Portland Gun Show - C&R Rifles

dobeman · Apr 16, 2010

someone posted recently about the phases we go through. I guess I'm in an old military rifle phase. Browsing the pdx gun show today, lo and behold, my eye caught sight of a Hakim nestled in on a table of woody milsurp heaven lol. And right next to the Hakim was a Rasheed. Hakim shoots 8mm mauser and the Rasheed 7.62x39. I had a Hakim once long ago, paid $100 or so for it. Today - $600. They are not that common. The Rasheed is $650, even rarer as only like 7,000 were imported. Both are Egyptian rifles. The Hakim a Swede design. The Rasheed a shrunken knock off of the Hakim - I guess more like an Egyptian version of an SKS. Anyway - walk down memory lane. If I had enough money guess I'd be collecting these things.

trainsktg · Apr 16, 2010

Both seem a bit high in today's market. $500 is probably the top end for what I would consider reasonable. Did the Rashid have a magazine? Those puppies can get expensive if you had to buy one separately. The relative lack of spare parts has kept me from the Rashids so far, but they certainly do have a coolness factor to them, don't they

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I'm going through an AK phase myself.

Keith

dobeman · Apr 16, 2010

Yes!! he had mags for both the Hakim and Rashid. The Rashid looked like a arab SKS LOL bayonet and everything. $650 is pretty steep.

trainsktg · Apr 16, 2010

dobeman said:
Yes!! he had mags for both the Hakim and Rashid. The Rashid looked like a arab SKS LOL bayonet and everything. $650 is pretty steep.

It is very similar. I think that the bayos are interchangeable, but a Russian one might be a bit tight on the barrel. I guarantee that the average range-goer would have no clue what it is. "What kind of funny-looking SKS do you have?"

I've actually been considering buying and de-neutering an Egyptian Maadi RPK soon, but I've got a few more rifles to get first.

Keith

dobeman · Apr 16, 2010

yeah, the Maadi would be cool too. Too many guns, too few dollars.

Ballistic · Apr 20, 2010

I have a Hakim i've been thinking about selling.

I paid $550 for it and will sell it for the same price. Added brand new Ljungman buttplate and rear swivel and 4 screws. Gas valve dismantled, cleaned and put together.

Let me know if you're interested and want pics. One of these days i'll get around to posting it.