AK 47 Flash hider/muzzle brake review

[stevenabb]

The AK-47 was designed to be ultra-durable at reliable at the expense of accuracy. When it comes to jungle fighting with the dirt, grime, moisture, the AK-47 is the undisputed king! It's durable design, big slow deep penetrating bullet and chrome anti-corrosion chamber measures make it better than any 2011+ weapon out there. Now... put the AK-47 in a grass land battle field with longer visibility fire fights and it gets owned bad... Like any other tool, has a best/worse location...

[HistoryHmoobGuy]

slant break ?!, LOL

Its a compensator - the gas preasure push down on the compensator tip

[lolKaBooMlol]

i got a question that might be stupid, but are these muzzle brakes legal without any tax or some law you have to go through?

[point177]

@lolKaBooMlol law depends on where you live.... check your local and state laws before modifying anything. NFA rules apply if you modify your barrel to below a certain length, qualifying your weapons as an SBR. Check local, state, and federal laws before doing this... plus you need to go through the ATF and get a tax stamp for it to even be legal.

[delta69alpha]

@snuffnstuff1 as did you in the truck stop mens room....thanks for the view.

[trubiet]

According to the HISTORY station, the AK-47 cane in at NUMBER ONE out of the Top Ten Guns ever made. It is basically the most durable and reliable gun ever made.

Whoever said it was "Shitty" is a complete idiot who doesn't know what they are talking about!

I love mine, easy to break down, clean, maintain, and great to shoot!

[kustom56merc]

The AK-74 muzzle break is not a flash hider/suppressor which is why it is sold in CA>

[7BeAsT9]

Muzzle break is for reducing recoil. Flash suppressor is not for hiding muzzle flash it is making muzzle flash to not get in the way of shooter sight when aiming through ironsight and any optics and reducing blinding effect mostly when shooting in dark.

[tornadodude1609]

I cant really see a flash. I think you guys should use the silver bear ammo. It gives alot of flash

[agentcamo]

The 74 style is sold to people for the SKS don't buy it

it's too loose and risk of the bullet hitting it on the way out

[dannywh1972]

@agentcamo

I agree, do not buy the pin ones, you will likely to find it down range.

[lurkerwisp]

@salm2500 The AK is a piston operated action, it does not use recoil to cycle the bolt and chamber the next round. You claim to have a 74. If that is actually the case, you own one of the best recoil-reducing devices available for the AK platform already on the front end of your rifle. The 74-style brake is not designed to hide flash at all, and does significantly reduce recoil. I don't think you know as much about this as you think you do.

[clydethekiller]

your 74 muzzle brake wasnt correct in its cuts,. you settled for a /knock off. my brake has no run off. check my video. mine is proper. nice anyway my man

[ibmse]

Thanks for your video!! I "was" going to buy (another) flash hider, but now that I saw this video I'm not. You've saved me some bucks!! I'm sure I can find something better to spend the money on!!? 

[treverlid87]

i can see anything is this what it is like as a blind guy

[SheepDogWTX]

I have a standard slant break on my WASR 10/63....Its fine for me, but recently my mother expressed some interest in going with me to shoot/ "train"..... I'm worried that she won't be interested in going more than once because she bruises so easily and the "recoil" is probably going to bother her. I heard that the AK 74 slot style break is the best for reducing felt recoil. Is this true?

[salm2500]

@SheepDogWTX nothing reduces recoil on an ak and if you find somthing that does it will mess with the whole process of the ak itself the ak was ment to use its own recoil to reload the next round..

[qrprat77]

@SheepDogWTX Uh, sorry about that, that was me trying to scroll, can't seem to undo thumbs down. The 74 style break does a good job of reducing the recoil, but 7.62 X 39 is still 7.62 X 39. Any chance you could get an ak-74 to shoot along side a 47? 5.45 has significantly less recoil.

[stone4bread]

good demo, good vid

[ThaddeusMcSpalding]

Where did you find "the wolverine" brake?

[ThaddeusMcSpalding]

@ThaddeusMcSpalding I mean flash hider lol

[akshooter762]

you must be using wolf ammo, because with my ak 74 brake and brown bear ammo, i can clearly see muzzle flash in the daylight

[jebustheone]

@akshooter762 in my exp brown bear/silver bear tends to have less flash than wolf imo.

