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@HendersonDefense, do you have any Kalashnikov USA products on the line? If so, how are they holding up?
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Originally Posted By HendersonDefense: - All of our .223/5.56 Bulgarian Arsenal SLR-106UR's are off the line because we can't get replacement bolts for them. The lack of steady 5.45 supply was the reason behind the 106-series but all of the bolts have failed OR they firing pin hole erosion is so pronounced that we have excessive protrusion. We are only using the 5.45's for military training at this time because of the lack of availability of 5.45 on a monthly basis. - Prior to the lack of 5.45 availability, we had rebarreled all of our Arsenal 104's with AK-Builder CHF barrels and they actually improved the function. We had issues running Tula, Red Army Standard and Brown Bear with the factory barrels (and even older Century AK74's built on Bulgy kits with non-chrome lined US barrels) because cases would get stuck. Once we swapped all the barrels out with the AKB's, we could any of the varieties of 5.45 ammo. - All of our line guns have had KNS pistons installed and we have seen a significant decrease in blown trunnions. I was in the armory last Thursday and saw one with a blown trunnion but my staff told me that it went on the line back in JAN of 2020. Definitely worth the cost for us. - I plan on ordering some the PSA Type-56 clones because the "real" ones are throughout Africa and Asia and correlate to our foreign weapons classes for military personnel. - We installed the US-made "dong" grips for our AK's and initially expected them to not last very long. I only thought of this because it seems American AK parts have to go through several generations to get it "right" but they are still mounted on the WASR's and NOT wobbling. Our American dong lowers are actually holding up better than the factory Romy units. - We made some "AK-103's" with PSA barrel, gas block, FSB and furniture from WASR's that had key-holing barrels. All the parts were an easy install without any issues and between the "103" muzzle brake and piston, the platform is noticeably easier for our customers to control. V/R Ron View Quote |
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Originally Posted By ObjectiveInjury: @HendersonDefense, do you have any Kalashnikov USA products on the line? If so, how are they holding up? View Quote Yes, we have a few of their 9mm AK's on the line. One thing I asked the armorers to do when converting was to add a steel pin to the carrier to trip the sear. I didn't want them to add any extra heat to the carrier (welded-on trip surface) and possibly affect it's lifespan. We've had them for maybe two years or more and they haven't suffered from any issues. We also use it to train Army and Air Force personnel so they get plenty of use. V/R Ron |
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Originally Posted By FullAssault: have you ran any WBPs or FB AKs? I’m curious to see how they hold up. Thanks! View Quote We've had some factory FB's on the line for about 6-7 years. They don't get THAT much abuse since it has to be requested and not a lot of people are familiar with FB. On a side note, we use them for military training to teach RPA's and others about the various-calibered AK's they will likely encounter. They haven't had any issues BUT the translucent green magazines didn't hold up on the line. I'm not sure if they've changed the design since but these mags were probably a bit older than the guns which were all new inventory sitting here in the States for quite some time. V/R Ron |
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Thank you for the updates. Moderators please tack this post to the top. Mao’s politburo and central committee members approve of such an action :-)
PSA may be the savior of the AK community after all. I am glad to here that US made stuff is holding up well. It will hopefully get better with time. Kudos to AK builder as well. Hearing good things about KNS pistons make me feel better as well about the choices I have made to run my AKs suppressed. I was curious if you are running KUSA KR-103s on the line at all? Good to hear about the KR-9s. Disappointed to hear about issues with Arsenal. Sigh |
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Originally Posted By themao: Thank you for the updates. Moderators please tack this post to the top. Mao's politburo and central committee members approve of such an action :-) PSA may be the savior of the AK community after all. I am glad to here that US made stuff is holding up well. It will hopefully get better with time. Kudos to AK builder as well. Hearing good things about KNS pistons make me feel better as well about the choices I have made to run my AKs suppressed. I was curious if you are running KUSA KR-103s on the line at all? Good to hear about the KR-9s. Disappointed to hear about issues with Arsenal. Sigh View Quote So set your bookmarks. I don't tack threads, nobody pays attention to them anyway. |
