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Posted: 8/18/2004 11:57:00 AM EDT
If you only have funds to buy one, this will be your only SHTF rifle, only rifle for that matter, which caliber AK would you choose and why?
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Posted: 8/18/2004 12:08:10 PM EDT
[#1]
5.45
- Higher velocity - flatter trajectory - better accuracy - lighter recoil - further effective range |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 12:15:07 PM EDT
[#2]
7.62
readily avalible parts and ammo. |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 12:42:22 PM EDT
[#3]
oops. read it wrong.
I'd go 7.62 simply cause it's older and more "common" even though the only AK i have right now is a 5.45. |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 12:47:28 PM EDT
[#4]
SHTF 5.56 for ammo supply options, ease of carrying many rounds and keeping many shots on one target. But 5.45 is my favorite.
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Posted: 8/18/2004 2:04:19 PM EDT
[#5]
If money was no object?
5.45. If it was Real World Monetary Concerns? 7.62x39. Sorry, 5.45 is nice and all, but magazines and ammo cost a good bit more, and the price of .223 AK mags is ridiculous. |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 2:34:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/18/2004 3:03:27 PM EDT
[#7]
+1. Sly |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 3:26:36 PM EDT
[#8]
My thoughts exactly. |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 3:44:19 PM EDT
[#9]
I like both , but I prefer the 5.45 X 39. The bullet is very effective against live targets and the recoil is appreciably less than 7.62 X 39 rifles. My Sar-2 is also very accurate too. I would grab my AK-74 and have no worries about its ability to handle a SHTF scenario. The Russians went to the caliber and they wouldn't arm their troops with a marginal weapon.
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Posted: 8/18/2004 4:01:06 PM EDT
[#10]
I like the 5.45 round better, but in a SHTF situation, it would have to be 7.62. Nowhere do you see guys here asking where the 7.62 ammo can be found, but asking about the 5.45 is common.
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Posted: 8/18/2004 4:05:36 PM EDT
[#11]
I really like the 5.45 but if I had to pick only one it woild be the 7.62mm x 39mm
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Posted: 8/18/2004 4:26:58 PM EDT
[#12]
5.45. Lighter loaded. Can carry more ammo. Easy to find 5.45 ammo, what are you guys talking about? Spare parts? It's an AK.
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Posted: 8/18/2004 4:27:15 PM EDT
[#13]
I too like the 5.45 but for me, especially right now, it would be 7.62 for the cost factor. That and I only have a SAR1 and a Yugo SKS
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Posted: 8/18/2004 6:14:00 PM EDT
[#14]
5.45
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Posted: 8/18/2004 6:16:41 PM EDT
[#15]
Yup. With (3) AKs and (3) SKS' so far... It's a whole lot easier to have one caliber! 
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Posted: 8/18/2004 7:24:14 PM EDT
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the last I checked Kvar had the 5.45/5.56 mags for like $7 & change, |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 9:02:09 PM EDT
[#17]
7.62 cause the ammo is everywhere.
flashlegs |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 9:26:19 PM EDT
[#18]
My feeling is that 7.62x39 is the better anti-personel round at most realistic SHTF ranges. Its also a better round for medium game. Kalashnikov himself was very much against the 5.45 concept.
The 5.45x39 does NOT fragment like 5.56 (the "air chamber" in the tip does nothing to increase stopping power). The 5.45 does offer lighter weight, less recoil and flatter trajectory, but ask yourself how this will REALLY matter in any realistic SHTF scenario. |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 9:44:19 PM EDT
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7.62x39 is flatout just a pretty hard hitter. That's why I myself prefer 7.62x39 over 5.45.
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Posted: 8/19/2004 2:43:49 AM EDT
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it doesn't matter.
in a mild shtf, you will have enough ammunition. in a teotwawki situation, you will either be dead or have your choice of a wide variety of neat toyz. me? i would take the 5.45 and the extra ammunition i could load out with...and i would run far and run fast! heheh! |
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Posted: 8/19/2004 2:50:06 AM EDT
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Neither, SHTF bad enough I just go to work and pick up a pair of M-16's, one in 5.56 and one in 9mm.
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Posted: 8/19/2004 6:22:05 AM EDT
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Hard choice...... I like my SAR2 in 5.45x39 (especially after I got 74M/B attached) but it is still easier to find 7.62x39
So right now I`m voting for 7.62x39....... |
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