Where AK-50? (It's Here!!!)

[Devilock04]

FRIDAY 12:00 CT!!!!!!

https://x.com/theakguy/status/1787995655945814074?s=46

[Devilock04]

Here's the video

[RobbRus]

Great to see his first fully functional prototype.

Now to hone the design and begin manufacturing!

[Batman]

Too bad it's already banned in California!!

[k1dude]

That's amazing. The slow-mo barrel whip is crazy.

The intro was entertaining.

[Dan_Eastvale]

The whole front end was wiggling.

[MajorSideburns]

I hope he is taking precautions and treating it like the prototype it is by measuring tolerances after each firing and such to make sure nothing is stretching or moving out of place. He has proven the concept but not the design. That will take repeated firings to a decent round count before you can be sure there are no issues with frame stretching or other metal fatigue developing.

[k1dude]

The whole front end was wiggling.

He never mentioned anything about accuracy/precision. I'll bet it sucked. That's probably why he didn't say anything.

[Quiet]

I hope he is taking precautions and treating it like the prototype it is by measuring tolerances after each firing and such to make sure nothing is stretching or moving out of place. He has proven the concept but not the design. That will take repeated firings to a decent round count before you can be sure there are no issues with frame stretching or other metal fatigue developing.

This is his third prototype and it took around 5 years of testing/development of the second prototype to get to this stage.

The first prototype tested the concept.
The second prototype tested the design.
This third prototype is testing the finalized design, before starting the first production run.

The AK50 project started in December 2015.

[lemalon]

That's amazing. The slow-mo barrel whip is crazy. The intro was entertaining.