How the AR-15 Really Works - Whiteboard of Knowledge
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- Today we bring back the Whiteboard of Knowledge to do a breakdown of how the AR-15 really works. Yep, we're going to spend this entire video talking about ahem the "other gun."
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About Me
My name is Brandon Herrera. I'm the owner and operator of The AK Guy Inc, a 07 Firearm Manufacturer based out of Fayetteville, NC. I also co-own Stark Media Group, and designed the rifle known as the AK-50.
I've started to dedicate this CZcams channel above all to have fun, but also as a way to document my entrepreneurial journey for the next few years as I try to grow my companies. Hopefully, people can learn from my example, successes, and failures.
Either way, I'm having a lot of fun with it so far, and I hope it's just as fun to follow along!
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Thanks for watching guys! Hopefully 13 minutes of me talking about the AR-15 wasn't too traumatizing for you. If you have any suggestions for what you'd like to see on the next episode of the Whiteboard of knowledge, please let me know down here in the comments!
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niceeeee🤯
Bababoey
Amazing
#AKGNotificationSquad
The ma duce I've always wanted to know how the de linker and feed system works and how the timing is set so yeah the MA DUCE .50 BMG #akgnotifactiinsquad
Brandon blink twice if demo has you hostage
Lol
lmfao
I made sks video
@@JessJess347 anything else
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Your blinking Morse Code for “God Help Me” was on point
Lmao
where was that?
@@bencegorocs5293 the beggining
Like the captured fighter pilot who blinked “torture” while trapped in Vietnam.
Priceless.
"Butt fuck it. If it doesn't fit, force it!"
Grammatically correct quote.
"yes this is in context, why do you ask?"
Yeah
I heard it too! Gonna clip it
That cracked me up when I heard it
Brandon: “I never bought an AR they were either given to me or I just traded something for it.”
Mikhail Kalashnikov: “like your soul?
One faithful day we will have the AK-50 on the Whiteboard of Knowledge
I'm sure. When one day Brandon figures out what it needs to look like.
maybe, maybe
X = Doubt
that would be super cool to see.
Until recently that's the ONLY place it existed... 😉
Americans: Noooooo the AK is Better than the AR!
Me a Singaporean: God I wish I can own an Airsoft Gun
Depending on how things go we might be in the same situation as you.
@@curiousentertainment3008 yeeeaahhh no
Big “F” in the chat for you. 😞
@@curiousentertainment3008 quite the drama llama aren't you
Same bro
But we do have one indoor airsoft area, but it only has MP5s
Brandon: Washes hands immediately after touching an ar-15*
Also Brandon: never cleans his aks
Rifle is fine
@@comradeurod9805 clean ya damn guns
@@comradeurod9805 Nyet, it's not the 40s anymore, Purist
@@boog6821 nyet rifle is fine
@@boog6821 nyet, ride is fine
"Forward assists are stupid!" *Smacks charging handle on AK* -internet operators
Yeah, a battery tap on a pistol or hitting an ak bolt handle seems pretty commonly accepted and innocuous, but do that on an AR-15 and HOO BOY
I guess a lot of It is that it’s unnecessary, but hey, it’s not hurting anybody, and you still do it on every other platform anyway.
@@sundaybrunch1400 Accepted? Yes. Stupid? SURE.
Eh, you look first, and then see your bolt carrier is a quarter inch out of battery, because you just did a brass check, or you were trying to be quiet and ease the bolt forward instead of letting everyone within a quarter mile know you're racking the charging handle... or you had a dumbass brain fart and didn't let it fly... AK, M-14, Garand, you thump the charging handle. AR... yeah, you need a handle to thump. That's all that is. And yeah, you do that on a well and proper jam, you're a complete and utter dumbass for not watching what you're doing.
One thing I will say, though, is that Garand-related rifles and AKs are immune to Brass Over Bolt. You get one of those and you're gonna have to disassemble the fucking rifle to unjam it.
Do a 600m shootout with your ak vs ar mr. operator
@@ronaldblamble8206 I actually shoot a fair bit of high power matches, so 600 with an AR is fun for me lol
Teacher: "You Stoners will never amount to anything!"
