The Type 81: Chinese AK + SKS Hybrid 

Nu uh

Love your vids happy trails in the government work

Good God Emperor it looks so wrong somehow.

Nice, a new video.

Give me a smooch pls mullet gun man

They also can't get good Russian or Chinese SKS rifles either. Canada number 1, for once.

​@bkn_5575 I was too busy not existing to buy one before they were zucked

To the Americans frothing out the mouth wanting one cause its not easy to get, trust me, these things have numerous issues and aren't exactly better than getting a good AK (For reference the Type 81 LMG and regular T81 go for around 1500 Canuckistani dollars here). 1. QC is all over the place. I know people that got them with anything from shoddy grip screws to straight up bent barrels. 2. The iron sights (depending on your opinion) either slightly better than AK/SKS sights or just straight up worse. I am in the second camp. In fairness they are generally reliable rifles for the most part. We also had one time where we got a shipment of FA ones that got distrubuted and the feds had to confiscate.

@@bigpoppazeus8048 T-81s are still available for Canada they are one of the few not banned???

@@Black6Sixlol 5 round mags 😂

Amen

AGREED VERY BASED

a rare thing these days

he got the sucker runnin

Give this man ALL the likes!

The type 81 went into service only in 1983 tho, and the sino vietnam war was in 1979.

@ctnke The sino Viet war lasted until 1988 along the borders !

Yeah, the battles in Laoshan, pretty gruel@@Flyinghigh3597

​@@ctnke BEGAN in 1979 doesn't mean it also ended in 1979

@@ctnke 你不知道的是，81式确实参加过越战，只是装备量稀少

Sorry but the Chinese sks being the closest thing you can get in Canada is pretty funny and telling.

You guys are still allowed to get them? Im surprised castro jr had not banned them yet.

The Valmet M78 is an actual AK and it is exempt from the AK ban, but they are rare and very expensive when they do come up for sale in Canada.

@@halo3odst Yeah, surprised me as well, but I still see them up for sale at guns shops near my place

Which is kinda weird because almost anything AK like is typically banned here.

You can do it too, just takes a little crime

Not the only Canadian for that

Ah yes, the full capacity of 29 rounds.

@@dogg92better than our “govern me harder daddy” restricted 5 rounds

I don't like that, 5 rounds is not a lot to have fun with @@SplashingMANGO

You poor bastards I love my Romanian & Bulgarian AKs

one of the few things the chinese made pretty well

​@@themrtopwalkertyrannical government?

​@@user-cu4yd8tl5gwestern Canada deserves independence we all know. Unfortunately what they get will be different. But maybe becoming a part of America could be a sliver medal.

Don't worry. We here in the US are about to put our own house in order, THEN we'll be able to help our friends out... 😁👍

For now.

Your pos prime Minister has other plans

TI has said they're done importing them, unfortunately. I really regret not picking up the SE version when it was available for like 1200 bucks. They're going for ~2k now.

You lucky bastards. That rifle looks fucking awesome.

​@@thegrayman19 Well not much I can do about that I'm not saying we're better then america far worse actually when it comes to firearms. but hey we have a fat chunk of em, same with Russian sks Tula made etc, but give it enough time and trudeau would like us to not have ANYTHING not even a break barrel 12 Gauge.

I remember when my local cabelas had the garbage rod for $300 that was about 7 years ago

​@@TexasNationalist1836I remember when they were $79 at Dunham's and I'm only 42 lol

@@justinworkman9424 lol I am only 17

I remember when I could get gas for $0.99/gal

That wasnt long ago in Canada . Even 10 years ago they were still around $150 . Been a few years since they jumped in price , still super common but a bit more expensive.

Oh yeah, we need an SVT vid. Especially one with a scope, to delve into the rifle that was the foundation for the concept of the semi auto sniper system.

had a few SVTs when they were around $300 but they never won me over. wish i held onto it longer since they're over $1000 all the time now but all their barrels are shot out, unlined garbage. unless you found one with a brand new barrel or that was somehow babied.

