectile climb the rifling grooves in the pill as it gouges the wax and actually curve out of the wax to hit a target off to the side , quite predictably after some practice lol , I wonder if that beautiful . 50 would do same in a big enough block of beeswax ??
Like you can afford it. Your talking 10k atleast and with democrats running us all into the ground that's a wet dream for most people and nothing more.
I had the same argument with an older gentleman at a range one day. Saying he knew of a guys leg getting blown off even though the bullet missed. So we rented a .50 BMG and I fired a round at paper. Amazing the paper didn’t get sucked into a black hole.
@@virtuaguyverify try the experiment at a local range. Literally just punches a .50 hole through paper. I’ve seen that video. Definitely didn’t just miss and it died by the air.
kinda hard for me to watch these videos now after we lost paul harrell, i have been watching him from the begning, and now hes gone, its sad knowing he wont be able to fire this cool gun, im sure he would have loved it
I wanna see Ian do a video on the AK 50 where he's talking about Brandon and crew like they're old and dead and then at the end Brandon walks in and snatches the 50 and says something like 'could ya wait till I'm gone'.
I have seen a .50 cal get really close to a US soldier in Iraq in an AD incident. It passed between his body and arm, amazingly he still has his arm and body. The only thing he got was shrapnel from the bullet hitting the armor plate.
The giggle factor on this one was off the charts! Well done! That barrel whip looked like it was pretty violent on the optic, too. Can't imagine that was good for the life span/ability to hold zero. The new brake obviously eliminated that, too. Well done!
On the grazing concussion debacle, whenever anyone mentions something like that I'm always reminded of that 22plinkster video where he shot a .50BMG (iirc) through a card castle and it stood up completely undisturbed.
Deer could have been shot already... Coincidence it just fell on the second shot to the head.. Hb literally showed you, and you big head azz still believe that when it just demos a myth... 😂
@@user-neo71665 If it takes near-zero energy to penetrate, there is near-zero energy transfer. That's the OTHER way armor can get defeated - simply shoot it enough times and microstructure is cooked. Not really feasible single-combat wise, but that's why you don't use plates for too long or use plates that really gave way.
so satisfying seeing your lives work coming together like this. well done Brandon, we're all so proud of you. also, a new series of "Feeding thing's to AK50" would be so good.
Firing an O-Light led flashlight, on, at dusk, from the AK50 would be pretty cool. Maybe with a discarding sabot, with some 12ga gas seals to take some of the g-shock.
Beautiful, give me 14 of them, right now. In all seriousness, congratulations man, this is cool af, and you once again shut all the people down that thought you couldn't do it, sooo HELL YEAH.
I really appreciate Brandon's relaxed and casual style in his videos.. he's not wearing tactical gear o anything like that while shooting... He's actually wearing flip flops and shooting the AK-50
Recommend porting fot twist not flex / think rope that is self straightening / run along the rifling and crank the barrel in torsion against the lockup system. Think holes drilled off center much like a radial gas turbine impeller's head.
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Thanks for watching guys! So what do you think of the AK-50 new look? And what do you want to see us do with it? Let me know in the comments!
Thanks to TacPack for helping make this video happen! Check them out and use code “AKGUY” to get your free bonus box! www.tacpack.com
Thanks to SDI! Again, it’s SDI.edu for more info!
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Now G50 please.
Scottish supremest here.
Can you add wood work to it to make it more ak❤
Now make full auto rpg
Somewhere deep in Kentucky, a neck scar starts to itch.
You win the internet today 👊👊👊🤣🤣🤣
Yes lol 😂😂😂
I can't like this post due to the number of likes. But I want you to know you are hilarious.
Itching scars and wet pissing table is so Kentucky! Scott! Bring those slap rounds and lets see how the AK50 blows up!
Scott on his way in the nitro express….
We're super happy to have been able to help you with your AK-50 engineering! This is exactly why we got in to high-speed in the first place, beautiful imagery and solving problems.
Thanks for helping
It's amazing how weaponsmiths managed to make such reliable firearms before the age of high-speed cameras.
That "barrel wiggle" is something that may have never been discovered if not for you guys
@@asahearts1 You're welcome
No verification mark??
