Would anyone buy an American AK-47?

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i have a las vagus milled reciever arsenal 101-s with scope rail and mount thats 922r complient,i bought it at a auction that was auctioning deer rifles and rabbit shotguns. how it got in the auction i don,t know,but i bought it for 525.00 in the box with all acceceries last winter. i was happy as a clam. eastbank.
 
With a machined receiver, how much would accuracy improve?

I assume by this you meant milled receiver. I don't know that it would improve, but I know the SAM5 I had (5.56 NATO) was more consistently accurate than any of the AK-patterns I've had (four others, and one a SAR3) under the same conditions. Sure it was heavier than your typical AK, but as the saying goes: only accurate guns are interesting.
 
If its made by a reputable maker with chrome lined barrel, why not. If its from bubba-san , forget it.
 
nalioth said:
Guns don't fire themselves.

Accuracy is up to you.
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Gaaah, right. How much would precision improve then? :)

I'm just assuming that a milled receiver means less flex and maybe a bit more mass to balance out the weight of the bolt assembly.

I really would be interested in seeing how this AK performs. All new parts and the sought-after milled receiver. If the price were to come down some (maybe after they pay off some of the tooling costs?) and my budget increase a bit, I could see purchasing one.
 
BluEyes said:
I'm just assuming that a milled receiver means less flex and maybe a bit more mass to balance out the weight of the bolt assembly.
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I'm really not sure why people see 'milled receiver' and think "fixed gun emplacement" in terms of steadiness.

On both the milled and stamped receiver guns, the bullet is far down range before any movement by the bolt carrier begins. . .

What the issue is (I think) is that we humans are psychologically programmed to equate "weight" with "value" (something Arsenal, Inc knows very well, as it laughs all the way to the bank, selling it's obsolete technology to ignorant Americans at ridiculous prices. . )
 
American made AK... so it's potentially the same quality as a Russian AK but costing twice as much. Fantastic.
 
So the answer is:

Yes people would buy American manufactured AK-47 rifles except for a few die-hards that the "Authentic" guns from the Eastern Block, just like some people want "Authentic" Colt AR-15 Rifles. The rifle would have to be max $450-$500 though if it were new.

The comment someone made early on about exchanging magazines with common rifles such as the M1A, G3 and AR-15/10 dependent on caliber.

Most recently it appears this has turned to a discussion of accuracy and I do want to say I am not out to improve the rifle, just build it from American Steel in American Facilities with American Workers. Also the AK-47 has a reputation of Reliability over accuracy and I would intend to maintain that, if someone wants an accurate rifle they pick the AR-15.

Thanks for the responses.
 
Believe it or not some people (me) don't like the gun. Seems big and bulky. Although it hasn't got a hard recoil I think it "jumps" a lot more than it should given its size in comparison to its mid-velocity cartridge making control an issue. I probably just did not get enough trigger time with it... But that was my perception.

Kind of sad really, I wanted to like it.
 
i like all the so called assult rifles and own several,but for out and out hitting targets out to 600yds and beyond i would take my springfield m1-A national match with nightforce scope. eastbank.
 
Would anyone buy an American made AK? I did - well sort of. I bought a "Made in America" AK last year. Its an I.O. Inc AK 47C. It's mostly made in America - recv, barrel, furniture, fire group all made in America - most of the rest is Romanian military surplus, or so I hear. It cost me just under $500, and I love it. I did swap out the for-end furniture, for a UTG manufactured for-end, and the pistol grip. I have abused the heck out of it and have had no problems other than one Russian steel cased round that had the front of the case peeled back when it chambered. Of course it was jammed hard in the chamber at that point, but that was quickly remedied by slamming the rifle's charging handle down hard on the back of my trucks tailgate. I think I might have caused some damage to the truck, but the rifle continued to work fine after that.
 
It's sort of like asking if the Mini-14 didn't exist, would it make sense to invent it now. Probably not.
 
I knew some was doing it, but I can't it is a "quality" AK


http://www.centuryarms.com/


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Just my, and one of my troops, opinion. I'd never buy an IO rifle. It just so happens that my troop's mom works for them, and I've heard some stories. To those that own them and like them, I'm glad to hear it.

FWIW, the GP 1975 made by Century had a Dan Coonan Ind. receiver. Many regard those as the same, if not higher, quality as Nodak Spud. If CAIs new all American uses a DCI or NDS receiver, I'd buy with some confidence.
 
Birddog1911 said:
FWIW, the GP 1975 made by Century had a Dan Coonan Ind. receiver. Many regard those as the same, if not higher, quality as Nodak Spud.
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Nodak Spud is the sales arm for AK receivers made by DCI (Dan Coonan, Ind.).

In this case, Nodak Spud = Dan Coonan
 
All I was going off of was their advertising. If it is not true it because they are misleading, to say the least. I don't know anything about them.



Sweet Vishnu on a pogo stick, what colorblind cretin designed that eye-stabbingly bad abortion of a flyer?
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Their other one.

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^ I believe they all have holes, but not always the same configuration.


(The Union made AK's that is, the Confederate AK's may be different ;))
 
What is called the gas tube is really a guide for the piston, the gas block pinned to the barrel handles all the high pressure. The holes vent excess gas.
 
BluEyes said:
nalioth said:
It's not 100% made in the USA, either.
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Care to elaborate? Their catalog page says "Assembled using all new U.S. manufactured parts!"
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Federal law says that any maker of otherwise unimportable firearms that sells a product that conforms to 922r can legally sell their firearms as "US made", even though the majority of it consists of foreign parts.

In a Kalashnikov, it only takes 6 parts to reach that criteria.

"Assembled using all new U.S. manufactured parts!" doesn't say "all the parts", just that there are some part that are made in the USA and "all new" in it (6 parts, most likely).

Take my word for it, if Century were having every part made here in the USA, the rifle would definitely not be affordable by anyone but the rich.

DeepSouth said:
What I want to know is..........Holes in the gas tube???:confused:

This is new to me, but I'm no AK expert. I have just never seen that before.
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They're like blowholes on the sides of the old cars - just there for looks.

The gas tube is far from air-tight, so the holes are superfluous.
 
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