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Posted: 4/21/2005 8:23:06 PM EDT
| Anyone know if their made. How much they cost, and where do I get one. I saw that southern ohio guns has a trainer AK-22 but this is the first time that I ever seen one. |
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I have one of them....the AKT-98's. I have to say I like it a lot. I have about 750 rounds through mine now. I'll do a quick review. Appearance: looks like an AK. Mag releases the same way, safety is the same, sites are the same. It has black synthetic furniture, not high quality. I find that on the fore stock, if you squeeze the furniture, it bends in. Not like wood furniture. It field strips the same way as it's big brother: take off the dust cover, remove recoil spring, remove "bolt carrier stop", bolt carrier, and your done. Accuaracy: is pretty good. I've not shot for groups, but I can easily take pop can sized targets and smaller all day shooting the cheapest .22 ammo I can find (currently Winchester Wild Cats). I did put on a Mojo aperature site. Front site adjusts the same as a standard ak. Also, the rifle has a side rail mount, so optics are an option too. Magazine: The rifle uses a cut down 20 round mag as the host. It has a plastic insert that holds a very chincey plastic 10 round mag. This is the flaw in the design. I have 7 of the 10 round mags. I can not load 10 rounds in any of them, I only load with 9. The recoil spring is very poor, as is the floor plate on the plastic 10 round mag. 2 of the mags I have did not work (the plastic 10 round mags were broken when I received). I modified host mag and shell to use a Marlin 10 round stick mag, and that works great. All in all I like it a lot. I enjoy shooting .22 rimfires, and this certainly is a blast to shoot. I like the rifle itself. There is a break in period of about 500-600 rounds, but after that it sort of smooths out and runs nicely. I wish I could get larger capacity mags. I haven't checked into the Ciener mags to see if they would work or not. For ~$350, it is a fun plinker. Brad |
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I have one also, that I recently acquired. I've had it about 3 weeks, and have put maybe 500+rds through it. I LOVE IT. I've determined that it's a little picky about ammo, but once I found 2 brands it liked, it ran without a hiccup. I agree w/Brad76 about the furniture, which is why I replaced mine w/a set of Bulgarian polymer furniture. Just need to swap the gas block and add a Bulgy FSB. As far as the mag problem, I have 6, and have no real problems loading 10rds. You just have to finesse that last one in. I give it a BIG thumbs-up, and would recommend one to anyone. |
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