The Soviet Jackhammer: Shooting an AVS-36

Yesterday we looked at the history and mechanics of the Soviet AVS-36 battle rifle, and today we are taking it out to the range. As a light rifle firing full-power 7.62x54R ammunition, this is sure to be an exhilarating experience. I am curious to see how the muzzle brake performs, and if this rifle can be any better to handle and shoot than the M14...
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[@stevelewis7263]

I'm always amazed when you see footage of a firearm being fired it looks strong and solid, but when you slow the action down, you see the firearm flex, bend, warp, and wobble as though it's made from rubber

[@JapanKilledChineseBabies]

I agree. I love seeing how violent the action is.

[@t0xictac015]

It's just like a sword, if its too rigid, the sheer force it exerts on itself will tear it apart

[@el-fantasma21]

​@@t0xictac015Mercenary

[@CrniWuk]

I think this is one of the reasons why even to this day many military forces still use bolt action rifles for their snipers.

[@ilhamnumber]

​@@CrniWuk does semi auto one is not accurate sniper ?

[@roguereaver634]

You see Ivan, when brass shoot out like extra bullet your rifle now is also anti-aircraft gun

[@CorndogCrusader]

Thank you for making me giggle like a little girl.

[@jltaco85]

da comrade!

[@user-le9mv5pr5z]

Не уверен

[@Mytrix0]

Very efishant. No more stuka with this pushka.

[@KOTYAR0]

Шикарно ^_^

[@jamesharding3459]

That ejector be like: “Little cartridge, you have done your duty for the motherland. Now fly to Siberia!”

[@tird108]

😂😂😂😂

[@foxy126pl6]

Y E E T

[@4thserviceco1983]

James Harding the true beginning of the Soviet space program

[@AS-dr1cp]

true 😂

[@user-hs3nl7qy4h]

предвзятое отношение

[@NoeticSystem]

This might be one of the most badass rifles I have ever seen. It's like halfway between an SVT-40 and a BAR, and brutal as hell.

[@raditya5663]

and it is SKS bigger brother also brute brother of PTRS

[@kevinstafford4475]

Definitely uncontrollable on full auto but that muzzle break is impressive. Basically no barrel rise at all. I would not want to be next to that brake though.

[@MrRobbi373]

Yeah, that muzzle brake is bending down the barrel as the gun pivots upwards, you can see that in the slowmotion. Impressive that the forces/movements pretty much cancel each other out, there must have been quite a lot of tinkering involved in that muzzle brake!

[@exit13d]

Yeah, I suspect the muzzle blast does almost as much damage as the bullet hehehe

[@AussieLiam93]

@@exit13d Nah bru a bullet is traveling at its highest speed the millisecond it leaves the barrel.. (most rounds anyway, Magnum cartridge's and dedicated sniping loads reloaded/beefed cartridges that Spec ops types like the SAS etc, can use often play by slightly different rules) L96A1's rounds for example..

[@robertcowley-yamamoto4880]

@@AussieLiam93 Uhh the only rounds that accelerate after leaving the barrel are rockets. Otherwise there are no more forces acting on the back of the round, only friction from the air and gravity (and potentially wind) are acting on it

[@neilb1619]

@@robertcowley-yamamoto4880, beat me to it! But your reply was more polite than mine was going to be...

[@matthayward7889]

That 7.62x54 sounds like it’s really giving the plate a hard time! Always good to watch someone who loves doing their job!

[@abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186]

I mean anyone who had this job would love it!

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

I love how Ian takes the guns from a "museum" setting into the field. SO gratifying, thanks again for sharing!

[@john-paulsilke893]

The Adventures of Baron Von Hardcharger the crazy thing is any one of us with $400 can go buy a genuine museum piece and curate it in our own collection. I have two cases of SKS rifles still in cosmoline and spent less then $2.000 for those 10 rifles only 12 years ago. I’m probably not gonna do any more of that kind of thing though but it’s definitely in reach for many of us.

