Quoted: So it is a SA-85M, post-ban with thumbhole stock. Why would you mess with the fire control group? You can put a separate stock and grip on it now that the AWB is gone. Do yourself a favor and don't change anything in this rifle, particularly the FCG (it is possible that some of the recent SA-85Ms have U.S. FCG parts already - maybe someone else can confirm this, but I seem to remember that some guns were made this way in the last few years). They work like they are. Mine now looks just like the SA-85, except the pistol grip is black. The Global Trades blonde Bulgarian wood sets work very well on the Hungarian. Takes a little fitting.
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1saxman,
I think it's criminal to have to do anything to these rifles and I wish we wouldn't have these stupid pointless laws.
But, the AWB does not change anything about imported guns other than the fact that you can now have a
threaded barrel (and folding stocks, etc. ie. more evil features) , and you don't need to have the muzzlebreak or flash suppressor
welded on or otherwise installed permanently. You still need to obey the U.S. parts count rule, period. That rule is from the 1989 and is not going away anytime soon. I understand that the FCG I have now is perfect, but the FCG, and especially the trigger and disconnector are easy to switch out, though it may take some filing and fitting for the selector switch. I don't see why the FCG would already be U.S. made as they would have put a pistol grip and stock on it already.
I'm guessing that this rifle did come in with blonde furniture originally and that the Choate thumbhole stock was put on afterwards. Who knows, that's just a guess. That's why I don't feel bad about modifying it since it isn't in its original state anyway.
Thanks for the heads up on the Bulgarian furniture. I may actually do that instead since I don't have any AK's with wood furniture.