is this authentic?

[Vepr62]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=167128185

When I was in service I wass issued late 70th AKM, but I don't recall Izhmash arrow in triangle being this large. It might have a bit larger than the rest of lettering, but I don't think it was this huge. Is this authentic?

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[Vepr62]

i guess it is

I guess it is authentic. It just wasn't hi-lighted on my issue riffle.

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[Q]

Are you thinking of buying that? 1977 was supposedly the last year they made the akm in Russia but they probably made them for other countries after.

I think it's authentic and it should be if it's Tantal of http://tantal.kalashnikov.guns.ru/ by looking at the other auctions and pics.

If you want to make a late 70s replica, there are Russian late 70's barrel parts just like in the auction available and you could use a romanian or egyptian kit for most of the parts.

IMO, I would only spend money like that on a Russian Type 1 or early Type 2 kit with Type 1 barrel. There's nothing special about an akm or ak74.

[69Mach1]

Yeah, that's "Tantal". Looks authentic, but way expensive.

[motorhead]

drool!!!

[JamesY]

Yep, it's Tantal. I think he talks about it on theakforum under the Russia subforum.

[Vepr62]

$$$

If it is still there when I get back from Europe in July I might consider buying it. I hope it would go down in price by then as well. It just brings back a lot of memories (not all of them are good either) from my youth and my years of service for Bat'kivschyna/Rodina (Fatherland). I wish I could ship here my real toys from Ukraine. Those are worth drooling at.
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[JamesY]

If it is still there when I get back from Europe in July I might consider buying it. I hope it would go down in price by then as well. It just brings back a lot of memories (not all of them are good either) from my youth and my years of service for Bat'kivschyna/Rodina (Fatherland). I wish I could ship here my real toys from Ukraine. Those are worth drooling at.
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Send Tantal a PM or email. He might drop the price. Please post pics of the toys to drool over. I'm sure some of us will do more than drool

[Q]

If it is still there when I get back from Europe in July I might consider buying it. I hope it would go down in price by then as well. It just brings back a lot of memories (not all of them are good either) from my youth and my years of service for Bat'kivschyna/Rodina (Fatherland). I wish I could ship here my real toys from Ukraine. Those are worth drooling at.
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That's the best reason to buy the kit. Maybe you can pm him on takf and work on the price.
I tried to win a 1977 underfolder kit a couple years back but didn't win. I saw the same kit for sale last month for sale again. So most of the guys that do have a Russian akm kit don't really want to get them built they're mostly holding on to them as investments. If you do get a akm kit you have to send it to someone like marshallarms thats built many russian kits so it does not devalue. Otherwise it's worth more as a parts kit.

[Vepr62]

"IF"

If, and thats a big "IF", I will ever get a hold of that, NOBODY will touch it but me... I was a USSR Army armourer after all... For now, I think it is about 1K overpriced.

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