Watch This Before You Consider an AK for Home Defense
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- In this informative video, Reid Henrichs of Valor Ridge discusses the AK rifle for home defense. Your home, environment, and proximity will dictate whether or not the choice is responsible. Take many factors into consideration before you decide!
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That brick was a lot more heavy duty than most bricks for sure. Well done Reid 👊🏼 make us some more videos bro! 🌍❤️
Always love these sort of tests. Thank you for all that you do. You and your loved ones have a positive Christmas and new years!
Merry Christmas Reid✌
Holy f*** you shaved 👀
Whatever you do, give up considerations of a camera operator pay raise. That's as polite as it gets. Appreciate your demo. Camera work with you up close target totally ruined it for me.
My uncle served a few years in Vietnam. He said you either learned real quick that trees weren't cover, or you didn't.
Cover vs concealment is a tough lesson to learn 😅
I teach combat training in my community organization........Aka militia 🤣. And one if the things I push is cover vs concealment, knowing the difference, and reaction time. Difference between death and life for sure.
@@Thekoryostribe u in az i wanna join :)
now if it's alaska. Ill take a fifteen foot across redwood. But a palm tree nawww man naw haha
@@concernedcitizen2868 think that 15 ft redwood is cover an concealment
I remember seeing the Hollywood shoot out. Between the police and two bank robbers wearing homemade body armor and using AK's. The police took cover behind a cinder block wall. Unfortunately the AK's punched though like it was nothing.
Then they brought out the 308s
This is also good for the people in Chicago to understand that hiding in a house from a drive-by is not good cover.
_Ackshually, that's a concrete masonry unit._
All cinder blocks, in US construction, are concrete and steel rebar reinforced. Hollow tube construction is Haitian or Chinese construction practice. In singles, they'll fracture and shatter quite readily. But in practice, they are supported top, bottom, left and right, with all of those stresses transferring laterally.
If there is a structural weakpoint, for the purposes of this discussion, its in those spaces where its solid CMU through the wall. But that isn't gone in a single shot, it's multiple shots in a single point to penetrate. Which is unlikely to occur in a defensive situation. And there are very few flat laid 2x4s in 'stick frame' construction.
Not all CMU wall are filled solid with concrete. Only the cells that require rebar reinforcement that tie the dowel rod to the down rods between the footers and the lintel. The distance apart varies by manufacturers and specific plans. Commonly 4'-6' apart and at each side of window and door openings. This leaves more hollow block than solid filled block. As far as the 2x4 turned flat you can not assume that you are firing the weapon exactly 90° to the wall striking the stud squarely to the edge.
Not to mention there are many wood frame homes that have no CMU at all on exterior walls even.
Uh oh it’s gonna be a construction duel!!!
Let me get some popcorn.
What he said and furthermore, what City do you live in that is all modern construction? Even houses in the 80s weren't built that way. Neighborhoods vary and its best to keep a blanket train of thought on this.
And this explains why the East Coast is continually flattened by tornadoes and hurricanes.
There is no hollow construction on the West Coast.
@@Korruptor
Yep
So I do use an AK for home defense, but I'm sitting in an upstairs hallway shooting down at an angle and straight into my front yard. I'm not going downstairs and searching, as my house is NOT set up for that, too many bad angles and blind spots. Is the AK my ideal weapon for home defense? Definitely not, but it's the only rifle I have with a defensive ammunition at the moment.
Years ago, a buddy and me were shooting my 20" AR with M193 55 grain IMI ammo. We were 100 yards away from our target and using wood railroad ties as a backstop. To our surprise the M193 had zipped clean through the railroad ties from 100 yards. There is no way in hell that regular 2 x 4 using in typical wood framing is going to slow down M193 from a 20" barrel.
What? What are you talking about? A 2x4 is going to make M193 fragment and dump its energy into it, same as it did with the wood railroad ties you were using.
@@EternalDeath14 M193 will zip through 2x4’s. They tumble after hitting harder targets, slow down then fragment when hitting additional hard targets.
YEP! Which is why I suggest hollow points in 5.56.
@Fascista Mexican it fragments on flesh based on velocity. People running shorter than 11.5” and even on that I wouldn’t recommend for in houses. As a bullet maintains yaw it is extremely unstable. Below that velocity, it is a needle through wood. M193 is very reliant on barrel length and distance for fragmentation.
