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sarisataka

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3. IIRC

Reply to Rittermeister (Reply #2)

Mon May 7, 2012, 05:44 PM

May 2012

there was a late change to the powder composition that resulted in increased fouling when deployed in Viet Nam

Despite the rhetoric you do need to give an AK some maintenance or it will become just a paperweight. Having used both weapons, I will always choose Mr. Stoner's design over Comrade Kalashnikov's for the points you list above.

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