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1950s Era AK-47

submitted by __47__ to Guns 5 hoursJun 18, 2025 17:47:29 ago (+20/-1)     (files.catbox.moe)

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I've always liked them. I know they're not as practical as the AR platform.


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[ - ] uvulectomy 5 points 3 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:21:30 ago (+5/-0)

"I know they're not as practical as the AR platform."

Smug AR Owner: I purchased a $250 forward assist to enhance my rifle's performance.

Drunk AK Owner: I hit rifle with shovel. Rifle work fine now.

[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 3 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:29:55 ago (+1/-0)

Lol. I had a AR15. not gonna lie. It was confusing to me. I'm likely just daft. Charging ports? What's that little button on the right side do?

[ - ] uvulectomy 2 points 2 hoursJun 18, 2025 20:28:43 ago (+2/-0)

"What's that little button on the right side do?"

Makes things worse 9 times outta 10. "This will force the bolt closed so I'm gonna do that even if it's not the right thing to do when gun not go bang."

It's only there because retarded Army grunts wanted a button to push in case things went wrong. A solution in search of a problem, really.

[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 2 hoursJun 18, 2025 20:31:45 ago (+1/-0)

Damn. Figures really.

[ - ] Consensus_Reality 1 point 54 minutesJun 18, 2025 22:00:10 ago (+1/-0)

Drunk AK Owner: I hit rifle with shovel. Rifle work fine now.

Why would an AK owner have a shovel when he typically uses his rifle as a shovel?

[ - ] uvulectomy 1 point 51 minutesJun 18, 2025 22:03:19 ago (+1/-0)

Because sometimes you have to dig while shooting, so it helps to have a spare.

[ - ] Consensus_Reality 0 points 50 minutesJun 18, 2025 22:04:11 ago (+0/-0)

Digging with an AK can only help to improve it's accuracy.

[ - ] con77 4 points 3 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:48:39 ago (+4/-0)

Machined
Not stamped

[ - ] __47__ [op] 3 points 3 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:49:49 ago (+3/-0)

Can you elaborate? I'm not following unfortunately.

[ - ] ruck_feddit 2 points 57 minutesJun 18, 2025 21:57:23 ago (+2/-0)

In this context, stamped or machined typically describes how the receiver was made.

Stamped is pressing or rolling sheet metal into the desired shape. This is cheaper, and the parts are made with less precision.

Machined is when you carve something out of a block of metal. It's more expensive, but the parts are usually stronger, more precise, and more durable.

[ - ] Consensus_Reality 1 point 51 minutesJun 18, 2025 22:03:22 ago (+1/-0)

It's a reference to the fact that AR receivers are machined out of blocks of aluminum while AKs are stamped out sheets of steel peeled from the sides of German Tiger tanks. (I may have made up the part about the Tiger tanks....)

[ - ] Belfuro 1 point 2 hoursJun 18, 2025 20:34:45 ago (+1/-0)

Getman weapon. Schmeisser designed this while a slave in ussr post war.

But was built for peace time rather than the wartime stg44.

Also clearly has Soviet design choices.

[ - ] Zyklonbeekeeper 1 point 2 hoursJun 18, 2025 20:35:58 ago (+1/-0)

The AK is stamped which negates the crucial tolerances that machining accounts for but for that reason a grain of sand won't lock up the bolt carrier or charge ports...
but there is a cost to mass production stamping and that is consistent trajectory due to barrel
flex and ballistic resonance...the AK will tight group within 400yrds, possibly 500 whereas the AR will group 6" at 800yrds...but one thing about the AR is that if the platform is exposed to direct sunlight to the point of metal expansion the action will malfunction whereas the AK or SKS won't...what many don't understand is that in the area of firearms the consistent tolerances have to be within .4000" or else nothing is going to work.

[ - ] ruck_feddit 1 point 52 minutesJun 18, 2025 22:02:14 ago (+1/-0)

Without going to check, I'm 99% sure the SKS I lost in that boating accident was milled. Heavier of course, but a much more robust rifle than the AKs I lost in that other boating accident. None were hitting anything at 500 yards

[ - ] Consensus_Reality 1 point 44 minutesJun 18, 2025 22:10:36 ago (+1/-0)

< ...I lost in that boating accident...

Do you really think that when the ZOGbots show up at your door — having gone to all that time and effort — they will be dissuaded from black-bagging you simply because you tell them you no longer have a rifle?

[ - ] ruck_feddit 0 points 26 secondsJun 18, 2025 22:54:40 ago (+0/-0)

Do you think so, in Minecraft?

[ - ] Storefront 4 points 4 hoursJun 18, 2025 18:28:27 ago (+4/-0)

Gorgeous

[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 4 hoursJun 18, 2025 18:29:54 ago (+1/-0)

Indeed. The one I had didn't have the wood accents which I didn't like but it was so much fun to shoot.

[ - ] AlexanderMorose13 2 points 1 hourJun 18, 2025 21:03:17 ago (+2/-0)

They've had this gun get run over by enemy tanks, grabbed it, and pulled the bolt back, and it still fired well enough to take down targets.

AKs are truly mechanical works of art. There's a reason why kings and emperors take photographs of themselves holding this gun. It's a gun with proven reliability.

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 2 points 3 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:05:08 ago (+2/-0)

I adore the 7.62x39 cartridge. Such a practical little thumper. IMO, firing it through the AK platform is one of the most wonderful recoil impulses you'll ever feel and hear. Doesn't feel nearly as good going down the pipe of an SKS.

[ - ] __47__ [op] 3 points 3 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:09:18 ago (+3/-0)

Agreed. I love the sound.

My exes father had a communist era Russian sks and that thing was a dream. I offered to buy it but he said nope. Still had the star and everything.

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 2 points 3 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:13:44 ago (+2/-0)

Mine's a 50s Romanian with blade-style bayonet. It'd be worth quite a bit if its beautiful red stock didn't have a crack. It's cosmetic though; still a great shooter. It'd probably fetch 5-600. They're not $99 barrel guns anymore, but good ones can still be bought reasonably, with some variants fetching vastly higher prices.

[ - ] SithEmpire 1 point 57 minutesJun 18, 2025 21:57:51 ago (+1/-0)

Empirically superior form really, clearly followed the success of the Sturmgewehr 44.

[ - ] Moravian 1 point 3 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:50:45 ago (+1/-0)

How about a VZ-58? You can clean it in the river and come out shooting.

[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 2 hoursJun 18, 2025 19:55:55 ago (+1/-0)

What's the difference?