AK Buyer's Guides

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>Magazines
https://thinlineweapons.com/wiki/index.php/AK_Mag_Buyers_Guide#Quality

>>65196277
Anti-semite rounds

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Am I welcome here?

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>>65196298
Nah m8, we only allow 7.62x39 Nikonovs.

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>>65196277
Neo-WASR

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>>65196268
Are you sure, man?
This thing genuinely smells like rank armpits and failed states.

>>65196375
NTA
Just leave it out in the open for a while, the smell will dissipate naturally, or to accelerate it sit it in a windowsill that gets light constantly throughout the day for like a week. If you do the sunlight thing, it might fade a bit so ymmv.
Otherwise if you really want to get rid of the smell, you could soak it in soapy water for like 20-30 minutes and then scrub it
Just don't let the leather loop get into the soap, it won't play along as well as the canvas.
It's just canvas, you can clean it like any piece of cloth.

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Ian's overview on AK-12
https://youtu.be/wCCPR0XRhUM?si=i0OW9z3eyEE49084

>>65196375
Yes. I had one that smelled like cigarettes, BO, and cheap cologne. Thars how I knew it was legit surplus.

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Hotta take my new 5.56 mutt out for a test fire. Last time I go with a part time builder, I doubt it'll be as good as the FEG 5.56 turned out

>>65196547
Issues? Or just long turnaround time.
Cool rifle nigga

>>65196103
What is bad about it? I have been on the fence on getting it or the Bonesteel stock.

>>65196375
Spray your perfume on it.

>>65196375
try vinegar

why the FUCK wont atlantic ship 10 round mags to california

Anyone get a Tabuk kit?

>>65196395
He's outside his expertise. Similar to his video on the AUG.

There's some absolutely amazing videos out there from Valgear on the gun as well as Brandon Mitchell.

What's most interesting to me is that they mention Russia mass issuing AP tungsten core ammo to their assaulters. Surprising they're able to tbqhwy.

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>>65197297
i've seen Brandon Mitchell's video, it's pretty good, i always like his videos. as for Vaalgear, i'd like to see his overview of the type 3 AK-12

How much would /akg/ pay for this SGL-21?

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1180403912

>>65196356
Super clean, ID on the magwell? Is that a clone AK-12 stock?

>>65197522
>SGL-21
It's the closet you could get to a 103 clone that is not parts kit or a burger copy, my max would be $1650, I'm aware it will never go that low.

>>65197587
NTA
You can buy that stock from Sureshot. It's $45.

Are the WASR-10’s they’re making today around the same quality of the ones from 10 years ago if I just want a descent range AK?

>>65197702
I hear they're actually better now. The older ones were notorious for wobbly magwells and canted sights

>>65197702
WASRs have been fine since ~2008.

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>>65196298
Would a civilian reproduction of these even be feasible? People would sell their kidney to get one, of course. But what about the technology/legality of it?

>>65197783
The whole concept and design of that gun revolves around the 2 round burst feature which would be unusable. It would be retarded

>>65197702
>>65197766
>>65197780
They are better. I have a 2018 WASR that is extremely solid and well built but completely pre-scratched and rougher uneven phosphate finish. The hammer pin and spring were installed very crooked with one end of the pin out of the hammer pin hole. It still ran perfectly like that. But I got a new 2024 WASR and it is much nicer. No scratches, nicer looking finish, everything installed correctly and straight.

>>65197783
>civilian reproduction
It's complicated to make > more expensive to make > startup company goes out of business. It's a classic cycle of someone a making a repro of niche gun.

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>>65197702
Wasr good. Ive got wasr10/63, wasr2, wasr3

Sar better still if you are ok dealing with gunbroker, i have sar1,2,3. Here's most of my romanians

>>65197587
Magwell is an aluminum one unsure of origin got it from a friend. It's pretty friggin sturdy and doesn't move at all, has a clip that pinches it inside the trigger guard.
Stock is as the other anon said, Sureshot AK-12 clone that'll fit a milspec buffer tube.

