Obama Signs Executive Order Banning AK-47s(Shutting Down Russian Imports)

The Shooters Log ^ | July 18, 2014 | Dave Dolbee

[precisionshootist]

Won’t happen to any extent. The problem with this idea is someone has to risk a big pile of their own money on a bet that they will not lose it to some other executive order or ATF ruling. The time has come to forget about the small battles and attack the NFA. No debating, the American people must demand it be repealed.

[gwgn02]

Time to start making high quality USA AK’s here at home. I know a few like I/0 make one already but the quality is lacking. US barrels for AK’s were once hard to find and quality and availability on those now are really nice. THere are lots of other options still for high quality AK rifles coming from overseas..but still this POS POTUS is a nasty, petulant child..and a coward.

[Cheerio]

Mr. "I've got a pen and a phone" style of law making. Some countries refer to it as a Monarchy, others a Dicktator.

[Jed Eckert]

One of the big appeals of these rifles was cost. The imports could be had for a fraction of the cost of a similar American made rifle. Granted, the imports were uglier and not as accurate as their American counterparts but they work and for the most part are very reliable.

Case in point: a few years ago (pre Obama) you could pick up a Russian semi auto Saiga in .7.62x51mm Nato for just over $300. An American AR10 in the same caliber, about $1600.

Sure the AR10 is more accurate but the Saiga never skips a beat and is easy to disassemble and clean in the flield.

[DoughtyOne]

I’m voting on Dickater...

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[molson209]

Gun Control in the US ,Disguised as Sanctions against Russia , LOL

[caveat emptor]

Obama Signs Executive Order Banning AK-47s. While signing an executive order to impose new sanctions on Russia, President Obama used his pen to also further his agenda of gun control by including a ban of parts used to build or repair Russian AK-47s.

Not all of them, unless the EO went beyond Russian AKs. One of my sons recently bought a Serbian AK 47. There are many others. Here's three.

Serbian.


Chinese.


Rumanian.

[El Laton Caliente]

The order just mentions Izmash and the Saiga’s; I wonder if it includes the Molot factory and the VEPR’s?

[Jed Eckert]

The order just mentions Izmash and the Saiga’s; I wonder if it includes the Molot factory and the VEPR’s?

Good question. I was starting to wonder the same thing. Guess we'll have to wait and see how this all plays out.

[gwgn02]

It does include VEPR’s