Awesome video...
9:11 "If I hear this regurgitated one more time I'm gonna stand next to a 50"
We call this foreshadowing
garand thumb would be proud
Did you know the 50bmg has a strong enough shock wave that anything the bullet passes close to gets vaporized?😂
@@SuperOtter13 not only vaporized but sent to another dimention and into next week🤣😇
According to Nicolas ewrving. Or how ever you spell that Arthur’s name. He didn’t even have to hit a man with the fifty. He just had to come close. Also says he doesn’t miss under 800 lmao
Not only into another dimension and into next week, but it's molecular structure gets changed on a subatomic level with the energy transfer sublimating electrons and imparting protons, thus causing a mini black hole...
Hey bro. I'm a 53 old vet and getting back into shooting. I love your videos. Makes me want to learn about gun smithing, for real.
oh please dont tell me u shoot people
@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334what?
@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 bro wtf
God bless you! Thank you for your service🫡🇺🇸
Thank you for your service OG
@11:51 the AK-50 is so powerful it made a folding table bleed. Scott would be proud.
M.A.T.T. is getting upset
Lol I was thinking, it's so scary it made the table piss itself!
Turned that table straight back to oil
AK-50, so sexy there wasn't a dry table in the room.
That was pretty bad ass. Table got so scared, it turned into something living and then bled to death.
11:51 Brandon hit the AK so hard with the AK-50 that the table pissed itself out of sheer fear of annihilation.
I don't know why, Brandon isn't going to kill the table... unlike our boy Scott who will 100% kill that table and it's kin.
never seen that shit
I think it's more like when a dog is so happy to see you that they piss themselves. This is why true human best buds don't exist, and if they are so happy to see you that they need adult diapers, get a restraining order.
That cheap ak just squirted
F*** I thought I made that joke first damn it and then I scroll down and seen this😂😂😂😂
Finished AK-50 before GTA 6
Came here to say this 😂
You love to see it
Thats crazy we have a ak50 before gta6 i can barely believe it
True but I'm kinda tired of this meme
Before GTA 6, Star Trek: Axanar, Elder Scrolls VI, and Duke Nukem 5
I cannot even begin to fathom the amount of satisfaction that comes from sitting behind a gun you basically designed and built from the ground up, and shooting an entire mag without a single issue. Bravo Brandon, bravo ❤
Three people you don't want to hear "oops" from:
1 your barber
2 your dentist
3 your friend holding a 50 cal
My brother has me trim his neckline every now and then he’s a marine that is in college now and it’s easy but doesn’t work when I pretend to fuck it up
4. The doctor doing your vasectomy...
All I hear now is, "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..."
Yes, is scary. And the three happens to me.
You forgot
- The explosives guy
- Anyone working with fissile material. Though there, the traditional exclamation is "well that did it"
"FEED THE FIFTY" needs to become a sub-series for the channel!!!!! Bowling ball, a car, a keg, the possibility are endless!!!!!
Cyber truck.
Please make everyone on the waitlist cry
Full beer keg would go crazy
we need to make this a thing
Feed the souls of inferior AK's to it to increase its power.
Any potentially dangerous to the user firearm
11:52 so powerful the table pissed itself
thats the first thing i noticed too lol
I scrolled down here to type exactly what you just said.
it cummed/squirted
Thanks
2 things.
1. This is the most professionally aggressive video Brandon has ever done.
2. I wanna see Brandon make a AK brand tier list. A definitive, "this is shit, this is quality" tier list.
that would be dope
yeah i would love that
So true on both counts
Only if S tier is "like Rasputin's rise to the top" and F tier is "idk just stick a thumb in it"
👍👍
11:52, the AK-50 is so powerful that even the table pissed itself
Bahahahahhahaha
Just a quick oil change on the plastic table.
Yeah what is that?? I slowed it down frame by frame and can't find any water jugs...
@@chrisedwards5752 its a blow molded table, it's hollow and was probably stored outside so water got in it somehow.
7 glorious years in the making. Loved watching every step of the way. The end of the "Where AK-50" era.
And the beginning of "Where publicly available AK-50"
Or where automatic AK-50?
