I used the RK 62 in the Finnish army. Really readable, didn't get stuck and worked well in frost and snow. If you had opened the case would have seen how simple it is and easy to maintain. Thanks the video.
@@pricelessppp We've got conscription, but most men don't really care, and are quite eager to service their country. Despite the FDF being a conscript army, it's of high quality and the troops are highly trained.
I had the 62 in the army, basically the same as the 76 here just with fixed stock. The downside of mounting the rear sight on the receiver cover is that you potentially have to rezero the gun every time you clean it.
@@chefren77 Hmmm... Valmet/Sako really weren't into stamped receivers... probably an attempt to make it lighter. The "final" version M95 is also milled. Some officers carried folders when I was serving, but they weren't in widespread use.
I remember the Valmet in the Gun Digest for a number of years in the 1970's. Wanted one real bad however the only ammo source was Norma. Which meant x39 ammo was impossible to find and being Norma it was super expensive. So buying one never made sense in that era.
Sadly, the situation didn't improve when cheap Combloc ammo became available. The corrosive propellants would ruin the barrel, which lacks chrome lining. I had my gunsmith cousin sell my Sako M92S (Sako took over Valmet's rifle business) and got a chrome-lined Saiga AK. It's a step backwards in terms of quality, but you can't get everything.
I have had bad experiences with buying from Brownells in the past couple of years. Recently I ordered a lower from them and it's been 5 days and it still hasn't shipped. There policy says 2 day shipping. Had the same experience in the past but they were the only company who carried the lower I wanted. If you have a choice go somewhere else. I will next time.
@@mitchh2079 Contact their customer service if you’re having problems. BTW There means the opposite of here; “at that place.” Their means “belongs to them.”
@@TheRKFord I did, got call center that couldn't tell me anymore that I could look up for myself. In other words they were looking at the same screen I was.
This is why the bullpup keeps hanging around in the niche… the benefits are undeniable, but old guys always grumble so much about them, they never get the full development (or later the full training) they need to see the industry switch over.
The benefits are very deniable try being left handed and shoot one crappy triggers and you have unnatural reload in your armpit instead of in front where it is natural to work
Yeah man, I agree that bull pups are freaking sweet. Especially in the US where in order to get a small, more capable home defense rifle you need a bull pup/pistol/or subject yourself to tyrannical fines to evade getting your dog shot. That being said the non bullpup rifles are freaking amazing. The triggers are better, the ergo’s are undeniably better, having a gun cycle and ignition below my jaw and eyes gives me the Willy’s (especially if god forbid I have a squib load), finally I see Israeli and British special forces run mark 18’s and I go “ohhh they don’t even run bull pups”. I really want one someday, I think they are neat and I adore having those kinds of ballistics out of a rifle smaller than my 11.5” 556. But there’s a major sacrifice involved in going bullpup over something else. Point is stoner, browning, and kalashnikov were all geniuses.
@@joshuabennett7334 Don't forget the inability to shoot around right turn corners without sticking your whole upper body out into the open (or left turn corners if you have a bulllpup set up for left-handed firing).
I used the RK 62 in the Finnish army. Really readable, didn't get stuck and worked well in frost and snow.
If you had opened the case would have seen how simple it is and easy to maintain. Thanks the video.
Weren't you forced in their military?
@@pricelessppp Finland has mandatory military service for all men because of the neighbor in the east.
@@pricelessppp We've got conscription, but most men don't really care, and are quite eager to service their country. Despite the FDF being a conscript army, it's of high quality and the troops are highly trained.
Takes me back. Did my service in 04-05.
Thanks another interesting video
Just got my first valmet two weeks ago, m71 and 3 mags for a song at a estate auction! already want a m78, it never ends.
Always enjoy thank you
I had the 62 in the army, basically the same as the 76 here just with fixed stock. The downside of mounting the rear sight on the receiver cover is that you potentially have to rezero the gun every time you clean it.
The 62 has a milled receiver, the 76 is stamped. This means the 62 is sturdier and more rigid but also heavier.
@@chefren77 Hmmm... Valmet/Sako really weren't into stamped receivers... probably an attempt to make it lighter.
