CHINESE SPIKEY BOI - AK Double Folder

[@BrandonHerrera]

Thanks for watching guys! Hopefully you thought this was a cool piece, and didn’t mind me getting too sentimental with it! If you have any other range video suggestions, let me know here! Thanks to USCCA for sponsoring this video! usccapartners.com/Brandon

[@MichaelsMadness]

Hi ak man!

[@ColonialEagle5455]

Hrandon Bererra

[@usshill721]

damn

[@bespinguard7854]

Let’s go Brandon

[@mustangthekitten7765]

DAD PLEASE MAKE THE ST PETERSBURG TYPEWRITER LIKE YOU SAID

[@Mr_Roboto]

As a Marine, I don't disagree with your assessment about bayonets. We had a bayonet lug glued to an AT4 tube in our shop. Just in case, you know.

[@Statusinator]

Just in case an enemy tank presents its squishy bits.

[@-Dezhen]

@@Statusinator "Everything has its weak points."

[@vmax_]

sometimes you need to perform a stealth takedown. It doesn't happen too often, but you better have such an option than not.

[@kraigshall]

That is the most God damn grunt thing I have ever heard and I fucking love it.

[@drones7838]

U never know

[@marshallcaudle3321]

Killed me with the "they also have double spikers that they don't share with me so we're fuckin even"!!!!! I'm dead

[@marshallcaudle3321]

Brandon if you see this and you’re ever up near Marble Falls or Austin, I’d love to meet you and hangout brother.

[@Chaydex]

Fun fact, the Finnish Valmet RK series of rifles have the similar hooded front sight, also you really should try to get your hands in one as they are basically the best AKs in the market, although super rare.

[@BrandonHerrera]

Just bought one

[@imperialbricks1977]

@@BrandonHerrera WOLVERINES!!!!

[@ProA-kv2jv]

@@BrandonHerrera AK 12 video when I know you have one or at least have access to one

[@andreivaldez2929]

When are you going to go over VZ58s and why they're better, lol?

[@shadow105720]

@@BrandonHerrera is that a "already bought one" or "in the 2 minutes between reading that and replying, I bought one"

[@valhallah]

This video really hit home. When I was a kid I would just stay in my room all day learning how my gun worked. Before school, handle my gun. After school, handle my gun. Before bed, handle my gun and sometimes between all these times. It drove my parents crazy. Day in and day out all I ever heard was "why are you always doing that", "do you have to make so much noise", "where are all the boxes of tissue", "did you steal my lotion again". To this day my gun holds a special place in my heart and hand. Maybe I'll make a video about it someday and post it on here to share a bit of my childhood with the world. Happy Holidays!

[@DrearyMiri]

Thats so swe- *oh no.*

[@jonathancurley6594]

Oh lordt

[@Gelf2167]

Wait a minute…

[@grenadine420]

avatar apropos

[@revsellers]

My favorite new Brandon quote, “yeah, well the children in Africa have Chinese AKs they don’t want to share with me!”

[@nicksmith4462]

Would that be considered a Chinese army knife? Like a Swiss Army knife but instead of tiny scissors you have 7.62x39 to cut things in half 🤣

[@ONEROUNDLEFT]

It’s also a hole puncher ;)

[@gmanbo]

Naw the gun looks a little to well made. But looks like something that could use the fully semi auto 22 cal conversion kit that he featured a while back.

[@theshow837]

Ok 👌good one

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

“My knife has scissors, a bottle opener, a bread knife, and a lighter on it, top that!” “My knife has a rifle on it”

[@blake219]

If you have two Chinese bayonets, you have chopsticks friend

[@bardenhick2121]

This AK variant might be confusing for child soldiers, they should add a THIS SIDE TOWARDS ENEMY warning

[@Ferrari255GTO]

A 5 inch square LCD sayng "it's the other way asshole" under the barrel

[@-WarCriminal-22]

I don't think they would have problem with it, they don't use bayonets anyway

[@Ferrari255GTO]

@LabRat Knatz i mean, it's the least i could do really XD

[@Dmayrion2]

lol assuming they teach child soldiers to read

[@-WarCriminal-22]

