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1. nugger (nugger@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 12:15:27 JST nugger

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   @rher MY PROBLEMS WITH THE AK STEM FROM IT BEING A PRODUCT OF ITS TIME AND THE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES OF THAT TIME
   
   PROBLEM 1
   ORTHOGONAL IMPULSE OF THE GAS SYSTEM
   PRESENT IN ALL GAS PISTON SYSTEMS EXCEPT STONER'S AR10/15 BUT ESPECIALLY BAD IN THE AK DUE TO THIN SHEET STEEL STAMPING THAT MAKES UP THE RECEIVER, THE LIGHT BARREL AND THE SMALL FRONT TRUNNION -- ALL THINGS THAT MAKE THE AK A LIGHT AND HANDY GUN
   GAS PUSHES ON THE PISTON HEAD, AND IT PUSHES FORWARD ON THE PISTON CUP WITH THE SAME FORCE
   PISTON CUP BEING OFFSET FROM THE BORE, THEN WIGGLE WAGGLES THE BARREL
   • nugger (nugger@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 12:15:27 JST nugger

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     @rher PROBLEM 2
     INSUFFICIENT SUPPORT OF THE CARRIER
     THE AK BCG RIDES ON RAILS BENT INTO THE TOP LIP OF THAT U-SHAPED THIN SHEET STEEL STAMPING THAT MAKES UP THE RECEIVER
     HOWEVER, THE INTERFACING SURFACES WITH WHICH IT RIDES ON THOSE RAILS -- ARE TWO TINY PISTOL-SLIDE-LIKE RAIL SEGMENTS AT THE VERY REAR OF THE CARRIER BODY
     TWO TINY RIDGES
     THERE'S BARELY AN INCH WORTH OF CONTACT THERE, AND ITS ALL WAY IN THE BACK AND BELOW THE CENTER OF MASS
     ALSO BELOW THE CENTER OF FORCE THAT THE GAS PISTON RECEIVES
     AS WE'VE SEEN IN POINT 1, THE GAS PROVIDES AN OFF CENTER PUSH TO THE BARREL THAT GIVES IT A SOLID SHOVE DOWNWARD
     WELL IT DOES THE SAME TO THE CARRIER, BUT UPWARD
     LOOK AT AN AK IN SLOMO -- THE BCG WIGGLE WAGGLES THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF ITS REARWARD TRAVEL
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   • nugger (nugger@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 12:15:47 JST nugger

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     @rher PROBLEM 2B
     BUT ISNT THE GAS TUBE AN INTERFACE SURFACE THAT GUIDES THE CARRIER BY THE PISTON STEM??
     NOT REALLY
     THE PISTON BODY IS NOT RIGIDLY FIXED TO THE STEM OF THE BCG
     THERE IS ONE RIVED THAT CONNECTS THEM AND A GOOD BIT OF SLOP AND PLAY BETWEEN THEM
     IN FACT OTS PART OF WHAT ALLOWS THE TOLERANCES TO BE SO HIGH, AND ITS KIND OF AN ANTI-BOLT-BOUNCE FEATURE
     THE GAS TUBE IS ALSO OVERSIZED TO THE PISTON DIAMETER AND NOT RIGIDLY FIXED TO RECEIVER OR FRONT TRUNNION OR BARREL
     IT JUST KINDA SLOTS INTO THERE
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     SOME AK DERIVATIVES NEVERTHELESS DO PUT A LITTLE SUPPORT SHOULDER ON THE PISTON BODY BEHIND THE PISTON HEAD, IT USUALLY LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE STAR OR SPROCKET OF A SLIGHTLY LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE PISTON HEAD
     THEY ALSO FIX THE GAS TUBE TO THE GUN MORE FIRMLY AND MAKE IT TIGHTER ETC
     OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD - SERBS, JEWS, FINNS, AND SAFFERS ALL DID THAT TO THEIR AKS
     ITS A HALF MEASURE AND DOESN'T FIX THE WAGGLE, JUST MAKES IT LESS BAD
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   • nugger (nugger@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 12:16:01 JST nugger

