AK-47 vs AK-74: What's The Difference?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- So, when I woke up naked on the floor of my cheap hotel room, I stopped to think for a minute, "Wow! I sure do get a lot of comments from new subscribers asking the differences between AK-47s and AK-74s!" So as soon as I could peel my face off the Holiday Inn carpet, I decided that's exactly what I was going to do today, because even though this information is widely available on the internet...Google is hard.
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My name is Brandon Herrera. I'm the owner and operator of The AK Guy Inc, a 07 Firearm Manufacturer based out of Fayetteville, NC. I also co-own Stark Media Group, and designed the rifle known as the AK-50.
I've started to dedicate this TH-cam channel above all to have fun, but also as a way to document my entrepreneurial journey for the next few years as I try to grow my companies. Hopefully, people can learn from my example, successes, and failures.
Either way, I'm having a lot of fun with it so far, and I hope it's just as fun to follow along!
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There are about a million differences between the AK-47 and AK-74, but we've tried to keep it simple and just identify some of the core differences! Don't forget about #AKGNotificationSquad!
Love the vids
#AKGNotificationSquad
Is it possible to find quad-stack 60 rounders for for AK-74 on civilian market?
I cant wait to get my hands on an AKG74
I've been an ar guy my whole life, when I was younger I despised the ak but thanks to you I've grown a huge respect for the ak within the past few weeks. I may want to look at getting an ak-74 now. Do you have any recommendations on reliable makers and websites?
Watcher: “Is this an AK-47?”
Brandon: “Well yes, but actually no.”
KALAHSNIKOF 47/74/75, sorry for wrong spelling. The real AK 47 cant be better
*CNN
Felix Gutierrez HhahHahahHAahhHahHahhHAhajhAhahhHAhhHhahhHAhhh
Felix Gutierrez CNN sucks
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The difference is that with the AK-74, the 4 comes after the 7 instead of before. Trust me, I’m a journalist
Facts I can confirm
Underrated
Well... He's not wrong
Trust and journalist...in a same sentence? Tea?
I've covered wars you know.
"7.62 x39 is just so cheap in this country" well Brandon you indeed got ahead of yourself.
I could cry
What's the difference?
About 2.17 millimeters.
Lol that is a major difference and wasn't focused on as much as expected
Uhhhhh
2.17mm matters, okay! I’ve been trying to tell my gf
Difference between AK47 and AK74:
One shoots bigger bullet, one shoots better bullet.
5.45 is... meh...
I’m not sold on small and fast.
@@Iwillfigureoutanamelater yet there is a reason Russians picked it.
Russians picked it for political reasons, both rounds have their pros and cons. I still prefer 76239.
@@qouavang3646 political reasons? You better fucking explain that one.
Increased hit probability, flatter trajectory and lighter weight are good enough reasons alone to make the change, but POLITICAL reasons?
sometimes when I'm home alone I put ice cubes in my mouth and blow on things and pretend im a refrigerator
*Mind blown*
you forgot to carry the communist denominator.
new ak releasing 2027 confirmed
Lol
😂😂
Russia having sold copyrights to just about everyone I can imagine the tons of variants to all the AK platforms.
I mean, more than copyright, they just allowed everyone to make em. They were communist, it would be out of character for the commies to ban others from doing it
Free real estate
Yup. Look at vepr's. I own a vepr 12 & vepr 30-06
8mm mauser ak full auto wire stock
Too bad china has been producing the clones for ages.
i am bulgarian and my parents who served in the army taught me to shoot on an akm and showed me how to disassemble and assemble it
Understandable
Yeah why not
You have awesome parents
AKMs are awesome
Cool
AK-47: Always Kills 47
AK-74: Always Kills 74
AKM: Always Kills Millions
trash r/wooooosh
Oh my gosh haha
That's an awesome wat too remember..I like that..never herd that one before..
