Commie Propaganda or: Why The Kalashnikov Is Still A Trashcan Gun
It’s a well-known fact that the AR is categorically superior to the AK and the Kalashnikov is suitable only for dirty commies and the poors. There are a lot of reasons for this fact, but today we are going to focus on reliability and the ballistic differences between common FMJ for AKs and ARs, after touching briefly on the ergonomic inferiority of the AK.
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7n6:
Penetration: greater than 16″
Neck: 6″
TSC: 2″ x 3″
2,998
3,024
3,016
3,012
3,009
2,985
2,940
3,007
2,979
Average: 2,996.7
StdDev: 25.7
Min: 2,940
Max: 3,024
Spread: 84
M67:
Penetration: greater than 27″
Neck: 3″
TSC: 2″ x 4″
Velocities in fps:
2,296
2,389
2,320
2,308
2,319
Average: 2,326.40
StdDev: 36.32
Min: 2,296
Max: 2,389
Spread: 93
Silver Bear 123gr FMJ:
Penetration: 29.5″
Retained weight: 120.9gr
Neck: 3.5″
TSC: 1″ x 11″
2,462
2,418
2,462
2,475
2,517
Average: 2,466.80
StdDev: 35.41
Min: 2,418
Max: 2,517
Spread: 99
M855 (10.5″):
Penetration: 23.4″
Retained weight: 58.2gr
Neck: 6″
TSC: 2″ x 8″
2,665
2,647
2,644
2,628
2,599
2,663
Average: 2,633.5
StdDev: 27.1
Min: 2,599
Max: 2,663
Spread: 64
55gr FMJ (10.5″):
Penetration: 22.1″
Retained weight: 51.3gr
Neck: 3″
TSC: 2″ x 8″
M855 (16″):
Penetration: greater than 26″
Retained weight:
Max expansion:
Min expansion:
Neck: 8″
TSC: 2.5″ x 6″
2,934
2,930
2,955
2,948
3,012
Average: 2,955.80
StdDev: 33.02
Min: 2,930
Max: 3,012
Spread: 82
55gr FMJ (16″):
Penetration: greater than 23″
Retained weight: 17.9gr
Max expansion:
Min expansion:
Neck: 4.5″
TSC: 2.5″ x 4.5″
2,877
2,822
2,752
2,794
Average: 2,811.3
StdDev: 52.4
Min: 2,752
Max: 2,877
Spread: 125
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Andrew is a combat veteran of OEF and has performed hundreds of ballistic tests for his YouTube channel, The Chopping Block (https://www.youtube.com/user/chopinbloc). He is an avid firearm collector and competitor and lives with his family in Arizona. If you have any questions, you may email him at choppingblocktests@gmail.com
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I have owned several AK's from Century to Russian to Egyptian and they are all only worth about $250 for any of them. I'm not paying $700 for an AK when you can buy much better gun in AR for $400. End of story.
Meh ... I've got ARs, AKs and SKSs and I like them all. They're all just fun to shoot and since I'm too old to go to war or run around in the woods looking for yummy grubs when SHTF eventually happens, I'm happy. Considering we have a couple of iPhones, iPads and MacBooks, this 27" 4K Mac desktop I'm using right now is pretty much "trash" too to some people. And that's fine too. I just grin and bear it when they tell me I'm so old fashioned. And do the same when I tell them they're too modern to shoot my trashy AK. That's usually followed by self righteous pouting and slow foot shuffling.