User blog comment:Cod1/U.S. Marines with AK-47s/@comment-1862836-20100409194414

Every weapon has their advantages.

an AK has a wider chamber allowing it to be fired with almost anything in it. And 9 times outta 10, the first bullet will hit the target at 300m. only the first one.

Now with Colt and FN made AR15 style rifles... you get one tiny spec of anything in the chamber and youll jam. The rebore Korean m16s could fire with anything in them like the AK, but the rebore weakens the upper recievers integrity. The gun would melt away after a couple thousand shots.

AKs are pretty good IMO. I would only use one as a LAST resort.

And the 5.56 round we use isnt agenerally used as a killing round. thats why its only a tad bit larger than a .22. 7.62 WP was designed to be big enough to be a killer bullet. We one upped the commies with our 7.62 NATO. Now we have more killing power and more range.