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>>65198482

>>65197587
>>65198482
>>65198489
Found it
https://ivantactical.com/shop/weapon-accessories/weapon-rails-and-tuning/magazine-extensions/bullet-ammunition-type-3-ak-magwell/

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>>65198374
fucking nice.

>>65198551
Romania best.

Also wasr3 vs sar3 bolts. I literally dont know why

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Meant to post

Do the Riley Defense “AK100” parts actually fit Saiga rifles? No experience with them.

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>>65198665
I wouldn't assume that they do. I can't speak for their 100 series parts, but when it comes to their Krink parts I do know that the barrel components are oversized to the point they won't work with any barrels besides the ones that Riely sells.

>>65196356
fake OKP gang

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>>65198374
So you're the reason I can't find a Romy wire folder.
Nice Romys, fren.

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shot my 250th SAM5 today finally. It's pretty gud, I think I am a permanent 556 AK convert at least until 762 drops below 50cpr again. Currently have an M85 and the SAM5, what other 556 AKs should I get? Thinkin Beryl if they bring back the full larp set for sale

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>>65199024
Gen 1 Galil Ace, especially if you can find one that’s been converted to take original Galil mags like picrel

>>65199038
already got one lol, but it's in 762 sadly, actually shot them both today and ngl I prefer the SAM5 and traditional AKs in general. Just more fun to run

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>AK
>shotgun AK
>submachine gun AK
>machine gun AK
>sniper AK
Why does Russia love AK so much?

>>65199268
>no dom-machine gun

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>>65198955
I have taken a few off the market no doubt but the real fuckery is buying crutch folders. This took me forever to source

>>65199268
>no belt fed AK in pic
>machine gun AK
where's that?
>SVD is not an AK
it should've been PSL but that's not russian :)

>>65199397
Looks like a photo of a "weapons cache" uncovered by police XD

>>65197522
Would a saiga converted in exactly the same manner be worth as much?

>>65199942
I honestly don't know, maybe the saiga route is better.

>>65197522
Personally would go over $2000, more than likely will sell for around $2400 + tax + shipping + tip + adoption fee

>>65199942
It’ll practically be the same thing if done correctly with correct parts but the “original” converted ones (yes they were still converted after entering the US) like the SGL demand a premium because they’re professionally done by a certain group and marked a certain way, literally.

>>65200460
>would go over
I meant I wouldn’t go over as in $2000 would be my absolute limit

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Thank you Xie Ping Ping, very cool!
The only giveaway that it's Chinese is the rangefinder: instead of the Russian/Belarusian comma (1,7m) it has a period (1.7m)

>>65196277
OP - Elven magazine glows in the presence of Orcs?

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>>65200468
>>65199942
A converted Saiga will always be worth less than an SGL despite being the same gun at its core.
Consider a BMW E30. Is an E30 M3 worth the same as an E30 316s upgraded with aftermarket parts that are more-or-less the same an M3? Of course not.

>>65200935
It’s about reputation, some small no-name builder could be as equally skilled and have equal quality to Jim Fuller but no way they can get away with charging as much.

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>>65200923
Cool. Looks like the same company that made my OKP. The packaging is the exact same. It even included a copy of the instructions in Russian.

How's the scope itself?

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>>65200932
If it was elvish, wouldn't it glow blue?

>>65201029
I would have guessed Elven blue as well but maybe Russian Elves had different magical color palettes?

>>65199935
I can't take pictures

>>65198374
Just wanted to say I love your collection bro.

>>65198955
If you need one badly you can use a wasr 10 paratroopers as a donor for the folder?

>>65196277
Is that a noxious halberd?

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>>65200991
I thought the same thing (I also have a knockoff OKP)
Light gathering looks good, eye relief is suspect but I think thats more related to the design of this optic in general rather than the country of origin. It's also why these rubber eye cups are so handy

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>>65201938

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The US AK market is so bad that I'm considering getting an airsoft AK instead of a real one.

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>>65201591
Thanks man. It takes time

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>>65203265
Buy an import. Buy yugo/serbian or Romanian and bulgarian for new stuff.
Go on gunbroker for older stuff.

Saying the market is bad means you arent paying attention and putting effort it.

