Sako M92S

[@nordicmandimias]

"You usually see in Galil..." To be clear, Israelis bought the license from Sako/Valmet, and made galil from RK.

[@JackTheNoober]

From what I understand, the Israelis bought some receivers from Valmet and built first Galils around it. Later on they modified it a bit and made Galil as their "own"?

[@apple_with_a_human_butt]

@@JackTheNoober somewhat true. what actually happened was the finns sold the israelis their old rk-62 manufacturing equipment the finns were in the process of replacing and the israelis were looking to get a new assault rifle in service and in manufaturing, fast. so win win for both.

[@iI_Principe]

yeah but they copied some galil features to rk95.

[@joelbilly1355]

Galil had a bottle opener so it was completely different

[@נריהשמאע]

נכון מאוד הגליל מבוסס על הrk 95

[@TheJukkis]

2:20 what Larry fails to understand is that some Finnish conscripts are using these rifles as hammers and shovels and throw them around and generally abuse the shit out of them because they dont care. So these guns must be as durable as possible.

[@Christian---]

"Ja se kivääri ei ole mikään vitun kävelykeppi"

[@turskanperkele188]

"Jos näen yhdenkin sankarin vielä viskovan sitä rynkkyä ympäriinsä, niin se on sitten esitutkintaa koko vitun porukalle" -eräs vänrikki erään saapumiserän koulutushaarakokeessa

[@c4s4n0v44]

Really? Wow

[@qwormuli77]

@@c4s4n0v44 Yup.

[@aritakalo8011]

@@c4s4n0v44 See it ain't their equipment. It is governments equipment and if it breaks during field exercise, well it is equipment's fault for not being strong enough. Unless someone can prove you intentional broke it. Partly the trainers actually kinda encourage it, to field test gear for rigors of war. On other part of course they also say "take good care of equipment". Nicely mixed messaging. One must understand this isn't equipment for low drag high speed expeditionary forces. Only scenario Finland is preparing for is total war of national survival. Equipment is to match. That gun must run months without proper oil, access to maintenance depots, time to take it apart, since the ultimate scenario of that weapon is being dumped in a sand grave to hide it, dug out month later and used in a hit and run resistance attack against occupation upon the scenario of part or all of the country being overrun by occupier. Then again hastily wrapped in some bag and throw in forest grave to hide it from capture by enemy. Since no resupplies of weapons are coming. The ones we had at start of war must last. It must be robust and field maintainable. When the war this is meant for starts.... Actually it ain't being carried needlessly around. All units will be in constant contact. Not because we are looking for it, but because enemy has man power and resources to engage all of us at the same time. The horde is coming and each defender needs to shoot plenty of enemies to do even a dent. If a Finnish defender isn't looking to do maximum attrition at enemy, they are doing their job wrong. Since maximum attrition of enemy is only thing, that can break the enemies fighting will and that is the only thing we can do to Russia to stop their attack. We can newer make them run out of resources or manpower. We need to make it so bloody, even the Russian rank and file don't think it isn't worth it and basically mutiny and thus prevent Russia from continuing attack. If it goes to point of resistance, as said nobody will be toting the gun needlesly. It will be hit and run and hide weapons so Russians (or if by some weird miracle it ain't Russia, whoever else is trying to occupy us) don't find it. Where as high speed low drag expeditionary forces spend much time moving around, patrolling, ocean away from home. Then weight matters more. Also they will be more engaged in more complex low intensity conflicts, where one goes through areas with non targets, patrols, enemy might attack only now and then. Only engage select targets now and then. Spend much time training and maneuvering for few moments of intense combat. Then back to base on exfill and equip maintenance for next top performance. Again which is exact opposite of total war of national survival.

[@zadeify9596]

If a gun can work in Finland it will work where ever the hell you need it.

[@vertie2090]

SAKOs actually work really decently underwater too

[@lukalaa1764]

That's why the weight. It is really durable

[@henkkag2937]

I've got some experience with this One... From freezing, muddy to dry sandy conditions... as the working everywhere it is moustly copareable to russian ak "OEM" variant with really loose tolerances and stamped reciver. Reality is that everything will give you manulfunction if you you won't service or clean it. I've noticed that you will run Valmet nearly as long as AK... due to the looser build AK will push couple rounds more down the range when really dirty with outside contaminants... but the difference is minimal. You won't need to worry about the difference because the sights are far superior and accuracy is so good that you get the job done before the difference becomes issue.

[@JK-rc8yi]

In case of apocalypse, this would me my gun to go

[@AbyssmalAngel]

I think thats the most gorgous AK varient I have ever seen.

[@tundraotto]

Well - it's definitely the best one - of them all.

[@DestroyER82]

Right after Galil.. :P

[@Pertti456]

Which is based on this rifle and made with the tooling bought from Finland, or something like that :D

[@fatherlandchild2780]

+Pertti456 Exactly...

[@MINEDUTY2]

DestroyER82 sorry but galil was based on rk62

[@iLikeDMR]

Was my service rifle during my service, it was light, reliable, accurate and easy to clean

[@aaro3455]

lsvjk kans?

