在各位枪迷心中一直都存在着永无休止的关于AK系列和AR系列哪个更好的争论，从互联网上到枪械商店中几乎每天都有人为这个问题互相发泄怒气或酸溜溜地挖苦对方。这个问题使父子成仇，好友反目……行，你抓住要点了。本文作者的观点是，每个枪族无疑都有优点和缺点，并且我没法指出哪个是“最好的”。作为一个爱着所有枪械，尤其是AK系列和AR系列的人，我想我最好传授一些这些年来我从研究这些完全不同的武器中所汲取的知识。作为奖励，我会添加一些关于另一阵营中最受喜爱的枪族的私货，仅仅是因为现在它们非常流行且我经常接触。以下是为了给在辩论中打起来的人们以参考的，一些不偏不倚的、平衡的、未经污蔑的关于AK、AR与莫辛·纳甘（偷懒的时候会简写成MN）的知识。
如果你有一支AK，你应知道：
如果你有一支AR-15，你应知道：
如果你有一支莫辛·纳甘，你应知道：
——即使你从不保养它，它也能工作。你永远不用保养。
——你要用每盎司9美元的特制无洗涤剂特氟龙合成润滑油保养它。
——它上一次保养是在1945年的柏林。
——你能用它在谷仓里面击中其侧壁。
——你能用它在离谷仓600 米处击中其侧壁。
——你能用它在两个村子开外的地方击中农场。
——给它买便宜的弹匣很有意思，把两个绑在一起做成双联弹匣更有意思。
——从黑市上买来的廉价铝制弹匣会熔化，更何况AR的散热一直很差劲……
——什么是弹夹？
——你开保险的声音能在300米外被听到。.
——你能在手指搭在扳机上的情况下静悄悄地翻开保险。
——什么是保险？
——你的刺刀是把不错的剪线钳。
——你的刺刀实际上是一把完美的牛排餐刀。
——你的刺刀比你的腿还长。
——当弹药耗尽时，你的步枪会成为名义上的棒子。
——当弹药耗尽时，你的步枪会成为很棒的维弗勒棒球棒。
——当弹药耗尽时，你的步枪会成为优秀的战棍、长矛、船桨、帐篷支柱或柴火。
——你能在12英寸厚的橡木板上打出一个0.30英寸的洞，前提是你得打中。
——你能在100米外把30发子弹打进纸靶子的同一个洞中。
——你能用子弹在弹道上产生的冲击波震倒其他所有人的靶子
——你的步枪上有条便宜的尼龙背带。
——你的步枪上有套最近款式的9点式匿迹战术悬挂系统。
——你的步枪上有条狗链。
——后坐力是可承受的，甚至是有趣的。
——什么是后坐力？
——后坐力常被用于将上次射击时被后坐力震脱臼的肩膀复位。
——你的表尺调在“10”档上且你从不烦神去移动它。
——你的表尺以角分为最小单位递增。
——你的表尺调在12哩处且你已经确实试射过了。
——你的步枪在世界范围内被任何两位数GDP国家的极度文盲应征兵用于对抗精英部队。
——你的步枪在世界范围内被精英部队用于对抗任何两位数GDP国家的极度文盲应征兵。
——你的步枪与它自己斗争且每次都赢了。
——你的步枪赢得了一些革命。
——你的步枪赢得了冷战。
——你的步枪赢得了撑杆跳比赛和标枪比赛。
——你买它花了350美元。
——你买它花了900美元。
——你买它花了59.95美元。
——你成箱购买廉价弹药。
——你深情地一发发地装填精密制造的弹药。
——你把你的弹药从乌克兰一个农民的田里挖出来而且它状态良好。
——你可以装好刺刀后恫吓你的仇家。
——你的仇家在你上刺刀时大笑。
——你可以在不离开你的安乐窝的情况下用刺刀捅死河对岸的仇家（因为它太长了……）
——保质期，50年，搞不好会更长一些。
——保质期，40年，搞不好会更短一些。
——保质期，100年，且延续。
——帮它更改子弹口径不如买把新枪容易。
——帮它更改子弹口径只需推出一对销钉再换上一个新的上机匣。
——你相信没有真正的男人敢冒被朋友嘲笑的风险提起除了7.62 X 54mm子弹还有别的什么玩意儿。
——你可以用一柄大锤和一记飞踢修好它。
——你在有认证的技师那儿以维修它。它可是有保修的！
——如果坏了，买把新的。
——你认为把它的木制护手打得起火是一项荣誉……
——你认为打出一组0.5 MOA下的射弹散布是一项荣耀。
——你认为在没有2 X 4瞄准镜的帮助下5发全中是一项荣耀(毕竟现代人用老式步枪总是不习惯的嘛……)
——行军一整天后，你看《赤色黎明》来放松。
——行军一整天后，你看《黑鹰坠落》来放松。
——行军一整天后，你看《脊椎指压治疗师》来放松。
——保养完后，你有来一大口伏特加的强烈冲动。
——保养完后，你有来些热狗和苹果派的强烈冲动。
——保养完后，你有来些中东式烤肉串的强烈冲动，因为刺刀可以用来烤肉串，而枪身可以当柴火……
——你可以加上新的制退器或漂亮的枪托。
——枪的附件比你的枪贵8倍。
——附件是个装着有趣液体的小白铁罐，但它被埋在布达佩斯某处一间公寓下。（防锈油泪流满面……）
——它的表面涂有油光漆和涂料。
——它的表面涂有特氟龙和高技术聚合物。
——它的表面涂有低级虫胶漆、防腐蚀剂和奥加尔的脚趾甲。
——你的妻子忍耐着你装在相框里的米哈伊尔·卡拉什尼科夫的亲笔签名照。
——你的妻子忍耐着你装在相框里的尤金·斯通纳的亲笔签名照。
——你不能确定那时有没有照相机能给谢尔盖·莫辛拍照。
【附 英文原文。。。】
Stuff you know if you own an AK-47, AR-15, or Mosin Nagant
AK – It works though you have never cleaned it. Ever.