[@john-paulsilke893]

For sure. I bought about 8 cases plus 3 five packs of Tokarov/Makarovs around 9-10 years ago for bachelor parties and then given away as “favours” with the pistols being transferred to those with the appropriate license. I bought cases as package deals from Marstar including ammo. The 7.62x39mm is still pretty cheap but that 7.62x25mm is 40 S&W priced because the surplus has dried up. I unfortunately only have the rifles and a bunch of 7.62x39mm left. ☹️ I didn’t buy it as an investment though, simply had the money and figured they might dry up and I’d be sad when they were all gone. Turns out I should have just bought tons of Soviet pistol ammo instead because China makes heaps of pretty decent SKS, (better depending on the particular lot) as well as clones of Maks and Toks. I even had a 1911 in 7.62x25mm I was recently offered $1,000 for. Too bad I had sold it in trade for roughly $200 worth of exchange a year ago. ☹️

[@Adam-qv2bd]

@@john-paulsilke893 - Wow a 1911 in that bottlenecked round. I miss my CZ52

[@AT-qw9cq]

So true, I watch a lot of tank stuff on here and at the end of the video I always want to see them unload some 88mm in a field but alas they never do lol

[@craigfurey942]

The intimidation factor of that thing on full auto is insane.

[@tyynymyy7770]

For the person who operates the rifle and the unfortunate guy in the next foxhole who gets a whole load of brass raining down on him.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

@@tyynymyy7770 Russian guns often seem to have 'brass problems'. I remember the PPSH shooting brass straight into the air, thus revealing the shooters position instantly with a nice little brass fontain and a variety of other guns having the tendency to shoot hot brass directly into the face of the man beside the shooter.

[@ekiest]

"Comes down out from of orbit". I guess that's one way of describing it. Looks like a fun rifle.

[@abk4202020]

Except when ur the guy in the foxhole 50 yards away gettin hot brass raining on you, I wonder if they improvised And made a umbrella

[@Arbiter099]

be sure to set the fun selector to 100% to get the most out of it :P

[@jason127x99]

SentinelB I wonder if the Mini14 is related to this rifle? It sends 223 brass into out space! LOL!

[@ytucharliesierra]

The foundation for Yuri Gagarin's memorable achievement back in the day...

[@catcher0375]

Selector is on "100% FUN" 😂

[@pakkismike23477]

..or Allah snackbar mode.

[@mothman6676]

Honestly it seems to do better in full-auto than the m14

[@sik3xploit]

@Eric Velasquez It wouldn't be a Soviet reincarnation otherwise, would it? Now make it with Chinese parts and the thing will probably blast into splinters.

[@cuongle7990]

@Eric Velasquez The thing was developed before the M1 Garand. If the Soviets spend 15 more years to improve it then when the M14 comes out they would've been comparable. Also the wobbly part you see in slow motion is actually the short stroke gas piston. It's supposed to work that way.

[@blackprofile6238]

@@QuantumMechanic_88 You can watch Forgotten Weapon's M14 full auto video where he says that the m14 is uncontrollable where as in this video he even says that it vibrates than climbs. You dont need to experience when someone who has experience critiques it already, and if you do a side by side comparison, its actually true.

[@finskigerman6485]

Quantum Mechanic Have you ever fired an AVS-36? Don’t talk shit without experience.

[@stukablyat6266]

Quantum Mechanic I fired full auto m14 ,g3,mg3,mpt76,mpt55 and the m14 perfomed the worst

[@Mongo63a]

I have to wonder if getting a 15 round magazine designed for 7.62x54r that functions reliably at those cyclic speeds was not the hardest part of designing the rifle.

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

I'm shocked that the mag spring can even keep up with the rate of fire!

[@deepbludreams]

Anything above ten in 54R tends to get dodgy, even SVT40s weakest design point is the mags, it's why I consider the M1 the best semi auto of the war due to the fact 54R is a terrible cartridge for automatic box fed actions I've never seen a SVT40 run "just right" they seem to always be on the verge of being steadfast reliable Why the Soviets wanted a semi auto with rimmed ammo, I've got no idea.

[@hjorturerlend]

@@saccorhytus2728 Eh, that´s a future concept, meant a rimless full-power round.