I got a crate of 10 svt's for 1800 bucks here in Canada in 2010. Just had a feeling they were gonna go up. Pretty damn good return on investment if I sell them now

@@JohnDoe-fw9ty I planned on doing the same, but with SKS. Crates of em were cheap enough to almost double your money selling them one by one when I considered it. Still have a crate being used as a coffee table though

I think Ian had something to do with that idea. The collectors realized that they could make more money if the demand from more awareness went up. Wait, we can make more moneys if we use the internets and the youtubes? I don't know what dat is but I likes more money.

@@randomidiot8142 Is the gun rare enough in the US to go up on one of those auctions?

@@Seth9809 rare enough to go up.. rare enough that the value goes up, rare enough that it gets posted for sale? If he's saying he's only just now got his hands on one because they're super rare, it's probably pretty rare. Look at what else he's gotten his hands on before this. Have you seen the FN m249 that got posted on gun broker? Transferable MG, bid was at half million earlier. Super rare and desirable, for example.

@@Seth9809 Yes the gun is as rare as could be possible, beyond the Hellriegel. Like none exist in the US, but demand for such a gun is limited to those who want a Type 81.

Inside trading?

They used to be $99 packed in cosmoline at a shop near me.

I saw them in a wooden barrel like golf clubs at a pawn shop years ago. They couldn’t give them away.

And Mosin nagants were $99w coupon at Big5....

I bought 6 Yugoslavian SKS carbines for 100 a piece. Like new and was lucky to get them.

Those import Chinese carbines were junk. Some looked like kids put them together. But now people are paying high dollar for them. Crazy lol

Ghetto style😂😂

Bruh, I got 10rd drums for Cali compliance. It ain't easy being cheesy.

Same in Ma but for my AR. Still fun to pretend though.😂😢

I miss scraping off the pounds of cosmoline off a new rifle or you could just shoot it off 🤣🤣🤣

My buddy bought 1 back in the late 90's for less than $200. He still has it. He's converted it to detachable magazines. I bet it's worth a lot now.

Yeah I picked up three for $250 Canadian

I got a $90 Mosin Nagant way back in time.

@@YacolJ if its converted i doubt its worth as much as an original ive seen the converted ones go for 599 at my LGS but original norincos go for 899+

We appreciate even more being able to see it shoot more than five shots in a sequence.

@@chriskola3822 indeed I hope one day our 5 round limit is going to be abolished

@@heckinbeanedon5084 if someone built a 7.62x39mm "pistol" that takes AK mags, we could at least get to 10rds lol

​​@@TheRealAaronSmith...did.... did you forget that you can't get pistols anymore in canada? So I don't think that could ever happen : (

Whenever someone talks about corrosive ammo, I just think of borderlands

yeah, he also fumbled the ball on the magazine issue, while making a big show of it, lol. I get it though, it's because the only mag he had was a drum. @BrandonHerrera but you could have at least googled it, Congressman! the mags are not AK because rifle has last round bold hold open!

@@jimmydigriz362 I saw a couple people mention that in other comments so I left it out haha. But everyone always seems to forget the chrome lining. It's my favourite part!

You guys should get together and send Justin Trudeau packing He looks like a child predator to me and I bet he is. I know Joe Biden is . He's come out and said so pretty much.

@@sandow8575wonder what the feasibility of acid tipped ammo would be or just send it full borderlands style and make the gun shoot big gobs of acid

That, and I really like that the sks is the most modern assault rifle I can own in it's original configuration without giving the government more rights to dig into my life than necessary... Makes it really neat in my collection.

Me too. An old greasy and sweat stained Norinco. Wish I still had that rifle.

Dad never Bought me a 75-100 SKS when we went to gun shows as a wee kid. Now I’m 43 and only have two . Once I got one loved it still my 74 is my go too following close behind are a couple of my kit builds Yugo and romy.

@@col.greasebagmcqueen9933 same but someone had bubba'd it good with a "dragunov" style stock and detachable 30rd mag. I was about 14 or so and thought it was the best anyway haha.

@@dustyak79 I had a yugo for a while also but after a divorce and custody court and lawyer fees it had to go. One day I'll come up on a good deal on another but long gone are days of cheap sks.

