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In Which Case Would You Rather Have an AK-47?

Which jobs does an AK-47 do better?


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To complete a task, you are offered a choice between a Smith&Wesson 9mm automatic and an AK-47. In which cases would you wish to use the latter in order to get the job done quickly and easily?
 
I chose "hunting large game", not because it is quicker or easier, but because chicks would probably be really impressed by that.
 
To complete a task, you are offered a choice between a Smith&Wesson 9mm automatic and an AK-47. In which cases would you wish to use the latter in order to get the job done quickly and easily?

Setting aside any notion of context or history as to why I might be doing those various activities (like shooting at police :doh) and simply matching the tool to the task, I would go with the AK in every event except domestic/home self defense.

IMO, any rifle is ill suited for close range combat because:
  • It's size is cumbersome when slicing the pie inside a building;
  • It's power creates the extreme risk of passing through a target hit at close range, then passing through the wall behind the target (which is nothing more than an inch or less of sheet rock and some loose insulation) and hitting an innocent person on the other side.

Having said that, however, the MP-5 can be loaded with 9mm hollow point, the same as a pistol, and might be suited for close combat...but you didn't give the MP5 as an option, only the AK which, again, is way over powered for that task.

In all other situations I would prefer the AK over the pistol, even when hunting small game due to the increase in range and accuracy of the AK over the S&W 9mm.
 
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As an after thought, I'm likely to go with anything over the S&W because S&W are sell-outs to gun controle. S&W lost my buisness when they decided to support manditory biometric locks for all firearms, and prempted the legislation pending at the time with firearms featuring biometric locks.

The thing was....is...that all such biometric locks can be perminantly locked by the manufacturer, rendering the weapon usless.
 
As an after thought, I'm likely to go with anything over the S&W because S&W are sell-outs to gun controle. S&W lost my buisness when they decided to support manditory biometric locks for all firearms, and prempted the legislation pending at the time with firearms featuring biometric locks.

The thing was....is...that all such biometric locks can be perminantly locked by the manufacturer, rendering the weapon usless.

What if it were a Colt, or some other gun from a maker that hasn't sold out?
 
Since a gun is nothing but a tool suited to specific purposes, the poll is meaningless.

While necessity has prompted me to use a flat-tipped screwdriver to pry out the occasional phillips screw, the screw, and often the screwdriver, is useless afterward.

I have resorted to using a sledge hammer to nudging nails out of the way, but that's not very effective. I suspect an AK-47 would work better. But then again, I generally use the big hamers to knock the walls down, and AK-47 are good at making the perforated edges, but someone still has to tear the coupon out, right?

However, when someone is shooting a gun at someone, the general idea is to render the target permanently useless, so in most of the cases listed, the AK-47 would be adequate to the chosen task.
 
Since a gun is nothing but a tool suited to specific purposes, the poll is meaningless.

While necessity has prompted me to use a flat-tipped screwdriver to pry out the occasional phillips screw, the screw, and often the screwdriver, is useless afterward.

I have resorted to using a sledge hammer to nudging nails out of the way, but that's not very effective. I suspect an AK-47 would work better. But then again, I generally use the big hamers to knock the walls down, and AK-47 are good at making the perforated edges, but someone still has to tear the coupon out, right?

However, when someone is shooting a gun at someone, the general idea is to render the target permanently useless, so in most of the cases listed, the AK-47 would be adequate to the chosen task.

The problem with an AK-47, though, is that often the general idea is to render only the target useless. If you're worried at all about hitting innocents, it's not a good choice.
 
What's behind this poll & thread?
 
Hunting big game. If I see a herd of deer I can set it to fully auto and cut down the entire deer herd and fill all my friends tags. This will give us more time to drink beer at the lodge....:mrgreen:
 
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Hunting big game.

In Africa it's mostly the poachers who use things like AK-47 on elephants / rhino / hippos or even lions.

There's no sport in that - it's like the fisherman who chucks explosives into a river to catch his fish.

I'd be happy to have an AK-47 for days at the gun-range.. although not for its accuracy.
 
To complete a task, you are offered a choice between a Smith&Wesson 9mm automatic and an AK-47. In which cases would you wish to use the latter in order to get the job done quickly and easily?

