Author Topic: post up some AKs (Read 12537 times)

Wildgoose · « **Reply #40 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:09:54 PM »

The Tantal was the last kit I built just before the barrel ban caught up with kit prices. I was into the home building hobby for a few years until then. Haven't done much since. I did happen to see some PSL kits complete with barrels for $300 in the Shotgun News this last week though. Hummmmm, wonder if I can find those building tools I made?

Mikee Loxxer · « **Reply #41 on:** December 26, 2010, 03:33:31 PM »

20nickels · « **Reply #42 on:** March 05, 2011, 11:21:28 PM »

Bump fer purdy AKM's. Hey Wildgoose, I found your build tools. They are in the upper left corner of your first Tantal pic next to the peanuts. Hehe. Pick of Yugo M70 build to come soon...

A-FIXER · « **Reply #43 on:** March 06, 2011, 08:19:06 PM »

Those pic's are soooooooooooo sweet, I got to get one of those girls and maybe I'll be different and lick her and call her a wh--e.....

OnTheFly · « **Reply #44 on:** March 06, 2011, 09:19:02 PM »

Quote from: A-FIXER on March 06, 2011, 08:19:06 PM

Those pic's are soooooooooooo sweet, I got to get one of those girls and maybe I'll be different and lick her and call her a wh--e.....

A-FIXER,

It is okay to love your firearms...as long as you don't LOVE your firearms.

Fly

A-FIXER · « **Reply #45 on:** March 07, 2011, 07:22:08 PM »

I can't help myself I'm in LOVE.....

FarmerRick · « **Reply #46 on:** June 11, 2011, 06:59:17 AM »

FarmerRick's new toy

Draco-C AK pistol with a 10 1/2" barrel. The "C" designation means that it has an underfolder rear trunion. It will be very easy in the future to convert this to a SBR by just machining the receiver and adding some underfolder hardware(along with the paperwork and $200 to Uncle Sam

).

Got a smoking deal on it from AJ of AJ's guns a couple weeks ago at the last Fremont gun show. I changed out the unfinished handguards it had on it for some extras from a Maadi right away as the original ones were horrible looking. I think the reddish finish looks much better and matched the pistol grip rather well.

Mudinyeri · « **Reply #47 on:** June 11, 2011, 08:34:07 PM »

Traded this Vepr on an AR a while back ...

Cornhusker · « **Reply #48 on:** July 17, 2011, 08:24:28 AM »

I recently caught the AK bug so I went out and bought this WASR underfolder

Then I found a GP1975 for a decent price in the for sale section of another forum

I also have a Saiga in .223

y0diggity · « **Reply #49 on:** March 11, 2012, 11:43:05 AM »

Reviving this topic, because AK's are awesome!

dukduk · « **Reply #50 on:** March 13, 2012, 08:00:14 PM »

iPhone pics

and sorry to the traditionalists...I will put it back to AK103 config when I can afford another AK(for a collapsing stock). promise

Hardwood83 · « **Reply #51 on:** September 10, 2012, 07:37:21 PM »

My Draco Ak pistol that I SBR'd.

instag8tr · « **Reply #52 on:** October 06, 2012, 08:09:14 AM »

instag8tr · « **Reply #53 on:** October 06, 2012, 08:28:29 AM »

instag8tr · « **Reply #54 on:** October 06, 2012, 08:32:01 AM »

wallace11bravo · « **Reply #55 on:** October 06, 2012, 06:24:10 PM »

Careful with that blade, you'll poke your eye out!

JimP · « **Reply #56 on:** December 08, 2012, 11:04:38 AM »

I have been looking at prices for AK's recently - they have doubled in the last couple of years, with WASR 10/63's going for over $600.....even SKS's are getting up in the 4-500 dollar range....

AR's have just held their value ...... (lost it, actually, as 1000 2012 dollars won't buy the same amount of goods that the same 1000 in 2010 did, unless it is an AR .... ammo, gas, beef, bread, milk, eggs ..... all have gone up significantly, while a Colt LE 6920 is actually cheaper than it was 2 years ago.

Thoughts?

instag8tr · « **Reply #57 on:** December 08, 2012, 03:32:14 PM »

What do you want to know?

JimP · « **Reply #58 on:** December 11, 2012, 03:32:05 PM »

Any good reason why AR prices are static/falling a little, while AK/SKS prices have nearly doubled on average?

dukduk · « **Reply #59 on:** December 16, 2012, 09:37:07 AM »

The AR market is flooded, colt 6920s are down into the 900s range. they were kinda hard to find then and I paid 1300 used for mine in '05! when I was in NC. I found one in birmingham, al on the sig forum. lots of ramen as an E-3!

AK kits are getting harder to find and the importers/converters have free range to set the prices.

My Ak was built into a AK103 lookalike by AZEX Arms (they got a bad rap in the forums for taking more work than they could handle, leaving customers waiting 6-12 months for conversions) a Venezuelan contract overrun receiver that made it to the states in sporter configuration with the military export stamp scribbled over. I happily paid 1k for it. around the time, I was looking for an arsenal SGL21 with the AK103 side folding stock and they were around 1250.

i felt like i got a good deal, the cool history behind the receiver helped the decision too. so I guess if its what you really want then you gotta fork it out.

I think something with politics and the intl arms trade thing we have with the Ruskies may be steering some of the panic buying/pricing. also when folks started panic buying 5.56/.223 it drove those prices way up and the Russian calibers were still relatively cheap. thn folks were buying/building AKs to shoot the cheaper stuff and so on.