The AK-47 I Bought When I Was 15 

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As a local Hungarian, and my father being a military man handling that weapon, i can assure all of you, this weapon is one of the weapons of all time

What amazed me is that, after going full auto, that deer just wandered around on the trail in the background with not a worry. That's one chill deer.

as a hungarian, its great to see that a weapon from my country holds this much sentimental value for you 🔫🇭🇺

I love seeing Hungarians getting props. My Hungarian grandmother who came straight off the boat to Ellis Island with my grandfather and 2 small children with $2 dollars to their name was the most amazing cook. The Hungarian dishes she cooked and baked were mind blowing delicious it has been over 30 years but i can still remember those wonderful smells from the kitchen like it was yesterday

Served in the Hungarian army as a conscript. This rifle was amazingly stable and accurate at the range. Just a stock AK clone, nothing fancy, but it beats laps on the AK-63D, the other AK variant we used to have. The army doesn't have them any more, they were passed to the police, and some Arab countries, including Palestine and Iraq. However, it's not a "paratrooper" weapon, this is a common misconception! The name AMD means "Automata Módosított Deszant", Automatic Modified "Dessant". The latter is a Russian word, and it means riflemen who disembark from a vehicle to fight. Paratroopers were called "aerial dessant" in Warsaw Pact terminology. For some reason, the Hungarians never called infantry "dessant", but we widely called paratroops "aerial dessant", now as a loanword from Russian. Thus the word "dessant" gained currency as a term for paratroopers, and paratroopers only. In fact, the AMD was meant for traditional "dessant", disembarking from a BMP or a BTR. There lies the answer to "why the AMD-65 exists". It's a weapon with a short barrel and a foldable stock. It's much more convenient in the cramped space of a BMP. Also fun fact: it's actually designated "AMD-65/5". The 5 isn't a version number: it means that a soldier would receive 5 magazines with it. One goes into the rifle, and four into a magazine belt.

I think Matt said the deer are drawn to the gunfire because of the amount of food he's shot on the range. Hitting those steel target is literally ringing the dinner bell.

As a hungarian I was very happy to see one of our AK’s on your channel .My uncle had one of these when he served in the Hungarian Peoples Army in the 80s

I'm Hungarian. I was a soldier in 1992 and served with this weapon. I loved.

One brandon upload a day keeps the voices at bay

“The Hungarians are getting a lot of love today” Considering how much were lost on Reach and how many are apparently ODST’s I think they’ve earned it.

One gun enthusiastic , who happens to be a Hungarian, sends love to another enthusiastic. You are awesome, dude.

My first AK was an AMD65. I still have it. Bought it in 2007 when I was 22 and I love it. It came with one 20 round mag, 2 30 round mags, and a 75 round drum. I also have a Romanian AK I built off a parts kit, by my 65 is by far my favorite!

I feel like asking if we want to see a grenade launcher is a silly question. The answer is always yes.

As a Ohioan turned Montanan, it warms my heart seeing you shoot a Hungarian weapon in fully semi automatic. Thank you senator Brandon.

As a Pennsylvanian, it warms my heart to see you shooting a fully automatic rifle.

As a hungraian who's bloodline served: great-grandfather in ww2, grandfather in the cold war (he was a tank commander so he used the AMD a lot) my father only served a year but used the AMD. My mom is a police sergeant and was trained for the AMD. I feel honored that you made a video of one of the most iconic hungarian gun

Both my Granddad, and Dad were in the Hungarian military, and I love listening to their stories about their service. Both of them worked as truck drivers for arms transportation, and were issued with AMDs as well.

@10:09 deer casually cruising by amidst full auto Ak brrrt 😂

As a fellow Hungarian I feel honored to get our country included in your video. And here is a fun fact: AMD Stand for Automata Módosított Deszantfegyver (in English: Automatic Modified Assault weapon). Have a nice day, afternoon, nigth!

Awesome video! I alsonlove that on Matt's range, the deer just wander around knowing you are not out there to shoot them. They have not a care in the world. Matt has left lots of food around for them to eat. 😊

The AMD65 was my "first" AK. I used it during vehicle inspections in Afghanistan. Mine was brand new when I got it.