Now is "When can I buy AK-50"
Where is AK-155
Where AK50?
There AK50...
There castle.
Now, "Where AK-57 chambered in russian 14.5mm round?"
Im glad ya fixed the barrel whip.
People say it has no negative effect but i believe it does, metal bending under heat only reduces its lifespan.
Also if we thermo'd the barrel during whipe we would see the hinge points of the whip be way hotter than the rest.
Racks AK-50
“Oh I know what the ladies like”- a quote from Sergeant Herrera defending Earth from the covenant invasion year 2525 (16 Purple Hearts total, most decorated African American soldier in UNSC history)
@@averageaccidentalarsonist2149💀
Don’t forget the 7 medals of honor
You forgot the double salute specifically for him
Back in Brandon's day, they didn't have guns. They had sticks. Two sticks and a rock for a whole platoon. And they had to share the rock.
That’s Sergeant Major Herrera to you
2:12 “Basically with any wapon” - Brandon Herrera
Get a mop and bucket.
Waaapon
@@mattdraper8978lmfao
"Waapon"
When the do the remake of the princess bride, I vote Brandon to be the priest. Wapon, mawwiage
Look at that subtle gun-black coloring. The tasteful thickness of it.
Oh my God, it even has a muzzle detent...
This comment needs a K after its like number.
RussiAn PsyKo?
Good color.
That’s noir, and the muzzle detention is marked in Silian rail.
I have never really been a gun person, but I have to say I have learned so much from watching and listening to you explain different aspects to the guns. Haven’t gotten the lingo down yet, so it’s still doohickey and thingy when trying to explain how guns work. lol. I have only been watching a few weeks. But I feel more at ease the more I learn. But still have a health dose of respect and, um, fear I guess for what it can do. So thanks for doing what you do. I really appreciate you.
I’ve been in the Army for 16 years and have heard the ‘just get close’ with a .50cal since I was a cadet, from Vets and senior NCOs. Thanks for puttin that to bed and educating me. Now I need to see it tested with a 120mm sabot.
That’ll probably kill you, maybe
Demolition ranch tested it years ago with a house of cards and it didn’t even generate enough wind to knock that down. Bullets are aerodynamic. The whole goal is disturb the air as little as possible so the air disturbs its path as little as possible. If you had a parachute (somehow) moving that fast, you could probably generate enough concussion to injure somebody.
-an engineer that happens to love guns
I doubt anything will happen, a penetrator is basically a big, supersonic toothpick, the point of having a sabot is that it'll fit a 120mm barrel but you can shoot out a smaller, faster projectile that disturbs less air and fly out further than a full caliber round. It's like pushing the water in a pool with the side of your hand instead of the palm or the back of it. You push less water but you can move your hand through it much faster. That's a part of why modern tanks can fight at a greater distance than their WW2 counterparts.
@@an2939 That's true, but it's also worth noting the mass and velocity of that supersonic toothpick. While it might be narrow, something that heavy moving at supersonic speeds is going to cause quite the shockwave. Just how bad that would be, I don't know, but it would definitely be significant
well green tip 50 should do the trick 😂
Since I saw nobody mentioning this: I am amazed by how big of a difference the old muzzle made plus the fact that you noticed and explained it for us to understand. Amazing work!
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸
11:40 The table began pissing itself in pure terror of the AK-50 enjoying its meal.
Guns make you strong!!! child...
I SAW THAT TOO LMAO
That was caused purely by the shockwave of the 50 cal bullet…
How the fuck did that happen
@@maskawathrasha485 Projection...
13:13 I love you too.
For the record, WE never get tired of the White Claw Bit
.50 needs a keg though🤘
never ever
Who could ever get tired of a big spurt after penetration?
you guys really eat crayons huh
@@DCresident123 the purple ones are tasty tho :/
That barrel wag reduction was impressive. Like it didn't even move impressive. And the completed appearance is undeniably sexy.
if you pay close attention it does move. but very little.
And I love the sound of it. Better than the Barrett.
@@Stackali Even the Barrett flexes a bit when firing...well flexes and recoils...
