Boondock Saint
Ultimate Member
I might be purchasing an AK and a friend of a friend has one for sale. I know next to nothing about AKs (yet), so I thought I'd throw it out to everyone here. Price is $725. This is the email from the seller:
For the skinny on the gun, it was purchased as a regular ol' WASR10 about 3 years ago when Wolf ammo was still $94 per 1000 rounds. It's probably had about 1500 rounds through it, the only failures were ammo related. It is a reliable gun.
To describe the additions to the rifle, I'll just say that WASRs typically have an awful feel to them. The pistol grip it had would move around, the wood was grainy and kind of shook around a little bit, and the triggers suck. This one has identified all of those issues. Instead of the poor trigger from before, I added a Tapco G2 double hook trigger group, improving the US parts count to make it okay to add a US made folding stock. The folding stock is a $200 stock from ACE Riflestocks. Completely solid stock, very comfortable, good cheek weld, customizable to fold left or right and raise or lower just by swapping out a couple screws. It's also mounted to an internal receiver block to prevent it from shifting at all, which it certainly doesn't. This stock is awesome, and Ace has pretty much won me over for aftermarket folders. The pistol grip was also swapped out, it's certainly more comfortable than the stock one. I also upgraded the front wood to the blonde wood complete with the "donkey dong" foregrip. Not too long ago I also added the rail that made this a great gun for home defense. The rifle will come with a leather AK sling, not the poor quality sling in the pictures.
This was upgraded with the intention to keep it, the only addition I was looking to make would be to purchase a Kobra red dot for it.
Pros: reliable, solid gun, relatively cheap ammo, easy to find accessories for, fun as hell to shoot in a potent caliber.
Cons: AK sights are pretty poor compared to what else is out there but the gun is capable of 3-4" accuracy at 100 yards, the rail I added was a rail I chopped in half to make it fit. It works well for lights, but don't think that you can put a laser on it and have it retain its zero.
For the skinny on the gun, it was purchased as a regular ol' WASR10 about 3 years ago when Wolf ammo was still $94 per 1000 rounds. It's probably had about 1500 rounds through it, the only failures were ammo related. It is a reliable gun.
To describe the additions to the rifle, I'll just say that WASRs typically have an awful feel to them. The pistol grip it had would move around, the wood was grainy and kind of shook around a little bit, and the triggers suck. This one has identified all of those issues. Instead of the poor trigger from before, I added a Tapco G2 double hook trigger group, improving the US parts count to make it okay to add a US made folding stock. The folding stock is a $200 stock from ACE Riflestocks. Completely solid stock, very comfortable, good cheek weld, customizable to fold left or right and raise or lower just by swapping out a couple screws. It's also mounted to an internal receiver block to prevent it from shifting at all, which it certainly doesn't. This stock is awesome, and Ace has pretty much won me over for aftermarket folders. The pistol grip was also swapped out, it's certainly more comfortable than the stock one. I also upgraded the front wood to the blonde wood complete with the "donkey dong" foregrip. Not too long ago I also added the rail that made this a great gun for home defense. The rifle will come with a leather AK sling, not the poor quality sling in the pictures.
This was upgraded with the intention to keep it, the only addition I was looking to make would be to purchase a Kobra red dot for it.
Pros: reliable, solid gun, relatively cheap ammo, easy to find accessories for, fun as hell to shoot in a potent caliber.
Cons: AK sights are pretty poor compared to what else is out there but the gun is capable of 3-4" accuracy at 100 yards, the rail I added was a rail I chopped in half to make it fit. It works well for lights, but don't think that you can put a laser on it and have it retain its zero.
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