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6/18/2011 5:46:21 PM EDT
Hi Guys,

This is my first post and of course I have a question for the experts.  The only AK I had was a pretty fun Arsenal SGL21 that I would mess around with at the range.  I went looking for something cool and different last week and stumbled upon an unfired pre-ban Polytech Underfolder in 5.56 at my local shop (great shop filled with hard to find guns).  After getting it home I realized that I should have asked a few important questions.  Is it okay to shoot away at this like I would a regular AK, or should I treat it like a collectible and put it in the safe?  Also, how hard is it to find correct 30 round mags?  Thanks.
6/18/2011 8:47:37 PM EDT
[#1]
Mags are expensive.. about $85 to $100 each.
6/19/2011 9:18:36 AM EDT
[#2]
Polytech rifles in .223/5.56 only take Polytech mags in .223/5.56.  Not even Norinco (The other Chinese 5.56) are interchangeable.   Polytech 5.56 mags are probably the most difficult to find / expensive AK mags out there.  Check Gunbroker.
8/12/2011 3:44:41 PM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
Hi Guys,

This is my first post and of course I have a question for the experts.  The only AK I had was a pretty fun Arsenal SGL21 that I would mess around with at the range.  I went looking for something cool and different last week and stumbled upon an unfired pre-ban Polytech Underfolder in 5.56 at my local shop (great shop filled with hard to find guns).  After getting it home I realized that I should have asked a few important questions.  Is it okay to shoot away at this like I would a regular AK, or should I treat it like a collectible and put it in the safe?  Also, how hard is it to find correct 30 round mags?  Thanks.


What Shop? Zero Hour?
8/13/2011 7:24:11 PM EDT
[#4]
these are truly some of the finest and best built AK rifles, the mags are expensive but if the gun comes with 2 or 3 who cares. A true NIB gun might be a shame to foul but that is what they are made for. All depends on whether you are a shooter or collector. In my opinion the early poly-tech and Norinco guns are only rivaled in quality by the 'kassner' Hungarian SA-85M, 'Mitchell' Yugo and Steyr Maadi. These sort of guns where built to perfection,  before the times where overall profit outweighs quality, such as the "Frankenstein-euro-trash" of the last decade
8/17/2011 5:27:27 PM EDT
[#5]
Not Zero Hour, it was from GFA Armstec in Natick.

I decided not to shoot it, and I do still have that Arsenal SGL-21 for the range.  I'm not really a collector so I'm thinking I may sell/trade it away to someone who actually collects.  I know they are much more rare than other Polytechs, and it is a really low serial number.
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