>>65203265
As a cuckstater I empathize.
Won't be long now until WA bans airsoft and BB guns because of trans racism or something.

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>>65198374
Nice collection of Romanians

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>>65199024
M90!

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>>65203333 (Checked)
>>65203343
Milled MAK90? Factory 386?
Also pretty sage advice. The AK market is always kinda fucked so if you're just a surface level enthusiast, you're not really gonna find deals/cool shit. You gotta dig scrounge and scour to find shit
>I liken it to old school turtablists who "dig through the stacks" in a dingy record store basement to find the sample they're looking for vs just buying a record upstairs

>>65201938
What site? Got a link?

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>>65203945
I gotchu, 朋友

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808961265572.html?spm=a2g0n.productlist.0.0.379263f5oAOVER&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=bssyhsbwjescaaxc19e8b6afdde1591023b7f7a836&gclid=&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%2238%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%2C%22fromPage%22%3A%22search%22%7D&pdp_npi=6%40dis%21USD%21126.66%21107.66%21%21%21126.66%21107.66%21%402103128917804555053463363ea089%2112000048089241090%21sea%21US%216231286605%21X%211%210%21n_tag%3A-29919%3Bd%3A5a7b4305%3Bm03_new_user%3A-29895&algo_pvid=30c51853-9ee2-4034-bb3c-c837338ffe4a&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A%7Cx_object_id%3A1005009147580324%7C_p_origin_prod%3A

>>65204007
Thanks man! These look pretty good too. I need them to make a kashtan clone

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>>65204049
Wouldn't surprise me if one is being developed (reverse-engineered) desu.

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>>65204007
Fucking opsec 鬼佬

>>65204343
Could be worse, the first url I copied to post was from my own order.
Nothing blackpills your worldview of security than majoring in infosec.
t. infosec major.

>>65204007
Retard
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808961265572.html

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>>65197702
tfw my wasr was 10 years old 10 years ago

>>65203932
Yes sir 386
>>65204466
Needs green background

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>>65204755
Covered in cat hair.

>>65204802
Its so bizarre to me that the yugo rpk have 2 hole handguards vs everything else they made being 3 hole.

>>65204371
Unfortunately I have to shoot left due to a missing eye. How centered over the bore are these?

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>>65204823
The initial prototypes for the zastava rpk, the m65, had quick change barrels. It never got adopted, instead simplified into the m72. But they stuck with the same handguard design/length, among other things, for some reason. Maybe tooling was already set up for it

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>>65205527
Here's another photograph

Wish I bought a PKA Venezuela when they were $229 :(

>>65205846
I was THIS close to buying one of those $600 rguns matching tula akm kits years ago, but then I saw a non matching m70ab2 with ak builder barrel included for like 250, and bought it instead. Eh same thing right? Kicking myself over that.

>>65205846
I bought a upo1 when they were cheap and it sucks still. Obzor looks really nice

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>>65205846
One of my few good decisions

I'm working on rebuilding my AK in 300AAC ever since my Type 84-S exploded itself.
I cannot find for the life of me a vendor who stocks one.

Can an anon recommend me a vendor? I was looking at Vortakt.

>>65206235
A barrel? AK-Builder.
But you can't just come in here saying wild shit like "My Type 84-S exploded" without telling the story.

>>65204343
Track where they came from then.

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>>65204823
picked up this paratrooper wasr, it's really cool

>>65206259
I wonder how well a repro of that dong would sell.

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>>65206259
Nice bakelite dong. That alone is probably worth whatever you paid.

>>65206290
nta
his looks like a knockoff

>>65206319
It does look a little "off". But who's making knock offs of an obscure AK part? Airshitters?
All the AIMR airshit guns I could turn up have just a regular dong.
I need to find one, now I'm curious if they're as fragile as their real counterparts.

