/akg/ AK General

I'm thinking about getting some pakitape and doing an Afghan style ak build.

Someone post the pastebin before "Wut AK?"

http://pastebin.com/YdEkhdva

>>33011031
no-gun here. Anyone know how the actual Kalashnikov compares to all the brands out there?

>>33011294
>actual Kalashnikov
Which actual Kalashnikov?
You mean the original stamped AK47 type 1?
None of them. All modern AK designs are based on the AKM, AK74, or the AK100 series.

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Any NC fags here?

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>>33011642
Yes. Now give me my gun back

Just got a wire stock. Anyone know how to wrap paracord on it?

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>>33011649
nah

>>33011121
Last thread was the first in almost two weeks without this and we had a bunch more "what ak" questions than normal. Why wasn't it posted last thread?

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Rifle is now fine...kinda.

>>33011849
kinda?

>>33011642
GA fag here.
>>33011655
Same way you make the bracelets.
>>33011816
I made the thread and I asked someone to post it.

>>33011849
Well it's a lot better than it was.

>>33011849
The fucked up 107UR SBR was yours?

>>33011855
>>33011863
New problems arose, waiting on responses before opening a new can of fun.

The barrel is at least straight now. Still a 2k custom shop rifle with issues. It's an unfortunate situation.

>>33011874
About as close to mine as it will be to anyone here. I have held, inspected, and fired it and a good friend owns it. I laughed my ass off when I was it begin to circulate.

>>33011874
A friend of his, I believe.

>>33011879
Jesus what else could be wrong with it? Arsenal needs to get their shit together

>>33011887
Yup, buddy is being patient and going about things in the sight course of action. Thus far Arsenal has been helping him. We will see how the situation ends, so far they are honoring their mistakes.

>>33011642
Yeha but all i have is a wasr.

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>>33011031
WHO HAS AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION BETWEEN COMBAT ZERO AND 100M?

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>>33012014

>>33012017
I think that is the combat zero

>>33012025
The top picture looks like when it's set on the 100m mark tho...

I think it's a 50m mark or maybe a different combat zero.

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>>33011849
Heres the original for comparison

>>33011879
Whats wrong with it now?

I'm a poorfag

I'm thinking I want a PSAK as my first AK because its only $500 for the whole thing and Rob Ski said they're good, my only other real consideration is one of the new fixed stock Arsenals that are $850. Is the Arsenal worth more than 50% more for a rifle with the exact same features, it doesn't even come with the side folder and 74 muzzle brake like the $1000 Arsenals do.

>>33012151
WASR

>>33012173
Hard to find currently and where they're in stock they're $700ish, I'd rather throw in another $150 at that point for an Arsenal

>>33012219
Than get the arsenal.
I've been considering that one as well but what I really want is the 107fr

>>33012257
Yeah, but I think the PSAK may be worth it, you can't beat a $500 AK that runs well, unfortunately its my understanding that the 107fr series isn't coming back until MAYBE summer

>>33012219
>Hard to find currently and where they're in stock they're $700ish
$638 w/free shipping

https://www.tombstonetactical.com/catalog/century-arms/ri1805-n-wasr-10-ak-47-rifle-762x39mm-16.5in-30rd-wood/

And if you look at Slickguns, the trend seems to be downward, despite the "lack of current imports".

>>33012265
>107fr series isn't coming back until MAYBE summer
According to Arsenal, it won't be until 2018.
But like most importers, they'll err on the side of caution.

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>>33011642
Yep china grove area.
Feels good being able to shoot in your own back yard.

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>>33011642
Yes

>>33012671
Jesus you bought a lot of mags for that thing.

>>33012674
>a lot
Lel, no.
If he had 20+ that might be "a lot".
He roughly has a battle load.
>8 in a rig, +1 loaded

>>33011642
Isn't NC ATF territory?

>>33012674
It was a good bulk deal from the czech Republic. Still don't know if I'll throw the spare stock on the folder. I need to break out the Dremel and epoxy

Can a saiga sporter chambered in 223 rail fit on an ak? Also is there a 223 version of the ak?

>>33013012
There are several 223 aks...Polish. norinco. Romanian. Russian/saiga.

>>33012943
There is an atf office in charlotte.

>>33013047
Thanks, you have any idea about the rail fitting?

To the anon asking about the DAKM 4150 in the last thread, get it if you get the chance. It's the nicest AK I've owned. Mine had perfectly straight everything, and a very smooth action. The polymer furniture feels really cheap though, but I didn't want to pay more for the wood furniture version. READ! - I have not shot mine yet, it's my safe queen admittedly, but Robski at AKOU reviewed it and it passed with flying colors.

