Originally Posted by com

The SKS is the plinkers version of the AK. There's also the big issue of stamped vs. milled receivers on both sides; AK still makes SKS look like a pellet gun in comparison! Either way; AR15 is nice but not that great; M16 is why we lost 'nam. I love my AK! Not to mention the 7.62x35mm round was designed to allow the weapon to retain more energy than the average 7.62 NATO Subsonic round. The round averaged about 330 meters per cycle and the average energy transferred was around 778 Joules plus it was designed to "keyhole" upon contact; instead of burrowing straight into a generally speaking soft target (aka human) upon contact it expands delivering max kenetic energy transfer but it also starts flipping end over end delivering a shredding like wound channel. This increased the damage inflicted. When was the last time you heard of a serious combatant taking an SKS into a fight? Our troups still put their american weapons on the back strap in preference to a true AK. The good man Kalashnikov has invented his vodka in the same fassion he did his weapons. A simple and effective means to a certain end. "My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well known in the world, that it was used in many troubled places. I think the policies of these countries are to blame, not the designers.". Nuff said. I stand by my weapons.