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Posted: 6/17/2011 6:09:07 PM EDT
| Which underfolder stock is considered best? Romanian, polish, yugo? Is one more comfortable than the others? Any other pluses of a certain one? |
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Romanian UFs have more drop at the toe like the original fixed AK stock. Some people like that, others don't. And that is the only difference really. The Polish aren't the best, because they aren't any different than the Russian or the Bulgarian of the exact same design. I'd bet the people saying they are they best are saying that because they have a Polish underfolder AKM. |
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The Polish AK's are generally accepted as having a higher level of fit and finish than other Warsaw Pact countries.
Factors include inherent industrial supremacy, highly skilled labor pool and lack of wartime expediency. All of this is anecdotal but I think if you put one side by side with say, a Romanian, you'll see the difference. I do have a Polish UF, it's a very clean gun. It runs great, shoots straight, and the stock locks up tight. Bakelite grip alone is worth the price. |
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The Polish AK's are generally accepted as having a higher level of fit and finish than other Warsaw Pact countries. Factors include inherent industrial supremacy, highly skilled labor pool and lack of wartime expediency. All of this is anecdotal but I think if you put one side by side with say, a Romanian, you'll see the difference. I do have a Polish UF, it's a very clean gun. It runs great, shoots straight, and the stock locks up tight. Bakelite grip alone is worth the price. The topic at hand is the stock, not the entire rifle. The stocks are the same. |
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The Polish AK's are generally accepted as having a higher level of fit and finish than other Warsaw Pact countries. Factors include inherent industrial supremacy, highly skilled labor pool and lack of wartime expediency. All of this is anecdotal but I think if you put one side by side with say, a Romanian, you'll see the difference. I do have a Polish UF, it's a very clean gun. It runs great, shoots straight, and the stock locks up tight. Bakelite grip alone is worth the price. The topic at hand is the stock, not the entire rifle. The stocks are the same. Do all of the stocks come from a central factory somewhere? Or are they fabricated in the same country as the rest of the rifle by the better skilled workers out of the superior materials on the nicer tooling. Ponder this but consider it a matter of faith. AK's do have a "standard" pattern but many countries redesigned them to local taste. Even the units that follow the standard pattern exhibit wide variation in fit and finish. You'll find a preference for a particular countries variant of a firearm that includes factors other than design. Look at Swedish Mausers. Generally considered to have better steel. |
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I have a milled Bulgarian and a stamped Polish.
I wish the Bulgarians would have used the double locking lugs like the others did. The Polish one seems a to have a little less play. But I would not trade any of them off for an M4. 
I have not shot the Pol yet. Still awaiting barrel assembly. I find the Bulgy stock mounted to my Draco very fun to shoot. I actually prefer it over the fixed stock. YMMV |
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