@@Dmayrion2 make arrow then lol

[@Zoraxon]

I used this kind of knowledge to realize that Black Ops: Cold War had some attention to detail in the campaign. When you're in Vietnam, the Vietnamese use Chinese AKs, identified by the front sight being hooded. When you run into the Spetsnaz, they use actual Russian AKMs with an open top front sight. Neat little attention to detail

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

Yeah, I noticed that, too. The Americans also use M16A1s and wooden M14s in the Vietnam missions. In multiplayer, the M14s are polymer and the M16s are A2s. Yet they still screwed everything up by giving the East German soldiers in the Berlin mission MP5s with red dot sights.Why didn't they just give them AKs??

[@armouredjester1622]

Eww, who the hell played Cold War?

[@shoelessbandit1581]

Yet the Russians use 1911s and stoner lmgs.

[@stevenbobbybills]

@@wilhufftarkin8543 no kidding. It's a critical research failure when your development team does not know the difference between West Germany and East Germany.

[@platinumencasedpenile4812]

Cold War sucks balls, but that's cool

[@kurok1sh170]

It's wholesome af that even after years of making guns do gun stuff Brandon still gets genuinely surprised when guns do gun stuff.

[@Daswassuphomie]

Ye

[@Pepperyeen]

I'd much rather children learn the way Brandon did about guns, responsibly and with proper supervision, then being on the streets with no supervision at all.

[@HerrEulerich]

Brandon: "It's so easy a child could use it and they do and they did." Little Amir from North Africa: Approves and gives the video a like.

[@SteveOnlin]

Bro north Africa? That's like the only stable place in Africa other than SA ig

[@gimmeabreak4435]

That’s a quote from Lords of War.

[@carter1499]

@@SteveOnlin theres no west african continent my man. he means north africa as in all of africa except south africa

[@SteveOnlin]

@@carter1499 That's dumb, no one uses it that, when people say North African, They refer to the berber countries and egypt

[@HerrEulerich]

@@SteveOnlin It seems that KZbin sucks again, because my answer to you from 11 days ago is not shown, when I mentioned that the country Libya has the same rate in terms of organized crime as South Africa in comparisen. But compared to Libya for example Marocco is quite stable.

[@rogerborg]

Let's take a moment to appreciate that when handled, this gun does actually go "clicky clacky", just like every foley effect you've ever heard while watching guns on screen that *don't* go clicky-clacky

[@armouredjester1622]

Ooooh I hate that in movies. It drives me up the wall. My wife can attest that I shout at the screen.

[@tc6818]

I love when the foley adds a hammer cocking sound effect to Glocks and other striker-fired handguns.

[@ThyWanderingKnight]

Brandon:"The Chinese throw bayonets at everything." Well,I don't blame 'em. I mean,they DO have the numbers for an Awesome Bayonet Charge when the opportunity shows itself.

[@johns1625]

Japan has about 3 million on China. Against China to be specific. 5 million if you count shovels as bayonets.

[@ThyWanderingKnight]

That right there is a recipe for Biggest Bayonet Charge in History! Might as well go Medieval then!

[@ktkace]

Cough *one child policy*coigh cpugh

[@ThyWanderingKnight]

They still have enough,for now.

[@johan.ohgren]

@@ThyWanderingKnight not after that charge they won't..

[@scottmacgregor3444]

Definitely like just how careful Brandon is when handling a gun. Not just in the whole "don't sweep the camera man, and repeated rack to make sure it's empty" sense. At 6:12 when he's talking about the front sight post, he moves his hand around the muzzle, never across it. People could take lessons...

[@Sweets1580]

The first rifle that ever made me deep dive into a love of guns was my grandfathers mak 90. I was 7 or 8 when I first shot it and after messing with it i learned its take down at around 10. Now I can proudly say I now own the rifle (early inheritance... he is still alive and well).

[@08lerash]

my dad left me a polytech aks spiker, and 3 Mak 90’s. He bought them for $100 a piece in 1989!!!! Now they are worth $1-$2,500 a piece. All brand new in boxes other than the spiker. We shot that one a lot when I was a kid. Most accurate and favorite firearm in my collection.

