Hungarian Blast Machine: AMD-65 at the Range
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Today I took my AMD-65 out to the range. I've shot regular AKMs with AMD muzzle brakes, but never had the chance to try the AMD-65 in its original proper configuration. And you know what? It's actually not bad, at least in short helpings. The brake is really concussive for people around the gun, but it's not bad at all for the shooter. The grip would get tiring after a while, but for just a bit of shooting it's not bad at all.
Thanks to Brandon Herrera / The AK Guy Inc for building this rifle for me!
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It would awesome for Ian to review his AK collection. Similar to what he did with his G3’s.
Hungarians were using MLOK handguards and obnoxious muzzle devices way before it was cool. The original AK hipsters.
just wait until people return to black hawk down era smooth AR carbine
We went brrrrrrrr
"Don't fire that thing so close to my head. I can barely hear as it is."
WHAAAAT!?!
“He can’t hear. It’s my fault.”
You’re gonna turn around… you ARE going to cover me.
*Gives you a vague, stupefied look while shouting "WHAT?!?"*
This is a movie reference I'm missing isn't it ☹️
As a Hungarian, seeing Ian firing a hungarian gun , in a uniform made also by my country makes me extremely happy! Thank you so much!!!
The same here!
És: bojler eladó! :D
@@pripjatyfighter3786 mennyiér' adod?
But You can't hear(EU - or is it just Viktor😛)?
@@LV426-Acheron van az a pénz ;)
Milyen furcsán festene a fazon egy 65M zubbonyban 😊
A shooting video...
It's been 84 years..........
Except if youre on patreon
Dayumn
Played it on 2x speed (basically full auto) just as a FU to CZcams…
The entire squad of Hungarian troops must have had elevenitis instead of tinnitus.
duh duh tsss
You go from tinnitus to titaniumitis, silly!
.....bad bad bad...lol
Do you watch tfe?
@@tterryshenanigans1820 indeed. It seemed appropriate given the report of the rifle Ian described.
Of course Jordan had to fire that last round. That's what friends are for!
:)
Perfect
“Ash Ketchum used CONCUSSION BLAST”
It is super effective! 😆 🤣 😂
@@ragingjaguarknight86 you win
Well, that's a flamethrower.
Flammenwerfer
Don't try to fire it in a prone position or you'll start a bush fire!
"AMD, use flame thrower!"
Back in the 80s, my father, as a Bulgarian army serviceman, took part in a convention, held in Hungary of the Warsaw Pact military small arms producers. There were competitive shootings conducted for all the primary assault rifles of the Europe's Eastern block. The best came up the Soviet AKM, followed by the German AKM. They all complained about the Bulgarian milled receiver AK, though my dad achieved with it the highest score on the range😊 And he told me about the concussion the AMD muzzle brake caused. And it also put the resting pillow on fire while they were shooting it prone.
That should have given it bonus points :D
Technically not everybody got this within the army. I served in 2001-2002 and our base had AK-63D. You should try to get one, Ian. They are fun. It was a technical brigade. (earthmoving machines basically) You look neat in that uniform, by the way :) Cheers from Hungary
That video is coming in a few days ;)
At that time Hungarian Defence Forces was downsized, so the AMDs were withdrawn and replaced with the AK-63s.
Oh, Ian, by the way, the uniform is not the best for this gun. Check out the pic below.
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Looks like the army started to get rid of them around that time, as we got AK-63Ds by the time I was in in 2002-3 at Tapolca.
Sarge mentioned that they got rid of the old AMDs a year before, and "they were all shit". Never went into detail whether they were shit because they weren't full sized infantry rifles, or because they worn out due to constant use by not very enthusiastic conscripts. Granted, even the AK-63D s have been ranged from freshly taken out of original packaging that day(yep, our unit just had it's rifles replaced, straight outta boxes. oil flowed freely that day..) , to the ones, that have been dragged around by the guards company every other day for a 24 hour duty. (And guards company was a very "special" unit, full of very "special" people)
Of course, by the 2000s, the Hungarian military have been cut down drastically, so there were quite a lot of guns in storage to cycle through, so it was a lot easier to get rid of the old AMDs for something better.
@kivitelezo Looks like your call was answered! 4 days ago a video on the AK-63d
well i had pkm. at time the first nato-serbian war.
Served me and my unit well in the jungles of Tselinoyarsk back in '64.
Unfortunately, some spy with a tranquilizer gun knocked us all out and our revolver twirling commander got hit by a motorcycle.
Never really lived that down.
lmao
What a thrill.
I heard the spy became a mercenary later and tried to build his own nukes and countries for soldiers.
Why does this comment read like an Archer episode?