[mr357]

@akshooter762

you bring up a good point/question. I was night firing my sgl21 awhile back (ak74 brake 7.62 ak) with monarch and was getting some fireball action. next time i'll try some different ammo

[boxofrocksful]

i find ak's to be a shitty weapon. reliable yes. but any weapon is reliable if properly maintained springfield my friends also most body armor your you see now days can stop the 7.62 by 39

[steve001968]

@boxofrocksful The only body armor that will defeat the 7.62 X 39 is level 3 and 4 both of which have hard plate. Both of these will defeat the 7.62 X 51 NATO as well. That is not "most" body armor. "Most" body armor will fail to defeat virtually any center fire rifle round. As far as the AK being a shitty weapon 10's of millions of satisfied users would disagree.

[salm2500]

@steve001968 the ak is a beautiful pice of metal work and is an amazing wepon it is accurate and powerful i own a 74 and love it that gun is my baby i would go to hell and back with it and trust it the whole way there and back not to fail, and i would dare say, the slant brake sucks end of story the 74 break gives off a ton of light at night and i think it is almost imposible to hide the flash all together, and as far as body armor goes buy your self a concelable and whear a plate over it..

[ScopedPewPew]

@steve001968 Tell me why no developed countrys with an advanced military use the AK47 then, fuck not even the RUSSIANS use the AK47 anymore. The very people who designed the fucking gun don't even use it. It's a great gun for urban fighting or jungle fighting, but in open fields and shit I'd rather have an M14 and for medium ranges an m16 or something similar like a galoni/galil or an ak74 at least

[steve001968]

I don't know what your point is, you claim it's a "great gun" then spend the rest of the post trying to talk yourself out of it. No country with an "advanced military" standard issues an M14 or any other 7.62 X 51 rifle to large numbers of regular troops either. That said most wars today are not fought by countries with an "advanced military". They are also not fought by countries with limitless defense budgets for small arms that cost 5 times what an AKM does.

[ScopedPewPew]

@steve001968 Wow you're a fucking imbecile I said it was a great gun for jungle and urban fighting. Read the whole sentence next time instead of reading the first 3 words. The reason being is that in close combat like that you don't need insane stupid accuracy and it packs quite a bit of stopping power. However at long ranges it suffers due to its poor ballistics of the 7.62x39mm round.

Also, the U.S. has been rolling out a few modded M14s because lots of the gun fights in Iraq are over 500yd

[steve001968]

@ScopedPewPew "Wow you're a fucking imbecile I said it was a great gun for jungle and urban fighting. "

You've got some anger issues huh? Where exactly is it that you think a large portion of the worlds fighting with small arms takes place??? Uh...yeah....in jungle and urban settings. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which country with an "advanced military" issues the M14 or other 7.62 X 51 rifle to it's regular forces at large, and no, it's not the US, "a few modded M14's"don't qualify.

[akshooter762]

@boxofrocksful haha thats the thing about the AK, you DONT have to properly maintain it......whats so shitty about it? even if the body armor does stop it, i bet they would be on there ass

[METALLIMAN545]

@boxofrocksful no it cant, most body armor available is leval IIIa and its only certified to stop fragmentations, 9mm.

[leesurferdude]

@boxofrocksful Most body armor is soft armor and is not really meant to stop bullets, it's meant to stop shrapnel. Plates stop bullets, they are level 4 and 5. What You stated is an oxymoron, something can't be reliable and shitty at thre same time, it makes no sense. The AK47 was developed for a purpose and it has served that purpose well. More AK's have been used to kill and maim people than any other firearm, I think that states it all.

[sonofliberty78]

Your "AK-74" brake used in this test is the cheap Tapco, which is incorrectly designed. A true AK-74 type brake is threaded 24x1.5mm RH, has a gas expansion chamber, and 3 offset gas ports. These are some of the characteristics that allow it to do an excellent job of taming muzzle rise. The brake in your video has none of these. You should try one based on the actual Russian design.

[uudfourty]

Thanks fellas.

[dills2403]

you should also try the fsc 47 i dont know how much of a flash hider its is but it reduces recoil like you wouldnt beleive in the 7.62 lil to no muzzle climb....

[gunnyranger2]

Which had the least recoil?