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>>33013004
Yea i imagine that would be a bitch to pull of properly but it would be pretty dam cool.
Also what the hell did you put on those hand guards that stuff was a pain to get out.

>>33013064
Picture of the rail?
>>33013123
It was 3 or so years ago. Some random clear I had for shellac stocks but I don't recall. What did you end up stripping it with?

>>33013145
Strip x i think.Honestly its kinda shity.I ended sanding most of it out then letting it soak in acetone.It took a couple 5 minute soak's to get the left over oils to stop coming to the surface.
Still im happy with the end results.That lower hand guard surprised me with its grain.That dye really made it show up real nice.

Guys, what are some .22LR alternatives for an AK variant that isn't made out of bullshit plastic ?

>>33013232
There aint

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>>33013235
Please prove this poster wrong.
I need to believe.

>>33013232
unobtainium east german trainer

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>>33013304
Goddammit.
I don't suppose there's anything that's actually still being produced ?

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>>33013232
>>33013235
>>33013239
This >>33013304
MPi 69

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>>33012671
I see tons of mags, but where's the strippers?

>>33013394
passed out in the bedroom

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>>33013394
I probably only have 5 strippers

>>33013145
>pic of rail
I'll snap one when I get home

>>33011472
The Kalashnikov Concern Group manufacturer. The one that provides AK74M for the russian army.

I just wanted to know how true to the source material other brands are.

>>33013145
>>33013475
http://www.starshooter.de/Montagen-Schienen-Ringe/Montagen-nach-Waffenmodell/Saiga/SAIGA-12-Weaver-Picatinnyschienen-QUAD-RAIL-Handschutz.html

Fuck it found a link instead

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>>33013419
I have 65 of them.
32 in rigs, the rest are kindof my "ready to go" ammo that I stuff pockets with when I go to the back yard to shoot a bit.

>>33013487
The gas tube is my only thought that's different. But that also is ugly as sin.

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>>33012671
I wish I would have bought more vz mags when they were cheap. I bought eight when they were like $11 years ago and never got anymore

>>33013523
I'm assuming yours are all BXN (I mean I'm sure they are considering you're vzbro)?

I've only got 40 BXN clips again that I bought when I first got the rifle. I've come close to getting more but in reality 40 is plenty for both using and storage of ammo (as I say this I've got nearly 80 5.45 clips so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). It's weird, my vz is one of my favorites but I never really went all out and bought a ton of extra stuff for it like I have with a lot of my other guns. My vz is really the one gun I own that I still kick myself over not buying more stuff when parts and accessories were cheap. 7.62 AK cheap stuff was before my time, I only got into 5.45 like two months before the 7n6 ban so didn't experience much of that cheap stuff, but i lived through the entirety of cheap be stuff from when I was 18 with a vz til when it all skyrocketed a half dozen years later and didn't take advantage of any of it. I wish I would have

>>33014361
Gah this stupid pic is the always rotated on my phone and I always forget about it

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I'm trying to get my AK74 to look more weathered, like the photos you see in Afghanistan and especially Chechnya. Does anyone have any tips on how to do this? Fine steel wool/scotchbrite? Rub n buff?
Something like pic related

>>33014370
Have you considered just using the gun?

Failing that, fine steel wool will probably get the job done.

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>>33014370
>Fake wear
Tacky as fuck, kys. Shoot it/use it until it looks like that.

>>33014370
Buy or rig a large tumbler, fill it with burlap and few random shaped pieces of lumber, place rifle inside, run at low speed for 11 days

>>33014370
There is little worse than fake wear faggots. It's no different than those little shit skateboarder kids who scratch their boards up with a screwdriver and then say it's because of how much they grind.

Just use the damn gun and it'll wear itself.

>>33013697
Eh, i get what is available and not insanely pricey

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>>33014370
Just use your fucking rifle.

>>33014390
>Shoot it/use it until it looks like that.
>posts not worn at all AK
what did he mean by this

>>33014435
see >>33014438

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>>33014438
Mine is literally brand new, but I'm not trying to put fake wear on mine like a faggot.

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>>33014455
I said use it faggot. Like hike/train.
It takes years of use to look weathered.

Do you guys paint your rear sights black?

Mine looks like it was black at some point but it has all peeled off and it's very reflective now.

So I've noticed a lot of companies are starting to offer nitrided(and other names for the same thing) barrels. Any advantages or disadvantages of this over chrome lining? I "THINK" glocks have been nitrided for decades now, and haven't heard anything bad. Any input would be appreciated.