@@robertpalumbo727 yikes. This guys not part of the lalulilelilo 💀
Nice hat Jordan, "Gotta Try Them All" eh?
My favorite observation was that they shortened the barrel and then gave it a long obnoxious brake, bringing it back almost to the original barrel length. Definitely one of the AK’s of all time.
kinda like the car 15's from nam with a 6" flash hider on them.... just give me the full length barrel!
Ian: "The concussion is jarring" Brandon Herrera: "Nyet, rifle is fine"
And that's why Brandon has to sleep with a fan turned on high every night lol
@@948320zSame. Tinnitus is not something I wish on anyone.
@@948320zactually its because he has serveral purple hearts.
Last time I fired mine at a range, some weenies complained about the noise!
My father was conscript of the Hungarian Peoples Army (Magyar Néphadsereg) during the early '80s. He served as NCO at the mechanized infantry, their service rifle was the AMD-65. As an NCO he has opportunity to train with other types weapons also. He said that AMD-65 was a fine gun, but even the AK-63D (AMMSZ) was more comfortable to shoot. On the otherhand AMDs compactness was very useful generally, and especially when it was shot through the firing ports of a BMP.
Wearing what I believe is an Ash Ketchum hat whilst filming a firearm discharging feels like tempting fate with a middle finger...
The hat is required, it where his source of power comes from
it is indeed an original ash hat that i got in like 1999
@@JordanFlayer Ash finally had enough of guns being pointed at him- the tides have turned.
@@JordanFlayerMan of culture🫡
Explain please
that was a great video. and we finally were able to see someone of the crew. Thank you Ian for all the countless hours of entertainment, thank you Josh for the camerawork and commentary and thank you AMD 65 for being... present
That muzzlebreak is ingenious! You do not even need to use flashbangs to clear a room, the gun has one built in!
Especially on full auto
Love my AMD. Bought it in 08' was my first AK. Mine has the little tube to make it 16 inch and my friends complain about the concussion at the range constantly.
Huhh thats kind of funky to see wearing a hungarian "'Bociminta" cow camo
I have some of your books, and they are truly fantastic. I'm proud to own them.
I got my AMD-65 in about 2010, I don’t think it’s ever failed to fire. One time though I forgot I wasn’t wearing ear pro and took a shot. Never again.
I purchased some 20 round Hungarian AK mags years ago and they are handy as a first magazine if you want a compact gun. I also owned a Century Arms Hungarian AK for a bit and while I purchased it new, the bolt look like it had seen thousands of rounds already as it probably started as a parts kit.
Get in touch with AMD65tech as he makes a cheek riser for the rear stock that is solid and it makes it look like it belongs on the AMD. It doesn't mess with the aesthetic of the AMD65. Great video.
Was just going to mention this. Actually solves the problem of no cheek weld, and makes it pretty decent to shoot.
Damn. And I just bought a samson S.A.S. stock for mine.
Surprised that everybody was looking for "short AKM at home", but nobody came up with AK-104/OTs-12 Tiss/AKS-74U analogue. Though as a result we have many unique firearms of former Warsaw Pact states.
Mid life crisis Ash Ketchum definitely caught Ian off guard with that last round
Ian: "It's really blasty."
Jordan: "Concussive Payback Time."
;)
Rare Forgotten weapons camera man appearance!
👋
I need more Jordan
Get a job you like and you will never have to work another day in your life.
Ian is living proof of that.
“If the bullets dont hit the sound blast will get 'em“. I actually heard this line at a shooting range about this gun
A new prescribed Elbonian feature 'small arms must have maximum concussion impact to deter enemy from charging our positions'. Concussive brain injury is not a concern for Elbonians, especially the officer class..! 🤪
Their old Swedish M40 in 8x63 also had a muzzle break. After that, there is no concussive blast they can't handle.
Elbonia adopted the Hungarian AMD-65 after their first model paratrooper carbine failed to go into full production. The ventilated lower handguard reminded them of their trusty old ZB53 machine guns in cute handheld form, and the muzzle break made it sound like a mini ZB53.
I have a Hungarian franke-ak. AMD 65 parts kit, Kodak receiver w/ side rail, 14 3/8 barrel, pinned and welded brake, fixed wood stock. Love it. Feels like a gun more at home in a fallout game than anything else, but it sure does get attention at the range.
And you put that style brake on the "Ian's customs: Krinkov"? It must have looked like a PAK-40 when firing.
@ForgottenWeapons, have you ever considered starting a series talking about a specific weapon's use in a variety of countries?
An example of what I'm talking about is the Hotchkiss system of machine guns used by the Japanese, for example?
C and Rsenal does stuff like that
And you did it! Range day with the hungarian rifle!
