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Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:04 pm
by shyboy
Was recently in siem reap ( cambodia) for a holiday.I remembered reading somewhere that tourists can shoot assault weapons there.Upon asking the guide,we were taken to the army camp nearby where they had a shooting range. we were handed a MEnU card with rates for shooting different types of assault weapons including a Gattling gun.
I selected the M16 and AK47 ( 30 rounds each ) for 90$ in total.
The M16 was an absolute pleasure to shoot. the recoil is very marginal.The Ak47 was also easy to shoot but I was issued protective glasses B4 shooting it .
All in, it was a real thrill.
After shooting, I was asked whether I wanted to throw a grenade.
I declined,am no Rambo.
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:24 pm
by dev
Hi,
Did you go full auto? Semi makes the bullets last longer though. Got pics?
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:22 pm
by m24
Nice. Got any pics??
Regards
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:04 pm
by shyboy
Was so unlucky that my batteries had died out.
got one on a phone though. will try and upload it.
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:25 pm
by HSharief
As someone already asked before, did you shoot full auto or semi ?
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:20 am
by Sakobav
shyboy wrote: I wanted to throw a grenade.
I declined,am no Rambo.
Smart thing to do ...congrats on trying the guns out
Cheers
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:11 pm
by shyboy
It did not have a full auto setting. I did squeeze off a few 3 round bursts before my mag ran out.
I was on top of the world for a few days after this
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:08 pm
by amer4545
What was the target distance? and which weapon was more accurate.
M16 is a great weapon in terms of accuracy but in terms of power AK rules - Your impression.
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:08 pm
by shyboy
If i am not mistaken,AK is 7.62 ammo whereas m16 is smaller.Nato std 5 .5 mm ( think so )
Bound to make a diff. the target was about 100 ft away.did not compare the accuracy though.
Re: Shoot M16 in Cambodia
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:50 pm
by MoA
amer4545 wrote:What was the target distance? and which weapon was more accurate.
In terms of accuracy the M-16 will probably run rings around the AK. The later is built with fairly loose tolerances, and is an area suppression weapon.
The 7.62x39 is an intermediate round, and per se is not that powerful. The typical 7.62x39 round shoots a 122 grain bullet at about 2200 fps. Not particularly powerful either with the typical mil spec ammo delivering approximated 1500 ft/lbs of energy.