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.
That was pretty cool!
I agree it's easy to shoot and reliable but I'd take the accuracy of the AR platform over it any day.
I just don’t like how AKs fire from an open bolt.
It always struck me as, I dunno, Unamerican.
I got a woodie . . . just sayin’ !!
“I just dont like how AKs fire from an open bolt.”
T-Bone, AK47’s do not fire from an open bolt.
AKs do not fire from an open bolt.
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 !
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.
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!
OK, I will put down the crack pipe....
That’s a 74 in the picture not a 47.
And AK’s do not fire from the bolt open position.
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.
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.
I'm going to my safe space now to recover.
Guns are evil and will do whatever they want. /sarc
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.
Awesome video. It's amazing they work as reliably as they do, and that's what they're known for.
Open bolt? Huh?
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.
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