Lovely :D
I've always liked AK's being a lefty myself. It was always easier for me to manipulate the controls on an AK then other rifles. And love the Ash hat camera man.
Great video. Nice to see the camera guy shoot a little and give Ian a little sample of a camera man's life! Thanks, Ian! 😎
I've got an 8" Saiga-12 set up with the AMD-65 handguard/wood grip with a VZ-58 folding stock. It's brutal and I love it.
Wrap the wire stock with parachute cord. It was comely done and REALY helps the comfort to the chin..
És még a bocimintás egyenruha is rajta van :D
nekem is feltűnt!
Very nice touch that you were wearing the old hungarian uniform along the hungarian AMD.
Jordan's pretty cool. Shortening the barrel to put a loudener on it really is quite a strange choice. At least it serves as an example of superfluous modification.
Always thought a forwards-angled front grip might be a good idea. If you ball your fore hand into a fist and then raise it to rifle height with minimul tension or stretching, that's where it ends up. Maybe a bit flatter than the AMD's in a ideal world (something like an upaide-down, back- to-front Bren carry handle), but the cost advantage of using the stock grip reversed was obviously too good to pass up on an el-cheapo gun.
Also worth noting that the front grip is placed exactly far enough to give clearance for a standard 30 round AK magazine (Ian demonstrated this in the previous video). If it wasn't a reversed/forward slanted grip it likely wouldn't have the clearance without moving it up a bit further.
@@SpartanIVAlpha015 Some sites sell a cut down version of the front grip and a cheek riser for the stock. I have both for mine and it works well on the AMD-65 👍
In the book and movie “Royal Flash”, one of the characters (von Sternberg) has a “game” called “Hungarian Roulette” - same as Russian Roulette, but you don’t hold the gun to your head, but point it at your opponent’s head . Seeing the concussion and how much it hurts around the shooter, this could be the inspiration…. Not fatal, but , after a long day on the range, everyone in the squad certainly would have headaches
The concussion conversation reminds me of my Mosin-Nagant M44.
Nobody likes being in the lane next to me when I use that.
Almost a Joerg Sprave outro...
Thank you and KABOOM !! bye-bye ha-ha-ha
😉😄👍
the sideeye before he steps back xD sneaky sneaky jordan
:P
Thank you Ian and Jordan!
Linus: howdy Ian, I hear you're going to test an AMD? What bench marking software you will use.
Ian: oh you sweet summer child....
"Do you have a rifle named like your CPU? No? Take that Intel fanboys!"
@@Kacpa2 🤣👍
Now I get comedy as well as weird weapons! Keep them coming I’m loving every minute
Ian need collabs with brandon fr
That fireball out the end is pretty fun too, lol.
Definitely my favorite combloc AK variant. Looks so cool
Ian’s advertisement content is some of the best.
Ash has had enough: dead or alive, he's gonna catch them all!
Jó fegyver ez!Üdv,Magyarországról!
Hungary, Romania, Portugal, Holland.. they are right! DPM is one of the coolest patterns ever.
Hungarian here.
I freaking ENVY you man.
Because in 1995 when I did my mandatory service in the Hungarian Army, we were taken to the shooting range ONCE (after weeks of preparations during the training period) and got the "chance" to shoot NINE rounds.
Yup only nine rounds AND we had to divide the shots to 3 single and 3 burst (2-2-2) shots. :D
(Bang, bang, bang..... pause.... bang-bang, bang-bang, bang-bang.)
It was over before we get the feel of it, only to get some ringing in our ears because we did not get proper earplugs but cotton balls. :D
1 year of service and no more shooting range for us. :(
And the stock is bad indeed.
Cameraman smoothly getting away from the muzzle shortly after firing commenced.
Let's just admire the commitment to getting matching camo to the nationality of the gun Ian is shooting.
Depends on the era you want go for. That's the 90M camo, introduced in 1990, but AFAIK never completely replaced the older 65M single color green uniforms, before being replaced by newer designs. Lot of conscripts wore the older uniform until the end of conscription in 2004.
Ian, do you have a Soviet Panamka Hat (boonie hat made famous in the Soviet-Afghan War)?
I do.
Really wasn't expecting something with a stock that small to handle as well as Ian seems to handle it.
I remember people used to say the muzzle brake was made loud on purpose to intimidate the enemies. Not sure it really intimidated but sure chased people away.
When are you and Brandon going to do a fun video? It would be hilarious, and I would probably learn something
The brake on my Cetme was brutal as well.
My AMD65 , & MADDI are my most favorite AK 's by far.
There's no doubt the AMD break is way over the top when it comes to being loud & concussive for bystanders,, but man do they ever work well ! There worse that a F-16 breaking the sound barrier at tree top level, and that's no exaggeration !!
