All of you that have access to an outdoor range, take a moment and have some gratitude for that. It really sucks living nowhere near one

As a country boy with no military experience, there is something about the simplicity of the AK that gives me comfort.

You killed it brother, as a old Marine that used the AR platform most of my life ,you answered most of my questions about getting into the AK .

I think on the front sight windage adjustment it's easier to say you move the sight towards your impacts. Hitting left? Move the sight to the left. Thanks again for another video Klay!

I found a nasty metal shaving in the receiver of my new zastava m70. Nothing scrathed on gun. Was probably just from manufacturing. But always tear down a new gun before firing. So glad i did!

Klay I really like what you’re doing for the Ak community . Keep doing great things

I’ve got many years on AK and AKS platforms, and I thought this video was a very good introduction for new shooters of these platforms. And it was a good reminder for me to reach out to newbies at the range to make sure if they have questions they feel comfortable asking around.

I’ve been shooting and collecting AKs for years but I absolutely love “back to basic” videos. Excellent content!

I didnt just buy my first, I own 7 but I'm watching because I really like your videos. Underrated guntube channel.

I've been shooting a while now, a long while and I appreciate an instructor that makes things simple and clear and can skillfully give memory hooks. This video does that. Nice job.

I think I've said it before but I will say it again... Thanks Mr. Klay for doing solid education and all-around love for the Kalash. Once you dig into an AK and not just write it off (as most American shooters do) - you get hooked. It's just a fantastic rifle that represents utter perfection for it's goal.

Great video would love to see you add onto this and go over basic upgrades like slings, light mounts, optic mounts and maybe trigger upgrades.

My first fighting rifle was an AK i bought back about 8 years ago when i was 20 and while ive learned alot and dont consider myself new to the platform especially after owning so many since then, i love watching beginner guides and seeing how these videos get better and easier to understand ober the years for said beginners. Great video. Alot of common sense answers but definitely worth its weight in gold. I would say for a video about advanced iron sight shooting, it would be worth it to talk about resting the entire front sight on top of the rear for very close ranges. I think that would have a practical use for guys in iron sight division in competitions. My 10/63 has romy G furniture with a Chinese grater and a combloc PK-A sight on it(sling and light too of course) and while it a vibe(bit heavy of a vibe lol), there is just something so beautiful about just a standard AK that makes me wanna take all of it off and run it slick again.

Love my WASA 10 from Romania. Only modification is a Primary Arms low red dot. This is my go to rifle after my 338 Lapua dialed in at 1500 yards...

Been an AK owner for like 2 years now and just havent had the chance to get much range time with it, though I love the platform and round, pls keep these vids for us noobs coming, some of that was some great info Ive not come across despite watching a million AK vids and reading tons on the platform

The safety adjustment advice at the beginning of the video just made my VSKA so much more friendly to own! Thank you!

When it comes to AK videos you are the man!!! My first rifle was an ak and believe it or not it was a Norinco that I bought for $400. Can’t do that anymore. Hopefully one day we will meet. Happy New Year and many more to come. Be BLESSED and not STRESSED!!!!

I think this is a must needed video for a lot of the newer guys out there. I learned alone, on my own and man has it been a rough road! Looking back on it and watching this video, I would have progressed so much faster for sure! The sight block got me... I also had an over gassed rifle sent to me, and man I pissed off some elder gentlemen my first day out. I dumped an entire magazine about 20 feet down the range table just pelting them all with steel cases... I highly suggest the hockey net style brass catcher out there to the new guys! Whether you make one or buy one, keep a spare on hand! Thankfully though, they were cool and after I had shot the magazine, they grabbed my shoulder and presented me with one. Phew, what an embarrassing encounter! Don't be that guy! Soon after I learned about gas adjustment, which became my first modification. Great lesson learned!

