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Originally Posted by waiting4something
I have to chime in here.The AK-74's and AK-47's recoil is night and day. The 47 has a major muzzle climb and more push to your shoulder. The 74 has almost none, it feels like it has less recoil then a M16 to me.  I never gave the 74 much thought, until I shot one. It has better range then a 47 and is more accurate. The damage that it causes is pretty bad from what is said. The 7.62x39mm is just a spray and pray cartrigde with no intention of really reaching out there. Only probelm is it's still not as common in the world or U.S.A. as the 7.62x39mm. |
There is huge differences between AKM type weapons. And the same goes for 7.62X39 rounds. You cannot compare accuracy of some chinese second grade steel cased ammo and Lapua round.
Its not uncommon to find that chinese AKM makes 8 inch group if shoot from 150 metres (even with decent ammo). On the other hand skilled rifleman can shoot 100 with ten rounds if they use M-62 or serbian AK.
Best AK series weapons are made in serbia, finland in russia. Worst carbines come from china. Some bulgarian AKs are fine and some are quite worthles.
Most soviet (and russian) units dont train their privates to shoot targeted single shots. Most men were trained to run behind some BMP or BTR and use sustained fire same time when they were moving. They dont even zero their weapons! In russian company captain zeroes the AK:s after three best shooters have fired them! (Yes you can forget any accurate firing...)
With decent AKM and with quality ammunition you should have no problem hitting targets to 200 metres.