Comments by "LRRPFco52" (@LRRPFco52) on "Garand Thumb" channel.

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  27. I spent many years from 2005-2016 doing a lot of multi-day high volume courses in Finland, often with mixed attendance of AKs, Rks, and ARs, the occasional FNC, a Bushmaster ACR, shorty AKs from Arsenal, and a franken-74. During winter conditions in either Arctic or sub-arctic locations, it was usually -25° to -30°C (-13°F to -22° F). Not once did I ever see any of the hundreds of weapons experience surface moisture freezing like that. We just never let the rifles get into that state. Not once did any of the controls freeze-up that I can recall on any of the designs. What did fail? Interestingly, there were more malfunctions with AK variants than ARs during firing. Mostly FTExtract followed by double feed. That was always with Russian garbage steel case ammo. The Finnish military brass-cased ammo is of a quality similar to German and Swiss ammo. I've never seen an Rk92 or Rk95 malfunction, but they were typically fed brass-cased Finnish ammo. The AKs that malf'd were usually Arsenal out of Bulgaria. Polymers broke, especially my early gen MIAD grip and the toe of an aftermarket M4 waffle stock. One of the most reliable configurations was 11.5" AR set up as close to a TDP build as possible. The Finns kept very detailed records over the years of what types of malfunctions they experienced. They said AKs were about as reliable as low quality imitation AR-15s, namely Bushampsters. Rk62, Rk92, and Rk95 had the highest reliability, followed by TDP-compliant AR-15s. Then AKs and Bushampster AR-15s.
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