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>>33014361

I've got about 80 5.45 clips and 25 BXN clips. I can fit 40 loaded clips and 2 spoons in a .30 cal ammo can. I keep the BXN clips loaded in a Chicom bandolier.

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>>33014361
Yeah, all but one of the 65 are bxn. I got 20 chinese ones with an sks years before, and gave them away. I kept one just to have one. But I've ebayed 20-25 bxn strippers a few times over the years.
>I still kick myself over not buying more stuff when parts and accessories were cheap
Yeah, I bought the extras right away, but I still didn't get in on the $600 vz58 rifle itself. It was 900 at a local shop. Now my new $60 full folder stock assembly is more like 120 or something. I got it scoped up and all that jazz for, the brass deflector was still the hardest thing to track down for that. That was also when romanian pso scopes cost 100 instead of the nearly 300 they go for now, got 5 of them, 4 are in use.
>>33014368
Store your stuff on google drive, and download on demand when you need your proper pics. Works great for me, except I don't think I can download webms since at least the iphone has no regular "file system" support where I can just store random stuff to upload. But I think it's the overall more convenient phone OS, so whatever, I'll give them that, as much as I hate apple in every other way.
>>33014370
Have you considered actually crawling hundreds of yards through a gravel pit with your rifle, and elbow/knee pads so you don't bleed to death and/or wreck your clothes so much? Just beat on the gun a bit, treat it like shit.

>>33014469
nice ak but that mag looks like shit

how much you pay?

>>33014491
Rear sights on AKMs and AK74s were NEVER painted black. The factory finish was gloss black paint over grey parkerized metal, and the rear sight was left unpainted to reduce glare.

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>>33014509
I think the mags look great. $60 shipped for the pair.

Unless you mean the AK, I traded a PTR that I paid $780 for. Plus $80 for the furniture.

>>33014376
>>33014390
>>33014406
>>33014435
>>33014469
>>33014484
>using your AK to generate wear

haha retards dont u know you can pay 200$ to have someone make it look like you did it

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>>33014501
I don't think 545 clips are all that convenient for me, so I never use them. I have 8 and 2 spoons. They are definitely faster, but just not nearly has easy to use when you have to pull the mag and have 3 pieces to work with on top of that because now you have a gun slung because you need your hands, and the mag/spoon/clip to work with.
But I almost exclusively carry stripper clips as spare ammo for the vz. The vz strippers are more handy since they're pocket sized, and you just slam them right through the gun into the mag.

>>33012017

weird, all the way back is battle zero, then 1 is 100m, there should be no setting where its at in this picture.

>>33014491

I dont think anyone painted the rear sight, russian and bulgaria parked them grey.

How easy to change (increase) the cyclic rate of fire?

could you just swap out the bolt with a bolt made of lighter equally durable metal? (but presumably more expensive)

Mostly for AK, but also firearms in general

>>33014523
thanks

all the decent aks here in Central FL are 800+ as well

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>>33014561
nice try FBI

or Ahmed homegrown terrorist

>>33014559
>>33014512
I was not asking if the soviets did it I was asking if anyone here does.

I have a bunch of bare metal along the top and surrounding the leaf divot and it shines under sunlight

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>>33014573
I'm asking for a game, like would it be plausible for a game to allow you increase RoF by swapping part of a gun?

i sware on me mum

>>33014591
If that's the case, you may just want to consider taking it of and repainting it in a flat grey if it's really that bad.

>>33014607
Recoil buffer on the recoil spring increases the rate a good bit from the shorter travel.

>>33014607
Stop

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>>33014501
Yeah keeping the clips loaded when stashed away is wonderful. It makes everything so much easier. I used to always keep a spam can of 5.45 loaded on clips and as as soon as I shot them all I'd open another can and load it on clips. Having an extra ~1100 rounds loaded up on clips ready to go is both great for storage and great for just grabbing a can and plinking

The 7.62 clips are way more useful with the vz than the 5.45 clips are for the AK, but I dunno I've never bought any more of the BXN clips than I've already had

>>33014504
I've had a few thousand rounds of chicom 7.62x39 over the years that was all on clips and yeah I've always just given the clips away. I still find them occasionally lying around too, I'm haunted my long lost Chinese stripper clips that don't work in my vz

