Gunday Brunch 34: The Video that Froze Guntube (and some rifles)
We had to talk about it, because everyone else is. @Garand Thumb froze a bunch of rifles, some of which worked and some of which didn’t, and the internet is big mad about it. Why?
As an AR user, I have wondered about reliability issues when compared to an AK. Do you have any experience with AK platforms chambered in .223/5.56? As a compromise, do they have the reliability of AKs?
Well made 5.56’s stand up as AKs very well. The short of it is neither platform has any significant reliability issues when well built and maintained to the basic degrees required. The AK has features that lend to its reliability and continued operation in extreme icing that the AR doesn’t have without some additional hands on work.
As an AR user, I have wondered about reliability issues when compared to an AK. Do you have any experience with AK platforms chambered in .223/5.56? As a compromise, do they have the reliability of AKs?
Well made 5.56’s stand up as AKs very well. The short of it is neither platform has any significant reliability issues when well built and maintained to the basic degrees required. The AK has features that lend to its reliability and continued operation in extreme icing that the AR doesn’t have without some additional hands on work.