With our 1-1-2017 ban coming into effect in Californication, I decided to add a retro AK to the stable to go with my 604 (soon to be 602) and 653. With the impending ban, I figured if I was going to register an AK, I wanted it to be an underfolder. (After 1-1-2017 when we register, we get to un-pin the folding stock and loose the bullet button). I ordered a Hungarian AKMS47 under-folder from Atlantic Firearms.

Picked it up today after 10 day jail. Well, I am in love... Took it to the indoor 50 yard range today.  I fired about 100 rounds of Tulammo 122 FMJ with zero malfunctions.  They must have laser bore sighted it when they built it, because I just had to drift a tidge to one side, and raise the POS one full turn on the front sight.  POA = POI at 25 yards on 200 meter setting.  

This group was 11 rounds, semi-rapid fire (about 3 shots in two seconds) from a casual rest.  The Texas Trigger double hook FCG was smooth as silk, and helped.  



I replaced the awful Hungarian ugly wood pistol grip with a brown bakelite one I had.  The sling is a NOS Hungarian leather  AK sling (looks like a belt mated with a leather Romanian sling), and a correct NOS matching number Hungarian bayonet.

I really like the parkerized finish.  It looks to be a quality build.  Rivets all even and rounded, corners crisp on the receiver, FSB and gas block straight, chrome lined barrel, and the bolt and the trunnion are matching numbers. Fit and finish are first class.  The mag is an Izzy bakelite rivet blocked at 10 rounds.

Sweet!

Move before it is too late.

If you are that deep in enemy territory we may not be able to extract you.

Nice AK though

Here it is now:  Replaced the Hungarian wood handguard with a Bulgarian palm swell one, and the wood pistol grip with a bakelite one.  The bakelite mag in the weapon is riveted to 10 rounds (since this is Kalifornication).  Original NOS Hungarian bayonet and leather sling.  The mag pouch is a Hungarian 5 cell shoulder bag. Also picked up a spare Hungarian AK bolt assembly, broken shell extractor, and blank firing device.

Umm...we don't know this for sure and we will not know until the Ca DOJ sends out the new registration regulations sometime before 1/1/2017.

I unfortunately find myself agreeing with some the legal guys that do not believe the CA DOJ will open up the assault weapon registry to possibly 100's of thousands of new registrations. I hope I am wrong, but I doubt the DOJ would give us what we have been asking for since 2000...I have my suspicions to how they will be written, but will not post them here.  

Too keep this on retro tract - nice new AK Bernie!

I registered an AR and AK in the first ban in 1990, and had no problem.  Part of the problem is the legislators did their own thing with little input from DOJ.  Anyway, everything I have, I have a "featureless option" for.  An attorney friend read the law, and he feels that there are no levels of "evilness". It includes everything from the originals, to the bullet button ones.  Bullet buttons weapons in the new law are equal to ones with magazine buttons. He reds the law that they have to accept the registrations, otherwise they will create felons of citizens trying to comply.

So did I - one AR lower and a Belgium G series FAL. Still have the AR - it is my home defense gun. PIA to take it anywhere. The FAL lives in Yuma. I am taking no chances on Ca getting their hands on it.

The law as wriiten does appear to allow us to unpin and remove BB's BUT it is how they interpret the law that counts. I hope I am wrong on this.