Nice introduction video covering the basics of AK ownership and earned my subscription. I bought my AK about 7 years ago when it was hard to find decent ones in stock. There was a local company manufacturing them at the time who sold through a well known on-line AK distributor but it seemed they were always out of stock. I resorted to looking up their address and actually visiting the factory. They had a small business office in front with some rifles on display. The chief production engineer came out and greeted me. After telling him of my interest in purchasing a rifle, he went back and selected one out of production and sold it to me. The owner came out and introduced herself and explained the lifetime warranty. This rifle was spot on out of production and all I've added is a sling, red dot and more mags. It may have been my best gun purchasing experience so far and the AK is very fun to shoot and one of my favorite rifles.

Followed your method of zeroing your AK and let me tell you it is just so much easier. Not much to think about once it's done.

Awesome video Man. Very clear and easy to understand for a beginner. Wish there had been more videos like this back in the day. You are the guy who got me into AKs back in 19 man. I saw you Galil Ace rock n lock and I was like” what is that? I need one! I’ve enjoyed all of your content since man. Thanks for all you do

I'd be lying if I said I didn't learn alot from these videos over the years...Especially how to speed up my reloads!! 🤜🤛

A nice thorough and calm presentation. You are a good teacher .

I just love "back to basics" videos. That's the meat and potatoes of owning an AK. You are an AK expert!

One little tip..if you want bolt hold open after the last round, get surplus Yugoslavia mags. They have a BHO built into the magazine. They may need some fitment, but there solid. Just take your time with a file, not a dremal.

Great info, thanks. +1 for the after market mag latch. I have a 74 that would not feed properly, changed the mag latch and it runs 100% now.

as a brand new owner i had to come say thanks and subscribe taught me alot of things i didn’t know for example indoors not being welcome of 7.62 i feel more confident about my purchase after this 🤘🏽love from texas

Great job brother on the video. I’ve been shooting and building AK’s for over a decade now but really enjoyed this video. It’s good to see new people drumming up interest for AK’s because more people need to learn how to operate and maintain these awesome machines. When you factor in the history and nuances of the different countries that made them, there is a lot to learn and potentially collect. Keep up the great work !!!

Another solid video Klay. Earlier this year I took my Romy G back to stock, had a US made barrel put in to ensure I could mount my Sandman-S, has the KNS piston. Love that gun so much more now. I redid all the furniture myself and I'm pretty proud of how it came out.

Pre-ban Romanian WASR-10 AK. Front sight is whopperjawed, klanks and rattles... only change is a dust cover with pic rail and set screws to lock it in place. It has NEVER failed to feed or fire. It came in the original cardboard box, bayonet, and scabbard. I've pushed it out to 300ish yards on steel targets.

I would love to see a video going over some options for a first time ak buyer. what to look for and what to stay away from, maybe some good budget options and some good collector worthy options. Thanks for the awesome video’s

Ive been bingeing your content for the last week after finding you while doing research before buying my first AK. This video couldnt have come out at a better time for me. Thank you for all the high quality and informative content. Especially on the 556 caliber ak's. Its very appreciated!

Gawd Dayum that was Direct ( no fluff) and so Simple that a Caveman could Understand it, then become proficient with his Weapon. Awesome Job Buddy. Awesome.

Excellent video, this is exactly how i zero my AKs as well I also zero my vepr 23"in 5.45 at 40 meters and it's dead center at 400meters that 7n6 flying at 3300fps is a laser in humidity air it leaves a vapor trail like a tiny missile.

This was super informative. The beauty of the AK is it’s simplicity, your zeroing tip really convinced me to buy one. I hope to get a zastava but I really love the plum colored wood furniture look

Just got a WBP Jack Rifle and it surprisingly didnt even need zeroed in out of the box, definitely a pleasant experience so far!

You’re the reason I bought my M90 and I couldn’t be happier! I’m about so switch from ARs to AKs entirely because of you

You have that gun shooting so smooth-it is probably the smoothest I've seen. Talk about Damage Inc.

