How the AR-15 Really Works - Whiteboard of Knowledge

[@BrandonHerrera]

Thanks for watching guys! Hopefully 13 minutes of me talking about the AR-15 wasn't too traumatizing for you. If you have any suggestions for what you'd like to see on the next episode of the Whiteboard of knowledge, please let me know down here in the comments! Thanks again to USCCA for sponsoring this video: www.usccapartners.com/theakguy Here's the link to the B-Channel: kzbin.info/door/NB4XPkbXxdqQTmxWzJ9w1g T-Shirts/Merch: www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/ak-guy

[@darklordshadow2398]

niceeeee🤯

[@gerrardhart6040]

Bababoey

[@sp3arb0iig38]

Amazing

[@EricEVera]

#AKGNotificationSquad

[@Allen338LM]

The ma duce I've always wanted to know how the de linker and feed system works and how the timing is set so yeah the MA DUCE .50 BMG #akgnotifactiinsquad

[@lieutenantrouter3999]

Brandon blink twice if demo has you hostage

[@ch33kisl4v2]

Lol

[@beatzbyabyss4l.]

lmfao

[@JessJess347]

I made sks video

[@marcgarza6893]

@@JessJess347 anything else

[@khakipeach2128]

o_o -_- o_o -_-

[@chrisdelibera3445]

Your blinking Morse Code for “God Help Me” was on point

[@dwippy_person_6918]

Lmao

[@bencegorocs5293]

where was that?

[@DeezYoink]

@@bencegorocs5293 the beggining

[@maxwelljw8400]

Like the captured fighter pilot who blinked “torture” while trapped in Vietnam.

[@inyoface5456]

Priceless.

[@zdocc2383]

One faithful day we will have the AK-50 on the Whiteboard of Knowledge

[@Nicmadis]

I'm sure. When one day Brandon figures out what it needs to look like.

[@owenismyname.3023]

maybe, maybe

[@rockyhockey16]

X = Doubt

[@tman9118]

that would be super cool to see.

[@RichardCranium321]

Until recently that's the ONLY place it existed... 😉

[@lame007]

"Butt fuck it. If it doesn't fit, force it!" Grammatically correct quote.

[@YOLO-nx3xy]

"yes this is in context, why do you ask?"

[@breckfreeride]

Yeah

[@destinytroll1374]

I heard it too! Gonna clip it

[@Bestgameplayer10]

That cracked me up when I heard it

[@craighansen7594]

Remember, E. Stoner the ARs designer did not include a forward assist in his design, the Army said they had to have it. Stoner was very opposed to adding it.

[@11jerans]

He also told them not to run corrosive ammunition through it because it would obstruct the gas tube. I do not blame the design for the AR’s poor performance in its early years. The US army could fuck up the AK

[@beowulf9878]

The ammo they used was hotter than the gun was designed for.

[@Sman7290]

@@beowulf9878 Not hotter. The Army, at the direction of the democrats in Congress, changed the powder in the ammo so as to use up several metric fucktons of powder left over from WWII. It didn't burn clean, it caused fouling, and it killed soldiers. Congress then tried to blame Stoner, who had redesigned the rifle to be able to handle the crap they had done with the ammo. Armalite went out of business, but none of the bastards responsible ever even got a slap on the wrist.

[@aceofthesky1247]

The goddamn Jam enhancer

[@rp1645]

@@11jerans And remember they added a cleaning kit, for stock. They wanted the Soldiers to keep the jungle humidity junk out of the Lock up system. I forgot to resize my reloads, got a lot of dented necks. And I used improper POWDER. The powder has to be the right kind, so like he says the gas system WORKS, got a lot of stove pipe cartridge in dust cover area with mine. The ones we had when I was in Army National Guard. When we fired at training for qualified. We picked the oldest one for the extra ammo we had, Sargent best friends, ass, kissers, got to fire fully auto. At the time we had the fully auto ones. Boy they got hot, smoked if you ran a lot of fully auto rounds through them. I'm saying this because there are. And I think it's people who hate AR-15s, saying there no difference better the Military M- 4 & AR-15. what I have seen is the civilian version would OVERHEAT very fast if Fully auto. So why would someone want a fully auto AR-15 ( civilian sold) Saying this because Big Government thinks we civilization Free Americans don't need a military Rifle. It's a semi Auto Rifle. Fires a round not much bigger than a 22, they make plenty of 22, that can hold lots of rounds. Why are they so fixated with a AR-15. Because there excellent weapons for Females, let's say a home invasion by three males. She can hold them off by herself, no kick thanks to BUFFER spring assembly. I Love the Look of the Early ones, the ones COLT is remaking now. Anyway that's my take and experience with the grand Firearm/ Rifle. It can never be taken from the American Law abiding people. Just like the old rule of the early America was, all male adults 18 and over should be issued one. The American public must be the civilian defense force. To protect the USA, sadly today there are Enemies in are own Government who want to disarm Americans. But a stroke of a PEN by a President as we see, goes to Court. The President doesn't have that power, it belongs to Congress. The people we send to vote for the Free American people who pass LAWS. The Constitution ( second Amendment ) can never be altered. Thanks for Reading my ranting. The AR-15 can never be taken from the Free People of America. That is all.