[webmoskal]

It looked like you were firing away from the camera. Can you actually compile video when shooting towards or front and to the side.

[watchforfinger]

im sure that they could but a flash hider is ment to protect the shooters eyes not actualy hide the flash from the front.

[mzmadmike]

Not entirely true.  While clearing the sight plane is a primary need, so is reducing flash so the enemy can't see it. If you look at other videos, from the side, you'll see that a good flash suppressor does a very good job of both.

[gunnyranger2]

LMAO, please tell me that your joking?!

[project870]

Thanks! THat was a really informational video.

I'm in california, and my wasr-10 came with a slant brake. Now, Flash-hiders are illegal, depending on the configuration of the rifle, and on mine, a flash hider is prohibited. But Someone told me a slant brake is fine. Do you know if in a legal view the slant brake is in the same category as the flash hider?

[mzmadmike]

The slant brake is considered a "brake" because its primary purpose is to reduce muzzle climb. Some of these definitions are based on marketing, some on tests, and all ultimately come down to a bureaucrat's decision.

[Angelofmercy01]

how does a flash hider or silencer work?

[CPLBSS88]

google is your friend...and its free.

[tonkhunter]

Interesting comparison.

[MDI911]

nice review..

were did you buy the wolverine break from?? can I buy it online ?? i will be thankful for your help

[CoolConejo]

You can buy, ANYTHING online, So yes. Yes you can.

[JERMBUGS]

Thanks for the info, exactly what I was looking for.

[FatherJudgement]

The Wolverine by far seemed to have the least amount of flash.

[Migs4000]

Wasn't the slant brake designed to minimize barrel raise? I dont see how a design like that could mask the muzzle flash at all...i mean no dis-respect, correct me if i'm wrong

[delta69alpha]

Non taken. There is a major design different between a MB and FH. The slant break is just that a break. Though it does "hide" a considerable amount of flash,as you can see in the movie. While not perfect it is what it is, and folks should shoot their rifles with one and with out to totally see the differences!

[Humberto4790]

@delta69alpha SO a Flash hider does not reduce recoil like a muzzle brake?

[mndfusion]

@Migs4000 he the slant brake throws the flash away from the site picture, less night blindness -- check it out you will see.

[cabooseo17]

wolverine won obviously

[0neweak]

how about adding a conclusions + pros and cons on muzzle rise at the end?

and if not that, writing some in the description would be nice.

[delta69alpha]

We wont put up with your tongue or your attitude on our channel! Good luck in the PAW, masterbater.

Bob @ P.A.W

[basszack]

2 quick things 1: i hope you were using safety practices that were not evident and 2:what does p.a.w stand for? thanks.

[delta69alpha]

1- eye and hearing protection wear being worn, and there was a solid backstop? Sorry we did not show off the range facility, we didn't have the lighting available to us at the time the review was filmed.

2- whats "butter finger" stand for?

Sorry, but its just a name, nothing more.

Bob

[basszack]

ya i was just wondering.thanks for the demo.

[SurvivalReport]

Yes, safety issues were fine. This was done shooting into a large hill quite literally in the middle of nowhere. You'll notice in the one section you can see the weapon with the Wolverine that the rifle is in Sul position and the trigger finger is forward- i.e, NOT on the trigger.

[basszack]

i just didn't see any back stop and was hoping they weren't just shooting into the dark.they seem smarter than that but i couldn't tell for sure.(about the back stop not intelligence.)

[SurvivalReport]

No problem. Thanks

[Masterbaitorr999]

gas tube anyone?

maybe

ive got a bushmasterxm15 NEVER had a jam misfire or any of that shit

and ive also got an ak47

so something along the line is not getting cleaned

either or the parts wor down or some shit broke idk

[muriatic88]

07BLUESTI: Do yourself a big favor... Spend 100 dollars more and buy a Yugo Ak. The quality of manufacture is much higher, and they are generally better in terms of accuracy.

Anyway, in a side-by-side comparison, you will notice a huge difference in fit and finish.

[marineninga]

hmm those flash hiders are pretty good i cant even notice that flash and i bet from 400 meters away i'll be guessing where u are from the gunshots rather than sight

[1cenobite]

good review ...i know what to look for and what to reference,thanx

[07BLUESTI]

It looked like the wolverine was the winner to me. By the way are the AK 47's that are 400 bucks any good? If not what would you recommend For Ak and AR Best for the Money?

