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.
Zyklonbeekeeper 1 points 14 hours ago
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.