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See this AK-47 in Action
AShooting Journal ^ | 8/10/2016 | A Loan

Posted on 08/10/2016 7:27:04 AM PDT by w1n1

Watching the AK-47 in Action is a beauty. Ok, here's your hump day gun porn vid.

This video highlights Larry Vickers of Vickers Tactical firing hundreds of round with an AK-47 and see the internal dynamics of this famous gun in slow motion.

The AK-47 family is a very reliable combat weapon. Massed produced out of stamped metals using a fairly simple gas piston cycling action the stories of the robustness of these rifles are renowned. The weapon was designed to be used in all types of environment.

Anyone who has fired one is always surprised by how easy it is to operate and accurate to shoot with and last the recoil is highly manageable. Maybe this is why the AK-47 is still the most preferred weapon of insurgents, terrorists and military around the world. Ok, enough talk, see the AK in action here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Military/Veterans; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: ak47; banglist; guns; larryvickers
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1 posted on 08/10/2016 7:27:04 AM PDT by w1n1
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To: w1n1

That was pretty cool!


2 posted on 08/10/2016 7:37:55 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: w1n1
"Anyone who has fired one is always surprised by how easy it is to operate and accurate to shoot with"

I agree it's easy to shoot and reliable but I'd take the accuracy of the AR platform over it any day.

3 posted on 08/10/2016 7:40:47 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

I just don’t like how AKs fire from an open bolt.

It always struck me as, I dunno, Unamerican.


4 posted on 08/10/2016 7:46:30 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: w1n1

I got a woodie . . . just sayin’ !!


5 posted on 08/10/2016 7:48:41 AM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: T-Bone Texan

“I just don’t like how AKs fire from an open bolt.”

T-Bone, AK47’s do not fire from an open bolt.


6 posted on 08/10/2016 7:56:09 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper (I'm not homophobic --I'm homonauseated.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

AKs do not fire from an open bolt.


7 posted on 08/10/2016 7:56:18 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: T-Bone Texan

AK-47 do not fire from an open bolt...M240, M249, MK 46 and Mk48 do... does that make them un-American? GAU-17/M134 do as well... hahaa! Just poking at you...!

Have fun getting flames upon Ye all day !


8 posted on 08/10/2016 8:07:47 AM PDT by Article10 (Roger That)
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To: Article10

The action photo must have thrown him off. One of the AK’s shortcomings (to some) is the bolt not staying open on the last shot.


9 posted on 08/10/2016 8:16:24 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: elcid1970

Yep...

Just as a thought..what if...

If the open bolt is UnAmerican... does that make Ted Cruz or Juan McPain the AK-47 of politics? Who then in the M4? The M2HB or M1911? LoL!

Cheers!


10 posted on 08/10/2016 8:24:20 AM PDT by Article10 (Roger That)
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OK, I will put down the crack pipe....


11 posted on 08/10/2016 8:32:42 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: w1n1

That’s a 74 in the picture not a 47.
And AK’s do not fire from the bolt open position.


12 posted on 08/10/2016 8:35:10 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (*Convicted of thought crimes by the Left and the Right*)
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To: circlecity

Better accuracy maybe bench shooting, but not burst fire. AR’s have more muzzle rise than a 74 - much more.

Now if you put a compensator or brake on an AR I’d probably agree with you, but most come with that stupid bird cage flash hider.


13 posted on 08/10/2016 8:38:32 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (*Convicted of thought crimes by the Left and the Right*)
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To: w1n1

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was amazed at how loose everything was and yet it worked consistently. OTOH, that is part of its reputation - it keeps on working no matter what because the tolerances are so loose.


14 posted on 08/10/2016 8:44:19 AM PDT by Truth29
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That was scary! And noisy. And very stressful. And what's with all those mechanical thingies bouncing around and clattering? And I bet those earplugs coming out the front part could hurt someone.

I'm going to my safe space now to recover.

15 posted on 08/10/2016 8:55:25 AM PDT by pa_dweller (Let the baby seal clubbing begin.)
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To: Yo-Yo
AKs do not fire from an open bolt.

Guns are evil and will do whatever they want. /sarc

16 posted on 08/10/2016 9:22:24 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: w1n1

I’m amazed at the parts that bounce and clatter around in the slow motion video. That includes rounds bouncing into the chamber. Amazing that they work so well.

I have semi-auto versions. One Norinco MAK 90 and a Bulgarian milled-receiver. Fun to shoot.


17 posted on 08/10/2016 10:32:43 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: w1n1
Man I love AKs. It's pretty amazing that the short pulse in the gas block is enough to cycle the action. The gas tube really just guides the piston back into the block (you can see it bump in it when he fired it without the gas tube).

Awesome video. It's amazing they work as reliably as they do, and that's what they're known for.

18 posted on 08/10/2016 12:58:50 PM PDT by Squeako (None of them can be trusted. Be ready and act accordingly.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Open bolt? Huh?


19 posted on 08/10/2016 1:06:44 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: circlecity

Agreed the AR platform is able to shoot sub minute of angle groups & is a lovely system, but the ak will do the job under conditions that would make a billy goat barf. It (the AK-47) was literally designed to be used by third world conscript troops that still had cow crap between their toes & damn near no training and the damn thing works and like the Energizer bunny it keeps on working & working & working.


20 posted on 08/10/2016 2:21:44 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner
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