Successful entrepreneur, undefeated boxer, almost congressman, AK-50 creator, ATF director, and recipient of the Purple Heart AND Medal of Honor? There’s nothing this man can’t do!
Awwww, yah made me cry.... Thank you Brandon. I only just discovered all-y'all this year... What a difference it has made in my attitude, and thus my LIFE! I STILL think we're slipping into hell, blood, and fire (well, FURTHER into...) -- but with y'all's delightful vids, my heart is lifted! Thanks! Oh yeah, and Brandon for ATF!!!
Freaking LOVE the Year In Review Clip at the end Brandon!! Serious Kudos for inventing and completing _your_ AK-50!!! If you run for Congress again,.. I bet you _will_ win the seat!!!! Here's to an even better year to come for you Good Sir,.. CHEERS!!!!!
The moment I saw a tear coming out of the left eye at 5:54.... I'm know for sure I'm not the only one who shed a tear😢😢😢❤❤❤ I freacking love this guy's energy and honesty. You're my idol and a source of inspiration for a lot of people, myself included. All the love from Romania Brandon. I hope you have A WONDERFUL 2025, full of awesome things, happines, health and acomplishments. LET'S GO BRAAANDOOON😅❤❤
Loved being along for the ride Brandon. Ive enjoyed watching you grow from what you were in 2018, thanks for all the entertainment these troubling years.
Still can't believe we got you within a couple hundred votes of beating Tony. I'd still vote for you again. Still wanna get my old man on the podcast. He's here in Boerne. Retired Air Force O-6 with combat tours flying out of Thailand into Vietnam (including being one of the F-4's in the Mayaguez Incident, then an A-10 squadron commander during Desert Storm.) But I gotta see you in town at some point and at least give you a challenge coin. Love ya Hispanic love child of Fidel Castro and Grizzly Adams.
Thank you and all the other guys too, you are definitely an amazing group. You have brought me back to the good side a few times from some dark places with just your humor and all around guinuine personalities. Thanks for doing this!
The journey of the AK50 is what launched everything. Few would follow through, and even fewer would expand into so many other avenues. Great work on another year Brandon and crew 🫡
Man I love the bunker crew. Thank you brandon for all the time and effort you've put into your videos, unsub, and running for congress. You're an absolute inspiration, and I'll continue to watch everything you guys put out, hopefully for years to come. Much love brother, and congrats on finally getting the medal of honor
Well, while we're reflecting on this past year, I admit, you deserve this all more than anyone! I mean other than Cody, Eli, Nick and that poor poor guy, Matt... whatshisname. Good luck in your new job as head of the AFT. Thanks for always being there Brandon! I needed you! God Bless!
I may not get to have the best job ever or have the best life ever but it brings me joy to see you guys having the time of your lives together and always trying to make the audience apart of everything.
I must be hallucinating, but it must have been weeks ago that I wrote on the 2023 year review video. Another year spent with your content is never wasted, brother. Keep on fighting the good fight, congrats on the AK-50, and all your achievements this last year. Hope and pray everything you set out for 2025 is accomplished, my man. God Bless 🤙
I'll always be a proud supporter of you, Brandon. Through all the days and years of hardship I've been through. You've always been there. And I cannot thank you enough. Keep doing what you do and keep making people happy, laugh, and forget their pain for a bit of time. I wish the best for you and cannot wait to see what you've brewed up for this year. Again, thank you very much, Mr. Herrera.
Crazy that Castro almost became a conservative congressman as a cover for making an 50 caliber AK. Hope he gives Brandon the channel back but at least he is bringing his son Justin Trudeau back to Cuba.
2024 was definitely a year lol, y'all did some wild stuff, and congrats again on the AK-50!!! Here's to all the good things to come in 2025, cheers!!!! 🍻🤘
Thank you Brandon for being one of the reasons I enjoy the firearms industry. Whenever I see a notification that you released a video I stop whatever I’m watching and hit play. The amount of times I would cry laughing at the conversations you and the guys had on the Unsubscribe podcast always made my day. I was sad I couldn’t make it to the San Diego show but I would always watch on Pepperbox. Thank you for an amazing 2024 and hopefully we can have another amazing year of content in 2025.
