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A testament to the AK
Author: Jeriah Robert Hildwine	©	April 19, 2000 at 07:01:00

I own a MAADI Misr post-ban; yes, the "cheap piece of $300
crap"

many of you have dismissed as a "Misr-able" piece of junk. I, for one,

love this weapon, as it is a virtual duplicate of the
Soviet AKM.

Recently, I had an experience which serves, I think, to
justify my faith in this weapon, and serves also as a
testament to Mikhail's

genius. I was out shooting with by brother and father, and we

were shooting, among other things, both my Bushmaster
XM-15E2S

"Shorty" and my Maadi. Well, my brother was firing the Maadi, and at

one point the rifle fired with a distinctly weak recoil and
different sound,

and failed to extract. At first I feared a dud cartridge and possibly

a bullet stuck in the barrel, but by sliding a cleaning rod
down the

barrel I was able to dislodge the case. Upon examining the case I found

that is was split almost the entire length of the case, and
further, the neck appeared strangely elongated...it was,
however, upon examining the head of the case that the
nature of the problem was revealed.

All the ammo we were using was Wolf

steel cased. As most of you know, both the 5.56mm and 7.62mm

Wolf cartridges are lacquered green, making it difficult to
tell the

rounds apart at a quick glance. (Many of you, at this point, see where
this is going...) The case which I had extracted from my 7.62mm Maadi
was a 5.56mm case! I had somehow loaded a 5.56mm round into
my Maadi magazine, and the weapon had fired the round! Due, I suppose,

to the smaller diameter of the 5.56mm bullet, the round was
fired

with, I imagine, rather low velocity, and thus the lack of recoil. The

smaller case size explains, perhaps, the failure to
extract.

However, no harm came to the weapon, and after field
stripping and examining the weapon, we continued firing it
for the rest of

the day without incident. Truly, a remarkable design!

Anyone interested in seeing a hi-res scanned image of the
case, which is truly a sight to behold, email me,
jeriah@hotmail.com, and I will send it to you.

-JR Hildwine

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Re: A testament to the AK Mike Garcia 01:02:00 4/20/2000 (0)
Re: Once in a lifetime? or Where did I put those reading galsses? AKEXPERT 23:25:49 4/19/2000 (1)
- Some expert I can't even type the word 'glasses' AKEXPERT 23:29:39 4/19/2000 (0)
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> I own a MAADI Misr post-ban; yes, the "cheap piece of $300 > crap" > > many of you have dismissed as a "Misr-able" piece of junk. I, for one, > > love this weapon, as it is a virtual duplicate of the > Soviet AKM. > > Recently, I had an experience which serves, I think, to > justify my faith in this weapon, and serves also as a > testament to Mikhail's > > genius. I was out shooting with by brother and father, and we > > were shooting, among other things, both my Bushmaster > XM-15E2S > > "Shorty" and my Maadi. Well, my brother was firing the Maadi, and at > > one point the rifle fired with a distinctly weak recoil and > different sound, > > and failed to extract. At first I feared a dud cartridge and possibly > > a bullet stuck in the barrel, but by sliding a cleaning rod > down the > > barrel I was able to dislodge the case. Upon examining the case I found > > that is was split almost the entire length of the case, and > further, the neck appeared strangely elongated...it was, > however, upon examining the head of the case that the > nature of the problem was revealed. > > All the ammo we were using was Wolf > > steel cased. As most of you know, both the 5.56mm and 7.62mm > > Wolf cartridges are lacquered green, making it difficult to > tell the > > rounds apart at a quick glance. (Many of you, at this point, see where > this is going...) The case which I had extracted from my 7.62mm Maadi > was a 5.56mm case! I had somehow loaded a 5.56mm round into > my Maadi magazine, and the weapon had fired the round! Due, I suppose, > > to the smaller diameter of the 5.56mm bullet, the round was > fired > > with, I imagine, rather low velocity, and thus the lack of recoil. The > > smaller case size explains, perhaps, the failure to > extract. > > However, no harm came to the weapon, and after field > stripping and examining the weapon, we continued firing it > for the rest of > > the day without incident. Truly, a remarkable design! > > Anyone interested in seeing a hi-res scanned image of the > case, which is truly a sight to behold, email me, > jeriah@hotmail.com, and I will send it to you. > > -JR Hildwine
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