A shop a little over an hour away from me thankfully lets me take AK's apart, check mag fitment, do an overall thorough inspection and I'm greatful for it. In my area there are mostly less than optimal AK's available. But that one small shop gets the good stuff. Love the content of your channel, great way to pass time when I'm cleaning or swapping some accessories around on my AK's! And thanks to you I will be sending one of my AK's to M13 Industries in the near future, what a great recommendation. They do incredible work.

Excellent video explaining the foundation for folks new to AKs to get started.

Very informative video thank you great job filming Rachel.Have a wonderful weekend.

My AKM Was made in the same factory as the Russian military ones. Accurate out of the box. As accurate as my highly customized AR at 150 yards. Works for me. I guess I got lucky. Bought it through Arsenal about 10 years ago. I believe it is the SLR-72. Love it.

I recently got a zastava m70 and i love it

I'm glad you are still releasing videos. Each one has been SUPER informative and interesting.

Love the Badassery of black ominous vehicles entering at 16:15. Props to the soccer mom vehicle too

"We dont do paid adds for ball bag razors" 😂 liked

This was one of your best videos so far. I learned quite a bit from this video. Thank you.

Very helpful information thank you... especially after owning my very first AK..I like the accuracy of my VSKA in the range....better than my AR with sights

Those M+M mag catches are 🔥… I bought one 2-3-ish years ago and I’ve been putting them in all my kit builds since.

The best AK channel out there. Tremendous work.

My very first rifle ever was a Norinco I bought just a year before the importation ban. Eventually I hope to buy it back from his kids. I'll always have a soft spot for them.

I did this way back. Got a DIY kit from Atlantic and bought some cheap Plastic stock and habdguards and about 1,000 rounds of ammo Now I have it all cutomized how I like it. All I really need now is a KNS piston.

I wish I had bought the East German version. I was in East Berlin right after re-unification in October 1990. Had the opportunity to be at the sale of Soviet goods at an arsenal. Young Easties were now kings. The Soviets left their toys when they went home.

The cockeyed front sight was usually found in wasr10 not really a problem anymore great video!!!

I own 6 AK rifles.just bought a WASR 10 Th because they were 600.00 she's barebone but shoots smooth and accurate...ive got alot better built but I'm digging the mighty Wasr..🎉🇺🇸

The story of when you helped me with my Galil SAR with the front sight was a testament to having an ak Front sight adjustment tool… And a screwdriver lol you’re the man

I’ve got a waser the trunion date is 1974 it’s been a very good weapon shoots good and straight too I put a buffer rubber behind the bolt it made all of the difference in the world lol no metal on metal noise and calmed down the recoil I love aks I’ve took deer and hogs with mine with the dot sights on it

Good video! I always told people in the store that were buying their first rifle, before you go spend $300 on parts, take that money and buy ammo. Go actually shoot it and learn it before you start spending money on upgrades you think are cool.

Great video! concise and informative. One thing to keep in mind if you're going to adjust your safety, make sure you're unloaded with a dead hammer. When you rotate the safety upwards the hammer will drop.

I think i was one of those few people who had a to tight magwell and mag release. I took a hand file to it and its still tight but much better.

Another great video. Not sure how I didn’t find your channel and sub till recently. I remember some years ago now buying 8 Bakelite mags for $25 a piece, thinking I was crazy at the time. Looking back I’m glad I spent the $200.

Great video, man! I appreciate these detailed yet beginner friendly videos.

