With all due respect I wish people would stop cutting and pasting one statement without reading or acknowledging others. Please show me where I said the AK would be suitable for that?? I DIDN'T. If you took the time to read my posts you would see I also said,
I
did read your posts. If a rifle that's accurate to 200 yards is all you need, there's certainly nothing wrong with that. I'm just pointing out that there are many people (myself included) who need rifles that are both more accurate than an AK, and quite frankly, dead reliable, and that for those people, the choice is overwhelmingly the AR-pattern rifle.
The whole accuracy argument is a crutch of the AR fanboys
This really frankly makes no sense. For my purposes, I require a rifle that has a higher level of acceptable accuracy than what most AK-pattern rifles could hope to deliver. The fact that I require the ability to hit a popper at 400 yards is really a rather odd thing to use as a crutch. In fact, that particular line of thinking strikes me as a bit of a non-starter.
who will do nothing but drool and glow over the AR and won't accept any criticism of it.
See, here's the thing. When I buy a rifle, it's to fill a particular niche. I don't buy a gun because my identity or self esteem are wrapped up in it. I need a gun that can do X, Y, or Z. Therefore I purchase a firearm that does X,Y, and Z. If my requirement for an accurate, reliable rifle that functions under field conditions can be met with another design at a cheaper price point, or with more advantages, I would buy that rifle. I'm only interested in the end level of performance.
There are plenty of things one can criticize on the AR platform. It just so happens that in my experience, and the experience of other shooters, that reliability isn't really one of them.
My only intent, regardless of the baiting, was to express the fact that I prefer the gas piston design over the DI.
That's all well and good, as far as it goes. But the claimed drawbacks of the DI system are, quite frankly, overblown, and there are at least a couple of drawbacks to the piston driven systems that are worth discussing.
YOU knuckleheads keep making it an AR vs AK discussion which it just isn't. Since I've expressed my opinion, which is what the OP seemed to be asking for, I'll let you guys wallow in your self righteousness and tap out. Sorry I touched your Golden Cow.
You were the one that brought up the AK-pattern guns as a counterpoint example, so of course people are going to take issue with that.
In the end, you're not really touching my sacred cow, as I don't really
have a sacred cow. Show me a gun that does the same thing an AR does, at a similar price point, with a comparable level of accuracy, after market support, and equal or better ergonomics, and I'll happily listen to what you have to say.
