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10/6/2007 11:10:43 AM EDT
i'm thinking of building my first ak and was just curious as to why the yugo kits seem to bring a premium and the romanians seem so cheap. Basically my goal is to build a fun,reasonably priced shtf and fun rifle and thoughts,advice etc is much appreciated!
10/6/2007 11:20:01 AM EDT
[#1]
Yugo's are generally regarded as a step up in overall quality from Romy's. Secondly, it's simple supply and demand. Since more want the Yugo's, vendors sell the kits at a higher price. As kits dry up, prices will climb.
10/6/2007 11:21:08 AM EDT
[#2]
If you are going to build you should probably go with the cheaper priced Romanian.  Probably more of them came into the country.  I've had some of the G kits and they were all nice, some appeared new but that was a while back.  Check with Bocefus at the AKfiles, he may still have some.

I think some of the Yugo kits now have US barrels which would add to cost.  Some of the first ones in had sewer pipe barrels.  You could actually buy an already built Yugo with a US barrel cheaper than building one now with a quality receiver, IMO.  
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