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To: CodeToad; Squantos; g'nad; osagebowman
Hell, you can throw a rock 55 yards. 40 S&W is good to well past 500 yards.

Also, the normal AK47 is ineffective past 50 yards, especially at the level of training the average shooter gets. Aimed fire is strictly optional. Anybody who has ever diligently tried to increase their accuracy with a weapon of that kind eventually learns that the AK is a disposable weapon for a disposable shooter.

That's not to say that it couldn't be rebuilt from the ground-up, but it's a project for enthusiastic shooters who know what should be fixed. Even the Coalition forces that use their high-quality AKs need go out on only one combat operation with the Americans to start begging their governments to upgrade ASAP to a first-world weapon based on Armalite, FN, Steyr, etc. platforms.

Even as a duffer with a handgun, I know I can get a decent probability of a hit at 100 yards on a thug with an AK47, while he can only hope for blind luck at that range. Probably won't kill him, but it can be very effective at giving him a bad day.

60 posted on 12/05/2014 7:44:53 PM PST by 300winmag (Whatever CAN go wrong has already happened. We just don't know about it yet.)
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To: 300winmag

Where ga been lately 300... Good to see ya here.

Hope yer well, stay safe !


63 posted on 12/05/2014 8:13:58 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: 300winmag; g'nad

It was a truly remarkable shot. He took the shot that I seriously doubt I would have taken. I can’t help but feel that there was divine assistance in guiding the bullet to its mark.


72 posted on 12/06/2014 11:27:37 AM PST by osagebowman
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