New Ak Came Today
 

And I couldnt be happier. My friday the 13th Ak.

Got it from Classic Arms for $429. Of course, this was before I saw the aresenal sale, but htats ok, Im very happ with this purchase. New receiver, new bbl, new trigger group, two tapco mags. Not too shabby. These were going for over $500-600 at the gun show last weekend.


http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...k/100_2638.jpg



This ones just to stir the Sh** :wink:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...nk/x39vX45.jpg

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Congrats! If it did not include the cleaning rod and sling you might check with www.cdnninvestments.com they have these for cheap usually (I have no affiliation with them just a happy customer).:ok:

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Congrats!

If you don't mind me asking, what was the breakdown?
FFL fee?
Shipping?

What was the price on the website vs. what you finally paid?


I see several on there I might be interested in, but I want to know totals.

Thanks, SilverJeep

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Congrats and thanks for the pics. Looks nice. I would recommend combloc steel mags or bulgarian waffle mags. Those tapco, promag, et al. magazines do not have metal reinforcement on the locking surfaces. I have tried them and they just aren't the same.

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Cost was

$429 for the rifle
$18 for shipping (got here in 2 days)
$25 for FFL transfer fee.


Yeah, the tapcos will be my range mags or back ups of the back ups. AIM has a deal going on old european steel mags, if you get 10 they are 8.99 with something like $10 shipping. They go for about the same at the gun shows, so might wait till the next one to pick some up (no shippign).

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Nice pickup heimdhal :ok: good choice. Classic-arms people are great to deal with and will usually price match most other retailers online.. picked up my first saiga and yugo M70 from them.. seriously considering their polish tantal sporter. I've heard many good things and you cant beat the ammo prices atm. I just cant find how well the cheap Russian ammo goes through these..only thing stopping me from pulling the trigger

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There was something on here a while back about the Polish Tantals. I think Argent Dragon might have had a thread about it, but I honestly cant remember who exactly it was. I was thinking about getting a 5.45 platform, but was talked out of it in part by information on that thread about the most recent batch of Sporters having issues with the barrel not matching the caliber exactly, or something of that nature.

Sorry to post a half-informed, half-remembered critique. Im sure if you search the firearms sub forum or even PM Argent directly, you can find it.

You're right though about that 5.45 being cheap, that was one of my main original attractions to it, but Im noticing mags will cost you a pretty penny!

Love the gun and the caliber (Both 47 and 74) but defently look into that information about the last few batches of imported, rebarreled Tantals. If you find my information is incorrect, please correct me and Ill correct the clown that told me :moon:



EDIT:

Alright, you can ignore most that information above :P

I foudn A thread about it from last year here but it seens it was just the rebarreled CIA tantals that were having caliber issues but other models were doing great.

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Excellent. I'm about to get the exact same thing from same place. Been watching the prices slowly creep down and seems like a good place to jump in. Waiting on one more of the wife's CC rewards checks to arrive. sssssh.

Can anybody tell this noob where to get a bayonet for this? It's stated in the ad that it has the lug for one, but he shooter's kit ($50 more) just has the extra mags, sling and a carry bag.

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Not sure why they are sold in packages of four but this is the best deal going on AK bayos, the other three can always be used for trade bait.

http://www.centerfiresystems.com/BAYAKASPEC.aspx

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Thanks. I was expecting to pay that much for one so that is a good deal for me. Two for me, two for ebay where they apparently can sell for $25 each. http://cgi.ebay.com/AK-47-bayonet-w-...item3ca7312bad It always amazes me how many bayonets one can lose while in the jungle stabbing random things while swimming across swift flowing rivers at night with the enemy closing in.

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Euro-trash, metal with the rib, are cheap and reliable. Chi-Com, metal no rib, are usually over priced but are good. Polish polymer slabsides are like butta and have gone way down in price since I got mine. Buy any Russian slabbie you can find for under $30. Blugie polymer, waffle pattern circle 10, have failed my long term load test 3/10 after only 2 years and have been retired from my packs. Nothing made in the USA has ever made it a year when fully loaded without at least a 4/10 failure rate. Euro-trash 40's are just as good as 30's, polymer 40's are in testing but have passed after one year. Chi-Com 75 and 100 round drums are too sweet, store them unwound, give them 6 full turns and rock and roll. Romanian Chi-Com knock-offs seen the same but I haven't full-auto tested them. Pass on the old Romanian 75's with the crank unless you can get one for $50 or so, (they're a PITA to load).

Unless you are going to perform the first drive-by bayoneting I see no reason for one, a good, sharp tanto on you side will serve you a thousand times better. For that matter, my original K-Bar sleeps between my mattresses and will shave the back of my hand if I go pull it out now.

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If you get the four pack, I'll buy one off of you. MISRy's right, they are kinda pointless, but i figure why not. I dont want one in the thought Ill be using it, but just to have it as a novelty thing more than anything else. :wink:

and besides, we all know the baynoet is the REAL killer on a gun. Hold a gun and the news and cops will say you're crazy, put a bayonet on there and you might as well be Hitler reincarnate.