Should I mention I keep ... wondering if you really ARE Wendigoon's dad, and then I remember, no wait: you're "only" late 20s, and he's probably early to mid-20s... even YOU are not THAT much of a "man" Brandon!! {wink}
Proud of you man, and so thankful for you and the guys. Yall have helped me through a really dark time in my life and you've kept a gun out of my mouth several times. PS thanks for the brooms stick cowboy, I have ASD and it's one of my comfort songs I listen to on repeat.
1:25 - if we had closed primaries in Texas, Brandon would be a US Congressman right now. Tell your Texas reps to sort this out ASAP. Brandon lost because Democrats voted for the other Republican in the race. That tells you everything you need to know about the other guy.
It definitely seems like you've had a wild ride, and I've definitely enjoyed watching the videos that have come from it. Life can be a hell of a ride but you only get one ticket so enjoy every second.
Have you guys ever thought of coming to the upper LEFT Coast? WA state? Cascades amphitheatre in Ridgefield, WA would be a GREAT venue and you'd be surprised as to how welcomed and appreciated you all would be here! I'd love to see you all here and it'd be AWESOME!!!!!!
I love this for you man. Been here since the early days it's awesome to see how far you've come. It's not just us though, don't sell yourself short. You're the one that has to come up with the material to make the videos. We just sit here and appreciate them. Cheers to a long successful life brother.
Man what a great year! I gotta say, seeing the AK-50 finished was my highlight! You did an amazing job on that! Makes me want to join SDI and get my start in gun smithing! Thanks for a great year! Looking forward to another kickass year!
This dude is the epitome of being American, the way I and my family was raised. I share your stuff to everybody who enjoys it or doesn't lol. We need more folks like you in office. God bless the USA💯
Hey Brandon! Just wanted to say thanks for all the content and laughs you've given me over the years. I've been watching you and the gang for about 6 years now, and you've been a huge inspiration. I found I had a love for watching your "gun review" videos and the technical breakdowns you would do of different firearms. So I've started saving for SDI in the future. Thanks again and wishing you an equally wild 2025!
greetings from germany, been watching you for 3 years, i may not be able to shoot or have guns but the nerdiness about them exists and you fill that nerd heart.
Been here with you for alot of years now, remember watching your chanel when you had about 20k subs with few classmates in school. Crazy how time flies... Keep doing good content ! -from Czechia.
Congratulations Brandon. The start of my 2025 has been a new job and better health. All I had to do was change jobs. I stayed where I was because it was safe, but the stress was high. Take the risk, sometimes the grass is better on the other side.
Brandon for ATF director
Yes!!
Yes!!
yes!!!
Yes
HELL YEAH!
i love that "i was almost a congressman" was backseat to "i built an awesome gun!"
Many people have gotten into congress. One small team of people made ak50.
Totally appropriate order of importance!!
As it should be
As it should be!
priorities.
Don't forget being nominated by the people to be Director of the ATF.
Turn it into the most epic convenience store ever.
Yes
I want an ATF drive through
@@chrispoulos8811 Not an animal shelter though.
5:45 "don't cry in front of the Mexicans " that's hysterical 🤣
Perfectly placed. Got me good lol
Sage advice.
Came here to say this. Glad someone else thought that as well
you put the time stamp before it happens, not after
Thank you, brandon, the atf director
It’s about time we have a Medal of Honor recipient as ATF director
Biden just handed out a bunch to ppl who don't deserve it. About time it was presented to someone who does.
😂 “Non-consensual forced honor”
almost congressman, father of the AK-50, possible head of the ATF, Mr The AK guy
If people would have went and voted he would have won
The man
The myth
The legend
And Medal of Honor and two time Purple Heart recipient
AKJesus
Medal of honor recipient.
Successful entrepreneur, undefeated boxer, almost congressman, AK-50 creator, ATF director, and recipient of the Purple Heart AND Medal of Honor?
There’s nothing this man can’t do!
My favorite part of this year for Brandon was definitely the non consensual valor that made me cry laughing
Dude that bit was the funniest thing ever
i was laughing at the most recent donut vlog, and the stack of medals he had
I never really realized how close you got to becoming the candidate. That is fucking amazing. Well played sir.
