@Smokin Joe
Thanks!
I had no idea the situation had deteriorated that badly.
Then again,anyone stupid enough to pay 20 grand for a freaking AK is more likely to stay home at night fondling it than he is using it to shoot someone.
Really is hard to believe anyone would pay that much for a stamped full-auto weapon that isn't special in some way,like being "Uncle Ho's personal AK that he used to execute his household staff with."
And to be totally honest about this situation,I honestly wouldn't pay 200 bucks for a brand new AK-47 that was still in the box.
I am into accuracy,not spray and pray.
Granted,spray and pray DOES have it's place,but that place is not with me.
AFAIK you can count the number of NFA weapons used by their owners to commit crimes on one hand. Paperwork violations seem to be the common 'crime', and even those are avoided as much as possible.
While I'm not expecting sub-MOA accuracy from any of them, the semi-auto only AK versions I have shot have not been so bad. It's a 200 meter gun with a ballistic curve like a .30-30 and not the very best iron sights. Not in the same accuracy class as an AR-15, but it will shoot dirty all day and twice on Sunday. THe ARs like to be kept clean. Nowadays, you can build almost anything you want as that goes, and I'd suspect there are some straight shooters out there on the semi-auto market.
I haven't shot the semi-auto AK-74 (5.45 round with a long bullet) but my understanding is the cartridge is better, the bullet has a better ballistic coefficient, and the rifle is, too, even though the action is much the same. Until I put one on paper, I can't say for sure.
I'm in no position to play with the full auto versions of either, so I can't speak to that. Watching the Muslims shooting style, as a rule, 'spray and pray' fits. I think if they took more time to aim, they might be more effective, but full auto and "Im'shallah" seems to be the average shooting style.