What to look/ask for when shopping for an RPD?

hey, im a noob to belt fed semi's, but i would to possibly buy an RPD since i can't afford a PKM. anyway, what should i ask my dealer or the seller when I find an RPD?

and what are some good internet sites that are selling them besides gunbroker?

thanks

If he has any PKMs or RPKs?

An ex-Sov guy on a different forum was seriously hating on the RPDs. Here's the post from the other forum:

'So , having gone through yesterday with the gun , I gave a buddy of mine a call . He had served with the Russian army and I knew had trained on these . When I told him , " Hey , you know I got a couple RPD's , right ?" His first words were " I'm sorry , maybe you can find a buyer " . Aparently these were universially hated by the troops . I told him about having 2 , so as to have spares handy , he gave me a quick edjucation . Said these were all hand fitted , parts would not normally swap around and that my most important tools would be a bucket of oil and a hammer . That the best thing to use my second RPD for was to shoot my first with , or whichever one actually ran . I told these were both barrelled up on WiseLite reciver's by a friend of mine . He told me , that's nice , and to check my theory . SO , I did . Nothing really worked . lower's didn't line up , topcover's were "almost" , you see were I'm going this . I called him back and told him to kiss my butt . He said the thing to do would be to pick up virgin part's [if possible] fit and serialize them to their respective gun's . And to NOT think of these as belt-fed AK's , they were famously temperamental but that when you got one that actually ran right and paid attention to what you where doing , you could do allright with them . A few things I've noticed useing mine , Best pay VERY close attention to setting the belt in the tray . Shooting with the belt stretched out is not a good idea . I've watched vids of it firing at the last B-Bash and thats what they were doing . What happens is , you get down to a foot or two of belt and it starts jumping up so high and slapping around that it would bind up and jam the gun . Keep it WET , with a lite oil . Have a slim bladed slot screwdriver handy or you'll have to use your knife , when it get's in a hard bind , you'll need one of them to slip the topcover latch forward . If your's didn't come with a cleaning rod , find one or something long enough to slip down the barrel to knock out a stuck empty . LockTite EVERYTHING , because you'll never have the right allen wrench to tighten it up when you're out . '

Have fun. BSW

stan ang jeorge built my 1953 russian.it runs without a hitch.since these guns are semi auto they are probally alitle less finicky.go here.
project guns

You can purchase semi-auto RPD's here::

Semi-auto RPD for sale at CFS

These guns are manufactured using excellent condition Polish RPD part sets (with original chrome lined barrel) by Wise Lite Arms.
The receiver is newly milled with the lock up being EDM cut. The barrels are threaded in and the original wooden buttstock is used.
WLA keeps all the matched parts in the kit together when we build the gun. The receiver is numbered to match up with the rest of the parts.
The complete gun is hot blued when finished. It is delivered in a mil-spec wooden transit box that we manufacture to protect the firearm in shipment.
WLA has these guns in production now, Centerfire Systems has these guns in stock, ready to deliver.

Regards,
Richard C. Hamer
Wise Lite Arms

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