[@ramjb]

@@saccorhytus2728 Not so much inertia as a wrong decision that the USSR never really had any chance to correct until the 50s. The problem was the Mosin, in fact. Or at least began with it. Adoption of that rifle with a rimmed cartridge (at a time when self-loaders were not even an afterthought) meant a gazillion of rounds of ammo were manufactured alongside it. Then WW1 happened - not a good time to switch ammo types (go ask the french). Then the revolution happened, then the 20s and 30s with the failing economy and the horribly flawed quinquenial plans - at the same time as millions of ucranians were starving to death it didn't look like a bright idea to spend astronomical ammounts of money and assets in changing standard issue ammunition (which, btw, would've meant at the very least reworking the gazillion Mosins the Red Army relied on for the new ammo, and at the worst adopting a wholly new standard rifle. For an army the size as the soviet one. Nope. Not cheap either.). And then WWII happened. Again, not the best time to swap ammo types for your standard small arms. Now I find it funny that people think the russian rimmed ammunition kept for so long in service because of "russian inertia"...when you have the british .303 only being truly phased out in the UK (and most commonwealth nations) with the introduction of 7.62mm NATO, and who were in a far better position to do the transition into rimless than the USSR ever was. And even the French, who tried to move away from the 8mm Lebel into the 7.5mm rimless since the 20s, poured a truly outrageous portion of their army budget into developing and manufacturing the new cartridge, developing and adopting new rifles and machineguns, and even Lebel and Berthier conversions...yet they really couldn't completely get it done by the time the Germans were taking a touristic ride around Paris. I guess that was inertia too? It's not inertia, is that those nations that were patient (and smart) enough to introduce rimless ammo as their standard smokeless powder cartdrige in the late XIX century/early XX century instead of rushing cartridge development from a black powder one didn't have to face the MAJOR issue replacing their main standard ammunition means, in terms of cost and time, that the nations who were stuck with rimmed cartridge did. for most nations it was an unjustified cost (the british didn't even try, nor did the soviets), and for the one that tried it, France, it proved to be far too big of a task to get it done, even after 20 years of getting it done.

[@NarcassiticGamer]

@@hjorturerlend The 20's wouldn't have been an amazing time to be doing so, after all the Civil War was still a thing until 1923 and some fighting in the Far East lasted into the 30's. That along with much more important issues like the countries infrastructure being trashed from war and vastly outdated in general probably lead to designing a new cartridge for a self loading rifle being on the back burner.

[@christopherpappas7474]

The reason the brass comes down later is so that when the enemy lifts their heads after the shooting ends the brass gets em'. ☮😁

[@tomw.6511]

That's called a double-tap

[@nicholaspatton5590]

Hans slowly lifts head when shooting stops *Gets pelted in face by 15 pieces of brass in rapid succession*

[@steffanwamsley7575]

I wonder if that's the firearms version of "ending him rightly"

[@phileas007]

Actually this is an advantage. Having experienced the FAL spitting casings at me standing next to it, I'd much rather have my colleagues armed with this one.

[@stillenacht8518]

phileas007 Yeah. I made the mistake of looking at the ejection port on my AK while clearing it and I cracked myself in the forehead hard enough to bleed with a live round. I can imagine what getting hit with brass would feel like coming off an action that was cycling under power. On the flip side, I have been beside people firing ARs and aside from a thumping sensation I hardly noticed the casings.

[@zaca3256]

I remember shooting an SVT-40 a few years back. I was astonished as to how gentle of recoil it really had.

[@ComputingCactus]

A rifle with an MG42s fire rate.

[@PosranaRegistrace]

Must be a hax

[@milanstepanek4185]

Having about 1/3 of the mass, using similarly powerful ammo and no bipod 😂 Soviet designs tend to be either a) simple, robust, practical b) fucking insane but in a sorta good way (except the RBMK nuclear reactor)

[@dren4k]

@@milanstepanek4185 rbmk is insane in destroying soviet union

[@willh8950]

Milan Štěpánek yeah, I always imagine the Batshit designs (like the SMK battleship tank monstrosity thing) as a group of 4 or 5 soviet engineers sitting around a table, each with a full bottle of vodka and blueprints for different individual projects in front of them...and one at a time they all just come up with these bonkers ideas, their comrade all shrug, take a swig, and add the crazy thing onto whatever it they are working on (whether it’s Tank, Gun, Plane, or nuclear reactor...one must have equality between all machines)

[@ArcturusOTE]

Well more than half of the maximum RoF of the 42 at the very least (±800 vs 1500) but still impressive

[@McMeevin]

Goddamn the rate of fire on that thing is impressive

[@AussieLiam93]

Incredible ROF for the time period IMO. (the grandfather/Father of the SVT was not to be trifled with.)

[@AussieLiam93]

@Eli Nelson Built Russian tough and dependable.

