Why are AR15s better than AK47s?

[Bear44]

That's some good shooting for what is quite possibly the ugliest AR I have ever seen in my life.....and I've seen a lot of them.

Not interested in esthetics in a tool. Just capability.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Yep. Of course you could also tear up the target just as well with a pipe wrench. Faster, too.

I wouldn't want to be shot at with a pipe wrench either.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Not interested in esthetics in a tool.

Clearly.

 

[RamRoddoc]

Good AR shooting, an AK won't beat it or exceed it. But then there is this issue of "combat accurate" .

Can you nail a man at 200, 300 or 500 yards or better.

I loves the AK for under 300 yards. It's a pit bull and never gives up. It's a chopper!. I can use the accuracy of an AR to 500 yards or better but the .22 caliber bullet has a range of effectiveness. 7.62 opens cars and trucks very well where an AR/.233 fails.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

The accuracy thing is less important to me. But I will admit that the AR is more user friendly and the only choice if you want to switch calibers. But even knowing all that I still traded my AR for a WASR. But I'm hard headed.

 

[Bear44]

I guess some people equate "Accurate" with "Best"--Me personally, I want any weapon I may hafta' bet my life on to be RELIABLE--Which the AK has over the AR, in spades--Next question? LOL!....mikey357

Funny, I can count on one hand the number of malfunctions I have had with this rifle over a 20 year period and thousands of rounds. I can't say the same of any of the AKs I've owned and I've owned a few. Got rid of all of them though because I couldn't rely on hitting anything with them more than a stones throw away.

 

[Bear44]

Wow, I wish I could shoot like that.

I probably couldn't shoot that with a scope and rests.

LOL! I sure as hell can't do it without a scope and rests.

 

[Bear44]

And none of us would shoot like that in actual combat, so in a combat weapon benchrest accuracy is hardly a priority. Just my opinion as a certified armchair warrior.

Accuracy faults are cumulative. The more accurate the weapon, the less effect the stress of combat has on accuracy. The weapon does not get stressed. It's also a hell of a lot less stressful to kill a man at 600 yards than it is at 60.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Accuracy faults are cumulative. The more accurate the weapon, the less effect the stress of combat has on accuracy. The weapon does not get stressed. It's also a hell of a lot less stressful to kill a man at 600 yards than it is at 60.

Kill many men have you? I think killing a man at any distance would be stressful as hell.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Funny, I can count on one hand the number of malfunctions I have had with this rifle over a 20 year period and thousands of rounds. I can't say the same of any of the AKs I've owned and I've owned a few. Got rid of all of them though because I couldn't rely on hitting anything with them more than a stones throw away.

5000 to 10000 rounds fired with less than 5 malfunctions?