[@bassamdawood9700]

In Iraq, My Dad had one just like this under-folding, with a bayonet and all. Sold it for $100 right before he immigrated to the land of the free. Despite what many think, not many Iraqis has Tabuks. Most where armed with Chinese rifles and so was most of the Iraqi army

[@simonnachreiner8380]

Ouch definitely should’ve kept that would’ve gotten more for it here even if customs demilled the shit out of it the parts alone are still worth a pretty penny

[@penis9023]

Good luck being an immigrating iraqi bringing in an AK with him

[@firstconsul7286]

@@simonnachreiner8380 The chances of getting here would have been (and likely still are) slim to none.

[@AllHopeIsLost1134]

When I was in Iraq, we'd get 40ft shipping containers filled with captured AK's in the ASP. It broke my heart because all we did with them was blow them up.

[@brahtrumpwonbigly7309]

@@penis9023 why? The gov't would be like ".......seems good to me. You aren't racist, are ya?"

[@buckshot927tx]

“We haven’t been good at winning wars recently.” …. That one caught me right in the feels. 😞

[@AdInfitum]

Hit diff when we retreated from Afghanistan.

[@WREKLOC]

"...but the kids in Africa have a ton of Chinese type 56 double spikers they dont want to share with me either..." i almost died 😂

[@nilsbachellery6939]

i'm fairly sure that a trip to africa can be lucrative in terms of cool guns

[@ShizawnSanders]

I was laughing my ass off at this.

[@holdencross5904]

@@nilsbachellery6939 or you can get stabbed by a double spiker wielding child.

[@nilsbachellery6939]

@@holdencross5904 that's why carrying a 700 NE is mandatory ! Blast anything and get their gun !

[@ChabiSoumassou]

@@nilsbachellery6939 Come visit

[@mschrage618]

My dad had a similar rifle when I was a kid. Such a relatable story. Sadly he had to sell it in the early 2000s. Beautiful weapon. I hope to get another someday.

[@YourLocalShooter]

Better get one soon, prices are only going up more. Better start pawn shop hunting and asking around.

[@pschocker]

Love the story of how you came to love AK's as a kid with the help of this one. Really nice video, Brandon.

[@pathfindersavant3988]

Brandon: "About the only thing the Chinese Communists have in common with the US Marine Corp" Mark Milley: "Not if I have anything to say about that."

[@andreivaldez2929]

Goddammit, that makes me genuinely sad. I got out in 2015 but even then I felt like it was kind of slipping, let alone whatever's going on right now. My friend is in the National Guard right now and he's been complaining about what's going on. I'm hoping things turn around soon. God knows we will need it if things go south and we're in another war soon.

[@DeosPraetorian]

@@andreivaldez2929 another war with a third world country?

[@therewaswith186]

@@DeosPraetorian imperialism intesifies (thats why I voted for no one in the election)

[@ZombieSlayer-dj3wb]

Learning the white rage

[@Slender_Man_186]

McCarthy was more right than he knew.

[@moosev1938]

I remember the day when my dad and I went to an outdoor range and gave me his Polytech AK double underfolder and told me the story of how he got it. It was about a year before the Chinese firearms ban and he really wanted an AK and so he went to a gun show to look for one. He met up with a guy who traded his Polytech for my dad’s SKS that he had been wanting to get rid of because it wasn’t running right and he took the deal. To this day he has been polishing it and cleaning it at least every 2 months to keep rust off of it.

[@akiamini4006]

Your dad is definately a keeper bro ! Just i advice you to disassemble it every couple of months and give the metal parts a dip in light oil . It REALLY does the job right . That was our training of AK 47 mainrenence in last year of high school as IRJC reserves program here in Iran

[@RosaParksWasWyt]

That guy at the gun show was a moron. Who would trade a Chinese ak (or any type for that matter) for a piece of garbage sks

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

@@RosaParksWasWyt i mean id take a good sks over a type 68 any day tbh

[@bedlambreakfast5548]

I know that bayonets are "intended" to be used for close quarters and as a backup, but I like to think of them more like a pokey aim assist. I think you demonstrated that well.