>>65206338
redditards love dongs (as expected) and will pay dumb amounts of money for new made ones for yugos and shit. so i'm sure someone does. ive seen wood "replicas" of the aims style one, so i imagine there's plastic ones out there

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>>65206243
>be me, left-handed retard
>shooting my Type-84S innadesert with PPU rangemaster 5.56
>suddenly
>face blasted with gas and spicy dust
>oh_fuck.jpg
>function check gun
>won't load rounds
>field strip, see pic related

Not pictured, but the front trunnion also cracked.
I haven't decided whether PPU sent me a spicy round or Chinese pot metal AK just reached it's natural conclusion but I sure am glad I didn't take any shrapnel to the face.

So I decided to disassemble and rebuild the whole thing.

I have checked AK-Builder but they don't have any 300AAC barrels in stock for AKs, I'll reach out to them to ask what's up.

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>>65206347
Another view of the fracture.
I couldn't find a good picture of where the trunnion broke since I checked it after pulling it out of the receiver recently but it had two missing chunks where it interlocked with the bolt.

>>65204466
>Bayos
>Rare mags
Sweet, ID on second from the left? Where you came across the bosnian mag?

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>>65206280
>>65206290
>>65206319
I was wondering that too, because it actually is a repro made out of wood. A REALLY good repro. I'm putting it up for sale if anyone wants it, how much do you think it would go for?

>>65206361
>trunnion broke
Ouch, that's gotta hurt, PPU has good track record I doubt it's the ammo.

>>65206361
>>65206347
That sucks I'm sorry your gun took a shit. Bad gun for it to happen to as well. Hard to say if it was the trunnion that failed or bad ammo, I'm more inclined to believe the latter but PPU usually is good. Could just call up Polytech and ask riiiiiight?

Anyway if you're on AKFiles hit up Obsteperous. He's made all kinds of barrels.

>>65206388
Put it up on ak files and see how much people bid for it

>>65206388
I'd say probably around $60-$80. You'd get more money selling it to redd*tors though. Do that on comblocmarket

>>65206394
i didn't know you can set up an auction on the files how do you do that?

>>65206399
You can't. Might catch a ban for trying too (boomer mods have no sense of humor either).
Best bet would be to list it high and accept offers.

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>>65206388
>how much do you think it would go for?
Given the going rates for repro dongs and the obscurity of the original, probably a nice chunk of change.
As others have said list it high and take offers.
>~$350 obo

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>N.O.S. furniture: worth $$$$
>value goes down the more wear it has, until you get to the point where it either has bullet holes or it looks like the previous owner was killed by flamethrower holding the gun
>then its worth $$$$ again
kinda funny when you think about it

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>>65206447
AK dorks are funny sometimes.

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>>65206377
Rifle is an SLR-107FR, mag is a ribbed 103.

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>>65206377
Also, I got the fleur from theakforum like 20 years ago for $70.

>>65206590
>20 years ago for $70.
Who can I blame for things costing more money?

>>65206621
I'll give you a hint - they have funny little hats.

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>>65206661
Shalom!

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Anybody have a set of the old style wasr furniture they want to sell
The practically unfinished laminate basically

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>>65206581
Why are the 103s known as "ribbed" and these are "channel"?
Is it because the Molot plums are called "ribbed" and it's just to avoid confusion?
>I've referred to the Ribbed 103s as channel more than a few times.
Also not necessarily asking these to you directly, more just thinking out loud.

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>>65206725
Here's a ribbed 103 marked as channel, which is why it made me think of this.

>>65206725
>>65206728
It's because of the appearance comparative to each other and other 7.62x39 AK mags (bakelite and other "slabside" mags, mostly).
The "ribbed" mags look like reinforcement ribs sticking out from an underlying surface.
The "channel" mags look more like recesses (or channels) in a larger surface.
That's my theory at least, I'm not the one who decided this nomenclature nor do I have a source stating why one general term is used over another.

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>>65206736
>I'm not the one who decided this nomenclature nor do I have a source stating why one general term is used over another.
Gordy's gone, man.
We'll be looking to you for all information about stylistic choices in nomenclature in the future.
I'll be outside. Good luck.

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>get a p226 leejun in a trade
>take it to the range once, put a couple hundred rounds through it and decide I don't want it
>manage to trade it for a never shot vepr 12
I've really been wanting one of these for the past couple years, feels like I won bigly. So I can call myself an AK owner now... right?

