You can dump sand in the AK and it will still run

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I think there is a difference between a flaw in the design and a weakness. The AK was obviously designed to be carried around with the safety on. It's weakness is that when this tool is not used exactly as it was designed, it is susceptible to malfunction. TheRiflemans video is right that it is not the rifles fault, but it is still a weakness. Pretty much every machine has a weakness. I highly doubt there will ever be a perfect firearm.
Appreciate your tools for their strengths and acknowledge their weaknesses. Take care of them, be safe, and have fun.
 
Don't hurt the accuracy neither. ???
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lol, what accuracy? :evil:

(time for the "you can consistently keep an AK around 2" moa" thread now)

The lesson learned here is that you should always take care of your guns. Dirt is dirt. If it can eff up your $40,000 car, then your $400 AK is not going to appreciate it either.
 
I like the shadows (ShadowMan, is that where you get your name?).
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SharpsDressedMan

Yes sir; I had a nickname at work: Shadow. Came from my...well, the way I operated. Would have been my name here, too, but it was already taken.

Folks, it ain't the weapons that make the big diference; it's the skill, the attitude, the fortitude, and the raw desire to win or stay alive.
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Sir, if you don't mind, I would like to add that to my signature.
 
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I've really never understood the AK Vs. AR argument. It seems like comparing apples and oranges. Despite being developed only a dozen or so years apart; the world's political climate was very different. The original purpose behind both even seems very different. The AK was an extremely durable light machine gun that could adequately serve as a rifle... The AR is a very effective rifle that can adequately serve as an LMG.
 
Okay, so the thing doesn't run when filled up with sand as the internet myth claims. I think most of those claims are repeated as half a joke anyways. The point is the thing is damn reliable some pretty bad conditions. Chevy guys don't rag on the Ford guys because the Chevy never breaks. It just breaks less.

I'm not even going to get started on the AR argument, as that's not what the thread was about. But I want to SO bad. Bwhahahaa!
 
I think most of those claims are repeated as half a joke anyways.
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Unfortunately, some people believe them. Maybe part of it has to do with the fact that you cannot sense sarcasm through the internet the same way you can in real life. Either way, some people don't think it is a joke. I can assure you of that.
 
Internet myth. lol....


This thing was around proving itself long before the internet was off and running.


If I made one video showing how inaccurate one specific AR was, would that be enough to say all of them are inaccurate? Or would we say I have one crappy rifle?
 
Do whatever you want. This isn't about the AR, but if making a video about the AR will help you feel as if the videos you watched on the AK never happened be my guest.

I have no false security or false ideas of what my AR15's will or wont do because I have put them through their paces and have tested them to the point that I am satisfied with them in combat situations I would think they would be subject to. I do that with all of my guns that I consider defensive firearms. I suggest you do the same with yours.

You could post any video you want about whatever. I know what my guns will do. Your video would be irrelevant.

Those videos don't make me uncomfortable with an AK either. If they make you uncomfortable, you have based your knowledge off more internet lore than reality and I suggest you get out more.
 
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What astounds me is that some believe soldiers issued AK's are properly trained.
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I carried, you could say "issued", one...I was not improperly trained.

I'll say it again, carry an AK and you're part of a target rich environment. Why? By most odds, you will be facing a superior opponent with better training, a superior firearm, and who is equally committed to using it. Like as not, a bandoleer of magazines will be the only body armor you have - and no hope of medevac.

Even worse, your opponent may look, act, and carry a weapon just like you - an AK. But he will be better with it. He's not a third world graduate of a dictator's house guard - he's an experienced and skilled American soldier.
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So in essence, you are saying that if you carry an AK you are a "third world graduate of a dictator's house guard"? The weapon does not make the man, son. You should take a look at your wording: how about "Choose to fight in a nation's military that issues the AK and currently has a beef with NATO or the Western world, and you're part of a target rich environment." Completely different scenario just presented, and much more believeable, and less likely to upset those of us who have carried the AK, have not suddenly found themselves without training and at the mercy of super-troops carrying AR's, and have never been undergunned...not for a moment. Be cautious with your wording; you're not the only shark swimming in these waters.
 
Might want to throw in a caution about the language on that video...
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I think we are all big kids here.

He sounds like a whiner.
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Nah he's just sick of complainers arguing about why the AK sucks and saying it the way it is

Okay, so the thing doesn't run when filled up with sand as the internet myth claims. I think most of those claims are repeated as half a joke anyways. The point is the thing is damn reliable some pretty bad conditions. Chevy guys don't rag on the Ford guys because the Chevy never breaks. It just breaks less.
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This is probably the best post so far.
 
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I think we are all big kids here.
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First of all, THR claims to be a "family-friendly board".

Second, even if we're all "big kids", that doesn't mean that everyone who might overhear the video when it's played is a "big kid". Some folks might think it would be nice to have a clue up front that what's shortly going to be blaring out of their speakers won't make their "dear old Grandma" happy if she's nearby. ;)
 
Nah he's just sick of menlovers arguing about why the AK sucks and saying it the way it is
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Who says the AK sucks? I never claimed that. I've said it more than once, this is not an AK bashing thread. I am just trying to bring some people who may have misconceptions about it's "greatness" down to earth. I think the AK is a combat worthy weapon that has proved itself over decades of combat in a variety of environments. You'll never find me saying anything different.

It may not be my first choice, but I wouldn't feel undergunned if I had to go into combat with one.
 
just could not resist but, giggled a bit as how he tries to throw in mostly sand and not mixed with little rocks, some how most of the sand he tries to throw in misses the rifle
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I wondered if I was the only one who caught that. Doesn't even look like he got much sand on/in it.
 
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