The "final" version M95 is also milled.
Some officers carried folders when I was serving, but they weren't in widespread use.
Valmet might be best AK made.
Is
Nope, Zastava M70 is.
@@alwolf2325 no
@@dandubenko2525 You wouldn't know.
@@alwolf2325 you don't know anything about valmet ak. I have 3 valmets
Appreciate the video fellas 👍👍
caleb can you show how you shoot a long gun right handed but left eye dominant
THANKS :
The Cadillac of the AKs
Love you Keith, let’s play some Twisted Metal and make some bad decisions together.
Cool rifles!
I have one of those M76 tube folders. The fellow who owned it sold it to me for what it cost him -- $600. It is heavy, though.
Over half a pound lighter than M16A1.
Cool
I remember seeing those in local gun shops in the early 80s at over $600.Cool rifles but to strange at that time. A new Colt AR was $500
I nearly bought one of the wood stock versions, but it was in 5.56 and I wanted a 7.62. Had I known back then what I know now . . .
Weird piece of kit you've got there
Please bring back the AR retro line.
I remember the Valmet in the Gun Digest for a number of years in the 1970's. Wanted one real bad however the only ammo source was Norma. Which meant x39 ammo was impossible to find and being Norma it was super expensive. So buying one never made sense in that era.
Sadly, the situation didn't improve when cheap Combloc ammo became available. The corrosive propellants would ruin the barrel, which lacks chrome lining. I had my gunsmith cousin sell my Sako M92S (Sako took over Valmet's rifle business) and got a chrome-lined Saiga AK. It's a step backwards in terms of quality, but you can't get everything.
The Mini 14 of the AK World.
A valmet is really high up on my wishlist... I'm in Germany tho and they're pretty much impossible to find here
Kyle Reese approves
The Valmet M82 was my first bullpup crush.
I have had bad experiences with buying from Brownells in the past couple of years. Recently I ordered a lower from them and it's been 5 days and it still hasn't shipped. There policy says 2 day shipping. Had the same experience in the past but they were the only company who carried the lower I wanted. If you have a choice go somewhere else. I will next time.
Please tell me how this is relevant to this video?
@@TheRKFord because there customer service is crap and I can't get any information about my order. So I'm letting others know about my dilemma.
@@mitchh2079 Contact their customer service if you’re having problems.
BTW
There means the opposite of here; “at that place.”
Their means “belongs to them.”
@@TheRKFord I did, got call center that couldn't tell me anymore that I could look up for myself. In other words they were looking at the same screen I was.
FDF rejected M76 not long after they adopt it. The receiver just wasn't strong enough.
M82 has a nasty habbit to knock off paratrooper's teeth.
This is why the bullpup keeps hanging around in the niche… the benefits are undeniable, but old guys always grumble so much about them, they never get the full development (or later the full training) they need to see the industry switch over.
That's regional as well as doctrinal.
The benefits are very deniable try being left handed and shoot one crappy triggers and you have unnatural reload in your armpit instead of in front where it is natural to work
Yeah man, I agree that bull pups are freaking sweet. Especially in the US where in order to get a small, more capable home defense rifle you need a bull pup/pistol/or subject yourself to tyrannical fines to evade getting your dog shot. That being said the non bullpup rifles are freaking amazing. The triggers are better, the ergo’s are undeniably better, having a gun cycle and ignition below my jaw and eyes gives me the Willy’s (especially if god forbid I have a squib load), finally I see Israeli and British special forces run mark 18’s and I go “ohhh they don’t even run bull pups”. I really want one someday, I think they are neat and I adore having those kinds of ballistics out of a rifle smaller than my 11.5” 556. But there’s a major sacrifice involved in going bullpup over something else. Point is stoner, browning, and kalashnikov were all geniuses.
@@joshuabennett7334 Don't forget the inability to shoot around right turn corners without sticking your whole upper body out into the open (or left turn corners if you have a bulllpup set up for left-handed firing).
M76 in 5.56 would be cool to have. That bullpup though is not though.
Чухонцкие поделки.
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