AK vs. AR

**Krichardson** · December 16th, 2020, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Emptymag

Even worse, I had one I paid $350 for brand new, and I sold it to pay Bill's several years ago.
My biggest regret in terms of guns I've sold.

Like you, I just have a hard time shelling out that kind of cash for a clunky piece of wood and steel.
Great rifles, sure, but...

Same....paid three hundred bucks for my Egyptian made Maadi years ago and wouldn't mind having another but the few that I havee seen offered are very far from that price.

**bigandy1966** · December 16th, 2020, 08:03 PM

Real men rock the 7.62X51.
We ARE compensating for something...
Engine blocks are hard to get through with poodle shooters and commieguns

**jthrelf** · December 16th, 2020, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by bigandy1966

Real men rock the 7.62X51.
We ARE compensating for something...
Engine blocks are hard to get through with poodle shooters and commieguns

A commie 7.62x54r would do that job just as well

**pens87pgh** · December 16th, 2020, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by jthrelf

A commie 7.62x54r would do that job just as well

+1 for the mosin!

**Edg** · December 16th, 2020, 10:17 PM

I never need to buy another 5.56 round ever again. Got enough 65 gr game kings and 69gr match kings to last forever.

**Fortytwo** · December 17th, 2020, 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by bigandy1966

Real men rock the 7.62X51.
We ARE compensating for something...
Engine blocks are hard to get through with poodle shooters and commieguns

Originally Posted by jthrelf

A commie 7.62x54r would do that job just as well

Originally Posted by pens87pgh

+1 for the mosin!

Nah... A good ol' M1 Garand in .30-06!

With the crazy money people are asking for everything nowadays, a refurbished CMP special rack grade M1 @ $650 (no tax, no FFL fee, shipping included) shipped directly to your door is a real bargain.

**jthrelf** · December 17th, 2020, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Fortytwo

Nah... A good ol' M1 Garand in .30-06!

With the crazy money people are asking for everything nowadays, a refurbished CMP special rack grade M1 @ $650 (no tax, no FFL fee, shipping included) shipped directly to your door is a real bargain.

Haven't thought about that but you're absolutely right.... When an SKS is $500 but an M1 is only $650....

**Hodgie** · December 17th, 2020, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by jthrelf

Haven't thought about that but you're absolutely right.... When an SKS is $500 but an M1 is only $650....

Yeah but the ammo for the SKS is a lot cheaper and right now easier to find.

I don’t reload and won’t be anytime soon not that it’s a good time to get into that because you can’t find shit anyway.

Everything is a trade off in the gun world.

**Pete D.** · December 18th, 2020, 07:05 AM

Good point about the SKS. I have always preferred the SKS to the AK......just as reliable and more accurate.
Price of ammo? Availability? Any advice nowadays is akin to closing the barn door after the horses have run off.
For the future....reloading is how you maintain your inventory and insure availability
I really do not know how much ammo costs are today, other than that prices are high. I hear this from fellows at the range. I don*t know because I take my own advice and reload everything that I shoot. (Rimfire ammo...I buy it by the case when I can). When I do stock up, I stock up on components not factory ammo.

**bugout** · December 18th, 2020, 11:08 PM

dont forget about "battlefield pickups" - all you really need is something to win your next something to be real about it.. if we are playing this game