Ak-style rifles

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Ak-style rifles

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What kind of Aks do you have?

I have this PSL (7.62x54), I've taken it to the range several times, but I have yet to hunt with it. The scope is a 4x, and I'm thinking about upgrading to something else.
The thing I love about this gun is the fact that you can have the scope mounted, and still use the iron sights. The casings tend to shoot out far and fast from this rifle, so I have to use a big piece of cardboard at the range to block their flight.
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Brand new AK is tan finish from Lancaster Consulting is on the bottom left, the rest are some more of its newly adopted family.
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Nothing fancy. A Yugo and two WASR. One for me, one for each son when they leave the nest.

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have a Lancaster AK Russian Red currently:
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Saiga.

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ForTehNguyenk, looks like you found that sale at Academy a few months back!

Oddly, I have the same rifle and boxes. :cool:

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yea heh I loaded up on 4k rounds, great price, cant wait for my AMD, i wanted a folder
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ForTehNguyen wrote:yea heh I loaded up on 4k rounds, great price, cant wait for my AMD, i wanted a folder
Okay, I just now got your name. Clever, ftw.

I only bought a few thousand.. and in hindsight.. am a complete and utter moron. It's going for 280 a case or so at ammoman and I had access to unlimited for, what was it, 150 a case?

Stupid, stupid, dumb, dumb.
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AK Made by RPG Arms with Dark Earth furniture.

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Saiga 12 Converted w/12 round mag.

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My AK has worked wonderfully with a few exceptions. The spring on the trigger slipped once but i fixed that with some needle nose pliers in a couple of seconds. Faulty ammo is the only other problem about 5 out of 600 wolf ammo.
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my newly assembled fully 922r compliant zastava yugo m90a 1/7 twist 5.56 chamber underfoldr!

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AndyC wrote: ...Man, I loved that gun - got me out of a few tight spots :thumbs2:
Did you like the underfolder stock? I would like to get an AK, my reading up on them has indicated that the underfolder stocks are sometimes wobbly, not as solid as side folders. Your opinion?

thx, and also thanks for helping out in Iraq, regardless of whether you were mil or ktr. Glad you're back.

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AndyC wrote: I was a PSD operator on a British team, but thanks - I would honestly rather you praise your soldiers, though, because those boys are girls are outstanding and really do the USA proud, believe me :patriot:
I don't care whose country you or your team was from as long as you were on the right side. Good on you, and really, am glad you are back safe.
AndyC wrote: As for the AK, that's somewhat true - but it really depends how much it bugs you personally; an under-folder would not have been my first choice but it was available and stock-wobble is really a minor issue to me - it's the Indian, not the bow, y'know? I was primarily concerned with 1. reliability 2. ammo-load and 3. sufficient accuracy for the job - in that exact order. Stock-wobble? That's wayyyy down my own scale as long as points 1, 2 and 3 are met.
Good points -- those are why I am looking at it, plus the fact I can buy an AK plus lots of ammo for what I'd pay for just the carbine if I chose certain other models... And since I can choose, at the moment anyway, I'd rather eliminate as many issues, big or small, as possible. Now if it were 'wobbly' AK or no AK at all, I'd go wobbly too (sorry Margaret!)
AndyC wrote: Here's the one downside I found with the under-folder: imagine you're traveling in a vehicle through the badlands, so you fold the stock (so you can wield it inside the vehicle) and then insert a drum-mag; once it's in, you can't deploy the stock without first removing the mag. Try being effective in a sudden firefight with a folded stock - it's not fun.

The above issue really wouldn't be relevant for most folks (how many people actually run an under-folder with a drum magazine anyway?), but it was an eye-opener for me; the side-folder doesn't have that issue.
Yes, I imagine it's not fun finding a glitch at an inopportune moment like that. Ouch. And no, I am not going for the drum magazine. Besides, I am going to get a semi-auto version anyway, it would appear to me the drum would be most useful for when "group therapy" is one of the fire options...

Thanks for the speedy reply, and best wishes.
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