[@MollySphagetti]

Literally the best AK variant. Reliable, low recoil, good iron sight, accurate, powerful and beautiful.

[@eivoilaittaaverotukseen6426]

Not really sure why they were worried about the sights. I had an RK-62 variant during my time with the FDF and never had a problem with the sights. Awesome accuracy at 100 meters and still OK at 300 meters with just iron sights. Smooth shooting guns, I didn't have single failure either. Too bad we don't make assault rifles in Finland anymore. I'm so happy Sako and Tikka hunting rifles are still made in Finland. Something to be proud of as a Finn.

[@perttimetsanheimo606]

Sako and Tikka also make some pretty decent sniper rifles. Sako TRG M10 is state of the art - and Tikka is just introducing a new T3x model built on a chassis for those whose budgets are tighter.

[@Eonymia]

The rk95 sights are a bit different from the rk62 sights. I don't know about the night sights though.

[@peabase]

Didn't they warn you that the receiver top gets loose and wobbly over time? All it takes is to slam it shut while assembling the rifle.

[@Leijona321]

Never heard about wobbly top covers in rk62 either, atleast never heard complaints about them

[@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296]

El Bill Burrito Actually Sako has staited that it will design one more assault rifle to be used for special forces and other experienced troops. Then that will be the last assault rifle of Valmet class. Rest in peace...

[@ChrisUrsiny]

thats one bad ass lookin ak variant. would love to own one of those here in usa. that lapua ammo is THE best ak ammo clean burning accurate ammo.

[@tundraotto]

you can buy lapua brass, vihtavuori powder and lapua bullets in the US no problem. Get to rolling some - good stuff.

[@ChrisUrsiny]

i hear ya bro but i dont have the equipmtnet to make my own ammo. i bought some of the ammo in the vid about 2 years ago it was like 45.00 for a box of 30, the ammo however was some of the cleanest looking and best performing ammo i ever shot out of my one ddi ak47, it was very very clean burning and the accuracy was much improved over the typical wolf bulk pack ammo.

[@AR-rk9nn]

Chris Ursiny best looking AK variant easily

[@eltouni]

12 months with that weapon daily. Was fun times.

[@fatherlandchild2780]

+nokkapokka Anytime again, right?

[@HenkkaWRC]

Kerrataanpa turvallisen asekäsittelyn neljä kultaista sääntöä: 1. Käsittele kaikkia aseita niin kuin ne olisi ladattu 2. Laser-sääntö: Älä osoita aseella mitään, mitä et halua ampua. 3. Sormivarmistus: Pidä sormi pois liipaisinkaaren sisältä kunnes olet päättänyt laukaista aseen. 4. Tunnista maali, varmista tausta enne kuin ammut. Ja herra on hyvä ja varmistaa sen aseen ihan alkuun!

[@lihaniska87]

Tuo on totta,itse ammun .22 caliberin ilmakivaarilla ihan kotioloissa niin olen juurikin noudattanu noita saantoja.Erityisesti toi pida sormi pois liipaisinkaaren sisalta kunnes olet päättänyt laukaista aseen on hyva perusssaanto. Kaikki on menny hyvin ku noita neljaa perussaantoa noudattaa

[@NeO26597]

HenkkaWRC eiköhän entinen spec op tyyppi tiedä paremmin näistö asioista kun 6-9kk intti tyyppi ja ei videollatallennu kaikki mitä se tekee.

[@julkkis666]

+Mack Funzy pfff... miks ees sanot noin.

[@hopohoez2458]

ahahaah google translator

[@JwpGaming]

Kerrataan yleiset varomääreet. Milloin jokainen on velvollinen huutamaan "seis"?

[@hytti72]

Fun fact: SAKO is short for "Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Oy" . Translated to english it's something like "arms and machinery workshop of the civil guards inc."

[@TheCaro2]

And it was also owned by Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy (yes, the same one that is in Helsinki) which later ended up as being Nokia x) So basicly there are two "world's best products" that Nokia has manufactured: Phones and assault rifles.

[@sammya7745]

suojeluskuntien asekorjaamo.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

The thing that cracks me up about the Finns is they're generally a very peaceful, non-war society, but they've also created some of the most efficient and deadly small arms and ammunition throughout the years. It you were to liken Finland to a person, imagine that student who's very quiet that's double majoring in both Business and Computer Science. They're punctual, friendly, well-read, courteous, and very liberal in terms of their ideas about law and morality. Then one day they take you on a tour of their house and take you down into their basement. Downstairs is a reloading table, machining lathe, workbench, and a bunch of guns that have been taken apart and reassembled with new or highly modified parts. You respond: "Whoa! What is this?? You never told me you were into guns! And, no offense, you didn't really seem to be the gun type." He responds with: "Oh this? This is just a side hobby of mine. I sincerely hope I never have to use one of these, but if I do, might as well have the version that can outlast and outshoot the other person, right?" He says this very casually, like describing his favorite drink at a barbecue or his favorite flavor of ice cream. He then turns off the light and resumes the house tour while you keep turning your head in awe in the direction of the gun lab.