Well for big game, small game, and days at the shooting range, I'd certainly go for either a 12 gauge or a scoped rifle (Remington 700, something like that). These just are my preferences, of course. Of these selections, I think that the AK-47 is best suited for antipersonnel uses. I put carrying with you for self defense just for kicks; I'd probably go for a knife or a compact pistol, but slinging an AK of those over a shoulder and going for a walk would probably make sure you aren't bothered (except by law enforcement, perhaps). Home self defense, AK wouldn't be the worst for, though I might prefer the aforementioned 12.


Duke
 
In Which Case Would You Rather Have an AK-47?

While playing Counter Strike and a head appears inside my AK's Crosshiar , He'll be history :lol:
 
Hunting (small game) -the 7.62x39 is too big a round, destroys the meat

Hunting (large game) -the 7.62x39 is too anemic a round for large game

Carrying with you for self-defense -not the best platform but works well in cqb, especially the short stock versions, however if we are talking concealed, the pistol

Keeping in the home for self-defense again a decent choice but not the best

A fun day at the shooting range there are few things more fun.,......

Fending off the police/feds in a shootout not the best choice, for the same reason that hunting large game. the 7.62x39 is too anemic and too large a round to penetrate IIIa armor and some level II armor.


Killing as many people as possible before you are stopped not the best choice do to the ergonomics of the reload, its sights and its lack of concealability



I didn't answer your poll because it was dumb and highly suggestive, demonstrating ignorance and hoplopobic tendencies..... what is your point here?
 
Off the top of my head...

I'd say it'd be better for either of the game as I imagine it'd be more advantageous than the hand gun.

I would rather shoot it at the range, just cause it'd be rather fun to shoot something like that I guess.
 
I picked all of the above because I'm personally not a big fan of handguns, so I'd rather the rifle.

Personally, I'd use different guns for all of the options given.

I would prefer the handgun if I was robbing a liquor store or carjacking someone.

I'd prefer the AK if I was fending off a zombie invasion.

Why weren't these given as poll options?
 
I picked all of the above because I'm personally not a big fan of handguns, so I'd rather the rifle.Personally, I'd use different guns for all of the options given.





Your pistol is so you can fight your way back to your carbine. ;)
 
AK's too beasty for small-game hunting. I prefer being able to eat what I kill. 9mm pistol is still a bit too much, but it's better. I'd prefer something in the .22LR range.

It's also a bit heavy and inconvenient for carrying on your daily rounds. Ever try getting into and out of your car with a rifle on a sling? The pistol's ideal here.

For the options given, it's the better choice on every other category.

On the other hand, if I wanted to kill people indiscriminately, and kill as many as possible before being stopped... you really don't want firearms at all. Situations like that, you're much better off with explosives.

An old fashioned 10 gallon gasoline can, filled with large construction nails and then half-filled with gasoline, is a much better bet. It's not difficult to convert any number of small consumer electronics into timed or remote detonators, but your best bet is probably battery-powered alarm clocks or prepaid cellphones.

The cellphones are your best bet, since you have much more control over the timing. Just buy eleven phones and build ten bombs.
 
None of the above? I don't hunt, I have no interest in going on a rampage and I'm not paranoid about the government being out to get me, for the rest of the options, the AK-47 is overkill for the job. Other than maybe having fun firing one at a range, which I also don't do, I can't imagine a situation where I'd ever feel the need to own, carry or handle an AK-47.
 
I just happen to have a Rem.700 in the 30.06 caliber for deer hunting.
Very accurate gun...I am dead on at over 300 yrds!...:)

They don't make much better for deer hunting than one of those.


Duke
 
None of the above? I don't hunt, I have no interest in going on a rampage and I'm not paranoid about the government being out to get me, for the rest of the options, the AK-47 is overkill for the job. Other than maybe having fun firing one at a range, which I also don't do, I can't imagine a situation where I'd ever feel the need to own, carry or handle an AK-47.

You could always use it as a coffee stir, shovel, boat paddle.

So many other inventive things an AK is useful for.
 
You could always use it as a coffee stir, shovel, boat paddle.

So many other inventive things an AK is useful for.

If you broke it down into parts, why, it would have almost limitless uses!


Duke
 
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