[@wurmturm]

@@mikebolton3816 stab it into whatever you want to lay it down on, it's not moving from there now

[@ericvantassell6809]

also handy for carry a dozen hot donuts back to your fighting position

[@deer_operator234]

I’m currently doing close to the same thing Brandon was talking about being a teen taking apart a firearm in his room and figuring out how it works; it’s just so American and I love it

[@ShawnsTrains265]

Seeing you get so excited talking about this and how geeked you are over the details makes this all that much more fun to watch!

[@rogerh.5792]

Fun fact, the double folder or type56-1, is designated as a submachine gun in the pla. It served alongside the type56 semiautomatic rifle which is a Chinese copy of the SKS. And yes there's also a type56 lmg which is a copy of the rpd.

[@KomradeDoge]

Don't forget, PLA troops were supplied with the Type 56 chest rig to carry thier Type 56 mags.

[@davidashurov5255]

well original Russian doctrine classed the Ak in a smg type role

[@chiishikawa6419]

that's correct. During the 60-70s, in a typical Pla squad, only the squad leader used 56-1, others carried type 56 rifle

[@AWEL-uw7xs]

I got three boxes of 556 for Christmas. Must've set my dad back $50,000

[@clappedshinobi2863]

Wish I got some 55 I know my pops has a bunch of m855 Winchester USA Valor😑 however a phosphate aero 556 BCG is nothing to complain about

[@PureCountryof91]

900 for 1000rnds is a joke..

[@randomidiot8142]

@@PureCountryof91 I wish that was true. Raw metal prices will make that a lot more common in the near future. Add in lead free bans that are possible.. gonna get painful.

[@GunnerAsch1]

@@randomidiot8142 Its not raw metal prices. Copper bullets may in the future. What we are seeing today is.. pure greed... and morons willing to be sucked into paying ammo at 300-600 % markups by dealers and distributors.

[@randomidiot8142]

@@GunnerAsch1 fwiw. I know a guy on the manufacturing side. He's mentioning 1$ for a brass 5.56 case in the near future. Retailer greed is a thing, not disputing that, but how much of what we see is greed and how much is just making a profit margin on a product in an anti business climate? It's hard to say one way or the other from the consumer side.

[@RookieL021]

0:59 "Yeah the Chinese just kinda like throwing bayonet on everything" It's true. Here in Taiwan where our great grandfathers came from China like 2 centauries ago, our army puts a lot more emphasis on using bayonet than shooting.

[@Cbrmkn98xs]

Im having Ahoy flashbacks in 3:07 “Its so simple, even a child could use it. And in some parts of the world, they do” -Ahoy on his AK47 video

[@Bigdaddyslasher]

They're insanely priced AKs now. I do miss the $299 AK days.

[@M81_WOODLAND]

Yeah, when MAK-90s and NHM-91s we're so plentiful, and nobody really wanted em'.

[@avlawns3037]

@@M81_WOODLAND Because compared to a polish or Bulgarian partskit build, they were garbage.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

Somebody: "When they say "War on Obesity," they don't mean a literal war." Brandon: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that"

[@EB-vl4ki]

Yes finally a new AK video

[@treadoxtheparadox6344]

Ah yes, a man with tast.

[@Bigasf]

@@treadoxtheparadox6344 ah yes "Tast"

[@Bigasf]

@@JohnDoe-on8gl Certainly

[@08lerash]

my dad left me a polytech aks spiker, and 3 Mak 90’s. He bought them for $100 a piece in 1989!!!! Now they are worth $1-$2,500 a piece. All brand new in boxes other than the spiker. We shot that one a lot when I was a kid. Most accurate and favorite firearm in my collection.

[@djo_man]

First, a rifle even a kid could use. Then, an add for a security system even a kid could install. Brilliant.

