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Who fired the first shot?
Yeah, the AR type weapons (M-16, M-4) tend to have more jamming problems than AKs - that said, they've greatly improved since they were first invented. A friend actually torture-tested his AR-15 and went 6 months without cleaning the thing, but it still worked darn well despite having a lot of rounds put through it. AKs are practically invulnerable when it comes to stuff jamming it, with one exception. They HATE sand. Fortunately, it takes a lot of sand to get one to jam. Saw one guy on Youtube take his AK, shove it into the mud, take it out, and fire off all 30 rounds perfectly. I searched for "AR-15 mud test" but nobody wanted to risk their $1500 rifle.
The miltary weapon BYC "experts" very often forget the M-14. That would be the service rifle between the M-1 Garand and the M-16. Even thought it had a short service life it was a very very good rifle. I for one was sad to give it up for the M-16 and quite a few body bags were filled because of the switch. When a longer range rifle was needed in the "sand" many M-14's were brought back into service.
Steve
Lincoln literally forced the Confederates to fire. He sent supply ships carrying guns, ammo, and troops to reinforce Fort Sumter - if they let him get away with that, the Confederacy would have had no legitimacy as a nation. Lincoln knew the South would have to fire, either on the ships or on Sumter. He explicitly said so to Gustavus Fox, commander of the "relief" squadron sent to Sumter. In addition, the death toll of the Sumter attack was exactly 1 horse. Lincoln responded by launching an invasion that cost 600,000 soldiers and heaven knows how many civilians.
Oh, no, trust me, I wouldn't forget about the M-14. I would LOVE to own the M1A (civilian version of the M-14, for all the non-gun lovers) - it's the definition of power and accuracy.
