there are plenty of videos proving that an AK74 is right on par with an AR15.
Dystruk,
I agree with you with most but with all due respect all youtubers in the world cannot even begin to prove that the 5.45 comes anywhere close to the possibilities of the 5.56 NATO casing.
I find any experiments totally subjective and w/o any scientific and mathematical foundation. All that "poison bullet" mythology are the stories that transpired from the Russian - Afgan war where the military transitioned from a totally ineffective heavy FMJ to the hollow cavity design.
The concept was not new, British engineers already had 303 british with the aluminum tip way before WWIII.
The 5.56 has not been a sleep since Vietnam and the days from the original 55gr bullet and the M193 are already very far away.
...just please go to Hornady alone if you want and pickup 3 different type of loads, like:
- Varmint and/or Hunting
- Combat
- Long range
Now go to the 5.45 department in any manufacturer/s you want and do the same and lets compare the external and terminal ballistics.
I know this is against common believe in some enthusiast circles but we can show you the huge margin of superiority of the 5.56 NATO and .223 offerings.
I will open another thread for this. I want anyone to show me please WITH FACTS how the 5.45 is anywhere close to the 5.56 or even superior as someone so enthusiastically claim.
IMO the eastern block had a great baseline for a light 6mm, 6.5 and even 7mm round but they totally missed the boat. .... PPC, grendel... rings a bell?