WASR 10/63
And heres century's fuck up, doesn't surprise me or bother me one bit.
Bayo lug ears are gone
Welded muzzle nut, looks like I could easily wrench off the muzzle nut though since the weld looks real piss poor.
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WASR 10/63
And heres century's fuck up, doesn't surprise me or bother me one bit.
Bayo lug ears are gone
Welded muzzle nut, looks like I could easily wrench off the muzzle nut though since the weld looks real piss poor.
It looks naked without a cleaning rod.
Heh, something seemed off, now that you pointed it out, that was it. Nice buy though for that price, now I'm jealous. Actually about to go to the store to get some ammo, going to drool over AK's and other sexy rifles I want to buy but know I shouldn't. The guy who owns the store has a bunch of his personal collection on display around the store, among many things he has two 40's M1 Carbines, a '44 Gewehr 43 and some other awesome stuff.
The wood on that looks really nice.
Milled receiver AKs in the USA...who has the best one? I have a set of the last AK-47 furniture manufactured before the factory in Poland closed that needs a home (not for sale!). Would love to make a Type III '47 replica.
Milled can be identified by the big rectangular cut above the magazine well for those who don't know.
I.O. Inc. imports Polish milled AKs, but beware for they use worn, used surplus parts in those guns.
Honestly, as a milled AK goes, your best bet is a milled MAK-90 or an NHM-91. Mileld AKs aren't cheap. The absolute cheapest option would be to get a Norinco Hunter (1.6mm milled receiver) and convert it much like you would convert a Saiga, and then put the furniture on that. Norinco Hunters are great guns and you can easily find them for $500, but you have to convert them which is a pain in the ass.
Spartan, I'm going to be perfectly blunt here. Your WASR looks like shit. The wood furniture is nice but the finish on the metal is horrible. You should duracoat it. I recommend a tiger stripe pattern.
IDK man, AKs are supposed to look like that in my book. It's what makes it an AK. Warts and all, ya know?Quote:
Originally Posted by Emmzee
The AK isn't supposed to be ugly and shitty looking. It's a beautiful platform, and that WASR is ugly. The finish is terrible.
There's a might difference between 'well-used AK' and 'that'. The wood is definitely nice though.Quote:
Originally Posted by TVTyrant
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Since Emmzee's return has caused a dramatic increase in AK info, I may as well drop some wisdom on 91/30 snipers in case any of you are in the market.
There are a lot about now. The market's been flooded and prices have dropped a fair bit. Samco/RGuns are still regarded as the 'top tier' guys as they try and make the least changes to their rifles - one dot-matrix import mark and that's it - but they're still selling for around 800 IIRC and so you're paying a premium for that. There's also the fact that RGuns is a colossal bucket and you will either get an all-matching, original blue, matching scope PU, a '42 Tula refurb, or more likely than either of those, a completely ordinary refurbed '44 Izhevsk with a mismatched scope and possibly some lineouts. There is nothing wrong with '44 Izhevsks (my rifle is one), but they are the most common 91/30 sniper by a long way and so at that point you've just dropped $800 to get something you can enjoy, but is hardly worth mentioning in collecting circles unless it's MO stamped or has German and subsequent Soviet capture marks or something. On the other hand, an almost-factory '44 Izhevsk is a great jewel people will talk about for ages and you will have fuckers offering to buy your rifle left and right.
ATI got in some rifles from Tula. These were going for $650 and while there was some initial consternation caused by their brown (versus red) shellac finish and the presence of some markings that weren't recognised immediately or were out of place, we've now basically confirmed that this is because TOZ (Tula's modern name) refurbed them commercially for the domestic and European markets and then sold them as 'Hunting Carbine mod. 91/30'. This is because Tigrs aren't cheap even in Russia and the 91/30 is a better fit for their gun laws, and there's also the whole 'instrument of glorious fascist defeat from the Great Patriotic War' aspect which you don't get so much in the US. They were mechanically great rifles, they looked good although they had a fuckoff German import mark on the barrel under the handguard, and they were genuine snipers. Some still bore original scopes, some did not. I am not sure if they have any left.
Royal Tiger and AIM are both selling MOLOT-marked 'KO-91/30' rifles. These have a big 'MOLOT/MADE IN RUSSIA' (no they weren't... well, geographically they were I guess, but that personally irks me) billboard on the left receiver lightening scallop, a new serial with Latin characters dot-matrixed onto the left receiver wall just ahead of the PU mount, and various MOLOT and GIS (a Russian industry standards mark, essentially like a CE mark in Europe or AS mark here) stampings on other parts of the rifle, including the bolt. They appear to be arsenal refurbs but there is a chance that MOLOT touched them up while marking them. Most if not all of these are coming in with their original scopes, not replaced during refurb. I think AIM's rifles are all Izhevsk, I don't know about RT. They are going for under $600. If you want to own a legitimate 91/30 PU sniper and don't have the money to shell out on the $800 RGuns/Samco examples, now is the time to do something about it.
91/30 GECO, PE, PEM rifles all remain hen's teeth comparatively, though the ex-snipers pop up periodically, often in the hands of people who don't realise what they're holding.