AR – You have $9 per ounce, special non-detergent synthetic Teflon-infused oil for cleaning
MN – It was last cleaned in Berlin in 1945
There’s more like this behind the cut…
AK – You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from inside
AR – You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from 600m
MN – You can hit the farm from two counties over
AK – Cheap mags are fun to buy
AR – Cheap mags melt
MN – What’s a mag?
AK – Your safety can be heard 300m away
AR – You can silently flip off the safety with your finger on the trigger
MN – What’s a safety?
AK – Your rifle comes with a cheap nylon sling
AR – Your rifle has a 9 point stealth tactical suspension system
MN – Your rifle has dog collars
AK – Your bayonet makes a good wire cutter
AR – Your bayonet is actually a pretty good steak knife
MN – Your bayonet is longer than your leg.
AK – You can put a .30″ hole through 12″ of oak, if you can hit it
AR – You can put one hole in a paper target at 100m with 30 rounds
MN – You can knock down everyone else’s target just from the shock wave of your bullet going downrange
AK – When out of ammo, your rifle will nominally pass as a club
AR – When out of ammo, your rifle makes a great whiffle bat
MN – When out of ammo, your rifle makes a supreme war club, pike, boat oar, tent pole, or firewood.
AK – Recoil is manageable, even fun
AR – What’s recoil?
MN – Recoil often used to relocate shoulders thrown out by the previous shot.
AK – Your sight adjustment goes to ’10’, and you’ve never bothered moving it
AR – Your sight adjustment is incremented in fractions of minute of angle
MN – Your sight adjustment goes to 12 miles and you’ve actually tried it
AK – Your rifle can be used by any two bit nation’s most illiterate conscripts to fight elite forces worldwide
AR – Your rifle is used by elite forces worldwide to fight two bit nations most illiterate conscripts
MN – Your rifle has fought against itself and won every time
AK – Your rifle won some revolutions
AR – Your rifle won the cold war
MN – Your rifle won a pole vault event
AK – You paid $350
AR – You paid $900
MN – You paid $59.95
AK – You buy cheap ammo by the case
AR – You lovingly reload precision crafted rounds one by one.
MN – You dig your ammo out of a farmer’s field in Ukraine and it works just fine.
AK – You can intimidate your foe with the bayonet mounted
AR – Your foes laugh when you mount your bayonet
MN – You can bayonet your foe on the other side of the river without leaving the comfort of your hole.
AK – Service life, 50 years
AR – Service life, 40 years
MN – Service Life, 100 years
AK – It’s easier to buy a new rifle when you want to change cartridge sizes
AR – You can change cartridge sizes with the push of a couple of pins and a new upper
MN – You believe no real man would dare risk the ridicule of his friends if he suggests there is anything but 762x54R
AK – You can repair your rifle with a big hammer and a swift kick
AR – You can repair your rifle by taking it to a certified gunsmith, it’s under warranty!
MN – If your rifle breaks, you buy a new one
AK – You consider it a badge of honor when you get your handguards to burst into flames
AR – You consider it a badge of honor when you shoot a sub-MOA 5 shot group
MN – You consider it a badge of honor when you cycle 5 rounds without the aid of a 2×4 or rubber mallet
AK – After a long day at the range you relax by watching “Red Dawn”
AR – After a long day at the range you relax by watching “Blackhawk Down”
MN – After a long day at the range you relax by visiting the chiropractor
AK – After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for a stiff shot of Vodka
AR – After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for hotdogs and Apple Pie
MN – After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for shishkabob
AK – You can accessorize your rifle with a new muzzle brake or a nice stock set
AR – Your rifle’s accessories are eight times more valuable than your rifle
MN – Your rifle’s accessory is a small tin can with a funny lid, but its buried under an apartment building somewhere in Budapest
AK – Your rifle’s finish is varnish and paint
AR – Your rifle’s finish is Teflon and high tech polymers
MN – Your rifle’s finish is low grade shellac, cosmoline and Olga’s toe nails.
AK – Your wife tolerates your autographed, framed picture of Mikhail Kalashnikov
AR – Your wife tolerates your autographed, framed picture of Eugene Stoner
MN – You’re not sure there WERE cameras to photograph Sergei Mosin
AK – Late at night you sometimes have to fight the urge to hold your rifle over your head and shout “Wolverines!”
AR – Late at night you sometimes have to fight the urge to clear your house, slicing the pie from room to room.
MN – Late at night, you sometimes have to fight the urge to dig a fighting trench in the yard to sleep in.