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>>65206901
Fully welded folder?
I tend to disbelieve unfired claims, especially if someone went through the trouble of timing that Xbox fuckhueg GK brake.
Regardless, still a nice acquisition. If you plan on keeping it, I'd ditch the brake (unless you plan on shooting 3" slugs a lot) and get a Mod choke at least.
>So I can call myself an AK owner now... right?
Well you own an AK, so sure? Why you need to identify with what you own is beyond me, but you do you chief.

>>65206901
get an FRT for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvp_h5POWlg

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>>65207127
Where does one find one of these mythical VEPR-12 FRTs?
I've seen speculation that one "should" work, but nothing definitive.

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>>65207113
>Fully welded folder?
Nope, it's fixed. I actually didn't know welded stocks were a thing, now I wish mine was one lol.
I initially dismissed the previous owner claiming it was unfired in the ad but after getting it in my hands and opening it up I really don't see any signs of use at all. Plus the guy said he already had a factory SBS version so this probably just sat around in the box until he felt like getting rid of it.
A choke would be great, I agree. I plan on getting a couple 10 or 12 round mags and maybe even a drum and bringing it out to 3 gun for shits and giggles so that'll probably be more useful than a brake. Looks like there's also a choke with threads for a brake so doubling up might be fun as long as it's not too unwieldy.

>>65207127
I'll be honest that's one of the first things I looked up when I was planning on getting it. Doesn't really seem like anyone's tried to install one and I don't feel like trying either. It'd probably be hilarious the first couple times with a drum but I already pretty much only put my MPX into fun mode as a party trick for others to try, I don't really want one that'll only do FRT on a shotgun unless someone's made a 3 way AK FRT that I haven't heard of yet.

>>65207148
No idea but I have faith in our autists. We've FRT'ed an SKS recently after all.

>>65207836
but what i want to know is how reliable a new FRT is

>>65207995
AKs in general are behind where ARs are and I dont think we'll see a cassette style drop-in that's reliable soon. But who knows.
I want to get a reliable one for my ARs before the ban hammer swings, I'm just dragging my feet.

>>65206901
>p226 for vepr 12
Congrats, In my eyes that is basically a steal, the best ak in 12 ga that you could get besides converting a saiga.

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is the aps dong any good? Also my draco sbr stamp came in what folding stock should I use? I was thinking about the bonesteel one

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>>65208716
They're g2g but slow.
Jimmy a Vz.58 stock.

>>65208161
i mean AR FRTs seem to be good to go so far, like the Rare Greed ones. The Partisan drop-in ones look cool. People out there supposedly have thousands of rounds with no fails.

>>65206590
>$70
couldn't you get OG barrel romy G kits for less than that back then?

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>>65209024
I know there's a whole general for it so I'll ask more questions there, but are there any benefits/drawbacks between drop-in FRTs versus a 3 pos SS? If I'm even phrasing that correctly.

Here's an AK

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>>65209129
Nah they were double that. There's a wts thread on theakforum with a romy g kit from 2007 for $130. I built my first g kit in 2010 and they had risen to ~$300 by then. But yeah, I thought I was retarded for buying a mag for $70 at that time. Pic is my g kits, built them as a standard akm and akms

>>65198374
First time I've checked here in ages and Bathtub still posts, wild

>>65198374
>WASR and WASR WASR WASR and WASR and WASR and WASR and WASR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKhHwpkL17o

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>>65210075
I think they were cheaper before the 2005 barrel ban. I'm sure they had scalpers back then doubling their money since you couldn't import any more after that
Here's a screenshot of a post from February 2005, before the ban was enacted 9-10-2005
Its an amd65 but those were worth more than the romy g's

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Bought 4 Chinese flatbacks for $15 each
Good deal
They also had a type 81 mag, kind of unusual in the US, those worth anything?

>>65210947
Type 81 mags are collector's pieces mostly, I don't think you could even get a price for it because of how few there are in the country. Any searching online brings you to Canadian merchants, and their prices aren't comparable (and are for 5 round mags anyway).
Keep it around as an oddity, you won't get a good price for it trying to sell it off unless you find one of the people who owns one of the 20 or so rifles in the country.

