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No idea, just posting the article.

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Enuff said

Best AK variants:

1) Rk62/Rk95 TP
2) Type 56
3) MPi-K
4) Galil
5) M64/M70

I managed to test fire ( only a 25m range ) a variant from every country EVER to make an AK / AKM !

For me, the early East German milled receiver AK was a winner.

The Type 56(2) was surprisingly well make - probably the tightest tolerances I have seen in an AKM.

I suppose the article is about what's available to the AK buying public in Yankland.

Milled receivers are always my preference, unless I'm carrying lots of crap.

The first time we were introduced to sheet metal AKMs they felt like toys compared to our milled receiver R4, which were only 200g lighter than the FAL they had replaced...

To be honest asking what is the best AK variant is rather missing the point about what made the platform so great, in a recent Gun Jesus video it was noted that often the AK variant you will see in some African dust-bowl civil war beaten up, covered in rust and mud but still working perfectly may well be an AK variant that the aficionados regard as inferior in quality.

Further from that I have had one person point out when comparing a machined AK variant to a stamped one that in actuality it is the choice between a gun that will last you 100 life times or 10 lifetimes! As we only have one life time (except for me of course as I am a giant floating stone head that vomits up guns to my followers and immortal) the question of stamped vs machined is a rather mute one.

Fedaykin wrote:To be honest asking what is the best AK variant is rather missing the point about what made the platform so great, in a recent Gun Jesus video it was noted that often the AK variant you will see in some African dust-bowl civil war beaten up, covered in rust and mud but still working perfectly may well be an AK variant that the aficionados regard as inferior in quality.

Further from that I have had one person point out when comparing a machined AK variant to a stamped one that in actuality it is the choice between a gun that will last you 100 life times or 10 lifetimes! As we only have one life time (except for me of course as I am a giant floating stone head that vomits up guns to my followers and immortal) the question of stamped vs machined is a rather mute one.

The difference between milled and stamped is NOT longevity !

It is rigidity. Have a look at a stamped AKM being fired in slow motion. The flex in the stamped receiver allows the butt end AND the muzzle end to drop a few mm at the same time - the whole rifle bends !! The milled receiver stops this. It is much more accurate.

Also, comparing the skills of users who are worlds apart is not valid. To be brutally honest, if an individual has no military training, no marksmanship skills and no drills, the choice of rifle and quality of that rifle is moot.

However, in the hands of a trained soldier, the advantage of milled over stamped will be apparent.

breacher wrote:

Fedaykin wrote:To be honest asking what is the best AK variant is rather missing the point about what made the platform so great, in a recent Gun Jesus video it was noted that often the AK variant you will see in some African dust-bowl civil war beaten up, covered in rust and mud but still working perfectly may well be an AK variant that the aficionados regard as inferior in quality.

Further from that I have had one person point out when comparing a machined AK variant to a stamped one that in actuality it is the choice between a gun that will last you 100 life times or 10 lifetimes! As we only have one life time (except for me of course as I am a giant floating stone head that vomits up guns to my followers and immortal) the question of stamped vs machined is a rather mute one.

The difference between milled and stamped is NOT longevity !

It is rigidity. Have a look at a stamped AKM being fired in slow motion. The flex in the stamped receiver allows the butt end AND the muzzle end to drop a few mm at the same time - the whole rifle bends !! The milled receiver stops this. It is much more accurate.

Also, comparing the skills of users who are worlds apart is not valid. To be brutally honest, if an individual has no military training, no marksmanship skills and no drills, the choice of rifle and quality of that rifle is moot.

However, in the hands of a trained soldier, the advantage of milled over stamped will be apparent.

As I was CLEARLY making an anecdotal point rather than a statement of fact I am not entirely clear why you needed to kick off about it...

I’ve been fortunate enough to shoot loads of them and honestly thought they were all cr@p. Except the AMD-65. That just looked way cool for its day! Still cr@p to use, but way, way cool!