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Originally Posted By HendersonDefense: We've had some factory FB's on the line for about 6-7 years. They don't get THAT much abuse since it has to be requested and not a lot of people are familiar with FB. On a side note, we use them for military training to teach RPA's and others about the various-calibered AK's they will likely encounter. They haven't had any issues BUT the translucent green magazines didn't hold up on the line. I'm not sure if they've changed the design since but these mags were probably a bit older than the guns which were all new inventory sitting here in the States for quite some time. V/R Ron View Quote As always thanks! |
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Originally Posted By HendersonDefense: One thing I forgot to mention was that I purchased five of the Pioneer Arms 7.62x39 AK's from Atlantic to get them another shot. My manager let there salesperson know that we had issues in the past and the salesperson assured us that these were NOT the same type that we had bought years ago from InterOrdnance. The fit and finish was excellent, the furniture was was nice but the grip, IIRC, looked like a Bulgarian salmon-colored plastic grip. We installed some Romanian bakelites on them along with KNS pistons and they are still running strong six months later. V/R Ron View Quote Great option and price point if they are fixed now.... |
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@HendersonDefense
I'd be curious to hear about your experience with the vz.58 you have on the line next time you drop by this thread. |
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We have four Vz58's on the line and I know for a fact we've lost two pistons and two locking pieces. The rifles were pulled off the line for the broken pistons because they wouldn't cycle but amazingly enough, the locking pieces were cracked and continued to operate. They were only discovered after disassembly for routine cleaning.
V/R Ron |
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Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. Curious, how did the piston fail? Did it bend or crack? Do you have a (very) rough idea of round count?
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Originally Posted By Toddles: Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. Curious, how did the piston fail? Did it bend or crack? Do you have a (very) rough idea of round count? View Quote It's been so long ago that we couldn't even begin to come up with a timeline or round count. As far the piston, it was cracked at the junction of it and the carrier. V/R Ron |
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Is it true that you have some factory Arsenal's that haven't failed after 300,000+ rounds?
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Originally Posted By HendersonDefense: It would be a HUGE leap on my part but I would conservatively estimate 50,000+ rounds minimum. V/R Ron View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By HendersonDefense: It would be a HUGE leap on my part but I would conservatively estimate 50,000+ rounds minimum. V/R Ron Lol, huge leap or not, you know it just became "the Gospel according to BFLV", right? Originally Posted By Brenvana: Is it true that you have some factory Arsenal's that haven't failed after 300,000+ rounds? Wow at the first posts we've been getting lately on this site. Well welcome to arfcom and the dark side and all that. I'll bite, can you cite a source claiming 300K with no failures? Pretty sure I haven't seen it in this thread but I could be wrong about that. |
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The ak47 subreddit has linked this thread to the SAM7 line of Arsenal rifles claiming they've had 300,000+ rounds through them without failure. I haven't seen that claim in this thread though.
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Originally Posted By HendersonDefense: Yes, we have a few of their 9mm AK's on the line. One thing I asked the armorers to do when converting was to add a steel pin to the carrier to trip the sear. I didn't want them to add any extra heat to the carrier (welded-on trip surface) and possibly affect it's lifespan. We've had them for maybe two years or more and they haven't suffered from any issues. We also use it to train Army and Air Force personnel so they get plenty of use. V/R Ron View Quote Do you have a photo of the steel pin to trip the sear? Or is that a top secret, felony, First Amendment, auto key card, violation? |
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Originally Posted By Shadyman: Do you have a photo of the steel pin to trip the sear? Or is that a top secret, felony, First Amendment, auto key card, violation? View Quote Since the trip isn't there it needs something. My best guess is they drill a hole and press a steel pin into it to activate the trip. It would be very simple. |
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Originally Posted By Brenvana: The ak47 subreddit has linked this thread to the SAM7 line of Arsenal rifles claiming they've had 300,000+ rounds through them without failure. I haven't seen that claim in this thread though. View Quote Yeah there has been no specific mention of them getting to 300k. Just that the Arsenal milled receivers are extremely strong and have lasted well over 100k rounds without failing unlike their stamped counterparts |
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