Me too Jimi.....If I could have only one and any one I wanted......It would be a Type 2!ive always liked the metal ferrule for the stocks on the type 2s. But you are correct Q
I'd rather buy a galil and case of tula.
Even better, 308Galils come in 54R?
Who knew?
100% correct! If you want a clone closest to a Motherland Original this is the way to go!
Of course you could find a SAR-1 or non MISR Maddi and de-ban it with a NOS gas block and front sight and a barrel thread and get there too.....but it will cost more for sure. Here is my SAR-1 de-banned clone, hot blued wearing some polish laminate and a Russian sling. 3 out of the 5 AKM producing nations, lol. Can't help it, I really like the Polish laminate wood and Russian slings.
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Me too Jimi.....If I could have only one and any one I wanted......It would be a Type 2!
Polish wood for the win!!!100% correct! If you want a clone closest to a Motherland Original this is the way to go!
Of course you could find a SAR-1 or non MISR Maddi and de-ban it with a NOS gas block and front sight and a barrel thread and get there too.....but it will cost more for sure. Here is my SAR-1 de-banned clone, hot blued wearing some polish laminate and a Russian sling. 3 out of the 5 AKM producing nations, lol. Can't help it, I really like the Polish laminate wood and Russian slings.
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A little more info to further scramble your brain. In America every AK/AKM patterned rifle is called an "AK".....most are AKM stamped receiver types. When it comes to the OG AK the true AKs were produced in Russia from 1947 until 1959 and included the Type 1 (early stamped receiver version discontinued because of production/reliability problems) , Type 2 (the first and rarest of the milled recievers produced from 1951-54) and the Type 3 (most common of the milled variants).
Type 1 (Early Stamped Receiver)
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Type 2 (note the stock metal ferrule and receiver lightning cut top is parallel to the top of the receiver)
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Type 3 (note the lack of stock ferrule and bottom of the lightning cut is parallel to the bottom of the receiver)
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1959 was the first year of the AKM.....M for "modernizírovanny " = Modernized. They were characterized by a return to the stamped receiver and major changes to the front end of the rifle (all made in order to reduce weight and speed/reduce cost of production). Here is a good front end pictorial to use to quickly discern the two.
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The only nations to produce an exact AKM pattern rifle were Russia, Poland, Egypt, Romania, and E. Germany.
Hungary, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Albania, North Korea and China all built AKM type stamped receiver rifles but they have one or more AK parts still used. The Chinese AK's have AK type barrels/gas block-tube/front sight tower, The Hungarian AK's (after switching to more AKM type production after ditching the AMD) retained the AK gas block/tube...the Yugoslavian AK have several unique features all their own.
Then there is commercial production AK/AKMs, all the American made variants and the Type 100 series AKs (Saiga and Aresenal) and demilled milspec kit builds using the parts the builder deems most important to him. The possibilities are endless it seems.
Because I’m a piece of shit10 days? Why, in America , would you not drink for so long
Because I’m a piece of shit
#fact
#gospel
As much as I love chicom stuff, it would be a russkie type 2 the unicorn to end all Unicorn hunts. It just screams “gun of the unwashed”
got excused from court today and since i already had the day off.... to the garage I go! More upgraded wasr wood in the works.
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When we meet I’ll bring it I wanna see how it fits. It’ll be different than those tailor fitted duds you sport around the state buildings but I bet it fits you nicelyDude that is so fucking beast. I have a thing for camo patterns. I am all about that shit man.
I learned early in life to do absolutely nothing in moderation and you’ll live forever and look young so says my father. Abuse everything, ignore all doctors, consume in quantity and then survive my son.Zero or blackout drunk. Campeon.
I learned early in life to do absolutely nothing in moderation and you’ll live forever and look young so says my father. Abuse everything, ignore all doctors, consume in quantity and then survive my son.