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Posted: 5/30/2012 2:32:14 PM EDT
| Is a thumbhole stock post ban SA85 in like new condition with the regular gas system worth $590? I have seen one locally, is this worth it or meh? Thanks! |
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Is a thumbhole stock post ban SA85 in like new condition with the regular gas system worth $590? I have seen one locally, is this worth it or meh? Thanks! Buy it now! I know where you can get the exact gas block you need and I can find you the front sight block. You will then need a stock set from Ironwood and send the rifle to Chris Butler to un-ban it. It will be awesome! Send me an IM if you need help with this. 7n6 |
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Is a thumbhole stock post ban SA85 in like new condition with the regular gas system worth $590? I have seen one locally, is this worth it or meh? Thanks! Did you buy it yet? If so, we need to see pics. I put it on layaway and should be getting it out real soon I'll def post pics when I get it though! |
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Congrats!! You will love the rifle. I have had a couple of them over the years and they are probably the smoothest AK going.
What did you end up finding for parts? I always used Hungarian front sights and East German gas blocks... but lately both have been hard to come by. |
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Waaaaaait a second.... you realize that all AK barrels are tapered slightly right? The spot where the sight and gas block are supposed
to sit are a little bit stouter than the end of the barrel. I would bet a large amount that when you get the sight and gas block removed you're going to find they fit just fine. |
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If you have calipers, just measure behind the sight and in front of it - I also believe you'll find it will be larger under the sight. Without any measuring tools, just take a white zip-tie tail and wrap it once around the barrel in a tight spiral, marking a line across with a fine Sharpie when tight. Do the same on the muzzle and you should see the mark now staggered because the muzzle is smaller.
That SA85M is a great find. I also converted mine but did not do the sight and block - it was more important to me to leave as much of the hard parts as original as possible because it is a straight factory assembly with nothing 'canted'. That's kind of hard to do without the factory jigs. I did thread the muzzle and install a muzzle attachment spring and plunger in the sight base. Other than that, I installed a Tapco G2 FCG and authentic buttstock and pistol grip. Mine is very close to yours, 171xx. I tried numerous attachments on the barrel, and finally settled on an original AMD65 brake. To be 'correct', it would have a slant brake, but I tried two of them and they both changed the POI. With the 'Snake Brake', I was able to move the sights back the original setting. This brake is not as loud on the 16" barrel as it is on the shorter AMD65, and it seems to enhance accuracy. The last time I shot it (with Yugo M67, rear sight on 1), I was punching out a 2" bullseye at 50 yds with the iron sights. I need to shoot it at 100 to make any fine adjustment needed. |
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