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03-24-2010, 03:09 AM | #21 |
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I'm no expert but, I've never heard of an AK-47 firing anything other than a 7.62 round and other than your source, haven't ever seen anything stating otherwise.
On the other hand, the AK-74 does fire a 5.45 round. But it's your thread. This is from your link... General AK-47 Information Caliber 7.62x39 mm Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt with 2 lugs Overall length: 870 mm Barrel length: 415 mm Weight: 4,300 g with empty magazine, 4,876 g loaded Magazine capacity 30 rds (40 rds box magazines and 75 rds drums) Sighting range, m: 800 Cyclic rate of fire 600 rds/min Practical rate of fire, single shots 90-100 rds/min; bursts 400 rds/min Muzzle velocity: 780 m/s Both guns will fire this sized round. Your mind prob goes right to 7.62 because it's just the more modern, more well known round that everyone hears about. The idea to use the 5,45 was to keep it as close to what the AR-15 fires in comparison to what each gun can do. Shooting the 7.62 with the AK-47 against the 5.56 would be unfair for comparing. The AR-15, as standard shoots lighter ammo, which is all we had. Where as the versatility of the AK-74 lets you shoot a variety of ammo. You can fire 7.62 with an AR-15 as well...Model 1 Sales But people tend not to like to use it because the magazines have feed problems with the 7.62 in an AR-15 that's why 5.56 is the standard, because it feeds really fast. Here's some other compatible ammo types for the AR-15 as well... 7.62x51mm (These will give you feed problems) 7.62x39mm(So will these) 50 Beowolf .405 .204 .6mm 6.8spc 6.5 grendal |
03-24-2010, 03:20 AM | #22 |
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The AK-47 was developed in 1947. Mikhail Kalashnikov began his career as a weapon designer while in a hospital after he was shot in the shoulder during the Battle of Bryansk. After tinkering with a sub-machine gun design, he entered a competition for a new weapon that would chamber the 7.62x41mm cartridge developed by Elisarov and Semin in 1943 (the 7.62x41mm cartridge predated the current 7.62x39mm M1943) The AK-74 is a 5.45mm assault rifle developed in the early 1970s in the Soviet Union. It was developed from the earlier AKM (itself a refined version of the AK-47) and introduced in 1974. The Soviet 5.45x39mm round was introduced into service in 1974 for use with the new AK-74 assault rifle. It gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62x39mm round in service. |
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03-24-2010, 04:13 AM | #23 |
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The AK-47 was developed in 1947. Mikhail Kalashnikov began his career as a weapon designer while in a hospital after he was shot in the shoulder during the Battle of Bryansk. After tinkering with a sub-machine gun design, he entered a competition for a new weapon that would chamber the 7.62x41mm cartridge developed by Elisarov and Semin in 1943 (the 7.62x41mm cartridge predated the current 7.62x39mm M1943) The AK-74 is a 5.45mm assault rifle developed in the early 1970s in the Soviet Union. It was developed from the earlier AKM (itself a refined version of the AK-47) and introduced in 1974. The Soviet 5.45x39mm round was introduced into service in 1974 for use with the new AK-74 assault rifle. It gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62x39mm round in service. As far as the rounds I used for the AK-47 they were 5.45. Were shooting the 5.45 from an AK-47 because it's more accurate and less recoil AND to keep on par with the AR-15. We were not shooting the AK-74. But I did have the eras of caliber development wrong. |
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You do know they look alike right?
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03-24-2010, 04:19 AM | #25 |
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...and is that a Kyle Katarn head on your J.B Colton Jr custom?
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03-24-2010, 04:29 AM | #27 |
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Yeah I know the weapons look EXACTLY alike.
I know what I fired. It was not an AK-74. he doesn't have a 74. The reason for the 5.45 in the 47 was... 1. to keep in comparison for the caliber size he had for the AR-15 and 2. because 5.45 gonna kick less outta and be a tad more accurate in the AK-47, and there were people with us who'd never fired a weapon before and did not feel comfortable firing the AK-47 with it's recoil on a 7.62. Which is considerably more. Interestingly, a 115 pound girl had difficulty firing the AK-47, where as she had no problems with the AR-15. As I read more about the handling of the AR-15, it really is just as versatile as the AK-47. It's a tough call, to really pick one, if you had to. I like the AK-47 for the damage it does. But to me it's def an uncomfortable weapon to fire. But it's a weapon that just takes getting used to. I like the AR-15 because it's streamlined and just feels better against your body. It's more instantly comfortable and easier to be accurate with right away. |
03-24-2010, 04:33 AM | #28 |
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The 115 pound girl shows you how dangerous the AR-15 is in the hands of a smaller, lighter novice who's only into firing handguns. That's a different type of versatility the AR-15 has.
The learning curves on the AR-15 and the AK-47 are much different. Last edited by MLos1; 03-24-2010 at 04:34 AM.. Reason: spelling |
03-24-2010, 04:41 AM | #29 |
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If you're interested...My personal weapon was present...obviously the weapon I am most used to...
I do not own an assault rifle. I own a Sig Sauer P226. |
03-24-2010, 04:50 AM | #30 |
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My father has a Smith & Wesson Model 39-2.
But he's too ill (diabetes) to fire it anymore, so it's just more of like a family heirloom now, as I don't fire it much either. |
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