[@kk-gr3ly]

I as Finn can confirm this is quite accurate "quote" :DD

[@markuskoivisto]

Guns are tools to kill invaders, we don't have much of a gun culture. We have a conscript army, if you're able-bodied you learn to shoot in the army and that's all the shooting most people are going to do in their life.

[@Korppis]

@@markuskoivisto mmmm actually we have gun culture it's just out of sight and none talks about it if you're not into it. There's even shooting range at heart of Helsinki most just don't know about. Also lot of ranges / gun shops / gun smiths are either hidden in plain sight or you really need to know where to go. Turn into a small road leading into forest and after 100m might just see sign that says gun range. I've talked to a person that used to jog around a certain area but he never knew his favorite path went next to a gun range.

[@moonchant]

@@markuskoivisto Actually Finland has very strong gun culture. We rank in the #10 at number of firearms per 100 people this year(2021). worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-ownership-by-country In Finland it is mostly due to hunting, and large military reserve, where basically every man in your family is trained soldier. We do not have constitutional right to own a gun but for a such small country we stand out with this one compared to our neighbouring countries for example. Being part of The Union of Reserve and being active member of that union you can get permissions relatively easily for quite strong weaponry. Hunters license is available for everyone and it is easy to receive. With that license and gaining experience in groups of hunters you get guns quite easily. And we hunt bears and moose so big calibers are involved. Then there is chance for sport shooting, which is the hardest and most time consuming way to get a gun. And usually the sport shooters are aiming towards handguns with their hobby. This one is the most regulated category to acquire any kind of firearm.

[@markuskoivisto]

Hunting is pretty popular tho

[@tobykenneally3169]

May as well be an astronaut with all the 'moon rocks' he finds

[@samusirkia2128]

Proud owner of three M92S rifles ;)

[@Raygun222]

Siinä on kaverilla melkoinen kokoelma.

[@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296]

Samu Sirkiä You sirious?!

[@xDXPxJOEx456x1]

Lucky bastard!

[@donjuliogonzalez-fraustoes159]

The owners of the AK series 100 look at you as a farm shit ...

[@peabase]

I sold mine because it could shoot cheap ex-Soviet Bloc ammo, lacking a chrome-lined barrel. Interestingly, I got a better price for it than what I paid initially. Now I'm a happy owner of an accurized Saiga.

[@Staroy]

What a gun, it would even make Simo Häyhä proud!

[@tqdinh2]

FEAFi I rather go with the M249 or M60

[@BurnTheNuance]

Doc Will Joe Why? Those are support weapons, they fit that role and basically no other. Suppressive fire.

[@juzzi137]

Oh you know. He has small balls so he needs compensate that with something bigger.

[@DesertWolfFIN]

how is m249 or m60 related to simo häyhä or m92s? or even to this comment chain

[@juzzi137]

TURBO JYRKI Nää on muuten pikkusen kalliita nää M92S:t

[@fnfalguy]

It would be nice if American AK manufacturers would take notes on this rifle. Valmet type rifles have always impressed me as the best AKs.

[@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296]

Guy Thomas Lol

[@slavphil7532]

American ak makers cant even get a base akm right, much less a specialized variant

[@mrhater123]

@S F we have RK62 3M which has opticts, you should check it out!

[@Ronayd]

S F the RK 62 M2 is almost identical to M3 and it is going to be the gun that every conscript will get in few years

[@Ronayd]

S F because the only difference m3 has to m2 is the colour and you can attach a supressor to it. M3 is used by the special forces and some of the trainers. Conscripts dont need supressors when they are in service.

[@user-ud2ij7ro5c]

That's one sick blaster. Thanks Larry for sharing it. I would have never had known about it.

[@Ianassa91]

Heh I remember well when we went to a NATO wargame during national service and beat every professional military in marskmanship competitions. They even wrote an article about Finnish conscript accuracy in the local news. Not that out rk95's and Lapua ammo weren't accurate, we were pretty good at shooting too.

[@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy]

Could you leave a link? It would be pretty interesting to read. :)

[@Tom-tr4em]

Link pls bro

[@juhanikuronen6944]

Shooting straight does not take that much practice. Getting those 90+ scores out of 100 from 150 metres is quite common after a month of training.

[@jeromevuarand3768]

These slow motion shots are awesome, you kept the grain to a barely noticeable level, and the sound capture makes all the difference. Hearing the various mechanisms that normally cycle in a fraction of a second helps a lot to realize how the thing works and moves.

[@Paintbl99]

Fins make great weapons. Just ordered my Tikka t3x tac a1. Can’t wait to get it.

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

I just ordered my Tikka as well. But it's just a chicken tikka, the only tikka I'm legally allowed to own in India

[@alekxu]

Lary you are the man!!! Only channel in the whole internet that can bring so many unique pieces of weapons and gave commentaries from a experienced operator.. Please keep it coming! Thank you!

