Is there an AK picture thread?

[Arik]

Well that caliber isn't exactly boutique. You can always sell it and maybe even make $$$.

Start buying mags. SGAMMO has some good deals right now on like new Hungarian milsurp at $12/mag. Or Yugo mags for the same price. The only mag with bolt hold open, if that makes a difference to you

 

[ClayCow]

Thanks folks. This thread pushed me over the top. While I am not immediately buying an AK-47 or AK-M, I am going to buy one. It's inevitable. You know how I know? When I ordered a case of 5.56 to see me through the summer, I added a case of 7.62 x 39 Red Army Standard.

Buying the ammo before the rifle... what am I thinking... that's like buying an oil filter for a vehicle I don't own yet.

Hmm failed to upload ny pic. These AK pistols are fun. Cheap too.

It mihht be a good idea to get ammo before the gun, remember i had an AR Before the m855 crisis and that sucked because i had no ammo!

 

[YeshuaIsa53]

My favorite hunting variant is the .308 Super Vepr. I'll have to dig it up for a picture or two. Shot quite a few doubles on whitetail deer, passed on a few, and never needed the ten round mag.

This will have to suffice: Beauty and The Beast...



Saigas and Veprs do not use standard AK mags unless modified, which is fine with me.

 

[JaPes]

Well that caliber isn't exactly boutique. You can always sell it and maybe even make $$$.

Start buying mags. SGAMMO has some good deals right now on like new Hungarian milsurp at $12/mag. Or Yugo mags for the same price. The only mag with bolt hold open, if that makes a difference to you

... and off to SGAMMO I go...

Hmm failed to upload ny pic. These AK pistols are fun. Cheap too.

It mihht be a good idea to get ammo before the gun, remember i had an AR Before the m855 crisis and that sucked because i had no ammo!

Something calld a "Draco" right? I'm not much into rifle caliber "pistols".

Yup. There is usually a slight delay before a run on ammo v.s. run on firearms, ammo going first. I figured what the heck. Might as well have some handy.

My favorite hunting variant is the .308 Super Vepr. I'll have to dig it up for a picture or two. Shot quite a few doubles on whitetail deer, passed on a few, and never needed the ten round mag.

Saigas and Veprs do not use standard AK mags unless modified, which is fine with me.

Oh great! I'd been thinking of a semi-auto .308. I have to put one one the radar for 2016. After the AK, I'll have to save up for that.

 

[Arik]

... and off to SGAMMO I go...



Something calld a "Draco" right? I'm not much into rifle caliber "pistols".

Yup. There is usually a slight delay before a run on ammo v.s. run on firearms, ammo going first. I figured what the heck. Might as well have some handy.



Oh great! I'd been thinking of a semi-auto .308. I have to put one one the radar for 2016. After the AK, I'll have to save up for that.

Draco is just one. It's the Romanian AK. There are also Yugo and Bulgarian. Both come in 556 and 7.62. The newer Yugo 556 have an AR mag well and take AR mags in the same manner as an AR. Bulgarian use standard AK style mags for 556.

The AK 308 (Saiga, Vepr. Also come in 7.62x54) are single stack 5 & 10 round. In my pictures of all the AKs lined up on the table and floor you will see a 7.62x54 Vepr, 3rd on the left on the floor with a 24 in barrel.

Out of the two the Vepr is "better". Molot, the company that makes Vepr, build military RPKs and their Vepr civilian rifles are based off of that. Thicker receivers, thicker barrels and all receivers have a bulge towards the front, underneath the ejection port. This gives added strength and rigidity to the receiver.

 

[gdnagle]

Not a AK but a brother, gotta love those Czeck's

 

[Arik]

Not a AK but a brother, gotta love those Czeck's


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Love em too. Have a CZ with the beaver barf stock. It's in those photos but can barely be seen

 

[JaPes]

This thread is making my wallet cry.

 

[Arik]

This thread is making my wallet cry.

Let me help you there

This one is my cousin's. His work gear

 

[YeshuaIsa53]

No 12 gauges? Vepr 12 unaltered...



Saiga 12 922r compliant...

 

[YeshuaIsa53]

Saiga IZ-138 unaltered from the factory in 308.

 

[Shorty 45 MK2]

And here I thought my next purchase was going to be a Ruger Blackhawk....then I clicked on this thread...

 

[Arik]

And here I thought my next purchase was going to be a Ruger Blackhawk....then I clicked on this thread...

Look away ..look....away

 

[JaPes]

Look away ..look....away

What has been seen can not be unseen.

I'm usually parked in the M&P 15 sub-forum. I like my AR-15's. The direct gas impingement system is something which I never gave much thought. The rifle poops where it eats, bolts get carbon fouling, crud blows back into the action. I just accepted it. I installed Nickel Boron treated BCG's to make cleaning a little easier.

Then I got this rifle that doesn't poop where it eats:

I started toying with the idea of building a .300 BLK AR pattern rifle. I started thinking that a .300 BLK build would get out of hand. I'd end up with a rifle that poops where it eats, and have a rifle chambered in expensive hard to find ammo.

.30 caliber rifle + relatively affordable ammo + long stroke gas piston = Itch for an AK-47 or AK-M.

 

[YeshuaIsa53]

Saiga IZ-137 in 308...



Saiga IZ-137 in 308 made 922r compliant...for squirrels and such.



Don't look, Ethel: it was too late.

 

[Dezfan]

Just added this beautiful Norinco Mak 90 to my collection.

 

[g8rb8]

Here's one not shown so far, a Norinco (China North Industries Corporation) imported by Clayco from Clay Center, KS for a short time in about the mid-1980's. What differentiates Norinco and PolyTech AK-47's from most other stamped metal AK-47's is the thickness of the metal at 1.5 mm versus 1.0 mm for most other AK-47's. "Clayco's" are differentiated from other Norinco AK-47's by their dark black-green bakelite-like furniture. I'm not really sure if it's true bakelite but it looks similar.

 

[g8rb8]

Here's another one that has not been shown yet, a GSAD "spiker". Golden State Arms Distributors, Inc. imported these for a very short time in the mid-1980's. These are were made at the Jing-An factory, the manufacturing arm of the Chinese Police/secret police agencies. Like other stamped metal Chinese AK-47's they have 1.5 mm thickness metal versus 1.0 mm of most other stamped AK-47's. They feel a little heavier but are very sturdy. What differentiates a GSAD import AK-47 is the lack of stampings and the lighter color wood furniture. In person it is a very attractive rifle.

 

[Arik]

Always wanted a spiker beater

 

[g8rb8]

And, finally (?), another one that hasn't been shown yet ....... a real odd-ball, a Norinco 86S, a factory bull-pup AK-47. The rumor is these were only imported for a short time in the 1980's and probably less than 2000 imported. It is a very compact (26" total length) rifle. The charging handle is on top of the receiver under the carry handle. Some might think it's got a face only a mother could love or, if you're like me, you appreciate the interesting engineering.