I fired, and placed, in 1,000 meter rifle competitions (among others) at Camp Perry, VA and Quantico back in the 1980s when I was in the Navy. We were firing unmodified M1 Garand rifles with open sights. I have observed, but never competed in NRA sanctioned events.
Thanks for taking my "arrogance and ignorance" statement out of context. I was just using it to describe folks who think that quality is the monopoly of US weapons manufacturers.
You know very well that I didn't take your comment out of context. It is pretty obvious that your post was intended to be insulting towards me. I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt however and say that maybe my first post was misleading in that I didn't mean to completely dismiss the AK-47 for any purpose. The AK has its uses, but I get very tired of reading on gun boards, Free Republic, and other internet venues how lousy the M-16 and/or AR16 are. I've fired many weapons, I was a unit armorer, I was a heavy and medium machinegunner, I was a member for three years of a state level shooting team. The M-16 is an outstanding weapon that is incredibly accurate and reliable when properly cared for.