When things were cheap I bought two folding stocks (one was NOS and one was only like $20 and beat up but worked that I finally sold for like $70 a year or so ago), three bayonets (all sold now because lol no bayonet lug), an extra piston and piston spring, and an extra bolt, carrier, and their respective springs. I don't remember how much I paid for the internal parts but it was cheap. I can't look at Czechpoint's store because it makes me upset for not buying a ton more when it was all cheap. Buying 5.45 mags is an addiction and I know wholeheartedly that I'm never going to need as many 5.45 mags as I have, but eight vz mags (plus one ten rounder after you're recommendation a long time ago) isn't really all that much. It's enough to get buy with but I want more, I just hate spending money on them when I know how much I could have paid if I was smart as a teenager with cheap parts

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>>33014607
its all fun and games until you get a knock on the door m8

listen to this guy >>33014649

>>33014649
>>33014684

i'm not even amerifat

>>33014693
Cut off your rear trigger sear

Are yugo surplus stripper clips worth anything ?

>>33014714

About 75 cents each. I'm interested if you are selling. Let me know and I'll hit you up on akfiles.

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What do you guys lube with?

I use high temp wheel bearing grease

>>33014728
Ok hit me up. I literally have a box of them that came off a crate of m67. Ill post a pic when i get back from the gym.

>>33013483
Manufacturing at places like China, Bulgaria, Poland, etc., are excellent, but they've either stayed behind on older designs (China and Bulgaria) or updated it themselves (Poland).

>>33014607
On the AK you could remove the hammer retarder.

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My fiancé is picking up my polski rifle tonight.
>the HYPE is real

>>33014730
I'm becoming fond of white lithium grease

>>33014730
Food grade grease and light oil, just because the stuff is liable to touch my skin.

>>33013483
It triggers people to hear this but in all honesty Russian made AKs aren't even considered the best. They're good but they have the same problems as every other AK manufacturing plant. There isn't some huge gap in quality between Russian AKs and everyone else, they're really all about the same.

Kalashnikov himself believed Bulgarian AKs to be the best quality and considered Yugo AKs his favorites.

>>33014789
Where is he picking it up from?

>>33014795
Just don't let it get in any orifices and you will be fine.

>>33014812
>he
Got all wrong, im not cool enough to be gay.
Shes getting her rifle from AZEX.

>>33014730
TW25B grease and M-Pro 7 LPX oil. Same as the rest of my guns, except for my Scorpion, which gets Ballistol per factory recommendations.

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>>33014834
>Shes getting her rifle from AZEX.

>picking up my polski rifle

Sounds like a homosexual straw purchase to me

>>33014861
Well are you a fucking fed?

>>33014855
>TW25B grease and M-Pro 7 LPX oil.

Why both?

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>>33014874

>>33014861
Whats mine is hers and vice versa, i bought and gathered the parts, she paid for the rifle to be built and she bought the reciever. Technically its hers, i just get to fondle it. Tho gift purchases are not illegal btw.

>>33014874
why do you retards go online and brag about your illegal activities?

fuck sake m8

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>>33014896
>gift purchases are not illegal

>>33014909
They are not, do you know what a straw purchase is?

>>33014901
Nothing illegal, it was a 100% reciever. Already been transferred to her before the build.

>>33014909
Think what you want, its not like i sell guns for a corporation.

>>33014875
I use grease on some things, oil on others. Depends on the part in question.

>>33014909
>>33014861
Any potential crimes have already been committed, I don't think he even has to do a 4473 for what he's doing

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>>33014730
If you want something non toxic hydrous lanolin is a good starting point

>>33014923
Too bad you use meme lubricants.

>>33014561
Have tens of thousands of dollars, find a transferable machine, buy, profit.

>>33014950
Nope because of the 100% reciever. Her work is just much closer to the builder, i wish i could go myself but i really just want the rifle home today. Its been too long.

>>33014730
Ky, astroglide, or sometimes vaseline. What I have lying around the house.

Anyone ever re blue their AK? WASR blue is shit.

>>33015037
Thats because its parkerized.

>>33015037
That's parkerizing

>>33015048
>>33015042
Oh Christ. I honestly didn't know...and now not sure what to do.

>>33015076
Live with it. WASR's dont win beauty pageants

>>33015076
Paint over it, like you're supposed to.

>>33015076
Quit being gross. It's like you're buying frilly panties for your overweight fuck buddy neighbor when you should fucking her without reservation

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Progress....mmmmmm...

>>33014966
Interesting, I never said I use Froglube or Fireclean.

>>33014550
But there absolutely is on the Bulgarian '74.

It's pretty close to being right at 50m btw.

