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    Default High round count AK use on LV gun hire range.

    Some very interesting observations.

    http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_4_64/15...n_Page_6_.html

    I've read a couple threads about "abusing" AK's and I haven't seen anything that's "real world" abuse. At our range, we treat each weapon the best we can but the sheer volume of rounds we put through our full-auto AK's (and all other weapons) unfortunately leaves them cracked, split, bulged and kaboomed. Each weapon is headspaced at every cleaning, documenting in it's own maintenance log the headspace and what or if any parts were replaced.

    The one thing I can say about the AK's is that they hold up MUCH BETTER than the RPD's. I thought for sure that RPD's would last so much longer because of the milled receivers but the receivers only last about half the life (if that) of a Romanian WASR.

    This is about 30 days (at most) of steel casing and approximately 80% of it is from AK usage. The other brass is from RPD's or PKM's.

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    Default Re: High round count AK use on LV gun hire range.

    Holy hell.

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    Geez those guys shoot a lot!

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    Default Re: High round count AK use on LV gun hire range.


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    Default Re: High round count AK use on LV gun hire range.

    Bu I thought all AK's where more unbreakable than the earth, and that those pansy AR's would collapse if you coughed on them...

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    Default Re: High round count AK use on LV gun hire range.

    Lol. The AK is robust and reliable, until it dies.

    The nice thing is is your AK dies you buy another ine and are still out of pocket less than an AR ;)

    Jokes aside I wonder what the cost breakdown over 500 000 rounds will be with an AK breaking and being replaced as needed and buying new parts for an AR that only keeps the upper and lower.

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    Default Re: High round count AK use on LV gun hire range.

    Well, considering you can buy 3 AK's for the price of one AR, I think you'll get quite far with an AK. I shot one (welded shut AK-47 that was dug up somewhere, but legal in a gunshop in JHB) that literally fell apart (the wooden guard over the gas feedback thingy fell off when I shot it), and it still went without a hiccup. And way more accurate than you would expect as well.

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