Young Eugene: *triggered*
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Brandon, the bolt goes forward, the weapon fires. We’ve already learned this.
Throwback!
I just saw you on another video
😂😂😂 the weapon has fired!! 😧😧😧 in my grand master dipshit voice.
I just saw your comment on zeducation like 10 minutes ago
Only if you're not fcking around in a coalition.
Marine Corps vet here. I have used the forwarded assist in situations where I needed to get rounds down range and my weapon was not cooperating. Should I have checked for obstructions, yes. But there are some moments that you just need to force it in to keep rounds going for your buddy that needs to move.
There are those who act as if the AR platform is the only weapon system that malfunctions. All weapon systems malfunction. Thankfully the AR platform planned for it. Many times the M16A1/A2 etc. didn't/doesn't fall into battery because the mthr fker is packed full of sand, mud and various other environmental shit that it collects in a real world fight. That's when you NEED a "failure button." People that live on civilian gun ranges with cotton swabs growing out of their asses will never understand. Semper Fi Devil Dog.
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Actually just recently got into “ newer” guns.
I always shot old shotguns, rifles ect. Got my first AR15 and this is really helpful, thanks Brandon.
I now want an AK, since I lost my AR15 in a boating accident.😕
Can you elaborate, please?
@@sodinc If you are talking about the boating accident part, its a joke on how to get around ATF regulations. (USA's part of the government that regulates Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco.)
If that isn't what you are curious about... Can't help you.
@@2007Shockwave that just made me more confused. What is the correlation between boating accidents and losing a firearm?
@@ninjabiatch101 Sorry, can't tell you. They are all at the bottom of a lake.
@@ninjabiatch101 if you are no longer allowed to own your gun because the atf is changing laws however the fuck they want, are you going to turn it in or “lose it in a boating accident”
Brandon: "You don't just rip it like a fucking beyblade"
M-777 Howitzer: (Sad Artillery Noises)
Oh man that made me realize how fucking old I am.
Dude I'm fu**ing cry ing hahahahahha
Interesting video, Heretic.... I mean, AK Jesus.
Holding off my comment because this one is better.
@@hasty416 lol, say it anyway
I think you mean Herrera-tic
@@collinclark4009 ah damn, that's good! I'm not gonna edit my comment because I dont want to be the guy who said the joke louder lmao
HaveyouacceptedEugeneStonerasyourlordandsavior?
"you don't just rip it like a fucking beyblade" I almost spit my drink out all over my table
His most underrated comment in the whole video.
The AR was completely perfect, in every way, until they stopped using gun cotton (which had zero residue in the receiver) to ball powder (which gunks things up) and thus... Is the very reason Eugene stoner didn't want to sign off on the military version of the m platform.
Deliberate act by army ordinance i might add because they loved their ridiculous m14
"C'mon say the line!"
"...It's like a Swiss Army Knife..."
"YAYYY!"
"SAY THE THING"
The difference is that you can still use a swiss army knife after dropping it in the dirt
@@alexeitheswiss7378 nah, rifle is fine
@@alexeitheswiss7378
AKM mud test: czcams.com/video/DX73uXs3xGU/video.html
AR-15 mud test: czcams.com/video/YAneTFiz5WU/video.html
@@NorHeadHunter keep your shit out of the mud unless you plan on taking on a battalion of muddy mud skippers ..
Guys, Brandon said if he ever did an AR video then he is being held against his will. Send him help!
Where does he live I got the Soviet Arsenal ready
@@kingslayer1204 Fayetteville, North Carolina. I live very nearby but I do not have his exact location yet...
@@conradre55 ok find it NOW
@@conradre55 he lives in Texas now.
@@PRODSKY22 true alright all talk to my investor and see if that’s in bujet it will be
"Don't rip it like a Beyblade" It's times like these I'm reminded that Brandon is the same age as me
It also made me want a beyblade launcher ar-15....
Thanks, I needed a reminder that he's a decade younger than me. Excuse me while I go drink my sorrows away.
I don’t know when his birthday is but I think he’s about a year younger than my younger brother. I was surprised when he mentioned his age because I thought he was a little older than me.
