The 8.6 Creedmoor BLK on the left, and a 300BLK on the right.
Can't confirm the weight of the 338 projectile, but it looks like a fairly heavy one.
Posted on 09/23/2022 6:29:23 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
The Kalashnikov assault rifle, chambered for the 5.56x45 mm NATO caliber cartridge, has aroused great interest among foreign customers, the president of the Kalashnikov concern, Alan Lushnikov, told TASS.
"The assault rifle [AK-19 chambered for the NATO cartridge] is of great interest to various foreign customers," he said.
The AK-19 assault rifle was created on the basis of the AK-12, approved for use by the Russian Armed Forces in 2018.
(Excerpt) Read more at tass.com ...
Uncle Sam will buy ammo for you.
LOL... right?
I must need an education
I was under the impression that the design perfection of the AK’s was in using the bullet taper to make the gas seal, instead of the rim around the primer. This design allowed the bullet to use cheaper powder, and cheaper parts compared to the much tighter specs required for our AR’s
Does the 5.56mm NATO round allow for the same operating design? If so, why aren’t we using this method? Or am I misinformed? I love shooting, but am a novice
Same...gonna need it for squirrels and such...
“I like how the buffer spring on the AK is not in ther rear stock like it is on the AR”.
That is an advantage to ease facilitate the equipping of AK variants with a folding stock, but the downside is that they do not have the feature of near in line with the stock axis movement of the recoiling parts which, in addition to the low recoil impulse of the 5.56 cartridge, makes the AR/M16 variants so controllable, particularly when firing in automatic or burst mode.
Which, by unconstitutional law, I am not allowed to do.
I’m told the rear axle of the Soviet version of the jeep, the Zil, was welded directly to the frame.
Springs are for sissies...
The SCOTUS Bruen decision has placed the NFA of 1934 in serious jeopardy, so that proscription against select fire weapons may be mooted soon.
In the meantime, the straight line recoil of the AR is a great help for re-acquiring the sight picture for follow up shots in semi-auto rapid fire.
I've never fired an AK so I can't compare the two in that regard.
I have fired hundreds of rounds on full auto thru AK-47’s and AK74’s. Due to the stock axis being significantly below the line of sight when you shoulder it, the gun twists up and to the right much more significantly than an AR. But since it’s intermediate cartridges (7.62x39 or 5.45x39) are relatively low in recoil, with short bursts and sufficient training, the AK is OK in this regard.
It is just much easier to learn to do well with the AR.
The 8.6 Creedmoor BLK on the left, and a 300BLK on the right.
Can't confirm the weight of the 338 projectile, but it looks like a fairly heavy one.
Does the 5.56mm NATO round allow for the same operating design? If so, why aren’t we using this method? Or am I misinformed?
This is actually a little beyond my expertise, I'll have to ask for FR experts to chime in.
9-Hole Review: The AK12 - A failure to modernize.
Brandon Herrera: The AK-12: Russia's New Combat Rifle
Polenar Tactical: AK-12 Russian Assault Rifle
Military Arms Channel: The AK-12 sucks, the Bulgarian solution
Wikipedia entry, covering the timeline:AK-12
When Brandon "The AK Guy" Herrera has a hard time showing enthusiasm over a Russian gun, it has problems.
With a tapered cartridge, I think it’s less likely to have a round get stuck in the chamber when the gun is hot and dirty. They use steel case ammo coated with lacquer or something like it that can build-up. For correct feeding, you need that “banana clip”.
.308 no substitute...
Yes and no. It all depends on how far away is the target. Both are most excellent. I have a few in both.
Taper doesn’t help it seal better, it helps it extract better. 5.56x45 also tapers. The NATO cartridge doesn’t taper as much as the old Soviet round, but the newer 5.45 which replaced the 7.62x39 also has much less taper than the older cartridge.
Relative is making the barrels. I can tell you they are pretty excited about the 3x twist.
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