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Saiga's suck

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>>33015192
post in focus pic now

change focus mode to "macro" if it has the setting

>>33015151
>20 dollar an ounce grease
interesting.

>>33014875
>W25B grease

Paying $20 an oz for teflon paste.

>>33015192
Reasoning please?

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>>33015192
Extractor chip?

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Quiet day at work, so I spent a bit cross-sectioning a 7n6 round. Crap picture, but the real camera is at home.
I know I'd pay a fair amount for a lineup of cross sectioned 556/545/762/308/54r.
If I were to think about selling these, is there any real market for it?

>>33015296
All depends on presentation. Put it in a nice custom cabinet and add info on rounds possibly.

>>33015296
museums, schools, universities and shit like that

>>33015277

Look at the photo.

>>33015321
>>33015324
It's a fair amount of work and time to make, so I'm wondering if I could ever get enough to be worth my time, and the belts I'd be replacing to make them.

>>33015325
Broken extractor?
>blurry as fuck photo.

>>33015337
Maybe encase them in acrylic, a tactical paperweight and sell them on eBay and etsy

>>33015141
I would buy the shit out of a bizon.

>>33015337
If you made a cool display, would be a market for mancave/gun room decorations imo

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>>33015352
Ideally, I'd do something like my ammo display at home, and the cross-sections would just be a part of it.

>>33015363
That would be cool, also a extremely useful teaching tool.

>>33015206
Not him but you can go buy a big tub of high temp wheel bearing grease from auto parts store for like 6 or 8 bucks

>>33015363
Dumb question, what's that fat short little round all the way at the end on the right?

>>33015479
7.92x33, stg44 ammo

>>33015479
7.92x33 kurtz

>>33015325
Are you fucking blind

>>33015337
you could try using a slitting saw on them if you can hold them properly

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Took some quick pics with the new mags and shortcollar

This Tula plum is fuckin clean, don't know how well the darkness of it is gonna come out in photos but I like it on the gun witht he black

Now I just need zipties


>>33015504
At what low number do plum molds start getting uncommon? I got an 8 and a 10 out of these two trades

>>33015539
Tula mold numbers will be lower on average with plums but with single digit mold numbers you're doing pretty damn good

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>>33015539
Dam 8 thas crazy.
Lowest i have is 11.

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>>33015593
>>33015616
Nice, so I have a little bit of shitposting material too

The 8 is Izzy too

Also what do you know about the proof markings? It was my understanding that plums got a silver H on the spine and true black a silver M near the feed lips but my Izzy has no stamps and my Tula has a stamp in both places, but the feed lips one is worn down a bit

>>33015494
>>33015502
Kewl

>>33015644
The izzys should be fairly consistent having the M stamp at the front lug on the left side, with the exception of the rare Y stamp almost-black plums which are late production.

The most consistently appearing stamp on Tula plums is an upward facing E shape right underneath where the M stamp would be on an izzy. Tula plums also sometimes have some large crazy stamps placed directly on the side of the mag towards the bottom, those usually seem to be earlier production Tulas and are very desirable, you don't see them often.

If your low mold number Izzy is in good condition but has no traces of an ink stamp in that position, then it may be that the early Izzy plums did not get the M stamps, I don't really know if that is the case or not.

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>>33015896
Izzy doesn't have a trace of ink anywhere, and there isn't even any wear in any of the places where the stamp would be. Damn slavs and their inconsistent stamping

I can sorta make out how this would be an E now, looks like it was drawn rather than stamped tho

>>33015959
Do you run plum mags all the time?

>>33016106
Nah these are my first two, I just got super fuckin lucky in two different trades apparently

If Ruspost would hurry the fuck up I could order more tho

>>33016115
I've been running bakelite, but have been thinkin about running a afghan type rig, was just curious about those plums

>>33015076
Paint it with black spraypaint. Most people use Duracote or Rustoleum Appliance Epoxy Gloss Black.

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>>33015616
>>33015539
I have a 9 and a 10

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After some careful thought I've decided I don't really want any bakelites right now, so I'm probably not keepin this one

Anyone want trench art bad enough to trade a true black :^

>>33016348
Is that mold 10 fuckin green tho?