[@milanstepanek4185]

Its a crazy combination. 800rpm would be controllable with smaller calibers and the right design but 7.62x54r? Even the PK which is a big ol chunk of steel has "only" 650rpm. And this is a 4.3kg rifle without a bipod spitting out lead at 800rpm. it is fucking insane and I love it

[@tiarkrezar]

@Eli Nelson if I counted right, it took about 35 frames in the video to empty the whole mag. 15*(30/35)*60 =771rpm, so ~800 sounds bout right

[@alfredmorency8296]

Ridiculous is more like it.

[@thelastjohnwayne]

The recoil was straight back with no muzzle climb. I think it looked awesome

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

I always get a kick out seeing the barrel flex in the slow motion clips

[@christophermiller833]

Was it the barrel wobbling or the fore stock deforming or both?

[@glennelson8017]

The whole gun flopping around was cartoonish in slow motion

[@Turgz]

@@christophermiller833 Nearly every part of the rifle will flex. If it didn't do that then the parts would break under the amount of pressure from the cartridge.

[@Colstah]

Yes, thinking about it, it makes sense as Callum describes, but it sure did surprise me the first time I saw one of Ian's slow motion videos.... This one is is a good one, looks like every part is just held together with rubber bands!!

[@Turgz]

@@Colstah Check out Larry Vickers' channel here on YT. He has some interesting firearms that he opens up so you can see the moving parts and shoots them in front of a very high speed camera. Here's a link to him shooting an AK, watch the amount of flex it has during shooting when in high speed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnTKnpmYdseDY7M

[@jefftaylor6450]

The compensator works so well you can see the barrel flex downwards....amazing.

[@user-njyzcip]

3:05 for those who don't know, they actually still tried the full auto battle rifle idea in WW2 with the AVT-40 and (predictably) came to the same conclusion

[@user-dh2ev9sc4c]

It's kinda wrong. in the start of Great Patriotic War USSR lost a hell lot of machine guns, so AVT-40 was an attempt of kinda emergency replacing them, Full-auto mode on AVT were meant to be used only crucial moments of battle, under the specific command of the officer. In 1944-45, when Germans were driven away from factories, production of AVT-40's were slowed down, and they all were put to storages right from the factory and not issued to troops. There's why in modern Russian civilian guns market we don't have SVT-40's - but AVT's in "brand new" condition with modified trigger group, locking the guns to be only semi-auto. I'm mysef actually bought one of them two weeks ago for about 500USD

[@nickhockings443]

From the slow-mo clips, it looks like the muzzle brake/compensator is the biggest reason for the uncontrollability of the gun in full auto. It prevents muzzle climb, but at the cost of bending the barrel to the point of opening a gap in the front of the frame. This very clear in the second slow-mo clip near the end of the video. The barrel oscillation this causes, would be a big part of the vibration that Ian reports. In the previous strip down video, you can see that the top vent of the muzzle brake in much larger, hence the downward force it applies to the muzzle. It would be interesting to see this weapon fired with a symmetrical muzzle brake. It may be that this was a better weapon than they realized.

[@theob.8458]

when you realize how far behind the US was with the M14 in the 60s.

[@bajkal8837]

Yea True :)

[@theob.8458]

@@adrianshephard378 we had the M2 carbine in 1944 which was select fire used up into Vietnam.

[@theob.8458]

@@perambulation6692 correct except a few NATO allies use battle rifles as their standard service rifle even today.

[@kopfjager6869]

@@perambulation6692 ACCURACY THROUGH VOLUME OF FIRE YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Robert53area]

@@theob.8458 the avs 36, was made in 1936... thats almost a century ahead of its next closest competitor

[@paulv5609]

was halfway expecting a "it's raining brass, hallelujah, it's raining brass" in the end there lol

[@user-njyzcip]

All praise the lord of the brass and gun Jesus

[@bobdiluted6243]

Ian do you want your brass back? They landed in the garden about half an hour ago. Can post from UK.

[@superfreq7378]

Damn the sound that thing makes is beautiful. Just this booming, crunchy slap that feels so damn powerful.

[@hilltop4847]

The slow motion shock wave traveling through the rifle to Ian's hands is awesome!!

[@on2wheels378]

I saw that rifle in 1988 in Ft Bragg when I was a young paratrooper. SF guys were shooting SOVIET and CHICOM weapons. What drew my attention then was the rifle being fired in full auto. This is the only time I've seen it actually firing since then. Real talk!

