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Posted: 5/5/2019 10:34:20 AM EDT

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AK for me. I'm much more familiar with the controls and shooting them. I dont think I've even held an AR18 or 180.

Posted: 5/5/2019 10:37:59 AM EDT

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I guess I take the devil that I know

Posted: 5/5/2019 10:41:26 AM EDT

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As cool as the AR-18 is, I'm taking an AK.

Posted: 5/5/2019 10:46:18 AM EDT

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Russian made AK. It works.

One good thing about the AR-18 design is that many of the internal parts are easily fabricated by hand.

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Well I'm pretty sure mine was built by a nine year old in Pakistan. And from the looks of it, I'm afraid the poor little lad didn't have any thumbs.

Posted: 5/5/2019 10:50:18 AM EDT

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Yep, but you gotta put a carp shaped body on it to get people to want it.

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LOL aint that the truth...tactical tuna...

Posted: 5/5/2019 10:51:58 AM EDT

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What is an AR18?

Posted: 5/5/2019 11:06:56 AM EDT

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What is an AR18?

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Imagine a third world country is trying to design their own rifle, and all their engineers have to work from are a captured AK47 and an AR15. Those are the only two guns they've ever seen. The AR18 is what they would probably come up with.

Posted: 5/5/2019 11:14:37 AM EDT

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Have owned many AKs and an AR180...

Easily take the AR-18. They're easy to shoot well, mag changes are fast, last round bolt hold open, much better sights.

Posted: 5/5/2019 12:45:29 PM EDT

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A non carp shaped gun that has evolved into 300 different species of carp shaped guns.

Posted: 5/5/2019 12:56:11 PM EDT

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assuming mags and ammo would be supplied by either....

AR18

How an ArmaLite AR-18 works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0NkmaXhxvQ

From the Vault: The Howa AR-18/180

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJnsiUB7S6U

Posted: 5/5/2019 1:29:04 PM EDT

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I had to voted AK since I don't think I've ever seen an AR18 in the wild, I know I've never shot one.
I do own 1 AK and have shot it quite a bit Yugo M92 under folder,
would love to be able to ditch the barrel extension but havn't been able to justify the $200.00 stamp.

Posted: 5/5/2019 1:48:48 PM EDT

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I voted AK due to familiarity.

The AR-18 is kind of the Western VZ-58. A good but largely unsupported weapon.

After watching the AKOU video on the VZ-58, i want one now.

Posted: 5/5/2019 2:10:36 PM EDT

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Having owned an original Howa AR-180 as well as numerous commie-made pre-ban and post-ban AKs, I'm going with the AK due to parts availability. I love the AR-18 but if it breaks your not likely to find parts unless you stumble across an IRA cache in Northern Ireland.

Posted: 5/5/2019 6:10:19 PM EDT

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Good chance you've held a firearm based on its operating system, though.

I've shot an AR-180 since I was a kid, and it's pretty easy to operate.

Posted: 5/5/2019 6:11:10 PM EDT

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STANAG mags will not work in an AR-18. They have to be modified, the mag latch is on the other side of the receiver and the mags must have slot cut for for it to fit in.

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Shipped of where? STANAG mags and ammo readily available? Or a sand pit with lots ak type weapons floating around?

STANAG mags will not work in an AR-18. They have to be modified, the mag latch is on the other side of the receiver and the mags must have slot cut for for it to fit in.

The follower also has to have some material removed. IIRC, you can damage the BHO device if you do not do so.

Posted: 5/5/2019 6:13:09 PM EDT

[#16]

I'm biased.

Posted: 5/5/2019 6:26:09 PM EDT

[#17]

AK47

Posted: 5/6/2019 5:27:59 AM EDT

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I'm biased.

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username checks out

Posted: 5/6/2019 5:28:45 AM EDT

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Have owned many AKs and an AR180...

Easily take the AR-18. They're easy to shoot well, mag changes are fast, last round bolt hold open, much better sights.

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you're just a poser regurgitating nonsense

Posted: 5/6/2019 5:29:39 AM EDT

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A non carp shaped gun that has evolved into 300 different species of carp shaped guns.

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What is an AR18?

A non carp shaped gun that has evolved into 300 different species of carp shaped guns.

gotta catch 'em all!

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