Brandon crying made me cry then he hit me with broomstick cowboy. Hope for another good year for you Brandon.❤
Same here, lol. And couldn't have said it better myself.
Awwww, yah made me cry.... Thank you Brandon. I only just discovered all-y'all this year... What a difference it has made in my attitude, and thus my LIFE! I STILL think we're slipping into hell, blood, and fire (well, FURTHER into...) -- but with y'all's delightful vids, my heart is lifted! Thanks!
Oh yeah, and Brandon for ATF!!!
That’s the Fury line, “Best job I ever had”
I legit thought you wrote "Furry" and was very confused
@@morganmattish good to know it wasn't just me
@@i4Reacts me three. The internet has corrupted us
5:14 HEY, YOU DIDNT EVEN MENTION BEING NOMINATED TO BE NOMINATED FOR ATF DIRECTOR! 😂😊🎉
"That their jobs are not guaranteed." Fucking love that! 💪🇺🇸
God damnit you got me choked up at the end, thanks for everything you’ve done and here’s to many more years of fun!
It was awesome meeting you in Austin this year. Our talk had big impacts on my life and its nice to know your just another one of the guys.
I'm jealous. >:(
@@MrBuns-yi2hk
Me too 😮
That clip of “don’t cry in front of the Mexican” was on point and funny as hell.
I'm not crying, you're crying
Shut up! Nobody is crying here😢 (sniff)
It’s all these damn onions!
"Put these on. Don't cry in front of the Mexicans."
It's the pollen 😢
I've just got something in my eye is all 😢
I will never get over how fucking AWESOME the AK50 sounds. Here’s to an amazing year!
Yay! Brandon remembered his password for the B Channel 🥳
🤣
Freaking LOVE the Year In Review Clip at the end Brandon!!
Serious Kudos for inventing and completing _your_ AK-50!!!
If you run for Congress again,.. I bet you _will_ win the seat!!!!
Here's to an even better year to come for you Good Sir,.. CHEERS!!!!!
Love hearing that broomstick cowboy every annual recap. Heres to ATF director Herrera. 🥂
The moment I saw a tear coming out of the left eye at 5:54....
I'm know for sure I'm not the only one who shed a tear😢😢😢❤❤❤
I freacking love this guy's energy and honesty.
You're my idol and a source of inspiration for a lot of people, myself included.
All the love from Romania Brandon.
I hope you have A WONDERFUL 2025, full of awesome things, happines, health and acomplishments.
LET'S GO BRAAANDOOON😅❤❤
Thank you for your service and sorry you had to go through what you did to earn your purple heart.
And will still HAVE to go through.... yah don't think they're gonna STOP do you?
Loved being along for the ride Brandon. Ive enjoyed watching you grow from what you were in 2018, thanks for all the entertainment these troubling years.
Still can't believe we got you within a couple hundred votes of beating Tony. I'd still vote for you again. Still wanna get my old man on the podcast. He's here in Boerne. Retired Air Force O-6 with combat tours flying out of Thailand into Vietnam (including being one of the F-4's in the Mayaguez Incident, then an A-10 squadron commander during Desert Storm.) But I gotta see you in town at some point and at least give you a challenge coin. Love ya Hispanic love child of Fidel Castro and Grizzly Adams.
The love child comment was so spot on!
thank you for your service, most combat deployments under every branch of the military is the craziest thing you've achieved this year.
Keep kicking ass, brother!!
6:10 "WHY, GARY, WHY?"
You’re awesome Brandon, have a good start to your new year.
Thank you and all the other guys too, you are definitely an amazing group. You have brought me back to the good side a few times from some dark places with just your humor and all around guinuine personalities. Thanks for doing this!
You ROCK brother!
I gave $50 to your campaign, even though I
live in Tom Green County.
Respect from West Texas
The journey of the AK50 is what launched everything. Few would follow through, and even fewer would expand into so many other avenues. Great work on another year Brandon and crew 🫡
ATF Director Herrera! This new years gonna be crazy too, Happy to be along for the ride!
Man I love the bunker crew. Thank you brandon for all the time and effort you've put into your videos, unsub, and running for congress. You're an absolute inspiration, and I'll continue to watch everything you guys put out, hopefully for years to come. Much love brother, and congrats on finally getting the medal of honor
Those goddamn onion cutting ninjas! I’ve looked everywhere, but I just can’t find them! It doesn’t help my eyes are all watery, of course.