Wouldn’t really say the Chinese were outgunned, more like they lacked any type of actual combat experience going up against Vietnam that had been fighting a perpetual conflict since before WW2 at that point, but also Vietnam having the best of modern captured US equipment at the time also likely helped tremendously

The big piece of context missing here is how the PLA operated their weapons; unlike every other commie country with AKs, China continued to use the SKS as it's primary infantry weapon, only issuing the AK to leadership and other roles similar to a SMG, much like how the soviets initially issued them. However unlike the soviets, the Chinese LOVED the SKS due to how they believed the rifle was more accurate than the AK was. They realized they wanted a rifle that combined both as early as the 1960s, with their first attempt being the even rarer rifle known as the Type 63. That rifle had many problems in service that resulted in them being recalled from active duty and the SKS and AKs were once again issued. Then, like you said, the border conflicts happened, with the Chinese realizing really quickly an army of mostly SKS rifles doesn't do that well against an army of battle hardened AK wielders lmao and that's when they decided to make a proper replacement via the type 81.

Which funny enough the Type 95 is also a stop gap interim measure that was rushed into service to be able to be present for the 1997 reclamation of Hong Kong. It’s not until the new QBZ-191 came along that we got something the Chinese really wanted and even then, they’re realistically gonna be fielding the 95 for decades to come. Ironic really, the Chinese have been manufacturing AR/M16 copies for decades and eventually settled to use an AR style rifle, could’ve saved a lot of time and money if they just used what they already had.

@@donovanchau3483 they copied the European bullpup craze before doing any actual research on just how terrible a bullpup is at doing the job of a basic infantry rifle. The QBZ 191 is also likely to not work out because it’s manufacturing is pretty shoddy, the Type 95 will last into the next decade because the QBZ 191 was rushed into production to fit with China’s new modernization program.

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 You have evidence on the 191 being shoddy? Other than that one clip with it keyholing (allegedly due to rubber ammo) I've found nothing. QC issues can also be fixed with overhauling production lines.

Me

Captain Coons would know.

Samples that made it in before the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban. There were even .223 examples that made it here before a magazine was produced.

They were imported before Clinton was in office.

How come you arent verified? you are THE civilian tactical

in europe we are cucked to 10 but 5 is beyond degradation

@@redactedanticretin I live in canada and I agree. wtf does a pin do, a criminal can simply remove it and go nuts. Pins only effect law abiding citizens... also criminals don't even get guns legally. it's so retarded and cucked. cannot wait to move to usa

@@redactedanticretin the only solaces we have in that regard is that if there's a "pistol" in that caliber, you can use the 10 round "pistol" mags in a rifle. Aside from that, you can put the "wrong" ammo into a mag of a larger caliber and therefore fit more rounds. I'm not sure of the exact count myself as I haven't done it, but say a 10 round .40S&W mag loaded with 14 rounds of 9mm is legal. Or 17 rounds of 5.56mm in a .50 Beowulf mag. Both have been admitted to be legal by our federal police. Our laws are very specific as to what is illegal, for better or worse.

If I was Canadian,I would just bring an extra 5 rd mag in case you get mounted,run into a maple cop.and keep all the other mags freedom style.but I'm American as hell ,we tend to break laws we dont like

Depends. In Italy we have no such limits.​@@redactedanticretin

honestly never knew this

They, china did invaded Vietnam after US did Spoiler alert: they've lost, just like US.

​@@terramcevidence299and like the French

@@terramcevidence299China ended its self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam in 1988 and won victory in the war. Vietnam signed a ceasefire agreement and left Chinese territory in the Yunnan Guangxi region they invaded

@@terramcevidence299Moreover, in 1979, Vietnam repeatedly invaded and harassed China, and occupied the territory of southern China. The Vietnamese army even burned, killed, looted, and raped women on Chinese territory. In the words of Chinese soldiers, "200 billion raised a wolf cub,

Not gonna lie, my brain phased out right after "take the kids out" 😂

@@AXWagon glad to see i wasnt the only one LMAO

I can't unsee that now.thats hilarious and not hilarious

I bought one in 97~98 brand new for either $149 or $179. I honestly don't remember off the top of my head. I still have it today, brand new in the box, never fired.

HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT AK JESUS YOU MUST REPENT

German WW2 5cm leichter Granatwerfer 36 (5 cm leGrW 36) mortar shell: Explosive material weight: 0.191kg Shell-weight: 0.9kg Is this true?

I figured it was because Brandon and Operator’s range(s) have no trees to stay the direct heat of the sun.

Well we have Valmets and the M10X, but the T81 is way more popular

@@emperoralvis6559isn’t the M10X a piece of shit that may or may not explode on you?

@@JacobChevalier-rt7hg yep

@@JacobChevalier-rt7hg that is correct. However internally, the M10X is more similar to an AK.

it aint hard, name something, anything, and the gov is agaisnt it

It definitely hates it’s truck drivers but that might just be the racist ass PM

Buy a drill.....

@@1991tommygun and go to prison, good idea genius

@@Aykalia Yeah because you drill out a pin and instantly you have 20 cops kick in your door.

Did you just update the stock or ?

@@seymourbutz6951 stock, handguard, grip. Going to get a faux supressor soon along with a dust cover rail so I can have better eye relief with my magnifier.

Sigmaco quad rail hand guard, Sigmaco stock adapter for buffer tube, magpul furniture. Nothing too special, but holy fuck the ergo is so much better.

Out of all the guns he’s shot the one you happen to have is the type 81? Serious doubt bro

​​​​​@@Mason_BaucomThey're relatively common, affordable, and pretty popular up here in Canada. Meanwhile, a lot of the guns Brandon shoots on his channel aren't available up north.

Who in canada has never seen one of these😂 They're about 6.9 times more plentiful than chlamydia lol

@@brandonleclair1666 With the new models that just got imported, even more people are about to have one.

Also AK47 here is prohib...so we got to contend with Chinese knockoffs...

@@thehobby-smith the entire system is different from AK, maybe just AK-pattern instead of knock-off

I honestly just like the first batch with the front sight on the gas tube better. Type 81 is a short-piston system with its own style, the second version now just look like a AK with gay pronouns.

Not as cool looking(IMO) as the M10X, but probably more reliable from what I've heard. Still want one of each though

@@TheRealAaronSmith a few attachments has both of mine looking like the m10x but yea I wanted something with that Ak reliability

@@LC-vx7zo didn't know that, is that like their big quiet sponsor or partner? Wonder who owns it or is it self owned? Was under the impression that the channels were self owned for the most part apart from some sponsors and so.

​@@gob7116 then why you elected such trash government who allowing invaders as immigrants in disguise as well.

眼光真的很不错。81是经典的一代神枪，我的最爱

You know what else does that? SDI.

SDI my guy?

These kind of stories again...

Make him President!

You're still our brothers over the pond. You get here and I'm sure there are a few eager Americans that will let you shoot. Hell I would. 🤜🤛🇺🇸🇬🇧

you can you just have to change your mentality from a defeatist subjugate to a free man

As a fellow Brit who DID get to visit the US and fire some guns, I definitely reccomend it if you can! It wasn't exactly cheap, but it was definitely worth it for the experience.

Just move over here bro if you like guns

Seems a damned shame the Magna Carta inspired us Colonials but neither England nor the UK got a right to bear arms recognized in a bill of rights. I presume the Lords trusted their government more than the colonials. Oh, I forgot the Lords were already part of the government so had no concern about them being armed. The Commoners? Nay, you’d be likely to kill your lords if armed. Just like the colonials did. Ah well, hope you come visit the USA soon and often.

The sks, and its german kompressor counter part are fun to shoot, i cant give an accurate account of power as i was 8 when i first handled both, but i do remember both were rather light compared to a my dads remmington 30.06, and the recoil was not bad at all, i was able to keep 5/10 on the milk jugs we had set up, so an average adult shouldnt have any problems keeping a nice tight grouping at 100yrds

Nothing beats a tavor7

@@abefehr6155 I would never support the Israeli Military Industrial Complex and the genocide of Palestinian children at the hands of land stealers.

@@abefehr6155 lmao, wouldn’t be caught dead with a ✡️ gun.

