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To: primeval patriot
Wow. That fellow is sleeping next to a rare Polytech red bakelite side-folder AKS-762 'PS'-serialed from Factory 416, Beijing China with the very rare early-model grip. I bet it's got single-digit serial numbers.

That's a rare bird even as pre-'89 semi AK clones go.

286 posted on 09/08/2005 3:21:59 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi!)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Hey thanks for your comments.

I suspected that was an unusual AK.

The side-folder did catch my attention.

I've seen similiar items online (per your description)with asking prices in the $1500 range.


295 posted on 09/09/2005 6:39:42 AM PDT by primeval patriot
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To: The KG9 Kid

Wow. That fellow is sleeping next to a rare Polytech red bakelite side-folder AKS-762 'PS'-serialed from Factory 416, Beijing China with the very rare early-model grip. I bet it's got single-digit serial numbers.
That's a rare bird even as pre-'89 semi AK clones go.



Unless you've got a different photo than the one in post 114, I think it's a "kit gun" with a home-made receiver. Two things mitigate against it being a gen-yew-wine chicomm rifle -- you can't see the upper front trunion rivits because the sling covers them, but since the Chinese use a diagonal pattern for the upper rivets, rather than the standard in-line arrangement, I think it'd probably show even with the sling hanging there.

Also, the finish on the receiver does NOT even come close to matching the bluing on the dust cover, barrel, sight block, gas block, and front sight block. In addition to not matching them, it's light, uneven, and CRUDE.

I think that rifle is a product of a "build party".


298 posted on 09/09/2005 8:23:35 AM PDT by Tom Thumbs
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