Big Guide To Polish AKs Pt. 1: 7.62x39 Rifles (1947-1977) 

Nothing is better than drinking my hot coffee and watching one of your videos on a blustery Sunday morning... (well some things are better, but this is up there!!) Love this informative video !!!

Love seeing a Mishaco video in my subscription feed!

Greets from Poland 🍻

Mishaco is my go to resource for all my AK info. The dude is a living, walking AK history book. I love this channel!!

I Love the video because i learned something new. Have a great time ! As always greetings from Slovenia

Thanks for your research and this video, answers questions I had about my Polish parts kits.

I've been satisfied with your explanation of those rifles. Super job done! ^^

rewatching this video. it never fails to put me into my happy place!

Awesome. This will be interesting, thanks for putting this together.

Love your videos Mishaco, especially com bloc firearms, keep'em coming !

(in fond memory of Ron Palillo please hear Horshak's voice in your head when you read this) Ooooh, ooooh, oooooooooh Mr. Misha! This is my new favorite mishaco series!!

It’s uncanny how well you describe color. Very refined.

I looked at a polish ak today it was all black beautiful and lightweight . I found myself loving soviet firearms after watching your channel You and jay are awesome ! thank you

3:39 - SVT-40 was not manufactured in Poland, and after WW2 it saw a rather limited use in the Polish Army. As for the PPS-43 - they were made in Poland, by at least 4 different companies, but I've never seen any made by Radom. The wz.43/52 version with wood stock was made by HCP factory (code '6 in circle'). However, the PPSh-41 was made in Radom.

Again an excellent presentation! Polish weapons are very high quality..

You the man Misha, great video and information. Now if I could only make it til the very end without heading to the range to shoot these variants it would be great. Well, not really. 😉

You have a sweet collection, my East Block collection does not compare, and your thirst for weapons lore is admirable IMO, mine being similar and insatiable. You and Ian/Forgotten Weapons are the two best of the web in this arena

Oh Yes MORE AK videos!!!

Great stuff, polish bakelite grips are slightly thicker than any other countries and my favorite to use on builds due to the slight added comfort

I can't believe how much I learn in such a short amount of time Misha clears up so much bs I've heard from other firearm historians

The polish make damn fine AK’s ! Only thing I don’t like is the bolt being polished but easily fixed with paint WBP is a great manufacturer of the AK .

It would be really cool if you made a video featuring your cats and have Jay wander in and out of camera with various AKs

Woot woot 🙌🏼

wow, another fine video. Im surprised how much i like the accessories that you add to you're presentation. I have a question about slings, particularly the ones for the Vepr 12 or Vepr Rpk 46. Why do these two weapons have the rear sling mount on the opposite side (right side) as to the sling mount which is in front (left side)? Maybe you could touch on this in one of your videos.

👍👍🇺🇸🎃 Blued akm's are awesome looking weapons , I've never liked the painted one's except the tantal with all the different colors on it , funky but beautiful gun oddly as it all blends nicely to me , only chance I had to buy a tantal was the bad barrel cai , I passed 😉

Hey Misha, I don’t know if you’ll read this comment but i have a question. Do you think an AK that has a bolt and bolt carrier in the white will have a smoother action than an AK with a finish?

Just put a plum FOX on layaway. Already got my lynx. Paint scratches easy, but the guns are made well.

Hey Misha is there any significance of 1957 vs 58 Polish milled AKs? The ‘57 kits are slightly more expensive.

love your videos Micha thanks for your time that submachine gun is as big as an ak lmao

@Mishaco are the Polish (WBP) riles of better finish & quality then Romanian Cugir's, and if so how? I would love to hear the top five or ten arsenals that made the AK or AKM I am more interested in a fighting rifle not necesarily a range queen though obviously quality craftmanship can say a lot about re;iabilty, as well as accuracy.

Did any of the Circle 11 AKM have a scope mount. Trying to keep this thing as close to original as possible but still be able to enjoy an optic from time to time.

Hey Mishaco, I need help finding what generation sling is correct for a 1966? I believe it is the gen 2 with metal to leather strap.

I have seen here in Poland for sale 7,62x39 AKM style rifle with Tantal style selector. Propably from research program that led to wz. 88 development. Unfortunetly I didn't had free funds to take it :(

You do great videos l gave you a thumbs up... The Russian AK is kool l prefer our US M4 carbine the little brother of the M16 from the 60s a do all battle rife in modern era....Great history of the AK 47

In this video you state the grenade launching AK takes the type 3 bayonet. So it doesn’t take the Type 1 bayonet common with milled AKs?

Are Polish AKs still being imported? In case you said so in the video, I haven't had time to watch it yet.