[@owenbrandon8370]

Brandon got super wholesome in this video (when he wasn’t commuting war crimes against white claw)

[@littlejen33]

US Marine, I love the training I did with my bayonet. Only used one in Boot Camp, but it was they most fun I had while not on the shooting range. Love the content, keep up the good work. #akgnotificationsquad

[@kylechristiansen2166]

bayonet assault courses were fun as hell

[@andreivaldez2929]

Bro, what do you mean? Don't you have a bayonet on your home defense gun?

[@littlejen33]

@@andreivaldez2929 I wish

[@killercurl1]

you absolutly destroyed my bayonet assault course recruit. - your S.D.I.

[@alexhdz512]

Same. Except the batch we got in boot were all dull as fuck from so much use. I never got to penetrate through a single tire 😂

[@Matt85ism]

I used to own the fixed stock version of this exact rifle and loved it! Someone offered me $3000 for it and its now gone.

[@RemoteCamper]

I had one like that but with a full stock. I set it in with a Bulgarian Krinkov kit and had it turned into a 545x39 Krinkov. Later I took the left overs and built the AK back up with a folder like you see now. The first gun I ever bought was a NORINCO underfolder, back in 1988, for $300.

[@timhauck933]

I have a Norinco type 56 and a Polytech legend underfolder. I love them both!

[@OldStreetDoc]

I didn’t really think this could ever happen… but you may have finally gotten me to think about buying or building an AK. I feel a little bit dirty now having said that, but umm, yeah. Love that USCCA is a sponsor of your channel! As a member, I almost feel like maybe one of my dollars helped put this video together. Sort of like a sense of partnership. Not ownership of course, but partnership. So speaking as an investor - how’s that AK-50 coming, Brandon? 😂

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

Absolutely get one

[@ctrl677]

I'd have already built one if it didn't require a bunch of tools I don't have. I already did that once with an 80% AR, I don't have the money to do it again yet.

[@brandonboyd5348]

If you get one of the PSA ones, they're at least 'Murican made ...and I don't get a bad taste in my mouth after shooting my AK-V =P

[@OldStreetDoc]

@@brandonboyd5348 American made is one thing I’d ‘like’ to stick to if I end up building one & can. I’m not sure about Palmetto State Armory though. I’ve built several ARs over the years, and have fixed a few that friends have built and/or had issues with. Most of the rifles that needed work were either PSA builds or had PSA parts kits. Not that anything was exclusive to them or an issue they necessarily caused… it was just a pattern I couldn’t help but notice. I ended up loving the details of building ARs. I’m kind of hoping the same will be true in the AK world. If they’re anything alike in terms of process, I’m sure there’s no shortage of rabbit holes to go down.

[@OldStreetDoc]

@@ctrl677 I ran into the same problems when I started trying to build ARs. Not knowing much about riveting… I’m likely going to be reliving some of those frustrations. 😂

[@ThisJust-In]

Cool story, I actually met your family last week when I worked on their house. Sent you a PM on FB but I knew you'd never read it. Anyway, very nice people. Take care and happy holidays to you all.

[@rwdplz1]

"Chinese throwing bayonets on everything" They heard there's an ammo shortage, no shortage of Chinese conscripts, though.

[@davidlarson242]

There will be once they charge

[@senorboardhead]

Nothing so sweet as home and an old friend !

[@motxnbeardsman621]

I've got a defanged mak 90 and that thing is awesome. I have had it for years, got it from my father in law and it runs like a champ. Also got a heavy stock of Norinco 7.62 with it.

[@patrickbaillargeon7568]

I really love the back and forth relationship between AC and AKG

[@gullreefclub]

Looks to me like Brandon needs to test fire a Flamethrower on the Carolina range to trim up the foliage that is seriously threatening to overgrow it and if the weed cleaning gets a little out of hand he can always sacrifice white claws to put out the flames of the weed/brush removal efforts.

[@Mauser.K98.Guy.243]

When you said "Brandon", my first thought was, well....you know. Let's go!

[@gullreefclub]

@@Mauser.K98.Guy.243 I could of said Mr Herrera or our esteemed host….On second though no I couldn’t

[@CD-rc6hx]

Brandon: "I Feel like you guys are my friends, through the internet" Me: "Really? I am your friend even though I am AR guy" Brandon turns and walks away. Me: sad face "where are you going!"

