Anyone here have experience with a Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle?

[KamaAina]

[arbusto_baboso]

1. Why ya' askin'?

And what would you classify as "experience"?

[backwoodsbob]

2. a REAL ak?

doubt it.

I'm sure I'm among plenty who have played with or owned semi auto clones but a real ak?..doubtful

[arbusto_baboso]

4. I do, actually.

I was US Army Special Forces. It was part of my JD to be proficient in all the major small arms systems of the world.

[backwoodsbob]

5. special forces being the exception

and I salute you...thank you..I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

I may not agree with everything our armed forces are doing but..special forces..you are a hell of a soldier and deserve nothing but the utmost respect

[arbusto_baboso]

6. It was a long time ago.

Well, it sure seems like it anyway.

Today's Army is nothing like it was in the late 80s and 90s. And that's NOT a good thing...

[trof]

3. Oh hell yeah. I can field strip one blindfolded in 1.6 minutes.

Oh...you're serious?
;-)

[Kaleva]

7. This girl can field strip and reassemble an AK-47 in 1:53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsQDrPRaLi0&feature=related

[chillspike]

8. I've used one in video games

What do you want to know? :D

[NightWatcher]

9. Sure, whatcha need?

I picked one up that looked like yours but then I stained the wooden 'furniture' a deep cherry stain. It looked pretty nice. Since I left government work, I've maybe shot it twice (at paper). I used to carry and use different guns on a daily basis, but not so much now in my life as a marine endangered species observer...the manatee rarely get out of line.

[Dogtown]

10. Been shot at by a few.

Near misses make a *very* scary sound, but at least you know that one missed...

[Blue_Tires]

11. I'm an expert marksman and have fired tens of thousands of rounds

(in video games, at least)

[LibertyLover]

12. I fired one at the West Point firing range once -

the ejector wasn't working right and the casings kind of went all over, but other than that it was interesting.

[jmowreader]

13. The casings "kind of go all over" on a NEW extractor

This is not a precision tool, LibertyLover; they're made for wholesale extermination of human life, not fanciness.