@@blackquiver AK-74M: Always Kills 74 Millions
RPD: Russian Perfect Destruction
RPK: Russian Profeessional Kill
RPK-74: Russian Professional Kills - 74
PKM: Perfect Killing Machine
and so on.
Inner core soldiers carry one outer core soldiers carry the other...
Raiden you need the right gun
The difference?
About 10 wars and 27 years
Ye
Yup
Da
Tak
Sim
Brandon looks completely different now than he did 4 years ago Jesus Christ.
Yea exactly what I was thinking.
he was also a lot less edgy
yeah he gained a lot of weight
now he look more like billy butcher
"No one really cares about over 10k"
Garabd thumb "i sadly havent had much experience with this gun, i have only shot 17000 rounds off it"
6:36 i thought my graphics card failed.
Vass7 Gaming yeah I dropped my phone a few minutes before that and I thought I needed it up
Same
@@egglegg505 same i was pissed too just put in my 2080ti
aldoph glinkler weird flex but ok
i almost had a heart attack
An often overlooked difference that you failed to mention, Brandon, is that the digits "7" and "4" are actually in a different order for the different rifles. For example, the AK-47 puts the "4" first, and the "7" second, while the AK-74 reverses this order and puts the "7" first, and the "4" second. This is of course a subtle nod to the fact that they are two different rifles, and therefor each need a unique designation.
And you know, the years they came out in
Damn, good catch.
the fact that this comment has 74 likes
such poggers
The sign is a subtle joke. The shop is called "Sneed's Feed & Seed", where feed and seed both end in the sound "-eed", thus rhyming with the name of the owner, Sneed. The sign says that the shop was "Formerly Chuck's", implying that the two words beginning with "F" and "S" would have ended with "-uck", rhyming with "Chuck". So, when Chuck owned the shop, it would have been called "Chuck's Fuck and Suck".
I think it has to due with the year
"7.62x39 is just so cheap in this country."
- A naive Brandon Herrera
It really is tho
@@RafsGunCollection Russian ammo ban.......
@@punkrock1926 look at the video date, genius
@@punkrock1926 I have about 200 rounds of wolf 7.62 that I bought online for less than $50.. 7.62 is cheaper than 9mm and 5.56
My paralysis demon at 3 am
6:35
The AK-47 shoots 47 armor-piercing, nuclear bullets per second. The AK-74 is an improvement on the design, and can shoot 74 armor-piercing, nuclear bullets per second.
TerraRyzer “at a fully semi-automatic rate of speed rapid fire for killing people only”
Dont forget the shoulder thing that goes up
But does it have a 30 caliber clip?
Hahahahaha😂
@@evanaugust2682 unfortunately it only comes with a 30 caliber magazine clip, that it shoots in half a second, if you want more options get an AR
6:38 You should probably warn your viewers that if you remove the muzzle brake off an AKM, it'll start flashing purple
Free inbuilt purple tracers. Star wars gun. Now i can be the storm trooper i always knew i could be
Edit : spelling
Adam no it’s a real danger, the muzzle break somehow removes textures from objects when you take it off
@@jq7323 no
@@buddie4618 broski that poor kid probably believes you
Through the my phone was breaking lmao
Ak-47 have big shooty shoot, 74 haves smally shootier shoot
Tank u fur help
Ye
Gud poynt
@@Fishmeister-xf3lc but 74 has higher rpm and it is more precise than 47
Young Brandon Herrera is unrecognizable
In Russia we have a lesson where we assemble disassemble an a ak. And the teacher carries the ak in a plastic bag around school.
