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"?

@@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.

yeah but they copied some galil features to rk95.

Galil had a bottle opener so it was completely different

נכון מאוד הגליל מבוסס על הrk 95

SAKOs actually work really decently underwater too

That's why the weight. It is really durable

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.

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

"Ja se kivääri ei ole mikään vitun kävelykeppi"

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

Really? Wow

@@c4s4n0v44 Yup.

@@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.

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

Right after Galil.. :P

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

+Pertti456 Exactly...

DestroyER82 sorry but galil was based on rk62

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.

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

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.

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

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...

lsvjk kans?

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

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

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

ahahaah google translator

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

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

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.

Chris Ursiny best looking AK variant easily

12 months with that weapon daily. Was fun times.

+nokkapokka Anytime again, right?

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.

suojeluskuntien asekorjaamo.

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

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.

@@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.

@@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.

Hunting is pretty popular tho

Jeff Woolf Glory to Suomi. Death to Soviet.

Yes He has.

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.

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.

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.

FEAFi I rather go with the M249 or M60

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

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

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

TURBO JYRKI Nää on muuten pikkusen kalliita nää M92S:t

Guy Thomas Lol

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

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

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

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.

Siinä on kaverilla melkoinen kokoelma.

Samu Sirkiä You sirious?!

Lucky bastard!

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

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.

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

Link pls bro

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.

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

It really is.

No AKM survives being dipped in sand and especially a swamp. InRangeTV proved that QED. That is just bullshit FDF rumour. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hM2AaamWxp7efWw.html

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

tämä🤣@@JV-ll1cu

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......

Thanks!

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.

so basically whole russian arsenal

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.

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.

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.

¨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,

Correct.@@DonRaynor

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.

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

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

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.

You mean something like this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pduAaap0triZiIE.html or kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJ-hdqpjypjRlok.html :)? 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)

€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.

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

did not expect an upotte reference here

*best

+Koma Chan 😂😂

Koma Chan upotte?

loved the scene where she masturbated LMAO

Я I ebbin love your profile picture :DD

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I am from finland and i dont get your point

Indeed

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

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.

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

@@Meatisfood and we still are

welcome to slow-mo

SAKO

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

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

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

600m meters was completely doable for me.

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

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

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

RockerGuy0001 you are funny )

Only in your wet dreams :DDDD

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

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

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

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

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