Just got an AK74 from Center Fire Systems with 3 mags and free shipping for $370. Just checking their site again, it's $400 but comes with 4 mags and a bayonet as they're selling it now (http://www.centerfiresystems.com/akagun74.aspx).
I really liked the price of 5.45x39 vs the price of 7.62x39. I picked up one of those 1080 round spam cans of Russian surplus for $130 right after I got the rifle. The cheap ammo and everybody online saying it's more accurate than the AK47 were what really drew me to it.
The questions are:
1) This site (http://www.ak-47.net/ak-47/sightingin.php) says to put the rear sight on 100 yards and zero it for POI=POA at 25 meters, but it's for a AK47. I'm waiting for the $15 front sight drift tool I ordered from Cheaperthandirt.com to get here so I can finish getting that sucker zeroed; I found a $5 tool to easily change the front sight elevation at a local store. I'm just wondering if a AK74 should also be put on 100 yards to zero POI=POA at 25m.
2) To my understanding, Century Arms imported some of the parts from Bulgaria and used a certain percentage of U.S. made parts to comply with 922r. What I'm mildly curious about is, did they chop up some surplus Bulgarian Army AK74s to get parts? I'm just wondering what this rifle started life as.
I've got to get better handguards and a buttstock for that thing pretty soon, not big on the cheap plastic ones that came on it.
I really liked the price of 5.45x39 vs the price of 7.62x39. I picked up one of those 1080 round spam cans of Russian surplus for $130 right after I got the rifle. The cheap ammo and everybody online saying it's more accurate than the AK47 were what really drew me to it.
The questions are:
1) This site (http://www.ak-47.net/ak-47/sightingin.php) says to put the rear sight on 100 yards and zero it for POI=POA at 25 meters, but it's for a AK47. I'm waiting for the $15 front sight drift tool I ordered from Cheaperthandirt.com to get here so I can finish getting that sucker zeroed; I found a $5 tool to easily change the front sight elevation at a local store. I'm just wondering if a AK74 should also be put on 100 yards to zero POI=POA at 25m.
2) To my understanding, Century Arms imported some of the parts from Bulgaria and used a certain percentage of U.S. made parts to comply with 922r. What I'm mildly curious about is, did they chop up some surplus Bulgarian Army AK74s to get parts? I'm just wondering what this rifle started life as.
I've got to get better handguards and a buttstock for that thing pretty soon, not big on the cheap plastic ones that came on it.