So true, lol
Vasiliy Medvedev, так и есть
ЛОЛ
Это правда
Remember like a week or two ago i assembled an ak74 in like 10-15 seconds
Now ak-47
2021: ak-47 s
2022:ak-47 s pro
2023:ak-47 s pro max
2024 ak-74
2024.5 ak-74 lgbtqrstuvwxyz pro
That will only happen if the ak gets owned by apple
But AK is still produced by Kalashnikov, so there's AK-103, AK-107, AK-12, AK-15, etc. >_>
2025: ak-47 pro max xs mini ultra
BLU 2024: ak-47 s x pro max +
It's amazing how much a person can change/grow in just a few years! I would have guessed this was at least 10 yrs ago, not 4.
he got fat
holy shi he looks so different 4 years later lmao
me: I want a new haircut
Barber: like what?
me: Ak Jesus
Barber: Say no more
Correction: AK lucifer. Seems like he would tey to tempt you to do something bad.
Well ian is gun jesus. Brandon should be the ak prophet
fresh cancer are you talking about forgotten weapons
@@Sandbirds Yeah. Gun Jesus.
The Brennan I thought he meant Idubbz for some reason
Friend: "What's the Difference of AK-47 and AK-74?"
Me:
"The name"
The bullet
The caliber
@@jack_copperz obviously its just a joke
I say number lol😎😜
"How long do you want that answer?"
“Cause 7.62 is just so cheap in this country”. That aged like milk
I found a 1000 for $350 the other day. I remember a year and half ago it was half the price
Prices r slowly starting to come back down again tho
Brandon: ik what you’re thinking “this is an akm”
Brandon 1 second later: this is what most people would think of the AK
Thank you, very good refresher!
I actually never saw AK-47 before arriving in US, all the pre-draft AKs were AKMs.
During my turn of service (1980-82) our AKMs were replaced with AK-74s with wooden furniture and orange magazines.
Both were very accurate on the range.
Interesting bit - were were "encouraged" to shoot shirt bursts on the range, but no one wanted, all shoot single shots, just because it was so pleasant to hit the center of a target (black circle) every time. Don't remember any trouble hitting full size/half size targets, prone, up to 300 or 400 miters (don't remember exact distance).
I remember as i was younger, in age 18 (2005-06) and called up to the army. and after a never-ending theory lessons I took my AK to complete shooting exercise for the first time. I hitted full size target on 200m distance with my first shoot) and i was so full of proud. yeah boi
Well yeah that's until where all family is accurate after that it becomes harder and harder
AK 74 were made for those with dyslexia
@Saddam Hussein you're*
Atlas Tech The idiot you’re replying to deleted his reply.
Ka 74*
So the 47-AK is for left handed dyslexics?
@@jjnix9517 yes exactly
There’s no difference just some Indian guy with a typo
Came here and was surprised just how much I had already knew from escape from tarkov
"Hoo, whoops, ooo! I dropped my monster receiver that I use with my AKM dong."
Gold
Let's not forget that AKM stands for AK magnum
λ
This guy is running as a politician now.
Crazy...
Wow did not recognize it was Brandon first you are so young in this video 😅
yeah the face fat really aged him
6:36 | the hell happened there? Windows Movie Maker glitch out for ya?
Adobe Premiere decides to be an ass for no reason sometimes.
Lol
@@BrandonHerrera Shoot Adobe Premiere with an RPK.
Brandon Herrera ok good I thought my phone broke for a minute
@@nixgamx4086 me to i got fu*king scared
Start making AK74's and you could help make it more common here in the U.S.
I'd definitely buy
Build the rifles and they will import more ammo.
7n6 import ammo was banned three or years ago by the atf. Right before they attempted to ban the green tip 556 ammo.
@@MrRapp-yz4hu it was may more than 3 years ago, and that means nothing about the import of more 5.45 ammo
@@Xtorin_Housecat_Ohern well I'm glad to hear that. I was lucky enough to get can of it before the ban. And of course the prices sky rocketed after the import bam. It was already a bit tough to get.
Poor Brandon, he couldn’t have possibly seen the coming fire
Seeing this video 4 years after it came out really makes me believe that you're Wendigoon's older brother even more than I did before
*_"Raiden, outer core soldiers carry AKM's_*
*_Inner core soldiers carry AKS-74u's..._*
*_Without the right weapon you'll be spotted even if you have the right uniform, right away.... Get to the Armory and find yourself in aks74u, NOW!"_*
Which game?
