AK help needed.

[Bowling_R]

I appreciate all the responses, and there are some very good points being made,
But I like to tinker with things, I like saving guns from bad homes....lol......and this one has character.....I have other store bought AKs so having something to shoot isn't an issue..
I just for some reason like THIS one....can't explain it....don't know why....I hope it all works out.
I think I might source my own reciever and build this myself....at least take a crack at it..
"These things are build in mud huts in 3rd world countries.....how hard can it be."sarcasm".

 

[IUKalash429]

It really is the golden age of AKs in the US.

I'd argue the golden age of AKs here was back when a WASR still cost $500, parts kits from just about every former combloc nation were plentiful, Saigas and VEPRs weren't banned, 7N6 was still coming in by the cargo ship load, and Arsenal SLR and SGL rifles could still be bought for about a grand ... but I do fully agree there's a lot of great options available today. You just need a lot of gold to buy them!

And yeah, kits (especially rough ones) are usually ill advised for most newcomers. Not to mention Yugo-pattern guns follow different rules than most AKMs. That's why I generally recommend a WASR for a first AK, but even those things are hard to come by these days and pushing four figures.

 

[kawtech87]

I'd argue the golden age of AKs here was back when a WASR still cost $500, parts kits from just about every former combloc nation were plentiful, Saigas and VEPRs weren't banned, 7N6 was still coming in by the cargo ship load, and Arsenal SLR and SGL rifles could still be bought for about a grand ... but I do fully agree there's a lot of great options available today. You just need a lot of gold to buy them!

And yeah, kits (especially rough ones) are usually ill advised for most newcomers. Not to mention Yugo-pattern guns follow different rules than most AKMs. That's why I generally recommend a WASR for a first AK, but even those things are hard to come by these days and pushing four figures.

That is all true. And I wish all that was still so.

 

[snorko]

I'd choose one solid kit built M70AB2 for $1,200 over two $600 PSA GF3s 100% of the time.

(looks over at the GF3 and GF5 AKs that finally got delivered, a single tear rolls down cheek)

 

[IUKalash429]

(looks over at the GF3 and GF5 AKs that finally got delivered, a single tear rolls down cheek)

You do you, man! It they both work fine, more power to you.

 

[arbitrary]

Those old Yugos are stouter than other akm’s because they were built to be grenade launchers. I built one and it was much harder than the romie’s and bulgie. Otherwise a great rifle.