[@aldantler]

"C'mon say the line!" "...It's like a Swiss Army Knife..." "YAYYY!"

[@kniter01]

"SAY THE THING"

[@alexeitheswiss7378]

The difference is that you can still use a swiss army knife after dropping it in the dirt

[@custink22]

@@alexeitheswiss7378 nah, rifle is fine

[@Grok_Fractal]

​@@alexeitheswiss7378 AKM mud test: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eomaZKiOqJirfbc AR-15 mud test: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3LRlod8nt9ojbc

[@giuseppe_M]

@@Grok_Fractal keep your shit out of the mud unless you plan on taking on a battalion of muddy mud skippers ..

[@quoteunquote13aac]

Guys, Brandon said if he ever did an AR video then he is being held against his will. Send him help!

[@kingslayer1204]

Where does he live I got the Soviet Arsenal ready

[@conradre55]

@@kingslayer1204 Fayetteville, North Carolina. I live very nearby but I do not have his exact location yet...

[@kingslayer1204]

@@conradre55 ok find it NOW

[@averagejoe7187]

@@conradre55 he lives in Texas now.

[@kingslayer1204]

@@PRODSKY22 true alright all talk to my investor and see if that’s in bujet it will be

[@bpths]

Brandon: “I never bought an AR they were either given to me or I just traded something for it.” Mikhail Kalashnikov: “like your soul?

[@brigzthemostHigh]

Brandon: "You dont just rip it like a beyblade" Me: puts my AR-15 with a deluxe ripcord away

[@anonunknown933]

Please do

[@brigzthemostHigh]

FyI: Im also a new zealander who is only aloud to own a shotgun or a other semi-automatic weapons with a mag no larger than 10 rounds *cries

[@kairu_aname]

@@brigzthemostHigh Double load those shells like a hoss and RIP that pump apart! RIP it like a beyblade!

[@j-man6588]

Brandon: "You don't just rip it like a fucking beyblade" M-777 Howitzer: (Sad Artillery Noises)

[@joshalvens7418]

Oh man that made me realize how fucking old I am.

[@jeepgaiser2979]

Dude I'm fu**ing cry ing hahahahahha

[@theaudiocrat]

Teacher: "You Stoners will never amount to anything!" Young Eugene: *triggered*

[@CheeseDanish85]

nice

[@Tugboatpb]

nice

[@lrballistics]

nice

[@Henry-oz2ey]

nice

[@gordonhoth8597]

nice

[@neilstacy4266]

Brandon: Washes hands immediately after touching an ar-15* Also Brandon: never cleans his aks

[@comradeurod9805]

Rifle is fine

[@neilstacy4266]

@@comradeurod9805 clean ya damn guns

[@boog6821]

@@comradeurod9805 Nyet, it's not the 40s anymore, Purist

[@Libertarianneoconfederate]

@@boog6821 nyet rifle is fine

[@lutymcshooty2556]

@@boog6821 nyet, ride is fine

[@tac_s_fugitive]

Guys we need to help brandon, he’s obviously being forced to make this video

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

I dont see the gun pointed at him though so I cant do anything :( gws brandon

[@historysimplified4075]

@@skeletonwguitar4383 the gun is behind the camera

[@saintpoli6800]

@@historysimplified4075 The gun is the camera

[@gwydionrusso3206]

Don’t worry I just called Putin he said a spetsnas team is en route

[@Torth121]

@@gwydionrusso3206 shall i get the S.S. Oh crap wrong century sorry

[@b3hemoth448]

"Forward assist" you mean the sniper button, if you hold it down it makes your rifle shoot more accurately. My favorite story that comes from the war in the middle east.

[@sam8742]

Can I hear the full version?

[@olu550]

@@sam8742 kzbin.info/www/bejne/laCahGaPi8SXfNU from the B channel

[@flinchfu]

There's a theory to that. With the thumb removed from the grip, it may let the rifle recoil straighter back or some shit as the barrel axis wants to deflect off of the resistance of your shooting hand... especially if your stance is loose and goofy. Gotta imagine whoever thought that term up.

[@flinchfu]

Maybe a cali fin-grip does the same thing. Dunno. Any cali-grip people here?

[@fun4sinclair]

uhhhhhhhh, I may be new here, buuuuut, if you depress the forward assist while initiating the fire sequence and the bolt carrier group travels rearward, you induce a malfunction. A short stroke would be more like a "single shot" sniper rifle.

[@averagejoe7187]

Brandon, the bolt goes forward, the weapon fires. We’ve already learned this.

[@yakakaka5071]

Throwback!

[@juangreyson3660]

I just saw you on another video

[@BrandonHaynesGolf]

😂😂😂 the weapon has fired!! 😧😧😧 in my grand master dipshit voice.

