Need suggestions on AK purchase

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brookstexas

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I see SAR 1-2 etc, Get Pre Ban, AMerican PArts, Norinco etc.
I want to go to a gun shop and get the right one-suggestions or a source I can read up from on the net?
Thanks!
BT
 
I suggest SAR-1. Low cost, reliable, legal to use with imported full-capacity magazines (unlike some other AKs, which require you to replace various magazine parts to get the U.S. parts count up), comes with standard AK scope mount rail already installed, nice Bulgarian-style plastic stocks available. I have two and like them.

Doug
 
On AR-15.com, they have an AK-47 board where that question is asked, in one way or another, everyday (including from me).

Go there. There are some really good suggestions and dealers to look at in the replies. Rumor has it, most of the experts from former AK47.net went to AR15.com when AK47.net went out.
 
The ak-47.gunsnet.net site is the old ak-47.net site on a new server. All the "old dogs" from the old site are there. If you have ak-47 questions, I highly recommend that group. They are REALLY into the '47. The site also has specific forums for the various types(Bulgarian, Hungarian, ChiCom, etc).
Zane
 
The SARs are good, reliable rifles, but do occasionally suffer from quality control problems because of the US parts and the sometimes lackadaisical assembly at Century.

Here's a good thread from ak-47.net called "Before you buy that SAR":

http://ak-47.gunsnet.net/vb/showthread.php?threadid=15869

I did get a good gun from AIM with respect to the sights and the overall assembly. However, something I couldn't control was the soft hammer (crappy US part). So I wound up spending an extra $100 so that I could put in Romanian internals. Of course, this figure includes having to buy new US-made stocks so that I could meet the parts count and use foreign magazines without having to replace followers, floor plates, etc.

But now the gun looks great with K-Var black synthetic stocks, and the Romanian hammer is properly heat treated and good to go. I've seen some threads on AK-47.net about heat treating the poorly made US hammers. I may try this; if it works, I'll have an extra hammer.

And of course, not all the US hammers are soft. A lot were reported in the 99 models, far fewer in the 2000 models. Mine is a 2001, and who knows? Maybe I just got unlucky.

Even though I had to replace some things, I still recommend the SAR. Reliable and fun to shoot. Get one before they're gone.
 
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