Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles NOT an AR? But a AK 47?

Rost - Yes, not head shot at 600, but the last time I checked, body shots hurt too.

Joe & Lewis - The real secret to the AR's accuracy is the gas system. At the time it was invented as the AR 10, the military had established that moving pistons next to the barrel was not a desirable feature because of the effects it has on accuracy, which is why Stoner came up with the system that he did...Just the thinking of the day.

If you consider that, the AR gas system starts to make some sense. Although the AR gas system isn't really ideal for reliability (s#!tting where it lives), the system does work pretty well. But it shold also be noted that the system has been all but universally avoided in subsequent small arms designs around the world.

Kevin

Well you said if you poke your head up... I was thinking, thats not gonna be literal then....

Jeff

Thanks, that is a good explanation and makes a lot of sense.

Hogbuster,
IMO they are all reliable, but none are accurate.
I think it might be the cheap ammo is to blame but I would not waste my money buying expensive ammo to find out.
For a close range ambush they are probably a good choice if you don't have a 12 gauge pump.
They are rough looking crude guns but they do work!
The Romanian Hi-Caps sell pretty well around here.
I have to assume they work pretty well.

Reminds me of a daylight sniper duel I had a front row seat to.

During the early days in Iraq (2003), we were static in Al Kut along the Tigris River. A "sniper" with an AK47 began taking shots at us from across the river. He was somewhere between 500-600 yards away. His fire was inneffective but annoying, a hit could have been fatal of course, but it would have been a lot of luck.

Anyway, there was an SOF team on the rooftop next door to us, and they had a Barrett 50 BMG. They took out the Iraqi with one shot, in dramatic fashion.