The best AK47

[MattCFII]

Don't get me wrong, I love the AK's. They are immediate attention getters due to their reputation as the bad guy's assault rifle. But , for the type of shooting I do, I'd prefer something more accurate. There's GOTTA be aftermarket stuff out there, somewhere, right?

How can I become a "lucky bastard?"

If you must put a peep on an AK, go for a TWS dogleg top cover. Tech Sights are available as well but it doesn't add a rail. Also you are going to feed it good, more pricy ammo to get maximum accuracy.

 

[MattCFII]

Maybe this isn't the forum for all my questions, but, are their aftermarket barrels that would be more accurate? I always feed my rifles the same ammo once I get it sighted in so there is consistency from weekend shoot to weekend shoot. Never did care to buy the cheap, 40 year old military surplus stuff.

Changing barrels on AKs is a pain. Full-auto of Military Arms Channel is working on a project rifle that has an aftermarket barrel shroud that increases rigidity and heat dissipation.

 

[thumperdogg]

Get a Saiga and convert it for cheaper than what an Arsenal or Poly would cost you. That way you can still have a Russian rifle made in the same plant that the Russian Ak's used to be

Look at my avatar, this is what I did!

 

[cornfused]

Brandon401401 Standing 300 yrds...




http://youtu.be/aSuAPjw2Jgw?hd=1

 

[thumperdogg]

Standing 300 yrds...




http://youtu.be/aSuAPjw2Jgw?hd=1

great shooting with irons!!

 

[indykid]

Don't tell my Norinco 84S-1 it is not accurate. There was a day at the range a while back when I was witnessed poking holes in 12GA shotgun hulls. This was confirmed by another INGO member who after watching in disbelief, picked up the Norinco and verified you can shoot holes in shotgun hulls... at 50 yards.

Accuracy is in the eye of the beholder, literally but the short sight radius, hard to see rear sight slot and large front sight pin make it really tough to be accurate, but it is possible to get amazing results with an AK if you practice with it.

 

[tv1217]

Put an optic on one, you'll be surprised.

 

[__Doc_]

yugo are best

 

[JCDPA]

Don't tell my Norinco 84S-1 it is not accurate. There was a day at the range a while back when I was witnessed poking holes in 12GA shotgun hulls. This was confirmed by another INGO member who after watching in disbelief, picked up the Norinco and verified you can shoot holes in shotgun hulls... at 50 yards.

Accuracy is in the eye of the beholder, literally but the short sight radius, hard to see rear sight slot and large front sight pin make it really tough to be accurate, but it is possible to get amazing results with an AK if you practice with it.

My bad - should have qualified my statement of "accuracy." I'm talking about nice, tight groups at 100+ yards.

 

[duffman0286]

Got to agree with with every one on the Bulgarian made ak's.... Yugo's i love because they are so over built. if you ordered a 10 pound paper weight those yugo guys will give you something that weighs twice that.... But over all it doesn't matter witch ak you end up with there all never fail weapons

 

[smileman]

polish aks have very good machining

 

[Mosinguy]

If you want upgraded sights and your AK has a side rail, you can get surplus illuminated reticle scopes for them. I looked into it and everyone who has one likes it. I personally was going to get one for my WASR but that sorta fell on the wayside.

 

[blamecharles]

Brandon401401 Standing 300 yrds...




http://youtu.be/aSuAPjw2Jgw?hd=1

Very funny that one of the commentors says that the 300 foot target looks more like a football field in distance. Wow some peoples kids.

Also very nice shooting.

 

[Clay]

true.

in reality the best ak is the one that you have, and KNOW how to use.

 

[duffman0286]

polish aks have very good machining

Agreed i was very impressed with the quality of my underfolder i bought a parts kit off midway back when they where $120 had some heavy finish wear on it.... now im debating how to make the nds receiver match the rest of the rifle... im diggin the battle wear look

the wood furniture on these guys is amazing

 

[Alexp120]

East german AK, then bulgarians, then polish, then yugo, then chinese then romanian. There are no large numbers of true russian - soviet AKM (so called AK47) in US, with the exception of bring backs and some limited "samples". Most of them fully automatic and sitting in private collections. If they were available (soviet ones, made in 70th) they would be equal or better than east german.

 

[vitamink]

Hmmmmmm

I'd almost invert your entire list.

I'd go Russian, Mak90's (chinese), yugo, bulgarian, polish, romanian.

Of course the BEST Ak's are MY Ak's.

 

[Tydeeh22]

ill swaer by my siaga AK that i only paid 380 out the door for. furniture was cheap as well.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

"Accuracy" seems to be hit or miss, so to speak; one rifle will (as noted above) put holes in shotgun hulls, while the next may be hard pressed to hit the side of a barn from the inside. Yes, the sight radius is short, and that affects it, but mostly, the philosophy driving the design doesn't put priority on tack driving. With a "real" AK, the selector goes "safe/full/semi" rather than "safe/semi/full". It's technically an assault rifle, but meant to be used like an SMG, vs the M16 which is meant to be used as a rifle. So, yeah, pointing in the general direction and hosing the target down with lead, vs aiming.

 

[Clay]

There are no large numbers of true russian - soviet AKM (so called AK47) in US,

then you basically can't call anything an AK-47/AKM because the only true AK-47/AKM are the original russian machine guns.

Everything else is just, literally, a copy or a variant.

If your just talking Russian variants, there are hundreds of thousands of Saigas and SGLs in country today, made on the same assembly line as the current AK100 series rifles.