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This thread should be 'Sticked' so this great info isn't lost.
Many of you mentioned the topic of after-market grips. Namely, these posts:
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Originally Posted by RD62
and I didn't mention them in the OP for several reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moose-Knuckle
Firstly, not everyone has the same hand size nor the same shooting style as everyone else. Grips vastly fall into the, 'personal preference category' (with some exception). IE: Some dude with gorilla hands who uses a low hold is certainly going to have a different preference in grips than someone with small hands who utilizes a high hold.
It is also for this reason why I find conversions on, 'the best grip' for an AR and XYZ rifle completely laughable at best and stupid at worst. Yes, preferences do exist for different reasons beyond, 'well it works for me' (the mantra of the lazy). Altogether too often a shooter simply doesn't know why they prefer what they prefer nor have the language to convey it.
I have a high hold and relatively small hands. Ergo, the normal grip on an AK works well for me and I'm very specific about AR grips (nothing with a back strap and nothing with grooves) whereas someone with larger hands can pull off a back strap grip and a high hold on an AR.
So no, I cannot give any definites in regards to pistol grips on AK's. If the US Palm/TD grip for the AK were as sleek as it is on an AR I would buy them for all of my guns. Since they are larger, I won't, and also stick (mostly) to standard AK pistol grips.
Clear as mud? (I doubt it, haha) Yeah, subjective stuff can be a PITA.
I got asked on another forum about why 5.56 AK's are not as reliable so I thought I'd copy-pasta it here:
and this tidbit about triggers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave_M
More info as it comes along.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave_M
I would go with a Sig 556, all the bugs are out now they are GTG.
Polish Army experience shows that 5.56 wz.96 (wz. 96/06) Beryl rifle (http://en.fabrykabroni.pl/?d=111) and Mini Beryl carbine (http://en.fabrykabroni.pl/?d=112) are as reliable as AKM and AKMS rifles still in use by Polish Army. It took some extensive work and testing to go from wz. 88 Tantal (5.45) to have reliably working 5.56 rifle (yes, extraction was most tricky part), but FB Radom managed to do it. Long years of use in Iraq and A-stan does not showed any functional problems with Beryl. Most request were from configuration flexibility point of view, that led to improvements like collapsible bustock, aluminium railed handguard, new pistol grip, enlarged magazine release, optic rails, etc (all present in wz. 96/06 configuration).
Beryl 5.56 polymer mags are, of course, designed to use in Beryl, but can be also used in 5.56 Saiga (if feed ramp is installed, as Beryl mags do not have feed ramps).
Point is that good, reliable 5.56 AK can be done. It just need good design and quality of manufacture. And is more expensive than 7.62/5.45 variants.
Wow, that was an informative post. I am bookmarking this page to read up on this again later. Thanks for writing all of this for us.