@@leholen381 Brandon turned 26 about a month ago. Apparently I'm older than him by about 2 weeks
"Lower Receiver" is actually a perfect term for every gay guy I ever met in the military.
Unless they're navy, then everything is a power bottom
If every gay guy you met was the "lower receiver"... were you the "top giver"?
You were probably the top receiver
@@mrgibbs7710 what about a sterndrive?
So you were air farce, I presume.
Brandon: "You dont just rip it like a beyblade"
Me: puts my AR-15 with a deluxe ripcord away
Please do
FyI: Im also a new zealander who is only aloud to own a shotgun or a other semi-automatic weapons with a mag no larger than 10 rounds *cries
@@brigzthemostHigh
Double load those shells like a hoss and RIP that pump apart! RIP it like a beyblade!
Remember, E. Stoner the ARs designer did not include a forward assist in his design, the Army said they had to have it. Stoner was very opposed to adding it.
He also told them not to run corrosive ammunition through it because it would obstruct the gas tube. I do not blame the design for the AR’s poor performance in its early years. The US army could fuck up the AK
The ammo they used was hotter than the gun was designed for.
@@beowulf9878 Not hotter. The Army, at the direction of the democrats in Congress, changed the powder in the ammo so as to use up several metric fucktons of powder left over from WWII. It didn't burn clean, it caused fouling, and it killed soldiers. Congress then tried to blame Stoner, who had redesigned the rifle to be able to handle the crap they had done with the ammo. Armalite went out of business, but none of the bastards responsible ever even got a slap on the wrist.
The goddamn Jam enhancer
@@11jerans
And remember they added a cleaning kit, for stock. They wanted the Soldiers to keep the jungle humidity junk out of the Lock up system. I forgot to resize my reloads, got a lot of dented necks. And I used improper POWDER. The powder has to be the right kind, so like he says the gas system WORKS, got a lot of stove pipe cartridge in dust cover area with mine. The ones we had when I was in Army National Guard. When we fired at training for qualified. We picked the oldest one for the extra ammo we had, Sargent best friends, ass, kissers, got to fire fully auto. At the time we had the fully auto ones. Boy they got hot, smoked if you ran a lot of fully auto rounds through them. I'm saying this because there are. And I think it's people who hate AR-15s, saying there no difference better the Military M- 4 & AR-15. what I have seen is the civilian version would OVERHEAT very fast if Fully auto.
So why would someone want a fully auto AR-15 ( civilian sold)
Saying this because Big Government thinks we civilization Free Americans don't need a military Rifle. It's a semi Auto Rifle. Fires a round not much bigger than a 22, they make plenty of 22, that can hold lots of rounds. Why are they so fixated with a AR-15. Because there excellent weapons for Females, let's say a home invasion by three males. She can hold them off by herself, no kick thanks to BUFFER spring assembly. I Love the Look of the Early ones, the ones COLT is remaking now. Anyway that's my take and experience with the grand Firearm/ Rifle. It can never be taken from the American
Law abiding people. Just like the old rule of the early America was, all male adults 18 and over should be issued one. The American public must be the civilian defense force. To protect the USA, sadly today there are Enemies in are own Government who want to disarm Americans. But a stroke of a PEN by a President as we see, goes to Court. The President doesn't have that power, it belongs to Congress. The people we send to vote for the Free American people who pass LAWS. The Constitution ( second Amendment ) can never be altered. Thanks for Reading my ranting. The AR-15 can never be taken from the Free People of America. That is all.
Brandon: I own several of these
Everyone else: *surprised Pikachu face*
"You need a lot of modification to make the AK modular." Me: Stares at roll of duct tape.
me: stares at gorilla glue
Guys we need to help brandon, he’s obviously being forced to make this video
I dont see the gun pointed at him though so I cant do anything :( gws brandon
@@skeletonwguitar4383 the gun is behind the camera
@@historysimplified4075
The gun is the camera
Don’t worry I just called Putin he said a spetsnas team is en route
@@gwydionrusso3206 shall i get the S.S. Oh crap wrong century sorry
Forward assist, for when your 300 Blackout hasn't quite seated properly in your 556.
