PSA Type 56 Clone? What Say INGO?

[Kirk Freeman]

PSA begins its march to market share and releases its clone of the Norinco/Polytech/Clayco Type 56.

$1,100 MSRP.

The New Palmetto State Armory Type 56 Spiker Clone -

Teased at Shot 2022 the PSA Spiker is available for sale on their website, featuring many clone correct parts including a folding triangle spike bayonet

www.thefirearmblog.com

(Still to come for this year from PSA H&R clone of its M16A1)

 

[DoggyDaddy]

It looks like the love child of an AK and an SKS.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Other than being over twice the highest acceptable price, it's pretty cool.

 

[snorko]

Not buying a Chinese double underfolder prior to them being banned is one of my biggest gun regerts. If they make one I will make bad decisions.

 

[Colt556]

Looks like the Polytech I bought Pre 86 for $395! I sure wish I’d kept it!! I still have the under folder though. I’d like to see one

 

[DadSmith]

PSA begins its march to market share and releases its clone of the Norinco/Polytech/Clayco Type 56.

$1,100 MSRP.

The New Palmetto State Armory Type 56 Spiker Clone -

Teased at Shot 2022 the PSA Spiker is available for sale on their website, featuring many clone correct parts including a folding triangle spike bayonet

www.thefirearmblog.com

(Still to come for this year from PSA H&R clone of its M16A1)



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If it had a milled receiver for that price I'd be interested. According to the article it's 1.5mm stamped receiver.

 

[BigRed]

I like the bayonet

 

[indyjohn]

IANAAKG. That being said, contrary to what many here would say, I don't believe PSA would bring to market an offering like this that was less than par for the platform (historically). Those guys have to be aware of how and where they've disappointed their client base in the past and would endeavor to not repeat past mistakes. Right??

As for the price, we live (by choice) in a free market system. So, they believe there are consumers out there that will pay that price for the privilege of ownership. The only question I see here is - are you one of those consumers?

 

[JRR85]

Folks will snap them up. It’s just a little more than I want to pay for the “novelty” of it. I already have a few nice AKs so not to high on my list.

 

[Squid556]

Not the AK that I want personally… but I am really happy to see how much effort PSA is putting into the AK market. So many good options there now. Reviews seems mostly good. Would rather spend the money for American jobs than something foreign anyway.

 

[IUKalash429]

I say no.

 

[KokomoDave]

Marketing hype. I call bullpoop!

 

[tcecil88]

I'd like to have one, but am more interested in the PSA H&R M16A1 Clone Kirk mentioned. I carried an H&R for years in the Guard.

 

[knutty]

I don't see the point of it. A commercial US built clone of a Chinese military rifle.....ok. Looks like they used an AKM profile barrel and not the Type 3 profile the Chinese used for their rifles. That alone bugs me enough to not be interested.

PSA should focus on fine tuning their existing rifles and QC instead of releasing new models every month.

 

[snapping turtle]

The wood is not correct.
In 1986 all the ones I saw in the crate were like below.
if your going to do it blue them nicely and bring on the double under folder.

 

[DadSmith]

I don't see the point of it. A commercial US built clone of a Chinese military rifle.....ok. Looks like they used an AKM profile barrel and not the Type 3 profile the Chinese used for their rifles. That alone bugs me enough to not be interested.

PSA should focus on fine tuning their existing rifles and QC instead of releasing new models every month.

But that goes against the new policy of most firearms manufacturers now days. The new policy is get it working decent enough for beta testing, and sell it and fix the problems after the customers find them. Then call it Gen 2 or 2.0 or some other identifier to show that this is the fixed version of the first beta. Welcome to the 2nd phase of the beta testing, and so on.

 

[ACC]

Pass. The further I get into collecting, the less I want clones

 

[Fallschirmjaeger]

The furniture looks good. If they sell the furniture separately, that might be a good option to upgrade Mak90s and other ban-era AKs with thumbhole stocks. Same with the folding bayonet- the Chinese stuff is unobtainium.

 

[Ark]

Not perfect, but pretty dope.

A lot of these kind of guns have become unobtainable to regular people, who wouldn't shoot them even if they could get one. A gun you can beat up sounds good to me.

Also PSA making bayonets is just great.

 

[indykid]

Considering that the pre-Bush1-ban Poly Tech AKS-762 is selling for $2000 and up, if the quality is there, that is not a bad price in current dollars.