[@jdenmark1287]

Watching the Galial flip flop around and than seeing this Sako rock solid is eye opening. The Finns and their weapons are the bomb diggity

[@seanbrando_7456]

This is about as cool as it gets for most AK guys.........their is some rare cool stuff out there in the wild but this one is really a moon rock. Thanks again Mr. Vickers.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

And just like moon rocks, this is goverment property now.

[@JW-ut7uk]

God bless the Finnish people.

[@notpulverman9660]

Jeff Woolf Glory to Suomi. Death to Soviet.

[@simohenrik1860]

Yes He has.

[@dr.catherineelizabethhalse1820]

Not sure if people realize how little we care about gods here but fine we take it. Though we trust more in our Defence forces (and weapons) than magical beings when it comes to protecting our great nation.

[@Doomin-c2m]

bluebanana yeah, well you don't represent all finns everywhere either. last I checked finns were pretty religious in their own way. Not in the fanatically-against-everything-because-a-book-says-so kind of way, but the celebrate-christian-holidays-and-belong-to-a-church -kind of way.

[@dr.catherineelizabethhalse1820]

Doomin I haven't said I would. Just saying the religion is not so big thing here. Having christian traditions doesn't change that. If one believes in god is usually one's own business. Saying phrases like "god bless you" in Finland is rare and most of the time would make people feel akward.

[@masseyrati3396]

5:22 it’s footage like this that gives a whole other dimension to the term ”barrel vibration” I tended to bump into in gun magazines back in the day. That thing wobbles under all that power!

[@iLoveTheseRemoras]

Actually this doesn't wobble much if you compare to other videos with other 7.62 AK variants. Like he said in the video, this one is smooth shooting and not over gassed.

[@RCmies]

Those slow motion shots were some of the best slow motion footage I've seen anywhere.

[@ScrotusXL]

Haven’t been on your channel for a while and now yet again I’m in awe of your 4K ultra slow mo, showing how much movement a barrel makes when a round passes through it. Honing the accuracy of a rifle is the toughest thing when you have such huge forces to deal with. Little recoil translates into more energy moving the front end all over the place!

[@Clan121Zacke]

I used the Rk95 when I served. Fantastic rifle which I miss dearly. Loved the feel of it, the accuracy and the consistancy of the shots. Great rifle overall.

[@JV-ll1cu]

Paitsi että se oli metsäleireillä aina tiellä ja siihen meinas mennä hermo kun sitä piti kantaa joka paikkaan. Esim, kun kumarruit ottaan jotain ja hihnassa roikkunut ase heilahti naamalle niin oli kyllä hienoo

[@cgm7454]

tämä🤣@@JV-ll1cu

[@keijokelvoton8936]

The finnish srmy standard issue assault rifle RK-62 is a beast. It' super accurate up to 250 meters with only iron sights, it never jams, it's operable in every weather conditions (-35c to +35c), you can stick it in sand or a swamp and it's still ready to go. I fell in live with the RK-62 during my service FDF. If I could choose one weapon to have, with zero hesitation it would be RK-62.

[@metonAlternate]

No AKM survives being dipped in sand and especially a swamp. InRangeTV proved that QED. That is just bullshit FDF rumour. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJizZ3mblp2tg5o

[@s0ikk3li37]

Its a great weapon. Accurate and reliable as hell.

[@bigpapasmurf34]

4:30 he said bust a few more... I love it. He is easily one of my top KZbin firearm advocates along side hickok45 and demolition ranch solely due to their educational perspectives upon semis matics bolt action you name it. Mad respect for these fellas and on that note keep on keeping on \m/

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

Thanks!

[@AZB2000]

The Galil is copied from the RK. Not the other way

[@DonRaynor]

¨Galil copied finnish RK-62, and when the RK-95 (92/s fo civs) was developed, they took what the israelis improved from 62, and built on top of that,

[@Sjutturaah]

Correct.@@DonRaynor

[@timomastosalo]

1st like that, later the other way around. Finns are practical, not brand obsessed. Give and take, if it works. The others make improvements - adopt, adapt, improve if possible. And study further. Don't stop developing.

[@FyodorUshakovSuka]

Actually Finland sold the production line to the Israel. This is the reason why they look like similar.

[@neatcool4770]

He was just saying the charging handle design was from the Galil

[@stobe187]

Had the RK95 as my service rifle, and I can attest that they are super nice. Accurate, reliable and with no unnecessary gimmicks.

[@loysanpera]

I had M95 when i was in service, outstanding accuracy up to 300m.

[@grumpyfinn]

My rifle in 2001 during my conscript service.... I loved it. wish i could own one.

[@grumpyfinn]

Also nonfitment of sighting equipment, probably goes along the same reason Simo Hayha didnt use a scope in ww2, fogs over in winter....... Simo Hayha 500 confirmed sniper kills with iron sights.... and another 200 unconfirmed......

[@_cobson_]

This dudes camera man is literally the bravest man on earth

[@mattbell5578]

Damn man, you are getting GOOD at these videos. Well done, thanks for posting it!

[@TheSoomalainen]

Galil got inspiration from the RK 62, not the other way around.