[@davidschneider9145]

I love how much fun he‘s having. And I especially love that line at the end „I feel like you’re my friends through the internet.“ I always thought he thinks we‘re pathetic losers and hates us

[@FiReInMyBoNeS9711]

Thanks for the video, I think it would be funny to see you fire a few times with a nice flintlock with a swamped barrel and a custom lock. There's really something to be said for the enjoyment of firing something that is that well made and truly a beautiful work of art

[@HalfWarrior]

You could use this for those ever prevalent “drive by bayonetting” situations; folding it up in the front seat of your hydraulic low rider convertible Cadillac.

[@tannerquismundo1754]

Hell yeah, a double folding toy for more folding action. Batteries not included

[@Ferrari255GTO]

I was gonna say "a russian design doesn't need batteries". Then i remembered that this is a chinese AK. Probably came on a low quality cardboard box with a name like "47 KA assault Super Special rifle".

[@AllHopeIsLost1134]

Had a standard polytech with folding bayonet I bought for 300 bucks. Sold it for 900 a year later, and I've regretted it ever since.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

it's now worth probably twice as that if not more

[@AllHopeIsLost1134]

@@marcogenovesi8570 my soul just died alittle more. It was one of the Legend series. SMDH.

[@ceroew4239]

Whyd u sell? Were you just not interested at the time.

[@AllHopeIsLost1134]

@@ceroew4239 the best/ worst reason of all, I needed the cash. I was SO broke.

[@AllHopeIsLost1134]

@Gareth Fairclough It was sell my truck or the rifle, worst part is the transmission went out 6 months later. Fate and irony go hand in hand sometimes.

[@docsaaid2939]

0:39 I wasn't expecting that answer. I was waiting for some explanations and logic but the answer was HILARIOUSSSSS!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ramennoodlesgaming1209]

I love how passionate brandon is while explaining the differences in chinese aks

[@Ms-mz1be]

9:14 I like how he was looking in the distance Thinking the bullet would propel a can mad of thin aluminum.

[@RangerRickNRA]

I have one just like that. I bought it NIB weeks before the "assault rifle" ban. Like you, Brandon, it started my love affair with AKs.

[@M81_WOODLAND]

Last time someone "shared" something with me I had to go to the doc and get a penicillin shot. Glad this is just an AK this time.

[@JJW3]

I love my blued-bolt NHM-90, which is basically just another flavor of MAK-90, but it thankfully had its muzzle threads under the lightly tack-welded barrel cap which made its de-ban conversion very easy.

[@Nonameshame]

I remember those rifles in Pawn shops in the 1980's going for $350-550 and they just didn't sell fast at all. Nobody wanted them. Imagine that. But I still have my Chi-Com rifles from that time period.

[@cycadaacolyte6349]

When your only military tactic is human wave assaults, a bayonet makes a lot more sense...

[@andreivaldez2929]

[Looks over at the Sino-Vietnamese War] Who needs sound, practical training and gear when you can overwhelm the other side with *Big* numbers?

[@DaedricDrake]

Good to see the old range again. Also kinda sad at the state of it. Could use some love and cleanup but... You have moved on to other ranges. Loved the video. Watched it with my kiddos and reminded them that gun safety is key but that their interests in firearms isn't misplaced. As long as it's done correctly you can learn how it functions safely.

[@gravyd316]

I no joke have like 3 of these sitting. I thought Chinese Ak's were worthless. I'll have to reassemble the and take to the local shop. I'll put em back in legal circulation for my fellow Americans. One has a pretty long barrel and a odd scope. There's no bayonet on it but it's definitely Chinese.

[@DG-pk3fh]

Best looking AK lucky.