As a Hungarian GenX, when I was 18, the we had obligatory military service. My AMD was the same 65 as in this vid, and I still remember the number of that gun... omg it was more than 30 years ago... I loved that gun. However, it was LOUD. And that time we did not get any earpro at the range. Soo... ringing ear for a few hours was the bonus of that day :D This generation can't even imagine how was it back then :D thank you Brandon, you given a great evening for me. If you come to Hungary, please let me know, we have ranges here too :D

The deer just casually walking around in the background after that full auto dump had me rolling 😂

My grandfather was a second lieutenant in the Hungarian People's Army. He was born in 1955, conscripted in 1976. He served with the gun all through his military carrier along with the PA-63 what he hated. But he adored the AMD-65. He said it was powerful and accurate enough for what it was needed to be. As for the PA-63 he said you were more accurate with throwing it rather than shooting it. So yes, the AMD-65 holds a special place in my heart too. And so does it in mg grandfather's heart.

love that regardless of how much shooting you had just done, there was still a deer walking around in the background at about 10:30

Patrolling the Mojave makes you wonder when Brandon Herrera will do a Fallout themed gun video.

I love the deer in the back we have the same on my property during hunting season. I have a small group of females' who know it's safe at my place so they hang out all season on my land . the ironic thing is 3 seasons ago they brought a flock of turkeys with them so now I have turkeys running around during turkey season .

I as a hungarian am indeed proud. Good to be here, thank you Brandon.

10:50 I like the deer just casually walking in the background, Matt trained them well

My friend got a bunch of no name early pattern ak mags at a surplus store once on the super cheap and we both assumed they were cheap as crap norinco garbage, but we recently did some digging and found out they are actually original hungarian ak steel magazines that have just been beat to death because they were probably in 15 different warzones in the balkans before showing up here in 2006, and then this video came into my feed, neat, thanks brandon!

I've been waiting YEARS for this video. I absolutely love my AMD-65. Thank you so much! Mine was given to me as a christmas present about 13 years ago. ITM arms receiver, a few tapco parts here and there.

I’m happy for you having that piece of personal history and nostalgia in your collection now, but I’m more impressed that Matt’s range has inoculated the local woodland critter population to the fear of neither people nor gunfire. Hunting season has to be boringly easy around his place.

Always thought these looked steampunk af

Man, as a Hungarian, I legitimately feel proud to have the AMD featured. Also, wishing you the best of luck for Congress Brandon! :DD

As a hungarian guy with a dad who was a soldier and shared me experiences with the Amd (one of them is that he literally burned down half of the range because tracer bullets were inaccurate at that time and it blasted into the dry grass) it feels good that you have a love for them too.

The Red Dot story reminded me of something I did in my younger days. I bought a Tasco red dot for 30 bucks and a receiver mount adapter for my Mossberg 500 for shooting slugs, because the barrel on it had a misaligned bead sight, and the mount and dot were half the cost of a new barrel. It survived maybe 4 months before it lost it's ability to hold Zero.

The deer casually walking around in the background at the end after the mag dump is wonderful.

The deer chilling in the proximity of a full auto is comedy gold

The AMD-65 was the first AK I ever built. I got the parts kit for my 21st birthday and soon bought all the tooling and put it together. The only thing I did to it was add an AMD65TECH cheek riser to it to make it easier to get a sight picture. I've ran that gun in a couple of carbine matches and it is by far my favorite 7.62 AK variant.

That deer in the background @10:04 not giving a single fuck lol

I love that Matt's unbothered deer friend made an appearance here lol

Proud to see you made the correct choice!

Yes when I was soldier (at about 80s) we had used and applied this Gun. We loved it! It was easy to clean, carry and shot. Almost forgotten, this AMD65 is rather accurete to hit the target..

I always remember the Hungarian AMD and thinking it looked dumb…but honestly it’s kinda cool now lol

That deer just stood in the background while he mag dumped a AK. That deer is metal.