Thank you for everything Brandon! May God’s Love be with you always Bro! Keep on keepin on!❤️✝️💪🏻
Thanks for having the integrity to stand up to the people in power and the entertainment you provided while still educating your audience.
Well, while we're reflecting on this past year, I admit, you deserve this all more than anyone! I mean other than Cody, Eli, Nick and that poor poor guy, Matt... whatshisname.
Good luck in your new job as head of the AFT. Thanks for always being there Brandon! I needed you! God Bless!
Well done, Brandon. Keep punching, mate. Love from Australia.
Most heartfelt message I've heard on the shitter in a long time
Glad to have been along for the journey and getting to see you finish your dream project.
Thank you so much for sharing hopefully I can catch you guys in Nashville next time.
Even .50 cal tears. I respect that in a fellow man. Have a nice one this year, brother. Enjoyed all of your content for obvious reasons.
Its awesome to see how far you've come
I may not get to have the best job ever or have the best life ever but it brings me joy to see you guys having the time of your lives together and always trying to make the audience apart of everything.
Happy New Year Brandon! Looking forward to the videos in store for this year!
You and "the core four" as "someone" called it, put out some of the best content ive seen in years good stuff man
I must be hallucinating, but it must have been weeks ago that I wrote on the 2023 year review video. Another year spent with your content is never wasted, brother. Keep on fighting the good fight, congrats on the AK-50, and all your achievements this last year. Hope and pray everything you set out for 2025 is accomplished, my man. God Bless 🤙
I'll always be a proud supporter of you, Brandon. Through all the days and years of hardship I've been through. You've always been there. And I cannot thank you enough. Keep doing what you do and keep making people happy, laugh, and forget their pain for a bit of time. I wish the best for you and cannot wait to see what you've brewed up for this year. Again, thank you very much, Mr. Herrera.
Crazy that Castro almost became a conservative congressman as a cover for making an 50 caliber AK. Hope he gives Brandon the channel back but at least he is bringing his son Justin Trudeau back to Cuba.
Brandon here looks like the real Castro :D
Your channel is one of my favorites! Keep it up, Brandon! 👍🏼
at 6:30 seconds it looks like a guy running after just shitting hid pants!😆
Thank you for another year. Love your shows!!
2024 was definitely a year lol, y'all did some wild stuff, and congrats again on the AK-50!!! Here's to all the good things to come in 2025, cheers!!!! 🍻🤘
Thank you Brandon for being one of the reasons I enjoy the firearms industry. Whenever I see a notification that you released a video I stop whatever I’m watching and hit play. The amount of times I would cry laughing at the conversations you and the guys had on the Unsubscribe podcast always made my day. I was sad I couldn’t make it to the San Diego show but I would always watch on Pepperbox. Thank you for an amazing 2024 and hopefully we can have another amazing year of content in 2025.
2:47 WENDOGOON MENTIONED🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥 LOVE ICEBERG BOI🗣️🗣️🗣️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✝️✝️✝️
Should I mention I keep ... wondering if you really ARE Wendigoon's dad, and then I remember, no wait: you're "only" late 20s, and he's probably early to mid-20s... even YOU are not THAT much of a "man" Brandon!! {wink}
The boys are fucking inspirational this year. Congrats brother and thanks for all you do!
“Best job I ever had” -War Daddy
Awesome job, Brandon!
One of my few favorite channels, by far!
B channel? Where the hell did this come from lol
Same!!
It's been here for years bro
Welcome to the party
@@henrydando the more you know 😂
It’s really good too, look through his electoral debeut right here on this channel, was very interesting
Proud of you man, and so thankful for you and the guys. Yall have helped me through a really dark time in my life and you've kept a gun out of my mouth several times. PS thanks for the brooms stick cowboy, I have ASD and it's one of my comfort songs I listen to on repeat.
AIPAC came through big time for you're opponent.
I was thinking the same thing
AIPAC is cancer in US politics.
OMG, Broomstick Cowboy, I remember that song when I was a kid, Great ending for another great video Herrera for ATF director.