[@malminkeisari]

Had M95 (military version of this weapon) as a service weapon when i was in mandatory military service for finnish armed forces. Very good weapon in my opinion. Remember also that guys tried to fold buttstock by hitting the stock to their elbow as hard as they can. In newer weapons stock was very firm so you usually get just bruiser to your elbow.

[@FirstLast-oz6rs]

Look at how solid it remains while cycling. Amazing.

[@rottenwings]

The weight wasnt an issue. One of the best guns, period. RK95 was my service rifle.

[@bearjew05]

Probably one of the aesthetically pleasing AK ever made.

[@Tabaab]

It really is.

[@mussiikinriemuva4385]

I have one. Lovely thing. Worth every over-priced penny. Occasionally you meet "ex-owners" at range who have bought one when they were cheaper, 90s, and then sold it later. They seem a bit sour on people still having these.

[@gamma7897]

I love both the 62 and the 95. My dream would be an RK 95 with the flash hider of the 62. Anyone who has accidentally put the barrel in the ground will know why. Dirt sticks like a magnet in the 95 while you only need the hit the 62 flash hider a couple of times to clear the barrel. The 95 is a bit heavier but the sights and the folding stock more than make up for it. The issue with optics being mounted in a weird way is almost a non issue. We rarely get isssued optics and you usually dont have that much use for them, except the lucky ones that get the VV (nightvision). In the forest you'll be hard pressed to find a place where you can shoot for 300m without hitting a tree on the way and with planning you engage the enemy on your terms. The RK series is glorious in it's simplicity. They may not be the best rifles ever made, but they do exactly what they are supposed to do. And because they are built so simply, violence is often more than enough to fix any problems until the battle is over.

[@PokemonHaloFan]

I love everything Finnish so this was fantastic. Would love to see some other rare Finnish guns. Such as the Suomi M31. Although I have a feeling that is even rarer in the US than the M92S.

[@VortechBand]

They are rare even in Finland. You'll only find a few even in the military bases, mostly as display items or parade weapons. They are well maintained, but not used to shoot - but technically they would still work.

[@petrinisumaa4759]

You mean something like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/paazZ3p5hrdojq8 or kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGrUdHpompegnLc :)? Those are not fully automatic, though, and not the original M31-version. I was fortunate enough to get a first hand experience of one of those old sub-machine guns during my national service. And I have to say I was impressed. Even at full automatic fire, there was hardly any recoil at all and even I - as the pencil-neck nerd I was and still am - was able to control it. :) Obviously, it wasn't designed for long range so that's the trade off right there. I'd say it's very good for close quarters, but for personal weapon I'd still rather take an assault rifle for its versatility (Valmet or Sako preferably)

[@jamivoimala4336]

Used the full auto version of this in military as service weapon and i didnt mind the weight because of the accuracy and reliability which is in finland cold very useful and pkm also was one of my main weapons and i can say the optic mount is good actually and the new rk-62 m1 m2 and m3 versions are pretty well modernized and good weapons systems.

[@andrewmorke]

Used to own a 22 LR Sako bolt action rifle. Such a beautifully machined and finished product. Had to sell it when I moved to Europe.

[@TheDerperado]

Guys at Sako are really fond of accuracy, you don't see sub MOA service rifles around the world everyday. All Sako RK95's I have fired were sub MOA.

[@MikeLitoris66]

Very accurate rifle especially with Lapua ammo. Inexperienced shooter like me, which had shot only BB gun before, didnt have any problems hitting targets at 400m

[@tacticalcats7722]

Sako: the crazy raifu.

[@LooksLegitBro]

did not expect an upotte reference here

[@andyfout3474]

*best

[@fatherlandchild2780]

+Koma Chan 😂😂

[@juze98]

Koma Chan upotte?

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

loved the scene where she masturbated LMAO

[@RockyMTHirvi]

Sako and Finns are renouned for building some of the best most accurate bolt-action rifles in the world (e.g. Sako A7, 85). Would love to have a chance to try out one of these Sako 92S rifles!

[@ALEMEH1]

As a field medic in the finnish marines i have used both the rk95 and it is a realy nice gun but i like the rk62 more, as i have found them more reliable lighter and the sights are nicer and have a better range selection on the sights witch are accurate upp to 300m.

[@sgthl]

Don´t know about more reliable (they all are extremely reliable) and lighter (just 0,2 kg difference) but the older style 50 meter increment sights sure are better. I also liked the older slim handguard better than the fat one on the 95.

[@foleymaj]

The RK62 feels lighter because the weight is more balanced in that rifle. I served with RK62 but have held the 95 and immediately felt it was more front heavy.

[@tundraotto]

agreed - the Rk62 is my definite favorite of the two as well.

[@sumosami]

Not true at all. I was military police and we used rk95 and it was nice. In reserve in mortar team i used rk62 and i didn't like it all. My points goes to rk95

[@perttimetsanheimo606]

People do best with whatever they are familiar with. I think the latest RK 62 mods may be the best yet: AR-15 style stocks with adjustable length, optics mounts, etc. The adjustable stocks let you shoot better with armor, even if you aren't an Orangutan.