Just a couple tappy taps of the FA oughta fix that right up. 😄 "But on the side of the receiver it says "Multi Caliber"... that was a lie."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ak47: what is SHE doing here?
AR15: excuse me. Who is SHE?
Of note: Regardless of how you view the Armalite platform it requires a LOT more gas to cycle than an AK or Mini14 or (insert any other system here).
Thats why short ARs are a no-no.
That's a good thing.
I've always referred to the forward assist as the "Jam Enhancer"
I call it the "forward cyst" cuz it shouldn't be there.
@@garychief2338 i really wish finding an upper with no forward assist was easier.
@@DeckDogs4Life it kinda is. Sport/slick side. I can usually find them.
I have a MMR with no forward assist but it also has no dust cover and no mounting points for one. Almost perfect.
You just got jammed.
Bradon: "Today... The AR-15"
Me: *"I sense a disturbance in the force"*
As if a million subscribers called out, and then fell silent.
And not a good one
Nah man, he brought balance to the force
I like how Brandon "despises" the AR-15, but he had to fix the drawing of the threads on the buffer tube, only to just erase them anyways. Hahahahaha
We call that ocd.
So, (and this is per a forgotten weapons interview) the " reason" the ar 15 is known as " direct impingement" amounts to clever marketing to make the rifle seem more "modern" than the long and short stroke piston guns it was up against during trials/contemporary military rifles of the time.
No it's because the AR15 is a direct impingement gun, AKA the gas acts on the bcg itself and not a piston
@@AR15andGOD incorrect. It would be " best described as something like" micro piston", " fixed piston", or " contained piston".
"... The original AR-10 action (later developed into the Armalite AR-15, M16 rifle and M4 carbine) designed by Eugene Stoner is commonly called a direct impingement system, but it does not utilize a conventional direct impingement system.
In U.S. Patent 2951,424 the designer states: ″This invention is a true expanding gas system instead of the conventional impinging gas system.″Gas is routed from a port in the barrel through a gas tube, directly to a chamber inside the bolt carrier. The bolt within the bolt carrier is fitted with piston rings to contain the gas. In effect, the bolt and carrier act as a gas piston and cylinder. The subtleties involved in ArmaLite's patent on the gas system significantly diverge from classical direct impingement; upon firing, the pressurized propellant gasses exit the barrel via the gas port and travel the length of the gas tube, but instead of simply applying the inertia necessary to cycle the weapon directly to the bolt carrier, the gas is funneled inside the bolt carrier wherein the increase in pressure results in the bolt itself acting as a piston, forcing the bolt carrier away from the barrel face."
"USCCA is dedicated to helping _law abiding_ gun owners like you"
Looks at my sb-tactical brace
Yeaahhh about that..
Yeah that's why "law abiding" is meaningless, because supposedly if you did nothing illegal you wouldn't be charged to begin with.
"Forward assist" you mean the sniper button, if you hold it down it makes your rifle shoot more accurately.
My favorite story that comes from the war in the middle east.
Can I hear the full version?
@@sam8742 czcams.com/video/_o7S3YV_dFs/video.html from the B channel
There's a theory to that. With the thumb removed from the grip, it may let the rifle recoil straighter back or some shit as the barrel axis wants to deflect off of the resistance of your shooting hand... especially if your stance is loose and goofy. Gotta imagine whoever thought that term up.
Maybe a cali fin-grip does the same thing. Dunno. Any cali-grip people here?
uhhhhhhhh, I may be new here, buuuuut, if you depress the forward assist while initiating the fire sequence and the bolt carrier group travels rearward, you induce a malfunction. A short stroke would be more like a "single shot" sniper rifle.
"You don't just rip it like a fucking beyblade."
Well, it's true, but now that I've been given the idea, I really wish it wasn't.
Why hasn't a machinegun with a lawn mower pull cord shown up on cursed gun images yet?
...wow. That's a horrific image. Maybe there should be a cursed gun comments.
One thing: M240C
The kpv Russian hmg has a straight up lawn mower ripcord
There’s a grenade launcher with a legit ripcord. MK47
@@marcusborderlands6177 I immediately thought of this... but then... I've been hassling Brandon about building a 14.5mm AK since he started designing the .50!