Waiting for the new convince store ATF!
You should be in school right now.
@@claytonmckee8392 made that comment while working inside the top of a wind turbine :3
Thank you for that. "Broomstick Cowboy" brought tears to my eyes.
Petition to rename this channel as Brandon Herrera - B tier channel
Best Channel on YT and I say that as a Brit. Regards from across the pond and may you all have a great 2025.
Pro boxer? Right??? 😂 5:36
Yes! With a record of zero defeats!
Thanks for being a good man in a twisted world. And especially thank you for tossing in that gem of a song at the end.
4:38 Was that Bomb Voyage!
Kumboyahhh
Yessir it was
Love you Brandon also Demo and Doughnut you guys have made so many of my bad days so much better. I cant thank you enough.
1:25 - if we had closed primaries in Texas, Brandon would be a US Congressman right now. Tell your Texas reps to sort this out ASAP. Brandon lost because Democrats voted for the other Republican in the race. That tells you everything you need to know about the other guy.
A great year in review! Challenging and with exciting growth. Keep up the good work, AK Guy! 🙂
Man from the content enjoyer side its been awesome to see the journey. Thanks for what you guys do
2:08 fkin beautiful
Thank you for being my absolute favorite channel, sir. And I look forward to welcoming you to the ATF field office in my state when you are chosen
Everyone who has ever been pissed off because UA-cam or Facebook etc has censored and silenced them has a duty to support Pepperbox
Yeah, I'm waiting for Ballistic High Speed to get there to join. They're my first YT love!
It definitely seems like you've had a wild ride, and I've definitely enjoyed watching the videos that have come from it. Life can be a hell of a ride but you only get one ticket so enjoy every second.
You forgot about all the medals you were awarded.
Have you guys ever thought of coming to the upper LEFT Coast? WA state? Cascades amphitheatre in Ridgefield, WA would be a GREAT venue and you'd be surprised as to how welcomed and appreciated you all would be here!
I'd love to see you all here and it'd be AWESOME!!!!!!
Hell yeah borther
I love this for you man. Been here since the early days it's awesome to see how far you've come. It's not just us though, don't sell yourself short. You're the one that has to come up with the material to make the videos. We just sit here and appreciate them. Cheers to a long successful life brother.
Lets go Brandon!
Oh damn. Got me right in the feels. Cheers buddy. Keep up the great work you do.
Man what a great year! I gotta say, seeing the AK-50 finished was my highlight! You did an amazing job on that! Makes me want to join SDI and get my start in gun smithing! Thanks for a great year! Looking forward to another kickass year!
This dude is the epitome of being American, the way I and my family was raised.
I share your stuff to everybody who enjoys it or doesn't lol.
We need more folks like you in office.
God bless the USA💯
Hey Brandon! Just wanted to say thanks for all the content and laughs you've given me over the years. I've been watching you and the gang for about 6 years now, and you've been a huge inspiration. I found I had a love for watching your "gun review" videos and the technical breakdowns you would do of different firearms. So I've started saving for SDI in the future. Thanks again and wishing you an equally wild 2025!
Love you brandon thank you for all the content over the years and god bless you
I love that the mime is dressed as Bomb Voyage from The Incredibles
greetings from germany, been watching you for 3 years, i may not be able to shoot or have guns but the nerdiness about them exists and you fill that nerd heart.
Love ya Brandon, thanks for giving us content and meaningful steps in life we can look forward to and support
Been here with you for alot of years now, remember watching your chanel when you had about 20k subs with few classmates in school. Crazy how time flies...
Keep doing good content !
-from Czechia.
Congratulations Brandon. The start of my 2025 has been a new job and better health. All I had to do was change jobs. I stayed where I was because it was safe, but the stress was high. Take the risk, sometimes the grass is better on the other side.
Thank you for all your hard work, Brandon. Love ya bro. 👊
You do have an outstanding job. Keep haven fun with your friends. We will be here to watch.
It has been a wild ride! Thank you for the content and being yourself!
it's becoming tradition to hear the broom stick cowboy lead into another year. Well done Brandon may this year be as wonderful as the one before.
A great year done well, young man.
Chef's kiss to whomever inserted the clip from "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" - multi-level humor is high art.