[@dezeekat]

Thank you GunJesus, very cool

[@connorwilliams3451]

I see you are also a 9 year old of quality...

[@Nitrorcman189]

Gun 👏 Review 👏

[@SeizureSpecialist]

@@connorwilliams3451 sshhhhhhh.... let people enjoy things.

[@connorwilliams3451]

@@SeizureSpecialist Wut? It was a compliment from a fellow 9 year old...

[@dezeekat]

Let us all praise GunJesus and his unbiased historic approach to technological milestones

[@toledo152]

I bet the story on how this rifle found its way into the US is interesting.

[@darykeng]

Probable through finns

[@rdallas81]

Probably Shipped over with a bunch of communists....or are they called Zionists.

[@rdallas81]

@@darykeng oh! Smart! Ship them inside shark finns! I guess they watched Austin Powers and desided lasers are not very affective in saltwater. (Lol)

[@davidoakley3256]

Put it in the old prison purse.

[@Salesman9001]

@@darykeng I remember reading somewhere that Finns captured 800-1200 of these guns during winter war. So you are most likely correct.

[@denvvv187]

шикарная винтовка, особенно если учесть годы ее производства.

[@jacklynch3333]

In the last bit, you can see the wave of the whole gun. It starts at the muzzle and shakes all the way back. Pretty cool

[@MythicMagus]

Seeing how much each part of the gun moves in slow-mo is crazy. It helps me visualize what you said about the gun vibrating a lot when you shoot it.

[@madcat_UK]

Why am I only allowed to hit the like button once? Absolutely fantastic to see this in action. I do love watching your videos where you cover the history and engineering inside; having them on the range is a wonderful bonus. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying thank you for your hard work in bringing these videos to us all :)

[@JohnF0X]

3:35 is that the beginings of the Russian Space program?

[@visionaryfirearmsllc9999]

Wow so early the video is unlisted. Going to watch this again when it gets published.

[@AussieLiam93]

Lucky you. I wouldn't have waited tbh.

[@kloa4219]

Published

[@DerLoladin]

It's quite an impressive firarm all things considered, especially when considering the projects of other nations at the time.

[@hellome4219]

@@hanshoffmann2582 Most of the German army was armed with garbage rod mausers.

[@dcbadger2]

"This has no business being select-fire." Proceeds to empty two whole mags at full auto.

[@spikespa5208]

Semi for business, full for fun.

[@486kyle]

Two mag dumps for the price of one! Neat to finally see one of these shot. With how open the brake is I'd always thought it to be not quite so efficient, but I suppose they knew well what they were doing on the later SVTs when they went from the many-port one to the 4 port ones.

[@daryiusrobinson7017]

I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting for a real full auto video of the AVS-36. You’ll see videos of the AVT-40 here and there but dang how bad I’ve been wanting to see one of these

[@barry7608]

Thanks, that last slow motion was a great example of barrel flex, unbelievable. It really flexes a lot, had to watch it several times

[@mgessel1]

I'm surprised by the rate of fire on this rifle I figured it had a slow clunky rate of fire

[@jason127x99]

DaGinjaNinja Gaming I bet it would be way more accurate too if it had a rate reducer in it. Kinda like the BAR.

[@thermionicemission6355]

​@@jason127x99 You don't know what the hell you're talking about do you.

[@vladislavk.7933]

Спасибо за обзор, многое узнаю из вашего канала об оружии которое было разработано и стояло на вооружении в моей стране...) Здоровья Вам

[@wankertosseroath]

здоровья Вам русский друг - из Австралии!

[@worldoftancraft]

Только у Иана я увидел как работает полностью автоматическая шторка у ПК и его наследников. Что не увидел ни на одной нашей передаче. Зато там постоянно показывают полуавтоматическую шторку на наследии AR-15... ..... Шёл 2019 год, Военная приёмка при рассказе о современном, ~похеренном АК-12 говорит, что газовый двигатель изобрёл... .... ... Михаил Тимофеевич Калашников. Вот кто.

[@CthulhuInc]

i wish i said that

[@stasonick]

@@worldoftancraft газовом двигателе???

[@user-vg1vy1ew2d]

Я не думаю что он говорит на русском

[@Buzbikebklyn1]

Man that things barrel flexes alot and bounces !

