Hungarian FEG SA 85 M

[Nick_90]

I am looking for a good quality AK. I have been offered a brand new Hungarian FEG SA 85 M.

Has any of you had experience whith those guns?

 

[Pilot]

I have one, that I've converted to a pistol grip stock, as it originally had a thumbhole stock. Very nice AK, considered the best of the stamped AKM variant. The fit and finish is much nicer than many of the others.

 

[Dr.Rob]

FEG makes nice weapons... The SA 85 M is the best fit an finish clone that was ever offered. Nice deep bluing, pretty wood, etc.

 

[Gordon]

I have 2 , one converted to an AMD 63. These are the best 1 mm stamped guns! The Yugo's 1.5mm ones are stouter, but too heavy. The Fegs are nice and light. The Bulgarian and Russian forged guns were nice , preban. I used to have 10 AK , before 1994. I sold the chinese(4), and the Maadis(2) after I tried them. I kept 2 Fegs and 3 Yugo's : one under folder and one a .308 as the best of the bunch!

 

[NMshooter]

Still kicking myself for passing over one...

Brand new, $300...

Kind of like Bulgarian SLR-95s retailing for $250, "Oh, I'll get one on the next order.".

Sometimes you just cannot win.

 

[HPJeep]

I have one. Most reliable rifle I have! Over 3000 rounds without any sort of failure. Only paid $239 NIB but that was back in 1994 or so.

 

[JohnKSa]

I've had two of the Bulgarians and one of the SA-85M Hungarians...

Still have the Hungarian.

 

[Nick_90]

Thank you all for your kind advice. I think I'll go ahead and buy it. Will give you a range report as soon as I have tried it out...

 

[StephenT]

I've had a Hungarian SA-85M also and think it's one of the nicest AK variants out there. Today, I replaced the thumbhole stock with a black pistol grip and screwed on a Hungarian wood stock with a matching blond color. It's not quite a comfortable as the thumbhole stock, but now it looks like the real thing!