AK knowledge and help

[Knobgoblin]

There's a Bulgarian sa93 up for sale around $14hundo.
Worth it?
Seems kinda high to me. I reckon they're all dried up at the moment.

 

[Savage Jav]

Curious what everyones thoughts are on how the new ammo sanctions will effect the AK parts kits market.

 

[wired]

Curious what everyones thoughts are on how the new ammo sanctions will effect the AK parts kits market.

What AK parts kit market?

 

[Boboclown]

What AK parts kit market?

Some people bring in kits from Russia.

 

[Ghoul]

This thread has become tooooooo loooooonnggg, and unorginized to be usefull.

 

[ScatPackLife]

This thread has become tooooooo loooooonnggg, and unorginized to be usefull.

Agreed!

 

[Alexr4920]

Hmm, AK-1) and one with a stamped receiver (AK-2). AK-2 was to be an end product while AK-1 was to be used during field testing by the Red Army.

 

[DirectDrive]

Romanian surplus mags $12.99

Romanian AK 47 30 round Magazine Surplus

Romanian AK 47 30 round Magazine Surplus

www.royaltigerimports.com

Might be a better deal here once you calc shipping...
Yugo surplus $14.99

https://palmettostatearmory.com/surplus-yugo-m70-ak-7-62x39mm-30-round-magazine.html

 

[Savage Jav]

Some people bring in kits from Russia.

If you cant find ammo why build the kits?

 

[Bsteinhauer28]

If you cant find ammo why build the kits?

Because you will still be able to find 7.62x39.

 

[DirectDrive]

If you cant find ammo why build the kits?

The Russian ammo ban has people spinning out.
No need to spin out.
7.62 x 39 is made by many ammo manufacturers.

 

[CLT65]

I remember maybe 15 years ago several coworkers were buying AKs, back when they were $300, and ammo was $80 for a case of 1,000 rounds. I don't remember what the cause was, but the cost of ammo jumped all at once to about $120/k. One of the guys was furious. He'd bought that rifle for cheap blasting fun, and dammit, someone owed him some cheap ammo! He said he was going to dump the rifle because of it, but I don't know if he ever did.

He did talk me into selling him a can of Chinese ammo for cheap. I had several sealed cans of the old Chinese surplus, steel core M43 ammo that I'd been hanging onto since the late '80s or early '90s. He kept grousing about the cost of ammo and I felt bad for him so gave him a can (550 rounds) really cheap. I learned my lesson on feeling bad for people. He took my long-hoarded, special ammo out on a Saturday afternoon and burned it all up in one day! On top of that, he didn't clean it right away like I had repeatedly told him, and his rifle rusted, so he was mad about that. Yeah, I learned my lesson well on trying to help people out on stuff like that.

 

[DirectDrive]

I remember maybe 15 years ago several coworkers were buying AKs, back when they were $300, and ammo was $80 for a case of 1,000 rounds. I don't remember what the cause was, but the cost of ammo jumped all at once to about $120/k. One of the guys was furious. He'd bought that rifle for cheap blasting fun, and dammit, someone owed him some cheap ammo! He said he was going to dump the rifle because of it, but I don't know if he ever did.

He did talk me into selling him a can of Chinese ammo for cheap. I had several sealed cans of the old Chinese surplus, steel core M43 ammo that I'd been hanging onto since the late '80s or early '90s. He kept grousing about the cost of ammo and I felt bad for him so gave him a can (550 rounds) really cheap. I learned my lesson on feeling bad for people. He took my long-horded, special ammo out on a Saturday afternoon and burned it all up in one day! On top of that, he didn't clean it right away like I had repeatedly told him, and his rifle rusted, so he was mad about that. Yeah, I learned my lesson well on trying to help people out on stuff like that.

Sounds like the kind of "friend" that you do not need.


With the ammo shortage and collectors getting into the AK market, cheap AK blasting is long gone.

 

[Boboclown]

If you cant find ammo why build the kits?

Because this was before the ban on ammo, which eventually other countries will fill in for.

 

[AK0perator47]

Because this was before the ban on ammo, which eventually other countries will fill in for.

Exactly and the Ukraine makes ammunition along with China, Yugoslav, Hornady, and various others

 

[wired]

Exactly and the Ukraine makes ammunition along with China, Yugoslav, Hornady, and various others

China's out.

 

[Boboclown]

Exactly and the Ukraine makes ammunition along with China, Yugoslav, Hornady, and various others

Ukraine got bombed, no more ammo.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Has armscor ever toyed with steel case?
I know steel isn't the key to cheap retail prices (it's labor costs) , but it's a step.

 

[Pandaz3]

Has armscor ever toyed with steel case?
I know steel isn't the key to cheap retail prices (it's labor costs) , but it's a step.

I think it to be a poor way to save money and was most likely, originally driven by a brass shortage. Brass being reloadable, seems a better choice. I do not reload so moot to me.

 

[Knobgoblin]

I think it to be a poor way to save money and was most likely, originally driven by a brass shortage. Brass being reloadable, seems a better choice. I do not reload so moot to me.

Everything counts in large amounts