Do you prefer an AR 15 or ak 47?
Or do you lean more towards the FAL or G3 style? Maybe M1A?
41-45, M
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DunningKruger · 61-69, M
Firing an M-16 always gave me the willies because my ear was up against the stock and I could hear the spring being pushed back into it. I had dire fantasies of the spring failing and the whole structure break out the rear of the rifle, taking my shoulder with it.
AKs bother me because their tolerances are so high. You pick one up and shake it and it sounds like a drum kit, which you'd expect from a weapon designed to be turned out in whatever machine shop was handy. Remarkably reliable, though, from what I heard.
AKs bother me because their tolerances are so high. You pick one up and shake it and it sounds like a drum kit, which you'd expect from a weapon designed to be turned out in whatever machine shop was handy. Remarkably reliable, though, from what I heard.
RunTheJulz · 46-50, F
@DunningKruger I have heard that the high tolerances are actually what allows AKs to be able to fire in the worst of conditions. It’s very similar to the way Subaru and Volkswagen used to make their engines. They may leak oil but they last for decades longer than comparable competitors. The engines from older Jaguar’s a many other brands are the polar opposite. The tighter the tolerances the less reliable they become. The engines of the Daimler-Benz were overbuilt and they were also designed with tighter tolerances where it would matter and looser tolerances where it would be beneficial.
Plus the AK-47 was pressed vs AR-15/M-16 is machined. But things have changed and there’s actually an American Kalashnikov company for the US market because of the regulations on Russian made AKs and there are AK clones from countries that aren’t under embargo by the USA and from what I’ve been told they are pretty terrible.
Plus the AK-47 was pressed vs AR-15/M-16 is machined. But things have changed and there’s actually an American Kalashnikov company for the US market because of the regulations on Russian made AKs and there are AK clones from countries that aren’t under embargo by the USA and from what I’ve been told they are pretty terrible.
Notanymore · 41-45, M
@RunTheJulz if it's Romanian, Chinese, Serbian, Bulgarian or an older East German, it's likely a quality Kalashnikov rifle.
