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RE: Why I Think Reloading the AK47 “Underhanded” is Douchey!
I hear you...the AK47 was designed for left-handed shooting, were it not for the small detail of the casing ejector being on the wrong side, doh! The way that the rifle is designed lends itself to holding the AK's hand-guard with your left hand, then letting your right hand do all the work (ie. mag change, charging).
I hate the underhand thing not only because it's the Avril Lavigne douchebag method, but also because the left hand is slow and clumsy for right-handed shooters. Letting your strong hand do the work is a much more confident, reliable method -- a style that's superior to deploy when under a real-world shooting situation.
If one is properly firing the weapon, the casing ejection is fine. I don't get hit in the face. Just gotta maintain a good cheek to stock weld and your face will stay clear of the ejection port.
While I agree on how it was designed, that doesn't make it the best way to use it. The Soviet doctrine of the time was also to pretty much hip fire it on full auto while moving forward....not the best choice on todays battlefield.
Any righty changing the mag with their right hand is simply doing it wrong. It's bad enough the time it takes doing a combat reload....but if one is doing a tactical reload their strong hand should NEVER come off the pistol grip/trigger.
It's more confident for people that do not train. Train as you fight, put in the training time, maximize the possibilities of the weapon and operator.