@@EternalDeath14 A railroad tie is many times thicker and more dense than a 2 x 4. It is also impregnated with tar.
For all the "use a pistol caliber" guys...pistol bullets penetrate through standard building materials quite well.
Thats why you also dont use FMJ. Ballistics have a big role to play even when assessing an investigation.
Also by your standard a pistol cartridge should be enough as well because they both over penetrate
Still less lethal though. Numerous studies show pistol calibers wound more than they kill so might as well go with a pistol caliber as opposed to a rifle caliber. That's why I have a .40 PCC as my home defense gun.
What about #4 buckshoot or something in between 00 buck and birdshot?
@@BlueonGoldZ What are you thinking? If you shoot an intruder, shoot to immediately neutralize him. He's there to do you and family harm. I would care not it he was fatally shot with the first round.
The first time I shot aks at night I thought I was good to go. I realized quickly that my light was mounted to far back and washed out my front sight, couldn’t see a thing. A thorntail mount solved the problem but had I relied on my old set up I’d have lost before I even started. Got to use your gear, especially gear you expect to help defend your life. Love your channel buddy.
With the God given right to self defense these people building apartment complexes should be forced by codes or something to use materials that will protect bystanders if something goes down next door be it self defense or a swat raid or even a ND. If your business model is to pack as many people as possible into a certain area the company or the city should have things in place to protect the tenants.
Sounds great but I don't want to turn my $1,100 apartment into a $2,000 apartment
Like what, armor plate?
We lived in a duplex years ago and I was always afraid that the neighbor was going to have a ND. He would get drunk and clean his guns, and watch Rambo. He was an all American guy but very irresponsible.
There should be firewalls in place, consisting of concrete or some other material to keep apartment fires contained. That should also be enough to keep lethal rounds from entering, but also keep in mind that anything shy of steel or hard metals will eventually get holey from repetitive rounds in the same area
@@dthreadjrto late lol
Very helpful information. I'm sticking with my Valmet's in 7.62x51. I live in a rural location and want to stop vehicles and multiple threats with good stopping power. Have in home defense covered. Thank you Reid. Shoulder to shoulder.
"Valmets?" More than one? Now you're just flexing. It's difficult to find one Valmet and afford it, much less multiple "Valmets".
I live in the vast oceans of suburbia surrounding Washington DC--my 590 12ga is my go to for home defense. I load it with a mix of slugs and 00 buck--1 slug followed by 2 00 shells, rinse and repeat until the tube is full--I go with the slug first since I might have time to aim the first shot and not have to rely so much on pattern (tight or otherwise--generally tight in the close confines of a home) and I think the slug will be more effective if the intruder is armored up. I also think the slug will be helpful in suppressing a vehicle mounted attack if I have to "take it outside", but the enhanced pattern for that application brings its own benefits to the table as well. Again, I believe I have enough capability in the shotgun with this load out to deal with the animals populating suburbia without posing a huge risk to my neighbors and freaking out the local constabulary when they show up. If I did live in a rural area however it would definitely be my SOCOM or my MDR (same calibers as your Valmet). Cheers!
Buc sh00tt. Fuck yes. Respectable.
@@DaveTex2375 I got a stick bow. Try me punk lol
Agreed. I also run 762x51 for the same reason. Also it will defeat most body armor.
Hey Reid thanks for the vid. I use a 10.5 inch AK for Home defense.
But my idea is... Lets put a watermelon wrapped in Clothing in FRONT of the stud and brick. That way we will see a simulation of what happens if a round goes through the attacker.
I'm willing to donate funds to see this demonstration of what happens AFTER a 7.62 AK round passes through an attacker.
Once again.Thank you for your service to the 2A culture.
AK is the best for home defense you will shoot the robber in your house, the robber in your neighbor's house and the guy at the getaway car out in the street at the same time. Hell yeah 😎
funny. but kind of not.
@@binalith4898 8 people so far though it was funny 😄
Merry Christmas, Reid! Keep up the good work!
Always love these sort of tests. Thank you for all that you do. You and your loved ones have a positive Christmas and new years!
Got your rifleman book! It's really a good buy. Thanks for getting real data for us and sharing your knowledge. You've been so thoughtful of your fellow Americans. God bless and merry Christmas, Reid and family!
Great demonstration as always Reid Thankyou for all you do for our community and merry Christmas sir.
