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Hi Point or AK
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Gaucho Gringo
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I would buy the High Point over the AK. The High Point is American made at a good price, shoots ammo that you can buy anywhere and has a lifetime warranty. It may be a little ugly but to me all autos & semi autos are ugly, just my personal opinion as beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The High Point is ugly to me but it does have it's redeeming qualities in my opinion.
Aaryq
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What do you want to look for in an AK? I mean there's a million manufacturers out there that sell a million different AK's in the US? I'm far from an expert on either gun, but with all of the different AK's out there, it's very confusing.
TheDisturbed1
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say hi point in a gun shop, .....50% laughs.......50% 'what the hell' look
been there done that! hahaha
Totally. no question. Go for the AK!
I have one. I want another. and they are affordable for their quality level and they ALWAYS go boom and send the projectile flying in the direction you have the muzzle pointed. I cant say the same for my Hi-Point
dstorm1911
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I don't know its just something bout Zinc pot metal castings and plastic versus actual 4130 hardened steel and wood......
I was once setting up to head back to Arizona from Oregon a few years back in my 71 Blazer which is all custom built (have had it for 27 years) I needed to replace the tires before I left as it was winter and the passes were snowed in etc... well its running 35x12.5x16" rubber on 1 ton axles etc.. so ya don't find em just everywhere.... every tire shop I asked kept tryin to sell me on the warrantee even though I kept tellin em I don't care about the warranty I want the toughest rubber ya got the warranty isn't going to do me a bit of good in the middle of a blizard 100 miles from nowhere on a closed pass or 300 miles out in the desert alone etc... Most just couldn't understand why the warrantee would do me no good when my life depended on it....... Finally a LesSchabs installer rolled out some "Wild countries" custom designed for runnin the logging roads with extra heavy sidwalls to resist tree stumps and a very aggressive tread etc...... just finally wore em out after 5 years of hard use and many miles running offroad with only 10 psi of air in em etc..... never have had a single flat!
Many gun companies will push a lifetime warranty etc..... it will mean absolutally nothing to ya when the moment comes that your life depends on the rifle and it fails.......... are they gonna have mercs follow ya around to protect ya as part of that warranty or will ya be on your own with just their warranty and chunk of pot metal and plastic when it counts?
AK47 designed to outlast 10 soldiers and still be cutup and shipped to the USA as a parts set only to be reassembled so it can outlast 10 more owners.....
A carbine in a pistol caliber just begs the question WHY? I can and have used a Springfield XD 40 Tactical very effectivly out to 130 yards so at what point is a 9 mm in a larger package going to be of benifit? A 7.62x39 on the other hand............. extends me from that 130 out to 400 yards, out here in the AZ desert that is an advantage.
I was once setting up to head back to Arizona from Oregon a few years back in my 71 Blazer which is all custom built (have had it for 27 years) I needed to replace the tires before I left as it was winter and the passes were snowed in etc... well its running 35x12.5x16" rubber on 1 ton axles etc.. so ya don't find em just everywhere.... every tire shop I asked kept tryin to sell me on the warrantee even though I kept tellin em I don't care about the warranty I want the toughest rubber ya got the warranty isn't going to do me a bit of good in the middle of a blizard 100 miles from nowhere on a closed pass or 300 miles out in the desert alone etc... Most just couldn't understand why the warrantee would do me no good when my life depended on it....... Finally a LesSchabs installer rolled out some "Wild countries" custom designed for runnin the logging roads with extra heavy sidwalls to resist tree stumps and a very aggressive tread etc...... just finally wore em out after 5 years of hard use and many miles running offroad with only 10 psi of air in em etc..... never have had a single flat!
Many gun companies will push a lifetime warranty etc..... it will mean absolutally nothing to ya when the moment comes that your life depends on the rifle and it fails.......... are they gonna have mercs follow ya around to protect ya as part of that warranty or will ya be on your own with just their warranty and chunk of pot metal and plastic when it counts?
AK47 designed to outlast 10 soldiers and still be cutup and shipped to the USA as a parts set only to be reassembled so it can outlast 10 more owners.....
A carbine in a pistol caliber just begs the question WHY? I can and have used a Springfield XD 40 Tactical very effectivly out to 130 yards so at what point is a 9 mm in a larger package going to be of benifit? A 7.62x39 on the other hand............. extends me from that 130 out to 400 yards, out here in the AZ desert that is an advantage.
Aaryq
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What do you want in an AK?
Cheaply finished or nicely finished?
Inexpensive or accurate?
Fixed stock or folder?
Most will be very reliable.
Finish doesn't matter, I don't care about cosmetics. Accuracy must be good up to 100-200 yards. FIXED STOCK (I just don't care for folders). I'd like to pay about 400 or so for an AK. What fits this criteria, Kilgor?
Ok, then you just want a standard Romanian then. They are inexpensive, reliable, and will easily hit a humanoid target to 200 yards.
I didn't ask. Do you need a bayonet lug or compensator (keeps muzzle climb down during rapid fire)?
Romanian WASR-10 highcap, $289.95 without bayonet lug or compensator, but with 2 30 round mags.
http://www.classicarms.us/
I didn't ask. Do you need a bayonet lug or compensator (keeps muzzle climb down during rapid fire)?
Romanian WASR-10 highcap, $289.95 without bayonet lug or compensator, but with 2 30 round mags.
http://www.classicarms.us/
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