I've no issue with the AK itself. Is my all-time, hands-down preferred combat rifle/carbine and cartridge.
It always enfuriated me in the Army that we were stuck with near-$10k Jam-a-Matics firing in-effective cartridges,while the other guys were shooting back at us with non-jamming,damned near indestructable, sub $1k rifles firing far more effective rounds..how this ever made sense to anyone up the chain of command is still beyond me..much less the fact that they have been doing so since before I was born. :banghead:
One of the many reason I didn't join. With an AR-15 in your hand, it's closer to suicide than 'fighting for your country.' I'm not at all discounting those who do, I just don't see why the massive effort to hamstring a soldier... Do it right.
AK as a pistol though? Havent actually tried it myself,so wont knock it. Have considered one myself, but only because I never cared for the folding-stock variants out there. I like the idea of a smaller,more compact AK. But as an around-the-house weapon, not as a primary -carry piece.
It may seem like a nifty idea to you now. However, you will find it a bit bulky,awkward and so forth ,once we start open-carrying on a regular basis soon. Getting into/out of a car/truck is going to get tiring fast. Sitting in chairs with arm-rests, etc. Little things you arent thinking about right now-but the ergonomics are going to annoy you eventually.
You're right. All these little things are the reason why I have 3 revisions of my holster project. They become big things. Probably go with 20 rnd mag in the gun, 30 as the spare. You're right, it is heavy and cumbersome if not held down well. But I'm approaching a setup that holds it pretty well. As long as it holds still, it isn't that bad. Even I would get tired of being out and about with it for 8+ hours, but who does that? You run to the store, then back home. Who runs errands all day long?
I do have a 1911 w/ Serpa. It'll probably be more common that I carry that anyway. It's what I carry now. I just don't know that I'd trust myself to take the shot with it in a great many scenarios which I have confidence with the AMD-65. Why handicap myself? Because somebody might call me Rambo and pretend to know my mind as a way to insult me? Whatever. I really don't care. That's a really lousy reason to handicap one's self.
Crossdraw. Think about it.
And, I wont even go into the type of troubles it will invite-both from fellow citizens and LEO's, and ya ya ya, I know you love provoking the police. BUT, when the time comes, and you are carrying that thing on you- it's going to escalate beyond just a cop confronting a guy with a handgun- SWAT units are likely to be called in.In which case, you will finally have your big,dramatic, news-covered Tony Montana moment,but...
The same argument was made about any kind of OC 10 years ago. That dead horse has been beaten, soundly.
I don't enjoy provoking the cops. In fact, I can't count a single instance in which I have done so, ever, in my entire life. It would require criminal behavior, would it not? And if not, how could a legal practice 'provoke' anything at all from Legal Enforcement? If they're actually obeying the charge of their position, it is an absolute non-issue.
Your crystal ball and mind-reading powers are astonishing. Far more intentionally 'obnoxious' (to pose it from your perspective) things have been done without the results that you speak of. A Black Guy carried an AR-15 and his race was lied about. Somebody painted their AK-pistol Orange and slung it. Many a long-gun carry. Could your dire predictions come to pass? I suppose. Anything is possible. But is it probable? No. In the wrong place with the wrong kind of cops, the same could happen to the carrier of a 'conventional' handgun, too. It really is pointless to preemptively wet my panties about it.
I have done, and will always do, things that garner the attention of Opinion/Revenue Enforcement Officers (OREOs). But nothing that would raise a legitimate, honest Law Enforcement Officer's eyebrow...
What I am setting up for is merely my own preference. I like my AK-pistol more than any other gun I have, period. It works with me. It's cheap. It's accurate. It's reliable. It beats the living crap out of conventional handguns in every way I can think of. I started this thread because I know I can't possibly know everything. Surely, there must be something I've missed.
What it lacks is a secure way to carry it, and I'm working on that.