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<blockquote data-quote="Eric" data-source="post: 1055632" data-attributes="member: 5770"><p>Good job, guys. I think those are the most newb-friendly answers, and well put. I would only add that there is a reason 6 year old kids in Africa can handle and shoot the AK. It is a VERY easy gun. I started with an m1, and while it's still my go-to rifle, it's a little big and heavy for some, and it's expensive to learn on. Plus, it's a little more complicated to take down and clean, for a newb. However, keep in mind the history and purpose of this rifle - it was designed as the front lines battle weapon for the US in WW2, and was so accurate and powerful that many were refitted as sniper rifles and were still seeing use up into Vietnam.</p><p></p><p>I moved on to an SKS, which fires a medium round, and has an internal box magazine. Tapco makes a detachable magazine mod, but I tried it, and I honestly prefer the factory box - just takes practice to get fast with stripper clips. The SKS a lot easier to carry around than my M1, and perfectly accurate for any distances I was shooting, and while it will take a deer without a problem, it's not going to knock a deer off its hooves liket he M1's 30-06 round, and I wouldn't want to hunt anything larger than that with the SKS. The SKS was never a front lines battle weapon, to my knowledge, and is largely a sporting/medium game hunting rifle.</p><p></p><p>I finally moved on to the AK. It's the smallest of all the rifles, the lightest, and though it fires the same bullet as the SKS, it has a much shorter barrel, and thus, a shorter accurate range. However, if I had to hike through the woods with any of the above, it would be the AK. It's lightweight, accurate at any distance I'd be shooting, WILL NOT FAIL ON YOU, is basically point-and-click simple, can be taken apart and put back together with common sense, even by someone new to rifles, requires cleaning less often, and holds 30 rounds in the largest reliable magazine you can get, and mags can be swapped out quickly and easily. The AK is the most popular rifle in the world because it's cheap, easy, reliable, and effective. While you're not going to win any marksmanship contests with it, it will always be there for you, and it will always put lots of lead downrange in the direction you want it to - rain, snow, sand, mud, or apocalypse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric, post: 1055632, member: 5770"] Good job, guys. I think those are the most newb-friendly answers, and well put. I would only add that there is a reason 6 year old kids in Africa can handle and shoot the AK. It is a VERY easy gun. I started with an m1, and while it's still my go-to rifle, it's a little big and heavy for some, and it's expensive to learn on. Plus, it's a little more complicated to take down and clean, for a newb. However, keep in mind the history and purpose of this rifle - it was designed as the front lines battle weapon for the US in WW2, and was so accurate and powerful that many were refitted as sniper rifles and were still seeing use up into Vietnam. I moved on to an SKS, which fires a medium round, and has an internal box magazine. Tapco makes a detachable magazine mod, but I tried it, and I honestly prefer the factory box - just takes practice to get fast with stripper clips. The SKS a lot easier to carry around than my M1, and perfectly accurate for any distances I was shooting, and while it will take a deer without a problem, it's not going to knock a deer off its hooves liket he M1's 30-06 round, and I wouldn't want to hunt anything larger than that with the SKS. The SKS was never a front lines battle weapon, to my knowledge, and is largely a sporting/medium game hunting rifle. I finally moved on to the AK. It's the smallest of all the rifles, the lightest, and though it fires the same bullet as the SKS, it has a much shorter barrel, and thus, a shorter accurate range. However, if I had to hike through the woods with any of the above, it would be the AK. It's lightweight, accurate at any distance I'd be shooting, WILL NOT FAIL ON YOU, is basically point-and-click simple, can be taken apart and put back together with common sense, even by someone new to rifles, requires cleaning less often, and holds 30 rounds in the largest reliable magazine you can get, and mags can be swapped out quickly and easily. The AK is the most popular rifle in the world because it's cheap, easy, reliable, and effective. While you're not going to win any marksmanship contests with it, it will always be there for you, and it will always put lots of lead downrange in the direction you want it to - rain, snow, sand, mud, or apocalypse. [/QUOTE]
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