AK-47 Featured Review

[Outlaw]

Regarding the AK-47 Review on the home page. I have had the apportunity to fire the AK-47 as well as the MAC 90 (Chinese version). While the AK wasn't what I would call a very accurate weapon, the MAC 90 is quite a different weapon all together. I fired at a 25 yd target with open sights using Wolf Ammo and managed a 50 cent group. My Mac has a chrome barrel and is definately accurate. But then again, who needs accuracy with an AK 47 or MAC 90. I keep mine locked in a gun safe and use a Glock .45 and a 20 ga. shutgun for immediate protection. If I can't do the job with them then it's just a moot point :roll:

A relative that just came back from Iraq said they crushed thousands of confiscated AK's with tanks. He even has pics of it. Broke my heart. :(

[Stubob]

They are fun to shoot and it is a shame that they are a lot cheaper than an AR style ...

That being said, they are great to have in an emergency. I would want someone of sound character in the neighborhood having one or two.

I ran into some folks at our gun club and they shoot them every month and they work great in the short courses they run.

thanks for your comments.....They are fun

[Bill of Rights]

They are indeed fun to shoot. I built mine, having bought almost all the parts in a "kit" on gunbroker.com. I had to buy a receiver (Fed. law requires an import like that to be torch-cut), a semi-auto trigger group, a gas piston, and my mags and ammo all separately. It's a fun build and it's not a bad shooter, but I'm saving ammo now so I've not recently been to the range with it. One of these days, I want to get outside somewhere and do the "bump fire" thing to shoot simulated-full-auto, too.

Blessings,
B

[Outlaw]

Well Bill, you don't really need a machine gun. They'll fire as fast as you can fan the trigger and holding one on target at that rate of fire is considerably challenging. Make sure you've got a very tall backdrop. An AR15 is considerably easier to hold on target than an AK or Mac 90. The 7.62x39 round is larger and packs a bigger punch and has the recoil to back it up.

[Bill of Rights]

That's both my understanding and my plan, Outlaw. You're right, I don't need a machine gun, and truly, I could just rent one at my local range, but I want to do the "rock-n-roll" thing with the one I built. Safety first. Once that's handled and ensured, then we move on to "fun". :)

Blessings,
B

[rangemaster_tx]

the ak-47 and mac 90 are great weapons, the ak is by far very durable and forgiving, not to mention accurate . But.... I will stick by my ar-15 sp1, never in thousands of rounds have I had it jam, (just keep it clean}. Its a great deer and hog hunting rifle, not to mention the fact that it is short and easy to pull down on target... the down fall is the 1 in 10 twist on long range.. but the 30 rd mag makes up for it.