what is a good type of ak 47?

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Sorry, but you're a little late (5 months) to find much under $600 these days so your options are limited to guns produced by Century.
 
At $800 your chances have improved then.

Purchase a Saiga and have it converted to the original AK-47 format with the $300 you saved getting a real Russian AK.

As to lasting, I've never seen an AK that didn't last. They're pretty dang tough and I've seen $300 "junk" Romacs hang through a full day course shooting nearly a thousand rounds side by side with $1,000 Krebs guns (back when you could buy $300 AKs).

Do some reading here using the search function to guide you to learn more about the AK-type rifles and you'll find people as happy with their Century guns as those folks with any type of AK.

I have a milled receiver Bulgarian Arsenal gun. My wife has a nice Saiga I had converted with an Ace folding stock. Plenty of guns out there if you're willing to pay for them.

Take the conversion route and you'll have a pretty good AK.
 
no I dont want century they are junk, ok how about under 800$?
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OK, at the show this weekend, all the century international arms ak clones were priced at $700 and up. This made me laugh a bit. A year ago I paid a little less than $400 for each of mine. As far as the junk part goes, you are welcome to your opinion. I have a few thousand rounds through each of mine, and haven't had a single problem. I LOVE my century WASR10s. One of them has a tapco trigger group, it is rather a light trigger, but that just makes it more fun. If you want a brand name that you may not deem as "junk", I would suggest arsenal. You couldn't even touch one for less than $1200 a little over a year ago, probably quite a bit more now. But since it appears that you don't own one, or even really know much about them, perhaps that "junk" opinion should be kept to yourself, as it seems like hearsay to me. Sort of like all the guys that have never held, owned, or fired a hipoint, but say they are "junk".
 
Converted Saigas are good..... If you want a straight out of the box rifle the Yugo AKs are rather nice. They are available for around $650-700 lately
 
You want an AK withOUT a pistol grip? good luck finding one of those. Saiga's dont have pistol grips.
 
A wasr10 is romanian, and century. Any AK will work when dirty(sand/mud). The only problem I have EVER heard with the Century wasr10 is that they mill the mag well out a bit too much, or not enough. This really isn't a problem, as it can be fixed with a bit of filing/sanding in one case, and in the other, it just means the metal mags rattle a bit(the poly mags fit snugly and don't rattle).
http://www.ak-47.us/
Above, you will find one of the more informative AK sites, with info about ALL of the variants.
 
Actually, the cheaper poly mags fit more snugly and seem to be better if the mag well is cut out too big. If you are looking for a HIGH quality TOP of the line AK, you are going to want to find a milled receiver rather than stamped, but that will be far out of your suggested price range.
 
AKs are built to a single specification.

AKs all cost about the same to build.

How much you pay is up to the manufacturer, and has nothing to do with durability.




. . btw, sniff sniff who had mutton for supper?
 
nalioth, There are a few differences to consider, as I posted above. There are milled receivers, and stamped receivers. There are chrome lined barrels, and then you have the new made in the USA barrels that aren't chrome lined(no more barrels will be imported, so no more chrome), there are different FCGs also, single hook, double hook, as well as different retainers, and even the shepherds hook spring has variants ......But generally speaking, you are correct. Oh ya, almost forgot the actual triggers, red star makes an adjustable trigger that some manufacturers are now using, so I hear anyways.
 
You can just buy a converted saiga from someone. $800 is in the price range. Post in the wtb section.
 
Here is an informative quote from the site listed in post #21
Originally conceived as a AKM that could be owned in states with more restrictive gun laws on magazine capacity the WASR series was always considered a step sister to the SAR series of rifles. Eventually distributors found it hard to sell the stockpiles of low-cap WASR rifles and started to mill out the receiver to accept hi-capacity magazines along with updating the part count to make them section 992 compliant.

Still even the hi-cap models of the WASR remained the “bastard step child” of the SAR series until very recently when it became the prominent Romanian AK series when the SARs ceased to be imported.

The WASR family of rifles is now the largest Romanian group of AKM rifles sold in the United States and has been imported from 1999 to present date.

The WASR series has three major groups each with its own series of sub models. The ear;y & pre September 2004 models were produced to be complaint with the then in effect “AW Ban”. The post September 2004 models include features that were previously not legal under the “AW Ban”. It is not uncommon to find pre September 2004 models that have been modified post September 2004 to have features that were previously not legal.

One notable feature about the late 2005 - present models of WASRs is that they are being constructed from part-kits de-milled from Real Romanian AKMs (unissued) produced in the late 70s to mid 80s.
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It is a little dated, since now the barrels aren't imported either, but there are still quite a few NIB on the shelves with the chrome lined barrel. But at the current rate, not for long! Also I think this disproves the myth about saigas being the only "real" AKs avail. The funny thing about that is no where in anything I can find about AKs is saiga even mentioned:)
 
If you can run across one of the older Arsenals at a good price, grab it. If not a Saiga as it comes from the box and left stock is not too shabby.
 
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