Hold my beer .. I'll brb
I promise I'm not a Fudd, but could we get a whiteboard of knowledge on lever-action rifles? I know I could probably go elsewhere, but I want Brandon to explain it.
if you like lever actions you just have good taste, plain and simple.
I am a Fudd and hunt with AR's. This guy knows almost nothing about the AR, so I doubt he could handle a levergun class.
Within a minute
I’m glad whiteboards back
Also mandatory where ak-50
“You don’t just rip it like a fucking beyblade” 100% my favourite thing said in this video. And will most likely be repeated to my Mrs #AKGNOTIFICATIONSQUAD
Unnecessary throwback to my childhood? Check.
"Good god woman im bleeding!"
Brandon needs to build an upper that uses a rip cord to charge the weapon. Bonus points if it has a spinner on it as well
@@TheSilverOne878 exactly my thoughts
@@MrGochira why? when he could be doing other things like not abusing a firearm for no reason . i have seen a couple of youtubers just throw their firarm on the ground for no other reason but to get a laugh. should guns be durable and able to take abuse? of coarse . should we disrespect a firearm by throwing it on the ground because its not our favoritest riflewifle and we dont like it so yuk ? all i know if my dad rest his soul seen me throwing any firearm on the ground for any reason other than a life threatening injury, he would have given me a life threatening injury i .miss you father .
Going to start calling my leg day shorts "power bottoms."
Just want to note. During my years in the Marine Infantry, I never had one failure of any kind from my M16A2. I was issued one in bootcamp, weapons training, and fleet. None of them failed to fire at any time. I did have my M249SAW fail one time. Anytime I hear of anyone having a failure, it's because they were not cleaning it after every exercise or they were playing with it or adding performance accessories.
The m16a1 we had 77 81 were totally unreliable they fudged the numbers to prove which units were the best. Maybe the twenty round magazines were the problem so when I got out can you say mini 14
“If it doesn’t fit, force it”
- some ak guy
Now I finally understand the Balkans
Says the guy with the force it button on their ar 15!
That's what she said
I'll try this to her
AR literally has a knob to force in a round when t doesn't fit which AK doesn't have.
“You don’t just rip it like a fuckin’ Beyblade.”
Countdown until Brandon makes an AK that shoots Beyblades.
Any AK can shoot capitalist Beyblades.
BeyK when
@@larryy5166 after the .50bmg ak
@@mrnobody6447 so never #AK50Isamith
@@larryy5166 Fuck that is good
“or what i like to call the top and the power-bottom.” Brandon Herrera 2021
also that was so fucking funny.
My uncle told me once that in Vietnam doing recon in the jungle the forward assist let you chamber a round without making a lot of noise. I don’t know how many times that was done if ever but that is what his team leader instructed the team when he was a green FNG.
"But hey, it's got a bayonet lug."
That shit killed me after watching your Mosin m44 vid
It did have a bipod that clipped onto the bottom of the front sight and around the barrel.
This is like watching a physics teacher substitute for a biology lesson: Still science, just completely not his preferred forte.
And about as accurate lol.
The gas learning you put out actually helps me understand why powder quality matters so much... bad powder will eat an AR alive... from the inside... all the way inside. Not the chamber. the Bolt carrier group itself. Very Helpful. Will help me clean my AR better.
you guys clean your AR's
I'm actually an AR guy myself, I just subbed to your channel because of your charisma, and I know not everyone can have first class guns, some have to have second class like the AK 😉.
I would like to add to your statement by saying that not everybody loves the AR-15 aka the freedom gun and some people like to spend their money on supporting communism. 🤷
There's a reason the US uses the ar15. If the ak is better in every way and is cheaper as well, why don't we use it?
@@AR15andGODThe ar-15 isn't better than the AK at looking cool, and that counts for something in my book
"You don't just rip it like a fucking bayblade" this had me rolling.
start it like a weed eater
"I've never sold my dignity. I traded it or gave it away, like a Red Hot Chili Pepper's song."