Mine are slightly modified to have 4 extra 1/8th " holes on top which helps muzzle rise even more than the standard ones,, but no less loud though !
Huh another collab between Gun Jesus and AK Guy nice!
1991-1992 voltam sorkatona Tatán. AMD-65 és AMMSZ is volt a kezemben, mindkettő tetszett. Az AMMSZ az egy pontos fegyver volt azóta is emlegetem. Majd mutasd be egyszer azt a karabélyt is.Köszönöm szépen.
Greeting form Hungary, thanks for making this video! :)
I appreciate your suit!
I loved my AMD, when I was a soldier in Hungary !(2003.)
Szia! Én 2003-ban vonultam be Szabadszálásra nekünk is AMD volt.
love your video Ian!
There's a little, funny-looking Kalashnikov in your muzzle flash.
Muzzle brakes: How to teach your troops to instinctively keep proper interval spacing the lazy way...
My all time favorite ak variant.
At night, that muzzle break fireball will blind the shooter...
That brake is brutal.
20 round Magazine pouches for the Hungarian AK's are great for AR magazines, just in case anyone needs to know this.
Good to see Pokemon trainers can become video-photographers as a second career.
Heh well they do say the effectiveness of a muzzle brake is proportional to how much it sucks for people standing next to you.
Became my favourite AK variant when I first saw one in 1983, in an episode of The Professionals. Very nice
I have a TGI AMD65 import. One of, if not my favorite AK!
Definitely! Won't be selling mine anytime soon!
I had this gun like that when I was a soldier. I liked it, it was a good gun. I could even hit a machine gun formation at 350 yards (used 4 -5 bulets). It wasn't noisy when you were wearing your armored helmet. Because the earpiece on that one had good noise reduction. If you were more than 10 feet away, it was tolerable.
"Jordan uses AMD65 against Western Dog. It's super effective!"
Looks sweet and that’s all that really matters.
I've experienced the 'short barrel rifle cartridge' issue with a KT PLR-16 which is absolutely terrible with their 2 port muzzle brake. Very effective dampening muzzle rise and recoil but HORRIBLE smack in the face concussion. Went to a Levang Linear comp and it's actually tolerable to shoot and others around don't wince in pain with every shot.
One of my favorite AK variants. The stock isn't all that comfy but the shorter barrel + the effective break and the forward grip are great mods in this design. The recoil looks to be similar to 5.56.
I hear the short barrel is actually more accurate under automatic fire because it's more rigid and has less flex
There is no such thing as "Accurate" automatic fire when your entire world is a blur ...
More range videos please!
Gotta catch em all
I love my custom built AMD65 with wood furniture. It has a 4.5" muzzle brake welded on to be classified as a rifle by law. Full length, improperly gassed (cheap) AK's have a stout recoil; I was shooting with another family and their daughters age 15 & 18 actually loved and said it was their favorite gun to shoot. Have had other small women say the same thing, it handles unbelievably well for a 7.62x39. Actually how I acquired it was a dude who dabbles in gun trading & historic firearms left it at my house. I proceeded to take it to the desert to test it out and was instantly blown away with how smooth & manageable it was. Needless to say I bought it over 2 years ago and the AMD65 now has a special place in my heart & collection. It's true the concussive brake doesn't affect the shooter; on the flip side whoever you are shooting at or around will hear and feel VERY powerful, loud blasts that I believe could have a psychological impact in a real life combat situation setting off a fight or flight response as they can FEEL the muzzle energy in the lungs & sinuses. Especially if you were to fire this indoors I could only imagine everyone in the room getting a TBI lol. Not to mention how many shots you can get off in a tight group up to 550-600 yards... 7.62x39 will only loose 200fps with a 11.5" barrel vs a 16" while still retaining great accuracy with the proper twist rate and gassing, I cannot emphasize how smooth this build can be if done right. The last dude I let shoot it said, "Wow if you got into a gunfight against someone with this you would be F-ed!"
Such a unique AK I love mine if you're a true AK guy you're into these
Always wanted one of those...
Man see amd65, man happy. Big muzzle flash, man much happier.
In this video, Ian fired more rounds than Hungarian conscripts during their entire military service. The front grip really is indeed awkward, but it's really comfortable in a prone shooting position.
Brandon's new legal name is "Brandon Herrera The AK guy"
It's actually Congressman Brandon Herrera the AK Guy
Awesome!
Ya I have a similar styled break on my regular 16-inch barreled AK and everyone already hates standing anywhere in the vicinity of it. I can't imagine how bad this one is with a short barrel too.
Could you add some kind of cover over the stock shaft to enable a cheek weld? And cup the bottom of the forward hand grip?