7.62x39 platforms

[erik_26]

I am not a big fan of the AK. And I really don't feel like building one.


Are their other rifles for the 7.62x39 round?


What would be easy to buy that is CA legal?

[SickofSoCal]

Uh....SKS?

[eagleAR]

SKS
Sig556 in 7.62x39
AR with a 7.62x39 upper

[bob7122]

sig sauer 556 in 7.62x39 it takes ak mags.

i thought it was a nogo but, i just found out it is legal just needs the bullet button and your gtg.

[axhoaxho]

Ruger Mini Thirty?

[hcbr]

Just get a non converted saiga (sporterized), around 400 to 450 and you're gtg!

[stix213]

I'm curious what you dislike so much about AK's if you apparently like the round it fires.

[Quiet]

Other 7.62x39mm platforms not mentioned...
AIA M10-A
CZ VZ-58 (looks like an AK but not)
CZ 527 Carbine
Daewoo DR-300

[erik_26]

I'm curious what you dislike so much about AK's if you apparently like the round it fires.

I just do not like them. My brother has one that he built. Everything seems really loose. It seems sloppy.

I really don't care about the round so much either. But I would like to have something that can fire that round. I like to have a wide variety of things. While it wont be my go to round or gun, it will be available to me.


Kind of a don't put all your eggs in one basket thing.

[Dirtbiker]

Could you be more specific in your needs? Do you want a military styled rifle or did you want something along the lines of an SKS or Mini Thirty?

I have a VZ-58 and it's great but the aftermarket is limited. I'd love a SIG 556 chambered in 7.62x39 but that's a ways up they money chain.

[erik_26]

Could you be more specific in your needs? Do you want a military styled rifle or did you want something along the lines of an SKS or Mini Thirty?

I have a VZ-58 and it's great but the aftermarket is limited. I'd love a SIG 556 chambered in 7.62x39 but that's a ways up they money chain.

Just a rifle, doesn't really matter. I am not a sniper (I know you don't snipe with aks, well red jacket does) nor law enforcement.

It would be a BLM gun.

Just a decent rifle for around $500 give or take a couple hundred bucks.

I know Sigs are $$$$.

[Dirtbiker]

A $500 budget will buy you a good rifle: VZ-58, SKS, and Mini-30. Check in the for sale section here on Calguns and you will find several Minis and SKSs. Every now and then a VZ will pop up but they are less common.

[Blitzburgh]

I agree on the SKS.

They are so much fun to shoot, you can pick them up all day long for a song, parts are cheap - but you'll never need them. They are built like tanks and I've never had an issue with any SKS in the umpteen years I've been shooting them.

Just a great all around gun.

[ZX-10R]

I just do not like them. My brother has one that he built. Everything seems really loose. It seems sloppy.

I really don't care about the round so much either. But I would like to have something that can fire that round. I like to have a wide variety of things. While it wont be my go to round or gun, it will be available to me.


Kind of a don't put all your eggs in one basket thing.

The looseness could have been the build - Correction...Is the build. Most AKs I handle are solid. That is what happens when you put flats in the hands of people the cannot even balance a book. Go try a well built AK pattern.

[Bhobbs]

Could you be more specific in your needs? Do you want a military styled rifle or did you want something along the lines of an SKS or Mini Thirty?

I have a VZ-58 and it's great but the aftermarket is limited. I'd love a SIG 556 chambered in 7.62x39 but that's a ways up they money chain.

The SKS is a military rifle.