As a HUngarian I am very happy that you Brandon finally covered something like that. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work.

My favorite AK & addiction was Tapco's catalog full of AKMD 65's at unbelievable prices back in the day. I got so burned out from building them. That I still have 2 of the kit gun's I ran into in a recent move. They were Tapco's lowest priced kit gun's back in the 90s. Generally selling from $65-$69.99, or the handyman special of 5 for $250. They were such a novelty AK that they were hot sellers @ twice the price for less gun! Lol And to expidite the assembly who needs rivits, we just spot welded the crap out of the receivers onto the trunnions. Making for some slick sexy smooth sided AK's that never fell apart. The 30rd mags were not a problem just grind the lip off the rear of the fwd grip & it was rock & roll all day. And do stuff some heat resistant wool into the barrel gaurd for added comfort. And that was my contribution to world peace in the 90s. That was back when a guy could still buy a sardine can of ammo at $45-50 for 1000rds. And that was a lot of all day fun on target

As a Hungarian myself thank you Brandon for the love.

Somewhere a liberal just cried

Merry Christmas Senator Herrera🥳🎅🏼🎄🎁🎈💝

My first Canadian weapon was Maple syrup, I still have the bottle after 12 years 😅 🙃 Canucks know how to make syrup so good

As a Hungarian, I feel proud after watching this video! Thank you Brandon! Also, BOJLER ELADÓ!

The AMD-65 was my first rifle purchase as well. It wasn’t in the collection super long, but it’s awesome to see the real deal in action.

It cool to see in the montage the gas piston being pushed by the gases and making an AK an AK.

Maybe I'm weird, but I really like the *look* of an AK with a 20 round magazine, especially shorty AKs. They look so balanced and beautiful in their own ugly way.

As a Dutch, I have been in Afghanistan in 2008, a Afghan police station, had a few guys with the AMD, full of glitter flower stickers! What a wonderful sight that was!

Greetings from Hungary, Brandon! Happy to see this one. FYI the AMD has been phased out from the army. I've seen some police units armed with that in the last 10 years, but probably they don't use it anymore due to the recent Scorpion EVO2 procurement.

I own one. The muzzle blast is spectacular, the wire stock is not for precise shooting, and with no top hand guard, be careful where you put your hand. It is ultimate concealable and works best with a 20 round magazine.

Your Hungary joke actually had a tiny twist on it compared to the usual. Respect.

So you probably won’t see this but 2 years ago I got my first AK at 16 years old after working fast food for months. I actually watched your video on AK buyers guide and bought a WASR-10. It’s been an amazing rifle and was my first centerfire rifle so thanks.

A Brandon video a day keeps the ATF away...If only that were true we would all have a merry Christmas.

Brandon, i wholeheartedly thank you for feauring this beauty. Brings back a lot of memories from the times when i was a young fella, drafted into the Hungarian Army, and this was our issued weapon. I learned to fire an automatic weapon for the first time, and this was it. I can not say anything bad about it, mainly because you mentioned all of them in the video! I kinda missed the tear-down part, but its understandable, since theres nothing new in the inside compared to a standard AK-47. Was fun to tear it apart over and over, and clean it, not because it required it or anything, but because the officers commanded the whole squad to do so, in our "free-time" lmao. Good ol' days my oh my😂

Hello from Hungary! Great video, glad to see you having fun with a Hungarian firearm. I also own a Hungarian AK, mine is an older model, a milled receiver FÉG AK-55 (unlike yours mine isn't full auto).

The AMD 65 has always been one of my favorite variants. It is so different than other variants and it was in Rambo 3.

