Back in the day, I carried an AR-15. My Sergeant carried an AK. Don't know if the stuff below is still accurate but I do know when the trigger is pulled, you want something that will fire.
My AR-15 needed to be kept clean as well as the ammo. Otherwise, it jammed at the most inconvenient times.
The AK is made out of stamped parts and rattled when handled. Yet it never failed.
14 posted on 02/12/2013 8:52:12 AM PST by Makana
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