@@danielm.595 mgs 2
But it was AN94s, not AKMs...
@@SpikeVike27 you're right.
Pretty impressive considering I did this all off the top of my head though 😏
Best MGS game
So, the AK Jesus said, "Dont take this as gospel." That's just ironic.
I read this fckin comment just right as he said it bruh. He really is AK Jesus
😂😂😂
@@rubfourthreetwo9020 SAME, what are the odds
4:21 “7.62 is just so dam cheep in this country” me getting into AKs with amo being 40 cents a round *crying in fetal position
I just recently started learning about guns, and your channel has been very entertaining and informative. Thank you!
Americans Trying to keep real guns Australia:Trying to keep Toy guns Legal
Are you an aussie
John Bacon Yes
@@bigboys108are you trying to immigrate here?
John Bacon No I was allways here
@@bigboys108 lol no sorry are you trying to immigrate to the US
Ak-47: Ak-47
Ak-74: Ak-47 but not
r/technicallythetruth
???
but better
Fired my first AK today... sure it was a terribly messed up beat down clunker in need of a lot of work... but it has awoken something within me.
Brandon has changed a lot physically over the past 4 years WTH. Definitely more yolked
Hi Brandon I'm big fan, and I came from Croatia, and really enjoy your videos. In my Country every house got some Ak's ,few hand grenades and maybe some RPG 7.And all of that weapon is illegal since it is leftover from Yugoslav wars.. So sad that we must hide all that nice weapons.And you know what, all of ours Ak's are full auto, and full illegal 🤣 Gretings to Ak guy from Croatia.
Bok brate! 😂
More American than baseball and apple pie those Croats!
Sometimes I like how easy it is to obtain guns in Eastern Europe
Kako fora da si ukro i uzeo kuci oruzja koja si trebao vratit hrvatsko vojsci svi smo bas ponosni kako ti imas ilegalno oruzje
Hello from somalia we are same dude
AR "builder": The numbers are different.
AK boys: *Well actually....*
Cactusmann
>buys PSA complete lower
>buys PSA complete upper with bcg and charging handle
“LOOK AT MY NEW BUILD!”
@@rockonmyfriend you know good and well that complete upper came with a sick ass red dot
How old is this video, Jesus dude you gained a hell of a lot of charisma over such a small amount of time.
and weight
You crack me up dude. Love the "let me google that for you" view point. Love that you strike that balance between educator and entertainer. If you start a patreon account, I gotchu!
The sound of you racking the bolts back is music to my ears. No sound quite like it. When you hear that you know it’s an AK.
Aayufu Us vd
Hdh dc education bf inch DCI c dobfo 7_8;38;?39_9!_8h bf ishdpdhdojbeihdo
5.45x39mm gang where u at?!
5.45 master race!
Right here
Yes brothers.. WE MUST RISE FROM THE AGE OF 7.62!!!
5.45 all day every day Comrade!
The bigger the bullet the smaller the...
AK style weapons have always been my favorite rifle pattern.
Appreciate this, I’m fresh to gun knowledge and trying to learn everything before I get into buying them.
Here you have bit of a knowledge about the actual name.
AK-47 was a prototype. The rifle that got adopted and used in the army was named just *AK.*
The weapon he's holding is actually AKM, which came after the AK.
I want to make milled AK-47's and sell them under the name "AKM" to trigger people
There is a whole FA manufacturing shop for sale in Ocala FL for 250000.
@@Eluderatnight well ill place a bid with the 3 dollars i have and see if they take it. This could be it boys!
And then if anyone asks why they’re called AKM’s just say “duh? AK Milled”
@@danielrocha-garcia8609 This comment is underrated.
Do you want to make guns and sell them to trigger people...
_"Trigger people"_
I would have chosen a different word.
Аk 47 never existed was just АК.
