Article on AK based SAKO Rk 95 TP assault rifle

for anyone interested there's an article on the Finnish AK based Rk 95 TP 7.62x39mm assault rifle on www.tacticalgunfan.com

It's a two part series, part 1 is at

http://www.tacticalgunfan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=250&Itemid=75

part two is here

http://www.tacticalgunfan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=252&Itemid=75

pretty interesting weapon...

Did you write the article?

I see this is your first post, might want to introdcuce yourself

Nice article, I like the controls, ESP the mag catch and the selector

The first article starts off with such Bullocks I can't bear to read it, so I'll criticize it instead!

"It's notable that prior to 9/11, there wasn't much interest within the US about how to properly run a Kalashnikov-type rifle. Sure, the huge influx of inexpensive Chinese semi-auto variants had helped to make the Avtomat popular among US shooters, but that was about as far as it went. Most simply ran it "Soviet-style" - charging and reloading the weapon with their dominant hand."

My first Ak was in 1994, a Norinco, second was a SAR....my brother had an ARSENAL....

Where were these Parrot-Patriots when Romania flooded the market, and Milled Bulgies could be had for 475 ???

Either their new to this, or plain ignorant...

"After their defeat at the hands of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Continuation War, Finland had to pay heavy war reparations, and the size of its military was limited."


DEFEAT???

"The Finnish front had become a sideshow for the Soviet leadership, as they were in a race to reach Berlin before the Western Allies. This, and the heavy casualties inflicted on the Red Army by the Finns, led to the withdrawal of most troops from the Finnish front. On September 4, 1944 a ceasefire was agreed, and the Moscow armistice was signed on September 19. In the armistice agreement Finland was obliged to expel German troops from the country. This led to the Lapland War."

Nogotiated Settlement is NOT Defeat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Finland_during_World_War_II#Lapland_War)


The rest of the article is a bit more standard, and less of a hack job...but you get the picture...

i have an article about those in a guns and ammo magazine. that said, just buy a romie g - it's going to about the same thing - but for MUCH less money. lol.

and wecome aboard the -- AKFILES!

Finland did a lot of testing orf other calibers including 5.56 and 5.45 and decided that 7.62 better suited their needs and stayed with it. They did say that 7.62 did beat 5.56 and 5.45 in all of their testing. Yugoslavia did some testing of smaller calibers, not as much as Finland but also decided 7.62 was better. The Valmet/Sako was designed to be repaired and rebuilt. Russia designed the AKM/AK-100 series to be cheap enough to wear out and replace. Finland is now finding out that keeping spare parts and training armorers is expensive and is looking to go with a cheaper to build and cheaper to maintain rifle. Finland did buy some East German AKM's and later tested cheaper AK's from other countries and chose the stamp Chinese AK as a second rifle for now. The Chinese AK tested as the best quality stamped AK and the price was right for Finland. One thing about the Finnish rifle's peep sight is one's breath can cause the peep sight to fill with frost in the cold Finnish Winters.

If you have the air pocket in the 7.62 projectile, then it is vastly superior to 5.45 or 5.56....in combat vs. punching paper.

The accuracy differential 7.62 vs. 5.45 is minimal in AK's as long as it's well built. Range is also not a huge factor...