>>65211049
For 15 bucks I'll pick it up, its just neat
Prevent some draco user from buying it and wondering why it won't work lol

>>65206361
Not to be a dick but this is why I won't pay the 3-7k premium for the esoteric kalashnikovs knowing that eventually this may happen either from a bad batch of powder or the gun itself being a lemon.

>>65199024
Beryl for sure.
Is your SAM5 a 61 prefix serial (2021 production)? I got one on the sale and mine is. Front sight is just barely canted, I'm hoping it has the restrictor installed. Haven't shot it yet.

I got some cans of Rapco 30118 Camouflage Field Drab Brown coming for an AR, should I paint my SAM7SF or a lesser AK like a WASR or a Jack?

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>>65196277
Updates from le milkman
-Ar is done mechanically (posted in /arg/)
-same guy that did the AR popped out a punch and the rest of the rivets that were stuck in my MPiKM rear trunnion for free and my flat came in, so its about time for be to bend some metal.
-boomer with $100 shop press is back from vacay, next weekend i will go and pick that up to do the AKM and my CETME, but that's /brg/
-Going shooting to sight in my AR and the temu red dot i bought for shits n gigs for like 20 buck a month or so back. Brought that gun from the dead btw, fucker went through a house fire and the og barrel was deformed and bent, 90% of that gun is replaced, functions fine enough. pic is of said sks

Anyone have a guide for good builders? I have a milled Bulgarian kit that I'm too lazy to build myself.

>>65212775
Where do you live

>>65213676
PA

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>>65196277
Zastava AK, one of the newer ones, does this look like serious damage on the bolt carrier or regular wear?
Ignore the heavy grease
The edge right under the bolt, the one that contacts the hammer seems like it's not straight and is rounding over.
Gun was bought brand new, it fired something like 100 rounds

>>65213810
It cycles normally and feeds like it should, I just noticed it today, also the inside round edge where the bolt is feels sharp

>>65213827
Look at your hammer and your carrier tail, compare the wear on those. It might just be "wearing in" and then the wear will rest at a consistent point. It doesn't look that bad, even for such a low round count.
It wouldn't hurt to file down the sharp edges though either, you're not going to work that metal back to the original shape and I personally would rather not cut myself disassembling my own guns.

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>>65213843
Here's what the hammer looks like, there's surface wear which is what I expected and it's basically just bluing taken off, nothing I'd worry about
I don't think it was possible to have this much wear on the bolt carrier part just for cycling the bolt with the hammer pulled back, it makes no sense to me

>>65213866
If there's wear on your carrier, that means your hammer is harder than your carrier. If the only wear on the hammer is finish, then this is doubly the case.
If the carrier tail isn't mushrooming too much, you have nothing to worry about. The carrier tail is the first part to touch the hammer, so MOST of the wear should be on that face, unless your hammer is slightly (a few thousandths) too high. If it is, not really a problem unless your wear progresses much faster in the next few hundred rounds.
Just file down the sharp edges so you don't cut yourself. It is genuinely too early to tell if your wear is premature or not, it could just be parts "wearing in" to each other and then the wear stops.

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>>65213885
Here's the carrier tail and the part I was talking about, the carrier tail has some wear and peening on it but I've heard that's completely normal, not so sure about the part under it.
A couple of times instead of dry firing, I used to pull the bolt handle back until that touches the hammer and I'd squeeze the trigger so it all drops without too much clanking, but I don't know I highly doubt that's what started screwing the carrier up..

>>65213915
That looks like it was just the parts wearing in to a resting place for tolerances, they all look fine. File down the sharp spots, then keep shooting. It's most likely fine, just check on it sporadically, around 1000 rounds or so and then every 500-1000 depending on how anal you want to be about it.
You're just too early in round count to really know which it is between wearing in or wear, like I said.

