Its reliable rugged and does the job

And its cheap

Nah its shit it jams a ton

And its not that reliable

Still cheap and popular mate

Also its probably older than yo grandpa

But there are newer guns now mate

Its only popular bc people think it looks cool

And terrorists like them

Because its cheap and easy to obtain

As i said just now

Ok but why get an ak 47

When an ar 15 is so much better

I never said that

I would rather get a newer weapon

Its overrated

> When an ar 15 is so much better
@Bonbon
Well whats the cost difference between ak47 and ar15?

True

But its still a shit gun

Y

It jams a ton

And its unreliable

You speaking from experience?

No

I dont own an ak 47

But ive heard about other peoples experiences with it

I have also...

The AK is one if the most reliable weapons ever built...

Ahahah

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

the Russian philosophy for "reliable" is "easy to fix when it breaks"

Whereas the american philosophy is "it don't break"

The AK is 'reliable' because of its simplicity

Good point

But it has loose tolerances, and dirt and sand can get into vital components

Theres several youtube videos of guys putting the AK through some mud tests along with an AR. Ill have to dig them up. The results are suprising.

The ARs pass where the AK fails, iirc

The only test I've seen where the AK won was when they were both stuck in dry ice

It does. Now I did have alot of jams due to sand and crap in my A2 when I was in basic. Sand likes to stop that bolt dead. However I havent had the issue with newer rifles. My guess is the older and more used the rifle is, the looser the tolerances are to allow contamination to get into vital parts. That doesnt negate fouling based malfunctions though. Ive had several newer ARs start to jam after 500+ rounds. The tighter the tolerances, the cleaner it needs to be.

Most fouling malfunctions occur in the bolt carrier group

The AR shits where it eats