Great video! As a former user by the Hungarian law enforcement, let me add my two cents... Developed as a compact AK-version for the Hungarian army. It was not generally issued for the army troops. (They used the wooden stock - and foldable stock versions later - of the AKM.) It was only issued for special recon and paratropper units mainly. (In the Cold War-era no sub-machineguns were officially issued. Hence there was a demand for a compact CQB weapon solution) Later the former socialist governments militia (the Eastern Block equivalent of the National Guard) was equipped with them in high numbers. Law enforcement units were the next. (It was in much higher numbers issued like the AMP-69 with the grenade launcher capability - they stayed always a rare sight) Intended as a makeshift solution for the role of the shotgun-submachinegun weapon category, which was completely missed from the arsenal (apart from a few spec. units: They had the VZ-61 Scorpion, later mini Uzis, and some prison guard units had very few shotguns). Hitherto this 7.62x39 cartridge with its unneccessary, army-level penetration is totally unsuitable for urban areas, where are many civilian bystanders to endanger. (As a benefit, makes most body armors useless...) Thankfully this weapons seen very little use, so with luck you can grab almost new condition pieces, despite the older age, from cold-war storage sale. Pros: - Rugged, reliable, low maintenance need - Lighter and cheaper than most of the AK´s - Most parts are compatible with the AKM - The muzzle break is really effective Cons: - The plastic parts feels cheap and slippery - The general workmanship lacks a lot (typical cold-war mass production, function over everything, production marks everywhere). - The front grip angle is anti-anatomical (but there is a reason- the arched magazine required the space) - lack of bayonet mount points Keep up the good work! ;)

Somehow no matter how rare the weapon is brandon has it. Amp-69,type 1 model ak,VSS vintorez hell i wouldn’t be surprised if he has a gyrojet carbine he’s hiding from us with ammo keep up the work i love seeing stuff like this.

As a Hungarian, I can say that this video is a certified Hungarian classic

Awesome piece of equipment! Did you notice there was a deer wandering around behind you after all that blasting!? At 11:28

So, para cord to boost the cheek weld and a BSA red dot for optics. Then Brandon calls out the tactitards. Classic. Btw, my son says the deer on the trail is deaf from having been born and raised on Demolition Ranch.

My dad was in the hungarian army back in the day and (when we had a little commie influence as a mandatory 2 year service or something like that) and he told me stories about the AMD-65, he loved it. And now it was good to see in action, and it was also good to hear a good review from the AK Jesus himself, thanks!

As a person from Hungary i'm happy that there is a video about my favourite variant of the AK

That is an absolutely amazing sounding AK on full auto

Being hungarian, I love the AMD. I know there are mixed feelings about it, but lets not forget, it was NOT designed to be your main assoult rifle. As you said, it was designed for paratroopers, tankers, for recon units and allso officers. The soldiers who used them, moastly liked them, as they were smaller and easier to carry around than a normal ak. My father back in the day had no problem shooting it accurately. I think he still has 1 live round somewhere as a memory from those days. As this is Europe, I could only get an airsoft version, but at least I have it. They say these were built very good quality.

I now want you to make the Trashnikov, shovel handle for a stock, bicycle handle pistol grip and forward grip supplemented by several tourniquets wrapped around it. all the stops to look like something built by a methed out raider from fallout.

My first AK was a Polish Tantal 5.45. Put the Magpul plum furniture kit on it and rigged a handguard retaining pin since it's slightly different than AK standard. Love that thing.

Wish I was in TX and could vote for this guy

Writing from Hungary: I tried this at a shooting range. The foregrip and the folding wire stock was removed. Without the mag it looked so innocent like a pellet gun 😅 but when I pulled the trigger the dewastating power shocked me. Really suprising was how quiet was it in the open field and the low recoil 😮 it may be a garbage in the Ak47 family but this was my first experience

My company imported a few AMD-65s about 20 tears ago and had to convert them into parts sets. Most were new guns, all were packaged in the original Hungarian crate and inner packaged in sealed plastic bags with accessories. We did take a couple of parts sets and as an SOT remanufactured them. They are indeed a compact firearm and quite handy, Muzzle blast is, as you noted, somewhat pronounced. The biggest issue that I have with them is if carried at the ready position for any length of time you will want to wear a glove (if right handed) as the button for the stock release will dig into the first knuckle of the thumb on your trigger hand. The screw slot doesn't help the situation in that regard.