That's fuckin nice

>>33015539
Dang 8 and 10? My lowest is only 14

Chimps, do you know what the lowest mold number for true black mags is? I know it's early-mid 40s. I'm currently sitting on 12 true blacks and I've bought probably three dozen or so from Russia over the past year but I only keep mold numbers I don't have or particularly nice ones, and the lowest true black mold number I've ever gotten is 45 while the highest plum mold number I have is an Izhmash 41. So, at some point between 41 and 45 they switched, I'm just not sure when specifically or if they ever produced plums and true blacks at the same time (I don't think they did but I've never actually looked it up)

Mold numbers are interesting

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>>33016366
Might have just been the lighting, the 10 is my darker of the two

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bought a used slr 107 and threw my romanian gastube on it since the original owner was gay and traded his for an ultimak.
would this cause over gassing issue? there is zero gap or vent hole in the gasblock

>>33016457
i heard that draco gas tubes are the same length as arsenals

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Just got my first wasr 10
How in the hell does this tiny thing work?

>>33016403
Why do you like true black mags so much, they're just black. Plums are better.

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>>33015539
>>33015616
>>33016348
Check em

>>33016501
this one's from an sar-1 and the fitting isn't an issue. I'm just wondering if it'd cause over gassing since my gas block doesn't have any holes in it and neither does the tube

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>Obligatory /k/ancuk Ak

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>>33016576
fuggin checked

Where's airshit with his mold 2?

>>33016603

>>33016457
The AK is overgassed by design, I'd say shoot it and see if the recoil is any different.

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>>33016616
>"It's been a week..they still don't know I'm just SkS komrade.."

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>>33016653

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>>33016576
Damn 3
I think this is a #5

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>>33016616

you called?

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Also for everyone who called me crazy over the zigzag, this short collar is actually centered perfectly over the bore

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>>33016671
I'm moist

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>>33016695

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fucking triangle folder.

>>33016742
Just like when people try to spin karambits for the first time

>>33016752
owning a karambit at all is the first mistake

>>33016576
Oh snap!

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>>33016565
Because they have the cool current issue mystique to them, I don't know I jut think they're cool and really like them

>>33016695
Dang nigga

>>33016742
How? I've never once been pinched by my folders like that

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>>33016786
Hand too high up on the PG when you close it

>>33016761
Y u hav 2 talk shit

>>33016811
>Hand too high up on the PG when you close it
I mean yeah I know that but how does that happen without intentionally doing it

>>33016838
i was really muscling my stock because it didnt seem like it was gonna fold even thought i had my body weight on the button so my hand i guess got in the way when i was bracing the rifle

>>33016854
Ah

Also I'm sorry for stealing that smooth collar from under you a few months back, if it wasn't for me you'd have had one months ago :(

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>>33016870
If you're the man of a thousand brakes then you stole it from me not him

I keep shit on my triangle that prevents me from locking it closed

Pic related has a short collar now tho, but I'm not sure if this or a zigzag/halfmoon is better for what I'm going for

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>>33016603
>>33016653
VZ.58 sempai why don't you notice me?? ;3

>>33012151
>PSAK
Dont. I just wenter through a bunch of shit with PSA to get a refund for mine.

The wood furniture kit was missing parts, and the screws they sent were incorrect (they admitted they had sent me screws mentioned for the polymer stock) leading to the predrilled holes being fucked up.

The bolt carrier looked like shit and the action was quite gritty.

Currently waiting for them to email me my return slip. Not worth the hassle.

>>33016910
Oops, I didn't realize you kept the pad on all the time. I thought it was just for pictures

Just keep the short collar on it, they have a cooler looking profile than zigzags or bulgy half moons. The zigzag cuts are cool looking but the actual smooth collar brake just has a cooler look to it

>>33016930
Why does this always happen? A US manufacturer shows some promise of making a decent affordable US made rifle and then it all goes to shit and they have to go full damage control

>>33016922
magic weightless pistol?

>>33016979
Nah, with my LOP I actually can't see through the scope properly holding the rifle how I normally would, I'd have to pull my head about an inch or two back, so the pad puts me at the perfect length to just drop it in my shoulder and see properly

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Really need to get some 75gr PPU and try 500 yards already.

>>33017007
Ah didn't consider that. I don't like mine on my SLR, it makes it too long for me. I'm 6'1" but I really like the short LOP on AKs which is weird to people I know because they all complain how it's too short when they fiddle with my rifle. I've got to use mine on my vz folder though because my nose hits the folding mechanism every time i shoot with it and after like a mag it gets annoying

>>33017041
l-lewd

I hate when I order a rifle online and have my FFL information approved the same day, and it takes them several days to get it shipped out. hwat r u doin gib it to me alredy

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>>33017063
Not the guy you replied to, but I like my length of pull short when I have my Obzor on, and a long length of pull for irons. I'm just under 6'3". I need to get one of the pads soon

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>>33014805
>Kalashnikov himself believed Bulgarian AKs to be the best quality and considered Yugo AKs his favorites.
source please

>>33017114
Not him but I've read that too. People don't save links to every single piece of information they hear or read to prove it when someone asks for a source, though.