[@ganjaman3135]

Maybe albanian type3 with that long barel

[@TheWinjin]

@@ganjaman3135 Yeah and besides as Brandon puts it, Albanian and Chinese AK history is intermingled :D

[@ryth-2401]

If the long barrel one has a milled receiver it might be a Chinese national match AK

[@gunsandcommissions]

@Brandon Herrera - as an AK noob, a video that would be really helpful for me (and I'm sure lots of other folks) would be a ranking of AK variants. You could rank them based on what a knowledgable AK consumer would want based on price/value, rarity/availability, quality, historical value, etc. For example, I wouldn't know what was better to spend my money on: Chinese AK, Russian, Bulgarian, PSA, Centurion, (ok, I kinda know those last 2), etc, etc. Which are the most rare and sought after? And in what configuration? Folder, underfolder, krink/shorty, ak47 or ak74? Anyways, I think this would get a lot of views and would be helpful in growing the AK community.

[@brianpotter2135]

I bought and still have a $49 sks from a store in the mid 80's. Great brush gun with the right loads.

[@Tracks85]

1987 I bought a Chinese semi auto AK for 350 dollars, had under folding stock ,3 mags ,sling and bayonett, wish I had kept it,never thought prices would get as high as they have.

[@stoegerstewie8351]

You didn't know better then, you were just 20.

[@barlowjmb]

Super cool hearing the story about this AK. They really are an amazing feat of engineering.

[@TheBucketDealer]

When Brandon mentions the fact that he knows that most of his viewers are under 18 directly its always a freaks me out a little.

[@chrisstick5403]

That's one wholesome childhood, right there. We should all be so lucky.

[@PlanesandGuns]

These are such nice rifles. I had one built from an unfired underfolder Mak-90 kit that just so happened to have all the components to make it a double-folder so I said screw it and had it built.

[@charlesaustin1997]

Keep up the good work Brandon Herrera love the content.

[@Echo-uv7ju]

I don't know how you manage to find all of these fun pieces of history, but I don't care as long as the videos keep coming. #AKGNotificationSquad

[@hoss3433]

Definitely don't make fun of the folding bayonet. Had one save my life one time. Very dangerous situation occurred and for some reason I had an SKS with the folding bayonet still on it and somehow I missed with the 10 rounds and ended up having to do a bayonet charge. Luckily it was only about 30 ft away. Probably the only time in the state that I live in that a bayonet charge was executed and successfully done on an evil dangerous milk jug. Good thing I got it all thanks to the bayonet that thing could have killed me LOL

[@drumnchris]

Love to see some of the Chinese AK’S getting a little love.

[@AlexRSN]

For Christmas, I got my great grandfather's .22, and his skiing knife. Very sentimental

[@nemicofitid3617]

You know Brandon it’s also kinda special to me also it’s the gun both my grandparents and my parents used in their military service in Albania sadly it’s not very easy for me to find one here in Italy but it’s the first introduction to rifles to my family and hopefully I’ll shoot one in Albania

[@ganjaman3135]

Veshtir se gjen kinez me bajonet dhe underfolder ne shqipri vllai

[@armouredjester1622]

"We haven't been good at winning wars recently" You can say that again. Let's go Brandon.

[@derekwilcox2202]

Shame I'm in the UK gun laws have always been strict so no playtime over here ☹️but we've got you guys 👍👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@andreivaldez2929]

I will pay you a truck load of Big Macs and a surplus Enfield if you move over here to to out the number of people we have that are anti-gun, bro. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's, btw 👍

[@derekwilcox2202]

@@andreivaldez2929 haven't had any jabs lol cracking offer though 👌but you never know all the best from the UK 👍🇬🇧

[@HJDore]

Providing you have access to a range and aren’t a criminal or mentally incapable you could get a section 1 FAC and get either a 22lr semi auto AK or a straight pull centerfire one.

[@jacquesofalltrades1643]

Love the content, got a lot in common with ya. Growing up taking apart guns, love video games, into classic movies, and both SA residents. Good stuff. Keep up the good work bud

[@coyotearmory]

I turned my thumbhole mak-90 into a T56 clone, tracking down all the correct parts was a challenge but absolutely worthwhile.

[@THatChevyguy91]

I am in the mix of that my self

[@carterlong2404]

Glad to have the nostalgia of the old range. It give me the warm and fuzzies. #akgnotificationsquad

[@MrDrew1]

If America ever has a war on hard seltzer they need to make Brandon a General.