[@juangreyson3660]

I just saw your comment on zeducation like 10 minutes ago

[@matt_1984_]

Only if you're not fcking around in a coalition.

[@Gallagher.661]

"Forward assists are stupid!" *Smacks charging handle on AK* -internet operators

[@sundaybrunch1400]

Yeah, a battery tap on a pistol or hitting an ak bolt handle seems pretty commonly accepted and innocuous, but do that on an AR-15 and HOO BOY I guess a lot of It is that it’s unnecessary, but hey, it’s not hurting anybody, and you still do it on every other platform anyway.

[@Khalinaar]

@@sundaybrunch1400 Accepted? Yes. Stupid? SURE.

[@Tomyironmane]

Eh, you look first, and then see your bolt carrier is a quarter inch out of battery, because you just did a brass check, or you were trying to be quiet and ease the bolt forward instead of letting everyone within a quarter mile know you're racking the charging handle... or you had a dumbass brain fart and didn't let it fly... AK, M-14, Garand, you thump the charging handle. AR... yeah, you need a handle to thump. That's all that is. And yeah, you do that on a well and proper jam, you're a complete and utter dumbass for not watching what you're doing. One thing I will say, though, is that Garand-related rifles and AKs are immune to Brass Over Bolt. You get one of those and you're gonna have to disassemble the fucking rifle to unjam it.

[@ronaldblamble8206]

Do a 600m shootout with your ak vs ar mr. operator

[@Gallagher.661]

@@ronaldblamble8206 I actually shoot a fair bit of high power matches, so 600 with an AR is fun for me lol

[@LightsMB]

"USCCA is dedicated to helping _law abiding_ gun owners like you" Looks at my sb-tactical brace Yeaahhh about that..

[@jakegarrett8109]

Yeah that's why "law abiding" is meaningless, because supposedly if you did nothing illegal you wouldn't be charged to begin with.

[@scronchgoose7403]

Within a minute I’m glad whiteboards back

[@scronchgoose7403]

Also mandatory where ak-50

[@breezyxkillerx]

Bradon: "Today... The AR-15" Me: *"I sense a disturbance in the force"*

[@SkyNinja759]

As if a million subscribers called out, and then fell silent.

[@xylerkajiyama7544]

And not a good one

[@RexNicolaus]

Nah man, he brought balance to the force

[@TheDariusBlaze]

Actually just recently got into “ newer” guns. I always shot old shotguns, rifles ect. Got my first AR15 and this is really helpful, thanks Brandon. I now want an AK, since I lost my AR15 in a boating accident.😕

[@sodinc]

Can you elaborate, please?

[@2007Shockwave]

@@sodinc If you are talking about the boating accident part, its a joke on how to get around ATF regulations. (USA's part of the government that regulates Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco.) If that isn't what you are curious about... Can't help you.

[@ninjabiatch101]

@@2007Shockwave that just made me more confused. What is the correlation between boating accidents and losing a firearm?

[@Typzical]

@@ninjabiatch101 Sorry, can't tell you. They are all at the bottom of a lake.

[@crazygamerkasten9748]

@@ninjabiatch101 if you are no longer allowed to own your gun because the atf is changing laws however the fuck they want, are you going to turn it in or “lose it in a boating accident”

[@DeckDogs4Life]

I've always referred to the forward assist as the "Jam Enhancer"

[@garychief2338]

I call it the "forward cyst" cuz it shouldn't be there.

[@DeckDogs4Life]

@@garychief2338 i really wish finding an upper with no forward assist was easier.

[@joemoment-o1275]

@@DeckDogs4Life it kinda is. Sport/slick side. I can usually find them.

[@darikdatta]

I have a MMR with no forward assist but it also has no dust cover and no mounting points for one. Almost perfect.

[@aaronsonger5582]

You just got jammed.

[@NekoColaQ]

"But hey, it's got a bayonet lug." That shit killed me after watching your Mosin m44 vid

[@amirlach]

It did have a bipod that clipped onto the bottom of the front sight and around the barrel.

[@J0CKTHED0G]

“You don’t just rip it like a fucking beyblade” 100% my favourite thing said in this video. And will most likely be repeated to my Mrs #AKGNOTIFICATIONSQUAD

[@TheSilverOne878]

Unnecessary throwback to my childhood? Check.

[@highclasswhitetrash9027]

"Good god woman im bleeding!"

[@MrGochira]

Brandon needs to build an upper that uses a rip cord to charge the weapon. Bonus points if it has a spinner on it as well

[@Shadowbeast-ww7hi]

@@TheSilverOne878 exactly my thoughts

[@giuseppe_M]

@@MrGochira why? when he could be doing other things like not abusing a firearm for no reason . i have seen a couple of youtubers just throw their firarm on the ground for no other reason but to get a laugh. should guns be durable and able to take abuse? of coarse . should we disrespect a firearm by throwing it on the ground because its not our favoritest riflewifle and we dont like it so yuk ? all i know if my dad rest his soul seen me throwing any firearm on the ground for any reason other than a life threatening injury, he would have given me a life threatening injury i .miss you father .

