I'm not going to say which rifle is better, but the fact that the 5.56 can shoot flater and further than the 7.62 soviet appeals to me.
In a SHTF scenario(as you survivalists call it ), You will never see the enemy in the human figure. You will only see parts of him. A shoulder and arm, a leg, half an upper body, a head. But you will never see him in whole. Not only that, the enemy is going to be running left and right and the further he is, the harder it is to get a good shot. This is especially true in an urban setting. Dont forget, there is no time to adust your sights to make up for bullet drop. Because as soon as you see the enemy, he is gone. This is why the 7.62 soviet is a failure. And this is why the 5.56 nato is a success. For any one saying " 556 is weak, stupid poodle shooter, varmit, etc." shut up will ya? We have Marines in Iraq pulling off head shots from 400meters away with M4 carbines with scopes! That's a 14.5 inch barrel. I dare some one to take a modern AK103 assault rifle with 16 inch barrel and scope and pull off a shot like that without having to point the AK in sky like a mortar because of the horrible trajectory of the 7.62 soviet round.
In a SHTF scenario(as you survivalists call it ), You will never see the enemy in the human figure. You will only see parts of him. A shoulder and arm, a leg, half an upper body, a head. But you will never see him in whole. Not only that, the enemy is going to be running left and right and the further he is, the harder it is to get a good shot. This is especially true in an urban setting. Dont forget, there is no time to adust your sights to make up for bullet drop. Because as soon as you see the enemy, he is gone. This is why the 7.62 soviet is a failure. And this is why the 5.56 nato is a success. For any one saying " 556 is weak, stupid poodle shooter, varmit, etc." shut up will ya? We have Marines in Iraq pulling off head shots from 400meters away with M4 carbines with scopes! That's a 14.5 inch barrel. I dare some one to take a modern AK103 assault rifle with 16 inch barrel and scope and pull off a shot like that without having to point the AK in sky like a mortar because of the horrible trajectory of the 7.62 soviet round.