Posted on 03/22/2013 12:29:39 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian
Well, I just bought 6,480 rounds of armor-piercing 5.45X39 Russian Ammo for AK-74.
I bought it because, well, it's cheap and my AR-15 is like a buck a shot and my FNAR is worse.
So, now, having done this backwards, and knowing ZERO about AK platform, other than apparently the Taliban want to upgrade to AK-74s from AK-47s because the smaller, nastier, round is more effective and pops through kevlar, I come asking knowledgeable Freepers what kind of AK-74 I should buy.
This would be a plinker, bought to shot varmits and generally have fun at lesser expense than my actual nice rifles.
Oh, and the fact the purchase pisses off Democrats is making be do it.
The fact that the rifle requires little care is also a nice selling point.
So far, it looks like the Waffen Werks seems to be the best, but I am relying on Bing for this conclusion.
Waffen Werks makes a GREAT weapon. I’m partial to Vepr and Krebs myself.
I want an AN-94 or AK-12.
I am so new to the AK platform that I don’t even know what Vepr and Krebs are.
They’re manufacturers. Just look them up. They’re pricier, but they make a great AK74.
AN-94! I’ll take one please. Would really like a Saiga 12 myself.
You do realize that this information has now been entered into the feral government's database, right?
Arsenal Arms out of Nevada
SGL series.
Great rifle. Clean it with used motor oil and strips of sheets with knots tied in it.
Dunk that baby in muddy water, drag in the sand and she’ll fire a mag with no effort whatsoever!
Check out Arsenal AK-74s
Do you think the Arsenal are better than Waffen?
Oh, I am so on the lists already.
The only pigs I shoot, however, are feral ones on the ranch.
They are very hard to find right now.
Here’s one that says it’s in stock...
http://centerfiresystems.com/AKAGUN20.aspx
Probably the best AK ever was the Finnish Valmet.
At a gun show in Dothan Alabama, I came within a hair of trading for one. I had an Egyptian Maadi which for some odd reason was selling for more than the Valmet.
Comparing the two it was obvious which one was better made yet technically the Maadi was worth more. I guess the other guy was just like me. He sort of seemed to want to trade but looking at the two there was no question as to which was the better gun.
Don’t know a whole lot about AK-74s but Arsenal gets their parts from Bulgaria as do Waffen(?)
Well that’s nice EZ, except it’s the wrong gun for the ammo he bought.
TC
The AK-74 round (5.45) is similar in performance to the 5.56, just a tad less powerful. The AP ammo pops up fairly often; have not seen any massive performance difference between the AP and normal jacketed rounds, but then again I am not shooting engine blocks or kevlar!
I am feeling fairly confident that the Federal gun control push is about to collapse under its own weight in the next month or so, and then the prices for 5.56 and 7.62 should hopefully come back down to something a bit more sane. I have had a little luck recently finding ammo, but its still damn spotty and expensive.
So would I but at the current going prices for them the darned things ought to be gold plated.
What do you think of the Waffen Werks I linked to, incld price? (has lots of mags, which is a big point to me right now)
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=333219734
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