[@americanfootball8694]

That steel plate now needs counseling

[@user-jo4hq8ks8n]

Thank you for interesting video! I think it is necessary to make it clear: the main type of shooting from this rifle is single shots aimed from a long distance as a rule. Automatic shooting is a special type that is allowed either in case of failure of a manual machine gun in a unit or when fighting at short distances of less than 300 meters, for example, when fighting in the trenches. Pay attention to the capacious magazine with 15 rounds. In SVT, the store capacity is less.

[@Viper0hr]

Holy Hell, THEY ACTUALLY LET YOU FIRE IT! I love the SVT and it's family, and was sure you would not be firing this when I saw yesterdays video. Glad to be wrong!

[@ScottKenny1978]

Yes, big thanks to whoever let Ian shoot that beast, especially full auto! I'd be terrified of breaking an irreplaceable part!

[@NaruSanavai]

@@ScottKenny1978 Don't forget that it's a _Russian_ firearm. You could probably fix it in your shed with odds and ends.

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

​@@NaruSanavaiSoviet* firearm.

[@NaruSanavai]

@@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart The country of origin is Russia. It's Russian.

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

@@NaruSanavai The country of origin was the USSR. The army which requested and then adopted it was the Soviet Army. There was no Russia until 1991.

[@paulthompson4367]

Whoa...what a beast!! I have an SVT-40 that's gone berserk, slam fired and emptied the mag. (pinned to 5 here in Canada) so I know how much you appreciated that muzzle brake. Thanks for the look at another cool soviet firearm Ian.

[@prmafrozt2943]

You guys get screwed in Canada, dude. Come down to the southern US states and you’ll be free to shoot all of the rounds you want with no mag size restriction.

[@covcarpenter9158]

Hi ian iv enjoyed your channel for a long time. I like how simple you make the explanations and how easy you make the videos to follow. I also like the history aspect keep it coming great channel

[@colinsdad1]

"It's Raining Brass, alleujiah it's Raining Brass... Hot Brass..." Jeez.... And I thought my SKS threw brass far and wide. That gun must've been a delight shooting under cover or inside a fixed position.

[@kimjongrussel7645]

Those bullet casings double as artillery, truly a weapon ahead of its time

[@pauldufresne4650]

In slow motion I saw that the barrel takes the recoil before the muzzle brake,it bends the barrel at the middle and just after the chamber you can see the whole impact on the gun,it's incredible to have the chance to see that

[@k.a.davison9897]

Full auto turns you into a funny little boy and I love those times that reveals the little boy inside the man. So few men have enjoyed a vocation as you do and I'm one viewer that's happy for you. It keeps me coming back. Expertise, knowledge and entertainment all in one package. Keep it up. You make a such a deadly serious subject sooo much fun.

[@alexio1942]

@ 2:24, Ian my friend you should do more shooting on this angle in more of your videos as we can further understand more about how shooting it affects accuracy at range and i guess the impact/stopping power of the bullet. love your work

[@panzerzh9864]

In Summer 1941, a group of cadets was holding a position at their alma mater - in total just 80 men against a whole German army... As in any training facility, they were armed with outdated, side-stream weapons - in their particular case, AVS-36... Krauts won that day... But, with a pale face, they couldn't stop shivering for quite some time... "How could we expect they've armed every footsoldier there with a machine gun?!"

[@hellome4219]

AVS-36 was 20 years ahead of its time

[@panzerzh9864]

@@hellome4219 Doubtful conclusion... I've got huge respect for comrads Tokarev and Simonov, but 7.62x54 was simply too powerfull - in full-auto, weapon could be hardly controlled w/o bypod or mount (so that's why Soviets adopted semi-auto version of rifle)... The same problem whole world experienced later with 7.62x51... The real breakthrough in infantry weapon design came with intermediate cartridge... Mind how soon they've chosen AK over SKS as standard infantry rifle...

[@leksvares4651]

Well, actually, at the beginning of the war, the USSR had more small arms, including semi-automatic, than Germany

[@hellome4219]

@@leksvares4651 Yeah true, heh

[@Gamemaster743]

Truly an outstanding example of soviet efficiency - the violently ejected brass handily doubles as miniature artillery, ensuring that the enemies keep their heads down after you dumped an entire magazine into their lines. ;)

[@jtnachos16]

It's always fun watching people who actually have a clue and adjust stance between semi-auto and full.