Reid you are a legend! Merry Christmas brother
Merry Christmas, Reid.
Thank you for your patriotism. Thank you for being a fellow American and,
A brother.
Merry Christmas Reid.
Always look forward to your videos
Merry Christmas to you sir and yours thank you for this video.
GREAT VIDEO, thanks for sharing.. Not my preferred weapon for home defense. Saying with the Mossberg pump and my (2) German Shepherds.
Close quarters you cant beat a shotgun.
Tactics and guts win the fight. A weapon is merely a tool to get the job done. Improvisation is the best thing to have though >:0
Thanks for the demonstration Reid. Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Reid and happy new year
I use a 300 Win Mag. for my home defense.
Wtf lol
In a 16inch barrel right? Gotta keep it stupid tactical.
surely you JEST
Many want "macho" in order to keep their family safe, but macho is firearms proficiency. You can tell others what to consider, but showing this video explains more.
Oh really?
I WANT TO BE A MACHO MAN!!!
Wait, not Village People “macho.”
lol
@@stacyblaustein1228 Yes, you are entitled to be macho, too.
I don't see using an ak as being "macho" I see it as having another caliber and reliable rifle on hand.
@@pliskenx51mm83 Home defense was the point he was making. Nobody is questioning your ability. The point was many have gone out and purchased the AK because of reputation for stopping power without considering the liabilities. There are some areas where it may not be the wisest choice. A picture paints a thousand words as it did above.
Reid Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Great Video Thanks.
This is an informative video. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Reid and have a happy new year.
Great video and demonstration Reid, thank you!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
May you and yours remain safe, healthy, & prosperous!
Thanks Reid. Merry Christmas.
I’m going to try to get up to train with you next year. I need some refresher training. Been a long time since I did anything other than target shooting.
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
My daughter gave me two of your books for Christmas. The American Riflemen and Pistol Craft. Looking forward to reading them.
Great books!
Love your videos. Merry Christmas buddy
Cool demonstration Reid, nice AK too. Merry Christmas to you bro.
Thanks for all you do Sir.
Great video Reid. Apparently people still need to see this stuff. It’s awesome you’re there for them I’m a firearms instructor myself. Stay safe and merry Christmas
how did this video help anyone? 😂
@@rickyrampage3732 Read the 300+ other comments and ask them how it helped . Being a firearms instructor there’s people out there every day that don’t know about any of this. I officially didn’t need it. So you’re asking the wrong guy son.
@@rickyrampage3732 I bet you fire a weapon once or twice a year.
@@MJScoutArchMar 😂😂😂
Reid, thank you for your knowledge. Merry Christmas to you and your family. God bless you Patriot brother.
Excellent information as usual Reid!
Thank you Sir for the video! It just confirms what I have already done before in a test. The AK went through most wall structures that we tried. Even car doors.
We didn’t even use any special rounds, just standard FMJ Wolf brand.
Be safe!
Squirrel guns go through car doors.
Thank you for good information, an happy holidays to you an your family and friends.
I run an AK variant for home defense. It's a 9mm KP-9 from Kalashnikov USA.
While I think this is a great illustration, apartment dwellers need to to understand that ANY rifle or modern handgun round is going to go through more than one wall. There’s no way around it. If you live in a residential neighborhood this video might change some things, but if you can be aware of safe angles penetration matters less. In 5.56 projectile type matters too, there’s a bunch of popular barrier blind stuff marketed as HD ammo and it performs significantly different compared to m193 or similar through barriers. Just be aware of what your environment is and practice your due diligence.
Merry Christmas Reid!
I was going to say go back and look at the video a couple a years ago and look what happens but you said it . Great video. Keep up the great work.
No cover other than steel, thick steel, like a train wheel and pray for the 180 ricochet. Merry Christmas sir to you and yours. - Semper Fi
Thanks for your videos and Merry Christmas too all
Merry Christmas! Reid I’m going to come train! See you on the ridge.
I have an AR next to my bed but I’m more than likely to use the pistol, Even though I am rural. The AR is more in case, you know tell me there is like a squad situation…
itll eventually happen, you know it, i know it.
This is a very enlightening test and makes me very grateful that I didn't ND in my crappy apartment when I was 19 and stupid with my SKS and instead it was Vepr in 5.45x39 instead. I was also lucky that a heavy glass bowl was in the path of the bullet before it hit the kitchen wall and there was a cinderblock back there. Dryfiring when tired without checking to see if it's loaded was very very stupid. Very good information.