12:43 You may not like it but shooting a Custom AK .50BMG with flip flops is what peak human performance looks like
First I read that ”The Finish AK-50”. I was like “hmm when someone in my country Finland made that weapon“? Then I realised that it’s you who had made that precious weapon. Dam that is a Beast!
0:01 missed opportunity to say: "This is my rifle. There are none like it, and this one is mine."
I’m surprised that such a decorated and successful war veteran such as Brandon Herrera would forget such a thing!
@@darkowl5795 easy there sensitits... Remember him running for CONGRESS!? You think a soldiers little peashooter makes that kind of difference in the world?
Haha nice one
@@darkowl5795 pretty sure he's seen full metal jacket.....
I feel like there's a reference I'm missing
"This is my gun"
*proceeds to make the chunkiest sound ever*
It sounds ✨beautiful✨ (did I use those right?)
It costs 400,000 dollars to fire this weapon.. for 12 seconds. uahaha
"This ring on the muzzle break."
You put a ring on it? Congrats dude, and hope you and your new Raifu have a beautiful future together. Just be sure to post a video of the wedding.
So impressed with how you literally designed and built the AK-50. Any talks with manufacturers?
"I might do some slap rounds with a certain Kentuckian" Scott "why is my neck itching"
It aint itchin, its tingling.
At 11:50 you can see the table get so startled that it pissed itself 🤣
Was lookin for this comment. I thought the same thing
Literally what I just commented before scrolling to see if I got beaten to it
@@shawndooley7778 you can find several of them 🙄
6:25 “That was a neat… that is just neat.”
Brandon letting the ‘tism shine right there
The AK-50 with the exploding round at the old school garbage AK-47 was awesome. I was not expecting that much of an explosion. 😂😂❤😊 loved the video Brandon Herrera. Keep them coming, I truly love your content.
If he actually does the slap rounds with Scott, I’m gonna be extremely concerned and excited all at the same time
his neck is gonna be mad itchy before he gets that phone call from brandon.
Get your thumbs ready for some emergency plugging
don't worry they have thumbs.
That's what we're here for.
@@michaelklog LOL yeah i hope they don't forget the shirts 💀
13:05 *The deadpan "I Love You" while taking the glasses off, then carrying on like nothing happened while putting the glasses back on **_was gold._* 🤣🤣🤣
Super Belushi move!
aint gonnna lie thats the fitst time i seen him without the shades
A neighbor of mine who also got me into shooting as a kid worked a Picatinny Arsenal, Fort Benning, and later Quantico, where his job was evaluating and accurizing various weapons systems. He was as you might imagine a pretty damn good shot. One of his hobbies was buying clapped out old surplus Mauser’s and turn them into tack drivers. Anyhow after he finished the initial build he would tinker with the rifle to achieve its best accuracy and then he would start installing various different muzzle brake designs that he had “dreamed up” and made in his basement workshop. He was a firm believer that a good rifle should be accurate without a muzzle brake/flash suppressor and that the addition of these items to a rife should not negatively impact (change) the rifle’s accuracy but improve it by making the rife more controllable and comfortable to shoot for the shooter. My reason for posting this is in the hopes Brandon might see it and do a video of his AK50 in a lead-sled or similar rifle shooting rest and shoot the AK50 without a muzzle device installed to demonstrate the rifle’s accuracy and shooting characteristics and then repeat the test with various muzzle devices installed from everything from a simple AK style Slant-brake to various other styles of AK muzzle brakes and then onto other styles of muzzle brakes including a scaled up version of a Cutts Compensator, as well as drilling porting holes in the barrel past the gas block, Magna porting of the barrel as well as a combination of porting the barrel and installing a muzzle brake / flash hider.
Sounds like a damn good idea to me.
I'd watch that!
Hell yeah
Yeah
If he uses slap rounds he will shoot it without a break.
5:51
"Yeah, who put that there?"😂😂😂
As a mechanical engineer in the aerospace and defense industry for 17 years, this is one of the most impressive builds I've ever seen on RUclips.
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Calm down there Seth Rogen, but you right it is sick.
You must work for Boeing
@@Lykapodium lmao
cringe
The design improvements really stand out and make it look both sleek and functional.
