My favorite gun in the WORLD... would be the H&K XM8, it was
considered by the military, but it wasn't chosen, so H&K stopped the
devolopment, i wonder if i can buy a replica, it can turn into a SMG,
Assualt rifle, and a sniper rifle just by exchanging a few parts, and
its easy to clean
On 10/17/09, Nomad Rhodes <thenomad1783_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have two AR rifles and two AK47s.
> People should remember that they are two very different animals.
> The AR was meant to be a combat rifle (Assault rifle is a term coined by the
> media) the AK is a machine gun, it was made to be unkillable and to be
> accurate in a urban close quarter environment.
> Trying to compare the AK to the AR is apple's and Oranges.
> But in the end they are a blast to shoot :)
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> From: Jorge Puentes <chakatsnowfur_at_yahoo.com>
> To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 12:08:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: AR-15
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> Yes I heard a lot of the stories regarding the poor performance in the early
> days of the M-16. I think now they have deployed twith the new model m16-a4
> . The G-9 assault rifle is a excellent rifle also. The Hk never to say is
> good. But I would go with the Original Ak-74 for there is the market are
> several imitations mostly from China copy knock offs that are not that good
> . The AK models were build for war . You can grabs the Original AK and hide
> them for a month in mud and then pull them out . They would fire as if
> nothing would happen . My rl Father whom served in Vietnam for two years
> knew what a crummy riffle the old version of the M-16 . His group would
> fight with their M-14 and had results...or the Old BAR that would turn the
> jungles into splinters.
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> ________________________________
> From: Rick Pikul <chakatfirepaw_at_ gmail.com>
> To: SkunkworksAMA_at_ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Sat, October 17, 2009 8:30:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: AR-15
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> On Friday 16 October 2009 23:24, Lyle K wrote:
>> Nah. You can keep the AK's. Never cared for them. Granted, they are tough
>> and reliable, but I will stick with my HK. Bit on the hefty side, but I
>> have found it accurate, reliable and being chambered for 7.62mm...well,
>> that's stopping power!
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> The rule of thumb when it comes to the AR-15 family vs. the Kalashnikovs[ 1]
> is: If you have well trained troops who know how to take care of their
> equipment them the AR-15 wins hands down: More accurate, more lethal, as
> good or better penetration[ 2]. If your troops have minimal training, give
> them Kalashnikovs because they will have a hard time breaking them.
>
> There are a lot of stories about how 'the M16 sucks', almost all of which
> come
> from issues during early deployment of the XM16E1 that were fixed four
> decades ago.
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> [1] Pet peeve: People who call them AK-47s, the AK-47 is a _very_ rare gun.
> Almost everything called that is actually either an AKM/AKM knockoff or an
> AK-74, (which replaced the AKM in Soviet service back in the 70's).
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> [2] Assuming current ammunition, the early 5.56NATO rounds did have poor
> penetration.
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> --
> Chakat Firepaw - Inventor & Scientist (Mad)
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Received on Sat Oct 17 2009 - 19:56:27 CDT