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Posted: 7/19/2005 5:54:38 AM EDT
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What does bulgarian currently field for its infantry weapon? The Aresenal has a NATO length stock and is 5.45 with or without a scope rail. Would this configuration be correct for anything Bulgaria has or is currently fielding? |
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The Bulgarians are currently issuing.........everything. They have older Type III AK-47's in use, along side of their home grown modifications to the milled AK known as the AR-M1 and AR-M1A1, along side AK-74's, AKS-74's, and AKSU-74's. Since they are now members of NATO, they will probably start to rearm with milled (and possibly stamped) 5.56mm AK's as their budget permits. The SLR-105A1 and A1R are the closest to a "real" AK-74 as you can get, and the Bulgarians are still issuing them. |
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That got my interested...did a quick google search and found a website by someone in bulgria's INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES...from what I understood, they recently switched from '74s to '74Us and he said that a anti-terrorist unit was the only other to use '74s but...that might be just within the "internal security forces"...I don't understand cyrillic so I can't be sure what else is there...some pics of them holding '74s though.. Someone's personal bulgarian military website ETA: Says last up dated in '99 |
Yes, I realize that but that is not what I am looking for. I know it has an imported receiver, etc.... I am looking for a clone with correct, barrel, furniture, caliber, stock, bolt, style of receiver, etc of an authentic military rifle. The reason why I ask is that I assume a NATO length stock would not be correct for a gun chambered in a WARSAW (5.45) caliber. |
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You're correct on that. Sorry, I wasn't clear on what you were asking. The NATO length stock is put on for US parts count reasons, and the fact that a lot of Americans complain about the short LOP of the AK. You can swap it out with a Warsaw Pact standard length stock from K-Var, who make them for Arsenal Inc. It's a US part and made from the same polymer as the Bulgarian one. www.k-var.com/product.asp?0=216&1=228&3=583 
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Yeah, that is what I am looking for. I am trying to debate on wheither to build a Bulgy parts kit (which is all matching) or buy a Arsenal SLR-105 and swap the stocks. I don't care where the receiver is made as long as all the parts are historically authentic. |
How did you get plum furniture on it? Or does it come with plum or black? |
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I put the plum on. You can have any color option you'd like from the factory, as long as it's black.  www.k-var.com/product.asp?0=270&1=271&3=89 
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