АК-46 (Experimental)
AK, AKS (1947-1959)
AKM, AKMS (AKMN*, AKMSN*)* Night-version (1959-1974)
AK-74, AKS-74, AKN-74, AKSN-74, AKS-74U(U-Short version AKS-74) (1974-1991)
AK-74M (Black plasctic) (1991+)
So, modern version 2000+ year's
AK-101, AK-102 (5.56x45mm)
AK-103, AK-104 (7.62x39mm)
AK-105 (5.45x39mm)* *Short version AK-74M
AK-200 series (modified version old's AK's)
AK-12 (5,45x39mm)
AK-15 (7.62x39mm)
Sorry for my English...
Holy crap this man took time making this....
Wow this is amazing (but what about AK-107)
Actually, In the original documents Kalashnikov referred to his weapon as AK-47. You can find the picture of the documents in the Kalashnikov Groups video: Kalashnikov Evolution: Early AK Variants
Hmm, haven't checked your name, you probably understand the original version, than I do 😅😅
Trafe Literally copies it from google His name isn’t even English
Google is easy, we just want Brandon to explain it.
6:34 don't remove the muzzle brake or you'll break the matrix.
" Google is hard."
- The AK Guy on a video with 600k+ views
Heh, the minute I saw the AK-74, is thought - hey that is Bulgarian. Its good that I still recognize rifles produced in my country (probably the only ones I can recognize with just a glance).
there's not much of a difference to me from looking at a russian ak74m and a bulgarian ak74m
It happened the opposite for me for the Romanian AKM :))
This guy looks like Jesus if he was born in the 80's and joined the IDF navy.
lmfao
That's oddly specific
Then commits horrendous acts against civilians
Look how far we've come boys, just look...
Definitely show the shop once it’s running 100%
Bruh, expected you to just say 7,62x39 and 5,45x39 and end the video
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He knows his 7.62x59LR from his Colt 45 paramecium magazine clips, even in fully semiautomatic.
As soon as I saw the thumbnail I said to myself “the round it fires” I’m no gun guy
Brandon looked weird back then
5:21 me comparing wooden train track pieces as a kid
I watched this already knowing the answer
In that case, thanks for the view!
Ok but ur literally have an illegal symbl as an profile picture
@@Feelrightathome the iron cross is illegal?
@@ushikiii Seeing as the German armed forces still use it to this day i seriously doubt its banned anywhere in the world. It's got nothing to do with nazism or anything like that at all.
@@Josh_2976 thanks for answering my question.
Apparently after reading these comments I've discovered that im dyslexic and can't read the difference between ak47 and ak74
Lol I’m just watching this video again and you said that 7.62 was cheap in the US, oh how times have changed
I didn't know my brain was wondering what the differences were until TH-cam recommended this video.
I learned a lot today...
Can you cover the galil?
(Dont judge me it was my service weapon)
IDF? Galils are awesome, if heavy :)
@@alaskajohn907
It was the IMI 5.56 version
ACE or standard galil ?
@@yazi7790
standard
goa trance rules
I'm a fanboy for the AK-47 cuz...........it's an absolutely beautiful rifle! Nice big ammo count in the mags, nice structure, I like how they're built, got that beautiful sound when you fire them. It's just a perfect rifle.
I watched it all and I still had no idea what the difference was. I ended up googling, and "The primary difference between the AK-47 and the AK-74 is that the AK-47 fires the 7.62x39mm Soviet round, and the AK-74 fires a 5.45x39mm". Ah, I understand now. haha, just teasing.
Extra widescreen. Thought I was watching an HBO special for a minute. How cinematic of you.
The AK-47 is brown
The AK-74 is black
No
th-cam.com/video/aT0HNF4vkz4/w-d-xo.html
No
Event Horizon no
AK-74M is
Why does this feel like a movie? 😂
Actually, soviets never referred to any assault rifle as an "AK-47" - the designation for the milled receiver version was simply AK, without any year designation. It was added later with the AK-74 - the 5,45 variant.
