Thanks for watching guys! Let me know what you thought of the mud test down in the comments! Also, stay tuned for some uh…unique range videos this month 😈 Thanks to USCCA for sponsoring this video! usccapartners.com/Brandon

as an m14 fanboy, i think the test went pretty good. we almost survived the first round.

“The AR is more reliable than people give it credit for” -AK Jesus

Keep up the great work, Brandon! Thanks for keeping gun ownership fun and safe!

As a poor person, I laughed entirely too hard at the joke, even as I take pride in my roll in uniting AR guys and AK guys across the interwebs!

"I'm an idiot, I talk about gun memes, and I shoot stupid guns." You, sir, are living the dream of millions

I love how Brandon makes fun of Europe yet here in Eastern side of the continent (Serbia, Estonia, Lithuania, Czech republic) gun laws are more relaxed then in most US states. And yes I do carry every day.

As an Australian, i do in fact carry a gun every day... i carry it from the safe to my workbench and back again

I love how noone talked about how the FAL beat both the AR and the AK in both tests

May or may not have thought that I would see Brandon wrestling an AK in a mud puddle, but then I remembered his own mud test.

"Emergency Makarov with a single bullet" made me laugh way too much

@Brandon Herrera I just want to say thank you for your great videos. My wife was unfortunately killed on 17dec21 by a wreckless driver and one of your videos was literally the last video on YT I watched with her. She wasn't that large into firearms but she ALWAYS enjoyed your videos when I pulled them up. So again, thank you for your videos. If this makes you feel great about your beard, she wanted me to grow my beard out like yours once I got out of the Navy 😆

Most people came for the memes... I came to hear that you finally tightened your red dot mount. Bravo Brandon, bravo.

I love seeing your happy, snarky take on all things ballistic. Makes me feel like the walls aren't closing in on us all.

I was hoping a highpoint would have been brought to both the mud test, and the ice test, because it would hilarious if it passed both.

I GOT IT The riser for the IR laser would actually be better suited for a mounted, wait for it, RANGEFINDER. It's closer to your optic and sits above the height your IR laser would reach. This puts the mounted rangefinder higher to your optic, giving you a more accurate read to where your optic is pointing at and stays high enough that you could mount your IR laser so that it's still closer to your barrel placement to keep it where you're pointing accurate. OR It's so you can have your IR laser higher for when you're shooting further downrange with a rifle without higher-powered optics, so that your IR laser can be closer to zero with +300m ranged targets & beyond. *Pops Busch Light* That'll be $399 plus shipping & handling.

I remember being told in basic training that the AK had 'looser' tolerances than the AR did.This enables the AK to function when full of mud and stuff.Whatever.I own an AR and was pleasantly surprised to see it pass the mud test.Shocked even.

The emergency makarov with a single bullet you mentioned made me chuckle a little too hard.

If you’ve ever put on a flannel shirt and talked like Garand Thumb, go ahead and hit that subscribe button.

we can all agree that the robustness of modern firearms is awesome.

Love to see another video with the AK-50 lite Brandon 👀

In the words of younger Brandon Herrera, "it's almost like these weapons were made to work well in their respective birth states"

When you learn that Brandon has just been memeing and doesn't actually think ARs are horribly designed.

10:15 That riser is for two purposes. 1. So the peq isn't blocked while using c-clamp grip and 2. Height for optic is for using gas mask.

BRandon, I look forward to these meme reviews. Glad you didn't get hurt with the .50 AK test.

The recent Polenar Tactical test was also realy good tbh. A bit more realistic scenario for my taste in comparison with other tests.

The whole mud test thing reminded me about first Chechen war back in 1995. Lets say, a friend of mine was there in the first days. It was a total mess. They threw his platoon in the Grozny city with just what they have with them in they usual days. No supplies, no logistic, no backup. Not even a damn food and water. And there were no water supplies in the city too. So its already a week of heavy fights, and they all were covered in mud, blood and burnt. They also had nothing to clean they guns (they had AKS-74). Their AK's were so dirty after that much firing that when they cooled down (it was winter) it was nearly impossible to rack the gun. They had to use their foot to cock the shutter back and forth, and there were so much sparkles when it fired. But AK still worked. They used baking soda to clean it and sunflower oil they found in kitchens to grease it. But AK still did its job.

As for the ice test.. I'm in Alaska. We have more trouble with ammunition failing to fire at -30deg f than we have with the weapon. Actions get gummy if they are lubed at those temps too. Best to have an unlubricated weapon.

10:23 as a treky, I really appreciate this joke. Lets go Brandon! (well you're awesome, plus, you know...the thing). Love your vids Brandon, they make my day.

Hey Brandon, I recently just went though a pretty bad week dealing with suicide for the past couple days and it almost ended me, I’ve been needing distraction from real life and I’ve never been so happy to see a video. I appreciate the content and it really has helped me out of this pit I’m in. Thank you for doing your thing and I hope you know your appreciated for all you have done for us.

