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Posted: 2/17/2013 6:59:56 PM EDT
| Why si the AK74 Front Sight Base and integral compensator so much different from the AK 47? |
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Why si the AK74 Front Sight Base and integral compensator so much different from the AK 47? I often wondered if the muzzle brake is needed on an AK74,, it has the recoil of a BB gun. Makes me wonder if a slant brake will do the job? To answer your question OP. From my understanding the Russian doctrine is to fire short burst in Automatic. The muzzle brake reduces muzzle climb keeping the rifle on target. |
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Well the 74 brake is far more effective then a slant brake. Slant brakes don't really do jack for you when shooting semi-automatic imo, only when shooting full auto. The 74 brake is more effective regardless.
The 74 brake takes muzzle climb to near zero on 5.56 and 5.45 AKs, it's beautiful thing. Of course, it is also wonderful with 7.62x39, all the 7.62x39 AKs that Russia produces now use a 74 brake. |
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Well the 74 brake is far more effective then a slant brake. Slant brakes don't really do jack for you when shooting semi-automatic imo, only when shooting full auto. The 74 brake is more effective regardless. The 74 brake takes muzzle climb to near zero on 5.56 and 5.45 AKs, it's beautiful thing. Of course, it is also wonderful with 7.62x39, all the 7.62x39 AKs that Russia produces now use a 74 brake. Ever fired an AK74 without a muzzle brake? The difference is negligible. |
| Never fired a 5.45 ak but watching videos online it seems like it's just a low recoil round even without the 74 style break on the end. My SLR 106 has one and it seems like the recoil is less than that of my AR. I have fired a sgl 21 (7.62x39) with a 74 style break on it and it seemed to have less recoil than my Mak 90 with no muzzle attachment |
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