On the ammo thing, the reason many indoor ranges dont allow steel case is because they dont allow steel CORE, which is legally classified as a type of AP round under federal law, and due indoor ranges often being filled with fudds that are only familiar with AR's and brass ammo, steel CASE and steel CORE get combined into the same thing. Now the reason the rounds may stick to a magnet is because the copper jackets are not pure copper and contain ferrous metals, but unfortunately this often doesnt matter to the range staff; they just assume that it if it sticks then it's steel core, and they wont let you shoot it, no exceptions. Ive's found if you complain about this or otherwise mention it to others, you'll usually just be mocked and told this is why you should avoid indoor ranges like the plague. From what I understand, there does exist newer steel case stuff that is marketed as being "non-magnetic" specifically for these fudd indoor ranges, but it tends to be harder to find and thus more expensive, to the point it may make sense to just get brass rounds instead. I had some experience with this shooting steel case tula rounds, had been using it for months without issue at my local indoor range (which was also the FFL that transferred my AK for me), till one day this prick RSO decided to make an issue of it, asking multiple times if my ammo was steel CORE based almost entirely on the fact the rounds sometimes sparked as they hit the backstop, while ignoreing the guy next to me shooting .308 out of a bolt action that was also sparking. Eventually he asked to see one of the rounds and did the magnet test, and when it stuck he said "sorry, cant shoot that here". I knew he was full of shit because the boxes the rounds came in made zero mention of steel CORE, and I had heard about the magnet thing being nothing more than fuddlore, but I didnt think it was worth getting into a verbal arguement and risking being banned from the premises over, so I just left, though I did make it clear that I disagreed with him. A few minutes later, as I was washing up and walking out another RSO walked over and told me he was told to tell me I wasnt allowed to bring any more "steel ammo", and I told him pretty much the same thing as the other prick, but he was like "Idk bud, dont shoot the messenger". I didnt go back there for quite a while as I was pissed and was seriously considering just going to a different range exclusively, but I ended up finding a good deal on a crate of surplus brass yugoslav M67 rounds, and have been using those at that range ever since; to this day nobody has said anything about it. unfortunately these brass rounds also have corrosive primers, so I need to make sure I clean the gun thoroughly soon after I get home, as if I wait even a day or two the bolt face and parts of the reciever will be full of rust. I use Ballistol to clean my AK with, as it nuetralizes the corrosive salts while acting as an all-in-one cleaner and lubricant.

Another bit of advice to new AK users, its going to be heavier than an AR15. Keep it simple and dont add a bunch of tacticool things to make it heavier. A good Mlok bottom rail, light, and vertical forgrip is really all you need. Adding all these other attachments because someone on youtube told you to will make it so heavy that you won't want to train with it or carry it to the range.

Some day an AK for me. Right now, I tip my hat to you for the expertise you share

Good 101 for beginners. Keep em coming my man! 👍🏻👍🏻

I'm old, non 20/20 vision. My hack is I made a point and shoot scoped version. It is based on the combat setting. I slightly shimmed my scope and where ever I point my cross hair from 25 to 300 yards I am on target. I set at 25 yards about two inches low bulls eye.

Great video! Super helpful. Looking forward to the videos you mentioned. Maybe also a video on proper maintenance after those.

I own a Century Arms AK with a milled receiver. It doesn't come with a standard front sight that's adjustable. The adjustment is in the REAR sight adjusting right and left.

A great no-nonsense, get-down-to-business video! Simple advice for noobs, but essential items that most people want to seem to ignore. Keep up the good work! BTW, hoping you can tell us what earmuffs you are using? I like the slim design, but can't seem to place them. Kudos!

1st - romainian wum-1 2nd- norinco bwk sporter 3rd- norinco Mak 90

Very timely since Santa delivers a lot of people’s first AK this time of year. 🎅🏻

Thanks for making this video. Looking forward to more in this series. Would love to see how much accuracy we can get from our AKs beyond 100 yards as I'm in a place I can hunt with mine.

This is the best and most simple beginner ak video I've seen. Keep it up fam 💪

Great video. I’ve also seen some instructions to do 25 yard zero with the elevation setting on 200 meters. Either way, close enough. The 300 meter and battle zero setting are the same height basically.

Good stuff. Robski did a vid 8 years ago detailing the russian zero technique. Also i believe the battle sight setting is 0-300 on ak.