[@oamdrab]

Marine Corps vet here. I have used the forwarded assist in situations where I needed to get rounds down range and my weapon was not cooperating. Should I have checked for obstructions, yes. But there are some moments that you just need to force it in to keep rounds going for your buddy that needs to move.

[@DuckMallard11]

There are those who act as if the AR platform is the only weapon system that malfunctions. All weapon systems malfunction. Thankfully the AR platform planned for it. Many times the M16A1/A2 etc. didn't/doesn't fall into battery because the mthr fker is packed full of sand, mud and various other environmental shit that it collects in a real world fight. That's when you NEED a "failure button." People that live on civilian gun ranges with cotton swabs growing out of their asses will never understand. Semper Fi Devil Dog.

[@oskargrankall4551]

(•_•)7

[@jordyncollier919]

Interesting video, Heretic.... I mean, AK Jesus.

[@hasty416]

Holding off my comment because this one is better.

[@jordyncollier919]

@@hasty416 lol, say it anyway

[@collinclark4009]

I think you mean Herrera-tic

[@jordyncollier919]

@@collinclark4009 ah damn, that's good! I'm not gonna edit my comment because I dont want to be the guy who said the joke louder lmao

[@karlgoodman9194]

HaveyouacceptedEugeneStonerasyourlordandsavior?

[@Big4HeadEnergy]

This is like watching a physics teacher substitute for a biology lesson: Still science, just completely not his preferred forte.

[@Ni999]

And about as accurate lol.

[@NMiller_]

"I've never sold my dignity. I traded it or gave it away, like a Red Hot Chili Pepper's song."

[@austinworkman2669]

"you don't just rip it like a fucking beyblade" I almost spit my drink out all over my table

[@SuperMRDONKEY]

His most underrated comment in the whole video.

[@SkaalKesh]

“You don’t just rip it like a fuckin’ Beyblade.” Countdown until Brandon makes an AK that shoots Beyblades.

[@FortuneZer0]

Any AK can shoot capitalist Beyblades.

[@larryy5166]

BeyK when

[@mrnobody6447]

@@larryy5166 after the .50bmg ak

[@gwydionrusso3206]

@@mrnobody6447 so never #AK50Isamith

[@AmericanNEET8644]

@@larryy5166 Fuck that is good

[@johnmorgan1629]

Forward assist, for when your 300 Blackout hasn't quite seated properly in your 556.

[@brent92888]

Just a couple tappy taps of the FA oughta fix that right up. 😄 "But on the side of the receiver it says "Multi Caliber"... that was a lie."

[@jabr991]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nickthecuban7296]

ZOOLANDER world be proud “What is this a bolt for ants”

[@AngPur]

"Lower Receiver" is actually a perfect term for every gay guy I ever met in the military.

[@mrgibbs7710]

Unless they're navy, then everything is a power bottom

[@w0t3rdog]

If every gay guy you met was the "lower receiver"... were you the "top giver"?

[@joeklasen2845]

You were probably the top receiver

[@jimskywaker4345]

@@mrgibbs7710 what about a sterndrive?

[@jackjones9460]

So you were air farce, I presume.

[@bushidobaboon611]

“If it doesn’t fit, force it” - some ak guy

[@Double_Vision]

Now I finally understand the Balkans

[@vidard9863]

Says the guy with the force it button on their ar 15!

[@jjarechiga]

That's what she said

[@rkadi6540]

I'll try this to her

[@mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489]

AR literally has a knob to force in a round when t doesn't fit which AK doesn't have.

[@IgnisWings]

I fully expected the video just to be Brandon going "it doesn't" and the 12 minutes left is just dead silence

[@danieliussupienis9703]

Missed opportunity.😆

[@cahilla54]

Me too

[@skypentraico4322]

"How does the AR-15 work?" By being American. *bald eagle screams in distance* 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #AKGnotificationsquad

[@humblehunk9022]

Demo Ranch's AR-15 eagle cosplay is a classic moment in yt gun history :)

[@NortheastSurvival911]

They are 15 works on freedom. Purely freedom. The AK-47 works and operates on communism.

[@Ruikesan]

"You need a lot of modification to make the AK modular." Me: Stares at roll of duct tape.

[@FishbedFive]

me: stares at gorilla glue

[@bouncy3298]

Theory: the cameraman is Matt from demo ranch holding the ak50 blueprints and prototype over a auto crank forge

[@rkadi6540]

Well that explain a lot

[@shinigamiking69]

Ar guys: "beyblade beyblade let it rip" Ak guys: "brandon said dont rip it like a beyblade"

[@PolishBigfootCircle11]

I can hear that first line

[@anthonyburke5656]

Not enough credit is given to the English “pre AR15” designs which included, straight stock, smaller caliber, locking bolt, gas operated. The English gave up on the development on US insistence for 7.62 x 51 as the NATO standard. But, give him his due, Stoner saw the potential and was a design genius.

