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kuyakev
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They do, I have 3 and each one has
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my dad swears by them.
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They can and do jam, but, they are much more reliable in harsh environments than an M-16 by a longshot . Most especially a high quality version with a milled reciever instead of a stamped one.
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Ask Highlander, who I think is now OORAH... he keeps a lucky bullet which caused a misfire while the AK was aimed at him in Vietnam.
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We experienced significant problems with the M16A1's we had when I was in the military. I owned an AKM for many years, it is a much better made weapon and much more reliable. We coined the M16 a 'house rifle'-if you get it dirty, it jams. This was not a problem with AK models. Many people threatened to take their M16's by the barrel, swing and easily break them once they found an AK to carry, if they went to war.
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No this is not true for all moving parts to any machine will at some time fail. The time and place of that failing differ to how the gun was used abused. All guns in war fare are succeptable to jamming but that jamming from weapon to weapon differ. ak 47s are the most sturdy of battle field light arms across the board.
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They can jam but it is very rare, because of there simplistic design and few constituent parts. They can be exposed to very harsh environments and still function...this is the reason that they are so widely used globally. More modern rifles have a superior rate of fire but are more suseptable to jamming becasue of the more complex inner workings the SA80 being one such weapon. I have seen an AK47 fire after being immersed in salt water for a week and not jam and a more modern SA80 fail to even cock after the same treatment. AK47 very cheap to produce and very reliable
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Sure they do, it matters on the Ammo and cleanliness of the weapon. but they are much more jam resistant because of their lose tolerances, which of course makes them less accurate. I like the AK, if I was doing CQB or in the jungle. Out in the open give me something with a full sized cartridge like the 7.62X51, M-14, FAL but not a G3 please I don't like those at all.
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It can and will jam but less because its parts are made with less tolerances. You give up accuracy for reliability in the AK's case. The AR or M-16 is reliable and able to pull in tighter groups of shots at greater distances than the AK but will jam with less mud than the AK will. The M-16 has and inherant defect with its version of the gas operating system that causes malfunctions in uncooperative environments.
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No ... false ... they SELDOM jam ... but they can and do jam ...
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The only way an ak can jam is if the clip has been damaged or you convert a 1mm stamped reciever ak to full auto and fire nonstop 400 rounds of automatic fire causing the reciever to distort, however this does not always make the weapon malfunction. A stove piped cartage can happen but you just hit it with your hand and you keep firing...besides those circumstances, AKs don't jam. As long as they are not Romanian civilian versions.
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Yes it is practically true, they have such loose tolerences that makes for a loose fit, and yes they are practically unjamable, but that is in reason you know.
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