Best AK-47 for the money?

[stchman]

To nalioth:

Yes, thanks for the clarification.

From what I have read they do the following on a Romanian AKM to make it a WASR.

Replace barrel
Replace trigger group
Increase mag well size to accommodate double stack mags
Replace the bolt and piston assembly
Put new furniture on them

From also what I have read, the only parts that remain are the receiver and dust cover.

 

[GunTech]

Skipbo32, I am paying $156 for a 1080 round can of 5.45x39 locally for milsurp. I've seen it as low as $115 per can, but add $35 shipping and it's not much cheaper and no instant gratification. The more you buy the cheaper it gets. I was offered a really cheap price if I would be 100 cases (two cans each).

 

[nalioth]

From what I have read they do the following on a Romanian AKM to make it a WASR.

Replace barrel
Replace trigger group
Increase mag well size to accommodate double stack mags
Replace the bolt and piston assembly
Put new furniture on them

From also what I have read, the only parts that remain are the receiver and dust cover.

First of all, who are "they"?

Second of all, you've got procedures listed that are done on both sides of the ocean.

The Romanians take a surplussed Romy military AKM and demil it. All the parts go into a bin.
The bin goes down the line and all the parts except for the "go fast" ones are replaced in to a new US-legal receiver. This receiver has a slim mag well for proprietary slimline 10 round mags. The rifle goes in a shipping crate along with several others and the crate is loaded into a shipping container.

Once the shipping container reaches the USA, Century has it's minions hog out the proprietary mag wells so that standard milsurp mags fit, and installs the necessary 922r parts before selling the rifle on to us.


I'm not sure what you're reading, but they sound very confused.

 

[ulfrik]

any one like the robarm xcr?
its like a ak47 on the inside and a ar15 on the outside, plus quick changeable barrel and calibur. last i checked it was about 1,500$

why is it not more popular?

 

[HorseSoldier]

I think the issue with the XCR's popularity is that you simply don't see that many of them. I can't think of any gun store I've been in that stocks them, and you only see it occasionally at gun shows.

 

[GunTech]

The FNC was another rifle that is AK inside, and of course the SIG556. FN seems to have given up on the FNC and is focused on the SCAR. The SIG has its own following and is getting mixed reviews.

I suspect part of the problem with the XCR is that Robinson is a small company. How much advertising have you seen? Will the company be around in ten years, and compared to an AK, the XCR is not cheap.

In the case of military rifles, success seems to come from a few factors that the XCR lacks: Military adoption, wide distribution, availability of parts and accessories and a major manufacturer - or multiple smaller ones.

The oddball rifles will have their fanatical supporters, but compared to rifles like the AR-15, M14, AK and FAL they are a puny part of the market. It's no different than any other product.

 

[Grey Morel]

Lancaster, or an used Vector.