As soon as I saw Garand Thumbs mud test, I knew this was coming. These tests are good for people to learn what to avoid no matter what platform you use. IE: M14 guys should stay on a covered range

Love this sh@& your commentary and delivery is why I watch it. Keep them coming😁

Ive been watching KZfaq since day one, I haven't subscribed to anyone in all those years and have never been called out by name for not subscribing. Freaked me TF out Brandon!

I'm a simple man, I see AK mud wrestling, I click.

“I’m a man child, and have my priorities horribly out of wack” that hit he too close to home.

The high rise pic rail is for use with a scope. Meant to be used for a distance finder or the like.

Interesting halo fact for those who where wondering. The MA5B individual combat system (assault rifle) is a gas operated, rotating bolt, bullpup fully automatic rifle cambered in 7.62. At a impressive 900 rounds per minute fire rate (15 per second) the assault rifle white literally tears the enemy apart, this why it is so effective against even the strongest of aliens at close range.

A gun meme review is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to.

Ar: fails ice test, passes mud test Ak: passes ice test, fails mud test Aug: passes both like a chad

Kyle guarding the border meme, I LITERALLY LOL'D. that just made my night.

Hell yea! Another video from the AK Lord!!!

''Your shit tier guns are bad and u should feel bad, Nerf or nothing.'' best quote in a while, kept me laughing good.

Brandon: "The AR is more reliable than people give it credit for." Me-"It wasnt the AR goat gun on the desk though,is this the signal? It is,brandons in danger."

There I am just drinking my morning coffee, when Brandon just decides to call me out! I am subscribed I swear!

Always excited the see the one and only ak lord.

It would be impressive to map out all the parts of that 50 explosion from a birds eye view. It’s amazing how far parts went in opposite directions, even parts that were literally attached to each other but ended up 100 feet apart.

Most AR/M16 issues I ever saw were magazine related. Others were one non staked gas key and dozens of stupid people issues (barrels do not make great pry bars).

I'd love to see video on the Luty being made up. Always fun to watch some machining getting done.

Good Stuff Boss... Thanks

To be fair I think the AUG was the unsung impressive outcome it did so well in BOTH tests!

It’s always nice seeing Brandon before 2 years of heavy drinking and Biden. He was so young, so chirper, so happy. 😂😂😂

6:12 - Gotcha, I am already subscribed for quite a while now !

Haha, I love Brandon's description of the fudlore. I really wasn't surprised or upset by how the ARs and AKs performed. For my own curiosity sake though, I wish Garand Thumb would add the Robinson Arms XCR-L to the list of rifles he tests, I would be very curious to see how it holds up since it is a mixture of both the AR and AK platform.

“Do you carry everyday?” “If you’re in Europe, this question is irrelevant.” Me: cries as a normal, non-LEO resident of NJ

"We can't expect to do god" -Brandon Herrera, 2022

Carry every day. And have had uscca since I got my enhanced carry. Great company, gave me plenty of info and offered training vids if anyone needed them

1.69 million… you’ve made it Brandon. Hats off to you sir 😂😂

I always recommend reading the Aberdeen AK trials. There they mentioned that the AK does well in extreme conditions, with the exception of mud, for all the reasons everyone says. All the tests I've seen on youtube of AK's failing ultimately involved someone shoving crap into the open dust port.

In regards to the weird looking optic and laser mount, here is the idea: It's designed for a dedicated night vision short barreled rifle. On shorter rifles with shorter hand guards this mount allows the shooter to grip the rifle a little further out where the laser would normally take up real estate. The height of the optic is for passive aiming with NVGs on your head. It looks dumb, and it's a very limited use item, but the idea behind it is well thought out and practical.

Totally unrelated, but it was cool to see you on the forehead fables podcast. Helped make work fly by today. I want to thank you for that. You should peer pressure doughnut to get on the podcast.

As someone who subscribed to the channel bec of the AKguys vs ARguys series…I hope Brandon comes up with a new AKGvARG episode after GarandThumb finishes his gun torture tests

As a Jeremy watching this, I can say that even though I am subscribed I still felt the fear run through me.

The "Eli handing Brandon the dust cover" painting had me in tears. Thank you.

13:22 that meme aged into a fine wine, left to turn into vinegar.

Great video! Thank you! ♥☺♥

That dot riser with the IR laser mount in front is for use with night vision. It’ll work. You want your IR laser to have a good zero, which is hard to do on some rails that won’t hold a absolute zero.

M14, the shortest serving front line US infantry rifle in history for a reason

Pretty sure the riser is for shooting with nods. Would also make sense with the IR laser/illuminator

Im not going to lie the ak50shotgun video was actually pretty wild im sorry about the gun blowing up but im happy to know everyone is okay after that happened. Your super awesome Brandon.

