He likes the SAM7 varients a lot, and gives weights of 7.7-7.9lbs for the fixed, side, and under folder options. He also likes the Kobra.

Odd that Wolf gets a plug in the article but no groups are posted.

Why will the SLR108 be so good?

Originally Posted By Templar: Originally Posted By RogerC: Why will the SLR108 be so good? With the exception of the US extra long buttstock, it'll be a real semi-auto Bulgarian AKM......we haven't had anything like that since the Hungarian FEG SA-85M's came in the country in 1986.

What kind of price are they gonna be starting at?

I've been looking into the prospect of getting a high quality AK.

WIZZO

i just read almost two pages of this article- haven't had time to sit and read a .pdf on my screen...

is it just me or is the author like every other author out there? whenever they write a review, they try to smoke as much pole as possible, not just the pole of the manufacturer of the item, i can look past that, but he goes on about the cobra red dot sights a little too much- granted, not much at all, but too much. he acts like he holds stock in the company itself "and it takes common round batteries like the 2032, etc..." jesus H.

do we need a brief history of AK mags being made of steel and then ABS plastic? were they ever made out of ABS? he doesn't mention bakelite and then says that bulgarian mags have the 10 with the circle around it. I'm not an AK guy, but i have seen different markings and don't remember the 10 being specifcally bulgarian or that bulgarians all have a "10" on them... aluminum magazines were tested but failed immediately? "AK magazines must be rocked into and out of the magazine
well during insertion and removal and tactical reloading suffers as a consequence. In this area, the M16 clearly wins, although M16 magazines are distinctly inferior to those of the Kalashnikov." WTF? DID WE GO OFF ON A TANGENT HERE?

it just bugs me when he (or any writer) will get into what he things are the finer points or difference in this particular rifle and then immediately explain how a paddle release works as if the reader now has no fucking clue what an AK is all of a sudden...

i've pissed you off enough already. sorry and goodnight.

p.s.- it's the article itself, not the author and not the AK47 or anything else I'm annoyed with.

I think he doesn't know how to write period. He can't decide how to write an article or what he wants to include. He starts out explaining differences an avid fan might notice and then stops to explain stuff only an idiot would not know, then treats all readers like idiots.

Peter Kokalis has been in the gun writing business for a long time. He was the head firearms guy for Soldier of Fortune Magazine for years. Then he was editor/contributor for Small Arms Review and now writes for Shotgun News. He’s the most knowledgeable military firearms guy in the country. And he’s a nice guy, if you ever get a chance to meet him in person!

You know, if I were going to buy an AK I'm sure it would be one of those...but no matter how well they're made they're still an un-ergonomic rifle that is snail-slow to manipulate compared to an AR. I took a Pat Rogers class last summer with a contractor-type who used an AK because that's what he was going to be issued in the box, and he was a reasonably competent shooter..but he couldn't keep up with the SLOWEST M4 shooter in the class when it came to any kind of weapon manipulation.

get the arm9 stock. I'm going to get that thrown on the 5.56 I plan on buying. stock like an ar-15. I'll just take the metal plate off of it and grind a pachmeyr presentation pad to it instead.

And strange enough Wolf is almost not sold in Europe, you see it in Germany sporadicly (sp?) but I've yet to see it in the Netherlands.

Originally Posted By Templar: Originally Posted By Stottman: I actually saw him at the IWA show (Euro version of the shot show) last year (2005).... Guess where? The Wolf booth! He had some weird guy falling him around..Guy I was with said he had seen them together in Russia as well....Guess it was his lover or some deal.. Wasn't that blond Nordic type guy that's always the subject of his photos was it?

No, he was bald, just like him..

Isn't Kokalis a member here?

I have been lurking here for quite some time and I feeI I should speak up. I am very disappointed at the personal negitive comments slung at Mr. Kokalis. You may all FLAME me all you want, but Mr. Kokalis has actually been in more real combat situations than most of us ( including me, ) put together. He is also one of the best writers in the business and one of my favorite authors. This was NOT an AK "fluff piece", the firearm happens to really be that good. He is not shy about trashing guns that are not..... Please gentleman, I really enjoy this forum and I feel we can ALL be a little more professional than some of the comments in this thread...

After reading the article and some evaluations of the rifle, I am this close [-] to purchasing one instead of waiting for an FN-SCAR or Magpul Masada