Because the AK works. While the AK isn’t as magically reliable and durable as its greatest fans make it out to be, a quality AK rifle is a very reliable workmanlike firearm. The maintenance required is minimal. I clean and lubricate my rifles. Just the same, a quality AK will go a ...
I think ARs are exceptional rifles, but ammo cost matters to me. I am a cheap bastard. jwm December 27, 2012 At 21:31 True, Tim. i got a Russian SKS for 99 bucks and picked up a Mosin on the same day for 60 bucks. That has been a few years but the guns are still good to...
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The brainchild of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Avtomat Kalashnikova or AK-47, was adopted as the primary battle rifle of the Russian military in 1949. The AK-47 had many advantages over its predecessor, the SKS, including a detachable 30 round magazine and selective fire modes. BONUS OFFER:Get yo...
Special Forces and other groups did uutilise captured AKm, Type 56, and SKS rifles and ammo on occasion while doing deep undercover ops when the sound of your rifle could give you away as American or ARVN. We certainly dd not use them in areas where the sound of an AK or SKS would ...
The AK-47 is one of the first assault rifles unlocked in multiplayer, being available as soon as Create-a-Class is unlocked. It is a high-damage, slow-firing assault rifle. The AK-47 deals 40-30 damage depending on range, killing targets in three-to-four shots. The AK-47 has ...
(275 yd). This "point-blank range" setting allows the shooter to fire the gun at any close target without adjusting the sights. Longer settings are intended for area suppression. These settings mirror the Mosin-Nagant and SKS rifles which the AK-47 replaced. This eased transition and ...
Soviet AK rifles are finished in a black oxide or parkerized finish, while the Type 56 features a deep, sultry blue. Type 56 sights are graduated to 800 meters, while Soviet AK sights are calibrated to a thousand. Chinese bolts and most of their bolt carriers were hard chromed for durabil...
And I’ve also heard that some Viet Cong personnel were in the habit of leaving those WW II vintage SKS rifles at the bottom of a local stream only to take it out when some of our troops came in range, then open fire on them without having to do anything to the SKS other than ...