Congratulations, Brandon. I am a retired engineer and I know the satisfaction that comes from seeing the project that has owned your life for a few years come to fruition. Now...
Do it again.
Cheaper.
Indeed! I think most of the parts could be readily mass produced as they are.
From what we've seen, that hand guard is the prohibitive part; Titans of CNC went through an excruciating process just to make that one example. Not sure how that could be simplified... perhaps injection molded polymer with aluminum strips for reinforcement and MLOK slots?
This man enginerds.
@@FuzedBox nah it needs to return to its roots. Wood furniture or bust
My question is does it pass to durability test.... You know like the AK-47 is known for being able to fire no matter what. putting dirt in a barrel putting mud in the barrel and all that?
@@haykmeghavoryan5717 Why should it return to its so-called "roots" when it is a perfectly modern derivative? All modern AK variants from the motherland have stocks and handguards that are predominately made with polymers. Brandon's is in milled aluminum, which is far and away more premium than either option. It's in fact TOO premium for production. Hell, the buttplate is the polar opposite; it's 3D fuckin' printed. Yes, wood would look ICONIC, but the AK"M" is no longer "modern", even from (especially from) its homeland's perspective.
Perhaps a production run could be done with carefully sculpted, fit, and finished wood features, but it would be an ultra-premium option with no real benefit aside from pleasing AKM autists. Injection molded polymer with aluminum reinforcement is the most modern and economical solution for the handguard, and the reinforcement would be unnecessary for a simply molded buttplate/stock.
Your view of an "AK" is skewed by the traditional image, of which the platform has long since evolved away from, so why should the AK-50 adhere to that? Because you want it to have that iconic '50s look? Oh fuckin' please. Miss me with that shit.
You really did a great job with this project. At the beginning i didn't think it would be as AK as it is. I hope you guys sell them. There's definitely a future for the AK-50.
7 FUCKING YEARS BRANDON WE WAITED 7 YEARS
nice AK
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo AK50
and we stil waiting for GTA 6
more than 7 actually
That's right.
@@Duckingdennis2676 i mean the first ak 50 vid was almost 8 years ago but he had the idea for years before that probably
Hello Brandon. I am from russia and i've been following your content here and there for a while. Today i've turned 16, and went to the gun range for the first time. I fired the ak, mosin, beretta and a AR(i couldn't aim those ironsights, im an AK enjoyer). and i must say this: you have had a very big influence on me as a person, for which i'm very thankful. I'm actually planning on becoming a gun designer, because im planning to get into the miltech uni in St. Petersburg.
godspeed
Good luck to you sir
American here. I hope you make Mother Russia proud!
happy to see another future gun designer!
A shame knowing aspiration and love for firearms would probably be used for evil, good luck anyways, lel.
Brandon, you are not just making gun videos, your showing young men around the world what it takes to be a man. Make and follow up on your goals, face adversity, find a solution to said adversity.
Your not greedy, rather generous just wanting to share your passions with us and do so in a very entertaining way. You havent tried to screw over your audience for any sort of political or finanancial gains.
Just a real dude doing real things, and that is really important to showcase in todays fake online world!
Running for office was honestly a HUGE win, you showed both politicians and your constituents that personal responsibility doesnt just stop with the end of a video, and the politicians that real men are not afraid of their games or politial slander.
Keep going man, wherever this journey takes you I wouldnt be shocked to see you behind the presidential podium one day, got my vote, in fact i hope we do get that chance to vote for you and others like you. Thanks for being a hero to my nephew, making you a hero to me as well!
Godspeed and Lets go brandon!
i remember firing the old .50 caliber machine gun mounted on an apc and a tripod. the barrel was oversized and the kick on that thing was something else. on the apc, the whole vehicle would bounce. on a tripod, you had to put sand bags on the feet to hold the tripod down. it had a trigger that you fired with two hands. you couldn't really aim. you just pointed it down range and fired adjusting your aim by following your bullets. that would heat up a barrel red hot. we had to carry extra barrels, because they would melt if you did not change them. the over sized barrel caused the bullet to tumble coming out and tumbling bullets are vicious
An M2 Browning? Shaking a whole APC? Damn.
