-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <v03102807b0c50470580c@[207.167.93.63]>, on 12/22/97 at 11:34 PM, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> said:
There are those who recommend a cheaper SKS or AK-47 variant. I've never owned one, so can't honestly comment. The concensus in rec.guns and misc.survivalism seems to be that the AR shoots better and more accurately, but the AK-47 is more forgiving of bad conditions, dirt, etc. Inasmuch as I don't expect to be in the desert, or even any mud, I'll take the more accurate piece.
Well with my M ...er AR15, yeah AR15, I have sloped it through all kinds of crap in the field with little trouble. While I have used the A2 models I have not done extensive field testing with it. The increase in barrel length seems to be a plus but I have concerns with the change in design of the sight adjustments and how well they hold up under adverse conditions. Myself I have never liked scopes on a field weapon, too much of a hassle better reserved for hunting/snipping. Never had any serious jamming problems with the exception of using blanks. Nasty things, never could get through a clip without a jam. Thank god I never have to use those things anymore, now if only someone could come up with a "clean" tracer round. :) - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://users.invweb.net/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://users.invweb.net/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a-sha1 Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBNJ9x0o9Co1n+aLhhAQKu0QQAu/024jxawcGV4FWg2vrvF68N/horMFxa xCNxOJYIOOg4ZdBIpcNF6S4+833KsA+51bU3yIFVTBeHRczhbplOrQrBO/4x7IkY qNIeFlkrnHgP5sIsb9zGM6xZW/HO4FYxEjzrOJsaczXTRHAj3FldY6iOofBsKrOV iYvGbh0eASE= =AHfW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----