[delta69alpha]

We've seen wasr's do just as well as the higher vectors/aresenals/chicom's. We have also seen them not be worth the metal they are made with! Best bet is to research the brand your looking at and go from there.

[spoonjab762]

Most of the Century AK's are hit and miss. They have really fudged the sights and the fit of a few key items on some of them. Take a carpenter's square with you when you purchase one and check the front sights. I've seen more than a few that would not zero. I've owned two ar's and both jammed very badly after a break in period of 1,000 to 1,500 rounds. I would NOT buy another one. AK's are more reliable but are not as accurate. Dave in Idaho

[Masterbaitorr999]

must not have cleaned ur rifles

[delta69alpha]

well duh they are AK's after all! LOL

would you care to explain what "clean" rifles would have made different? Bob @ P.A.W

[Masterbaitorr999]

spoonjabs

says in his comment

if you would have read it

AR"S have gotta be cleaned

[delta69alpha]

"I've owned two ar's and both jammed very badly after a break in period of 1,000 to 1,500 rounds"

this is what was said, you are assueming that they were not cleaned.YOU know what they say about ASSueming things dont you :P

[Masterbaitorr999]

either that or shitty ass ammo

[SurvivalReport]

Bought my first CAR15 in 91, it was an SGW. After it and 4 other AR's started jamming I began to doubt the wisdom of carrying something like this. Later had a catastrophic jam at a rather inopportune time.. Got rid of the rifle. Years later everyone said "oh you have to get a colt, you had to use Brand X ammo blah blah blah" Later I bought a Colt Hbar, used the best ammo, cleaned it meticulously. After a few thousand rounds it started doing the SAME EXACT thing. I WISHED they worked right.

[SurvivalReport]

But as they say "wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one gets filled first!" The AR's are more accurate, easier to handle and slightly quicker to reload, but there reliability is awful. When it comes down to it, a survival related weapon must be RELIABLE. Having to clear a jam while sitting at the range is a nuisance. Having to clear a jam -if you can- after TSHFT may mean you getting shot. Not wanting to start an AR/AK debate, just stating my experience with these rifles.

[arson51]

Great review! You should do a sequel and maybe figure out a way to numerically test recoil/muzzle climb rather than flash!

[steelhorses2004]

Which muzzle break controlled recoil the best?

[spoonjab762]

Honestly can't say for sure, been shooting AK's a long time, really don't notice the recoil.

[delta69alpha]

steel.

IMHO the 74 style reduced recoil the most outta those three. mostly becuase of its weight etc, BUT . its twice as loud, and twice as bright(flash wise) compared to the others. The wolverine and other "vortec" styles seem to really cut the muzzle flash down to nill. recoil is not noticed on my end..it bounces around but nothing to hurt the shoulder..no different than a carbine length AR in my eyes.

[Iridium242]

Wow.. shocked. I figured my slant break AKS would have a lot more flash. Good to see there is not much. Thanks for the video.

[1lostinspace]

I am actually impressed by the slant brake. not that much flash compared to the 74

[spoonjab762]

A muzzle break usually also does the same work that a flashhider does in reducing and/or spreading flash. They act in SIMILIAR ways. Shoot an AK without either a brake or a flashhider and then say that a brake doesn't act in a similiar way to a flashhider.

[chevrofreak]

Neither the AK74 nor slant brake are flash hiders, so why compare them to something that IS a flash hider? It's always going to make the real flash hider appear superior to the brakes for flash reduction. They work on different principles.

[delta69alpha]

chev' read the vid title please..its a reivew of muzzle attachments..be them hiders or brakes.........

[chevrofreak]

They were all shot at night and you made no comments about the effectivenes of each device for their intended purpose.

[delta69alpha]

I apologize we thought that the movie would clearly show the effectiveness of each of the attachments used! We were not aware that comments were needed as this is not a written blog or report , but a video review of 3 different FH/MB's in a "no" light situation.

Again we are sorry the movie hasnt lived up to any of your expectations.

[Naponeeti]

What type of ammo were you using?

[delta69alpha]

7.62x39 golden tiger fmj