Thank you for keeping your promise on finishing the Ak50. Alot of RUclipsrs get people on their channel with a project and kinda string them along and never really finish it. Awesome to see it come to life!
That’s why i really wished he won that election. He actually keeps promises.
"Why is it painted black?"
"I wanted it to be perfect."
~Ice Pirates
“I only work in black……or really really dark grey”
~Batman
Ice Pirates and The LEGO Movie... yeah i'm wired enough to like em both
Because it makes a great base coat to complete a mission-specific camo job.
One of the best movies ever made
Now that’s a throw back!
Yesterday while on break at work, I was watching this video with headphones on, in the employee lounge. And apparently, someone was looking over my shoulder, because not 20 minutes after I clocked back in, someone from HR and a dude from security came over to my work area, and said that they needed to speak to me. Someone reported that I was watching something, "Violent and dangerous.". I was flabbergasted. People are crazy, man.
You, sir, need to explore better less "Karen" employment opportunities. 🏭
@@gregm6652guns are politically incorrect, just like hating the lgtv community, and hating the blue and white flag people...
what else are you supposed to expect out of your average employee when theyve been inundated with political correctness for years at this point.........
I watch combat footage from Ukraine during my breaks and nobody cares. 🤣
How did it go? Was the security guy impressed of Brandon's achievements?
That’s blown my fucking mind dude ! ✌️🇬🇧
🤣🤣🤣
I can't explain how impressed I am. That is legit the most sick 50bmg platform there is in existence. It's so clean, it's so cool. The OAL, the fluted barrel, I love it all. The one weird thing is how slow it appears to cycle, I wonder how it compares to the Barrett. But that doesn't detract from it at all, it's just something I noticed. The coolest thing you can do with the AK50 is start producing them and put it on the market. I'd need someone to stop me from selling my car to buy one
Oh yeah! AK50!
mf sounds like victor lol
Despicable me ahh comment 💀
Now you gotta mount some comically large AK sights to it, a dovetail mount, and also design and build a larger banana shaped magazine.
Banana mags forever
Bang, bang, bang, bang, banana mag.
The shape of a mag is dictated by the shape of the round. A curved mag wouldn’t work well.
And I'm missing the fully repeating semi-automatic function
LOL😂😂👍👍😂😂LOL
"A certain Kentuckian and some SLAP rounds," make me thinks someone's neck is tingling! LOL!🤣
Get the thumb ready!
😂😂😂😂😂
That is one sexy rifle, bro. 5 seconds in, I already love it. AK design is iconic for reliability, and with your custom parts and all the work you did, I'm sure that accuracy and precision are world-class.
11:50 The kill aura around that bullet so stronk it made the table piss its self.
Aw damn beat me to it
Came here to say almost exactly this!
*Shoots an AK with an AK-50*
"Why the F*CK is the table peeing?"
🤣🤣
Fear
@@kylegamer48 🤣😂🤣😂😅😆😆😂🤣☠👽❤❤❤💯
14:22 "I am Heavy Weapons Guy. And this... is my weapon!"
she weighs 150 kilo grams and fires 200 dollar custom tool cartridges , it costs 400000 dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds
11:54 the power of that bullet was so scary even the table peed 😂
It's honestly really cool to see how using a different muzzle break can have such a drastic change in the recoil pattern of the gun and the physics of it explained.
These videos bring a tear in my eye, gone is the era of "where AK-50" long live a fun meme. Now we're in the era of "what ak-50 do?" And "When sell ak-50 " they just don't have the same ring to it.
where RPK-50
where PKM-50
“When full auto AK-50?”
Thank you for the death to the fudd lore of “if a 50 passes next to ya, your arm will rip off.”
I'm older, And we never believed that fairy tail 😆
@@johnwallace7694 tell that to the military where I had a heated debate in our cof on why it was fuddlore but the retort was “bro bro did you not see that dear video? The grim reaper sniper said it would.”
@@diegoflores3408He said that jokingly
🤓 It's not accurate unless we see it suck our some Deer eyeballs
They legitimately taught us that at fort benning when I went in 2010. Never thought it was bs until this video.
