The (Smallest) Russian warhammer; the AKS-74U

foreign [Music] Valley because it's the best decision for this family dad wouldn't want this Wolverines night night laughs what the hell is happening here [Music] today in Grantham one of the shortest Factory built AKs in every way a what would you call it Charlie a gun overall a legendary firearm you know when I think of the crank I think of GoldenEye with uh Remember zenya on Top I remember odd job he was not in gold now you're thinking the video again anyhow point is with a crank is at a very iconic firearm today in Grantham we're going to be doing we do best which is testing it from a Shooter's perspective see now it does and uh how does it stack up what do you think I don't know I'm excited another rifle man you're just killing the five today but before we get into the video we of course have to thank the sponsors of this channel the biggest sponsor of the channel is who Charlie smelly doors to destination desert big thank you to them if you're looking to get your cert and Gunsmithing they are the people to go to we cannot thank them enough and of course we have what Micah primary arms for the sickest Optics not made in Ohio so you're safe there you go because the toxic cloud oh yeah Ohio is pretty toxic yeah exactly you know that there's a lot of astronauts from Ohio and uh they because they want to leave Ohio get it because they hate Ohio so much well there are quicker ways uh one of them is the cream unlike your phone your TV you're watching this on is vape pen that he loves so much everything we're filming this on AAC ammunitions made in the United States and we cannot thank them enough they provide the ammo now they don't make five four five but they provide all the other ammo go check them out thank you to them without further Ado what Charlie patreon is blessing let's get into it let's get into it yeah let's get it so we're gonna go ahead we're gonna start the drill at the max well close to the max effective range of the uh of the AKs 74u which is about 350 right here so we're gonna make some impacts prove that it is doable and uh you know also I just want to watch Charlie fail well I'm excited I know what it can do it's been deployed multiple times by the other team uh just really rooting for it what's the other team let's not get into that right dude already yeah stand by foreign looks like I qualified for Spetsnaz it's best NAB so watch Charlie when he misses just take some angry Vape hits right after this well do me Fair there was no mud here when you shot so hold on whoa hold on oh is your hat okay yeah what are you doing that one's in the way shooter are you ready yeah standby [Music] [Music] yeah yeah that's good Charlie yeah that was good once you figured it out you're quick yeah you have some experience at the uh crank uh no that was actually the first time I ever shot it is this a natural it's almost like he's been doing this for a while no not good suspect Charlie lore suspect was like Taliban like you have a lot of time on AKA I have a lot of rams thousands um but I don't want to lay where you guys were laying because I did just get this jacket yeah it's just a little closer he's just probably scared of making long range shots the AK yeah that's what it is shooter are you ready yep stand by beep foreign left he said half the target length but it was more like yeah you definitely set us up for failure on that I I definitely was high because he said I'm doing everything in my power to make sure that you guys succeed that's what yeah sure next up we have the build drill yeah let's do it well why is that funny uh I think I beat you guys one time so you're gonna see a lot of vaping honestly this is not gonna go well are we starting to safety on safety off 50 off that's us that one's pretty steady yeah shoot it ready yeah stand by e safety on no safety off I was a little slow and getting it up all right I don't know I'm just I'm getting older I'm having a problem you know getting it up we'll put that to the test all right pull the vape pen out pull the vape pen out yeah let me go to the trees and then do the Kim Kardashian it's the Kim Kardashian they ask you how you are you just have to say that you're fine when you're not really fun [Music] yeah really yeah it's quite crazy well what do we say right there are many threats like babies babies have hands hands carry guns guns are a threat we gotta be prepared for all threats fire yeah stop by five no huh that was five oh is that six no six never mind oh just one Charlie one Charlie one Charlie that was quick it was quick oh man what's uh what's the penalty for Charlie no dude it's a second there's a penalty for Charlie that's common we do that across the range always there's a second panel I guess I get a one second penalty Mozambique Mozambique what's the distance from Mozambique is it three art same distance we've been doing okay yeah yeah all right you're already ready yeah stand by oh we have to explain the Mozambique oh to the chest one to the head because uh Zimbabwe or whatever was it Zimbabwe yeah oh Charlie did start talking right as your drill started it didn't matter to me I still kept it tight foreign Christian it just happened but we for the head we've always considered this the head box have we okay there's another video where you were on the other side of this argument yes no we have never you can go back in time that has always been considered the head box when are we going back on now that Katy Perry give me your [ __ ] Vape they ask you how you are you just have to say that you're fine when you're not really fine but you just can't say bye clean no penalty either [Laughter] good clean there it's nice it's fast I bet you're gonna get this yep okay bye [Laughter] oh no oh Jesus yeah Charlie's been stalking how much rifle he's you know what I get I don't know if that makes me feel better but let's do it yeah yeah Charlie gets a redo are you ready yep okay bye yes there we go four no yeah I think that's a fresh turn yeah that's a Charlie right there that was a good eight song yeah I mean honestly that's better than what I was doing that cursed weapon if you want you can pick the next drill As a treat the threes what's true redeem the x95 dude three three drill you should have done it how you did it the other day I was really fast remember with the type A oh yeah base on the hill nope okay on that guy out there no this close one oh the close one this one fast as you can go oh do we spice it up three three one