Anyone point me in the right direction? looking to pick up one, but they range in so many prices..no idea. i have been an AR guy, but thinking about the economy of an AK.

Primary use: nice excuse to buy a home defense rifle I know I'll never use.

Thoughts?

get a Mini30!!

Look up J and G sales in Prescott AZ

Great prices.

or get a Mini14,,,

wheel,

^ ... mini-14 Ranch model is much better ...

... and they won't jam up like AR, AK or SKS do ...

^ thats what I have,,

wheel,

... got a couple of them in stainless ...

... have NEVER cleaned any of them and have put thousands of rounds through them ...

Bah! Get an AR-15. Much better weapon, and almost no recoil to speak of. AK's buck like a bronco.

I also have a Bushmaster AR..

great shooter but tempermental,,

wheel,

I have never had a SKS jam. Tens of thousands of rounds I have shot through them and have never had a issue.

This was back in the day when rounds were under 10 cents each and you could buy a SKS for 50 bucks at a yardsale!

^ ... $69.99 new in the box ...

... I still have LOTS of cases of that ammo ...

That quality AK47 goes for about $275 an oz in Portland and it smells like a cat peed on a skunk, then both died in your closet whilst trying on bottles of deer scent.

Ha ha ha.

Get a BFG-9000 ya wimp.

a good ak that is milled, not stamped will run you some $$. a frend of mine had a polytek that was smooth as silk. the polytek, sks para-trooper, and mini 30 shot side by side resulted in:

polytek = great shooter, never jammed, fast as hell, least kick.

sks = not bad but tempermental with ammo and a real flame thrower.

mini 30 = loud as hell, at up ammo once the right clip was aquired, the biggest kick.

mini 14's are not .762 but .223 and you can find lots of after market goodies.

I too would like to purchase a decent ak-47 and dont mind the stamped versions. They are still tough as nails.

11. Author: [email protected] Date: 08/11/2009 07:55 PM Reply

^ ... $69.99 new in the box ...

You selling... ?

Neo,

... that was what I paid for them back in 1990/91 when I lived in Cocoa Beach, FL ... stationed at Cape Kennedy ...

... boxes of ammo (by the case) worked out to about $2.25 (at most) for 20rds - Berdan Primed - Corrosive - but fun & cheap to shoot ...

- today? A typical SKS will run you about $400+ and you can't buy/sell any in CT anymore - if you owned them BEFORE the gun ban - you're ok ... if not - you can't get/own them ... so up here - nobody will sell them for that reason alone - they'd have to be sold "out of state"...

#16 So is my sister. You can have her for 20 cows and 30 chickens.