Thanks for the reminder Reid. Been a while since we have talked about over penatration.
Good demonstration Reid and information merry Christmas to you and family
Merry Christmas Reid to you and your family. I hope you have a wonderful, very blessed Christmas 🎄 and a wonderful New Year.
Merry Christmas everyone here reading, watching. I hope you all have a blessed Christmas.
Great video! Merry Christmas :-)
I don't disagree with Reid over much, but rather than 2x4 then block as a best-case scenario. I would say that bad guy, then two-by-four, followed by block is a best-case scenario
The example is that the person in the apartment across the hall or the house directly next to you may very well not be safe from the penetration of a 7.62x39 round.
He probably couldn't find a bad guy who wanted to volunteer for the job...too bad.
Thanks Reid
great video reid,, merry christmas
A Very Merry Christmas to everyone! 😄🎄
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Good info thanks
Hot 556 will do similar stuff. 12 or 20 gauge buckshot will rip the house up too. Not even going to talk about slugs. Magnum rounds will chew up a 2x4 like gum as well.
Great video and visual demonstration. Your house ballistics video was the main reason why I went with the FBI load for my home defense AR. Great stuff!
FBI load?
@@josemontenez4779 Yeah it's like Federal FBIT3 or something similar.. 62 grain... bone frog used to have some but it's vaporware these days.
@@josemontenez4779 it's now called the communist pedophile subvert and saboteur load.
@@hombrenuevoacts1728 this is not the channel to be pushing your witchcraft Abominations
@@dthreadjr Wrong site dude, you're looking for the shiff/pelosi blogs.,.
Another great video, keep up the good work, God bless💪💪👍👍
Merry Christmas Reid. As You are aware the 7.62x39 was designed with intermediate barrier penetration in mind. Even soft points have substantial penetration. IF one chooses a 5.56 AR-15 for home defense a Hollow point would be a better option to minimize penetration. For a long time in My Apt. I used a BHP loaded with Glaser safety slugs (blue) and (go ahead and laugh) a Marlin model 60 with CCI solids.
Merry Christmas Reid
Merry Christmas brother
Very good, my personal favorite is a 12 gauge shotgun.
Thanks Reid 👍
Good knowledge and it’s exactly why I didn’t use my AK for apartment defense when I lived in one. Now I’m in the country 😀
Good video great information
Merry Christmas everyone! Great video, Remember to keep training, Stay sharp, Be ready! Semper Fidelis.
An AK is not for home defense. It is for an all together different form of defense.
perfect for home defense. if its daylight and they see the rifle, you probably wont even have to shoot it
The weapon you feel most comfortable with and are accurate with is the right weapon. We aren't talking open warfare, we are taking self defense.
My buddy's ak is shorter and easier to use inside a building than my non pistol stuff and has far more firepower and oh shit factor than my pistols. Doesn't seem like a bad deal either way you look at it.
@@mikewhitman745 Agreed on the comfort issue. But let's hope you have room in your home. Like someone said, use of a pistol is a means of fighting back to the rifle you should never have set down. It all depends on one's circumstances.
@@hollyfoxThe not everyone gets to walk around with a rifle on their shoulder all day every day and violence happens away from home as well as at home.
It's nice to say you should never put a rifle down ever but it's not exactly realistic for the vast majority of people in day to day real life.
Listen to people that deal with every day self defense situations. There isn't enough time involved in most cases to say, get out of the car, go to the trunk and get your rifle and then engage. You have enough time to pull the pistol you have on your person and engage, by then the situation is normally over. Average gun fight is way less than 30 seconds if I remember correctly.
If I was going to war that's a different story and I'll bring a rifle and pistol rather than if I'm going to the store to buy toilet paper and dog food, then I'll bring a pistol.
@@mikewhitman745 I think you may have missed my point (or I failed to present it correctly), most rifles are not good home-defense weapons if you live in a small home. And pistols are much more practical for EDC. Thanks and Happy New Year.
Soft points are the way to go depending on some factors like apartment for example
Thanks, Reid.
Makes sense, unless you're aiming at your neighbors.
I’m moving out to Tennessee in the next few months and will be looking at valor ridge for training as soon as I’m settled in!