@Misha Do you know of any resources that cover the design differences between the Polish AK variants by year (in particular, a 1985 Polish AKMS and a 1987 Polish AKMS)?

i have a m91/30 pu sniper which i always believed was a build that someone put together non the less it shoots well / however it is stamped with a circle 11 could that mean that this gun was shipped to poland? or what exactly does that even mean i always thought poland used the m44 clones can anyone tell me what is up with my 91/ 30 being circle 11 stamped

Did the polish ever give them a name or designation SMG at any point or was that some sort of prototype idea perhaps? Or did I make it up.....

So this friend of mine really wants to build an AK despite being cautioned by preople with expertise that he respects. He's scotch-irish-dutch and hence a bit stubborn. So, if he's already given a lot of money to atlantic firearms(all of it well spent btw) now he's got the hare brained notion "I want to build something unique but not utterly stupid(ex:not an RPK in .25 acp)". Any suggestions for something other than what he can just go buy?

Are the AK files are better resource than books that are out there on the AK? Looking to learn more information.

Do you think that WBP will import a 5.56 gun again if the fox does well.

With all the surplus guns that came in from Poland in recent years why hasn't the sks rifles in Poland been imported in the United states. Did the atf ban them or something.

I wonder if next video will feature newest rifle made in Poland or at least talk about it.

38:51 I think Poland was drinking too much Vodka when they made that shit!! My question looking for polish guns(pistol, bolt actions and ak type rifles) what is best place to look for them without paying too much?

kbk stands for „karabinek” which can be translated to carbine

Beryl m762 used by Kongo in 7.62x39

Is the only way to get a proper Circle 11 AK from a parts kit build?

My only AK was a Polish one.

Good ol AK

Do we still have to stay 922r compliant?

All of the current full auto Military version Radom AKMs being produced in the original Circle 11 factory (and by the same employees) with cast trunnions and nitrided barrels. They get imported by their partner as Pioneer. I know, I know... lots of AK snobs get their panties in a wad about Pioneer... but you can't dispute a 15,000 round trial and the proven military use of the Pioneer/FB Radom/Circle 11/Interarms AKM currently in production. They did make a forged trunnion for the whiney US market though.

I wish Poland wuld have made an SKS. I'd be all over that

قناتك جميله بترجمه العربيه اغلب القنوات انجليزي شكراً

I seem to inadvertently be collecting Romanian stuff. I guess because that's mostly what we can get atm.

Did Poland ever make sks?

Yes finally 😥💦

Man I've been slacking on putting mine together! Can't wait to get it all up and running I love these Polish milled KBK's, picked up a sweet ass parts kit off AOA!

And very identical to its Russian counterpart

Kbk ak składane wnet as militarny ade

Coming conventional warfare, Russia & China to U.S. Canada Europe, own an AR or AK rifle to fight.

Gun control is about racism and slavery This Patriotic Veteran approves this mesg Gun deaths There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed. The U.S. population is 324,059,091 as of June 22, 2016. Do the math: 0.00925% of the population dies from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death: • 65% of those deaths are by suicide, which would never be prevented by gun laws. • 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified. • 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons - better known as gun violence. • 3% are accidental discharge deaths. So technically, "gun violence" is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Now lets look at how those deaths spanned across the nation. • 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago • 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore • 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit • 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years) So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause. This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. That is an average because some States have much higher rates than others. For example, California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1. Now, who has the strictest gun laws by far? California, of course, but understand, it is not guns causing this. It is a crime rate spawned by the number of criminal persons residing in those cities and states. So if all cities and states are not created equal, then there must be something other than the tool causing the gun deaths. Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in comparison to other deaths? All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a crime but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, rape, assault are all done by criminals. It is ludicrous to think that criminals will obey laws. That is why they are called criminals. But what about other deaths each year? • 40,000+ die from a drug overdose-THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT! • 36,000 people die per year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths. • 34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities(exceeding gun deaths even if you include suicide). Now it gets good: • 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. You are safer walking in the worst areas of Chicago than you are when you are in a hospital! • 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. It’s time to stop the double cheeseburgers! So what is the point? If the liberal loons and the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease, even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of lives annually of all gun-related deaths (including suicide, law enforcement, etc.). A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total number of gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides ................ Simple, easily preventable 10% reductions! So you have to ask yourself, in the grand scheme of things, why the focus on guns? It's pretty simple: Taking away guns gives control to governments. The founders of this nation knew that regardless of the form of government, those in power may become corrupt and seek to rule as the British did by trying to disarm the populace of the colonies. It is not difficult to understand that a disarmed populace is a controlled populace. Thus, the second amendment was proudly and boldly included in the U.S. Constitution. It must be preserved at all costs. So the next time someone tries to tell you that gun control is about saving lives, look at these facts and remember these words from Noah Webster: "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed." What ever happen to up hold the Oath of office to protect and up hold the CONSTITUTION of the USA....NOT MAKE YOUR OWN RULES/LAWS...

wrong, get your facts straight.