CLASS3NH

I ran my Shorty 16 with the 11.5 inch heavy BBL with a 75 round drum on full auto, and it got real hot real quick. i also ran my AK Polytec with a 75 round drum on full auto, and it stayed a LOT cooler than the M16.. Both were fired on full auto til they were empty

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AKsrule

You probably can't Melt an AK barrel with SemiAuto fire , but you
CAN toast it to the point where its not much better than a smoothbore.

I Think rapidly bumpfiring 6 or 7 mags might do it.

Most modern Military rifles have a cyclic rate of 600-800 rounds per minute. On a full auto weapon , continuous firing near the cyclic
rate will cause the barrel to fail rather quickly.

Sustained rate of fire (semi auto aimed fire ) is about
12-15 rounds per minute, and you can theoretically do this
all day without damaging your rifle.

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Illuminaughty

I was told it'd take about 10k rounds to toast your ak barrel.

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KenpoTex

any semi-auto will get hot...

you have a couple of options:

1. put a cheap rail forend (KDI and, I think, Tapco make them) on it so you can use a vertical fore-grip

-or-

2. just hold it by the receiver in front of the magazine. This works just dandy and it keeps your hand away from the barrel and gas-tube.

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BufordTJustice

I was in a local gun shack and saw/handled the new SIG 556 rifle. I noticed that the barrel on the SIG is just as small in diameter as most AKs that I've seen/shot, if not a little thinner. I suppose what's good enough for the 556 is good enough for an AK. I dont hear anybody complaining about 556 barrels getting too hot. Hmmm....just my $.02 after seeing that.

OPFOR

Again, it's no so much the barrels as it is the handguards. Most AK handguards get much hotter, much faster than most AR handguards. So, your options are to shoot slowly, buy aftermarket handguards/foregrips, or adjust your grip so that your support hand is on the mag well/receiver. Or, buy an AR. :)

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