AK47

[7008gun]

Hello everybody. I'm thinking about a new AK. What brands are good and which are not . My last one was a MAK90. Was loose as a goose, but ate everything .I want quality and reliability . Thanks for the help

[Chameleon Loco]

Saiga if you can find one

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[Barbarosa]

You didn't mention a price but if you have the bucks any of the milled receiver guns from Arsenal Inc are first rate. I have the 61C and love it. It is surprisingly tight for an AK and shoots very well.

[alks207]

Veprs are excellent rifles too

[FIREBALL_BRIAN]

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[hermosabeach]

+100000000

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The MAC 90 is an awesome gun....

[Germ1]

Hello everybody. I'm thinking about a new AK. What brands are good and which are not . My last one was a MAK90. Was loose as a goose, but ate everything .I want quality and reliability . Thanks for the help

Get another MAK90.(unlikely in CA) Or do you still own it. Anyone who tells you to buy a WASR or anything Romanian, don't listen to them. They are complete junk, they're not military grade firearms. They are made for the civilians as a single stack plinking rifle, then imported into the U.S. and have the receivers drilled out to accept double stack magazines.

Look up Iraqveteran8888 ak meltdown video and you can see exactly what I'm talking about. The WASR melts down in a few hundred rounds. Barrel melts and comes out of the receiver. for the smart *** below me. Was never made for sustained fully automatic fire. Aka, not a real AK, but a toy. He does a reloaded video with a Vepr I think, and it holds up perfectly.

Chinese(Norinco), Bulgarian(Arsenal), polish, Russian(saiga) all good. Romanian bad. Chinese AK's are well known for being one of the best quality ak's on the market. Aka mak90.

[javithewrench]

AK47

For the smart @ss above, my receiver magwell looks milled out not drilled?? And yes they are imported for civilians and for plinking. Are you not a civilian? And do you run yours full auto?
Anyways, The new wasr's aren't too bad, I just shot mine today. That reminds me I better go check it for melt down. I'm planning on building my next ak, I've already bought a m92 kit, a polish akm kit and two East German kits. Also bought the dies, flats, rivets, spot welder, now I'm looking for a hydraulic press. Eyeballing a Jet 30 ton but their pricey.

[supertrooper]

Get another MAK90. Or do you still own it. Anyone who tells you to buy a WASR or anything Romanian, don't listen to them. They are complete junk, they're not military grade firearms. They are made for the civilians as a single stack plinking rifle, then imported into the U.S. and have the receivers drilled out to accept double stack magazines.

Look up Iraqveteran8888 ak meltdown video and you can see exactly what I'm talking about. The WASR melts down in a few hundred rounds.

Chinese(Norinco), Bulgarian(Arsenal), polish, Russian(saiga) all good. Romanian bad. Chinese AK's are well known for being one of the best quality ak's on the market. Aka mak90.

The Iraqveteran8888 meltdown videos are useless for anything but entertainment. That wasr was an old beat up post sample full auto conversion that probably spent most of its life doing mag dumps and who knows what condition if was in befor the video. The only reason they come into the country as single stack and then converted to use normal ak mags is because of our stupid import laws. The last part i mostly agree with.

OP, avoid anything built by century and IO. DDI has a good reputation for quality and customer service.

[Germ1]

The new wasr's aren't too bad, I just shot mine today. That reminds me I better go check it for melt down. I'm planning on building my next ak, I've already bought a m92 kit, a polish akm kit and two East German kits. Also bought the dies, flats, rivets, spot welder, now I'm looking for a hydraulic press. Eyeballing a Jet 30 ton but their pricey.

Re read my post. Added something just for you.

[Germ1]

The Iraqveteran8888 meltdown videos are useless for anything but entertainment. That wasr was an old beat up post sample full auto conversion that probably spent most of its life doing mag dumps and who knows what condition if was in befor the video. The only reason they come into the country as single stack and then converted to use normal ak mags is because of our stupid import laws. The last part i mostly agree with.

OP, avoid anything built by century and IO. DDI has a good reputation for quality and customer service.

The reason they are made as single stack rifles has nothing to do with U.S. importation laws. They're made that way because they're not military rifles. They are made to be sold to civilians. They are a cheap plinking rifle, made out of cheap parts. Often plagued by magazine wobble and canted sights.

"10/63:
Early on in the sixties RomArm started manufacturing a civilian, export oriented version of the md. 63. This version was created to be semi automatic (one shot per trigger pull). The other major difference from its uncle, the md. 63 was that it was designed to accept only special 10 round single stack magazines, as opposed to the widely available standard AK double stack 30 round magazines that the md. 63 uses. This rifle was called the 10/63 (10 round version of the PM md. 63)"

Also he redid the ak meltdown with a Vepr and it performed flawlessly. There's a reason.

[BigPimping]

Get another MAK90.(unlikely in CA) Or do you still own it. Anyone who tells you to buy a WASR or anything Romanian, don't listen to them. They are complete junk, they're not military grade firearms. They are made for the civilians as a single stack plinking rifle, then imported into the U.S. and have the receivers drilled out to accept double stack magazines.

Look up Iraqveteran8888 ak meltdown video and you can see exactly what I'm talking about. The WASR melts down in a few hundred rounds. Barrel melts and comes out of the receiver. for the smart *** below me. Was never made for sustained fully automatic fire. Aka, not a real AK, but a toy. He does a reloaded video with a Vepr I think, and it holds up perfectly.

Chinese(Norinco), Bulgarian(Arsenal), polish, Russian(saiga) all good. Romanian bad. Chinese AK's are well known for being one of the best quality ak's on the market. Aka mak90.

Romanian bad???? Really??? Seriously?? Ever used a WASR?? Ever used an SAR1? Just an FYI, but most Chinese AKs, outside of the Polytechnical ones are banned here. Norinco is totally banned as an assault weapon.

WASR is the best AK available here at a reasonable cost. A Saiga is a sporting rifle and not a true AK. The Romanian and Yugoslavian factory built rifles are fine weapons. Polish AKs are generally all kit based and Arsenal are very expensive and may be outside of the budget constraints of some buyers.

Please do research before spreading misinformation.

[Waffleobill]

Veprs are da bomb!

[oc16]

a convert saiga or chinese ak it is as good as they get, I do not own a chinese ak but they were built for military use thats why they were banned in the us. a coverted saiga is from the russian plant and cant get any closer to a true ak. I own one of these and let me tell you something worth very penny.

https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-rifles/russian-rak-ak47-classic-detail.html?Itemid=0

[BigPimping]

a convert saiga or chinese ak it is as good as they get, I do not own a chinese ak but they were built for military use thats why they were banned in the us. a coverted saiga is from the russian plant and cant get any closer to a true ak. I own one of these and let me tell you something worth very penny.

https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/com....html?Itemid=0

I have an SAR1 and I feel the same way. It was difficult to acquire but was worth the money and effort.