Hammerhead6814
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Dang it. Every time I see a vid like this I want to go buy another AK. Stop making this kind of video. I want to spend money on something other than guns for awhile. Ammo or something.
Blowing up an AK, for fun.
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Sam Cade
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I wish I had tried a "cleaning rod left in the barrel" shot..... that would have been interesting.
Maverick223
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Honestly I doubt it would have been as bad as the garden stake test...only one way to tell for sure...
fireman 9731
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Or the classic "bore sighter left in the barrel" trick. From the looks of this though it probably would of been fairly uneventful.
Art Eatman
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Sam, you might want to put this URL on your "favorites" or "bookmarks"list for future reference.
A few more posts and I'll close it in a day or so...
A few more posts and I'll close it in a day or so...
THE DARK KNIGHT
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So wait, let me get this straight. The barrel is actually shredded from being fired while shoved in the dirt, but you can still hammer the bolt open, shove a round in there and fire one off? And have a fully functioning rifle again with a couple hours of work?
This is ridiculous. I knew AKs are the most durable of all but honestly this level of abuse is just jaw dropping.
This is ridiculous. I knew AKs are the most durable of all but honestly this level of abuse is just jaw dropping.
Sam Cade
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Pretty much. It closes readily but you have to wack it with something in order to get it open
Yup, with the proviso that you had the sub assemblies lying around....
If an individual was desperate enough you could wack off the barrel in front of the forearm, and have a very short, very loud straight pull.
J_McLeod
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It's amazing how much this thing has put up with.
Why did you want to destroy this rifle anyhow?
I've had some guns that were frustrating, but I don't think I ever had one that I just gave up on to the point that I'd have decided to just destroy it.
And FWIW, I wouldn't be surprised if an AR took a hell of a lot more abuse than you might think. Who knows if it would have been as durable as this AK, but I'm guessing this AK also had something wrong with it in the first place... because who blows up a perfectly useable rifle? (But I have been wrong before.)
I've had some guns that were frustrating, but I don't think I ever had one that I just gave up on to the point that I'd have decided to just destroy it.
And FWIW, I wouldn't be surprised if an AR took a hell of a lot more abuse than you might think. Who knows if it would have been as durable as this AK, but I'm guessing this AK also had something wrong with it in the first place... because who blows up a perfectly useable rifle? (But I have been wrong before.)
armarsh
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FWIW, I ran some comparisons on Quickload. Assuming 105% case fill, the loads of Titegroup and Blue Dot were 181800 and 93500 psi, respectively. If you had done the Bullseye, it would have been 121000 psi.
The absolute worst looks like Accurate #5 at 311000 psi.
sturmgewehr
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Sell it on Guns America... I can see the ad now.
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MrButterfield
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Well If I were to destroy one I would just have it call my wife to tell her it'd be right home for dinner but instead send it off to sit in the bar all night and then call her for a ride.
Sam Cade
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I only had $125 in it and everything that could possibly be wrong with it was wrong with it.
Front sight cant to the right, badly drilled and offset rear sight block to the left, trunnion twisted to the left.
BADUNAME13
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(Just cleaned) M16's jam on DUST in Iraq.
Seen it.
Sam Cade
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Fine dust will lock up an AK just as readily. Seen it.
BADUNAME13
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I Doubt it... Particularely given the thread...
You will note that I provided some details...
Methinks you were just trying to be a smartass. Feel free to provide details IF real!
Sam Cade
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What it particular would cause you to doubt it?
What details were those? You said you saw it, nothing else.
Methinks you were just trying to be a smartass. Feel free to provide details IF real!
A little bit of sand or dust on an oily AK bolt (or in the recesses for the lugs)will keep it from going into battery. Its not some magic death machine. A little bit of grit in the right place will shut it down.
Sam Cade
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Sort of a related item, I/my wife have/has a little Chinese side folder that once ran out about 15 rounds before I could get it stopped, doubling uncontrollably in unintentional bump fire.
The culprit was a single grass seed under the disconnecter. Rifle had been tossed into the floorboards of my truck that morning and gotten a bit dusty.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=141572&d=1304395953
The culprit was a single grass seed under the disconnecter. Rifle had been tossed into the floorboards of my truck that morning and gotten a bit dusty.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=141572&d=1304395953
BADUNAME13
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First of all it was the form of your response.
OR:
You read this thread?
OR:
Because I remember reading about Col Hackathorn digging up that AK which had been burried for a year and it working.
Or me taking a bunch of Classes and in class after class seeing the AR guys cleaning their weapons at lunch and the AK guys (Of which I am one) leaving theirs alone... and then watching the AR's drop like flies, and the AK's keep right along.
Etc etc etc.
I think you need to brush up on your remedial reading comprehension.
I also provided location (Iraq)
Which (I hope) provides you with some knowledge of circumstance (War)
AND the Quality of the weapons (Issue Milspec)
I provided the Fact Shown in the 's that this was NOT an isolated incident
I also provided the fact that these weapons had just been cleaned.
See what reading comprehension can do for you!
What?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0uD1iaa64g&feature=related
Sam Cade
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It was identical to yours.
Barring corrosion why would a buried firearm NOT work?
Yeah... and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRRUuXyspT0
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7IGHWIMNE0&feature=related
jojo200517
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Sam while a gun that goes full auto and won't stop shooting is a problem most of us would agree that it is slightly less of an issue than one that won't go bang when we need it to.
Just think tho, you ruined it for science but you coulda straightened it up with something like a nice sized hammer and a pipe wrench and had a perfectly fine gun.
Oh well I enjoyed seeing ya destroy it.
Just think tho, you ruined it for science but you coulda straightened it up with something like a nice sized hammer and a pipe wrench and had a perfectly fine gun.
Oh well I enjoyed seeing ya destroy it.
Sam Cade
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Ahhhhh no.....
o Unforgiven o
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Not exactly what jojo was saying but...Why don't you get the barrel straight and keep going?
Strykervet
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Get enough people to donate individual parts to blow up an AR. I'll throw in the fire control parts.
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