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     @rher PROBLEM 3
     LE OPTICS
     MANY TEARS WERE SHED OVER THE OPTICS PROBLEM
     ENGINEERS ALL OVER THE WORLD INVENTING ALL SORTS OF HINGED AND WEDGED AND LOCKING TOPCOVERS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY MAYBE HOLD ZERO ON A PICKANINNIE RAIL WELDED TO THE TOP
     IT ALL SUCKS AND BLOWS AND FLEXES AND BENDS BECAUSE IT ALL IS MADE OUT OF THIN SHEET STEEL STAMPINGS THAT FLEX AND BEND
     IM SORRY, BUT THERE IS NO SQUARING THAT CIRCLE
     THE RECEIVER IS A U SHAPED THINWALLED PROFILE
     THE DUSTCOVER IS A U SHAPED THINWALL PROFILE
     THEY WILL FLEX
     
     PROBLEM 3B
     THE DOVETAIL MOUNT
     SOVIET ENGINEERS ALSO SHED A LOT OF BLOOD AND TEARS IN AN EFFORT TO BEEF UP A PATCH OF THAT THIN STAMPED WALL SO IT WOULD HOLD ZERO
     BUT IT REQUIRES A GOOFY TALL CONSTRUCTION CRANE LIKE STRUCTURE TO MOUNT AN OPTIC, AND ALL OF THAT EXTRA MATERIAL ADDS BOTH WEIGHT AND PLAY INTO THE SIGHTING SYSTEM
     
     PROBLEM 3C
     RAILED DUSTCOVERS SUCK DICK, JUST GET A PIC RAIL REAR SIGHT LEAF
     NOW THAT PART -- IS KEYED TO THE BARREL AND ITS BEEFY
     PUT A 3MOA PISTOL DOT ON THAT BADBOY AND YOURE MORE MODERNIZED THAN THE AK HUNDRED SERIES WILL EVER BE
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   • nugger (nugger@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 12:16:17 JST nugger

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     @rher WHY DOES ALL OF THIS MATTER?
     THE RIFLE IS CLEARLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR BLIND FIRE AT A HUNDRED YARDS OUT OF/INTO A UKRAINIAN TRENCH, SO DO ALL THESE METRICS EVEN MEAN ANYTHING
     ILL BE HONEST, THE FUCKIN STG44 CAN DO ALL OF THE THINGS MODERN BOOTS WANT A RIFLE FOR
     THERE HAS BEEN Z E R O PROGRESS IN EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE BECAUSE ITS ALL BOTTLENECKED HARD AT THE LAYER OF THE WARM BODY CARRYING THE GUN
     ALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STANDARD ISSUE RIFLE THEREFORE FALL INTO CATEGORIES THAT THE COOL METRICS DONT MEASURE
     
     1. EASE OF TRAINING, EASE OF MAINTENANCE AND USE
     2. WEIGHT (LIGHTER RIFLE=MORE AMMO FOR SAME WEIGHT=MORE PROBABILITY TO SHOOT SOMEONE EVEN THOUGH AIM IS SHIT)
     3. DURABILITY (ALLOWS TO MAKE GUN LIGHTER AND FLIMSIER WITH THE SAME EXPECTED PERFORMANCE)
     4. RELIABILITY (ALLOWS TO MAKE THE GUN MORE SHITTILY WITH THE SAME EXPECTED PERFORMANCE AND SAVE MONEY)
     
     THE AK CAN DO EVERYTHING THE STG44 CAN DO, BUT ITS LIGHTER
     THE AKM CAN DO EVERYTHING THE AK CAN, BUT ITS CHEAPER
     THE AK74 CAN DO EVERYTHING THE AKM CAN DO BUT THE AMMO IS LIGHTER, CARRY MORE OF IT
     ETC ETC ETC
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 12:17:27 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @nugger @rher BUG NUGR IF WE WHITTLE A 20 LB BLOCK OF STEEL INTO A 15 LB AK WE CAN MAKE IT RIGID

     EVERYONE LOVES AN 18 LB RIFLE