The AK-47 is no more
spray and pray than THAT most glorious rifle ever made: The FN FAL 7.62mm S, L, FUCKING, R!
Hitting off a round that size even in quick-fire semi-auto probably isn't a good idea without shouldering it first. They do do folding stock AK's which are highly illegal as I understand it (and prolly a good reason for that), and maybe something like that might be considered
spray and pray, but standard issue AK-47 not so much, even those newer rifles of that model that took the smaller ammo (5.56mm is it?) and then them going back to 7.62mm again, well, I think they are pretty accurate up to a coupla hundred metres or so. Hardly spray and pray. If you can fire one, you better shoulder it, and if you do that you better aim it.
And for the love of your right-hand wrist, do NOT try firing the motherfucker like in those hollwyood films.
Having said that.
For me the whole 'spray and pray' thing comes from notoriously innacurate Mach-10's and Tech-9's. Which really no one is going to try sighting to kill someone at 200M - but more short range shit where you couldn't smuggle in an AK or AR or SLR in to the room, so you don't need to sight, you just spray and pray. Get enough of your ducks in a row (see sitting targets) and pretty soon those weapons aren't so funny.
As I remember the AK is a pretty accurate rifle up to a point (probably wouldn't want to go over a few hundred metres though) - they even do a sniper version of it. An experienced shooter with a well callibrated version could cause a lot of chaos. For another hundred metres or more again than that. You really wouldn't want that round 'nipping' you in the head anyway, no matter what.
Even if the best looking battle rifle ever made is the SLR, it could be cumbersome due to its longish length, though they did do a shortened version for Speshul Forces to sneak around corners with. GLWT!
That is one round you don't want to get slotted in the head with!
DISCLAIMER:
I am that guy tonight. A truly sad internet sperg who has never fired a gun in his life, sperging out on the internetz, and talking shite, and being very very off thread.
I shall pick up the Webley Revolver from the Mess and do the right thing of course, chaps!
I may be gone for some time. Well, until the Port wears off anyway...
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