Get into machining. 20 YEARS ago firearm machining is what got me into the industry. I MADE a career out of it and work for Lockheed martin now
Re: the passage of the .50BMG close by one's head causing "massive damage"...in Sep/Oct 1979 during Op Miracle in Mozambique while operating our Eland 90 we were pinned down on a bare rock hilltop by ZANLA forces close by using a Yugo multi-barreled 20mm cannon. The Selous Scout section that was providing close vehicle security for us sprawled prone on the bare rock ground beside our vehicle in an extended line.
I watched through my gunners side periscope as the 20mm rounds (some of which were API and some of which were equipped with tracer) passed inches over the Selous Scout soldiers' heads...none of which were lost due to the "deadly shockwave" possessed by the projectiles. 😮
Ok
Yeah but that's 20mm not .50.
@@robertmorris8997 20mm is basically 0.787. That's more than 50% bigger than a .50.
@robertmorris8997 .50BMG and 20mm cannon have almost identical muzzle velocity of 2,700fps - what's your point?
@@robertmorris899720mm is bigger than .50bmg. There is absolutely no argument to this. It has been proven that ballistics dont work that way.
As someone who started following you a bit after the start of the project, this brings me joy. AK-50 is awesome and I'm so glad it's completed.
Amen. I wasn't there to see the V1, but I saw the V2 in all its glory, and I've waited 5 years to see this day. Truly, one for the books
Its been so fun watching this project over the years. So glad to have found Brandon.
Brandon , as a young man like yourself I tried many interesting theories / myths etc just to see for myself ' what if I '.....and one fun thing I noticed was when firing a solid .22 bullet into a decent block of beeswax , i could make the projectile climb the rifling grooves in the pill as it gouges the wax and actually curve out of the wax to hit a target off to the side , quite predictably after some practice lol , I wonder if that beautiful . 50 would do same in a big enough block of beeswax ??
The smile and joy when Brandon said "Hi there" says everything
You're still around? I used to watch you when I was like 12 lmao
Arent you the guy who cries at people using rare candies in already moddified pokemon roms or nuzlockes?
Fellas, relax. Let the man enjoy some beautiful Texas-Russian engineering.
@@JimmyBufo fair enough. It is glorious
@@Tierneilyeah the guy has fallen off tremendously lmao, he cries about just about anything involving people playing pokemon
Now, we wait for the 1st production run.
I sure hope that's the intention
Lmao, one AK50 every 16 months. 100k a piece
@jonahhekmatyar WORFF
Like you can afford it. Your talking 10k atleast and with democrats running us all into the ground that's a wet dream for most people and nothing more.
I had the same argument with an older gentleman at a range one day. Saying he knew of a guys leg getting blown off even though the bullet missed. So we rented a .50 BMG and I fired a round at paper. Amazing the paper didn’t get sucked into a black hole.
What about that video the guy shot the deer and missed with a 50 bmg and deer died from concussion...
@@virtuaguyverify try the experiment at a local range. Literally just punches a .50 hole through paper. I’ve seen that video. Definitely didn’t just miss and it died by the air.
This was my only problem with Nick/reaper.
kinda hard for me to watch these videos now after we lost paul harrell, i have been watching him from the begning, and now hes gone, its sad knowing he wont be able to fire this cool gun, im sure he would have loved it
It's incredible how well balanced the whole base design is that a compensating brake just throws it off.
that's what I was thinking
it was already perfect, stop trying to help it Brandon! lmao
The AK 50 was just added into MW lll. You should be proud brandon.
Was it?
@hawkeye7527 yes it's an aftermarket part for the rpk
If only the game was as good as the gun
Rpk not ak.... which makes it very cursed. recoil on that be hell
But they forgot to add the Brandon Operator skin into the game.
I wanna see Ian do a video on the AK 50 where he's talking about Brandon and crew like they're old and dead and then at the end Brandon walks in and snatches the 50 and says something like 'could ya wait till I'm gone'.
YES !!! 😂😂😂
You shouldn't post stuff like that here.
That's called a SPOILER.
It was also a rafus round that took out a 3-man RPK team hiding behind a wall in Iraq. I still remember the jets of their blood staining the far wall.
