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Posted: 4/17/2005 2:36:44 PM EDT
| whats the diffrence between an ak47 and an akm ? |
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there are a few other differences as well but they mainly deal with FA fire this will tell you pretty much anything you need to know: linky |
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I prefer milled receiver rifles for the "quality" that they have, but I also own stamped receiver rifles. The Russians wanted a stamped receiver because of the ease of manufacture and the cost. They had some difficulties in production and early on switched to the time tested milling a billet of steel method. Milling the receiver is a whole lot more time consuming and much more expensive. Once they got the design corrected and improved enough to do a stamped receiver, the Russians introduced the AKM in 1959 and they haven't looked back. Other countries followed suit, but the Bulgarians kept making milled receivers and to this day their issue 7.62x39mm rifle uses a milled receiver, while their 5.45mm issued rifles have the standard AK-74 stamped receiver. Economically, it makes more sense to make them out of stamped receivers. Quality wise, there aren't many stamped guns that can hang with the milled guns. A properly built and heat treated stamped receiver will still outlast you. |
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