accurate shot on base of the hill Oh okay yep yeah yeah are you ready yeah oh good thank you thank you you're about to shred me though dude you're fast at this true dude you understand the course fire you stand by dude that was so spicy on that one those first three rounds were cash you got so confident because you fired you like safety it up I did I want an instant replay of this shot because you were like did you all get a Katy Perry dude they ask you how you are you just have to say that you're fine when you're not really fine but you just hey give him the Vape yeah why would you vape do you vape no yeah he does why did you do that shooter do you understand the course fire yeah Sam bye solid all right Charles you can pick the very last drill ooh very last drill okay we're going to two two two [Music] do we even have enough for that I don't know but I know I can't do a build drill okay shooter do you understand the course of your own fire yep that sounded weird yeah yeah okay sorry no you're good dude be concentrated yeah can you give me a go like last time you want go versus beep I'm not gonna smack your ass that's fine whatever you ready yeah stand by stand by laughs oh uh let's uh we shot a bunch it up guys so at this point we've done a lot of shooting with the AKs 74u and I do want to note that we do have to give a big thank you to Northwest Gun Supply in Meridian Idaho for a lot of us to use this build um they built this gun out so big thank you to them the creek has always been a very interesting weapon uh perhaps one of the early kind of examples of a rifle that was made in submachine gun size so what we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and we're gonna go down this rifle as we always do tip to butt talk about what makes it interesting some of the interesting Historical Notes for it we're not going to go as in depth as like the firearm Blog has or even from forgotten weapons because we're mostly shoot talking about a kind of shooter perspective here but we'll note anything that's interesting so right off the bat the thing that I want to talk about is the weapon as a whole so we do have a long stroke gas piston weapon that is a 5.45 by 39 caliber so as far as what that looks like if you're not familiar so what we have right here is a 556 and the 545 by 39 they're very similar rounds in terms of performance capability I really don't give it to one or the other in terms of which one is better although certainly in the United States it is easier to get better five five six rounds I think the biggest note that I have about the crank is that AKs in general are very low recoiling smooth Firearms due to the length of the recoil cycle and just the long stroke system all combined to one you get a very smooth recoil impulse Mike have you notice how smooth the crank is the fire yeah very speedy shots are it hardly jumps at all and that's in stark contrast to like say an AR-15 system where as you get shorter on those barrels especially under 10-3 God forbid you really start to get a pretty jumpy weapon so it's pretty impressive that the aks-74u with its 8.1 inch barrel which is psychotically short is able to be such a smooth firing firearm you can really understand how it did end up becoming quite popular in many countries with many different militaries and Special Operations forces despite the fact that it really wasn't meant for that again the aks-74u was meant for tanker cruise for uh you know rear Echelon troops again the 545 while being an effective round is not nearly as an effective round out of an 8.1 inch barrel just like you have a lot of uh like 556 being anemic from 10-3 and especially under that so it really wasn't meant for that Frontline combat though it has seen it especially in more Close Quarter situations so starting here at the tip of the rifle um there's a lot of questions about what exactly this is this is a muzzle booster so because of the system is so short you really don't have a lot of dwell time that's the time that the gas ports pressurized so before the slug leaves the barrel there's that gas pressure building behind it as the gunpowder is exploding and it will not explode and when it's igniting so what the muzzle booster is doing is it's acting much like a suppressor baffle and that's increasing that back pressure it's allowing more time to have that gas powering that system and with such a short dwell time that does make sense it ensures that it operates well you do see some other systems using that such as the ak-105 however in this case this is a Zenith code out ak-105 but in the case of the ak-105 it really doesn't need the muzzle booster to function so you see a lot of different military forces substituting out with different types of uh you know Flash hiders and other types of systems because it's just not necessary but in the case of the crink it is absolutely necessary to increase that back pressure on that system from there we do have a front sight post gas block combo we have the barrel now the barrel is really interesting on the AKs 74u because the barrel is so short to the point where it actually can't stabilize the typical 545 projectile because of that the twist rate on the crank is actually a faster twist rate if you look at um maybe some not as good builds as they'll use typical AKA 74 barrels and they'll just try to cut them down and toss them in a crank this isn't going to work the projectile is not going to be stabilized you do need a faster twist rate to ensure that that particular round is stabilized so to be clear it has been done before I think perhaps the Sig 553 is one of the best kind of examples of a very short weapon system but uh it was not in nearly as widespread use as the aks-74u was moving in from there we do have the hand guards there are many variations of hand guards on the crank from vented to the general shape of them this is a Bulgarian crink kit so we do have the typical Bulgarian handguard kit but again people will nerd out on that that's not the purpose of the uh this particular video but understand that it is a point from there moving back into the system and one of the reasons why the crank was so successful is that when it was submitted there are there are certainly better designs for a very short rifle in 545 however what makes it so good is that there's a lot of parts compatibility with the typical AK-74 so when it comes to designing weapons the Russians are fairly economical in the way they look at things if it's going to save them money they're