Finally Got to Put a Few Rounds Through My PSA KS-47

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Finally Got to Put a Few Rounds Through My PSA KS-47

Posted: 10/20/2017 7:42:18 AM EDT

Quite some time ago, I got the itch for a 7.62X39 AR. I have always thought highly of the round. I had one several years ago that utilized those really bizarre-looking AR-style mags that just never quite functioned really reliably, not to mention the fact that mag pouches for the things were next-to-impossible to find. So after a year or so if tinkering and fiddling, I sold it off.

Then the next breed of 7.62X39 AR’s came along from CMMG, Rock River and PSA. After studying things a bit, I picked up a PSA lower (‘blemished’ on sale). From there, I’d been pulling together the pieces for maybe a year. I got the thing built up early this year. And FINALLY took the thing out back (I’ve got about 10 acres, affording me my own little range!) for a test drive!

Well, the first thing I discovered it that the thing DOESN’T LIKE poly mags. ANY poly mag! MagPul? Nope! US Palm? Nope! Arsenal? Nope! Tapco? Nope! None of them fed worth a damn! Mostly out of annoyance, I grabbed a couple old, original, Warsaw Pact steel mags to see how they behaved. My new little carbine grazed contentedly out of those old-school Russky mags for the rest of the range session! From there, things went smoothly!

With a 1-4 Burris MTAC mounted I ran an assortment of ammo through the thing, including Tula Ammo, Wolf, some old Chinese stuff of really dubious pedigree, as well as Winchester white box & Llapua. Accuracy across the board was really impressive. Shooting 3-shot groups even the old Chinese stuff did between 2 ½ & 3” at 100 yds. As the quality of the ammo got better, so did the accuracy. With the Winchester and the Llapua groups shrunk down to less than 1 ½” at 100 yds.

Switching over to a red dot (Vortex StrikeFire) I went to work on some clay pigeons I had scattered out down range. Handling of the carbine was light & fast – very comfortable.

All-in-all I am really pleased with the little PSA carbine. It’ll take a lot more proving before she becomes my go-to 7.62X39 shooter but things are off to a good start.

Posted: 10/20/2017 8:08:15 AM EDT

[#1]

Nice. I've kept and eye on the PSA KS-47. Have a bunch of Metal Warsaw AK mags in storage that I haven't used.

Curious to know if it locks back on the last round?

Posted: 10/20/2017 9:16:32 AM EDT

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https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_2_301/275276_PSA-KS47-Official-thread.html
Some good info in tbis thread on whole set up and fixes

Posted: 10/20/2017 9:39:12 AM EDT

[#3]

Made it hot...

https://www.ar15.com/forums/industry/PSA-KS47-Official-thread/301-275276/

I am curious what were the plastic mags doing wrong ?... Not fully locking in ? ...Or just not feeding consistently ?

Posted: 10/20/2017 9:47:22 AM EDT

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Made it hot...

https://www.ar15.com/forums/industry/PSA-KS47-Official-thread/301-275276/

I am curious what were the plastic mags doing wrong ?... Not fully locking in ? ...Or just not feeding consistently ?

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Funny thing is mine only works with poly mags.

Posted: 10/20/2017 11:34:43 AM EDT

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Bigger Hammer wrote: "Curious to know if it locks back on the last round?"

No. Because of the AK magazine configuration (no provisions for a bolt hold-open) there is no last round bolt lock. I think that they still could have incorporated a bolt hold-open into the design of the lower receiver though it would not have functioned as a last round bolt lock. Really the only shortcoming of the design that I have found so far.

Posted: 10/20/2017 11:41:33 AM EDT

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Made it hot...

https://www.ar15.com/forums/industry/PSA-KS47-Official-thread/301-275276/

I am curious what were the plastic mags doing wrong ?... Not fully locking in ? ...Or just not feeding consistently ?

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I'm not completely certain, but I think its the thick feed lips on the poly mags. Regardless of which brand of poly mag I used, the round would not clear the mag or the bolt would ride over top the round. And, both the behaviors occurred more-or-less together out of any given mag. Perhaps the carbine is just new. I don't know!

Posted: 10/20/2017 11:46:46 AM EDT

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Funny thing is mine only works with poly mags.

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Hey! Go figure! At the end of the day, as long as we can both get our shooters to go BANG! regularly, that's pretty much all that matters!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Finally Got to Put a Few Rounds Through My PSA KS-47

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