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As a first AK I would pick up a Wasr and spend the rest on mags and ammo. I am an Arsenal guy but those are out of your budget.
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I have owned virtually every Arsenal they have produced and really the only black eye is the current build Sam-5 which had the wrong size gas port causing a way overgassed situation or the wrong selector stop plate on the early 106 AKs.. But Like any company there will be some QC issues here and there but they are a very small number of Arsenals produced. To this day I have never had a canted Arsenal that was badly canted it would not zero, or had a paint issue. People that used solvents to clean have had an issue. For the most part Arsenal AKs have been top shelf products.Interesting....my last Arsenal was '08ish...only complaint back then was meh paint they used for finish, build quality was great.
Yugo (not a beater Century build), or a MAK-90. Not in the same ball park but same league- an SKS with chest pouch and strippered ammo.. Frankly, these days you might consider a quality AR15 and a stack0mags...List,
New (long ago member) here. I am wanting to try an AK (been a FAL/M1A guy for decades), and I do not know where to start. Would prefer to pay once for a higher quality piece with magazines, rather than buy/sell my way up the ladder.
So...I would like advice as to which rifle would be the 'best' first candidate. I have researched quite a bit and the options are overwhelming (Polytech, Norinco, Beryl, WBP, PSA, WASR, Hungarian, Arsenal, Yugo, Maadi, etc.). Stamped, milled, US made/foreign, etc. Not looking to pimp the piece, but keep it stock and as reliable as possible for the long run.
Spend amount - up to $1200 or so. Thanks very much for the help. (BTW I am in WY, and would prefer to purchase privately in state if possible).