[@billyaitken1713]

U. Stoner 😂🤣😂😜👍!!

[@billyaitken1713]

Unexpected SPANISH INQUISITION - didn't we steal it off the sturmgewehr🤔?

[@norfcarolinadude8179]

BRI'ISH PEOPLE BE LIKE

[@andreivaldez2929]

no

[@ferrisbueller9991]

did he make the stoner 63 from CalL oF DuTy

[@1Jsili]

Brandon: I own several of these Everyone else: *surprised Pikachu face*

[@Shildran]

What's about the soviet space magic: Nikonov AN 94 in a future whiteboard episode?

[@joseestevezhernandez558]

Imagine the german G-11, AN don't hold a candle to the real Kraut Space Magic

[@Vanadium]

@Every Single Average Day they guys who want to beat you to death with it if you talk against the G11 , I guess?

[@joseestevezhernandez558]

@Every Single Average Day well i was going about the ultra weird loading mechanism... Not about it works better or not

[@Zamsky39]

Hard to get your hands on one in the US.

[@ernieproductions7354]

@@joseestevezhernandez558 the G11 is probably designed by a watchmaker

[@jaydoe5654]

When Brandon wrote that "1" from bottom to top my OCD went from zero to SLAP ROUND real quick

[@msihcs8171]

Overloaded SLAP ROUND in a single shot rifle, or just SLAP ROUND?

[@brent92888]

@@msihcs8171 wow. Thatsa spicy comment. 🔥

[@dead_messenger8849]

Brandon also writes with a curve grip like a left hander.

[@jtreed3296]

"Don't rip it like a Beyblade" It's times like these I'm reminded that Brandon is the same age as me

[@chadgeary2653]

It also made me want a beyblade launcher ar-15....

[@hexerin]

Thanks, I needed a reminder that he's a decade younger than me. Excuse me while I go drink my sorrows away.

[@leholen381]

I don’t know when his birthday is but I think he’s about a year younger than my younger brother. I was surprised when he mentioned his age because I thought he was a little older than me.

[@jtreed3296]

@@leholen381 Brandon turned 26 about a month ago. Apparently I'm older than him by about 2 weeks

[@johnkew8950]

"You don't just rip it like a beyblade" Beyblade AK when

[@thedude804]

That had me rolling. lol

[@kauboy9816]

It took an "AK Guy" to finally explain to me how the friggin' gas rings come into play on this gun. Never understood that. Never knew there was a port through the gas key. Thanks Brandon. These WBOK videos are great.

[@dbmail545]

If you can't own the gun, why do you care? If you can own the gun, why do you need this?

[@kauboy9816]

@@dbmail545 What are you talking about? Being able to own the gun doesn't bestow knowledge on a person. I can own a car. I know dick-all about how most of it actually works.

[@Ironhandjohn]

“If it jams, force it! If it breaks, well, you needed a new one, anyway…”

[@ncleasure94]

I once had a former armorer explain it to me like this: An AR rifle (M16 M4 whatever) is great for a military with a quartermaster and armorer to take care of the weapons for the soldiers and is an excellent battle rifle The AK pattern is simply put an indestructible block of metal that makes smaller chunks of metal go very fast which makes it ideal for militia forces or units that receive minimal training or support. Which complies well with Soviet doctrine. While on a deployment he said that he witnessed an Iraqi soldier taking an old sock in used motor oil and ran it through the barrel and chamber. He called it good enough and went on patrol.

[@twinblade2623]

Ak47: what is SHE doing here? AR15: excuse me. Who is SHE?

[@northwindhighlander]

The AR was completely perfect, in every way, until they stopped using gun cotton (which had zero residue in the receiver) to ball powder (which gunks things up) and thus... Is the very reason Eugene stoner didn't want to sign off on the military version of the m platform.

[@Heatherder]

Deliberate act by army ordinance i might add because they loved their ridiculous m14

[@jaym7692]

Brandon: Today we're talking about ar-15's me: Dialing 911

[@NoobNoobNews]

The gas learning you put out actually helps me understand why powder quality matters so much... bad powder will eat an AR alive... from the inside... all the way inside. Not the chamber. the Bolt carrier group itself. Very Helpful. Will help me clean my AR better.

[@stevenwilkinson8373]

you guys clean your AR's

[@carboy0353]

“I would just like to point out that when the AR-15 was designed, there was no after market, every gun looked like this” *Shows the definition of Beauty, unparalleled, perfection at its finest, the height of small arms superiority*

[@iMost067]

Is there AK picture on the background i cant see?

[@samueladams1775]

Carson Watts FN FAL owners would strongly disagree with you.

