How accurate are worn out AKs
 

Check this out...

http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/vie...?f=122&t=31796

I think AKs do have a place in one's survival battery...

They are especially handy for women and children--milder recoil and shorter stock--or didn't you think about arming them as well?

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Hail...there not accurate when their new....

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Not many people in the West understand the first thing about AK's. Everything they know comes from the teevee or gun writers who got it from the teevee. They are very capable weapons firing a very capable intermediate cartridge that takes a great number of deer, boar and other such game animals every year on every continent.

You can get an AK in pretty much any caliber from .22lr to .30-06 to 12 gauge. 7.62x39 is the classic. If you don't need the extra range of a fullhouse .30cal then the lesser weight, bulk, cost and recoil of the 7.62x39 offers some real advantages while still providing much more penetration against barriers and wounding power than is found with the 5.56 or 5.45. Milder recoil isn't just for women and children, they are more controlable in rapid fire than heavier rounds.

The AK has a good action. As always choose the right caliber for the job you need it to do.

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I came across an interesting thread relating to AK accuracy and hunting. Like most it ends with a successful, clean kill.

http://ak47.net/forums/topic.html?b=4&f=54&t=101416

The bullet used was Ulyanovsk's wonderful 124gr 8m3 hollow point. It yields pretty much the max wounding effect possible for this cartridge against a soft target, in this case a deer. If you were hunting something larger you'd probably want something that will reach in deeper to hit vitals like the 154gr soft point that trades velocity for mass while retaining energy and therefore will carry through deeply. The 125gr SP's work fine on deer and pig sized game though. They also have a fragmentation effect but it is not quite as quick or complete as the 8m3 and therefore reaches deeper.

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Silver City those are scarey offhand 100 yard groups from any weapon. I wouldn't want to be out in front of that DUDE, as he is going to head shoot you.

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who cares, you wont need to pop anybody past 100 yards unless you are in the military anyways lol

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