What ban lol

@@acanuck4life probably the bans in canada lately

​@@FATTYBONGRIPSwierdly enough the type 81 is actually easy to get in canada, significantly easier to get than an ak, ar or any pistol, basically if the liberals heard of that "scary assault weapon" in a movie or tv show, it was banned in 2020, but there are a few outliers they havent heard of that are still available despite performing the same, (for example they banned the ar15 by name but you can still buy a kodiak wk180c even though its a canadian made ar clone)

@@jamesfernick3741 All the 180 clones suck, they're only good for sport shooting. I think the best fighting rifle we can still get is the CZ Bren 2, but it's kind of expensive.

@@jamesfernick3741 yea i live here and october 30th(?) will be a sad day

Well, in Myanmar, the Type 81 is also manufactured by some warlords, mostly characterized by polymer stocks.

Myanmar also manufactures similar rifles.

@@Dorgon_HetuAla I checked a lot of sources I could find and I found no direct source of Myanmar manufacturing type 81, Also, the type 81 uses 7.62x39 while all of the weapons that Myanmar does officially make uses NATO standard ammunition. Probably since Myanmar boarders China, China probably just gave them some type81

@@ahtheh Google "佤邦 81-8" ,It is a Type 81 rifle that is 100% copied from arsenals in Myanmar and does not use any parts made in China. You cannot rely solely on English sources. The world is a big and a lot of information is not translated into English.

​@@eagle20fox2I think you'll find all types of rifles in Myanmar, genuine and locally made

Also, standard AK mags will work when Dremeled appropriately, though, like the drum they will not engage the bolt hold open. Instructions on how can be found here on RU-vid. I suspect such modified mags will still work in an AK, but I don't know for sure. Can someone else confirm?

I like the way you think,that sounds badass,I'll take two

​@@skyb8687I'll take two too!

A titanium receiver??? Lol. Why? (I'm honestly curious to hear some reasoning for this, and not just being a smartass) but it does sound like an unnecessary/cost-prohibitive/potentially problematic change. The wheel already rolls real good.

@@wolfhausindustries Lightweight, corrosion resistant, and you can charge more for it.

From a generalized manufacturing perspective across most industries, I would completely agree. But having a little understanding of the customer base for the AK industry (or at least the kind of customers I typically see at my day job building out mil-surp parts kits) you could easily wind up hard pressed to find a market for such a thing. Not saying that it wouldn't be kickass. But the majority of customers are wanting to recreate something as close to how it was originally done given the particular model, & they fall deep into that rabbit hole lol crazy requests for doing stuff via certain methods come in all the time just bc they heard "thats how it was done at the factory". But yeah your idea would make a sweet personal project, but would be a hard sell against the cheaper and proven ole' faithful I would think. But by all means, if you wind up doing some shit like this let me know, cuz I'd sure be intrigued with seeing something like that out of pure curiosity.@@Swindle1984

The Chinese company tried to sell military equipment to gangs in the 90s including just normal guns all the way up to Apcs. They were banned after that

Pin him! Sigmaco is that nigga

Do this for my boy

on god tho he carries

Bump bump bump! Sigmaco needs some mad recognition for his amazing products. He's single handedly slaying the aftermarket for the only AK like rifle (Valmets are too damn rare and too damn expensive here) in Canada. Herrera needs to get in contact with Sigmaco and give this Sigma Chad a shout out.

Sigmaco Saved my family from a house fire

I'm going to say it's option 2

What have you done for the State today? Have you earned an increased Social Credit score with your effort?

Yes comrade, I have vanquished the Canadian beavers from my pond

They are almost as abundant as an sks up here in canada. To bad we cabr export them

@brandonhill3283 Yeah, maybe some day though

And what is the problem?

@@JoseRodriguez-pn8yj it’s not a problem. China is a paper Tiger and that’s a good thing

Actually 4, Type 81, Type 95 (bullpup type 81 action stuck in FAMAS housing, with VZ-58 fire control), Type 03 (short stroke piston SIG 550), and now QBZ-191 (basically a piston AR) Non sharing parts, completely different designs. And quite different manual of arms with the QBZ-95