Re: Which AK should I buy
Excellent info Mojo! As they say; feed a man a fish and you've got a cat on the back-porch, teach a man to fish and he stays out of the line at the Friday fish-frys...
Let me climb on and post some links. Helps to answer "what country made my Romy WASR" questions...
IMHO, the BEST AK forum on net, has subforums for all the major AK varients, PSLs, SKS, AND - a WASR22 subforum:
http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/index.php
Another great AK forum, also has country-specific subforums:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/board.html?b=4
A Romy AK-specific site for background info on WUMs, CURs, SARs, ROMAKs, WASRs;
http://www.novarata.net/Linx310/model.htm
SAIGA site;
http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?....saiga-12.com/
AK-derived VALMET site;
http://www.valmet.org/forum/
VALMET-derived Galil subforum;
http://www.uzi-world.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=77
Best SKS site! Good for those "will this hi-cap mag work in my SKS" questions, with subforums for the major SKS varients - and an AK subforum too;
http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php
Drag and PSL site;
http://www.dragunov.net/
1/17/2012 - another AK site...
http://allak47.com/
1/17/2012 - good CHICOM AK history sites...
http://chicom47.com/
http://akfortyseven.wordpress.com/category/chinese/
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RaisedByWolves
Not this shit again.:D
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Ba-bum-bump!
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Some good info in this thread! I'm gonna pin it in hopes that more complete information will follow! ;)
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Added some more info about receivers.
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Hey all, I'm new to the forum. I personally own an AK47c from inter ordnance or AKM. I cut the barrel down, re-crowned it and threaded it for AR-15 threads, put a 5 1/2 inch flash hider on there and spot welded it to make it a legal 16"...actually 17" just so no b/s. Added a DPMS folding stock and ergo grip is on it's way. Knocked the front sight off and used a gas block front sight. Also removed the rear sight and used a Tech-sight. Still waiting for samson to get the rear sight optics rail for my bushnell trophy. I LOVE IT !!! Also have to swap the galil style handguradds out jsut not sure what i want to go with yet. Next I have a Polish Tantal in 5.45 that i am going to customize, probably with a quad rail for lack of upper handguards for them. replace front sight as on the 47 and shave some off the barrel and extend it with a flash hider also. Also going with the dog leg rear sight for this one, would have on the 47 also but had to cut the rear tang off. Actually does anyone know of a GOOD replacement stock for AK's...NOT tapco...i dislike most of there furniture, hope not to offend anyone tho. I was thinking a Galil style stock, the steel folding ones, any ideas i'm pretty open and it would be MUCH appreciated.
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Not being familiar with AKs, this sounds like great information for somebody considering collecting them.
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mojo
Before buying or asking which AK you should buy please review the following info. This will help the membership here give you a better answer.
What purpose is this purchase going to fill?
- Defensive
- Just shooting/plinking
- Collecting
Do you have other carbines in your collection?
I see no guidance whatsoever in this thread for choosing an AK based on these considerations. And I think that choosing an AK based on these considerations is probably what most people are looking for.
Also, I don't understand all the pre-ban/post-ban stuff. Are you talking about GCA 1968? You mention pre-ban being available in AWB ban states, and nothing imported after the "ban." AWB is over, I would think imports would be restored now with the exception of GCA1968. Can you please clarify which "ban" you are talking about?