Hey Brandon, love the whiteboard videos, helps tons. Keep up the good content
I have always enjoyed your videos. Had aks back in the Day. After a personal reset, i am building that aspect of my collection again. All the best!
ZOOLANDER world be proud
“What is this a bolt for ants”
Theory: the cameraman is Matt from demo ranch holding the ak50 blueprints and prototype over a auto crank forge
Well that explain a lot
I appreciate how the ak guy puts the ar video at the start of his whiteboard playlist; just gets it over with.
i loved your COD ak video, id love to see more video game gun breakdowns or history. one thing i found interesting when i went back to play ps1 and ps2 games is there was a trend of certain weapons like tec9s and ingrams and SPASs, its pretty obvious how much it was connected to 80s guns used in movies for the longest time until the original CS really
What's about the soviet space magic: Nikonov AN 94 in a future whiteboard episode?
Imagine the german G-11, AN don't hold a candle to the real Kraut Space Magic
@Every Single Average Day they guys who want to beat you to death with it if you talk against the G11 , I guess?
@Every Single Average Day well i was going about the ultra weird loading mechanism... Not about it works better or not
Hard to get your hands on one in the US.
@@joseestevezhernandez558 the G11 is probably designed by a watchmaker
I fully expected the video just to be Brandon going "it doesn't" and the 12 minutes left is just dead silence
Missed opportunity.😆
Me too
Thankyou man, I’ve been trying to learn more about guns and this is exactly what I was looking for
New here… well, new to firearms in general but this guy did a better job explaining how the gun works than several other videos I’ve found, and all he has is a whiteboard. Thanks man
Not enough credit is given to the English “pre AR15” designs which included, straight stock, smaller caliber, locking bolt, gas operated. The English gave up on the development on US insistence for 7.62 x 51 as the NATO standard. But, give him his due, Stoner saw the potential and was a design genius.
U. Stoner 😂🤣😂😜👍!!
Unexpected SPANISH INQUISITION - didn't we steal it off the sturmgewehr🤔?
BRI'ISH PEOPLE BE LIKE
no
did he make the stoner 63 from CalL oF DuTy
"How does the AR-15 work?" By being American. *bald eagle screams in distance* 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
#AKGnotificationsquad
Demo Ranch's AR-15 eagle cosplay is a classic moment in yt gun history :)
They are 15 works on freedom. Purely freedom. The AK-47 works and operates on communism.
This guy made me start my channel you’re so amazing keep up the great videos
I absolutely love how I mentioned white board of knowledge in one of Brandon's most ecent streams, and now here we are. Thanks you so much brandon, love you and your content man. Also I have a suggestion for a white board of knowledge videos, the an-94
When Brandon wrote that "1" from bottom to top my OCD went from zero to SLAP ROUND real quick
Overloaded SLAP ROUND in a single shot rifle, or just SLAP ROUND?
@@msihcs8171 wow. Thatsa spicy comment. 🔥
Brandon also writes with a curve grip like a left hander.
"You don't just rip it like a beyblade"
Beyblade AK when
That had me rolling. lol
Always love the whiteboard of knowledge vids! Now I'm thinking of looking at 80% and trying to build my own rifle.
Forward assist worked out great for Kyle!
Ian's title of the forward assist video described it perfectly: "A Solution Looking For A Problem."
When you consider that the military was coming from bolt guns, and the M1 Garand, it makes sense though. With either of those, if the round jams, you slap the bolt and ram it into battery and keep going. Originally the AR didn't have any way to force home a round that wouldn't go, but the military made Stoner put the malfunction exacerbator on the AR 15.
@@kuuryotwo5153 actually, no. SOP was to check to see if a round was chambered before action. With a non-reciprocating charging handle, some West Point graduate thought this would be useful. It is, despite being the source of so many other problems.
Guess we gotta throw the G36, AUG, HK433, and every recip CH rifle in the trash too then
@@DD-hz3ts the attached charging handle can open and close a bolt... so you are halfway there on fixing problems. All the forward assist can do is force home problems
@@kuuryotwo5153 I get where you come from, but in that case they could have opted for an upper receiver with a side mounted charging handle or an AR-10 style charging handle. The forward assist is only there to ram it home which you don't want to do when your round won't chamber.
