Re: AK-47 Operation Question

[Gurth <Gurth@xxxxxxxxx>]

According to Jeff Pawlowski, on Wed, 17 Apr 2002 the word on the street was...

> True or False:  The charging handle can only be pulled back if the weapon
> is in Auto (middle position) or Semi (lower position).  You cannot pull
> back the charging handle if the weapon is in Safe (upper, unmarked
> position).

Partly true. The safety/fire selector blocks the last centimeter or so of 
movement of the bolt handle (and thereby the bolt, as the two are fixed 
together), so that you can pull it back to check if the chamber is empty, but 
it can't go back far enough to strip a round from the magazine.

> True or False:  The selector positions are identical for the AK-74. 
> Upper = Safe, Middle = Auto, Lower = Semi.

AFAIK, this is true.

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