[@Cloudkillsgaming]

@@samueladams1775 a Fal is a God-teir gun. It has the survivability of an AK and the kicking force of an M16

[@samueladams1775]

@@Cloudkillsgaming it being 7.62x51 does kick harder than a little AR15 on both ends. It has always been my go to weapon of choice and a lot easier to disassemble lol. I also have an AR10. I know , as a FAL owner that makes me a heretic if nothing else. All of the little pins etc.. are a total pain, but it has tight groupings out to 800 yards.

[@Cloudkillsgaming]

@@samueladams1775 I believe there are 5.56 and 7.62 varieties of the Fal but I get your point and personally I'm wanting to pick a fal up if I ever get the chance.

[@gabrielmontesinos6435]

Brandon: **Makes a video on the AR-15** The TVA: You’ve violated the sacred timeline

[@adamlewellen5081]

When a legion of brandons and Loki's come back from the void maybe it will Mandela our time line back to freedom. Patton was right. Should have given him his 400 thousand gallons.

[@joshvandruff1790]

AR 15 - “We have modularity.” AK 47 - “If it’s not broke why fix it?” Both are good guns in my opinion.

[@dbmail545]

AK74 FTW!

[@lukavasyanov1409]

how could you

[@mattebb32]

New here… well, new to firearms in general but this guy did a better job explaining how the gun works than several other videos I’ve found, and all he has is a whiteboard. Thanks man

[@ARandomCatOnAKeyboard]

Ian's title of the forward assist video described it perfectly: "A Solution Looking For A Problem."

[@kuuryotwo5153]

When you consider that the military was coming from bolt guns, and the M1 Garand, it makes sense though. With either of those, if the round jams, you slap the bolt and ram it into battery and keep going. Originally the AR didn't have any way to force home a round that wouldn't go, but the military made Stoner put the malfunction exacerbator on the AR 15.

[@dbmail545]

@@kuuryotwo5153 actually, no. SOP was to check to see if a round was chambered before action. With a non-reciprocating charging handle, some West Point graduate thought this would be useful. It is, despite being the source of so many other problems.

[@DD-hz3ts]

Guess we gotta throw the G36, AUG, HK433, and every recip CH rifle in the trash too then

[@nondescriptstraightwhitema6138]

@@DD-hz3ts the attached charging handle can open and close a bolt... so you are halfway there on fixing problems. All the forward assist can do is force home problems

[@ARandomCatOnAKeyboard]

@@kuuryotwo5153 I get where you come from, but in that case they could have opted for an upper receiver with a side mounted charging handle or an AR-10 style charging handle. The forward assist is only there to ram it home which you don't want to do when your round won't chamber.

[@chemtrooper]

Please white board a “Mark-19” automatic grenade launcher!

[@bigmitch9399]

Oh hi mark

[@gabefreeman538]

YES

[@WeAre1Legion]

white board a good ol' 40 Mike-Mike? seems kind of advanced, especially since Brandon doesn't have one. but it'd be hella interesting. I'd love to see him learn about one w/ just the internet

[@WeAre1Legion]

@@RusZugunder ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ all I know is an automatic grenade launcher is a lot more complex than an assault rifle

[@chemtrooper]

@@WeAre1Legion I field stripped, cleaned, and shot them in the army. I’m not sure how they worked though. I liked his white board in this video though. It taught me something new about M-16 weapon that I used for 14 years. I think Brandon has more resources than just the internet though, to learn about 40 mm auto grenade launcher.

[@michaelmountain1036]

You don't need modularity when the AK has outlasted the nation it was created in

[@Sp00kq]

Technically to outlast the USSR it would've had to be made when the USSR started. But yea I see what you're getting at

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@@Sp00kq the USSR lasted 73 years, AK47s have been around for 73 years, next year they will have lasted for longer than the USSR

[@Sp00kq]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 ah ok

[@aztaline5593]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 Technically only 69 years of Ussr existence, sorry to be that guy.

[@deathwish-gg8wz]

@@Sp00kq The USSR lasted 69 years, the AK platform lasted 74.

[@johnnyappleseed6415]

Of note: Regardless of how you view the Armalite platform it requires a LOT more gas to cycle than an AK or Mini14 or (insert any other system here).

[@travistucker1033]

Thats why short ARs are a no-no.

[@AR15andGOD]

That's a good thing.

[@111paolo2]

Brandon touches an AR-15 The entire gun community: HERETIC

[@jasonsims9680]

I like how Brandon "despises" the AR-15, but he had to fix the drawing of the threads on the buffer tube, only to just erase them anyways. Hahahahaha

[@NortheastSurvival911]

We call that ocd.

[@895austin]

Just want to note. During my years in the Marine Infantry, I never had one failure of any kind from my M16A2. I was issued one in bootcamp, weapons training, and fleet. None of them failed to fire at any time. I did have my M249SAW fail one time. Anytime I hear of anyone having a failure, it's because they were not cleaning it after every exercise or they were playing with it or adding performance accessories.