[@henripuustinen4642]

Only had something like three-four separate stoppages on my issued rifle during my conscription in Finland, and yes, I used it a lot. During one winter time exercise when the wooden plug attachment got blocked which led to the receiver being filled with wooden chips. After that it was two-three something magazine failures due to old worn magazines. Hated the weapon during long marches but now in hindsight it is absolutely perfect fit for the terrain and climate in Finland and the type of defensive nature of the Finnish armed forces. I had the RK76 model.

[@Johndoe-ux8op]

I wish these weren't so rare. I absolutely love this gun and would love to own one.

[@wtfronsson]

If you absolutely have to throw a weapon under a rock for 50 years and then go to war with it, this Sako will be at least 5% better than any other AK variant!

[@Enbuska]

Spent one year of my life carrying a modded RK-95. Just love that gun.

[@Maysti87]

Had to deal with this gun the 6 months I was finnish military service and I love it

[@SleazyRoseWalker]

Don't know why this was in my recommendations, i'm not even interested in guns but still i ended up watching through the whole thing. Well made video 👍

[@ironrangerw6r1]

You the man Larry. Love your videos. Your looking good and healthy these days. Keep up the good work

[@RockerGuy0001]

Fins always make Russian guns better

[@CaMyMka]

RockerGuy0001 you are funny )

[@Andriucha1987]

Only in your wet dreams :DDDD

[@perttimetsanheimo606]

Put it this way: this is an AK made more accurate. In older days Finland made the 1891 Mosin-Nagant more accurate.

[@sumosami]

sorry but it's true afterall. But we talking older weapons here like. moshin-nagat and ak and ppsh etc

[@Andriucha1987]

Pertti Metsänheimo If I correctly have understood you, your logic are such - if I have improved the old car of the "Mercedes-Benz" - that I do cars better than Mercedes-Benz? :D

[@johncorder2912]

That's two videos in a row that actually were informative and longer than 30 seconds!

[@mikkolappalainen2618]

Difference between these weapons and some cheaper kalashnikov is huge. I was at range with ~600€ AK47 some time ago. The cheap one does "OK" job to 100meter distance, but at my army time I could hit human size targets at defensive shooting training from 300m easily, with only stock iron sights, each target down with first shot, and I was a recruit, not even hunter before army. While cheap AK version starts spreading alot already in 100m distance, basically you can almost put all the bullets trough the same hole with this weapon from 100m. After experiencing with the soldier versioin of RK, you know why cheap ak copies are cheap. Looks like the same gun, but if you want to score alot of points at shooting range, you need quality like this.

[@calska140]

€600 Is cheap? I guess that's what a cheap Soviet satellite assembled AK goes for these days. Sad times. My Saiga and Vepr I bought were both around $650 new and that was only 4 years ago. They aren't the highest end of the AK spectrum but they are above mid tier.

[@1jw769]

Another excellent video. I really enjoy the variety of weapons and the slow motion video is undeniably cool. Thank you.

[@hevosenpaska114]

My service rifle in FDF (ATGM gunner). Very accurate, got myself a full points in shooting test. Reliable weapon, easy to maintain and again very accurate! 🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@MrSmith336]

Thanks Larry. Its amazing to see how much the bolt carrier assembly "bounces" when it returns to battery.

[@tundraotto]

welcome to slow-mo

[@atheist6598]

You got a real piece of art there. I miss my service rifle. Pity that those civilian versions are so rare and expensive that i dont have money to buy them. You are so lucky to fire that weapon. =)

[@Puzzoozoo]

Love the slow mo, it gives a viewer a chance to see what is going on.

[@Hairysteed]

Back in my service days we used to run a leather strap through the magazine's lanyard loop and through the gap between the barrel and the gas tube whenever we went out with our rifles so that we wouldn't lose the mag in case it accidentally detached. If you lost any equipment classified as "combat material" such as weapons or its accessories (magazine, sling, cleaning kit, sight adjustment tool, blank firing adapter, bayonet or its sheath), gas mask or its filter, entrenchment tool or even the compass the whole unit would have to go look for it. There would be serious ramifications if not found.

[@AKAngelKingAK]

Thanks for sharing! Did you ever happen to use the lanyard loops as a way to pull them out of the pouches easier as well? I have heard both techniques from others that have served with them and never really knew for sure which was more of the loops intended purpose originally.. I have a Finnish pouch and it is extremely tight which seems they all are esp when using the polymers. Which is the reason why I always tended to lean towards that reasoning of the loop originally being used for since the steel mags are very tight in the pouches as well. It always made more sense to me that they would be used to pull them out of the pouches easier in cold weather with gloves, but the other method you mention makes alot of sense as well.... I personally love the polymer Finish mags and they are definitely my favorite AK magazines being that I am collector, they are for sure the coolest looking ones as well. Actually i have aquired many of the rare prototypes and experimentals over the past couple of years that lead to the development of the greens and current issued black polymers, including some very unique and extremely rare colored variations of the semi translucents. Another collector that is a dear friend of mine, between the both of us, have probably 80 to 90% of the protos that are known to exist at least here in the USA... Actually in the middle of a article being written about them to hopefully be able to share them with fellow enthusiasts and collectors in the near future since nobody really knows about majority of them. Besides like a handful of people maybe, that's including the workers at the factory since whoever was working with one mixture/color, did not work with or even know about others at the time of there production.. It will probably be published in Finland first too, out of respect for your country since it is a part of your militaries history after all.