>>65213952
Alright thanks anon and sorry for the noob question, I also suspected it was normal wear in but just wanted to check with experienced people
Laws in my country are alright but replacing some parts sucks because stuff like barrels and carriers require about the same amount of paperwork as buying a new gun so it's a headache

Range trip 2 of shooting ak and it's bolt handle taking the blood sacrifice by slashing my finger against the dust cover

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>>65212588
Based ADHD autist I can relate.
My CETME bending jig came in (I bought one from the guy on the files selling em). I picked up one of those OG barreled kits that were for sale for like $125, barrel looks unfired. I've never built one or welded anything but what could go wrong, right?
Gif unrelated but are some Czech tracer 7.62x39 rounds I accidentally bought

>>65214120
Wear gloves nigga

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>>65214253
based. I got several projects from the comblok atm. I need to print a new CETME jig, my last one was not infilled enough and I need a press to do it with but its being dealt with. Im using a PY2A flat and jig for my MPiKM so Im finding ways to bend that at the moment. one thing is for certain and that's that i need a lot more 1/4" bolts and nuts.

things im still missing for my MPiKM clone build:
>recoil guide assembly (without spring)
>Bolt carrier with piston
>Lower handguard
>Inner stock hardware connector
>Buttplate and stock sling swivel and hardware
>pistol grip hardware
>gas toob
>new rivet kit
>tools to make new rivets (looking at toth tools for that)
picrel is the majority of the parts i got for this kit so far, i know the bayo is a type 1 polish, dw ab it

>>65214120
don't put your hand there nigga

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goonermaxxed

>>65214690
I didn't wear them because I wasn't planning to shoot a lot and fudds that run the place would call me a fag or something
>>65214985
Happened when reloading, guess I know what ar and hk fanboys mean when they shit on AK ergonomics

>>65213810
>>65213827
>>65213866
>>65213915
> It cycles normally and feeds like it should
All you need to know is here, just keep shooting

>>65215042
Real? Source?

>>65211933
yeah mine was a 61 series, front sight canted, didnt seem to be overgassed

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>>65206347
>>65206361
>>65206392
>Could just call up Polytech and ask riiiiiight?
Actually, yes, maybe, sort of, but it depends on what you need.

https://polytechparts.com/original-polytech/

They do seem to have stripped 7.62x39 bolts if one wanted to somehow convert the gun to something more normal.

https://polytechparts.com/ak47-bolt-body-stripped-chinese-polytech-ak-rifle/

And if anyone is wondering if this website is legit I have bought their solid steel magazine couplers from them before without any problems. Probably the most sturdy AK mag couplers you will ever find, actually.

https://polytechparts.com/ak47-two-magazine-clamp-chinese-polytech-ak-rifle/

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>>65206361
idk if this will help you fren, but here you go

https://polytechparts.com/ak47-complete-barrel-assembly-chinese-polytech-ak-rifle/

Who the fuck came up with ak being inaccurate myth? Gamer virgins, Hollywood or podcast operators?
I'm not new to shooting (not an expert either) but new to shooting AKs, managed to hit a 10 cm (4 inch) wide target at 100 meters twice using iron sights today, I'm convinced it works nicely and every miss is my fault.
I didn't shoot a lot but I plan to do it more often next time from 200, this is way more enjoyable than any other rifle I've had the chance of using. I don't even want to buy any kind of optics or scope for it, the sights are great

>>65215356
Forgot to add one thing I think is dumb is the P/0/battle zero setting on the rear sight, it's essentially the same as if you were to set it at 300 meters and I didn't find any use of it, used the 100m setting instead

>>65215042
based

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Can anyone with a folding trunnion take some measurements of their push button for me? I'm making a part and I need to get a wide variety of measurements so I can accommodate as many manufactures as possible. I already have a commercial Bulgarian part so if you've got any of the military varieties, PSA, Riley etc. hook me up with the dimensions and I'll give you guys first dibs once its ready.

I need the diameter and length of the main shaft and then the horizontal length of the latch. Would greatly prefer the measurements be done in mm but I'll take whatever.

