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Posted: 8/16/2012 12:41:41 AM
The first AK I handled was probably a rusty ex-Iraqi POS captured during ODS during an airshow in '91 as a teenager. I don't remember much about it other than the insides was about as nasty as the outside when the Soldier field-stripped it. I wouldn't say it was love at first sight, but its simplicity stuck with me. Too bad I didn't get pictures of it
Fast forward to the present day: After fooling around with a SKS, missing out on an AK back in '08 (I decided to get an AK in the final days of October, but the supplies dried up in Nov.), and attempting to like a Vz.2008, I finally got my hands on a Waffen Werks AK74 right as the last of the current crop of surplus magazines dried up. I have been very impressed with it so far. It has shot flawlessly on a diet of Monarch 5.45 although I do have a tin of Soviet surplus set back just in case. And it has a sweet trigger (no creep, very light, and no slap) for any surplus rifle, especially an AK. James |
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Posted: 8/16/2012 12:46:10 AM
My first was a Chinese under folder.... and ammo was as low as $65 a 1200 rd case...
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Posted: 8/16/2012 1:06:30 AM
Mine was a Chinese Norinco MAK-90, it had beautiful wood stocks, had the thumbhole stock of course. I think I paid $300 for it back in the day. I could just barely afford it being a kid, and the ammo was cheap.
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Posted: 8/16/2012 1:58:38 AM
MAADI MISR here. I think the MISR stood for MISERY. Canted to Hell front and rear sight blocks. 3 different species of wood on the same rifle. Finish looked like Krylon with dirt sprinkled on while wet. The shitty Century Arms trigger group broke like glass even though the hammer binds up the carrier. Damn thing still ran like a top. Not a jam yet, and I bought it in 2001 when Wolf ammo was $60 per 500rd case.
I'm so glad I bought the MAADI instead of the WASR. It looks exactly like the original Soviet guns, and we all know that the Egyptian guns dried up and the Romy guns flooded the market in a big way. In fact, I think the Romies is what got a lot of people into the AK.  |
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Posted: 8/19/2012 9:28:27 AM
2006 vepr k paid $750
Still have, here it is today. This rifle will leave my collection when I die!  |
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Posted: 8/19/2012 1:54:26 PM
Yeah. It was a piece of shit WASR that had an off center bore. It went bye bye.
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Posted: 8/19/2012 2:07:24 PM
I still have it. A Mak90 I bought used from my brothers friend. I've had it since the mid 90's.
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Posted: 8/19/2012 9:25:56 PM
MAK 90.
Traded for a SVT-40. |
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Posted: 8/19/2012 11:05:30 PM
WASR sidefolder is my first. Actually shot it for the first time yesterday, LOVED the way an AK feels to shoot.
I was expecting there to be more kick, but it felt perfect. I know it's only a WASR but I am really happy with it, pretty free from the usual WASR bugs |
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Posted: 8/19/2012 11:11:31 PM
Mac 90 $ 100.00 from J&G...sold it...
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Posted: 8/20/2012 2:18:22 PM
WASR back in 05, shitty trigger slap, bolt carrier that would grind against internal surfaces
Ran like a top and managed to bag a deer with it a few years later. Sold to a buddy of mine when I needed the cash for car repairs. Has since been replaced with a milled M64 underfolder  |
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