[@Meatisfood]

@@AKAngelKingAK Back in the day we were taught to keep mags round side up.

[@kamppiruller98]

@@Meatisfood and we still are

[@paulfromwv]

Top notch vid. Excellent production values!

[@ek6383]

Im finnish and i love your videos!

[@zetahoven4556]

Я I ebbin love your profile picture :DD

[@StraightOuttaDb]

Even if I don't care about the gun, I will always watch for the awesome camera work!

[@F3udF1st]

0:29 wasn't aware SEIKO made assault rifles!

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

SAKO

[@greatspartan6ap549]

I am from Finland and it all ways funny to watch people from other Country's shooting our weapons

[@ukkomies100]

I am from finland and i dont get your point

[@Armored_Kong]

Larry Vickers please fire : 1) PKP Pecheneg 2) GM-94 3) RG-6 4) AGS-30 5) RPG-28, RPG-30, and RPG-32 6) Orsis T-5000 7) OSV-96 8) GP-34 9) RGO & RGN hand grenade 10) AT-14 Kornet

[@skullie756]

so basically whole russian arsenal

[@Armored_Kong]

дениз Pretty much. Larry Vickers been to Russia and meet with Andre who is Russian champion Marksman shooter. I don't know why he never fired other Russian weapons.

[@stevemc6010]

He doesn't live there, he can't shoot everything on a trip. Also I don't think Russia wants to show off things like the AT-14 to the West.

[@BurnTheNuance]

Stephen mc Dude is too stupid to realize he shot what they allowed him too. Russia is pretty secretive with certainly weapons platforms. Can't see him having access to most of his list. Plus, like we stated he can't just go over to Russia, get military grade firearms, shoot/film them, and post it on the tube.

[@nixs7871]

Simply the editing got me to subscribe. Great work!

[@RBAirsoft]

My service rifle, (RK95) Semi/Auto though. Quite accurate for an assault rifle!

[@jpenna1976]

True. Good shooter with ACOG can easily engage man size targets out to 500m.

[@actionhirvimoose4294]

400m is the "efficient" distance to shoot with the Acogs that the Finns use.

[@jpenna1976]

That is why I wrote "good shooter". Friend of mine was an sniper course, where they fired said system at extreme ranges.

[@jalmari8709]

600m meters was completely doable for me.

[@jarnom85]

best AK variant in existance imo, we had RK95's in RUK (SiRad) and i loved it

[@andreas8444]

I love that gun! I had ACOG optics on my service rifle in the marines.

[@tigbitsss1133]

high quality rifle and really really accurate-- i talk from experience

[@Tounushi]

There's also the rail cutout for attachments on the receiver side. The 95 is heavier than the 62 because the structure was strengthened for the rifle grenade capability. The cutoff can be used for sound suppressors as well.

[@FrontArthur]

Watching this makes me wonder the trouble you had to face to get that gun. Living in Finland and just thinking about getting reservist version of the service rifle makes nauseous.

[@snarf9455]

FrontArthur too bad the gun costs over 2000$ here in Finland

[@hakes98]

7.62x39mm m92s would still be like 5000€ more expensive in the us. it is somewhat rare in finlans but worth its weight in gold in us. you can find export variants of the rk-62 chambered in 5.56 with wooden stocks tho.

[@VortechBand]

Well, add to it that civilians simply cannot buy full auto assault rifles in Finland. It is illegal.

[@hakes98]

VortechBand it's not. its pretty much just like in us, possible but very difficult.

[@Jansk1h]

You need to modify the gun so the auto feature gets taken off. Then you have a shot of getting the gun. A good weaponsmith can modify the gun afterwards to make it full auto though ;)

[@gilb8072]

Great video,fantastic photography.....love the slow motion shots.

[@lowhangingfruit7294]

best damn rifle i ever had the pleasure to shoot in my time on finnish defence forces

[@Hels_95]

The video editing is like a movie👍👌

[@patrickjohnsen4199]

man the Finn's make some quality stuff!!

[@tomelroy]

That click, that's your clue that you are screwed...in certain situations!

[@fastum000]

Or the clue that you need to reload, to not get screwed :D

[@dcrypter87]

JES!!!! finaly the finnish Service Rifle... THANK YOU!!!!!

