Cambodian Miltiary firing range - M16, AK47 and Colt 45

[Fantascular]

With a little cleaning and a new spring and barrel, the M16 just might closely fire like the way it used to. As for the AK, it probably never saw maintenance in its life anyway, so it'd be nice for display purposes only, where people could look at it and say, "They don't make rifles like these anymore. Back then, you could mow down your targets in fully auto, so long as you could hit them and manage the recoil."

[AxisTheHunter]

i was just there

[jordyboy321]

how did you get to do this?

[themarine1701]

I've always tell peoples that AK sucks, and no one believe me.

[HeisW140]

@themarine1701 yeah the M16 was certainly nicer to use, though the guns were very old - so it would be good to have a well maintained M16 and AK47 to really give a good assessment... the M16 was lighter on the shoulder, but the AK47 seemed to have the power to drop anything in its way. The M16 was precision assault, the AK47 was extreme violence. Thats the only way I can compare the feeling of the two.

[1stMarineCapt]

@HeisW140 I hate AKs, and I love M16A1s. They certainly look nice with 30 rounds mag. Tips for the recoil: raise your pistol grip arm by 90 degrees up, hold it still, hold your breath, and blow the hell out of the target.

[SilentEagles]

@HeisW140

No M203 Grenade Launcher?

[HeisW140]

@SilentEagles There was a huge range of other weapons; grenade launchers, machine guns, hand grenades, pistols etc.... everything was more expensive than I had imagined for my minimal budget. A meal was less than a dollar but a Colt .45 and a full clip was about 30 bucks. I used the AK47, M16 and Colt .45 in under 20 minutes. 100 bucks plus. Plus I'd never held a gun in my life, and a 30 yr old badly maintained grenade launcher in inexpreienced hands just sounded potentially fatal.

[SilentEagles]

@HeisW140

You probably see M16A1, M14, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, CAR-15, M60, FN FAL, PK, RPK, RPD, DSHK, M2, M1919, AK-47, AKMS, Type 56 AK, RPG-7, RPG-2, Type 69 RPG, M1911A1, Makarov PM, TT-33, Uzi, M79, M203, M1917 revolver, HK 33, RGD-5, F1 HG, MP 40, Uzi, M67 Grenade, M61 Grenade, Mk 2 grenade, XM148, PPS-43, ppsh-41, SKS, MAT-49, Nagant M1895 revolver, Degtyarev DP, rg-42, and list go on. Many weapons in Cambodia are Russian, Chinese, American, French, German, and Australian.

[HeisW140]

@SilentEagles This place was actually a military base.... so the guns weren't toooo exotic.... if you are slightly more gung-ho, and have connections, the Khmer Rouge rebels who are hidden out in the backwaters have the bigger stockpiles and are less influenced by the law. Those are the guys that allow you to fire grenades at living cows etc... but at your own risk - they are unpredicatable and can just as easily kill you.

[SilentEagles]

@HeisW140

So does every weapons have a price? Which weapons could cost the most and also less price? You could give me the whole list of every each weapons that is cost about?

[HeisW140]

@SilentEagles Sorry bud... I was at the place for about 30 minutes 2 years ago. Can't honestly recall what else they had, and as it was the first and last time I had ever held a gun in my entire life, I wouldn't be able to tell you much else except they were gun shaped and went bang. I remember seeing a wall of AK47s. Prices were 30 bucks up to 1-200 depending on what it was and how hard it was to get hold of. Pistols were less, and grenade launchers and rocket launchers were high.

[h00dn1nja]

jams are due to the cheap bullets, i went to the other one near a kart track, where is this one located? thier pricing is much cheaper

[HeisW140]

@h00dn1nja cant remember now....

[james3765733]

you like try auto? yeh hahahaha

[RussianMB]

A. moafukin K. thats what im talking bout

[ashkuk1]

Hey,,that's look so cool..i also want to fire these weapons..how much they charge 4 dis,..my weight is 67kgs ..i've never fired any weapon in my life..could u tell me which one of dese is lightest and can be fired easily.

[HeisW140]

@ashkuk1

You buy magazines of bullets. i think the AK had 30 rounds, and was about $30 . Same for M16. The M16 was easy to use for a beginner I thought. It has less kick. The AK47 is designed in such a way that it hits your shoulder hard...much harder than the M16.Try an M16 first. If you look at the video, you can see that the AK47 pushes me back, and the instructor actually pushes onto my back to help me regain control. The M16 was no problem. Im 96KG so,..if the AK47 can push me back....

[KhmerTruth]

That's weird how the sparks came out of the ak. I shot the ak a couple of times there but never had that happen. Did you ask the guy with you that the spark thing is normal? Be careful! lol

[HeisW140]

I shot him a look, but h didnt say anything. The sparks were flying everywhere. It was unnerving

[Serpin43]

I am going again this Summer to help build some wells for running water. in Battambang

[HeisW140]

Good man. People like you really help the locals.

Good luck with that.

[Serpin43]

Thanks. Hope you enjoyed your stay.

[Serpin43]

No point really! I am a member of the NRA and served in the Marines. Just never thought about shooting there. Sorry I started talking about one thing and then another my apologies.

[HeisW140]

Oh, cool... I thought you were criticizing me. Yeah, it was interesting... I had never fired a gun before and wanted to just try it to see what it was like. I'm not much into guns at all though.

[M3taLLicARul3z]

cool vid and nice shooting