Ar guys: "beyblade beyblade let it rip"
Ak guys: "brandon said dont rip it like a beyblade"
I can hear that first line
Also I could see that the forward assist could come in handy in a dirtier environment such as where we were fighting at the time because if the gun gets dirty it might not cycle all the way and the forward assist can help it finish the stroke. Not needed in most applications though, that's why a lot of newer designs dropped it
Yo!!! I've been around firearms for a wicked long time and I was still picking up cool new bit out of this! Awesome breakdown!
“If it jams, force it! If it breaks, well, you needed a new one, anyway…”
the whiteboard series is awesome. Your didactics is good and the content is relevant. It would be nice adding some history content on that. thanks
I just love this one. Wanted to make some quotes, but heck, watch it again...
“This part is what is considered the firearm”
….this week
Oof, but true
@eedd sdsd that's where you're wrong, kiddo.
@eedd sdsd The ATF is afraid of taking it to court, supposedly because the worse case scenario for them is a judge declaring that neither the lower or upper by themselves classify as firearms anymore.
@@sovereigntyofvoyagers7380 seems like I read or heard some where, something about an ex-ATF agent testifying in court about something to that effect and the court ruling that defendant wasn’t guilty because he’s correct. I can’t remember the particulars, just vaguely recall something about that
You don't need modularity when the AK has outlasted the nation it was created in
Technically to outlast the USSR it would've had to be made when the USSR started. But yea I see what you're getting at
@@Sp00kq the USSR lasted 73 years, AK47s have been around for 73 years, next year they will have lasted for longer than the USSR
@@matthiuskoenig3378 ah ok
@@matthiuskoenig3378 Technically only 69 years of Ussr existence, sorry to be that guy.
@@Sp00kq The USSR lasted 69 years, the AK platform lasted 74.
Best WBoK vid yet. 👍🏾👍🏾
When he said Ian from forgotten weapons, I immediately knew the video and tapped the screen in a random spot as if to like the video. I then realized liking doesn't work that way and liked the correct way.
Brandon: Today we're talking about ar-15's
me: Dialing 911
Please white board a “Mark-19” automatic grenade launcher!
Oh hi mark
YES
white board a good ol' 40 Mike-Mike? seems kind of advanced, especially since Brandon doesn't have one. but it'd be hella interesting. I'd love to see him learn about one w/ just the internet
@@RusZugunder ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ all I know is an automatic grenade launcher is a lot more complex than an assault rifle
@@WeAre1Legion I field stripped, cleaned, and shot them in the army. I’m not sure how they worked though.
I liked his white board in this video though. It taught me something new about M-16 weapon that I used for 14 years.
I think Brandon has more resources than just the internet though, to learn about 40 mm auto grenade launcher.
5:08 also this magical little piston makes it a lot easier to maintain the thing, since it gets less powder built up in it.
It's worth reminiscing that the AR-15 platform wasn't really engineered for 5.56.
I'll assume everyone knows the basics of what Ordinance Corp was up to in Vietnam, but if you don't go visit SmallArmsSolution's video on the M14 for some much needed context about the mindset of the US military at the time.
Before 5.56 existed, there was the AR-10, which sought to solve as many problems with putting full-auto .308 into a lightweight gun as possible. Direct impingement was used to keep muzzle-climb at a minimum. The buffer tube is necessary to slow down the action, control rate of fire, and let the gun operate at a safe and controllable level. This came at the cost of shooting a whole bunch of gunk into the receiver and size.
Lucky us, we're the USA and can actually afford cleaning kits, meaning carbon isn't an issue, and size is a very worthwhile sacrifice for controllable full auto in .308.
When the military sabotaged the FAL and AR-10 because they spent too much money on the T44 (what would become the M14), Armalite had to rely on the side project they gave to airforce pilots, which was essentially an AR-10 in a new caliber known as 5.56.
And I will reiterate that again.
SIDE PROJECT
The AR-15 was not engineered for 5.56, it was meant to see how good 5.56 was conceptually so guns could be made for it, like the AR-18.
It took an "AK Guy" to finally explain to me how the friggin' gas rings come into play on this gun. Never understood that. Never knew there was a port through the gas key.