>>33017161
I know, but I keep hearing this over and over, but no one has a source for it.

>>33016524
Front clip goes on sling loop near handgaurd, loop on sling goes in sling swivel on buttstock

>>33017166
Because the vast majority of AK related stuff is word of mouth and oral tradition from forums.

>>33017041
I had a nice chuckle.

>>33017395
Not calling you a liar, but just because a bunch of people have said it, doesn't make it true.
Most people believe Darth Vader says "Luke, I'm your father" but that doesn't make it so.

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>finally about to order zenit pt-3 stock
>get to rusthunder
>4.5mm adapter out of stock

FUCKING REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>order part
>realize later I could have gotten the same thing elsewhere for half the price

>>33017003
no, a magic weightless revolver

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What was the ammo that people complained about? I'm about to get some pic related

>>33017856
That stuff is under powered as they skimped on powder to pay for the lacquer and sealant. It works just fine and is fine as plinking ammo but you're a few hundred fps short of what you should be. Just buy silver bear

t. Someone who bought like 3000 rounds of it before learning it was underloaded

>>33017856
It was that ammo. SGammo Mil Spec.
Pretty sure it was coming in around 200 or 300 fps slower than 7n6.

>>33017886
It's only about 50fps slower than silver bear though

>>33017904
Yeah but silver bear is still one of the best commercial brand stuff that we can easily get our hands on.

>>33017886
>>33017891
>>33017904
Fuck it, it's 30 dollars more for 1500 rounds of silver bear vs Wolf, I'll just get that then

>>33017973
I only shoot silver bear or 7n6, wolf polyformance if I'm feeling thrifty. Silver bear is good shit

what about 7.6 ammo? what are the top brands?

>>33018453
If you're talking about 7n6, it's just Soviet surplus 5.45. It's mildly corrosive so run a hose through your rifle after you shoot it then clean normally

>>33018764
There is also Bulgarian.

>>33018764
I'm sorry, i was referring to surplus 7.62x39

>>33018785
Bulgarian 7n6 is still Soviet ammo, they were communist until 1989

>>33018815
Yugo M67 all the way. I have a few hundred rounds of it on strippers

>>33018764
So mildly, does that mean it will only rust a little?

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>>33018950
Ah i see what i did there, but some bulgarian was produced after 1989.

>>33017856

yep, is only slightly faster then 7.62x39, the WPA wolf is bad now too.

>>33019040
this
>http://www.sgammo.com/product/surplus/420-round-can-762x39-fmj-m67-yugoslavian-brass-case-surplus-ammo-sale

or
>http://www.sgammo.com/product/surplus/1260-rounds-762x39-steel-case-corrosive-yugoslavian-surplus-m67-ammo-non-magnetic-pr

only difference is one is corrosive.

>>33019569
Those are both corrosive; as is almost, if not all, surplus.

>>33014730
>lubing an AK

This ain't /arg/. Just use a lil oil.

>>33015192
Nig I'm about to order one, explain.
>inb4 look at the picture
I don't see shit.

>>33014730

>Using an abrasive lube at the temps the gun operates at


the clay base is abrasive unless the lube is hot and liquid, as is what it was designed for, using it on your gun is bad.

>>33015187

your leaf is defective, its not supposed to sit or have a spot in-between the battle zero and 100m

>>33019926
It's a purpose designed slot, that would be a heck of a malfunction considering everything lines up except that specific position.

>>33019926
I've seen several AK's that have that notch, don't think I've seen one that didn't, but I don't really pay attention to that stuff.

>>33019926
>>33019969
My Polish AKMS has that notch too. It's not a defect.

My SKS doesn't have that notch, a Norinco.

>>33020000
My Romy SKS has one, I think >>33019926 might be mistaken here, or he's never seen one, which is possible since obviously not all have them.

can someone tell me the difference between slr 107cr & fr? They both seem the same.

>>33014484
Unfortunately I live in a relatively densely populated and mildly terrained state, so hiking with an AK is almost out of the question.

>>33020022
Any idea if it's a second "combat zero" I remember reading a translated soviet manual (or something) that mentioned two different combat zeroes, I think they were both for the same caliber so it could be.

If not it's a 50m mark probably.

>>33020023
the cr has a shorter length and weighs less, it's also got a 500m sight leaf, fr has 800m. Only differences I saw.

