[twocan]

After the great advice from all of you, I decided to purchase the Remington 700ADL in 30-06 because it was a geat price and uses the same ammo as my Savage Model 110.

In addition, it looks like an AK-47 would fill in the gap from 100 yards to 300+

So now I find that there are many more bands of AK's than I imagined.

Would anybody care to comment on the relative quality of the Russian, Hungarian and Romanian manufactured AK's in the $1,000 price area?

Capt. Art

 

[J T]

Unless you're planning on a custom build, the Bulgarian Arsenals (SLR-107F/FR, C/CR, U/UR) and Russian SGL-20 (also Arsenal branded though made at the Izhmash plant in Russia) are good choices for a high quality rifle. Most others you'll see are built on US made receivers with imported surplus parts kits, and the build quality is..."variable" at times.

 

[fuzzy03cls]

I have a wasr 10 Romanian. Shoots just fine for me. I stole it from a local seller brand new for $400 in February. Good luck getting 1 again for that price though.
AK's are really basic I fail to see why 1 that is $1K is much different from mine.
I've gone through 600 or so rounds so far.
The quailty wasn't bad, nothing steller, but for me it works fine.

 

[J T]

You're lucky to find any AK for less than $650 these days. I also have a WASR-10/63 and it shoots just fine. Same for my 2 gunsmith built Romanian G guns and my daughter's GP75.

My Arsenal though is just better quality all around in fit and finish, and the trigger is way, way better than any of the others.

 

[steve66]

JT,

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[J T]

WASR 10/63 (my first AK). Paid $399 for it.

Century GP75 (stock photo, identical to my daughter's AK except that I added a scope rail to hers).

Arsenal SLR-107FR

At the range with one of my gunsmith build Romanians. I added the side folding stock. 75-round drums rock!

Rebeccah shooting my Arsenal SLR-107FR. Mucho bueno!

 

[brownie]

The Arsenal Bulgarian parts builds are high end, excellent quality. Have 2 of these.

The AMD65 Hungarian receiver parts guns are very nice guns. They have the forward pistol grip and folding stock. Have 2 of these.

Don't own any Romy's, they are rough in machining and your basic AK but are usually solid rifles. We've seen one or two come back with some small issue which was easily fixed.

They are all getting expensive relatively speaking. I'd suggest a Norinco SKS, or maybe a Russian build if you can find it. Same round as the AK, more like a rifle and they can be shot out past 350 yds with good accuracy. Very reliable rifles.

If you look to the SKS's, stay away from the Yugo's with their grenade launcher systems. The O rings wear out, are near impossible to find and will become a one shot rifle when that happens.

I prefer my Norinco and Russian SKS's to all my AK's and actually train students on one of the Norc SKS's in rifle Quick Kill which will run 6K of ammo without a hiccup.

Brownie

 

[Sig229Elite.357]

After the great advice from all of you, I decided to purchase the Remington 700ADL in 30-06 because it was a geat price and uses the same ammo as my Savage Model 110.

In addition, it looks like an AK-47 would fill in the gap from 100 yards to 300+

So now I find that there are many more bands of AK's than I imagined.

Would anybody care to comment on the relative quality of the Russian, Hungarian and Romanian manufactured AK's in the $1,000 price area?

Capt. Art

I may be selling a Chinese SKS 7.62 x 39 w Tapco stock, 20 round mag and front grip if your interested,

 

[Sig229Elite.357]

Here she is, Chinese Paratrooper SKS