[@ogel1370]

lol

[@christopher1995]

we must take Brandon back to the 1920's

[@bensawyer5905]

Thanks for the video, Brandon! Question for you AK guys - If I'm looking to become a first-time gun owner and I'm fascinated with the AK platform and the history behind it, what would y'all recommend my first purchase be?

[@XtoDoubt25]

WASR or PSA if you're looking for below $1000. If you can spend a little more then a Kalashnikov USA 103. The KUSA will set you back about $1200

[@BrandonHerrera]

Arsenal.

[@XtoDoubt25]

@@BrandonHerrera I know you like the WASR-10 but what are your thoughts on PSA AKs. I know you like your 9mm PSA but what about their 7.62x39 rifles?

[@reallythough4591]

You can also get into the sks. A couple bucks cheaper, but typically a bit more accurate. Kinda limited on furniture, unless you know someone aftermarket.

[@gheetza14]

@@XtoDoubt25 Don't. Get an Arsenal. Or a WASR, I'm biased towards them because I'm Romanian. Fit and finish is good if the workers get a Romanian supervisor that day 🥲

[@JG54206]

I’ll never get tired of the bayonets on rifles long past their time. Imagine the thought that must go through one’s head when you are going to initiate a bayonet charge with you’re assault rifle. At least you can’t lose this bayonet…. That’s good.

[@mt8149]

You: Given an empty AK with a bayonet. The Guy Behind You: Given a full magazine. Told to pick up your rifle when you drop it.

[@HOMELANDERFEELS]

Love the vids man, keep up the great work comrade 💪🇷🇺

[@tjey379]

Funny now that you have pointed it out at the beginning of this month I was chatting with security person in my city and the topic was why he had a bayonet on his A.K seeing as we are not yet at war and short story long you just answered my question and am satisfied thanks .

[@brycejohnson2488]

“So easy a child can use it” followed by *insert tear jerker moment here* :,)

[@badweetabix]

About the hooded front sight: when the Chinese started to make AKs at their factory 626 (mistakenly refer to as Factory 66), the first 1,000 AKs were assembled from Soviet made parts which had the open front sight. The subsequent Chinese AKs had the hooded front sight and one reason (which I can't verify) is that the Chinese conscripts were confusing the protective wings for the front sight post especially under low light conditions; the front sight is thinner and lower than the wings of the hood, so they went with a enclosed hood.

[@Tom-ho9mx]

Been following you for 4 years on KZbin, the double folder is by far the coolest one out of every rifles you have shown us lol

[@redfirekla]

Wow super proud of Brandon, at after the 7:15 mark he knew about the AKs we have in the homeland Albania, pretty much an exact copy of Type 56s even Chinese tooling....

[@alecblackwood4564]

I throughly enjoyed the CarniCon reference! One of the best gun channels to ever grace this earth.

[@maccyboah4321]

My favourite quote so far: "Time to stab some shit-" - Brandon Herrera 2021

[@chancewells4083]

I got to fire a few guns for the first time a couple days ago. I have learned to respect the trigger pull on a S&W. Fired a .40 cal and didn’t even realize my earplugs weren’t in right until we were done and I was half deaf

[@linusdn2777]

It is insane how much this guy knows about specifically AKs... When he talked about disassembling as a kid it made complete sense

[@mariumrajah]

This was the 1st AK I fired 35 years ago. Excellent gun no doubt

[@kasper9544]

My dad gave me one of those bayonets a couple weeks ago and I was scratching my head trying to figure out what it was. I was watching a Vice documentary and it showed an Asian character with this gun (or something similar), but didn’t realise that it was Chinese. Thank you Brandon, keep it up.

[@kevinkiem2959]

Just got done viewing all your videos from newest to oldest, Loved them all Waiting for the next ones to post👍👍👍

[@Tcgunner]

I recently Got my hands in a unfired 56s type 1 from a old vet and this will be my family heirloom.!

[@bluefalconssuck5881]

The grooves in that bayonet are well designed to get the special sauce from those burgers flowing. Or you can just call it "The quicker pickle upper".