>>33020023
oh the barrel and shorter length

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My slr96

>>33020052
I've got no idea man, I use it on the one right under 100 and it's always been dead on for me, I don't shoot very far with it unfortunately, only about 100 yards and I've never tried it any higher.

>>33020076
It's dead on for me at like 50m as well.

>>33020071
nice rifle. like the navy tape on your stock and grip.

>rifle dynamics break
lel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwkuvhSqh-4&t=8m40s

>>33020163
This is why everyone should be using a flash hider unless you really need a comp/brake.

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>>33020163

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>>33020163
3-prongs and 4-prongs are the way to go for pure flash hiding

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4prong for the win

16" barrel AK

>>33020229
nice

>>33020258
pretty much all 3prong and 4prong do equally well if not better.

>>33020071
>Paki tape and izolenta
Absolute mad man.
Nice rifle, anon.

>>33020321
anyone know where u can get the paki tape?

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>>33020023
CR has a gas block sight combo and is meant to be SBRd, FR is basically a standard looking AK with a folding stock

>>33020345
http://www.echo93.com/miscellaneous

>>33020445
thats where i got mine
I did the same to a smle that i restored with a training rifle cause the rear handguard was rusted away. but u guy would probably say it looks gay

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>>33020511
Post it.
I'm curious to see it.

>>33020365
Digging the setup

>>33020365
nice

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>>33020606

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>>33020781
Couldn't find any Paki whore sticker so I used funny money

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I need to hurry and get off work. This baby need to get dressed up

>>33020781
Neat

>>33020800
Is that a Polish UF or a Rommy?

>>33020842
im guessing not rommy

>>33020842
Polish akms.
With proper barrel.

>>33020866
your wood looks totally diff from mine

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>>33020871
Woods not correct. I have the real set on my slr right now. Ill post some more vibrant pics when im off.
>needs polish grip
>install fcg

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When will we see Russian aks again bros?

Hopefully trump lifts the ban soon, I really want to get an izhmash ak

>>33020913
When you stop asking

My LGS has an RPK on their counter that I'm looking to buy. I asked the roof Korean that owns the store how much and he said "make me offer."

It's a CAI imported m64 RPK in 7.62x39. What should I offer the man? I'm thinking $800 - $900 based on numbers I'm finding.

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>>33020924
better bait next time?

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>>33020931
>Century assembled
>US Barrel and Receiver

>>33020954
every time you ask sanction lifting gets pushed back 2 weeks


Stop asking the same question every day because you don't like the answer.

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>>33020982
says who?
>you?

>>33020913
It's not going to happen. Get used to it.

>>33020993
quick, how about you ask what Ak should you get while you're shitting up the thread.

>>33020913
Arsenal Bulgaria > Izhmash

Fuck the Russians, buy a Vepr if you need your Rifle to be Russian.

Putin needs to get the fuck out of The Ukraine.

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>>33021027
don't those have a really bad finish though?
I heard the barrel tends to create bubbles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWxHN62LiGk&feature=youtu.be

>>33021077
Google.

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>>33021011
>lets shit up the thread by telling other people to stop shitting up the thread!
???

>>33021099
Post your AK.

>>33021077
I have had a few that have never had issues, supposedly it was a specific run of rusty AKs that just got painted over.

Every SGL or Saiga I have ever seen has had a shitty finish.

>>33020966
Yeah, that was my first thought. But the shop owner said that he'd deal with Century if problems came up.

>>33021121
alright, guess i'll pick up an slr107 when they come back in stock

>>33021140
You could read the pastebin you lazy fuck

>>33019940
no ak has a 50m sight option by design, someone was drunk on a friday afternoon on who made your leaf.

>>33021155
>t he'd deal with Century if problems came up.

I'll tell you this as someone who used to own a Century assembled Galil (CAI Golani), Century will tell both you and this shop owner to kick rocks since they don't make it anymore.

Gib wallpapers, new computer needs nice AK background

I have 7 tapco mags and 2 3 cell mag pouches I wanna get rid of if the anon from the previous thread is still interested.

>>33021185
That's what I'm worried about. Exactly how bad are Century's parts? I know they change the barrel and receiver for compliance reasons.

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>>33021240

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>>33021254

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>>33021254
>>33021289
If anyone has some nice pictures on an an94 that'd be just fucking perfect. Right now I'm using this

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I kinda want this

New thread

>>33021346

>>33021346

>>33021346

>>33021244
Soft and out of spec is the norm.

>>33014730
I just use a little rem oil