11:50
the ballistics experts explaining how the force of .50 BMG turns everything into liquid on impact after this one.
the table is peeing itself!
for real? xD
Did you not see how it liquified that AK?
I have seen a .50 cal get really close to a US soldier in Iraq in an AD incident. It passed between his body and arm, amazingly he still has his arm and body. The only thing he got was shrapnel from the bullet hitting the armor plate.
I love the real heavy mechanical clunk this monster makes when it cycles, it’s a fantastic bloody noise.
I love this description
This is awesome. Been following this project for years now. Very happy for you Brandon!
6:47 the Whiteclaw bit will NEVER get tired.
11:52 The table is so scared of AK-50 it pissed itself.
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I noticed that too!
I thought the exact same thing. 🤣
Seriously, the retort of this gun is the coolest sound I've ever heard from a firearm. Beautiful work.
Been watching since you where just putting AKs together in your Garage. AK-50 is Perfect dude.
We're going to need some sweet wood furniture on that thing!
Quiet. Stop talking. No.
NO!
Yes. Aint a ak without wood option
@@LilSaint001100 true
Yeah it needs a dong
The giggle factor on this one was off the charts! Well done!
That barrel whip looked like it was pretty violent on the optic, too. Can't imagine that was good for the life span/ability to hold zero. The new brake obviously eliminated that, too. Well done!
In it's finished form the AK50 is actually a damn good looking gun. Definitely been a long labor of love for you. Glad to see it's finally complete
This thing would look so much better with wood furniture 😍
On the grazing concussion debacle, whenever anyone mentions something like that I'm always reminded of that 22plinkster video where he shot a .50BMG (iirc) through a card castle and it stood up completely undisturbed.
If it's completely impossible then how did it occur within the one video with the deer? I genuinely want to know an answer to this.
I never bought into the killer concussion junk but it did surprise me that card castle stood like it did.
Deer could have been shot already... Coincidence it just fell on the second shot to the head.. Hb literally showed you, and you big head azz still believe that when it just demos a myth... 😂
@@justevil100spontaneous aneurysm perfectly timed with the bullet passing by. Idk man.
@@user-neo71665 If it takes near-zero energy to penetrate, there is near-zero energy transfer.
That's the OTHER way armor can get defeated - simply shoot it enough times and microstructure is cooked. Not really feasible single-combat wise, but that's why you don't use plates for too long or use plates that really gave way.
so satisfying seeing your lives work coming together like this. well done Brandon, we're all so proud of you.
also, a new series of "Feeding thing's to AK50" would be so good.
Just working it's way through garbage tier firearms. "AK50 is apex predator."
"That's not a gun. THIS is a gun!" Herrera Dundee
goin*
Firing an O-Light led flashlight, on, at dusk, from the AK50 would be pretty cool. Maybe with a discarding sabot, with some 12ga gas seals to take some of the g-shock.
That table literally pissed itself when the AK-47 disintegrated. Even inanimate objects fear the AK-50 lol
High-speed... Ballistic Highspeed. Never stop doing that bit. It's one of my favorite bits haha
Beautiful, give me 14 of them, right now.
In all seriousness, congratulations man, this is cool af, and you once again shut all the people down that thought you couldn't do it, sooo HELL YEAH.
I'm bummed no last round hold-open
@@xxskizzumxxit's ak, of course it don't have last round catch
Hats off to you and the team behind the scenes - truly amazed at the outcome
I really appreciate Brandon's relaxed and casual style in his videos.. he's not wearing tactical gear o anything like that while shooting... He's actually wearing flip flops and shooting the AK-50
A man of the people.
@@ffwasttruly
There is something extremely satisfying about the sound a chonky smooth priming slide makes when it's racked.
it really sounds just like an AK... just bigger and angrier
Lots of lube
Insane how when Brandon pulled the gun apart after it exploded, it sounded like the classic Lego crumble sounds. 12:19
Recommend porting fot twist not flex / think rope that is self straightening / run along the rifling and crank the barrel in torsion against the lockup system. Think holes drilled off center much like a radial gas turbine impeller's head.