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if its your only ak never get rid of
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If one is shooting corrosive ammunition cleaning after firing is generally a good idea. And sloshing water into the action won't do a thing for the gas assembly. While the gas piston is usually chromed (and not all barrels are) or stainless the gas tube and gas block isn't.You're supposed to clean AKs?
Maybe, I'm an old Marine, so accuracy is drilled into me.The accuracy is just fine for what you'd want out of a fighting rifle. It's more than enough to get the job done.
Thank you for your service.Maybe, I'm an old Marine, so accuracy is drilled into me.
Thank you- that proves my point 4 inches at 100 yards. This is accuracy . probably from a bench rest and sand bags. This is unacceptable accuracy for many of us. Its a spray and pray type accuracy. Don't get me wrong- these are fun rifles to shoot and very dependable but an AR, M-1A, Garand, 03 Springfield are IMHO better combat rifles.Thank you for your service.
I don't want to derail the thread too much, but there's a good video by Reid Henrichs titled "Why I Choose the AK Rifle" wherein he goes over some of the pros of the platform and specifically addresses the common misconception that the AK is an inaccurate rifle. I'll post it below for your convenience.
Remember though that he states that 4" at 100 yards is on the outer edge of accuracy for the AK. I own two AKs and both AKs shoot tighter than that grouping.Thank you- that proves my point 4 inches at 100 yards. This is accuracy . probably from a bench rest and sand bags. This is unacceptable accuracy for many of us. Its a spray and pray type accuracy. Don't get me wrong- these are fun rifles to shoot and very dependable but an AR, M-1A, Garand, 03 Springfield are IMHO better combat rifles.
If you're running 300blk already, the only real advantage to keeping the AK is ammunition availability and cost IMO. So, it depends on how much you value that advantage.I have a Rominan AK with 500rds 5 p mags ect.
I'm 90% 556 / 9mm.... some 300blk n 300 win
I don't really train with this platform.... keep for barter/ familiarization or sell?
I've had a lot of different firearms pass through my hands these last 40 years, More than the average guy. Many are now considered very valuable and on the rare side. I bought them, fired them, and learned all about them, to sell them later for a bit more. It also made having a dealers license practical as if a person can't buy and try why have it in the first place? Yes indeed most of those firearms are far more expensive now, but then a person can only keep so much while being able to store and maintain them. I'd need a pretty big vault if I'd of been able to keep them all.Its your call but if you're not cash strapped, I would keep it, if for nothing else but to be the cool kid on the block that has one and in a true emergency it always has value to keep you afloat.
I to have been playing the game for a bit over 40 years and was a licensed dealer and work in a shop now 3 days a week. The most I have ever owned as a private person was 239 firearms now I down to mid 70ish as it changes from month to month.I've had a lot of different firearms pass through my hands these last 40 years, More than the average guy. Many are now considered very valuable and on the rare side. I bought them, fired them, and learned all about them, to sell them later for a bit more. It also made having a dealers license practical as if a person can't buy and try why have it in the first place? Yes indeed most of those firearms are far more expensive now, but then a person can only keep so much while being able to store and maintain them. I'd need a pretty big vault if I'd of been able to keep them all.
There are plenty of people in the ground that would suggest otherwise. They're accurate enough.Sell it but I.m not an AK fan. There reliable as all get out but the accuracy is not great, IMHO.
The AK was designed to be incredibly reliable, needing only minor care (unless corrosive ammunition), and "minute of body," not minute of angle. They do that quite well. A lung or liver shot is as good as a shot to the heart. The guy will stop trying to kill you.There are plenty of people in the ground that would suggest otherwise. They're accurate enough.