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Miles

Ninja
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Do you think that's because Arsenal Bulgaria makes milled type 3 for their military and only makes stamped AKs for commercial export?
I have always wondered how the quality can differ so much between the milled and stamped Arsenal rifles.

Edit to add: I would definitely buy a WBP rifle over Arsenal, especially a stamped 107R.
I am not certain that Arsenal makes stamped AK 100% in house.
According to my research, Bulgaria had 3 arms making factories. One of them became Arsenal that we know, another became ISD (maker of commercial AK magazines). Third one is still in business in heavy machinery and artillery.
ISD also makes AKs, but they are all stamped.
I believe ISD makes a large portion of what we know as SLR rifles. For a long time Arsenal 10 did not make their stamped recievers, ISD made them for Arsenal 10. ((10)) did not have presses for the stamped receivers at one time. Do not know if they ever got one.

ISD is also a major importer and exporter of gun related stuff.
 

Rabbit2047

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I think it's hilarious that I live 20 min from Adventure UpYours and you're there FAR more often than I am.
I am frequent flyer there because they are currently the best source I have for broken and bad condition firearms. A large part of my business is fixing them and reselling them.
 

J-P

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A little more than the out door price at a retailer if you paid full MSRP. I must be missing something?
When the 107R first came out and retailed for $850, about 4 years ago lol, I bought a used one for $750.
That thing had the worst twister receiver I have ever seen in an AK. The front and rear trunnions were both riveted misaligned. I think the receiver rivet holes must have been drilled out of spec.
I traded it for the Pm MD 65 underfolder.

You think that is bad, I've been looking for a 106 (556) and people are asking upwards of $2K well used (not selling but asking and "I know what I got"). There is another 107 on ODT and he is asking $1700. Hell if he get's that I'm putting mine up for sale.

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slapshut

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AK have gone up like crazy in the past 14 days. And yes they are selling for crazy too. My saved items on Gun Broker and past auctions searches are like --holly crap--- the fun pricing is over for now.
 

Axeman

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I am frequent flyer there because they are currently the best source I have for broken and bad condition firearms. A large part of my business is fixing them and reselling them.

Fair point. They buy police seizures/police evidence auction guns by the pallet.

That's where I got the Star PD .45 I had, many years ago. Supposedly the frame was bent (nope) but it was missing the firing pin, which had been replaced with a piece of brass rod, effectively making it inert. But I was able to use a broken screw remover to get the brass out, then got a new firing pin and retainer, replaced the rear sight (one of the ears was broken off), then found bunches of mags on Ebay (yeah, it was a while back).
Replaced the buffer (nobody does this, usually) and it ran fine.
Gave it to my sister's husband, and he had it for a couple years before someone stole it out of his car, which was parked in the garage at the time. Snellville...
SO, at some point, it'll wind up at A. O. on another pallet, I bet.
 

Rabbit2047

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AK have gone up like crazy in the past 14 days. And yes they are selling for crazy too. My saved items on Gun Broker and past auctions searches are like --holly crap--- the fun pricing is over for now.

Hold.... Hold just a little longer.

The impending economic crash is gonna drop the bottom out of the market. This is "stimulus pricing" and it's not sustainable.