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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II
Actually, the AK-47 was an engineering compromise suited to Russian conditions. It was deliberately built "crudely" - big heavy bolt, wide tolerances ... etc. The nice thing is that it stops them from jamming, but the tolerances kill off long-range accuracy.
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Pretty much spot on.
Other drawbacks:
the sights are too short
the 7.62x39 is a really bad bullet if you want to kill people. Seems to make a wound similar to a small calibre handgun
the 7.62x39 is too heavy and drops significantly at range.
Hitting anything with this gun at over 100 meters = act of frustration. I guess for the 1940's and 50's, it was rather sophisticated however.
-S