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Quoted: I wish I could get that good... My WASR's sights are horrible, I only have a 25yd. indoor range, and I've no formal rifle marksmanship training. Are there any online guides for shooting the ak, or semi-automatic carbines in general?
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Marksmanship principles are the same cross-platform. The sights on a Kalashnikov perform well out to about 150 yards, IMO. After that is when the peep sights on AR/M1A platform really begin to shine. The "peep sight" available for the AK is sort of a misnomer - it is a ghost ring at best since the whole concept of the peep sight is to have the aperture close to the shooter's eye.
I can consistently keep all of my shots within a 5" group at 100 yards offhand with any caliber Kalashnikov platform using the standard sights. Even without my glasses I maintained this grouping with my .223 VEPR. Off the bench it seems that most AKs are about 3 MOA shooters, my VEPR seems to be tighter than that.
Next time you go shooting, take a little notebook and pen with you. First concentrate on your breathing. This comes into play more off the bench or prone but is utilized to a lesser extent when firing rapid offhand. Your trigger control is the most important thing - you must get comfortable with sqeezing the trigger withour jerking it. AK's have some of the widest variations in triggers cross-platform, ranging from gritty single-stage to crisp two-stage.
You need to concentrate your focus on your front sight. There are many shooting stances byt with the AK I prefer to use the magazine as a vertical grip. You need to pull that rifle in tight to your shoulder and maintain a consistent cheek-weld. Keep your elbows down (no chicken wings) and try to document your progress on your little notepad.
The AR is a more accurate rifle than the AK but out to about 150 yards it doesn't matter much.
Good luck and practice.
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I am a pretty good shot with a pistol, mainly due to my trigger control of taking slack up in my Beretta
and HK and then a steady squeeze until it breaks. I think that that is something I've got down.
I'm checked on the stance as well, no elbows up here. I've been taking breathing into account for my past few trips to the range, but only with my pistols, not my AK, and especially not when benched. Thats one problem I can see now.
Front sight focus is a check, been doing that for about a month-and I saw the
benefits the first time I tried it.
Last week, firing about a shot every 3/4 of second, I blew a 3in. hole out of the center of the target with 85 rounds (benched). The rest of the shots were within 2 inches of the main mass. Only 7 seven stretched out of the main group, by about 2 in from the edge. Most of these stragglers were scattered to the left and right sides, and one or two high + low. I am right handed, so I examined the targets for shots down and to the right, signifying jerking. There was just one. While this was nice by my standards and boosted my confidence, it was only 75 feet.
Am I on the right path or will I have to go to a different range to truly develop my abilities?