I’ve been waiting for this one

1963 USMC cold weather training, North Camp Fuji, M14 full of watery mud churned up by M48 Tanks. M14 fired every time, threw mud into my eyes every time, but it fired every time. I sort of wished it had not. My belief is that if enough mud is packed in, then it will need to be removed. I loved my M14 except when we had to climb mountains while carrying it.

Thanks comrade, Brandon!

Ugh, I love it when KZfaq turns off my notifications for all my subscriptions-Brandon, Matt, Donut-and I don't realize they've posted until 10 days later.

8:26 My dad always says his health plan is "A bible and a Sewing kit" and that always cracked me up.

Lol, just happy the AUG performed well in both torture tests.

I think i am more exciting that you are back

Brandon... You're the AK guy, you're not ment to know about optic risers.😆

At least we can all agree the M14 is still a POS. I love the wood and the way it looks but it's really a poor choice for a combat rifle for just about every reason compared to an AK or AR.

Eating at work watching this on break, hearing “Jeremy” like that actually did freak me out lol

The only reason I could see for that Mount is if your hand guard couldn’t hold zero so it had to be mounted on the upper. Still seems really high. Maybe like something along the lines of the mcx rattler were you have very little space to Mount optics?

The mud test vid was awesome, but garand do be having some old man grunts getting up and down. I felt that in my soul.

The frozen ar doesn't surprise me. When I bought may ar pistol, I did a clean and lubrication before firing it for the first time. When i did it was -10F it froze up almost immediately. I had to manually operate the bolt to get it to feed. After one 30rd mag, it finally cycled for 3rds. I did get it to run, but it took quite a while. My M4 carbine that i have had for years oddly enough had no problem running. Same time cleaned and lubed. It in amazing what a bit of wear will do.

Brandon-"The AR did pretty well". Translation- it passed with flying colors even though it should not have.

I haven't watched the video on mud test... but in my opinion I wouldn't do this to guns....but I do appreciate the ones who do exposing flaws everyone can learn the pros and cons. Even if it's not realistic the average person wouldn't know the average tolerance and fail points in a worse case scenario. Realistic or not the information alone is worth it plus I'm sure they make their money back and then some per video. It's a win win for me no matter who wins or loses.

Not sure if anyone has said this already, but the purpose of that weird riser is for super short guns, it can be hard to have your support hand in a position to help control recoil with your IR laser out on the end of a pretty short rail. This riser would allow people to grip the short rifle normally, and the IR device is risen so that the illuminator isn’t splashing off of their hand. I still think it’s kinda dumb, but some hitter somewhere wanted it for a reason

2:55 Brandon, let’s all get in on this - everyone loves dunking on those m14 weirdos. Something Combloc and capitalist can all agree on.

9:12 the moment I saw this trailer and saw at AK know Brandon Herrera will pulling this out and here to behold

That 3P0 voice dub had my sides hurting. Huzzaahhh!

Thanks for another meme review Brandon, these are helping me through my granddad’s passing. Much love from Jamaica❤️❤️

Brandon, you're getting pretty close 2 million! Can't wait to see that happen!

The star trek optic riser looking thing is from GBRS Group and what its intended purpose is is to free up rail space that IR devices take up. This is especially useful on small PDW platforms or real short .300 BO or even something like the 416C. This allows the users hands to have optimal placement. Often times you’ll see professionals running the IR device way back and control hand forward. This allows for better recoil management but in-turn the user risks blocking the emissions of the IR device. Now this won’t be an issue that the IR device is elevated.

4:00 The "poor people" comment earned my thumbs-up.

"The one thing we both hate, poor people" -ak jesus, greatest quote of all time

That riser is actually pretty awesome. It's made to shoot with night vision so you can have a solid chin weld and keep the tubes out of the way. And it keeps a steady lockup between your optic and the IR laser. It also looks to have viewing holes under the optics and peq where you could possibly use irons if need be.

Actually, District 9 was supposed to be a Halo movie. Story goes that the fudds in charge shot it down after they had already gotten a bunch of the props. They had the stuff lying around and a small director/ writer pitched his idea and they’re like “sure, whatever. Just use the stuff.”.

I've seen DJ Shipley from GBRS using that weird optic/laser riser lately. My guess is that it gives you a smaller offset when using a parallel zero. Raising the laser prob makes it comparable to a parallel zero on a lower 1/3 or absolute cowitness mount. Also removes alot of weight and clutter from the front of the gun.

I loved the saga 50. Exploding guts every where. Need more like these.

Brandon: "I know good people working at the ATF." Me: "Impossible."

that enterprise high rise would work pretty good with SBR with suppressor over barrel setup, allows for c clamp grip still

I built a 7.5" integrally suppressed 300blk for my 6 year old to hunt deer with. I used an Adam's arms piston kit to get rid of the gas blowback. Works perfect for him with subs.