As a Hungarian, I couldn't wait to see a video on this gun by you. It's finally here

I used it in the early months of 1994 when I was a soldier in the Hungarian Army. I loved it. It's a beast. Greetings from Hungary. 🇭🇺

I love the deer in the back not giving a fuck about your full auto burst at 10:11

Imagine having one of these in 1967. Would've been profoundly handy back then.

Back when AK parts sets, (hated the term kit), were inexpensive and came with barrels plus ALL the fire control parts, I purchased many. The AMD65 was the first I built. Made my own bending dies and my own flats and rails from sheet steel. Back then nearly every parts set I got was numbers matching and appeared unissued. Point being the AMD65 was and is the most fun to shoot with a group. The two most common questions are, what is that and are you done shooting yet? It is obnoxiously loud to others on the firing line.

My first AK was an AMD 65. It was really light for me. Traded it for a milled receiver under fold. I changed the muzzle brake on it to a Razer one, it shoots great and on target at 100-200 yrds

Carried one on Convoy Security duty in Iraq. Used ti call it my Magyar typewriter since I always had at least 3 Drums for it. I also shaved down the forward grip and had a surprisingly amazing knock off Reflex sight on my Gastube rail

Hey Brandon, been a fan for a couple of years now. Ive always been an “AR” guy since its what im most familiar with. A couple of months back i bought my first ak, a zastava m70 and i am in love, keeping it with the wood furniture for now, grabbed a few steel mags and got my hands on a drum mag too, not too easy living in the caribean but totally worth the hassle. Love this rifle 🫶🏻

That was my first AK as well and I absolutely loved it. Lightweight compact and solid the fire ball really is spectacular its not a trash gun by any stretch.

I love my AMD-65 it's my first ever AK too and probably my last. It's the smoothest action I've ever felt in an AK, It's so buttery smooth i can rack and cam the bolt without the recoil spring using just my pinkynail. 3000rnds and it still barely closes tight on the CIP go gauges. That being said i had to redo the furniture, I have a magpul moe grip and stock, and a Midwest Universal barrel clamp front handguard... The muzzle brake is super flashy.

I love the symmetric angles of the two grips it's sweet

Really cool that he kept it. I bought my first gun at 17 in a Target parking lot. Told the dude i was 18, walked away with a Gen3 Glock 26 for $350. Good times

What's crazy is there are reports of the AMD65 being picked up by US servicemen in Vietnam. Although rare they were seen along with the Romanian MD63

Hey Brandon! Thank you so much! I’m so happy to see this “legend” from our country. 😅 Unfortunately, I didn’t have the opportunity to shoot with it at the Hungarian Defence Forces(Magyar Honvédség) I served a little time as a member in a mortar crew. We have AK63Ds,P9RCs(sometimes 😂) and 82mm mortars

This was also my first AK, about the same age. Something advantageous about the stock is that it allows the easy use of a gas mask or NVGs, this carbine with a can and an LAM would be great for CQC in the dark.

Definitely one of the guns ever made 💪

This is the first AK I ever built! It still runs amazing after 2000 rounds and I will never get rid of it.

My first Ak was Romanian Sar 3 $379 for gun 10 for shipping and 10 for guy to transfer. This was in 2000. I was 16.Have never personally seen another.223 except for a never fired pre 86 Chinese one at my local gun shop that cost $20,000. First time I shot it the weird wire spring clips that hold hammer and trigger pins in place came undone. Replaced with tiny hair pins I found in a kit and my dad's farm shop. Never bothered again. It came with a 10-round magazine and a plastic 30 round. Never has jammed except for if 30 round mag is too full. Can put 19 in. I love my Ak

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As a 3rd generation Hungarian,I highly approve of this rifle!👍👍👍

If you thought your mods were dumb, I bubba'd the hell out of mine. I replaced the trunnion with a regular AKM one so I could put a Magpul stock on it, replaced the dust cover with a TWS rail, and modded a polymer handguard to replace the UTG one that came with the gun. When I got mine it also came with a weird funky tactical pistol grip. Eventually found out the whole receiver was bent so the front end of the gun was going away right. Replaced the receiver and decided that I would restore it as well. So it's back to normal just I need to put a sling loop on it but I haven't been able to find one