Si, great content as always!
Great video!
Merry Christmas Reid.
My neighbors are Democrats. I'll go with the AK :)
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Reid, are you slimming down? You look great!
I guess Patriot Nurse wants to keep you.
A 9mm AR with a 10 inch barrel will surprise you how well it penetrates.
Great video.
Luckily, I live in the country so I can use and AK in 30 cal. I still like my Mossberg best. But, then again, an 8 foot high fence around the acre around my house (to keep deer out), a couple of pitbulls and a wife who takes no sheet from anyone, I can continue to watch my football game while they take care of business... Merry Christmas Reid.
Full (Top to bottom) bookcases on the wall would stop any bullet fired. Plus, you have all those books to read.
Back in 1995, when I was serving helping to develop the then fledging Estonian Defense Forces Army my colleagues tested the Soviet M43 762x39 round out of an AKM.
As well as a Israeli Gallil AR in 556 NATO.
The test target Medium was an old Soviet Army Ural Truck.
The Soviet M43 762x39 upon being fired at the side of the Drivers Door subsequently penetrated the Divers and Passengers door exiting both doors of the thick metal Ural Truck.
The 556 fired from the Galil AR achieved full penetration of only one door and stayed was recovered in the passenger door.
From my own experiences with the US M16/M4 having served many years in the US Army and from my Estonian Defense Forces Army experience, I feel that the Stoner design AR15/ M16/M4 is a far better more effective efficient with it's closed operating system that has also been proven to function better than the AK's in Mud etc.
See Ian's YT AR15 vs AK mud test videos.
Also the M16/M4 is far more accurate than either the older designed AK's or the Gallil AR or SAR.
Given if a person had lots of space in a rural setting an excellent choice would would probably be an AR15 in the M43 762x39 caliber.
Otherwise the semi automatic
AK's in the M43 762x39 cartridge is a fine rural homestead Self Defense Preservation Device.
9mm hollow point and 2 big Rottweilers are my security.
Thank you
Reid,your my favorite guy of all times!,your an inspiration!to all those who love freedom,and what it takes to keep it!,God bless you brother!,Nashville got your "6"!👍♥️
My first name is Reid too. we are pretty rare, buddy. Been following you for a long time but dont catch too many videos. Thanks for the info.
Keep in mind that was not even close to being your normal cinder block used in home construction, most blocks have 2 large holes with the walls of block only being about 1 and 1/2 inches thick, so lethal penetration can happen on the first round, but the block he used was a GREAT example of how powerful the gun actually is, shoot that with an AR15 and it would probably just chip away at the block.
Camping as a kid we would shoot through 12-14" trees consistently with an SKS. Like butter
Same here. I was actually amazed at how it penetrated a good sized tree with no deflection at all.
Hey at least you don't have to spend twice as much on a round for ARs to yeet through barriers! Love that sledge hammer within 300yds
Good report Reid! The only reason I choose that caliber is that, if they ever want to confiscate "anything", it's steel core vs vests.
Any rifle round is going to treat a normal ballistic vest like it doesn't exist lol, steel core or not. If your target is wearing hard, rifle rated armor, good luck finding a 7.62x39 loading that will do better at punching it than a 5.56 will. If it'll stop a 5.56 it'll stop a 7.62x39. The same does not always apply the other way around.
Most steel core ammo is mild steel, not suitable for armor penetration, but great for blowing through walls. If its not 7N23, 7N22, or API-BZ, its likely not AP ammo, least not in the AK platform.
Literally all ceramic armor is designed to defeat this caliber. This is poorly thought out
This is important stuff to talk about 💯
What ammo did you use in this test? I’ve watched through a few times and didn’t hear you mention it, but I could have missed it. Just wondering if this was an FMJ, soft point, hollow point, etc. Thanks! I appreciate the content.
Was wondering about this very topic after I shot a deer at 75-80 yards with a 154 grain 7.62x39 soft point, and the round still went through even after mushrooming. In my uneducated mind, I had expected such a heavy bullet to stay in the target after expanding. Definitely made me reconsider using this load as a bedside gun.
Great video.. Feliz Navidad
Merry Xmas reid!
Got that "boogaloo badge" on your sling! Haaa!
Good eye
Nice visual! My home defense AR variants are loaded with 5 frangible on the top of the mags. I need to do this test to see what might really happen if.....