Videos tagged with Atlantic Firearms

This review of the Beretta M1934 380 ACP surplus pistol highlights its historical significance, simple yet reliable design, and unique features like the open slide and heel-style magazine release. The video provides a detailed look at its operation, including a demonstration of its unusual disassembly and reassembly process. While noting minor initial reliability issues potentially due to magazine springs, the reviewer emphasizes the pistol's overall durability and accuracy, making it a compelling piece of history for collectors and enthusiasts.

This review of GROM 7.62x39mm ammunition from Poland, imported by Atlantic Firearms, details its performance over 1000 rounds. The ammunition is remanufactured surplus with lead cores, lacquered steel cases, and corrosive Berdan primers. While it proved reliable in standard 16-inch AKM platforms like the WASR-10 and Egyptian Maadi, it exhibited significant issues including failures to fire and stuck cases in short-barreled AKs such as the Riley Defense Krink. The ammo is noted as dirty-burning and corrosive, requiring immediate cleaning after use. Despite its drawbacks, it's considered a viable budget option for compatible firearms.

This video, presented by an expert firearm reviewer, argues that the AK community, facing a scarcity of imported military-grade rifles and ammunition, should consider Heckler & Koch roller-delayed blowback systems like the HK53 and HK33. The speaker highlights that these German designs share manufacturing similarities (stamped receivers) and a comparable global military history with AKs, offering a more authentic alternative than modern commercial AKs lacking historical accuracy. The analysis delves into collector motivations, manufacturing nuances, and the 'sketchy' global legacy of HK firearms as a parallel to the AK's own history.

This video details a torture test of the Rev Arms R4 M4 shotgun, subjecting it to extreme dirt and water exposure. The test reveals the firearm's performance under adverse conditions, highlighting the importance of field maintenance and lubrication for restoring functionality after such abuse. The R4 M4 ultimately proved reliable after a thorough cleaning and re-lubrication, demonstrating its potential for trust in demanding situations.

This guide details the inspection process for a Zastava M70 AB2 surplus rifle, focusing on external wear, internal components, and critical safety checks like headspace gauging. It highlights potential modifications from blank firing use and emphasizes consulting experts like Jim Fuller for safety assessments. The process involves visual inspection, manual round seating for stability assessment, and precise headspace checks using Go/No-Go gauges, crucial for ensuring safe live-fire operation.

This review provides a detailed comparison between the Benelli M4 LE and its clone, the Impact R4, from Titan National Firearms. The speaker, a firearms reviewer with experience owning an original Benelli M4, highlights significant visual similarities and key feature differences, including price, a ported barrel, ambidextrous bolt capability, and a QD mount on the clone. The review aims to assess if the Impact R4 is the best Benelli M4 clone available.

This guide details the assembly of a custom Polish AKM build, emphasizing the use of original military surplus parts and authentic components. Expert Misha guides viewers through selecting a Childers Guns receiver, an FB Radom barrel, and original laminate wood furniture, highlighting the superior quality and historical accuracy achieved through this 'recycle' philosophy. The process focuses on maintaining the classic AKM aesthetic and functionality.

This guide details a specific technique for performing magazine changes on a Romanian AKM variant featuring a 'reverse dong' wooden foregrip and an underfolding stock. The video highlights an ergonomic quirk where the foregrip can impede magazine insertion, necessitating a 'rocking' motion for a successful reload. Despite this challenge during reloads, the grip is noted to feel comfortable during firing. The instruction is delivered with high authority, drawing on knowledge of AK parts kits and regional variants.

This review covers the Tisas SS45 1911 Duty pistol from SDS Imports. The firearm features a forged stainless steel frame and slide, Series 70 internals, and comes chambered in .45 ACP. The reviewer highlights the pistol's fit and finish, the functionality of the ambi safety, and provides an analysis of the trigger pull weight and reset. The review also mentions the inclusion of two Met-Gar 8-round magazines.

This video provides a detailed comparison between an RPK and an AK-47, both built from Romanian parts kits by Atlantic Arms Manufacturing. The presenter, who has experience building AKs, highlights key differences in construction, such as the RPK's heavier barrel and bulged trunnion for sustained fire. He emphasizes the importance of inspecting build quality, particularly rivets and sight alignment, and discusses the 'battlefield pickup' aesthetic achieved through deliberate wear on some components. The RPK is recommended for experienced AK enthusiasts, while the AK-47 is suggested as a more practical first purchase due to its lighter weight and maneuverability.

This episode of The Gun Collective News covers several notable firearm releases and industry updates. Highlights include a 24K gold-plated AK-47 from Atlantic Firearms, Wilson Combat's new AR-15 chambered in 6mm ARC, and 80% receivers for FN SCAR pattern rifles from Imperial Arms. The show also touches on a Galco 'Change Carrier' accessory, a safety bulletin for the Ruger SR-22, and Norma Ammunition's move to Georgia. The content is presented with a mix of product showcases and industry news analysis.

This video details a prototype AK-74 developed with Atlantic Firearms, aiming to achieve sub-minute-of-angle accuracy using a Straight Jacket barrel system. The project, initiated about a decade prior, utilized a Bulgarian Circle 10 parts kit on a US receiver with a virgin barrel. Testing involved various 5.45x39mm ammunition types, including Hornady V-Max, Wolf, and Red Army Standard, to assess the effectiveness of the barrel sleeve in enhancing rigidity and heat dissipation.