What is the best ak 47 to buy?
 

I am interested in buying an AK 47 but I don't know exactly what I should be looking for to get the best rifle. Several people have said get a russian but what do you think and if the russian made is the best what russian , pre ban , post ban or what specifically should I be looking for. Thanks.

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Can anyone help? What do you know about the Black Widow ak47?

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Im not a fan of the AK but these guys are & you will find mucho info
http://www.ak-47.net/ak47/faq.html

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Hungarian SA85M - good quality
Egyption Maddi - good quality
Norinco NHM91 - best stamped reciever (1.5 mil), National Match barrel

Any with milled recievers

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I think the best way to look at this question is, what AK's can you find to buy? All will work, some are just built a little better is all. I think most around here have the mindset that ANY AK is better then none. If you can find a top shelf AK for sale, be prepared to pay through the nose for it, for now anyhow.

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I have the only pre ban Hungarian SA85M I have ever seen or even heard of in person.Good luck finding one.
Probably the best AK from the same era was the Yugoslavian. I think the few that made it here circa 1986 were all full stock(not thumbhole BS), and they were big rifles made for full sized adults.The stock was not stubby and the pistol grip and front handgrip were fat and long, the wood very blonde looking.
The cooling vents on the top of the handgrips on that rifle had 3 notches, thats rare among AK's of any stripe.
If you just want a bullet hose any AK will do just fine.If you want a fairly rare or collectable pre ban AK do your homework so you don't get screwed.

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Good luck finding any AK-type weapon right now. There don't seem to be a whole lot on the shelf and if there are, they are super-expensive.

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Arsenal manufactures new AK47s in Las Vegas with Bulgarian imported personnel as well as some machinery. They make plenty of milled variants but are pricey. They are the best AK47s imo. www.arsenalinc.com

As for AK74s I like the Polish Tantals and the Bulgarian builds.

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If you are anyway near Phoenix, there's a couple worth calling on.
Prices seem high to me?
http://www.topix.com/classifieds/pho...T83V3SLLE4TKJ9
http://www.topix.com/classifieds/pho...HC9NGSE6IOG14T

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If i were you i would purchase a polish tantal which fires the 5.45x39

Good price!
http://www.classicarms.us/

and you can purchase the ammo dirt cheap here

http://www.southernohiogun.com/ammo.htm

You can blast this AK all day long and it won't cost you an arm and a leg.

I've been loading up on the 5.45 ammo while it's still dirt cheap

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My Polish Tantal is very nice. They are still cheap and very cheap to shoot.

I bought 2160rnds of Russian surplus steel core ammo for $300 plus shipping. They had Bulgarian 5.45x39 for $130 per 1060rnds a while back.

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SOG doesn't have this ammo.

I tried to order some from SOG a month ago and I got a reply from their order dept that it had been out of stock for 6 months. They never update their site and their customer service sucks.

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Bulgarian Arsenal are pretty good.

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I bought a Romanian WASR-10 AK-47 right before the election for about $450. Not the best rifle, but I still like it a lot --- esp for the price. Not sure how hard these are to get now, though.

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Cool, thanks for the heads up. I just found SOG today and it was the best deal out there so i was going to order tomorrow.
I have ordered cases from rguns in the past with no poblems so i'll stick with them.

260.00 plus shipping

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The store near me has 2 of them on the shelves with a price of $699 each. Granted they are the most expensive store in town but they are always packed with customers... lately especially.

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Yugo Ak47's are very nice. The reciever is thicker than the wasrs and most others. Century has been ,in the recent past, building them with new green mountain barrels. I have a couple extra underfolder models and went to a gun show to see what they were actually selling for on the street. I had the rifle on my shoulder and a guy came up and told me he bought 2 of them last weekend for $750 each.

Alot of people came up to me and I told them I would possibly sell it for $750 and they gave me thier # and said to call if I decide to sell. I talked to the guy who actually sold the 2 last weekend and he said he had one left and sold it this weekend for $795!

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/SearchResults.asp

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Absolutely and I prefer the underfolders but all YUGO's are nice to shoot and own.

:ok:

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A Saiga might work for you. They're brand new from the same factory that makes AKs. You might have to do the conversion dance but from what I hear, is well worth it.