Are you an AR guy or AK guy?

[Member 3687]

In the USA where combloc ammunition is not available everywhere you step but NATO ammo is, why limit yourself? I can probably go door to door in my neighborhood alone and end up with a ratio of 100/1 556 to 7.62x39.

I guess it depends on the neighborhood.

For a long time SKS's/AK's where cheap and so was 7.62x39 and in my neck of the woods of north Idaho it was the go to gun, truck gun, play gun and everybody owned one or the other or seemed to.

I would say at least 75% of my friends and acquaintances still own one and still have several thousand rounds of ammo stashed.

Most of my friends did not buy an AR I would say until the last 10 years or so as SKS's/AK's started to dry up and the prices went nuts. Some went to an AR-AK hybrid platform like the CMMG mutant because they liked the round better over the 5.56.

Now I will admit most now own both and stock ammo for both.

I will have to agree in the US 5.56/.223 will probable be the most readily available as it is now the most popular rifle out there at the moment and because of the pandemic there are a lot of new AR owners with lots of stashed Ammo.

 

[DirectDrive]

AR.....better ergos, more accurate and modular.

AK = hammer
AR = pneumatic nail gun

 

[Stomper]

Having been shot at by both...and seen just what they can do ....
As well as shooting both...and carrying the M16 series for a great deal...
I can say that both the AK47 and the M16 series / AR15 work very well.

Use what you like and what works for you...,
And don't worry too much 'bout what the other guy likes.

As for me...neither...
I much prefer my Hawken Rifle....
Andy

They both make a "distinctive sound", and as for the Hawken….. prolly sounds like tossing' some 155mm from a Paladin nicknamed, "Thor".

 

[The Heretic]

AR. Because our enemies will some day bring us all the AKs we could want.

The ATF/DHS is going to bring us AKs??

 

[The Heretic]

They both make a "distinctive sound", and as for the Hawken….. prolly sounds like tossing' some 155mm from a Paladin nicknamed, "Thor".

Plus those "smoke stacks" put out so much smoke your enemies can't see you anymore. Problem is, you can't see them either.

 

[Member 34319]

I guess it depends on the neighborhood.

For a long time SKS's/AK's where cheap and so was 7.62x39 and in my neck of the woods of north Idaho it was the go to gun, truck gun, play gun and everybody owned one or the other or seemed to.

I would say at least 75% of my friends and acquaintances still own one and still have several thousand rounds of ammo stashed.

Most of my friends did not buy an AR I would say until the last 10 years or so as SKS's/AK's started to dry up and the prices went nuts. Some went to an AR-AK hybrid platform like the CMMG mutant because they liked the round better over the 5.56.

Now I will admit most now own both and stock ammo for both.

I will have to agree in the US 5.56/.223 will probable be the most readily available as it is now the most popular rifle out there at the moment and because of the pandemic there are a lot of new AR owners with lots of stashed Ammo.

Perhaps, maybe in older neighborhoods.

 

[Capn Jack]

AR. Because our enemies will some day bring us all the AKs we could want.

And they will all be chambered in some odd ball caliber that hasn't become surplus yet.

 

[Capn Jack]

I had a colt In 1992 that was set up in X39. the mag's sucked.

Things have improved in 20 years.

 

[wired]

Things have improved in 20 years.

I had one too. That thing never skipped a beat. Probably put 10k rounds through it and would regularly hit golf balls at 100 yards and launch them into space with Chinese steel core.

 

[bionic knees]

I poo-pooed them both for a long time, finally got bit by the ar bug.

 

[Capn Jack]

I often refer to my ARs as my, "HMS" rifles. (Hang More Stuff)

 

[Rkangel]

I root for the home team...so AR

That's not to say the a "Caliber Fluid" AR may or may not be chambered in 7.62x39...

 

[Capn Jack]

That's not to say the a "Caliber Fluid" AR may or may not be chambered in 7.62x39...

.22 lr, .223/5.56, 7.62x39, .458 SoCom, even .177 pellet.

I need a bigger safe.

 

[Member 34319]

You do know that there are AKs chambered for 5.56x45?

Also - Galil

Is an AK chambered in 556 really an AK?

 

[Member 34319]

I'd flip that ratio on it's head, if I were your neighbor.
9 or 10k in 7.62x39 and over 7k in 5.45x39 . Probably enough to load my mags 3 times over.

I'd think most folks would utterly lose their minds if a neighborhood had to show all its ammo and guns.

 

[Capn Jack]

I'd think most folks would utterly lose their minds if a neighborhood had to show all its ammo and guns.

Hopefully the majority know how to properly use them.

 

[Member 34319]

Hopefully the majority know how to properly use them.

Doubt it! That makes it more fun when things go to poop.

 

[The Heretic]

Is an AK chambered in 556 really an AK?

Is an AR chambered in 7.62x39 really an AR?

.458 SOCOMM?

6.5 Grendel?

Most of the Galils and many of the Valmets, which are an AK variant, are chambered in 5.56x45

The Kalashnikov is the action and other features of the rifle. What the chambering is doesn't make it a non-AK.

 

[Flopsweat]

Is an AR chambered in 7.62x39 really an AR?

.458 SOCOMM?

6.5 Grendel?

Most of the Galils and many of the Valmets, which are an AK variant, are chambered in 5.56x45

The Kalashnikov is the action and other features of the rifle. What the chambering is doesn't make it a non-AK.

Is it on the spectrum?

 

[Catfishmoon]

AK in 7.62 x 39 vs. AR in .556 and I could only have one....
I would choose the AR.