MACA Show grab: An Egyptian Hakim

Cruacious · Mar 18, 2019

Per the request of Mawkie, here is my latest acquisition courtesy of a vendor at the MACA show on Saturday. An Egyptian Hakim, year produced not known to me. It has an absolutely beautiful stock but, sadly, the magazine (not shown) is a reproduction.

Regardless, with a good barrel and such a beautiful stock I found it to be a good choice to grab. I paid 590 out the door for it so I feel I got a decent deal out of it. Anyway, enjoy the few pictures I have:

Edit: pictures fixed!

rseymorejr · Mar 18, 2019

Don't see no pitchers???

mawkie · Mar 18, 2019

$590 is a good in my books. I routinely see them sell in the $650-750 range. And so many have rough stocks. Nice ones are much harder to find. Can't wait for the photos to post!

smdub · Mar 18, 2019

Looks good! That was a good price too. I would have bought another at that price.

GuitarmanNick · Mar 18, 2019

Awesome price on that find! There should be Arabic numbers on the receiver that indicate the year of production. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arabic_numerals-en.svg

John from MD · Mar 18, 2019

From past experience, you better have some good ear muffs. :lol:

Cruacious · Mar 18, 2019

John from MD said:
From past experience, you better have some good ear muffs.

I have an SVT-40 as well so I am already well prepared!

mawkie · Mar 18, 2019

Yeppers, nice stock! We just have to find you an original mag. Hopefully the fact that there are repop mags doesn't mean originals are unobtanium.

Brickman301 · Mar 18, 2019

Nice pickup, and that’s a great price you paid for it.
The warning about the ear protection is true this thing is loud!
Also be careful not to get your fingers caught in the action, Garand thumb is nothing compared to this.

Cruacious · Mar 18, 2019

Brickman301 said:
Nice pickup, and that’s a great price you paid for it.
The warning about the ear protection is true this thing is loud!
Also be careful not to get your fingers caught in the action, Garand thumb is nothing compared to this.

Oh I know about the action as I have a Ljungman (which is the predecessor rifle). These actions WILL take a finger off!

Also mawkie, pretty sure an original mag will pop up sooner or later for me to grab. For now, the aftermarket one will serve.

Melnic · Mar 18, 2019

yea, I really like the character on that wood

John from MD · Mar 18, 2019

The last SVT mag I sold went for $300. I don't know how much a Hakim mag goes for these days.

Mr.Smalls · Mar 18, 2019

Good buy!!! I was looking at that rifle myself but I had my mind and wallet set on something else. She is a beautiful rifle. I'm glad someone picked it up.

CasualObserver · Mar 19, 2019

Nice buy. Be ready to chase your brass. Mine dents it up and then kicks it out a country mile. I have a little rubber hose cover I made and put on the brass deflector (I guess that is what that is on the side) which helps a little.

JTH20 · Mar 19, 2019

I saw that, definitely a good deal but i had my sights set on another 8mm rifle.

mawkie · Mar 20, 2019

Cruacious said:
Oh I know about the action as I have a Ljungman (which is the predecessor rifle). These actions WILL take a finger off!

Also mawkie, pretty sure an original mag will pop up sooner or later for me to grab. For now, the aftermarket one will serve.

I hear ya. It's a matter of patience and persistence. Something I'm on intimate terms with!

jmike3543 · Mar 28, 2019

Great gun but it destroys brass and sends it into the next area code. Apparently they use to have rubber brass deflectors but they decayed or fell off?

John from MD · Mar 28, 2019

Slitting a piece of rubber hose and gluing it on the deflector will stop the brass being dented. As for catching it, that's for tarps are for. :lol:

Try shooting full power 7.62x25 in a CZ52 and then finding the brass. :facepalm:

woodline · Mar 28, 2019

Great find OP! I have one with a refinished stock (I like the look of it a lot but it isn't going to fool anyone for original finish) but an original magazine. It is one of my favorite milsurps to take to the range. I think I paid $650 for mine (it's probably in a thread here somewhere tbh) from Victory Arms and felt like it was a good deal relative to what I had seen available and had time to shop for. As long as you get a reasonable price on a real magazine I think you got a fantastic deal.

Jimbob2.0 · Mar 28, 2019

Watch your thumbs. Makes garand thumb feel like a tickle.

MACA Show grab: An Egyptian Hakim

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