Who else already knew the differences but still watched the video anyways?
James Rein You sir, are the real MVP
@@BrandonHerrera haha whats poppin
James Rein At cookout after a pretty good night out, you?
@@BrandonHerrera nothing much just playing pubg with the boys and waiting to sling some lead in one day. What you gonna do during the greatest day of America's history?
Same thing I always do. I'll mention it in tomorrow's video
The only difference I really see is the lack of a '74 variant in your store ;)
6:36 thanks for that, i've had a BSOD once a day the past two days, and thought it was about to happen again.
One goes boom and one makes Kalashnikov proud.
Garand Thumb mentioned you in a video btw, you have finally made it to the promise land
they could collab as daddy & son lol
Would Travis Haley come as the grandfather
Bout to finish my own Bulgarian AK-74 on the fourth. My own twist of celebrating freedom with a commie gun.
I had a not so great gun built on a great Bulgy kit in 5.45. My Arsenal 5.45 is my bugout gun.
I feel proud to be from such a small country for the first time in a little while, only problem is we can't get our hands on them that easily :/
think of it as more of a "gun for the people"
Insanely maintainable, easy to use, easy to produce and gets the job done.
I mean I plan on mag dumping my AR, and shooting the shit out of my Mosin on the 4th. I don't have an AK..... yet. But when I do it will be mag dumped just the same. I hate commies but damnit if they don't have good guns.
What do you mean by a Bulgarian Ak-47
AK-47: Who are you?
AK-74: I’m you, but more expensive
lol. Brandon used to be Wendigoon.
Great video. I cringed at the 7n6 “is Armor piercing “ part. I remember the ATF has a ridiculous definition for armor piercing so you are in fact correct even though it has the same potential to “pierce armor” as virtually any other rifle caliber. I really wish they had a real definition and not one based on whether or not a cartridge can be fired out of a handgun. Rip 7n6.
Ehh its ep not ap much like mossin nagant training rounds
Thank God I stocked up on 7N6 years ago when it was so cheap. The first spam can of 1080 rounds I purchased I paid $109USD. Most I ever paid for a spam can of 1080 rounds was $159USD. If I sold my AK74's and stockpiled 7N6 I'd have a small fortune at today's prices.
AK74s are sexy, AK47s are handsome. Either way you go, both are extremely beautiful weapons.
Great lord of the AK's I beseech your wisdom!! I am wanting to add an AK variant to my collection but unsure which variant would be a good stepping stone. I know this is an older vid. And it was part of my research
i like how brandons videos went from censored to uncensored instead of the opposite lmao
Tarkov people: Lemme mod it to have less recoil!!!
I use the HK 416 you AK using peasant
Willie_The_SpermWhale the HK416 is the result of a drunken night of fun between a MK18 and a G36c
I bet that AKM has over 100 vertical recoil and the AK-74 is probably sitting around 80.
@@StGeorgedragonhunter I use the best AKM build you can make as my main gun, and it's 63 ergo, 67v, 140h.
@@PCLearnerGuy I was talking about the ones in the video doofus
5.45 is love, 5.45 is life.
Brandon: "I know what you are thinking, this is not an AK-47, it is an AKM."
My brain: "Y U G O - D O N G"
Me: uhhh, yeah, totally an AKM, not an AK-47...
Even though I am a HARD CORE AR guy, my next project is going to be an AK47 SBR. You should do a video on the best pistol AK's to SBR. :) One advantage to an SBR is it's a way to own and AK47 in a ban state that allows SBR's and AK pistols. ;)
7.62 vs 5.45 - that is the difference.
First assault rifle I ever bought was an AK-74 and it's been my favorite ever since.
I've mostly just used the Finnish rk (stg) 62 and 95. Pretty good weapons in dense forests and easy to maintain on the go
The numbers are switched, that's all! I kid, that was fascinating.