[@russbilzing5348]

Watching the slo-mo of the rifle firing, you can see the entire barrel trying its best to become a sine wave. A stiffer barrel would have gone a long way towards less movement of the muzzle and certainly better fire control ability. The 7.62 x 54 R cartridge was known as the Russian 30-06 since its speed and bullet were in the range of similarity. Would anyone here like to try firing an M-1 Garand on full automatic? I hardly think so. Keep up the excellent work Ian.

[@hellome4219]

It is called a "whip effect", it is physics.Without that barrel"dancing" the rifle would go up

[@jamesranger6283]

Looks like you had a real blast shooting this. Especially in full auto. Just having the ability to see this rifle and hold it must have been pretty great.

[@michaelburke5481]

Always enjoy your video’s very interesting piece!

[@sirwilliam677]

That seems a bit better than the M14 because after 3 shots the M14 was effectively an AA gun. I would say it looks kind of like a G3 in shooting, where it is very disruptive, but bullets are still going in the same general direction. If they put a barrel that was twice as thick and quick change, as well as a bipod, it would have made a magnificent light machine gun.

[@grc70]

Surprising it didn't come with a bipod. You're correct in saying use in semiauto unless absolutely necessary. One round on target is better than 3-4 rounds everywhere but the target.

[@beetooex]

Exactly. This has more in common with LMGs & BAR etc. than any infantry rifle.

[@kalsarikannit2058]

For this reason, just two years after the start of production, it was replaced by the SVT-38. During development, there was a version of the AVS rifle, with a rotating bayonet that could be used as a bipod when shooting lying or from a trench, but this idea was abandoned. The real bipod increased the weight of the weapon, which was unacceptable to the customer, I mean the People’s Commissariat of Defense.

[@aliengoboom]

Pretty interesting gun👍 i like the fun selector!

[@cinnamanstera6388]

Wild to see how much the whole gun shakes and bends in those slow mo shots.

[@damonthomas8955]

Holy barrel whip Batman! That slow motion footage was amazing!

[@xoxo2008oxox]

Ian, what is that stuff on the ground? I am so used to you firing in the desert or woods..sans snow! :) Note that I appreciate the slo-mo footage showing the guns flex.

[@MrDgwphotos]

The auction house is in Pennsylvania.

[@hugopepe1722]

I like the new camera setting with multiple angles (over the shoulder and directed at the target). It is probably more effort but definitely worth it

[@nathanlariviere8016]

What’s insane is, watching the slow motion firing, seeing just how much the recoil moves through the entire gun. Absolutely proves the point Ian made. No business being select fire.

[@MasterOfHelium]

Always a great thing to see one of these rare old beauties in a condition good enough for shooting! Disassembly and explanation how it works is already worth much, but when it is not just a wall hanger and is operable - it is like an icing on a cake!

[@randomfamilyman4876]

“Woooooooooo thanks for watching” damn Ian. I love your work

[@criffermaclennan]

The soviet chiropractor

[@annoyed707]

Better, because it actually does something and is less likely to cause a stroke.

[@teemutarvainen175]

I don't know which is more awesome, you doing these vids or the m05 cap you're wearing this video😂 keep it up man

[@cameronjenkins6748]

I was hoping that you would make this video. I've always been curious to see this thing in operation.

[@MikeUman]

GOOD GOD! That thing looks like it would shake itself to pieces in a sustained full auto burst of thirty, or, more rounds! It looks like EVERYTHING moves around while in full auto mode. I love it! 👍

[@vector6977]

Watch an AK in full auto. It is like a wet noodle.

[@skotiskiller]

that is actually a good thing

[@johnplayer3093]

Frankly, full-auto weapons should have 'Safe' -> 'Semi' -> '100% fun' on their selectors

[@kennethhigdon1159]

Safe Semi Get Some

[@truthhurts4194]

Its so great to see a youtuber truly enjoy his job in every video he makes.

[@aries_9130]

Amazing footage, thanks Ian!

[@Grandspb]

Man, that's awesome! I'm from Russia but I've never heard of this rifle before! Tokarev's, Mosin's are well known, but this one is a true discovery(didn't even see it in the museums) Thanks for showing this! :)

[@M0torsagmannen]

this thing had a much higher fire rate than i expected.

[@prjndigo]

That gun is truly a Fully-Awesomatic.

[@2Stonefly]

Your super slow mo is the best I have seen.