[@pabloesteban400]

Last two weeks in practice i shot about 350-400 rounds on metal "platedummies" and airballoons outside and inside houses. And i once o got a jam, but a quick sidearm switch and reload and worked as a dream again. During day i prefered ironsights than scopes and at night ofc nightvision. I shot augs, and rugers the new ones and the rk95 service rifle i loved the most. Battlepractice shooting dummies and balloons was accurate af! My unit had some of the newest, because our squadron was kinda a first response unit so we tended to have the better working stuff along the mechanized jaegers, we were plain mp jaegers. Most the stuff we did was seek and destroy practices so we shot alot of liverounds. Good times! And a great rifle accurate rifle! IMO

[@frogsaup]

Every single finnish military reserve has watched this video 900.000 views

[@kuutisenkiloahiivaa]

Good thing I had rk95 when serving in the FDF such a great gun to shoot and accurate. A thing of beauty.

[@MirZZi]

YES! Finally someone did it

[@99pppo]

A good friend of mine is a Finnish reservist and owns one of these. I was able to shoot a couple of drills with it and must say it really is a very smooth shooting rifle. The muzzle break works very well and the rifle is very heavy. Also the trigger is really nice. It was a very smooth squishy first stage and then comes to a definite but light "wall". It being so heavy is of course also a downside. Most Finnish reservists I know who do shooting sports all use AR-15 type of rifles though because they're better fit as "race guns". Then M92S is a service rifle after all.

[@Mrgunsngear]

nice

[@MrRoboskippy]

Indeed

[@simontili3374]

Thats was my service rifle. Selective fire version and we had nightvision red dot sights aswell in finland and peacekeeping mission at Kosovo

[@bobthompson4319]

I like that service weapons that have the gas cutoff not just for rifle grenades but also for a silencer to make it quite a bit quieter

[@pinja7294]

Very nice weapon! One of my favorites! :)

[@muddybranch1678]

A girl that knows ak variants...That's cool asf

[@s0ikk3li37]

@@muddybranch1678 Pinja probably has done her service with one. She's a Finn.

[@Sjutturaah]

I never felt the gun being too heavy. It was all of the other garbage from the stone age that weighed a ton and was not optimal to carry. That thing was the single best quality piece of anything that i ever carried around during my service.

[@lihisluikku]

The finnish AKs have to be durable. They are used in training, without breaks. The training includes shooting the thing, travelling and camping in the rough Finnish weather. Also every 6-12 months the rifle will get a new 20 year old owner. A person who has yet to learn respect for the weapon. My own rifle that I used, was made in 1970. It's almost 50 years old, and it still shoots really accurately and has no signs of age or use, apart from scratches etc.

[@VortechBand]

The guns do get refurbished in the metal shop between conscripts, or at least once every 1-2 years.

[@KoteDarasuum]

I had RK62 made back in 1964, a well over 50 years old rifle by that point and it was damn accurate still.

[@RandyL0neWolf]

Did my service in sa with one of those, used it issued on 150meters, but if you controlled your breath on 300meters it was pretty accurate with iron sites

[@Stirl2]

Finally

[@hejdaa5528]

Awesome ! Incredible rifle, My first group ever shooting an rifle of any kind at 150 meters (164.84 yards) was 5 shots within the size of my pinky finger and i am a small guy. needless to say this rifle was way more accurate than me and i got many gold medals in shooting (in the army there you get a medal for shooting well). Very well made, a bit front heavy but you got used to it and in full auto you couldn't stop smiling, ofcourse the officers hated it but i think they could relate the need to try in once in a while ^^ I have said that if i were to ever get me an rifle it would be an Sako or valmet Rk 62 or 95. I came in believing that Ak's were unaccurate but i can tell you from day one i realized that does not apply to these at all, matchbarrel and all. Also not a single malfunction during my time with it, 100's if not 1000's of rounds fired.

[@XoravaX]

I'm really surprised to see that Larry knew the magazine release is supposed to be used with the index or middle finger of the right hand. Many Finnish reservists don't even know that. That also works for M62/M76 and Galil, they have the small extension on the magazine catch too.

[@Eonymia]

I don't know if they changed their teaching methods, but pretty much everyone conscripted these days is told to use the middle finger to eject the magazine.

[@teijomerilainen7583]

Eonymia I’m curious, where exactly do they teach to do it like that? How is it practical? I was taught to always reload after ”locking” the stock between your bicep and body, flip the rifle 90 degrees to the right, grab the magazine with your left hand and operate the release with the left thumb. This way, keeping the rifle rotated, you can complete the reloading process quickly while having your right hand ready on the grip at all times. I’m a right handed shooter.

[@MK-xv1hv]

Teijo Meriläinen I also dont see a point to what they said. Left hand needs to grab the magazine anyways to put it into the magdump. Using your right hand would just drop the mag on the ground.

[@mummeliini123]

@@MK-xv1hv In a hectic combat situation where you need to reload and shoot as fast as possible, you would drop the mag with your right hand while the left hand is already taking a full mag out, ideally new mag in before the empty one even touches the ground.

[@MK-xv1hv]

@@mummeliini123 Oh yeah thats true, I guess the way you learn that depends on what kind of combat youre most likely to be in.

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

So much accurate than your everyday AK47. Way to go, Suomi! 🇫🇮