[@josephrogers8213]

The m16a1 we had 77 81 were totally unreliable they fudged the numbers to prove which units were the best. Maybe the twenty round magazines were the problem so when I got out can you say mini 14

[@Droopydrako]

It’s really crazy to think I started watching the first came out and comparing your videos to then and now and it pulled my lil heart strings looking at where you started and where you’re at now❤️

[@midwaykrazy]

Think Ar-15 Think! Look at what the AK has to put on to have a fraction of our power in modularity.

[@brianforbes3599]

Forward assist worked out great for Kyle!

[@Mrderpinson22]

Something that nobody talks about especially when calling an AR-15 depiction in a video game “realistic as hell” is the noise the spring makes when you fire.

[@dbmail545]

Took me a while to get used to, for sure. Perhaps that is why I came to ultimately prefer the AK74 platform.

[@ostiariusalpha]

@@dbmail545 You preferred the AK because the AR makes a sproing sound? Bruh.

[@patrickgriffitt6551]

Always causes me to think Mattel.

[@jhonnycake1]

actually the best gun youtuber, and probably one of the best youtubers period.

[@afinoxi]

I love how Brandon is like a substitute teacher in this video lol

[@arlieproductions4794]

Uhhhh, I’m not sure what’s more concerning: Brandon doing a white board of knowledge on an ar 15. Or The fact that the goat gun ar 15 isn’t on his desk, meaning he probably isn’t being held hostage.

[@spcpitts]

It's unloaded. Mat probably handed it to him and said tell the world how it works

[@americanhat3766]

Brandon: I hope you learned A little something Me: Didn't know that more people hated Burger 'King'

[@jaydunbar7538]

Hate no, all fast food tastes like the same bland paste

[@jirizemlicka4620]

Nice video. Fun fact: Here in Czech Republic we have completely opposite problem. You can buy new complete lower, but not the upper, bolt and bolt carrier. If you will buy that three things separately, you will have legally three weapons and need three separated paperworks...

[@ahalfsesameseedbun7472]

Maybe the sks or tokarev next? Maybe the svt-40 or the D-20. I also saw drive tanks has a Leopard 1A5 for sale.

[@gumbomudderx7503]

“This part is what is considered the firearm” ….this week

[@cerberaodollam]

Oof, but true

[@kemsmith]

@eedd sdsd that's where you're wrong, kiddo.

[@sovereigntyofvoyagers7380]

@eedd sdsd The ATF is afraid of taking it to court, supposedly because the worse case scenario for them is a judge declaring that neither the lower or upper by themselves classify as firearms anymore.

[@gumbomudderx7503]

@@sovereigntyofvoyagers7380 seems like I read or heard some where, something about an ex-ATF agent testifying in court about something to that effect and the court ruling that defendant wasn’t guilty because he’s correct. I can’t remember the particulars, just vaguely recall something about that

[@eisenkrahe7125]

"The AR-15 was designed by stoners..." Well in not so sure about that but in pretty sure a lot of stoners still like ARs to this day.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Nah, we like AKs

[@rookiebear1124]

An AR is my stache protection

[@Cyborg-zg6ml]

It’s a pun you silly

[@dbmail545]

I resemble that remark

[@eisenkrahe7125]

@@Cyborg-zg6ml Oh really?

[@cainhager9814]

I'm actually an AR guy myself, I just subbed to your channel because of your charisma, and I know not everyone can have first class guns, some have to have second class like the AK 😉.

[@NortheastSurvival911]

I would like to add to your statement by saying that not everybody loves the AR-15 aka the freedom gun and some people like to spend their money on supporting communism. 🤷

[@AR15andGOD]

There's a reason the US uses the ar15. If the ak is better in every way and is cheaper as well, why don't we use it?

[@TylerChamb]

@@AR15andGODThe ar-15 isn't better than the AK at looking cool, and that counts for something in my book

[@thehatedones5153]

Brandon, you misspelled "this is how a bullpup that will knock you the f down" works

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

Haha we all know the bolt goes forward and the weapon fires we were tought this

[@liam.da.ghostboy]

Grand ass master J: "take notes, write that shit down!"

[@cameronjordan1516]

Honestly i was expecting an "it doesn't joke" Also ripping the charging handle like a bayblade really made me laugh

[@westcoastwarriorsarchive7929]

"what is this? a bolt for ants?" he says as he draws with the tiniest white board marker known to man.

[@jef_3006]

"You don't just rip it like a fucking beyblade." Well, it's true, but now that I've been given the idea, I really wish it wasn't. Why hasn't a machinegun with a lawn mower pull cord shown up on cursed gun images yet? ...wow. That's a horrific image. Maybe there should be a cursed gun comments.

[@Slickdick99]

One thing: M240C

[@marcusborderlands6177]

The kpv Russian hmg has a straight up lawn mower ripcord

[@ViktoriousDead]

There’s a grenade launcher with a legit ripcord. MK47

[@swaghauler8334]

@@marcusborderlands6177 I immediately thought of this... but then... I've been hassling Brandon about building a 14.5mm AK since he started designing the .50!