That rifle you had at the beginning of the video looked so sweet . I like some aftermarket stuff but the original look of AKs is so beautiful. It looked glossed but that is how i like them .

All the mags that I bought after owning the gun came crazy tight and did a day of filing to get them to fit properly, but ain’t no slop whatsoever.

Bro you're a bad ass. My favorite KZfaqr

I swear I was subscribed before and somehow became unsubscribed. Well, I'm back! Gotta catch up on all the missed videos.

Thanks for dropping some gems. I'm looking to get an AK and don't know much about them. This was very helpful

GREAT videio.Im looking at the sporter model.I was hopeing maybe to change out the underfolder for a wood butt stock.But I ve been watching your AK videos.Im sure I can leave with that underfolderI sure I will do some modifications to it.Tanx again for your vidieos.WSG

Hey bro KLAYCO47 !! There is 1 thing missing in your AK selector Switch lever , its the third notch that 3rd selector hash mark on it that put the rifle in safe position. It retains the selector switch retained to the receiver of the gun . So the selector doesn't disengage when you slide it all the way up when the top cover is removed.... Edit : the select lever doesn't overrides when that *safe position* is made engraved on place where it suppose to engage safety. You can see that on Soviet AKs , Romanians , hungarian and some more ...

I’m not a newbie but newer with AK’s!! great to the point explanations

Also AK magazines can be a problem too. TAPCO was notorious for not able to lock into the AK or the last two rounds would not load in properly. Steel and polymer magazines from Russia or Bulgaria are the best magazines to use.

What is the Muzzle Brake that You are running with there is Very Little Muzzle climb on your Rifle, just asking for my friends

I’ve seen a pattern with most AK guys. 1st AK has to have Russian “red “ furniture and classic look AK. Then search for Bakelite mags. Then will go through turning it into the AR as much as possible 😂

Mine came from a pawn shop. Damaged hammer for $100.00. I restored it. Norinco type 56😊

AimSurplus has some Police trade in Clay County Glocks . Clayco , baby !!!

I have issues with the battlefield setting Wich is 300 meters/yards. This only works if you have a full target. Once firing starts, men aren't going to still stand around and present an ideal target. Men will dive for the ground to make a much smaller target,or cover behind something. Now your target is only inches. AK's can be reasonable with accuracy but not tack drivers. Now try to hit a small target at 100 yards with a battlefield setting of 300. It makes things more challenging in my opinion.

Thank you, Thank you! Your video really helped me more than anyone else. Perfect

good information, I have owned AKs forever but I never heard of that 25 yard zero before...👍...my #1 upgrade is to change the rear sight notch for a peep....followed by a pin and ball front post sight

AK that I've seen in the hands of security forces like police or border guards in eastern Europe / Turkey are carried with the safety off (on semi). I'm guessing it's so they can quickly rack the action to chamber a round and shoot.

First time ak owner and fire arm owner I'd love to know the preventative maintenance and how to clean it then oil/grease it. I don't really know how thoroughly to clean it, how frequently, where to clean it, and where to lube it. Especially to prevent corrosion + what products to use.

AK always has been and always will be , my favorite Firearms of all time, ofc imports , former Combloc or combloc , CHF Chrome lined barrels , forged components. OH YES! Sweet sweet smell of cosmoline. I am rooting for US AKs to be good , I hope one day they are but still I’m avoiding them like the plague lol past experiences still HAUNT Me to this day was first lesson i learned unfortunately was , go import, specially if you shoot your gun a lot lol hopefully times changing but imma still Stick to what I know while the imports are still available. Much love AK bros!!

Good stuff! I thought I was in KZfaqr that answers all my comments! Good work Sir

that thing is tuned up nice...

thanks for the tip about the safety, my wasr has that exact problem.

This is great info. You got me into the ak platform couple years ago and love it.

thank you for this very informative and professional video.