cosine
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I'm ramping up the intensity of what I'm trying to learn about military style rifles, and instead of trying to sift through the mountains of information looking for the basics (my searching ability isn't great) I thought I'd come right out and ask for a basic primer about different military style rifles, such as the AR-15, Ar-10, AK-47, FAL, M1A, M14, G3, G33, Mosin-Nagent, Enfield, SKS, Garands, etc. I'm looking for information about all types of military rifles for the last 100 or so years, including the cheap $100 mil-surps I hear people talk about.
Just about the only thing I know about those rifles is the difference in caliber (and I don't even know that for some of the rifles I listed), so I'm looking for other information such as the advantages/disadvantages of each, differences in function/systems/actions, a basic history of their background, which forces around the world used which rifles, what your own personal experience was with those rifles, what you like/don't like, what rifles you'd recommend to get first in the different calibers like .223/5.56 and .308/7.62, approximately what the market value on those rifles is right now, etc.
I know it's a big order, and so many thanks for any advice you can provide.
P.S. On the side, what's the difference between the 7.62x39 round and the 7.62x51 round?
Edit: Please feel free to mention anything you think is important which I didn't mention or didn't ask about because I probably don't know anything about it. (the reason I ended both sets of questions with etc.)
Just about the only thing I know about those rifles is the difference in caliber (and I don't even know that for some of the rifles I listed), so I'm looking for other information such as the advantages/disadvantages of each, differences in function/systems/actions, a basic history of their background, which forces around the world used which rifles, what your own personal experience was with those rifles, what you like/don't like, what rifles you'd recommend to get first in the different calibers like .223/5.56 and .308/7.62, approximately what the market value on those rifles is right now, etc.
I know it's a big order, and so many thanks for any advice you can provide.
P.S. On the side, what's the difference between the 7.62x39 round and the 7.62x51 round?
Edit: Please feel free to mention anything you think is important which I didn't mention or didn't ask about because I probably don't know anything about it. (the reason I ended both sets of questions with etc.)
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