[@phoenixzero-me7rv]

Hold my beer .. I'll brb

[@chriscox8237]

Brandon petting the ak after was so flipping good.

[@shooteveryday1841]

“Bruh, I’m designing a piston driven gun except the piston will be stationary and the sleeve will move around it. It’s going to be so dooope” -Stoner

[@clintlarvenz2570]

Double piston gun... the sleeve of the gas key moves over the piston of the gas tube, but then the bolt is another piston with the bolt carrier its sleeve that moves.

[@varuug]

Pistonception?

[@darkinertia2]

i loved your COD ak video, id love to see more video game gun breakdowns or history. one thing i found interesting when i went back to play ps1 and ps2 games is there was a trend of certain weapons like tec9s and ingrams and SPASs, its pretty obvious how much it was connected to 80s guns used in movies for the longest time until the original CS really

[@lord_kinbote3920]

The buffer actually looks more like a buttplug. Even comes with a flared base.

[@Bobbymaccys]

Phew I didn’t want to be the first to say it!

[@giuseppe_M]

@@Bobbymaccys look likes you two have something in common . love is in the air . yes it is . ill leave you two alone . i dont wanna be the third wheel or anything ....

[@tonydiego5827]

You seem to know a lot about this

[@kevincrawford7439]

“A bolt for ants” nice zoolander reference

[@A_random_nerd]

Brandon during this whole thing- *internal screaming*

[@jenpsakiscousin4589]

My uncle told me once that in Vietnam doing recon in the jungle the forward assist let you chamber a round without making a lot of noise. I don’t know how many times that was done if ever but that is what his team leader instructed the team when he was a green FNG.

[@liamthomas8918]

Friend: hey wanna meet up later when are you free? Me (not even American): I am always free🇺🇸🦅

[@tomasdipple1868]

I really wanted this to be a joke video And I'm sad he didn't pretend a can cannon was normal standard upper

[@jimjam742]

the forward assist: for when a simple fucking bolt handle just ain't complicated enough 👍

[@ericvantassell6809]

winner of the internet for today

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

To be fair, bolt handle, forward assist, you don't want to force the round in. Also that thumb sized cutout in the bolt carrier is also a forward assist.

[@mfallen2023]

@@SilverStarHeggisist It's designed that way so that the dustcover can be opened/closed on a closed bolt, but yeah, can still be used as a FA

[@ilmt]

That is military bureaucracy for you - AR-15 was never supposed to have or need the forward assist anyway, but Army specifically demanded it. Watch the Forgotten Weapons video for more detail.

[@mr.wiskers8163]

“or what i like to call the top and the power-bottom.” Brandon Herrera 2021 also that was so fucking funny.

[@DFloyd84]

The downside to having the buffer tube going through the stock: you can't smack Charlie upside the dome with your AR without bending something important.

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

There's actually a stock specifically made for breaking doors down.

[@spcpitts]

We beat the shit out of our m16a2 buttstocks during bayonet training and never broke anything.

[@jffry890]

Gotta use a chopping motion rather than a smacking motion. More structural strength and harder hitting.

[@carsonhunt4642]

@@jffry890 bad wording ? Gotta use it like a ram/bayonet style jabbing. Swinging it like a bat will bust it tho

[@arieheath7773]

slap an a2 or a1 stock on there and smash skulls to your hearts content

[@simulacra7885]

I was deadass thinking last night at 3am “we should spam him to make him do a white board of knowledge on the ar”

[@joemoment-o1275]

I was typing out the difference between gas systems... That's pure gypsy magic

[@SouthValleyKnifeCo]

Make him do the SA80

[@simulacra7885]

@@SouthValleyKnifeCo YES

[@SilentEagleFPV]

Me: knows pretty well how ar work. Also me: let's see what akguy has to say.

[@Darkaan13]

same

[@minuteman2547]

Double down.

[@cainhager9814]

Also I could see that the forward assist could come in handy in a dirtier environment such as where we were fighting at the time because if the gun gets dirty it might not cycle all the way and the forward assist can help it finish the stroke. Not needed in most applications though, that's why a lot of newer designs dropped it

[@dkletzmayerful]

"you don't just rip it like a fckn Bayblade" God tier.

[@creepypastaaddict9873]

I feel like the war between AK and AR is like the console war

[@Valkyrie1166]

Going to start calling my leg day shorts "power bottoms."

[@Daddyd3eath13]

I absolutely love how I mentioned white board of knowledge in one of Brandon's most ecent streams, and now here we are. Thanks you so much brandon, love you and your content man. Also I have a suggestion for a white board of knowledge videos, the an-94

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

"If it dosent fit force it" Ahh brandon I can make so many jokes right now

[@dbmail545]

Ian's discussion of the forward assist is worth watching.

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

@@dbmail545 ik

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

@Diego Montoya I am a man lol

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

@Diego Montoya yea I didnt think lol I'm dumb sometimes