Thanks Brandon. These WBOK videos are great.
If you can't own the gun, why do you care? If you can own the gun, why do you need this?
@@dbmail545 What are you talking about? Being able to own the gun doesn't bestow knowledge on a person. I can own a car. I know dick-all about how most of it actually works.
Brandon, you misspelled "this is how a bullpup that will knock you the f down" works
Haha we all know the bolt goes forward and the weapon fires we were tought this
Grand ass master J: "take notes, write that shit down!"
I just had an add of Brandon on one of his videos, beautiful.
Bro bro bro! If you're going to do ar-15, you can at least do the white board on the 1911 to honor the US and the best of LDS/Mormon kind of Moses Brownings brilliance. Supposedly it's still a favorite of special forces to this day.(a little hard to believe)
Brandon: **Makes a video on the AR-15**
The TVA: You’ve violated the sacred timeline
When a legion of brandons and Loki's come back from the void maybe it will Mandela our time line back to freedom. Patton was right. Should have given him his 400 thousand gallons.
The buffer actually looks more like a buttplug. Even comes with a flared base.
Phew I didn’t want to be the first to say it!
@@Bobbymaccys look likes you two have something in common . love is in the air . yes it is . ill leave you two alone . i dont wanna be the third wheel or anything ....
You seem to know a lot about this
actually the best gun youtuber, and probably one of the best youtubers period.
Brandon doing more AR videos and Demo doing more AK videos is like the guntube multiverse crossover
Was literally just thinking yesterday “I really want to understand more about the ar15 platform than just the upper & lower (newer gun owner btw)” so this vid is right on time!
Good news then! Welcome to the party pal!
Welcome friend 😊
@@mrnobody6447 yippee-ki-yay.
the forward assist: for when a simple fucking bolt handle just ain't complicated enough 👍
winner of the internet for today
To be fair, bolt handle, forward assist, you don't want to force the round in.
Also that thumb sized cutout in the bolt carrier is also a forward assist.
@@SilverStarHeggisist It's designed that way so that the dustcover can be opened/closed on a closed bolt, but yeah, can still be used as a FA
That is military bureaucracy for you - AR-15 was never supposed to have or need the forward assist anyway, but Army specifically demanded it. Watch the Forgotten Weapons video for more detail.
The thing I really like about the AR is how modular it is. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that my on-a-whim 5.56 AR purchase a couple years ago meant that I could drop another Sub-$300 and get a complete upper in my mailbox basically overnight. One background check and I'm able to shoot 5.56/223, 7.62 x 39, 12.7 x 42, and .22lr out of, basically 1 rifle. I have an AK, and it drips sex appeal and is all sorts of fun to shoot, but there's just something special about having what is essentially a lego gun that'll let me plink around with whatever the hell I want essentially at the push of two buttons and a mag swap. While not quite as satisfying as charging an AK, the side charged AR's are pretty fun. That said, I may be selling my 7.62 upper just because the AK I have already does that, but sexier. AK's are cool, reliable, and the cartridge is practically superior, imo... But variety is the spice of life.
No, 7.62x39 is not superior to 5.56 in any way shape or form. 5.56 has better terminal ballistics within 200 yards due to the massive hydrostatic shock effect and shattering rounds, and can push out to distance of 800+ consistently even in a 10.5 carbine.
Great job! Well done!
The more people understand, easier life is.
Uhhhh, I’m not sure what’s more concerning:
Brandon doing a white board of knowledge on an ar 15.
Or
The fact that the goat gun ar 15 isn’t on his desk, meaning he probably isn’t being held hostage.
It's unloaded. Mat probably handed it to him and said tell the world how it works
"The AR-15 was designed by stoners..."
Well in not so sure about that but in pretty sure a lot of stoners still like ARs to this day.
Nah, we like AKs
An AR is my stache protection
It’s a pun you silly
I resemble that remark
@@Cyborg-zg6ml Oh really?
If you don't let the bcg fly forward to chamber a round you can use the forward assist to push the bcg closed. I've only used it once when I started shooting. It does have a purpose even if it's never used
Still waiting on some more of these!