>>65215268
Nta
I remember when I was first trying to build my mak90 bastard rifle, in about 2020, PTP wanted like $400 for that

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>>65215356
>Who the fuck came up with ak being inaccurate myth?
Probably came about in Vietnam or Africa due to fighting retard conscripts who didn't know how to use their rifles effectively. If you massacred a bunch or tards but never bothered to fire one of their AK's for yourself you would probably conclude that they died because their commie gear was dogshit not because they were stupid and didn't know how to use it correctly. The myth likely spread from there just like all the other boomer myths of the era.

>>65216798
I remember when a brand new zastava m92 was $499 in 2014. Now they're all $1100.

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>>65216933
>I remember when a brand new zastava m92 was $499 in 2014. Now they're all $1100.
its like that with everything
city i live in the average house price was like $120k back in 2014 and now its averaging at $500k or more, area i live in got slightly gentrified as well and now the new condos down the road from my apartment are starting at $750k
this is ohio, it isnt like it is a place that is particularly exciting or has really high paying jobs due to the COL
its all just fucked, we are the weimar states now

>>65216170
I don't have one but when I need specific measurements like that I look into 3d printing resources. You never know what models are out there.

>>65216947
We might just have to start eating people soon at this point

>>65216947
>slightly gentrified
Not sure how it is in Ohio, but I'm guessing all these condos looks like fancy cookie cutter combloc buildings painted in earth tones? Very similar to modern McDonald's buildings?

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>>65216947
If you live anywhere within an hour of Columbus you're getting real estate investment because of the Intel plant they wanted to build out West; the R candidate for governor renewed their hopes for it because of his proclivity for H-1Bs.
>t. live an hour outside of Columbus, already seen two apartment buildings built and heard from friends and family of very odd offers to wholesale buy their farms out from under them
By "very odd" I mean either absurdly high prices for 50-100 acres back 2 gravel roads in BFE, from men who are very clearly Arabs/Indians, or offers to buy at slightly above market rate that when refused are met with a thinly-veiled threat (like "you'll regret not selling to me" or "you don't know what's coming to you") from the "prospective buyer."
That and for some reason a lot of Califags have decided that Ohio is the place to move to, don't know why.

>>65216169
https://x.com/PREVENTER14/status/2062503225845268837?s=20

It's for airshit but it might work on a real AK

>>65215180
>>65217797
oops

>>65214912
I have a mix of toth and akbuilder tools. Love them both. The akbuilder jig for the trigger guard gives pretty damn good results. A LOT better than the one I made at least

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>>65217830
Im looking for the cheapest set atm. hell, im willing to buy off of here if the price is right and i don't get fucked in the deal

bought a zpap92

>>65216933
I also think it was from some form of CIA propaganda during Vietnam much in the same way during WW2 a common propaganda cope was that mg42 just fires too quickly to be effective
There's just no way in hell that a bunch of different countries recreate a rifle in millions of instances that's incapable of hitting what you're aiming at, it makes no sense from any perspective you can come up with

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>>65218283
Congratulations. Got any plans for it?

>>65218327
not particularly, i got the bone stock dry in red wood with the krinkov brace because next month theyre banned forever. i'm thinking about a muzzle device or suppressor though. i still really want a full size AK but i've already spent 3.5k on an LMT mars lower and a few other guns. i may still get a full size but if not then i figured the one i should have is a shorty since 7.62 loses almost nothing in 10". the trigger on the pap is crazy nice compared to what i was expecting from basically an RPK shrunk down. do you have any muzzle device recommendations? something on the quieter end

>>65218327
by the way do you use the front sight flip up? it's a strange sight picture considering the dot is in the center of a round paddle and i find it hard to believe it works out to 200 let alone closer in because of how much space it takes up in the sight picture.

>>65218342
Nta but I also have a zastava just a different one than yours and the flip up front sights are useless, they're just a cool feature that makes the gun more sophisticated.
This is because it's too wide as you said and because almost every ak in existence has a front sight post off center from the factory when they zeroed it, so when you flip the sight it covers the real sigh post and you'd have to hold over from memory which is dumb.

>>65218392
Meant to say if you wanna shoot in the dark, you'll be better off painting the front sight post in something easily visible and using only the rear flip up night sights if you have them

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Was this worth the 400 I sold it for?

>>65219354
Bro getting rid of that ugly ass stock even for free is a good deal