AK 47 Show and Tell

[IUKalash429]

Looks like mostly matching, other than at least the top cover. That always helps a bit with value.

 

[DadSmith]

Looks like mostly matching, other than at least the top cover. That always helps a bit with value.

If i ever get into the market for an AK again I'm definitely going by what you have posted.
I've learned a lot from you about different AK rifles. Last AK I had was an underfolder Russian milled receiver that dated IIRC 1952. I had 6 original Russian 30rd magazines also. I no longer have it anymore. Everything was matching except the dust cover.
My gunsmith used a stamped receiver and basically slide the front and back into the stamped receiver.
The atf cut was around the mag well he cut away what needed to get it done, and left most of the original milled receiver intact. He did an incredible job.
The only place it wasn't milled was the mag well area. The magazine snapped into the milled part on front and rear of the magazine.
It's hard to describe.
You would have to have seen it to understand and seen the quality job he did. It ran as hard as you wanted, and never missed a beat. The kit was in very good condition.
That is another one I kick myself for getting rid of.
It was accurate too. On a rest with Golden Tiger it shot 2" groups at 100yds.
A guy I'm acquainted with offered a large amount for it about 6 months into Bidiot's presidency. I sold it, and I wish I could get it back.

 

[IUKalash429]

@DadSmith I am always happy to chat about these things and help in any small way I can, so please don't be a stranger if you decide to dip your toes back into these guns. Thanks for your kind words.

And your AK sounds nothing short of awesome. 1952 would make it a Type 2 AK-47, and if the parts were matching that would be among the earliest generation of underfolding stocks produced by the Soviets. Very cool piece of history. Just curious - was the barrel original? Do you recall if yours was a former PLO parts kit?

 

[DadSmith]

@DadSmith I am always happy to chat about these things and help in any small way I can, so please don't be a stranger if you decide to dip your toes back into these guns. Thanks for your kind words.

And your AK sounds nothing short of awesome. 1952 would make it a Type 2 AK-47, and if the parts were matching that would be among the earliest generation of underfolding stocks produced by the Soviets. Very cool piece of history. Just curious - was the barrel original? Do you recall if yours was a former PLO parts kit?

Yep it was a parts kit I bought in the early 90's. Everything was original. Except for the dust cover. All matching.
I'll contact the guy who bought it and see if he'll send me a picture to post up.

 

[indyk]

ohh my look what I found!!
No more mag collecting, im actually gonna u$e this one…..

 

[IUKalash429]

ohh my look what I found!!
No more mag collecting, im actually gonna u$e this one…..
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Nice! Is that one of the recent runs of OD green from K-VAR?

That might be the crispest ((10)) stamp I've ever seen.

 

[indyk]

Nice! Is that one of the recent runs of OD green from K-VAR?

That might be the crispest ((10)) stamp I've ever seen.

Yes sir, they are a bit darker than they appear here and on the Kvar site. I sold one if my c10’s in 7.62 and picked this up.

Arsenal Circle 10 Factory Original OD Green AK Magazine 30 Round 5.56x45mm

AK-74 Magazine 5.56x45 Caliber 30 Round, Circle 10 "Waffle Pattern", OD Green Reinforced Polymer. Original Arsenal Bulgaria

www.k-var.com

 

[Angrysauce]

While we're on the topic of mags, here is a side by side of two Ak-103 copies.
KUSA on the left, AC Unity on the left. Overall KUSA feels much better quality and the reinforcements are more ferrous (presumably stronger).

 

[NyleRN]

Yep it was a parts kit I bought in the early 90's. Everything was original. Except for the dust cover. All matching.
I'll contact the guy who bought it and see if he'll send me a picture to post up.

Bet you still wished you had it. That gun right now would fetch some nice coin

 

[DadSmith]

Bet you still wished you had it. That gun right now would fetch some nice coin

Yep sure do. One of my regrets.
I did get a good price out of it but now I wish I had it back.

 

[d.kaufman]

Another one I recently acquired

 

[IUKalash429]

Another one I recently acquired

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What are we looking at here, besides no cleaning rod?

 

[IUKalash429]

I snagged a lot of crusty but functional BFPU surplus mags that have some stories to tell. A few look like they were hit with shrapnel, but this Russian bakelite mag definitely caught my attention - free of rust, full of sand on the inside, and burned to hell on the outside. Finish on the metal parts is pretty much down to bare steel, so God only knows where this thing traveled or what stuff it saw before winding up in my simp hands. Speaking of, here it is right after disassembly and a rubbing of CLP:

 

[d.kaufman]

What are we looking at here, besides no cleaning rod?

This is the info that came with.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Ordered Christmas self-present Galil ACE . . . and now we wait. Lol.

Will have photo when it comes in (right, when, not if, right?)

 

[IUKalash429]

Ordered Christmas self-present Galil ACE . . . and now we wait. Lol.

Will have photo when it comes in (right, when, not if, right?)

Gen 2, I presume? What caliber?

And isn't it technically a Hanukkah present? That's what I'm gonna tell my wife, anyway, when I buy eight more of them for me us.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Gen 2, I presume? What caliber?

And isn't it technically a Hanukkah present? That's what I'm gonna tell my wife, anyway, when I buy eight more of them for me us.

7.62X39. Gen 2, yes.

Hanukkah? Maybe, but it may be Hanukkah 5784. Have been waiting. Which is OK, I have other stuff is get sorted out. Spent Sunday chasing zeros, lol.

 

[IUKalash429]

I've been goofing with modern AKs too much lately, but still have lots of love for the basics. So here's a Romanian PM md. 90 - built with a numbers-matching Sadu parts kit on a Recreator md. 90 receiver serialized to the kit. Romy trainer mag rounds it all out rather nicely.

 

[OakRiver]

I snagged a lot of crusty but functional BFPU surplus mags that have some stories to tell. A few look like they were hit with shrapnel, but this Russian bakelite mag definitely caught my attention - free of rust, full of sand on the inside, and burned to hell on the outside. Finish on the metal parts is pretty much down to bare steel, so God only knows where this thing traveled or what stuff it saw before winding up in my simp hands. Speaking of, here it is right after disassembly and a rubbing of CLP:

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Syrian surplus?

 

[IUKalash429]

Syrian surplus?

Maybe! Who knows. Or Afghanistan, or Egypt. Or hell, Panama City Beach?

Half a story is sometimes better than the whole truth, and we'll never know where these things came from. But it's interesting to imagine.