Quality of Romanian AK parts?

[Starslinger]

Can someone give me a quick rundown on which companies/factories/countries produce quality AKs or AK parts for export? There is a rifle I'm interested in called the Lee Armory Hunter. It has a sporting stock, a Saiga style trigger, and is made from Romanian parts. Here is a description and a link.

California Legal Lee Armory Hunter AK47 Sporter 7.62X39mm rifle.

Built with Forged Romanian Parts and a Cold Hammer Forged Barrel! The Lee Armory Hunter AK47 Sporter is made with BRAND NEW Romanian Military Parts From the Famous ROMARM Factory in Cugir, Romania!

https://www.cordeliagunexchange.com/product/lee-armory-hunter-ak47-762x39/

https://www.cordeliagunexchange.com/product/zastava-arms-zpap-m70-ak47/

[sevendayweekend]

Cugir Romania is good to go

[Go Packers!]

Buy an actual Romanian built rifle. WASR or RH 10.

Purchase from Atlantic Firearms.

That will be the summary if you read a lot from an AK forum called akfiles.

[2Stroke]

The machining trade in Romania is strong, and a source of pride.

[Go Packers!]

Also, you can find a used Saiga in the marketplace here for about $750. Built in the Kalashnikov factory.

[Go Packers!]

there are used WASRs in the marketplace,too.

[SloChicken]

Romy AK’s are Good enough.

Best AKs are Ruskie, polish, and some Yugos.
Hungarian are pretty good also.

Romy is the lower end of quality and construction, but it is an AK.

If you want fancy, you want a milled receiver and a builder such as Krebs or Arsenal.

But not a thing wrong with a romy.

Fancy and AK are pretty incompatible IMO.

Function and raw effectiveness is where a AK excels, not precision.

[pancakes go]

buy a WASR

[kcheung2]

Buy an actual Romanian built rifle. WASR or RH 10.

Purchase from Atlantic Firearms.

That will be the summary if you read a lot from an AK forum called akfiles.

That's the summary if you read here too.

Unless you really must have that sporter stock (in which case, stick with your SKS) then there's no reason to not chose a WASR vs that.

The Yugo ZPap is a NPap with nicer wood. Nothing wrong with those either. The barrel is CHF but not chrome lined so that's one strike against it. The machining is nicer than the Romanians though. There was a big brouhaha a few years back about mushrooming rat tail bolts, and mine exhibited that too. But after an additional 1500 rounds it hasn't gotten worse so it's a non issue for me.

Just note that Yugo's have the scope mount slightly higher than Romanians, so if you scope it the right way (i.e. RS Regulate mounts) you'll need the Yugo-specific parts. The parts cost the same, just gotta get the right part number. And if you want to scope it the wrong way (i.e. UTG) then more power to you. Alas, there's no way to mount the scope at a 45* angled on the left and a red dot on top though, lol.

[SVT-40]

Romainia AK's are great quality. No difference in tolerances than Russian or any other AK manufacturer. The main difference between Romanian AK's and the others is the finish. The Romanian guns are just parkerized, where most other countries paint them after they are parked.

[SloChicken]

Romainia AK's are great quality. No difference in tolerances than Russian or any other AK manufacturer. The main difference between Romanian AK's and the others is the finish. The Romanian guns are just parkerized, where most other countries paint them after they are parked.

[Starslinger]

Thanks a lot for the information guys!

[hellayella]

Pre-80s Romy production is better machined than those afterwards, but they work...

[SVT-40]

What is a "non captured trigger"?

[SloChicken]

What is a "non captured trigger"?

Romanian triggers just fall out on disassembly.
Compare v. another type and you can see.

I will look for a schematic so it explains it better, but that is the gist