[@mikewhalen8020]

That 7.62X54mm rimmed is a BIG ROUND. Now I can see why in your last video you talked about the problem of internal springs breaking. That rifle really takes a beating with that round, especially when the fun switch is engaged. Just out of curiosity, what was the functional life expectancy of those internal parts?

[@macrossMX]

An awesome and rare display of the AVS-36 in action both in semi and automatic fire. This is possibly one of the 2 videos I have seen where the AVS-36 is fired, but this is the first to show the AVS in its full auto glory. And goodness, that cyclic rate and flying brass feels like a hybrid of the M14 and G3, though it feels like the AVS cycles slightly faster than the M14 and the brass kicks skyward. Apparently the AVS saw some battles against the Japanese during the border skirmish at Khalkhin Gol and the Finns during the Winter War. So at the very least, this rifle have tasted battle before it was replaced quickly by the SVT-40 (which ironically was superseded by the Mosin due to not meeting demands). Just watching that Soviet M14 go full auto puts a smile on my face, and I'm sure everyone else had that same reaction as well. I guess the next Forgotten Weapon that Ian will discover to complete the history of Soviet select-fire battle rifles will be the AVT-40. Looking forward to that in some undefined future video.

[@davidwallace5738]

Great video. Thanks!

[@anthonywilliams379]

in practice i'd expect this would serve more as light machinegun for suppression, or in a standard infantry role the full auto only used for suppression and close quarters

[@bmedlin00]

common theme with soviet semi/auto weapons is the force the brass is ejected with.. seriously, my range rules specifically says when i am at the range with my psl i have to use the far right table so i dont endanger someone else after permanently imprinting a C on the club presidents head 2 tables away with a ejected case

[@command_unit7792]

When your gun is also a mini mortar xD

[@kw9849]

It's a common thing to find with Chinese firearms as well. Around here the joke is that the gun is trying to send the brass back to China.

[@JohnDoe-nf7up]

My SKS launches brass about 40ft at a 1 o'clock position.

[@AlASokolov]

The Soviet designers didnt believed in spring ejector.

[@AlASokolov]

The Soviet designers didnt believed in spring ejector.

[@junichiroyamashita]

Have you considered making a video about the MP 131K? The double feed shotgun, mag and tube fed. That is a model i want to see more known, maybe we will have a more modern and reliable version. It would be a pretty effective tactical shotgun.

[@ArcturusOTE]

MP 131K? A Baikal design?

[@junichiroyamashita]

I saw it was marketed by Baikal

[@LifeisGood762]

Oh wow so cool! The recoil doesn't come across as that bad from watching the video and this is really a fun one to watch in slow mo! Makes me wish the SVT was still coming into the country I've wanted one of those for a long time.

[@lanceleader2]

Thank you so much for sharing this awesome moment with us.

[@cobalt2361]

I always thought the AN-94 to be like a jackhammer, just because of it's visibly recoiling barrel.

[@kaczynskis5721]

It seems at least as good as the SVT-38/40. It surprises me that they changed over.

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

Any rifle might seem good until you hand it to the soldiers, see: German Rifle 88

[@kylec.6818]

Awesome video!

[@billbillson3129]

Awesome content, as always! Thanks for the upload ✌️

[@1967last]

Greatings from Tula - the homeland of this good rifle and her constructor Tov. Simonov.

[@denvervandrey2883]

It so odd seeing a long rifle in full auto, I just don't see it too often

[@jack87krosby52]

Never saw like it act in full-auto. Sort of a 3round burst, really nice. Much appreciate for this video.

[@SuperReuvers]

Bless you, Sir. I've been waiting for this video since you started forgotten weapons.

[@ChicagOgre333]

I’m still missing something on these walking fire tactics, could you perhaps demonstrate more beginner, intermediate and dare I say it advanced tactics on walking fire with rifles of the era such as these?

[@Punisher9419]

Looks pretty darn good to be honest. A little complicated inside but it looks pretty reliable and with a larger magazine then other infantry rifles and being magazine fed it offers more then other rifles.

[@DaveTex2375]

*than

[@CaptainGrief66]

That muzzle brake does one heck of a job on this beauty, the action in slow motion is really satisfying. But jeez that extraction is glorious, might as well call each spent brass a satellite after it has been fired.

[@grayjinghutongz8393]

Great stuff. Love the down range shots.