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So, what is the story on AK47's? My take has been that they are just kind of a junk gun. Mass produced arms that are just average at best.

But they seem so popular. Is this just because the large numbers of them and that they have been in the news or is there really something to them?

Are they any good? I have an SKS and my feeling is the same on them. The only advantage I see to the AK is that it can take larger mags.

Anyone got an opinion?
 
Well, the most popular rifle in the world is superior to just about anything else in its longevity and reliability. It was designed for a service length of 100 years. It was never meant as a 500yd sharpshooter, but it does its role of <200yd fire just fine. It looks mean as hell, is fun to shoot, and you can find one for $300 fully assembled, or assemble your own for $300 like I'm doing.

The Yugo ones (like the SKS) are the best of the bunch, despite a lack of chrome-lined barrels. Yugo production capacity was low, so the stuff they made was super-durable so they wouldn't have to replace and service the rifles often.
 
ak's are great for what they were designed for 300 yard max enemy engarement

designed to be carried by a usually minimally trained soldier who doesnt clean their rifle . often described as a "disposable rifle, for a disposable army" LOL

great for reliability if your life is on the line. but arent the most accurate gun out there. the round is great for like 300 yards and thats about it.

the ar beats it out on longer range accuracy with conformed kills out to like 800 yards. inherently more accurate because it doesnt have "piston slap" and is a more ergonomic weapon..


overall the ak is great


if your looking at ak's id take a hard look at the vepyr built rifles as i hear they are the most quality of the line.

i would also look at the FAL rifle, since it fires a more powerful round and is a more robust rifle, in africa where ak's flow liek water, its prized over the AK , but its a rare rifle in those parts.
 
Yeah, quality FALs are great. I prefer the AK over the AR because of the hard-hitting caliber, but an AR chambered in 7.62x39 would be ideal. I just hear of FTF problems with the 7.62
 
yup ak's are great, im not going ot bother with them because i dont have any ak prebans .. and i figure my ar and fal are good enough for me.

plus if i become a sheriff i hear they use hk g36's and ill get one, woot.



ok i just remembered one more thing, instead of looking at the ar, ak, and fal, there is a good option and that is the sig 556 or 551 or whatever model its called depending on config, its basically the bastard child of a ak and a ar15 . it has a refined ak piston action and the round/ ergos of a ar.

if i could get one, thats what i would buy to replace either of them
 
yeah there was a guy i forgot who he was, he is a pretty famous soldier or private operator,

he was all gunho about using a m1a orver the m16.

that was until he ran out of bullets in a gunfight.
 
If you are in the free world the AK is a no brainer. You can get a good Romanian one for under $400, mags are cheap and ammo at least used to be cheap and may be cheap again. I have two MAK 90s and they are great guns. Not as accurate as the ARs but they are more fun to shoot. Plus they bump like gangbusters. :teeth

sohijiro, I think my gf just dumped me too. Eh, must just be that time of year. ;) I know it sucks, but hey, at least you have guns and now freedom and opportunity to go with them. :)
 
It's called spring cleaning. People are dumping relationships all over the place. Now is the time to bring your sunglasses and lounge by grassy campus hotspots and enjoy young barely-legal girls flaunt their bodies. Yesssss! :banana
 
Heh, spring weather hitting campus up there too huh? The first sunny days of spring always bring out all the hawt freshmen that I had just begun to forget exist.
 
Hell yes! Yesterday was our first fully sunny warm day. I'm going to go spray an entire can of Plexus on my bike and helmet to make it bling, and then it's off to pose :p
 
:laughing :laughing

I had a dream last night that my glock jammed, but I wasn't scared, because at the moment it jammed, I said "I must be dreaming" and sure enough, I was :laughing
 
yes its worth it, the gun is probably worth 500 -450 used bone stock.

trijicon sights are like a $100 added bonus


you can probably talk him down to 450


100mm is bank. unless you reload for yourself, which is what i would do,
 
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