typically going to do it so despite all these great designs they typically stick to weapon designs that allow them to use um infrastructure that is already in place in the case of the crank there it is using the AK-74 receiver there's a tons of Parts compatibility therefore it's an easy weapon to make this is also true of the fit yes the pp18 many other weapons out there are mostly AK-74 akm AKA 100 series Parts where it's easy for the Russians to manufacture and that is certainly the case when it comes to the crank as you can see here if the sights were in the typical place on the AK-74 right up behind the handguard that would be a psychotically short sight radius right there so they made this very interesting system where they're able to move the front the rear sight a little bit further back therefore they're able to increase sight radius and get better hits now of course that's all alleviated if you use the side rail right here and you're able to throw an optic on and many did especially in a special operations capability you saw many different Optics used from cobras to Night Vision Optics to whatever the point is is that they tried to make do with what they could to ensure that this would be as effective as a weapon as possible out of the factory now you see this quite a bit with um zeniko and many aftermarket parts but at the time it was pretty interesting and that's that unlike the typical AKA dust cover the cranks dust cover is attached at this at the rear portion right here where you typically have that front sight you see that on a lot of modern builds especially with like a Zenith code out system to have a more stable sight rail so you can see right here the that of course not it's not the only portion that attaches there but it's a concept that has been used and taken advantage of since another thing to note on the AKs 74u is this latch right here so when you folded this weapon in that latches it in ensures that it does not move and makes for a very compact package a lot of people are going to be very familiar with that term to unlatch it you simply pull back and you can open that guy out they're using the Triangular folder which is a general favorite of mine it's actually probably one of the more I would say attractive stocks on an AKA Mica yeah I mean you're the I you're the AK man it is you love it I don't know about the best I mean I love the zeniko we'll say that we'll say bye Beast now of course when it comes to magazines um the bake light being probably one of the more vibey magazines that you can possibly put on there but any typical AK-74 magazine is going to work and of course uh you see a lot of individuals uh in modern day conflicts throwing in the 45 rounders on these guys it makes for a very compact package with a lot of Firepower so it does make sense again any option that's going to work on the 74 is going to work on this guy right here moving over to the safety we of course have your typical AK safety nothing really to write home about besides the fact that this one in particular needs to be worked in now we do have a ALG trigger on it so it's a little bit useless to do the um ghost in the trigger but you know what we're going to do it because AK triggers can be pretty good so we do have an ALG in here let's go ahead and let's go set trigger together so filling into the pole we hit our first wall right there it's fairly light about a pound and let off is about that feels about 4.5 pounds so send it Mica it's light reset is nice and off the reset is maybe three pounds feels nice AK triggers are nice from here we do have the pistol grip we have Bakelite pistol grip again more modern variants aren't going to use that then we have our stock right there so we have the entire package of the AK s74u probably um definitely not my favorite AK it's a little anemic at certain points and especially with like the ak-105 being kind of my favorite but it is what Michael would say to be looking it's my favorite no I do love the 105 more but this is the vibeius I know Brandon Herrera loves it um you can't say enough good things about it and I will say that in many ways seeing this in media when I was a kid definitely sparked and ignited a lot of my love for firearms from an early age so we do owe a lot to the crank we're happy that we're able finally able to review it and uh you know what no matter what the AK is just always a good time every time I shoot AKs I I just love them more like I get more obsessed with them does that make sense that makes sense yeah everybody loves an AKA if you haven't shot an AK I would highly recommend it especially the crank if you can get your you know your hands on them they are really fun weapons to shoot and they are incredibly incredibly maneuverable weapons and especially when you throw a suppressor on that with a PBS can that that is a vibe that is a complete Vibe right there guys thank you so much for watching this is a very interesting weapon in fact one of the more popular weapons that we haven't um up to this point reviewed so I'm glad that you guys could uh you know stay tuned and and watch this but as always as cool as this particular weapon looks if you're not getting training it's not going to matter so get training lots of different places to get training from Pat McNamara um Haley strategic my dad cogworks bear Solutions soon to be my company offered research get out there train get good with what you have and as always guys stay looking cool it does matter to some extent I would argue you guys thought we were done but we're not Dad advice um things are cool but what's cooler is not being in debt if you can at all not do it I would highly recommend none of course there are things that you need to go into debt for such as a house and a car typically larger purchases but going into debt over cool guns um I don't think it's necessary there is a there are a lot of guns that are very affordable that are extremely effective and the training matters a lot more really try to keep your debt in check don't bet on the end of the world happening and clearing everything out because a lot of people have tried that and they've really screwed themselves over so take care of yourselves in every single way possible including financially and then everyone gets mad because they're like the world's gonna end and then my death's gonna get wiped out Maybe

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Length: 22min 52sec (1372 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 19 2023